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The Anaconda standard., 1899-12-31
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Iron cloth Is announced.
Russia has A,000 coal miners.
Georgia has five wooden mills
Indiana ranks second In wheat.
Wheeling has 80 stogy factories.
Canada exports butter to England.
Kansas corn crop, Sc, 900, 900 bushels.
St. Louis is enjoying a building boom.
London painters get II cents per hour.
China's empress has more than 1000
dresses.
Indians will be admitted hereafter to
the University of Oklahoma.
The German army includes more than
1000 military musicians.
In Italy bread and sugar cost about
thrice what they do In England.
During the present year the tussock-
moth killed 1,O24 trees on the streets and
parks of Buffalo.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-12-31
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 81. 1899.
TWENTY-FIVE PAGES
The Dying Year.
HIS is the last d

HIS is the last day of the year
1899. 1t has been a busy year
in every department of human
activity, from agriculture to war.
Crops have been abundant, stocks un-
til recently have been high, railroad
traffic has been heavy, labor has been
in demand--on the face of things it has
been year of industrial push and
commercial prosperity. These are the
first results of placing the country on
a trust basis. How long this trust
prosperity can last is question that
thoughtful men are anxiously asking.
When the demand for goods slackens
ana the trusts shut down half their
factories, then will come the pinch.
Meanwhile, as if by common consent,
all are riotously eating, drinking and
making merry regardless of what the
morrow has in store.
In literature the year has been pro-
life enough, but the quality has been
below the average. The novels that
success are David Harum'' and Rich
ard Carvel," neither novel of the
first rank. Kipling has ground out
some poems that border dangerously
on the commonplace. Markhams The
Man With the Hoe" is good only by
comparison with the quantity of
hoN
upon an undeserving world. The year
is deficient in brilliant literary work.
But as to second and third rate litera-
ture it beats the output OF any previous
year since the world began.
Some famous men have died in 1899:
Nelson Dingley, of tariff-law fame;
John Russell Young, librarian of con-
gress; A. H. Garland, ex-attorney gem
eral; Felix Faure, president of France;
Joseph Medill of the Chicago Tribune;
Professor Marsh of Yales Stephen j..
Field, Richard ]. Oglesby, Roswell p
Flower, Emilio CASTELAR,, Rosa Bonheur.
Augustin DAILY, Richard P. Bland, Mrs.
E. D. Z. N. SouthWorth, Bishop John
P. Newman, Robert G. Ingersoll, Mrs.
Kate Chase Sprague, Boss McKane.
James B. Eustis, Cornelius Vanderbilt,
william H. Appleton, Ottmar Mergen-
thaler, Lady Salisbury. Garret A. Ho-
bart General Lawton and Dwight l..
Moody; a pretty long list of men and
women whose names were household
words.
Disasters have been frequent and
fires numerous-the insurance compa-
nies suffering heavy loss. The Philip
pine war broke out in February and
has attracted a large share of public
attention in the United States ever
since The peace treaty between the
United States and Spain was signed
and amicable relations between the two
countries restored The clamor against
Secretary of War Alger waxed fast
and furious and eliminated in his res
ignation. Marconi's system of wireless
telegraphy was put to practical use.
The Columbia beat the Shamrock,
Brooklyn won the baseball pennant.
and Harvard proved to have the best
football team. Dewey was made the
recipient of an historic reception. The
court martial of Captain Dreyfus ex-
cited intense interest, which died out
with remarkable suddenness. The
Hague peace conference met, resolved
and adjourned. Antitrust conferences
were held in st. Louis and Chicago.
The greatest event of the year was the
breaking out of the Transvaal war,
The Anaconda standard., 1899-12-31
WAR NEWS IS MEAGER


alleged Anglo German Portuguese Sc
cres treaty as a weapon to attack the
monarchy, asserting that it Is an evil
denee OF the monarchys weakness and
Willingness to sell Portuguese colonies
to fill depleted Golfers of the treasury.
The Figaro says: King Charles
probably will lose his crown If he ac-
quiesces to England's proposal even
under menace,
An. interesting piece Of diplomatic
gossip Is that the Portuguese minister
In London Is a great friend of the
Prince of Wales, and in order to please
him practically assured Lord Salisbury
that British troops would be permitted
to pass through Lorenzo Marquee, but
1t Is said that when the matter was
brought to the attention Of the home
government it repudiated the minis
fer's action.
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A Boer Champion.

~ THE making Of books and
pamphlets concerning the Trans
vaal war there Is no end. Here
comes one Cornelius W. Van der Hoogt,
secretary of the Maryland bureau or
immigration, with few remarks-on
which side of the question you nave
only to look at his name to under
stand. The author was born in Hol-
land, and all Of his sympathies are
with his brethren who are waging
war with Great Britain in South Africa.
He knows and admires Dom Paul, and
heard him preach and lecture when the
sturdy old hero visited Holland in 1854
and was then guest of his brother
Upon that occasion, Mr.. Van der Hoogt
says, Dom Paul preached sermon
and at the same time gave sketch OF
the struggle in which his people had
been engaged for almost a century.
His touching story, told in plain and
simple language, compelled tears from
the eyes of his audience. 1nose who
were present will never lose the i'm
preston his appearance made upon
them. They will remember him with
sympathy, admiration and respect His
people believe his words because he Is
a Christian in the noble sense of the
word and because he loves them and is
beloved by them
Mr.. Van der Hoogt contends that the
Beers have the real grievance against
the Outlanders, instead Of It's being
| vice versa. He denounces the British
claim of suzerainty, and takes the
ground that the South African republic
| is, and of right should be, a free and
| independent state, and that war has
been forced upon it by powerful
and relentless foe, whose creed is that
might makes right, and who is bent
upon the conquest of weaker nations
wherever an opportunity may safely
Offer The pamphlet is instructive and
enlightening.
In an exhaustive review of the Boer
war to date, writer in the Baltimore
| News observes that a s to English gem
erals they have always, with few
brilliant exceptions, been animated
with the spirit of Braddock when he
rejected the advice of Franklin and
later of Washington as to the method
OF conducting a campaign in the
American forests against American In
dams, and instead crossed the Monon-
gahela as though marching to parade
with drums beating, fife playing and
flags flying, only to be shot down by
an invisible foe like sheep in the sham
bles. Gatacre and Methuen appear to
have taken Braddock as their military
model. AS to Butler, he seems to have
copied General Packenham's method In
making a front assault upon fortified
place defended by a brave fee, nearly
every man of whom was a sharpshoot-
er The chief difference in the two af-
fairs is that Packenham was killed
while Butler survived. Courage OF the
highest order the English general
usually has in plenty. Ability of the
higher order he is usually painfully
lacking in.
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CIarl S Pnsitlon.

From the Portland. Me, Press.
Senator Clark of Montana was elected
as a democrat, but he has just made a
declaration of beliefs that opposes al
most every principle and policy which the
democrats are understood to be in favor
of Thus the democrats oppose imperial
ism. but Senator Clark says he believes
in it. The democrats profess to believe
In a tariff for revenue only, but Clark
says he is protectlonist. The democrats
favor free ships and oppose subsidies.
Clark says he viii support the Hanna
Payne subsidy bill, The democrats or a
large part of them. believe in free silver.
but Clark says that free silver is played
cut,
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~ HOSE who contemplate seeing
the Paris exposition next sum

eN HOSE VINO contemplate seeing
the Paris exposition next sum
n1er would better secure steam
ship passage without delay, or the
chances are they won't see it. 1t is
agreed that the tide Of transatlantic
travel is likely to be unprecedentedly
great and the available accommoda-
tions will probably be unequal to the
demand 1t is possible that the big
liners which have been pre-empted by
the British government for the pur-
pose Of conveying troops and NUM-
tions of war to South Africa. will by
that time have been restored to the
merchant service. It is also poss BILE
that still others may have been re-
Questioned. All of the great British
steamship companies are under con-
tract. as one of the conditions upon
which they receive subsidies, to SUR
render their vessels for government use
upon demand. This will operate to the
substantial advantage Of the American
and the continental lines, but it will
place the travelling public at a serious
disadvantage. The Philadelphia In
quirer predicts that private enterprise
will be active, energetic, and to a con-
siderable extent successful in its ef-
forts to supply the need and to pocket
the passage money which the public
will be willing and anxious to pay, but
there Is a limit to the number Of
steamships not liable to be requisi-
toned which can be pressed into the
trans A tlantic service
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which is destined to be known as one
Of the most noteworthy wars of his
tory.
In Montana particularly 1899 has
been a cornucopia of prosperity. Thank
full for past favors the people Of this
state are trusting to Providence for a
continuance of the same during the
year of our Lord 1900.
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WASHINGTON dispatch says
that Marley Lawton, the r.
L ,,a,ro13 COW ~ raDerol Tau-

RI WASHINGTON dispatch says
I that Marley Lawton, the H.
! year-old son Of General Law
ton, is serving as captain under
General Grant in the Philippines. The
lad received his first appointment last
July when he was made an "honor
ary" lieutenant, and given a uniform
of that rank. He has been under fire
with his father in the expeditions
which General Lawton commanded
against the Tagalo tribes. In the bat
tie Of Gapote river, which General
Lawton himself said was the hottest
fire he had ever been under. his little
son was by his side. and preserved
the same coolness as his father. A
bullet struck the sand squarely between
his feet and threw UP the dust. Cap
tain Manley looked down and ex-
claimed with a twinkle in his eye:
Papa, that was n hoptoad." The
recklessness with which General Law
ton exposed himself to danger is well
known: but that he was just as reck-
less in exposing his 12-year-old son Is
surprising almost to the point of in
credibtlity.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-12-31

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Attempt Re.ulted In Failure.

Cape Town, Dec s0-Troops in the
British camp OF Victoria were turned
out last night to repel an attempt of
the Beers to cut the railroad near the
station. The patrol reported early in
the evening they had sighted the Roers
in the neighborhood. At 10 o'clock at
night the Beers opened heavy fire
near the station. The British replied
and the Eoars retired at daylight, their
attempt having turned out failure.
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Ore From tho Orient.

Tacoma, Wash, Dec. 30.-Seventy-one
sacks of ore concentrates were brought
here on the City Of London, from the
mines near Singapore, for treatment
in the Tacoma emelter, This is the first
shpt2ent of ore from the Orient to an
American smelter. The product of
these mines has been sent to England
in the past, and this shipment is in
the nature Of a trial. There are a
number Of large producing mines in
the settlement and others are being
nnened up.
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Appointed q. i. A.

Salt Lake, Dec 30.-George W. Heintz
has been appointed general passenger
and ticket agent of the Rio Granda West
ern railroad, effective jan l. Mr.. Heintz
has been acting general passenger agent
since the retirement of F. A. Wadleigh
several months ago.
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Enecie NIoYcments.

New York Dec So.-The imports of
snecie this week were s54,125 in gold and
sl35, ,566 in silver. Exports of specie for
the week aggregated $396S4S in silver bars
and coin and 81, $50, 200 in gold.
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Appo;ntnen. approved.

London. Dec. 3o.-The queen has ap-
proved the appointment of Tire Duke of
Connaught as commander Ii chief Of
the British forces in Ireland.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-12-31
TO ADVERTISERS:

The Anaconda Standard guarantees its
advertisers a bona fde paid circulation,
than that of any other newspaper pub
iished in the state OF Montana. Advert!s-
ing contracts will be made subject to this
guarantee.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-12-31

Ths Standard has branch offices at
Butte, Mssoula and Great Falls, where
advertising rates will be furnished on ap-
plication.
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Daily and Sunday, three months...... 500
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Postage free for the United States Can
ada and Mexico. Elsewhere
postage added.
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TELEPHONE NUMBERS
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Subscription Rates Payable in Advance.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-07
COOK BOOK FREE

Table and kitchen IS tie title
az new cook ho,t published by
the Prize Baking Powder company,
CHICAGO. inst AZ this time il viii
~ er' free on write a postal
mentioning :he Texarkanlan.
Tlis hook has been trind by our
selves and is one Of the very best Of
is sind. B sides containing over
4oO recrip's for al'tin IS pastry
and home cookery. there are mary
hints for the table anl kitchen.
showing bow to set a table, how to
anter the dining room, etc a hun
dred and one hints in every branch
of the culinary art. Cookery of
the very finest and richest as vel
as of the most economical and
homelike is provided for. Remem-
Der Table and Kitchen will be sent
postage prepaid, to any lady send
ing her address (naTe, town and
State) plainly given. A copy in
German or Scandinavian will b.
sent If desired. Postal card is as
good as letter. Address Price
Baking Powder mpany, Chica-
90, ILL.,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-07
Dangers Of the Grip.

The greatest danger from La
Grippe is of its resulting in pneu-
monia, If reasonable care is used,
however, and Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy taken, all danger will be
avoided. Among the tens of thous-
onds who have used this remedy for
Ia grippe we have yet TO learn Of a
single case having resulted in pneu-
monia which shows conclusively that
this remedy is certain preventive
Of that dangerous disease. 1t will
cure la grippe in less time than any
other treatment, 1t is pleasant and
safe to take. For sale by Smith
Drug Co.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-07
Sewer Tax Notice.

Taxes for sewer, aud Improve
ment Dist, No. 2, are now due
Please call at Joe Bedingfelds store
and settle same. Penalty will bt
attached after February goth, 1899
H. G. GRAFTON, Collector.
January 8, 1899.
Your sewer tax in Imp. Dist. No,
l, is due Jan. 18th, please call at
the Smith Drug Co., where | will
have the books to make settlement
until the Goth of February. If NOT
paid by that time, a penalty of 2C
per cent W Ii accrue.
Jan. 7, 1899. ]. H. ARNOLD, Col.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-07

Ack'n'ey and Al1er wants to hre
''''es, but they hardly know how 10
70 about it, We think they are
blowing down thirteen inch gun
nd 1t loaded with dynamite, when
they undertake to dispose of Miles
ior should they find a way to dis
2'se OF him, ne will bon up TO
plague them solely a., thry wi
Dc huried out OF power as qulcsly
rs they came into it. Miles has
ne army backing him while McKin-
.ey is losing cast daily. Watch
-neir motions and see if these pre-
dlctions do not come true.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-07
For over E1rUy Years

AN OLD AND WELL-TRIED REMEDY
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
nas been used for over fifty Yeas
by millions of mothers for their
children while teethlng, with pc
feet success. 1t soothes the child
sOftens the gums, allays all pam,
cures wind colo and is the best
,cmedy for diarrhea. 1t is plea,-
int to the taste, Sold by druggist
every part Of the world. Twenty
i've cents d bottle. Its value is p
Caiculable. Be sure and ask fU1
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and
take no other kind. S-5-93-lY
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-07
A TEXAS WONDER.
Halls Great Discovery.

One small bottle of Halls Great
Discovery cures all kidney and blad-
der troubles, removes gravel, cures
diabetes seminal emissions, weak
and lame back, rheumatism and all
of the kidneys and
bladder in both men and women
Regulates bladder troubles in chill
dren. II not sold by your druggist,
will be sent by mail on receipt of g.
One small bottle Is two months
Treatment, aud will cure any case
above mentioned, u. W. Hall, sole
manufacturer z. o. box 2lS, Waco
Texas. For sale by Smith Drug Co.
Texarkana, Ark.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-07
READ THIS.

Dallas, Texas, October "a, 1885,
This is TO certify that have been
considered iucurable by two good
both saying | had
Bhpht's Kidney disease. After us.
NJ Que and oue.half bottles OF
lall's Great Discovery OF Waco, ]
hmk my troubles are at an end.
II. w. BRowN,
81, George Hotel,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-07
For Sale

A truck farm of 20 acres in the
,uberbs of Texarkata, on which is
ocated a good five room frame
1ouse with good barn aud out build
ings, vineyard and young orchard,
good fence and in a high state of
cultivation, good spricg on the
Jlace that never fails. This proper
" will be sold at bargain. In
quire of W G. Cook,
[ 5 If, POI East Broad St.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-07
Port Arthur Route Trains.

Beginning Monday, February II
the TeXarkana & Ft Smith will have
iouble daily passenger service be
tween Kansas City and Shreveport.
This will enable pas uprrs 10 m p
Shreveport and return same
day, with several hours IN Snr,ve-
port. Southheuud trains leave
Cexarkdna at $50 a. m. and 3:lO
p. IN northbound at 1880 a. M,
and $3.50 ~ m.
RUSH Fl. BARNES, G.. p A.
G. ] WARRICK, City Ticket Agt.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-07

General Miles was not given a
chance to do any fighting, but be
is doing a lot OF talking against the
rotten meat the administration
men compelled our soldiers to eat
while they we're in the trenches.
The soldiers will stand by Miles to
the last, and they should
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-07

She Kansas City, Memphis an
birmingham railroad, with 1t
nraugh sleeping car service Mem
)his to Washington, Philadelphia
lud New York, via. Atlanta, is th,
llickest and best line to the south
asst. Reclining chair cars on all
AIMS for seats in which no charge
made For map and time tables
jnd sleeping car reservations, ad-
iress, E. SUTCLIFFE.
G.P.&r A Mrmp isRnutr,
307 Main st.
Ii % VI anonis Tenn
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On account Of Mardi Gras at
New Orleans, La, and Mobile, Ala, (,
Feb, IA, the Texarkana g. Ft Smith
Ry. Co will sell at rate of one fare
for round trip. Date of sale Feb.
7 to l3 inclusive, good returning
until Feb. 2S.
RUsu II. BARNES, CD, WARRloK,
G. p. A. G. Z. A.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-07
EUPION OIL THE BEST!

Eupiou oil is double process re-
fined oil, non explosive and abso-
utelv safe, and cannot be equaled
for illumination. Inferior oil is Of
ten sold for EUPION. Ask for
Eupon and take no other. In orr
der to obtain the best results, boil
your lamp burner and put in a new
wick at least once per month.
Genuine Eupion oil is for sale by
the following Texarkana mer-
chants
w. e. Welcome, John p. Kline,i
Gate City Gro'y Co, OF. p. Browner
Smith Drug Co. Oscar Turner
Joseph McShane, Inter-Staee Drug Store
II. Brown, Hoffman Hdw Co.
M. Kelley Mrs. y. l.. Meeks
Williams a. Williams A. Il. Helmns
r w. Du n, j.. e. Roach
Merriwether e. Tavlor r A. Hardin.
w. A. Robinson.
Positively no oil sold from the
peddling wagon.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-07

A bill is before onr legislature
giving the fair sex the same rights
Us man to vote at all elections,
Ii has been read twice and is now
no to the members for them to say
YES or no.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-07
- ~ = IehI

it' Nne SC Chi
VII
> Ia 90 a.. is u,lru ~ ID.
an A"rcsn gid with /. bright tu-
tu'e before her as a singer Siguor
Abe 81, The baritone, Is cne of he
r a.t~t artists IN his line ( he
rs iesor Sigror C min.
'a nevsr ben heard in tti. ccup
tH hrcr-. Walter A Pu, nn
brave charge Of thr music ! ga.fot
the program. Don't ms the
treat
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-07
HUot h00 !

There will be a meeting of the
concatenated order of Hoo Hoo, at
Texarkana on Feb. IL, 1899, at
Which time the biographical degree
" degree of the playful kitten,
will be conferred upon weaklings
All Hoo Hoo cordially invited,
j 2 BRoWER, V. S
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-07
DO you KNOW

Consumption is prevrntable? Science
las proven that, and also that neglect il
uicidal TIE worst cold or cough can b
ou ed with Shiloh's Cough and Consump
ion Cure. Sold on positive guarantee for
lyer fifty years.
Sold by Williams &c Williams,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-07

Fine line OF sHrl.2r silver novel
ties, such as hair brushes, combs,
brushes. manicure sets, puff
boxes, etc, at r. L Schuster's,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-07
Shreveport Mardl Gras.

Texarkana & Ft. Smith Ry. Co.
will sell Feb. IL to IA inclusive at
one fare for round trip to Shreve-
port. Account, Mardi Gras. Good
returning until Feb. II.
RUSH H BARNES, C,J WARRIoK,
q. p. A. G, 2, A..
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-07

EVERYTHING IN sterling silver, and
)est plated table ware, at the "od
'eliable," " f. L. Schuster's
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-07

Expansion dent expand as read
lily as the republicans in powel
could wish.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-07

Well, this is an anti-ground hog
day-in big chunks.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-07
Chicago Dental Rooms,
DR.. II. M. SMITH PrOD'r.

Teeth extracted without oaln, Soc, by
his new method. No chloroform, no ether
no bad effects and absolutely no danger.
Best Set Of Teeth ......,. 800
Cold Crown. ... .,... 0,OO
All kinds Of Dental work at reasonable
prices. Satisfaction gu d. No
charge for examination.
BSy-ll8l East Broad Street, Tex
arkana Arkansas.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-07

smithville to resume his work in the Katv
shops there. nay
The following members Of the Tavlo.
bar were in the city the past week: n, I.
Penn F. I. Fisher, G. v. Compton and G.
l.. Jones. -
Attorney D. W. wilcox and Charlie.
poyner of Bartlett attended the Cannon
trial this week
Lucius Lane was arrested this week in
TINS county on charge Of horse stealing
from Lee county and held until the Off.
Gals came after him.
Mr.. and Mrs. woodson Patrick have re,
turned from Plano. where they visited
their daughter, Mrs. G.. W. Mccall.
MRS. Kate Graves Of Waco is visiting he,
father, Judge w. s. Davidson of this city.
Miss Viola Rogers of Taylor is visiting
her grandmother, Mrs. N. Kennedy OF this
place. " '"''
Mr.. t. D. Rake, editor of the Hearne
Democrat, is attending the Cannon trial.
Sheriff Guy Townsend, County CIerk
wilson, District Clerk Sandel and County
Attorney Bishop We're among the many
witnesses attending the Cannon trial,
Miss Kittie Tisdale has been visiting IN
Austin. ~
DR.. B. M. worsham, superintendent Of
the Austin lunatic asylum, is an expert
witness in the Cannon case