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Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1899-07-29
Naming a Warship.
A A A

Apropos of the suggestion of the
weekly" in regard to the nan,;, O
OF one OF Uncle Sans numerous
recent additions to the NAVY after
some Hawaii city, or other appro-
pirate name. it would seem appa-
rent that now is the proper time to
propose that such measure be car
RED out. 1t has also been suggest
ed that the idea be confided TO the
care OF the representative of Ha.
Walian interests at ashinpton
next winter. Hawaii has MANY
strong friends in Congress, and
some of them would, no doubt, if
reasoned with as to It's efficacy, adj
vocate the proposition on the floor
OF the llouse-Tawney. Hepburn,
Hit. Berry, Deliver and many
others, perhaps. In the Senate we
have a phalanX OF stanch friends.
who labored hard and diligently
for annexation and Hawaii's well
fare.
Many favorable comments have
been heard relative to the PROPOSE
ton. as it seems only Just that Ha-
wall should have some recognition
for the determined and steadfast
loyalty and invaluable aid rend-
cred the United States in the
Spanish Filipino War. There does
not appear that an opposition
sentiment will be put forth on the
ground that il Hawaii receives re
cognition in the naming OF a Unl,
ed States war vessel. Cuba and
Puerto Rico will also clamor for
like recognition. There is no
logic at all in such an assertion. for
when the United States armies
were actively engaged in war in
Cuba and Puerto Rico, Hawaii was
diligently lending ready hand to
the United States.
The United States has acquired
by purchase in the Philippines,
thirteen small gunboats. light
river-crait. by capture, it has &C
quired some six or seven large
gunboats. all OF which yet retain
their Spanish names, 1t is almost
certain that these names will event
ually be changed according to the
regulations OF the Navy Depart
ment of the United States. Per-
haps this will be done at the next
session OF Congress, and il so, the
plan for naming one of them after
Hawaii should be Immediately for
INFLATED and given circulation in
Washington in the near future.
Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1899-07-29

Telephone communication, it is
said. has been established between
a number of farms in Australia by
means OF wire fences. A CORES
pondent OF the Australian Agricul-
turist from a station near Colli,ar
represents that it is easy to COLI
verse with a station eight miles dis
tant by means OF instruments con-
nected on the wire fences, and that
the same kind OF communication
has been established over dis
lance OF eight miles. Several sta
ton are connected in this way.
Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1899-07-29

why did you break off your en-
gagement with Miss Bertha:"
Because her parrot was always
saying, Stop that, George!
But what difference did that
make: Your engagement was moi
a secret"
But my name is not George"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-10
Facts of Real Interest.

There is only one sudden death
among women to eight among men.
One-third of the people who go mad
are said to recover their senses
One thousand tons of SCOT settle
monthly within 11S square miles of Lon
don.
In Russia you must marry before so
or not at ALL and you may marry only
five times.
More candy is consumed in Phladel-
phia, New York and Chicago than in
the whole of France.
In 70 years the average man grows a.
beard Is feet long, hair almost so feet
long, and nails % feet long.
The profession of "glove CUTTER in
France and Belgium is a lucrative one
An expert is able to command an even
higher salary than the cutters of the
most fashionable tailors. Glove-cutting
Is an exceedingly difficult art.
The chief piece of furniture in a Rus
sian cottage is the stove, which often
fills the third of the interior of the
largest ROOM During the day it is used
for cooking and drying clothes, while
at night it forms the bed of the entire
family.
All boys in the Malabasy schools are
enrolled as spearmen when they have
passed a certain standard. They are
so adept with this weapon that at close
quarters they are more to be feared
than the regular troops, armed with
rifles and bayonets.
The oldest tree on earth with an au-
thentic history is the great Bhoo tree
OF Burmah. For 20 centuries it has
been held sacred to Buddha, and no
person is allowed to touch the trunk
When the leaves fall they are carried
away as relics by pilgrims.
The harp has almost died out of
Wales, but less than 20 years ago all
the principal hotels kept a proficient
harpist whose duty it was to play for
the amusement of visitors; the inkeep-
er who failed to provide this form of
entertainment for his guests could not
hope to compete with his fellows.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-10
Two We're Mormons.
~ HOSE who are engaging in the
general cutlery against the seat

~ HOSE who are engaging in the
general cutlery against the seat
ing of Brigham H. Roberts, con-
gressman-elect from Utah, should not
neglect to give due honor to two Nor
mon boys who fell in front of Manila
Saturday night fighting for the stars
and stripes. OF three from Salt Lake
who were killed in the engagement with
the insurgents two were Sergeant
Harry A. Young and Corporal John
Granger Young. Both were nephews of
the late Brigham Young.
1t is repugnant to the feelings of
American people generally for an
avowed polygamist to sit in the halls
OF congress. Whether or not Congress
man elect Roberts is polygam mist the
Standard is not aware. But the mere
fact that he is a Mormon should not
and must not prevent him from OBJ
tanning the seat to which he was
elected by the people of Utah. The flag
of our country flies over all religions
without discrimination. Mormons are
Americans and two Mormon sons have
just lost their lives fighting for our
country and theirs. Let due honor be
given them.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-10
Sour on Hartman.

~ UR peevish contemporary, the
Butte Inter Mountain, resents
the coupling of the name of Con-
gresham Hartman with the passage
of the Butte public building bill
through the house Of representatives 1t
wakes furious, on the subject and de-
clares that all the credit is due TO Sena-
tor Mantle. Blinded by its disgusting
prejudice, it declares that Hartman
didn't do solitary thing to help the
bill along and that if he had the bill
would have been beaten. Whatever
credit is due other than to Senator Man
ale. the Inter Mountain asserts. is due
to Congressman Mercer, chairman of
the committee on public buildings, who
co-operated with Senator Mantle in Sc
curing the favorable action of the house.
so far as personal efforts are con-
cerned.'" RACES the gangrened Inter
Mountain, Mr.. Hartman did nothing
10 promote the welfare of the bill"
Well, for goodness sake, rather than
have any fuss about it, we will take
1t all back. What is there to get SO
warm about, anyway? The only men
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-10
Honolulu For the Capital.

" United States?
When this country consisted
OF thirteen original colonies the city of
Washington was selected as the site
for the capital, being located about
equl-dlstant from the northernmost and
southernmost states, while at that time
there was no west. AS the west was
developed and new states We're ad-
mitted the central point of the country
steadily moved westward, The central
point of the states should now be some
where in the neighborhood of Omaha
But If the territories that have been
acquired by this country are to be
taken into consideration the central
point must be moved much father tn
the west.
Before the Philippines We're acquired
the central point of the possessions of
the United States was somewhere in
California, as it was claimed that
Alaska extends as far to the west of
California as Maine does to the east.
With the addition of the Hawaiian
islands and the Philippines the center
is moved way out into the Pacific
ocean. The westernmost point in the
possessions of the United States is the
little island of Balabac, situated in lon
gitude III degrees east of Greenwich.
1t is a small uninhabited island, con-
siderably west of Manila, and is on a
line almost due north from the western
extremity of Australia.
In finding the central portion of the
United States empire it should be re-
membered that the possessions of this
country have also extended consider
ably to the east, the eastern extremity
of this country now being the eastern
end of the island of Porto Rico, situated
in longitude IS degrees west of Green
wich.
Between 65 degrees west of Green
witch and III degrees east of Greenwich
there is a space of 17S degrees, so that
the empire of the United States lacks
but two degrees of extending half way
around the world. The central line be-
tween the extreme east and the extreme
west is 1874 degrees west of Greenwich
The atlas shows that this line of lon
gitude passes through the center of the
Hawaiian islands and almost touches
the city of Honolulu. So if anybody
speaks of Butte as being way out west
he is off his trolly.
Why not move the capital to Homo
lulu?
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-10
Without Types.

n CURIOSITY has reached the
Standards exchange table in
\ the shape Of a copy of the Chi
cago Journal. one page of which is
printed without types. Ever since the
art of printing was discovered types
have been used--first wooden blocks,
then the metal types which were in use
up to few years ago, when the limo
type machine was invented. But the
Journal presents a page in the making
of which the typesetter had no hand.
In the making Of this page the typeset-
ter Is superseded by the typewriter and
the intricate and costly linotype ma
chine by the humble and inexpensive
typewriting machine.
Explaining the process by which this
feat was accomplished, the Journal
says: 1.-THE copy instead of going to the
typesetter was turned over to an ex-
pert typewriter copyist who arranged
his alignment to one-and-one-half the
width of the newspaper column. The
matter, including the article now under
the eye of the reader, was in turn trans
ferred to metal by the process of zinc
etching by which all newspaper illus
trations are prepared for printing. It
is, in short, an engraving from slight
ly reduced photograph of the copy
The page as it came from the etcher
required only mounting on metal bases
to be ready for stereotyping and print
ing"
While the novel page serves as an
unneeded evidence of the Journals en-
terprise, it is hardly likely that the type
writing machine will supersede the limo
type machine for long time to come.
AS the Journal itself remarks the time
required for etching makes the process
apparently impracticable for daily
newspaper. 1t is not unlikely however,
that the process will come to be used
extensively in the printing of books
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-10
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1899.
TWELVE PAGES.
To Inquire Further.

II COURT of inquiry was appoint
j I ed by President Mckinley yes
! terday to inquire into the
! charges regarding the meat furnished
J the soldiers during the war; Either the
bpresident is not satisfied with the re-
lport of the Investigating commission or
totherwise he has concluded that the
people will not be satisfied with it.
land that he will take desperate
chances of becoming unpopular if he
ventures to depose General Miles on
the very thin report of the Investigate
iing commission.
At any rate, the appointment of the
court of inquiry viii be met with gem
eral approval. 1t is to be hoped that
the gentlemen who are to constitute
the court of inquiry are men who will
inquire, 1t is to be hoped that they
will not be afraid to probe this scan
dial to the very bottom. AS the presi-
dent appointed the court it would have
been an easy matter for him to ap-
point Whitewas hing court did he desire
that the beef should be whitewashed.
1t is to hoped that the president is as
DESTROYS as any citizen that the full
truth be known, and that he has ap-
pointed court which will do it's full
duty fearlessly.
The investigating commission stated
that the charges of embalmed beef rest
on the testimony of Miles and only one
other. Yet sixty-five officers and many
privates testified also to the rottenness
of the beef, Surely Miles cannot be
punished until it is satisfactorily es-
tablished that he and the others who
testified in regard to the beef are liars.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-10
Some Now Inventions.

Sparks cannot escape from chimneys to
set fire to roofs If Southern mans de-
vice is used. consisting of wire screen
to be stretched over the opening, the mesh
being of the proper fneness to permit the
escape of the smoke and arrest of the
sparks.
Toothbrushes are prevented from getting
dirty by new holder, formed of a rec
tangular box having a hinged door at one
end with slot fol. the handle, the box
being just large enough to irclose the bris-
ties, thus serving Its purpose without taxi
ing up much room.
Floors can be easily scrubbed by
Western mans device, consisting of a
tank to be suspended from the wall and
filled with water, a piece of flexible hose
connecting it with the end of a hollow
brush handle to discharge water to the
bristles when the valve is opened.
To prevent fatirons from burning the
cloth when not in motion, a newiy-pat-
ented support is formed of slotted bar
clamped to the top of the iron with
sliding bar to be adjusted at the rear to
form with the handle two legs on which
the iron can be tilted to raise the hot por-
ton from the table.
In a newly-deslgned toe clip attachment
for bicycles shaft Is suspended under the
pedal. with the curved portion of the clip
fastened to the front end to swing to-
ward the outer end of the pedal when at
rest the rider placing his foot on the
pedal and pressing plate to turn the clip
over his toe.
Henry Beach Of Grand Forks, Canada.
has just secured a patent In this country
for a protective head screen for which
there may be more or less constant de-
mand in northern climates and which may
occasionally be put to use in this country
1t is designed for use by those exposed
to the severe weather and consists of
hinged globular screen of fine wire,
adapted to be put over the head and at
the top are projecting fingers. clamping
pivotally, extending inside and normally
engaged at the ends, so that they may
be locked to button on the top of the
cap and thus be held in place. The lower
part of this device is fitted with loose
cloth, which grants further protection
by falling around the shoulder and in this
manner keeping out the cold. 1t is also
adapted to be worn by men engaged in
breaking stone to protect the head and
face from flying particles.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-10
Current Comment.
The Decay of Family Life.
leys.

From the New York World
Are married comrades out of date?"
is the question raised by the famous and
gifted Mrs. Burton Harrison in an article
in the Sunday World. She illustrated her
point by describing the family" life of
group of New York fashionables sustain
ing to one another the relationships Of
father, mother, sons and daughters, but
performing toward one another none of
the functions which those names describe.
Each member of the family was busy with
society. There was no family life, no
time for it. AS for the husband, he was
wretched figure, bored. irritable, out of
place, keeping as far away from his all
legged helpmeet as possible and brooding
over the vanished days when there was
less wealth but more family life, more
comfort, more happiness. Is this typical ?
Is the destruction of the family life one
of the blessings or one of the curses Of
wealth?
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-10
To Reclaim Arid Lands,

n n ONTANA will be much inter-
V ested in noting Senator Car
ters success with his amend
ment to the sundry civil bill directing
the secretary of the interior to furnish
a general statement as to the reservoir
sites made by the geological survey.
The dispatches state that yesterday
Carter appeared before the senate COM
m1ttee In support of his amendment
for an appropriation of five million dol
lars for reservoirs in the arid and semi
arid states.
Doubtless it is the intention of Sena-
tor Carter that if this appropriation is
made some part of it shall be used for
reservoirs in Montana. The report of
the United States geological survey
states that in the, Sun River and Teton
Ebasins,s il CASCADE and tChoteau coun-
ties, there issan abundance of irrigable
land and excellent opportunities for
water storage. The report recommends
reservoirs also in the Missouri valley
by storing the discharge of small
streams coming out of the Belt noun
tains. Reservoirs are also recon-
mended near Toston and on Clear and
Boulder creeks; in the bottom lands
which are cut by the Teton, Sun and
Dearborn rivers; in Sand Coulee creek,
Box Elder creek, Belt creek, the Judith
river in Fergus county, in the Upper
Musselshell valley. in the headwaters
of Smith river, in the great bench lands
along the Yellowstone, at the head of
Sour Dough canyon. in Gallatin county,
and in the Madison and Ruby val
1eVS
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-10

ton the Standard made of Congressman
Hartman in connection with the Butte
public building was the following SEN
tence:
"A telegram to the Standard from
Congressman Hartman conveyed The
tidings'
That was all. And that is what the
jealous Inter Mountain is kicking about.
Had the telegram come from Senator
Mantle instead of from Congressman
Hartman the Standard, of course, would
have said so, but the dispatch announc-
ing the passage of the bill happened to
be signed by Hartman.
Now, as for giving the credit for the
passage of the. bill to Hartman, the
Standard hasn't done that yet either di-
rectly or indirectly. 1t has said abso-
lutely nothing on that subject. 1t doesn't
know whether the credit belongs chiefly
to Mantle or to Hartman or to Mercer.
1t knows that Senator Mantle introduced
the bill and has done very much for it
from the start. 1t believes that Hart
man has also labored hard for the bill
and done all he could. Whether Hart
man has done more than Mantle or
Mantle has done more than Hartman
the Standard does not profess to know.
1t believes that both these Montana gen
tlemen have done all that they possibly
could to further the interests of the bill
and the people of Butte are thankful
to them for it. Let credit be given to
Chairman Mercer, too, If, as the Inter
Mountain says, he has helped the bill
along and let it be given to any other
friends who supported the bill.
But what do you think of the Inter
Mountains exhibition of itself? Doesn't
1t strike you as pretty small business?
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-10
Electrocuting a Woman.

n NEW YORK is agitated over the
M question whether Mrs. Martha
M. Place should be electrocuted
or not. Unless Governor Roosevelt in
ferVenes by pardon or Communication of
sentence, the law will take its course
and she will die by electrocution on
February 20. The New York court of
appeals has refused to grant her a new
trial and the governor declares that he
VIII Judge the case on its merits and
not be influenced by the sex of the
prisoner
1t has been great many years since
any woman has paid the death penalty
and no woman has yet been electro
cuted. The question Of whether Mrs,
Place should or should not be electro
cuted is receiving attention from the
people and press of New York gener-
ally and the discussion is warm, Those
who believe in equal rights for women
might argue that if woman is to have
equal rights with man she should have
the right Of being punished for her
crime the same as man and should suf-
fer the death penalty when proven gull
ty of murder.
IN TINS connection it might be observ-
ed that woman has not yet obtained
equal rights with man and until she
does manly chivalry towards woman
should not disappear. Some states have
granted suffrage to woman, but most
of them have not. New York is one of
those which has not.
IL there are any states where woman
has equal rights with man it would he
proper that in those states she should
suffer the death penalty the same as
man when proven guilty of murder.
But while in a few states woman has
the right Of suffrage, in no state can
she as yet sit on jury. A woman
accused of murder cannot be said to
have equal rights with man when she
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-10
Mitchell and Maxee.

fTOm the Iet0n Chronicle.
When the news reached Choteau that
Senator Afitchell and Representative
Magee had gone democratic, their
closest friends would have fallen from
the blow of feather, so suddenly
shocked We're they, and there was a pill
fering stencil arose to their nostrils, for
Mitchell and Magee had stolen their
support in the campaign of last fall I'M
der false pretenses. They cry of hon
est and trustworthy men had hardly
cleared the atmosphere until the cries
Of dastards, deceivers, traitors, boodlers
and many other words too strong for
publication obliterated those uttered for
the purpose of aiding in the election of
these two men. Their closest friends
We're dumbfounded and would not be-
lieve the first, nor second, nor third
report, but stood by them manfully,
betting their money freely, until it be-
came too truthful for fiction and fur
Their denial
The publisher of this paper, when at
Helena. only three short weeks ago,
and witnessing the first balloting on
United States senator, became suspic
ious Of Magee and thought he would go
over to Clark when the opportunity pre-
scented itself. We could have published
with veracity this fact, but thought it
better to await the result. 1t was said
by his own party that he would play
the traitor, and he did. AS to honest
Sam Mitchell, everyone thought him
true as steel and straight as d, string,
and his closest friends would have
staked their lives on his integrity and
trustworthiness. They were honored
and trusted by the voters OF Teton
county, and fell by the wayside What,
then, can they expect of their one time
constituents?
They are republicans and we are
speaking from the utterances of many
prominent republicans of Teton county
Mitchell and Magee have run the gaunt-
let and need not seek office again, for if
they do they will be turned down by
their own party. They have the repub-
lican brand Of traitor and coward"
stamped on their backs and the voicing
Of one little word Of Ave letters
C-l-a-r-k-was the digging of their po-
litical grave.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-10
Indecent Shows in New York City.

From the Springfield, Mass, Republican
A deluded New York man proposes thai
the legislature pass a bill establishing a
stage censorship. The indecent shows
that are exhibited on the metropolitan
stage as nowhere else in the country GER
tainly call for sharp action, but what
good would a censorship do when New
York wants nasty exhibitions on its
stages? There is law enough now to stop
them, but laws cannot be enforced by the
police when magistrates decide that there
is nothing immodest in a duel between
Ealf-naked women.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-10
Throwing Away More Public Money.

From the Wheeling Register.
Alger has invited the military commit
tees of the senate and house to go with
him on a junketing tour of the West In
dies after the adjournment of congress
The committeeman are invited to bring
their wives. This is the first EXTENDED
junket under the new imperalistic regime
and 1t opens up vistas of grand iunkets
to the end of which even the eye of I'M
agination cannot see.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-10
Anomaly of the War.

One of the anomalies turned up by
the war was the high efficiency of new
~ commissioned vessels. The gunnery
and behavior of the New Orleans and
the Topeka, with new crews, were the
subject of compliment. The New Or
leans, in particular. got the name of
the crack cruiser at the scene of war,
and the Gloucester, also new, won glory
altogether out of proportion with its
size,