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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-10-06

Boss-"What Is the cause of this
writing being Irregular" Manager
"Why. Miss Ticker thumps rag-time on
her typewriting machine when she Is
at work"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-10-06

ing sentiment more recently in these
words: 4 would rather have land than
niggers,' ard Ceril Rhodes is directly
responsible for the killing of thousands
of black natives in south Africa that
he might secure their land. In a talk
recently with Henry M. Stanley, the
explorer he tells me that he knows OF
no place in Africa where We OF the
United States might go to advantage"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-10-06

Sunday School Teacher-Is order to
be saved we must be born again. Now,
Robert, wouldn't you like to be born
again? Robert-Yes'm; If 1 could be
named after Dewey.-Puck.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-10-06

Hungry Higglns-I see you kin git a
SQUARE meal in the Klondike now for a
dollar Weary Watkins-Well, you kin
do that at home, wit twenty beers
throwed indianapolis Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-10-06
whisky for Powder.

Among the principal consumers Of
corn whiskey is the British govern
ment, which used $4,000 gallons last
year in the manufacture of smokeless
powder.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-10-06

Jimmy-Of course, I'd rather be
Dewey than Jeffries. Tommy-Yes;
but if Teller could only be both Of
'em!-Puck.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-10-06
All In Use at Homo.

A woman with several men folk In
her family has to 60 away from home
occasionally to have rest In an saay
chair.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-10-06

Superstition as to the Holly Bush.
1t is a popular belief that a holly
bush planted near dwelling protects
the house from lightning.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-10-06
IYonldn't Hurn THIN.

philadelphia Record: Hoax-"I no.
tice that you didn't accept one OF
Harduppe's Cigars Joa---"No.. I
know the ropes"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15
IT is A WARM NUMBER
Answer Filed in the Beasley
Libel Suit.
EVERY WORD A TRUE ONE
He Had No Reputation to Lose, It Is Al
leged-Hanged in Efhgy in the
Cause Of Public Honesty
and Decency.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Big Timber, April 14.-Sydrey Fox
and E. M. Hall, counsel for the defend
ants in the Beasley libel suit, to-day
filed the answer for the defendants in
the office of the clerk of the district
court. The answer is a "hot number
and meets the issue fairly and square
ly. The document is in substance as
follows
The defendants admit the hanging of
the effigy and the posting of the pla-
tended to represent the plaintiff and
the placards were intended to be of
and concerning the plaintiff, but deny
that the same was done wrongfully or
maliciously. That the defendants
meant to accuse the plaintiff of being
untrue to the trust reposed in him and
of being guilty as a public official of
this state of the crime of bribery;
that the defendants meant to accuse
the plaintiff of the crime of taking a
brbe and to lmpute a want of nteg-
rity to the plaintiff in his official ca
pacity that the words on the placards
and every part thereof We're true in
every particular and that the plaintiff
did not at that time have any reputa-
ton in the county of SWeetgrass or
elsewhere to be damaged.
BY way of mitigation the defendants
| allege Beasley's election and his prom
! ises to uphold and maintain the prin-
| ciples of the republican party; that he
| was elected in consequence of these
promises and betrayed them. The an
! swer then goes on to recite the Incl
dents leading up to the effigy hanging,
how the newspapers reported that w.
| A. Clark, an alleged democrat, was a
candidate for United States senator
from Montana and that he and his
agents had caused to be paid to the
| Hon. Fred Whitesde the sum of 100000
for the purpose of purchasing votes;
that it was said that Clark was negoti-
ating for the republican votes and that
finally Beasley voted for Clark for a
| consideration, contrary to the princi-
Piles upon which he was elected and
contrary to the wishes and directions
of the republicans of Sweetgrass
| county.
| That when defendants received infor-
nation of Beasley's vote they We're hu
inflated and believed themselves be-
trayed by Beasley and caused said eff
figy to be hanged in the streets of Big
Timber. not with malice, but in the
interests of public honesty and decency,
and caused the same to be placarded
as matter of news so that the public
might know what the said Beasley had
done and how he had betrayed the
trust reposed in him by the people of
| Sweetgrass county. The answer is
sworn to by E. B. Clark for himself, as
well as his co-defendants.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15

boys at the front quite generally ex-
press desire to remain there until the
difficulty is settled. Our people take no
stock in the declaration that the con-
fict in the philippines is 'waged in OPP
position to liberty and in the interest of
capital.
1.-The seiZing of the Philippines was
an incident of that war wholly unfore-
seen by anybody, applauded by every
patriotic citizen at the time, and they
could not now be relinquished without
a taint on our national honor and a
confession of national weakness.
THE charge that the American flag
is waving over a conflict in the Philip
pines in opposition to liberty and in
the interest of capitalism savors very
much of spirit of demagogy to which
the people of Oregon are habitual
strangers and which finds no lodgment
in their minds at this time"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15
FRANK FEREN PARDONED.
He Was Sent to the Penitentiary in 1894
for Robbery.

IOf ROBBERY.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena, April 14.-Governor Smith to-
day pardoned Frank Feren, convicted
in Jefferson county Jan. "a, 1894, of rob-
berry and sent to the penitentiary for 10
years. Well-known citizens of Jeffer-
son county petitioned the governor to
grant the pardon. Conley & McTague
also recommended that he be rewarded
for being good prisoner for faithful
work on the new penitentiary buildings.
The governor sent the following letter
to the board announcing the pardon:
with your approval I hereby grant
pardon to Frank Feren, who was
committed to prison from Jefferson
county on Jan. "a, 1894. under SEN
tence of 10 years for robbery, and whose
term will expire April 90. 1899, and I
direct that he be released from prison
as soon as may be.
"A letter from the prison wardens
and a petition from citizens of Jeffer-
son county in behalf of the prisoner
is herewith transmitted. I believe it
to be good policy to carry out the as
surances of the wardens. given on ac-
count of work performed and good be-
havior, and on the statement of the
wardens that a diminution should be
given. and the petition of the people
of Jefferson county, | have been led to
extend executive clemency to this pris-
Oner,'
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WILL REPLY TO LEE.
Volunteers VIII he Mustered Out as
Soon Expedient.

Washington, April 1.-THE war de-
partment will reply to the telegram of
Governor Lee of South Dakota to Pres
dent Mckinley, asking for the immed-
late muster-out and return of the South
Dakota troops in the Philippines, that
the troops will be brought home as soon
as deemed eXpedient by the United
States and as soon as possible with the
transports at hand. 1t is held at tho
war department that the law requiring
the muster of troops contemplAteS
that the executive department shall
have ample time to issue the necessary
orders and make preparations tc proper
ly discharge the soldiers and bring them
home. The provision in the bill al
lowing the volunteers in the Philippines
to be enlisted for six months may also
be construed to mean that the volun-
teers will not be mustered out before
that time if they re-enlist. That this
will be tenable if the troops demand to
be mustered out is generally conceded
for Chairman Hull stated on the hoor
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15
In a Blaze of Glory.

Baltimore. April 1.-THE ninth annual
convention of the League of American
Press clubs closed tonight in a Verita be
blaze of glory \ banquet, seldom, If ever,
eclipsed in the city of diamond back terra
pin and canvas back ducks, with the nee
eSsary concOmitantS. was served to the
male contingent at Masonic Temple this
evening, while 'Sweethearts and Wives
We're entertained at delightful dinner at
the Hotel Rennert and a theater party at
Ford's Grand Opera house. The day was
entirely given to sightseeing and pleas
ure. The speakers at the banquet vera
Senator McComas, Secretary of State Hay
and Postmaster General Smith.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15
BURIAL OF LIEUTENANT FRENCH.
1t Is Expected That Many Will Pay the
Last Tribute to His Memory.

Special Dispatch to the Standard
Helena. April 14-The remains Of the
late Lieut. f. S. French of Company l.,
1st Montana. who lost his life at Caloo-
can, arrived to-day from the Philip
pines. Large numbers of people gath
cred at the Montana Central depot to
receive the remains. Eight men from
Battery A. N. G. NJ, placed the casket
upon draped caissOn, and followed by
many sorrowing friends of the de-
ceased. proceeded to the Auditorium,
where the body will remain under
guard until the funeral, which will be
held next Sunday afternoon. beginning
at 1:3O o'clock The remains are en-
cased in a metallic casket with cedar
outer box. The body will not be eX-
posed The funeral promises to be
largely attended. many being expected
here from other points. The popularity
of the deceased wherever known. COM
bined with the fact that he lost his HE
while serving his country in foreign
land. has awakened a general desire to
make the last tribute memorable.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15
THREATENED TO KILL.
startling Testimony Produced in the
Mrs. George Trial.

Canton, Ohio, April 14.-Additional
cross-examination of Mrs. Mary Fin
ley opened to-day's PROCEEDINGS in re
trial of Mrs George for the murder of
James Saxton. This was chiefly direct
ly toward proving that the witness haG
been coached for her direct testimony.
Mrs. Mary Nauman related conver-
sations of Mrs. George. In one the
latter told of having kept Saxton from
entering the Althouse home by point
ing pistol and making him
come away with her. Mrs. George
asked SaXton if he was ready 70 die
then and said she would have killed
him then, but wanted her husband, Mr..
George to get some of his money first.
Witness also detailed other threats
made by Mrs. George.
Mrs. Nettie McAllister detailed q con-
verSation with Mrs. George about
threat to kill Saxton, about the pistol
incident at the Althouse home and the
threatening letters.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15
MARSHAlL'S GREAT RECORD.
Won for the Second Time in the Great
Handicap.

New York. April 14-The seventh
grand American handicap at live pig
con shooting furnished an opportunity
for Mayor Tom Marshall of keithsburs.
H.. to make a record for himself hy
winnig the event for the second time I'M
the Glover Leaf club at Elwood Park.
n. ] ,.to-day. Two years ago Mayor
Marshall Won this record from the 2S-,
yard mark after shooting off tie with
Il hard field of contestants and to-day
his nerve stood him in good stead whcn
he was pittpd against some hard propo-
sitions in the final rounds of the lives
bird championship. Seven men were
tied for first place with "a straight kills
each when the shoot was adjourned last
night When the shoot was resumed
this morning the weather conditions
were most favora BILE for the marksmen
and for a time it looked as if the lead
erS would have long argument to cs-
tablish the right to supremacy
At the beginning of the contest the
seven men who tied with "A straight
kills were: T. A. Marshall, Keithsburg.
Ill: Samuel Hoffman, jr., Atlantic City,.
Iowa; Ed Hickman. Kansas City: J. A..
Jackson, Austin, Tex: DR.. j. &. Knowl-
ton. New York; c. NJ. Grimm, Clear
Lake, Iowa; George r. Roll, Chicago.
This morning Hickman lost his 25th
bird, leaving six men in the race. In
tine shoot-off, miss and out both Hoff-
man and Roll failed to score.
Jackson and Knowlton each missetf
his sixth bird and Marshall ard Grimm
had the contest to themselves They
shot a hot race, each killing straight
until the 33d round.
Grimm missed a high-flying in-comer,
while Marshall killed his 33d bird, which
left the mayor of Keithsburg two
time winner of the grand American
handicap.
The six men who We're tied and who
shot the miss and out match, prior to
beginning the latter contest, agreed to
divide first money, and each as cen
sequence received $405.
Marshall, by winning with a clean
score, gets the silver cup, emblemat;c
of championship, which was presented
by the InterStates association.
Twenty-four men divided second
money with "a kills. receiving Sl05 eacn.
Forty-nine men tied for third money
with % kills, each receiving S35.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15
WANT THEM BACK.
But Not Until the Trouble in the Phili-
pines Is Settled.

pines Is Settled.
Portland, Ore. April IA special to
the Oregonian from Salem says: Gov
crnor T. T. Geer. when asked to-day to
express an opinion regarding the de-
mand made by the governors of several
states for the Immediate discharge Ct
the volunteers now serving in the Phil
ippines, said:
There is quite general wish among
the people of Oregon that the volunteer
soldiers of the state may soon be re-
turned from Manila, but not for the
reason indicated by the governors of
the states of South Dakota and Ne
braska, towit: That the present con-
fiict in the Philippines is in opposition
to liberty and in the interest of capi-
talism.' There is some justice in ask
ing for the return of the volunteers now
that the war with Spain, for which they
enlisted, has been honorably concluded
and that the spasmodic difficulty yet
lingering in the Philippines should be
suppressed by the regular army of the
United States. which is amply equipped
for the purpose. 1t is believed. how
ever. that this wish is confined to those
of US who are at home, as the Oregon
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15
DROPPED 1000 FEET.
Seven Men Buried Under an Avalanche
Near Wellings.

Seattle. Wash, April IA Post-In-
tellgencer special from Wellings says
that while a rotary plow was clearing
the Great Northern track this side of
Madison it was struck by an avalanche
and dashed 1000 feet down a canyon.
There were seven men on the engine,
in addition to the regular crew. All
hav been dug out of the snow but one.
Four men We're injured, three probably
fatally.
The injured are: Pilot jerry Morrar-
ity, head cut, internally hurt; George
Hart. both legs and arms broken, in
jured internally; Thomas Sullivan. in
ternally injured; Fireman Thomas
Grant, head and hands cut. About 100
men are searching for the missing man.
The injured have been taken to Ever
ett. 1t is expected to have the track
clear in u hours.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15
N. P. EXTENSION.
Clearwater Line Will BE Ready for the
New Crop.

Clearwater Line Will BE Ready for the
New Crop.
New York, April 14-The Wall Street
Journal to-day, upon the authority of
high Northern Pacific railroad Off
cial,' publishes a statement in regard
TO the road in part as follows:
Il believe that we will eventually set
tie the Clearwater affair. If it is not
settled by the time our line is COM
pleted east of Lewiston, we will GER
tainl build west of Lewiston. We eX-
pect to have the entire extension ready
for the new crop.
THE other branches or extensions
authorized, on which work begins i'm
mediately. are the jamestown branch,
10 miles from Darlington. N. D., which
will be extended Is miles further, the
Cooperstown extension northwesterly
q miles, both into a fine agricultural
country that it not now served and the
Seattle-Palmer cutoff. They will be
completed this season.
THE report about our being inter-
ested in a new, Oriental steamship line
is pure moonshne. All our interest in
the Orient is through the Northern Pa
cific Steamship company, in which the
Northern Pacific has no financial in
tereSt ~
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15
JULIAN VERY ILL.
1t May Interfere With the Big Fight at
Coney Island.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
New York, April l4.-Martn Julian,
manager and brother-in-law of Champion
Bob FitZsmmons. is lying seriously i'll OF
typhoid pneumonia at Union Square hotel.
At the hotel tonight it was learned that
Julian's condition has not improved and
that his life is despaired of. Julian, when
he was at the Broadway Athletic club on
Friday night last, caught a severe cold
and on Monday took TO his bed, where he
has been confined ever since. Whether
Julians illness will prevent the coming
contest between FitzsimmonS and JEFF
fries, which is scheduled to take place at
Coney island on May 26, is Il matter OF
conjecture. Billy Brady. when asked about
it to-day, said: 81 don't think it Will"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15
AUCTION !
FO|Ced0u| 0fBuSllcSS
,LEY s
THE JEWELER

The lease on our present store has
expired and we have been served
with notice to vacate the prem--
ises. We have been unable to Sc
cure a desirable location for the
continuation of business, and are
consequently forced to close out and
retire.
Our stock is an immense one, and
we have no alternative but to dis
pose of it at once. We shall there
fore sell it at public auction and
1t will be the most gigantic public
sale of jewelry ever held in Butte.
The public knows only too we'll the
very high quality of the goods
we have always carried and
our reputation as one of the old
est esta blished jewelers. in the city
"a guarantee of the high grade of
our goods.
The stock consists of diamonds,
watches, silverware, jewelry, cut
glass, canes. umbrellas. leather
goods and novelties. Nothing will
be reserved, but every dollars
worth will be sold to the highest
bidder.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15
STOCK COMMISSIONERS.
Business Outlined for the Annual Meet
ing at Miles City.


Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena, April 1.-THE annual meet
ing of the state board of stock commits
sioners was held here to-day. Quite a
number of the members from other
parts of the state were in attendance.
Considerable routine business was
transacted and business outlined for
the annual meeting of the stock asso-
citation which is to be held in Miles City
next week. The following resolutions
We're passed expressing the coincidence
of the commissioners for the death
since the last meeting of three men,
bers of the board:
Whereas, Since the last session of
this board, there has been chronicled
the death Of three of it's valued and
active members, Alexander Metzel, Ly-
man Loring and Edward Marion,
Resolved. That their absence from
the meetings of this board is noted with
sorrow and that their loss is felt most
keenly by the live stock interests of
Montana and by the communities in
which they live.
Resolved, That we deeply sympa-
thize with the bereft families, to which
we extend coincidence"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15
NO FOOD FAMINE.
Roads Are MISUNDERSTANDING at Buff
falo Hump.

Spokane, Wash, April 14.-A Grange
Vile, Idaho, special to the Spokesman
Review says: Men who have Just
walked in from Buffalo Hump, the
scene of the big gold stampede, say
all roads and trails are practically i'm
passable. All along the route saloon
outfits. merchants, freighters and 9TH
ers are camped and must wait for an
other freeze before they can go on.
Many wagons We're seen along the road
stuck in the mud and abandoned. Snow
at the Hump is IA feet deep and Will
not be off before June. There will be
no food famine unless parties now en-
route come without supplies, as those
already in have sufficient to live on for
some time, but have no food for SALE"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15
Pansanphan Cantured.

Manila. April Is, $50 p. m.-Starting
in an easterly direction along the road
to Pansanghan, a party of 70 sharp
shooters under Lieutenant Southern OF
the Washington regiment, came upon
a trench across the road about a mile
out of Santa Cruz. Lieutenant South
ern was wounded.
The Americans then advanced with
mounted guns and the 14th infantry
battalion in the center, Linck's battal-
ion of the 1st Idaho infantry on the
right and FRAMES battalion of the 1st
North Dakota on the left, both flank
ing. The trench was carried without
loss to the Americans. Pansanghan
was found deserted.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15
Was n Total Loss.

Louisville, April 14-The barge Vidalia
of Pittsburg while attempting to go over
the falls to-day became unmanageable
and struck against the pier on the Indiana
side Of the Louisville bridge. The force
Of the impact was so terrible that the boat
was turned completely over. emptying her
cargo consisting of fine Russian iron.
valued at 100000, into Is feet of water.
The boat was valued at $1,000 and the loss
will be total. as the iron is worthless
when immersed No one was injured.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15
The Case Weakened.

Charleston. April A.-In the Lake City
lynchng case to-day the government con-
sented to a verdict of not guilty against
three of the Il parties under indictment.
the evidence being insufficient. These are
Clark Kelly and f. Rodgers, all members
of the ID regiment. The govern
ment practically closed its case, which
was much weakened by the Disqualified
tion of Lee one of the two men who turn
ed states evidence.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15
A Successful Revival.

Spokane, Wash, April 1.-THE larg-
est and most successful revival in the
history of Spokane terminated tonight
at the First Methodist church, the larg-
est hall in the city. They were union
meetings and were conducted by Rev.
C. n. CrittentOn, the millionaire evan
gelist. A fund of more than $4,000 was
subscribed for a Florence Crittenton
home for fallen women. This will be
the 54th of these homes.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15
Broke Her Crank.

Seattle, Wash, April 14.--News of the
overdue Alaska steamer. City of Seat
tie, was brought here tonight by the
steamer Laurada. The Seattle broke
her crank last Sunday about 20 miles
this side of Juneau. She was towed
into Juneau by the steamer Arum. Her
passengers We're transferred to the Lau-
rada and arrangements made with the
tug Car to tow her to this city.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15
a1ger VIII Not Retire.

Washington. April ll.--Secretary Alger
tonight put another quietuS on the per-
sistent reports that he contemplated re-
tiring from the cabinet by Il positive and
unequivocal statement that the reports
were absolutely without foundation, and
that unless some unforeseen and unlocked
for contingency arises he proposes u re-
main secretary of war throughout the ad-
mnistratiQn.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15
Will Sail for Manila.

San Francisco, April 14.-The trans
port Hancock, formerly the Arizona,
will sail for the Philippines on Mon
day with nearly LOO soldiers. The en-
tire 21st regiment of infantry will go,
and in addition there will be one or two
batteries of light artillery.