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DEATH OF CHARLES ]. WAGNER.
His Businers in the Bitter Root Valley
Not Strictly Correct.

Not Strictly Correct
Charles J. Wagner died yesterday
morning at the Sisters hospital after
brief illness of pneumonia. Mr.. Wag-
ner had been in the Bitter Root val
ley ostensibly in the interest of w.
H. Orr, a real estate dealer of this
city, his mission being to dispose OF
Butte City addition lots. He was a
warm personal friend of H. H. Nc
Cord who is under bonds to appear in
court on charge Of adultery. Wag-
ner was subpenaed by the defense to
appear in Justice Bliss court yester-
day and on this summons he came to
Butte.
Mr.. Orr signed an agreement with
Wagner some time ago whereby the
latter was to sell lots on commission.
Mr.. Orr called at the Standard Office
last night to say that while 1T was re-
ported that Wagner was in his en-
ploy. he desired to explain that he
would not have been any longer than
it takes an employer to tell an en-
ploye that the latter's services are no
longer required.
II have learned that Wagner and
McCord were in Missoula carrying on
in way not tolerated by strictly
scrupulous business men. Wagner sent
for money on different occasions, and I
received message from the bank upon
which the drafts were made that the
payee was not entitled to any money
consideration. So you can see that he
would have been discharged from our
service had he lived. 1t Is an unfortu-
nate affair all around, but feel that in
justice to our patrons that an explana-
tion Is necessary. Wagner was en-
ployed upon recommendation. I was
not personally acquainted with him."
do you know where McCord is?" he
was asked.
II do not, and don't think anybody
else knows where he Is"
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Mines at Neibart.

Great Falls, Dec. 1.-THE Preston
raise in the Florence mine Is now up
two thirds Of the way to the surface
and the ledge is large and we'll defined.
The miners have never been out of ore
and the facility of work is easily I'M
derstoed when 1t is known that they
are putting In five sets Of timbers a
week The raise is still pitching well
to the west, and at present the work
is % or 80 feet west of the Florence
side line. There is no longer any
doubt that the raise will hole through
So or 10 feet west of the Florence side
line, showing the apex on Preston's
ground.
The raise which the Florence people
are running on the same vein 30 feet
north of the Preston raise to prove
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HE WAS BOUND OVER.
u. n Wedeman Is Accused of Making
False Reports.


False Reports.
The case of ID. N. Wedeman, charged
with making false reports of his col
lections to the International Core
spondence schools of Scranton, Pa, Of
which he was the Butte agent, was
tried in Justice Smiths court in South
Butte yesterday. Wedeman was his
own counsel in the case. The charge
against him is that he failed to make
proper and correct reports to the school.
Several witnesses were examined and
they showed the receipts for money
they had paid to Wedeman for their
tuition. The reports of the ex-resident
agent were introduced in evidence,
showing the discrepancy.
Wedeman admitted taking the money,
but his defense was that the school
owed him the amount he is charged
with misappropriating. He was or
dered held to the district court, and the
justice fixed his bonds at $1,000, which
at a late hour last night he had not
furnished. County Attorney Connolly
and his chief deputy, Cornelius Kelley,
represented the state.
H. H. james is now in charge of the
correspondence schools agency here.
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the apex on their own ground. is
within go feet of the surface. The work
men have left the vein and are fol-
lowing a seam which they hope will
land them on Canaan's shore. The rock
is hard, solid granite and the miners
are scarcely putting In more than one
set week. They had eight Or nine
weeks the start of Preston, but the
latter will hole through a month ahead
of the former. Preston's raise has
not 'veered particle to follow any
other than the right course, and it is
hard to see the advantage the Florence
hopes to gain by leaving the vein.
The management of the Florence has
maintained the utmost secrecy regard
ing progress in their raise, having
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OTHER MARK ETs.
Omnha Live Stock.

Omaha, Dec. -Cattle-Receipts, 1900.
Market about steady. Native beef steers,
81. 4oG6; Western steers. s414.75; Texas
steers. So. T514 %: cows and heifers, 50 ,251
ABS; Gamers, S2.256s.25; stockers and
feeders, ss.5OG4.75 calves, 50. 50dI6. rs; bulls
and stays. $2.50@3.S5.
Hogs-Receipts, $500. Market a shade
higher. Heavy S3.S772G3. 95; mixed, 50. 9od
1856; light, s3.9544; bulk of sales, So. GOA
S.95.
sheep-Receipts. 21,00O. Market steady,
Fair to choice Westerns, s4d4. 25; COM
mon and stock sheep. $3.6oa3.95; lambs,
81. 2515. 80.
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months are: Hugh I. Wilson, James
Finlen, Z. B. Weirick, ]. e. Price and
D. M. Newbro The company will do
an exclusive wholesale business and will
sell only to dealers. The store will be
located in South Butte, the building
which was fitted up for the Montana
Soap works having been secured by the
new company.
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Instantly Killed.

Great Falls, Dec. 11.-John Kron, a
section foreman on the Great Northern,
was instantly killed at Nyack Thurs
day. Kron was removing the hand car
on which he had been riding from the
track, when a freight engine, which
he was trying to clear the track for,
struck him in the back, killing him in
stantly. So far as known he has no
relatives in the state. He was buried
at Kalisnell
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He Will Explain.

Great Falls, Dec. Ill M. Robbins
and William Ivory, engaged in a fistic
encounter in one of the beer halls last
night, and when Robbins appeared to
swear out complaint this afternoon
his face looked like it had been step
ped on. Ivory put up cash bail and
will explain the affair to Judge Haw
kins Tomorrow
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Discussed Insurance

Great Falls. Dec. 1.-THE meeting
of the employees of the B. & NJ. smelter
in this city, held Saturday evening to
consider the matter of again carrying
an insurance of some kind, decided
that an insurance similar to that for
merly carried was desirable if it could
be secured at a reasonable rate. A
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Will Solicit Loans.
school

Great Falls, Dec. 1.-THE school
board at it's last meeting decided to
go out and solicit loans from the citi-
zens OF the district and see how much
could be raised in that manner. As
many of the board are busy just at
present in matters of their own, it Is
probable that the committee will not
begin until next Monday the 18th
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An Innocent Child.

To the Editor Of the Standard.
In this mornings issue. under dis
owns Her Daughter" Mrs. Leonard
says some very cruel things of her
daughter Sadie. I would like to make
few corrections. In the first place,
Sadie is living with me- and is In my
employ and has been since she left
home. She is a simple, innocent child,
and greatly wronged. Respectfully,
MRS. MADDEN, 353 East Broadway.
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inst, unless some one should see fit
to take the matter UP before that time.
This statement Is made for the reason
that some people are not aware that
the board of trustees had decided on q
course to pursue. Those who are will
ing to put up will have every opportu-
nity,
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A Heavy Fall.

London, Dec. n.-Following the slump
in the United States there has been
heavy fall in tin here. After touching
11S the price recovered to 115B for cash
and three months. The failure of I. x
Kingsford & Co. in the tin trade was an
nounced. B. J. Marks. a broker, has fall
ed, owing to the decline in the Austrian
market.
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San Frnncisco Wool.

San Francisco, Dec. n.-Spring wools-
Nevada, 12a15c; Eastern Oregon. 12@l6c;
valley Oregon, 1Sd20c. Fall wools-North-
ern mountain lambs, 10@12c; mountain
lambs, sd10c: San Joaquin plains, 791oc;
Humboldt and Mendocino, 15@l6c.
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London Quotations.

London, Dec 11.-Anaconda, eSi4. bar
silver quiet at gid per ounce: money, 4is9
5 per cent The rate of discount in the
open market for short bills Is 6 per cent,
for three-month bills, per cent.
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served imperative orders on their en-
tire force, forbidding them to speak
to Preston's men. or even to recognize
them on the street.
The Florence paid it's stockholders
5 cent dividend Dec. 1.-Neihart Her
aid
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D1S-koR. Soo'N' IN curing tIls Class OF dls-.
eases and will guarantee you a permanent cure
thought their cases hopeless. All letters private
Write for question blank. Consultation free.
Medicines sent free from observation.
Cook fledical Co. I6as Curtis ST. Denver, Col,
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Treasury Statement,

Washington. Dec. n.-To-day's state
ment of the condition of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance, s2S7, 49,
$40; gold reserve, S241, S25, 574.
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Boston, Dec. 11.-Boston & Montana,
2S91s; Butte & Boston, 52ls; Parrot, 3414;
Utah, 31ia.
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Incorporated.

The Montana Drug company was in
corporated yesterday with a capital
stock of 100000. The incorporators and
directors of the company for the six
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Private and Chronic Diseases OF Men

Men suffering from evil CT
fects of youthful indiscre.
tons, syphilis, gonorrhoac
gleet, structure, Q sexutl
weakness, varioocele, I'M
natural discharges, lost
vitality, failing memory,
unitness to marry, blood
skin, kidney or private dis
eases, are speedily erred.
DIR. COOK has spent 50
years of persistent study
and experience in his owl
practice and among th
largest Eastern hospitals
IF "
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Hennessy's opening to-day Of fine
china, bric-a- brac. cut glass, statuary
and toys in the basement bazaar. Don't
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For the holidays order a case of
hunters celebrated bottled beer. Call
up Butte Brewery, phone 252.
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MedieynI French Bexears

The rank and file of the beggars
were divided into distinct classes, each
following some particular form OF
mendicity to which strict attention
was demanded. One had to be a spe-
cialist and stick to his own line of busi-
ness; the general practitioner was &C
corded no recognition. The subjects
OF the king of Argot kept no chronicles;
consequently our knowledge OF the
beggar dynasty is somewhat limited.
Three kings, however, managed 10
make names for themselves in history:
Ragot, Scion in Rags, who founded
the monarchy and drew up system Of
laws for its government; Anacreon,
who, wrapped in n mantle of thousand
pieces, collected aims while riding an
ass through the streets of Paris. and a
monarch who is known to us as the
king of Tunis. The latter reigned for
three years only, and was broken on
the wheel at Bordeaux because his ideas
of personal liberty differed from those
of the French government, whose min
ions happened to be stronger than his
own. At stated periods the French
beggars held general parliament at
Sainte Anne d'Auray, in Brittany,
where means were discussed for the
advancement of mendicity in all its
branches. What gathering it must
have been! What fantastic, night
mare-like assemblage of rags and tat
tersi-Lppincott's.
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you lose anything when you were
struck? Have you watch or money"
Tom interrupted him with hoarse
cry and sat bolt upright.
''My belt!" he painted, wildly.
His hands went to his waist and
then the full force of his loss burst upon
him.
1t was gone!
The unfortunate young man looked
stupidity at the sailor a moment, then
he broke into meaningless laughter and
fell back upon the bed. The blow had
robbed him of his scattered senses and
he tainted.
When the doctor reached his side a
few hours later, Tom was suffering
from brain fever and could not be
moved. The second mate had sum-
moned Capt. Coffin and now turned to
him, saying:
Eve can't leave him alone and with
out a cent. was going to try my luck
| up north in the mines, but hang me if
I'll leave him this way. I'm going to
stay alongside the poor chap till he gets
| well or dies, if it takes every red I've
| got!"
| Put it there!" roared the bluff old
skipper, holding out his hard fist
You're man, you are. But there's
plenty of money belonging to him in
my safe, and you needn't use cent OF
yours. See he has the best care and
call on me for the pay when you need
it."
That afternoon the northern train
included Obed Rider among its passen-
gers, while Tom Scott tossed uneasily
from side to side, rambling on about
secret trails and gold mines until til.
stout sailor by his side shook his head
sorrowfully as he glanced at the burn.
ing cheeks and growled:
I'm afraid the poor fellow has got
his discharge
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little cry of establishment and dropped
on his knees by the wounded man, ex-
claiming:
by thunder, Ned, know this man.
He was passenger with us! If it isn't
Mr.. Scott, I'm sinner! Somebody has
knocked him on the head and gone
through him! Bring the light He
may be hurt bad!"
AS he spoke Tom moaned and stirred
upon the bed. Then he opened his eyes.
and struggled with a wild look into a
half-erect position.
whats all this!' he groaned
where am II"
Its all right. Mr.. Scott" replied n
familiar voice. You are with friend
Better lie down awhile till you feel bet
ter"
Tom looked at him in bewildered
fashion, blinking his eyes in the glare
of the lamp which the third man held
close to him.
"Mr. Green!" he said, wonderingly.
eyes, SIR" replied the second mate
of the Seabird, cts me. 1 happened
along just in time. Are you hurt much
Let me look at your head"
'My head?" repeated Tom, who had
no clear conception of where he was or
whether he was asleep or awake.
EYES," replied his rescuer, lifting the
hair on the top of his head as he spoke.
You were knocked down on the street
and 1 found you there. was going
down to the vessel after some things /
left there and 1 stumbled over a man
on the sidewalk l had no idea it was
you, but couldn't let chap lie there
in the mud, so we took you in here.
This is my room. I've left the Seabird
you know. I'm off for the gold mines
in the Klondike if can get there"
The last word acted like magic upon
Tom.
"The Klondike!" he repeated. Eyes,
I remember. 1t all comes to me now. /
forgot where I was. remember now
1 was attacked on the street, Some
body came up behind and struck mel"
That's it. Then I came along and
found you. You've got an ugly cut on
the head, but 1 don't think it will
amount to anything after you rest
awhile. There is no doctor round here
that 1 know of, and I'll just put bit
of plaster on it for you if you don't
mind. You can get it looked at to-mor-
row if you want to-"
The third man held the light while
this was done and then left the second
mate with his patient, who asked:
who was that?"
81 hire this room of him." was the
reply. "He helped me bring you in
from the street."
"You are very good" said Tom. "but
it's late and I'm keeping you out of your
bed
As he spoke he tried to rise. but the
other restrained him.
"You are not well enough yet" he
said, kindly Better rest awhile. Did
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CHAPTER V.
RIDER GETS A SURPRISE.

Obed Rider was far from easy in his
mind as the train sped on, leaving San
Francisco behind. He had slept On
board the vessel the previous night un-
til the noise of the second mate arous-
ing the captain had awakened him.
They did not call him, knowing the en-
nifty that had existed between himself
and Tom, but he overheard enough to
tell him that Tom was alive. although
badly hurt and out of his head with
fever.
He knew Tom was in utter ignorance
of the identity of his assailant. but had
he been aware of the loss of the belt ?
Would the skipper remember the tine
he had seen the mate coming out of
Toms room and place any new sig
nificance on the incident?
A guilty conscience made him imag-
inc all sorts of dangers to himself, and
he trembled each time the train stopped
at station lest an officer should be
in wait for him
But nothing of the kind happened.
and in due time he reached Seattle.
Here things seemed more encouraging,
for he was fortunate enough to find a
man who had engaged passage ON q
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500 Reward 800.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Cata-rh
being constitutional disease, requires a
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Cure is taken internally, acting directly
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assisting nature in doing its work. The
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Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
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HORSE SENSE.
The Equine Animal Has None and Is
Easily Frightened and
Runs Away.

1t is peculiarly appropriate that some
cold facts about the horse be laid be-
fore the public at the present time.
These will substantiate the assertion
that the horse is an animal of extraor-
dinarily little sense-using the word as
synonymous with judgment. He has
remarkably delicate perception. cou-
pied with very slight power of correla-
ton. He is therefore subject to seizure
at any moment with fits of the most
violent insanity, induced at the slight
est provocation. This, together with
the enormous reserve strength of the
animal, makes him an exceedingly dan
gerous engine to be practically given
the freedom of the road in our populous
communities. Only familiarity makes
the peril seem endurable.
1t is quite natural that the horse
should have a nature so unbalanced
mentally, evolved, as he is, from an
ancestor who was one of the most timid
of wild animals, possessing no weapons
of offense or defense, and therefore
finding his only safety in flight. He had
ever to be on the alert, with his keen
senses Oh perCcPlioh S'oi eohSe' iSouy
to urge him into mad gallop at the
slightest movement, or rustling of a
leaf, which perhaps might betray the
neighborhood of some lurking beast of
prey about to spring upon him and tear
his life out with decorating claws or
teeth. 1t is no wonder, therefore, that
at any unaccustomed sight, noise,
touch or motion the horse of to-day,
in spite of countless centuries of train
ing in the service of man, under the
ancestral impulse that dominates his
most intensely nervous organization,
should still be seized with an ungoyern-
able terror that expresses itself in a
mad onward rush whose frightful pow
er is fraught with destruction for
everything about him.-Automobil
MapaZine.
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A Little Too Soon.

A professor was going to experiment with
laughing gas sThen he overheard student
say that if he were selected for subject he
would take advantage of his supposed coma
to tell the professor what he thought of him.
When the class met the professor an
of illustration, to administer the gas to some
member of the class. Forthwith this stu
dent volunteered.
The gas bulb was connected with his
mouth. He pretended to be very much en-
cited and began to abuse the professor
roundly. The old man let him go on for
awhile; but the class roared when the pro.
lessor said he needn't be so irresponsible
the gas had not been turned on yet.-Col'
lier's Weekly
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A sound sleeper.

"Queer case of that western man IL
New York Saturday night, wasn't it 2
what was that?"
"Went to sleep sitting on fire ny
drant. Fire broke out in the neighbor
hood, firemen coupled on to hydran
and pumped away for two hours with
out disturbing him. Fire kept getting
closer, and pretty soon the western mai
began to feel warm. Then he hal
awoke, stretched himself and muttered
'Darned glad laid here long enough TO
Maria to git up an make the fire. y
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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woman,s strong Left Arm.

About "a women in 100 are stronger
in the left arm than they are in the
right; women, too, are more frequently
equally strong in both arms than are
men.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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a New Woman Of Mrs. Kuhn.


lLkTEhk TO MAS. xiNkHAN NO. o<,4o2l
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-I think it is
my duty to write to you expressing
my sincere gratitude for the wonder
full relief have experienced by the use
of Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. I tried different doctors, also
different kinds of medicine. / would
feel better at times, then would be
as bad as ever.
For eight years I was great suf-
ferer. had falling of the womb and
was in such misery at my monthly
periods could not work but little
before would have to lie down. Your
medicine has made new woman of me.
1 can now work all day and not get
tired. thank you for what you have
done for me. I shall always praise
your medicine to all suffering women. "
Mis-. E. E. KUHN, GERMANo, OHIO.
81 have taken eight bottles of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and used two packages of your Sana-
tive Wash, also some of the Liver Pills,
and I can say that your remedies will
do all that you claim for them. Before
taking your remedies was very bad
with womb trouble, was nervous, had
no ambition, could not sleep, and my
food seemed to do me no good. Now 1
am well, and your medicine has cured
me. Twill gladly recommend your med
icine to every one wherever CO.,
MRS. M. L. SHEARS, GUN MARSH, MICH.
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Dropsy treated free by Dr. H. Fl. Green's
Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists IN the world. Read their adver.
tisement IN another column of this paper.
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The Best Prescription for China.
md Fever il bottle of GROVES TAsTELRss
CHILL ToN1C. 1t u simply iron and quinine In
Rtasteless form. No cuze-no pay Price.5Oc.
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stin More counterfeit,.x.

The Secret Service has just unearthed an
sther band Of counterfeiters and secured a
srge quantity OF bogus bills, which are 90
would never suspect them of being spurious
Things of great value are always selected for
imitation, notably Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters,. which has many imitators but no equals
Tor disorders like Indigestion, dyspepsia, CON
stipation, nervousness and general debility,
heck of the bottle.