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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-04
CHINOOK NOTES.

Sergeant Brown of Fort Assinniboine
has presented the Chinook lodge of
Masons a sword taken from Spanish
drummer boy on the battlefield of Sam
tiago, Cuba. With its history the curio
relic is highly priced by it's owners.
Captain Frank Plunkeet of the Bear
Paw roundup is forced to take a va
cation of a few weeks While riding
on the range the other day his horse
fell with him. and though no bones
were broken, the shock was severe and
the captain was also severely bruised.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Mathews is dangerously ill with
an attack of measles and whooping
cough.
The town we'll has been thoroughly
cleaned out and repaired and is now
ready for use. The spring freshet filled
it to the top with sand and rubbish.
D. r. Thornber has returned to Chi
nook from his "trip to Dakota with a
band of horses. He found the Dakota
farmers short of cash and was con-
sequently forced to sell his horses in
a bunch and at a low price.
On July II the Chinook lodge A. O.
U. w. will install the following officers,
elected at their last meeting: Master
workman, w. B. Sands; foreman, J. F.
Williams; overseer. r. H. Clarkson;
recorder J. P. Miniken; financier, P.
Denny: receiver, f. Boyle.
Stock Inspector Frank Preuitt has
been appointed deputy state veterin-
arian to succeed c. K. Hopkins, resign
ed. His district will cover Choteau
county.
The suit brought by Ruhe and LANCE
against Dudley Winters for alleged
conversion of some sheep has been dis
missed by Judge Frey on the ground of
insufficient evidence.
Frank D. Boyle and Miss Perrett
We're married on Tuesday evening at
the home of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. r. d. Perrett, on Fifteen
| Mile creek. Only few of the intimate
friends of the couple were invited to
witness the ceremony, which was per-
formed by Father Eberschweiler. AT
the conclusion Mr. and Mrs. Boyle
drove to their new home in Chinook,
where they are now receiving the con-
gratulations of their numerous friends.
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WOOL MARKET IS OPENED
Only a Few Buyers Were Pres.
emit the First Day.
NO BIG CLIPS OFFERED
Growers Feel 1t Would Be Injudicious
Until More Buyers Are Ready to
Compete-Opening Prices
Higher.

Great Falls, July 3.-The wool mar
ket of this city opened to-day. The
opening had been announced for July
/, and even after a wait of two days
there were neither enough buyers on
hand or clips which were complete 10
make a satisfactory opening. There
are but three or four buyers here, and
though the prices of this morning were
about 2 cents higher than the opening
prices of last year, they are not fair
criterion of what the market is go
ing to be. Many of the growers feel
that it would be injudicious to offer
their clip until enough buyers are
present to make a show of competi-
ton, and as a matter of fact. none of
the big clips which settle the matter
of an average price are here.
The work of baling the sacks began
only this afternoon, and operations will
be lame until the last of the week or
more probably the first of next week.
The sales of to-day were: James
McDevitte, 26.S00 pounds to F. T.
Thayer of Farnsworth & Thayer, at
161a cents; F. P. Atkinson, $500 pounds
of inferior eve wool to Dewey, Gould
& Co., at Is cents; ]. ]. Miller of Shell
by, 22,500 pounds to Hollowell of Hollo-
well & Donald at 16& cents; w. T.
Hedges of Yale, Fergus county, 5000
pounds of yearlng wool to Hollowell
of Hollowell & Donald, at 1878 cents.
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he LEADS A SOLITARY LIFE.
American Hermit Spending His Days on
a Mexican Island.


From Two Republics.
There are some queer freaks in this
world said a visitor from the interior
last night, land one of them lives over
on the west coast of Mexico. He is an
American, according to all reports, but
so far no one has succeeded in pene-
trating the mystery that surrounds
him. Down toward the isthmus, not
far from the mainland, is a small ISL
and, and it is on this that the Ameri-
can lives. Very few people know how
long he has been there. The Indians
all know him, but none of them can
tell anything about his first coming.
He has resided on the island for so
many years that he has become as
much of fixture as the rugged rocks
that stand out on the coast.
Il saw him once on the mainland as
he came to a little village to procure
supplies. About four times year he
makes trip to some village on the
mainland to buy such things as he
needs. He never has anything to sell,
and always pays in gold dust, the ORR
gin of which is as much of a mystery
as the man himself. His appearance
is patriarchal now. His long gray
beard white hair and wild look make
him an object of great curiosity to
stranger. He speaks Spanish brokenly
but with an accent that does not be
tray his nationality. His complexion
is dark, probably due to the rays of the
sun, but he has a certain air about him
that indicates that he is not Mex
lean.
There has often been much specu-
lation as to where his gold came from.
Many think he has secret mine on
the island which he from time to time
works Explorers who have visited the
island however, report that it is bar
rem and gives no indication of mineral
deposits. 1t is said that the old man
lives in cave in the rocks and that his
food is birds and fish. He is well arm
ed and always buys considerable am
munition on his trips to the mainland.
A number of times people have tried to
draw him out, but he refuses to talk
of his past or present mode of life, and
such attempts are seldom made now.
He is entirely alone on the island and
seems to love the solitude. His trips
to and from the island are made in an
old ships boat, which he has had ever
since the present generation has known
him. His expert handling of the sails
and oars leads some to believe that at
one time he was a sailor.
MANY think that he is the sole sur
vivor of a shipwreck that occurred on
the coast about forty years ago. Among
the legends of the coast Indians Is one
which tells of the wreck of big ocean
vessel one stormy night and of the loss
of every soul on board. There is a SUI
perstition that at times this vessel
sails along the coast at night and final
ly strikes a rock and goes down, just as
1t did so many years ago. 1t is said
that the means and cries of the passen-
gers and crew can be heard at these
times There are other people who say
that the old mans self-banishment is
due to a crime he committed in Cali
fornia. But nobody is sure, and prob
ably never will be. Meantime the old
man continues to read his mysterious
life
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BUTTE NEWS.
A FLUTTER OF TR|-COL0R
Butte Is Well Decorated for the
Fourth.
ROUTE OF THE PARADE
1t VIII Form at Caplice Hall at 10
O'Ciock-A Great Pyrotechnic Dis
play in the Evening - A
Blaze of Glory.

Main street from Galena up to Quartz
Is continuous flutter of tri-color,
crossed and crisscrossed from second
story to first story and up and back and
around again. AT the crossing of
Broadway and Granite and Main are
strung red white and blue electric
globes The stores are decorated with
the national colors and tempting dis
plays of fireworks. Evergreens line the
curbs in many blocks, and all the bust
ness streets are brilliantly illuminated
with the tri-color. The Fourth is on.
The parade will form at Caplice hall
promptly at 10 O'Clock this morning.
All those intending to take part in it
are urgently requested to be in readi-
mess to fall in line when the order to
march is given. The parade will move
west to Excelsior avenue, and after
making a circuit of the west side will
come east and parade through the
business part of town and disband in
front of the court house, where the
exercises will be held. There the bands
VIII play and Lee Mantle will be orator
of the day.
In the evening the great pyrotechnic
display will be witnessed This is ex-
Dected to be the feature of the even
ing. Some of the set pieces are very
expensive. They will be exploded on
the promontory in the western part of
the city by experts
The stores and shops will be closed
all day, and everybody in Butte will
take holiday. There will be visitors
from the valleys and nearby towns.
The eagle will scream as he never
screamed before in Butte.
While there will be excursions out of
town to Anaconda, Short Line park,
Deer Lodge and the resorts nearby,
still the crowd in the city is expected
TO assume the proportions of a surg
Ing, seething mass of excited human
ity. There will be much to see.
The Indians, in charge of Sol Levy,
rehearsed yesterday for the last time.
AS they were lining up for the march
a peal of thunder sheok the ground
under their feet Old Trey Spot said
Hot stuff, heap big Fourth July
shoot"
Every time a Fourth of July rolls
around the old time residents of Butte
are reminded of the absence of the vet
eran patriarch, Captain Shepard, who
died few years ago in this city. How
ever grand may be the demonstration,
the old captains place is never filled.
The torture has begun. The street
urchin with Chinese punk and a
pocketful of firecrackers abounds in
large numbers He is persistently pa
triotic and full of determination to be
heard. There is no way of checking
the plague 1t must run it's course and
die with the close of the day.
Mrs. w. o. Speer, in charge of the
car of state, urgently requests the
girls and all interested in the car to
be in the high school building, corner
of Park and Idaho, promptly at $3.50
o'clock. This is imperative.
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A SUIT FOR STOCK.
william b. Seifred Has Sued for $4,000
Damages. 90 ...


Great Falls, July ga suit for $10,-
900 damages was entered to-day in the
district court. William B. Seifred al
legged that he Is the owner and has
been such at all times since March A,
1898 of 1880 shares of stock in the
Big Seven Mining company of Neihart;
that on the date given above he OBJ
tanned a loan of $3.50 from the three
Barker brothers, J. c. E., D. L. S. and
Edwin j., the latter having died re-
Gently. AS collateral security for the
loan he put up $4,000 shares of the Big
Seven stock with an agreement that Its
earnings were to be applied upon the
note and that he was to have his Sc
curity back on his payment of the note
and interest at 10 per cent a year.
The note ran six months and then Sci
fred says he gave a new note and re-
newed the pledging of the stock as
security, and upon the same terms as
before. On Feb. II, 1897, and again on
March 6, 1897 he made legal tender
for the face. and interest of the note
and demanded its return, and that of
his stock. These demands were re-
fused by Edwin j. Barker, one of the
owners of the note. Seifred claims that
the dividends On his holding of stock
in the interest would not only have
paid off the note, but left him $4,000
to the good, wherefore he demands in
Judgment the cancellation of the note
and damages of $4,000 and the return
of his stock The stock really covers
more than the damages asked, as it
involves the title to the stock, which
is far more valuable
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A Further Advance.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Billings, July 3.-There was a further
advance In wool to-day, when about
quarter of million pounds were sold.
Lehfeldt Bros. of Lavina sold 10000
pounds at the top price, 1875 cents; j. w.
Newton got 1871 cents for 10000 pounds,
and the remainder sold from 16 to IT'S
cents. Owing to the holiday tomorrow
there will be no wool put up.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-04
MISSOULA NEWS.
FIVE MORE CASES.
A Smallpox Epidemic in the West End
of the County.

of the County.
Missoula, July 3.-More smallpox is
reported in the west end of the county.
In addition to the case which was
quarantined Saturday at Thompson
Falls by County Physician Parsons,
five cases have been reported at White
Pine, small station west of Thomp-
son. DR.. Parsons has gone there to in
vestigate the matter, and the Northern
Pacific has wisely decided to declare a
quarantine against the place until the
county authorities have isolated all
persons.
DR.. Parsons does not think that the
White Pine cases are smallpox, as
there has not been time for the dis
ease to develop from the original,
which is now at Thompson Falls. 1t
may be, however, that the White Pine
cases came from Spokane. Two new
cases have been reported at Clinton.
These are in the same family as the
case reported there two weeks ago,
which came from Seattle.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-04
A Broken Leg.

Missoula, July "A section hand was
brought in this evening and taken to
the Northern Pacific hospital. He is
suffering from a broken leg that was
hurt to-day. DIR. Buckley attended the
injured member. and he is getting
along nicely.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-04

patcher's office at night, left on the
eastbound train for his home at st.
Paul. His place will be taken by j.
H. Kennedy, who has occupied sim
liar nosition in the office at st. Paul.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-04
Completed the Combination.

From the Indianapolis Journel.
II once bought a $13 vest on Fri
day"
Did it bring you bad luck?"
"Oh, no, I broke the hoodoo by never
paying for the vest
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-04
To Locate q Vessel.

BY the apparatus of d'Asar, an Ital-
ian, the movement of a steamboats, pro-
peller is detected at a distance of six
miles. Two sets of several telephone
transmitters are sunk to depth of
several yards in the water, the instru-
ments pointing in different directions,
and being connected to receivers on
board. The direction from which the
sound comes loudest indicates the po-
sition of the distant vessel.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-04
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGs, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the eyntom. 1t
is the one perfect Strengthening laxa-
tive, cleansing the system effcctually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. It's perfect freedom from
every objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating thom, mako it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste. but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants. by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get it's beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
.-ememb Der the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANcIGoo. 1AL.
LOUISVILLE, KY. TIv YORK. Y.
e T sale by all Druggists.-Price Soc. per bottle
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Left for st. Paul.

Missoula July SC. L. Fisher, who
has been in the Northern Pacific dis
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-04

In a backwoods county of California
there lives a man who refuses to travel
ON railroad train, as he prefers the
stage coach.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-04
Wash Goods at &c Yard

Beautiful all white lawns in various
lace stripe designs, most dainty
and pretty for summer wear,
width 80 inches, value Is cents a
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-04
Wash Goods at &c Yard

A very large showing of handsome
light dimities, lawns and organ
dies, in the latest patterns shown
this season, all shades, value 15c
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Every time a Fourth of July rolls
around the old time residents of Butte
are reminded of the absence of the vet
eran patriarch, Captain Shepard, who
died few years ago in this city. How
ever grand may be the demonstration
the old captains place is never filed.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-04

Mrs. w. o. Speer, in charge of the
car of state, urgently requests the
girls and all interested in the car to
be in the high school building, corner
of Park and Idaho, promptly at $50
o'clock This is imperative.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-29

ietlc association. June 10. and orgoods
Hail. Toronto. June II.
the Toronto university twelve II one
Of the strongest In Canada. and their
defeat last year by the American club
by I goals 10 on May 70 was
great achievement The Torontoa viii
no doubt take strong team TO hay
Ridge when they 40 TO wipe out, II pos
slble. the sting Of last years defeat. The
ExcclHiorH have been intermediate
champions OF Canada for the past four
years.
The Canadian clubs are graded In
three icaKuea--the senior, intermediate
and junior. The Mon,rcalr are a senior
league team and include q fast lot OF
players. OF late years they have not
been quite 10 formidable ~ the Nation
ais, Capltola and ShhmrockH, hut the
difference In strength II rarely repre-
scented by more than goal or two Tho
oaEoode Hail team II composed N grad
unte students of Toronto university.
and their playing strength N Homewhat
prohlenatioai The players. however
are all veterans with the sticks and
may prove wonders. However the
creacentn may fare In the games with
tn. Visitors. they are 60 he commended
for their Hportsmnnlike behavior In
tncklinE such strong teams and thus
giving American audiences chance 10
see such lacrosse ~ probably they have
never before witnessed.
The personnel ~ the Crescent team u
somewhat changed this year. but PROM
laea 10 be quite as strong a. last ren-
sons champion twelve. iiurh conaKhy'
one OF the stars. hnH gone TO Toronto "a
live and 10 playing on the senior twelve
OF that city. James =. Gafyin. u 4
years captain. who also led the team
which made the notable trip To Eng
land and Ireland In 1897. will not play
this season owing 10 pressure uf husi'
ness. CyrusC =. Miller. tho new captain
IL well lifted 60 take his place, how
ever, and IL very popular with hla frl'
low players. Among tho old player'
who are again m uniform this season
are Lionel Moses. John \. curry. Em'
bury Mclean. George 81. ilos' chnrlei
II. Roberts, G. r. De Casanova, J. "
nagg. G. G. Mason aud =. u. Jewell.
one reason why the Crescent men ar
70 anxious 10 engage IN contests VIII
teams from over the border n because
there are no clubs az present IN Inn
| country strong enough 60 bring GU
their fun capabilities. No American
team has yet been able % make then
play mp TO their true strength, aud tho
hone by meana Of the Hories arrange,
against the Canucks 60 hnd out how
they really stand In comparison will
their northern neiHhbors. These match
~ are expected to do much towar
popuiarlzing lacrosse In America an'
more especially In the east
EInERT WOOD,
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Henrik ihssn, the famous dramatiat.
works In solitude and will not suffer
himself TO be- interrupted On any ao-
count. Day after day he writes steadily
for I'VE hnurs-frum : O'Clock In the
morning until O'Clock In the afternoon.
When he IL engaged on n drama. he
spends seven months In prrfcctlnF the
plot and fivc months In writing nut the
play aud otherwise preparing II for the
stage.
When Ibrcn sits NJ biz desk In order
90 write out the play. h. has n cprnpar.
ntivciy easy task before him, for the en-
tire drama IL, 20 20 speak properly ar
ranged In his head. ana he has nothing
10 DO hut TO cory out the various nets
and scenes. lie usually makes three
drafts. or rough copies. " each drama,
The FIRST ~ these contains the general
idea of the work. the Hecond deals with
u from q stage standpoint, ana the
third shows II In ia nniahcd form. with
every word weighed and tested when
ever he Il engaged on important work
~ this Kind. Ibsen lives according 10
certain Fixed rules. from which he never
hryin'ri, His special care IT, 10 keep
himself free from all manner ~ dis
turhancc. no he claims that he can only
work satisfactorily when he Ia entirely
unhampered.
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N<<\\~~\\\\NN \~~\\~<N%<~\>
5 THEATRICALS
: THE WORLD OVER.
~N\NN\\\~~\

This ir the season 81 the year when
the man with the summer company idea
IN his head IL very busy and very con-
spicuour about the theatrical agencies.
He enjoys the temporary importance
attaching. In Riafto circles. TO any one
who occupies the pleasant position Of
being able to uffer an engagement for
the dull season. even though the sala-
~ promised is always very small md
that which Ia paid Ia usually nothing
beyond board and railroad fares. Some
times. and not infrrpurntly Mt that. the
unfortunate victim ~ one of these
summer snaps" nnds himself at way
side station debating upon the simplest
manner 10 ret back 10 New York with
out walking. while his trunk reposcs
quietly at the hotel a. security for the
hill contracted by the manager. once In
n very great while one Of these compa-
niles pays salaries. or. even more re-
mnrhnble stili. actually makes few
dollars on the season. This nrwsspreads
rapidly Into tho bywuys of the Rinito.
with the result that the actors pack
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I, will he IN the hands OF sara Bern.
hnrdt.
The piece tells Of sculptor. Iucio
srasnin how h. fashions a superb stat
ne. Ia Oloconda." from a lovely won.
m who h destined 20 be ut once his
triumph and his curse. The two fail
passlonatciy In love. Sylvia. his wife.
who also ndores him. discovers his In
fatuntlon and suffers terribly from the
knowledge that me IL no longer hers.
Luclo. hafasscd by conscience on the
one hand and consumed by passion on
the other determines to put m end TO
his NE nj the foot " the statue Of the
woman whose beauty has wrought mis-
moral undoing. He does not. however.
XIII himself outright. and II l. his wife
who nurses him back TO life with the
tandsrnst devotion. Full of rcmufse. he
turns 10 her once more In gptitudc and
love and resolves to be true and TO for.
get Oiucnnda,
This attitude Of course Il not main.
thined. Thcre comes a icttcf from ulo.
conda. In which she tells her sweetheart
how she has spent all the days and
nights Of hlalllncsa beneath the statue,
which has ctcfnaliy united them. ana
that There she awaits hls return. This
news fans the smoidcring flame ~ his
passion and renders him again unhnp-
ny. Then comes a dramatic scene In the
studio between the tvo women. Sylvia
demands the key from Giocondn. who
refuses 90 rive u up uiiiers ut tucio'a
request Sylvia. who Il there without
! HE knowledge. lies In order to gct pos.
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IsTEnco,inoIArc oycLE CHAM
pfONsulp~.

The hrst bicycle championship under
the auspices ~ the recently formed In
tcrcolleriatc bicycle association viii
take place on June AZ either New
York or Philadelphia. This was decided
az recent meeting of the executive
committee N the !. u. A. which took
place In New York. The selection ~ q
track was allotted 10 subcommittee
consisting IN President " y. Hall ~
Columbia and Secretary Dean ilalford
~ New York university.
Al tho tourney these championships
win be contested; Quarter mile, hair
mile, one mile ana nye mites on singles
and a mile tandem. In the NV mile
race thore Will be- two mile heats only
ten representatives " one college may
compete 40 the meet and no more than
i've mamherH of a team In one event,
Tho points viii count nye Tor nnt three
Tor second aud one for third. This Ia
change from last year, when The points
were rcckoned on the three. two, one
basis. Gold, silver and bronze die med
ais viii De awarded the nret. second
and third men IN each event