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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-28
Beers Are Retiring,

London, Nov 27.-The colonial office
has received the following dispatch
from the governor of Natal, dated pie
termaritzburg, Sunday Nov. 26:
The Beers are retiring on Weenan.
Our troops are occupying ridge three
miles northward Of the Mooi river. 1t
appears that the Beers have found our
position too strong and are retiring to-
wards Ladysmith with the loot they
nave collected. The river is in flood.
Butler has arrived.
Telegraph communication with Est
court was restored early this morning" !"
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ceivers of the Union Pacific Railroad
company in Colorado, Wyoming and
Utah was held here this morning by
Master In Chancery Abbott. The lands
in question were purchased by Judge
cornish, vice president of the Union
Pacif1c Railroad company, for $4,000.
The property sold was lands not COW
cred by previous forest reserves, and
this disposes Of all lands in the hands
OF the receivers On Wednesday the
hospital building at Ogden will be sold,
and Dec. 6 salvage of the hospital at
Denver will be sold also.
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FEDERAL AID.
The Republicans Have a Scheme to Re-
tain Control of Kentucky.

Frankfort, KY, Nov. Ex-senator De-
Doe left for Washington at O'Clock
and after his departure story eman-
ating from republican circles was put
abroad that in the event that Goebel
is given certificate of election next
Saturday by the throwing out of JEFF
ferson, Knox and Johnson counties.
Senator Deboe. Senator Lindsay, Gov
ernor Bradley. General Taylor and 9th
er republican leaders will unite in an
appeal to President Mckinley to de-
clare martial law in Kentucky, recog-
nizing Taylor as governor and support
ing his administration. Senator Deboe
said to the associated press that he
felt confident no emergency would arise
requiring the assistance of the fedora |
authorities, but intimated that he had
assurances that federal aid could he
had if it became necessary.
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Resulted in a Draw

Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 27.-The fight
tonight at the Auditorium between
Caspar Leon of New York and Johnnie
Rltchie of st. Louis resulted in a draw
after the fourth round had been fought
Leon broke his arm in the third round
and upon the advice of a physician at
tending, the fight was stopped and the
referee declared the contest a draw.
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Whiteman Will Appeal,

Chicago, Nov. 27.-Alonzo J. White.
man, former state senator in the Min.
nesota legislature and prominent in
politics in that state, who disappeared
after being convicted of forgery in this
city and who was recently rearrested
in New York, was taken to the house
of correction to-day to serve a sentence
of two years. Whiteman said he would
ar once appeal his case to the supreme
court
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UNITED STATES COURT.
Number of Bankruptcy Cases Were
Disposed OF.

DISpOseU vi,
Special Dispatch to the Standard
Helena, Nov. 21.-Judge Knowles dis
posed of a number of bankruptcy mat
ters in the United States court to-day.
The following bankrupts We're discharg-
ed from bankruptcy: w. N. Fletcher,
Great Falls; A. NJ. Dussault. John It.
Murta. John McKenna, Butte; ]. c..
Sperry. Billings; George Richards, Cho-
teau; Bert Rumsey, Marsysville
The following were adjudged bank
rupts: Andreas Christensen, Anacon-
da; liabilities, s2,425.S3: assets, $1.125.
Joseph A Benjamin, Butte. liabilities.
SST4.70: assets, $275. Charles F. Piekel,
Butte, liabilities. $1,S79.S0; assets, s47.15.
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Incorporated.

Trenton, n. j., Nov. 27.-Articles of
Incorporation We're filed by the Puget
Sound Can company. capital 5000, 900;
the California Can company, capital
100000. and the Oregon Can company,
capital 100000. These companies are
organized to manufacture and deal in
cans at points along the Pacific coast
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Law Knocked Out.

Topeka, Nov. 27.-Judge Hook of the
United States circuit court this after
noon handed down a lengthy opinion
knocking out "the court of visitation"
This is the court established by the
last legislature to regulate railroads
decides the law is in the nature of con-
fiScation
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EVERY TUESDAY THE STANDARD DEVOTES EXTRA PAGES TO MINING

Reed of Peoria from their Offices as
commissioners. The two commissions
office in appropriating state funds to
their own use, but Governor Tanner in
formed them that he would recommend
them to the grand jury for an investi-
CATION
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ANXIETY FOR
THE LANCERS
A Report From Berlin That the
Regiment Had Been Cap
tured at Gras Pan.
IN PURSUIT OF THE BoERs

A Division OF Ten Thousand Men to Be
Mobilizad hmm sdiately - Hildyard' 8
Achievement at Beacon Hin Has Re-
-lieved ths Tension'in Natal 1t Greatly
Aids in the Keller of Ladysmith-M Many
Bridges Have Been Wrecked by ths
Beers.
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The Hospital Fund.

London. Nov. 27.-sir Thomas Linton,
in view of the fact That his steam
yacht Erin cannot be utilized by the
government as "A hospital shin. sent
10000 to the Princess of Wales to be
used at her discre Ven for the benefit
of soldiers and sailors. The executive
committee of the American ladies' hos
pital ship fund has received an anony-
nous gift of $4,000 from the United
States, together with promise of as
much more If needed.
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KILLED AN OFFICER.
Intense Excitement Prevails at Chicago
junction.

junction.
Mansfield, Ohio. Nov. 27.-Intense ex-
citement prevails near Chicago juno
ton. Huron county. over the killing
to-day of Constable William Smith and
probably fatal shooting of Marshal
Conklin of Plymouth by Ezra Moore
farmer. The officers went to Moores
house to levy an execution and Moore
became incensed. Selling a shotgun,
Moore shot Smith in the head and
Conklin in the head and shoulder
Smith died in a few minutes.
Word was received here tonight that
Moore had escaped when the sheriff $
posse arrived at his house Blood
hounds were placed on his trail.
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No Longer Necessarr,

Tampa, Fla, Nov. 27-Dr. L. w. We'll
dor, agent of the state board of health
at Port Tampa City to-day wired DR..
j. 7. Porter. state health officer here,
that the yellow fever quarantine was
no longer necessary. The quarantine
will be raised at once.
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Will Visit Chicago,

Chicago. Nov. 27.-Admiral Dewey
has accepted the invitation to visit Chi
cago May l, next year, a letter to this
effect having been received by the COM
mfttee this morning.
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Western Baseball Leaene.

ST. Joseph, Nov. 27.-T. ]. Hickey to-
night issued a call for a meeting at
Omaha on Dec. 4 to organize a new
Western Baseball league. A dozen west
ern cities are after the franchise,
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Malfeasancc in Office,

Springfield, ILL.,, Nov. 27.-Following
the meeting of the commissioners Of
the Illinois asylum for incurable in-
sane at Bartonville, near Peoria, Gov
ernor Tanner to-day removed John w.
Wilson OF Kinmundy and Morrow p.
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4 Clearance Sale,

Omaha. Nov. PA special to tha
Bee from Cheyenne, Wyo., says: A
clearance sale of lands held by the re-
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Carving Is graceless and thank
less task if the knife blade is dull;
skill has no chance with a poor
knife. You can secure new carv-
ing set here this week for very lit
tile money and avoid all risks of a
fiasco when the turkey is to be
sliced.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21

moving at the rate of almost six miles
an hour.
The original device of the French
| engineer, Henard, which made each
! platform but series of connected
cars, has been replaced by the Chi
cago idea, the only possible one for
such long distances. Each rolling
platform is furnished with a continu-
Gus rail, and instead of being dragged
along, as cars would be, it is pushed
onward by fixed rollers. The force
which is electrical is thus applied at
regular intervals throughout the
length Of the line Otherwise the
platforms never could be made to
move
The same American device provides
Tor the varying speed of the two plat
forms operated by the same motive
power. The faster-moving platform is
pushed onward by the larger rollers.
lhe rollers move together. actioned
by the same motive power Only,
each roller, according to it's size, gives
faster or a slower motion to the
platform above 1t.
In this way, say the Parisians, there
is no reason why there should not be
elevated moving sidewalks for the
rapid transit of the streets. You would
hrst step onto the platform that
moves three miles an hour. Then you
would step onto that moving six miles
an hour. Then you would step onto
another moving nine miles an hour.
And so on to the speed of an express
train.
They are told that this marvel al
ready exists in Chicago They believe
it and feel very much behind the
times. The trolleys, which are in
full success at Rouen and Havre, do
not affect the Partisan Imagination.
but the moving sidewalks do. Thev
have just the necessary touch of
the Jules Verne extravaganza. Per-
haps the Parisians will be the first.
after all, to have express train side
walks
In the meantime every one is has
tenlng out to Saint-Ouen, to ride
around The experimental line estab-
lished there. 1t is rough and rude,
supported by unornamental iron tres
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21

money owing to Becker also shall bt
paid to his wife.
During the first days of Becker's in.
generation he has held doggedly tc
the story that his first wife left him
to marry another man whom he knew
only as Mike" He said he took
Theresa to the Goodrich dock in q
wagon on the morning of Jan. 27 and
there handed her over to the mysteri-
GUS Mike" Capt LAWNS policemen
hrst proved that there was no Mike"
or that If there was such a friend as
he described he left this country more
than year ago and was now in Ire
land. Then they identified the jewelry
and wearing apparel in the possession
OF the new wife as the property Of the
missing woman.
Finally Detective .Sheehan and Capt
LAWN took the prisoner down town
and compelled him to lead them to
the Goodrich line dock and show them
where Mike" took charge of Mrs.
Becker the first. After that he was
taken to the pawnbrokers' shops at
which he said he had bought the Jew
elry that Ida wore, and the clerks in
each instance declared without hesi-
tation that he had not purchased any
thing from them.
After the confession Becker partook
of hearty meal, smoked a cigar, and
went to bed and was soon sound
asleep.
He is "a years old and has been a
butcher and sausagemaker since his
boyhood. He left Magdeburg, Saxony,
suddenly when he was 18 years old
and the next day the dead body of a
wealthy stock dealer was found in his
barn. He had been strangled to death.
Becker was suspected. This informa-
t1on came to the police from Henry
Sander, waffle baker from the same
town, who now lives at 1771 Humboldt
street.
He courted Ida Sutterlin, who is
scarcely more than child, for sew
eral months. He was persistent in his
attentions, and told her that Theresa
was merely his housekeeper. She
believed this, and when he told her
that he was Grid of the woman" she
married him.
Becker has made a second confess
sion, in which he confesses that he
killed his wife with hatchet, boiled
her body ard buried the bones. The
alleged bones have been recovered.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21
LIGHT TO COME.
STERLING HEILIG.

illumination of the Future VIII Be
Without Heat.
1t has been the dream of scientists
to invent a light that shall produce a
maximum of illumination with little
or no heat. What nature can do
man can do, has been their maxim,
and though they have been baffied
again and again in carrying this
theory into practice, yet substantial
progress has been made especially to-
ward the close of this century. To nm
derstand the necessity of an invention
that shall give light without heat it
need only be said that of the ordinary
gas Jet SO per cent is heat and only 2
per cent light. Though electricity was
a great discovery and a distinct ad-
vancement, yet of 100 units of energy
In an electric current only five or six
comes out as light. The light of the
freely is estimated to be 100 per cent
light. But so far the wonderful little
insect is a puzzling mystery to scien.
fists, and the secret Of its light has
not yet been found. 1t has proved as
elusive to electricians and scientists "A
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21

Inc average Chinese inn is usually a
menagerle and geological garden COM
plned. In the yard below the window
or What stands for it, can be seen and
heard mules, donkeys, dogs cats. fow,s
ol all xmas, pigs and camels, while in
the rooms where the weary traveller
IS supposed to rest may be found a
rlch variety of things of creation tba,
man certainly cannot make friends
with, But the chief glory of an aver-
age chinese inn Is the waiter This
indispensable functionary is the guar
dian OF all your interests for the tina
being, and when you are NOT looL;no
dlVes into secrets and matters of vour
own that seem to amuse and enligb+-
en- MIN to your Inconvenience and ,r
noyance. Like his confreres in o+bor
and more enlightened countries. he
hardly ever separates himself from tbo
inevitable napkin, but this badge of
waltership is very practical article
with him. With it in summer be mons
his damp brow or bare shoulders wbi,a
IN winter, wrapped about his head If
protects him from rain and wind 1-,a
Chinese walters napkin is put to all
KINDS OF uses besides those just men
toned. 1t is used as a dishcloth q
mop with which to wipe the floor a
cloth for cleaning and wiping down
tables, and duster. His American
brother does not let us see these on
erations Perhaps the extremely lou
rates compensate for some of these
things, but, in strict justice, the suave
landlord should owe you monev for
stopping with him.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21
PARIS PREPARES SENSATION FOR THE EXPOSITION or 1000

the Wlll-o-the- e-Wisp to ordinary NOR
| tails. For the glow of the freely, like
the flight Of the skylark though sim
pie object lesson in natural philos-
ophy, has simply bafiled scientists. 1t
has been demonstrated to the world
beyond all dispute that light of all
kinds is really electrical phenomena.
and differs from ordinary alternating
current waves only in the rate of vi
bration. This explains why signals
can be transmitted without wire by
waves OF high frequency and how a
wireless telegraph system is possible
In ordinary sunlight every sensation
that the eye experiences is the effect
or 800 trillion of waves every second
upon the ether above us, by virtue of
the molecular of electric energy of
the sun. The principal line of inves-
tlgatlon has been with vacuum tubes.
Many excellent results have been OBJ
talned. An ordinary room has been il
lumlnated with one form of il1uminant
that gave a splendid lighted room
without so much as the source of the
llght being apparent. Other lights have
peen devised but they are at present
not commercial successes. One scen-
tist has practically perfected lamp
that will give a soft and brilliant
light, with blush tnge, and in
which there will be no heat. no con-
nection with deadly wires. and no
wire tilament, as is now used in the
ordinary incandescent light This is
really the nearest approach to the nat.
ural light such as the firefy gives us.
1t IS quite within reason that in the
early part of the next century some
new form of lighting will be discov-
cred which will completely revolu-
tionize all existing methods of illu-
mination
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21

ties, and its circuit is scarcely greater
than the circumference of big base
Dali ground. Yet the Parisians are i'm
mensely amused. At the beginning the
A'-"'""oc4a I~u no idea ul making
money with it. Now they find it a
small bonanza. For three weeks the
"eather mas been as mild and sunny
as the spring. The inclosed ground at
Salnt-Ouen is in continual demand for
polo matches, football matches and la
crosse or Shiny" The moving plat
forms that take visitors round and
round again and give them a view of
the show from every point attract
double crowd. Certainly the moving
sidewalks Of the exposition will be a
success.
STERLING HEILIG.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21
SIDEWALKS, sA1NT-oUEN.

Iloh mat IL will have no streets or
roads to cross, thing that is to be
accomplished by running it, always
within the grounds, close to the ex-
posltlon walls. It's circuit to and
from the Champ de Mars will be about
hVe miles. The trottoir mobile of the
north side of the river will be an ele
Vated one, furnished with benches, in
the Old style of Chicago and Berlin. It's
circuit promises to be about four
miles, from the Champs Elysees up to
the Trocadero and return. 1t is much
desired to have it cross the lena
bridge. The question of Disagreement
must be debated with that of utility;
and utility stands a small chance in
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21

over IN Clark street. It was on Che
south side, on the right-hand side OF
the pier, where | pushed her off. She
mad on black dress, black hat. with
gray feathers, and wore light jacket.
Everything was entirely new. The
Jacket she bought a few days before.
ohe always had some money, as l gave
her 81 a week.
After l had the drink l went home
on Halsted street car, transferring
on F'orty-seventh street and getting
on at Ashland avenue and Forty-sev-
enth street. where l got another drink
and got ON Rockwell street car.
When | got home I attended to the
house and prepared lunch for my
SELF and went to bed This is the first
time l have told the truth about this
affair."
After signing the confession, Beck
er turned to the interpreter and said:
Please tell the newspaper men that
there was no cutting, no hacking, no
blood. Some have said 1 did as Luet-
CERT did, but 1 did not"
The will, drawn up and signed by
becker before he confessed, disposed
OF $4,000 life insurance police from
a fraternal order in Germany. It
st1pulates that ten months after his
death If there be child $4,000 shall
be kept in trust for the child and
$4,000 paid to the widow if she be not
married again. In the event of no is
sue $4,000 shall be paid to Mrs. Beck
er and the remaining $4,000 to her in
of $3.50 semi-annually
thereafter. All personal property and
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21

Paris when the beauty of the city is
involved. This is why trolley cars
have no hope of succeeding The
Metropolitan underground met with
the greatest opposition until it was
understood that even the preliminary
work should not make too much dirt.
If the Parisians can be persuaded that
an elevated railroad-for it amounts
to that-can be run across the beau
tiful bridge at the Trocadero without
making itself cause for esthetic
qualms, the thing will be done. With
these two separate lines of moving
sidewalks, the proper circulation of
the crowds within the grounds will be
secured.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21

and then some trouble came up. A.
ter that she said: Let us walk down
a little further She said: You don't
spend any money on me. said:
What shall I spend money on you
for? l ought not to be seen with a
woman like you at all. You have led
q disorderly life She called me a
-- and said, 4 can get lots Of
men,
Then I pushed her INTO the water
with my two hands, oalling her at
the same time and said.
What kind of wife are you. any,
way?'
II didn't see her after pushed her
into the water. I was very angry
when she fell in, and ] went away.
leaving her there. l say nobody on
the dock. It was about $50 O'Clock
and was already dark. She did not
scream or say a single word after I
pushed her into the water.
Il went away and had another drink
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21

The idea of the trottoir mobile is, OF
course, not new one. 1t appears that
French engineer, M. Henard, had
already proposed it to the directors of
the exposition of 1SS9 His platform
was to have had speed of 1-S miles
an hour, with stop Of fifteen seconds
every minute to permit the public to
get on and off," The working out of
the idea at Chicago in 1893 proved
that these stops would have served no
purpose except to decrease the average
speed and damage the machinery by
continuous shocks. 1t was found easy
for ladies and children to step on a
platform moving 21z miles an hour,
and from this to another moving 5
miles an hour.
At the Berlin exposition of 1896 the
experiment was again successfully at
tempted. 1t is true that the Berlin
line, small and highly ornamental
had the look new plaything
rather than work of utility. Nor
perhaps, was the pioneer work at
chicago on a scale more than suffi-
Client than to foreshadow it's signifi-
canoe.
The directors Of the exposition of
1900 are profiting by this experience.
The moving platform of Berlin was
only two miles long. The two plat
forms of the Paris exposition will he
nine miles long. They are counted
on to play principal part in the
handling of the crowds within the
crowded grounds. Indeed, should thew
1all to work successfully, there would
be serious embarrassment, for it is
becoming clearer every day that GER
tain sections, like the two long. mar
row strips on either side of the river
will be peculiarly exposed to conges-
tion.
These are the two strips of river
bank connecting the new exposition
grounds with the old. The two solid
chunks of the Champ de Mars and
the Trocadero grounds remain but
they stretch out these arms along the
Seine to take in double their old snace
AS 1T is all within the heart of Paris
the space had to be taken where II
could be found. On the north shore
of the river the new grounds of the
Champs Elysees lie a mile and half
distant from the Trocadero. On the
south side the new grounds of the In
valides are just as far away from the
Champs de Mars Between these two
rather far-away sections it is all
crowded Paris-streets, parks, ave.
nues and masses of apartment-houses.
The strips along the river are all that
could be spared to connect them. AS
It is, they have narrowed the river to
widen the strips and they have thrown
three of the six bridges into the ex-
position grounds in order to afford a
little more relief.
Nevertheless, if the casual visitor is
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21
CHINESE HOTELS,
Read This and Don't Kick When You
Pay Your Next Bill.

Hotels in China are very curious
buildings. They are all built on the
same plan-a large courtyard, around
the four sides of which are built rows
OF small rooms, the restaurant and Of
flee being in front. No one who has.
ever stayed at a Chinese hotel can
ever forget the experience. Each room
contains a brick bed, in which a fire
can be lighted for warmth in winter.
There is hardly ever any furniture be-
yond rough chair, and perhaps
table, while the windows are nothing
but frames covered over with paper.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21
North Dakota Divorces Not Easy.

Both houses of the North Dakota
legislature have passed bill, which
undoubtedly will meet with the ap-
proval OF the governor, requiring a
years residence in the state before d.
vorce proceedings can be instituted.
Under the law as it stands now only
three months residence is required be-
fore such proceedings can be had in
the courts of North Dakota. In con-
sequence the state has become a ref
uge for persons in search of speedy d.
vorces to an extent which has become
scandalous.