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and lemonade were served al II o'clock.
Music was given by Gold Coin orches-
ira, Allen Graft. d. c. Nickerson, C.
S. Mcdonnell and George Gemmell.
On Sunday, the 9th, a day outing
party from Anaconda surprised the
people of the Coin at 2:30 p. m. They
came on 7. j. Trimmings omnibus, or
pleasure coach as it was called by
some. The party was made up of the
following: Miss Annie Rapp. Alice
Montrose, Daisy Dalton, Lena Brandt,
Mary Trust. Lucy Huddleston, Maggie
Bell, Rachel Glover, Sarah Larson,
Thomas F. Murphy, John Mccarthy
Thomas Hogg, o. G. Hallett, Marion
Johnson, Frank Daley, Joseph f. Lee
mire and Fred Walkup.
After visiting the mill, the camp and
surroundings, and after taking temper
ance drinks at the Gold Coin store
they departed for their quarters, north
west of Silver lake, where they served
one of the most delicious suppers ever
served in that vicinity.
No praise can be spared in connec-
ton with the supper. The coffee mas
ter. Joseph L. Lemire of MacCal-
lum & Cloutier's, poured the highly
Favored extract of java and mocha in
such excellent and tempting manner as
to astonish the ladies. The same party
has made arrangements for a dance in
the near future at Miners Union hall.
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B0ERS ARE ALL ARMED.
Republic Officials Look Upon War as
Certainty.

London, Aug. 30-The Pretoria cor
respondent of the Morning Post says:
The Boer officials, after reading the
cabled reports of Mr. Chamberlain's
Birmingham speech, consider that war
is inevitable. The speech has undoubt-
edly inflamed the war spirit here. The
Beers are all now armed, except those
in johannesburg. Their commissary Is
fairly good. All the forts are amply
victualled.
President Kruger does not hesitate to
express the view that war is almost
inevitable He has stocked the presi-
dency with ample supplies of pro
visions to secure his own person from
privation, and he is often heard repeat
ing the S3rd psalm. The Matabeles are
showing signs of unrest The Beers
are energetically engaged in poisoning
the minds of the natives against the
British and they have approached the
Zulu chief. Dinizulu, who appears I'M
decided which cause to espouse. But
the Zulus are prepared for the expected
fighting, and it must be remembered
that Dinizulu was deported to ST. Hell
ena with several other chiefs and kept
a prisoner there by the British for sew
eral years.
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Eau of Michigan. John G. Shank,in of
Pennsylvania, Thomas Gahan of ~
nois, James NJ. Head OF Tennessee,
Henry d. CLAYTON of Alabama. w. II.
Tompson of Nebraska. g. Fred Will
Jams of Mass achusetts ana T. ID.
O'Brien Of Minnes 1sa.
Ways and ineans-J ohr r. Mclean
&C Ohio, u. r Woo 1son OF 1<ertuoky.
AZ air Wilson Of Colorajo. ]. J. Dwyer
of California, Benjamin T.. Tili-nan Of
South Carolina, Frank Campbell of
New York and ]. G. Johnson of
Kansas.
Press-Clark Howell of Georgia,
Josephus Daniels Of North Carolina,
Alexander Troup of Connecticut,
Charles A. Walsh of Iowa, j. G. John
son of Kansas
The former members of the ways and
means committee-J. p Altgeld, ex-Sen-
ator Henry NJ. Teller and Mr.. Stone
resigned and requested Chairman
Jones to name their successors. Chair
man Jones will be ex-officio chairman
of all the subcommittee. The new
committees will meet within 10 days in
Chicago and organize for the conven-
ton
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better article for a lower price than any
foreign competitor, and also a general
recognition on the part of the American
manufacturer of the value of the for
eisn markets to him in conjunction
with the home market.
To the Philadelphia exposition every
foreign government has been invited
to send exhibits, and many have prom
ised to do so. This will afford home
manufacturers n chance to compare the
character and quality of their goods
with those of the foreign make. and to
find out just what the needs of the for
eign market are. They can do this
without going abroad for the purpose,
and with much more satisfaction to
themselves. According to the Baltimore
News. manufactures Of iron and steel
will constitute an important element of
the display of home products-Ameri-
can bridges. locomotives, electric cars
and the like will be shown in profusion.
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Williams Pet Scheme.

- MPERoR WILLIAM is not a
man to be baked in his ambi-
ton if he can help it, and he is
already scheming to devise some way
to get around the rejection by the
Prussian diet of his so-called canal
bill. 1t is the emperor's desire to con-
struct a vast system of waterways run
ming across the empire from its east
ern to it's western borders, consisting
of a main canal and several branches
running back into the country along
the route, so as to afford water out
let to numerous inland manufacturing
towns.
Goethe once prophesied canal be-
tween the Rhine and the Danube. If
Emperor William could have his way
the prophecy might be fulfilled. What
he wants to do at the present time is
to construct a canal between the Elbe
and the Rhine on the western border in
order to complete the trans-imperial
waterway. The entire canal would be
within Prussian borders, though the
benefits arising from it would accrue to
the whole empire. The emperor asked
the consent of the Prussian parliament
and that body, singularly enough, re-
fused it.
The defeat of the emperors project
is attributed to the conservatism-old-
fogyism would be better name for it
of the agrarian members. They are OPP
posed to the importation of American
products into Germany and they ar
gued that the projected canal would
facilitate such importation. 1t is
ridiculous plea, but it is not the first
time that contentious of that character
have been made. The agrarians in the
Prussian diet have supported the en-
peror's schemes to strengthen and ex-
pand the empire, and their refusal to
endorse him in the present instance is
curious turn in Prussian politics. En-
peror William is evolving some good
projects for his country and his peo-
pie ought to promote them.
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. HERE has just been completed
at Belfast the greatest and
finest steamship in the world.
She is named the Oceanic and is
White Star liner The only vessel that
ever approached her in size was the
famous Great Eastern, which was o9l
feet long. drew Is feet of water and
displaced 1854 tons. The Oceanic is I04
feet long, of % feet draught and dis
places $4,000 tons. She has not been
built for record breaker, but for safety
and steadiness. 1t is proposed that she
shall leave New York, say on Wednes-
day, and reach Liverpool on the follow
ing Wednesday, and vice versa, calm or
storm. The fastest liners now in use
are frequently delayed by storms, but
the Oceanic will defy any storm the
Atlantic can put up. She is so long that
she will ride three of the largest seas
at one time, thus preventing her from
pitching. while ample bilge keels will
keep her from rolling. In a seaway
that would make an ordinary steamship
pitch about like a cork. the Oceanic is
expected to be as steady as a hotel.
With her crew of three hundred men
and her cabins and steerage crowded
with thousands of passengers, she will
be a floating city on the sea.
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Volunteers Return ed.

San Francisco, Aug. 30.-The bat
talions of the Idaho, Wyoming and
North Dakota volunteer regiments
which arrived on the United States
transport Grant last night from Ma
Mia We're welcomed home by Cover
nor Steunenberg of Idaho and Cover
nor Richards of Wyoming, and a large
party of representative citizens of
their respective states and territories
upon entering the bay to-day. but were
not allowed to disembark owing to the
lateness of the hour at which the quar-
antine inspection was concluded. They
will, however, disembark tomorrow
morning, when they will be escorted
from the dock to the Preside by the
California volunteer regiment.
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PhiladeIphia's Exposition.
.HILADELPHIA is busy fixing fc

- PHILADELPHIA is busy fixing for
w National Export Exposition"
which will open on September IA
and continue until November 80. 1t
promises to be a big affair. To make it
a success Philadelphia secured state
and federal aid. 1t will be the first
American exposition exclusively of
manufactured products suitable for ex-
port. 1t is proposed by the exhibits 10
convince the representatives of foreign
countries that the United States an
feed and clothe the world, bes.~ys, sup
plying il with most of the luXuries of
life. The statistics of the export trade
of the world at the close of the last fis-
raj year showed that more than twelve
hundred million dollars worth of Amer
lean products We're bought by foreign
nations. the sales having been made.
apparently, without any special effort
upon the part Of American producers
end manufacturers. The growth of our
export trade naturally makes it i'm
portant that there should be a general
recognition abroad, Of the fact that in
almost every line of manufacturing en-
terprise the United States eau sell
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The CaIifOrn in Scandal,

the news of the rest of the country
is dull, California can usually be
depended upon to furnish one big
crime or scandal. DR. SponoGle--what
a name for Dickens to conjure with
who has been removed from the posi-
ton Of medical director of the Agnews
insane asylum, does not propose to give
up without fight, and has announced
his intention of suing Governor Gage
for libel and defamation of character,
placing his damages at one hundred
thousand dollars. If DR.. Sponogle has
been damaged at all. we should make
il a million. If he is guilty Of the
his removal, he ought to be hanged.
Murder and criminal assault upon in
sane and feebIe-minded women are
something more than mere peccadillos.
Sponogle is either a criminal of the
deepest dye or he is one of the most
Gage is a lawyer and he must know the
value of the evidence he has against
Sponogle-how much of it can b. ad-
mitted in court of law. 1t is not at
all likely that a trained lawyer would
bring charges of such supreme gravity
unless he knew where to put his hand
on proof to back them up. The world
will expect him to prove his accusa-
tions. Either Governor Gage or DIR.
Sponogle is one of the greatest sCOun-
drels unhanged.
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M'lEAN AT THE HEAD.


st. Louis, Aug. SCI r. Mclean, GEM
ocratic nominee for governor of Ohio,
is, now head of the ways and means COM
mittee of the democratic national COM
mittee. His appointment was an
nounced by w. j. Stone today, it being
one of the features of the re-organiza-
ton plan decided upon at The Chicago
meeting, July 20. Another feature is
the elimination of John p. Altseld from
the national councils of his party. His
resignation from the ways aud means
committee is accepted, ana his friend,
Devlin, who has had charge of the
Press bureau, will soon follow him il
retirement. it is prelicteI. Still an
other feature is the elevation into great
prominence of J. G.. Johnson of Kansas,
he being made chairman OF the cXcLu-
tive committee, and also having a seat
on each of the other Two bodies affect
ed by the reorganization plar.
The new members % the committees
We're announced by Vice Chairman
Stone upon receipt of a letter sent by
Chairman Jones, now IN Great Britain.
They are as follows, the first one named
in each being the chairman:
Executive-J. G. Johnson Of Kansas,
w. j. Stone of Missouri, Daniel ]. am
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President Kruger is willing to make
certain concessions but his demands
practically nullify them. The status
of affairs is this: Kruger will grant
the Uitlanders an increase in repre-
sentation in the volksraad. a share in
the election of president and enlarged
liberties in certain minor matters; but
in return he insists that Great Britain
shall relinqush all suzerainty rights
over the Transvaal. and that all ques-
tions in dispute not settled by conces-
sions shall be submitted to arbitration,
but not to a foreign power. To the
first of these propositions Great Brit
ain will not listen for a moment, and
with each succeeding day the danger of
war increases.
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THEIR NARROW ESCAPE.
Alfred smith and Wife in n Runaway at
Deer Lodge.


Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Deer Lodge, Aug. 2o.-One of the
most exciting runaways ever seen on
our streets occurred in front of the
McBurney at about o'clock this after
noon. Alfred Smith and wife of Butte
We're in a light four wheeled covered
wagon, drawn by a gray horse, and
We're going to a cabin in the west end
of the town, in which they were tenn
porarily quartered, when a small black
and white dog which they carried with
them in the wagon jumped out upon
the horses back, badly frightening the
animal, which at once began to buck
and kick and run as if mad. The horse
headed for the McBurney, scattering
the men who occupied chairs upon the
sidewalk, tearing the boxing from
around the shade trees and loosenng
several bricks from the corner of the
building.
After crossing the sidewalk on the
south side of the building the left hind
wheel caught a telegraph pole and
brought the horse to a standstill. The
animal was soon surrounded and UNI
hitched from the vehicle. being none
the worse off for his wild run, but his
owner did not fare so well. He was
severely bruised in the left side, but
whether he was kicked or run over he
does not know. All he does remember
is that the horse kicked the dashboard
away and that he fell down between
the horses heels and the wagon, and
then he became unconscious until he
was carried to the sidewalk by some
men, shortly after which he came to.
He sustained several slight cuts in the
head but nothing serious, and Will be
all right again in a few days.
Mrs. Smith was taken from the
wreck badly frightened, but v.ot hurt.
Mr. Smith is a cook and has lived in
Anaconda and Butte for past 10 years.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 81. 1899.
TEN PAGES.
Mr.. Mclean.

JOHN r. MCLEAN, the democratic
q candidate for governor of Ohio,
is man of ability, enterprise and
wealth. He is most widely known as
the owner of the Cincinnati Enquirer,
one Of the leading democratic papers of
the country. Although he spends much
OF his time in the city of Washington,
he Keeps in close touch with his news
paper, dominating it as completely as
the New York Herald is dominated by
James Gordon Bennett when Bennett is
in Europe. With the aid of a private
wire connecting the Enquirer's home
Office with its Washington bureau, Mr..
Mclean daily dictates the policy of the
paper, writing many of the editorials
himself He is reported to be worth
S10,oO0,oC& His money is largely invest
ed in gilt-Sdge securities, gas and street
railroad stocks being his specially. al
though he is also largely interested in
first-rate railroad shares. He is eau
tious in his business ventures, seldom
caring to play the role of a specnIator.
He prefers putting his money into in
Vestments of permanent and estab-
lished character oven at a high figure.
There is nothing of the gambler in Nc
lean-he is a shrewd. prudent, self-con-
tained man-withal man of character
and force. 1t has been his ambition for
years to be the governor of Ohio. and
the time seems to be ripe for him to
accomplish his desire.
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TT remains true that there are more
things in heaven and earth than are
dreamt of in the ordinary mans
philosophy. In recent years there nave
sprung up industries that nobody
knows anything about until they are
revealed by accident. Take the strike
of the gum -chewers of New York. Who
knew before that gum chewing was a
trade, that men made a living by it?
1t seems that in New York people have
been paid two dollars day to hang
around and patronize the alluring
penny -the-slot machines that supply
gum They would walk up before the
passing pedestrians, drop in a penny
get the gum. place it in their mouths
and begin to chew in an apparent
dream of ecstasy. This was supposed
to incite the spectators to rush up and
buy. The professional gum-cheWerS
struck recently for more than two dol
lars a day. Failing to obtain that, they
asked for shorter hours and finally they
reduced their demands to the PROPOSE
ton that one hundred chews of gum be
deemed days work. The outcome of
this last request is not known. 1t APP
pears to be an eminently reasonable
demand and as long as this is all they
want the sympathy of the public will
be on the strikers side.
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England's Answer Made.

Pretoria. Aug 30.-The British dip
lomatic agent here, Mr.. Conyngham
Greene. has handed to the secretary of
state, F. w. Stitz, the reply of the
British secretary of state for the col
onies, Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, to the
Transvaal alternative proposals to join
the commission suggested by Great
Britain to inquire into the effect which
the proposed franchise reform measure
will have on the Outlanders.
Mr.. Greene also had a long confer
ence with state officials. The nature
of the conference was not disclosed. but
was subject to the consideration of the
executive this afternoon. 1t is under
stood another conference may occur at
Capetown. The result is anxiously
awaited.
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ANACONDA NEWS
AT GOLD COIN.
Anaconda People Having an Enjoyable
Time There.

From Gold Coin comes the following
report Of a dance given there last
Saturday evening:
The best and most successful dance
of the season thus far took place on
Saturday evening, the 18th at Miners
Union hall, in which most of the peo-
pie of the camp took part. besides two
camping parties. The members of one
party, who are camping half a mile
north of the Coin, that took part were
Miss Etna Neal, Miss Jennie McMil-
len and l.. McFirst OF Anaconda.
Members of the other party, who are
south of Silver lake. We're Miss Viola
+. Powell and Mrs +. Il. Powell of
Anaconda and Miss Helen Brown of
New York. The latter party We're taken
to their camp across the lake at l
o'clock Sunday morning aboard
john Reaches pleasure yacht by the
experienced sailors, Eugene and Thorn
as Kinerk. All present at the social
We're highly pleased and spoke well of
the pleasant and accommodating peo-
PIE Of the camp. Geld Cplg ehoiee eaks
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Il S ugly and vicious newspaper
fight as any the country
! has witnessed is the one now
going on between the New York Sun and
the New York Herald. Personalities
are freely INDUCED in, and in some re-
CARDS the violent vituperation of the
Arizona Kicker" is excelled. Without
stopping to pluck the beam from its
own eye, the Herald makes these OBJ
servations on metropolitan Journalism,
the correctness and justice of which
will be readily admitted. by these
miserable quarrels," says the Herald,
the newspapers of New York have
made themselves ridiculous; they are
now exciting sneers and contempt. Is
it any wonder that the sincerity and
VeraCity of the press are doubted? Are
we contributing to the value of the
various newspaper properties by en-
deavOring to prove to the public that
they are on par with green goods es-
Establishments conducted by rascals. and
should be stunned by all honest people?
When will We rise to the dignity of the
English press that we CritiCise as being
too conservative and unprogressiVe?
Has the French press. after all, sunk
much lower in its reckless assassina-
ton of private character? There are
many evidences that these thoughts
have also occurred to other New York
newspapers since the recent wild gypsy
dance of invective aud bitterness that
seems TO have broken out this summer
in the press of New York"
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DECISION FOR WHITE
In a Twenty Round Bout With Harry
Lyons.

Dubuque, Iowa. Aug. 30.--Tommy
White got the decision over Harry Ly-
ons (colored) of Chicago, at the end of
a 20-round bout here tonight. They
fought for the 126-pound championship.
Lyons put up a good fight, but began
to weaken in the last round and Whi-e
landed almost at will. Neither man APP
peared to possess much power. They
Rugged from start to finish. Hitting
with one arm free was allowed and
they pummeled each other every time
they clinched. The decision did not
meet with the entire approval of the
spectators owing to the great showing
Lyons made. In the preliminary bout
between Jack Lewis and Charles Ken
nedy for the lightweight championship
of the west, Kennedy was given the de-
csion. George Siler was referee.
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VIII Not Fight.

Capetown, Aug. 30,-At a meeting of
the Scandinavians of Johannesburg,
just held only two of them voted in ia
vor of forming a volunteer corps in
case of war;
A deputation of outlanders has called
on the British agent at Pretoria regard
ing the trade depression. A merchant
whose stock is valued at $4,000, said
his daily sales We're but about GS.
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If a salary of $12, 900 year isn't
enough for him, the sultan of Sulu
should bring himself and a few dozen
wives over here and engage in the mu-
scum business.
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The Grant has arrived in San Fran
cisco. with the Idaho. Wyoming and
North Dakota volunteers. This Grant
must have carried heavier load even
than Ulysses S. was charged with pack
ing at the siege of Vicksburg.
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Special Dispatch to the Standard
Billings, Aug. 30.-Seven horses out of a
shipment of 300 died at the stock yards
this morning with similar symptoms to
those which died two weeks ago. They
were shipped by the same parties, Pow
ell Bros. from Washington.
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~ VERY day brings fresh gossip of
r the impending war in the
Transvaal. From a possibility
the war has grown to a probability.
An overt act on either side might pre-
Cipitate hOstilities in an hour Both
parties seem to wish to avoid war, but
neither is disposed to yield an inch
from the position it has assumed,
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j. p, Dolan,s Son Dead.

At about 1 o'clock this morning Will
lam Francis Dolan, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. P. Dolan, died at the family resi-
dence, corner of Fifth and Maple
streets, Anaconda, aged three and one
half years. The cause of death was
stomach trouble, brought on by eating
green fruit
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New York C--ce-4s Tribune Building.
chicago Oftce--469 The Rookery.
The s. c. Beckwith Special Agency,
Eastern Representatives.
Washington Bureau-1.415 G ST., N. W.
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There is well-developed suspicion
that in the Ohio election this fall Mr..
Mclean will have a silent partner in
Senator Foraker.
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They may find balm in Gilead but
the imperialists and expansionists are
unable to discover any in the Eighth
congressional district of Missouri.
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President Kruger is liable to have
bigger war on his hands than his es-
teemed contemporary, President Nc
Kinley ever had.
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Mr.. Shackleford. Silver Dick BANDS
successor. has a comfortable plurality
of about 3,O0O The odd Missourians'
have a habit of doing the right thing
at the right time.