The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-02
new BOOKS RECEIVED.
Interesting Volumes for Boze-
mans Free Public Library.
HEBRON FOUND INSANE
Galatians Capital Visited by Severe
Snow m-Conmissioner Com
promise With Northern Pa
c!fic-Social Gossip.
Special Correspondence of the Standard.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Bozeman, Feb. 2S.-The first addition
ITO the collection of the Bozeman free
library for the year 1899 was received
on Feb. 10. At that date 2e5 new books
were placed on the shelves for the bene
fit of the reading public of the city. This
library has now about 1850 volumes,
among which are many valuable works,
and the last consignment added very
materially to its worth. Among the
books received were 1872 works of fiction,
50 books on history and biography and
10 works on travel and adventure. In
fiction most of the works are by well
known authors, and in the list may
be found THE Changing" by Sir Wal
ter Besant; the well known Gloria
Mundi," by Harold Frederic; three of
G. A. Henty's works. The amusing lit
tie production of David Gray, Cal
lops," is good for raising the spirits of
a tired man or woman after hard
days work. Captain Charles kins s
interesting novel. From School to Bat
tlefield," and 1.-THE Days Work. by
Rudyard Kipling. are productions that
will be read with avidity. as will also
THE Phantom Army and "Kron-
stadt," by Max Pemberton. The Cali
Fl fornians," by Gertrude -Atherton, An
Antarctic Mystery" by Jules Verne, and
three works by Gordon Staples are
among the works of fiction, as well as
many more equally well known and
liked by both young and old. In the
travel and adventure class are two new
productions. both entitled THE Phil p
-, ar n,,@ &c Inv 7 ion hrt
Foreman of the United States navy and
the other is by Dean G. Worcester Of the
Philippine commission. Both are inter-
: estng, but the latter work is the more
" thorough and goes more into details
than the former. Mr.. Worcester. E.
L. MoseIey and DR.. Brown spent num-
- Der of years in these islands, so inter-
esting to the American people at the
present time. and especially to Montana
q on account of the Montana regiment
being stationed there. These gentle
men give a vivid account of the Span
fish misrule and suspicion of yellow men,
i and the unciviized condition of many
of the F'ilipinos, as we'll as an excellent
description of the various islands and
their resources. In the Forbidden
Land" is a work by A. II. S. Land IT
and a thrilling account of his journey
in the land of the Thibetans and his
penetration into the holy of the holes
]! of the Llamas and the penalty he had to
2 pay therefor by being tortured with not
irons and the rack and other fendish
devices There is also q book entitled
" Cuba and Porto Rico by r. T. Hill,
and many others of like interest. Among
the historical and biograph cal works
is Americas Foreign Policy" by
Thomas s. Woolsey: THE Santiago
Campaign by Joseph Wheeler, with
Kitchener to Khartoum,' by G. W..
Stevens" Our Navy in the War With
SPAIN" by John r, Spears and numer-
Gus other late works by able writer's.
Drs. Waters and Whitefoot composed
the board of medical experts to ex-
anime into the sanity of one Sam
Heron on Monday afternoon of this
week Heron was not known very
we'll in this part of the country, but
seemed to be perfectly sane except
that he believed that some one was
after him, desiring to take his life.
The hallucination was strong on the
man and his life is consequently quite
an unhappy one. He told the doctors
that he was SO years of age. and thata
he was born in England. He was sent
to the Warm Springs asylum.
For about 40 minutes on Monday
morning between 80 and O'clock,
one of the most severe storms of the
season swept over the city of Bozeman.
The wind blew a perfect hurricane and
was accompanied by fall of snow, the
flakes being of an unusually heavy,
wet nature. No one could face it while
it lasted, and objects 80 feet away were
not discernible. However, the storm
cleared away as quickly as it came,
but the whole city looked like it was
covered with white sheet for short
time afterwards.
The county commissioners met this
week for the purpose of transacting Off
cial business. and while in the discharge