The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-24
BUYS more PAINTINGS
Clarks Literary Bureau Keeps
World Informed About Him.
COMING TO NEW YORK
Butte's Public Building COMMISSIONERS
Senator Mantle Took Very Active
Part in the United States In
dustrial Commission.
Washington Bureau of the Standard,
No. 1l46 G Street n. w. 1

Washington Bureau of the standard,
| No. 1I45 Street n. w.
Washington, D. c., May 18.-William
| A. Clarks branch literary bureau in
this city announces that he will return
to this country in about six days from
date. He will, however according to
that authority. neither come to Wash
| ington, where his senatorial duties are
supposed to be performed, nor will he
go to Montana, where he Is supposed
ito live. He will pass nearly the entire
| summer in New York City. In connec-
| ton with the announcement of his re-
| turn comes the Jenkinsy statement that
he has purchased a large number of
valuable paintings in Paris, which he
| is bringing to this country. The So
| ciety columns of the local papers have
it thus: Senator William A. Clark of
| Montana has been buying heavily of
| the art treasures contained in the col
| lection of Count Dorias, sold at auction
| in Paris. Masterpieces of Corot, Rous-
seau, DiaZ, Lepine and Jongkind are
among the purchases, and the price in
each instance was worthy of the estl-
| nation in which the works Of the artists
| are held"
It is interesting to know that many of
the retainers of Mr.. Clark in New York
are inherited from the staff'of the late
Senator Calvin s. Brice. His secretary
in Washington is George E. Gilliland
an experienced politician and newspa-
per man, who was formerly secretary
to Mr. Brice while he was senator.
The presence in the city this week of
both Ex-Governor Joseph K. Toole and
Ex-Congressman w. w. Dixon led the
| Washington Post into bit of political
speculation The Post guessed" that
Ex-Congressman Dixon was here look
| ing up facts for contest against
| Clark for his notorious purchase of his
seat, and that Elk Governor Toole was
here as a particular representative of
the senator-elect to look up arguments
| in his defense. AS a matter of fact
| both men were here on business wholly
| disconnected with the Clark case. The
| latter's literary bureau Is very greatly
disturbed for fear that there will be
| contest, but thus far there are no sur
face indications that the Helena cess
pool, called the Montana legislature,
| will be investigated by the senate.
At the last moment Charles E. Kemp
er. chief executive officer of the super
vising architects office. found that it
would be impossible for him to go TO
Butte as a member of the public build
ing commission. William A. Window
of Minnesota, who has been for many
years an attache of the supervising
architects office, was chosen to go in
Kempers stead. He is a son of William
D. Window, who was twice secretary
of the treasury, and is regarded in the
| office as a valuable member of the force
and as particularly well qualified to
render an intelligent and impartial de-
cision as to the site. The other MEM
bers of the commission were chosen on
the tion of Senator Carter,
who is all-powerful with the assistant
secretaries Of the treasury. During his
recent visit here ex-senator Mantle
was asked to recommend one member
of the commission, but declined on the
ground that he was no longer member
of the senate.
During the period of his stay here the
ex-senator took quite an active part in
the work of the United States indus
trial commission, of which he is
member. He attended several hearings
and will give to the duties of the place
a great deal of attention after his re-
turn to Montana. He has not been in
| very good state of health since the
adjournment of congress.
The treasury department has pre-
pared an important series of regula-
tons for the government of collectors
of customs with view to securing ac
curate statistics of the expectation of
American products. These regulations
are specially aimed at ports along the
Canadian border at which, according to
an investigation recently concluded by
the department, the records have been
carelessly kept and the reports made in
such form as to be misleading as to the
real character of the exports. The reg
ulations provide that ANY person who
shall hereafter deliver to any railway
or transportation company or other
common carrier commodities for trans
portation and expectation by rail from
the United States to foreign countries
shall also deliver to the collector of
customs at the frontier port through
which the goods pass into the foreign
country a manifest, duly certified as
to it's accuracy by said person or his
| agent, exhibiting the kinds, quantities
and values Of the several articles de-
livered by such person or his agent for
expectation. That the provisions of the
| law apply to commodities transported
to the frontier in railway cars for ex-
portation and ans-shipment across
the frontier into the adjacent foreign
territory in ferryboats or vehicles SO
far as to require the person In charge
thereof to furnish to the collector of
| customs information of the kinds,
quantities and values of such commod-
tiles. Nothing contained in this law is
to be held as applicable to goods in
| transit between American ports by
routes passing through foreign territory
| or to merchandise in transit between
places in the dominion of Canada by
routes passing through the United