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MAY BE FIGHTING STILL.
Washington Officers Place Different IL
terpretations on Dewey's Cable.

Washington, Feb 6-Secretary Alger
came over to the white house at 1890
o'clock and left a half hour later. While
with the president a dispatch was re-
ceived from General Otis giving a list
Of the casualties at the engagements
yesterday and Saturday night. The sec
rotary said he did not interpret Ad-
miral DeWey's dispatch, received this
morning. as showing that the fighting
is now in progress. He thought it was
filed early in the engagement, and had
been delayed in transmission. If the
battle had been in progress when Cen
eral Otis filed his casualty dispatch this
morning, Secretary Alger felt sure Otis
would have mentioned the fact. Alger
said further that, contrary to the state
ments. Many battles have been lost by
this morning, he had not sent General
Otis word of instructions as to what
he should do.
rotary, land it would be folly for us
here to undertake to direct his move
ments. Many battle have been lost by
such unwise interference and we Shall
leave the matter to him and Admiral
Dewey's Judgment. We have confidence
in their discretion
Navy officials felt sure that Deweys
dispatches had not been delayed, and
that there had been more fighting. Of
the outcome they had little doubt
pointing out that Dewey's guns COM
manded the entire city, and the APP
prOaches beyond, affording a most sat
isfactory backing for General Otis
operations.
AS between these varying views
there must be taken into consideration
the opinion of the Flipinos attached to
the Junta here, to the effect that the
attack of Saturday night was precip-
lated by the unexpected killing of
F1nplno by an American guard, and
that the result was to bring an action
at the weakest part of the Filipino
INES. If this opinion is well founded,
1t would seem to be possible that the
naval view is correct, and that the
tlilplnos have now begun action in
their strongest point, namely, between
Manila and Malolos, the insurgent cap
ltal, about Is miles distant from Ma
Mia
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SEEK TO RECOVER A LOT
Suit of Frigoli ct al. VS.. Mckee
ct. al. On Trial.
WILL BE FINISHEDTUESDAY
Plaintiffs Claim They Sold a Lot to the
Defendants for Which Valueless
Notes Were Given in
sst Payment.

The suit of E. Frigoli and Charles Fir-
and the Cobban Loan and Realty com
pany of Butte, was begun yesterday be-
fore Judge Napton in the district court
n In the complaint the plaintiffs allege
that they sold to the two first-named de-
PENDANTS a piece of property situated in
the Northern addition to the city and
were given four promissory notes to the
amount of $1,000, made by the Altoona
Fuel and Ice company of Altoona. Pa,
which company, the plaintiffs claim, is
insolvent. The plaintiffs also al1ege that
the property. after having been trans
ferred to different parties. was finally sol1
to the Cobban Loan and Realty company,
the latter paying $3.50 for half interest.
~ The action was brought to set aside the
contract and all subsequent conveyances
on the ground that the contract was OBJ
tanned by fraud
The jury in the case is composed of
John Johnson Hugh Gallagher. Gilbert
Barrett, John f. Sullivan, M. McMullen
George Morrow, Matthew Hartz, J. ].
Simonson Errick Larson, William Merr-
field. James A Hearn and l.. P. Beck.
The two plaintiffs were examined yes
terday. The prosecution also read the
depositions of defendant Mckee and a
large number of Witnesses from Altoona,
with reference to the solvency of the AL
'toona Fuel and Ice company.
Some of the witnesses mentioned in
these dispositions say that there are more
than 100000 of claims against the AL
toona Fuel and Ice company which re-
main unpaid.
The case will probably be concluded to-
day.
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MONTANA WAS IN THE FRAY
Continued from Page One.)

larry tight place near Singalon and
Colonel Duboce was compelled to rush
past them with the reserves in order to
prevent the regulars from being cut
off. In the last line ~ men were killed
before the rebels retired.
Both sides cheered frequently during
the engagement. The American "hur-
rashs' We're almost invariably met by
derisive ''vivas." Among the natives
the Ygorotes We're notable for their
bravery. about 700 of these naked saw
ages facing the artillery fire with their
bows and arrows.
The scene at Manila when the alarm
was given on Saturday night was wildly
exciting. The American soldiers in the
aters and at the circus were called out
and the performances were stopped.
Filipinos scurried everywhere and the
rattle of 'musketry and the booming of
cannon outside the city was plainly
heard. The residents of the outskirts
of Manila focked into the walled city
with their arms full of articles. All
the carriages disappeared as if by
magic, the street cars We're stopped, the
telegraph lines were cut and the soldiers
hurriedly but silently marched out of
the city into the stations assigned to
them. The stores We're closed almost
instantly, foreign flags We're to be seen
flying from many windows and num-
Der ofgwhite rags We're hung out from
Filipino huts and houses.
On Sunday immense crowds of peo-
pie visited the water front and gather
ed in the highest towers to watch the
bombardment. There were no street
cars or carriages to be seen, and the
streets We're almost deserted
The Minnesota troops, acting as
police, searched every native and ar
rested many of them, with the result
that while there were several attempts
to assassinate American officers on Sat
urday, there were none on Sunday. Alb
solute order was maintained. The
United States flagship Olympia steamed
across the bay on Sunday and took up a
position near the German cruiser Irene
and the British cruiser Narcissus, off the
mole. She is still there. The Americans
are determined not to give the Filipinos
a chance to recuperate.
The official list of dead and wounded
has not yet been submitted for publ
cation, and it is impossible, owing to the
fact that the regiments are scattered
to obtain a reliable list except from
headquarters
Two Filipino commissioners from
Iloilo and four rebel officers were ar
rested here this morning after boarding
the steamer Uranus. Many suspects
have been arrested in various parts of
the city
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CALIFORNIA; Victims.

San Francisco, Feb. 6.-James Joseph
Dewar of Company X, LIST California
regiment, who was killed at Manila
was 26 years of age and had been for
several years in the National Guard
He was born in San Jose, but his pa
rents moved to San Francisco when he
was but few months old. His father
is dead, but his mother. Eliza Dewar
lives in this city with his brother, Rob-
ert M. Dewar First Lieutenant Hogan,
who is reported seriously wounded, was
formerly connected with the telephone
company and fire department here. He
was married shortly before his depar-
ture for Manila. He recently served as
chief of the Manila fire department.
having been given that place by pro-
vost marshal, Brigadier General
Hughes. He is now acting captain of
Company I. Capt. Joseph Mosher, also
wounded, is commissary adjutant of
Company I. He is a well-known mem
Der of the Olympic Athletic club and
clever boxer. At Manila he organized
an athletic club and gave exhibitions
He is six feet two inches in height and
heavyweight. Sergeant l.. Wall of
Company M. LIST California. who was
slightly wounded, was employed as a
clerk in the general freight office of the
Southern Pacific railway when the war
broke out
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SPANISH MINISTER'S VIEWS.
Predicts That the Americans will BE
Compelled to Grant Filipinos Freedom.

Predicts That the Americans will BE
Compelled to Grant Filipinos Freedom.
Madrid. Feb. 6-The newspapers to-
day publish an interview with minis
ter who declared that the Philippines
are .'going<to cost the Americans dear.
as the Filipinos are not SO susceptible
to brides as the Cubans." The minis
ter is quoted as adding: The Ameri-
cans will 'repulse any attack on Ma
Mia, but such victory will be of no
advantage to the United States, for the
insurgents, embittered by defeat, will
be, less disposed to. make IAN arrange
.ment, and the fstruggle will goIon in the
hinterland, which will be very unfavora-
BILE to Americans, who are absolutely in
capable of mountain warfare. The sit
uation of the Americans is very critical.
They will be compelled to grant indie
pendence to the Filipinos in spite of the
fact that they will thereby bring upon
themselves the worlds ridicu1e.
The minister also expressed the be-
lief that the rupture at Manila would
influence. the United States, because
the anti-annexationists will point that
the annexation of the Philippine is
lands will demand enormous and I'M
called for sacrifices of men and money"
Continuing, the minister said:
THE rebels therefore have shown
cleverness in choosing the eve of the
ratification of the treaty for an out
break. Tt is very regrettable that the
opening of hostlties will necessarily ag-
gravate the situation of the Spaniards
in the Philippines"
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STRENGTHENING THE FORCES.
Admiral Dewey to Have a Fleet Superior
to Gerinany's.

Admiral Dewey to Have a Fleet Superior
to Germany's.
New York, Feb. GA dispatch to the
Herald from Washington says: Serious
consideration has been given by the
president to-day to the advisa bi1ity of
strongly reinforcing the land and naval
forces at Manila. The battleship Ore
gon, accompanied by the collier Scandal
and the distilling ship Iris, is about due
at Honolulu, and after coaling she will
continue on her voyage to Manila The
battleship Iowa and the collier Justin
are at Magdalena bay on their way to
Mare island navy yard, where the ma
chlnery of the battleship will be repaired
as rapidly as possible and she will pro-
ceed to Honolulu as promptly as posi-
Bile. AT that point she will be available
for service on the Asiatic station and
will, it is now expected, be directed to
Join Rear Admiral Deweys command.
Re1nforcements by these two vessels
will give Admiral Dewey a squadron
vastly superior to that of Germany and
only little below in strength that
of Great Britain in Eastern waters.
Any regiments sent will be those of
the regular army, and the 9th infantry,
stationed at Fort Sam Houston. has
been spoken of as one of the regiments
likely to go should more troops be
needed by General Otis. There are
eight other regular infantry regiments
in the United States available for serv-
ice in the Philippines-7th infantry,
which is divided among Fort Wayne
and Fort Smelling, Camp Thomas and
Jefferson barracks; 9th infantry sta
toned at Madison barracks, New York;
18th infantry, at Jefferson, Mo, and
Fort Riley, Kan; 18th infantry, at
Forts Porter. Niagara and Columbus:
10th infantry. Huntsville Ala, Fort
Cook Neb., and Jefferson barracks; 21st
infantry, Pittsburgh barracks. New
York; oath infantry. Forts Douglas,
Utah, and D. A. Russell, Wyo., and 25th
infantry, which is distributed at points
in Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado.
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GREATEST POSSIBLE MISTAKE.
Senator Mantle Believes That Aguinaldo
Did Very Foolish Thing.

Senator Mantle Believes That AguinaldO
Did a Very Foolish Thing.
Special Dispatch to the Standard
Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Mantle
says: "Aguinaldo made the greatest
possible mistake from the standpoint of
the interests of his people when he per-
mitted the attack on the American
forces. 1t was wholly unwarranted.
Their presence was the only ray of light
that has come to the people of the Phil
ippines in four centuries. The conduct
of the Filipnos is an exhibition of the
basest ingratitude. There is now just
one thing to do-that is to use whatever
supreme authority and convince those
people that we mean business.
Il am among those who earnestly
disclaim that the United States has any
intention of enslaving the Philippines
or of interposing any objection to the
progress of civilization. have absolute
confidence in the purpose of the Amer-
can people, as evidenced by their own
history and experience, to do what is
right by those people and secure to
them the fullest measure of self-govern-
ment that they are fitted to sustain
THE United States will stand by them
now and in the future and guarantee
their independence as against any other
Manila yesterday and to-day are re-
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A. LIST Washington volunteers, wounded
at Manila, was born in Wisconsin "a
years ago and was a book publisher.
He has wife and son, aged year and
a half living here. Privates Klein and
Green of Company A We're enlisted at
Tacoma. Private, Oscar HoWards of
Company A was enlisted at San Fran
cisco. Privates William f. Fait and
Richard F., McClain are well-known
clerks. Sherman Harding and E. Fl.
Perry We're also from Walla Walla.
Perry was a barber. Harding was a
farm laborer and formerly lived at
Oakesdale. Arnold Meickel was from
Ellensburg. Corporal George NJ. Gowan,
Ralph Symonds and Walter Hanson en-
listed at Spokane
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Travellers Guide
ANACONDA & PACIFIC RY
Union Passenger Station.
TIME TART n

Trains leave Anaconda for Butte as fol-
lows:
No 2. Great Falls and Helena
local, via Great Northern Ry... $40 m
No. 4. Butte Express .............. 1l:oO m
No. 6, Butte Express ............. 300 p m
No. s, Atlantic Express. via
Great Northern Ry. for ST. Paul
and all points East and West. 7:20 p m
Trains. leave Butte for Anaconda as fol-
lows:
No. l. Anaconda Express ....... 1000 m
No 8, Anaconda Express ......... Los p m
No. 5. Great Northern Ry.. Great
Falls and Helena local .......... 500 p m
No. T. Great Northern Ry., Pa
cific Express ........ ............ 0:40 p m
Train No. connects at Silver Bow
with the Oregon Short Line for all points
East, West and South.
Northern Pacific Ry. trains leave Ana
conda as follows:
No. 1902, Pacific Express for Port
land and all points West ........ 1850 a m
No 104, Atlantic Express, for st.
Paul and all points East ........ Sis p m
Northern Pacific trains arrive at Ana
conda as follows:
No 1O1, Pacific Express, from St.
Paul and all points East..... 1855 a m
No. 103, Atlantic Express, from
Portland and all points West. 1905 p m
All trains arrive at and depart from the
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Union Passen-
ger Station at Anaconda.
Tickets for sale for all points, local and
through. on the Great Northern Railway,
Oregon Short Line Railroad and Northern
Pacific Railway and their connections.
Steamship tickets for sale to all points
in Europe via the above lines
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THEIR METHOD OF WARFARE.
General Merritt Says Filipinos Strike in
Dark-Rio de Pillar "A Dangerous Man.

General Merritt Says Filpinos Strike in
Dark-Rio de Pillar "A Dangerous Man.
New York, Feb 6-General Wesley
Merritt, in an interview to-day on the
Philippine outbreak, said:
That the attack on our lines should
have been made at night is what one
would expect from the tutelage of the
Flipinos in war-that of Spaniards.
Night attacks are faNorite operations of
Spanish commanders and during the
time that the insurgents were besieging
Manila before our movement against
the city actively began the two antag-
onists used to shoot literally at each
other in the dark and during the day
remain inactive. Their common prac-
tice, moreover, when fighting in
trenches is to thrust their rifles over the
top of the breastworks without expos
ing any part of the body and trust to
luck to hit something. The night at
tack as regular method of warfare
characteriZes the art of war in a low
stage of development. Soldiers trained
in the best school of modern military
science prefer as a rule to fight their
battles in daylight; since there is less
chance of mistake and greater oppor-
tunity of working with mathematical
precision. The chiefs of semi-civiliZed
forces, from the khalifa to Aguinaldo.
prefer dash in the dark, hoping to ter
rorize the enemy by the uneXpectedness
of the attack.
without doubt the insurgent assault
on Manila was preconceiyed and DELHI
crate. That if was MANNED Nv Apuin-
aldo I do NOT care To assert Int of
course. the patent nroba bility is that
if was since he has lately seemed to he
indisnutablv sunreme The hlow which
we have haen comnalIad to de,iynr o,,e,t
now, in NV i,,dgn1anf ~ no ,,;rrar,,,oi,
fol1owad IN ~ n is +ha Ei,i,i,,as. LII,
n,,in,,r aaI;. ,iba T.; ,,so.-+a,,,,1 " -
n,it G,,r Ii, ~ tha t;,,,a CIV ~ -,
hatt,o hns haa,, ~, 80 ,,t,.a,lln ~ Us
80, -, VI ei's Noiiciil-
49, ilr,e 81 .,le nope an. ga pee'aIiol
ttl ~ a.il 90 ,le iiipiiiuS "eie'
80 ss. ms :, e'''u'hs oe y, ousit 70 IN
5 ta aI. tilat we pfliis tneii iieeoon
ai'o pioS anu ho' d iepe'i'lon Oh
'pairle. fanny
cnlortullalely they are people pc
SuiidiiS lihelS 10 Hlsappreneio Tor
peaiahce ana cohslderatloh. lney I'M
lheoiateiy ATTRIBUTE them TO rear or
cept force LOT 1t IS the only thihs that
ne spanish nave ever presented 10
thelr eyes .hat was possIpie Tor them
10 respect. All TINS the Ensllsh resi-
dents at Mania ana colohlsts at all
biitlail polts at Nhlcn stopped IN Inc
orleht OH my way nome repeatedly
toiu he. lheN predicted tnat the lnSO-
renee anu incense OF tne flliplnoS would
ihlail,ply grow until we should be
Iprceu 10 prlns nome TO then the TACT
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fastened Their Departure.

St. Louis, Feb. 6.-News of the fight
ing at Manila has FASTENED the depart
ure of the three battalions of the 18th
United States infantry from Jefferson
barracks. Under command of Colonel
Smith the troops left Jefferson barracks
to-day for New York, where they will
be joined by the fourth battalion On
Feb. the regiment will embark on the
transport Sheldon for Manila.
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Message of Coincidence.
Special Dispatch to the Standard

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Boise, Idaho, Feb. 6.-Upon receipt of
the news of Major McConvilles death,
Governor Steunenberg and Adjutant
General Weaver sent the following dis
patch to his widow:
Boise, Idaho, Feb. 6-Mrs. Viola c.
McConville, Lewiston, Idaho: Gable
states Major Conville was killed in bat
tie at Manila yesterday. We extend to
you our deepest sympathy in this trying
hour. The major died at his post. ex-
employing his magnificent bravery.
FRANK STEUN
"Governor.
~. l.. WEAVER.
'Adjutant General"
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"Greater America,

Full information about the new Pa
cific possessions of the United States.
A handsome booklet just out; most
complete publication yet issued. Beau
tifully illustrated, maps, statistics of
exports and imports, possibilities of
Oriental trade, merchant marine of the
world and other interesting information.
All for 2-cent stamp.
F. I. WHITNEY,
General Passenger Agent Great North
ern Railway. st. Paul.
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He Made Hit Last Evening at the
Margaret Theatre.

s,
THE Man From Mexico" was greeted
by fairly large-sized audience last
evening at the Margaret theater and no
doubt that many people, on hearing of
the excellence of the show from their
friends, will regret that they did not at
tend the performance.
4, Willie Collier as the ".Man.'"z was the
same old Willie, except that he was
funnier than ever before. There is on
" one fault to find with him, and that
is the fact that he does not give his
audience a chance, tos rest after its first
sidesplitting laugh, The fun is con-
tinuous and one act is as good as the
other, but the prisonqscene affords more
opportunities for Mr.. Golfers work,
and that is where he was particularly
good. While Collier was the life of the
piece, his SUPPORTS exceptionally good,
especially Miss Louise Allen, as the
wife, and Dan Mason as the Dutchman
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Silver Service for Dewey's Flagship.

Seattle. WASH. Feb. 6.-The contrac.
for d silver service to be presented Adj
mifai Deweys flagship, the Olympia. by
the citizens of Washington was awarded
to-day to Shreye & Co of San Francisco.
The service is to consist of % pieces. and
it is to be manufactured of native sill
yer. In addition to the service library
is also to be given the Olympia.
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Aguinaltlo's Threats,

Madrid, Feb. 6.-Dspatches from Ma
Mia describe a conference between Gen
eral Otis and Aguinaldo some days
back, at which, when Aguinaldo learned
of the intention of the Americans to
attack and capture Iloilo and other
ports" he declared he would begin hos
tilities if the United States sent any
reinforcements to the Philippines. The
conference failed to arrive at any I'M
derstanding"
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garded by me as a direct result of the
floor of the senate to the Ffiipinos to
the effect that our intention is to con-
quer and enslave them"
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80. 's4t Ne E8qsstsRaf
eral Otis, received to-day. disclosed a
death rate among the American troops at
Manila from smallpox of one man per
day for the past nine days. The death
list contains the names of Royal Fletcher,
1st Washington: Miles E. Kyger corpo-
raj LIST Washington; Pearl Doty, private,
I'd Oregon
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TO THE WEST

Via Ogden and the Southern Pacific for
California.
Via Huntington and the O. r. e. N.
for Portland and California.
Train for east and west leaves Hell
ena at 8 a. m. (via Great Northern
Railway, making nice connections at
Butte with train leaving p. m. daily
Train from east and west arrives at
Butte Los a. m. daily. Occupants of
the sleeping car may remain in their
berths until breakfast time.
For tickets, sleeping car reservations
and further particulars, call on or ad-
dress No. 10 East Broadway, Butte,
Montana.
H.. o. WILSON, General Agent.
D. E. hurley, G. P. & T. Agent,
Salt Lake. Utah.
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Paris of To-day-the handsomest pre-
MUM book ever offered-now ready for
delivery upon payment of $40 in ad-
vance for one, years subscription to
the Standard. Can be obtained at
Standard office in Butte. Anaconda,
Missoula or Great Falls.
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ONLY Regular Officer Killed.

Washington, Feb. 6.-First Lieuten-
ant James Mitchell 14th infantry is the
only officer of, the regular army killed
in the engagement of Saturday might,
SO far as the official reports show up
to date. He was a native of Ireland and
has been in the army since December,
1867. sS
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FOrfeits Posted,

Chicago. Feb. 6.---The forfeits of both
Corbett and Sharkey have been posted to
guarantee their appearance in the ring
at Tattersalls March T.
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Paris of To-day-the handsomest pre-
MUM book ever ofered-now ready for
delivery upon payment Of SO in ad-
vance for one years subscription to
The Standard. Can be obtained at
Standard office in Butte. Anaconda,
Missoula or Great Falls. -
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First Steamer.

Seattle, Wash, Feb. 6.--The first mail
to leave this city for Copper river. Alas
ka. since last fall left tonight on the
steamer Excelsior
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|lil;|3i'l
Montana Central Ry.

New fast time between st. Paul, Min
neapolis. Helena, Butte, Anaconda, Spo-
kane, Seattle and Portland. Close con.
nections for Kootenai country, Oregon
and California points, Alaska. Japan and
China. Connections at Twin Cities for all
points East and South. =