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Men and Women.

Commander w. W. Meade, who has just
been placed in command of the Brooklyn,
was one of the designers of that ship.
Dr. w. Seward Webb has presented war
medals to every Vermont volunteer The
metal used was taken from Cervera's
flagship the Maria Teresa.
The Duchess of Portland. unlike most
wearers of the strawberry leaves goes
into society very little. She is religious
woman, and is devoted to her two small
children.
Mrs John Jacob Aston spends 500, 900 a
year. A great part of the money goes for
diamonds, of which she is fond, and she
often spends 81, 900 in an afternoons shop
ping tour.
Tod Sloan. the jockey, who is now in
London, and still riding is reported to be
in failing health, and his doctors, who
consider his condition serious. have Or
dered him to stop work and take a rest.
Southeys grandson, who was arrested
for fraud recently, advertised pure white
kittens and Persian cats to be sent by eX-
press, and pocketed the money without
sending the cats. He pleaded extreme
poverty as his excuse.
Henri de Toulouse-L autrec, who won q
name for himself by his posters, is hope
lessly insane and has been sent to the
same asylum in which De MaupaSsant
died His work was most fantastic, CIV
inc many signs of his mental trouble
Adam Pausen, director of the meteorol-
ogical observatory at Copenhagen, de-
clares that Andree and his companions
provided themselves with the strongest
poisons, In order ITO be able in case of
extreme distress, to shorten their suffer-
ings
Il is understood at Dublin that the Duke
of Connaught is to replace Lord Roberts
as the COMMUNICATIVE chief of the British
forces in Ireland. and this arrangement
will not be altered in consequence of his
having become heir to the throne of Sake
Cobourg Gotha.
Secretary Gage has introduced into his
department a custom which he first inau-
gurated in a Chicago bank. This is to
have luncheon served in the building, so
that all the clerks can meet each day at
table and discuss the affairs of the office.
These gatherings are called Mr. Gage 8
cabinet meetings"
The Prince OF Wales always addresses
the queen as mamma. When Victoria 8
children We're young no members of the
upper classes called their parents father
and mother, and the queen disliking in
| novations, has permitted herself to be
called mamma up to to-day, when her
bows are. grandfathers.
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GOSSIP of the Stage.

Chauncey Olcott will close his season in
june
Dixey may appear in a new musical
comedy next fall.
Clay M Greene has written play
called His Japanese Wife,
Charles Hawtrey, the English comedian,
is to make a tour of the United States.
Henry Irving's son is said to bear a re-
semblance to his father which is almost
startling,
General William Kirkland the father of
Odette Tyler, is very i'll at the West Nir-
GINA estate of his son-in-law, r. D. Nc
Lean.
Camille D'ArvilIe will begin her vaude-
Vile tour in June, presenting scenes from
Carmen" robin Hood" THE Magic
Kiss" Peg Wellington" Martha and
THE Queens Mate,
Members of the Woman's Professional
league in New York gave a spirited per-
Torrance of the Three Musketeers, all
the characters being taken by women.
JEANNE Winston was Porthos in the cast.
Sarah Bernhard telegraphed con-
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gratulatory message to Lydia Thompson
on the occasion of the latter's benefit and
sent a huge basket of growing flowers
which required the services of a van to
convey 1t to its destination. Madame
Bernhardt, In addition, has arranged a
benefit for Miss Thompson in Paris, and
IS to lend her own theater for the occa-
sion.
Miss Jennie Remark will not return to
Baltimore next season, as she has signed
a contract with the Woodward stock
company in Kansas City. where at pres
ent she is playing. to return there next
fall for a season of 40 weeks. opening
Sept. 3. Miss Remarks husband, Charles
Lothian, will be a member Of the same
company. She closes her present engage
ment in Kansas City June 4, in 1.-THE
Wife, going directly to Buffalo for rest
of five weeks with her husband and two
children. Thence she goes to Omaha for
an engagement of five weeks at Boyd 8
theater, opening in 1.-THE Wife"
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The Important Difference.

~ NE trouble is that these Filipino
~ people really do not know what,
as the result of peace terms,
they are going to get, and the commits
sioners who represent this country can
not give them, on that score, any in
formation worth having
Under American methods, the best
the president can do, in seeking to es-
tablish peace status at Manila, is to
act as the advance agent of congress.
There is talk with Aguinaldo's repre-
sentatives about governor-general
whom the president Of the United
States will appoint and of a cabinet
which this governor general will
name. An indefinite suggestion of
popular suffrage for the Filipinos is
one of the offers. The president of the
United States is to furnish judges for
the important courts. Most of the i'm
portant items, in the undertaking to
establish the islands on a prosperous
basis are matters to be carefully con-
sidered later on"
Really these Philippine people have
no idea what they are going to get and
those of them who understand our sys-
TEN of government-the few among
them who do-realize that everything
thus far offered cannot be final as
far as our side is concerned, since the
commission is simply President Nc
Kinley's forerunner of mythical Phil
ippine prosperity.
Thus in two ways this business is
ludicrous, For their part, our commits
sion, as has just been remarked, is
nothing final. On the other hand, We
are dealing with Aguinaldo and his
coterie; in a diplomatic way, we are
dealing eXcluvively with these fellows.
Yet it has been the assertion of the
Mckinley administration, from the out
set. that this Aguinaldo clique does
not represent the Filipinos in any true
sense or in any degree, but that, on
| the contrary, all the Aguinaldo men are
| upstart adventures who are out for
rewards and who speak only for them
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Receivers and Such.

happened, an element in Butte
raised the cry that what these pages
then said was inspired by prejudice re-
specting the water company in Butte.
At that time, birds of passage in Butte.
who sought to thmblerig the city, who
long ago disappeared and who aren't at
all likely to come back. tried to turn
trick or two in the handling of this wa
ter plant. The Standard fought them
long and hard. The city itself did not
get so badly cinched as at one time was
threatened; still. the outcome left Butte
dependent all these years on water
supply altogether scant in quantity and,
during many months of the year, bad
beyond adequate description in quality.
It's an old, old story-Butte knows it
by heart.
Under the conditions that have ex-
listed, had the record been right from
the outset, there would have been built
up in Butte a water company that could
have grown rich while supplying the
some water. Every man with fine
senses can see that there's a screw
loose-a whole lot of them, for that
matter Butte has grown; the number
of patrons has increased at a pace not
paralleled in many towns; the water
rates have been high; the service bad:
so bad, indeed, that the carts that ped
year do a large business-so numerous
are the patrons who go TO extra eX-
pense, to buy water that is safe and fit
for drinking, these carts drawing their
supply from better sources than those
the water company controls.
Under normal conditions, we say, a
water company in Butte would have
served the city well and have made
handsome profits. Yet the fact is that
in the very midst of an ideally good
patronizing territory, the concern in
Butte passes into the hands of a re-
ceiver, where it was due long ago to
land, and the city gets, in the estima-
ton of the outside world, heavy dose
of municipal discredit. The company
has not been able to pay interest on
its bonded Indebtedness. 1t would
amuse the local public to go back in the
records and ascertain what was
bought in the way of plant and the
like, with the money which these bonds
are supposed to represent.
For that matter there are business
men in Butte who, not knowing what
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to use the same means, and on the ar
rival of the Chicago at the Azores she
was directed to proceed to Tangier and
remain forty-eight hours.
1t was not the purpose of the govern
ment to detain the vessel longer than
that. on account of interfering with the
itinerary prepared f. her cruise. On
reaching Tangier a demand was made
for the payment of the money within
forty-eight hours, and just before the
expiration of the time it was 'reluct-
antly paid according to cable dis
patches received a few days ago from
Admiral Rowison. The Chicago then
sailed for the Suez canal with the
money, and the incident is closed.
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IT LMOST no attention has been
paid to foreign incident" in
! which the flagship Chicago fig
ured and which resulted in bringing the
khedive of Tangier to summary &C
count. Not a gun was fired, but the
Chicago, simply in passing, called at
Tangier and collected a bill of about
$4,000.
This sum of money was long since
due to the agents of American houses
that had endeavOred to sell goods in
Tangier. The claim has been for years
the subject of diplomatic correspond
ence. Recently British, Italian and
French warships made peremptory de-
mands for sums due those governments
and were promptly paid, Hearing of
this the state department determined
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the latest water company move may
mean. stake their best judgment on
the proposition that, in fact, the COM
pany has made very large amount in
profits. They point out that the rates
remain high, in violation of the rule of
reduction that is as good as universal
in cities that grow as Butte has grown.
On that point the Standard does not
profess to be Informed. The rumor is
that, reorganized under the receiver
ship, or after it, the water company
will bring to Butte supply from the
Big Hole stream That wouldn't be
bad.
For that matter, the Inter Mountain
sent the Amalgamated Copper COM
pany through the Butte water mains,
yesterday afternoon, and put the re-
organized water plant under the man.
agement of the president of that COM
pany. The gentlemen referred to, by
all the Standard is able to learn, was
looking out very sharp yesterday at
more water than he needs in his bust
ness. in the shape of the floods that
We're pelting against the big dam at
Hamilton. Assuredly, the Standard
cannot guess the intentions of the pres
ident of the Amalgamated Copper COM
pany. But If the slightest truth lodges
in the Inter Mountains gossip-well, If
it does, then the president of the afore-
mentioned copper company must have
made mental lightning change that
would twist your two thumbs off. Our
belief is that what the Inter Mountain
most needs is to follow the water COM
pany's example, go into court and get
a receiver appointed for it's amalga-
mated copper water gossip.
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SATURDAY. MAY q, 1899.
TWELVE PAGES.
Not a Wise Thing.

~ HEN there is General Lawton.
The report is that Indiana, his
state" wants to do something
for him. The suggestion of the Fort
Wayne Journal is that he be made
1ndianas governor. that newspaper
finding a precedent in what New York
did with Roosevelt. The cases are not
alike.
Roosevelt was a civilian who had
seen much of of1ice-holding before he
commanded rough riders in Cuba, In
politics, Roosevelt is in his element.
His dash as a volunteer soldier simply
illuminated for the time the qualities
which many of the people of his state
had long felt entitled him to the seat
ernor Roosevelt has had experience.
He belongs there. His whole training has
been in politics AS soldier he was
only few months in camp and fought
through one campaign of only few
weeks. The record though very fine,
is meager. One does not think of the
man as a soldier but as a politician
and statesman.
Lawton is a soldier-thats his life
long business. He has plenty OF
chances; at least, his opportunities are
as good as the rest of his comrades
enjoy. Dewey showed his good sense
when his alleged friends began to
lombard him with presidential posi-
bilities--he told them to stop it. Were
General Lawton to break into politics,
probably it would be the mistake Of
his life.
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Aluminium Versus Copper.

* EvERAL Of the metallurgical
~ journals are discussing alumni
- UNI. In quarters the high price
of copper is said to make the substi-
tuition of aluminium for it a possibility
in a large amount of electrical work.
1t is reported that in a new electrical
plant to be installed in Kansas City
poses which have been hitherto served
by copper The substitution, it IN al
legged would be general over the coun-
try but for the fact that the supply of
aluminium is limited to the capacity of
the present plants.
Aluminium appears just at present to
be doing duty as an argument for those
who are bears in the copper market.
In fact, it is a substance about which
it is not very easy to get accurate in
formation. The metal is discussed by
the Engineering and Mining Journal,
which says: Making due allowances
for the relative conductivity, tensile
strength and weight, aluminium is at
present prices the cheaper metal of the
two-and for many purposes in electri-
cal work its use in place of copper is
quite practicable"
That aluminium will become the Sc
rious rival of copper is, in the opin-
ion of the Engineering and Mining
Journal. not probable, chiefly because
the supply of aluminium is not large
enough. The production is on an in
creasing scale, but the total does not
reach a quantity sufficient to make any
figure in the market as compared with
copper. Moreover, it is not possible
to increase the output on large scale
at short notice, and so take advantage
of present conditions No better OPP
portunity to extend the use of alumni
and the manufacturers will doubtless
utilize it to the best of their ability.
Meanwhile the bear element in the
copper market gets no comfort out of
the statistics showing the markets sup
ply and demand. One-third of the year
has passed Reports of the leading dis
tricts and companies to the statisti-
cal bureau headed by John Stanton, in
New York city, show the copper pro-
duction for April to have reached
1884 long tons, which is 1854 tons less
than in March and 1856 tons less than
in April. 1898. Comparing this year
with the corresponding month in 1898,
the loss was close to u per cent TAX
ing March and April together, as COM
pared with last year, there was a de-
crease of 4,419 tons in the reporting
mines, but an increase of 900 tons in
the copper from outside sources-that
is produced by smelters from ores
which are not specially rated as copper
ores, and by smaller non-reporting
mines.
That consumption is on the increase
in this country is shown by the falling
off in our exports, which for the four
months were 6,1O0 tons, or 1873 per
cent. The production of the foreign
reporting mines-which include all the
principal European mines-is increas-
ing, the gain thus far this year hav-
ing been 2,435 tons, or about 8 per cent.
This gain Is, however, considerably
less than the decrease in United States
exports, But the European supplies
have been maintained at a little over
the level of 1898 by increased receipts
from Chill, Japan and other sources,
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MESSAGE FROM THE VIXEN.
A Bottle Tells the Tale of Shipwreck
Despair and Death.

Cape Henry, Va, May 26.-S. H.
Dosher, weather bureau observer at
Hatteras, N. c., reports that a bot
tie was picked up on the beach at the
Chicomicomico life saving station, 80
miles north of Hatteras, In which was
found the following letter:
Storm all day: both masts gone.
Very little hope; ship going to pieces
rapidly; almost gone. No hope. Good
bye. Ship Vixen, crew eight men.
captain CARTER"
The letter contained no date, no latt-
tude or longitude, and nothing to indf-
cate where the bottle was thrown over
board. 1t appears to have been in the
water for a long time.
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Much in Little.
Japan makes paper shingles.

Japan makes paper shingles
Chile has five shoe factories.
Valparaiso has 900 shoemakers.
America has POS women lawyers.
Paris has trade paper for beggars.
Piraeus, Greece, has nine cotton mills.
Venezuela gets it's straw hats from
Italy.
If eyelashes are cut the eyes are weak
ened.
Kansas City has a "home products"
show.
teaspoonful Of microbes contains over
1000, OGO
Pennsylvania has twice as many papers
as Russia.
The Nile has fall of only six inches in
! 900 miles.
The largest mammoth tusk yet discov
cred was 16 feet. t..
The lungs of a. average man contain
about five quarts of air.
A S. fine is now imposed on motormen
in Washington if they run their cars
faster than the city regulations allow.
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Census Jobs on Partisan Lines.

From the Springfield. Mass, Republican
The democrats carried Texas by more
than 900 in 1896, but Director Merriam
allows them but six of the IA census su-
pervisors, giving the other seven to the
republicans. In nearly all of the states
Mr.. Merriam is distributing these places
on partisan lines, and in some Of the
states there is much complaint over his
methods.
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On Trial For MansIaueh ter.

Buffalo. N. Y, May 27.-The examin-
alton of Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Kin
ter and Mr.. and Mrs. James c. Saund-
ers of Port Townsend, WASH, Christian
scientists. charged with manslaughter
in causing the death of Rolfe Lamont
Saunders, aged years. by refusing to
have medical attention for him. was
continued to-day. Several witnesses
were on the stand. but nothing of i'm
portance was brought out The trial
will be continued Monday
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Definition of Treason.

From the Omaha World-Herald.
The new definition of treason will be re-
iected by vast majority of Americans.
They will insist that the man who disre-
CARDS the constitution in order to give
support to policy that the constitution
and Declaration of Independence condemn
is much more of traitor than the man
who sticks by the two documents rather
than by the vaciilating policy of a presi-
dent
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Current Comment.
war Taxes and Deficiency.

From the New York World
Our war expenses in the Philippines are
certainly not growing less and the lowest
limit for the present appears to have been
reached in Cuba and Porto Rico. The ad-
amantine fact remains that the war taxes.
passed for a specific purpose, long since
accomplished, are not only to stand per-
manently, but even with this addition
to our revenues there is a great and con-
tnuing deficiency
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Expects No Trouble.

Havana, May 26.-The distribution of
the 100000 which the United States
government has offered as a gratuity
to the Cuban troops on disbanding and
surrendering their arms will begin at
10 o'clock tomorrow morning at the
foot of the Prado. There are only 400
Cubans on the rolls for Havana and
Lieut.. Col. George NJ. Randall, the com
missioner experimenting the distriha-
ton here, does not expect any trouble.
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He'll Quiet EN-.

From the Washington Star.
There is some roaring in Ohio, but 1t is
expected that the usual quiet will prevail
when Mr.. Hanna puts on his performing
costume and goes into the cage.
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From the Kansas City Times.
The Boston Herald says the stars and
stripes is "a mere piece of textile fabric
of three colors." But they are not the
kind of colors that run, are they?
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The Standard has branch offices at
Butte, Missoula and Great Falls. where
advertising rates will be furnished on ap-
plication.
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Bad For the Paris.

Coverack, Cornwall. May 26. IL m.-
The wind has veered 10 the eastward
tonight. There is heavy sea and the
Paris is rolling heavily.
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Washington Bureau-1415 G St. N. W.

All general business letters and corre-
spondence should be addressed to the
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY,
Anaconda, Mont.
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VIII Take Silver.

New York, May 26.-The steamer Um-
bria, sailing for Europe tomorrow, Will
take out 415,000 ounces of silver.
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Postage free for the United States. Can.
ada and Mexico. Elsewhere
postage added.
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Printed Every Day in the Year.
Entered at the postoffice at Anaconda as
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PERSONAL MEN TON.

Policeman Foyle attended the court at
Pottsville to-day.
Miss Name Bickleman has returned from
visit to friends at Pottsville.
Rev. John Gruhler spent part of to-day
visiting friends at Pottsyille.
Hon. Joseph Wyatt left town this morning
to transact business at Harrisburg.
Mrs. Thomas 'Brien has gone to Jersey
City to visit her daughter, Mrs. John Costello.
Councilmen d. R. James and Edward
Murphy are doing jury duty at Pottsyille
this week.
Irwin Widdenmoyer has left town for
Bethlehem, at which place he will make his
future home.
D. r. Whevil and Thomas Richards, of
Mahanoy Plane, were the guests of Henry
Bickleman in town yesterday
Miss Lizzie Frazier returned to her home
at Lebanon to-day, after pleasant stay with
Miss Maggie Schaeffer, in town.
Among the townsmen who spent to-day on
business at the county seat were Councilman
Joseph w. Bell, Charles Gibson, James
Dougherty, P. j Gaughan T. F. Miles, DR..
j. q. Church, Plus w. Bierstein, Michael
Hughes and George Folmer.