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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-06
ANOTHER
Tale Of Horror.
Kentucky Negro Burned
at Stake.
Eyes Gouged Out by In
furiated People.
Murdered Woman's Husband
Led the Mob.

Marysville, KY, Dec. 6.-(SpL)-
Dick Coleman, colored, was taken
from the officers here today, and
burned to death at the stake.
While roasting on his funeral pyre,
his eyes were gouged out by an in
furiated mob.
Five thousand people were in the
mob.
Coleman assaulted and murdered
Mrs. James Lashbrook, white, here
some time ago and had been taken
to Covington for fear of mob violence.
It was after being transferred here
for trial, that he was seized and
burned.
Mr.. Lashbrook, husband of the
murdered woman, led the mob.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-06

S. B. LAFFERTY,
Phone 394 106 South Howard st.
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schley and Sampson Again.

~HE Washington Post has once
more CLOSED out" the Schley-
Sampson controversy, handling
the New York Sun without gloves in
doing this. In their anxiety to give
Sampson the glory of a battle in which
he took no part, few newspapers, in
Guiding the Sun, have been going the
full length Of attempting to prove that
Schley showed himself an arrant cow
ard at Santiago and that his chief de-
sire seemed to be to keep out of the
Spaniards' way.
On these points there are two or three
observations that can be pertinently
made. If Schley was actually trying
to get away from the Spaniards he
showed very inferior seamanship in
the effort The evidence is conclusive
that the Spanish ships suffered more
from the five-inch shells of the Brook
Ign than from any others thrown by
the American fleet. 1t is also con-
ceded fact that the Brooklyn was her
self struck greater number of times
than any other American vessel; in
fact she was hit oftener than all the
rest of them together.
Therefore, if Schley is censurable at
all, it seems clear that his enemies
have taken the wrong tack. They
ought to have charged him with bad
seamanship in being unable to get his
ship out of effective and even destruct-
i've cannon range. In view of the cir
cumstance that the Brooklyn was the
fastest ship in the fleet, this blunder-
ing on Schley's part was simply mex
cuSable.
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Summer at the White House.

From the New York Mail and,Express.
This is the kind of weather Mrs. Nc
kinley likes. She is very sensitive to the
cold and delights in hot weather. For
the last few days, therefore, she has been
feeling remarkably well, and takes her
cally drive with much pleasure. The
president, 1t must be confessed, does not
Ike 1t as warm as the last few days. but
as he has an electric fan going in his Of
nee, it is never oppressive there. Besides.
the office has a southern exposure, look
ing out toward the Potomac, and there is
always breeze from that quarter Since
the warm weather has set in the president
and Mrs. Mckinley spend the evening on
the southern portico outside the blue par
lor. Here they are found by callers who
drop in for visit after dinner. This por-
uco is well shaded by honeysuckle and
OTTER vines, while rose bushes are planted
around it, and so in the evenings it is not
only delightfully."- cool there, but it is fra
grant with the odor of flowers. On Sat-
urday evenings the Marine band gives a
concert in the white lot in front of this
portico, and it is fayorite place for Mrs
Mckinley, as well as the president, to sit
there and listen to the music and at the
same time to see the people. During the
hot summer evenings Mrs Mckinley
often has her tea served on the portico
and at these times she loves to have a
beVy of young girls with her, for she is
extremely fond Of young company.
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Personal Notes.

The University of Colorado has confer
red the degree of Ii. D. on Brigadier
General Irving Hale.
When Captain Coghlan was in command
of the Raleigh he was the smallest man
in stature on that ship.
Captain Bermer. who is arranging new
expedition to the North pole, is a we'll
known Canadian officer.
Sidney Cooper, now Sc years old has
had four pictures on exhibition at the
London Acedamey this year.
Professor Hadley the new president Of
Yale, recently described himself as "the
NEST nervous man on earth.
DIR. w. Seward Webb knows railroading
from top to bottom and frequently amuses
himself by running an engine
Lieutenant Widner, a nephew of Admiral
Dewey, bears so striking a resemblance
to his famous uncle that he is often mis-
taken for him.
Verdi denies that he is writing a new
opera He says .'Falstaff'' is his last
work and that his labor in this world has
come to an end.
Superintendent E, Benjamin Andrews of
the Chicago public schools has had his life
insured for $40, 900 for the benefit of pen
sion fund for teachers.
Inc pope takes a keen interest in pho
Biography, and up to the time of his late
illness was himself an amateur photog-
rapher of no mean ability.
General H. w. Lawton is splendid
swimmer, and now, while on duty in the
Philippines, takes morning swim when
ever the chance presents itself.
There is circulating in Berlin report
that Emperor William is about to shave
OFF the mustache which has long been the
admiration and despair of all Germany.
The action of the University of New
York in comforting on ex-Secretary Will
liam r. Day the degree of Doctor of Laws
recalls the fact that Mr.. Day has received
three honorary degrees since he was at
the head of the state department.
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ropes and dragged the ponderous load
to it's destined spot, where they threw
ingots of gold and silver and other met
ais that had never been melted in a
furnace"
OF a more practical turn is the sym
bolism of modern Masonry in the cor
ner-stone ceremonies. Masonic rules
are that, in form, the stone shall be
perfectly square on it's surfaces and in
it's solid contents cube" 1t is placed
in the northeast corner OF the building
thus 1T faces the north and the east;
there is some theory involving light and
darkness in this selection. When laid
in it's place, the stone Is examined with
the necessary implements of operative
Masonry''-the square, the level and the
plumb, and is then declared to be well
formed, true and trusty.' How good
this guaranty is, the Standard does not
undertake to say. We are frank to adj
NIT, however, that If the state house
were the Standards personal property
and the test of square and level were to
be applied to the cornerstone we would
go a good deal more on the judgment
of our Johnnie Cosgrove in Anaconda
than on that of Hon. Cornelius Hedges
or any other practicing attorney in
Montana.
For that matter, we cannot help
thinking that this cornerstone ques-
ton suggests vastly more important
themes than the one raised by the
Helena Independents correspondent. If
rendezvous for "a band of bribe-takers,
the like of those who sold this states
senatorship last winter, then its corner
stone were as well if made of mud or
laid by jail birds in counterfeit thou
sand-dollar bills.
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AS to the Discovery"

IN several of the sketches of Richard
P. Bland, printed since the an
nouncement of his death, the re-
mark is made that while he was serv-
ing as a member of the Forty fourth
congress he discovered that silver had
been demonetized by the Sherman act.
He was chairman of the committee on
mines and mining in that congress; he
reported the first of the series of bills
introduced in congress in recent years
providing for the free coinage of sill
Yer.
All honor is due to Mr.. Bland for the
aggressive and well-sustained fight he
made for silvers restoration to its
rightful place in the currency and COIN
age of the United States That he
discovered" the crime of 1873, through
his own investigation is possible
at the same time, there is a bit of his
tory relating to this discovery that is
worth keeping in mind. Perhaps no
individual can properly be named as
the person who first found out that
by surreptitious work in congress sill
Yer had actually been demonetized If
on that score credit belongs to any
individual, the credit is due to Gen. A.
]. Warner
At least a year or two earlier than
the congress in which Mr. Bland held
the craftsmanship just mentioned Cen
eral Warner of Ohio, one of the best
versed men in this country in topics
relating to political economy and
gentleman who has served several
terms in congress. made the discov-
cry that. in fact, President Grant and
very large number of men in the
two houses of congress did not know
what they were doing when they made
law, in 1873, of the measure that re-
suited in silvers decentralization. Gen
era1 Warner learned that in England,
in conversation with men of promi-
hence in London's financial circles who
corrected him when he spoke of silver
in our country's currency. and who
surprised him with the informa ton
that our government had demonetized
silver.
This information, reported in the
United States, in turn took the entire
American public by SURPRISE it trans
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pired that the fact of silver's demoneti-
cation, as the result of the act of
1878, had not been announced anywhere
by the press of the United States or
through other agencies. A little later
from men in executive and legislative
circles assurances came thick and fast
to the effect that the legislation of 1873
was not at all understood by those who
gave it their support. To this day,
General Warner has remained silver's
steadfast friend. He is not so much
heard of in political doings. but his
contributions to the discussion of the
money question are numerous, as they
are uniformly instructive and schol-
arly
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-19
Open Doors Now.

TT was the opinion of all sensible
men that the delegates in the peace
congress at The Hague did a fool
ish thing when, at the outset, they de-
cided to hold secret sessions. That
style of transacting public business has
had its day. The notable failure of
the secret plan in our own country is
in the mis-named executive sessions of
the federal senate at Washington.
These are supposed to be secret; the
public never fails to learn what trans
pires when the closed-door sessions in
volve any matter in which the public
has an interest.
taken in putting up barriers against
reporters. and the resolution providing
for secret sessions was made as bind
ing as possible on the delegates. 1t all
amounted to nothing. Right along the
world has been informed respecting the
discussions in the congress. The trou-
BILE was that a mass of wrong infor-
nation was sent out. In essential
matters the hearsay talk carried to the
public in many lands untruthful re-
ports of what had been said or planned
within the congress.
One day last week those who at first
We're the most persistent advocates of
secrecy concluded that, in part at least,
their programme must be abandoned
When the matter came up for formal
action an ill-natured debate ensued,
the head of the Belgian delegation
broadly insinuating that NJ. de Staal,
the president of the congress, was CO.
verify responsible for a good deal of
1.-THE leakage that had occurred. That
most of the newspaper correspondents
fastened to establish communication
with persons sitting in the congress,
is certain; for the rest, the corps of re-
porters undoubtedly includes a. share
of fellows who are good at guessing
when one is compelled to guess.
The lifting of the embargo is at least
one sensible thing in the records of
the congress. The world can now get
the straight story of what is proposed
and become acquainted with the tenn
per and scope of the work.
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THE HEATHEN cHINEE REVISED,

On plain language, Truthful James
changes his mind)
Which I wish to remark
And my language is plain
That for ways that are dark
And for tricks that are vain.
The heather Chinee isn't in it.
Which the same would rise to explain.
Ii Hung was his name,
And | will not deny.
In regard to the same
What that name might imply:
For his name it will sound more like
Dennis
This here was the game
Where he got the glad hand;
II was war, and the same
He did not understand
But relied on his bow and his arrows
With confidence childlike and bland
AT the end of the scrap
Things came to a stop,
And the cute little Jap
Was a-stting on top.
AS he soaked it for fair to the heather
For more than half of his map.
Many millions he made
The poor chinaman pay;
And when he was paid
1t grieVes me to say
He Winked at the powers of Europe
In an artless and japanese way.
In the scene which ensued
Everyone took a hand
Russia, England the shrewd:
Also Germany, and
Even Italy proved twas a game
She could well understand.
Oh, the tricks that they played
On that heather Chinee!
And the claims that they made
Were quite awful to see.
Here's hoping that never the same
VIII be done unto you or to me!
Said England: Here's MINE.
And THIS, Russia's. for you;
THIS suits Germany fine,
And THIS Italy too;
And as for the rest, the heather
Can give US a small I u"
Which is why / remark
And my language is plain
That for ways that are dark
And for tricks that are vain
The heather Chinee ISN'T IN IT,
As Europe is free to maintain.
New York Journal.
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1T is not made in good faith. Does any
one suppose for a moment that if the
gold standard were an advantage to the
debtor, the great creditors of the world
would be so anxious to force it upon
them? We have not yet reached the
point in the worlds financial history
where the creditor classes are deliber-
ately advocating measures whereby the
debtors load is to be made lighter.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-19
What to Do With the Napkin.
ON the Phfladelnbia Press

From the Philadelphia Press.
One of our New York contemporaries is
engaged in an effort to reform the habit
o. tucking the napkin in the collar and
using It as bib at meals. The practice is
PROBABLY an aggravated one in New York
buS 1t Is not unknown in other parts of
the country, having been brought into the
rural and other sections from the metrop-
oils.
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Evidently a Prohibitionist.

From the st. Louis Star.
Kansas Is determined not to be outdone
Ihat state now proudly boasts that Mr..
NottaplttiWiski owns ranch in that
state. Just as though a shortening of the
name would not give Kentucky the ad-
vantage.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-19
Current Comment.
Passing Of tl,e Countrv Row.

FROM the Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
me country boy is passing. There Is
very little of the country left. Where the
mill, the meeting house and the store
used to brood in regal solitude ambitious
towns nave sprung up where bonds are is
sueu, water works, street cars and cleo
trio plants put in. The fast trains bring
the farms and cities close together and
the telephone has made the world a vast
whispering gallery,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-19
THE STORY OF THE WEST.
The Entire Region This Side of the Mis-
sissippi Is the East.

From the ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The query, Where is the West?"-
the West as locality and not as
point of the compass-has, for several
reasons, acquired a new interest in re
cent times. In the political nomencla-
ture of the latter part of the days when
slavery was in existence Kentucky,
Tennessee and Missouri were classed
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-19
Arranging to Fry Fat.

From the Detroit Free Press.
The intention of the republican members
Oh the finance committee to hold their
conference in New York behind closed
doors is only another suggestion of how
little there will be for the public in the
entire currency reform programme of the
administration
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-19
Where They Excel.

FROM the Kansas City Journal.
A contemporary remarks that the Gu
bans are better liars than fighters"
That may be true. but it can be said in
behalf of their veracity that they are bet
ter eaters than liars.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-19

New York Ocice--4S Tribune Building.
Chicago Office-469 The Rookery.
The 8. c.. Beckwith Special Agency
Eastern Representatives.
Washington Bureau, AIS G St, N. W.
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Barred.


From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The dimensions of Patty de CLAIMS cell
preclude the danger of his doing very
mich rubberneckng.
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Their Dark DAYS Are MANY.

From the Kansas City Times.
A French scientist proposes to work up a
lot of artificial clouds for the Paris expo
sition. One would suppose they had
enough of the real article TO make a good
showing.
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Might Appoint Him anyhow:

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
Quay has been beaten in his attempt
to dictate the speaker of the house What
is the governor Of Pennsylvania going to
do about it?
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Arfful.

From the Nashville American.
Because medical science has discovered
microbes in flowers will not deter some
men from throwing bouquets at them
selves.
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Thoroughly Competent.

From the New York Press.
Henderson of Iowa is said to be a good
singer. That fact ought not to interfere
with his becoming a tolerably fair speak
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-19
Cut to Fit.

From the St. Louis Republic
Spain, deprived of her colonies, will not
cut such a wide swath in the world, but
she will present neater and trimmer fig
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-19

All general business letters and CORE
spondence should be addressed to the
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY,
Anaconda, Mont.
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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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What Was Left.

From the Washington Star.
The Kaiser has simply picked up a JOB
lot of islands from the remnant counter.
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THE ANACONDA STANDARD

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Printed Every Day in the Year.
Entered at the postoffice at Anaconda as
second class mail matter.
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The University Of Colorado has confer
red the degree of Ii. D. on Brigadier
General Irving Hale.
The morning news., 1899-11-24

Guards were out In their gray uniforms.
which met with the approval Of the vet
erans. The Lawton Cadets had a good
turnout and showed up handsomely 10
their gray uniforms. The Hussars made a
splendid showing, having a large attend
ance and wearing their handsome dress
uniforms.
The line moved shortly before O'Clock.
First came Gen. w W. Gordon, the mar
shal Of the parade accompanied by the
following staff Mai. Edward Karow, chief
OF staff; Capt. G. b. Pritchard, Capt. r.
Lee Wyny, Capt. J. c. PoStel, G. W.
owens, Esq. ". B. Stevens, Esq, Capt.
W. G. Harrison. Lieut. A. Minis, Lieut..
James Bird, Lieut.. Glenn Saussy The old
battlehag Of ne Chatham Artillery was
carried by The latter as guidon. Next
In line was Col. A. R. Lawton and staff
with the Firsi Regiment Of Volunteer IN
fantry, headed by the reglmental band,
the Chatham Artillery and the Georgia
Hussars.
Behind the military came the line of
carriages, the first carriage containing
GOV Gambler With the Governor were
Congressman Rufus r. Lester, from the
First district; Col Johu Screven, chairman
of the Reunion Committee, and Gen 9.
NJ SorTeL Accompanying the Governor
was his staff, mounted Col. Phil G. Byrd,
acting adjutant general, being in COM
mand. The other members of the staff
present were Col. w. G. Obear inspector
general Col. George T. Cam. inspector
general Of rife practice; Lieut.. Col. W. T.
Hopkins. assistant inspector general. and
Lieut.. Coils. Merritt W. Dixon, Robert M.
Hull John Schwarz, G. B. Whauey and
George L. Keene Of Savannah. and Lieut..
Coils. Joseph Nash. ]. W. Shell. r. L. I4ol-
ton, II. silverman, T. w. Webb Hughes
Reynolds, w A Swift Aaron A3tmayer,
c. p. Wertenbaker and Heery from the
state at large, and Color Sergeant w. G.
Browne Of Atlanta.
Following the Governors carriage were
a number Of carriages, containing mem
bers of the Reunion Executive Committee,
accompanied by prominent guests, the
Mayor and aldermen and visiting officers
and members of the Daughters Of the Con
federacy.
The morning news., 1899-11-24
GIFT OF GOVERNORS STAFF.
VIII Purchase n Series of Pictures
for Confederate Museum.

VIII Purchase n Series of Pictures
for Confederate Museum.
The Governor and his staff were seated
on the stage when a letter was read from
Mrs. Parke of Macon, asking that the
amount of 500 be subscribed for the pur-
pose of aiding in the purchase of a series
of Confederate pictures, 10 be used in the
decoration of the Confederate Museum at
Richmond The letter was a stirring and
eloquent one and recited the fact that
there had never been an appeal made to
the Confederate Veterans of Georgia that
had not met with prompt response.
Col. Byrd Immediately stated to the
commanding general of the division that
the members of the Governors staff would
gladly make this contribution, and it was
SO announced TO the convention. This gra-
cious act on the part of the staff found
general appreciation among the delegates
present, and they testified it, as has been
their custom. with round after round of
vigorous applause. Gen. Evans stated
that nevertheless, the request would be
referred to the Memorial Committee, in
the hope that the division would be able TO
increase the contribution that was ex-
pected from this state.
The morning news., 1899-11-24

AuGustn's Old Veterans Brought
Memories of Many Marches.

AuGusta's Old Veterans Brought
Memories of Many Marches.
The Confederate Soldiers Association.
Camp 1904 of Augusta. Capt. ]. c. McDer-
mon, and 4S men in line This camp was
aIrayed from fe2d 10 foot in the o,d Con.
federate uniform They wore the old grey
jeans, with the rants tied around the an
kles, the o.d slouch hats, blankets swung
across their sh0uf3ers with eanteens and
haversacks and old Confederate muskets.
Naturally this camp attracted Considera-
hle attention. and il was noted that the
men mar he'd well together, and had evil
deudy been wen drilled ia the Old Hardee
tactics hey looked like genuine old Vets
who had seen hard experiences bolh dur
II and since the war. II. H. Hickman was
color bearer. This camp had the regirnental
flag If the Tenth Georgia carried by +.
L. Blassett, ANA company flag carried
by Il. G. Tudor.
The two Atlanta camps showed up well.
Atlanta Camp No, l53 was commanded by
w. ID. Ells, nd W. y. T. Walker Camp
by r. S. Osborne. With The latter camp
was the flag Of The Barlow Guards, Com
pany = Of he Thirty-hrst Georgia, Which
was presented to the company in Savan-
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