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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-26
WEDNESDAY, APRIL &c, 1899.
TWELVE PAGES.
Welcome to Them!

1--WE and all, the good people of
W Anaconda extend greeting and
a cordial welcome to the mem
bers Of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, to whom, with the best it
can furnish, this city belongs to-day.
The gathering will be representative of
odd fellowship in the state of Mon
tana, and it is gratifying to know that
the venerable order has its full share
of relative strength in our young COM
monwealth because it is an order that
bears a good name and does a good
work
Odd fellowship is an American insti-
tuition. 1t had it's prototype, perhaps,
in England, and the traditions are that
immigrants from that country insti-
tuted the first lodge in the United
States. The order celebrates to-day
dts eightieth birthday Its aims
are social and benevolent Its growth
has been rugged; its membership is
hardly less than three quarters of
million; it's possessions represent many
millions of money-probably twenty
five Of them; Its statistics show graf
flying growth and give promise of
greater future.
Our friends in the ranks of odd fell
lowship have their lodges and encamp-
ments, their titled officers, their par
aphernalia, their secrets and signs and
signals. With all this symbolism the
large public is not acquainted But
almost every community in this land
knows of the outward manifestations
of odd fellowship; it can be said that
the order is held everywhere in respect;
the proofs of its beneficent work find
frequent outward manifestation in the
ministering to the sick and in acts of
charity toward the needy.
BY the programme that has been an
nounced, this is to be a gala day for
Montana odd fellowship. The lodge
building for which the foundations have
already been laid is to be graced with
its corner stone, and the formal exer-
cises in the Margaret theater will I'M
doubtedly be an occasion of account
not only to the members of the order
but to the citizens of Anaconda, who,
although not initiated into the mys-
teries, will be welcomed as members of
to-day's audience.
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Speaker Reeds Shoes.

N the eastern press there is a sort of
consensus of opinion to the effect
that Congressman Sherman, a New
York house member, will have a good
lead in the speakership race, in the
event that Mr.. Reed abandons public
life, as gossip says he is about to. At
the outset, Sherman is credited with the
support which Speaker Reed himself
could deliver and that, in any event,
would be an item of account.
Western men of much wider reputa-
ton than Sherman have been mention
ed for this honor. Sherman's strength
is said to lie in the fact that the Mid
die West will furnish several strong
candidates and that their division of
forces will help the New York man
out. But it may not be so solid, even
in New York, if Mr.. Payne, present
chairman of the house ways and means
committee, concludes to make the race
he certainly will if he gets a reason
able amount of encourag cement
Mr.. Payne is long way from being
what you would call a brilliant man:
his drift is in the opposite direction.
In measure, what he lacks in gifts he
makes up in experience-he has had
seven or eight terms in congress, and
that constitutes an exception to the rule
for New York's representation. When
the last congress was organized, 1t was
accepted as a sort of matter of course,
Payne having sought the speakership,
with good backing, that Reed would
appoint him chairman of the ways and
means committee. But Speaker Reed
violated the theory that Maine
shouldn't have everything and when he
took the speakership he named Mr..
Dingley for the head of the ways and
means committee. with Payne in second
place. When MIR. Dingley died Payne
took the Craftsmanship. 1t will be urg
ed in his behalf that if the speakership
is to go to New York, by all that is
just Payne ought to have it; but by all
the testimony of the eastern press
Payne evidently is not seriously in it
and sherman has the strength that will
tell
Sherman, too, has had a succession of
terms IN the house of representatives.,
although the country has heard a good
deal less about him than about some
other men in the house. He repres ants
an inland district of New York-his
place of residence is Utica, the city that
was Roscoe Conkling's home; he was
young fellow lately out of college
and just getting along in the law books
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at the time when Conklings career ir
public life reached it's sorry climax.

at the time when Conkling's career in
public life reached it's sorry climax.
If New York gets the speakersnip
this time, that will be a departure from
the presidents. 1t is one of the odd
things in this country's political doings
that the Empire state has been repre-
scented only twice during the history of
the government in the office of speaker.
and for these two terms John w. Tay-
lor, whom the world has forgotten, was
the incumbent They were not consecu-
tive terms; Taylor served one term dur
ing the Monroe administration and one,
some five years later, when John Quin-
cy Adams was president. The office
of speaker has passed around in Curl
Gus way. The South has had a good
share of terms in it; the West has been
practically without representation in it;
the Middle West feels that it has been
disregarded in speakership selections.
Maine appears to have held the office
in recent times, although that state
never had been represented in the
speakership until the advent of James
G. Blaine in the desk, thirty years ago.
Like some other states, New York's
infrequent representation in the speak
ership is undoubtedly due to the fact
that that states proportion of strong
men in the house has not been large,
and that condition, in turn,
may be due to the fact that,
as rule, it has not been the
policy in the New York districts to
favor strong men with several terms of
service. In most of the districts, be-
sides the incumbent, there have been
too many others who have wanted to
shine in the lower house.
AS far as the pending rivalry is con-
cerned, New York, if she presents two
candidates in the republican caucus,
will not be an exception. Mr.. Cannon
would like to be speaker, but Mr.. Hop
kins, also of Illinois, is ambitious for
the honor. Mr.. Dalzell thinks he is the
right man for the place, but the Quay
Pennsylvanians will not fail ito get a
candidate for their state with whom to
oppose Dalzel.. OF course, Grosvenor,
of Ohio, wants to be Reeds successor,
but Mr.. Burton, Of that state, proposes to
be in the race. Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa,
has been prominently mentioned" but
so also has Mr. Hull, who lives in Iowa,
while Congressman Hepburn thinks
that Iowa ought certainly to be for
him. There's no lack of candidates.
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They Might Be Right.

to the tn" cos snsssf business hst 's:stss
over the wires Monday night,
the press reports included a snatch of
German which the Berlin pr-ss as
said to have used in accounting f Jr
what the captain of the Raleigh had
said. The press hereabluts made :,
good, hard stagger ut It, in the effort
to send these German words through
American Mergenthalers-but not
with gratifying success in all instances,
it must be confessed
But the average telegraph editor in
the American newspaper office is as
good as the rest of the tribe at guess
ing. So that if the spelling of the
Teutonic wasn't up to lexicon stand
ard, these editors, aided by the paren-
thesis which the press report carried,
We're able to say that, in the opinion
of the Berlin editors, Coghlan was car
rying more wine than good ballast calls
for when he fired, right and left, his
oratory about what Dewey came pretty
1t is doubtless true that Captain
Coghlan didn't particularly help things
when he talked about the late unpleas-
antness in Manila waters Possibly the
Dewey fleet was "nagged and nagged"
by the conduct of the German admiral.
But as the result of it all, the United
States didn't have serious trouble with
Germany; we didn't want it; we
weren't seeking it. One day, so the
American public was told, Dewey let
Dietrich understand that it would be
prudent and proper for him 20 keep out
of the line of American fire
That suggestion evidently served its
useful purpose. The American pubic
is satisfied to let the incident drop, al
though our people can easily forgive
Coghlan if on his return home his pa
triotism bubbles a little. They would
even condone it If the captain We're &c
make passing foreign compli2 ,;ion Of
himself-although all of our Phlippine
experience is bringing the American
public rapidly to the conviction that a
little of that sort of business goes q
long way; and we aren't craving
any very large quantity of it in ours.
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A Hitch Once More.

TT is certain that Senator Carter is
going to have a summers job that
will keep him busy in his effort to
get President Mckinley headed west
ward and keep him headed that way
until he has swung around the circle
of the Rocky Mountain constituencies.
For this proposed presidential jaunt.
Mr. Carter has had everything fixed
up, two or three times, or even more
than that. There can be no doubt that
when it comes to urging, Mr.. Mckin-
ley has been sufficiently urged. And
in this pressing of Montana's courte-
sizes upon the attention of President
Mckinley, we discover in this morn
ing's correspondence from the Stand
ards Washington office, that Senator
Carter has been very ably seconded
by Maj. w. w. Anderson.
Now, we submit to the free and un-
trammeled citizens Of Montana that if
this dual force cannot be potent to per-
suade the president of the United
States, where is the aggregation that
can? Yet we read in this mornings
correspondence from Mr. Hosford that
the presidents proposed summer trip
to the Rocky Mountain states appears
to be off again'-which we construe
to mean that, in making out his sum-
mer itinerary, the president is off in
the wrong direction once more. The
side contract between President Nc
kinley and the Major, as we UNDER
stand it, was that if the president came
west at all, he would not give Mon
tana the go-by.
OF itself, this much certainly is at
once a credit to the president and a
tribute to the Majors aptness in the
art of diplomacy. Yet we do firmly be-
1ieve. leaving Senator Carter quite out
of the reckoning. that if the Major
would stand by and stay right with
it long enough, President Mckinley,
by the force of conditions and environ
ment, would come west and come to
Montana. He would simply have to;
in his day and generation the gallant
Major from the Galatin has won big
ger victories than that.
Here Is a case where, by ally that
Montana holds dear. the Major might
rush in where Carter fears to tread.
We believe that, as usual he will be
irresistible. To be sure Mr.. Hosford,
of the Standards Washington office,
recites the facts about Major Alder
son and then adds that the proposed
western trip appears to be off, That
happens because Mr.. Hosford doesn't
know the Major well--not, at least,
as we all know him. In view of this
mornings news, get your partners
ready, gentlemen of Montana, for the
advent of the president Of the United
States
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Foraker to the Fore Again.
n 20 man who keeps casual track of
M political affairs in Ohio need to
ho ipf


be informed that Senator For
aker is as active as ever-that goes
without saying. A little thing like the
McKisson defeat in Cleveland's recent
municipal election is not one of the
kind of things that can throw Mr. For
eker down or seriously disConcert nim
In fact, the senator is friskier than ever
so they say. Things are in shape FOR
a Foraker eruption at any moment
Ohio is RECALLED with guesses as to
whether the Foraker faction will try
to get McKisson nominated for COVER
nor at the next republican state con-
vention, or whether it will try Bush
nell again, or whether it may not reck-
on it to be adroit politics even to take
up Mayor Jones, whose fame is rapidly
widening.
Is regular and he furnishes a good
issue, it being admitted that his defeat
is due, in part at least, to the fact
that Hanna knitted him. Apparently
Mr. Hanna holds the top hand just now
in Ohio, but the republican pendulum
swings without ceasing there, and the
next state election is as likely as not
20 find Foraker on top. AS for Mayor
Jones, he is head and body outside Of
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~ HAT part of the current politi-
cal gossip which relates to Vice
President Hobart's intentions
is, to all appearance, warranted by the
facts. Altogether probable it is that
Mr.. Hobart will not be on the McKin-
ley ticket in the year 1900 This hap
pens because of circumstances over
which Mr.. Hobart has no control. If he
were a we'll man, or likely to be one,
he would probably be seriously consid-
cred by Mr.. Hanna, who has all ,.he
say. for second place in next years
national republican struggle. But Mr..
Hobart is not robust nor, on the testi-
mony of those who doubtless know, is
he likely to be. Indeed, his rally from
the recent prostration that attracted
public interest is said to have been lit
tie short of miracle. 1t is said to
be even doubtful whether Mr.. Hobart
will preside over the senate at the next
session, so delicate is his health. Pres
ent signs are that Mr.. Frye, as the pro-
tempore officer, will do most of the PIE
siding next winter.
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Personal Notes.

John Henry McCracken, son Of the
chancellor of New York university, has
been elected president of Westminster
college, Fulton, Mo.
Horace f. Barnes, formerly of fremont
Temple, Boston, has accepted the place
OF financial director of the Cuban Indus
trial Relief fund.
Susan B. Anthony, although nearly 50
years old. announces that she will attend
the international council of women in
London next June. This will be her sec
ond visit abroad.
The will of the late Miss May Moran of
Baltimore gives $4,000 for the endowment
of the chair of Celtic in the Catholic uni
versty at Washington for the preserva-
ton of the Gaelic language.
Robert r. Hit, chairman of the foreign
relations committee of the last congress,
began life as a newspaper reporter, went
to Washington as a correspondent and
then entered the diplomatic service.
Rear Admiral Howison, who has been
ordered to the command of the South At
lantic squadron, had for his last sea duty
the trying OUT of the since famous bat
teship Oregon. He then predicted Won
ders for her.
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Young Ohio Democrats Leading.
n the Columbus Press-Post.

From the Columbus PreSs-Post.
The young men in Ohio who have re-
Gently rallied to the support of the demo-
cratic party, giving it new life and vigor,
are sufficient in number and strong
enough in earnestness to entitle them to
the right-nay, the duty-of shaping the
party's policy and naming it's candidates
in the guherna toriai campaign now ap-
preaching.
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-12-18

Quaker banker of Birmingham, and a
correspondent of Lambs.
The letter runs as follows:
Dear Gutch-Anderson is not come
home, and l am almost afraid to tell
you what has happened lest it should
seem to have happend by my fault in
not writing for you home sooner.
This morning Henry, the eldest lad,
was missing, we supposed he was only
gone out on a mornings stroll and that
he would return, but he did not return
and we discovered that he had opened
your desk before he went and I sup
pose taken all the money he could find,
for on diligent search l could find none,
and on opening your Letter to Ander-
son, which / thought necessary to get
at the key, learn you had a good deal
Of money there. Several people have
been here after you today and the boys
seem quite frightened and do not know
what to do.
In particular, one gentleman wants
to have some writings finished by
Tuesday-For Gods sake set out by
the first coach. Mary has been cry
ing all day about it, and I am now just
going to some law stationer in the
neighborhood that the eldest boy has
recommended to get MIN to come and
be in the house for day or two, to
manage. l cannot think what detains
Anderson. His sister is quite frightened
about him. I am very sorry l did not
write yesterday, but Henry persuaded
me to wait till he could ascertain
when some job must be done Cat the
furthest) for Mr.. Foulkes, and as moth
ing had occurred besides I did not like
to disturb your pleasures. I now see
my error and shall be heartily ashamed
to see your"
(That is as far as the letter goes on
the first page. We then turn over and
find Gas Clutch, to his immense relief,
found before us) written right across
both pages):
GA Bite-Anderson is come home and
the wheels Of thy business are going
as ever The boy is honest and
am thy friend.
|'And how does the coachmaker's
daughter? Thou art her Phaeton, her
Gig and her Sociable. Commend me
to Robe. Lamb, Saturday
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HOW PERUVIANS CELEBRATE.
Christmas Eve a Season Of Jollifica-
tion-Bull Fights After Church.

A Christmas celebration in Peru has
| peculiar features. In the cities, ana
more especially IN Lima, there are be-
wildering scenes of activity on Christ
mas eve. The streets and square are
crowded with a gaily dressed people.
| Droves of asses are to be seen in every
direction laden with fruit, boughs from
| the mountains, liquors and other mer-
chandise Ice stalls provided with
chairs and benches, are crowded by
| the perspiring pleasure seekers, who
find ice necessary on sultry Christmas.
AS night approaches the streets are
packed with noisy people, and joke
and jest and merry FRANKS become the
rule. These are participated in mostly
| by strangely attired persons in masks.
: Music of guitars, gathering of casta-
nets and pebbles rafting in gOurds fill
the air with mingled discordant
sound. No door is closed. There are
music and dancing and the distribu-
ton of gifts in every house. All are
welcome to enter. Strangers are sure
eigner is to have double claim on
hospitality and to receive double
welcome. All ceremony and restraint
are absent
Suddenly the scene changes. The
midnight bell at the cathedral has
summoned all to mass The houses
and streets are nearly deserted, while
the, churches, with their decorations
and blazing tapers, are thronged
Again on Christmas morning the
streets are crowded and the markets
are thronged, but at o'clock the
churches are again filed After the
services come the feast, and the
games, and the sports. Of all the sports
bull fighting is the favorite, and the
Christmas fight is generally the best o.
the season, as eight or ten bulls are
frequently killed on that day, besides
one or two of the fighting men In
this sport women appear to take more
enthusiastic pleasure than the men.
When night comes, there is a grand
procession, headed by the priests and
monks, who are followed by the sol
d1ers and people. All are gaily dressed.
and many in fantastic costumes and
masks, Banners, flags, streaming rib
bons and green boughs are carried
and music fills the air. In the midst
of the procession there is held aloft the
figure of the Madonna bearing in her
arms the Holy Child After a long
march the procession returns to the
cathedral, there disband, and the
Christmas celebration is at an end
New York Herald.
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vAGARIEs OF ROYAL TASTE.

There is not a royal parsonage but
has his or her more or less startling
yagaries Of taste. Queen Victoria, ac-
cording to Court News, is inclined to
vegeterianism, although her kitchen is
the greatest establishment of the kind
in Europe, and fesheating Indian ser
wants, who kill their own food in their
apartments at whatever palace or hotel
they happen to be, are never disturbed
in their bloody observances. The prince
Of Wales frequently makes a square
meal of snails and frogs legs, adding
a bottle or so of rare old champaign.
These dishes he enjoys, especially at
Paris, where an extra supply of these
dainties is sure to be on hand upon his
duly announced arrival in the French
capital William II. prefers wild fowl
to any other meat. His favorite ''gour-
mandise" is said to be thrush hash,
dish peculiar to the Berlin court, and
when served in this fashion the Kaiser
can tackle as many as four birds with
out apprehension. AS true TeutOn,
he never lacks Of thirst for good beer
and Rhine wine, and at convivial SEES
sions it requires a sturdy stomach to
respond to his toast and frequent
personal admonitions without danger
to brains and breeding, for the indi-
vidual thus honored has each time to
empty his glass to the pin Francis
Joseph of Austria dotes on veal cooked
with wine Car Nicholas III. favors
French cooking, his favorite being
Mines brandade, formidable concoc-
ton of chopped Goldfish and olive oil.
The Sultan is fond Of eggs, no matter
whether cooked or raw. King Hum
bert of Italy goes in hearty for frothy
pudings and orcanes, his weakness be-
ing for a preparation of stepped tea,
egg yolks and sugar in abundance.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland, a
hearty eater like most of her loyal
subjects, Will rarely refuse a second
helping Of beef lAnglaise or spiced
lamb. She abhors gin, the Dutch ma
tional drink, but is fond of beer and
Ter German lover, the Prince of Wied.