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teams-Butte, Anaconda and the Mon
tana Athletic club--that would be able
to meet the great eastern team sue
cessfully, it would seem that the guar
antee ought to be raised without any
difficulty. AS the football men are
willing to give the gate to any one who
will make the guarantee, there can be
no possible doubt that it would be a
paying investment. But one thing
could intervene to prevent the biggest
crowd that ever witnessed a football
game in Butte from turning out, and
that would be bad weather. AS the
chicago team desires to come between
the 10th and goth of the month, no very
great chance is being taken on the
weather. for while there might be a
fall OF snow, there is not much likeli-
hood of the temperature falling so low
as to spoil the success of the game
and snow alone would not interfere at
all seriously
The opportunity to make big repu-
tation for Butte abroad is up to the
people of the city. 1t is to be sin
cerely hoped that some public spirit
ed citizen will come forward and make
the necessary guarantee, or that it
may be raised by subscription, as it is
an opportunity the city cannot afford
to lose.
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Champagne punch free on Thursday
afternoon at the grand opening OF FIN
len-M -Medin Drug company.
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TESTIMONIAL BENEFIT,
Programme to BE Rendered by the Ladies
of Butte.

Programme to BE Rendered by the Ladies
of Butte.
The following programme will be rem
dered Dec. at the Grand opera house
at the testimonial benefit to be given 10
Mrs. Edna NJ. Hill by the ladies OF
Butte:
PART J.
overture Test .:............. Lentner
Boston G. Montana Band.
(a) The Arrow and the Song Ritter
90 The Bobolinks Song. .... Emery
Miss Voltz, Mrs. Winchell. Mrs. Hal
dorm, Miss Finnegan.
'iollh oolo .....: :......... .............
~ 1aNatino ;...;...;. ..:'....: Raff
W. A. Clark, jr.
(a) -'Twas April '............ Nevin
90 THE Night Has Thousand
Eyes ......,.:'.;.... ....... Parsons
(c) "Blumen Polka" .......... .Zierer
Mrs H. V. Winchell.
(a) ':Dedication'' :. schumannLiszt
tb) "Serenata" ......... Beethoven
(c) "Polonaise' .......... Rubenstein
NJ. Fl. Hirschfeld.
March, "king Cotton" ....... .Sousa
Boston g. Montana Band.
Vocal Solo, selected. d............
Mr. Schmidlap.
Violin, "Mazurka de Concert" w
........... .............O Divide Musin
Nicola Thomas (the child violiniSD.
(a) Spring Song" (violin obligato)
............. itelneCkH
(b) THE Rosary. ............. .Nevin
Mrs. George Haldorn, w. A. Clark, jr
Medley. In Cooland". Bidgood
Boston q Montana Band.
Patronesses: Mrs. Joseph X. Clark,
Mrs. Charles w Clark. Mrs. NJ. J. Con-
nell, Mrs. John Cotter. Mrs. w. w.
Dixon, Mrs, William G. Derks. Mrs.
Monica Frey, Miss M. Finnegan Mrs
Fayette Harrington, Mrs. O. Hight.
Mrs. D. J. Hennessy Mrs. J. Ham
mond, Mrs. Samuel II. Johnstone,-.A Airs
c. T.. Lloyd, Mrs. Lulu F. Largey, MS.
j. Y. Long, Mrs. Thomas Lavelle, Mrs.
John Mediation. Mrs. George Faldorn
Mrs. John Noyes Mrs. John Noyps. jr
Mrs George lockwood. Mrs. Frank
Shaw. Mrs. John Welcome. Mrs j. NJ
White and Mrs. McC White.
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New Train to California.

Another cut in time via the Short
Line-Ogdeh route to all California
points.
Thirty hours. the quickest route to
Los Angeles; % hours. the quickest
route to San Francisco.
Only one change of cars Butte to San
Francisco
Call or write us for excursion rates
and particulars. e@,
City ticket office, No. 10 East Broad
way, Butte, Mont.
H. O.. WILSON.
General Agent
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What &fO VIII Do,

$40 will pay for one years subscrip
ton to the Anaconda Standard and
your choice of either one Of two hand
some voumes-"From the Atlantic to
the Pacific" or History Of Spanish
American War" Call at any office OF
the Standard or remit to the home
office at Anaconda.
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TING Standards Premium.

Subscribers that pay one year in ad-
vance for the Standard are entitled to
choice of either one of two handsome
and valuable volumes-'From the At
lantic to the Pacific" or "A History of
the Spanish-American War" Call to-
day at Standard offices-Anaconda
Butte, Missoula or Great Falls.
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Grand opening of holiday goods at
Finlen- Medin Drug company on Thurs
day and Friday.
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]. Spregel, ladies' tailor. Furs remod-
eled. 42 West Park street.
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Contract for Hauling Freight.

The undersigned are prepared to con-
tract for the haulage of about 1900, 900
pounds Cone million five hundred thni-
sand pounds) of freight from QutHley
to the Northern Pacific railroad, | dis
tance of nine and one-half miles.
The material to be hauled consists of
Tee rails, machinery for l00stamp mill,
air compressor, electric machinery, cop
powder nails, tools, lumber and mis-
cellaneous supplies.
Tenders will be received for all or
any part of the above amount of
freight. Address
FRASER & CHALMERS,
Qugley, Mont.
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CAPT. CARTER In COURT.
His Counsel Maintains His Punish
ment Was Excessive.


NEW YORK, Oct. 4-Oberlin M. Carter,
the former engineering captain, who is
under sentence of five years Imprisonment
after conviction on a charge of conspiracy
to defraud the government. was taken from
Governors island to the United States Cir
cult Court to-daJ on a writ of habeas
corpus in his behalf obtained last Monday.
Judge Lacomb was on the bench. The army
was represented By John w. Clous. judge
advocate general of the Department of the
East; Colonel G. B. Davis, of the judge
advocate generals office. and General Bur-
Carter was represented by A j. Rose and
L. l.. Kellogg. Mr.. Rose, in opening for his
client. said there was no contention tina.
the court-martial which had tried the
charges against Captain Carter had acted
illegally In its findings on The charges. On
the question of the sentence, however, 1t
was claimed that the court mad acted in ex-
cess OF Its powers, beyond its jurisdiction
and contrary to law. Colonel Clous held
that action OF a court-mar.ial cannot he re-
viewed by any civil court tie added tfd:
the court-martial had power TO FIX the ser
tence and that in the exercfce Of such power
the court had power, unde: the first cna'ge
to impose a fine Upon Carter; under the
ment: under the third charge to dismiss
him from the army, and unier the > Irth
charge to impose a sentence of fine. or inn
prisonment or both. Counsel submitted
briefs. Judge Lacombe reserved decision on
the writ and ordered Captain Carter back
to the custody of Captain Roberts. OF Gov
ernor's island
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AN ABSURD REQUEST.

Aguinaldo says that as soon as the indie
pendence Of his government is recognized
he will accept the sovereignty of the United
States and the autonomy which has been
offered. There are those who will say if this
Is all that is required to bring peace and
a recognition of the United States, why not
comply with his request? There are many
reasons why this cannot be done, the chief
Of which is that the President has no au-
thority to recognize an alleged government
occupying American territory. Another i'm
portant reason is that the treaty with Spain
which gave the United State sovereignty
over the Philippines provides that the civil
rights and political status of the native in
habitants shall be determined by Congress
and not by the President. Other provisions
of the treaty impose obligations upon the
United States. We are under obligations to
see that Spanish subjects residing on the
islands shall have the same rights as other
foreigners. In another section of the treaty
we are obligated to see that all the inhabi-
tants of the islands are secured the free
exercise Of religion. In another section is a
specific. promise that for a period of ten
years Spanish merchant vessels shall have
the same privileges as American in Philip
pine ports. Thus it is clear that we cannot
in honor furl our flag in the Philippines nor
recognize the independence of a few tribes
which have no real government while they
occupy our territory and are resisting our
authority.
In this connection 1t may be added that
there is neither sense nor justice in the
statement of Mr.. Bryan in Nebraska a few
days ago, that 1.-The President has trampled
on tie Declaration Of independence and has
carried on a war for conquest and greed"
when he knows that the war was forced
upon this country by Aguinaldo before the
treaty had been ratified. When the treaty
had been ratified the President was in duty
bound to suppress insurrection against the
authority of the United States. AS for the
treaty, when it was pending Mr.. Bryan was
in Washington to urge it's ratification, and
in addresses at the time favored ~ratiica-
ton.
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When Thomas Taggart became mayor the
bonded debt of the city was 81 1854, 500. BY
the report of the controller the bonded debt
was, on Jan. L. 1899. s2.ol7. 400. OF this
amount $l12. 500 was assumed by the annexa-
ton of West Indianapolis. Haughville,
B~rightwood and one or two other suburbs,
so that the real bonded debt of the city,
outside of that due to annexation. was ST.
eo4. 500. Deducting from the last figures the
bonded debt of the city when MIR. Taggart
became mayor G1. S64 500. the increase dur
ing the past three years OF Mr.. Taggart
was $40 .OOo, or a fraction short of 10 per
cent.
What has Mr.. Taggari done with this
500. 900? In 1896 the mayors Council. on his
recommendation. issued 1900 improve
ment bonds and the next year $4,000 for the
building of the police station. which has
been exploited by the mayor and his assist
ants. The Improvement bonds were used to
purchase fire apparatus. The other $3.50, 0o
was expended. for the most part. in the
purchase OF land for Riverside Park. The
police station did not cost the entire $50. 900,
but the remainder went into current ex
penses.
What has the city to show for the 40 per
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cent. increase of the city debt by MI. Tag
CART? Some fire apparatus. a station house
worth 500. go and several hundred acres of
land which could not be sold to-day for
$10o, O00. Moreover, the land which he pur-
chased. before 1t can be a park, will re-
quire an outlay. not in one year, but year
after year. OF a sum which cannot be even
Appropriated. The city desired park extern
sion. 1t is true, but it did not dream of the
purchase of a site which would require vast
sums to improve. The increased bonded
debt of the Taggart administration bears 4
per cent. interest, which means an annual
expenditure Of SIS, 900 as interest.
The current expenses of the city during
the last ten months of Mayor Denny and
the first two months Of Mayor Taggart were
$50, $3.50, while the current expenses of the
year 1898 were 1914, 6S5. Sc. That is, in three
years Mr.. Taggart increased the current ex-
penses of the city s1S1, 7OO.O , or almost "a per
cent. which comes very near being an in
crease of o~ne-fourth. The permanent i'm
the taxpayers, largely in anti-Taggart To-
calities. hundreds of thousands of dollars,
are not included in the increased expendi-
lures.
In view of such facts as the foregoing, Is
1t any wonder that the mayor labors to di-
vert attention from his expenditures to i'm
possible gas meters?
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ECKERT MAKES ANSWER
REFUSES TO DISCHARGE WESTERN
UNION VEN FOR FRIDAYS MISTAKE.
Says the Service to the Cotton Ex-
change Would BE J~eopardfxed by
Taking Such Action.

NEW YORK, Oct. 4-President Eckert, of
the Western Union Telegraph Company. to-
day telegraphed the following statement TO
President Parker, of the New Orleans Cot
ton Exchange, in reply to the comunica-
ton of the latter official published this
morning:
Dear Sir-I am in receipt of your mes
sage of yesterday, in which you charge that
the quotation service of last Friday was
result of willful and corrupt deception, and
in which you demand that the official or
ofhcials whose neglect of duty permitted
such conditions, and the operator or opera
tors who sent the dispatches without no.
tice OF change should be made known TO
the world and promptly dismissed. / beg
to say:
".Ffrst-That we cannot admit that any
criminality can be attributed TO the ac-
ton or omission of any official or operator
or the company. The explanation already
sent to you frankly and exactly states the
cause of the confusion in the reports and
that cause must be free from any imputa-
ton OF the charge of intentional neglect
degree.
Union Telegraph Company and its officials
to insure Y the New Orleans Cotton Ex-
change. ana all other exchanges. the most
emcient and yeliable Geographic service pos
slDIe. your lcNg experience makes you cog
INFANT OF the Ntricacies of that service and
will also confNm the fact that for more
tndu twenty yeNrS IL mas Deen performed
with exactness, Reliability and promptness.
This result has only been reached by the
education of men especially adapted to it.
"Third.The instant dismissal of the men
or any of them who were on duty last Fri
day would not accomplish any good pur-
pose, but might, on the contrary, by the
necessary substitution of inexperienced
men, put the correctness Of the service in
peril, to the equal disadvantage of the ex-
change and the company. In the absence.
therefore, Of any possible suspicion of dis
honesty, of motive or action, and because
of our wish and purpose to preserve the
high quality of the service that has always
been rendered, with the one accidental ex-
ception OF last Friday, We must request you
and the members of your exchange to be-
lieve that We have already applied such
discipline to the officials and operators I'm
the commercial news department as will
best guarantee the improbability of any in
corruption in any way to the excellence Of
the service.
"Fourth-This decision has been reached
after the most careful examination of all
concerned In the service of Friday and with
due consideration of the Importance of the
service to your exchange. While appreciat-
ing the conditions which dictated your mes
sage we cannot but believe that your own
reconsideration of the subject will lead you
to coincide with u.s."
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COURT OF HONOR THROWN OPEN TO
CURIOUS sIGHTsEERs.
Mexican Band Did Not Play, However,
and q Big Crowd Went Away
Disappointed.

CHICAGO, Oct. 4-With music, streams
Of light and patriotic enthusiasm Chicago's
fall festival was formally opened this
evening in the presence of a vast throns.
At 6 o'clock the cords binding the banner
lining both sides of the court of honor
were cut and 5000 yards of red and white
bunting were released. Ten minutes later
the festoons connecting the Venetian masts,
decorated with 1000 incandescent bulbs,
were glowing with light and State street.
between Van Buren, and Lake streets, pre-.
sented a brilliant picture. At 8 o'clock a
promenade concert was given at Madison
and State streets. The court of honor was
packed with an immense throng of curious
sightseers until midnight. Thousands OF
people came down town to hear the MexI-
can band play, but went away disappointed.
Through a misunderstanding the Mexican
organization did not participate in the
promenade concert in the court of honor, as
had been announced and a local band was
substituted.
The electric light decorations on State
street are beyond anything in that line ever
attempted in Chicago, and although not all
OF them were in working order tonight. the
and illumination will comprise the festival
programme until the arrival Of President
mckinney on saturday night, When the hrSt
parade. that of the bicyciists, will be held.
Vice President Mariscal, with the Mex
lean party, will arrive here on Friday.
Governor Tanner and staff will meet them
at Mattoon, ILL.,, accompanying the party
to Chicago. A letter received to-day from
the Chinese minister announces that the
latter and two secretaries will accompany
the diplomatic corps from Washington to
this city.
Arrangements for the banquet in honor of
Postmaster General Smith. at the Audi
forum on Oct Ia have hapn cnmnlpfnd
Five hundred postmasters from various
parts Of the country will be in attendance.
The list of speakers for the banquet and
the toasts to which they will respond is as
follows: TOastmaster, Charles u. Gordon;
THE President" Charles Emory Smith:
'Postoffice Management" Perry s. Heath,
first assistant postmaster general; Rail-
way Mail and Foreign Mail Service" W. 8.
Schallenberg, second assistant postmaster
general; Registry and Special Delivery
Systems" Edwin G.. Madden, third assistant
postmaster general; THE Postmasters' As
sociation," F. b. Dickerson, postmaster,
Detroit; 1.-The Executive officer in the Post
office" Joseph Crow. .postmaster, Omaha;
postmaster. Philadelphia; THE Early Days
of the Railway Mail Service" E. w. Keys,
postmaster, Madison. Wis; THE Country
master. Efingham, ILL.,: veterans of the
Postal Service" Gen. Smith D. Atkins,
postmaster, Freeport, Ill.
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A AT PERU.
Suit of the City, to Be withdrawn,
Company Paying the Costs.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PERU. Ind, Oct. 4-The Logansport &
Wabash Valley Gas Company. the local
branch of the Dieterich syndicate. is follow
ing out its first announcement by sending a
personal notification to everybody but pri-
vate residence consumers to the effect that
natural gas is to be shut of Nov. ! on ac-
count of insufficient pressure to supply all
patrons equally. The receipt of their notices
is creating a general feeling Of alarm and
has induced an effort at protection. Every
body comedies that the losing Of gas for
the churches. schools and other public build
ings would be a great Inconvenience and
that the loss to the large and small manu-
featuring concerns would entail serious
changes for the worse. but the chief fright
comes in the prospect of losing the gas for
the oil field. Such a movement would mean
absolutely the abandonment Of the entire
oil enterprise since none of the operators
could afford to continue. Gas engines are
now operated for pumping oil at SIS a month
and it is estimated that II would take $40
a month to change to coal with a fireman.
as required The $4,000 a month which the
output brings would thus be lost 10 the COM
munity. This situation has caused the busi-
ness men of the city considerable uneasi-
ness. To-day they held one Of several con-
Murdoch and Local Manager r. H. Bouslog
with the result that a compromise is under
way, The merchants will call the attention
of the City Council 10 the situation and re-
quest immediate action.
The propositions practically agreed TO this
afternoon are that the city will cease all
EFFORTS TO bring about a one-third reduction
in gas rates. an action which has been
pushed for years and which Is now In the
United States Supreme Court: that the COM
CURED by the city; that IL will install a
$4,000 pumping station, and that IL will here
after furnish gas In unlimited quantities to
all consumers of whatever C1Qeg as lOpU aa
any. other company In the field is also able
to furnish gas.
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SPLIT BARELY AVERTED
TROUBLE IN PAN-PRESBYTERIAN Al
LANCE OVER A RESOLUTION.
BOer Delegate Threatened to With
draw. but Was Finally Plncated-
other Religious Bodies.

WASHINGTON, Oct. "A split on politi-
cal lines was narrowly averted in the meet
ing Of the Pan-Presbyterian Alliance to-
day. The trouble grew out of a resolution
yesterday favoring arbitration as a solution
of the difficulty between Great Britain and
the Transvaal. Objection to this resolu-
ton was raised on the ground that arbitra-
ton was out Of place between a sovereign
state and one of its dependencies.
There are two South African delegates to
the meeting-Rev. p. c. j. Meiering. of Jo-
hannesburg, and Rev. II. S. Bosnian, of
Pretoria. Mr.. Bosnian left here on Monday
for Africa in response to a cablegram beg
ging him to come back to his people be-
cause of the threatening war outlook. DIR.
Meiering, soon after the session opened this
morning, presented a letter to the chairman
of the meeting. This was referred without
reading to the business committee. Though
it's contents were not made public 1t was
soon known that it was a request from the
Boer member to have his name stricken
from the rolls as an evidence Of his dis
pleasure at the slight put upon his country.
At the afternoon session, however, an ad-
justment was reached. DR.. Meiering was
induced to withdraw his letter of resigna-
ton and the chairman presented the follow
inc resolution, which was unanimously
adopted:
IN view of the present distressing situa-
ton between Great Britain and the Trans
vaal it is the earnest hope and prayer of
this alliance that a peaceful solution of the
present crisis may be reached"
On the adoption of this resolution 1t was
moved that a prayer should be offered for
the contamination of this much-desired
event. The chairman, therefore,, called upon
the venerable DR.. Cavan, the father of
the alliance who offered a simple, heart
felt prayer for peace.
Aside from the political furry caused
by the action of DIR. Meiering there was
little of interest in the days session. 1t
was decided to establish a permanent office
of the alliance in London. Reports were
heard on the mission work of the alliance
in Europe and South America. DR.. Mat
thews, in presenting the European reports,
declared that there had been large with
Grawals of both priests and members from
the Roman Catholic Church in France and
Austria. DR.. Matthews also commented Sc
verely on the practice which, he said, OBJ
tanned among English and American tour
lists, even ministers, of making the Sabbath
a day of sightseeing and travel, never lend
ing their presence to the services OF the
Protestant mission churches and incidental.
ly setting a bad example to the population
among whom the missionaries were trying
| to inculcate Sabbath observance.
At ~to-night's session Rev. Drs. III. M.
Kiefer. of Easton. Pa. and T. NJ. Hamill,
of Belfast. Ireland. made addresses on re-
cent historical anniversaries. The delegates
then attended a reception given in their
honor by Rev. DIR. T.. De Witt Talmage.
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The Mexican Party.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Oct. 4.-The hand
some special train bearing Minister Maris-
cal. Vice President of Mexico, and his party
arrived here this afternoon from Eagle
Pass. which place they. had left shortly be-
fore IL O'Clock this morning. There were
nearly 1900 people at the depot to greet the
distinguished party. The train stopped here
inual stream of people passed through the
train to shake Minister MariscaPs hand. The
party held a levee on the back platform of
the rear coach and when the train pulled
into the depot the presidential party barred
their heads to the immense throng of people
which surrounded the coach. Minister
Mariscal thanked all of the people for their
courteous treatment and expressed regret
at not being able to prolong his stay in this
city.
The presidential train left for Houston, it's
next stop. at 5 o'clock. AS the train slowly
passed Fort Sam Houston an ambassadors
salute of nineteen guns was fired by Bat
terry X, First Artillery.
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The energy of the War Department In
sending forward the new regiments appears
in the fact that last week a ship sailed
from San Francisco each day for Manila,
loaded with troops and material. On Mon
day four more transports passed through
the Golden Gate and four more sailed away
the present week. These ships carry s,3S
men. including all of the first ten volunteer
regiments. To carry the last ten regiments
thirteen ships are assembling at San Fran
cisco, having a total capacity of 12,2S6 men.
Horses for the cavalry and mules for trans
portation have been provided. 5000 having
been shipped and 1.5O0 more are to follow.
so that when the next campaign opens there
will be a cavalry brigade of $500 men.