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THE MONTANA PLAINDEALER HE MONTANA PLAINDEALER Address all Communications to The Montana Plaindealer, 19 South Main Street, Helena, Montana. PEACE! PROSPERITY!! UNION!!! From nothing which the Negro could call his own, in forty years according to the latest statistics the colored brother owns 850,000 farms in banking institutions, 4 street railway systems and pays taxes on nearly $800,000,000 worth of property; aside from this the illiteracy of the race has been reduced from 100 to 50 per cent. 37,000 teachers are training the Negro youth and 23 Negro college presidents with many other educational leaders are doing their part in the continued progress of the race. Can it be gainsaid that a people who has made this remarkable progress are unworthy of the respect and admiration or this great and glorious country? Is it any wonder that even in the darkest hour and under the most trying ordeals which we pass, that we have the support and sympathy of America's best citizenship? Those who depreciate the efforts of the race in their onward march are the rabble and monstrous breaks who with the beating of tom toms and a pyrotechnical display essay to gain the attention of the nation. If there is no other way for them to gain notoriety, they raise a hue and cry and seek to gain fame at the expense of the Negro. The rabble is represented by the Southern cracker, who is illiterate, uncouth and revolting; the freaks are represented by Tillman, Rev. Dixon, Vardaman, et al, whose only claim to fame or brains is their ability to denounce a people who are not looking back but are marching ever forward to the very highest goal of citizenship. The progress of the race will never be stayed by these prenicious influences, but we shall be on and about our mission of PEACE, PROSPERITY and UNION. In forty years more with the encouragement which is ours from the best citizenship of the dominant race, we shall scale the walls of race hatred and prejudice and keep pace with the mighty progress of this mighty nation. THE PLAINDEALER is unde many obligations to the people of this vicinity for their cordial support and we shall do our utmost to merit their continual support. We have had many obstacles to surmount and we could only have accomplished what we have by the patronage of our progressive citizens who when they realized that our efforts to publish a newsy journal for all the people was a commendable one, came forward, grasped our hand and showed us that they appreciated our efforts and that we could rely on their support. Our course in the matter of not trucking to some organization and turning our business over to be run by them, was heartily commended by the people and gained us many friends. We shall always and at all times strive for a greater Montana and Helena and endeavor to so conduct this journal to merit the approval of our best citizenship, and we have an abiding faith that if we do that. THE PLAINDEALER will continue to grow like a green bay tree. POLITCAL SNAPSHOTS. The PLAINDEALER man last week in making his daily rounds in quest of business and soliciting subscriptions, dropped into the office of County Attorney LaCroix, and to our pleasantest "good morning," we got in brusque and sonorous tones: "What is it?" Although with a varied experience in meeting all kinds and conditions of people, we were nearly taken off our feet and stammered for words in reply. We however managed to tell this official who we were and what we wanted was for him to subscribe for the PLAINDEALER. Almost before we got the words out of our mouth, he snapped out coldly, cruelly, and forebly: "I don't want it." Now this is nothing in itself but the way he said it almost chilled the blood in our veins. It would be necessary to look a long time in any state or clime for a man holding a public office such as his, who would withhold his support from a struggling and rising journal. It would in most cases be a compliment to the officer to go on record as one who was broad gauged enough to assist an enterprise on its mission of good will and prosperity, therefore the actions of this diciple of (?) Blackstone in the premises, put us to thinking and the tion we could find was by referring to our files and we found there,the probable cause of his antipathy for the PLAINDEALER. In our issue of March 30 th, we had the temerity to criticise his speech to the jury in which we commented on it in a very conservative manner, but used a very prominent headline. Of course if the gentleman winces under criticism,we have no balm for his lacerated wounds, because when we see a man in public life do what we think is unfair—let him be our best friend or worst enemy—we reserve the right at all time to criticise him. In doing this we realize now that we lost his support but in the meantime the PLAINDEALER will go on in the even tenor of its way, and if our doughty county prosecutor will only keep his ears to the grass roots he will hear and find other things transpiring which are equally as potent in disturbing his tranquillity of mind and equilibrium as the criticisms of the PLAINDEALER. >he Plaindealer Would Like To Know WHY Some people get so sore at the truth. The U. S. Senate failed to pass the Foraker amendment to the rate bill. The Jamestown, Va., exposition Co., run over our friend Trotter and the people whom he represents in the grand old bay state. Parties having news items do not bring them direct to this office without sending them in a round-aout way. Fort Harrison backed out of its proposed game with Helena Giants. Frank Mitchell is so quiet lately. Our foresgn friends do not acknowledge the receipt of the Montana PLAINDEALER. The Smelter Co. at east Helena do not get people who will work. The gambling and all other laws are not enforced. Washington's Visit to Missouri. Seven thousand five hundred people were in Convention hall last night to hear a slave doy, a man who, when he was a pickaninny, forty five years ago, would have sold for a few hundred dollars, and who at his present age, would have been worth something like $1,500 but who cleared twice the latter figure for the management of a hospital run by Negro Doctors and nurses. Forty five years ago Booker T. Washiuugton was a chattel, a piece of property. An auctioneer could have knocked him down to the high est bidder. He figured as one of the assets of a plantation. a serious one. Fair play was it. You dont ship us out of country, white man; you can apart; we will disappoint you expect us to die out; a refuse to be absorbed." Nr. Washington emphasizes importance of courage, faith, ultimate rise of his race. He attention to your $150 funerary burying associations are to the building of homes he earth," he exhorted. "You live in an alley hovel here a pect to be translated to a manion above. The change be too sudden for you to end. Commenting upon the honesty of ever setting the M Today he is the leader of a race of 10,000,000 people, and the most prominent white men in the country lend him their cordial support with money and sympathy in his efforts to lead the black race up from the last vestige of slavery. "Learn a trade, learn it well. Create your own opportunity. When you set out to do a thing, resolve to do it as well as the white man does it. Remember that it takes brains to be a good barber, a successful farmer, a skillful mechanic, just as much as it does to be an able professional man. Save your money. Start a bank account: Build homes. Become taxpayers. This is the message I bring to the black people of Kansas City. And when you have made a small material beginning, GOOD. SOUND DOGTRINE GOOD. SOUND DOGTRINE "No White Man can gro without the best blues being aggrieved. No Negro without enabling. "I don't know what to but if she cooks for a white family, you should make it is no disgrace. "Our people are a gro and talking about the stop investing in coffin HOMES. Stop living build nice, comfortable "No White Man can harm the lowest Negro without the best blood in the white race being aggrieved. No white man can aid a Negro without enabling his race. "I don't know what your girl is going to do, but if she cooks for a white family or a Negro family, you should make her fit for the work. It is no disgrace. "Our people are a great people for thinking and talking about the next world. Let us stop investing in coffins and INVEST IN HOMES. Stop living in filthy alleys and build nice, comfortable homes." culture and morality will follow in the wake of your industrial progress." Thus spoke Booker T. Washington, founder and president of the Tuskeggee institute, to 5,000 Negroes and a ssrinkling of whites last night in Convention hall. And 5,000 Negroes hung upon the words of the leader and examplar as on the gospel of hope. We are here to stay ten million strong," said the speaker. "Amen and hurrah to that," mur mured men and women in the audience. "We are the only people in America today who were invited to come," he continued. "The invitation was urgent, imperative. Why we were even given transportation here, while the whites that landed in 1492 came against the wishes of the then sovereign people of America. Would it be right for us to pack up and leave now? Would it be grateful or polite to do so? Never! Here we are and here we stay. Race problem? Yes. One white man and the black one who squats down by him make a race problem. But my friends the problem is not a serious one. Fair play will solve it. You don't ship us out of the country, white man; you can't set us apart; we will disappoint you if you expect us to die out; and we refuse to be absorbed." Nr. Washington emphasized the importance of courage, faith in the ultimate rise of his race. Pay less attention to your $150 funerals and your burying associations and more to the building of homes here on earth," he exhorted. "You can't live in an alley hovel here and expect to be translated to a white mansion above. The change would be too sudden for you to enjoy it." Commenting upon the hopelessness of ever setting the Negroes apart from the whites, Mr Washing ton said: "It would take an insurmountable wall to keep the Negroes on ground set apart for them; and it would take five walls mountain high to prevent the whites from breaking in upon the blacks. Absorption is equally impossible for this reason: It takes 100 per cent of pure Anglo-Saxon blood to make a white man. One per cent of African mixture will make a Negro." On the tendency to industrial back slide on the part of the Negro, Mr. Washington said: "Our race used to control the barber industry until along came a white man who used his brains, invented a new barber chair, made his shop artistic, furnished his patrons with --- in harm the lowest Ne- ood in the white race white man can aid a g his race. your girl is going to do, white family or a Negro take her fit for the work. eat people for thinking next world. Let us us and INVEST IN ing in filthy alleys and homes." Booker T. Washington. papers and magazines and drove Rastus out of business." Mr. Washington paid a tribute to Gov. Folk. "I have but one object in coming to see for myself as far as a short visit will permit, the condition and progress of my race and to say a word that shall be designed to promote their interests. It is also most gratifying to note that for the most part there is here peace and good will among races. I am glad to note that in the state of Missouri you have a governor who is not afraid nor ashamed to enforce the law in connection with the crime of lynching, and the leaders of the colored race should constantly show to the world that they stand shoulder to shoulder with the best white people in the prevention of crime and in securing legal punishment of criminals." The address was supplemented by a musical programme in which two bands, an orchestra and the Choral society of Western university took par. Tke whole was give to raise funds for Douglass Hospital and Training school of the West End established in 1898. Dr. T. C. Un- thank, chairman of the committee which arranged the benefit, estimat ed the net receipts at $3,000. An informal reception was tendered Mr. Washington after the programme. "O, the joy of looking into so many bright and happy faces," he said during the hand shaking. "I came to try to uplift and I am myself uplifted. I am proud that I am a 'black man. I congratulate Kansas City on the character of her colored population." —Kansas City Star. Race News. Subscribe for the PLAINDEALER and keep posted as to the news. Atlanta, Ga.—Bishop Turner has received a letter from President Roosevelt asking him to state reasons why he should not be arrested for treason, because he said in a speech delivered at Macon, Ga., that "the American flag was a dirty rag so far as the Negro is concerned." "If this country is to continue to be a Republic its task will never be completed as long as seven or eight millions of its people are in a large degree regarded as aliens, and are without voice or interest in the welfare of the government. Such a course will not merely inflict great injustice upon these millions of people, but the nation will pay the price of finding the genuis and form of its government changed, not perhaps in name, but certainly in reality, and because of this, the world will say free government is a failure."—Booker T. Washington. Chicago, Ill. The four year term class in composition at the Chicago musical college numbers 62. Prof. N. Clark Smith is one of the best six composers in the class whose compositions furnished the program for a recent entertainment. Two of his efforts were sung by a member of the college faculty. This is the first time in the history of the institution that an Afro-American's music has been presented and accepted. Professor Smith's graduating certificate was marked 100, the best average obtainable. Three of his new plantation songs have been accepted by one of the largest music publishing houses in the city. He is the leader and director of our finest band and orchestra. Elyria, O.—Mr. D. C. Fisher, of Lorain, last week brought suit for $500 under the Hon. Harry C. Smith's Ohio civil rights law against George Schwert, a restaurant owner here. Mr. Fisher who is a leading real estate dealer, claims Schwert refused to serve him and Rev. A. E. Simmons, also of Lorain, some weeks ago. Elder Simmons will sue later on. The lesson needs to be taught promptly, as often as possible by our people when refused the free exercise of their civil rights, and thereby insulted and humiliated in public places by prejudiced persons. Let there be more $500 suits and a more determined effort generally to compel all to recognized our citizens rights in public places under the law. New York City.—Recently O. R. Johnson was arrested for wearing on the lapel of his coat an emblem of the Order of Elks. The arrest wasmade under section 674-A of the penal code, otherwise known as the Grattan bill which makes it misdemeanor for any unauthorized person to wear the insignia of an order which has ten years standing in the state. Johnson claimed that he had a right to wear the pin as he was an Elk in good standing in an Afro-American lodge. But the white Elks claim there are no Afro-American Elks at all, and that the Afro-American Order of Improved Elks is spurious. The result of the case is awaited with interest. The Grattan bill was introduced by Assemblyman W. H. Grattan, of Cohoes, and was aimed at our Elks. They, hewever, made no effort to fight it before it was adopted. Middletown, Conn.—James A. Wilson, of Calhoun Ala., a full-blooded African Negro, has been chosen as one of the speakers at the Wesleyan University commencement exercises this June. Mr. Wilson was selected because of the excellent showing he has made in the English and declamation departments throughout his college course. The honor conferred on him is regarded as greater this year because in June Wesleyan is to celebrate its seventy-fifth anniversary. When his appointment was made known to him Mr. Wilson said; "It will be the happiest day of my life if I can win the commencement prize from six other classmates who are to speak." The south's bid for reputable white immigrants is not received with shouts of joy by the foreigners who flock to this country in search of freer government and better opportunities of getting on in the world. The social, political and economic conditions which prevail in the southern states are not such as desirable settlers are seeking for, and they do not take to them. The federal statistics show this to be so. J. K. Wilson, at Chicago has opened a steam laundry. It is equipped with the latest and most improved machinery and is now in operation. It is known as the Progressive Laundry, Mason and Mason, proprietors. James Williams, 102 years old died recently at the St. Clair co. Ill., poor farm, after a brief illness. He claimed to be the first Negro to cast a vote for Abraham Lincoln for president. He was born in Tennessee and has no living relatives. The attention of Gov. Vardman is respectfully called to the "distressing fact" that Olathe, Kans., has a Negro chief of police. Mississippi's loud-mouthed braggart and bully will doubtless "cut out" Olathe, should he do any junketing in that neck o' the woods, for fear of running the risk of doing placed under arrest by a black limb of the law. We often hear the statement that "our people will not follow their leaders." Now why is this? We will tell you why. It is because not one out of a dozen of "our leaders" can be trusted. No people have ever been defrauded by their own leaders as have the colored people. Freeman. Three hundred aud thirty-two white-cappers, indicted for intimidation in the counties of Amite, Pikə and Franklin, Miss., have pleaded guilty before the United States district court at Jackson, Miss., and have been sentenced to three months' imprisonment and a fine of $25 each. The outrages occurred in 1002. At first it was found impossible to suppress the whitecaps or get evidence against them. The vigorous policy of Gov. Vardman, however, succeeded in getting at all the facts in the conspiracy. Lists of whitecappers were obtained, and in some sections, particular in Franklin, it was found that the greater part of the white men of the neighborhood were engaged in lawless acts. The indictments and arrests broke up the whitecaps, and there has been peace in the disorderly sections since.—Ex CARL SCHURZIS DEAD FAMOUS SOLDIER AND POBLIC(ST DIED IN NEW YORK CITY. Was United States Minister to Spain in 1861—Resigned and Was Made 2 General in Union Army—Founded Seversi Newspapers and Held Sev. eral High Political Offices. Carl Schurz, the noted publicist died Sunday morning in New York city. Hie family was at the bedside. He had been ill a week or more. He was born at Liblar, near Co- logne, Germany, March 2, 1620. He received a university education in Germany and in this country was giv- 8n degrees by Harvard, the University of Missouri and Columbia university. While a young man he published a Uberal newspaper at Bonn and took part in the revolutionary movements in 1848-9. He was compelled to leave Bonn in 1849 and he joined the revo- lutionary army, but finally had to flee to Switzerland. He was a newspaper correspondent in Paris in 1851. Later he was a teacher in London. He mar. ried Margaretta Meyer in Hamburg in 1852. He came to the United States in 1852 and settled in Watertown, Wis. He was defeated as repubiican candidate for Mteutenant governor of Wisconsin in 1857. He was a member of the national republican convention in 1860 and became United States min- ister to Spain in 1861, but resigned to enter the Union army. He was made brigadier general in 1862 and major general March 14, 1863. He was com- mander of a division at second Bull Run and Chanceliorsville and a corps at Gettysburg. In 1..5-66 he was Washington cor- respondent of the New York Tribune. He founded the Detroit Post in 1866,|| but became editor of the St. Louis|' Westliche Post in 1867. In 1863 he was temporary chairman of the national republican convention | ' at Chicago. From 1869 to 1875 he was|' United States senator from Missourl. Mr. Schurz was one of the organizers! f the liberal party in 1872. He pre-|' ided over the convention at Cincin-|* at! which nominated Horace Greeley | ® or president. In 1876 he supported tutherford B. Hayes, republican, for|° resident. He was secretary of the| nterior during the administration of | © (ayes. From i881 to 1884 he was edi. | or of the New York Evening Post.|4 ie was one of the leaders of the in-| 4 ependent movement in 1884. He sup- orted Cleveland for president. From|'! 892 to 1901 he was president of the|™ ‘ational Civil Service Reform league. |” RUSSIAN ADMIRAL STABBED T0 DEATH St,. Petersburg May 15.—Vice Ad miral Kuzmich, commander of the port, who was very unpopular with the workmen, whose May day demon. stration he had attempted to stop. The admirla was killed at the new admiralty works, « goverument insta- tion, When most of the 2000 men employ- ed there reported for daty at 5 o'clock Monday momruing they wanted immed iately to march out and celebrate the Russian May day, but finally argeed to work until 2 p. m. The admiral, however. made a ‘speech to the men, saying that he could not agree to their leaving work at 2 o'clock and the matter was left open. At about 9:30 a. m., according to an officer who was at the gate of the works, the admiral was emerging from small shop when « workman who ‘had been concealed around tthe corner of the building leaped upon Kuzmmich from behind and drove a long dagger into his back. ‘The admiral fell forward on his face which was badly cut by stones, and died immediately. The assassin fled into a large forge, where he was lost among the men em- ployed there. The works were prompt ly surroudned by troops and police, bat the search for the murderer was una- vailing, his companions professing ig- norance of his identity. The police say it is evident that the “assassination of | the admiral had been planned in ad-| vance. : The dagger, which was found on the | pot, was concealed in a round stioklike| sword canas. Among the workmen are meny former sailors aud revoultioniata | Kozmich had a bad reputation among |‘ the workmen, being regarded as hard and despotic. Admiral Kuzmich participated in the Ruswo-Turkish war, and in 19021 v was second flag officer of the Port Ar-|1 thur fleet. He returued to St. Peters-| burg in 1908 and was appointed com-|¥ mander of the port. Politically, he|b was @ reactionist. ¥ Methodists to Give Million, ‘The raising of a fund of a million dollars ,to rebuild the Methodist Episcopal churches in San Francisco and at other points on the Pacific coast is contemplated in the Organization of a Methodist laymen’s legion at Cincinatti. pee Another Revolution is on. Reports bave reached the state de partment of the organization of another revolution movement direct. ed against the government fo Prest- dent Caceres of Santo Domingo. | nines OF INDIA IN AMERICA. Maharajah of Gackwar Lands in New York Cite. The Maharajah Gaekwar of Baroda, accompanied by bis wife, the mahara. kab, and his brother, Sampatras, have arrived in New York from Liverpool. The Maharajah Gaekwar {s the second greatest prince in all India and the direct descendant of one of the Mab- ratta generals, who were the moguls or rulers of India when the East In- dia company wrested control from them. He {s the ruler of the state of Baroda, which has a population of 2,000,000 and an area of 8000 square miles. His brother acts as bis sec- retary. There were many people on the pier to see the ruler of Baroda, but those who expected to see a man decked in oriental trappings and hung with jewels were disappointed. De- scending the gang plank there came a dapper little man who would have been taken ordinarily for a pros perous East Indian merchant. He and nis wite, followed by two maids, were aken to the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, where they will stop while in New york. “During my stay in the United states,” said the maharajah, “I shall isit most of your large colleges. ! m most anxious to see Yale, Prince- on, Harvard and Cornell for I under- ‘and that there are a large number of ndian students at those institutions, ifter I have spent two weeks in New| | ‘ork. I shall go to Boston, from there > Philadelphia and then through the! jeat to Yellowstone park.” : FERRIS WHEEL IS NO MORE. Wonder of Two World's Fairs is Destroyed by Dynamite. Blown to pieces by a monster charge of dynamite, the Ferris wheel came to an ignominious end recently after a varied career of 13 years. At {ts ending it was unwept and unsung. Constructed as one of the engineer ing feats of a century, it first was a feature of the Chicago world’s fair in 1892. Then for a long period of monumen: tal and unprofitable inactivity it tow- ered in an amusement park at North Clark street and Wrightwood avenue, it finally was removed to St. Louie to form for the second time the huge mechanical marvel of a great expo- sition For more than a month heavy wag- ons laden with 4690 tons of steel of {ts construction Iumbered through Chicago streets. The old wheel, which had become St. Louis’ white elephant, dies hard. It required 200 pounds of dynamite to put it out of business. ‘The first charge was explode under the supports of the north side of the structure, wrecking. its foundation and permitting the wheel to drop to the ground, a matter of but a few feet. As the wheel settled it slowly turn- ed with its bottom as a support, and then after tottering a moment like a hugh giant in distress, it collapsed slowly and within a few minutes it was a tangled mass of steel and fron 10 or 40 feet high. The huge axle, ‘elghing 74 tons, dropped slowly wit? he remnants of the wheel, crushing he smaller braces and steel frame] work, When the mass stopped set-| ling it bore no resemblance to the rheel which was so familiar to Chi-| ago and St. Louls and the 500,000 musements seekers from all over|' he world in the days when it was in|’ peration, who made the trip to the op of its height of 264 feet and then|' lowly around and down to the start-| ' ng place ’ Following the blast that wrecked| he wheel, but which failed to shatter # foundatiions came an explosion of |t nother charge of 100 pounds of; ynamite. The stocks were sunk in| t oles drilled in the concrete founda. | | ons that supported the pillars on the to orth side of the wheel, i The wheel was the wonder of two| p sntinents by reason of its cost of| 60,000, its dimensions and its utter] selessness. It was the rival of the} a ifel tower of Paris. Chicago was| x ad to get rid of it and St. Louis is id to have witnessed its destruction ith satisfaction, George Washington Gale Ferris,| p, esident of a Pittsburg engineering \ m, originated the Idea of the wheel| nj at bore his name, and adapting the| 1, nstructive principals of steel bridges | je its erection. _ |, 7: J- Hill, president of the Great }| Northern railroad, says he expects to {have a line completed from Winnipeg to the coast by the time the Grand Tronk Pacific had reached Winnipeg, | which means by the the fall of 1907" | He said that he had no intention of in: vading eastern Canada, but would use the Canadian Pacific railroad and Grand Trunk Pacific. ease Kellogr, Idaho, May 16.—Ben Dar- win, hardly 30, was killed in a saloon pear the railroad station here, by “Sandy” Lamb. Theories differ as to whether the dead man was killed by a bullet or clubbed either with a revol- Yer or blunt instrament. A coronor's jury attributed the murder to Lamb. Doth men had been drinking. eee Jewels Worth $10,000 Gone. Philadelphia. —Mrs. Edward L Welch, wife of a prominent banker, has notified the police.of the loss of Tare and costly jewels, which were stolen from the suburban home at Chestnut hill. ‘The value of the gems it sald to be more than $10,000. A for. mer butler is suspected. Sree . You can fatten a dear, sweet sister || into @ saint on an amount of religious | angel food that wouldn't suffice to}: keep a full grown man from swearing |; NEWS OF THE WORLD SHORT TELEGRAPH ITEMS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE, A Review of Happenings in Both Eastern and Western Hemispheres During the Past Week—National, Historical, Political and Personal Events. Jed recently by Chief of Police McKen- zie at Tonopah. The physical condition of John Alexander Dowie is said to be near- ing a critical stage. San Francisco may increase saloon licenses when they reopen. Henry G. Goll, assistant cashier of the First National bank of Milwaukee, found guilty of misplacing funds and making false entries in the books of the bank, has been taken to Fort Leavenworth, Kan, to serve his 10 years’ sentence. Natalian troops under Major Murray Smith have had a brush with the Kulas tribe in the Helpmaker district. The rebels were badly beaten, 30 of ‘hem being killed. The Natalians suf- fered no losses. Ata large meeting of striking sea- men at Altona, Germany, recently it was unanimously decided to continue the strike. Turkey has accepted England's de- mands for evacuating the Tabah Deligilatien of the Sinef peninsula border, conditionally. The strike at Rome has collapsed and Naples strikers have returned to work. The leather market in the Gobe-| lins district, Paris, was burned recent- ly. Two thousand barrels of ofl] were destroyed. The damage ie esti-|\ mated at $2,000,000. The walls of the market fell, injuring several. ' A heavy thunderstorm and rain mitigated the fierceness of forest vlazes around Nelson, B. C. ‘ At a recent session of the general] conference of the M. E. chureh south, ‘he salaries of active bishops were|‘ ixed at $4000, superannuated bishops|I it $2000 each, and widows of deceased ishops at $1000 each. i Chicago householders are up in arms|¢ ver the price of ice. Ice is now sell-|° ng to small consumers at 40 cents , 100 pounds. . Willima Livingston, of Freeport, Ul.,|* se 96, is dead. His portrait was|® ublished in McClure’s as John D. fockefeller's father and many believe| t e is the oll magnate's parent. t The senate canal committee voted ve even on the type of the Panama| # anal. A final determination will Be| ade this week. It is understood the|™ *a level plan will be favored then. [© The only new phenomenon in the], ellowstone park, in consequence of cent seismic disturbances, was a nall geyser or hot spring, which ar ‘oke out about the time of the San| a rancisco earthquake. New hot springs | 0 ‘ reported in that region every year, & ad this late flow may be without |o gnficance. th Grand Duke Alexis and Boris were co nuggled out of Paris recently in dis-| tal ise, the police no longer daring to] m iswer for their safety. wi The plan of the administration of | ho e Mutual Life insurance company | lef to nominate and elect the entire} To ard of trustees as it will stand on| Pr ly 18, ‘aft By the closing ef a 10 year contract | tween F. F. Proctor and B. F. Kieth,| 4 actically all of the vaudeville in-|®%2 rests of the United States were| 0 yught into consolidation. The deal is| *é © of the largest ever brought about | 8! the theatrical world, and it is ex-| sted its ultimate outcome will be| Ki » bringing of every vaudeville the-| © r in the United States under one| 6 hagement. The new firm will be| tH own as Kieth & Proctor. Fos 1] Mob Seeks Old Man's Slayer, Fort Wayne, Ind., May 10.—Charle: | Reddinger has been hurried to jail in | Warsaw, Kosciusko county, to save ]him from summary punishment at the hands of a mob at Bourvon, where he shot and killed William’ Bates, aged 65, and shot Frank Bates through the lungs. Reddinger had quarreled with Bates over a threshing machine bill las summer. He met Bates in the street Sunday and shot him without warn- ing. A crowd rushed to the scene, and when Reddinger saw his victim's son rush to the falling body he shot the son. A strong guard is stationed at the Jail to protect the prisoner, See ee All Spain Celebrates. Spain is preparing for celebrations ‘on a magnificant scale on the occa. sion of the marriage of King Alfonso to Princess Ena of Battenberg. Pre- mier Moret announced today that some of the features of the early program have been changed, but the essential features remain, The marriage will take place on May 31, in the church of San Jeronimo. ‘The city will be given over to festi-| vale for a fortnight before and after , the wedding. The fetes will include a ' royal bull fight, balls and recestn a. Are Mining Hard Coal. Scranton, Pa—Work was generally resumed Monday at practically all of the anthracite collieries. ali of the imported men have been shipped away, and almost all evidence of thelr occ:ipancy of the collieries has been removed. LATE NEWS ITEMS. The New York American says: John D. Rockefeller's pastor, Rev. Dr. Rafas P. Johnson, whose resignation from the pastorare of the Fifth Avenue Babtist eburch has caused much com- ment,upon his retarn from his contem- plated European trip, will become president of the University of Chicago, which postiton became vacant by the death of Dr. Harper. The Norris & Rowe's circus was put down and ont of business as far as Pen- dleton, Oregon,is concerned by & fierce wind and rainstorm which swept over the city Monday afternoon. The wind tore themain tent dwon wnd ripped it open from end to end. In a recent conflict between Turkish troops and a band of Greeks in the vil- laye of Monastir,14 Greeks were killed. After the fight the Turkish commander refused to allow the Greeks to bury their dead, and when the Turks bad withdrawn a Bulgerian band appeared with a number of dogs, which devoured the bodies. The Greeks in revenge mbushed the Bulgarians as they were eturning and captured 80 of them, whom they massacred, including some women and children, after first subject- ng them to cruel tortures. D. C. Corbin, head of the Spokane nternational railroad says that trains hould be running into Spokane early n September. He says: “Thirty miles of track should be sid from the boundary line, almost to jonners Ferry, this week. However, here is a rock cut thero that will take couple of weeks more to finish. We should be at Sandpoint with the rack early in July. “A Time Table of Crime in Chicago," compiled from the records, was read recently to the Chicago presbytery by Attorney Cleveland. The table shows street disturbances every six seconds. An arrest by the police every sever and one half minutes. An arrest for drunkenness every 15 minutes. An assault and battery case every 20 minntes. Burglary every three hours. A holdup every six hours. Two sui- cides every day. One murder every day. Of the murders only one in 20 are ever apprehended and only one in 50 punished. The table is compiled from the offi- cial records, and it is admitted that they do not take account of mure than one half the crimes. Attorney Cleveland’s address con- sumed the time scheduled for 20 ar- rests, six robberies and three assaults and battery. “These crimes are committed with this frequency day and night through- pat the year,’ continued Mr. Clevland. “Th contemplation of these figures is astounding, and enough to strike ter- mor to the heart of every law abidirg ind peacefal citizen. We are in the utches of a gigantic wave of crime mch as Chicago never before has (nown.’’ Pendleton, Ore., May 15.—Two men and two horses are dead as the result of @ mysterious burning of a boxcar in ‘8 freight train on the line of the O. R. & N. near Foster, this county. One man was probably a tramp and is thought to have been murdered by a companion, while the other was mis- taken for the murderer and shot by member of the sheriff's posse. The car which was burned was loaded with household goods and two horses, and left Fort Riley, an., May 6 for Port Townsend, Wash., It was in charge of Private William Wilson of the Twenty fifth battery. The contents were for Colonel 8.W.Taylor at Port Townsend. According to the statement of Wil- von, while he was currying one of the horses he was kicked in the breast by the animal, and when he came to him- elf the car was on fire. He managed © turn the animals out, but both were iiled. He climed over the cars to the ‘aboose, where he notified the train- nen. The train was cut in two, and he burning car ran on to the siding at ‘oster. In spite of the fact that Wilson says @ was alone on the car, the charred emains of aman were found in one nd, while another man in citizen's lothes jumped off and ran across the ountry. |, Durban, Natal, May 16. — Search | tights promise to prove as effectiv. Weapons in subduing the sedition o! the Zulus as the British guns, judging |fromthe display given recently by Na- tive Commissioner Saunders before 1 huge gathering of Zulus at the Kha- nadahala headquarters of the punitive force. The navties were awe stricken and Tegarded the searchlight as the eye of the Almighty and said that God has turned it upon them in his anger. The flashing of the light on the sur- ronnding hills, bringing in plain view the Kaffir trails ags far as the horizon, Powerfully impressed the Zulus, who. when the light was suddenly flashed in their faces, cowered and fell on the ground before what they termed the “latest witchoraft of the whites.’ Wenatchee, Wash.,May 17.—Canght by the terrific rash of water pouring trough the canyon of the Columbia at Rock {sland rapids 10 miles below this city, the steamer Selkirk met her fate on the rocks. She lies a total wreck on the bed of the river. The crew and others aboard escaped with their lives and without being injured. Kamloops, B. C.,May 15.—The train robbers who held up the Canadian Pa- cifle train last week have been cap- tured. One man was wounded in the fight with mounted police. The latter surrounded the bandits and compelled their surrender. ; NEWS OF NORTHWEST WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA AND OREGON NEWS ITEMS. A Few Interesting Items Gathered From Our Exchanges of the Sur- rounding Country—Numerous Accl- dents and Personal Events Take Place—Fall Trade Is Good. wagieene wera | Bend, Priest Rapids, Palouse and Che. lan projects, have been restored to set. Uement by secretary of interior. Spokane will entertain the Washing- ton State Federation of Women’s clubs in annual convention next year. David E. Gould of Boston has made application to the city council at North Yakima for a franchise for an electric street car system there. Preparations for the fourth annual picnic and race meet of the Lincoln County Pioneers’ association, June 19, 20 and 21, are now well under way, and the affair this year promises to be a great success. Lying in the water of Mission creek, back of his father’s barn, the body of W. P. Fly, son of C. B. Fly of Cash- mere, was found where it has lain since the disappearance of the young man from his home some two weeks ago. The annual basket picnic of the Spo- kane County Pioneer society will be held at Medical Lake on Saturday, June $, 1906. Nazzareno Civerechio, who stabbed Charles Rossi at Trinidad some time ago, from the effects of which Rossi died, has pleaded guilty in the superior court at Waterville and was sen- tenced to serve five years in the state penitentiary. The Woodmen of the World are to hold a monster meeting and competi- tive initatory contest in Spokane July 26. Crops in eastern Washington, parti- cularly cereals, begin to show bad ef- fects of the long continued dry spell and the warm wave of May. Chief of police Iva A. Brown will in- stall an up to date Bertillon system, o which will be added a rogue’s gal- ery at the Walla Walla police station. The Albion State bank was organ- zed at Albion recently with a capitali- ation of $25,000. It is said that the orchards trom] illensburg down through the Kittitas| | nd Yakima valleys to the Columbia|' iver comprises three quarters of the] rehard lands-of the state of Wash-|' ngton. Strawberry growers at Kiona re- ently engaged a party of S5 Yakima ndians to pick at 40 cents a crate. [pon discovering the urgent demand or pickers in all parts of the valley, |‘ hese up to date sons of the forest |! truck for 50 cents a crate—and will f et it. Attorneys J. W. Brooks and Guy|! artlett of Walla Wali: have pur- hased a one half interest in the old| “ aldwin and Day ranch, near Chard ation, on the line of the 0. R. & N.|* ad between Starbuck and Pomeroy. | ' here are about 9000 acres in the|® inch, which was purchased on the|® asis of $15,400. : Typhold fever is unusually preva-|° nt In Spokane. Ie Reno Hutchinson of Portland has]; en chosen general secretary of the ung Men's Christian association Spokane. fi The president has sent to the senate| ; e nomination of Potter Charles Sulli- nto be United States attorney for stern district of Washington. a One of the future Industries ot |” okane will be a shoe factory. x The judges in the recent inter-| p, holastic oratorical contest at Wash- | qj ston State College, Pullman, decided | o1 ester Lehman of Spokane as winner] 3 the gold medal and the best orator the high schools in the Inland] cs apire. co larry Draper, slayer of the Ore-|th A outlaw, Frank Smith, accom-|ha nied by Tom Hopper, both of Spo-| he have gone to Kamloops, B. C.,| te: ere they will take up the traii| ms the two bandits whe recently held] the Canadian Pacific passenger | ha in near there, securing nearly $40, | sp ; 1 Nes” Cole, the aged rancher of| ian a Mile bridge. who disappeared| m home March 28, was found mur-| det ed in the Spokane river 27 miles|sut »w Spokane. 4 he May term of the supreme court | He an Monday with 164 cases to be|%e rd, the largest May docket in the| tim ory of. the court. par he body of August Robards of Gar- ~ well known stockman and oat. | baryer, was found in the Spokane | 0° T in the heart of the city last Tues | "2° 1g eettch of Robards pockets gave | 22 ug evidence of murder and robbery. | "°° silver yvatoh had vanished and no- = g of value except the - pt the bank book re- eas ——____ deel OREGON ITEMS, to t N. C. Horton, Pendleton Manager of the Blue Mountain creamery, is miss. Ing, and also some $200 belonging te M. E. Harper, Proprietor of the cream. ery. Sharles Schnyder and George Hall, desperate robbers heavily armed, were captured by Sheriff Taylor Rear Bing- ham Springs. _ AS @ result of the crusade strated some time ago by the women of Bete gambling in that place is completely closed. Three houses were struck by ight, ning recently at Athena. One of the heaviest thunderstorms eyer expert enced in that vicinity prevaiieg IDAHO NEwa_ Coeur d'Alene City Is to have a ney bank. Senator Heyburn is ill again at the national capital. The location of William J. smith commonly known as “Buckeye Smith’ is causing considerable anxiety among his. Wallace friends Miles Ostrander, a resident of Peck has been committed to the insane asy, lum at Orofino. It is said Octranagy fs an example of the cigarette fleng, A large force of men is now en, gaged in installing the brick making plant on the McCullough ranch nea Council. The first kiln of brick wil be burned in about six weeks. Unless the nomination of Bishop Francis M. Winters as postmaster st Montpelier is withdrawn, and the name of a Gentile substituted, it ig probable that Whitman, son in law of the present postmaster, will be ap. pointed. ‘The department has notified Sena. tor Dubois that the president had signed the proclamation creating the Seven Devils addition to the Weiser forest reserve, This is the first forest reserve created in Idaho since Senator Heyburn’s fight on the sys. tem. Henry R. Sullivan, the 9 year old son of John J. Sullivan, living five miles from Bolse, was accidentally killed recently by his brother, Charles, 16 years oli, A rifle was standing in the barn. This was picked up by his older brother and snapped. It proved to be loaded, and the ball went through the boy's head. The state wagon road commission has ordered the construction of two new roads in mining camps in Sho. shone county. One of the new roads will be from Rex mill, on the east fork of Nine Mile creek, nearly to Sunset pass. The other will extend rom Raven up Granite valley nearly o the Sunrise mines. Forest fires which have been raging t Colburn have done much damage and many lumbering firms have ‘suf. ¢red losses which will total thousands f dollars. The Merrick sawmill near ola was burned and the machinery uined. Foot & Co. of Colburn jost ‘oles and lumber valued at $3000 and everal other firms in the path of the ire are making efforts to get out, MONTANA SaQuUIBS._ Morrison E. Wilson, a well known Pioneer rancher of the upper Yellow: Stone valley recently committed sui- elde by shooting. Wilson had lived alone on the ranch for the past 28 years. The third annual meeting of the Montana State Bankers’ association will be held this year in the city of Great Falls, August 22 and 23. A. J. Barling, president of the Chi- cago. Milwaukee & St. Paul railway recently made a tour through the Mus- selshell country in Montana, driving ‘between Harlowton and Miles City, the Proposed route of the railroad. Tt was one hundred in the shade one day last week at Havre. Carried through one of the six § foot pipes which are temporarily con- veying the main channel of the Mis- sluri river under the workings of the new dam being constructed near Hel- ena, was the experience of a 10 year old boy named Potter Sunday. He was picked up, supposedly dead, but soon recovered, none the worse for his trying experience. Carbon county will hold a four days’ tair this year in Red Lodge. The dates have been fixed for September 11 10 14 inclusive, Corporal Tanner, commander in chief of G. A. R., is to visit Montana in the near future. Following an illness of several months, William Matthes, of Siiver Bow, a pioneer resident of Montana, iied recently. He was sixty-four years 1G, and had lived at Silver Bow since 879, The resignation of Eugene Carroll S the representative of Silver Bow ounty upon the board of directors of he Montana State Fair association as been sent in, The “Seeing Butte” car on the sys- em of the Butte Street Car company lade its first trip May 15. All the schoo! buildings in Anaconda ave been fumigated to prevent the preud of diphtheria, Billings gets the next year’s Christ- n Endeavor meeting. The Northern Pacific railway has ‘finitely decided to erect a large immer resort at Gardiner. Ail of the properties involved in the cinze litigation recently settled will operated either by the Butte Coall- company or the Amalgamated com- ny. This wil! add many men to the itte payrolls, Diligent inquiry at Billings fails to rate the party who is alleged to ye kidnaped 1i boys from Denver d took them to work in the sugar et fields, as reported. 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The California Chinese are to make an effort before the highest authorities for complete reregistration of their people. The contention of leading Chinese is that more than 25,000 certificates of registration, a great part of which are not duplicated in Washington, were destroyed in the San Francisco. It is stated that there are only 50,000 Chinese in California. Many of the Chinamen are bordering on panic, for they realize that should their right to be in the United States be questioned they have nothing to show their legal residence. For months to come any Chinese who has a possible knowledge of English and American customs will claim on arrest that his certificate was destroyed in San Francisco. The problems that now confront the immigration officials are practically endless. The registration now in effect was made 12 years ago. The Chinese claim that this was imperfect and in some respects on a wrong basis. Coming Events. June 12, 13 and 14, grand lodge of Washington. F. and A. M. June 15 and 16, grand chapter, Order of Eastern Star. June 18 and 19, Grand Royal Arch chapter. June 19, grand council, Royal and select Masters. June 20 and 21, grand commandery, Knights Templars of Washington. I. O. O. F. grand lodge, Portland, Ore., May 23. Washington State Sportsmen's association, Spokane, May 24-26. Washington State Dental society, bellingham, May 24-26. Idaho State Sunday School association, Idaho Falls, May 30. I. O. O. F. grand encampment and Rebekah assembly, Seattle, Wash., June 4-7. Washington State Grange, Spokane, June 5-6-7. Annual encampment Whitman and Latah County Veterans' association, Pullman, Wash., June 6-8. Washington State Bankers' association convention, Tacoma, June 21-23. G. A. R. encampment, departments of Washington and Alaska, Walla Walla, June 25-27. United States Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit association, Portland, Ore., June 26. Washington and North Idaho Christian Endeavor convention, Lewiston, Idaho, June 28-July 1. Lincoln County Pioneer and Historical association, fourth annual picnic and race meet, Harrington, Wash., July 19-21. Idaho state republican central committee, Pocatello, August 1. Pioneers' reunion, Weston, Ore., May 31-June 1-2. Atlanta, Ga., May 17.—Crazed by drink and by disappointment in a love affair, James H. Clark, a telegraph o_erator at the little town of Chamblee, a dozen miles north of Altanta, in less than 24 hours killed one man, severely wounded three others, slightly wounded a fifth and clubbed a sixth with a shotgun, and set fire to the home of one of his victims, and when surrounded by a posse shortly after, shot himself through the heart. Mr. Skates—Dld that pianist play well at the concert hall last night? Miss Prates—I don't know. A woman that sat right back of me had been to New York and knew all about Alice Roosevelt's trosseau.—Detroit Free Press. Hood's Sarsaparilla Has surpassed all other medicines, in merit, sales and cures. 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All external evidences may disappear for awhile, but the treacherous poison is at work on the internal members and tissues, and when these minerals are left off the disease returns worse than before, because the entire system has been weakened and damaged by the strong action of the Mercury and Potash. There is but one certain, reliable cure for Contagious Blood Poison, and that is S. S. S., the great vegetable blood purifier. It attacks the disease in the right way by going down into the blood, neutralizing and forcing out every particle of the poison. It makes the blood pure and rich, strengthens the different parts of the body, tones up the system, and cures this humiliating and destructive disorder permanently. The improvement commences as soon as the patient gets under the influence of S. S. S. and continues until every vestige of the poison is driven from the blood and the sufferer S.S.S. PURELY VEGETABLE is completely restored to health. S. S. 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THE LAXATIVE OF KNOWN QUALITY There are two classes of remedies: those of known quality and which are permanently beneficial in effect, acting gently, in harmony with nature, when nature needs assistance; and another class, composed of preparations of unknown, uncertain and inferior character, acting temporarily, but injuriously, as a result of forcing the natural functions unnecessarily. One of the most exceptional of the remedies of known quality and excellence is the ever pleasant Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., which represents the active principles of plants, known to act most beneficially, in a pleasant syrup, in which the wholesome Californian blue figs are used to contribute their rich, yet delicate, fruity flavor. It is the remedy of all remedies to sweeten and refresh and cleanse the system gently and naturally, and to assist one in overcoming constipation and the many ills resulting therefrom. Its active principles and quality are known to physicians generally, and the remedy has therefore met with their approval, as well as with the favor of many millions of well informed persons who know of their own personal knowledge and from actual experience that it is a most excellent laxative remedy. We do not claim that it will cure all manner of ills, but recommend it for what it really represents, a laxative remedy of known quality and excellence, containing nothing of an objectionable or injurious character. There are two classes of purchasers: those who are informed as to the quality of what they buy and the reasons for the excellence of articles of exceptional merit, and who do not lack courage to go elsewhere when a dealer offers an imitation of any well known article; but, unfortunately, there are some people who do not know, and who allow themselves to be imposed upon. They cannot expect its beneficial effects if they do not get the genuine remedy. Genuine - Syrup of Figs manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., and in order to buy the genuine article and to get its beneficial effects, one has only to note, when purchasing, the full name of the Company—California Fig Syrup Co.—plainly printed on the front of every package. Price, 50c per bottle. One size only. lief committee Saturday shows the following totals: Totally actually promised, $5,805, 521; verbal promises, unconfirmed, $309,750; grand total, $6,115,271. Hamlet, N. C. contracted, the sufferer feels the bit of Contagious Blood Poison, ask it in the system. All ex- poison is at work on the internal disease returns worse than engaged by the strong action of the blood for Contagious Blood Poison, tracks the disease in the right out every particle of the poison. parts of the body, tones up the permanently. under the influence of S. S. S. from the blood and the sufferer bred to health. S. S. S. is not it is a success. It has cured s of Contagious Blood Poison, had given the Mercury and Hot Springs, etc., a thor- mad almost despaired of ever s. S. S. S. is made entirely and barks, and does not in- the least. We offer a mineral of any kind. If you out of your blood with S. S. S. look with instructions for self- write. COMPANY, ATLANTA, GA. In the United States are 350,000 acres of peanut land and 170,000 peanutters. Three hundred million pounds of peanuts, worth $11,000,000, are produced here every year. The Montana Plaindealer Joseph H. Tucker, Foreman. WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF Letter Heads, Note H Galling Cards, Envelo and Dodgers. All Work Guaranteed Satisfactory or Money Letter Heads, Note Heads, Galling Gards, Envelopes and Dodgers. All Work Guaranteed Satisfactory or Money Refunded. One Trial is all we Ask. 19 S. Main, Helena Locals. 19 S. Main, Helena, Mont If you are a race man, and have the pride that goes with it, subscribe for THE PLAINDEALER and keep posted on the doings of the race. Preaching at St. James church 5th avenue and Hoback street, Sun days 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. Pleas notify this office when you change your address; or if your paper does not reach you regularly each week. Mark E. Taylor stopped over in Helena Sunday and Monday. He was enroute from 'Frisco' to his home at Goldfield, Ney. Miss Tressie York gave a birthday party Monday evening at her home for her school and playmates and all the little ones present report a very pleasant time. Plays, music and an old-fashioned candy pulling was the order of the evening. The PLAINDEALER was late getting to our subscribers last week on account of the non arrival of our permit for second class rates, but we shall in the future get the paper to you on time. Mr. Fred Spearman will enter the R. R. dining service Sunday, running between Helena and Livingston. The Helena Giants will play a practice game of ball with the West End team next Sunday. W. R. Dorsey the popular East Side grocer favored this office with a nice order of job work this week. J. S. Scott came in from Elliston Wednesday. He will leave this week for Townsend, where he will continue his mining operations. Jno. Montgomery is in the city this week having suspended his mining operations. Judge Hart who has for a number of years been an employee at the Helena Hotel resigned his position at that place last Sunday. He has accepted a position in the private family of Mr. Wallace on the west side. W. M. Diggs is now euployed at the Helena Hotel. The Annual sermon of the Odd fellows was preached at St. James church on last Sunday evening. The sermon was a splendid one and was thoroughly enjoyed by the audience which was in attendance. Mr. D. Harris' address of welcome was good as was also the other numbers rendered. --- Note Heads, s, Envelopes dgers. factory or Money Refunded. It is again persistently reported that the seventh infantry located at Fort Harrison will be removed and the 25th Infantry sent here in their place. The ladies sewing circle met this week at the residence of Mrs. Bramwell on lower Broadway The circle is busy at this time preparing for their fair and Bazaar in June. Baptizing will take place at St. James Sunday at 11 a. m. Gus Thornton is in the city having come down from his mine at Elliston. The Helena Giants will play their first tgame Sunday morning at 10 o'clock at Central Park against the Hub team No. 2. Admission free. BASE BALL SUNDAY, AT 10 A.M. Helena Giants vs Hubs. Central Park. Free. SOME ADVICE.—AND A STORY. There is a somewhat ancient lesson contained in the following from the New York World, but it is so excellent that the story is produced here. "Don't advertise if you believe you are wasting money. Let your competitor waste his money on advertising, and perhaps in this way you'll soon put him out of business. Just stand back and 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 Moneymaker; anyhow, his name was John, with some sort of a maker attached 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 offered to sell a pair of socks for 39 cents. The don't-believe-in-advertising just laughed. Young John spent vertise just one time, and not less than $100 worth of goods. He was cautioned by the merchants who 'knew it didn't pay.' It was through sympathy that they offered him advice. Read THE PLAINDEALER for the news. OUR $15.00 SUITS Are as Good as the Average $20 Suits. This Season We are Showing a Special Line of New and Up to Date Patterns Cut in the Very Latest Style For $15.00. GANS & KLEIN COMPANY, Established 1866. Leave Orders at 11 South Ma in Street. Zanzibar Cafe and Lunch Room Emmett H. Latty, Prop. Meals Day and Night from 15c Up. Everything First Class and Up to Date. Give me a Trial and be Convinced. Church and Society Directory. St. James' African Methodist Episcopa church, located at Co. 5th Ave, and Hoback street, Rev. Jordan Allen, Pasior. Services Sunday at 11 a, m, and 7-30 p. m. Sunday School, 2 p. m., A. Marshall, Supt., Carrie Dorsey, Choristar, Florence Anderson, Sec'y. Prayer Meeting Wednesday Evening. Class meeting, Friday evenings. R. J. Fletcher Lodge No. 101, F. F. and A. M., meets the first and third Wednesday evenings of each month in the Lucas Block. R. I. Ford, W. M.; Jas. Crump, S. W.; W, H. Rivers, J. W. Geo. Alexander, Sec'y.; W. R. Dorsey, Treas. Byrd Lodge No. 11, A. F. and A. M., meets the first and third Monday of each month at 14 1-2 S. Main St. H. J. Baker W. M.; G. M. Lee, S. W.; J. Harris, J. W.; Chas. Ecton, Sec'y; W. C. Rose, Treas. Bethsheba Lodge, O. E. S., meets the 2nd and 4th Thursday evenings of each month, in their hall in the Lucas block. Mrs. ChasJohnson, W. M.; Mrs. N. Ford, A. M.; Albert Napper, W. P.; Mrs. M. Simmons, Treas Mrs. C. C. Matthews, Sect.; Mrs. Jos. Clark, Con.; Mrs. J. Harrison, A. B; M. O. J. Arnett, W; Chas Johnson, S.; Mrs. L. Napper A.; Mrs. Jas. Crump, R.; Mrs. M. A. Cole, Esther; Mrs. E. Dorsey, M.; Mrs. George Alexander, Electa. Golden City Lodge No. 3455. G. U. of O F., meets the first and third Tuesday evenings of each month. R. Brown, N. G.; J. M. Reed, V. G.; J. Howard, P. N. G.; N. Ford, P. S.; W. Parker, E. S.; W. Cottles, Treas.; J. W. Crump, N. F.; Albert Marshall, Chaplain, W. Mason, Wardom; J. Ingram, I. G.; J. Tolbert, P. N. F. Household of Ruth, No. 842, meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesday evening of each month. Mrs. Mattie Simmons, P. M. N. G. Mrs. Mitchell, M. N. G.; Mrs. S. Ford, R. N. G.; Mrs. E. Johnson, N. G.; Mrs. G. Irvin, W. R. Pride of Montana Lodge, No. 4, K., of P., meets the 2nd and 4th Monday evenings of each month at G. A. R. hall. J. W. Crump, C. C.; H. Robinson, V. C.; S. Smith, M. of F.; W. Cottles, M. of E.; J. H. Howard, K of R. and S.; D. Gordan, M. at A.; Geo. Harrison, O. G.; W. C. Irvin, I. G.; A. Napper, Prelate. ADVERTISE in the Plaindealer. Lloyd's Boot Black Parlor, Pantatorium AND BARBER SHOP. 'Phone 410 Llovd's. Free Calls and Delivery. Under National Bank of Montana. Special Department and Special Attention to Our Lady Patronage. Patrons Please Report Any Inattention on Part of Employes. Lloyd Vernon Graye, Prop., Harry E. Saulsburg, Mgr. Manhattan Club, 17 South Main Street, Helena Mont Strictly a First-class, Gentlemen's Club. Everything up to date. Augustus Mason, Pres The New York Dry Goods Company Helena, Montana. ZANZI Saloon An Tonsorial Parlors. Hiards. Free Library Elegant Furnished Renection. Steam Heater Electric Lights. Professional Theatre 121-23-25-27 CLO HELENA, Phone 479. ZANZIBAR Balloon And Cafe Serial Parlors. Pool and Free Library and Gym Furnished Rooms in on. Steam Heat, Bath ic Lights. Professional Headquarter 23-25-27 CLOREST HELENA, MON Tonsorial Parlors. Pool and Billiards. Free Library and Gynasium Elegant Furnished Rooms in Connection. Steam Heat, Baths and Electric Lights. Professional Headquarters: 121-23-25-27 CLORESTEET. t Black Parlor, Pantato BARBER SHOP. PRICE LIST: d, Sponged, Oiled and ed, Sponged and Pr usted, Sponged and Pr ted, Sponged and Pres ightweight Sponged and medium, Sponged and Heavy, Sponged and ged, Oiled and Shined songed and Pressed sponged and Pressed, nged and Pressed, 2 it Sponged and Presse Sponged and Pressed At 50 Cents. An After Easter Belt Sale—In black, brown and tan, regular 75c at 50c At 60 Cents. $1,25, $1.50 anc $2.00 Women Opera Length Hose, colors pink, blue, yellow, lavender and green, pure lisle thread special this sale, pair 600 At 10 Cents. 200 quality Women's or Misses' Summer Vests, low neck, sleeveless, taped all sizes, special this sale, each 100 At 15 Cents. 250 quality Misses' Fine Ribbed Cotton Hose, doubled heels and toes, sizes 5½ to 9, warranted fast color, pair 150 At 25 Cents. 350 quality Ladies Fine Lisle Hose lace boot effect, colors tan, white or black, all sizes, special, pair 250 At 10 Cents. 20c grade Misses' or Children's Good Cotton Ribbed Hose—double knee, heels and soles, warranted fast colors; 100 At 25 Cents. 400 and 50c grade Women's Spring Weight Vests, long sleeve, high neck, pure lisle thread, special this sale, 250 At $1 25. $1.50 and $1.75 grade Women's 26inch Umbrellas, gloria silk; paragon frame, black only, special this sale, each $1.25 ZIBAR and Cafe, . Pool and Bili ary and Cynasium d Rooms in Con Heat, Baths and Headquarters: CLORE STEET. A, MONT. Pantatorium