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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24
COULDN'T WORK HIM.
Corn Doctors Experience With One of
the Standards Bright Reporters.
"Say, are you a reporter?"

Say, are you a reporter?"
The apparently excited man was in
formed of the correctness of his guess
He was standing in front of the South
ern hotel, holding a grip in one hand
and an umbrella and cane in the other
He wore silk hat and a red tie be-
sides the regulation Sunday suit of
clothes.
I'm glad I met you, sir. I was told
up the street by gentleman of your
city that you We're a reporter, and to
make sure l asked you also. | wish to
show you something that will interest
you. I just arrived from the East and
hope to be able to remain in your
beautiful city for several days. Queer
weather. isn't it?'
He led the way to the writing room
of the Butte hotel, where. by the way.
he is not staying, and there took the
reporter into his confidence
II have something here" he said, "as
he ran his hand down into the grip and
drew forth large envelope, that will
interest your readers. I understand
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24
IT WAS A P|RATED PLAY
Mckee Rankin Had No Author
ity to Produce "Magda."
GOSSIP OF THE THEATER
The Story OF 1.-TWO Rogues and O Ro.
nance" Which Will Be Presented
by Stuart Robson-Roland
Reed Is Coming.

1t would appear that Mckee Rankin
and Nance O'Neill have been produc-
ing the play "Magda" without author
ity, after the manner of pirates, judg-
ing from the fact that a few days ago
decree was entered in the United
States court at Cincinnati in favor of
Emanuel Lederer, the New York the
atrical manager. and against Rankin
and Miss O'Neill to restrain the latter
from giving performances of "Magda."
The decree, however, was entered by
consent, and sets forth the fact that a
license has been granted the defend
ants to produce the play.
In giving an explanation of the case,
Mr.. Rankin is quoted as saying:
I'VE allowed the decree to be entered,
and by that, with the arrangement
which we have with Mr.. Lederer, we
acquire full privilege to produce Mag
da' at all times. 1 am sure, however, if
we had contested his claim we could
have beat it at law, but as I have no
desire to act other than honorably in
the matter, l allowed Lederer a royalty
upon the production.
The injunction was first brought
against us by Mr.. Lederer while play
ing in Minneapolis about year ago,
and later the case was prosecuted while
we were playing in San Francisco last
December If we had have contested the
claim and won it would have given any
one the right to produce the play, and
as the production has proven immense
ly popular, we decided to honor MI Lee
derer's claim. The book was published
in England, Germany and the United
States and sold everywhere for so cents,
and I think there is no question that
we could have produced the play with
out permission from Mr. Lederer."
Mr. Rankin has been doing so well
this season that he can afford to pay
royalties instead Of piratng plays, and
1T is an uncommon experience for him
to be able to pay up. When he made
his tour through the West and South
a few seasons ago he was compelled to
leave behind a string of unpaid hotel
and other bills from San Francisco to
New Orleans. 1t is to his credit that on
his present tour he is paying off all
those old accounts. Several of his old
bills were presented to him when he
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24
Four Thousand Degrees of Heat.

The greatest heat produced artificially
is that of an electric arc furnace, the kind
that is used in the production of artificial
diamonds, calcium carbide, etc. 1t is so
intense that nothing exists with which to
record it. 1t is estimated however, to be
of about 1000 degrees Fahrenheit. The
coolest known temperature is that of
liquid air which freezes alcohol and mer-
curry and distances all means of measur-
ing. 1t is claimed for it that with it a
temperature of 400 degrees below zero
Fahrenheit is reached. The present linn
its of heat and cold are, therefore, repre-
sented by the arc furnace and the liquid
air
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24

Pay your subscription to the Ana
conda Standard for one year in advance
and secure the handsome premium,
paris of To-Day"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24

1t is now announced that the great
opera house which w. A. Clark was to
erect on his Park street property will
not be built-not just yet.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24

Why is the secrpt you tell a wom-
an like Schatzlein sign. Answer-Be-
cause everybody will know what 1t is.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24

soc vinegar Csc; good bread flour
s1.90 per 100; 5 pounds strawberry pre-
serves 75c Cooks &31 East Park St.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24
Calling Cards.

Call at the Standard office, q East
Broadway, and see the latest styles OF
calling cards.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24

Joseph r. -GTismers adaptation of
the French farce comedy, La Gu
lotte" (The Trousers) fills out the
spring season at the Manhattan New
York commencing April "a. 1t is said
TO be quite as racy as THE Turtle"
and Fiji" but its fun is of a more
boisterous and farcical type.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24

Fine rabbits, Csc. R. A. Cobban, 1921
South Wyoming street.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24
STAGE NOTES,

This time it is Jack" Mason, hus-
band of Marion Manola, who files a
petition in bankruptcy. He has 81
creditors. to whom he owes S29,46S. and
absolutely nothing in the way of as
sets. Hotelkeepers, doctors, lawyers
and money-lending personal friends
comprise the majority of his creditors.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24

M. w. Hanley announces that his
star, Robert B. Mantell, will appear in
all the principal cities next season in
new play entitled THE Dagger and
the Cross" from the book of the same
name by Joseph MADDEN. dramatized
by w. A. Tremayne.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24

The discovery that the District of
Columbia has no law against theatrical
performances on Sunday has been fol-
lowed by the opening of several sec
ond class houses on Sunday nights. 1t
Is expected that congress will put a
stop to that early next season.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24

THE Turtle" is such a money breed
eT on the road that the season of both
companies performing it has been ex-
tended. Isabelle Evesson and her al
lies will tour the Pacific coast far into
the summer
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24

mile. Fifl' closes its New York run
after it's Tooth performance April "a,
but will play elsewhere nearly all sum-
mer. The souvenirs, playing cards in
hand engraved silver holders, were
suggested. by Rose Coghlan's funny
game of freeze out in the last act.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24

way Down East" is doing a phe-
nomenal business through New Eng
land, the picturesque rustic life Of
which section it so graphically depicts
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24

Anna Held is this week in Montreal
and then makes her farewell American
appearances for the present season
with 1.-The French Maid at the Grand
opera house, New York. Miss Held
spends the summer in Paris, returning
in September to produce a new musical
comedy, "Papas Wife"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24

1t is explained that the reason for
Mrs. Leslie Carriers playing some of
her standup ''Zaza" scenes in a sit
ting posture is (whisper it fearsomely)
SnI,tf
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24

William A. Brady has given a per
Torrance Of "A Stranger in a Strange
Land at Terrys theater. London, for
copyright purposes, and will produce it
in New York next autumn
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24

'McFaddens Row of Flats" a brist-
ling farce comedy, will be seen at the
Grand opera house three nights, be-
ginning May 4. ~sa.'
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24

This time it is Jack" Mason. hus
band of Marion Manola, who files a
petition in bankruptcy. He has 81
creditors. to whom he owes s29,46S, and
absolutely nothing in the way of as
sets, Hotelkeepers, doctors. lawyers
and money-lending personal friends
comprise the majority of his creditors
1t is now announced that the great
| opera house which W. A. Clark was to
erect on his Park street property will
not be built-not just yet.
The discovery that the District of
| Columbia has no law against theatrical
performances on Sunday has been fol-
| lowed by the opening of several sec
ond class houses on Sunday nights. It
| Is expected that congress will put a
stop to that early next season.
NJ. w. Hanley announces that his
star, Robert B. Mantell, will appear in
| all the principal cities next season in
new play entitled THE Dagger and
the Cross from the book of the same
name by Joseph Hadden, dramatized
by w. A. Tremayne.
1t is explained that the reason for
Mrs. Leslie Carter's playing some of
her stand-up ''Zaza'' scenes in a sit
ting. posture is (whisper it fearsomely)
govt!
'Way Down East" is doing phe-
nomenal business through New Eng
| land, the picturesque rustic life of
which section it so graphically depicts.
Anna Held is this week in Montreal
and then makes her farewell American
| appearances for the present season
with THE French Maid" at the Grand
opera house, New York Miss Held
| spends the summer in Paris, returning
in September to produce a new musical
comedy, "Papa's Wife"
mile. Fiji" closes its New York run
after its Tooth performance April "a,
| but will play elsewhere nearly all sum-
mer. The souvenirs, playing cards in
hand engraved silver holders, were
| suggested by Rose Coghlan's funny
game of freeze out in the last act.
Joseph r. -Grismer's adaptation of
/ the French farce comedy La Gu
lotte" (The Trousers fills out the
/ spring season at the Manhattan New
! York commencing April "a. 1t is said
! to be quite as racy as THE Turtle
! and Fiji" but its fun is of more
| boiSterous and farcical type.
"The Turtle" is such a money breed
| er on the road that the season Of both
! companies performing it has been ex-
! tended. Isabelle Evesson and her al
lies will tour the Pacific coast far into
! the summer.
William A. Brady has given a per-
| Torrance Of "A Stranger in a Strange
Land at Terry's theater London, for
| copyright purposes, and will produce it
! IN New York next autumn.
''McFadden's Row of Flats a brist-
! ling farce comedy, will be seen at the
Grand opera house three nights, be-
| ginning May 4. .s"'#
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24

A general commercial banking business
transacted, including the purchase and
sale of State. County and City securities;
careful attention to collections and tho
acRkptance of trusts.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24
Sale OF Lace Curtains

20 single pairs of Fine Lace Curtain
Applique, Irish Point, Brussels and
Point de Calais, white or ecru, val
ues from $3.50, $500, $500 $500 to
$1,000 pair. To close out the whole
lot we offer a reduction Of .....
One-third off these prices
Ecru Lace Curtains, very fine and
handsome designs. tapped edge, 20
pairs to close out, value $3.50 pair. ;.
S2.75 pair
Lappett Swiss, 20 inches wide, good
patterns for bed rooms or Sash Cur
tains, and value Csc yard. ..........
Ioc yard
4o-inch Plain Swiss. with embroidered
edge and wide ruff1e.. .................
25c, 3oc and 35c yard
Nottingham Lace Curtains, two and
half yards long. Observation-Disclosures.
rs cents
Nottingham Lace Curtains, three yards
long, worth &c.,.
SIS cents
Special patterns in Nottingham Lace
Curtains, three and half yards long
and very excellent quality at SITS,
Tor OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
$I.35 pair
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-13
LABOR md THE TRUSTS.

/
No class of people are more deeply
concerned in the trust problem than
workingmen and their position regard
| ing it, particularly the attitude of or
| ganized labor, is of great Importance.
Mr.. Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, was Il
witness before the Industrial comm'S-
sion at Washington IL short time ago
and in his statement said that organized
labor views trusts simply as employers.
There had been cases, he said in which
labor organizations had been benefited
by organizations of capital. 1t was too
early to decide whether men would be
more steadily employed by the trusts
than by other employers.
In his report to the convention of the
Federation of Labor, in session at De
trOit, Mr.. GOmpers refers to the trust
question and his utterance rs the leader
of organized federated labor will re-
ceivc wide attention. He said that there
is considerable difference of opinion as
to what is regarded by many as an in
tolerahle evil but organized labor looks
with apprehension at the many panaceas
and remedies offered by theorists to curb
the growth and development or to de-
stroy the combinations of industry. We
have seen those who know little of
Statecraft and less of economics urge
the adoption of laws to regulate inter-
state commerce and laws TO prevent
combinations and trusts and we have
also seen that these measures, when en-
acted, have been the very instruments
to deprive labor of the benefit of organ.
lied effort, while at the same time they
have simply proved incentives to more
subtly and surely lubricate the wheels
of capitals combination" Reference
is clearly had TO the antitrust state
legislation, which has so generally
proved futile and as to which Mr..
Gompers said: For our own part we
capable of preventing the development
or the natural concentration Of industry
All the propositions to do SO which have
come under our observation would, be-
y0nd doubt, react with greater force
and injury upon the working people of
our country than upon the trusts" He
pointed out that so far as labor is con
cerned ii has nothing 10 expect from
the various eXpedients that are pro
posed for dealing with Industrial CON.
binatiOns, but will find its protection in
organization, by which it may secure
the best possible economic, social and
material improvement in its condition.
The trade unions, he declared WELD
more potent weapon than any other
power TO penetrate disrupt and, If nee
essary, crumble the whole trust fabric,
but this, he said, will not be necessary.
nor will il occur, for the trade unions
will 90 on organizing, agitating aud
educating, in order that material i'm
proyement may keep pace with indus
trial development, until the time when
the workers, who will then form nearly
the whole people. develop their ability
to administer the functions of govern
ment in the interest of all"
These utterauces are fairly 10 be re-
garded as an authoritative presentation
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-13
SMALLER FARM POPULATION.
Influence of Labor-saving Machinery
and Improved Processes.

Springfield (Mass) Republican.
The population of the German empire in
creased from 40 ,222, ,113 in 1882 to 81. .77O, 1924
in 1895, a gain of 14.4S per cent. But the
gain in the larger cities was in percentages
rising above 80 per cent for the same time
The agricultural sections accordingly lost in
population and recent computations on the
later census results reveal the fact that the
country districts of the empire actually lost
some 100000 in population during the thir-
teen years Manufacturing, trade, trans
portation and the professions, centered in
the towns, absorbed the whole increase in
population and more beside.
Precisely the same drift Is observable in
the United States. 1t is true that our agri-
cultural population is not absolutely de-
creasing, but 1t is not keeping pace with
the general population increase. In 1880
fully so per cent of the male population
engaged in gafhful occupations was en-
ployed in agriculture; in 1890 this proportion
had fallen to 442S per cent. In 1910 some
thing like per cent of the population of
the United States was agricultural Never
theless importations of merchandise were
no larger relative to population in 1910 than
they are today.
1t follows accordingly that very much
sindHeI pIopOIlitu OF tne pOpuldllOn en-
ployed on the land--,he basis of all industry
is sustaining a very much larger proper
tiun of the industrial population otherwise
employed. And the fact that the glut in
production Is quite as pronounced in agri-
culture as in o,her Industries shows that
the present distribution as to employment is
about as natural as it ever has been.
The lesson of Il all is that labor has in
creased in effectiveness all around and to
such an extent that great numbers Of peo-
pie who would in former times have been
employed in producing the more vital neces-
saries of life have been drawn into the pro-
duction Of what would then have been de-
nominated luxuries Improved lab9r-saving
processes, in a word, have brought it about
that a smaller relative agricultural popula-
tion is able 10 supply a much larger relative
town Industrial population and this, to-
gether with an even greater Improvement
in the processes of non-agricul ural pro-
duction, have 50 added to the general COM
mand OF labor over the wealth OF nature as
to increase greatly the margin Of produced
wealth above the needs of a rough sub
sstence. And this margin has served 10
multiply and vary the wants OF people and
give rise to a range Of employments in the
production Of a thousand little things which
minister to the taste and comfort and vanity
of life, such as has never been known before.
This will serve TO explain how the present
relative decline IN the numbers OF the agrl-
cultural population does not necessarily
point to an unnatural and ureconomic dis
tribution OF the Industrial population OF the
country.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-13

of the views Of organized labor and they
are highly significant They show that
in the combined organizations. having a
membership of nearly 100000, of which
Mr.. Gompers is president, there is no
general opposition to trusts and combi-
nations of capital. \ large majority of
the workingmcn in the Federation OF
Labor are employed in industries con-
trolled by trusts. They look upon these
combinations simply as employers ana
are not disposed to antagonize them SO
long as they get good wages and are
well treated. Particularly significant Is
the statement that organized labor re-
CARDS with apprehension the many
panaceas and remedies offered to curb
or destroy combinations of industry, for
the reason that they would probably do
more injury to labor than to the trusts.
Intelligent workingmcn are studying
the trust problem from their own point
of view and the politicians who are eX-
pectng that they will he found generally
hostile to the industrial combinations
are very likely to be disappointed.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-13
Personal AND OTHER WISE.

w. d. Howells, jr., nephew of the nov.
elist is a candidate for the recording clerk.
ship Of the Ohio senate.
Archibald Forbes, the famous war CORE.
spondent, says he regards "Redvers Butler
as the strongest soldier the British army
has today"
Chicago has the brightest lawyer on rec.
ord. He put judge and jury to sleep dur
ing his argument, and when a verdict was
rendered against his client, moved, on this
ground, for a new trial. The lawyer him,
self is evidently not one to be caught nap
piag.
General Methuen is a poor law reformer
as well as soldier. When some one asked
him recently how he was getting on in
Wiltshire with his newly introduced mea-
sure his reply was, Pretty well; they tell
me / am the most unpopular man in the
county
In his annual message Mayor Sutherland
of Yonkers n. Y, who is just beginning his
second term takes advanced ground in favor
OF municipal ownership, urgently recon-
mcnding that the city establish lighting
plant, a public market, underground wire
syetems and more schools.
Senator Prltchard of North Carolina bears
such striking resemblance to Congress-
man Roberts that the two might readily be
taken for twins. Both are of the same
build, have the same cast of features, wear
mustaches trimmed alike and their curly
hair might be duplicate wigs.
A striking contrast to the Philadelphia
public building is furnished by the new
court house of Baltimore, which will be fin
ished and occupied next month 1t was com
menced in January, 1896, and the original
appropriation of s2.75O,OOO will be sufficient
to complete 1t and furnish IT,
Six hundred Amerlcanized Scandinaylans
sailed for their old homes on the ST. Paul
from New York last week to spend Christ-
mas with their relatives and friends The
interesting fact about the trip is that almost
all are wifeless farmers OF the northwest
who do not expect to be wifeless when they
return
NJ. Rodays, director of the Paris Figaro
having declared he would not fight duel
with NJ. Meyer of the Gaulois, the latter an
nounced that he would not have harmed the
Figaro man in case of a duel because II
would result in a new director for the paper
whi.h would be a greater service than he
cared to render.
Harry Farje9n, VINO is accounted one Of
the most promising of the young English
composers, ic a grandson of Joseph Jeffer-
son. AZ the Royal Academy OF Music he
has won several Of the most valued prizes
and with his sister as librettist, has writ
ten a successful musical play, The two are
now at work upon light opera.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-13
CORN KITCHEN AT PARIS,
Project to DifYuse Knowledge of the
Prairie King.

/
| Mr.. Peck, our commissioner to the Paris
exposition, could not have made a wiser
| disposition of $4,000 than he has made in
| devOting that sum to the maintenance of a
| corn kitchen" at Paris during the exposi-
| tion. AS we have had occasion to remind
our readers this is by no means the first
venture in this direction. When Mr.. Hewitt
was In congress he made persistent effort
| to have a suitable exposition" made of the
possibilities of Indian corn for the feeding
of the nations. And an American citizen,
Mr.. Murphy, made the tour of Europe for
the purpose of familiarizing the populations
with the uses of the most prolific of all
the cereals. The gentleman, animated by
personal enthusiasm and furnished with of
! ficial credentials, though with very insult
ficient funds for his patriotic purpose did
a great deal toward introducing American
corn into Europe, and the bread made with
a mixture of 1t is still known In Germany
as "Murphybrod."
This present attempt is made under better
auspices than any of it's predecessors 1t Is
not only more distinctly official, but, as Cit
izen and leading business man of Chicago,
the center of the corn belt" Mr.. Peck is
aware of the enormous national importance
to us of cultivating and diffusing a knowl-
edge of the principal products of the prairies
At present 1t is only the Italians, among
European peoples, who have any adequate
knowledge of the nutritive capabilities of
Indian corn and then only in the limited
form of what they call polenta and we call
mush The demand in the British islands
Is mainly for the food OF cattle But the
statistics of our export when compared with
the statistics Of our production suffice 10
show that we have by no means made the
mcst OF one of our chief products and the
most characteristic and exclusive Of our ce-
reals.
1t seems really absurd that, with a corn
crop valued last year at over $500 900, 900
we should have exported only $6s 600 900
worth of corn and the relatively derigory"
amount of less than S2,OOO,OOO worth Of corn
meal, when. out of wheat crop Of So
OoO 600 less in value, we exported Sll4,OOO,-
OOO and OF wheat -four S73.OOOOC0 worth
against the beggarly 81 100000 worth of corn,