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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-05
Chicago will surely be a strong factor

Chicago will surely be a strong factor
in the next race.
1.-THE bad handicap imposed on Mr.
Tebeau and his Cleveland players last
season by the long string of trans
ferred games resulted in the loss of
many a contest that would have been
won on the Cleveland grounds. With
another hard-hitting outfielder, the
plucky, gingery. brainy players under
Mr.. Tebeau will be as hard to down as
ever. The Phillies, after many set
backs last season. took sudden and
unexpected squirt, and landed first
among the second seXtet There will
be fewer changes in the Quaker ranks
than at any time since Irwin left Phila-
delphia There is some promising young
material and plenty of natural baseball
ability among these same Quakers. y
winning team in Philadelphia means
thousands of dollars to the owners. and
look for most profitable baseball
year in that city.
Mr. Kerr of Pittsburg tells me that
with Williams at third and Reitz at
second he will have the strongest and
steadiest infield that ever represented
most important factor in ball team,
and if MIR. Kerr's prophecy is realized
the Smoky City will be harder to beat
next year.
Il am in the dark as to Mr.. Freed
mans movements in New York. but we
all hope he will give Gotham a WIN
ming team of Giants. Manager Fred
Clark of Louisville built up fast.
steady intield late in the season, and
the result was that the Colonels made
the sensation Of the past year by their
large percentage of victories during the
last two months. Tom Days return to
second base, in Brooklyn, will help out
the Trolly Dodgers.
In Washington Mr.. Irwin will intro
duce us to many new faces. In fact the
Senatorial roster will undergo more
changes than any team in the league.
| Much is expected of this new blood.
Washington with a team that can win
SO per cent. of the games, would be one
of the best-paying ball cities in the cir
cult, and indeed the best paying for that
number of games won and lost.
1.-THE situation in St. Louis will prob
ably be solved on Thursday next. At
any rate, the league, backed by able
legal advice, will make heroic move
in this st. Louis muddle. On the whole
] should judge that the large majority
of the teams will be stronger this year
Additional strength makes better and
more artistic contests. and consequently
an increase of interest. The season will
extend again from April Is to Oct. is,
with 1854 games. The filming rule will be
adopted, and the players will pay their
own fines, not the club owners
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-05
THEY TURNED THE TRICK
Highwaymen Have Again Re-
eumed Operations.
THE POLICE HAVE NO CLUE
Ertersd McCutcheon's Store in the Early
Evening, Made Their Point and
Escaped Without Leav-
Ing q Trace.

After let-up of two or three weeks
during which there were no holdups
the men with masks and big guns re-
sumed operations last evening and held
up e. McCutcheon, proprietor of the
store formerly known as Robinson's
grocery, at 7O1 South Main street, get
ting away with $40 in money and $50
watch. @.-
The robbery was one of the boldest
that has taken place in a long time, oc-
curing SO early in the evening that
people We're constantly passing to and
fro in front of the store, yet the high
waymen entered, turned the trick and
got away, covering their escape SO eff
fectively that the police were unable to
get trace of them.
The robbery occurred about half-past
9 o'clock. Mr.. McCutcheon was alone
In the store, and, the business of the
day being about over, was figuring up
preparatory to closing the store little
later. He stood behind the counter, his
mind intent on his work, when he heard
the door open, and supposing customers
were coming in he did not look up for
second, as would be natural with one
running up column of figures. When
he did raise his eyes his breath was
nearly taken away, for instead of the
customers he expected to wait on, two
men stood before him, each with gun
leveled at his head.
Calmly, but firmly, one of the unwel-
come callers gave the command, Throw
Nv oTr =;
not hesitate, and while one of the two
kept him covered, the other investi-
gated the cash register, which, how
ever, did not happen to be in use and
therefore contained nothing. Finding
nothing in the register. the robbers ev-
IDENTIFY did not think of such thing as
till, but supposed the merchant had
taken the money from the register and
had 1T on his person. At all events
they turned their attention to him and
searched his pockets. They relieved
him of 500 and his gold watch, worth
about $50, and took their departure
without looking for a money drawer
Had they done SO. they would have been
more richly rewarded, for, as stated, the
cash register was not in use and the
money taken in was all in till under
the counter.
After searching Mr.. McCutcheon, the
pair backed to the door. and the last
Mr.. McCutcheon saw of them they were
running up Main alley. He immediate
" telephoned the police, who at once
went to work on the case, but up to
late hour without success.
Mr.. McCutcheon stated to a Standard
reporter that the holdups seemed to
him to be little more than mere youths.
Each wore a handkerchief over his face
for mask, and he could not judge very
accurately, but they seemed W young
and at most could not have been more
than of age, if that But they got the
drop on me-" said he, land l could do
nothing but obey their command, for
young as they were. their manner con-
WINGED me that was the only safe
course"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-05
SONG cAhARIEs OF GERMANY
Their Home Is in an Entirely Isolated
Chain of Mountains.

Their Home Is in an Entirely Isolated
Chain of Mountains.
From Chambers Journal
The home of these birds, the Harz, an
entirely isolated chain of mountains,
rising out of the plain between the
rivers Leine and Saale, is the most
northern elevation of Importance in
Germany and lies partly in Prussia,
partly in Anhalt and Brunswick. The
best song canaries are reared here at the
present time, chiefly in Andreasberg, a
town also celebrated for its silver mines.
In every house and cottage of the place
you see canaries, and on a fine sum-
mer's day, when walking by, their songs
greet you from every open door and
window. Whereas with the other races
of canaries color markings, shape and
size are important points, with this
breed there is but one--their song
The birds are usually of middle size
and strongly built; the head is larger,
the legs shorter and the neck not so long
as in the common canary; the legs slant
backward a little and the bird does
not stand as upright as the others.
The breast ought to be broad and
strong, the eyes large and lively; the
feathers must lie smooth and the bird
ought to execute all its movements
with sort of coquetry. The colors
vary from straw to golden yellow,
some with green markings. but deeper
shades of yellow and not to be found
among them. If We say that these
birds have to take the second place
in outward beauty of form and color
we certainly must give them the first
of all in point Of song. Their entire
value lies in this.
With the utmost care and science
their voice has been cultivated for
years, and splendid results have been
obtained. The song of really first
class Harz bird is a marvel of beauty
for those who understand it, but 1t
needs much practice and a musical ear
to note slight differences and faults
and to be able to choose the really
best songster among crowd of bords
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-05
Runts and weaklinss Among Fishes.

From the New York Sun.
Among the red snappers from Ber-
muda, now in their second winter here
in one of the tanks at the Aquarium
there is one the weakling of the flock
that has not grown any since it was
put into the tank. 1t was long ago cx-
pected to give up and die, but it shows
no signs Of doing that yet. Though it
doesn't grow, as the others have DONE
and though it is slower in it's move
ments, yet it has fair appetite. and it
holds it's own. always about the same.
There are runts and weaklings among
flshes, just as there are among other
animals, and they may be as tenacious
of life as their more favored brothers.
but the big and vigorous are better
able to provide themselves with food
and as rule they live longer.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-05
Employees Must Buy Watches,

The Lehigh Valley Railroad company
has issued an order which will necessi-
tate about so per cent of it's employees
purchasing new watches, the move
ments of which will cost from SIT up
ward. This is the result of a change
in the time limit. which took effect on
the LIST inst. Before that time a rail-
roader might own a watch that would
not vary more than 80 seconds in
week. Now, under the new rule, the
men must be provided with a 17-jew-
eled tfmepiece adjusted to three posi-
tons.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-05
It KEPT THE BOYS BUSY
Fire Department Answered Four
Calls Yesterday.
THE DAMAGE WAS SLIGHT
A Blazs Broke Out in the Ruins Of tho
Wednesday Night Fire-The Cold
Weather Responsible
for One.

The fire department had busy day
of it, being called out four times UP to
10 o'clock in the evening" three times in
response to still alarms, and once to
answer box 81. None of the fires
amounted to much, and the total dam
age was very slight.
A still alarm called out the fire de-
partment yesterday morning for a smail
fire in the residence of J. B. Harper,
on the hill at 235 West Copper street.
The extreme cold necesstated more fire
than usual and defective fue was
again the cause. The mortar working
out from between the bricks allowed
sparks to escape from the chimney and
started fire between the first floor and
basement ceiling. The firemen located
the fire very quickly and put it out
with q hand chemical The damage
was only nominal.
Fire broke out again last evening
about o'clock in the ruins of Wednes
day nights blaze. 1t had evidently
been smoulderng ever since in some
piles of baled hay of the Royal Milling
company's stock, which had not been
entirely consumed and last evening
were famed into a blaze. A telephone
message was sent to the central sta
ton, and the hose wagon was sent down
ana stream turned on until there were
no longer any signs of fire.
plumber thawing out water pines
at the boarding house conducted by
Patrick Quinn at the corner of Main
and Woolman streets gave the fire de-
partment a run about o'clock last
evening. The workman poured gaso-
line into the pipe and touched match
to it, with the result that it blew out on
him, and fearing the house would catch
fire, an alarm was turned in. There
was no damage.
The department had the fourth run of
the day in response to a still alarm
from the corner of Utah avenue and
Front street. where Zimmerman &
SchWindler keep a meat market in a
building owned by William Luxton. 1t
started from a stovepipe running UP
through a fat roof, which got over
heated. The department made quick
time to the scene and had the fire out
before damage to amount to anything
had been done.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-05

Paris of To-day--the flandsomest pre-
MUM book ever offered-now ready FOR
delivery upon payment of $40 In ad-
vance for one years subscription to
the Standard. Can be obtained at
Standard office in Butte, Anaconda,
Missoula or Great Falls.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-05

Belgian workmen are fond Of cock
Growing competitions. The other day one
well-trained bird crowed no less than 463
times in the course OF an hour
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-12-13
New Mexico in tine Public Eve.

Governor OterO's report to the secre-
tary OF the interior has been widely
quoted by the eastern press with regard
TO the loyalty of the people q New
Mexico in furnishing a greater proper
ton Of volunteers for the Spanish and
Filipino wars thar We're raised in The
states. His statements with regard 70
the increase Of business. material
growth Of the territory and arguments
for statehood have also seemed Ia in
Terest the newspapers, the Washington
correspondents having sent out copiouS
extracts. The reports of he governors
If other territories have not caused so
much comment. New Mexico is the
subject of especial attention at present,
because her people largely are Of the
same parent stock originally as the in
habitants of some of the new colonies,
and their loyalty and success are looked
to as demonstrating what may be eX-
peCted OF the better elements of the
new possessions; albeit the term Of pro-
baton required of New Mexico as a ter
ritory has been drawn u long after
the generation that peopled the country
when it became American territory
passed away and left descendants who
have forgotten that their parents ever
owed allegiance to any but this country
The people who have descended from
the earlier inhabitants of this country
ara to-day more thoroughly American,
more completely divorced from attach
ment to the foreign nation that former
~ claimed the allegiance of their an
cestors than are any similar number
of Europeans in any eastern state who
have adopted America as their home.
They are as free from un-American Gus
| toms as masses of people in New York
! and Boston, who live unto themselves.
New Mexico people have never been
| given to disorder, anarchy and opposi-
| ton to laws like associated classes IN
eastern centers of population. 1t is we'll
that the eyes of the entire American
people are turned in his direction, for
they cannot but see upon careful inspec-
ton that the native inhabitants Of thu
territory. as well as the immigrants who
have come vest are worthy of having
political disabilities removed and of
having a voice in national affairs. Gov
ernor Otero has challenged the scrutiny
of the nation for New Mexico and he1
people. and the result should be APP.
proved
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-12-13
A GOOD REGION.
~(Alamogordo NeWs.)

The people of the Ruidoso country
have nothing to complain of. but, on
the other hand, have a great lea to be
thankful for. This section is principal
ly a stock-raising country. though there
is some profitable farming done there.
The crops this year We're fairly good,
though not up to the average. STOCK
conditions are as good as could be eX
pected or wished for. The range is good
cattle are fat and in fine shape for the
winter. The range is not 50 heaNll!
stocked this winter as usual. as 4 Srea'
many cattle We're shipped out during
the past summer. 1t is a pleasure nov
to note the prosperity of the Indian
farmers and stock owners. They al
have good crops and some stock. Il a
a whole they are in a more prosperous
condition thar eve before,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-12-13

The people of New Mexico have rea-
son to be proud of their handsome and
commodious capitol building, and
should appreciate the services of the
board which has looked carefully after
the work and secured honest service
and excellent material for the building.
Not a breath Of scandal has arisen with
regard to building the capitol, as to)
often occurs in public work. The early
purchase of material avoided the addl-
tional expense that would have resulted
from delay until combinations were
formed on glass and other articles. The
use of convict labor has greatly re-
duced the cost of the structure, and the
capitol certainly could not be duplicated
now at anything like the cost of the
present building.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-12-13

The senate of Georgia has refused by
a vote of 25 to IA to enact a prohibition
law. Certainly the experience of KAN
sas and other states which have had a
law of this character, justified Georgia
in declining to copy the farce which has
been continuously enacted in those
states. Laws regulating the sale of
liquor can be enforced and gradually
made more stringent, but a prohibition
statute was never yet long enforced,
and when eva Sions are resorted to the
liquor traffic becomes harder to deal
with than when there are no require
ments that compel dealers to resort to
subterfuges and customers to become
perjurers and sneaks.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-12-13
The Currency Bills.

The house and senate currency bills
differ in some important respects, and
the probability is hat after a confer
ence compromises will be agreed upon.
so that neither measure will be passed
as now arranged. Both are u%nequivo-
cally in favor of the establishment of
the gold standard by statutory enact
ment. The first sentence of the senate
bill defines the standard gold dollar, de
claring that "all forms of money issued
or coined by the United States shall be
maintained at a parity of value with
this standard and provides that Unit
ed States and treasury notes shall be
redeemed in gold coin of such standard.
Where the house bill creates a separate
division of redemption, with a reserve
fund Of $1O9, 00O, 900 in gold, the senate
bill makes it tho duty of the secretary
of the treasury to set apart a reserve
fund of $150,0O0, 900 in gold coin, which
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-12-13

Governor Taylor of Kentucky has
been inaugurated and the rivers of Ken
lucky have not been Redeemed with the
gore that Goebel was going to shed be-
fore he would give up the effort to com
NIT g~ubernatorial piracy. The Repub-
Leans of Kentucky may rest assured
that had there been no dissatisfaction
among the Democratic party with Goe-
bells theft of a nomination the victor
would not have had such general sup
port in his claims, and the wrong mar
might have been permitted to become
governor. Rather than have the candi-
date whom they had fought bitterly fol
party reasons. as we'll as moral ones
the anti-Goebel Democrats preferred tC
have a Republican governor. 1t is no
because they like a Republican more
but because they hated Goebel, that sc
many Democrats Joined in the demand
for submission to the result.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-12-13

LEASE LAW OF CATTLE TRUST.

LEASE LAW OF CATTLE TRUST.
albuquerque Journal-Democrat.)
It Is unnecessary to say that the trust
idea is at the bottom of this movement
for leasing the grazing lands" but the
attorneys for the trust present such
plausible arguments in behalf of the
scheme that many well-meaning people
have been deceived thereby. To the
casual observer it seems to be "all
right" and looks like a plan to realize
a little revenue from property that is
now doing the public 10 good. But a
very little investigation will convince
any one that this is a bad mistake, for
such a plan, if carried out, would take
hundreds of dollars out of the pockets
of the people of the United States for
the benefit of the beef trust, for every
dollar that it might put into the public
treasury, besides destroying the bust
ness and homes of hundreds Of settlers,
who would not be able to live on their
little irrigated patches" if deprived of
the advantage of grazing a few animals
on the public domain.
This is a trust scheme, pure and sim
pie, and it ought to be closely watched,
while every one who is interested in the
prosperity Of this section of the coun-
| try should assist in the work of expos
ing it.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-12-13

Drying preparations simply deVe'-
op dry catarrh; they dry up the secretions,
which adhere to the membrane and decom-
Jose, causing II far more serious troublethan
the ordinary fora of catarrh. Avoid alldry-
ing inhalmts. fumes, smokes and snuiIs
and use that which cleanses, sootlies and
heals. Ely's Cream Balm is such u remedy
and will cure catarrh on cold in the head
easily and pleasantly, A trial size will be
mailed for 10 cents. All druggists sell me
SOC. size. Ely brothers. So Warren St, NY.
The Balm cures without pain, does not
irritate or cause snoezing. 1t spreads itself
over an irritated and angry surface, reliev-
ing Immediately the painful inflammation
With Ely's Cream Balm you arc armed
against Nasal Catarrh and Hay Fever.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-12-13

The busybody correspondents VINO
seek to make trouble for the admins
tration at Washington are ~endeavoring
lust now to prove hat President Nc
ioying cordial relations. 1t does not
matter how much the secretary and his
friends deny the statements, the CAD
f1ys will not be driven from their game.
Certainly Secretary Long would step
out of the cabinet upon the slightest
disapproval or feeling evinced against
him by the president, and not wait, like
Secretary Alger, for a house to fall up
on him before going back to Massachu-
sets,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-12-13

There are two bills before the senate
providing for the election Of senators by
popular vote instead Of by legislatures.
But whatever might be the benefits.
such : radical change from the method
which has been handed down, and
which in earlier days of the government
was considered the best, will not soon
be made. Nor will a proposed measure
for extending the term Of the president
to six years and forbidding one to serve
for TWO terms. The American people are
ever progressing, but there is much rev
erence for the forms provided by those
who established the government. and
organic changes viii come very slowly,
even if extension of territory and new
conditions do arise. The form OF gov
eminent was more elastic than even its
makers knew. and admits of adaptation
to new circumstances, new peoples
ard new responsibilities without being
reconstructed
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-12-13

The reports that Cubans were prepar-
ing to fight Americans on Thanksgiving
day or soon afterward have proved
false, All the same, there are some men
in this country so constituted that they
would have at once begun to declare
that the Cubans were justified in rebel
lion, for are they not being governed for
the time being without their consent,
and did not Colonel Bryan declare that
as the Filipinos were not c~onsenting
they should be let alone? II somebody
did not govern the riffraff In Cuba the
decent citizens would be in danger ev-
cry day, and riot would soon follow. The
~law-abiding Cubans may, through SEN
timent, prefer not to be governed by tha
United States even for a little While,
but If so it is because they have more
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-12-13

There is a greater demand for land
in New Mexico at present by settlers
than for many years past. and assocla-
lions planning for irrigation enterprises
are also in the market. Fortunately. the
territory is able to supply the latter in
bodies. while the United States has
lands available for settlers and TO dis
pose of upon easy terms. part Of the
proceeds Of which must come to the
schOOl fund Of New Mexico.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-12-13
\ QUESTION.
carlsbad Argus

The press of New Mexico can do no
better service to the people of the terri
tory thaa to place before them in 4 calm.
unpreiudiced the injury that
will quickly follow the enactment OF a
national lease law. 1t is the most mo-
mentous question ever presented to the
people of the west for solution. ana
procraStination and delay will be fatal
TO the most reliable, certain and proh-
table industry of the arid states.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-12-13
RED HOT TIL GUN

Was the ball that hit G. B. Steadman,
of Newark, Mich. in the Civil War. 1t
caused horrible Ulcers that no treat
ment helped for 20 years. Then Buck
lens Arnica Salve cured him. Cures
Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Boils, Felons,
Corns, Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure
on earth. 25 cts. a box. lure guaran-
teed. Sold by Fischer & Co, druggists.