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HOTELS.

DEWEY GGOUElD
STREET NEAR FOURTEENTH.
OPEN JANUARY 81 1899
New and hrst-class in all appointments VIII be
Kept on the European and American plans. Rooms
single and en- lutte 18th and Pa. ave. cars
pass
Ja1s-14tf GEO. d. De SHIELDS. Manager.
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BICYCLES.

THE 'gs ORIENT BICYCLES ARE NOW IN.
They hight and strong machines built on
approved lines. at popular prices. Don't fail to
See them. BADGER & CO.. I27 I4th ST. NV.
Do20-f
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STEAMER WAKEFIELD
FOR POTOMAC hIVER LANDINGS
Leaves Washington o. G. 9TH st. Ferry Wharf
Mondays. a. m, for intermediate landings 70 Colo
NAL Beach. Busbw0ed Rock Pit, Colton's, Nomni
Creek, Abells, Leonardtown, stones. Howard and
CCbrums.
Wednesday, am for intermediate landings to
Colonial Beach, Bushwood. Rock Point. Cotton s.
LeonardtowB. Abell's.l NomiuL Greek, Piney Point
St Georges Island, Smith Greek. Coan and Yeo
comico rivers.
Saturday, am. for intermediate landings to
Colonial Beach. Bushwood. Rock Point. Cotton g.
Nomini Creek.
See schedule in effect August o. 1898.
aulS-tf G. W. RID EY. General Manager
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WASHINGTON, II. G., POST OFFICE NOTICE.
Should b. read daily, changes may occur at
any time.
FJREiGN MAILS ere forwarded TO the ports of
sailing daily, and the schedule of closings is
ranged on the presumption OF their uninterrupted
overland transit. For the week ending January IS
the last connecting closes Will be made from this
office follows.
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LADIES' GOODS.

MISS c. CUNNINGHAM. FURRIER, 1908 sTH ST.
NV, BET. AND o. Go sisn.) ALTERING
A SPECIALITY. LATEST DESIGNS. no23-3m,4
FL RS OF ALI. KINDS MADE AND REMODEL ED
to the --latest styles: ladies' tailor made suits
finished IN the most excellent manner z HON
GAN. Tailor and Furrer. SOC st NV seI6-tf
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MAY co TO PROSPECTING
The Montana Soldiers May Do a
Little Mining on the Side.
THERE'S PLENTY OF GOLD
After They Are DISCHARGED Some OF the
Boys May Stay in the Philippines
and Hunt for Yellow Metal
They Know How.

After the Butte boys in the Philip
| pines receive their discharges and are
at liberty to do as they please over
there, 1t is probable that some of them
! may take it into their heads to do a lit
tie prospecting for gold as a side play.
Many Of the soldiers are experienced
miners and some havT had experience
In the line of prospecting. The oppor-
tunitles there, it is undrrstood, are good
for the hunter of gold and this being
the case, it is reasonable to presume
that the Montanans viii endeavor to
stake out a few claims and make their
fortunes in money, i'm addition to those
already acquired in the line of nalor
and bravery. They can do it, for gold
IS found in a vast number of localities
in the archipelago from Luzon to GEN.
trail Mlndanao. In most cases the gold
is detritai and found either in exist
ing water courses or in stream deposits
now deserted by the current These
last are called "alluviones" by the
Spanlards. 1t is said that in Mindanao
some of the gravels are in an elevated
position and adapted to hydraulic min
ing. There are no data at hand which
intimate decsively the value of any of
the placers. They are washed by ma
tives largely with cocOanut shells for
pans, though the bateu is also in use.
In the province of Abra, at the north
ern end of Luzon. there are placers, and
the gravel of the river Abra is aurifer-
GUS. Gold is obtained in this province
close to the copper mines. In Benguet
the gravels of the river Agno carry
gold. There is also gold in the province
of Bontoc and in Neuva Ecija. The
most important of the auriferous pro-
vinces is Camarines Norte. Here the
townships of Mambulao, Paracale and
Labo are especially well known as gold
producing localities. Mr.. Drasche, a
well known German geologist. says that
there were 700 natives at work on the
rich quartz veins Of this place at the
time of his visit, about % years since
At Paracale there are parallel quartz
veins in granite, one of which is 20 feet
in width and contains a chute in which
the ore is said to assay 38 ounces of
gold per ton. One may suspect that
this assay hardly represented an aver
age sample. Besides the localities men,
toned. many others of this pro-
vince have been worked by the natives
The islands of Mindoro, Catanduanes
Sihuyan, Panay, Zebu and Bohol are
to contain gold, but no exact
data are available. At the south end
of the small island of Panaon, which
gold-quartz veins, one of which has
been worked to some extent Ii is six
feet in thickness, and has yielded from
Sc to 81 per ton. In the island of Min
danao there are two known gold-bear-
ing districts, the province of Surigao,
where Placer and other townships show
gravels and veins, and the province of
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OVER CALIFORNIA PROPERTY,
Litigation Involving an Interest in the
San Pedro Harbor

San Pedro Harbor
Judge Lindsay has been engaged for
several days taking the deposition of
H. o. Weller, to be used in a big suit
OF Mr.. Weller against DR.. E. r. Bar
Der and wife of Los Angeles, involving
large interest in 700 acres of land in
Guided in the water front of the San
Pedro harbor. Mr.. Weller is the bailiff
OF the United States court in Butte.
According to his testimony he entered
INTO an agreement with Barber in 1888
py which Barber was to pay all the
expenses of lawsuit for the possession
of an eighth interest in the 700 acres,
the title to which stood in the name
of John W. Pierson, who held 1t adj
versely to one Alvin D. Brock, whose
interest Weller had acquired. Weller
and Barber brought suit for possession
and the supreme court of California
decided in their favor after several
years of litigation. During the penden-
cy of the suit in the court Weller gave
a quit claim deed for his interest in
the property to Barber in trust. with
the understanding that when the litiga-
ton was closed he should get back a
two-thirds of the one-eighth. When the
supreme court decided in favor of We'll
mand for reconveyance. but Barber
refused to live up to the contract and
Weller brought suit in Los Angeles for
the two-thirds interest, which is valued
at $4,000. The other seyen-eighthS in
terest not involved in the suit has been
sold by other parties to the San Pedro
Harbor Improvement company. The
whole tract of ground is valued at
S24O OOO
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BOHEMIAN HAPPENINGS.
The Sad Story of Robert Boomer and His
Roll of $225.


Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Bozeman, April 1.-THE beginning
of last week man named Robert
Boomer who lives near Chestnut,
and whose occupation is that of
a cattle dealer. came to town with
about 1926 in his pocket. He went out
of town on Tuesday and came back
again on Thursday. and together with
a few of his friends got somewhat un-
der the influence of liquor. Along to-
ward night he got tired, so he said, and
went up and sat on an old rotten straw
pile belonging to Mr.. Bullen, on south
Church street. He was so tired that he
went to sleep. and when he woke up he
was minus 1925 During the day man
named George Trent had seen Boomer
with his roll of bills and had followed
him around from saloon to saloon, and
taken drinks with him. Some how or
another Boomer was suspicious of him
and accused him of stealing the money.
Trent went out in the country and
down the line as far as Central park,
and there took freight to Livingston,
He went straight to the room of a man
named John Flynn and woke him up
and gave him this money, stating that
he had rolled a man in Bozeman, and
told him to spend it. The two started
out and treated crowd at every saloon
in town, and the 1925 lasted but short
time. While Trent and Flynn were
spending the money Boomer had secur-
ed the aid of some amateur detectives
to find the money, instead of notifying
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SCARED BY THE LONG DISTANCE.
Telephone Charges Make Her Forget
What She Was Going to Saw,

From the Chicago Chronicle
1t was evidently the first time the
girl had received long distance tele-
phone call. She had waited around the
drug store for an hour in a state of
nigh expectation and every time the
telephone bell rang she would say to
the clerk: It's for NE this time, isn't
III? Then a look of extreme disap-
point would fit over her face as he
would shake his head to the contrary.
At length the drug clerk said: Miss
Grace and stepped out of the tele-
phone box A deep flush mounted to
her face and with a nervous step she
crossed the floor, while the clerk and
a few listeners watched her move
ments in an interested manner.
She is going to be married next week
to fellow out of town." the clerk ex-
planned Il presume he's the one at
the other end"
Hello. hello. Yes. this is Grace"
ioated from the half-open box door.
Hello! Is that you, Eddie?" A pause.
"Oh-h-h!' Then not another word did
she utter until she said, "Good-bye,"
and hung up the telephone.
did you get the connection?" asked
the clerk.
yes"
You didn't have much to say. All
tHe taking must nave been at the other
end"
mo, it wasn't" Then laughing, for
she knew him well, she continued:
You know, 1 waited an hour and had
so much to say I wondered how I could
ever say it all in three minutes. I was
sure l would have to talk 10 of Is min
utes at least, and it's awful expensive
from New York"
your fiance?"
yes. l wanted to tell him all about
the wedding arrangements and all that,
and when I picked up the receiver my
thoughts left me and / couldn't think
of a thing, so I didn't talk
'HoW about him."
well. I don't know. But as soon as
he found out he had the connection he
didn't say a thing, so we just held the
wire until the signal came to a cut off,
then we said goodbye. There's SO
thrown away"
Connection possibly bad?" suggest
ed the clerk.
mo. Just scarf the girl said as
she went out
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the county officers; their efforts were
futile, and it was not until Boomer
sought the aid of Sheriff Frensham
that any trace of Trent could be found.
Trent and Flynn were, however, ar
rested on receipt of a telegram by I'm
der Sheriff Beller of Livingston, and at
the preliminary examination held to-
day Trent was bound over to appear in
the district court for robbery Sixty
seven dollars was saved out of the
wreck.
Some wag of the town put out a sign
in one of the numerous mud puddles
on Main street with the following in
scription; ''$5 fine for any one found
fishing here without permission" The
sign and puddle are still there, and no
one has been fined yet. The south end
of town has been under mud and water
for week owing to there being too
much grade in portions of the improved
district work which was done last year.
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At THE CATHOLIC FAIR
The Good People of Butte Patron
ize It Literally Every Night.
IT'S A VERY BUSY SCENE
Beautiful Surroundings and Courteous
Treatment Make Miners Union Hall
the Most Attractive Place This
Week in the Whole CITY.

The Catholic fair is now running fill
blast, with more animation and yigor
than was it's characteristic on the OPEN
ing and first succeeding nights. It be-
gins to assume the real air of busy,
active, earnest bazaar The citizens
are taking renewed interest in the fair
and everybody seems to be anxious to
jump OUT and do something for the
cause. The visitors to Miners Union
hall are amply repaid for the small ex-
penses their own volition incurs by the
beautiful surroundings and courteous
treatment extended by those cheerful,
merry young ladies who take a great
delight in catering to the wants of the
thfonSs. Many men take advantage of
the opportunity to call around about 10
or III o'clock and be served with the
incest little lunch in the world, includ-
ing coffee, sandwiches, cake, ice cream
and the other additionals.
Not a few young men go up there for
the purpose of buying a cigar or two.
Then others go solely for the purpose
of having their fortunes told Others,
many others, delight to behold the an
gel1c smiles of the young ladies, who
say: Thank you, sir, when you buy
a chance or vote. Who wouldn't part
with silver dollar or a fiVer when in
exchange he receives the smile of the
boosted Butte beauty?
The horse races are attracting much
attention. Pools are going like hot
Waffies. and Yellow Tammany and Os-
tier Joe are matched for mile and a
quarter race Tonight.
Many chances are sold on some vail
liable articles of house decoration and
furnishings, besides articles of lesser
value.
Yesterday afternoon the hall was
crowded with young boys and girls. 1t
was the first matinee of the week and
success it was in every detail. The
children saw it all and so did the men
and women, who for the first time en-
joyed the opportunity to witness the re-
suits of the ladies' efforts to please.
The several booths were radiant in
their splendor, and altogether it was a
spectacle seen only on similar occasions,
which. by the way, are rare in Butte or,
for that matter, in any other city.
In the meantime, the ticket sellers
are hpaping assurance upon assurance
that the dances next Monday night will
be the grandest affairs in the history
of the terpschorean pastime in Butte.
1t may be necessary to engage another
hall. besides the Miners Union and Hi
hernia halls.
The ladies in charge believe now that
the bazaar is under full swing that the
remaining three days will be record
breakers. The fair is beauty and the
citizens will no doubt show their ap-
probation of it in the genuine, sterling
coin way.
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ALL SORTS Of SCHEMES
Ingenious Efforts to Beat Nickel
in-the-Slot Devices.
SOME OF 'EM WORK, TOO
The Proprletors Have Often Been Robbed
OF the Ill-Gotten Gains of the Ma
chnes--There Are Tricks and
Counter Tricks Galore

The proprietors OF nickel-in- the slot
devices in Butte have a great deal to
contend with in trying to make an hon.
est dollar. but the chief cause of their
greatest trouble is the man who lies
awake all night to figure out
schemes TO beat the machines. The
schemer is too frequently success
full to suit the owners. When the slot
machines first came out it was an easy
matter to rob them. Some Of the small
ones could be turned upside down and
with a few shakes be relieved of their
contents. Like the improvement in
safes made to balk the ingenious safe
cracker. so new devices in slot ma
chimes had to be figured out to defeat
the man who is always working on
schemes to get at their contents I'M
fairly. Among the latest machines is
a large affair that is bolted in the floor.
has a dozen slots, a colored wheel, and
gives up from 10 cents to 81 for nickel.
provided the player plays the right
color on the wheel. Within the ma
chine is a battery, and when the nickel
gets into the proper slot an electrical
connection is made and a pocket of
coin is opened
Some clever fellow. who has not yet
been captured, has discovered sys-
tenn by which he has been robbing
these electrical machines all over Butte.
1t has taken the proprietors a long
time to figure how 1t has been done,
but they got their clue from a large
quantity of small bits of pins which
were found in the machines, and by
experimenting they found that by drop
ping a lot of these pin pieces in each of
the slots some made their way through
the proper channels and made the cleo
trical connection. All a man had to do
was to work the lever on the machine
until there wasn't a nickel left in it.
The trick has been worked very sue
cessfully with machines in the lower
part of the city There is one of them
in the Imperial theater which has been
used for many experiments with
schemers to break them, but all efforts
to catch the guilty ones have been I'M
availing until the other night when a
man was caught trying to pick the
lock.
One trick successfully worked on the
machine was by boring several holes in
the back, through which a long needle
was put and the wheel was stopped on
any color desired, and often enough to
get all the money there was in the box.
Another scheme worked was by MAX
ing a small hole through the side Of the
wooden case and inserting a wire hook
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with which the wheel was pulled
lElunl 70 the uir,r, No chln1:s

with which the wheel was pulled
around to the winning colors,
Still another trick worked on this
same machine was done by covering
number of nickels with glue or other
sticking substance, which made It stick
when it reached the point where it
opened the treasure box. Ail the oper~
ator had 10 do then was TO work the
lever until the machine had given up
all il contained. AS soon as discovered
that trick was defeated by greasing the
slots and slides, so that the glued nickel
would not stick
Some other scheme was tried on the
machine last night but it did NOT work:
it only PIT the machinery ont of order
and the machine is now laid up for re-
pairs.
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That Charge of Perjury.

The preliminary hearing of George
Blodsett. charged with perjury as one
result of the Boston & Montana litiga-
ton which was set for yesterday in
Justice Nichols court. was continued
one week by consent of counsel on both
sides. Blodsott made affidavit to hay
ing seen Judge Clancy and John Mac
Ginnis enter Il liquor house and remain
theirs some time While the 3. & NJ. re-
ceivership case was pending before
Judge Clancy. which affidavit MacGin-
mis- claimed was false He instituted
the proceeding against Blodgett
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This Is Still - Chance for You.

our sale OF secondhand pianos and
organs still continues fer the remainder
or this week and we have yet on hand
several good, serviceable secondhand
upright pianos ranging in price from
So to S110. also some fine organs from
$35 to s6S50, slightly used. They are
going fast. So call at once and en-
brace the opportunity. New pianos
lower than ever before sold in Butte.
Terms to suit. Montana Music COM
pany, 119 North Main street
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Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received at
the office of the Butte City Water COM
pany until Saturday, April 22d for the
construction of high service reservoir.
A certified check for 81, 900 must accom-
pany each bid Plans and specitica lions
can be seen at the office of the COM
pany. The right to reject any or all
bids reserved.
EUGENE CARROLL. Chief Engineer
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In Police Circles.

In the police court yesterday. Ada
Stuart. the black CRATER accused of
robbng James Smith of $50. was fined
$50 on a charge of prostitution and
committed to jail to serve out her sent
ence.
Lille Edwards and Ada Smith, accus-
ed of robbing Henry Anderson of
small amount, were fined $40 each
I. Lewknowitz, charged with violat-
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Arrested for Conspiracy.

New York, April ia. S. Colyar, jr
of Nashville, Tenn. who came to this city
to secure the arrest under extradition of
Nicholas NJ. Beckman. an important wit
ness against Roland B. Molneaux, was
arrested to-day on charge of being con-
cerned in a conspiracy against Beckman
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Growing StOuter Than Ever,

Henri Maurice Cannon, the fat man.
who when he came to Butte weighed
613 pounds, says that his corpulency is
increasing to such an extent that he
must soon leave the city. He attributes
his great avoirdupois to the drinking
of Centennial book beer. which he says
is the finest with which he ever RECALLED
himself. but it's nutritive qualities are
too great for him.
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Freedom Acknowledges 1t.

Freedom. the newspaper published by
the American soldiers at Manila, has
the following item in it's issue of March
18th:
The good people of Montana are not
anything if they are not generous and
patriotic. Colonel H. c. Kessler. LIST
Montana has received a cable from the
citizens of Butte City, stating that they
had sent $500 to each of the three COM
panes, B. F and G, from that city
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MAY Festival.

Grand concert and ball for the benefit
of the Butte soldiers at Manila will be
held at the Auditorium, Dewey Day,
May LIST. under the auspices of Louise
lodge No 3, o. D. H. S. No pains will
be spared by the popular lodge to make
this the event of the season.
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Misamis. Near the settlement Of I'M
ponan and on the gulf of MacaiaIar
there are said to be square kilometers
of gravel carrying large quantities Of
gold, with which is associated platinum.
The product of this district was esti-
mated some years since at $50 ounces
per month, all extracted by natives
with bateas or cocoanut-shell dishes.
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The Americans Won.

New York, April 12!--The Cook Locomo-
tive works of Paterson. N. j., have re-
ceived a contract for the construction of
five locomotives for the Barry railway of
Wales. English manufacturers compet-
ed in the bidding. -Ha H0-t
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Before Justice HARRINGTON.

John Penrose and Edward Bray. the
two boys who We're accused the day be-
fore by J. A. Riddell with defacing the
school of mines building and for whose
arrest a warrant for joan Doe and
Richard Roe were issued, We're before
Justice Harrington yesterday to plead
to a charge of malicious mischief. Their
hearing was set for Tuesday next and
they were held in 500 bonds each,
which they furnished.
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Gerald A, King, aged IS months, 26
days, died yesterday at the home of his
parents, the 'Clevenland house. Mead
ervlle, from where the funeral will
take place to-day at 2 p. m.
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s25 reward to any one proving that E.
F. Mayer 40 West Park, does not out
in the best handspring made for 81.
Watch cleaning, $150.
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Just think of the long ride without
change Of cars Through sleeper from
Butte to st. Louis via the Burlington
route.
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If you want good value for your
money in a piano or an organ, go to
Orion Bros, 219 Main.
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DR.. Rinehart's half-page ad. Sunday.

Pay your subscription to the Ana
conda Standard for one year in advance
and secure the handsome premium,
Paris Of To-Day
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Pay your subscription to the Ana
conda Standard for one year in advance
and secure the handsome premium,
Paris of To-Day
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h they furnished.

The case against Chares Them. who
was arrested a few days ago for run
ming laundry without a license, was
dismissed by Justice Harrington yester-
day on motion of the county attorney
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The opening of spring would be in
complete without Centennial book beer
1t is the finest article brewed