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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-24

Justice Peckham has handed down
the opinion OF the United States SUI
preme court in the case Of the United
States VS.. the Buffalo Natural Gas and
Fuel Company, appealed by the United
States from the decision OF the circuit
court Of appeals for the second circuit.
The case involved the right OF the
gas company to import gas from Can
ada by means Of pipes under the Nj
agara river free Of duty. The opinion
CLASHES natural gas as crude bitumen,
n has the effect Of admitting It free
Of duty under the tariff law OF 1880
Perhaps one Of the most remarkable
things Of the age Is the almost unani-
nous reelection OF Senator Lodge, an
ardent expansionist, by the Massachu-
sets legislature. just after Senator
Hoar had pointed out the hole gnawed
IN our national fabric by the expansion
bacillus.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-24

This has been a remarkable trade
year" Eyes the United States has traded
off a lot of gunpowder and shot for some
islands,"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-24
True Greatness
In Medicine

is proved By the health Of the people
who have taken It. More people have
been made well, more cases Of dis
easo and sickness have been cured By
Hoods sarsaparilla than BY any
other medicine in the world. The
peculiar combination, proportion and
process IN its preparation make
Hoods Sarsaparilla peculiar TO itself
and unequalled by any other.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-24

'xVhat Ia a non-seuuitur, Uncle Aleck?'
"A non-seuultur is when a widower adj
vises a widow to marry, and then doesn't
propose"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-24

Silver plated Napkin Ring free for
saving IS Diamond &C" Soap wrap
pers.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-24

Richards Magic Catarrh Expeilant Co.,
Omaha. Neb. White for particularly.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-24

The swallow al a larger mouth, IN
proportion to lis size. than any other
bird.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-24

The aBovs picture is yebyodnced in fys
e0E0rs on the e0Uer gf the FEBRUARY
LEDGER MONTHLY. Size IoxI3 ms.
THE FEBRUARY issue of the Ledger
Monthly is the American Beauty"
number. 1t contains reproductions
of the portraits of the most beautiful
women recently exhibited at the Portrait
Show at the Academy Of Design in New
York. The portrait on the cover of the
February issue, a suggestion of which is
given above, is by that celebrated fashion
able portrait painter, Carlo j. Blenner,
and it is reproduced in five cOlOrs, making
a picture worthy of framing. To all lovers
of the beautiful, this cover is worth many
times the price of the magazine.
Now is the Time to Subscribe.
10 every one sending my cents now for q
years subscription we will send FREE the
January number, and we will also send the
Ledger Monthly until March, 1900.
Hny Postmaster aDiH take yORr SN6-
Seyibhi0N.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-24

To accomplish this end. he devised
a very ingenious plan. He ordered a
savory pie to be made, and inside he
put the documents-the finest filling a
pie ever had-and entrusted this
dainty to a lad named Horner to carry
up to London to deliver safely into the
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-24

TIE electric communications. start
Ing frOm the ground, are effected
through cables that follow n Of the
frames and end at the axis. From this
point the current rs transmitted 10
the periphery by cables. and TO the
different posts Of electric distribution
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-24
TEE INDEX

AZTEC NEW MEXICO.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-13
AN IMMENSE LOSS.
Half a Million Goes Up in Flames-Not
Yet Subdued.

Memphis, Tenn. Jan. 13.-A fire which
broke out at 7:30 last evening in the
wholesale and retail dry goods house of
the ]. H. Menken company, one of the
largest establishments of it's kind in the
South. had caused an estimated loss of
900 at midnight and at O'Clock this
morning the fire is not under control. The
Menken building occupies Il frontage of
1875 feet on Main street and extends $50
feet on Gayoso street. 1t is flve-story
building and adjoins the Gayoso hotel
The fire, which originated in the base
ment. was by 9 o'clock beyond all control
and that part of the building under the
first floor was seething mass of flames
The center portion of the first floor soon
fell The flames beneath had been eating
away the foundations and the firemen
We're forced to retire hurriedly. The
building was valued at $158,O00 with in
surance of $4,000. The stock was valued
at about 100000, with insurance of $275,-
000.
At 2:25 a. m. the walls of the Menken
building fell in, High winds prevail and
the fire is spreading. Windows within a
radius of a block are all breaking from in
tense heat.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-13

Carnival at Holland street rink to-
night No extra charge for admission
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-13
Having traversed General Miles

Having traversed General Miles
statements he said:
Having shown him to you as having
been a liar: having demonstrated the
animus pervading this whole matter,
l go back to his statements that in his
judgment food was one of the serious
causes of SO much sickness and dis
tress of the troops. The design to say,
TO imply, to assert, to insinuate, that
sickness was caused from such reason
in Porto Rico is to make an assertion
wholly untrue, devoid of any facts and
devoid of truth, and can only be
prompted by base motive and under
cover of the qualification, in my judg-
ment.'
General Eagan concluded as follows:
IF I have used harsh language be-
fore this commission in dealing with the
subject, l ask the commission to bear
in mind the grouping together of the
statements made by General Miles
means that have furnished, or allowed
to be furnished to the army embalmed
beef, which has diseased soldiers, and
that great deal of sickness arose from
its use; that / have furnished meats to
the army under the 'pretense of ex-
periment'-meats that made the soldiers
sick: and this, because of corruption
Nearly all of the press of America, be-
cause of General Miles high position
and his statements. and many Of them
have called for my disgrace. court mar
tial and dismissal from the service
Also that these statements of General
Miles We're held back by him, not fur
nished to the government for its ap-
propriate action and use, but sprung
upon you and the country at a time
when the country, from the falsehoods
that had been told in regard to starva-
ton and supplies for the army. was in
a state of excitement and ready to be-
leve almost anything, The subject l
have just treated here is a filthy sub
ject, and you cannot touch pitch with
out being detiled; you cannot touch
base, malicious, libellous falsehoods,
Misrepresentation, without calling
spade a spade and telling the whole
truth and acharacterizing things as they
are. The damage that has been done
by these statements is believed to be
very great, but I indulge the nope and
the belief that my statement, when
published to the country, when read by
the representatives of foreign govern
ments here will offset the statements
made by General Miles and will in
some measure at least do justice to
others that have been wronged. ma
ligned and libelled. For myself, I con-
tent myself with expressing my pro-
found belief that either General Miles
or | should be put out of the service;
either he is right or I am right: either
he dishonors his uniform with false
statements and libels, or I dishonor
mine in feeding soldiers with poisonous
beef, causing their sickness. and doing
SO under pretense of experiment.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-13
On a Pleasure Trim.

On IA Pleasure Trip.
Sc San Francisco. Jan. 12.-Tod Sloane the
premier jockey; Eddie Cannon Bald
1he premier short distance bieyclist and
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-13
BRECKENRIDGE REPLIES.
He Says We Need Gentlemen in the War
Department..

Washington, Jan. 12.-Inspector Cen
eral Joseph C. Breckenridge of the ar
my tonight, speaking of General Eag-
ans testimony before the war investi-
eating commission, replied to the por
ton which refers to General Breckin-
ridges activity in prosecuting the beef
investigation. General Eagan said
Breckenridge had no authority to make
this investigation without orders from
the secretary of war. Referring to this,
General Breckenridge said that as lie
understood the matter, he was simply
carrying out his duties, although he
admitted he understood the legal point
General Eagan was making.
II have been sending letters to all the
inspectors general in the country, ask
ing them whether they received any Of
the bad beef" General Breckenridge
said land l have also written to the
surgeon general, whose reply / received
to-day. This I have done at the order
of General Miles, my superior officer,
and | believe that | am simply carry
ing out my duty. General Eagan SEE ms
to think that | must receive my Orders
from Secretary Alger, but | do not
think he is right"
In this connection. the Post will say
tomorrow, in an interview with Cen
eral Breckenridge:
7 will tell you what is the trouble, "
| General Breckenridge said. What we
need in the war department is set Of
| gentlemen. In every war this country
| has had we have found that the war
| department was not a unit with the
| army. but a sort of segregated factor
working out it's independent power.
Headed by the secretary of war, caoi-
| net officer, the war department has be-
come filled. at least partly so, with a
| c0terie of men who cling to each other
| held together by the bond of mutual in
| terest, and are thus forced into a posi-
ton which becomes one of open nos
| tility to the rank and file of the army.
That is the trouble now. Take these
| men at the war department-such men
| as Eagan. If he was the gentleman ~
ought to be, such a disgraceful situa-
| ton as the one with which we are now
| confronted could never have arison.
| believe this Eagan affair is one of pro-
found seriousness. 1t Injuries the army
in the eyes Of the American people anG
it Injuries the American people in tbs
eyes of the world"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-13

The average newsboy was fed high on
Christmas, and not one of them came
off with less than two dinners, while some
of the more tenterprising gathered in five
or six from various sources. One ener-
getic youth calmly admitted that the fam
lily board had been furnished with the
remnants of his latter feasts
1t was this way he explained. 1.-THE
first feed | COPIED all l wanted fur me-
self, and den, as I had two more on me
route, I chucked de tur--e in one of de
pockets of me overcoat and de murphies
in de odder wit cold storage in me inside
bag fur de candy and tings. 1t was a
bully graft and dey orter do it again New
Year.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-13
Out of the Mouths of Babes,

From the Chicago News.
ooh, mamma" said little Bessie, IT
found a gweat big calm hull on the
beach,"
And was there a clam in it," asked
her mother.
No replied Bessie; IT dess he falld-
ed out and got dwound."
is your mamma at home?" asked a
caller of 5-year-old Nellie.
mo; but she'll be home in minute"
was the reply.
How do you know?' inquired the
caller.
Cause she said bout an hour ago
she was just going to run over to a
neighbours for a minute" answered
Nellie.
Charlie aged four, spent a few weeks
in the country last summer. One Cay
he saw some queer things jumping
about on the grass and asked what
they were. why, they are grasshop-
pers, replied his mother. A short time
after he discovered a toad on the walk
and exclaimed: oh, mamma! look at
the big dirthhopper!'
Little 5-year-old Harry accompanied
his father to church one Sabbath morn
ing, and the minister preached from the
text, lis |, be not afraid" Upon
| returning home his mother asked
What was the text this morning, Har-
ry?"
The little fellow thought for a mo-
| ment, then answered.: Its me, don't
! get scared
Small Tommy's father had been elect
ed commander of the G. A, r. post and
! the little fellow could not conceal his
| joy when he heard the news.
'Oh, papa!' he exclaimed; I'm just
| awful glad you got elected
tFIhank Won. NV son " said the father
| but why are you so glad?"
| Because now you'll have all the sol
| diers at your funeral" answered Tom
my.
Little Minnie, who had been spending
| the afternoon al a neighbours, was pre-
| scented with a bouquet of beautiful
| flowers. Upon her arrival at home nel
| mother told her to put them in vase
| filled with water and they would keel
| fresh for several days. A few day!
later Minnie appeared with the wiltet
| flowers in her hand and said: Il de:
| I'll frow 'em away now, mamma, cause
| they is all Melted
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-13
A DESPERATE ATTEMPT
To Square Witnesses Against
the Highwaymen.
MAYER AMI HOWARD IN JAIL
Even the Man Who Was Held Up Is
Suspected Of the Intention to
Leave Town He Was
Placed Under Bonds.

The authorities have arrived at the
conclusion that a determined effort is
being made by the friends of the men
now in jail for attempting to hold up
the Copper State saloon two or three
weeks ago to square the witnesses and
get them out of the county in order to
save the accused parties from the peni-
tertiary, but the officers are just as
determined on their part that the
scheme shall not work, and have adopt
ed stringent measures to prevent it. A
couple of days ago the police We're made
aware that A. p. Mayer and Andy
Howard, the two swampers who were
in the saloon when Quinn and his pal
came in to hold it up, and to save whose
skins Officer Loughrin, who thwarted the
attempt, took the desperate fire Of the
robbers without returning it, were
about to leave town to avoid being con-
nected as witnesses. They were prompt
ly placed behind the bars to enforce
their presence in court when wanted.
Yesterday, Captain Of Police Dawson,
the acting chief, and Detective Muir
ply learned that Sam Harris, the bar
tender who was on duty in the saloon
at the time, was on the eve Of absent
ing himself AS Harris had been twice
held up and each time barely escaped
being a heavy loser, the, officers sup
posed he could not be induced to be-
come party to scheme to clear the
highwaymen, and had taken no pre-
cautions in his direction, but on being
apprised yesterday that there were
strong indications that he would not be
likely to be found when wanted, Cap
tain Dawson and Detective Murphy
adopted the same measures with regard
to him that they had in the case of
Mayer and Howard. Harris was taken
to the county Jail and required to give
a $500 bond to insure his presence in
court when the trial Of the alleged high
Waymen comes up.
1t will be remembered that Quinn and
a pal attempted to hold up the Copper
State saloon, but were Interrupted by
Officer Loughrin, who came near sacri-
ficing his life for doing his duty.
The encounter resulted in Quinn being
captured d-handed and as the states
officers assume, strong case is being
woven about one who is held as his pal
The encounter between the officer and
the highWaymen was of so desperate
a character on the part of the hold ups
that the officers, now that they have a
good case against some of the fratern-
ity of doors of desperate deeds, do not
propose to allow any "squaring" to per-
vert justice. ~
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-13

Continued from Page One.)
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-13
Got More Than One Dinner.

Ladies' cloth, wool lined Arctic 25c.
John Tassells, 25 West Park.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-13

c. F. Dwyer, son of Phil Dwyer arrived
here to-day from Southern California
where they have been enjoying them
selves for a week or so. The party is
here on pleasure and will return to the
East when their engagements call them
Bald may be induced to enter the indoor
bicycle tournament, which is to be he'd
here next month.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-13
THE WASHINGTON AND COLUM-
BIA RIVER RAILWAY CO.
s B CalAnrhnal

THE WASHINGTON AND COLUM-
B1A RIVER RAILWAY CO.
S. B. Caldcrhead.
G. F. &: P. A.
Walla Walla, Wash, July %, 1898.
Hight & Fairfield,
Butte, Montana.
, GentlCmCn:
In reply to your inquiry of recent
I, date, | beg To say that the Y. e C.
watch purchased of you some years
ago. continues to render perfect salts
faction. I nave carried it for the past
five years, and find that il runs with
variation of less than twenty sec
onds per month, which [ consider very
remarkable. You are of course at lib
, erty to use this if you desire
Very truly,
S. B. CALDERHEAD,
PARROT SILVER & COPPER co
Butte, Mont. July &c, IS
Messrs. Hight & Fairfield,
Butte, Montana.
Gentlemen:
Referring TO our converse ton in re-
gard to the watch / purchased of you
some time ago with the Nacher0n x
Constantin movement. will say: That
I am highly pleased with it. ] have
had the Patek-Philipe, the Howard
and Waltham movements, and I find
the Nacheron & Constantin the most
satisfactory I have ever used; it does
not vary anything to speak of.
You45 truly.
ROBT. D. GRANT.
General Manager.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-13
A TprrihIa Gale

Havre, Jan. IA terrible gale is raging
here. Tho jetty is quite inaccessible and
the st. Francois quarter of the town is
flooded. Great damage has been done.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-13
Troops Nave Returned.

London, Jan. 13.-The Hongkong CORE
snondent of the Daily Mail says that
1900 additional Americans who had en-
barked for uoilo have returned to Ma
Min
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-13
Four PeopIe Killed,

London, Jan. Pat Manchester a storm
blew down chimney, killing four peo-
pie.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-13
They Won't Wear Stockin

1t will take some time to educate the
s!l!pinos to hang up their stockings like
Christians on Christmas eve
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1899-11-30
THE JUDGE WAS LENIENT
Sentence of ElIery P. lngham and
Harvey X. hewitt Was Pro-
nounCed Friday.
BOTH GO TO THE pENlTENTlARY
Each to Pay a Fine of One Dol
lar and Costs, and to be
Imprisoned for a Period
of Two Years and
Six Months.

Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 24,--Ex-
United States District Attorney Ellery
II, Ingham and his law partner and
former assistant, Harvey X. hewitt,
were sentenced today by Judge Nc
Pherson, in the United States District
Court, to Imprisonment in the Eastern
Penitentiary for two years and SIX
months, and to pay fine of 81 and
the costs OF the prosecution.
lngham and hewitt wore recently
convicted of conspiracy and bribing a
Secret Service operative in connection
with the famous revenue stamp counter.
feiting case of which William M.
Jncobs and William L. Kendig, Lam
caster cigar dealers, were the leaders.
Through their counsel, they made q
motion for new trial, the principal
reason being that one of the jurors was
insane at the time of the trial, and not
competent to render a proper verdict.
This motion was oyerruled by Judge
Mcpherson, and the defendants were
ariaigned for sentence shortly after 10
O'Clock this morning.
District Attorney Beck, addressing
the judge, said that, rs the court had
declined to grant the defendants new
Il :al, he hoped his honor would be as
lenient and merciful with them as the
public interests justified.
In sentencing the prisoners, Judge
MCPHERSON said: II do not understand
it to be my duty to extend mercy. Ii
is my duty to mark this offence with
such punishment as will fairly indicate
the proper rsprobation which ought to
follow an offence OF this character.
The sentence of this court is that each
Of you pay fine of 81 and the costs of
the prosecution, and be imprisoned in
the Eastern Penitentiary for period
of two years and six months. -
The maximum penalty under the in
dictments ia five years. The informa-
tion that Ingham and hewitt were to
be sentenced today was kept from the
public, and there were few people in
the court room.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1899-11-30
The nuslne.. s,tun,ion.

Bradstreet's reports: almost with
out exception values of staples remain
firm at previous quotations or manifest
q sti further pronounced tendency up
wand. This, too, has occurred in lace
of a rather smaller distribution in the
ordinary trade channels than has been
noted in recent weeks. So far as
autumn and winter trade is concerned
the complaint of unseasonab.y mild
weather restricting retail distribution
is repeated from many cities, but
rising superior to this and to the un
questionably smaller distribution at
frst hands is the accumulated strength
of textiles, but particularly cotton
goods.
Iron and steel are seasonablv quiet
after a year of unexampled activity,
but tie piice changes recorded serve to
impart an appearance rather of
irregularity- than Of weakness. some
makes OF steel, particularly plates and
sheets, being lower, while Bessemer
pig iron is higher on tho week."
X. q. Dunn Il Co. Is Review reports
sales OF wool that ''eyceed all recoI DIS.
Earnings of railroads give ample en-
couragement, November thus far OK.
ceeding last years by 8.2 por cent and
those of 1852 by ls. 4 per cent. East
bound tonnage from Chicago, 1863, 1852
Tons in three weeks, against 2S3, 0eS
last year, and 1856, 254 in 1892, still
surpasses all records in spite of the
scarcity of cars. -
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1899-11-30

Manila, Philippine Islands, Nov. 81
The insurgents have evacuated Man.
galaren, Province of Pangasinan. leay.
ing sever American, and "a Srapiab
prisoners, who escaped in the confusion
ON the Filipino retreat. The Ameri.
cans are Z. j. Greene and Georr.
Powers Of the hattleship Oregon.
Thomas Edwards and Charles Bird ~
the Sixteenth Infantry, Henry "
James of tho Twelfth Infantry, John
Desmond of the Signal Corps and n
ii. Huber of Lowe's Scouts. They IA.
port that two Americans, who vera
unable 10 escape, are with the insur..
gents. They are David Scott Of tha
Twenty fourth Infantry and William
Sherry OF the hospital corps -Four
desorters are with the FilIpinos-
Howard, Martin and Ford of the Cnli.
fornians and Watts, whose former repi.
ment is unknown. Howard is the only
ono serving with the insurgents. He
is captain Of artillery.
Col. Bell OF the Thirty-fourth Voun,
tecrs arrived at Mangalaren last even.
ing, after hard march and fording the
Agnc. He found that Fowler's com,
pany of the Thirty third had occupied
the town for two days, the insurgents,
Gen. Aleiandrino commanding, retreat.
ing to the mountains behind the town,
short of food and ammunition. Besides
this, his men were deserting, and six
cannon. which the insurgents were
dragging, imEeded their march. Col.
Bell proposes to follow the Filipnos
until he can bring about decisive
fight, or they are scattered.
Mnngalaren was strongly fortified
with rifle pits commanding the roads,
but the insurgents abandoned the place
without firing shot.