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BUTTE NEWS.
BY A LONE HjGHWAYMAN
A Mail Wagon Held Up at Third
and Wyoming Streets.
MASKED AND HAD A GUN
Il Was O 40 O,1.lonlr This Mnrninu-Ha
1t Was $50 O'Clock This Morning-Ht
Secured a Pouch of Registered
Mail and Made His Escape.
No Description OF Him.

A lone hlghwayman held up mail
wagon at 2:3O this morning and Sc
cured pouch of registered mail. The
mail wagon was driven by Frank Cod
bout, who was accompanied by G. A.
Rivers, a railway mail clerk, and left
the Montana Union depot a few min
utes before 2:3O, carrying the mail from
the o. S. L. train, which arrived over
an hour late from the south.
At the corner of First and Wyoming
streets man stepped out of the shadow
in front of the team, and pointing
gun at the two men on the seat, ordered
them to stop. Both were taken entirely
unawares, and made no attempt at re-
sistence. The highwayman then step
ped around to the side of the wagon.
keeping the men covered, and with the
dexterity of one seemingly familiar
with the load picked off the registered
mail pouch from among probably SO
sacks of mail
He then told the men to drive on,
which they were not slow in doing.
They Immediately returned to the Mon
tana Union depot and notified Police
officer Nichol and telephoned police
headquarters, and then proceeded up
town. Neither Godbout nor Rivers
We're able to give any description Of
the man, further than that he was
masked and carried gun, which they
described as appearing to them like a
cannon. 1t was impossible to learn
anything with regard to what value the
registered pouch carried, but Mail
Clerk Rivers stated that it was moder-
ately heavy.
Both men stated that the highway
man stood in the middle. of the street
and watched them out of sight, and
they We're unable to give the officers
any information as to which direction
he went. At o'clock this morning the
police had not succeeded in finding any
trace of the highwayman.
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Men and Women.

Colonel Fred Funston has declined a
iattering offer for a lecture tour upon his
return from the Philippines
Alexander Beaubien, the first white
child born in Chicago, and a son of Cen
eral John Baptiste Beaubien. has just cell
ebrated his golden wedding at his home in
that city.
His majesty Of Portugal is flrst-rate
pigeon shot, and SO keen on this particu-
lar form of sport that the Lisbon club bids
fair to become the most noted center on
the continent. H.
Thomas Edison's absent -mindedness
about everyday affairs is proverbial. He
goes over to New York at least three
times every week and yet last week for
got to purchase a ticket each time. When
he does manage to remember this little
necessity for travellers, the ticket is gem
orally covered with minute and intricate
calculations by the time the conductor
comes to collect it,
The reception given in Paris by Sebas-
tian Schlesinger and his daughter, the
Baroness de Reibritz, in honor of Eulalie,
the Spanish infanta. last week, is signifi-
cant as being the first time since the war
that Spaniard has been entertained by
Americans in the French capital. 1t is
noteworthy, too, that Emma Nevada, who
was Missed and insulted recently when
she appeared in Spain, sang at the recep-
ton.
The recent retirement of Sir Samuel
Wilks, president of the English Royal
College of Physicians, and the selection
in his place of DR.. Church. calls atten-
ton to the large incomes of many English
physicians. Sir William Gull, M. D., who
died in 1890, left 81, $4,000. and his profess
sional income for a few years equaled
$4,000 year. Sir William Jenner, who
died last year, left an estate valued at
81, 900. For number of years his
practice Melted him upwards of $4,000 a
year.
Jason Webb of Cumberland, Ky. can
probably boast the largest family in the
world. He has 19 children, 175 grandchil-
dren and 100 reat-grandchildren His
brother, Miles Webb, who died at IS (Ja-
son is still Furnishing at 800, had more
than 400 descendants, of whom 255 were
either grandchildren or great grandchil-
dren. Other members of the family have
been almost equally prolific. and, adding
to direct descendants other relations, the
Webbs in the district of Cumberland num-
Der altogether about 1000 persons
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WET GUN COTTON.
The Ordnance Board Making Variety of
Experiments.

The Ordnance Board Making Variety of
Experiments.
New York, May 10.-When the boat
containing the party having in charge
the test made with wet gun cotton at
the Sandy Hook proving grounds yes
terday returned to the grounds to-day,
1t was stated that 16 pounds of gun
cotton had been found intact The test
had been made under the direction of
the Gathman Torpedo company of Chi
cago, who claimed that wet gun cotton
could be safely used in a shell fired by
powder. The officials of the company
who were present at the test spent the
day with Is laborers in determining
whether or not the gun cotton had ex-
ploded. Their efforts were rewarded by
the finding of 10 pounds of cotton in
tact. President McMullen said tonight
that he expected to find more of the
gun cotton
There will be subsequent test of the
Gathman shell, in which another Rod
man gun will be employed. The ord
nance officers said it would be practi-
cally the same test applied yesterday.
The ordnance officers at Sandy Hook
will be busy in addition to testing the
use of high explosives in passing on
the merits of various forms of field
guns for use of our army in Cuba and
the Philippines. Whatever action in
the matter of rapid fire guns is taken
will have to be taken quickly, it is said,
and the ordnance board is bending all
its energies towards acquiring the most
improved form of light artillery. Bids
and samples have been ordered and
will be proved within the next few
weeks from the manufacturers of the
following foreign built guns: The Nor
denfelt gun. the Dormancier gun, the
Finspong gun, the Canet-Schneider
gun, the Krupp field and mountain
guns and the Elswick guns. These
guns all vary in calibre from three
inches to "a inches. Most of them are
SO arranged as to permit of their being
either drawn by horses or carried on
mule back, according to the nature of
the country in which they are being
| used.
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Police Chiefs.

Chattanooga, Tenn, May 1O.-The
election of officers of the National AS
ISOLATION of Police Chiefs of the United
States and Canada this morning re-
suited as follows: President, A. l..
Leslie, chief of police of Pittsburg,
Pa: vice president, Fred W. Hill of
Chattanooga, Tenn; treas
urer, Harvey o. Carr of Grand Rapids,
Mich. The convention meets next year
at Cincinnati Ohio. A resolution Of
fered by Chief Campbell of st. Louis
that the association recommend the
passage of laws making it a felony for
a person to carry or mend burglars
tools, was adopted.
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He Wears the Belt.

H ONDON never lacks for something
ITO say about the Prince of Wales
although he is man who is
getting along in years and he has never
yet had occasion to do lick of work"
of any name or nature. 1t interests the
English world, however, to be informed
that the heir apparent has broken a
record-as the queen has established
her record for the longest reign as Brit
ish sovereign, so the Prince of Wales
has turned his winning milestone, and
his rank now is that he has been Prince
of Wales longer than anybody.
That record had been held by George
", who had to his credit in the tenure
Of the title, fifty-seven years and 157
days. The present Prince of Wales
passed that mark on April 2S. The
comment of the London It'd Bits is that
the ''hope of the princes future subjects
is that in time he will leave all records
far behind; indeed, il is not a long cry
to Albert Edwards diamond jubilee as
Prince of Wales" That might be re-
garded as a left handed compliment; at
any rate, it is a hearty God save the
queen"
Touching this royal title, Tid-Bits
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says: "Since the institution of the title,
or rather its transference from the
Welsh chieftains to the heirs apparent
to the British throne, some 600 years
ago, there have been twenty Princes of
Wales With few exceptions they have
held the title for very short periods.
OF these twenty princes, seven never
came to the crown; four died in child
hood, During ten reigns no Prince OF
Wales was in existence
Not to be outdone in the task of wait
ing to arrive on the throne, the Prin-
cess of Wales is also a record-breaker.
She has been married thirty-five years.
Caroline, the wife of George W., makes
the nearest approach to this with about
twenty-five years.
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He Got the Benefit.

~ EYOND a doubt Atkinson is the
10 most talked-of man in America
to-day--at least he is getting
more lines in the newspapers than any
other individual And Atkinson isn't
so much of a man, either. if the testi-
mony of the Boston press is good to
go by. He is well enough in his way,
but several of the newspapers printed
in the neighborhood where Atkinson
lives assert that by keeping himself
constantly before the public in a mass
of statistical stuff, he has gained
reputation as IAN authority" or as
leading economist" or as a ''profes-
sor' or as an eminent statistician."
whereas, these New England journals
assert Atkinson is not entitled to any
compliments of the sort.
No matter what his professional
equipment may be or how high or low
his scholarship, if Atkinson has been
after notoriety, he has accomplished his
purpose-he has all of that sort of thing
he can possibly make use Of He has
had this country's postal establishment
in pursuit of him; he has been the
topic of longfaced discussion in the
cabinet of the president: the newspa-
pers have displayed his portrait,
sketched his career and put what
would seem to be miles of reading into
type about him. Curiosity has been
pqued with the anticipation that pos
sibly the federal authorities would
finally and foolishly go SO far as
actually to make hero out of Atkin-
son by placing him under arrest
The net product of it all is the an
nouncement mournfully made by At
kinson that the stock of his pamphlet
literal ure is exhausted, so heavy has
been the demand for it since the gov
eminent gave him such generous adj
vertising. Some of the administration
organs had said that the pamphlets
were seditious in utterance. That
charge of itself furnished large num-
Der of customers for Atkinson ltera-
ture; they wanted to see what sort of
talk sedition is. Worse than that, some
of the administration editors made
bold to say that. some of Atkinson S
| comment was SO indecent as to be unfit
, for publication. That settled it; that
stimulated the demand as they say in
| the stock markets, to such degree
that the whole. issue of Atkinson
pamphlets was promptly taken up.
| And now this much-discussed man
| regretting that he cannot promptly fill
| orders, invokes the patience of his
patrons and promises to supply them
with what they want at the earliest
| possible moment. All of which points
a moral that has absolutely nothing t
do with the Philippine question, but
| which simply shows that good adver.
| Using always does the business.
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THURSDAY, MAY II. 1899.
TWELVE PAGES.
More About Smoke.

n EW contributions to the litera-
AN ture of Buttes smoke problem
are a part Of yesterdays local
news product. These are in the form
Of letters which have lately been writ
ten by the managers of the smelling
establishments operated in Butte. 1t
can hardly be said that any one of
these letters will achieve enduring fame
and hang on the walls of Buttes free
library, as the document that solved
Butte's vexing problem; on the con-
trary, all of them are distinguished by
what might properly be characterized
as excessive conservatism.
I'm instances, smelter managers in
Butte, on the testimony of the CORE
spondence printed this morning in the
Standard, have counted the cost and
their conclusion is that all plans that
would avail as a solution of the smoke
problem involve an item of first cost
which they declare to be out of the
question. In the case of the Parrot,
the report is that the company's plant
near Whitehall villa be available not
long hence, that the smelter in Butte
will then stop operations and that thus
the Parrots quota in the smoke null
sance will cease.
The contribution to this smoke liter
ature representing the Clark properties
is furnished by Mr.. A., H. Wethy. 1t
is funny-Mr. Wethy is always funny;
the strong point in all of Mr.. Wethy's
literary efforts is that you never can
tell whether he really intends to be
sarcastic or serious. At any rate, in
all that he composes for the public eye,
Mr.. Wethy is what one of this coun-
try's bright literary lights describes
as an ''amoosin' cuss." On behalf of
W. A. Clark, Mr. Wethy suggests that
the Butte Reduction works might solve
its part of the smoke problem by re-
moving its plant to Anaconda.
That's SO. The plant for which Mr.
Wethy speaks wouldn't be shoe-top
high as compared with the works al
ready in Anaconda which are so con-
structed that this city is never annoyed
with their smoke. Still, all are well
come here, big and little. Only, it
wants to be understood thoroughly,
and in advance, that Anaconda is no
Jerome; the hospital BILE people of An
aconda would be disposed to insist that
they have certain little smoke-proof
rights which would have to be respect
ed. Doubtless that could be arranged
Besides, thirteen million dollar pic
ture of fathers Anaconda plant, paint
ed by one of Mr.. Clark's "old masters"
now doing business in Paris and hang
ing in that costlier- house than Whit
ney's. in New York-that wouldn't be
so bad.
The fact remains, as has been said,
that out of the smoke literature thus
far given to the local public it is i'm
possible to evolve a solution of the
smoke problem that seems to solve.
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DECLINE OF CIVIL SERVICE.
The Association Selects Officers and Be
walls the Present Tendencies.

New York, May 1O.-The annual meet
ing of the Civil Service Reform associ-
alton was held tonight and officers
were elected as follows: President,
Carl Schurz: ten vice presidents, in
Guiding Joseph H. Choate, Theodore
Roosevelt, Alex E. Orr Elihu Root.
Edward M. Shepard and Oswald OF
tenderfer: secretary, George McAney;
treasurer, A. S. Frissell; an execu-
tive committee, including Dorman B.
Eaton, E. L. Godkin, Richard Watson
Glider and Everett p. Wheeler
The annual report of the executive
committee says the outloo1k in the fed
eral service has been less hopeful 1t
is said the president is even now con-
sidering the removal from the Compel
tive class of some thousands of off
GERS. The committee says the depart
ment of justice, the internal revenue
service. the field branches of the inte-
rior department and in the customs
houses. the law has been treated ''as
though it had no existence The ap-
praisers' department in the New Yorl
customs district and the immigra tor
bureau are given as instances where
politics have intruded m.re than a
any time in decade past
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Bad Indians.

Durango. Colo. May 10-Two Indians
have been brought here under arrest
charged with killing sheep and beating
sheep herders on the Florida mesa in the
recently opened Ute reservation. The In
dams are unusually sullen and it is feared
that serious trouble may yet result from
the opening of a portion of their former
reservation to settlement.
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Anxious for Permanent Peace.

London, May 1.-THE Berlin corre-
spondent of the Times says: A mani
festo has been issued, signed by influ-
entail members of the reichstag and
the Prussian diet, urging that public
meetings be held throughout the en-
pire to sustain the hands of the German
commissioners at The Hague and to in
sure the success of the conference.
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An Ancient Mummy.

London. May 11.-Accordins to dis
patch from Cairo to the Daily Mail. the
director of the Egyptian museum has dis
covered the mummy of Thothemes |. of
the 18th dynasty. B. C. 1888, and three
other mummies, in gilt collins
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Atkinson's Dignified Course.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Edward Atkinson's criticism of the post
master generals order is in strong con-
trast to the villification INDUCED against
Atkinson by the mperiansts. He simply
says his pamphlets are compilations from
the speeches made in congress and that
the postmaster generals order is equiva-
lent to declaring the proceedings of con-
gress unfit matter for the reading of sthe
soldiers in the Philippines.
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Current Comment.
Hanna and Jones.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
OF course, great deal of the political
doctrine preached by Golden Rule Jones
is directed against such monopolists as
Marcus A. Hanna, but if Mr.. Hanna will
repent and change his ways no doubt Mr..
Jones will receive him into the fold 1t is
a trif1e rough on the senator, though, to
drive him to a conclusion this year. He
would rather not be compelled to select
a platform for President Mckinley to run
on till about the time of the national con-
VentiOn.
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AS Il Cash 4 SSet.

From the San Francisco Call.
We have captured another capital of the
Filipinos, but we might as well have cap
tured 80 cents 1t doesn't take Aguinaldo
long to get new supply of such capitals
as he needs.
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The Two Republican Factions.

From the Washington Times.
There are two elements in the repsbli-
can party, just as there are in the c0dhtry
at large. One represents Hanna, Alger,
Eagan and carrion meat and the other
represents the partisans who are for ex-
pansion, the honor of the flag and the
punishment of the prisoners of soldiers.
The latter class is rather out of place in
the republican party, but it exists.
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Trade in the Orient.

From the Omaha Bee.
American commercial enterprise will I'M
doubtedly find a profitable field in the far
East and it should be sedulously culti
waited. but we should not be deluded by
such extravagant and exaggerated ideas
regarding it as some of the eNpansionists
put forth
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Friday Evenings Concert.

The ladies Of the Altar society will give
a fine concert at A. o. H. hall Friday
evening for the benefit of st. Peters
church. Anaconda An excellent pro-
gramme of vocal and instrumental music
has been arranged.
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Sure Enough.

From the Boston Globe
What a saock it must be TO the hearts
of Georgias burners of black men to read
that company of negro regulars is like
ly to be instructed to maintain the public
peace in an Idaho town.
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Kang Goes to a Ball.

Ottawa Ont May 10.-kang 3u Wei.
the Chinese reformer, had a long inter
view with Sir Wifrid Laurier to-day, and
attended the state ball at Rideau hall to-
night.
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No Politics in 1t.

From the San Francisco Bulletin
A one-legged man running away on a
stolen bicycle with two-iegged officers in
hot but apparently unavailing pursuit is
the picturesque spectacle Sonora, Napa
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Arms for the Politicians.

From the Rochester Ttimes.
Every politician in Ohio now has his
hatchet, and some have two.
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Peril in Modern Free Speech.
From the Springfield Republican.
1t is getting dangerous to say that any
one but an "Ang.o-Saxon" has right to
self-goNernment.
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and soIano counties are just now Witness
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Colonel Fred Funston has declined 9
fattering offer for lecture tour upon his
return from the Philippines.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-05-06

me in due time, much benefited, think, by
the outing which he received.
l was glad to learn Of your safe arrival
among your friends without further mishap
and trust that now that the unhappy war is
over you will find full enjoyment and happi-
ness with your dear ones in the north.
My brother, Captain Trenholm, asks me to
send you his congratulations and good wishes-
he joins me in saying that II ever In the fu.
ture inclination should lead you to visit the
south, now sitting in her sackcloth and ashes,
you will be welcomed at the home Of General
Eldridge, where we can promise that your
visit will be more quiet and less exciting than
the former one. Very sincerely,
ADELE ELDRIDGE.
Captain Oakman actually gasped for
breath. Then with rapidly throbbing
heart he reread the precious letter.
captain Trenholm, her brotherr he
repeated. How can that be? Impossi-
blel And yet that is what she writes.
What can it meant"
In his bewilderment and mystifica-
tion he turned the letter over. Lo. on
the other page was the inevitable female
postscript:
P. SIT has occurred to me that you may
be puzzled by my reference to Captain Tren.
holm as my brother. When General Eldridge
married my mother, she was the widow Of a
banker named Trenholm of New Orleans. Her
only child was a boy, Wager. She therefore is
the mother Of him and me, though General
Eldridge is my father, but not the father Of
Captain Trenholm. In law l suppose we are
half brother and half sister, but you will agree
that am warranted in insisting that such
noble, brave man Is my full brother and shall
be such 30 long as he and live. A. f.
When Captain Oakman finally grasp
ed the height. length, breadth and
depth of this momentous truth. his feel
ings were peculiar. and am sure
the reader will grasp the height. length.
breadth and depth of that statement.