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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-23
Where Experience Counts.

~ INCE the choice of Colonel Hen
~ derson for the speakership has
~ become an accepted matter in
politics, attention has frequently been
called to the fact, often spoken of en-
this page, that in the house of repre-
sentatives the states get "the pull that
get good, fair men into the national
house of representatives and keep
them there.
This policy makes all the difference
in the world with a states weight and
influence in the house and with the po-
sitions of Importance which the states
representatives are able to command.
Experience goes for much in house af-
fairs and gives the preference to men
even of less than average ability, as
compared with some of those whose
term of service is short Maine furnishes
abundant proof on this score; the in
fluence acquired by her congressional
delegation was remarkable. Iowa has
fallen into the habit of keeping a good
share of her congressman continuously
in service.
Iowa gets the speakership and, aside
from Mr.. Henderson, that state has
several men, Mr.. Dolliver, Mr.. Hepburn
and others, who rank well. Mr.. Hen
derson has served eight terms in the
house Another Iowa man will begin
with the next congress his seventh
term: one his sixth: three their fifth;
three their fourth. One would assume
New York's strength to be of great ac-
count in congress. 1t is in point of
numbers--that state has thirty three
house members.
Otherwise, however, New York is not
essentially strong. 1t has a few we'll
known representatives who have seen
several terms--for instance Mr.. Wads-
worth, Mr., Payne or Mr.. Sherman. But
two-term men are the rule in the New
York delegation, and that state, in pro-
portion to it's numerical strength, does
not furnish good quota of strong
men in the house"
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that thirty thousand men are ample,
and that he send a force that can do
what, confessedly, has not vet been
done. 1t will be remembered that these
same men, in the administration circle,
are the ones who proposed to pack Gen
eral Merritt off ito Manila with five
thousand men and under instructions
to crush the disturbers' This thing
has grown-the consensus appears to be
that we are in a one-hundred-t thousand
men war
There is next to no partisan spirit
revealed in the expressions that have
lately been called out. Indeed, the only
betrayal of that spirit Is found, not
often, in hidebound partisan newspaper
organs. These have been seeking to
make it appear that the democrats pre-
vented the president from raising the
limit Of the standing army at the last
session Of congress. Had the democrats
done this, that would change no fact in
regard to calls for troops for Manila
service, but, in fact, the democrats
have not even the responsibility re-
ferred to with reference to the standing
army. The republicans were in control
Of both houses in the last congress.
Many of them were opposed to the pres
ident's scheme for permanent militar-
ism. They took the responsibility of re-
fusing majority; and prominent
among these was Congressman Hender-
son of Iowa who has just been selected
by what seems to be republican COM
mon consent for the speakership of the
house in the next congress.
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A Good Ending.

~ROM start to finish the prosecu-
ton of the people who stole tha
famous Baby Clark moved at
refreshing pace. The longest chapter
IN TINS abduction story covers the
anxious days spent in the hunt for the
missing child. Twenty-six days inter-
Vened between the KIDNAPPING and the
arrival of Barrow in Sing Sing. The
case was tried with expedition: the
jury. for FORMS sake, probably, re-
manned an hour in consultation; Bar
row got fourteen years and ten months
and he was landed in prison a few
minutes after sentence had been
passed; the nurse-girl Jones, who con-
fessed her part of the crime, was
hustled off to Auburn for a term of
four years-she was the dupe of Bar
row and Of the woman who is SUD-
posed to be his wife. The case, from
the first announcement of the kidnap-
ing, engaged the sympathy and the in
terest of millions of people. Just as
the trial of the abductors was progress
ing the word was sent out that Baby
Clark was seriously i'll. Impatient pub
lie opinion at once declared that If she
died the crime Of murder ought to be
lodged against those who stole her
But the little youngster recovered, and
everybody appears to be satisfied with
the outcome of the affair.
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WATERS RECEDING.
People of Western Montana Begin to
Breathe Freer.

Breathe Freer.
Missoula, June 22,-There has been no
change in the water situation to-day.
The streams are all much lower than
they have been for a week and are still
falling rapidly at this point and in the
Upper Bitter Root. In the Lower Mis-
soula river, below the mouth of the
Bitter Root, the stream has remained
stationary to-day, but is expected to
drop tonight, as the high water from
above has run off considerably to-day.
The situation at the Hamilton dam is
unchanged. There has been no fur
Their settling of the dam since Tuesday
night, and it is now thought that the
structure will hold unless there is
higher water than there has been yet
This is not thought likely 1t is said
the dam will have to be rebuilt as soon
as the water gets low enough, but that
the logs behind it are now considered
to be safe.
All trains have been late to-day The
cause however. is not attributed solely
to the water, but to heavy business
The westbound overland was a remark
ably heavy train, composed of IA cars
all well loaded. 1t did not reach here
till O'clock, just a few minutes behind
the Copper City Limited, which was
also little late The eastbound train
was an hour behind leaving here.
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Miles.

.N 4 lies is not at the front"
WI You would hardly believe it,
but this cry has suddenly
been raised by few Of the thorough
bred Mckinley organs. And the charge
that Miles is not at the front is started
on its rounds by partisans who evil
IDENTIFY labor under the insane delusion
that they can make it appear that
Miles is to blame for it.
More and more the sentiment
strengthens that it would be a mighty
good thing for this country and people
if Miles were at the front. Several
millions of American citizens are be-
ginning to query whether Otis is going
to turn out to be another Shafter; they
are prompted to wonder, as the result
of the past fortnight's experience,
whether the campaign right around
Manila will in fact be a duplication
of the fearful blunders near Santiago,
and whether it will take Miles to
repeat what Miles had to do at Tampa
and in the Antilles.
There isn't in this land more ODE
QulOOS eye-SefNant OF the admin1Stra-
ton than the ST. Louis Globe Demo-
crat. That Mckinley organ, as if it
had discovered something, breaks out
this way: Miles is nominaly the
major general commanding the army.
Miles is actually a major-generaI COM
manding nothing. The office has been
stripped of it's duties. The orders go
out with line at the bottom, BY Or
ders of Major General Miles, command
ing but they are not seen by General
Miles until they are published. That
line is a fiction of red tape"
Well. did Miles make himself a
''nothing?" Did he strip his office of
its duties? Was he a failure in COM
mand-as far as the administration
permitted him to command--in the
war with Spain? On the contrary,
wasn't he, in the opinion of the public,
the conspicuous success in the com
mand of the land forces? And when
peace came, didn't he expose, in part,
the ggttenness of the war department?
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-23
The Best Place.

C EVERAL little matters which 9TH
~ erwise might have come up in a
~ way to stir feeling are disposed
! of by the recent message from General
Otis who informed the authorities at
Washington that the volunteer regi-
ments have chosen to be mustered out
at San Francisco. That is a natural
arrangement, especially in view of the
fact that the government makes gen.
erous allowance for travelling expenses
for the soldiers; they will be in funds
wherewith to defray the cost of their
journey from San Francisco to their
several homes.
For that matter, muster-out in the
respective states would have been en-
tirely satisfactory in most instances.
Yet in some cases feeling would have
been aroused. For instance, there have
been rather sharp interchanges be-
tween Minneapolis and st, Paul follow
ing the proposition to muster out the
Minnesota volunteers in Minneapolis.
AS soon as it was known that the
Montana men were to be sent home, a
silly movement started in Helena to
pack all the members of the First Mon
tana regiment to be mustered out
there. Fancy that performance, espe-
cially if the Montana soldiers return
home by way of the Short Line. Butte
furnished the larger quota in order to
get legally discharged the Butte COM
panies would have been obliged to pass
through Butte on a needless trip to
Helena.
The arrangement agreed upon by the
soldiers themselves is the satisfactory
one. They will land at San Francisco,
get their discharge as soon as they land
and be free to make the journey home
by which route they prefer. OF course,
at their homes grand public receptions
await Internationally the most i'm
pressive welcome to the volunteers will
be at Butte, as that is the city where
1t will be most convenient for the
larger number of the Montana men
to congregate
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-23
MISSOULA NEWS.
AN EXCELLENT ORGANIZATION.
The Observation-Disclosures Opera Company
Is One of Superior Merit.

NJ. vv.I,.e,a o,, C,,,r,ny
nure"s "pf" p'
one OF superior merit.
Mlssouia, June 22.-The Wakefield
Andrews Opera company, when mas
been secured for a two nights engage
ment in MiSsoula, although an entire
stranger IN the far West has met with
a most hattering reception in every city
visited on the tour. The Seattle Post
lntell1gencer pays the following tribute
to the excellence of the organization:
The Wakefeld-Andrews Opera COM
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TWELVE PAGES.
Good, If It's Honest.

rs oLoRADo, so the newspapers
say, will send to the Paris ex-
position solid gold miniatur
of Pixies Peak. 1t will be worth a
million dollars and will weigh about
one and two-thirds tons. The gold
used is from all the big properties in
the state.
If Colorado totes square" and sends
to the Paris exposition a miniature
Pixies Peak that meets these specifi-
cations, the exhibit will be unique and
attractive. First of all, the honest citi-
zens of Colorado should see to it that
their alleged gold peak is the real
stuff, otherwise the state will be
bilked and it's good name furnished,
as Montana's once was.
The Standard has many readers who
remember the infamous cast-iron
woman who grossly misrepresented
Montana at the worlds fair in Chica go.
That monstrosity was declared to be
solidly of silver and gold. The mis-
fortune was that tens of thousands of
visitors at the fair supposed that this
exhibit was made in the name of Mon
tana and by authority of the state.
1t was a silver-washed sham, and this
states reputation got a good deal the
worst of it when the deceit was ex
posed. After the exposition, the cast
iron woman was hawked about the
country. Naturally, those who We're
parties to the fraud fell out; some
months ago the Statue" was in q
Kansas City cellar in the custody of
the sheriff.
The display proposed for Colorado
is novel; it will naturally be a highly
expensive affair. But it will serve the
purpose of an excellent advertisement
If the public knows that it is not
hoodwinked by any plated sham pre-
tending to be gold.
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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
Sacred Heart Graduating Glass Acquits
Itself With Honor

Missoula, June 22.-The graduating
exercises of the academy of the Sacred
Heart We're held to-day in the Union
opera house. The morning and after
noon exercises We're devoted to chorus
and piano music by the members of the
school and We're largely attended. The
feature of these exercises that attract
ed the most interest was the declama.
ton contest. for the prize offered by
the Mother Provincial. a handsome gold
watch. This was awarded by the
judges TO Aida Goulet, of Missoula,
whose recitation was an effective one
Tonight the opera house was well
filled to witness the comforting of grad
uate honors upon the members of the
class that has completed the course at
the academy. The day had been an in
teresting one and reflects much credit
upon the academy and its work.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-23
Sweeney VS.. Sweeney.

Missoula, June 22.--Judge Houtchens'
court was packed this afternoon to hear
the case of Sweeney VS.. Sweeney,
wherein Mrs. Sweeney had her former
husband arrested for assault in the
third degree, for striking her over the
head with a cane The case attracted
considerable attention owing to the
prominence of the parties in the sew
eral courts of the city. Mrs. Sweeney
claimed that he came to her house and
began to pick the flowers from the
yard. She went out and asked him to
stop, and that he began to call her vile
names and also insulted her daughter,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-23
FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT.

Three Italians Arrested for Attacking q
Tie Chopper.
Sheriff Curran and Under Sheriff Vio-
lette this afternoon arrested at Bonita
three Italians, Tomaso, Antonio and Sa-
moen Pepe three brothers, who are
charged with first degree assault upon
tie-chopper named Morrison. The
Italians have claim below where Nor
rison is chopping ties, and he was
obliged to cross their premises to get to
his camp. He claims that while he was
going over their land they went for
him with knives and a gun, and that
had he not repealed them with rocks
and had his aim not been true, they
would have annihilated him. The men
We're brought to the county Jail to-
night
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-23
THE NEW SUPERVISOR.
ID. e. Palmer Takes His Initial Trip Over
the Line.

the Line.
Missoula. June 22.-B. E. Palmer, the
new supervisor of bridges and build
ings on the Rocky mountain division
has arrived and is now making his first
trip over the division in company with
superintendent Russell. Mr.. Palmer is
well known in Missoula, where he has
lived until very recently, when he went
to assume the duties of engineer on the
new cutoff line in the Lewiston coun-
try. He has served the Northern Pa
cific on this division as division en-
gineer and as roadmaster and is ia
miliar with the division, so that his
work will not be strange to him. He
Is thoroughly qualified for the new posi-
ton and will make an excellent record
for his department. The position Of
supervisor on this division is a respon-
sible one, as there are so many high
trestles and bridges in the mountains
1t requires a level-headed man at the
helm,
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Mamie; that they had words, and that
he struck her over the head, cutting a
long cash on the head, in which the
doctor had to put five stitches. Mr..
Sweeney claimed that he hit her in self
defense; that she came at him with a
knife in her hand and threw rock at
him. and tried to hit him with a stove
litter. The case went to the jury with
out any argument on the part of the
attorneys, and the jury being out but
minute returned a verdict of not
p1Iilty
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-23
Mrs. MarshalI's Funeral.

Missoula, June 22.-The funeral of
Mrs. T. c. Marshall will be held Sun
day afternoon at o'clock, as an
nounced, If the train from the East is
not late that day. Should it arrive at a
later hour than 6 o'clock it has been de-
cided to hold the funeral on Monday
morning.
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An Injunction.

Missoula, June 22--An injunction
was issued out of the district court in
favor of the owners of land in the west
part Of the city and near the old Can
non ranch and against Mrs. Alexander
De Long, restraining her from using
any water out of the Gannon-Cave
water ditch.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-23

New York Ot.ce-4S Tribune Building.
Chicago Office-469 The Rookery.
The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency
Eastern Representatives.
Washington Bureau-1,4 AS G St, N. w.
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Under American Rule.

From the Hartford Democrat
Before American occupation all the
world quarantined against Havana in the
sickly season. Now Havana is free from
yellow fever and guarantees against all
South American countries.
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oand without pay while ago now re-
fuses to disband with it. What the Gu
pan patriot wants is permanent place on
the American pension list, with an occa-
slonal recess for robbng hen roosts.
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Current Comment.


From the Chicago Times Herald.
Peace conferences may be good things
but their advocates will never receive
much encouragement from the cable COM
panies.
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Hard to Get n Quorum.

From the New York Mail and Express
Colonel Watterson has called a meeting
of the Gold democrats who remained
with the party in 1886" If there is any
such person in the audience he will please
rise.
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All general business letters and CORE
spondence should be addressed to the
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY,
Anaconda, Mont.
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ded by Experience.

From the Chicago Record
It is said that Spain will soon buy some
war material in this country. Having
Sampled the goods, it knows their worth.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-23
The Country Is Saved!

From the Chicago News.
In Pennsylvania and Maryland the peach
crops are failures, but the watermelon
crop of Georgia promises better than ever
before. The war in the Philippines can
not blight everything
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-23

The Standard has branch Offices at
Butte. Missoula and Great Falls. where
advertising rates will be furnished on ap-
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He did, indeed. And will the admins
tration fuglemen who started this lat
est boomerang tell why Miles isn't at
the front?
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-23
The Naval Ware Scale.

From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
On the new naval wage scale, Schley
gets 1880 a year and Sampson gets $1,000
This is a satisfactory settlement of the
Schley-Sampson controversy.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-23
Worth Two to One.

Worth Two to Ono.
From the Chicago News.
Silence is doubly golden when you can't
think of a satisfactory answer. it.
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Subscription Rates Payable in Advance.

Postage free for the United States, Can
ada and Mexico. Elsewhere
postage added.
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Patriotism for Revenue Only.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
The Cuban patriot who wsdldn't dis
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-23
Mere Ciphers Cut No Figure.

From the New Orleans Picayune.
One reason why the vice presidents are
not given a second term is because they
get enough of the nothing in the first
term,
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TO ADVERTISERS.
$1,000 REWARD

VIII be paid for the arrest and conviction
OF any person caught stealing the Stand
ard from subscribers.
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~ oLORADO, so the newspapers
~ say, will send to the Paris ex-
position a solid gold miniature
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..N T1LEs is not at the front"
WI You would hardly believe it.,
but this cry has suddenly
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-04

Of pointed tunic. On some this tunic
is permanent. but on others that will
appeal to the economically inclined it is
adj Unstable. and when added converts q
house gown into a street dress.
Still another novelty seen In tailor
gowns is 10 have the buttonholes
worked in the left front instead Of the
right. This gives a more mannisl, look
to the garment.
Among the novelty trimmings none
are more popular for revers. pipings.
vests, and collars. or for entire bodiccs.
than the silks embroidered In chenille
and silk in tiny flower patterns or fig
urings in bright colors. Some Of these
embroideries are further enriched by
drops in white metal.
Among the embroideies that are
seen none are prettier than the jet and
cut steel, some Of which are very elab-
crate in design, and are used with beau
tiful effect.
A new cloth for mourning wear that
is made up with pretty effects is called
Erooma, and Is an importa ton woven
In crepe effect. It is used for entire
costumes or for separate skirts.
SADIE MERRITT.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-04

uAOuGy Ill Tue AI04l-
sions Of the 400 is the ballroom, with it's
sumptuous decorations. the picture
galleries. the state dining-rooms, and
these are in use perhaps two or three
Of 3es days in the year. Even in such
= comparatively modest house as that
Of Mrs. Henry 7. Sloane, on side
street and costing with it's fittings no
more than 500, 900. the entire second
floor front-a space 50 feet by 40 and
about rs feet highs given up to the
ballroom. There are towns in the
United States that get along without
.. public assembly room as large.
But does happiness dwell in these
palaces? Ask Mrs. Sloane. whose
house 10 for sale because she was inn
prudent with q dude. patent leather
at both ends. and whose children are
taken away from her; ask Cornelius
Vanderbilt, with his careworn face
and his family feud with disowned
son: ask w. X. Vanderbilt. whose home
was ruined by the brother OF the dude
referred to above; ask-oh, money Is
not success. H. Nick. Twonbly's facm-
house in New Jersey cost $4,000 900.
but you don't suppose it IL much of q
farmhouse. do you?