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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-17
GRANITE COUNTY.
Philipsburg Must Get Along With a
Short Term.
,ial Dispatch to tho stand ard.

Short Term.
Special Dispatch to tho Standard.
Phillpsburg. Oct. 1s--The decision of
the supreme court declaring the special
school tax law unconstitutional has
been the subject of discussion in Phil
ipsburg the past week. The Philipsburg
city district voted special tax Of
mills and that, together with the
mill levy made by the board of county
commissioners, would have given suffi-
cent funds for nine months term of
school, But two districts in Granite
county are affected by this decision--a
small district, Princeton, which made
a 10 mill levy by special vote. and the
Philipsburg district-the former to the
amount of about $3.50 and the latter
$780, Under the present condition OF
affairs the schools of Philipsburg will
not have funds available for more than
a five or six months term.
A. r. Dearborn, a member of the
board of trustees, expressed himself
emphat ically in favor of the legislature
being called together to devise ways
and means for boards to raise money
to continue school the full terms. He
said that unless something Is done the
present corps of efficient teachers can
not be expected to remain next year:
that the school course can not be car
ried out; that Reorganization will fol-
low. and that the buildings and fixtures
which cost the district $4,000 would lie
idle the greater part of the year.
w. w. Kroger, member of the
board. also favors a special session as
the only way out of the dilemma. With
out it the same conditions will occur
next year Competent teachers Will
be hard to secure for so short term
and the whole will result in great
detriment.
George Metcalf, another member of
the board of trustees, favors the calling
of special session to relieve the exist
ing condition. He says that unless
some way is devised of raising money
aside from that raised by the general
5 mill levy made by the board of coun-
ty commissioners, only about five
months school year can be held; that
efficient teachers can not then be Sc
cured; that the course of study can not
be carried out, disorganization must
follow and the boys and girls Of the
district will be the losers. He Is strong
ly in favor of a special session.
Miss Mary Smith, county superin-
tendent, is out of town and could not be
seen.
The people of Philipsburg take great
pride in their schools, and regrets are
expressed on every side that the spe-
cial tax cannot be collected A petit
ton circulated requesting the governor
to call special session would no
doubt receive the signatures of 80 per
cent of the patrons of the schools in
this district.
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1T IS OFF THE MAP.
The Central Pacific Now Fully Owned by
the Southern Pacific.

New York, Oct. l6.-The Central Pacific
stock was not quoted on the stock ex-
change to-day and, as far as the old COM
pany is concerned. has disappeared from
the railway map This Is understood to
be the outcome of the deal recently ne
gotiated by Prince Poniatowski of San
Francisco whereby the Croker holdings
in the Central Pacific company were
transferred to Speyer & Co. of New
York, in turn to be transferred to the
Southern Pacific company. The Southern
Pacific company now owns outright all
the stock of the new Central Pacific The
bond issues of the new Central Pacific
company are it's own. but the bonds are
guaranteed, principle and interest, by the
Southern Pacific company. Central Pa
cific stock, common and preferred, being
pledged by the Southern Pacific for coll
lateral for its new per cent. bonds has
passed out of the range of Investment
and speculation. The Central Pacific he's
been long controlled under lease by the
Southern Pacific.
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DEER LODGE IN DOUBT.
The School Trustees May BE Forced to
Borrow,

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Deer Lodge, Oct. 16.-The supreme
court decision in regard to the illegality
of raising money for school purposes
by special election may ard may not
affect the schools of this place. It all
depends upon whether or not the tax
payers object to paying the special levy
of mills which was voted at the cleo
ton held in July last, and which was
levied for the purpose of putting in a
hot air heating plant, water closets.
sewerage system and other needed inn
provements at the school house. The
work was completed the past week and
the tests thus far made have shown the
hot air system to be a success. All the
teachers are well pleased with the i'm
provements and the board Of school
trustees will no doubt accept the plant,
as it is known it fully meets their ex-
pectations and is as good as the con-
tract called for. The contract price
was s., 500 and the plant was put in by
the Butte Heating and Ventilating
company, of which firm Ex-Governor
Richards is a member. The additional
mills to pay for the work has been
figured in on the assessment for this
school district, and unless the taxpayers
kick there will be plenty of money to
pay for the same, but should objection
be made to paying the extra levy the
trustees will have to resort to other
means of raising the money to dis
charge the debt.
In speaking to one of the trustees
yesterday Standard reporter was in
formed by him that if the people re-
fused to pay the special levy the board
would in, all probability borrow the
money and wait until the legislature
amended the law so as to allow special
levies to be made for school purposes.
In that event. the taxpayers would
eventually have the money to pay, be-
sides interest on the borrowed money.
which. in the long run, would cost mora
than to let the assessment stand and
pay It.
There are some who advance the
theory that the assessment is legal be-
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MlSSOULA COUNTY.
Trying to Devise Some Means of Keeping
the Schools Open.

Special Dispatch to tine Standard.
Missoula, Oct. 16.-There has been no
change in the local situation in regard
10 the school funds that We're to have
been raised by special tax this fall.
The members of the school board OF
Mssoula have discussed the matter in
formally, but have as yet taken no Of
fetal action. 1t is believed now, how
ever. that some means will be devised
to keep the Missoula schools open for
the full year. There is a disposition on
the part of many of the taxpayers to
pay their shares of the special district
tax, even if its payment cannot be en-
forced. With what funds are now in
the treasury and with the amounts that
are paid by those who are anxious to
have the schools kept open, it is thought
by careful management the term of
the Missoula city schools will be of it's
usual length. This Is, in brief the
opinion expressed to-day 10 a Standard
reporter by the chairman and the clerk
of the local school board.
County superintendent Hord states
that eight districts in Missoula county
will be affected by the decision of the
supreme court, These are: Missoula,
Plains, Cold Springs, Lolo, Heron,
South Plains, Grant Creek and Para
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disc. Most Of these districts had voted
special taxes to build new school
houses, and these are seriously affect
ed. The Misoula tax was for the pur-
pose of maintaining the schools and had
nothing to do with buildings. Miss
Hord expresses the opinion that public
sentiment is a powerful unwritten law
that will compel the payment of the
special taxes, where they have been
levied. She says that she is Of the
opinion that most of the taxes thus
levied will be paid voluntarily, sven If
the supreme court has decided against
the compulsory payment OF them.
Public sentiment, as far as it is ex-
pressed in Missoula. is not in favor of
an extra session of the legislature. The
prevailing opinion is that such ses-
sion would not relieve the situation this
year. and that next year the county
commissioners will be able to make a
sufficient levy for one year as to carry
the schools along till the next regular
session Of the legislature can make con-
stitutional the levy of a special tax.
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M'KlNLEY AT MILWAUKEE.
Many Thousands of People Welcomed
the President

Milwaukee. Oct. 16-The special
train bearing President Mckinley and
party arrived in this city at 7 O'Clock
this evening. 1t was the first visit
to Milwaukee of a chief executive of
the nation in decade, and the greet
ing he received from many thousands
Of people was most enthusiastic.
As the train entered the depot Bat
terry A, LIST artillery, w. N. G., fired the
presidential salute of q guns from
Juneau park, which faces the lake
and within few hundred yards of the
depot. With the battery's salute as a
cue. every steamboat whistle and ev
erything else that could make noise
joined in the greeting. e
The president and party were escort
ed to carriages by the reception COM
mittee and driven to the Hotel Pfster,
preceded by a military escort. After
an hours. rest the presidential party
re-entered carriages and We're driven
to the Deutscher club. where public
reception lasting an hour was held.
The grounds of the club were beauti-
fully illuminated and thronged with
many thousands of people. During the
limited time it is estimated that the
president shook hands with 5000 oeo-
pie. Following the public reception
the party returned to the Hotel Pfister
to participate in a banquet.
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CAMPAIGN IN KENTUCKY
Bryan and Goebel Begin Tour
of the State.
OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE
Kentucky's Election VIII Hava an I'M
portant Bearing on the Presidency.
Assailed the Administrations
Philippine Policy.

Louisville, KY, Oct. 16.-The first
days trip of the BryanGoebel party
through Kentucky commenced this
morning at Cairo. ILL.,, the first speech
of the day being made at Bardwell.
KY, in the presence of a good natured
and good sized crowd. The special
train reached the Kentucky town at
$50. In his opening address Mr. Bryan
demonstrated his purpose to urge the
support of the democratic state ticket
headed by William Goebel for governor.
He held that the question Of whether or
not the next president Of the United
States was democrat depended large
ly upon whether Kentucky was demo-
cratic this fall. He held that it was
not matter of moment what man
headed the ticket, claiming that any
democrat who stands for the Chicago
platform is better than republican.
In the presence OF the enemy 1t was not
a time to present grievances.
AS to national matters, he assailed
the attitude of President Mckinley as
related to the Philippines. asserting that
the presidents declaration that con-
gress would care for the islands was
a subversion of the declaration of in
made by a president of the United
States The declaration of the presi-
dent suggested the use of the word par
Lament instead of congress and recalled
the colonial days. The islands did not
and could not belong to us simply be-
cause we had paid decaying monarchy
for them.
The silver question and the Chicago
platform as a wAole. Mr.. Bryan de-
clared. formed the vital question to be
solved in the coming political contest
of 1900.
At Fulton, Paducah, Benton and
Princeton there were large crowds OF
enthusiastic democrats. At all these
points Mr.. Bryan covered about the
same ground as in his speech at Bard
wall
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ELKHORN MINE is
TO BE ABANDONED
Reported That 1t Is Worked Out-Has
Been Great Producer-Means
the End of the Town.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Boulder, Oct 16.-Word reached here re-
Gently that the old Elkhorn mine at Elk
horn was to be abandoned soon. The re-
port is not as yet substantiated and it is
learned from official sources that such an
order has not yet been given. 1t was
reported about three years ago that the
mine was nearly worked out and would
be abandoned, and this information given
directly by the manager, Mr.. Molsen, WIS
generally credited, but, on his resigna-
ton, Walter S. Kelley came from Helena
to take charge. and by an energetic and
able system of prospecting for new ore
bodies, the life of the property has been
prolonged.
That it may close down is not unreas-
enable, for the property has been worked
many years and has been a great pre-
Queer. but it is likely that the pay ore
may now be exhausted, or nearly SO. The
incline is down $500 feet, and, though the
recent working has been above that, from
the 1,4O0-foot level up, the cost Of pump
ing a large quantity of water has been
great, and all this. with the low price of
silver, may work to the end stated. How
ever, there is yet some hope for better
things. Certainly if the mine closes 1t
may be taken as an assured fact that it
can no longer pay. for, under the man
agement of Mr.. Kelley, 1t has been oper-
ated IN the best manner, both to the in
terest of the stockholders in the New Elk
horn Mining company of London, Eng
land, Of the mine itself, of the men en-
plcyed and the large number Of people in
Eikhorn dependent upon 1t.
The closing of the mine would rnean
the end of the town, fer there are no
other producers in that locality, and 1t
would no doubt within yea" be an aban-
doned mining camp, a hard blow to em-
ployes and those dependent. to property
owners, and, in fact, to the whole OF JET
terson county, but such is the way of
mining camps. 1t would also involve the
abandonment of the Ekhorn branch Of
the Northern Pacific road and probably
the removal of the track, as there is 10
other place of Importance reached by
the 20-mile branch running from Boulder.
and it is too, an expensive bit Of track
on account of the heavy grades.
Speaking of the Elkhorn mine reminds
one that it has been unusually free from
accidents or troubles of any kind through
out its existence. considering the number
of men employed In the mining and mill
ing Of the ore. The first accident of any
kind reported for long time was that to
Harry Cook yesterday. He is young
man of about Is years and was engaged
in oiling a shaft when his blouse caught
on set screw nd he was whirled about
until his legs and one arm were broken.
At last reports he had survived the shock,
but 1t Is not known II he sustained other
or internal injuries that will prove fatal.
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gress approved June 30, 1882. He will
remain in command Of the departments
OF California and Of the Columbia under
bis commission as major general, U. S.
", until further orders.
ELIHH ROOT, Secretary of War.
by command of Major General Miles
H. G. CORBIN, Adjutant General"
General shafter will probably be re.
tanned in the service until the work of
sending the latest army volunteers to
Manila has been accomplished and per-
haps longer. The law relating to the
volunteer officers of the Spanish Ameri-
can war who remained in the service
after the close of that war provides
that they retain their commissions un-
til July, 1901.
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to her she believes that the district
at Wolf creek is the only one that Will
be seriously affected. A special cleo
ton for taxes to maintain the schools
was carried last summer. This is. of
course. knocked out and the school,
which has perhaps 40 pupils, will have
a short term this winter. Craig and
East Helena districts are indirectly af-
fected. Special elections there were
held to vote a levy to be used in Gre
ating sinking fund for retiring out
standing Indebtedness. The levies
were voted, but on account of the de-
cision they cannot be expected to fur
nish any funds for paying off debts.
Whether this will shorten the terms is
not known.
On the whole Lewis and Clarke coun-
ty schools will not be very much sf-
fected by the supreme courts ruling.
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cause the money was not raised to pay
salaries, but improvements. However.
the general opinion is that If the taS-
payers refuse to pay they cannot be
made to, as the decision of the court
was against the raising of money at
special elections, no matter for what
purpose to be used. But be that as 1t
may, the matter seems to rest with the
taxpayers, who can object to pay and
thus force the trustees to borrow, CIR
pay the assessment and thus discharge
the debt incurred for the improvements.
A majority of the people spoken to upon
the subject evince a willingness to pay,
and it is quite likely that no objection
Will be made.
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GALLATIN COUNTY.
A Strong Demand for a Special Legis-
lative Session.

A Strong Demand for a Special Legis-
lative Session.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Bozeman. Oct 16.-Chairman H. A.
Pease, voicing the sentiments of the
Bozeman district school board. and
County Superintendent Sallie Chris
man, in behalf of the county Of Gala
tin, are very emphatic in stating that
there ought to be a special session of
the legislature called to remedy the
special school tax law lately declared
imperative and void by the supreme
court. That this law has been too
vague and in need of reformation has
long been recognized by most of the
school boards, and the recent decision
OF the highest court of the state meets
with approval in spite of the hardship
it inflicts upon about six districts in
Gallatin county.
The remedy suggested is that each
school district. through its trustees,
shall approximate the amount it will
need fer teachers salaries and contin-
gent purposes during the school year.
and certify the amount to the county
commissioners, who shall then levy the
necessary tax upon the tax payers of
Irnntinuad nm Piazza Three
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SWEET GRASS.
Decision Hits Only a Few of the Smaller
Districts.
lennla.

Districts.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Big Timber. Oct 16.-The decision of
the supreme court regarding the special
school tax law will not affect the length
of the school term except in one or two
of the smaller districts of this county.
In the Big Timber district special tax
of three mills was voted for the pur-
pose of completing the new school build
ing and the inability to collect this will
cause some temporary embarrassment.
but the length of the school term will
not be affected.
County superintendent Eva l.. Dana
and the members of the school board
We're interviewed by the Standard cor
respondent to-day and they are unani-
mously of the opinion that the governor
should call an extra session of the leg
islature to correct the defect in the law
SO that the general early closing of the
schools throughout the state, which will
be inevitable if special levies cannot be
voted, may be avoided.
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KlONDIKE GOLD.

One of the Largest shipments Ever Sent
Out Of Alaska.
Vancouver. B. c.. Oct. 16.-The largest
shipment of Klondike gold that ever came
out over the Lynn canal route is ON the
steamer Dirigo. which called here to-day
from Skapwav en- route to Seattle. There
was nearly 81, $50, 900 aboard, of which $780,
900 was sent from the Dawson branch OF
the Canadian Bank of Commerce and the
remainder was from the Alaska CONNER
cial company. Purser Lafarge had four
armed men guarding the gold
The biggest nugget that has been found
in the Bafkerville district, Cariboo, has
INST been brought here. 1T weighs II
ounces and is worth 1914. 1t was found by
a Chinaman. -,t
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GRAND LODGE IN SESSION.
An Address of Welcome will BE Made by


Governor Smith.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena, Oct. 1.-THE grand lodge Of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
will meet here tomorrow for two
days session. About $50 delegates are
expected to be in attendance. Many
are already here.
The proceedings will open with an
address of welcome to the grand lodge
by Governor Smith, a member of the
order. Grand Master Neill of Helena
will respond. The regular work of the
grand lodge will then commence.
Wednesday evening the degree of the
cantonment will be exemplified before
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs at the All
ditorium. The session of the grind
lodge of Daughters Of Rebekah will
also commence here tomorrow, con-
tinuing two days
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REAR END COLLISION.
Eastbouud Fast Mail and Stock Train
Collide-Two Men Killed.

Cheyenne. Wyo., Oct, ia rear-end
collision occurred to-day near Granite
Canyon station, on the Union Pacific, be-
tween a stock train and an east bound
fast mail. killing two men, The dead
are:
H. j. Purple of Norwood, Kan, and
Thomas ]. Parker of Cigale Utah. The
injured are: VIM. Sayles, Vermont, Ill. !;
Edward Parnell, Upton, H.; Charles Nor
ris, Laramie, Wyo.
Thomas j. Parker, one of the killed.
was wealthy stock man. The killed and
injured were all riding in the cabeoss of
the stock train
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RETIRED AND RETAINED.

General shafter Is Still In Command at
San Francisco.
San Francisco, Oct. 16.-Major Cen
eral Shafter received the following tele-
gram from Washington to-day:
washington, Oct. 16.-Major General
William r. Shafter. Commanding De-
partment of California, San Francisco:
THE following order has just been
signed:
War Department., Washington, Oct
16.-By direction of the president Ma
jor General William r. Shafter. U. s.
V. (brigadier general, U. S. Al is re-
tired from active service Oct. 16, 1898,
as brigadier general. U. S. A, only, I'M
der the provisions of the act of con-
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Gave Him a Bottle.

Waukesha. Wis, Oct. 16.-Five
thousand people gathered around the
Northwestern railway station here to
see the president. The train arrived
at $50 o'clock. Miss Edith Wilbur.
daughter of the millionaire lumber
man Of this city, presented the presi-
dent with silver loving cup and a
bottle of the mineral water that made
Waukesha famous.
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EFFECT Of THE SCHOOL TAX
DECISION THROUGHOUT THE STATE

School Year Will Be Reduced by Half in Large Number
of Cases-A Strong Sentiment for the Calling Of a
Special Session Of the Legislature Governor
Smith Wants Stronger Reasons Before
He Calls the Legislators Together.
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