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BRILLIANT AND IMPOSING
FEATURES OF THE WELCOME

sights that will meet the eyes of those
sailor boys will be wonderful indeed.
1t has been estimated that no less than
$4,000, 900 has been expended in different
ways on the Dewey welcome. The
Washington centennial Inauguration
celebration of the last decade has hith-
erto been regarded as the ne plus ultra
of all such things in this hemisphere. At
this centennial there was expended in
round number 100000. The prepara-
tons which have just been taking place
in New York city, however, have quite
overshadowed those of the Washington
celebration, and every decorating es-
Enlistment in Manhattan has been
working overtime trying to fill orders.
The extraordinar feature of the
Dewey reception is that the decoration
of civic buildings, private houses, no.
tells, shops and even churches, will be
on plan more elaborate than ever be-
fore. 1t has been customary on such
occasions to decorate only these houses
and buildings which happen to be on
the direct line of the parade, but this
time no such limitations will be observ-
ed. New York will have on gala dress
unknown before in the history of any
city. The one special feature of this
gala dress will be the Dewey arch,
which is now nearing completion on
Madison square, just where Fifth ave-
nue., Broadway and Twenty-fourth
street intersect. This arch is said to
resemble somewhat the famous Titus
arch of Rome. 1t will be, however a
more transient affair than its Roman
prototype, for no "immemorial marble
=, To-. to- Mt
triumphal arch is made of white stucco
and is handsomely ornamented with
figures of appropriate designs.
These figures represent the ascend
ency of the United States as a mari
time nation, symbolized by four groups,
bold in design and poetic in conception.
One group represents patriotism, or
the call to arms. The second group
typifies War, or the fight with the enc
my. The third group stands for the
Return, which, of course, means the
Homecoming of the victorious fighter
while the fourth and last group will
show the dawn of Peace, the returned
volunteers again taking up the peaceful
occupations of their home life. Ex-
tending ON either side of the arch there
is double line Of ornate columns, con-
Stltutlng Mt approach TO the one cen
trail piece. The different groups on this
central arch are treated in an allegori-
cal way but have in the foreground
certain realistic groups These will con-
tain such portrait figures as Farragut,
Decatur, Paul Jones, Perry, Foote,
Hull, Gushing, Porter and Macdonald.
Besides these there will be medallions
of other naval heroes who could not
be included in such heroic groupings,
each figure being IL feet in height.
More than two dozen of the most eff
| Gent artists of New York have been at
| work upon this arch for some. time,
and, while it's nominal cost is reckoned
at $26,500, it's actual value is many
! times that modest figure.
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yHEN we consider the position
" occupied by Admiral Dewey,
and how necessary it is for
him to be conservative of speech, there
is a whole world of suggestion in his
utterances upon the Philippine situa-
ton, as published in yesterday dis
patches. 1t would have been impossible
for him to go further without making
a direct assault upon the policy of the
administration.
He says that Aguinaldo is a pretty
smart fellow" but that he has not the
brains" This appears to be slightly
contradictory, but the admiral undoubt-
edly intended to distinguish between
"smartness" and greatness" which is
a distinction well taken. He also in
forms us that he and Aguinaldo "were
great friends and are for that matter"
which altogether excludes the idea of
the Filipino leader being an "upstart"
and nobody" Surely Admiral Dewey
has not been making great friends Of
"upstarts" and "nobodies."
His criticism of Otis is put in kindly
phrase, out II is nevertheless, when
closely analyzed, exceedingly severe It
is evident that he has no admiration for
that commander. He says that OILS
has tried to do too much" That he
wants to be general, governor, judge
and everything else, to hold all the
reins. No man can do that. 1t is
enough for a man to do one thing, tC
be one thing, but when a man tries &c
do everything and be everything, It is
easy to imagine the result" So it is
and it is quite as easy to see that
Dewey looks upon Otis and his work
as utter and complete failures. Tn.
language admits of no other interpreted
ton, even though he was evidently
striving TO keep within the properties
of his position as a naval officer. But
more than this 1t is also a SHARP
criticism of the administration which
assumes full responsibility for Otis and
his acts.
The most suggestive utteranCe though
was with reference to the fitness of tbs
Filipinos for self-government We'll
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AS soon as it is dark in New York
tonight from Wards Island to Grants
tomb the city will blaze up in sudden
fury of fiery welcome. All along the
Jersey coast and down Long Island
there will be displays of fireworks,
while from Governors Island and Lib
erty Island there will also burst up a
sudden volcano of pyrotechnics In the
meantime the great electric sign will
flare out on Brooklyn bridge: '.Wel-
come Dewey" and a hundred dazzling
searchlights will sweep the waters of
the Hudson, the East river and the up
per bay all resplendent with the rudy
glow of red fire
What the Olympia lads will think of
this outburst it is impossible to say,
for warm as they may anticipate their
welcome home will be, they can hardly
be expecting to be greeted by $15,c00
worth of fireworks in one night.
But to-night's proceedings will he
merely an overture to the two days
celebrating which is to follow the first
arrival of the Olympia. Tomorrow is
to be the great day of the reception,
and early on the morning of that day
slowly up the Narrows to join Admiral
SIMPSONS North Atlantic squadron,
which will await Dewey off Tompkins-
vile. As the Olympia passes up the
bay the heavy guns of Fort Wadsworth
will fire a salute, and one can imagine
the cheers of the jackies when the flag
ship of the worlds first admiral passes
down the two wide lines of the await
ing squadron. The steamers and tugs
of the harbor will join in the general
jubilation, and when the Olympia has
run the gauntlet of SIMPSONS ships
she will anchor at the head of the line
and then the official and formal well
coming of Dewey will take place. This
will be performed by Rear Admiral
Sampson, who will go aboard the Olym-
pia and extend to the returning admiral
the good wishes of the navy and the
government.
After these formalities have been per-
formed the great naval parade will take
place. In this parade the Olympia
with the entire North Atlantic squad
ron as escort, will steam slowly up
from Tompkinsville to the North river,
where the whole fleet will proceed as
tomb. The concentrated position of SO
many vast fighting machines and their
numerous evolutions as they file UT
the Hudson will make a very beautiful
sight. 1t has been decided that it will
be just before reaching Grants tomb
that the Olympia, will fire the custo-
mary salute, after which she will come
to anchor to the sound of booming
guns and the blare of brass bands
All this time the only sight the thou
sands of watching people will get of the
hero of Manila bay will be very dis
tant one, as the admiral is not to land
Saturday morning, the day of the great
land parade. When this gigantic pa
| rade takes place, Dewey and his mer
| will begin to realize just what Uncle
Sam thinks of his sailor boys. The
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no." he said, mot just now. They
probably will be in a little time.
They are a very queer people, very
queer mixture. Many of them are quite
civilized and good people, but l do not
think they are fit for elf-government
just yet, But when I say that, l must
add at the same time that they are
that they are a better people than the
Cubans in every way. / wish, however,
that the whole business was settled
and I think that after a little the Fill
pinos will take to US kindly
In this he is saying everything that
he possibly can say in favor of the Fill
pinos without exhibiting a manifest
superior officer. The American people
in the most solemn and formal way,
through a congressional resolution
signed by the president, have recog-
nized the fitness of the Cubans for self
government, and the Spanish war was
begun for the express purpose of giving
it to them. Dewey tells US that the
Filipinos are in every way better
people than the Cubans. That settles
the whole question so far as the argu-
ment is concerned.
The fitness of a people to govern
themselves is always to be considered
comparatively. No one has ever pre-
tended that either the Cubans or the
Filipinos were as capable of self
government as the Americans are.
Neither are the Mexicans, nor the
South Americans, nor the people of any
other country according to our stand
ards and ideals. But that gives US no
right to deny to them the privilege of
trying and doing the best they can.
1t is not claimed that instantly, upon
the close of the war with Spain, the
Filipinos should have been authorized
to set up a government of their own.
Everything was in confusion, and the
| first thing to be done was the restora-
! ton of order out of the chaos which
reigned. The fatal error lay in the ad-
mighty attitude of conqueror, and
utterly blasting the hopes of the Fill
| pinos that they ever should have the
| privileges of freemen in their own
country. This is the terrible, costly and
inexcusable blunder that the admins
tration has made. Mr.. Mckinley and
his fawning apologists will derive no
comfort from this interview with the
hero of Manila.
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ANACONDA NEWS
FILED FOR RECORD.
Deeds and Quartz Locations Recorded
Yesterday.

Deeds and Quartz Locations Recorded
Yesterday.
The following deeds and quartz loca-
tons were filed with the county record
er yesterday:
Quartz location-By ]. H. THOMPSON
and Frank Anderson, the Gumbo Reef
claim, on the middle fork of Rock
creek.
Quartz location--By j. H. Thompson
and Frank Anderson, the Rico claim, on
the middle fork of Rock creek.
Warranty deed-Lelia T. Bryan to
X. NJ. Cobban, the northwest quarter
of section "a. township Is north, range
IA west $1,000.
Warranty deed-Edgar Lehman to r.
NJ. Cobban, lot l, southeast quarter
northeast quarter and east half of the
southeast quarter, section 6, township
10 north. range IA west, $500.
Warranty dted-Leonard Barrett to
X. NJ. Cobban, the east half of the
northwest quarter, the northwest quar-
ter of the northeast quarter and the
northeast quarter of the southwest
quarter, section s, township Is north
range IA west, 81 900.
Warranty deed-Belle ellis to r. NJ
Cobban, the west half of the southeast
quarter, the southwest quarter of the
northeast quarter and the southeast
quarter of the southwest quarter, sec,
ton 6, township Is north, range L
west, 5000.
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An Unfortunate Dispute.


Army of the Republic and the
committee in charge of the
Dewey parade is most unfortunate, and
it seems as unnecessary as it is unfor-
tunate
AS nearly as can be gathered from
the dispatches it had been arranged
that the New York posts of the G. A.
r. should be represented by picked de-
tachments, to commanded by General
o. o. Howard. Later it appears that
the Grand Army men demanded the
right of the line, which would have
placed them at the head of the column.
This, General Roe, chairman of the pa
rade committee, positively refused to
allow; whereupon, according to the
latest advices, the Grand Army men re-
fused to parade at all.
This is deeply to be regretted. There
is tender spot in every loyal Ameri-
can heart for the organization COM
posed of members of the Grand Army
of the Union in that most gigantic of
civil wars, which threatened the very
life of the republic. The services and
sacrifices of the men who fought with
Grant in the tangled thickets of the
Wilderness, who followed Sheridan in
His whirlwind dash through the tShen-
andoah, who marched beneath the
shining eagles of Sherman from At
lanta to the sea. or who with the white
haired Farragut rode the stormy bill
lows of the deep, will never be forgot
| ten by a grateful country.
| At the same time their action in de-
handing the post of honor in the
| marching line and refusing to accept
| any other is not to be commended. The
| arrangements rested entirely with the
! committee. and it was for them or their
| representative General Roe, to make
the assignment. 1t may well be that
services considered, the grizzled veter-
ans of the civil war were entitled to
the right of the line; but it was not
peculiarly their day, and no matter
what their merits may be, it looked a
little selfish for them to peremptorily de-
mand a place at the head of the line.
| If Admiral Dewey himself had sent on
q demand" for a particular place in
the parade, and had refused to accept
! any other, it would have lowered him
a great deal in the public estimation.
An honor that is forced is no honor at
all.
General Roe who had immediate
charge of the parade formation, is
himself, so it is stated, Grand Army
man, which precludes the possibility of
an intentional slight. The generals ex-
PLANTATION is that the parade was dis
tinctively a military and naval one,
and that the active navy was entitled
to lead the marching column. At any
rate, with the kindliest feeling for the
gallant old boys, we cannot help re-
garding their action as a mistake
Their fame rests upon too safe basis
to be in the slightest degree affected
by the particular place assigned 20
them in parade.
Not the least regrettable feature of
the affair is the opportunity which 1t
gave Governor Roosevelt to send up a
cheap sky-rocket and pose as peculi-
arily the friend of the old soldier That
anyone connected with the parade de-
sired to snub the Grand Army is not to
be believed for a moment. At the worst
ii was nothing more than a difference
of opinion as to what the order of for
nation should be.
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H0YT'S "A BLACK SHEEP"

1t Scores Decided Hit at Its First Pre-
sentation in Montana.
The role of Goodfellow Cunning, the
Arizona editor, in Hoyt's "A Black
Sheep" is one of the cleverest and most
unique characters ever put on the
American stage. That it was made
secondary to the Hot Stuff of Otis Har-
len in the original production of the
play is something that is open to criti-
Cism, but that is all past now and the
editor occupies the place in the play
that he should have in the first place
and has come out to Montana to share
his humor with the people of this state.
To say that Devere and the play
made hit last evening at the Margaret
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DOWNEY GOtS FREE.
Acquitted of the Charge of Assaulting
John Duffy, Otherwise the Kid.

John Duffy, who says his pugilistiC
name is kid Duffy, from Bosting, see!"
failed lamentably in his efforts to Sc
cure the conviction of William Downey,
his enemy. on the charge of assault and
battery.
The case was tried last evening be-
fore Justice Devine and resulted in the
acquittal of Downey. Downey is a
painter, whose place of business is on
Main street, between Front and Com
mercial The evidence showed that
Duffy went to the place to get some
paints belonging to a friend. Downey
would not give them up without an
order. Duffy attempted to take them.
Downey grabbed a piece of picture
moulding and attempted to knock Duffy
out with it. Duffy threw him on the
floor and in doing so received a bruise
on his forehead
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What a prominent advertiser said:
ut is better to spend a little bit too
much money for advertising than not
quite enough. believe in spending all
the money that the business will stand
and may be a little bit more than it
will stand. I would cut down all of
other expenses before / touched my adj
vertising expenditures. l believe that
advertising is the life of any business.
1t is the connecting link between the
business and the public. If it is broken
and the connection is lost, the business
is sure to suffer.
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The advertisement Is the thing-the
sense of the advertisement An adver-
tisement is not published to display the
ingenuity of the printer, but to display
the offer of the advertiser. Advertise
ments are meant to convey certain in
formation to busy business men. They
should do it in the strongest and most
direct manner possible.
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TO ADVERTISERS.

The Anaconda Standard guarantees its
advertisers a bona fide paid circulation,
Daily and Sunday. three times greater
than that Of any other newspaper pub
iished in the state of Montana. Advertis-
Ing contracts will be made subject to this
guarantee.
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Senator Hanna's rheumatism Is also
giving a pain to a number of republic
cans who fear that he will be unable
to take an active part in the Ohio cam
paign,
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Although the irrigation delegates have
shaken hands and parted, Missoula will
put in few more days shaking hands
with herself.
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New York Gees Tribune Building.
Chicago Offfce-469 The Rocker.
The S. C. Beckwith Special Agency.
Eastern Representatives.
Washington Bureau-1,4l5 G ST., N. W.
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All general business letters and corre-
spondence should be addressed to the
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY,
Anaconda, Mont.
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The Standard has branch Offices at
Butte, Missoula and Great Falls, where
advertising rates will be furnished on ap-
plication.
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AS to the public's interest in the truth
or falsity of the bribery charges, Mr..
w. A Clark cordially endorses the Van
derbiltism 1.-The public be damned"
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A soft answer turneth away wrath,
but a declination to answer at all turn
eth out a boomerang
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To all whom this may concern: No
tice is hereby given that my wife, Sarah
Rode, has left my bed and board. with
out cause or provocation. l therefore
warn the public not to trust her on my
account. HENRY RODE.
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Dewey says Otis undertakes too much.
He certainly does when he undertakes
to suppress the facts of the Philippine
situation.
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Mr.. Clark is in no mood to start an
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS department
in the Butte Miner or elsewhere.
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1t seems that Governor Roosevelt
found the manager of the Dewey parade
a hard Roe to hoe.
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1t is understood that Mr.. Clark
partner in the firm of w. A. Clark &
Bbl. also declines to answer.
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Sampson will take great pains to
come in ahead of Schley at all the
Dewey festivities.
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Kruger's shoulder is exhibiting re-
markable staying qualities.
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There will be all sorts of jams in New
York this week, including some whose
first name is Jim.
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The San Francisco reporters may be
good men, but they are going wrong as
to the names and occupations of many
prominent Montanans.
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Dewey says he and Aguinaldo have
been and are yet friends. Now let the
treason howlers howl a few howls at
Dewey
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There would also be great rejoicing
among the American people If Otis
would come home.
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l doubt II 1t is possible to do too
much advertising so long as the bust
ness is capable Of development, and go
long as the advertising bills can be
paid.
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Admiral Dewey is dropping several
shells right into the expansionists'
CAMP
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For the time being in New York to-
night the fireworks will be the whole
works
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The next three days in New York will
be days of grace.
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/ You may read the answers in the
! stars. but not in the sworn testimony
! of Mr.. w. A. Clark.
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Daily and Sunday. six months ........ 500
Daily and Sunday, three months ..... 800
Daily and Sunday, one month. 100
Sunday, one year NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." 100
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Postage free for the United States. Can
ada and Mexico. Elsewhere
postage added.
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Main office-standard Block. Anaconda.
TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
Business Office ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Editorial Rooms .......................No. IS
The Lamar register., 1899-06-07
ASSESSMENTS IN NEW Yoak.
Small Taxes Are Paid by Financier. Kno~n
to Be Extremely wealthy

New York. June 1.-The sessions Of
the Mazet committees were noticeable
mainly for two points, one the turning
AT bay OF Mr.. Moss, the other. The eyi-
dence regarding the existence in the
city of the most frightful form of de-
prsvity.
by far the greater portion OF the see
sions was devoted To the examination
~ President Feitner and Commissioner
sheehy, both OF the tax board. Their
evidence merely went TO show the long
Established lnefticiency OF the system
OF personal taxation.
Mr.. Moss opened the session with ar
outburst OF Indignation against the
way In which witnesses had treated
him. He demanded the protection of
the committee and announced his I'm
iention OF bringing Police Captain
Price before the committee 10 prove
me charges made yesterday against
Mr.. Moss.
Thomas l.. Fcitner. president OF the
tax board. was called. He testified that
among his appointments were those of
number OF relatives at high salaries
Mr.. Moss wen; into the assessments
OF John ID. Rockefeller. Cornelius Van
derbllt. ]. Pierpont Morgan. Russell
Sage and George Gould. In the case of
Rockefeller, Sage and Vanderbilt. the
record merely showed that they were
assessed In 1855 and 1889 after making
no appearance. In the ease OF Mr.. Nor
gan II showed that he was assessed on
si,ooD.Ooo and that he consented to an
assessment OF S4OO.nOo after stating
that be had no property upon which he
could be assessed.
do you mean TO say" said Mr..
Moss, that Mr.. Morgan swore that he
WAS not taxable and then volunteered
to pay on s+OO.oo0T'
That Is what mean 20 say said
Mr.. Feitner.
In the case OF George Gould the rec
ord showed that he was not assessed.
Mr. Moss asked II any effort had been
made 10 place him on the roll and Mr..
Feitner said that not SO far Ss he
knew. Mir Feitner admitted that n
tremendous amount OF injustice result
I'd from the personal tax system. as
Ii existed Ri present. An adjournment
was taken until 1880 o'clock tomor-
row morning.