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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-05
A Treasury Thief.

The Keck smuggling case, decided in
favor of the defendant by the supreme
court of the United States, presents a
Phase that recalls a celebrated robbery
of the treasury in Washington nearly
~ years ago. In the Keck case the dia-
monds are in the possession of the gov
eminent AS Keck has been acquitted
or the oHense of smuggling by the high
est FEDERAL court, some good lawyers
who heard the decision hold he can re-
cover possession of the jewels. The
case to which I refer as in one phase
resembling this was the theft by a
treasury employee in Washington of a
package of currency ntaining 1000
in five-hundred dollar bills. The pack
age was distracted at the noon hour.
when the clerks are allowed time to
leave the building for luncheon The
thief carried it. to nearby saloon and
hid it; the keeper of the place being
supposed to stand in with him. The
loss, of course, was soon discovered and
everybody who could have taken the
package Swallowed. Suspicion quickly
settled on certain employe, who was
known to frequent the saloon in cues
ton.
The large size of the bills gave the
consprators trouble. Finally they sent
one of their number to SARATOGA to
play the races with a part of the mon
ey. Inc feSt-SI2.OOU-they deposited in
a bank in Alexandria, Va, eight miles
down the river. The man who went to
Saratoga was Of the ''tin- horn gam
bier class. He lost his head and played
the races so badly. putting up a five
hundred-dolar bill every time that she
detectives soon took him in. Arrests
were made. indictments found, but no.
body was convicted for the simple rea-
son that the money found on the tin
horn was part of the identical mon
ey that was stolen from the treasury
SO, like Keck, they went free. The
money in the Alexandria bank remain
ed there several years. until finally the
late George Bliss of New York came to
Washington in 1882 as one of the gov
eminent counsel in the star route cases.
He was employed to recover this mon
ey. His contention was simple. The
government could not prove It's title to
the money. 1t did not belong to the
bank; it must belong to somebody:
therefore. it belonged to the person
who had deposited it. How much that
person got of it is not known but Bliss
was a high-priced lawyer.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-05
THACKERY'S VIEW OF DEATH,
Great Novelist Wrote of the Next World
in a Private Lotter.

Great Novelist Wrote of the Next World
in a Private Lotter.
The following is taken from a letter
of coincidence written by Thackeray to
Mrs. Proctor on the death of her moth
err shortly before Thackerayfs death.
The letter is found in the biographical
introduction to Denis Duval and shows
the great novelist as he was at heart
earnest and sublime; not the cynic, the
satlrist that so many have considered
him:
Thinking of dea tn says Thackeray,
IS thinking of God inscrutable. i'm
measurable. endless, beginningess, SUI
preme, awfully solitary. Little chill
dren step off this earth into the infinite
ana we tear our hearts out over their
sweet, cold hands and smiling faces,
that drop Indifferent when you cease
holding them and smile as the lid is
closing over them. I don't think we
deplore the old, who have had enough
OF living and striving and have buried
SO many others and must be weary of
llV1ng-it seems time for them to go
for where's the pleasure of staving
when the feast is over and the flowers
Wlthered and the guests gone? Isn't it
better ITO blow the light than sit on
among the broken meats and collapsed
jellies and vapid heel-taps? I go-to
what I don't know-but to Gods next
world, which is His and He made it.
One PAGES up and down the shores vet
awhile and looks toward the unknown
ocean and thinks Of the traveller whose
boat sailed yesterday. Those we love
can but walk down to the pier with us
the voyage we must make alone. Ex-
cept for the young or very happy. I
can't say I'm sorry for any one who
dies
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-05
Dollar Dinner Harmony.

New York, April 4-The rival commit
tees which for several days have wrangled
over the dollar dinner" at which Will
liam J. Bryan is to be present, met to-
night and adjusted all differences. The
following statement was issued:
THE workingmens dinner committee
and the Chicago platform dinner commit
tee have met and finally settled all their
differences to the complete satisfaction oil
all parties. For the sake of harmony and
good fellowship the Chicago platform
committee relinquished all right title and
interest in the Grand Central Palace on
the night of April u. The workingmen's
committee will go on with the arrange
ments for its dinner on April y as an
nOunced -
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-05
A MYSTERY UNRAVELED.
Thief Arrested and Stolen Property Re
covered.

Thief Arrested and Stolen Property Re
covered.
A robbery mystery five days old was
unraveled by Sergeant of Police Nc
Grath last evening, the thief arrested
and the stolen goods recovered, but
there is to be no prosecution, as the in
jured party refuses to appear On
Thursday evening of last week the
house of Mrs. L. kersting, at 124 West
Galena street, was robbed of a quanti-
ty of silverWare and womans wearing
apparel. The robbery was a good deal
of a mystery and was not reported to
the police until last evening, when
Chief of Police Mulholland was noti-
fled and was told that William Mauzy
and Roy Wells, two young men, were
suspected. Sergeant McGrath went to
work on the case and arrested Wells,
who confessed that he knew Mauzy had
the stolen property, but denied that he
had had any hand in the theft Mauzy
was next taken into custody, when he
broke down and confessed to having
broken open Mrs. kersting's trunk and
taken the goods. He told how he had
disposed of the silverware at a Japanese
restaurant and had given the garments
to several friends. The property was
soon recovered, and as Mrs. Kersting
refuses to prosecute Mauzy was re-
leased. He had been living at Mrs.
kersting's house, and had been we'll
thought Of. This was the reason she
declined to appear against him.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-05
Crows Thawing Out Their Feet.

From Rockbrdge county, Virginia,
comes the report that there is an enor-
nous number of crows there and they
are committing unheard-of freaks.
They have been seen on the backs Of
the sheep on several farms A gentle
man stated that he saw tire crows at
the same time on the back of one sheep
and the animal did not appear TO mind
them, but continued to walk about and
feed. The only reason assigned for the
crows being there was that they had
frosted their feet during the cold spell
and were using the wool on the free list
as an article for their injured feet.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-05
Keeping 1t in the Family.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
There is a bank in Toxic, Japan, with
a capital of 5000 900 and a reserve
fund of So, 900, which advertises the
following board of directors: Baron Fl
Mitsui, Gennosuke Mitsui Genyemon
Mitsui, Takayasu Mitsui, Yonosuke Nit
sui and Tokuyemon Mitsui. The first
named is the father and the others are
his sons. Every share of stock belongs
to the family and it is announced that
they assume an unlimited responsibility
for all the liabilities of the bank
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-05
DIR. CHUNG, cs' ss[s shx.,s,,,

Guarantees to cure all disease by means
of his famous Chinese medicines. that
have never before been introduced into
this country. He has cured thousands and
can cure you. Everybody invited to call.
Consultation free. q West Galena street.
Butte, Mont
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-05

Monday was an exciting election day
in Butte. Honors were heaped upon
the successful candidates, and the re-
turns were everywhere received with
enthusiasm. The honors were shared
by Centennial book beer, declared by
all to be the leader of all its competi-
TORS
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-05
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF BUTTE.
A General Banking
Business Transacted.

Foreign exchange. We draw direct on
all the principal cities of Europe and ISSUE
our own letters of credit, available in all
parts of the world.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-05-26
NEWS IN BRIEF.

The silver service and silver bell given
10y citizens Of Louisiana. have been pre-
.ented to the cruiser New Orleans,
A "Laborer's Union band" has been
organized at Griffin. Ga. TO run ont the
negroes Trouble is expected.
The votes registered at Galveston.
Tex. for the city election is 9s62
Colonel L. W. Cole Of Nashville, Tenn.
died suddenly at the Fifth Avenue
hotel at New York He was the wealth
icst man in Tenn.
WI Bryan spoke to 10000 persons
81 Pittsheld. Ills. one hundred guns
were fired at sunrise in honor Of his
arrival
General Reina, former minister Of
war aud military governor sof Madrid.
died at Madrid, Spain.
The Michigan legislature has passed
4 beet sugar bounty bill
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-05-26

Huntington. Ind, May 95 - Aunt
Peggy Bailey the oldest oil maid in the
United States. died ut her home near
this city Tuesday. She was born in
Kentucky. aud was ne years old last
March She was a most remarkable
woman She never was sick but once.
and that was from typhoid fever, whom
she was between 20 and 30 years Of age,
Her eyesight never failed her until
within the last two months. aud she
spent much time at knitting without
,pectacles. something she never wore.
She bad used tobacco and smoked pipe
lnce she was : years old. anl woul
never admit that tobacco was injurious
10 any one. Aunt Peggy would no, cx-
plain why she never married, except
that she did not want 10. The family
think. however. that there was a 10.
nance Ia her early lie that caused her
10 vow she would never marry she re-.
tanned an her faculties until about two
months ago when she bee anne suddenly
leaf dumb and blind. and partially IN.
sane. From that time on her decline
was rapid until her death.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-05-26

Jefer'cn c.r'. No, May - Gov
stephens - sign,'l the bill which ~
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-05-26
HELD FOR LARCENY.
Four Men Arrested In New Jersey on a
Federal Indictment.

Four Men Arrested In New Jersey on a
Federal Indictment.
New York. May % George Stewart,
said 20 have been the vice president Of
financial agency company Of this city,
Robert Hammond. Edward c. Liarr and
Daniel p Pierce. have been arrested in
Hoboken. \. j., on a warrant for the
larceny of SGO2 Many checks Of a Pc
culiar nature were found in a satchel Of
one Of the prisoners and the satchel bore
title heads Of the Columbia Savings In
vcstment company. Financial Agency
company and the American Investors
company. The last organization opened
offices in this city last January. and on
January 30 Stewart and Pierce were ar
rested for using the mails for fraudu-
lent purposes, the arrests being basel
on indictments found by the Federal
grand jury for the western district OF
Arkausas
The American Investment company il
appears failed and the financial com.
pany took is place az the same time.
Stewart first came into publicity in 1855
a. vic, president Of the Granite State
Provisional Banking and Loan associa.
ton This organization failed in ls9d,
with liabilities Of S3Sj OO0, Of which
about 100000 was due 10 $500 stock.
holders
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-05-26
Rosa ionhsur Seriously m.

Fontaine. Bleu. France, MAY sS. Rosa
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-05-26
ANOTHER BIG SCHEME.
Plans TO Make the Gulf Road Part Of
the Alton system.

Plans 20 Make the Gulf Road Part of
the Alton system.
Chicago May e5 Underits new man.
agement the Chicago and Alton road
promises 10 become Que Of the most i'm.
portant railway systems in the west.
The acquisition Of the St. Louis. Peoria
and Northern road by the Alton already
has been announced and the indications
are that the Kansas City, Pittsburg and
Gulf railroad will become, when II gets
ont Of the hands Of the receivers. a part
Of the Alton system
President Hartman is member Of
the Kansas City Pittsburg and Gulf re-
organization committee and il Is said
10 be- his desire to obtain control Of ihe
Of the road aud makeit an outlet for the
Alton 10 the gulf,
The acquisition Of this road by the
Hartman syndicate would give the Al
ton not only the most direct outlet from
Kansas City 10 the gulf. but also a good
line from Chicago. st. Louis and Kansas
City % Omaha
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-05-26

Rockdale, Tex. May 25- The little
i-year-old daughter Of John Parker,
yho lives two miles west Of Rockdale,
was missing from home Search was
instituted and she was found floating
on the surface Of a large tank near by
lead where she had evidently fallen in
and drowned
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-05-26
PROVISIONAL FLAG.
one. WIN lie Provided so Cuban Vessel.
Can Clear from Havana.

Can Clear from Havana.
Washington, May - -cuba's blue
and white provisional flag win soon b.
seen on the high seas. Frank Pavey Of
New York. attorney for the Herrara
Steamship company of Havana. is here
consulting with officials as to means to
remove the present restrictions on Cuban
steamships. which are no longer en-
titled to fly the Spanish flag. and can
not fly the American flag. The blue
and white flag adopted as the distino-
tive mark Of vessels Of Cuban owner
ship engaged In c)astwise trade, has no
international status
The vessel. Of the Herrara line are en-
gagged In trade among the West India
Islands and with Mexico and Central
America. and under the present condi-
tions cannot secure clearance papers
from the United States military author.
tiles allowing them 10 leave Cuba for
foreign ports
IL is understood that a temporary ar
rangenient will ta made by the war de-
partment whereby these vessels viii fly
the Cuban coastwise flag and be given
clearance papers for foreign ports with
the provision stated In the clearance pa
pors that the United States government
does not assume any responsibility for
the vessels Mr. Pavey said his clients
would accept this arrangement. Even
tually IL Is probable that all these ves-
sells will secure the right 10 fly the
American flag by being transferred %
mammal Amnrienn nmnnrahln
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-05-26

Galveston, May eo-Customs inspec.
tors arrested Go Wah and Cow Lung,
charged with Illegal residence in the
United States The inspectors are look
ing for another Chiuaman said to be
here in violation Of the Gary exclusion
act
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-05-26

9nires foreign corporations % be licens-
81 by the secretary Of state. before they
IAN do business In the state. This Is 70
prevent companies belonging 10 trust
from coming into the state 70 DO bust.
u4ss
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-05-26
Cutting Wheat q, Might.

Waxahaohie, Tex, May 25.-Mr Er-
nest fines is putting: in: good time at
night cutting his wheat The night
cutting Is cooler aud is just as effective
a. daytime work
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-05-26

Bonneur the famous animal painter. is
.eriously III Of congestion Of the lungs
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-08-17

maintain that kind of freedom? Such
a freedom belongs to the mass, not as
distinct elements, but as parts of .
single body. II necessarily involves
restrictions. The rights, the priv
leges, and in fact the freedom of the
individual, where this sort of freedom
prevails, is restricted by that of his
fellow man. 1t necessitates a con-
promise and a sacrifice. This in ite
turn demands high degree of intelli
gence. Are the Filipinos capable OF
this? Are they capable of any sort OF
freedom better than that of barbarism
and anarchy? Facts seem to substan-
tiate the belief that if these people
were left to their own salvation they
would drift at once into chaos. When
we consider SantO Domingo or the out
breaks that threatened the infant re-
public of even so intelligent people as
those who made and ratified the con-
stitution of the United States, we are
driven to the belief that republic Of
FiIipinos is at present an utter impos-
sibility. A despotism, such as must
result if no outside power undertakes
to govern the islands, would only
thrust these people farther into the
darkness OF ignorance than they are
now and make the work of civilization
more arduous than ever,
Under these circumstances then the
present administration in the United
States is not proposing to rob free
people of their freedom nor c0erce a.
patriotic struggle for independence. 1t
is endeavoring to save grossly ignor~
ant people from its ignorance and pro-
mote the cause Of civilization by incul
eating the cardinal principles OF the
greatest government and the highest
civilization in the world into the minds
Of the uncivilized.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-08-17
COMPANY L IN CAMP.
BOYS SPENDING SOME JOLLY TIMES
AT CAMP NC ARTHUR.
WILL BE THE COLOR BEARERS
Company Base Ball Team Defeats Mad.
son by Score of2b TO Rudy
Muntzenberger Does Pc
lice Duty
(From a Special CO. respondent. J

| Camp Douglas, Wis, Aug. Ii, '99
As the people of Kenosha would like
to hear from the boys in camp, and as
most of the boys are too busy to write
any letters to any one save a best girl
or Two, will take that duty upon my
self.
We arrived at camp about 5 p. m,
Saturday. All the boys at once staked
out their places and sorted themselves
out and were ready for the more serious
work of soldier life. Afterward there
was d guard mount and dress parade
in which the Kenosha company made
very good showing. Twelve companies
are in command with their different
officers, buglers and bands, and they
make very pretty appearance. When
dress parade was over we returned for
our supper We had to fight for our
rations but this only made them better
when We did get them. After guard
mount and an inspection Oh the tents,
we were all off for the evening.
Sunday was busy day. In the
afternoon Captain Mcclellan, of the
Kerosha Athletics, got up ball game
and from the noise they are making
am of the opinion that some one is
ahead. Later learn that the Keno
eha team won by a'score of 25 to 4.
Some Of the company we're detailed
for guard duty last night and today.
Fred Palmgreen counted the stars for
several hours last evening, and that
man Romer, of laundry fame, was on
guard today for twenty four hours.
There was a vacancy in the guard
provided from the 4th squad this |
morning and as Rudy Muntzenberger
was in the squad he was forced to go
on. Rudy had made date. but
couldn't keep it, and he made the
camp know how much he detested |
guard duty.
We have police duty every day and
all Of us have to go out and assist in
The camp, even the local
scribe of the Gazette was forced to do
his part. He takes to the work with
will, as he remembers the time when
he sneaked into the camp at Jacobs
island, how he was arrested and had
his rations confiscated for punishment.
Tomorrow begins the real soldier
life and the boys are all anxious for it.
Capt. Miller looks after the company
like veteran, Lieut.. McCordy makes
a good aid and Lieut.. Harrison is do
ing splendid work. think by the
time the camp breaks all the boys
could go to the front and make splen
cid soldiers.
The boys are getting well acquainted
with soldier life. Our rations are all
issued by the quartermaster and cook
ed by men picked from the ranks
When mess is called we take our cups,
plates, fork and spoon and fall in and |
march to the mess tent, where we get |
our allowances. The main trouble |
with the rations is the absence of pie.
Every boy in the company would give
his coat for one piece of pie.
The KenOsha public will be pleased |
to know that the company has been
appointed the color company of the /
battalion. The Kenosha company is |
in the second battalion. R. Il. E.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-08-17
Wherefor?

AN ocean trip seems to have done a
great deal for Richard Croker in the
way of helping him to final and 70
doubt correct decision of the question
of expansion or anti expansion. He
returns from his European trip to an
nounce to the public that he was wrong
in the matter when he last gave the
people the benefit of bis judgment in
the distressing quandary. He is now
steadfastly of the belief that We are
bound by duty to put in a disappear
ance in the Philippines and all the
rest of our recently acquired territory
with the greatest possible alacrity.
What could have brought about this
remarkable change of sentiment on the
part of Mr. Croker in so comparatively
short a time? It seems strange that he
should become innoculated with anti
expansion ideas in country like Eng
land. But he says that he has been
talking with the best informed and
most statesmanlike men while abroad
and has been taught by them the error
of his ways. What these gentlemen
taught him other than the fact that he
Was leading the unsuspecting people Of
this country into devious and perilous
ways, our friend Dick does not Youch-
safe to let the anxious public know.
He contents himself with the state
ment that he was wrong and keeps the
rest of US guessing. Now if Mr.. Croker
would only make public the momen-
tous arguments that we're potent
enough to so radically change his views
he might thereby very materially
advance the cause which he has
esp0used. !
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-08-17
"Words' Words. Words.

THE anti-expansion orator and the
anti, expansion press are manifestly
given to the manipulation of words for
the very evident purpose of creating a
public sentiment against our retention
of the Philippines by working upon
Americas latent love of liberty. Their
arguments are characterized by such
terms as "shackles, ;" slavery, ""vassal-
age, etc. They delight il making it ap-
pear that the present administration
and all it's sympathizers are engaged in
an attempt to rob millions of liberty low
ing people of their freedom and bind
themlin vassalage to a foreign power.
But the emptiness of this kind of talk
becomes apparent as soon as one p fuses
to give the matter any consideration
Without wasting time over delicate
distinctions in terms, but accepting
the tenn freedom in the significance
attached to it by independent peoples
generally, and the question arises:
Gould the people of the Philippine
islands either enjoy, understand OF