Montana Plaindealer

THE MONTANA PLAINDEALER Vol. I. THE MONTANA PLAINDEALER Published Weekly by The Montana Plaindealer Company. J. B. BASS, . . . EDITOR. Subscription $2.00 per year, Strictly in Advance. Advertising Rates on Application. Application made for entering the Helena Post Office as Second Class Mail Matter. Address all Communications to The Montana Plaindealer, 21 South Main Street, Helena, Montana. PEACE! PROSPERITY!! UNION!!! The Catholic Church and the Negro The colored people in this country have been considering the invitation extended to them to join the Catholic Church. This proposition is being seriously considered by some of the leading representatives of the colored race. It is argued that the Catholic Church is less prejudiced to the Negro than any denomination in the world. It is also true that most all other denominations have adopted rules and passed resolutions to bar out the Negro. The white Presbyterian Church, the white Methodist, and a number of white Southern Baptist are opposed to the Negro. It is also a notorious fact that the Catholic Church is receiving more consideration from this administration than any other denomination, which shows that it is a strong factor in the body-politic. Since the Catholic Church is favorably disposed toward the Negro and will give him greater protection than any other denomination or political party, there is nothing for the Negro to do but to join the Catholic Church. If all an-ti Catholic denominations are opposed to the Negro and the Catholic Church, and since the Catholic Church get what it wants, it will be good politics for the Negro to look out for himself and go where it will be to his best interest. We never read in the public press of any Catholic convention or Catholic Church denouncing the Negro and declaring that the Negro is not good enough for that Church. This Church has but one God. The white Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterians declare that the Negro is not good enough for him to serve God with them. They must pray separate and apart from them. The Negro has declared that there is not much efficacy in such religion. Till man, Vardaman, Williams and their associates belong to the Southern Methodist denomination and so long as they continue to be members of that denomination, there is no hope for the Negro Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodist. The Catholics succeed because they are united and demand recognition. The administration will not refuse this Church. There is no department under this government that will attempt to impose upon a Catholic. When the Pope of Rome and Catholic church speak, there is something doing. Let the Negro try the Catholic Church.—Washington Bee. Passing of Gambling The tardy edict putting a quietus on gambling in the state of Montana has at laet been issued and it seems as if the lid has been put on especially is this the case in Helena. This is a new experience to the writer who hails from Kansas. Prohibition and a penal offense for gambling and the law in both instances, in many places, is being flagrantly and openly violated despite the orders of the Attorney General; Governor and special assistant Attorney Generals. We hope that this order is sincere and not a pyrrotecnic play to the galleries for effect. There are Market St., San Francisco, looking towards Call Building many more evils equally as preicious and nauseating as that of the game of chance and as one good deed brings on another we suppose that in due time they will all receive the attention from the officials whose duty it is to enforce all laws that will put an end to all lawlessness. Do Something We believe that every able bodied man should work or engage in some legitimate pursuit for a living. Now that the ban has been put on gambling, that gentry will or course have to seek new fields for a livelihood and those who continue to neither work or engage in business and have no visible means of support will necessarily be regarded with suspicion and distrust. We advice our young men to go to work or engage in some legitimate business. There are far too many of them who loiter around in this age of progress. By doing something they will not only command a greater respect for themselves but it will redound to the credit of the race and the community as well. The PLAINDEALER will constantly advocate the cause of industry and business activity among our people; believing that it is for the best interest not only of our race, but the community at large. Market St., San Francisco, loo She shiftless, idle, ignorant and superstitious are the weights upon our progress and we have them in far too great a numbers for our own good, but, "they are ours." We shall constantly preach the doctrine as indicated above and possibly we may drive home to some of the them at least the fact that if they rise they must "DO SOMETHING. A new paper just published at Helena, Montana, made its advent in our office several weeks ago, and it is a clean little journal, neat in appearance, and starts out looking good to us. We being the oldest of the Plaindealers, with the Topeka Plaindealer holding second place, we, as with the other, will heartily welcome it, and will look after the interest of our new son that has just been born in our neighbor state, The Montana Plaindea,er, and congratulate our brother journalist, J. B. Bsss, the editor. ---Salt Lake Plaindealer. When the convicts at the penitentiary at Jefferson City, Mo., were called for breakfast Monday, March 26th, Guard J. W. Wood of Macon, Mo., was pounced upon by "Sonny" Anderson, a Negro prisoner, who stabbed him to death. Anderson also stabbed William Sheridan, a murderer, who went to the guard's aid. His wounds are probably fatal. Anderson then seized a hose and directed a stream of water on those who attempted to capture him. Thereupon the guards shot him to death. If you want to show race pride, subscribe for the PLAINDEALER. Helena, Montana, Friday, April 27, 1906. Race News. "I believe in the jury box, the ballot box and the cartridge box." Hon Frederick Douglass. Afro-Americans of Indianapolis are conducting a successful dry goods store employing five or six clerks. Mr. Andrew Carnegie has consented to give Wiley university, Marshall, Texas, $15,000 for a library building. Preston Garland, an Afro American who died recently at Morristown, N. J., claimed to have been 107 years old. James Smith, an Afro-American of Salem, Mass., recently left four thousand dollars in his will for the benefit of our people in that town. Boone Carter a member of the race, has been elected to the school board in the little town of Bridgeton, St. Louis county, Mo. Afro-Americans of Washington, D.C., have formed a company with a capital stock of $100,000 to build a theatre with a seating capacity of 2,000. Avil E. Sims, railway mail clerk, has been promoted to clerk in looking towards Call Building. charge, with an increase of salary accordingly. He has two white men under him on the "Frisco" run. Charles D. Lee, an Afro-American 30 years old, of Kansas City, Kansas, has invented a pneumatic cushion wheel for automobiles. The new wheel was patented Jan. 16. "I may be sent to death, gentlemen, but Hayti will live free and independent, for I have planted the roots of liberty so deep in Haytien soil that France will never be able to tear them up."—Toussaint L'Ouverture. A big steel plant at West Seneca N. Y., has been importing colored labor, two car loads coming from the south. The whites do not take kindly to the movement, and assert that further importations will cause a drop in realty values. N. B. Marshall, of Boston, has written a play on southern life, in collaboration with H. J. Noble, (white), of the Boston Traveler, which has been accepted by Ernest Meehan, the well known comedian. He will produce it as his next play. A Missouri Afro-American, Chas S. Baker, after 23 years of strenuous effort, has just invented a friction heater which, it is said, will work wonders in reducing the cost of heating. A company capitalized at a million and a half of dollars has been formed to manufacture the apparatus. "The Clansman" and "Uncle Tom's Cabin" have been an ever- lasting quietus in Kentucky by a bill passed by the legislature which has just adjourned and the governor has signed the bill. We need no such plays. The bill prohibits plays that tend to create race prejudice. At Houston, Texas, Ben Wall plead guilty to carrying a pistol, and was given a jail sentence, His lawyers asked a new trial on the grounds that the indictment was dated "nineteen sex" instead of "ninteen six" and in spite of the plea of guilty, the application was granted. In addition to the four Afro-Americans assigned to type-setting machines in the government printing office, Public Printer Stilling has appointed about ten colored men as caster operators. They take charge of the spools of perforated paper from the keyboard operator, and through some intricate process cast the same into type. The men are giving satisfaction. The Negroes of Coffeyville, Kas. are inaugurating an industrial movement which intend to carry into all the Southern and Southwestern States. The plan is to raise money and establish factories to employ Negros,to buy farms and sell lots to them on small monthly payment and to encourage in Negroes generally a spirit of industry and frugality. An organization has been affected and a company charted with an authorized capital of 1,000,000. The shares are being sold at par. POLITCAL SNAPSHOTS. Next week the city administration changes; enter Mr. Lindsey exit Mr. Purcell. Mr. Chas. Horn will succeed Judge Curtis who is filling out the unexpired term of the late Judge Grogan. Mr. Duncan will succeed Mr. Kirkendall as city treasurer. Aside from the changes in the alderman positions, there will be a general change in police department and possibly a few other changes, but the fire department will, in all probability remain intact. A well known aspirant for the highest elective position within the gift of the people at the recent municipal election in this city, in so far as this publication is concerned, has proven the assertion which was charged against him of repudiation. The idea of men being elected to official positions to serve the people who are so stupid and disingenius as to fail to be ordinarily courteus in their demeanor toward their constituents, will soon be a thing of the past. There is one or more of that class in county court house at present, but they will not be there after the November election. Several of the aspirants for political honors are working on the theory that the early bird gets the worm, and are putting up their fences for the fall campaign. THE PLAINDEALER will keep its readers duly informed of the moves on the political checkerboard, and the fitness and records of those who will ask the people for their suffrage. The coming fall campaign will be a highly important one, as not only county officers and a congressman elected, but a United States Senatorship is involved. It will there fore be necessary that good and true men be selected for these honors all along the line. Secretary of State Voder was one of the first state officials to encourage this publication in its mission to do good. We have an abiding faith that others will follow suit very shortly. BASE BALL NEWS. The Helena Giants are showing up well in practice. Willie Wooley, barring his throw ihg, is one of the fastest young players we have ever seen work out. He will play short for the Giants and with an improvement of his whip, which is sure to come, he will be a sensational player. Jos. C. Brown who is slated to play second, looms up in practice like a star and no doubt will hold his end of the infield. I was walking dec When the cam And a symp Till I four Neg Out at front a near On the al was I could pict hair And had s Ward Cole Captain of the Giants believes that the only way for the team to get in shape is by hard Call Building, San Francisco. and constant practice and he certainly knows how to work them out. He will do the backstop work for the team. Joe Marshall who is signed to hold down the initial sack will be a tower of strength to the team. He is one of the old 24th Infantry players and a sure batter. The team expects to have some new recruits in a short time. Butler, formerly of the 24th Infantry team, with a pitcher and Freeman the premier colored ball player of the west, are expected in a few days. Jas. Howard in center field is showing his old time form and no doubt will make good and take care of everything which comes out his way. Clover Smith is showing up fine in practice in the left garden and if he keeps up his gait, his corner of the lot will be well protected. Chas. Graves will no doubt for a while be used on the slab. He is a good, fast, all around ball player and can be used in any emergency. Examiner Bldg., S. Francisco. Gus Mason has been working at third in practice. This is no this position but under the circumstances he is doing, remarkable. The principle work of getting everything in working order for a good team is hard practice, team work and allegiance to the captain. Do what he says and if it develops that his Judgement is not for the best interest of the team, the same sources that made him can unmake him. He's selected to be the team boss and if a good team is expected all must obey his orders on the diamond. Preaching at St. James church 5th avenue and Hoback street, Sundays at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. by the pastor. Sunday school at 2 p. m., A. Marshall supt., Carrie Dorsey, Chorister, Florence Anderson, sect. ALER No. 7. The Funeral. I was walking in Savannah past a church decayed and dim, When there slowly through the window came a plaintive funeral hymn; And a sympathy awakened, and a wonder quickly grew, Till I found myself enironed in a little Negro pew. Out at front a colored couple sat in sorrow, nearly wild; On the altar was a coffin, in the coffin was a child. I could picture him when living,—curly hair, protruding lip,— And had seen perhaps a thousand in my hurried Southern tiip. But no baby ever rested in the soothing arms of Death, That had fanned more flames of sorrow with his little fluttering breath; And no funeral ever glistened with more sympathy profound, Than was in the chain of teardrops that enclasped those mourners round. Rose a sad old colored preacher at the little wooden desk, With a manner grandly awkward, with a countenance grotesque; With simplicity and shrewdness on his Ethiopian face, With the ignorance and wisdom of a crushed, undying race. And he said: "Now don' be weepin' for dis pretty bit o' clay, Fo' de little boy who lived dere, he done gone an' run away! He was don' very finely, an' he 'preciate your love; But his sure 'nuff Father want him in the Large House up above. "Now he didn't give you dat baby by a hundred thousand' mile. He jus' think you need some sunshine, an' he lent it for a while! An' he let you keep and love it till your hearts was bigger grown, An' dese silver tears you're sheddin's jes' de interest pretty de loan. "Here's your oder interest childrun! — Don't be makin' it appear Dat your love's got sort o' 'nopilized by dis little feller here; Don' pile up too much your sorrow on de little mental shelves. So's to kinder set dem wonderin' if dere no account demselves. "Jus' you think, you poor, deah mounahs, Creepin' long o'er Sorrow's way, What a blessed little picnic dis yere baby's got today! Your good fadders and good mudders crowd de little feller round In de angel-tented garden ob de big Plantation Ground. "An' dey ask him, 'Was your feet sore?' an' take off his little shoes, An' dey wash him, an' dey kiss him, an' dey say, 'Now, what's de news?' An' de Lord done cut his tongue loose; den de little feller say, 'All our folks down in de valley tries to keep de Hebbenly way.' "An' his eyes dey brightly sparkle at de pretty tings he view; Says, 'If only dey be fait'ful, dey will soon be comin' long.' "An he'll get an education dat will prob-伯ly be worth Seheral times as much as any you could buy him on earth. He'll be in de Lord's big school house wid out no contempt or fear, While here's no end to de bad tings might have happened to hin here. So, my pooah, dejected mounahs, let your hearts wid Jesus rest, An' don' go to critercisn' dat ar One wat knows de best! He have sent us many comforts,—He have right to take away,— To de Lord be praise an' glory, now an' eve,—Let us pray." —W. C. In a cell in the county jail at Pittsburg, Pa., U. S. Gray, a Negro, bemoaned the loss of his perfumed baths, and held a handkerchief to his nose to put out what were to him most atrocious prison odors. Gray was a porter in a down town department store, and he and three other Negroes were arrested, charged with stealing over $2,000 worth of goods from the store. The police state that Gray is the most fastidious man they have ever seen. Every morning he emptied into his bath half a dozen bottles of imported cologne, and afterward sprayed himself from head to foot with an atomizer filled with the most expensive scents to be found in the store where he was employed. No. 7. ```markdown ``` ALL AID FOR 'FRISCO New York City Raised Nearly Ten Million Dollars for Sufferers in San Francisco—London, Paris, Berlin and Other Foreign Cities Send Gold—Every City in U. S. Helps. New York.-The appeal of San Francisco has been heard throughout the civilized world. From every city and town in this country, from European capitals and some far east communities comes news that all humanity in expressing its sympathy is also offering enormous material assistance. It is estimated Sunday night that the San Francisco relief fund is rapidly nearing the total of $10,000,000, and will have passed that figure by Monday when the United States congress, it is announced, will add $1,500,000 to the $1,000,000 already appropriated. In the list of generous contributors New York city ranks next to the government itself and bids fair to far exceed the federal contribution. 'Tonight the New York fund amounted to approximately $2,000,000, with contributions coming in fast. The state of Massachusetts has undertaken to raise $3,000,000, and with Boston's generous help is well on the way to the goal. Chicago's fund is approaching $1,000,000, and promises to go beyond that sum. Philadelphia will send $600,000. A score or more cities are contributing $100,000. Portland will probably raise close to $250,000, Pittsburg has given $100,000, Cleveland $100,000, St. Louis $200,000, Sacramento $100,000, and Seattle $40,000 already, with much more in sight. Nor is the work or raising relief funds confined to the large cities. From every section, every state comes the news of contributions made by small towns. Not large in themselves, their aggregate will be enormous. Uncounted thousands are sending contributions, and the grand total of the relief fund will probably never be known. Across the seas, in London, Paris, Berlin, wherever Americans congregate, a generous inflow of gold is reported. NO STAY FOR THE CRIMINALS. San Francisco Judges Brush Aside Technicalities. A meeting of the superior judges of San Francisco was held for the purpose of settling several legal questions arising from the interruption of judicial proceedings. It was agreed that no further stays of execution will be granted in the cases of convicted criminals who already have been sentenced and granted stays for definite periods. This order applies to George D. Collins, the attorney sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment for bribery, but the order in his case must be signed by Judge Burnett of Santa Rosa, who was the trial judge. Mrs. Cordella Botkin, convicted of the murder of Mrs. J. P. Dunning, is exempt from the order, as her case has been appealed to the supreme court. She will remain in custody of the sheriff until a decision is rendered, but Collins, with a number of other prisoners will be sent to the penitentiary at San Quentin. Some trouble was anticipated by the judges in the criminal department owing to the destruction of their records, but Attorney General Webb announced that certified copies were intact in his office in Sacramento, and these can be substituted for the originals. The judges have made an order extending the time of filing papers for 30 days from April 21. FIRE CHIEF SULLIVAN IS DEAD. Passes Away Without Knowledge of City's Greatest Fire. Chief D. J. Sullivan of San Francisco's fire department passed away Sunday morning from the effects of injuries received on the morning of the earthquake. It was found that Chief Sullivan was suffering from a fractured skull, four broken ribs and other injuries. It is said Chief Sullivan never knew there was a fire. His mind seemed to dwell on the need of a salt water fire fighting plant, and he repeatedly spoke to his friends of the increasing necessity for such an adjunct to the fire department of the city. Mrs. Sullivan, who suffered serious injuries, has progressed satisfactorily, and it is believed that she will recover. RAID A NORTH DAKOTA TOWN. Bandits Terrorize Town and Get Away With $7000. Saturday at Crosby, N. D., robbers booted the Bank of Crosby in broad daylight and secured $7000. They operated like the James and Younger boys driving people off the street with volleys from their pistols. They escaped on horseback with horses they had previously stolen Bars Dowie From Pulpit. Judge Wright in the circuit court Saturday decided that John Alexander Dowie could not occupy the pulpit in Zion tabernacle Sunday, as he had planned to do. The court held that Overseer Voliva could use the tabernacle Sunday and Dowie on each alternate day. STEEL BLOCKS LEFT STANDING. Flames Ruin What the Earthquake Fails to Do. A trip through the burned districts of San Francisco revealed a scene of unspeakable desolation. From many points on Market street as far as the eye could reach in any direction there was nothing but skeleton walls and smoldering ruins. It should be borne in mind that San Francisco was not destroyed by the earthquake. While old buildings in that part of the city which stood on "made" ground east of Montgomery street, and some of that district lying south of Market street, it is true, suffered from the shock, it was fire that wrought the great devastation and wiped out the entire business section and probably half of the residence section of the city. The great modern steel structures were practically uninjured by the earthquake except for cracked walls and displaced plaster. All these great structures, of course, were subsequently ruined by the flames, so far as the interior is concerned, but the walls are in most cases intact. The most notable cases of practical immunity from the shock were the St. Francis hotel, the Spreckels building the Chronicle building and scores of other modern structures. The branch of the United States mint and the new postoffice at Seventh and Mission streets, are striking examples of the superiority of the workmanship put into federal buildings. The old mint building surrounded by a wide space of pavement, was absolutely unharmed. Not even the few palm trees which stand on either side of its broad entrance were withered by the flames that devoured everything around it. The new postoffice building also was virtually undamaged by fire. The shock did some damage to the entrance to the building. The walls are uninjured. Every window pane, of course, is gone, as they are in almost every building in town, but the government will be able to resume postal business immediately. The Fairmount hotel, which is seriously damaged in the interior, is left intact as to the walls and the management has offered space in the building to any of the relief committees that desire to house the homeless or store supplies in those parts of the building considered safe. NOTES FROM SAN FRANCISCO. Forty Bodies Taken Out From One Place—Caring For Sick Forty bodies were taken from a building at 119 Fifth street, by the Red Cross service. The structure, which was a four story wooden building containing three flats of 10 rooms each, collapsed during the earthquake Orders have been given for company A, hospital corps, at the Washington barracks, to proceed to San Francisco, and report to General Funston for service in caring for the sick and injured. They will take a complete medical outfit, including stores and hospital equipment. One of the young sons of T. P. Riordan, a well known real estate dealer, was shot and instantly killed shortly before the noon hour, a few feet from his residence, Young Riordan was on his way home and had a bottle of whisky in his coat pocket. The soldier on duty ordered him to stop and throw the whisky away, and when Riordan refused the soldier immediately shot him dead. FRISCO STREET CARS GOING Fillmore Electric Line Resumes, Carrying Passengers Free. San Francisco is not now without passenger transportation. Cars are running down Fillmore street and appear to have plenty of power. The service is free to all with the exception of boys. The cars on Sutter and Pacific also will probably be run by borses. The federal troops under command of General Funston have already taken systematic charge of the principal portion of the city entrusted to its care. Major Benson of the Fourteenth cavalry, is in command of the provost guard. General Funston's headquarters are at Fort Mason and he has under his command 3000 federal troops. Five children were born Saturday night in the hospitals that have been established at Golden Gate park, making 18 births in this park. Eight babies have been born in uena Vista park. Fort Bragg Wiped Out. Fort Bragg, one of the principal lumbering towns of Mendocino county, California, was almost totally destroyed as the result of a fire following the earthquake of last Wednesday morning. One person only of the 5000 inhabitants was killed, but scores were injured. Nominations Confirmed The senate has confirmed the following nominations: Major General Henry C. Corbin, adjutant general, to be lieutenant general. The president sent the following to the senate: Collector of customs, district of Puget sound, Washington, Frederick G. Harper. Receiver of public moneys at North Yakima, Wash., Harry F. Nichols. Sausalito Damage. $70,000. Sausalito.—After the great earthquake on Wednesday morning, 10 or 12 minor shocks were felt during the day. The damage in this place and vicinity by the earthquake and fires which followed is estimated at $70,000. OVER 75,000 REFUGEES FROM FRISCO RECEIVE SHELTER. Free Transportation for Those Who Want to Leave—No One Goes Hungry—Destitute Being Cared for—Wedding Occurs; Groom Had $1.30—Chinese Fared Worst of All. Oakland is caring for 75,000 people rendered homeless by the disaster, and is prepared to care for twice as many. The height of the influx has been reached and the number of refugees is slightly decreasing. Although they are still coming in large numbers, more are leaving on every train for various points. Requests for free transportation are investigated as closely as possible, and all the observing are sent away. Women and children and married men who wish to join their families in various parts of the state are given the preference. The transportation bureau is on a street corner, where a man stands on a box and calls the names of those who are entitled to passes. No one now goes hungry here and few lack shelter, but cots and bedding are needed. At the First Presbyterian church 1800 were fed Sunday night and 1000 people will sleep there tonight. Pews have been turned into beds. Cots are in the aisles, in the gallery and in the Sunday school room. Every available inch of space is occupied by some substitute for a bed. A Rockefeller Camp. John D. Rockefeller has sent money for the establishment of a new camp, which will bear his name. Los Angeles has provided for a camp to accommodate 1000 people, and has sent 60 physicians and nurses to look after the sick in it. Food is also coming in from that city, and more help if need from that city. An important piece of work that is going on at relief headquarters in the chamber of commerce rooms is the registration of refugees. There are 45 clerks engaged in this work alone. All who register are catalogued by cards, which bear their names and old and new addresses. In this manner dozens of families have been reunited and friends have found each other. A line of anxious inquires' extends far out into the street, while others fleap to register or leave an inquiry for some one who might seek them. There is an employment bureau, where work is provided whenever possible. Hundreds of letters pour in, and the information is given whenever possible. Fraternal Societies Busy. Independent of the regular relief committee, much work is being done by fraternal societies, the members of which meet all incoming trains and take care of the destitute. A wedding took place at the relief bureau at midnight last night. Despite the fact that the groom had only $1.30, the newly married couple looked cheerfully on the prospect that confronted them and departed happy and hopeful. Relief for Actors. A relief bureau especially for the atrical people is situated on Broadway, near Twelfth, and transportation east has been furnished 200 people. One hundred are being taken care of at the Bell theater, and will be given tickets out of town as soon as possible. Stars, as well as music hall singers, are welcome at the bureau, and many of them looked hungry for a sight of the lights of Broadway. Chinese in Sad Plight. The Chinese fared worst of all of the San Francisco refugees. Some got out with their belongings at the first alarm of fire, but others remained until the afternoon. Then, as the flames came closer, they were driven out by the soldiers without being allowed to get food or clothing. A hasty guard shot one as he was going into his store for goods. Nearly 10,000 of them have arrived here, and the majority have been cared for in the local Chinatown. Nearly all of them are absolutely destitute. IN HANDS OF THE U. S. ARMY Task of Receiving and Distributing Supplies. At a conference of Govenor Pardee, General Funston and Mayor Schmitz at Fort Mason, it was agreed that all supplies sent to the city from interior points for the relief of the homeless will be placed in the hands of the federal authorities and distributed under the direction of General Funston and under the immediate control of Major Duval. A depot for the receipt of supplies was established at the Oakland mole which will be under the direction of Major Duval of General Funston's staff. There was perfect harmony at the conference and an earnest desire on the part of everyone to cooperate to the fullest extent in order that the relief work might be carried out without friction or confusion. This conference has served to clear the atmos- Do Not Go to Frisco "People should not go to San Francisco," is the warning the Associated Press is requested by General Manager W. H. Bancroft of the Harriman western lines to give to the public. Madge Carr Cook plays the best game of bridge whist on the American stage. Her closest rival is Ethel Barrymore. A$300,000,000LOSS AND SAN FRANCISCO'S INSURANCE AMOUNTED TO $200,000,000. Over Seven Square Miles of Ruins— 500 Bodies Recovered Already— No Hungry Person in the City, No Disorder; All Are Hopeful.—Health of Camps Good. San Francisco, April 23.—The Associated Press representatives have covered the entire outer edge of the burned section. The circumference of the great conflagration, as near as can be ascertained by the markings of a cyclometer, measures 26 miles, and the ruins comprise the entire business district and a large section of the residence district, all of which was densely populated. Seven square miles of ruins are presented. Five hundred bodies have already been recovered. It was estimated today by competent insurance authorities that the loss would aggregate $300,000,000, and on this vast amount of property the insurance companies carried approximately $175,000,000 insurance. Had it not been for the sight of the rude altars set up in the open wherever San Francisco's homeless thousands were camped, one would have had some difficulty in finding any of the peaceful associations of the Sabbath in this city today. Everywhere throughout the burned, as well as the remaining section of the city, there was the greatest activity. Streets were being cleared of debris, laborers were repairing broken water pipes, sewers and gas mains; electricians were everywhere seeking to disentangle the almost hopeless confusion of wires; in fact, San Francisco was in the first stages of its regeneration. There are no hungry people here tonight; the gaunt specter of starvation has been banished by the magnificent response of the people of California in particular, and by the entire nation in general, to the appeals that went out for assistance. Food by the carload and boatload poured into Oakland last night and today, and in sufficient quantities to overwhelm the committee which has in charge its distribution. So great was the volume of foodstuffs brought into the general depot at Oakland mole that the general committee made an appeal for skilled labor in the handling of these supplies. Grocers, butchers and commission men have been requested to secure men who are familiar in the handling of foodstuffs, in order that the distribution at the scores of stations might go on without confusion. The homeless people are no longer obliged to subsist upon bread and canned stuff entirely, as they had been during the previous days of their trying experience, but were today given hot coffee, canned meats, and even cakes and oranges. Oranges have come in in plentiful supply from southern California, and the sight of California's famous product was everywhere hailed with words of delight. It must not be understood by the charitable people of the country that there is a surfeit of food for the sufferers. While the supply is abundant at this writing, it is well for the public to remember that the homeless thousands must be fed and cared for by the organized relief committee for an indefinite period. It is desired, therefore, that contributions be continued everywhere until the people who have been rendered helpless and destitute by the city's misfortune can care for themselves. W.L. DOUGLAS SHOES ALL PRICES BEST IN THE WORLD THE WORLD'S GREATEST SHOE MAKER SOLE AGENTS FOR W.L. DOUGLAS SHOES ESTABUISHED JULY 6, 1876. CAPITAL $2,500,000 W.L. DOUGLAS MAKES & SELLS MORE MEN'S SHOES THAN ANY OTHER MANUFACTURE statement. If could take you into my thirty-five stories care of Brockton, Mass., and show you the infiniti care with every pair of shoes is made, you would realize that every pair of Douglas $3.50 shoes cost more to make, why they hold so much better, wear longer, and are of shape intriguing value than any other $3.50 shoe. W. L. Douglass Made shoes for Men, $5.50, $2.00, Basketball Shoes, $2.50, $2.17, $1.50 CAUTION: insist upon having W. L. Douglass shoes. Take note that one genuine without his name and price stamped on bottom. Fast Color Ejectors used; they will not wear brazzy. Write for Illustrated Catalog. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. Study Music at Home. Piano, Organ, Mandolin or Guitar We teach by mail and guarantee success. First applause enrolled at special rates. National School of Music, Brockton, Mass. NOTES OF FRISCO FIRE Thousands of Dollars and Train Loads of Supplies Rushed There. R. W. Brown of Louisville, Ky., grand exalted ruler of the order of Elks, after a conversation at Cincinnati with Grand Officers John Gilvin and Eugene Lewis, wired San Francisco $20,000 for the relief of sufferers. A carload of provisions valued at $2000 has been sent by Mayor Gillette on behalf of citizens of Nelson, B. C. to the destitute citizens of San Francisco. The St. Louis relief fund for San Francisco sufferers Sunday reached the $100,000 mark. The work of raising funds has scarcely started. Nearly $50,000 in cash was collected in one night at Baltimore at a meeting in behalf of the San Francisco fund. The Canadian government has voted $100,000 for the earthquake sufferers in San Francisco. Old Chinatown is gone and hundreds of the yellow slaves are said to have perished in holes. Eleven postal clerks were taken from the debris of the postoffice. All were thought to be dead, but it was found that, although they were buried in the stone, every one was alive. They had been for three days without food or water. All the mail was saved. San Quentin prison is intact. The walls were cracked and a few chimneys were upset, but no further damage was done. During the first shock the convicts set up walls that could be heard for a mile. They acted like wild animals and tore at their trembling bars like maniacs. Warden Edgar called out all the guards, lined the walls and released the prisoners into the big yard. An urgent appeal has been sent out for a supply of chloride of lime. It is absolutely necessary to insure sanitary conditions. It is wanted immediately and in large quantities. Other drugs badly needed are sulphur, carbic acid, bichloride of mercury, vaccine points, general antiseptics, formaldehyde and cathartics of any kind, castor oil, opium in pills, morphine in tablets and quinine. It is almost as urgent that the people outside the city furnish these drugs as it is that they send food. The Oakland offices of the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies are literally swamped with messages filed by people from San Francisco anxious to assure their friends of their safety. There are more on hand than could be sent in a week. To relieve the strain as much as possible, packages of messages are being mailed to nearby offices to be sent by wire to their destinations. It is stated that a number of firms of San Francisco in structural and architectural work are making preparations to open up their iron plants as soon as possible and that many of them will establish temporary plants in Oakland. The town of Tomales is a pile of ruins. All of the large stores are flat. Dissatisfaction is being expressed at the conduct of some of the soldiers. Many of those doing guard and patrol duty are little more than mere boys, who are wrought up to a high state of excitement by their position and have been shooting at pedestrians in circumstances where milder measures would have answered. Chief Dinan has asked the military authorities to withdraw many of these men from the city. Mission Dolores church the oldest building in the city, erected 130 years ago by Spanish missionaries, survived the earthquake shocks and was saved from the fire. It is constructed of adobe blocks. The newer church, built of brick alongside of the old building, suffered from the shock. Assistant Treasurer Jacobs, at San Francisco, for whose safety fears were entertained, is safe. President Roosevelt has sent to congress a message, accompanying documents and papers from the war department, recommending the appropriation immediately of an additional $1,500,000 for the relief of the sufferers by the calamity at San Francisco. Every person left in San Francisco breakfasted Saturday morning on food cooked in the open streets, no fires being allowed in the houses. A few bricks or stones gathered in a blamance of a furnace, with a few dry sticks beneath cans or kettles, was the improvised kitchen in which the food of the millionaire, as well as the humblest workman was prepared. The Stanford university is closed and there will be no more school this year. THE CLIFF HOUSE HAS ESCAPED. Famous Sutro Baths Are Also Unharmed. Little damage was done in the vicinity of the Cliff house. The Cliff house not only stands, but the damage sustained from the shock to this historic building will not exceed, according to the statement of Manager Wilkins, $500. The famous Sutro baths, located near the Cliff house, with its hundreds of thousands of square feet of glass roofing, also was practically unharmed. The district lying west of Golden Gate park and along the beach from the park southward suffered less from the earthquake than probably any other section of the city. Says Dowie Defrauded Him James Surrock of New Mexico has made complaint to the federal authorities that he had been defrauded by John Alexander Dowie out of a sum close to $10,000, and that the malls had been used in the operation Iustrated Catalog. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. Home. Piano, Organ Mandolin o Guitar We teach by mail and guarantee First applicants enrolled at special mates. Address: National School of Music, Box 1192, Seattle, Wn., U.S.A. No. 17, 06 MISS. LUCY M' GIVNEY Suffered Severely With Headaches— Unable to Work Miss Lucy V. McGivney, 452 3rd Ave Brooklyn, N. Y., writes: "For many months I suffered severely from headaches and pains in the side and back, sometimes being unable to attend to my daily work. "I am better now, thanks to Peruna, and am as active as ever and have no more headaches. "The way Peruna worked in my case was simply marvelous." We have in our files many grateful letters from women who have suffered with the symptoms named above. Lack of space prevents our giving more than one testimonial here. It is impossible even to approximate the great amount of suffering which Peruna has relieved, or the number of women who have been restored to health and strength by its faithful use. The water situation, while causing inconvenience to the public, is no longer such a problem. About two thirds of the remaining section of the city is being supplied with sufficient water for the pressing domestic needs, but, of course, there is not yet enough to be had for fire fighting purposes. Because of this fact the most stringent orders have been issued by the military and civil police that no fires shall be built within any house, and no lights, not even a candle light, can be shown at night in the houses. All cooking for the present must be done on the sidewalks or in the open streets and in the daylight. One of the noteworthy features of the situation is the remarkable promptness with which the work of systematically caring for the homeless has been thoroughly organized and put into operation. The fear that existed two days ago that the immense task of caring for the destitute and helpless people could not be organized quick enough to save hundreds from hunger and possible epidemic exists no longer. the administration of the city's affairs is progressing most harmoniously. Mayor Schmitz and General Funston are working in perfect accord. There was some slight confusion yesterday owing to the misunderstanding of orders by some members of the national guard, but this has been minimized. The system put into force by the mayor and General Funston today is working out of confusion, and the city is as orderly as before the fire. Many citizens have reported many extremely arbitrary acts of the militiamen, but no complaints have been heard of the regular soldiers or the municipal police. The relief committee reported additional subscriptions of about $162,000, the largest of these being one of $100,000 by the Chicago Commercial association. The total number of bodies recovered and buried up to Sunday night is 500. It is impossible at the present time to obtain any sort of death list or even to make reliable estimates as to the number of casualties. When ever a body is found, it is buried immediately, without any formality what ever, and as these burials have been made at widely separated parts of the city by different bodies of searchers who don't even make a prompt report to headquarters, considerable confusion has resulted in the estimating of the total number of casualties and exaggerated reports have resulted. FIRE SWEEPS MARQUINA Thousands Starving and Homeless in Rizal Manila—Fire has swept the town of Mariquina in Rizal province. Many thousands of persons are homeless and starving. Two thousand dwellings are in ruins. The government is rushing assistance to the sufferers. Fire also destroyed Pasil, near the town of Cebu. Two hundred dwellings were burned and many persons are homeless. New York Masons Lavish F. H. Robinson, grand master of Masons or. New York state, announces he had received contributions to the amount of $20,000 from the various lodges in the state for the San Francisco sufferers. 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They are requested to report at the headquarters of the state board of health at Geneva and Grove streets. Laguna and Oceans sphere of any impression that there has been any misunderstanding between Mayor Schmitz and General Funston and there will be complete harmony between the military and civil authorities to ameliorate the conditions. Among those present besides the governor, the mayor and General Funston were the staffs of the governor and the general, Chief Dinan, W. F. Herrin, General Manager Calvin of the Southern Pacific and Z. T. Earl of Los Angeles. Appeal to Sons of Veterans. Cincinnati.—Commander in Chief H. V. Speeman has issued an appeal to the order of Sons of Veterans for help for the victims of the San Francisco earthquake. Contributions should be sent to Division Commander George W. Conart, Bullard building, Los Angeles, Cal. Earthquake Reached Japan. Seismographs in the imperial university of Japan show that the San Francisco earthquake reached Japan in 11 minutes. Two seismologists from Japan will go to San Francisco forthwith. The Red Cross of Japan is sending a hospital ship. Miss Edith Wetmore, daughter of the wealthy Rhode Island senator, is one of the most consistent music lovers among fashionable folk, and has been an earnest worker in the effort to establish a national conservatory in Washington. THE WH If we don't heed prevention, we w St. Jac Is ready always for all forms o LUMBAGO to STIFF NECK IT CURES ALIKE A Friend HAT thin, little, 10-cent Box of Cascarets. When carried constantly in your Vest Pocket, or in "my Lady's" Purse it will ward off ninety per cent of Life's ordinary lills. Eat one of the six candy tablets contained in that "Vest Pocket Box" whenever you suspect you need one. It can't hurt you, and is sure Insurance against serious sickness. * * * Want of Exercise, indoor Employment, weaken the Bowel Muscles, just as they weaken Arm and Leg Muscles. The Muscles lose tone, tension, strength, to force the food onward. And the longer they stay in that state the weaker they become, because the less exercise they get through the slow passage of food. Cascarets contain the only combination of drugs that acts on the Muscles of the Bowels and Intestines, just as Cold Water, or Exercise, act on a Lazy man. They act like Exercise. * * * When you have Heartburn, Colic, Coated Tongue, Suspected Breath, Acid-rising-in- throat, Gas-belching, or an Incipient Cold, take a Cascaret. Remember, all these are not merely Discomforts, but indications of a serious Cause. Nip them in the bud—eat a Candy Cascaret. Cascarets don't purge, nor punish the stomach like "Bile-driving" "Physics." They act like Exercise on the Bowel-Muscles that propel Food, and that squeeze the natural Digestive Juices of the body into Food. Cascarets ward off, or cure, the following diseases: Constipation Bad Breath Biliousness Diabetes the most good. and pure, fresh mach to bet- petite, stimu- r, gives new strength. Underful cures the past two buying medi- Mrs. S. L. Carleton, Ayer, Mass., says: "For a perfect spring medicine to give strength and thoroughly purify the blood, Hood's Sarsaparilla is held in high, esteem by our whole fam- ily. I have used it from childhood and find it as good for my children as for myself." BEMIS BRO. BAG CO. SEATTLE The life of a bag depends on how honestly it is made. Bemis bags are made on honor, of the best materials, that is why they outlive others. You won't need to order bags so often if every order specifies''Bemis.''' Made for grain, flour, wool, ore, etc., etc. BEMIS BRO. BAG CO., SEATTLE, WASH. Witte's Influence Carried. That Russia has been able to negotiate a loan of $450,000,000, even at an exorbitant rate of interest, must be accepted as an accomplishment of the masterful influence of M. Witte, and will still further strengthen him as the chief power in the realm, nominally second to the czar, but in reality the ruling force. Spokane's contribution to the California earthquake victims is close to $50,000. Spokane shipped 25 carloads of flour. The Masons have raised $1000, the Eagles $500, the Elks $500, the bartenders $500 and the Knights of Columbus $500. HOLE LOT will need a cure. The Old-Monk-Cure Jobs Oil of muscular aches or pains, from RHEUMATISM to SPRAIN BE THE WHOLE LOT. in Need— Indigestion. Headache Dyspepsia Diarrhoea Torpid Liver Flatulence Appendicitis Hives Rheumatism Jaundice Catarrh Nausea Colic Vertigo Scrofula Pimples Womanly Troubles Worms Blotches Piles Eczema Ulcers Dysentery In such cases a little Cascaret in time is worth fifty dollars worth of Treatment later on, to say nothing of the suffering, discomfort, loss of Business Energy, and loss of Social Sunshine it saves. ```markdown ``` A coming Headache can be warded off in short order, by a single Cascaret, and the cause removed. Heartburn, Gas-belching, Acid-risings in the throat, and Colicky feeling are sure signs of bowel trouble from food poisons, and should be dealt with promptly. One Cascaret will stop the coming trouble, and move on the Bowel load, if taken at the first signs. Don't fail to carry the Vest Pocket Box of Cascarets with you constantly. All Druggists sell them—over ten million boxes a year. Be very careful to get the genuine, made only by the Sterling Remedy Company and never sold in bulk. Every tablet sta. pod "CCC." ```markdown ``` FREE TO OUR FRIENDS! We want to send to our friends a beautiful French-designed, GOLD-PLATED BONBON BOX, hard-enameled in colors. It is a beauty for the dressing table. Ten cents in stamps is asked as a measure of good faith and to cover cost of Cascarets, with which this dainty trinket is loaded. Send to-day, mentioning this paper, Address Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago or New York TWENTY-TWO KILLED BY DUST EXPLOSION IN COLORADO. Forty Miles West of Trinidad—Seventeen Miners, Who Were Working 3700 Feet From Entrance Escaped—Most of the Dead Are Italians and Japanese. As the result of a dust explosion in a mine of the Colorado Fuel & Iron company, 40 miles west of Trinidad, Colo., shortly before noon Sunday, 22 miners are known to be dead and one other is missing, with little hope of being found alive. There were 40 men in the mine at the time of the explosion. Seventeen miners, who were working 3700 feet from the entrance, escaped unhurt through another opening. The explosion occurred in rooms 3 and 4 near the main entrance, and was the result of a windy shot, which ignited the dust. An order for 22 coffins has been received by a local undertaker here, that many bodies having been taken out today. The mine was not badly damaged, and work can be resumed in a couple of days. The mine employed 180 men. Miners from adjacent camps are assisting in the rescue. Superintendent Robert O'Neil lett here on a special train at noon, and is personally directing the rescue work. Among the dead is James Reed, fire boss. Most of the others are Italians and Japanese. MONTANA SQUIBBS. The new dam constructed across the Missouri river 18 miles northeast of Helena, is rapidly nearing completion, there remaining a gap of only 18 or 20 feet in the concrete base. It is expected that this will be filled within a few days. This does not mean, however, that the development of electrical power will begin within that time as there still remains a vast amount of other work before the final end is reached. Governor Toole has issued a proclamation calling upon the people of the state to aid the sufferers at San Francisco. George Erickson, organizer of the Scandinavian Brotherhood of America, is in Helena for the purpose of organizing a lodge of the order. It is reported that Claude Ralls, formerly a teamster in the employ of the Big Blackfoot Milling company, in Missouri, had been robbed of a roll of bills amounting to $400 in a gambling house at Wallace, Idaho. One of the briefest annual meetings of the Northern Montana Round-Up association that has ever been held took place in Helena Saturday afternoon. Aside from the election of officers for the ensuing year, the only other business transacted was the adoption of a manifesto, which arraigns the plutocrats and some of the senators in congress. The city council, by a tie vote, settled by Mayor Story, raised the saloon license in Bozeman from $100 to $500. Officers have captured Ping Gee, who has told all he knew concerning the murder of Robert Shadwell at Butte on the morning of January 7. Ping Gee implicates Tom Fong and Chung Gow, and says they killed Shadwell with a ciawhammer while the latter was sleeping in a room at 108 China alley. Lu Sing was hanged in the county jail yard at Bozeman last Friday for the killing of Tom Sing. The Deer Lodge County Good Roads association has been organized by citizens of Anaconda, who are interested in improving the highways. FRISCO TITLES REPORTED SAFE. The Hall of Records Is Said to Have Escaped Flames. Among the news of Saturday which will have the greatest effect on the future in the attempt of the city to readjust itself after the disaster, is the cheering information that all of the records to the millions of dollars' worth of property are intact. The Hall of Records has been examined by the officials and it is said upon good authority that these have all escaped. This will enable the property owners to locate their real estate, and will stop unscrupulous sharks from "jumping property" by preventing any tangles in titles. THE CITY WILL BUILD AGAIN San Francisco Has a Great Future Before It. Homer S. King, president of the San Francisco clearing house says: "San Francisco has a future, and will rebuild. This is beyond doubt. This is not even a panic, and I have seen more than one panic. It is only a setback, from which the city is strong and vigorous enough to recover. Theatrical Notes. Richard Mansfield, who is in Columbus, Ohio, purposes to give a great benefit at the Metropolitan opera house, New York, to rebuild and reestablish the Bohemian club of San Franciscop, at which all the literary men and artists of the world have been guests. Mr. Mansfield will ask the cooperation of all newspapers and all artists and writers of the United States. Margaret Anglin may appear in Sardou's latest play. Ethel Barrymore has been painted by more famous artists than any other young actress on the stage. SKIN DISSE There is nothing more distressing skin disease, and upon the return who are afflicted with skin troubles ing and know that they will be to summer months. The blood is hea to the surface the skin seems to nal applications is all wrong, because The most such treatment can be ex up the trouble for awhile, but as soo All food taken into the body co the different parts. One portion is the making of blood, another for one for bone, still another for fat, and After these different properties is tracted from the food there still re portion that is useless, or waste which is intended to be disposed of the natural channels of bodily w Liver, Kidneys and Bowels. At th of the year, however, these organs torpid, dull and sluggish, and fail t the system and are absorbed by the acrid humors. The blood cannot pr and begins to throw off these acids to Eczema, Tetter, Psoriasis, Salt Rhe EOZEMA appears usually with which there flows a sticky fluid that is generally on the back, breast, and afflicted. In TETTER the skin dri in the blood dries up the natural oil and giving it a leathery appearance pimples and black-heads, and is pa nce, while PSORIASIS, a scaly One of the worst forms of skin dis is sores and producing intense ito and sometimes the hair falls out an These and all skin diseases are the blood, and until this vital fluid treatment for all skin diseases is S tirely from roots, herbs and barks effect. It neutralizes the acids and blistered and burned by the fiery It goes down into the circulation an SKIN DISEASES There is nothing more distressing than an itching, burning skin disease, and upon the return of warm weather those who are afflicted with skin troubles find the symptoms appearing and know that they will be tormented through the hot summer months. The blood is heated with humors and acrid matter, and as they are forced to the surface the skin seems to be on fire. The treatment of skin diseases with external applications is all wrong, because they do not reach the trouble which is in the blood. The most such treatment can be expected to do is, allay the itching and burning and cover up the trouble for awhile, but as soon as it is left off the disease returns. All food taken into the body contains, in some form, the elements necessary to sustain the different parts. One portion is used for the making of blood, another for muscle, one for bone, still another for fat, and so on. After these different properties are extracted from the food there still remains a portion that is useless, or waste matter, which is intended to be disposed of through the natural channels of bodily waste, the Liver, Kidneys and Bowels. At this season of the year, however, these organs become torpid, dull and sluggish, and fail to perform this duty, and these accumulations remain in the system and are absorbed by the blood to ferment and sour, producing burning acids and acrid humors. The blood cannot properly nourish the system while in this impure condition, and begins to throw off these acids through the pores and glands of the skin, producing Acne, Eczema, Tetter, Psoriasis, Salt Rheum and skin diseases of every description. THE ITCHING WAS ALMOST UNBEARABLE. Dear Sirs—My body broke out with a rash or eruption which in spite of all efforts to cure continued to get worse. The itching, especially at night, was simply terrible, it would almost disappear at times, only to return worse than ever. I had tried many highly recommended preparations without benefit, and hearing of S. 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One of the worst forms of skin disease is SALT RHEUM. It discharges a watery fluid, forming sores and producing intense itching. The head and face are the parts usually affected, and sometimes the hair falls out and a mass of sores forms on the scalp. These and all skin diseases are due to the same cause—burning acids and humors in the blood, and until this vital fluid is cleansed and made pure they will continue. The best treatment for all skin diseases is S. S. S., a remedy that is purely vegetable, being made entirely from roots, herbs and barks, and acts directly on the blood with a cleansing, healing effect. It neutralizes the acids and purifies the blood so that the skin, instead of being blistered and burned by the fiery fluids, is nourished by a supply of cooling, healthy blood. It goes down into the circulation and forces out every particle of waste or foreign matter, SSS blood. Nothing equals S. S. S. in general health. Write for our treat We make no charge for either. 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Some of the dead were the victims of falling buildings from the shock, some were killed in the fire, but it is believed by the board of health that the majority died from pomiane poisoning. So many dead were found in this area that cremation was deemed absolutely necessary to prevent disease. SPORTING NOTES Lea Myers, manager for Kid Scaler, the Spokane lightweight, who is to meet Maurice Thompson at the Spokane Amateur Athletic club May 4, has secured training quarters for his protege at Medical Lake. Chris Mussen, who won a decision from Kid Harrison in 10 rounds, and Kid Harrison are billed for a 10 round preliminary at the Athletic club when Kid Scaler and Maurice Thompson meet on May 4. "Honey" Mellody of Boston and Jack Daugherty of Milwaukee fought eight fast rounds to a draw before the Badger Athletic club at Milwaukee. Result of Billiard Contest. Result of Birmard Contest Won. Lost. P.C. 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"I have used one of your Fish Brand Slickers for five years, and now want a new one, one also for a friend. I need a new one for a friend, and a new cost. They are just as far ahead of a common coat as a common one is ahead of nothing." Be sure you don't get one of the common kind—this is the mark of excellence. A. J. TOWER CO., BOSTON, U.S.A. TOWER CANADIAN CO., LIMITED, TORONTO, CANADA. 35° Makers of Wet Weather Clothing & Hats. "Erin-go-Braugh" was stamped on a cap purchased by a patriotic member of the Clonmel (Tipparyar) Industrial association. He was surprised on examining the cap to find that it had been made in Japan. Caller—And are you and Tommy in the same class at school? Johnny—Naw. Tommy fights at 62, an' I weigh 90 when I'm trained down. —Cleveland Leader. A poor excuse is the equivalent of turning the pockets inside out. ACNE, TETTER, ECZEMA, PSORIASIS, SALT RHEUM. d matter, and as they are forced ent of skin diseases-with externe trouble which is in the blood. itching and burning and coverase returns. The Montana Plaindealer Joseph H. Tucker, Foreman WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF Letter Heads, Note Neads, Galling Gards, Envelopes and Dodgers. All Work Guaranteed Satisfactory or Money Refunded, One Trial is all we Ask. 21S. Main, Helena, Mont, Locals. If you are a race mam, and have the pride that. goes with it, subscribe fer THR PLAINDEALER and kee; posted on the doings of the race. Rev. Mrs. Lydia Allen went over to Great Falls Monday, whrre she will hold a series of meetings. Sunday evening the regular monthly song service will be held at St. James church. Everybody i invited and a splendid program fe assured. é The ladies’ sewing circle met Thursday afternoon at the resi- dence of Mrs, Meeks on S, Ewing street, and all:present report a very pleasant and profitable time. Mr. J. H. Tucker and Mrs. Lou Harris, of Bozeman were visitors at Capital city this week. Quarterly meeting will be held at St, James church the first Sunday | in May. The Helena, Giants are practicing] regularly and working hard and] they expect to play their first match | game in about two weeks. Mr A. Green one of the old|t timers of this city, who has been|' railroading, has resigned and willl! remain here permanently. Mesers R. Gossin, S. M. C. Daw- yon, H.C. Kahn and E. C. Goins, employees of the Pullman Car Co.,|* spent Tuesday afterneen and even. |‘ ing in this c,ty. They were with } he Kubelik party on the private sar “Edgemere.” While here they | rere royally entertained and shown |® he sights under the espionage of | hat prince of entertainers, M. O. J|* Arnett, FE Many strangers are drifting into|,. he city at this time. th Mr. Miles York who is one of|B {elena’s most reliable and progres. | de ive colored citizens, pronounces | si he Plaindealer a winner, and by|w is acts, (not words) shows his loy- ty to race enterprises. He is|m mnservative and up with the times |th ad our cheif regret is, that we|W' ave not more in our midst like| » im to encourrge our efforts along| ™’ e lines of race progress. = Mr. B. F, Howard stopped over|p: the city a few days last week en-| Mr ute to New York. isto A scene was enacted in a South| ain street Noodle joint a short|Mr ae ago, which if we are reliably | ®t armed, would not be very credi-| **, le to the parties concerned if put} st, print. Now remember the mis- sion of the PLAINDEALER and walk straight or something will drop. Ithas been presistently reported around town this week that the 7th Infantry will be removed to San Francisco, and that the 25th will be ordered here. Reuben Baker is now employed as elevator boy at the Montana clubs Mr. Nathan McCoy left this week for Butte and other points in the east. —- ANOTHER KANSAS BOY. Chas. H. Dillard one of the Kan sas contingent who now resides ir Helena will shortly make an ex. tended visit to his old home in Topeka, Kan. Mr. Dillard, while here, by his quiet, steady habits, has made a host of friends who desire that he will soon return. He has been the manager at Lloyd’s Shining Empo- rium until recently when he accept- ed a more lucrative position with the same proprietor at the Zanzibar. Mr. Dillard is quite a musician, uaving been a member, before oming west, of Jackson’s famous 3rd Regiment, Military Band. He S very proficient asa performer on he piccolo and flute and we all vish him a pleasant journey, and 1ope he will soon return. BUTTE NOTES. The funeral services Mrs. Eliz. abeth Jenkins wese held at Shaffer Chapel, A. M, E, church at 2 p. m, yesterday. Rev. Jordan Allen. o} Helena oconducted the services and preached a very able and impressive sermon from the 2nd Timothy, 4th chapter: “I am now ready to be of. fered."" She was buried under the aupices of Mountain View Eastern Star Chapter, No, 24, and Rey, Al- len received words of praise and thanks from the chapter and Mrs. Birthwright the daughter of the deceased, for the able and impres- sive manner in which the services were conducted. Mrs. Jenkins was one Butte’s most beloved matrons and among those to contribute floral offerings were, Mr. and Mrs: C. P. Smith, Mrs. H. ‘Clark, | Mrs. Chas. Flood, Mr. A. W. Boxtod, Mrs. Estep, Mrs, Chas. Lewis, Mrs. M. E, Davis fr, and Mrs. Lee Davis, Mr. C. W. Black, dr. and Mrs. 1, Murray, Madame Ziegler, ir, and Mrs. L, A. Sheets, Mrs. S.C. Black- ton, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jackson, Mrs, H, cott, Mr, and Mrs, John Davis, Mr. and irs. Cass, Madame McConnol!, Mr Goodbar irs. Wilds, Miss M. Williams, Mrs F. E?] rickford, Chapter No. 24, Eastern Star, Sil: tr City Lodge No.9, A. F.and A. M., Mr. |, nd Mrs. Sam Jones, The Four Jack's Club |, rand Wright and Mr. and Mrs. F, Lewis, || —Butte, Montana, April 20th 1906. | “i "i SPRING STYLES yt on ‘ 1906 i) TN UES aa ——— | 7 \ ey BAS ee ie 4 te CG ok and OVERCOAT ti vr ) Hi 4 rN Va aid, UU Tae EN OS \j Oe , Ly YOCuits and Overcoats A ON i “X / ave Equal to the 2 rer GZ dy ¢ ' ates | yi a A | AN.i0 and $20.00 eh A Lines, | Gr eS 4 ton 7 ¢. ‘hain ('a| | pasioned Apparss| (rans & Klein (o, —__\ FOr aamuneronco | Established 1866, | Pleasant Draper, Chiropodist ; Manicuring Last December there was pub- lished in the New York and Chi cago papers tne predictions of Prop het Spangler of the East Side District, New York, for this year. A Helena man cut the prediction out of a Chicago paper, and yes- terday when the news came of the disaster he looked up the clipping, and found the New Yorker had predicted the earth- quake shocks on the coast. Span- gler is the man who predicted the. assassination of President Mc- Kinley. ‘This prediction of- Span- gler follows: Dissolution of Russia, Overthrow of Turkey. Assassination of the Czar. Assasssination of the Sultan of Turkey. Prevention of three wars by President Roosevelt, Protracted race war in the south. Destructive spring floods in the United States, Destructive eruption of Mount Vesuvius; activity of Mount Pelee and Popocatapetl; volcanic erup- ions in all parts of the world; ruption of many volcanoes now jupposed to be extinct. Great loss of life at sea by torms. . Destruction of two Western ities by cyclones. Earthquakes in all parts of the orld; destructive earthquakes 1 California and the Philippines. Rebellion in Spain. Great disturbances all over Eu- ype. Spangler says further that the immer of 1906 will be hot and iltry throughout the temperate ne, with a high dealth rate. elena Independent. SOME ADVICE,—AND A STORY. There is a somewhat ancient lesson contained in the following from the New York World, but it 1s #0 excel lent that the story is produced here : “Don't advertise if you belleve you are wasting money. Let your com- petitor waste his money on advertis. ing, and perhaps in this way you'll son put him out of business, Just stand back amd laugh at him when you see him squandering his money for printers’ ink. Once there was a boy named,—we think his last name was Wanamaker, or maybe Money- maker ; anyhow, his name was John, with some sort of a maker attached to his last name. He owned fifty yards of calico, three pairs of jeans, and a half dozen pairs of boots. He called this a dry goods store through a Philadelphia newspaper, and off- red to sell a pair of socks for 39 ents. The don’t-believe-in-advertis- ng just laughed. Young John spent 65 with a Philadelphia paper to ad- | . 4 Lloyd's Boot Black Parlor, Pantatoriu A An ' BA D ' ne PRICE List: Shoes Cleaned, Sponged, Oiled and Shined, 10 Vests Dusted, Sponged and Pressed 15c, Trcusers Dusted, Sponged and Pressed, 5c, Coats Dusted, Sponged and Pressed, 25c, Overcoats Lightweight Sponged and Pressed 25 Overcoats Medium, Sponged andl]Pressed 35c Overcoats Heavy, Sponged and Pressed 50c Ladies Coats and Jackets, Dusted, Sponged an Pressed, 25 to 50c. Ladies Overskirts Dusted, Sponged and Pressed, 20 to 60c. Phone 410 Llovd’s. Free Calls and Delivery. Under National Bank of Montana. Special Departiient and Special Attentign io Ou Lady Patronage. Patrons Please Report Any Inattention on Part of Employes. Lloyd Vernon Graye, Prop., Harry E. Saulsburg, Mgr, _| Yertise just one time, and not less than {8100 worth of goods. He was cau: | tioned by the merchants who ‘knew it didn’t pay.’ It was through sym- pathy that they cifered him advice, Subscribe for the PLAINDEALER and keep posted as to the news, pe aie Seacmcenes Read Tue PLainpeacer for the news, ADVERTISE in the Plaindealer, Tg. nal The New York Dry Goods Compa Saloon And Caf Tonsorial Parlors. Pooland liards. Free Library and Cynasi Elegant Furnished Rooms in C nection. Steam Heat, Baths a Electric Lights. Professional theadquarters: 121-23-25-27 CLORESTEE HELENA, Mon Phone 479. * — Graye and Gorden, P White and Colored Shirt Waisis $1.50— Kich values, vceans of them, regular $3.00 to $3.50 for a few days $1.50. Dress and Walking Skirts $4.05 —Good values, colors’ and black, knitted, side pleated, circular and circular gore $8 $toand $12 value, at $4.95 $0.95 Coats and Jackets, $1.95—In mu tons and beaver; colors tan, red, brown and blick, $10, $15, $20 values, $1.95 $1.25 Sateen Petticoats $1.25—$2.50and $3.00 Siteen Peiticoats,made with ace cordeon pleating and full flounce $1.25 Women's Vests—45¢ and s0e quality Women’s Jersey Ribbed Vests summer weight, high neck and long sleeves, ecru color, at 260 Vestsand Pants—65¢ quality of Women’s Soft Cotton Vests or Pants, Jersey rib bed,, Forest mills make, the spring weight, special gor Summer Vests—12¢ quality Women’s or Children’s Summer Vests, low. neck, sleeveless, all sizes, special, each toc Women's Union Suits—soe quality Women’s Union Su ts, low neck, knee length, sleeveless, lace trimmed, all sizes, special suit 25¢ Men’s Socks—A great offer— Me gant French hose, of every cone style; regular 5c¢ to 75¢ values per pair Men’s Collars—Men’s pure linen all styles, sizes and shapes, regu quality, each Men’s Underwear—Men’s Detly Underwear, heavy weight 4 made wish double seat, colors by flesh, 75¢ quality, at each Men's Night Shirts—Men’s Mostin Shirts, made irom twilled Wa muslin, are reinforced throughs quality; each Children’s Hose—150 and 20e « Children’s Fast Color Ribbed sives §1°2 107 1-2, odds and black only, special this sale Misses’ Hose—2se quality Misses! Fine Ribbed Cotten Hose, wa fast colors, sizes § 12 10 9 1-2 this sale, pair Women’s Hose—3se quality Ww, Fine Gage Lisle or Cotton Hi or black, spliced heels and toes, sole, special pair Women's Hose—35¢ quality W. Fine Black Hose, lace instep an effect, colors tan, white and, special pair,