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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-27
WHERE is JOHN WEBSTER2
No Trace Has Been Found of the
Well-Known Actor.
MAY HAVE BEEN MURDERED
His Friends Suspect Foul Play = Photo
graphs Will Be Sent Broadcast
Over the Country in an e.
fort to Find Him.

A telegram was received yesterday
by J. B. Delcher of Browns in Town"
from Harry Minor of New York, ask
ing for a photograph of John Webster.
husband of Nellie McHenry, who dis
appeared mysteriously at Niagara
Falls a few weeks ago. The request
was urgent, and although no expla-
nation was offered it was surmised
nothing has yet been heard of Mr..
Webster, and his friends intend to send
his picture out over the country in the
hope of locating him in that way, if he
is still alive
Mr.. Delcher CHANGED to have a pho
tograph of the missing actor, and inn
mediately sent it.
No actor among the old-timers is
better known in the West than Web
ster, and he has intimate and warm
friends in nearly every city. Since his
disappearance every effort has been
put forth by his friends in the profess
sion to find some trace of him, but, SO
far as known here, without success.
Several of his friends in Butte, who
know him particularly well and are ia
miliar with his failings, have advanced
the theory that there may have been
foul play and that his body was thrown
into the Niagara river. Webster was a.
most convivial spirit. One of his
strange customs was to resort to COM
mon drinking places after the show
and be good fellow" to the hangers
on. It is surmised that he may have
visited such a resort at Niagara Falls,
and as he was always free with his
money. it is feared that.he may, by 4
display Of money, have invited an at
| tempt to rob him, with the result that
he was given knockout drops with
fntn "a w u q IN
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-27
THOUGHTS OF CHRISTMAS
Some of the Aftermath That
Follows the Natal Day.
CLERKS ARE OUT OF WORK
Holiday Rush Afforded Employment for
Many Annual Stock Taxing - The
Fellow Who Had to Work.
Flowers From California.

While last week was very busy one
in the stores of Butte, its close did not
mark the end of the really busy season
for the clerks. This week will be an
other grind" for the boys, and they
will not be entitled to the proverbial
sigh of relief until the clock strikes the
hour which ushers in the new year. All
this week will be devoted to annual
stock taking, and this is the hardest
work of the year in the big stores. In
ventories of all the stocks in Butte are
TO be made before the new year, and
in the big establishments this duty in
wolves a great amount of work for all
hands.
In some of the stores yesterday was
a day of annoyance. This because of
the fact that a great many presents
were bought late last week, which hap
pened not to be just the thing the re-
cipient needed, or if it didn't fit, and
will you please change it for size
larger or a size smaller? or, please,
Mister, I have five or six of these
things, and can't I exchange it for
somthing Of some value? So it went
all day in many of the stores, and what
could the poor fellows do but hustle
around and find what the customer
wanted?
There were many idle clerks yester-
day, too. They had been employed dur
ing the Christmas rush in the toy and
novelty stores, and of course trade in
these department has fallen off very
much since last Saturday night. Els
pecially hard hit are the girls; for they
in a great measure made up the extra
forces of the rush season, and they
. must, Of course, retire. But it was g
windfall for these girls who We're anX.
ious to find employment, if only for 6
few weeks, just preceding Christmas
The money they earned served the de
sired purpose. and as a consequence
many mothers and little sisters were
made happy Christmas morning, ant
all because the ambitious big sister
had the opportunity to earn a few
1nuch-needed dollars.
There We're more private Christina:
trees this year than ever before il
Butte. One can travel over the length
and breadth of the city, and in almos
all of the front windows he will see tht
gaily decorated trees with their load
of Christmas happiness. The merch
ants succeeded in selecting an eXcep
itionally beautiful and attractive 10
of tree ornaments this season, ant
there were many decidedly new an!
unique novelties. In the line of toy
be had. While the price of toys AM
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-27
New Train to California

Another cut in time via the Short
Line-Ogden route to all California
points.
Thirty hours, the quickest route to
Los Angeles. 90 hours, the quickest
route to San Francisco.
Only one change of cars Butte to San
Francisco.
Call or write US for excursion rates
and particulars.
City ticket office, No. 10 East Broad
way, Butte, Mont.
H. O. WILSON,
General Agent
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-27
A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
A Saloon and Several other Buildings at
Have,

Special Dispatch to TIE Standard.
Great Falls, Dec. 90 Havre dispatch
of tonight says that Charles q. Howells
saloon at that place was completely
wrecked this afternoon by an explosion of
an acetylene gas tank at that place and
several other buildings in the vicinity
badly damaged The whole town was
shaken by the violence of the explosion.
John Cowan, the day bartender, was ter
ribly injured. Charles Lane, porter and
two other men who Were in the place
were badly burned about the face. Lane
was filling the tank. when the escaping
gas ignited from a lighted gas jet in the
saloon. The west side of the saloon was
blown out and the place caught fire, but
was extinguished. Broadwater-Pepins
loss was $4,000. The aggregate loss was
$1,000, with insurance of s27Q0. The plant
had only recently been put in use.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-27
CHECKED His wife 10 Death.

Baltimore. Dec 2G-Frankln B. Liv-
ingston blind man, aged Sc years. chok-
ed his wife, Rosie Livingston. to death at
their home in this city. and then gave
himself up to the police. Livingston
claimed mis- wife tried to smother him in
a feather bed. but he succeeded in chok-
ing her and put her body in a bath tub.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-27

the city about four weeks ago, but the
patient has entirely recovered without
another person being infected. In justice
to the city health officers this statement
is made and also TO correct the impression
which prevails in some parts of the state
regarding the present health condition of
this city, which was never better.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-27
NO CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Great Falls Is Healthy City Mt This
Season.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Great Falls, Dec. 26.-As regards the
prevalence of contagious disease, Great
Falls is al present as much, if not more,
free than any other city in the state.
There is absolutely no smallpox whatever,
the only danger from that source being
cases from the outside, which may come
in from other points where the disease
has gotten beyond control. A few cases
of scarlet fever are in the city. possibly
six altogether, but are of a very mild
form and every case is quarantined.
One case of diphtheria was found in
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-27
Swintller Convicted.

New York. Dec. 26.-Eugene L. Packard.
who formerly conducted the Investment
Security company get-rich-quick insti-
tuition, Was to-day convicted in the federal
court of using the mails to further
schemes to defraud and was remanded for
sentence. Packard, it is alleged, former
ly ran the Hughes Investment company,
with an office in Wall street. His defense
was that he acted as agent for one James
S. Robinson, but was unable to produce
Pol
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-27
Cold, Smoky Weather

Has no terrors for families who burn
Kemmerer coal, because it holds a
good hot fire all night, thereby keeping
an even temperature in your house all
the time. We also handle Pennsyl-
vania anthracite, Montana Goals and
good dry wood. S. J. Monroe & Co, A
East Broadway. Phone 5SS.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-27
A Vicious Horse.

William Mclean was arrested last
night and booked at the city Jail on
a charge of hitching a vicious horse
on the street. Mclean hitched his
horse to a telephone pole and the horse
kicked pedestrian, injuring him quite
severely. Complaint was made to an
officer, who arrested Mclean.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-27
Lewis Again Arrested.

]. Lewis, who paid fine in the po-
lice court yesterday for assisting Jack
Foley to whip a woman. was arrested
again last night. Lewis got in an
other fight in the tenderloin and was
r11J, in,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-27
What $40 Will Do.

$40 will pay for one years subscrip-
ton to the Anaconda Standard and
your choice of either one of two hand
some volumes-"From the Atlantic to
the Pacific" or History of Spanish
American War" Cali at any Office of
the Standard or remit to the home
office at Anaconda.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-27
An Appropriate Xmas Gift.

Subscribe for the Standard-it will be
an acceptable visitor every day in the
year. Ten dollars pays for one year
and you may select one of the hand
some volumes offered free to those pay
ing year in advance.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-27
Scale Works Damaged by Fire.

Binghampton, N. Y. Dec. 26.-The Jones
scale works of this city was badly damag
ed by fire and water to-day. The fourth
floor of the main structure is in ruins and
the rest of the structure filled with the
manufactured product, is drenched. Loss,
$4,000.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-27

DR.. VIM. E. Dodd, eye specialist,
Shodair block, As West Park. Exam
nation free. Complicated optical de-
fects accompanied by nervousness a
speciality.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-27

ornamentation was not lower than for
merly, still the trinkets were new and
pretty.
Besides It was the day after the big
gest day in the year-and everybody
who knows all about such things rea-
Lies how hard it is to work when the
hat doesn't fit. 1t was the longest day
in the year for some and the shortest
for others. The man who tried to take
in everything on the programme and
made an effort to comply with the re-
quests of his companions, of course
felt like man who had just come
from the threshing machine, and work
was not to his liking a little bit; he
wished shat he had not enjoyed himself
so hugely. But then Christmas won't
come again until next year about this
time. and then the boys will have for
gotten all about what they said yes
terday with reference to not doing it
again, etc.
One of the merchants who had a
stock of toys not as large as some OF
his competitors said yesterday that he
had sold out every toy he had in the
store, but one, and this was a rubber
doll which had been returned seven
times for exchange because it had a
hole in it.
Many of the novelty stores gave tick
cts with every purchase amounting to
so much and the drawings for the
prizes will be held some time this week.
Some of the prizes are worth ones
while to try to win.
Friends and relatives who are spend
ing the winter in California sent many
boxes of beautiful flowers which adorned
the tables of the recipients. This is not
a good weather for flower culture in
the yards of Butte, besides there has
been more or less smoke to destroy
whatever vegetation there might be
here.
Hundreds Of home parties will be Civ
en- this week, and society will be busy
from now until the week after New
Years, and then something might turn
up to keep the ball rolling for another
month or two.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-27

White potatoes s120 hundred; onions
S1.65 hundred: sack -four Csc; sack
bread flour SIC. Cooks. 331 Sast Park.
The Washington bee., 1899-03-04

REAR R-ADMIRAL GEORGE DEWEY.
by wounds to resign. In 1885 he was
appointed Minister to China by Presi-
dent Cleveland, and held that post
until early in 1893 He was a mem
ber of the War Investigating Com
mittee which has just finished it's la
borS.
Rear-Admiral George Dewey cer-
tainly needs no introduction to the
American public. Calmly but effec-
lively he has fought the battles and
won the victories of the American
Navy in the Pacific. For his services
he received the thanks of Congress.
and has been made a Rear-Admiral.
He is now the senior officer on the ac-
tive list of the Navy, and will be re-
tired OH December 26, 1899, unless he
is sooner made an Admiral by Con-
greSS.
The efficient services that Gen;
eral Elwell S. Otis has rendered
shis country in crushing the insurrec-
fion in the Philippines have again
proved his ability to cooperate with
the Admiral. Gen. Otis was born in
Maryland in 1888, was graduated
from the University of Rochester at
The Washington bee., 1899-03-04
Luther as a Joker.

The Rev. William Conan. depicts
grim old Martin Luther as a man not
only fond of the good things of life
but of an almost Rabelaisian humor
Says Mr.. Conan: I'm 1916. during his
last visit to Eisleben, the conversation
having turned upon sickness and
death, Lutnep playfully said, IF | get
back to Wittenberg l will take TO good
eating and drinking, so that the worms
may have fine fat doctor to deyour
A grim joke, but it was the way of tbe
great man. The devil figures largely
In the jokes of the Reformer. Lutber's
devils were a set of athletic. cross
grained ill-conditioned wretches. with
vile shapes and fendish faces. who.
like the 'Killkrooph' of Germany. or
the Far Darrig' of Ireland, gave buf-
fet for buffet, hate for hate. and Joke
for joke. AT one time in the cIoisters
of Wittenberg he heard that peculiar
noise which attests the devils pres
ence. 1t came from behind stove.
resembling the sound of throwing a
faggct on the fire."
The Washington bee., 1899-03-04

acteristics, customs and requirements
of the people, his expert knowledge
will undoubtedly be a great help to-
ward solving the tangled problem of
the government of this dependency.
Colonel Charles DENLY served with
distinction as Minister to China for
thirteen years under four Administra-
tions. He was born in Virginia in
1880, and studied at Georgetown Uni
versity, from which he received the
degree of LII. ID. in 1885. In 1852 he
removed to Evansville, Ind, where he
became a lawyer. He served in the
Union Army in the Civil War, and
had reached the rank of Colonel of
Volunteers when he was compelled
The Washington bee., 1899-03-04
IMPORTANT COMMISSION
The Men Who Have Been Ap.
pointed to Consider Phil
ippine Problems.
THE FAMOUS QUINTET.
To Report on the Resources ano
Prospects for Trade in
the Islands.

A Brief History of the Men selected
They Are All Well Adapted for thu
Work I'm Hand and Their Report VIII
BE Awaited With Interest-Their Indf
vfdual Fitness
In spite of the number of books thai
are constantly appearing on the Phil
ippines, there is, nevertheless, wide
spread ignorance as to their actua
condition and needs. The President
has therefore chosen Commission
to investigate and report on the peo
pies, their customs and habits, theiI
education and capacity, the resources
and the prospects for trade in the isl
ands. The Commission is compoSed'
of the following men: Jacob q.
Schurman chairman, President OF
Cornell University; Dean c. Worces,
ter, professor in the University OF
Michigan; Colonel Charles DENLY, ex-
Minister to China; Rear Admiral
The Washington bee., 1899-03-04

JACOB GOULD SCHURMAN, LII. d.
George Dewey and Major General FL
well s. Otis. The latter two are al
ready on the spot, and have gained
extensive experience both in dealing
with the natives and in estimating
their desire and capacity for self-gov-
ernment. They also know the value
of the Philippines as colony from a
commercial, naval and military point
of view
Jacob Gould Schurman is looked I'D
on as most valuable man as head of
the Philippine Commission. DIR. Schur
man is the third President of Cornell
University, and was only thirty-eight
years old when he succeeded Charles
Kendall Adams in 1892 I, He has a
wide knowledge of National and State
affairs, is clear thinker. a forceful
writer and strong speaker. He first
went to Cornell in 1886 as professor
of philosophy, and became dean of the
newly established School of Philos-
Ophy in 1890. The broad spirit of
the man is shown by his notable ut
terance on the proposed arbitration
treaty with Great Britain: seTo sub-
sdtute the judicial determination of
international disputes for the arbitra-
ment of the sword is to give reason
and conscience authority over brute
force, thus constituting a new and
blessed epoch in the history of man.
kind. 1t is the noblest contribution TO
international law. Arbitration is the
soul of our foreign policy" DIR.
Schurman is a native of Freetown.
Prince Edward Island. He was grad
uated at Acadia College, Nova Scotia:
look the highest honors i'm Greek. Eng
llsh literature. political economy and
philosophy at the University of Lon
don. and received the degree of ID. Sc.
at Edinburgh in 1878. He also stud |
led at Paris, Berlin. Heidelberg and
GothnSen. From 1850 to 1856 he was
professor of literature and political
economy at Acadia College.
BECAUSE OF his special knowledge !
OF the islands. one Of the most useful
members of the Philippine Commits
sion Will be Professor Dean C. Wor-
cester. He is assistant professor of |
The Washington bee., 1899-03-04
A Royal Shrew.

When the Prince of Naples married
the daughter of the Prince of Monte
negro, he acquired one of the most
beautiful women in Europe as a life
partner. But her beauty does not ex-
tend TO her disposition, for she hectors
her diminutive husband-he is only
four feet eleventh way that would
be more diverting to the housebold if
they, too. did not suffer- Occasional
ly the Prince thinks he ought to assert
his authority, and things are fairly
lively for day or two in the princely
mansion.
The Washington bee., 1899-03-04

twenty, studied law and was admit
ted to the bar. Later he studied at
the Harvard Law School, where he
was graduated in 1860. Entering the
Army in 1862 as a captain in the 1O4th
New York Volunteers, he became q
colonel in 1864. He commanded bri-
gade in the Army of the Potomac.
and was severely wounded in battle
In the vicinity of Petersburg. and in
consequence Of his injuries he was
discharged and brevetted Brigadier-
General Of Volunteers In 1867 he en-
tered the Regular Army as lieuten-
ant-colonel of the 22d Infantry. and
became colonel Of the 10Th Infantry in
1850. During this time he was sery
The Washington bee., 1899-03-04
A C0aflv Rfhla

The most costly book in the royal
library at Stockholm is Bible. 1t is
no wonder that it is considered prec-
ious, for there is not another lust like
II IN the world. In weight and size
alone 1t is unique. 1t is said that 16O
asses skins were used for it's parch-
ment leaves. There are 300 pages of
writing. and each page falls but one
inch short of being a yard in length.
The width of the leaves is 20 inches.
The covers are solid planks four
inches thick.
The Washington bee., 1899-03-04
A Sea C,peCannt

A 'sea cocoanut' was picked mn on
the beach at Biddeford pool, Me. re-
Gently. 1t is solid mass of sea
mosses and grasses, punched by the
action of the sea and rolled into spher
ical shape. 1t is a queer-looking OBJ
ject and is regarded as a curiosity.
though dwellers by the beach say that
similar specimens are occasionally
picked up, some az large as a golden
pumpkin.
The Washington bee., 1899-03-04
STnIl9

Veyour lips
when you learn that your
Constitutions, bylaws, Ex-
curslon programs, &C., will
be printed when promised
in 6rst-class style.
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Are not a subscriber don't
fail to send in your name
at once. Only $2 per year
in advance. 20 cents per
month if not paid in
advance.
The Washington bee., 1899-03-04
Coin Hunting i'm Chin.

Hunting for old coin is such profit
able business in China that il iS
taught as an accomplishment in soma
of the schools.
The Washington bee., 1899-03-04

ing on the frontier against the In
dians. He then organized the infan-
try and cavalry school at I.eaven-
worth. Kan, which he conducted un-
til 1888. Since then until the recent
war he has served with his regiment
In Montana. He was made a Briga-
dier-General in the Regular Army. on
May 4, 1898. =
The Washington bee., 1899-03-04

zoology in the University of Michigan
and has written probably the most
valuable work on the Philippines of
the many that have appeared. Pro.
fessor Worcester has twice visitad
the islands, spending the wears Of
1SS1-SS and 1S90-'93 in studring ond
collecting the birds and animals Of
the Philippines. Both of the eyna5;-
tions in which he took part were nm
Official, and he has had exnerianca
with all classes of the population
from the Spanish officials to the wild,
est saVages. As he has made a care
full and systematic study of the char
The Washington bee., 1899-03-04
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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-13
TO SAVE INFANTS LIVES.
The Device of Cincinnati Woman
for the Home for the
Friendless,

Mrs. j. j. Gest, of the board of lady
managers of the home for the friendless
at Cincinnati, has suggested a plan
whereby the lives Of infants abandoned
by their parents may be saved. It is
that receptacle be placed in the entry
of the home, in which will be comfort
able clothing. The receptacle will be
connected by electric wires with an
alarm bell in the inside of the house
The slightest pressure will cause the
bell to ring. In this way the nurses
will receive INN ediate notice Of the ar
rival of an applicant for admission No
attempt will be made to discover the
identity of the person who left the in
FAINT in the receptacle.
Mrs. Gest passed several years. in
Paris during the education of her chill
dren, and the idea is in accordance with
plan in operation at Notre Dame hos
pital, in the French capital
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-13
LEARNING TO SHOOT.
Women of New York City Taking Up
the Use of the Rev01ver-The
Latest Fad of Society,",

It is no longer "the men behind the
guns but ''the men and women be-
hind the guns The truth is, the wom-
en- of New York city are just as we'll
armed nowadays as the men, and some
of them can shoot just as well. In
the better walks of life the pistol is
fast becoming a common thing in wom-
ems hands. The women don't want
them for revenge or killing people they
have grudges against, but to protect
themselves and their homes.
'"There doesn't a day pass" said
dealer in military equipments, that
some woman doesn't come in here for
a revolver. Only to-day one asked for
a goldmounted army revolver
So great is the demand now that the
big jewelry stores are keeping gold
and silver mounted revolvers, and some
inlaid with pearls. Some of them are
beautiful pieces of the jewelers. art
and cost up into three figures. The
average price of these fancy shooting
irons is from so to SIS, though it runs
as high as $3.50.
Society has taken up revolver prac
tice as fad too. Miss Greta Pomeroy
is a crack shot, and so is her friend,
Miss Marion Fish, daughter of Mrs.
Stuyvesant Fish. Mrs. Adolph Laden
burg is another handy one with the
revolver