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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-28
1T WAS A MISTAKE.
Hanson Will Give Some One a Run for
His Money.

Hanson Will Give Some One a Run for
His Money.
Great Falls, July 27.-The friends of
Harry Hanson, the Eagle Butte wool
grower, now visiting this city, are
making many Jokes at his expense.
Harry is nephew of H. Fl. Nelson of
Cascade, and has lived in Northern
Montana for about 20 years. OF course,
in that length of time he has become
pretty thoroughly known, and has a
good many friends. The other day ne
was visited at his ranch by a deputy
sheriff from Fort Benton, and placed
under arrest for horse stealing Han
son was inclined to think it more o.
less of a joke until he got to Benton
and learned the details of the COM
plant.
Some time last winter he received a
letter from Taylor Bros. of Choteau,
asking him to take up a certain horse
bearing their brand. He found the
horse. or one like it, and after holding
it for time bought it of Taylor Bros,
receiving bill of sale for it. The Tay-
lor brand is half diamond T. Alex
Werk of Sand Creek lost horse about
that time. and as his brand is half
diamond W he believed the Hans on
horse was his, and the other day Gwore
out warrant for Harry's arrest. He
had his hearing before Justice Sullivan,
who discharged him. Yesterday even
ing, while in the city, he received the
following letter from Werk:
Fort Benton. July 20. lS99,-
Mr.. Harry Hanson Dear Sr:
The charge of larceny made
against you was i'll advised.
Whatever difference exists between us
is believe, a mistake and not an in
territorial violation of law. Alex Werk."
While Mr.. Hansons friends think 1t
a great joke that he should be arreste
for horse-stealing-so absurd is such n
charge-he is inclined to look upon
the matter seriously, and yesterday
evening stated to the Standard that he
thought he should give the complaining
witness a run for his money in the
shape of a civil suit for damages. There
was some talk of a replevin suit on the
part of Werk to recover the amin al
and so altogether there has been a good
deal of trouble over the cayuse. Those
who have seen 1t say that the brand
is very indistinct, and 1t is hard to tell
whether 1t is t or w.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-28

From the Philadelphia Record.
How'd you like to be the iceman?'
Snyder, the calculating barber. was ar
tistically executing a quickstep on the
razor strop when the above little ditty
fioated in from the busy thoroughfare,
across his features. That simply
makes me weary" he remarked, as
with a flourish he daubed the patrons
face you hear that latest acquisi-
ton in the way Of slang phrases re-
peated by men of every station, just
as if the icemans lot was an earthly
paradise. AS matter of fact, the IN
dividual who embarks on a career
which involves the marketing of con-
gealed moisture doesn't have to run
around searching for his troubles. How
many people do you suppose ever think
of the amount Of money that drips
right out of the iceman's hands when
the sun beams down on his heavily
laden wagon? Don't amount to much,
Ell? Well, you'll change your opinion
when l bring up few figures for your
consideration. Starting out with a ton
of ice, | estimate that melting alone
causes a dead loss of about 100 pounds
to the dealer. This doesn't seem much,
but when YOU calculate that about 1000
wagons a day right here in town lose
that amount the figures are amazing.
One hundred thousand POUNDS at, say,
10 cents per hundred, runs up the tidy
little sum of 800. Three hundred and
sixty-five times 500 gives us the an
nual loss locally as $3.50 Takes a
little nerve. doesn't it, to be an ice
man? Then if during the summer these
drippings could be collected, / figure
that they'd supply all the hospitals in
town with ice water baths for sun
struck patients. Frozen into a solid
lump, the entire years drippings would
make a cube as big as 1o-story office
building. Then again. the waste when
the cakes are cut is enormous, to say
nothing of what vanishes into the air
when the ice is whisked clean with a
brush broom. But, without going into
further details, think you'll agree that
the man who peddles ice has enough
trouble to worry him into an early
grave. Tonic2"
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cost, and that is easily answered. The
people who desire the parks open are
not asking the council in the course of
a few days to create a beautiful hertz
cultural garden. That will wait for
a term of years. All they ask is a few
simple walks and few cheap seats,
and the privilege of entering their own
parks in an orderly manner, instead,
as one man put it to-day, of looking
over the fence like hungry horse
yearning for a field of clover.
Among the honored visitors to the
Standard office to-day was President
Reid of the State Agricultural college
of Bozeman. He remarked upon the
beauty of the parks opposite the office
and upon the ease with which trees are
grown in this city. Then he added:
But are they not open to the public?''
When assured that they were not, he
was amazed, and asked:
why not? Isn't 1t as easy to destroy
a young tree as an old one? In every
city / have visited it is the custom to
open parks first and plant trees in
them afterwards. OF what use are
they is people cannot go into them?
cannot understand it."
Nor can anyone else.
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finding to the effect that at the time of
the execution of the Cornell note the
company was indebted to Mr.. Cornell
in sum amounting ito s7,266.40, the
amount of the note, for advancements
of money for the benefit of the COM
pany in divers and sundry sums, which
were presented in an account stated
and agreed on by the officers of the
Grand Opera House company, and for
which note was executed. The court
then allowed the defendants until Aug.
IL to file a brief on any points of law
they desired to present, which brief the
attorneys for the plaintiff might an
swer in a week thereafter. The court
said that upon the submission of the
briefs formal findings and judgment
would be entered.
AS for security for the note, Clark
Brothers hold a sheriff's deed to the
opera house property and their right to
take possession under that deed will
be passed on when Judge Smith makes
his final findings in the case.
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It is A WARM NUMBER
The Parks of the City Must Be
Opened.
THE MAYOR IN OPPOSITION
He Says He Is Ready to Fight to the
Last Ditch-The Sentiment for
Opening Is Nearly
Unanimous.

Great Falls, July 27.-The park ques-
ton is the warmest number that ever
visited this city. Not only is it talked
in every store and office in the city, but
the sentiment seems to be nearly unani-
nous without regard to politics, sex,
color or previous condition of servitude.
Mayor Collins has announced himself
as bitterly opposed to the wishes of the
people on this subject and ready to
fight it to the last ditch. He is so
ardent in his opposition that during the
afternoon he. has run into some hot
talks the other way. 1t seems that
through some oversight on his part he
did not know that his own party organ,
the Leader, was as strong an advocate
of the opening of these parks as any
in town, and he positively refused to
believe it until he had seen the Lead
ers petition and the editorial in this
evenings issue, which, in part, reads
as follows:
THE opening of Margaret and Whit
tier parks seems to have developed into
an acute local question. Shortly after
the Leader suggested the matter, petit
ttons were put in circulation asking the
city council to take some steps towards
the opening of these parks to the pub
lie. These were signed by practically
every one who was asked to sign them,
until. at the present time they bear the
names of probably 700 or 800 taxpayers
and residents This list can undoubt-
edly be swelled with slight effort until
it contains the names of SO per cent of
the people of Great Falls-judging by
the proportion of those who have been
asked to sign who have refused to do so.
This seems plainly to indicate how the
people feel on the subject, and with
such a petition presented to them, the
council cannot do otherwise than take
some action looking towards the open
ing Of these two parks.
1T is understood. however, that those
opposed to the opening are also circu-
lating a petition. What number of sig
natures they have been able to obtain
we have not been informed, but judging
from the expressions on the subject
that the Leader has heard, the senti-
ment is practically unanimous the other
way"
Nothing more is needed to show the
entirely non-partisan nature of the
agitation, and that ii is not the idea
of one man or several, but a fervent
sentiment which runs through the en-
tire city. People sign the petitions re-
CARELESS of where they find Them or
sign the Leader petition equally with
that of the Standard, and the same
statement can be made of republicans
and populists. This is a fight of the
people for a common right, and it now
looks as If each of the parties would
make it a part of their platform at the
next city election. The matter will
probably simmer down to a question of
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-28
WOOL MARKET.
A Large Amount Sold, but the Sales We're
Featureless.

Great Falls. July 27.-The wool sales
were rather featureless to-day, as they
have been for week, although large
amount of wool was sold. Prices ranged
from Is to 1917 cents, and the probabil-
ity Of high prices in the remainder of
the market Is small. Tomorrow the
Sage Creek Sheep company's clip will
be offered and as this in itself consists
of several hundred thousand pounds,
and is to be sold in different lots, it is
likely to be the only clip offered, as
samples from it will cover the floor of
the salesroom.
The sales this morning are as fol-
lows: F. w. Thayer, for Whitman,
Farnsworth & Thayer of Boston,
bought the r. Roscoe clip, 5000 pounds,
for 1Sk cents; the Wareham Perkins
Evans clip for 1875 cents; the G. H
Kitchener clip, all ewes, at 1885 cents
considered the lightest clip put on the
market this year; the ]. V. Davies cliI
of $500 pounds at Is cents; the O'Nei
& Beaupr clip of $4,000 pounds, at 16A
cents; the Richardson Bros. clip of H.
900 pounds, all ewes, at Is cents. f. 5
Barraclough, for j. Koshland & Co. OF
Boston, bought the Van Wareham cliI
of 5000 pounds at III. cents; the A
Wagner clip of 1900 pounds at TN
cents: the B. E. Stack clip of 2l,00t
pounds at Is cents: the Richardson
Bros. clip of $4,000 pounds at Is cents
the H. ]. Pheeney clip of 5000 pound:
at 15A cents.
F. II. Putnam, for Hecht, Lehman
Co. of Boston, the w. Simroe clip O.
5000 pounds at 172 cents; the w. A
Ackley clip of 10000 pounds, all ewes
at II cents; the John Fletcher clip Of
1000 pounds at II cents.
J, r. Patterson, for jeremiah Will
Jams & Co. of Boston, bought the Let
Balm clip of 1900 pounds at 16A cents
the ]. v. Davies clip of 40, 900 pounds a
IS cents; the c. Lytle clip of 1900
pounds at 1871 cents. Alex Livingstone
for Denny, Rice & Benedict of Boston
bought the Atkinson & Mahoney clip o
q, 900 pounds at II cents; the A. f
Hedges clip Of 10000 pounds at II cents
the Spragg & Kors1ted clip of 4,2o'
pounds at 17A cents.
The following wool and mutton sale!
are reported from Choteau county: 10
seph Hirschberg. at Box Elder. 25.0G'
pounds. at 16 cents; Martins Bros, g.
Chinook, 10000 pounds, at l7A cents
the Bogy & Many clip, at Chinook, ait L
cents; Hensen Bros, 10000 pounds a
1914 cents; Miller Bros, 10000 pounds
at 1855 cents; Sweet & Ryan clip a.
161a cents.
About 2,4OO of the Joseph Hirschbere
wethers, at Box Elder, two to foul
years old, were purchased at $2.75 fol
twos and 1925 for threes and fours.
Another purchase at Box Elder in
cluded 800 dry ewes and about 200 thret
and four-year-old wethers at $3.50 al
round.
Some 500 old ewes were bought from
Joseph Morrison of I4andusky at s150
and 400 two and three-year-old wether:
at 50 75
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ENTITLED TO JUDGMENT
The Grand Opera House Case Is
Decided.
THE FORECLOSURE PHASE
Will Not Come Up for Trial Until
Later-Time Allowed for the De-
PENDANTS to File Their
Briefs.

The trial of the Grand Opera house
case was concluded in Judge Smiths
court yesterday morning, and the court
decided that w. A. Clark & Bro.
were entitled to judgment against the
company on the Connell note for
$7,266.40, which was executed on Jan.
4, 1895, and will draw interest from
that date. No decision was made on
the mortgage foreclosure phase of the
case, and the court gave the defend
ants until Aug. IL to file briefs on that
question, and week thereafter for
the plaintiffs to reply. The attorneys
had intended to argue the matter yes
terday and some of them had made
elaborate preparations to talk to the
court, but Judge Smith headed them off
by directing them to submit the matter
ON briefs. Chancellor O'Donnell. one
of the opera house companys attor-
neys, was disappointed. He had just
paid drayman 81 to have a couple
hundred volumes of law books hauled
to the court house, which he had
stacked up in front of Judge Smith,
and he was prepared to make the talk
of his life, but when the Judge said he
would hear no arguments, the chancel-
lor paid the drayman So more to cart
the books back to his office.
When the trial of the case was re-
sumed yesterday morning, the defend
ants put Deputy County Treasurer
Sullivan on the witness stand to testify
as to the amount of taxes that had
been assessed against the opera house
property and become delinquent during
the four years preceding the date of
the execution of the Connell note, the
plaintiffs having claimed that the con-
sideration of a portion of the note was
the payment of delinquent taxes by Mr..
Connell, the defense endeavoring to
show that no such amount as claimed
could have been paid. At the conclu-
sion of the deputy treasurers testi-
mony, the defense announced the close
of it's case.
NJ j. Connell was called as witness
in rebuttal and gave an extended ex-
PLANTATION of the account he had
against the opera house, and for the
payment of which the note which was
afterwards assigned to Clark Brothers
had been given. He said it represented
taxes, insurance and other expenses
paid by him for the benefit of the COM
pany. He said he was also allowed in
terest on certain advances made by
him for the payment of taxes, the in
terest agreed upon by the board of
trustees being less than what any out
side holder of the tax title would have
been entitled to under the law.
Mr. Connell's testimony closed the
case. and the court Ghen rendered a
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Outside the Limits,

Great Falls. July 26.-Complaints
have been made that fallen women
have not been combining themselves of
late to the limits prescribed by custom
They have moved beyond the limits
and have not discontinued their busl-
ness. Accordingly, warrants were
sworn out, and this morning the roll ,e
raided several houses. They captuE ed
Dell Pierce, Madge Carter and Annie
Lee, and placed charges of vagrancy
against them. The Pierce and Lee
women were fined each $50 and costs,
and as they were unable to pay they
were committed TO the county Jail for
% days. The Carter woman will b.
tried later.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-28
A Shit for Divorce.

Great Falls, July 27.-Maria c. Har-
ney has filed suit for divorce from
James w. Harvey. She alleges they
were married a Fort William, Ontario,
May 9, 1882. On June 20, 1897, she says,
Harvey deserted her. They have one
child, Albert, aged Ia years. She asks
absolute divorce, 500 attorneys fees
and costs of suit.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-28

Saturday Morning
9 to IL Only
axe Fancy Oreandies for Ioc

7sc Fancy Organizes for LOG
Extremely nobby Dotted Organdies, in
handsome floral designs, all very
pretty colorings, width 80 inches.
value Csc a yard. Saturday 9 to IL
a. m. at. ................ Immune ISC
Ioc Dress 0inghams for SC
Fine grade zephyr ginghams in pref
ty stripes, checks and plaids, all col
ors, value 10c a yard. Saturday to
IL a. m. at. ................' DC
I5c Ladies' Stock Collars for sc
Four fold stock collars of White Pique,
best style, value 15c each. Saturday
to IL a. m. at........ sc
Ioc Children's Hose for SC
Children's heavy ribbed cotton hose in
black only, all sizes, good wearers.
value 10c a pair. Saturday to IL
a. m. at ................... sc
z5c Ladies' White Skirts for soc
Full cut Muslin Skirts with wide en-
broidery founce and groups of tucks
around the bottom, good material
used. value Zoe. Saturday to II a.
m. at ...................... SSc
$I.oo Ladies' Sailors for 7Sc
line of extreme styles in rough
straw sailors. These hats have flare
rims, are trimmed with eagle quilts
and have black ribbon bands all col
ors shown, value 81 each. Saturday
to IL a. m. at...... Z5C
5000 Ladies' UndersIirts for SSc
Best grade of nearsilk Understands, in
metallic dots and stripes, large dou-
BILE ruffle around the bottom, value
81 each. Saturday to IL a. m.S5c
zsc Ladies' Chemise for 3Sc
Good muslin Chemise, made with
round yoke and trimmed with en-
broidery and insertions, extra full
cut, value 75c each. Saturday to
II a. m. at..... O9c
z5c Ladies' Union Suits for 7oc
Isle Thread Union Suits In cream col
or, derby ribbed, lace trimmed, three
styles shown, value 75c each. Satur-
day to IL a. m. at............Z 9C
75c ChiIdren's Dresses for 75c
Neatly made dresses Of plain pink and
blue organdie trimmed with Valen-
ciennes laces. sizes l to years, val
ue 75c each. Saturday 9 to II a. m.
at .............. ZSC
$500 Ladies' Parasols for $I.75
A line of fine chiffon parasols in all
colors, also some China silk parasols,
with three ruffies. all swell goods,
value So each. Saturday to IL a.
: m. at ................$l.
: $3.50 Ladies' Summer Suits for $I.4s
{ Good grade duck suits, in white only;
) Jackets made in the blazer style; cir
! cular skirt value $3.50 each. Satur-
day 8 to ~ a. m. at ne
! 75c Ladies' Night Gowns for 3sc
s A line of first class muslin gowns.
) made with tucked yoke and trimmed
with flounces around sleeves and
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Ribbed cotton sweaters In blue, red and
green, made with shawl collars, all
sizes, value SOC each. Saturday to
IL a. m. at...................... ...lQc
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Friday Afternoon
2 to s Only
SOC Ladies' Shirt Waists for Ioc

SOS LduIco SUIII w diStS IOT hyC
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medium checks and stripes, launder-
ed collars and cuffs, value soc. Fri
day to 5 p. m. at. ..l0C
$I.7s Girls White Dresses for 7Sc
Fine White Lawn Dresses with fancy
fronts and ruffies over shoulders,
trimmed with Vaienciennes laces,
sizes 6 to IA years value $1.75 each.
Friday to p. m. att. ........ 7SC
$50 Silk Plated Vests for 4oc
Ladies' Summer Vests in blue, black,
lavender and cream, low neck,
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trimmed, value S5c. Friday 2 to s p
m at ........................ 49C
35c Ladies' Summer Corsets for I5c
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good strong mesh, well boned, good
shapes, all sizes. worth 36c a pair
Friday 2 to p. m. at...........lSC
35c Ladies' Fancy Hose for I7c
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stripes. Richelieu ribbed, fast col
ors, value 35c. Friday 2 to s l7c
7Sc Boys White Waists for 3oc
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embroidery flounce, value Zoe. Fri
day 2 to p. m. at............ 30c
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bosoms, reinforced, extra well made
up, value soc. Friday to 29c
SIS Ladies' Trimmed Leghorns $3.50
Real imported Leghorns, handsomely
made up with malines, chiffons, flow
ers and veilings, and trimmed with
metal buckles, value IS. Friday to
p. m, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $3.50
$I.75 Boys Crash Suits for soc
Boys fancy Crash Suits in natural
color, REFER and double breasted
styles, braid trimmed, value s1.25
each. Friday to p. m. at. SOC
} 81 Ladies' Sailors for 7oc
Finest Sailors of Milan and tape
straws, in white and cream, correct
Knox block, black bands, value 50
each. Friday to p. m. at. 70c
7oc Shoe PRESSING for SC
Very best Shoe Dressing, for ladies'
} black or tan shoes, value zoe a bot
tie. Friday to p. m. at....... Sc
J soc Ladies' Purses for Ioc
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Best Duck Skirts in light and medium
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2 to p. m. at. .................5 Soc
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and embroideries, value 81 each. Fri
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A Slight Chance,

Great Falls. July 27.-H Duckett, the
engineer injured in yesterdays accident
at the narrow gauge, is reported slight
ly better to-day, and the physicians
think he has slight chance for recov-
cry. Even this hope is joyful news to
his friends and his family.
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: soc Children's Dresses for 77c
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( Friday 2 to p. m. at. ..........ISC
loc ITEMS Underwear for I5c
5 Balbriggan Underwear in cream color,
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: 2sc Chirdren's Straw Hats for Ioc
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