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I'M N ENSE DAMAGE.
Thousands of Acres of Cotton and Corn
Destroyed.


Houston, Tex. June 30.-The remark
ably heavy rains of the past four days
in Texas have done damage which will
amount to hundreds of thousands of
dollars. Railroad traffic is suspended
in South Texas because of the Mumer,
Gus washouts and many bridges are
gone.
Every stream in this section of the
state is above high water mark, and
the angry waters have destroyed thou
sands of aetes5 Of eottan. cern and
cane, besides houses and cattle. At
Calvert the rise was SO sudden that
when the water went through the town
several negroes were drowned and five
bodies have been recovered.
1t is rumored that many farmers
white and colored, living in the Brazos
bottoms, have been drowned, but neith-
er names nor reliable particulars are
yet obtainable. The big and little
Brazos rivers have joined at Navasota
where they are ordinarily three miles
apart, and the whole country between
mostly cotton and corn land, Is .'unined
1t is reliably stated that one family of
six persons perished.
The loss in cotton and corn alone will
reach s1.000,000 while another million
win not cover the loss to railroads and
other property.
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STATE TREASURER'S REPORT.
A Good Sum on the Right Side in the
Monthly Statement

hoHPIiS NNdNemehIs
Special Dispatch o the Standard
Helena, June 30.-The state expended
$40, ,441 So less than it collected last
month, according to the monthly report
of the state treasurer, filed with the
state auditor titis afternoon. The re-
port shows tina during the month of
June the receipts were S33, ,343 .94 and
the expenditures So, ,9O2 20. At the close
of business to-day there was $59S, ,065 AZ
in the different funds. The permanent
school fund contained, in cash and Sc
curities, 1886, $50 G2, while the UNIVERSE
ty fund contained S2S 1853 10, in cash and
securities II cash balances in the
different funds fot' the month at the
close of business to-day were:
Permanent school $16S. .616 "a: school
income, $19, 1898. So; university fund, SIG,
761, -; permanent university, SIS, ,140 .53:
normal school fund. $1,73S 81 agricul-
tural college gund, 81, ,2O5 81; deaf and
dumb asylum building, $2219. s.: reform
school building $605 IA state capitol
building, $270, SO7 SO; school of mines
Guilding, $5, 50 b9: general, $26, 025 "a;
stock inspector and detective, $40, 369 u;
stock indemn nifty, 1884 SO; sheep tnspec-
tion and indemnity, $3.50 81; state
bounty, $1i, 453 "a: fish and game.
$557 So; university library, 1914 So. med
ical board, 81. 80, escheated estates. ST.
BAT 90; soldiers home $500 80; capitol
building Interest and sinking, So, S75 ,SS;
beautifying state capitol grounds, So
rs; university building, $3.50 II; agri-
cultural college income, $2051 .02: arid
land district No |, fund "a" $40, To-
tai, $59S, ,065 AZ
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Excitement at Brest.

Brest, France, June S0-It is not
known here where the landing was
effected. The weather is very heavy
and it is impossible to see 200 yards
from shore along the coast in the vicin-
ity of Brest, in consequence of the
rain and mist. Excitement was at fe-
Yer heat when it was reported that
the cruiser Sfax had already entered
the harbor and was lying off the ar
senal. Scores Of journalists immedi-
ately put off IN boats to investigate
but they failed 70 find the warshp.
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A FATAL LEAP.
An Insane Man in Spokane Jumped
From the Bridge.

From the Bridge.
Spokane, June 30.-''My wife and chill
dren are down there in the water and
am going after them" So saIu a man on
the Post street bridge this morning. True
to his word. less than 10 minutes after
ward he made the fatal plunge into --.e
waters below in view of officers who were
coming to prevent the deed The man who
made the desperate plunge into the river
is probably Paul Reuther, a stonemason
who arrived from California recently. He
leaves a family. For several days Reuther
has been respondent about his family and
has acted queerly. There is little doubt
that the man was mentally unbalanced.
When the body struck the water it dis
appeared for the last time. Twenty peo-,
pie saw the man jump, but not one saw a
trace of him afterward, He had been
coaxed away from the bridge earlier in
the day and his strange actions caused
the summoning of the police. The patrol
wagon was coming at full speed " hen he
made the fatal leap,
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.OREYFUs is At RENNES
He Was Landed at Quiboron
Instead of at Brest.
NO MANIFESTATION MADE
His Arrival Was Witnessed in Silence
by Large Crowd-Intense Excite
ment in Brest When the
Facts Were Known,

Rennes, France, July Captain
Dreyfus landed at Quiboron and was
conveyed by train to Bruz, IL kilome-
ters from Rennes. There he entered a
landau, accompanied by the chief of
the detectives of the prefect depart
ment and was driven to Rennes, where
25 gems d'armes awaited his arrival in
the city.
Ten gems darmes entered a wagon
and followed the carriage. The rest
followed on foot. The party arrived
at the city without incident A large
crowd assembled and witnessed the ar
rival in silence and without manifes-
tation.
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VERDICT FOR PLAINTIFF.
The Jury Finds for Nelson in His Suit
Against the Great Northern.

Against the Great Northern.
Special Dispatch to the Standard
Helena, June 3O.-The damage suit
of H. H. Nelson vs.. the Great North
ern railroad. which has been on trial
in the district court here several days,
went to the jury this afternoon, result
ing in a verdict for the plaintiff. Plain
tiff, who is engaged in the sheep busi-
ness in Cascade and other counties in
the northern part of the state, sued for
$4,000 and interest, for the damages
claimed to have resulted in the ship
ment of 2,749 head of sheep from Col
bertson, Mont, to St. Paul. Mimi, in
November, 1896. The plaintiff claimed
that some of the sheep died In transit,
as result of delays en- route to st. ssaul.
The company attributed delay to act
of God, bad weather. The jury re-
turned a general verdict for the plain
tiff of $2,424. Some special findings
submitted to the jury We're answered in
favor of the plaintiff. The court
granted a stay of proceedings pending
a new trial.
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THE BODY FOUND,
Austin ID. Butler Was Drowned in the
Missouri June 22.


Special Dispatch to the Standard
Helena, June 30-The body of Austin
D. Butler, who was drowned in the
Missouri river at French Bar June %,
was found and buried to-day, after a
coroner's jury had passed upon the
case The body was discovered by the
loggers at Stubs ferry, about three
miles below French Bar. 1t was found
fastened to a snag in the river 1t
was in a bad state of decomposition,
and was identified only by Il physical
mark on one of the hands, short
finger The coroner's jury found that
death was the result of ACCIDENTAL
drowning, The remains We've brought
here where the decedssl lived. ami
inferred Butler was a carpenter, en-
ployed by the Gold Dredger company
at French Bar, and lost mis- life while
attempting to cross the river in a row
boat with four others. The boat cap
sized and all but Butler were saved.
He left a wife and family living i'll
Helena.
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Victoria, B. C., June 30--Advices
from Dawson say news reached there
of a murder and fynching at Cape
Nome. George Barrow was found dead
in his cabin. His throat had been cut.
Three thousand dollars in gold had
been stolen. The miners organized a
search party to hunt for the thief and
murderer. They arrested a German
on his way to Nome City He confess
ed the crime and the miners hanged
him without ceremony. About 1000
men have left Dawson for the Cape
Nome diggings.
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CAPE NOME STAMPEDE.
A Thousand Idle Men Start for the New
Fields,

Seattle, June 30.-The Cape Nome
mining fever has reached Dawson and
has caused veritable stampede. The
news reached Dawson June u, and in
two days over 1000 of Dawson's idle
population had started down the river
in the hope of finding on the desolate
shore of Bering sea the fortune they
had failed to pick up in the Klondike
Rampant City, on the lower Yukon, is
also said to have suffered a loss of
population through the reported strike
at Cape Nome
Another report says rich strike has
been made on Eureka creek. a tribu-
tary Of the Tanana. A stampede from
Minook followed and every creek with
in miles of Eureka has been staked
from its mouth to its source
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HIS OWN FAULT.
ii General otis Has Not All the Men He


Needs.
Washington, June 30.--One of the
members of the cabinet, speaking in
connection with the campaign in the
Philippines, said tonight:
''The president has given General
Otis to understand that he is to have
all the men necessary in the conduct
of operations against the insurgents.
General Otis has been told this in SO
many words, the president having said
to him in effect that if he (Otis) did
not have enough men 1t was his own
fault. The president also realized that
the better the men are cared for and
their health preserved, the more capa-
BILE will they be of doing effective
work, and before the rainy season be-
gan General Otis was instructed to
prepare for it, and in various ways
was given to understand the president
desired that the soldiers should be we'll
cared for and well fed"
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writ of mandate. directed to Judge D.
F. Smith of the 11th judicial district.
requiring him to show cause why he
had not granted the motion for q
change of venue in the damage suit
Of Fred Whiteside VS.. the Independ-
ent. The damage suit was commenced
in the district court a Kalispell. The
paper moved for a change of venue to
the district court of Lewis and Clarke
county. This the lower court denied.
The writ issued to-day called upna
Judge Smith to show cause, July II.
why he did not grant the change
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-01

Paris. June 3O.-In the chamber of
deputies NJ. Millevoie, republican ma
tionalist, said he desired to interpellate
M. MilIerand. the minister of commerce,
who is a socialist in politics. relative
to the manner in which he proposed to
amply his sociaIistic doctrines, but the
chamber, by vote of S57 to 165, sup
ported the minister's request TO post
pone the question for month.
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Talked with the Prince.

London, June So. Reiff, the American
jockey. was presented to the Prince of
Wales by Lady William Beresford at
Newmarket yesterday. The prince was OBJ
viously interested in such tiny jockey
and asked his weight whether he ctslld
ride awkward horses and put other aues,
tiCns to him. Reitf. who was self-pos-
sessed, answered inteIligently and subse
quently departed with Richard Croker.
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SERENE IN HAWAII.
A Territorial Form of Government Ear
nestly Desired.

San Francisco, June 30.-Hon Lorin A.
Thurston, formerly minister from Ha-
wall to this country, was among the ar
rivals on the steamer Mariposa from Hon
olulu to-day. Mr. Thurston is accompa-
MED by Mrs. Thurston. Speaking of the
conditions in the islands, NJ Thurston
said the outlook is very promising.
1--WE have no politics there now" said
Mr.. Thurston. I'VE are waiting for
congress to act What we ask for is a ter
ritorial government. pure and simple. we
want no colonial system or anything of
the kind, and there seems to be hardly
any doubht that congress will give us
the kind of government We ask, since the
commission has made a recommendation
to that end"
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Washington Notes.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Washington, June 30-Mrs Tiliia l.
Lewis has been appointed postmis-
tress at Lamarsh. Silver Bow county
vice Bertha Etheridge deceased.
The secretary of the interior has or
dered patented to the Northern Pacific
Railroad company So, ,392 acres of land
along the line of the road in Montana
A postottice has been established at
Houskin. Cascade county, William H.
Irwin. postmaster.
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to Alex Matt and oliver Gebeau, two
Indians living upon the Flathead reser-
walton, for taxes, and the government
secured an injunction to prevent their
sale. Examiner Burleigh is to take
testimony in the proceedings and report
to the court.
A. c. Broderson of Butte was ad-
mitted to practice in the United States
courts to-day.
Court has adjourned until July g.
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Arguments Concluded

Denver, Col, June 30.--Arguments
before the supreme court on the con-
stitutionality of the eight-hOur law
We're concluded to-day. The court took
a recess until next Monday, when its
decision will probably be announced.
No change has taken place in the sit
uation at the trust smelters. which
are closed on account of the disagree
ment between the managers and the
men as to the wages and hours of
labor under the new law.
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They Expect Dreyfus,

Brest, France. June 30.-A dispatch
from Rennes says the police are taking
up positions around the railway sta
tion there and that everything indi-
Gates that Captain Dreyfus is already
en- route. 1t is reported that he will
reach Rennes at o'clock tomorrow
morning.
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Started a Riot.

Denver, June 30,--A party of re-
cruits from Cleveland, Ohio. en- route
to the Philippines started riot in the
railroad yards here .Nis evening by
assaulting a car repair ar with a razor.
In the fight which e4isued a large num-
ber of railroad m@n took a hand and
one soldier had three ribs broken and
several others received severe wounds.
Two of the soldiers were arrested and
held for disturbance.
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MRS. SOUTHWORTH DEAD.
Frustrated by the Heat-Died at a Ripe
Old Age.

Old Age.
Washington, June 3O.-Mrs. D. E. N.
SOuthworth, the authoress, died at her
residence in this city at $50 this even
ing, after an illness of several weeks.
Al out month ago Mrs. Southworth
was prostrated by the heat and the in
trinity of advanced age. she being in
her 18th year. She grew rapidly worse
until a few days since. it was seen
that death was inevitable She was
attended by her son, Dr. Southworth.
She had lived for many years retir-
ed life in picturesque mansion of the
old fashioned type, located on a hill
in West Washington, overlooking the
Potomac and the hills of Virginia.
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Antitrust Act En- forced.

Jefferson City, Mo, June 30.-The
Missouri supreme court en- banc to-
day awarded a writ of custer on infor-
nation of Attorney General Crow
against 73 fire insurance companies do
ing business in st, Joseph. Mo, for vio-
lation of the state antitrust act of 1895.
Under this decision the T3 companies
cannot continue business in the state
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RUSSlA'S DEFEAT.
The Disarmament Proposition Read, but
Not Put to "A Vote.

Not Put to Vote.
The Hague, June 90-The committee on
arbitration to-day passed the second
reading of the code of procedure in arhi-
tration. Tomorrow it will take up the
permanent tribunal scheme.
To-day's proceedings included an elab-
crate speech by Baron Bildt of the dele
cation of Norway and Sweden. He de-
plored the failure of the conference to
achieve as much as might be desired, but
he ventured to say that the czars idea
was not lost and could not die. because
supported by thousands upon thousands
OF men. With view of avoiding a direct
vote against Russia both NJ, Bermaert and
Baron Bildt urged that the representa-
tons on disarmament be merely read and
not put to vote. This suggestion was
adoptpd
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AUTOMOBILE COMPANIES
Are to Be Established in All the Cities
on the Coast,

. Los Angeles, Cal, June S0.-H. r.
Taylor, trustee of the International
Power company. has arrived here from
New York on his way to San Francisco.
The object of Mr.. Taylor's visit to the
Pacific coast is to establish automobile
companies in the larger cities. He will
visit all coast cities as far north as
Portland.
Nj. Taylor said to-day that a company
is to be formed on the coast to be
known as the California Auto Truck
company Large plants are to be put in
at Portland, San Francisco and Los
Angeles, and smaller ones at Sacra-
mento, Stockton, San Jose and other
cities north of San Francisco. The
California company will be capitalized
at S. 900, 000
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CROPS A TOTAL LOSS.
Brazos River at the Highest Point in
Fourteen Pears.

Waco, Tex. June 30-The Brazos river
reached the highest point to-day it has
attained in IA years. Crops in the Brazos
bottoms are inundated from six to fifteen
feet, and in most cases are total loss.
Hundreds of people have fled from LIE
valley and have taken refuge in this
city.
In East Waco the water in the main
street is six feet deep. the business houses
are under water and all merchandise is
ruined. All trains entering this city have
abandoned the tracks, they having been
washed away for several miles. The water
tonight stands six feet deep in the pas
senger depot The river is slowly falling,
but the rain continues.
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meets at Portland, Ore, July 5, gathered
in this city to-day and left in 10 Wagner
cars for the West at O'Clock tonight.
About 300 members started from here,
mainly from the East and South. 1t is
expected that fully 500 will be at Port
land. The train will reach Portland on
July
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Murdered Her Sister for Money.

London, June 30.-At the Hertford
assizes to-day Mary Ann Ansell was
found guilty of numbering her sister, an
inmate of an asylum for the insane, hy
sending her poisoned cake by mail. She
was sentenced to death. The con-
demned woman had previously insured
her sisters life and given a false de-
SCriDtiOn,
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Made n Strnnr Case

Victoria. B. c., June S0.--A deputa-
tion appointed recently at a meeting
of the merchants and miners of Atlin
waited on the government to-day and
made strong case in behalf of those
who claim to have suffered loss in
consequence of restrictive legislation.
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speciaI Examiner Appointed.

Special Dispatch ia the Standard,
Helena, June 3O.-Judge Knowles to-
day appointed Fl. j. Burleigh of Hell
ena special examiner TO take testimony
in the case of the United States VS..
George Higgins, county treasurer of
Missoula county Higgins recently
seized for taxes two horses belonging
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Recruiting Orders.

Washington, June 30.-The first or
ders We're issued to-day for recruiting
the troops under the clause authoriz-
ing the enlistment of 35, 900 men. The
order eontemnlates enlisting men for
the three skeleton regiments in the
Philippines. Recruiting officers have
been instructed to enlist men with this
UNDERSTANDING
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General Kemner Dead.

Washington, June 30.-General Della
ware Kemper, consul to Annoy, China,
under the first Cleveland administra-
ton, died to-day.
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Must show Cause.


Special Dispatch to the Standard
Helena. June 30.-Counsel for the
Helena Independent to-day secured
from the supreme court an alternative
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Prescott, Ariz., June 80. Captain
James F. Simpson. United States army.
retired died here last night, after
brief illness.
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Washington. June 30,-The navy depart
mont to-day awarded the contra for
tn Mare island dry dock to the Atlantic.
Gulf & Pacific company at s72a.00O,
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Women Nav Practice.

Paris June 30.-The chamber Of deputies
adopted a resolution to-day authorizing
duly qualified women to practice at the
bar.
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B. & A. LEASED.
Now Under the Control of New York
Central Railroad.

Central KaIIrOad.
New York, June 30-The following
statement was given out by President
Galloway of the New York Central rail-
way this afternoon:
A a meeting of the board of directors
of the New York Central & Hudson
River Railway company held to-day
the lease of the Boston & Albany Rail-
road company ito the New York Central
& Hudson River r. r. for SO years was
unanimously passed, and President Cal
loway has been notified that similar
action was taken by the Boston & AL
bany Railroad company
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Editors on a .JanHt,

Chicago, June 3O.-The members of the
National Editorial association, which
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HT LEYS'

Our line OF clocks is now COM
plete from the tiny rich gold one
day beauties to the large S-day
black and gold and the new decor
ated
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I

Senator William P. Frye, of Maine,
will succeed the late vice president as
presiding officer of the senate.
During the long reign of Queen Vic
toria, beginning in 1887, Great Britain
has had tw~enty-four wars. All but one
were with weak and greatly inferior
powers.
Some men illustrate as to wealth the
truth of the old adage, "It is better to
be born lucky than rich" George N.
James is fireman on the Pretoria and
Evansville railroad. He has Just in
herited in England a fortune of 2,OOO.-
900, n the title of Baronet. He is
Baron of CheadlehalI.
Bob Taylor is making much money
by lecturing at 500 a night, and has
engagements all through the winter.
He is no candidate for the senate. He
says: 81 can stand in my front yard
at Johnson City and see a hotel on top
of Roane Mountain, thirty miles away,
but I can't see anything in politics for
Bob Taylor" He is bright and gifted.
Miss Evelyn Adams, a New York
oma who tried to make a name and
money with her pen, but starved 10
death in the Astounding riches of the
great metropolis. The story is that she
literally starved to death in one Of the
most fashionable sections of the great
metropolis, almost surrounded by
wealth and plenty.
Susan Anthony, the northern aboli-
ton spurter, defends the Mormon Rob-
erts. 1t should not surprise any south
ern man of ordinary sense and discern
Two hundred regulars have deserted
from the Forty-third regiment at Ma
Mia, and in a short time. They prOba-
bly, have no desire to kill men fighting
for freedom,