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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-26

There is minstrel show now travel
ing through Montana which bears
about as close a resemblance to the
original minstrel show of the immortal
Christy as the Butte Miners political
editorials do to the gospel of St. John
1t is really not minstrel show at all
out a cross between negro minstrelsy
and latter day vaudevlleism, with the
vaudeville features strongly in the as
cendancy The modern minstrel show
is misnomer. Even in the first part
one sees no more that long row of spir-
tied artists arrayed as Solomon in all
his glory never thought of arraying
himsell' ana with faces rivaling the
blackness of the ace of spades plunged
into the abyss of night. NOWADAYS all
are in white face except a very few.
For the sake of appearances, or rather
for the sake of singing two or three
coon songs, which in all candor and
justice it must be admitted far excel all
former coon songs in every essential
OF intense and perfect idiocy-for the
sake of the coon songs two or three
burnt-cork end men are still retained;
put even these, in the process of
inverse evolution, have shed all bones
and tambourines and stand forth weak
insipid, degenerate descendants of that
once noble race led by Wambold Back
us, Birch, Emerson and other kings
Let it not be said, however, that the
modern minstrel show has lost all the
features and characteristics of its
splendid prototype. Some of them are
still there and will stay there till the
end of time. Take, for instance, that
good, old mother-in-law joke-when the
end man, protesting ignorance of the
fact that the interlocutor's mother-in-
law has just died asks him how the old
lady is standing the heat. You heard
that joke when you went to your first
minstrel show with your father, in the
sunny days of your childhood twenty
five years ago; time and the minstrel
show passed on; you grew up, went
through school and college, entered
upon your career in life, married and
had children of your own: some of
them you took to Hi Henry's minstrel
show the other night in order that they
might hear that very same joke deliv-
cred with the same emphasis and in
Elections. and followed by the very same
pause in the proceedings for anticipated
laughter and applause. Empires have
tottered and fallen, nations have been
conVulsed with wars and panics, the
human has Stupppra1
it could down the corridors of time;
but that mother-in-law joke still stands
bold and firm and true, defying the COR
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-26

tests which experience furnishes and of
individual Notwithstanding these into
account, we believe it to be strictly true
that in the success of Mr.. Mccarthy
and his associates are guarantees of
safer, wiser and better local admins
tration than Mr.. Kirk and his asso-
ciates can furnish. But there is more
of it in this years Butte election-vast-
ly more. Aside from the task of equip
ping themselves with a competent staff
of local officers, two significant duties
devolve on the citizens of Butte in the
coming election. AS is remarked in the
Standards New York correspondence of
this morning, owing to recent expert
ence in Montana, distant communities
in this country will await the Butte re-
turns with much more than common
swer to those whose persistent pro-
phecy has been that the foes of free
coinage can carry the town. In the
second place Butte must answer the
widely-advertised accusation that,
with money, W. A. Clark could achieve
in Montana that which Addicks tried in
vain to do in Delaware, that which I'M
measured millions could not accom-
plish for Quay, in Pennsylvania, that
which McCune's wealth could not COM
pass even in Utah. that which the ag
gregate of bribe-proffered wealth could
not accomplish in California. Notori-
ously, the Clark purchase included re-
publicans as well as democrats, so that.
as was said at the outset, in respect to
partisanship, the ordinary political
lines are not drawn in Butte. Upon
democrats and republicans alike rests
the duty to protest. Can there be seri-
Gus question as to the stand the people
of Butte will take?
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-26

~ IBLICAL authority to the con-
trary, occasionally there is a
new thing under the SUM- Paris
is planning few novelties for her ex-
hibition next year. One Of them is to
be thingumbob called the "Mareor-
anna" You board what is apparently a
large steamer and you make an imag-
mary voyage from Marseilles to Con-
stantinople. The vessel will not of
course, move forward but the illusion of
sailing will be perfect. The steamer will
be mounted upon a pivot and will be
given the motions of pitching and roll
ling, while foaming water will dash
against it's bow and sides. To the star
board and port of the vessel will unroll
canvases fifty feet in height and painted
to represent the scenes along the jour
ney. More than half a mile of canvas
will unfold all the sights Of the pictures
que voyage. Meanwhile If the illusion is
perfect enough to produce such d re-
suit you may enjoy all the luxury of
fit of seasickness.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-26

~ HE good citizens of Jefferson
vile. Indiana, are undertaking
to reform the morals of that
town on the same general plan con-
templated by the Chandler anti-gam-
bling act. Having succeeded, as they
suppose, in suppressing the professional
gambling houses, they have turned their
attention to the suppression of the
fashionable progressive euchre parties
at which prizes are awarded. The re-
formers do not hesitate to say that
euchre game at which prizes are played
for is sin and an evil whose influence
is quite as demoralizing to the COM
munity as a faro layout or a keno
board. The Indiana reformers must
be right. In the state of Montana to
BILE by five years Imprisonment. Back
in such an old conservative state as
Indiana it ought properly to be
punished by imprisonment for
life. The reformation of the
Jeffersonville society sinners is
making appreciate progress They have
stopped giving prizes" to the winning
euchre players and now reward them
by distribution of souvenirs" This
at least is step in the right direction.
a prize bears too close a resemblance
to purse or stake, while a souvenir
is a refined. delicate, sensitive word,
warranted not to shock anybody's
modesty or morality. The capabilities
of the English language are wonderful.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-26

ruption of moth and rust; challenging
both the corrosions of nature and the
passions of men to obliterate it. Twen-
ty-fVe years from now when your chill
dren shall take their children to min
strel show, it will still be there in all
its adamantine Immortality. Kind
words can never die, neither can min
strel show jokes.
Let it not be said. therefore, that
these fin de steele Ministries are COM
plete innovations upon their predeces-
sors. Better if they were. If a man
ask bread, will We give him can of
embalmed beef? If he order a hot
bird and cold bot, will We give him a
dish of tlapjaeks? Better if managers
like Mr.. Hi Henry would remove the
last vestige of burnt curkism from their
otherwise splendid vaudeville shows,
with their exceptionally good musi-
cal features, and let them go at
that. Better if tn" few remaining
end men would reform and turn
their talents to some new kind
Of a turn" TAX the gentleman
who is billed as Mr., Henry's "star
COMEDIAN Billy Clark-we beg the
pardon of the senator from Madison;
there are so many monumental fakirs
masquerading under his name that he
ought to petition the courts to change
it-take Billy Clark, the star comedian,
whose sole conception of stellar COM
edy is to mix I'm male and female at
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-26

Aggravated, perhaps, by the refusal
Of those in authority to recognize or
punish the debauchery of the Ohio legis-
Detroit Tribune, "the scrofula of brib-
cry has made its appearance in several
quarters during the legislative sessions
of SO, taking on a particularly fragrant
form in Montana" 1.-THE "scrofula of
bribery is apparent on the very face
Of if
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-26

AS it seems to be settled that there
shall be no extra session of the Montana
legislature, Governor Smith will have
no opportunity to disapprove any more
acts of that body Fortunately the gov
ernor will not undertake to veto the
Acts of the Apostles.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-26

In comparison with the heat of that
portion of the Butte Inter Mountains
anatomy situate beneath the collar. the
Windsor hotel fire was essentially cold
storage institution.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-26

New York Off1ce-4s Tribune Building.
Chicago Offlce--469 The Rookery.
The S. C. Beckwith Special Agency,
Sole Agents Foreign Advertising.
Washington Bureau-14l5 ST., N. W.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-26
An Absent Clause.

Senator Vest has not yet cited the
clause in the constitution that author
ICES the government of the Unitel
States to acquire COa1ing stations, but
forbids it to acquire territory for any
other purpose
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-26

AS it strikes Mr.. John B. Welcome,
Mr.. Matthew S. Quay's senatorial cam
paign is suffering from a currency con-
traction.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-26

Mr.. W. A. Clark begs to inform the
approachable members of the United
States senate that he has not yet run
out Of blue chips
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-26

1t might materially hasten the con-
quest of the Filipinos to present them
with few thousand cans of chemically
preserved beef
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-26

We desire to assure the Inter Noun
tain Miner junta that Mayor Mccarthy
will give Butte a stable government.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-26

Those strange bedfelloWs the Butte
Miner and the Butte Inter Mountain,
are about to be put to sleep.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-26

British sailors at Manila are sur
prised at the nerve Of American sol
diers. What would they say if they
met some Of our politicians?
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-26

Those Filipino sharpshooters have
been indulging in considerable sharp
practice.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-26

March will have to decide this week
whether her occasional shall have Il
mint sauce accompaniment.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-26

The revival of the lynching industry
in Arkansas is attended by Il sharp
upward movement in negroes.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-26

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In his willingness to see life, old John
Sherman is still one of the boys.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-26

The advance of the Americans must
be diminishing Aguinaldo's visible sup
ply of background
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Instead of spring, the weather seems
to be feeding us on embalmed winter
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No gold man will ever be elected
mayor of Butte-not this century.
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Palm Sunday is not necessarily one
of those palmy days you read about.
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This is the length and breadth of the
situation in Butte. The shadows MUIR
muir. That is to say, the element in
Butte that has no objection to Clark
bribery beats the tomtoms, as usual,
but it does not come to the front with
men whose elevation to the local offices
means betterment for Butte. Certain it
is that the duty is upon the people of
that city to insure a good local govern
ment. That they will do; We renew the
assertion that, taking account of all the
candidates and the conditions, of the
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-29

During the flood in Cut OFF caused by the
high water in the Missouri Mrs, Hannah
Magnussen was compelled to temporarily
vacate her house. When she returned she
discovered that a gold ring and $23,35 that
was in a pocketbook were missing. She sus-
pected two of her ~neighbors, Mrs. Rose Ellis
and Mrs. Millicent Freger, So strong was
her suspicion that yesterday she went before
Justice Terrier and filed an information
against them, charging them with larceny.
Mrs. Ellis and Mrs. Freger were arrested,
but later released on bail to appear for trial
Monday morning. They both Indignantly
deny the accusation. Mrs. Magnussen claims
that her pocketbook, denuded of its con-
tents, was found in an clubhouse on the
premises of one Of the defendants.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-29
Peculiar Point of Inv.

oNAWA. Ia. April 2S.-(special.)-A pc
culiar point of law was brought up in the
district court here yesterday. The case
was that of Walter Noise & Co. against
William Wise. Plaintiff brings suit for
liquor and bar fixtures sold to William Wise
of Omaha. The defense sets forth the
claim that that part of the claim presented,
pertaining to the liquor, has no standing in
court, inasmuch as the plaintiff has not
complied with the Iowa mulct law. The
judge made a ruling to that effect and the
case will be appealed. Should this decision
be sustained by the supreme court every
liquor firm selling goods in Iowa will be
Obliged to take out a license in each county
where the wholesaler has a customer. Here
t%ofore, when the wholesaler sold to Iowa
saloon men he has not had to present a IL
cense to do business in Iowa.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-29
VERDICT GIVEN THE STATE
Jury Reaches a Decision in the Case Against
Mcfarland,
STATE RECEIVERS IN THE SUM OF SLAB
An Appeal is Likely 10 he Taken by
the Attorney GenernI-Fcw Nom
Union Men Put TO work
in the Mines.
STATE RECEIVERS IN THE SUN OF sl,4le

DIES MONIES, April 2S.-(Special Tele-
gram)-"We find for the state in the sum
OF S1,419,' was the verdict of the jury in
the suit OF the state of Iowa against eX-
Secretary of State w. NJ. Mcfarland and his
bondsmen which was returned shortly be-
fore noon after the jury had been out for a
little more than an hour. The amount re-
turned in the verdict was exactly as figured
up by the attorney general in his closing
arguments as what should be found on the
questions that were left by Judge Holmes
for the jury to decide.
Ihe verdict was not a surprise, as 1t was
generally considered that the number of
farmers who were on the Jury would look
with horror on the action of Mcfarland of
levying on the clerks for political purposes,
and the testimony bearing on the points to
be decided by the jury was too direct and
convincing to look for any other issue. The
state has won on the minor portion of the
SUIT and 1t Is now considered certain that
mad the court sustained the motion of Mr..
ftenley TO direct the verdict the Jury would
nave returned a verdict for recoy-
cry IN an amount probably in the
neighborhood of S., 900. This being the case,
1t is probable the state will appeal. A mo-
ton for a new trial was filed by the defense
this afternoon on the particular and specific
GROUNDS that neither the allegations nor
the proof showed that the conditions of the
pond OF the defendant had been broken"
Ensign Albert Mccarthy arrived in Des
Moines from San Francisco, and will remain
IN the city about a week and visit with his
parents. Mccarthy was on the Iowa when
II made its recent voyage around the Horn,
but does not expect to return to that ship.
From Des Moines he goes to Annapolis and
Will make. an effort to be assigned to the
European squadron.
Today was the day set by the big mine
operators for putting non-union miners at
work unless the strikers returned, but only
eighteen non-union men went to work, and
there was no trouble. The eighteen men
went to work at the Carbondale mine, but
as the mine ordinarily employs 300 men or
more the strikers consider 1t their victory.
One Of the leaders of the strike said today
that the 1000 miners on the strike are be.
ginning to suffer and that it is very prob
able that unless there are developments the
strikers will go back to work some day next
week. They simply cannot stand the strain
much longer.
Philip harrington. a convict in the peni-
tertiary at Anamosa, attempted to serve no.
tice on the state today of a suit for $175, 00C
damages for false Imprisonment. The at
torney general simply announced that nc
individual could sue the state, and refused
to accept the original notice.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-29
Court NnIes.


After the jury in the case Of the Citizens
State bank against Wood Brothers had been
impaneled in the district court yesterday
it was found that f. A. Buchanan, chief
witness for the bank, was sick and unable
to appear, so Judge Smith discharged the
jury and continued the case.
The case of w. l.. Whitney against the
Odd Fellows Hall association was given to
the jury yesterday morning, but up to a
late hour last night it had failed to arrive
at a verdict.
The demurrer Of the defendant in the
damage suit of Knud Jensen against the
Omaha & st. Louis Railway company was
argued before Judge Smith yesterday after
noon. The railway company takes the posi-
ton that the case does not come within
the provisions of the statute making rail
way companies liable for the acts Of their
employees. Jensen was cleaning a car when
an engine bumped into the car. throwing
him against a stove and, as he alleges, per-
manently injuring him.
In the superior court Rosa Marcus COM
menced suit against Mrs. Emma Metcalfe
for $3.50 damages. The plaintiff alleges that
fiftfy-six apple trees in her orchard were
burned by reason of a fire started by Mrs.
Metcalfe in an adjoining lot and which got
beyond her control.
C. H. Goldsapp commenced suit against
William Preston ct al to f~orcclose a $1,000
mortgage on farm land.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-29

have sent in an order for fruit trees pur.
porting to have been given by S. A.. Snuck,
733 MINISTER street. The order was shipped.
but never called for, and investigation
showed that a man named c. A. SnooR
formerly resided at that address. but for
the past two years has been living in Ce-
dar Rapids. Neb. This order of trees, with
about $500 worth more Of nursery stock
shipped by the firm on alleged bogus orders
sent in by Carpenter, is lying in a storage
house here.
Justice Wen fixed Carpenters bail at $500,
which he was unable to furnish, and he
was committed to the county jail to await
his preliminary hearing.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-29
SOUTH DAKOTA CROP BULLETIN.
summary of Conditions in Thirty
Nine CnunIles Of 1Lc SIntn.

Nine Counties of the state.
HURON, S. D., April 2S.-(Special.)-
The United States Department of Agricul-
ture, Climate and Crop Bulletin of the
| Weather bureau, South Dakota section, thus
summarizes crop conditions in thirty-nine
counties for the week just closed:
The temperature during the week aver
aged below the normal, with some frosty
nights, but not cold enough to injure
sprouted wheat. There was some little in
terruption to seeding from high wind and
rain or snow on 18th and goth; otherwise
the work has progressed well, so that wheat
seeding is nearing completion in the south
eastern and well advanced In the northeast
ern counties. In the Black Hills counties
the interruption from snow and wind was
greatest and seeding Is not, as a rule, as
well advanced as else In the south
eastern, and some central counties, consid-
cradle of the earliest sown wheat has
sprouted we'll and indicates a good stand.
Oat and barley seeding has progressed well
and in the central and southeastern counties
is well advanced.
Potatoes are being planted in southeast
ern counties and gardening has begun in
most localities.
Prairie grass has started generally, but
growth has been slow on account OF cool
weather,
On the 18th light to fair general rain, and
In western and northern localities some
snow, occurred, serving TO settle the soil
around the seed sown and aiding germina-
ton.
Spring blowing has progressed with but
little interruption and in central and south
ern counties many farmers are preparing
ground for corn.
Only in a very few limited localities is the
soil reported not sufficiently moist on ac-
count of drying winds and generally the
fields are in very good to excellent condition
for termination of seed and blowing.
Taken as a whole, the week has been a
favorable one for field work and progress
has been satisfactory.