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 Ad- vance. Advertising Rates on Application. Entered as second-class matter April 12, 1906, at the Post Office at Helena, Montana, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Address all Communications to The Montana Plaindealer, 19 South Main Street, Helena, Montana. PEACE! PROSPERITY!! UNION!!! Prof. Vernon's Confirmation. The announcement of the confirmation of Prof. W, T. Vernon as register of the U. S. Treasury by the U. S. Senate last week, is no only gratifying to his friends but to all lovers of fairplay and justice. The rise of Prof. Vernon has been wonderful and his life can well be emulated by our young men who aspire to the best and highest citizenship. Only a few years ago this young man emerged from the back woods of Missouri, and by hard work and perseverance he succeeded in graduating from the Lincoln Institute at Jefferson City, Mo. He appeared on the political horizon in Kansas in the campaign of 1898, when by his matchless eloquence on the stump in that memoable campaign, he helped in no small degree to overthrow democracy and popuism which had the reins of government at that time in the Sunflower State. From that time in every campaign since he has been in great demand as a spellbinder; not only in Kansas but he has done yoeman service for the republican party in the states of New York, Indiaana and other doubtful states of the east, and we understand the republican national campaign committee were astounded when he refused to accept pay for his services. Within the past ten years at a little suburb adjacent to Kansas City—Quindaro—he started a little school with a handful of scholars, which he has seen grow until today they have many building and a scholarship of over 300 and receive an annual appropriation of more than $10,000 from the state of Kansas. As the writer is personally acquainted with him and worked with him for the advancement of the race, we know him to be unselfish in his devotion to the cause of race progress. We have never called on him for assistance in the cause without a speedy response and with him so far as race advancement is concerned, it has always been: "Command and I will obey." We indeed feel gratified that a true gentleman and a race man to the manor born, should receive this reward and distinguished honor. The inneundos and charges of preenicious enemies fell like a broken shaft at his feet, and they can now, with remorse, join in singing the doleful tune of sorrow that they failed in blighting one who strives to something in life, for his victory is more complete and their chagrin is more degrading. May be Something To It. A special from New Orleans to the St. Louis Republic, tells a rather queer story as to a Pullman car conductor's opinion of the cause of the big earthquake which destroyed San Francisco. The conductor's name is Henry Hulett, and was the man who saved the 300 Metropolitan opera singers by rushing with his train out of the stricken city before the spreading of the fire. Speaking of Hulett's story as it arrived in New Orleans. the dispatch says: "The special bearing them to New York arrived here to night. Hulett was placed in charge of this train to travel to San Francisco from St. Louis, where sixteen performances were to be given. Two of this number were sung, whe the earthquake cut short the engagement. "‘One of the most remarkable incidents of the disaster,’ said Hulett, ‘was that on Tuesday night before the earthquake the real estate men of San Francisco met and resolved never again to sell a piece property to a Negro. After the catastrophe Wednesday morning many believed that the calamity was due to the fact that they had determined to exclude the African. Nothing has afflicted the heart of the whole American people—of all races—more than this awful San Francisco disaster, and even the Negro could not be persuaded that it was the result of the wrath of God as indicated by Mr. Hulett, or an avenging freak of nature. There is not a Negro in the land that would rejoice at such destruction of life and property. We hate exceedingly to see some white people legislating and discriminating against us because of the accident of the color of our skin, but we hope for time, and not disasters to correct that inhuman mistake.—Conservator. POLITCAL SNAPSHOTS A large delegation of the faithful were out to last Monday evenings council meeting; most of them came to hear and see the incidents to the naming and confirming a new chief of police, a sergeant, city attorney, etc., But, there was nothing doing. The council transacted business with a rush Monday eve. Mayor Lindsay at the helm kept things on the move as if he was no novice as a presiding officer. Nothing doing through the city council unless your uncle John Wendel knows what it is; if he does not hear it or distinctly understand it, he keeps on until he does. He is the coming man and his faithfulness to the interest of the people, will no doubt be rewarded Alderman Longmaid is one of the leaders in the council and is chairman of the ways and means committee. He is alert to the city's welfare and interest. J. C Murray of the 2nd ward is looking out for the interest of his constituents and all know that he is on hand. One of our good friends think we say too many good things about the democrats, be that as it may, we cannot help but say that Dr. Brook is all right; when he speaks he talks right out and to the point. With him it is business at all times. One of the leading democrats of the city after reading our article as to Mr. LaCroix and where we advised him to keep his ears to the grass roots—this veteran slate-maker for democracy—said to the PLAINDEALER man: "You are a prophet as LaCroix name will not even be mentioned in the democratic convention. His administration has been characterized by small aud unmeritorious deeds such as referred to in your paper." Former U, S- Senator Hon. Lee Mantle, chairman of the republican state central committee, has returned to his home at Butte after an extended visit in the south and east. Politics will begin to look up from now on. Subscribe for the PLAINDEALER and keep posted as to the news. Helena, Montana, Friday, May 25, 1906. JUSTLY VINDICATED. Prof. W. T. Vernon, Orator, Scholar True Race Man, President of Kansas Lincoln Day Club and of Western University is Unamourably Con- tured as Register of the U. Washington, May, 16—W. T. Vernon of Kansas City, Kan, was confirmed by the Senate for register of the treasury to-day to succeed Judson W. Lyons. The name of W. T. Vernon therefore will go upon every gold and silver certificate issued by the governmen. If the Kansas Negro follows the precedent of the present official he will not sign his name in full. The present certificates are signed, "J. W. Lyons, register of the treasury." With the exception of Gen'l Rosecrans, weo was appointed register by President Cleveland, the office has been held by a Negro since the Arthur administration, when B. K. Bruce. the Negro exsenator of Mississippi, was appointed. Lyons' term of office expired about three weeks ago and the office is waiting for Vernon as soon as he can take charge of it. The above dispatch indicates that THE MONTANA PLAINDEALER's prophesy that Prof. W. T. Vernon would no doubt be speedily confirmed by the U. S. Senate was a srue one, and we are perfectly satisfied that Prof. Vernon's adminis- PROGRESS OF A RAGE From nothing which his own, in 40 years academics, the colored brother of banking institutions, 40 and pays taxes on nearly of property; aside from race has been reduced from 37,000 teachers are trained and 23 Negro college pre-other educational leaders in the continued progress. But, new opportunities are openings in this great various walks of life and the initiative and the continued success and p From nothing which the Negro could call his own, in 40 years according to latest statistics, the colored brother owns 850,000 farms, 11 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. But, new opportunities must be made. There are openings in this great country along all the various walks of life and to the ones who have the initiative and the energy to follow it up, continued success and peosperity awaits them. tration of that offices will be a creditable one not only to himself, but to the country at large and the race as well. The Kansas City Journal prints the following interesting sketch of Prof. Verno's life and labors, which speaks for itself: "William T. Vernon, President of the Negro Western University at Quindaro, Kas., is now Registrar of the United States Treasury. His appointment was confirmed yesterday by the Senate at Washington. No opposition developed and the executive session for his confirmation lasted but a few minutes. Prof Vernon is consieered one of the most intelligent Negoes in the U. S. and he is widely known as "The Booker Washington of the West." As an orator he stands very high. He has been a speaker at Many conventions of white men in Kansas where he is known personally from the east to the west border line. The story of this black man's life is interesting. His father, Adam Vernon, and his mother, Margaret Vernon, were slaves, and are living today at Lebanon, Mo. William --- S. Treasury. was born in a log cabin near that town July 11, 1871, and will therefore be only 36 years old at his next birthday. When his parents moved to Lebanon William started to the public schools. At the age of 8 he had to drag nay through the fields to earn money with which to buy his school books. At the age of 15 he entered college, and was 19 when he graduated. The day he graduated he was penniless and had to borrow money with which to buy his dinner. After teaching in Bonne Terre and Lebanon for a short while, he went to Quindaro and took charge of the Western University. That was ten years ago. There was 1 teacher and 6 pupils when he took command. Today there are 14 teaceers and 200 students, and 14 states and territories are represented in the student body. Prof. Vernon is the third Negro to be appointed Registrar of the Treasury. The first was Senator B. K. Bruce of Mississippi, the second was Judson W. Lyons, of Georgia, who will be succeeded by Prof. Vernon." What will poor old Paul Jones do now, he is out of a job, Prof. Vernon is confirmed, and Wash, "let's see"—wasn't there one by that name? Well, we know one Kansas re- with the Negro could call according to latest statis- towns 850,000 farms, 11 street railway systems only $800,000,000 worth in this the illiteracy of the from 100 to 50 per cent. mining the Negro youth presidents with many ers are doing their part cess of the race. is must be made. There great country along all the and to the ones who have energy to follow it up, beosperity awaits them. publican who is all right all the time. We refer to the Hon. D. W. Mulvane. We congratulate Pres. Vernon of Kansas Lincoln Day Club as well as Pres. Vernon of Western University. That Jamestown Exposition. That Jamestown Exposition. The nefarious and unjust Jamestown appropriation bill appropriating $50,000 from the Masachusetts state treasury for the so-called Jamestown Ter-centenial exposition to be held at Hampton Roads in Virginia to the Jamestown exposition Company, Virginia corporation, became a law by the signature of the Governor of this Commonwealth, His Excellency Curtis Guild, Jr., last Monday. Thus Massachusetts, the mother of American Independence, who rocked the cradle of American liberty and has been foremost in the cause of freedom and equal rights, and who has been aided in all her achievements for justice, liberty and equality by colored men and women, has been made to turn back to plant her heel upon the neck of her prostrate colored citizens and --- to deny them equal rights in the expenditure of the money exacted from them by taxation and to rob them of their rights as tax payers. Massachusetts has been made to do this by legislators recreant to their trust, unworthy to have intrusted to their keeping the glorious record, the bright escutcheon of the Commonwealth, against the sentiment of a majority of her citizens of all races, over the earnest and united protest of that class of citizens directly injured. To this unjust and tyrannical step the state of Attucks, Garrison, Andrew and Sumner has been forced by the hand of a governor reared, if not born, within the shadow of the state house, bearing an honored name, a life-long member of that party which claims liberty and equality as its special ensign, one who has been consistently assisted through his entire political career, aided in his upward cllmb in political life and elected to his present position by colored voters. Shame upon him and upon all those who have thus sacrificed human rights for pelf, who have made Massachusetts bow obsequiously at the shrine of the money god as she threw her own children into the maw of the hideous female monster, color prosciptive Virginia, to quiet the war from the Negro-devouring throat. It is a sad day for Massachusetts, it is a sad day for her colored citizens, it is a sad day for the colored American of the Negro hating south, when a Virginia money-making corporation can come from the south, especially from a state which like Virginia has, by law, in its crusade of oppression and enslavement of her own colored people, cut down the education of the youth, disfranchised the men and humiliated the women even by mandatory Jim Crow street car law, and can carry away the money contributed in part by the colored people of this state, for a project in the south, without a word or a line in the law to exempt from the operation of all the civil humiliations incident upon visiting the project even the colored taxpayers of this state nor even protecting them from segregation and discriminations within the enclosure controlled by the corporation getting the public money. The only solace in this galling wrong, this gross insult especially to our women, this bitter oppression right here at home, this brutal tyranny, is that the colored people almost to man (and a woman) stubbornly contested every inch of the ground as the measure was gradually pushed through the legislature, as the Irish patriot and champion of freedom said, disputed every blade of grass while being driven back and finally overcome by larger forces and numbers, and that a complete defeat was secured only by a single vote, and that by the combined forces of the governor, and of the president of the Boston and Maine R. R., and of Virginia company's lobby which we only hope that brave reformer, District Attorney John B. Moran will investigate in his probing of graft and bribery on Beacon Hill. Another solace is the widespread determination of the colored voters to resent at the polls this year and the next and the next and again the next this gross insult to their sisters, wives and mothers and this tyrannical subversion of their rights as tax payers. Any other speedier measures of redress available will certainly be tried. We know now where we stand at home and shall use the ballot as others do and as if was intended as a weapon of self defense. In so doing we are assured of the support of men of every race who believe in human rights—Guardian. No. 11. Race News. Gathered from Exchanges and other sources. A. J. Wood is the most prosperous merchant at Benton, Ala., He graduated at Tuskegee Institute twelve years ago and returned to his home town and entered into the grocery business. He is gradually building up a department store and receives the patronage of both races. Hal Short, a porter in a barber shop in Iowa City, Ia., will be the first colored boy in the history of the Iowa City High School to speak on commencement day. He is one of the leading orators, debaters and athletes of the high school. J. W. Pollard is secretary of the National Merchandise Company at Philadelphia and T. J. Minton is the attorney. It is a department store established for the purpose of giving employment to young men and women of the race. The shares of stock are being sold for a reasonable sum and good dividends are being paid. The town of Bellevue, Texas, which was wiped off the map last month by cyclone, and in which about 20 people were killed, was an exclusive white man's town, as Negroes were not allowed to reside there. Springfield, Ill.—In the case of the people or relations of Scott Bibs against the mayor and city council of Alton, in which the Circuit Court of Madison county held that the city has a right to set aside a seperate school for colored children, the Supreme Court today for the fifth time reversed the decision of the lower court. Mr Calvin Johnson, a wealthy colored citizen of Knoxville, Tenn has given a building valued at $2,000 to the Colored Young Men's Christian Association of that city in memory of his lamented wife, Alice Johnson, deceased. Mr. Johnson is said to be one of the wealthiest colored men in the state and the colored people are enthusiastic over the donation. Washington, May 23.—Richard T. Greener, former commercial agent at Vladivostock, has received through the state department the order of the Double Dragon, third class, from the Chinese emperor for services rendered distressed chinese subjects during the late war. The decoration was withheld until, by reason of his retirement from the government service, Mr. Greener was able to accept it. Mr. Greener is the first colored man to receive this honor. The appropriation of $100,000 to the Negro Development Company which has been organized at Richmond, Va., to develop the Negro exhibit at the Jamestown, Va., Exposition in 1907, has been recommended by the committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions in Congress. Giles B. Jackson is at the head of the company having the matter in hand. From our observation of the acts etc., of Hon C. A. Stillings, we believe that the President made an excellent selection when he appointed him to take charge of the Government printing office. He is a thorough printer and a man of splendid executive ability. He is also a man who has the courage of his convictions. In the reorganization and adjustment of affairs at the Government printing office we would not be surprised to see the Public Printer make some innovations in the way of appointments and promotions of some of the woruhy colored employees.—Bee. NEWS OF THE WORLD A Review of Happenings In Both Eastern and Western Hemispheres During the Past Week—National, Historical, Political and Personal Events The appointment of Frederick W. Whitridge by President Roosevelt as special ambassador representing the United States at the wedding of the king of Spain and Princess Ena of Battenberg is highly popular on both sides of the Atlantic. The wage dispute in the Lancashire (Eng.) cotton trade has been settled at a conference held in Manchester between the employers and the cardroom workers, under the presidency of C. W. Macara. The increase in assessments made by the supreme council of the Royal Arcanum last year is held to be both legal and right by the full bench of the Massachusetts supreme court. Fire which started in the stables of the Northwestern Lumber company at Stanley, Wis., from a spark from the Northwestern mill destroyed 100 residences and a dozen business buildings. The total loss is $300,000. The town of Cobalt, one of the mining centers in New Ontario, has been destroyed by fire. It is also stated that several persons were killed by an explosion. It is rumored that John Mitchell, the great labor leader who has been at the head of the United Mine Workers for several years, will resign as president of that organization and enter into the practice of law in Chicago. The boiler of an engine on the Southern Pacific exploded near Wells, Nev., instantly killing Engineer L. F. Zimmerman and Fireman M. S. Irwin of Oden. A shock supposed to be an earlquake occurred in Myrtlewood, Marengo county, Ala. No damage was done. John Alexander Dowle is contemplating leaving Zion City and taking up his residence at Ben Dhul, his White Lake (Mich.) house. At a recent meeting of the representatives of the foreign powers in Pekin it was announced that all the governments support the British protest against the changes in the Chinese customs service. Richard B. Shepard, proprietor of a bookstore in Salt Lake, has been sentenced by Judge Marshall to serve 13 months in prison for sending catalogues of immoral books through the malls. Commander in Chief Tanner of the G. A. R. has made the announcement that Rev. Jesse Cole of the depart- penalty of $,5000 for each offense in ment of Iowa had been chosen chapain in caief to succeed the tate Rev. Father J. F. Leary. The peasants throughout Saratoff province are greatly excited and seem to be organizing a general agrarian movement. Charles M. Chamberlain was found guilty in the district court at Auburn. Neb., of wrecking the Chamberlain bank of Tecumseh, Neb., of which he was manager. This was his third trial. Irwin Tucker, cashier of the savings bank of Newport News, knowing that he was about to be arrested charged with defaulting $10,000, committed suicide at Newport News. Tucker's shortage may reach $20,000, but it can be made good from his life insurance. The proper observance of Flag day by all of the members of the G. A. R. is urged by Commander in Chief Tanner in general orders made public, in which he calls attention to the action of the last encampment recognizing June 14th for that purpose. George E. McNell, known throughout the country for many years as a labor leader and a writer on economic subjects, died in Boston recently. A court-martial at Riga, Russia, sentenced eight workmen to death for the murder of three policemen. Two deaths and some serious prostrations from heat were reported in New York Saturday. The coast defense ironclad FrithJof ran down and sank the Norwegian sailing vessel Othello at Kiel, Germany. The captain of the Othello and one of her crew were drowned. The rest were saved. It is regarded as assured that the second peace conference will be postponed to the end of May, 1907. Countess Boni de Castellane has confirmed the report that she expected to return to America within a few months with her sister, Miss Helen Gould. Vice President and Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks spent a few hours at Atlanta. W. K. Flanders Kills Himself W. K. Flanders, aged 36, a prominent citizen of Collinwood, a suburb of Cleveland, shot himself through the forehead as officers armed with a warrant for his arrest on a forgery charge came upon him in his hiding place at his home. He died two hours later. The alleged forgery for which he was wanted was of a note signed with the name of a prominent manufacturing firm. CARS PILE UP,-12 PEOPLE HURT Panic on "Coaster" at a Chicago Resort Twelve persons were injured, two of them seriously, in an accident on the "coaster," an attraction at the White City, one of Chicago's amusement parks. The beginning of the trouble was the stopping of the first of five cars in one of the depressions at the bottom of a steep slope. Before those in the first car could get out of danger the second car collided with it. In turn each of the others, following at regular intervals, struck the cars at the bottom of the slope. There was no light at the point where the accident occurred, and the passengers, panic stricken, jumped from the structure, which is about 20 feet high at this point. There were 25 passengers on the cars at the time of the accident. All of these, many of whom were bruised and badly shaken up in the collisions, jumped to the ground. Most of the injured are suffering from broken limbs. FIRE DESTROYED FAIRBANKS, ALASKA The entire business section of the town of Fairbanks, Alaska, it is said, was destroyed by fire, which started in the Fairbanks building, a three story frame structure. Details of the disaster are very meager, but it is feared that the food supply of the town has been destroyed and great suffering may result. Nothing was left standing in the section lying between the water front and Third avenue and Stacey and Turner streets. The work of the fire fighters was centered on the block of warehouses owned by the Northern Commercial company in order to pretoot the food supply of the town, and the result is still in doubt. The loss is estimated at a million dollars and it is announced that the heavier business interests of the town are already planning to rebuild. No lives were lost. The Washington-Alaska bank burned. The flames crossed First and second avenues and rushed up Cushman street with great speed. The National bank was doomed when the first dispatch was sent. MONTANA SQUIBS: In a headon collision between an eastbound stock train and a light engine running west, several miles east of Garrison on the Northern Pacific Engineer G. A. Hamilton was instantly killed and Brakeman Fred Karsteau severely injured. Engineer W. H. Porter and Fireman D. O'Connor, on the light engine, were slightly hurt. The failure of the operator at Blossburg to deliver an order to the light engine to meet the stock train at Avon was the cause of the wreck. Miles Fuller, aged 66, was hanged at Butte Friday morning, for the murder of Henry Gallihan, October 24, 1904. Death was instantaneous, the neck being broken. Two thousand people witnessed the execution. After a mysterious absence of several days' duration, Charles Emery, a prominent contractor, has been brought back to Havre by his brother. He had become temporarily insane. Work has begun on a $2,000,000 electric plant at Thompson Falls on Ciarks Fork, and the promoters of the enterprise expect shortly to invade the Coeur d'Alene district with their power lines. Clancy Spencer, a laborer, committed suicide in the Gardiner city jail in a novel manner. He had been locked up to recover from the effects of a several weeks' spree. The next morning he was found dead in his cell, having beaten his head against the iron bars. He had crushed his skull in several places and scattered blood all about the sides of the cell. The man was 35 years old and his relatives reside in Michigan. The government will shortly begin the sale of a number of Indian allotments on the Crow reservation, and will from time to time continue such sales until all of the land that belongs to unsettled estates there is disposed of. Charles O. Sherman of Chicago president of the Industrial Workers of the World, is visiting over the state. D. J. Fitzgerald of Livingston has been appointed trainmaster, with headquarters in Billings. Professor Charles H. Bowman of the State School of Mines' faculty, has been elected to succeed Professor N. R. Leonard, the present president of the institution. A well developed case of smallpox was discovered recently at the Bentall ranch, about five miles east of Forsyth. Sixty young men of Butte have formed an athletic club and raised $200 in cash. They propose to buy out Dunc McDonald's gymnasium, as he is leaving town. A Montana high school debating society was formed in Missoula recently. Anaconda High School won first place at the interscholastic meet at Missoula. Memorial day will be observed in a proper and fitting manner by most of the cities and towns of the state on Wednesday, May 30. Salaries Reduced in Zion W. G. Vollia, the present head of the Christian Catholic church, has announced to his followers in Zion City that between January 15 and May 19 he had reduced expenses in the financial department of the church from $8800 a month to $3832 a month. PRESIDENT OF CUBA AGAIN TAKES THE OATH OF OFFICE. Ceremony Took Place in Red Salon of the Palace—President Appeared to Be in Best of Health—He Made an Address Accepting the Honor and Stating Plans for Future. President Palma was inaugurated at noon Sunday in the presence of the diplomatic corps in full uniform, cabinet officers, senators, congressmen, judges, heads of departments and the representatives of economic, agricultural and commercial associations. None of the liberal members of congress attended. The inauguration ceremony took place in the red salon of the palace. The oath of office was administered by the chief justice of the supreme court in front of a dais, on which were seated eight supreme court judges and the court officials. Over the central portion of the dais was suspended a canopy of red, on which was the Cuban coat of arms. President Palma, who appeared to be in the best of health, entered the salon as the bell of the palace was striking the noon hour. The guns of the fortress pealed forth a noisy welcome to the incoming administration, and this was reinforced by the screeching of many whisles, cheers from the crowd outside the palace and the crash of bands playing the Cuban national anthem. Accompanied by Vice President Mendez Capote and the members of his cabinet, President Palma advanced down the aisle, flanked on either side by members of the diplomatic corps, judges of the local courts, congressmen and guests. When they reached the dais the chief justice spoke briefly of the significance of the occasion. During the administration of the oath the voices of the president and chief justice were barely audible owing to the noise of the celebration outside. Following the administration of the oath, President Palma spoke briefly on the appreciation of the occasion, and thanked those who participated in the inauguration. Senor Gaytan de Ayala, the Spanish minister, who is now dean of the diplomatic corps, then advanced and read an address in behalf of the diplomatic corps, felicitating President Palma on assuming an office worthy bestowed, and thanking him especially for his efforts to increase the friendly relations between Cuba and other countries. The address assured the president of the perfect confidence of all the powers represented in Havana. Palma's Remarks. The president, responding, said that he appreciated deeply the honor tendered him at such a moment. "This nation," he continued, "feels encouraged and strengthened by such manifestations made in the name of the representatives of so many foreign nations. I consider your words a happy augury for the new presidential period initiated today. The gratitude I owe you will be seen to bear fruit in a constant effort to further strengthen the relations, the cordial understandings and the bonds of sincere friendship fortunately uniting Cuba with the nations you represent. I raise my most fervent prayers to heaven for the happiness of all of you, and especially, sir, for the prosperity of Spain and the individual felicity of your august sovereign." General congratulations then ensued, after which President Palma went out on the balcony and repeatedly saluted the crowd in the plaza and watched the troops file past. Later he gave a luncheon to the members of the cabinet, and throughout the afternoon held a general reception. The celebration of Independence day was enthusiastic, but frequent heavy showers during the afternoon marred the occasion. CZAR IS DEFIANT. Members of Lower House Get Excited at His Plan. St. Petersburg, May 21.—A bomb was thrown into the parliamentary camp Sunday afternoon by a note received by President Mouromtsef of the lower house from Peterhof, which, instead of making an appointment for an audience at which he and the deputation could present the address in reply to the speech from the throne, contained the information that Emperor Nicholas would not receive the deputation and that the address must be presented through the ministry of the court. Disconcerted utterly at this unexpected development, the leaders of the majority in the house hastily summoned a caucus of the constitutional democratic deputies. President Mouromtsef, instead of sending the address to Baron Baronicks, minister of the imperial house, immediately issued a call for a meeting of parliament at 11 o'clock tomorrow, at which he will report the occurrence and ask for further instructions. Usual Sunday Report A Cleveland party of six people going west on the Lake Shore road in an automobile ran into a telegraph pole near Girard, Pa. One is said to have been killed, one is dying and two others were badly injured. Among the injured were; Mrs. A. Young, skull fractured; C. E. Schurman, both legs broken; an unknown man, broken shoulder. Idaho State Sunday School association, Idaho Falls, May 30. SPORTING NOTES. Billy Honey Mellody of Boston, Mass., and Dick Fitzpatrick of Chicago, Ill., have been matched for a 20-round glove contest at the Spokane Amateur Athletic club, June 8th. The weight has been fixed at 145 pounds at 3 o'clock. Fitzpatrick has fought three 6-round draws with Mellody, all of them in Chicago. Fitzpatrick is a heavy, tough fellow, a little bit above the welterweight class, and in making the weight at 145 pounds at 3 o'clock the points are slightly in his favor, as Mellody is really a better man at two or three pounds lighter. Seattle won the interscholastic track meet under the auspices of the University of Washington with the overwhelming scout of 78 points. From the start Seattle took the lead and added from one to nine points on each event. They scored in every event except the high jump. Harvard won the annual dual track meet from Yale by the score of $57\frac{1}{4}$ points to $46\frac{1}{4}$. Three dual meet records were broken, the two mile run, the 120 yard hurdles and the running broad jump. "Seattle will remain with the Coast league and the games will go on as scheduled." This is the statement made by Manager Jim Agnew upon his return from the meeting of the directors of the Coast league teams held in Oakland. The University of Michigan athletes walked away with the honors in the dual track meet at Chicago with the University of Chicago. The final score was 79 to $46\frac{1}{2}$. Nine first out of the 14 events went to the visitors. Sailor Kelly and Young Tracey of Butte fought a glove contest at Rossland. Tracey lost on blows below the belt in the eighth round. The largest crowd that ever saw a baseball game in Chicago was that which yelled itself into a frenzy last Sunday, when the Cubs administered an overwhelming defeat to the New York Giants. Long before the visitors had come within sight of the grounds every seat and all available standing room had been sold to 25,000 ticket holders. When the gates of the grounds were closed nearly 15,000 people filled the alleys and streets outside and clamored menacingly for admission. STANDING OF THE BALL TEAMS Northwestern. Tacoma ..... .66 Grays Harbor ..... .62 Spokane ..... .37 Butte ..... .31 Pacific Coast League. Los Angeles ..... .71 San Francisco ..... .67 Portland ..... .55 Oakland ..... .40 Fresno ..... .34 Seattle ..... .33 National. Chicago ..... .71 New York ..... .63 Pittsburgh ..... .57 Philadelphia ..... .56 St. Louis ..... .45 Cincinnati ..... .39 Boston ..... .379 Brooklyn ..... .267 American. Philadelphia ..... .741 Cleveland ..... .625 New York ..... .538 St. Louis ..... .500 Detroit ..... .500 Chicago ..... .480 Washington ..... .444 Boston ..... .207 Spokane City League. Rapp & Lloyd ..... 1000 S. A. A. C ..... 1000 Northern Pacific ..... .500 Powell-Sanders ..... .500 Warwicks ..... .333 Jones & Dillingham ..... .250 Dodd Clothing Co. ..... .000 BREAK UP PARLIAMENT. The Czar Said to Have That Course Mapped Out. The London Daily Telegraph's correspondent declares that the days of Russian parliament are numbered. He says: "In the eyes of the court party the parliament is already dead, the only question not solved being how and when to arrange a decent burial. My belief is that the crown will dissolve the parliament, promulgate a narrow electoral law and order new elections, which will result in the return of its partizans." Three Die in Drunken Brawl A triple tragedy occurred at Lynneville, Ky. A visitor to the warehouse owned by Mark Wilson, a prominent merchant, found the proprietor, his brother, West Wilson, and Arthur West lying on the floor, shot to death. Revolvers were found beside the bodies of Arthur West and West Wilson. The supposition is that West Wilson and Arthur West engaged in a shooting affray, killing each other, and one of the bullets struck Mark Wilson. Plot to Depose the Czar The London Tribune's St. Petersburg correspondent claims that he has obtained information of a plot that has been elaborated at large meetings of the military officers to surround the Tauride palace, arrest all the members of the parliament and proclaim General Trepoff dictator in the event of Emperor Nicholas falling to abolish the parliament. Yankee Consul Le Slain Batoum.—W. H. Stewart, the American vice consul, was shot and killed at his country place. The assassin escaped. FIERCE FOREST FIRES NORTHERN MICHIGAN PENINSULA DEVASTATED BY FLAMES. The Northern Michigan Peninsula Fire Swept Five Counties—Several Million Dollars of Property Destroyed—Wind Was Blowing a Gale—50 Mile Stretch Burned. Escanaba, Mich., May 20.—Four known dead, a score or more persons missing, hundreds of families homeless, several millions of dollars of property burned, four towns wiped out entirely and a dozen more partially; five counties devastated and hundreds of square miles of territory fire swept. This is the dreadful picture that the northern Michigan peninsula presents today after the worst forest fire since the Peshtigo disaster in 1871. General Superintendent W. E. Wells of the Escanaba & Lake Superior railway, along whose right of way the greatest loss occurred, has returned from a trip of inspection over the fire stricken area and says that the flames have gone down, and for the time being the danger is over unless a new gale arises to again fan the embers into flames. The following summary briefly tells the story. The dead: Peter LaFond, a cook, smothered in a lumber camp near Katos; body found tonight. Three unknown children dead at Quinnnesec, Mich.; separated from their parents while the village was burning and perished. Scores of homesteaders and woodsmen are missing and many have probably perished in the flames. Territory devastated—Five counties, Marquette, Menominee, Delta, Alger and Dickinson. The territory fire swept is 50 miles square. Towns totally burned: Talbot, Mich., 100 population; only a few houses left standing. Quinnesec, Mich., 400 population; only one house remains. Saunders, 150 population; all wiped out. Niagara, Wis., 300 population; all wiped out. Details of the fire are gradually coming out of the burned territory. All day long refugees and trainmen have been coming in, telling tales of misery and suffering, as well as heroism and brave deeds that were enacted while the fire was at its height. The reports all show that the fire was fully as serious as first reported. The burned over district extends from a point 10 miles out of Escanaba, to Talbot on the south, to Channing and Qalnnesec on the west, to Sands on the north and back to Escanaba. The flames were fiercest along the Escanaba & Lake Superior line. Thousand Fires Fanned by Wind It is in this district that a thousand or more of the small fires have been smoldering for weeks. Nothing was thought of these fires, because they were not dangerous, but it only needed a wind to fan them into a mighty sheet of flame. This wind came on Friday afternoon. Toward noon the wind began to blow from the west at the rate of 30 miles an hour. By 2 o'clock the velocity was 40 miles, and by 4 o'clock the fires seemed to have united into one large one that extended to a 50 mile stretch, and swept along with a fury that no human hand could stay. The flames seemed to center from a place called Northland, and from there swept down toward Escanaba. Throughout the fire area thousands of woodsmen were put to work to stay the fire, but it could not be fought. The first to be driven in were the woodsmen in camp and the homesteaders. Hundreds of small and prosperous farmers lived there, and occupants of these farms hurried to the nearest towns for shelter. Cattle and stock and houses and barns and their contents were hurriedly loaded with personal effects and the race against the flames began. In some instances whole families came in. Many, however, reported that some of the members had been separated and left behind. Some of the towns were hemmed on all sides. At Talbot and Quinnsee a hard fight was put up, but in the end fine places had to be abandoned. Later Report. The fire raged for a distance of 64 miles along the line of the Escanabaa & Lake Superior railroad, and for 30 miles beyond Channing, the terminus of the road. It seems certain that 3000 persons are homeless in that district, and that 1000 are left desolate at Quinnesec. The Quinnesec fire, however, was of a different origin than the Escanabaa fire, having started in a field where men were pulling stumps and burning debris. This fire spread into the city, and wiped out all the buildings except three residences and the paper mills. Then the fire spread into the timber and, running north 40 miles, finally joined the flames sweeping east of Escanaba. It was also learned that Woodlawn and Kingsley, on the Escanabaa & Lake Superior railroad, and Perkins, on the Northwestern road, were destroyed. The town of Soperton, Mich., owned by the Bay Shore Lumber company, suffered a heavy loss from the forest fires. For a time Soperton and Wabeno people were cut off. All that saved the towns and people from complete annihilation was the change of the wind. 1920 HAD GIVEN UP ALL HOPE CONFINED TO HER BED WITH DYSPEPSIA. "I Owe My Life to Pe-ru-na, Says Mrs. Huffaker. Mrs. Mittie Huffaker, R. R. No. Columbia, Tenn., writes: "I was afflicted with dyspepsia for se- eral years and at last was confined to n bed, unable to sit up. "We tried several different docto without relief. "I had given up all hope of any reif and was almost dead when my husba bought me a bottle of Peruna. "At first I could not notice any be fit, but after taking several bottles was cured sound and well. "It is to Peruna I owe my life today. "I cheerfully recommend it to all sufferers." Revised Formula. "For a number of years requests have come to me from a multitude of grateful friends, urging that Peruna be given a slight laxative quality. I have been experimenting with a laxative addition for quite a length of time, and now feel gratified to announce to the friends of Peruna that I have incorporated such a quality in the medicine which, in my opinion, can only be hance its well-known beneficial character. "S. B. HARTMAN M. D." ARE YOU GOING EAST> Just send me a postal card, telling when and where you are going, and I'll tell you what to do. Don't wait than that. I will help you arrange your trip and be of service to you in every way possible. The Burlington offers better service over a greater selection of routes for eastern than any other railroad. You may travel Billings, St. Paul or Denver and the Burlington Route, and be sure of a comfortable journey to the very lowest rates, whichever you go. Write me today, please. A. B. JACKSON. Traveling Passenger Agent, C. B. & Q. R. 605 Riverside Ave., Spokane, Wash. Wifey—That's college pudding; I made it myself. Hubby—Yes, I know it's college pud ding; I can taste the paste and wall paper, but where's the bricks and slates?—Ally Sloper's Hau-roliday. $100 Rewarg. $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its forms. The Hall's Catarrh, Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, directly upon the blood and mucous membranes of the throat, and the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollar Bills to cure it to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 750. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Tommy—How do your pa and me work? Johnny—Like the house and senate; if one of 'em passes any bill the other kills it—New York Sun. HOWARD E. BURTON. Assayer and Chemist, Leadville, Co. specimen prices: Gold, silver, lead, $1. gold savings 75c; gold, 50c, zinc or copper, $1. gs idest tests. Mail in receipts which will full pimp list sent on application. Control and print work solicited. References: Carbonate N ational Bank. Captain Alonzo Ledyard, a man of many adventures and one time哥役 of one of the Farallone islands, in the Pacific, is at present living at Everett, Mass. He is $4 years old. FITS St. Vitus' Dance and all Nervous Diseases permanently cured by Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Send for $2 trial bott. and treatise. Dr R H. Kline, Ld., 80 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. When first taken from the mines opals are so soft that pieces can be picked off with the fingers. 'Wrinkles and Facial Blemishes removed by use of French paste. The only reliable remedy for wrinkles known. Form and paste for sale. Pint jars, $2.50; quarts, $5. Agents wasted. Sure seller. Large com- mongery. Suite 11s, Lange hotel, Portland, Oregon. Patrick J. Meehan, the oldest editor of a Catholic paper in the United States, having served continuously for 54 years as editor of the New York Irish-American, is dead. Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use for their children during teething period. Mrs. Jefferson Davis was reported as greatly improved. More Converts Every Year Every day in every year that comes, more housewives are giving up their exhorbitant priced Baking Powders and turning to K C, the honest and reliable, which has stood so well the test of years. They are finding out that K C BAKING POWDER costs one-third the price of powder anywhere near K C quality, and makes better, purer, more healthful baking. 25 ounces for 25c. Send postal for "Book of Presents." JAQUES MFG. CO. Chicago, Ill. THE KING OF BLOOD PURIFIERS No other remedy has given such perfect satisfaction as a blood purifier and tonic or is so reliable in the cure of blood diseases of every character as S. S. S. It is known as "The King of Blood Purifiers," and the secret of its success and its right to this title is because "IT CURES DISEASE." It is an honest medicine, made entirely of purifying, healing roots, herbs and barks, which are acknowledged to be specifics for diseases arising from an impure or poisoned condition of the blood and possessing tonic properties that act gently and admirably in and possessing tonic properties that act gently and admirably in the up-building of a run-down, weakened or disordered condition of the system. One of the greatest points in favor of S. S. S. is that it is the only blood remedy on the market which does not contain a mineral ingredient of some kind to derange or damage the system. It is the one medicine that can be taken with absolute safety by the youngest child or the oldest member of the family, and persons who have allowed their systems to get in such condition that most medicines are repulsive to the stomach will find that S. S. S., while thorough, is gentle and pleasant in its action, and has none of the nauseating effects of the different mineral mixtures and concoctions offered as blood purifiers. As every part of the body is dependent on the blood for nourishment and strength, it is necessary that this vital fluid be kept free from germs and poisons. So long as it remains uncontaminated we are fortified against dis As every part of the body is dependent on the blood for nourishment and strength, it is necessary that this vital fluid be kept free from germs and poisons. So long as it remains uncontaminated we are fortified against disease, and health is assured; but any impurity, humor or poison acts injuriously on the system and affects the general health. Pustular eruptions, pimples, rashes and the different skin affections show that the blood is in a feverish and diseased condition as a result of too much acid or the presence of some irritating humor. Sores and Ulcers are the result of morbid, unhealthy matter in the blood, and Rheumatism, Catarrh, Scrofula, Contagious Blood Poison etc., are all deep-seated blood disorders that continue to grow worse as long as the poison remains. But all blood diseases are not acquired; some persons are born with an hereditary taint in the blood and we see this great affliction manifested in many ways. The skin has a waxy, pallid appearance, the eyes are often weak, glands of the neck enlarged, and as the taint has been in the blood since birth the entire health is usually affected. In all blood troubles S. S. S. has proved itself a perfect remedy and has well earned the title of "KING OF BLOOD PURIFIERS." It goes down into the circulation and removes all poisons, humors, waste or foreign matter, and makes this stream of life pure and health-sustaining. Nothing reaches inherited blood troubles like S. S. S.; it removes every particle of the taint, purifies and strengthens the weak, deteriorated blood, and supplies it with the healthful properties it needs and establishes the foundation for good health. As a tonic this great medicine has no equal, and it will be found especially bracing to weak, anaemic persons. Rheumatism, Catarrh, Sores and Ulcers, Skin Diseases, Scrofula, Contagious Blood Poison and all other blood troubles are cured permanently by S. S. S., and so thorough is the cleansing of the blood that no trace of the disease is left to break out in future years or to be transmitted to offspring. If you are in need of a blood purifier get "THE KING" of them all, S. S. S.—and good results are assured. Book on the blood and any medical advice desired furnished without charge to all who write. Rome—Altnough Vatican authorities make the statement that the condition of Pope Plus X. is as good as can be expected under the circumstances, there is no question but that there is grave aprehension over the fact that his malady is not yielding to treatment as it should. TWICE-TOLD TESTIMONY. A Woman Who Has Suffered Tells How to Find Relief. The thousands of women who suffer backache, languor, urinary disorders and other kidney ills, will find comfort in the words of Mrs. Jane Farrell, of 606 Ocean Ave., Jersey City, N. J., who says: "I reiterate all I have said before in praise of Doan's Kidney Pills. I had been having heavy and other kidney his will find comfort in the words of Mrs. Jane Farrell, of 606 Ocean Ave., Jersey City, N. J., who says: "I reiterate all I have said before in praise of Doan's Kidney Pills. I had been having heavy backache and my general health was affected when I began using them. My feet were swollen, my eyes puffed, and dizzy spells were frequent. Kidney action was irregular and the secretions highly colored. Today, however, I am a well woman, and I am confident that Doan's Kidney Pills have made me so, and are keeping me well." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. "I had expected there would be a great splurge at Miss Fawtyfore's wedding, but it seems to have passed off quietly." "Oh, yes; the young man submitted to the operation without a murmur." —Chicago Tribune. Gentlemen:—S. S. S. is used as a family medicine in our home. I myself have taken and always found it what it is claimed to be. It thoroughly cleanses the system of impurities, increases the appetite, improves the digestion, and builds up the general health. I have given it to my children with fine results. It promptly restores the appetite and clears the skin of all eruptions. It is a very fine blood tonic and has my hearty endorsement. 124 S. 9th St., Lebanon, Pa. P. H. THOMPSON. sustaining. Nothing reaches inherited blood troubles like S. S. S.; it removes every particle of the taint, purifies and strengthens the weak, deteriorated blood, and supplies it with the healthful properties it needs and establishes the foundation for good health. As a tonic this great medicine has no equal, and it will be found especially bracing to weak, anaemic persons. Rheumatism, Catarrh, Sores and Ulcers, Skin THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, ATLANTA, GA. ROOT FOR BETTER CONSULS. New Bill Makes Limitations on Proposed Plan. Secretary Root intends to undertake the reorganization of the consular service as soon as the new law for that purpose goes into effect on the first of July, and so far as it will permit he will apply the merit system to all promotions. In the reorganization, Secretary Root proposes to carry out the spirit of his original proposition as far as possible, and hereafter all vacancies in the higher consulates are to be filled by promotion, and all original appointments are to be made to the lower grade. An examination will be required to ascertain the qualifications of the candidate, and he must be able to speak the language of the country to which he is going except China, Japan, Turkey and other oriental countries. In such exceptions the candidate must be able to speak French. This rule will be applied in promotions also. "Yes," said Miss Ann Teck, coolly, "I am free to confess this much. Mr. Kallow has expressed more than ordinary regard for me and I believe he appreciates my affection for him." "Yes," replied Miss Knox, "his own mother being dead, I suppose he does."-Philadelphia Press. Big Fire on Barren Island. New York.—The plant of the Sanitary Utilization company, covering two acres on Barren island in Jamaica bay, has been totally destroyed by fire. The loss is $1,000,000. The fire started in the drying room. AUTOMOBILE STRUCK TRAIN, TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED Westbury, L. I., May 24. - While running at 40 miles an hour an automobile owned by P. F. Collier dashed into an eastbound express at the railroad crossing. The two occupants of the machine, George Bishop, the chafeur, and Fred Whitehead, a valet in the Collier family, were instantly killed and the machine was wrecked. The men were on their way to the Meadow Brook club. It is impossible to see a train at the crossing until it is almost reached. Because of several accidents at this place it has been named Death crossing. Bishop apparently did not see or hear the approaching train. Twenty yards from the crossing Bishop threw on the brakes, but the momentum carried the automobile along at an apparently undiminished speed. The machine crashed into the second car of the train with a loud report, as if the gasoline tank had exploded. The automobile was caught between the rear trucks of the car and dragged along for nearly half a mile before the train was stopped. Bishop and Whitehead were pinioned in the wreckage and carried along by the train. The men were literally ground to pieces. THOUGHT IT WAS EARTHQUAKE Terrific Explosions of Powder Frighten Racine Citizens. Racine, Wis., May 21.—Two terrific explosions, which shook buildings throughout the city, occurred early Saturday and hundreds of persons leaped from their beds, believing that there had been an earthquake. The shocks were caused by an explosion at the Lafflin & Rand powder mills, located at Pleasant Prairie, where the glaze and press rooms and the corning mill were blown to pieces, involving a loss of $25,000. Windows in houses throughout the village were broken. One man was hurt. There are more aquatic birds than there are land birds. Scrofula Few are entirely free from it. It may develop so slowly as to cause little if any disturbance during the whole period of childhood. It may then produce dyspepsia, catarrh, and marked tendency to consumption, before manifesting itself in much cutaneous eruption or glandular swelling. It is best to be sure that you are quite free from it, and you can rely on Hood's Sarsaparilla to rid you of it radically and permanently. Accept no substitute, but insist on having Hood's. Liquid or tablets, 100 Doses $1. SWIFT'S SPECIFIC, THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER. Don't Poison Baby. FORTY YEARS AGO almost every mother thought her child must have PAREGORIC or laudanum to make it sleep. These drugs will produce sleep, and A FEW DROPS TOO MANY will produce the SLEEP FROM WHICH THERE IS NO WAKING. Many are the children who have been killed or whose health has been ruined for life by paregoric, laudanum and morphine, each of which is a narcotic product of opium. Druggists are prohibited from selling either of the narcotics named to children at all, or to anybody without labelling them "poison." The definition of "narcotic" is: "A medicine which relieves pain and produces sleep, but which in poisonous doses produces stupor, coma, convulsions and death." The taste and smell of medicines containing opium are disguised, and sold under the names of "Drops," "Cordials," "Soothing Syrups," etc. You should not permit any medicine to be given to your children without you or your physician know of what it is composed. CASTORIA DOES NOT CONTAIN NARCOTICS, if it bears the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher. 9,00 DROPS CASTORIA AVegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS, CHILDREN Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opum, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old Dr. SAMUEL PITCHER Pumpkin Seed • Alcumine • Rochelle Salts • Anise Seed • Peppermint • Plantain Seed • Warm Seed • Clothed Sugar • Wintergreen Flavor Aperfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Rac Simile Signature of Charles H. Fletcher. NEW YORK. At 6 months old. 35 DROPS - 35 CENES EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. NABBED IN ALAMEDA, CAL. Fugitive Puter Was Long Sought by Uncle Sam. S. A. D. Puter, accused of complicity in the Oregon land frauds, the man who has been hunted for months by the federal authorities since he escaped from detectives in Boston, has been arrested in Alameda by secret service men. Puter did not willingly submit to arrest, and attempted to draw a revolver. The detectives quickly covered him with their pistols, but even then had much trouble in getting their prisoner to the police station. Puter had taken the name of James William Barr, and traveled under that alias since leaving the east. He informed the detectives that he had engaged passage on a steamer for China and intended leaving for that country in a few days. According to the secret service men, Puter's room on Park avenue resembled an arsenal. Over his bed hung a Winchester rifle and in a drawer was a heavy Colt's revolver, besides the one found in his possession when captured. It's a poor kind of faith that never feels its need of a father until it gets dark. W.L. DOUGLAS SHOES ALL PRICES BEST IN THE WORLD THE WORLD'S GREATEST SHOPMAKER SOLE AGENTS FOR W.L. DOUGLAS SHOES ESTABLISHED JULY 6, 1876. CAPITAL $ 2,500,000 W.L. DOUGLAS MAKES & SELLS MORE $10,000 disprove this statement. You could take you into my three large factories at BKK, where I care with which every pair of shoes is made, you would realize why W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes cost more to make than any other shoe of the year longer, and are of greater intrinsic value than any other $3.50 shoe. W. L. Douglas Strong Made Shoes for Dress Shoes, $2.60, $2.91, $3.15, $1.80 CAUTION -- Insist upon having W.L. Doug- lain on a substitute for genuine without his name and address. Fast Color Eyelids use; they will not wear brassy Write for Illustrated Catalog. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. Spokane N. U., No. 21. 06 Letters from Prominent Physicians addressed to Chas. H. Fletcher. Dr. J. W. Dinsdale, of Chicago, Ill., says: "I use your Castoria and advise its use in all families where there are children." Dr. Alexander E. Mintie, of Cleveland, Ohio, says: "I have frequently prescribed your Castoria and have found it a reliable and pleasant remedy for children." Dr. J. S. Alexander, of Omaha, Neb., says: "A medicine so valuable and beneficial for children as your Castoria is, deserves the highest praise. I had it in use everywhere." Dr. J. A. McCleian, of Buffalo, N. Y., says: "I have frequently prescribed your Castoria for children and always got good results. In fact I use Castoria for my own children." Dr. J. W. Allen, of St. Louis, Mo., says: "I heartily endorse your Castoria. I have frequently prescribed it in my medical practice, and have always found it to do all that is claimed for it." Dr. C. H. Glidden, of St. Paul, Minn., says: "My experience as a practitioner with your Castoria has been highly satisfactory, and I consider it an excellent remedy for the young." Dr. H. D. Benner, of Philadelphia, Pa., says: "I have used your Castoria as a purgative in the cases of children for years past with the most happy effect, and fully endorse it as a safe remedy." Dr. J. A. Boarman, of Kansas City, Mo., says: "Your Castoria is a splendid remedy for children, known the world over. I use it in my practice and have no hesitancy in recommending it for the complaints of infants and children." Dr. J. J. Mackey, of Brooklyn, N. Y., says: "I consider your Castoria an excellent preparation for children, being composed of reliable medicines and pleasant to the taste. A good remedy for all disturbances of the digestive organs." GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of Charles H. Hutchens. The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY. For a Good Complexion For a Good Complexion MEMORIAL SUNDAY IS MAY 27. G. A. R. to Observe by Attending Designated Churches. In a general order to the G. A. R. by Commander in Chief Tanner attention is called to the fact that, by common consent, the Sunday preceding Memorial day has become generally known as Memorial Sunday. This year Memorial Sunday will occur May 27th, and the commander in chief expresses the hope that ex-soldiers will assemble and attend divine services at one or more designated churches. When we want advice that's helpful, We must buy it, all agree. We get nothing good for nothing, That's not good-for-nothing. See? —The Catholic Standard and Times. FOR Clear Eyes —Sweet Breath —Clean Tongue —Calm Nerves —Good Temper and —Poise Eat a Cascaret whenever you suspect you need it. Carry a little 10c Emergency box constantly with you, in your Purse or Pocket. When do you need one? —When your Tongue is coated - When your Tongue is coated - When you have Heartburn, Belching, Acid Risings in Throat. - When Pimples begin to peep out. - When your stomach Gnaws and Burns. That's the time to check coming Constipation, Indigestion and Dyspepsia. * * * One candy tablet night and morning, taken regularly for a short time, is warranted to cure the worst case of Constipation or Indigestion that walks the earth. One tablet taken whenever you suspect you need it will insure you against 90 per cent of all other illies likely to attack you. Because 90 per cent of these illies in the Bowels, or exist through poor Nutrition. Cascarets don't purge, don't weaken, don't irritate, nor upset your stomach. They don't act like "Physics" that flush cut the Bowels with a waste of precious Digestive Juice needed for tomorrow's Bowel-work. No. they act like Exercise, on the Bowels. Instead. Don't Get Wet! TOWER'S SLICKERS will keep you dry as nothing else will, because they are the product of the best materials and seventy years' experience in manufacturing. TOWER'S FISH BRAND A. J. TOWER Boston, U.S.A. TOWER CANADIAN G Toronto, Can. TOWER'S FISH BRAND A. J. TOWER CO. Boston, U.S.A. TOWER CANADIAN CO., Ltd. Toronto, Can. I Complexion They stimulate the Bowel Muscles to contract and propel the Food naturally past the little valves that mix Digestive Juices with Food. They strengthen these Bowel-Muscles by exercising them. This stronger action, producing greater nutrition from food, brings back to the Bowel-Muscles greater strength for self-operation. The Bowel-Muscles can thus, in a short time, dispense with any Drug assistance whatever. Cascarets are safe to take as often as you need them, while pleasant to eat as Candy. * * * Then carry the little ten-cent box constantly with you in your purse, and take a Cascaret whenever you suspect you need it. One Cascaret at a time will promptly cleanse a foul Breath, or Coated Tongue. All druggists sell them—over ten million boxes a year, for six years past. Be very careful to get the genuine, made only by the Sterling Remedy Company and never sold in bulk. Every tablet stamped "CCC." . . . FREE TO OUR FRIENDS! We want to send to our friends a beautiful French-designed, GOLD-PLATED BONN 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. Address: 12345 Main Street, Address Sterling, Remedy Company, Chicago or New York Joseph H. Tucker, Foreman. WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF Letter Heads Galling Garden and D All Work Guaranteed Sath Letter Heads, Note Heads, Galling Gards, Envelopes and Dodgers. All Work Guaranteed Satisfactory or Money Refunded. One Trial is all we Ask. Locals. 19 S. Main, Helena, Mont. If you are a race man, and have the pride that goes with it, subscribe for THE PLAUNDEALER and keep posted on the doings of the race. 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. Pleas notify this office when you change your address; or if your paper does not reach you regularly each week. Commencing next week THE PLAINDEALER will run each week an Owl Column with the old Knocker Man as its editor, and would be society folk who turn out to be midnight can rushers and noodle joint frequenters bad better walk straight or they will hear some thing drop. A hint to the wise is sufficient. The Helena Giants will play the 7th Infantry ball team at Central Park, Sunday afternoon at 30'clock. Admission 25 cents. H. Banks left the city last Tuesday for the east. Damon's New Orleans Color d Concert Company played at the 1st Congregational church on last Friday evening to a full house. The company is refined and up-to-date in every respect. There were some extraordinary fine voices and Prof. Damon as a violinist ranks way up among the best. The song service at St. James A. M. E. church at 8 o'clock Sunday evening will be conducted by Mrs. Sarah Ford, and a great treat is in store for all those who attend. The teachers at St James are training their children for the exercises on June 10th. Children's Day. Mr. Valentine of Missoula was in the city a few days this week on his vacation. There will be another ball game at Central Park Sunday Gus Mason intends to visit Port. land some time in June. Saturday was pay-day at the depot and the boys were all smiles. Spencer Smith is now in the employ of Uncle Sam and we know that he will stick. Sunday eve the regular monthly song service will be held at St. James church. An excellent program is promised. --- s, Note Heads, ords, Envelopes Dodgers. tisfactory or Money Refunded. Mr. Wm. Crosby was in on his regular run from Billings Tuesday, Jos. Mays is out in the mountains cooking for a party of hunters and anglers. Dan Letcher has resigned his position as cook at the union depot. Our genial friend Dr. O. M. Lanstrom who went to Buffalo, N. Y. to have an operation performed, is speedily recovering and will soon be back to dear old Montana. W. C. Rose, better known as Tex, who has charge of the Broadwater baths report a rushing business at that famous resort. Mr. Ganey of Great Falls, our popular mail cierk passed through Sunday. Elder Hubbard passed through Helena Tuesday enroute to Billings where he will hold quarterly meeting Sunday. City Attorney Day is a rapid fire gun in putting business before the council. He makes everyone understand and is of great assistance to the mayor in keeping things moving along. Jennison and Beatty are the brand new members who are just beginning to get acquainted with the machihery incident to the conduct of business of the city, and they no doubt will faithfully represent their constituents. Sawed and Split Wood and CO.AL. Yard, 437 W. Main St. Residence 370 Water St. Phone 632-F. Helena, Montana There is a somewhat ancient lesson contained in the following from the New York World, but it is so excelsent that the storm is now moving back but 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 Money-maker; 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 80 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 3 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. Pina Hts - Ltest Styles. GANS & KLEIN COMPANY, Established 1866. Pleasant Draper, Chiropodist Manicuring Leave Orders at 11 South Main Street. Zanzibar Cafe and Lunch Room 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 Episcopal church, located at Col. 5th Ave. and Hoback street, New Jordan Allen, Passion. Services Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7-30 p. m. Sunday School, 2 p. m. A. Marshall, Sept., Carrie Dorsey, Chosier, Florence Anderson, Sec'y. Prayer Meeting Wednesday Evening. Class meeting, February evenings. R. J. Fletcher Lodge No. 104, A. F. and A. M., meets the first and third Wednesday even- ings of each month in the Lucas Block. R. I. Ford, W. M.; Jus. Crump, S. W.; W. H. Ruins, W. G. Gen. Alexander, S. W.; R. Dussey, Trens. Baud Lodge No. 11, A. F. and A. M., meets the first and third Monday evening of each month in 14-1-2 S. Main St. H. J. Baker W. M.; G. M. Lee, S. W.; J. Harris, J. W. Chas. Emon, W. W. C. Rose, Trens. Bensheba Lodge, O. E. S., meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesday evenings of each month in their hall in the Lucas block. Mrs. Chas-Johnson, W. M.; Mrs. N. Ford, A. M.; Albert Napper, W. P.; Mrs. M. Simmons, Mrs. C. C. Matthews, Scott.; Mrs. Jock. Con.; Mrs. J. Harrison, A. B; M. O. J. Arnert, W.; Chas. Johnson, S.; Mrs. I. Napper A.; Mrs. Jas. Crump, R.; Mrs. M. A. Cole, Easher, M. E. Doeos, M.; Mrs. George Alexander, Electra. 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. Keed, V. G.; J. Howard, P. N. G.; N. Ford, P. S.; W. Pearson, E. S.; W. Cotter, Trees; J. W. Crump, N. F.; Albert Marshall, Chapin, W. Mason, Warlock, J. Ingram, I. G.; J. Tolbert, P. N. F. Household of Ruth, No. 842, meets the end and the 4th Tuesday evening of each month. Mrs. Manie Simmons, P. M. N. G. Mrs. N. Minshall, M. N. G.; Mrs. S. Ford, R. N. G.; Mrs. E. Johnson, N. G.; Mrs. G. Irwin, W. K. Pride of Mountain Lodge, No. 4, K₁₀ of P., meets the end and the 6th 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. Cohen, M. of E.; H. H. Howard, K. of R. and S.; D. Gordon, M. at A.; Geo. Harrison, O. G. W. C. Irwin, I. G.; A. Nappet, Freeland. 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 Grave Prop. Harry E. Soulhurg Mer. 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 Compan Helena, Montana. ZANZI Saloon Art Tonsorial Parlors. Jiards. Free Library Elegant Furnished nection. Steam He Electric Lights. Professional The 121-23-25-27 CL HELENA, Phone 479. Not Black Parlor, P BARBER SHOP ZANZIBAR Moon And Can Special Parlors. Pool and Free Library and Gyna- tic Furnished Rooms in Steam Heat, Baths Lights. 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