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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09
OFF to Havana.

M. M. Ullman, we'll known
young attorney of Birmingham, has
received an appointment as under
secretary to Governor-General Lud-
low, of Havana.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09
Storm at Opelika.

A violent snow and wind storm
ragged at Opelika Monday. A number
of barnes and outhouses throughou,
the county were blown down and lo'
of stock killed.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09
THE NEWS IN MISSISSIPPI
4 BRUTAL ASSASSINATION IN LINCOLN
COUNTY.
mlttee Organized to aid Cyclone Suffer.
ers In Yazoo County---smallpox near
starkvjlle--.Other Items.
smallpox near starkv,Ile.

Starkville. The smallpox has
made its appearance at two points
in this county; fifteen miles south
east and sevteen miles southwest of
Starkville. The authorities are tax
ing prompt action to prevent its
spreading.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09
A Daring Burglary.

A daring burglary took place at Avon
dale. Ala. about midnight of Saturday
in which the safe of Jones & Suydam,
procers, was blown open and over S4oo
IN in money stolen. That the job was
one of professional cracksmen no one
doubts.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

A cablegram from General Otis at
Manila received in Washington Mon
day indicates the satisfactory and
agreeable leception accorded to the
American troops which recently landed
at the island of Negros,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

To the one hundred and forty odd
religions which are professed by
Americans must be added another.
The Sultan of the Sulu archipelago.
who is Mohammedan, and has more
than 1000 followers, is one of us
nnw
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

Scranton. Mr.. McLain sent the
following dispatch Saturday morn,
ing: Rivers and harbors bill passed
congress at 5 a. m.; we get every
aoliar. at tvs o oclock he added TO
y that the rivers and harbors Dill
Rad =, been approved by the president.
1nls means that the port OF Pasca-
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09
CITY DIRECTORY,

CITY DIRECTORY.
Mayor-D. f. Archer.
Treasurer-W W. Strahan.
Clerk-R. H. Reeves.
Marshall. w. Ford.
Board of Aldermen-W. T. Scott, N. Bat
son, ] NJ. Thornhil, J. A. Moody, j. S.
Moody.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

Among the passengers who arrived
on La Champagne Sunday was jules
Cambon, ambassador from France 10
the United States.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09
COUNTY DIRECTORY.

Chancery and Circuit Clerk, N. Batson !;
Sheriff, w. T. Scott; Treasurer. j. L.
Strahan; Assessor, G. W. Bilbo; Superin-
tendent of E lucation, H K. Rouse; Sur
veyor, A. j. Ladner.
Chancery Court, Second District-Chancel-
lor N. C. Hill. Regular terms, first Mon.
day i'll January and July, SIX days.
Circuit Court. Second District-Judge T.. A.
Wood Regular term, third Monday in
April and October. Waller A. White,
District Attorney.
Supervisors-J A Moody, President, G w
Smith, P E Williams, W c Stewart, A
II Smith.
CHURCHES
Methodist-R4v w H Huntley, pastor.
Services first and third Sundays in each
month Sunday school 930 a IN. Prayer
meeting "Wednesday night.
Baptist Chu ch-Rev w B Holcomb, pastor
Services second and fourth Sabbaths.
Sunday school 10 IN. Prayer meeting
1bur. dav rirht
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.
Juniper Lodge No. 267.
R. f. Wilkinson, G. c.
T. P Lawless, Clerk.
Meets every second and fourth MONDAY
nights.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09
SECRET SOCIETIES.
MASONIC.

MASONIC.
sherand Byrd Lodge, No. 353, F, & A. M
Rev. w. W. Mitchell, W. NJ
H. H. Bilbo, Secretary.
Meets every second Saturday at Q O'Clock
D. m.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
Pine Tree Lodge, No. 96
W. |, Thames c. C..
n Batson, X R. S.
Meets every Friday evening at o'clock.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08

Considered as commercial and
strategic measure, the argument in ia
vor of annexing San Domingo was in
finitely stronger than that in support
of the policy of taking in the Philip
pines. Besides this, it was manifest
from the first that the holding of the
Philippines would involve costly war,
great sacrifice of life and no end of
trouble and expense, even after the
actual war might be brought to close.
In his hold upon the affections of the
republican party, no man save Lincoln
ever equaled Grant, and still he was not
able to swerve it from the line of what
was believed to be true republicanism
and genuine Americanism. Not that
his plan, as formulated, involved any
such departure, but it was believed that
it did, and the hero of Appomattox
suffered humiliating defeat.
Where stands the great bulk of the
republican party now? There is not
one substantial argument to be urged
in favor of the policy now being pur-
sued in the Philippines, except that the
administration must be sustained,
right or wrong. AS Senator Burrows.
who, although an extreme republican.
is one of the ablest and most distin-
guished members of the party, has well
said, every desirable commercial ad-
vantage jim those islands could have
been secured without the payment of
a penny and without the sacrifice of
human life. And notwithstanding the
unhappy occurrences of the last few
months, it is altogether probable that
just and advantageous settlement
could still be made without the firing
of another shot.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08

~ way Of Austin, Texas, word was
received and printed yesterday
morning to the effect that the
Yaqui uprising in Mexico is putting on
the proportions of a formidable affair.
1t is said that these turbulent Indians
are in funds, by reason of the fact that,
in preparation for war, they have saved
the head-money, 5000 to each man,
which was paid to them a couple of
years ago when they signed a treaty
of peace and promised to be quiet.
1t is pointed out in a recent sketch
of these Yaquis that the tribe is older
than any Tagal tribe in the Philippines.
1t is branch of the ancient Aztecs,
sand through all the years of Spanish
rule in Mexico was never conquered
The republic of Mexico had little better
success, and the tribe has been a con-
slant menace to the states of Oaxaca
and Sonora.
In 1896 the Yaquis were stirred to
rebellion by a woman who pretended
to be a saint and who urged the half
civilized Indians to declare war on the
Mexican government. In one engage
ment 200 Indians were killed and the
woman was captured and sent across
the border into United States territory.
In a few months she returned at the
head of another instruction and at
tackled the Mexican troops. Again she
was driven out of the country, and in
1897 President Diaz secured peace by
enrolling the Indians as citizens and
making them militia of the state of
Sonora under their own chief.
Several weeks ago the Yaquis re-
solved on war They turned first on the
members of their own tribe who were
willing to be submissive to the Mexican
government. They have had heavy
losses in recent engagements with Mex
lean troops, but they are out for war,
and the signs are that they will be able
to make great deal of trouble.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08
An English Financier's View.

I T Is almost universally assumed by
advocates of the gold standard that
in the event of the American mint
being opened to the free coinage of sill
Yer, we must stand ready to coin all
the silver in the world-else 1t would
depreciate. Those who take this absurd
view would do well to read the testi-
mony of Lord Alderman before the roy
al commission that has just been con-
sidering the question of a gold standard
for India. Lord Alderhm is one of the
great financers of England. Since 1858
he has been a director of the Bank of
England, and from 1875 to 1877 he was
it's governor. He was a member of the
British delegation to the Paris none
tary conference of 1878, being at that
time believer in the gold standard.
His study of the subject convinced him
that he was in error, and he is now
president of the British Bimetallic
League.
In the first place, he gives it as his
opinion without, shading of doubt,
that at the ratio of 20 to l the United
States could absolutely maintain the
parity of gold and silver, provided the
Indian mint were reopened. 1t is well
known that his private opinion is that
the United States could maintain the
parity at 16 to /, whether the Indian
mint were opened or not, and that even
in case of failure to hold the metals at
par, the advantage would all be with
this country. But in his testimony he
was dealing simply with the proposal
10 reopen the Indian mint and bring
about an agreement with the United
States upon the ratio of %.
Respecting the probable amount OF
our coinage, being asked if we would
not have to take as much as fifty-fouI
million ounces annually, he replied: u
should think not: l do not see it at all
If America wanted more silver for hel
coinage or any other purpose, she would
have it, If she did not want il. she
would not have it. But, whenever the
demand for silver arose, whether in
China or India or elsewhere, for manu-,
featuring purposes of any other pur'
pose whatever, then the American ratio
must necessarily place a minimum or
the price in the market"
This statement covers the point con.
c!sely and accurately. The opening OF
the American mint would not lessen the
demand Of other countries for silver
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08

Z F there is anything in the theory that
| there are times when there Is
something in the air" that leads to
crime and accident, the atmosphere
must have been heavily charged with
that peculiar something last Sunday.
The disaster at Bridgeport, Conn, in
which forty people lost their lives, and
Me-, with it's list of a score of dead.
were supplemented by a quantity of
murders and suicides such as daily
paper is seldom called upon to chroni-
Gle. At Greentown. o., a craZed mother
killed her Maynard daughter with a
razor and then drowned herself. At
London, KY, one young man shot and
killed another, apparently in mere wan
tonness At Dunsmuir, Col, a man
killed his wife, who had left him year
ago, and then killed himself. At Ard
more l. T., man killed another on the
ground that he had slandered the STAY
er's wife. In a Fresno, Cal, saloon
brawl a farm laborer was stabbed to
death. At Glendive, in this state,
woman was shot by a drunken man. At
Santa Rosa Cal, a prosperous physi-
clan committed suicide, without appar
ent reason for the act. And there were
others.
Decidedly Sunday was a sensational
day The sultriness of the atmosphere
may be partially, perhaps largely, ac-
countable for the series of tragedies. 1t
is a well-establshed fact that more
crime is committed in the month of Au-
orSt than in any other of the twelya
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08
San Domingo and the Philippines.

~ EVERAL times Of late reference
~ has been made in the columns of
~ the Standard to the project by
which President Grant sought to bring
about the annexation of San Domingo
to the United States. That incident
furnishes, perhaps, the most conclusive
evidence of the extent to which the re-
publican party has drifted from it's old
time principles.
For a half century, at least, the peo-
Pile of the United States had been look
ing yearningly toward the West Indies
for a naval and commercial base. The
purchase of Cuba and various small
islands had been almost continuously
under consideration. San Domingo was
a negro republic constituting about two
thirds of the island known as Hayti or
San Domingo. General Grant, then re-
Gently elected president, was strongly
in favor of its annexation. From the
commercial and naval point of view,
the argument in favor of taking it was
unanswerable The territory was con-
siderable in extent-nearly twenty
thousand square miles-and in produc-
tive capacity probably unsurpassed
mile for mile, anywhere in the world
Its productions We're, moreover, just
the kind in which we were lacking
sugars and various tropical fruits, in
great demand throughout the United
States. SANTANA bay. well-sheltered
body of water capable of floating the
combined navies of the world, would
give us the naval and commercial sta
ton so earnestly desired.
And yet in the face of all these I'M
questioned advantages, the proposal to
annex the territory was greeted with
a perfect storm of Indignation. An in
fluential portion of the republican
! party, led by Charles Sumner, went
into open revolt, and the attitude of the
| remainder was such that Grant, man
! Of iron that he was, entirely abandoned
| the scheme.
In regard to this matter, it must be
| remembered that General Grant was
not urging a war of conquest He was
not proposing to land an army in San
| Domingo, whip the natives into sub
mission and then give them a good gov
eminent" His idea was to obtain the
consent of the people to annexation.
Why, then, the opposition? Simply be-
cause the whole scheme was regarded
as being in contravention of established
republican principles. 1t was not be-
lieved that any vote or action of the
people of San Domingo under the cir
cumstances would be a fair expression
of their wishes. The opinion also pre-.
vailed that the measure threatened the
independence of the republic of Hayti
which constituted the remaining por.
| ton of the island. Hence the opposi.
| ton to and final defeat Of the proposal
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08
TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1899.
SIXTEEN PAGES.
More Spanish "Honor."

~ DOR old Spain is still peevish and
irascible. The trial of Generals
Toral and Pareja on the charge
of surrendering Santiago to General
Shafter without having exhausted all
means of defense is a sad commentary
on Spain's sense of right and justice.
If it is true that Toral is to be sem
fenced to imprisonment for life, the
sentence will stand as one of the most
SYNONYMOUS acts Spain ever commit
ted. Santiago was not surrendered I'M
til after the Spanish soldiers had given
an exhibition of superb courage. Here
was witnessed the only hard land fight
ing OF the war. The resistance of the
Spaniards in the trenches was stubborn
to the last degree. AS soldiers they
commanded the respect and admiration
of the world.
To have continued fighting any longer
against a superior force would have
been an act of folly, particularly in
view of the fact that the garrison lack
ed food and medicine and that thou
sands of the civilians were dying of
starvation. 1t was desperate situa-
ton. There was nothing that Spain
could possibly gain by prolonging the
useless struggle. General TOral OBJ
tanned advantageous terms of surren-
der-more advantageous than Spain
reasonably had a right to expect. Her
officers kept their side arms, all her
soldiers were transported home, her
sick were nursed and her starving fed.
General Toral throughout conducted
himself as soldier and a humane gen.
tleman, and Spain owes him a vote Of
thanks. To punish him as a vlllainous
should be ashamed-and would be if
she had a just, intelligent conception of
the facts
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08

but in many cases would actually in
crease it by improving its status and
giving greater confidence in the future
of the metal But whenever any individ
ual or country required silver for any
purpose whatever, the American mint
rate must be paid, for the
simple reason that no owner
of silver bullion with ordinary
business sense would take anything less
for it. Hence, every ounce bought, no
matter where or for what use, would
help to sustain the American mint rate.
Many people who ought to know bet
ter assert that coinage has nothing to
do with the value of the precious
metals. Ex-Secretary Gage has made
the very foolish statement that coinage
merely changes the form of the metal
and creates no additional demand for
it. Any man of fair intelligence, and
especially banker. ought to know bet
ter than that. The moment piece Of
bullion Is coined into money, new
use is created for it that gives rise to
a practically unlimited demand. This
is proved by the entire history OF the
silver question.
When a nation that is large enough
to take and use the surplus-that which
remains after the wants of other coun-
tries have been satisfied-can fix the
price of either metal by compelling
those countries to pay the price that the
surplus will bring.
In short, the price of the surplus con-
trolls the price of the whole. This Is an
economic truism that is universally ac-
cepted in regard to other things, and
was never denied with reference to sill
yer and gold until the silver issue arose
in this country and it became necessary
for the champions of the gold standard
to conjure up arguments in it's defense.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08
STATE SAVINGS BANK
Corner Main and Park, Butte.

Corner Main and Park, Butte.
OFFICERS:
JOHN A. CREIGHTON......... President
g w. STAPLETON.........V President
T. NJ. HODGENS. ....................Cas Cashier
Paid in Capital, 100000.
Surplus and undivided profits, $4,000.
Under state supervision and jurisdiction.
Interest paid on deposits. Sells ex-
change available in all the principal cities
of the United States and Europe. Collec-
lions attended to promptly. Transacts
general banking business.
Directors-John A. Creighton. Omaha; G.
w. Stapleton, A. H. Barrett, e. d. Lea
Witt, 8. Y. Kemperl 7. NJ Hodsens.
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The attention of Mr.. B. Plat Carpen-
ter is invited to the fact that counsel
for Dreyfus believe they have a good
case and are not petitioning the court
for indefinite postponement
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08
Our Cornucopia.

From the Kansas City Times.
Russia is blue over the grain crop
shortage. American farmers will cheaf-
fully supply the deficit at reasonable
advance in prices. Let Russia take couG-
age and not fear starvation.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08

The friends Of ex-senator Babcock
of Billings are not satisfied that he
should take second place on the repub-
lican state ticket next year. They be-
lieve him to be fully competent to play
first violin in the Carter orchestra.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08
Belligerent Belgjans,

From the Washington Times.
The king of Belgium Is going to save his
throne a little while longer by granting
proportional representation to his re-
beHlCrs subjects, but he will find that Il is
is only palliative. Evidently the Belg'pns
are not so docile as they once were.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08
Her Aim Was Good.

From the Washington Post.
\ New York woman aimed pistol a: a
dog and shot a man. She is now eligible
for a position on the police force.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08
Sincerity Questioned.

FROM the Milwaukee Sentinel.
II Chicago influence is to be enlisted
with the forces which contemplate going
after the national convention for Milwau-
kee Chicago influences should be required
to give bond that they will not stop off
in Chicago with the convention on the
home trip.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08

per stage. The bowie knives it has up
it's sleeve for Carter, Babcock, ct al.
will not be drawn forth and put into
commission until a little later in the
tragedy.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08

Besides the Butte and Helena law
yers who desire the opportunity, Tom
my Hogan also wants To also run for
congress on the republican ticket next
year.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08

Another thinks that 1t was deposited
when the Mediterranean sea, which ex-
listed prehstorically in Kansas, subsiled.
Another class has a theory that there
amt no gold" You can pay your money
anc take your choice.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08

New York C---ce--4s Tribune Building.
Chicago Office-469 The Rookery.
The s. c. Beckwith Special Agency
Eastern Representatives.
Washington Bureau-1.415 G ST.. N. W.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08
Makes Than Groggy.

From the Richmond Times.
A New Jersey ball player was struck
b. lightning the other day, but old 'Jer-
sey lightning" has put a good many of
tFem out of the game.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08

General Jiminez is still closely watch
ed at Havana. He would like to be
president of San Domingo, but he is
experiencing no end of difficulty in get
ting there.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08

The Deer Lodge convicts who had
tunneled their way almost to liberty
when the earth caved in, crawled into
highly unsatisfactory hole in the
ground.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08

1t Is highly improbably that the coun-
try will ever see bigger vice president
than old Hobart.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08

The country has yet to learn that
General Alger is such a hero in Michi-
gan that bevies of Michigan girls are
smothering him in kisses.
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No Relief for Them.


From the Philadelphia Times.
The formation of a switch trust with
unlimited means of controlling the output
will be pleasant news to the average bad
boy until he discovers it is not that kind
of switches.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08

President Mckinley has bought the
house in which he formerly lived at
Canton, o. Its old associations will
make it a very pleasant place of resi-
dence after March A. 1901.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08

All general business letters and CORE
spondence should be addressed to the
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
Anaconda. Mont.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08

Sir Wilfred Laurier seems TO have
moved and carried a resolution to lay
his war with the United States on the
table.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08
"The Only Good Ones"

From the New York Telegram.
A Tilted Indian killed the girl and then
burned her fathers barn. 1t Is astonishing
the rapid strides those redskins are max
ing toward civilization.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF BUTTE
A General Banking Business
Transacted

Foreign exchange. We draw direct on
ali the principal cities of Europe and issue
sur own letters of credit. available in all
PARTS of the world.
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It is evident from the number Of
meals he is taking outside these days
that Admiral Dewey is a guest of the
Olympia on the European plan.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08

The Standard has branch of1ices at
Butte, Missoula and Great Falls. where
advertising rates will be furnished on ap-
plica ton
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One Claim to Fame.

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
Guzman Blanco, former president of
Venezuela, is dead. 1t is worthy of note
that he was not assassinated.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08

With Dewey, Schley and Cervera in
attendance, Chicago's autumn festival
will contain remarkable exhib!t> of
peaches.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08

The New York Sun is affording the
Washington Post and its other enemies
an opportunity to sum up their criti-
cisms in the one word "rats!"
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1t does not necessarily follow that the
Pennsylvania coal trust will make it
warm for the consumers.