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, 1996, 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. W. T. VERNON REGISTRAR OF U. S. TREASURY MAKES A NOTABLE ADDRESS AT YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONGRESS IN WASHINGTON D. C., AUG. 2d At the session late yesterday afternoon W. T. Vernon, Registrar of the United States Treasury, delivered an address on the theme, "The Work of the Negro Minister in the Solution of Pending Problems," in the course of which he said, in part : "For more than nineteen centuries the gospel of the Nazarene has been proclaimed to erring mankind, and the best hearts and best brains of the world have been given to its fostering. I take up no pessimistic strain—I rather cite unvarnished truth when I say that there are wrongs to be righted that shall yet call for the supreme efforts of the good, the pure and holy. "We believe the pulpit iscal cuisted to be, as ever, one of the greatest forces in social progress. No one doubts the work to be done. Furthermore, we know it will not be done of itself. The law of cause and effect inexorbly require effort for the accomplishment of results. "An intelligent diagnosis of the condition affecting society as a body has revealed a mortuary list doubly increased because of a disregard of the laws of health, and the promoters of public morals and human rectitude are astounded to find our great cities incubators of crime. The disclosures thus manifested can but arouse to activity those desiring a betterment in the condition of mankind. Against such condition and results our present leaders must battle. Rectifying of Ills. "The causes that lead to a rectifying of humanity's ills must be the result of a growth of sentiment having its hopes centered in the words, 'And I, if I be lifted up from the earth will draw all men unto me.' " "I observe here that the greatest efforts for reform socially, for the settlement of the oppressed of earth, have come from efforts to out in force the teachings of Him who died to make men holy. "I was the golden rule that turned humanity's batteries on slavery and wiped the tears of four million slaves from their faces. It will be the golden rule in force, when it comes, which will make the whitest man and the blackest man of America shake hands and say, 'Verily, all we are brethren.' "Daniel Webster once said, Where have the life-giving waters of civilization ever sprung up, save in the track of Christian ministry?" further, he said: 'I contend that no literary efforts, no adjudications, no constitutional discussions, nothing that has ever been done or said in favor of the great interest of universal man, has done this country more credit at home and broad than our body of clergymen.' Application of Laws. "The supposition that laws externally applied can rectify ill is decidedly erroneous. Laws can be repressive in the case of the criminally inclined, but nothing can be substituted for the creation within of a clean heart, the lifting up of a soul out of the quagmire of low thoughts and vicious aims. To this end all are bending energies to the confronting of the mind of the individual to the better things of life, to the planting within of a hope of greatness—the result of goodness. We have learned this, that men can only be made wise and strong from internal causes working outward in accordance with an awakened conscience. "Out of the effectual effort for improvement has come the acknowledgment that God gives men certain inalienable rights,—life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,—and that the man who overrides or usurps these is worse than a thief and a murderer. Christ taught the duty of man to man. To this more and more we must come. The sea-born gale, the rolling plain for hundreds of years have brought the echo of the tocsin of war,—but the wars of this latter day have not been for the sport and jest of kindly murderers. They are the results of some dispute as relates to the liberties of a people who would no longer be enslaved. "To train out of the lower self to the higher self, to rise out of the ignoble into the noble, to direct aright the ever-growing mind, to make better the ever-evolving soul, to put to work the idle hand, directed by the enlightened brain inspired to nobler deeds by an illumined spirit,'-tis that which makes man, no matter what the race or color, God's noblest workmanship and earth's all." Be Careful What You Say. In speaking of a person's faults, Pray don't forget your own ; Remember, those with houses of glass Should seldom throw a stone. If we have nothing else to do But talk of those who sin, 'Tis better we commence at home, And from this point begin. We have no right to judge a man, Until he's fairly tried ; Should we not like his company, We know this world is wide; Some have their faults,—and who has n The old as well as young; Perhaps we may, for aught we know, Have fifty to their one. I'll tell you of a better plan, And find it works full well. To try my own defects to cure, Before of others tell; And though I sometimes hope to be No worse than some I know, My own shortcomings bid me let The faults of others go. Then let us all when we commence To slander friend or foe, Think of the harm one word may do To those who little know. Remember curses, sometimes like Our chickens "roost at home;" Don't speak of others' faults until We have none of our own— NOTICE. The Western Negro Press Association will hold its next annual meeting in the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado, on September 21 and 22, 1906. All newspapers west of the Mississippi are requested to send representatives. All business men are requested to participate in the meeting. This session will be one of the most important meetings ever held, and will be of very great importance to the race. Matters of importance to the race in the great West will be under consideration, and as we are nearing another presidential contest, it is important that we exchange views now. We urge that a large attendance be present at this meeting. W. H. DUNCAN, President. Colorado Springs, Col. NICK CHILES, Chairman Executive Committee, Topeka, Kan. W. H. TWINE, Secretary, Muskogee, Indian Territory, Helena, Montana, Friday, August 17, 1906 AND HOLDS SPELLBOUND A HELANA AUDIENCE AT THE AUDITORIUM MONDAY EVENING. The Rt. Rev. Bishop Abram Grant, D. D. was at his best when he faced one of the most intelligent and appreciative audiences that ever gathered in the Auditorium last Monday evening. His subject, "Problems that Confront the American People," was a timely one, and struck an enthusiastic, responsive chord from the audience. The Bishop, who has traversed to a large extent the globe, declared that at no time has he ever admitted that there was a Negro problem any more than there was a German, Swede, Irish, English, Italian or Chinese problem. He contended that there was great danger ahead for the American people if the tremendous arrivals of aliens at Castle Garden continued. Only last year 1,800,000 arrived; and in 30 years or less, if conditions which are forming maintained, the people of America would face such a condition of heterogeneous citizenship that they would of necessity forget that there was ever such a thing as a Negro Problem. He strongly advocated a National Educational System, and that of Industrial Education; he strongly denounced the liquor traffic. BLIND, DEAF AND PUMB. BLIND, DEAF AND PUMB. With eyes that do not not hear, and with a con- susceptible to the feeling lation of their solemn nouns, Officials of the fair Treasure State still publication of the Anti-gamble. The POKER games are blast, and new games WHO IS GETTING OFF? WHO! ! N. B. Since writing pendent has come out stu- against gambling, but we about to begin the 1st offi- is going on NOW, FU. Our position is that the city should get revenue for will be free from any st With eyes that do no see, with ears that do not heir, and with a conscience which is not susceptible to the feeling of shame, in the violation of their solemn official oaths the Public Officials of the fair Capitol of the great Treasure State still pay no heed to the violation of the Anti-gambling Law. The POKER games are still running full blast, and new games are being opened up. WHO IS GETTING THE RAKE-OFF? WHO! ! N. B. Since writing the above the Independent has come out strongly in an editorial against gambling, but errs when it says it is about t to begin the 1st of September, because is is going on NOW, FULL BLAST! Our position is that if it is to continue, the city should get revenue from it, so our officials will be free from any suspicion of Graft. THE PEOPLE SHALL KNOW! It was our intention last week for to give minute details of the gambl the press of business has made it in detail, but be assured that we shall of places and names of the men who them), and if necessary, names of the ambs to be brought up to slaughter Our idea in doing this shall be the It was our intention last week for this issue of THE PLAINDEALER to give minute details of the gambling proposition to our readers, but the press of business has made it impossible for us to complete every detail, but be assured that we shall in an early issue give the names of places and names of the men who run the games (when we can get lthem), and if necessary, names of the regular players who await the ambs to be brought up to slaughter. Our idea in doing this shall be to put the officials next, so that they need not err in performing their duties, or that the revenue which has always been due the city shall again find its way to the city strong box. If, perchance, after we have published this exposure, the officials do not move it will be high time for an investigation as it will then be almost a foregone conclusion that someone is receiving something for protecting the games from the meshes of the law. We shall print our limit of extra copies, and distribute them gratuitously, so that the people will know. SEE! His Answer to a Modern Scientist. Some one of the modern scientists who claimed that the Negro was soulless, and who further advocated that if they could be fattened like cattle and hogs for food, there would be a solution to the problem. The Bishop answered him by saying that he knew of one or two average Negroes, if he would eat their heads, that he, the scientist, would have more brains in his belly than he ever had in his head. He depreciated the trend of our people visiting town, and that there was a greater hope for them in agriculture. And all that they ask is to give them a clear track, and a chance to make their way. He asked the good people of the country to try the criminal who commits depredations, and not place the blame at the door of the whole race. For more than an hour and a half the venerable Bishop, who was at his best, held his audience spellbound by his eloquent and masterful portrayal of conditions that obtain in this country, and time and again was applauded to the echo. The people of Helena, as THE PLAINDEALER predicted, Jeel highly honored by the visit of the distinguished prelate, and should he favor the city with a visit again, the seating capacity at the auditorium will be at a premium. to see, with ears that do conscience which is not of shame, in the vio- official oaths the Public Capitol of the great way no heed to the vio- bubling Law. are still running full are being opened up. ING THE RAKE- ing the above the Inde- strongly in an editorial errs when it says it is of September, because is FILL BLAST! if it is to continu , the from it, so our officials suspicion of Graft. or this issue of THE PLAINDEALER ing proposition to our readers, but impossible for us to complete every in an early issue give the names to run the games (when we can get the regular players who await the to put the officials next, so that duties, or that the revenue which State Library Eastern exchanges have of late contained news of colored women who have acquired prodigious sums of the coin of the realm, and whose jewelry and dress have attracted so much attention as to make one write column after column about them. In that respect, however, Montana has a women of our race who can give some of the financial queens of the East cards and spades, and then they will look like thirty cents. Mrs. Agnes Bush of Boise City, who is at present sojourning in the capital city of Montana, came into the limelight of public notice through the loss of a trunk. Now the losing of a trunk of itself would be only of a passing notice, but when the trunk was traced and returned to the owner through the efforts of Mr. W. Walters of a local detective agency, and when opened at the depot for identification, the railroad officials fell back aghast at the value of its contents. As she laid out piece by piece they began to realize the possible size of the damage suit that its recovery MRS. AGNES BUSH OF BOISE CITY Valuable Trunk from the R. R. Co. Guest at the Boston Block, which had relieved them of, and they began to ask "Who is this woman, and is she really of African extraction?" THE PLAINDEALER man was called on, and hence this story for the information of the public. When Mrs. Bush left Boise for Helena, in the hurry and bustle incident to getting aboard the train, the baggage man gave her the wrong check, and her own check was given to another. When she arrived at Helena, and her trunk was brought, she at once of course, discovered that she had received the wrong trunk; the railroad officials were at once notified and a tracer sent out for the trunk, which was, it was learned, en route to Wichita, Kan. Days lengthened into weeks, and the only thing she could learn was that prise. She is, as we have learned, of rare business tact, and has a long lease on properties at Boise City which net her about $500 per month. A conservative estimate of her holdings, jewelry, cash in bank, etc, is about $55,000. She has succeeded in our axiom of "Have Something," and is not in anyway penurious, for no charity, or one in need appeals to her in vain. She is broad-gauged and liberal, and the acquisition of wealth has in no wise turned her head. We were so crowded for space this week that our editorial and political columns had to be sacrificed. Look out for our next issue! YOU CAN FURNISH YOUR HOME COMPLETE YOU CAN FURNISH YOUR HOME COMPLETE YOU CAN FURNISH YOUR HOME COMPLETE For Half the Money Required at other stores if you will come to our Sea partment for your Furniture, Carpets, Stoves Furnishings. This Department is not filled junk, but clean fresh goods that have been use and are practically as good as new. Arthur P. Cur Required at other stores if you will come to our Second Hand Department for your Furniture, Carpets, Stoves and House Furnishings. This Department is not filled with old junk, but clean fresh goods that have been used slightly and are practically as good as new." Reliable Housefurnisher, Grand Street. --- the trunk was located at Wichita, Kan., and would be forthcoming. Mrs. Bush, becoming exasperated at this delay of her valuable belongings employed, as stated, the services of W. Walters, of a local detective agency, who through his own agency began a systematic search for the truhk; he located the same later at Kansas City, and then it had been side-tracked at byway places, and finally again located at St. Paul, and finally notified Mrs. Bush to come to the Union Depot and identify her trunk. The following is only a partial list and value thereof that the trunk contained: One Sealskin Cloak $604.00 One Dress 150.00 Three Hats 80.00 Hose 24.00 1 Box Gloves 20.00 Underwear 125.00 Miscellaneous 250.00 Skirts 120.00 Her bank books, three in number, the least of which bore credits of deposits of $5,740.00, of course had to be identified, making the total amount represented in loss of trunk something like $35,000.00. The bank books however, were in themselves no loss, as notice was immediately served on the Boise bankers when mistake in trunk was discovered. These discoveries in regard to a lady of Afr can extraction of course directed much attention toward Mrs. Bush, and a prominent official called up THE PLAINDEALER to ascertain if this person was really colored. The PLAINDEALER man sought her out and found her bedecked in one of the swellest costumes we ever laid our eyes on, preparing to go to the opera, with real diamonds almost as large as walnuts, rings broaches, etc. By conversing with her we found her not only to be of the Sons of Ham, but a woman of exceptional race pride, who is desirous of seeing her people prosper, and willing at all times to do her part in encouraging race thrift and enter- TY, IDAHO, Who Just Recovered Her At Present Sojourning in Helena, a Is Conducted by Mrs. C, K, McEvoy. prise. She is, as we have learned, of rare business tact, and has a long lease on properties at Boise City which net her about $900 per month. A conservative estimate of her holdings, jewelry, cash in bank, etc, is about $55,000. She has succeeded in our axiom of "Have Something," and is not in anyway penurious, for no charity, or one in need appeals to her in vain. She is broad-gauged and liberal, and the acquisition of wealth has in no wise turned her head. We were so crowded for space this week that our editorial and political columns had to be sacrificed. Look out for our next issue! will come to our Second Hand De- Carpets, Stoves and House ment is not filled with old what have been used slightly as good as new." D. Curtin, usher, Grand Street. No. 23. 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. At Maysville, 1. 2., Feceni, Patterson ehot and instantly killec Dr. Herrod. ‘The case of the railways against the ticket scalpers of Omaha and Lincoln Neb., has been decided by Judge Gar land of the federal court and the in junction asked for against the brokers was granted. ‘A severe earthquake lasting two sec onds occurred at San Remo recently ‘The population was panic stricken Slighter shocks occurred at Bordighera ec | Go'dirodiz. ‘The Finnish senate has ordered the withdrawal of the red guard from the country and a petition to the em peror is being prepared in favor of the re-establishment of the old Finnish army of eight battalions for the pur pose of restoring the authority of the new Finnish government among the amuses. Brodie L. Duke of Durham, N. ©: of the American Tobacco company, has teen granted a decree of divorce from Alice Webb Duke, whom he mar: ried in December, 1904. R. O, Blair, wanted by the Denver police for participation in a big dia- mond robbery in Now York City some time ago, has been arrested in Seattle by detectives, who found their man at the race track. W lam J. Bryan, accompanied by his wife and daughter, Colonel Wet: more and Mr, and Mrs. Dunlap, are 'n Faris, John A. Cooke, former clerk of the circuit court in Chicago, who wos found guity of irregularities in hand: Hay tho funds of the office, has bee sentenced to an indeterminate cerm not .n exceed five years, in the peniten ary. ‘The navy department has Just been informed by the naval academy of the first violation of the so-called anti hazing law of April 9, 1906. This re port gives the names of four or five midshipmen who are considered wor thy of dismissal. ‘The president has ordered Sevre- tary Bonaparte to send to Oyster Bay ‘a fu! seport on the alleged furnishing of bad meat and breadstuffs to navy yards ty contractors. Colvin B. Brown of San Francisec is in New York to open an easters bureau of the California promotion committee in the Waldorf-Astoria ho tel. ‘The fourth olass at the naval acad ‘emy wil. consist of only 200 mombers, making it the smallest class at th: academy since 1903. ‘Judge Lawrence has refused to issue an order requiring Mayor Tom John: son of Cleveland to replace the cor poration street car tracks he recently tore up to make room for a competitive line. W. H. Whiteman, former judge of the supreme court of Arizona, is dead. A new labor union to be known as the United Teamsters of America has been formally launched as the rival of the International Brotherhood of ‘Teamsters. A lyncher has been sent to prison for 15 years In North Carolina. First conviction of the kind in the history of the state. Strike at Leland Stanford university has been settled on open shop basis ‘and reconstruction work has been re sumed. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railway has decided to dispense with telegraphers and handle trains by usc of automatic block signals and tele phones. The university professors of St. Pe tersburg and other higher educational establishments have adopted a reso lution in favor of the unrestricted ad mission of Jews. Santa Monica, Cal—Acting on the theory that the young woman found murdered in Temescal canyon was brought down to the beach, officers and detectives are carrying their in vestigation into the vicinity of Cala basas, a few miles above. ‘The Claus Spreckles mansion at San Francisco is to be restored at an ex penditure of $800,000. Secretary Taft, accompanied by Brigadier General Bell, chief of staff will make a tour of Inspection in the middle west early in the iall, Representative and Mrs. Longworth have arrived from Europe. They are at Sagamore Hill and will remain the guests of President Roosevelt for sev: eral days, when they will proceed te Cincinnat! by way of Washington. At Rio de Janeiro is being held an educational convention. Its object {s to reform the system of education throughout the republic. Speakers to day cited the system prevailing in the United States as a model. ‘Theater Men Defy Law. Louisville, Ky.—In defiance of orders of the board of public safety to keep the house closed Sunday, the managers of the Avenue theater opened under disadvantages. Police were stationed at the doors to keep the actresses from entering. Some of the actors and several persons had entered before the police arrived and the other actors were piloted into the theater by way of the roof. CAUSES ANOTHER SUICIDE. Chicago's Bank Failure Proving @ Bad One. Chicago—Frank Kowalski, paying teller of the Milwaukee Avenue State bank, which failed Monday, and for some time assistant receiving teller in addition to bis other duties, shot and killed himself at bis home. Crit- icism by neighvors and lifelong friends who accused him of a share In the downfall of the bank, is believed to have driven Kowalski to his death. Kowalski has complained bitterly of the suspicions of his friends, and declared that unless his character was speedily cleared he would take bis own life. Kowalski’s relatives are firm in the belief that he was innocent of any wrong doing in the management of the bank. Kowalski was 30 years old and bad worked for the bank for 13 years. While the coroner was holding an ‘inquest over the body of Kowalski a crowd of angry foreign men and wo- men gathered about the house and cre- ated a demonstration. A Polish man and woman entered the house and hurled athemas at the family, shook their fists at the body and cursed the memory of the young man. ‘The crowd tore the wreath of crepe from the door and crushed it in the gutter. The excitement grew to a riot, when the police subdued it with clubs. More Than One Thief. All theories that Paul O. Stensland was the sole forger of the $1,000,000 worth of crooked notes in the looted Milwaukee Avenue State bank have been smashed. ‘At least three other men In addition to the crooked president are thought to have been engaged in the production of bogus signatures, ‘The big forger, it Is said, is Cashier Hering. The authorities now believe his hand planned the signatures to over $500,000 worth of crooked paper. ‘The first thing to make the inquist- tors certain was the discovery of a bogus $10,000 note with the name of M. A. Labuy attached to it. When confronted with the signature and charged with its execution, Hering became embarrassed. IMPOSTER IN RUSSIAN CAMP. Fake Officer of Reds Gets Military Secrets. ‘There have been many frequent cases in the central Russian provinces of the revolutionary agitators wearing the uniform of an aide de camp of the emperor going through the country an- nouneing to the ignorant peasantry that the emperor has decreed the dis tribution of all land, but that the no bles and landlords were preventing the news from reaching the peasants and instructing them to take what the emperor has given. A still bolder fraud has been ex posed at Kharkov which illustrates the deceptions to which the revolutionists are resorting in order to penetrate the military secrets of the government, and to open up channels for their propa ganda in the army. Some time ago a man appeared at the headquarters of the commander of the Kharkov garri son, representing himself as Lieuten. ant Pojotsky, aide de camp of General Sukhomlinoff, commander of the mili tary district of Kiev, in which Khar koy lies, He presented what appeare¢ to be an official document, authorizing him to transmit orders regarding the disposition of troops. The idea of questioning the man’ authority never seemed to have en tered the mind of the commander o} (ne garrison, who received him with the greatest attention, and turned over for his inspection all military docu ments in his possession. ‘ For several weeks “Lieutenant Po jotsky” was entertained by the offi cers, was a prominent figure at the musary reviews, and personally ac companied several “punitive” expedi. tions into the country. When he lef it was with full military honors. Later, in the course of correspond ence of General Sukhomlinoff, it was discovered the man was an imposter: In consequence of this the commander of the garrison has received a scathing riprimand, and general orders have heen issued from the war department varning garrison commanders through out the empire to beware of similar tricks of the revolutionists. In addition to the military Informa tion which the revolutionary “Iieuten ant" secured, M. Kharitonienka, a rich land owner, mourns the loss of $8,000, which he willingly loaned to the dash ing young “aide de camp” of General Sukhomlinoff. In Bad Hands. An Incredible state of affairs reigns at Warsaw and at Lodz, in Russia The inhabitants are at the mercy of bandits and terrorists. Murders and robberies, reports of which are not published, occur daily. The authori tles aparently are powerless. At Lodg today six terrorists attacked a German factory owner and his clerk, who, re turning from the bank, shot and killed both, and decamped with $700. . Alfonso to Visit Scotland. King Alfonso and Queen Victoria ar rived in Cowes for a visit to Lord Leith of Fyvie (Alexander Forbes Leith), in Scotland, where King Al fonso will indulge in some shooting Lady Leith was Miss Marie January of St. Louis. “Well, T never had such a slow time tn my life as T had last night.” “Why, I heard you were playing poker.” “So I was; with my wife, your wife and my sister, not in earnest, but just for fun.”—Philadelphia Press. FIVE WERE DROWNED | Enea PROMINENT CITIZENS OF DAVEN- | PORT, WASHINGTON. They Had Been Enjoying the Waters of Spokane River When One of Their Number Was Drawn Down by Un: dercutrent and the Others Were Drowned While Trying to Rescue. Davenport, Wash. Aug. 13.—Five well known citizens of Davenport who lad been enjoying an outing on the banks of the Spokane river about 12 miles northeast of here were drowned Sunday and only one body has been re covered. The vicums are: Miss Winnie Jones, aged 19 years. A. L. Bergett, aged about 40. Mrs, A. Bergett, aged about 35. Roy Howard, aged 28. A. 1. Inman, aged 34. Four of those drowned heroically sacrificed their lives in attempting to save others, One after another they plunged into the river, only to lose their footing and be drawn down either by the whirlpool or the undercurrent, which at that point is particularly dan- gerous. L. F. Moore, who returned to Daven: port with the body of Mrs. Bergett. gives the following account of the dis tressing tragedy, gleaned from others of the party who were eye witnesses Attempt to Rescue Miss Jones. “The women were bathing and wad ing at a point near Laughburn's place lgcated close to the scene of the big slide last year in the Spokane river Miss Jones ventured out too far, got beyond her depth and Mrs. Bergett immediately waded out to assist. Mrs. Rergett was soon in the same danger as Miss Jones. Both women were struggling in the river when A. L. Ber gett, husband of Mrs. Bergett, rushe¢ out to save them. He also was ren dered helpless by the swirling waters ‘The screams of Miss Irene Danson and Miss Daisy Hutchinson, who were ox the bank and unable to reach theit drowning friends, brought A. L. Inman Roy Howard and Mr. Pauline, whe were a considerable distance away and the three men attempted to react those in distress. Mr. Inman ventur ed out too far and he also was sucked under the surface. Howard Loses His Life. “Pinding they could not hope to sav¢ the others by swimming out to them Mr. Pauline and Mr. Howard rushed for their horses, hoping the animals could find footing on the bed of the river far enough out to reach the vic tims, “Mr. Pauline's horse refyted tc venture out. ‘Mr. Howard's hoi¥ypwen as far as the animal found Tea stand up, and, when being urged by the rider, threw Mr. Howard into the stream. Mr. Howard was swimming to shore, but suddenly was sucked under by the whirpool, and he also drowned Mr. Pauline saw his friend sink, bul was unable to reach him. Mr. Pauline then went for assistance and found Mr. Moore. They recovered the body of Mrs. Bergett, which floated on top of the whirlpool, but che other bodies had disappeared.” News of the accident reached Daven: port shortly after noon. In less than two hours every available vehicle in the city was on the way to the scene. Dynamite was taken along in hope of bringing the bodies to the surface. All afternoon the rescuers worked, and late tonight few of them had returned. Davenport is shaken to Its very cen- ter by the calamity. Every one of the victims was well known and prominent In the life of the town. Failing in their efforts to dislodge the bodies by exploding dynamite in the river, Davenport citizens are mak. Ing efforts to get a diver from Seattle or Spokane. The river will be watch: ed for miles below, and the search will be thoroughly organized. Later. Tuesday—All the bodies have been ‘recovered. Uncle Sam's Boys Killed. First Lieutenant John F. James and two privates of the Eighth Infantry, with Contract Surgeon Calvin Snyder and Internal Revenue Collector Wil- Hams of Mlinois, were killed in a hand to hand fight with a force of Pulajanes at Julita, island of Leyte. The detach. ment, which numbered 10 men, was greatly outnumbered, but made a gat lant fight. The Pulajanes captured three pistols, four Krag-Jorgensen ri- fes and 300 rounds of ammunition. Mad Mullah’s Bloody Raid. The correspondent at Aden of the London Daily Mail reports that the mad mullah has raided the Somaltland border. killing more than 1000 of the Rare Haron tribe, dwelling in the Oxa- den region, and capturing 10,000 cam els. ee All Kentucky Went “Dry.” The wave of moral reform that has recently passed over Kentucky culml- nated in the enforcement of nearly all of the existing Sunday closing laws and as a result nearly every part of the state was actually “dry” as a des- ‘ert. The ashes cast out of Vesuvius in the recent outbreak will prove a bless. ing in the long run. Professor Zinno has examined them and found them free from ingredients injurious to plant life, while containing others that will promote the growth of grape vines, grass and vegetables. The peasants have lost no time in plowing in this valuable fertilizer, to prevent its being washed away by rains. ee ee DAY OF ACCIDENTS. sunday Proved a Day of Many Fa talities. One person was instantly killed, an- other was probably fatally injured and two other persons were slightly hurt ven au automobile in which they were riding was struck by a Chicago & Milwaukee electric car in Evanston, m. Sirs, Elizabeth H. Slaughter, 35 years of age, Was killed. ‘A car containing 50 persons on tu@ Cleveland & Eastern Traction line jumped the track eight miles south- ‘vest of Chardon, Ohio, injuring eight persons, some of them seriously, and nearly drowning @ dozen others in @ large stagnant pool, into which the car plunged. Milton Whetstone, aged 33, cashier of the Citizens’ National bank of Lansford, Pa., was killed and Daniel MeGeeban, aged 27, assistant cashier of the same institution, was fatally in- jured near Tamaqua by their carriage ‘ving struck by a trolley car. ‘W. H. Hyres, secretary of Me a tional board of trade of Kansas City, shot and killed himself in a weed- grown field of Kansas City soon after he had informed a director of the board by telephone that he was short $10,000 in his accounts. George Moe, aged 18 years, was kill- ed and Miss Minnie Gurschke, 17, was severely injured in an accident on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad : MeCook, Ill. ‘An automobile turned over near Houston, Texas, George Meiklejohn, a passenger, being killed. J. Campden and a Mr. Drake were hurt, but win recover, LATE NEWS ITEMS. San Francisco is humming and the rebuilding of the city goes on at @ rapid rate. ‘The steamship companies have ac- ceded to the demands of the steve dores’ union, which demands 50 cents an hour for a day of nine hours and 76 cents for overtime. Senator W. A. Clark of Montana af: ter laviog taken a trip through the mining belt from Montana to New Mexico has left New York for Liver- pool. Diamonds valued it is said,at #6000, were stolen recently from the salesroom of Carrau and Green, wholesale jewel- ers of San Francisco. Thet hieves es- caped. Despite the attempt on the life of the Grand Duke Nicholas at Kraasnoye Selo, the emperor, accompanied by his entire family and the major portion of the court, has gone to Krasnoye-Selo to spend a week at the guards’ camp. By drilling 45 1-16 inches in 15 min- utes, Walter Bradshaw and M. F. Nic- hols, known as the Pittsmont team of Butte, won the $1500 cash prize at the big miners’ union picnic at Butte last Monday. John Mevor and William Ross of Bisbee, Ariz., won the second prize, $500, by drilling 44 1-16 inches, and third prize, $200, went to Fred Flick and Joseph Freethy of Butte, whc Grilled 40 4-16 inches. The contest wa: the greatest ever held in the west,eight teams contesting. The attendance at the picnic was 25,000. The Granby Consolidated Mining comanpy has declared its quarterly%dit idend of 8 per cent, or $405,000, paya ble September 15. “This is at the rat of $1,215,000 a year on the big copper. gold mines and smelters at Phoenis ‘ané Grand Forks, B.C. SPORTING NEWS. Battling Nelson has been matched with Joe Gans for a finish fight at Goldfields early in September. Kid Hermann of Chicago was given the decision over Benny Yanger in a glove contest at Indianapolis at the end of the tenth round before 3,500 persons at the baseball park. Frank Payne of Tacoma Saturday captured the Pacific northwest inter. national tennis championship by de- feating the former champion, W. A. McBurney of Spokane, in the challenge match. Worcester, Mass.—Fighting for the place from the beginning of the mile and a half straight away race for the international honors in the four-oared race on Lake Quinsigamond today, Dan Murphy's quartet, representing the Portland Rowing club of Portland, ‘Oregon, pulled against four of the fastest crews on the continent, landing in second place, close behind the Non: pareils of New York, and two lengths ahead of the Ravenswood crew ot Long Island City, four lengths ahead of the Winnipeg men and seven lengths ahead of the Metropolitans. It was the most interesting race of the day at the 34th annual regatta of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen, and was witnessed by thou sands of persons, who cheered the plucky Pacific coasters on their skill and brawn in strange waters, 4,0. ‘miles from home. Navy Short of Men. Lack of officers in the navy is em phasized just now, when applications are in for leave of absence for a shor time during the hot months. Most of these requests have been refused, as there are not enough officers to go round. Some of the ships are without their full quota and there is a demani for officers to fill the details ashore and in the various bureaus. Professor H. P. Bowditch, after 31 years of continuous service on the fa gulty of the Harvard Medical school and one of the best known authorities in the country on physiology, has re ene te talon @ ten out FOUGHT UNTO DEATH OLD TIME PARTNERS IN STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON. Mike” MeKale Killed Willlam Drugan While Dying Man Was Stretched on the Ground, He Fires Six Shots at His Antagonist—They Quarrelled About Authorityship of Trout Lake. Chewelah, Wash, Aug. 13.—After the most desperate gun fight in the ‘annals of Stevens county “Mike” Me- Kale slew William Drugan Sunday at Brown lake. The men were veteran prospectors, both over the half century mark in years and of violent dispost tions. They quarreled over permitting a party of Chewelah men to Ssh In the lake, Both rushed for their guns. ‘Twelve shots were exchanged, Drugan firing six rounds after McKale’s first bullet had stretched him dying on the ground. McKale is under arrest at Chewelah. ‘After the duel he gave himself up to W. J. Jackson, deputy sheriff. No charge has been placed against him. Six Chewelah men were present when the altercation commenced, and from a distance witnessed the duel to the death. When the fight became in: evitable the visitors bolted for cover, whence the terrible scene was enacted before their eyes. Their testimony {s that Drugan was the aggressor when it came to shooting and that he was in the act of aiming his rifle when Me. Kale fired the fatal shot. The fight hinged on the hospitality extended to the Chewelah party by Drugan. Drugan was raising his rifle to his shoulder when McKale opened the bat tle with a shot, The bullet found a billet and Drugan fell. Lying on the ground, and gasping his life away, the old prospector fired six shots at the man who had been his partner fo years in the lonely hills. McKale ad mits firing six shots in all. Druga had one cartridge left in the magazin of his rifle when his strength failed. Drugan and McKale were odd olé men of the hills, The dead man was generally regarded as being insane. McKale will be held by the authori ties pending the disposition of thé lease. BOOM MINING OF SILVER. peSerese ‘ Action of Secretary of Treasury Boon to the West. “The principal result of the resump- tion of silver purchases by the treasury department, under the necessity of an increased demand for subsidiary coins,” says General Frank Hall, the veteran mining writer, ina signed artt cle in the Denver Post, “will be to stim. ulate the production of silver bearing ores from mines already opened. Cer- tain mines that have been closed siuce 1893 will be reopened, because the market will be more stable and in the ever present hope of an advance in price. This implies early enlargement of both milling and smelting facilities. “Nothing that has occurred in the last decade has caused more rejoicing among producers of mineral than the action taken by the secretary of the treasury just promulgated. The bene- ficial influence will be felt throughout Colorado and all the mining states of the west. It will augment the produc. tion of gold, and also of the rare met- als, An increased output of silver means a large volume of lead, zine and copper, for these metals are so closely associated it is practically impossible to increase one without a correspond- ing increase of the others,” OAKLAND STREET CARS CRASH. Pacific Coast Baseball Nines in the Wreck—Two Deaths. The most disastrous street car acci- dent in Oakland, Cal, in years oc curred Sunday afternoon, when a Tel egraph avenue car, packed with pleas. ure seekers from Berkeley and Idora park, erashed into a Key route elec: ‘tric train, bound from Piedmont to the ‘Ferry mole, at the Fortieth street crossing. A score of persons were badly {njured, at least two of whom are so badly hurt that death May re- sult, The Injured were nearly all riding in the street car. On the street car Were most of the members of the San Francisco and Los Angeles ball teams, who had just finished a game at the park. A defective air brake on the street var is said to have been the cause of the accident. Although nearly all the members o! the San Francisco and Los Angeles baseball teams were on the car Wheeler, Dillon and Umpire Hodson were the only ones hurt. Lord Ashton is an immensely wealthy British peer, but his gene. rosity is on a scale with his income. He has made his vast fortune out of the great carpet and linoleum works founded by his father in Lancashire. The town of Lancaster only last year accepted gifts from Lord Ashton, to the amount of $560,000. His rordehi has no son to inherit his wealth, which will probably go to his daughter, who is married to Hon. William Peel, eld. est son of the ex-speaker, Viscount Peel. At her marriage Lord Ashton settled $150,000 a year on his daughter and $50,000 a year on her husband. — A shoestring welcomes the dust for the company of a pretty foot, MINING NEWs_ by Stanley A. Easton, manager of» Bunker Hill & Sullivan mine anette at Kellogg, Idaho, the company's tae tor working over its immense tallest dump of a million tons will be for operation November 1. The pi, will have @ capacity of 1,009 tom tailings a day. The tallings, it hay me calculated, will run between $2,5) ag, $4.50 a ton, gross. Pay ore is being taken f, Cracker Jack mine near Bre. Hump. ‘The long tunnel in the Barn, mine at Kendall, Mont., will be, pa pleted, and the ore bodies in the nory end of the property, located a year agg by means of the diamond drii, wit t available. ‘The tunnel extends 59) feet and is the largest engincering ve dertaking yet carried out in the eanp The Kendall mine will also be taking out ore from the new bodies, reache, through workings from the new shaft within a short time, and both ming will begin taking out higher grate ore at about the same time. Shipments of ore from Rossland, B, ©. last week were somewhat lover than for the week previous, as the larger mines are paying attention chiefly to development work and the additions to their working facilities, Today was payday for the large mix ing and smelting concerns in the Boundary, B. C., district, the amount of eash to be distributed by them and a few days later by the railway com panies, who haul the ores and mining supplies and smelters’ products, being about the same as last month, namely, about $200,000. Joun Sullivan committed suicide st igureka by touching off a stick of giant powder and standing over it until the explosion occurred. ‘The Cascade Mining company, which bas been running a hydraulic plant near Liberty, in the Swauk district, near Ellensburg, Wash., has ceased perations. For several years the com pany has actively pusheu operations with the largost and best equipped by- draulic outfit in the northwest. Gold was found, but not in sufficient quam tity to make the proposition a paying one. Resumption of silver coinage means 2 big boom in silver mine product and allied metals. Development will be resumed soon on the property of the Capitol Mining company near Wallace, Idaho. ‘The three compartment shaft, which is to be the main working shaft of the Granby mine near Phoenix, B. C,, is be ing rapidly pushed forward. A survey Is to be made of the upper tunnel of the Tamarack & Chesapeake mine, near Wallace, Idaho, and the tunnel is being cleared for this pur pose. The old Ruby mine, near Conconul Wash., is to be again operated by the Plant & Callahan Mining company, which has been incorporated with 4 capital of $6,000,000. Several claims adjacent to the mine have been a quired by the company. The installation of the new smelting works of the British Columbia Copper company, at Boundary, B. C., is expect ed to be completed inside of two months. The smelting plant will bave a capacity of from 1000 to 1500 tons & day. The East Hecla Group Mining com |pany has just been organized to de velop 24 claims adjoining the Heel and Gertie mines near Burke, Idaho Some work has been done. About $700 worth of placer gold was brought into Wallace by the Hauck Jbrothers, who are operating placet claims on Placer Gulch, near Wallace, Idaho, ‘The largest quartz nugget | weighea $20. The East Butte Extension Minin company has just acquired some more mineral land in the immediate vicinity of the properties operated ly the com |pany near Butte, Mont. It now owns ae Set eer Beer Tee ; . Preparing for Big Crowds. There is more work going on 10¥ at the grounds of the Spokane Inter state fair than ever before at this tie of year, since the year that the fal was moved to its present location it the eastern limits of the city. T handsome grandstand has been & larged and nearly doubled in capacltf and men are at work building th new exposition building, which will be used by the 150,000 club of Spokane for its home industry display, and for the entertainment and vaudeville fe tures which will be given each ever ing. B. W. Fisk, a contractor of ‘Helen’ Mont., is in Spokane to study the my ner of construction of the new gran stand. He has a contract for bullding ‘a $15,000 grandstand for the Montant state fair at Helena, ‘The architet followed closely the plan of the SP kane building and now the mange ment of the Montana fair has sent Mt Fisk to Spokane to learn more In det! the manner of construction. Mr. Pik says it is one of the finest grandstants he has seen. Plague Reaches England. Plymouth, Eng.—On board steamship Arabia, which arrived be? from Bombay was a Lascar sailor sf fering from bubonic plague. The a became ill August 6 and was {sols The liner was fumigated and pass™ gers were allowed to land. Bs aa ‘The new primary law, by which cat Aldates for office are voted fF Z the people instead of being nominal in caucus, was tried tu Chicas? SY urday for the first time and prove! | Aeiiads siaieeian: A Few Interesting Items Gathered From Our Exchanges of the Surrounding Country—Numerous Accidents and Personal Events Take place—Fail Trade Is Good. IDAHO NOTES. Word was received at St. Marles that Peter Basoa, better known as Indian Pete, stabbed and perhaps fatally wounded a tribesman known as Long Timothy, who is under the shadow of horse stealing. of the law for horse Stantry Newman was severely bitten by a rabid dog at Lewiston while he and Dudley Gillman were trying to capture the roving animal. Newman his life with a bullet. man ended his life. For more than an hour at Lewiston Saturday the thermometer registered 107 degrees, the hottest day of the year. When completed the Culdesac branch of the Northern Pacific will be one of the most remarkable pieces of construction work in the entire system. In the first 19 miles out the road climbs higher than on any other 19 miles on the main system Between Culdesac and the top of the hill the road will pass through six tunnels, travel twice the air line distance, and attain an altitude of more than half a mile above the level of the sea. One of these six tunnels will be but a few feet less than 1,000 feet long, and besides containing a horseshoe curve will be the backbone of a switchback seven miles long. The cuts along the uphill grade will be among the heav est on the entire Northern Pacific system. 85 At Burke, Della, aged 6 years, daughter of Frank Cavaness, who fell into a wash boiler of boiling water, died from her scalds. Wallace is literally surrounded by forest fires, and daily for the last week quantities of valuable timber throughout the district have gone up in smoke. It is impossible to estimate the damage. John O. Peters, a prominent merchant of Council, has been arrested on a charge of arson in the first degree. The Umatilla county court has appropriated $1,000 to the district fair association to provide a county exhibit at the fair September 24 to 29. This makes a total of $2,500 available MONTANA NEWS. The racing at the Montana state fair this year will be better than it has been in the past, both in the number of even entries in the stake events and the quality of the horses. The Great Falls wool market has closed business for the year. Lovers of the fastic art will hall with delight the announcement that Mike (Twin) Sullivan, of Boston, and Jack Dougherty, the speedy mitt slinger from Milwaukee, have been signed to box in Butte Labor Day. Arrangements for the county fair, which will be held September 26, 27 and 28 in Anaconda are fast being completed. The plan for having Miles City and Lewistown act together in giving their street carnivals during the coming fall meets with favor in both cities. Gov. Toole has granted a full pardon to Thomas Tighe, convicted in Broadwater county April 4, 1903, of manslaughter, and sentenced to a term of six years in the penitentiary. He had a year to serve. A German count, traveling incognito under the name of Albert Becker, spent last Saturday in Butte. A shocking accident occurred recently at Spring Hill, 15 miles north of Bozeman. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parker was playing near a large washing machine full of boiling water when she in some way succeeded in pulling out the plug which held the water, and before any one could rescue her she was so badly scalded that she died in a few hours. The first of the construction work in enlarging the Boston & Montana smelter in Great Falls has been started. An unusually hot spell prevailed in Montana nearly all last week. Sunday the government thermometer at Miles City registered 106, and the one at Havre 102 degrees, these places being the hottest in the state. The body of Dave Grenneld, the railroad man who died at White Fish, was taken to Plains for interment. He was a freight conductor on the Great Northern, and was clearing up a wreck when he sustained injuries which caused his death. Mrs. William J. Evans, living five miles east of Anaconda, is dead. The twentieth annual session of the Montana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church is being held at Billings this week. At St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, recently, Mr. Mallet, who died, was one of Montana's first white settlers. He came to what now is known as the Butter Root valley in 1855. The picnic of the Modern Woodmen of America in Missoula last Sunday was one of the greatest affairs of its kind in the history of the state. OREGON NOTES: That the expected unprecedented hop crop of Oregon will fall to materialize is the belief of conservative hopmen. That it will fall below early estimates, it is declared, is a certainty, and that it may be even smaller than that of last year is not wholly unexpected. After being out about 20 minutes, the jury in the case of Cal D. Barnard, charged by the government with perjury, returned a verdict of guilty, in the federal court at Portland, but recommended the defendant to the clemency of the court. The city of Freewater voted against the charter to authorize the sale of intoxocating liquors within the corporate limits and to empower the city council to license saloons, by a decisive vote of 52 to 11, recently. WASHINGTON ITEMS. Ed Bloom, who committed suicide in the penitentiary at Walla Walla, was well known in Spokane. While at work with a hay press on the farm of Mr. Ramey, three miles east of Tekoa, Leland Wheedon, a 13-year-old boy, had his right foot caught in the machine and crushed to a pulp. Two men were killed and three severely injured by the premature explosion of dynamite at a railway construction work camp near Kennewick. An advance of $1 is noted in the price list issued Monday by the Spokane lumber combine over the previous lists. Grain bags are selling at higher prices than for many years. The best wheat sacks bring 11 cents, while oat sacks sell for 10 1-2 cents. A large number of farmers are preparing to handle their wheat in bulk this season, thus dispensing with the expense of buying and handling sacks. While Mrs. Getty, her daughter and a woman friend were sitting in the Getty home on the ranch 10 miles from Ferry, a drunken saloon keeper attempted to force his way into the house. Mrs. Getty warned him and when he tried to crawl through a window, killed him with a r. e. bullet. More than $1,000 worth of stolen goods cover a long table at the Tacoma police station. The farmers around Palouse are in a quandary as to what variety of wheat to seed on summer fallowed land this fall. Settlement of the death claim of George H. Curtice, a victim of the Camden wreck on the Great Northern several days ago, has established a precedent in the state of Washington for death cases by that company. Mrs. Stella M. Curtice, living in Spokane, widow of the deceased, will receive $15,000. Similar claims settled by the Great Northern have not exceeded $6,500. Scarcity of hay in Kittitas valley and high price of grain sacks force farmers to cut wheat which would run 40 to 50 bushels to the acre for hay, which is now bringing $13 per ton. The Northern Pacific Railway company has filed with the railroad commission formal objection to the order of the commission relating to joint wheat rates together with a brief in favor of modification of the order. Three miles north of Garfield the engineer of a passenger train discovered a burning bridge, put on the brakes and stopped the train in time to avert an accident. As it happened, the tank car, baggage and mail and smoking coaches were precipitated over the bank and burned. No one was injured. The city buildings and five of the principal business houses of Farmington were destroyed by fire at an early hour Monday morning. The city buildings destroyed are the city hall and the city jail. The total loss is estimated at $2,000. No lives were lost. A fire which is supposed to have been started by a tramp who took refuge in an occupied livery barn, swept away a number of wooden buildings in Waterville at early hour Monday morning, resulting in a loss estimated at approximately $20,000. Besides the property loss, one man was severely burned and another was badly cut and bruised. The latest reports are that both men will recover. Soldiers Camped Near Tacoma. With Olympia as a base, an army commanded by Colonel Marion P. Maus, Twentieth infantry, will attack the city of Tacoma Friday. Defense will be made by Colonel Edwin A. Goodwin. Fourteenth cavalry and his "brown" brigade. Colonel Maus" force will be known as the "blues." General Punston is to act as chief umpire. The Washington, Montana, Oregon and Idaho militia is moving into camp. All of these will take part in the big battle, which will rage as part of the defense of Tacoma. American Lake, where the troops are encamped, is 12 miles from Tacoma. Wood Finds Graft. Major General Leonard Wood, commanding the United States forces in the Philippines, was responsible for taking the initiative for an investigation into alleged irregularities in connection with the army construction shops at Manila just now profoundly stirring army circles in the far east and in the United States. Harvard Mascot Dead. John Lovett, known to every Harvard man and throughout the college world generally as "John the orangeman," died at the Massachusetts general hospital Sunday. McJigger—I understood you to call Mrs. Rownder a widow, but her husband is living. Thingumbob—O! yes, she's what you might call a "club widow," she's a woman who has a "late" husband.—Philadelphia Press. WEATHER HALTS PANAMA CANAL Shonts Says They Will Try the Spanish and Chinese. T. P. Shonts, chairman, and Joseph B. Bishop, secretary, of the Panama canal commission, have arrived in New York from Colon on the steamer Panama. Mr. Shonts says that general conditions in the canal zone are favorable and constantly improving. "All we want," he declared, "is more labor and less rain. The labor problem has been partially solved by the employment of Spanish workmen. We have also advertised for Chinese laborers. Yellow fever has not appeared in a long time and for the nine days previous to my departure no smallpox was prevalent." Mr. Shonts said that the engineering work on the canal was now well under way. "Chief Engineer Stevens and myself have handled Chinese labor, and we found the men all right. They do the work, and that is the principal object. We aim to get the strong, husky laborers from the rice fields of southern China. The importation of Chinese labor does not come under the contract law." Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, condemns the importation of Chinese labor to the Panama canal. He charges Shonts with bad faith in claiming that Shonts promised not to import coolies. LATE NEWS NOTES The shah's rescript to the grand viziers, as finally amended August 10, orders hte formation of a national assembly composed of representatives of all classes form the princes downward. The Spokane, a dark horse, owned by Vice Commodore F. Lewis Clark of the Eastern Yacht club, won the first of the trial races for the defense of the Roosevelt cup Monday at Marblehead, Mass. Within 12 hours Monday Alexander R Chisholm, paying teller of the First National bank of Birmingham, Ala., was arrested charged with the embezzlement of $97,000 of the pank's funds, given a preliminary hearing before the United States Commissioner Watson and put under bond of $25,000, and, failing to make it is in the custody of the officials. The shortage at the bank was discovered while Chisholm was on his annual vacation. C. W. Beale of Wallace, Idaho has received from the United States circuit court the opinion of Judge James H. Beatty of Boise, judge of the court mentioned, denying the application for permanent injunction against the mining companies operating mills in the Coeur d'Alene district form ever again allowing the refuse from their concentrators to reach the waters of the Coeur d'Alene river. A small cloudburst in the Blue mountains in Oregon last Sunday evening caused an avalanche of earth, gravel, trees and boulders to sweep down the steep mountain side near the North Fork, crashing into the middle of a westbund freight train. Eight cars were smashed to kindling wood and two tramps that were seen aboard the train a few minutes before cannot be found. Hundreds of excursionists from Pendleton were spending the day at Meacham and being unable to return were compelled to pass the night in the rain. Orders for the formation of the Atlantic fleet to be reviewed by President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay on September 3, have been issued ta the navy department Four boys, all under 9 years old, were struck and killed by a train while walking across the railroad bridge over Broad street in Elizabeth, N. J. The bodies of two of the boys fell into the crowded street amidst a number of women shoppers, several of whom fainted. Senator W. A. Clark of Montana has arrived in New York after taking a trip through the mining belt from Montana to New Mexico and will depart immediately for England. Diamonds valued at $6000 were stolen from a San Francisco firm recently. The thieves got away. Despite the attempt on the life of the Grand Duke Nicholas at Krasnoye-Selo, the emperor, accompanied by his entire family and the major potion of the court, has gone to Krasnoye-Selo to spend a week at the guards' camp. James Piere, an Englishman, was fined $25 in police court at Bayonne, N. J., recently for hissing the American flag during the performance at a theater. His action almost caused a riot. A riot occurred at Ciclana, Spain, last Tuesday over local taxes. The mayor and an alderman were stoned and another alderman was stabbed. Civil guards fired on the rioters wounding several persons. The board of equalization of Butte has arbitrarily assess Senator W. A. Clark for $1,000,000 on his stock in the Sau Pedro railroad, $2,440,000 on the United Verde, and assessed bank assets $649,000, making increase of nearly $4,000,000. The senator had been summoned to appear before the board, but did not respond by agent or otherwise. Filininos to Study Farming. Philippine students sent to the United States by the insular government to study agriculture will hereafter devote their attention carefully to the southern states, where sugar, tobacco, rice and other crops well suited to the islands are grown extensively. At present there are 30 young Filipinos in the United States studying farming. Men who have dug pits for their neighbors have trouble in keeping out of them when the sun goes down. 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. 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Its chapters deal with Puget Sound, the Columbia River, the Quenint Indians, the Bitterroot Range of Montana, the Yellowstone National Park. There is nothing better as a guide to the splendid country between the Mississippi and the tide water of the Pacific. Send six cents for a copy, or send the six cents with the address of the friend to whom "Wonderland 1906" is to be mailed, to A. M. Cieland, Gen. Passenger Agent, St. Paul, Minn. The Northern Pacific Railway runs three trains daily in each direction between St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth and Superior, and the Great Pacific Northwest. 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. When the Hair Falls Then it's time to act! No time to study, to read, to experiment! You want to save your hair, and save it quickly, too! So make up your mind this very minute that if your hair ever comes out you will use Ayer's Hair Vigor. 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Harold Somers, WHEN writing to advertisers please mention this paper. has order Express charges prepaid on all drug_orders Stowell Drug Co. Spokane, - - - - - Wash. TORIA The Plaindealer 'Phone Number is 727 L. Augustus Mason returned to the city Friday from a visit to the Southland. Chas. Reed returned from a week's outing in the mountains Tuesday. Mrs. Palmer, accompanied by a party, left for a camping town in the big Blackfoot Country. Henry Baker of the Grandon is taking his annual vacation of two weeks, commencing last Wednesday. Mr. iwlliam Alexander an old time citizen of helena is back visiting friends. St. James Sunday School held its Annual Picnic at Central Park, Wednesday. The children all report a good time. Prof. Jos. Anderson returned to the city from McCloud, Canada. Monday he will accept a position to furnish the music for Gordon & Irvin at the Luzon. There will be a great Holy Bible Scenery given next Monday evening, Aug. 20th, at the St. James Church, from 8.30 o'clock to 10.30. Come one, come all and enjoy yourselves. Jas. Howard who spent a few days in Bozeman last week at the Carnival, returned Monday evening. He reports a splendid timer and that J. W. Bush and Wm. Walker are progressing nicely. 4% COMPOUNDED TWICE A YEAR 4% Savings Accounts Opened from $1 Upwards WE RECEIVE DEPOSITS BY MAIL on ex- actly the same terms as though made in person at the Bank. The mails are entirely safe and are convenient. People in all parts of the country transact banking in this UNION BANK AND TRUST COMPANY HELENA, - - MONTANA Locals S. W. Walker, Mgr. The Rt. Rev. Bishop left Tuesday at 1.30 p. m for Spokane. Quite a number of our citizens were at the station to bid him God Speed. Gordon & Irvin opened their new Saloon at 116 So. Main St., Tuesday evening. They have a clean and very creditable place with all appointments up to date, and no doubt will enjoy a good patronage. They have postponed their Grand Opening to next Saturday night. Everyone is invited to especially be present at that time. Calls on Governor Toole. Accompanied by Rev. Jordan Allen, B.F. Hooper, and the Editor of THE PLAINDEALER, Rt. Rev. Bishop Grant paid his respects to Governor Toole on last Monday afternoon. The Governor expressed his pleasure at a visit from the distinguished prelate, and assured him of a hearty welcome at all times in the great commonwealth. Butte Notes. Rt. Rev. Bishop A. Grant addressed a large audience on Friday evening, at Chaffer Chapel, 60 So Idaho St.; his subject was "What Will the Harvest Be?" The lecture delivered by Bishop Grant will be long remembered by our citizens of Butte. At the conclusion of the lecture a dainty luncheon was tendered [the Bishop downstairs at Chaffer Chapel. BANK BY MAIL On Saturday at ten o,clock. Mr C. F. Jones and a number of his friends, also the guest of honor Bishop Grant, with the hostess boarded an observation car and took the interesting trip over the north side of the city, making the tour of Walkerville and Centerville, and out to the Gardens, where the special attractions afforded much pleasure. Among the other participants were Mrs. C. F. Doris, Mrs. M. E. Doris, Mrs. C. P. Smith and Mrs. E. Johnson. Mrs. Ida Winters left Thursday for Portland, Ore. Mr. H. C. Parsons is in attendance at the Grand Lodge, which convenes in Pueblo, Col. Mrs. Will Jones has returned from Bozeman after a two weeks' visit with friends, and reports having had a splendid time. Mrs. J. Forster, 122 West Galena St. has been very sick, but is somewhat improved at this writing. Mrs. L. Leachmore of Anaconda arrived in our city Friday, accompanied by her son, Alonzo; Mr. Leachmore is en route to Salt Lake City. Mrs. Frank Walker and daughter, Eralee, of Anaconda, spent Friday evening in Butte. Mrs. Emma Duff of Anaconda spent Friday and Saturday in Butte. Mrs. L. Lucas left Saturday for Spokane, Wash., where she was called to attend a very sick friend. Mr. Leatherbury of Anaconda visited our city Sunday. Mr. E. Oliver left Sunday for his home in St Paul. Mrs. Hall spent a short time in Butte Sunday, en route for her home in Helena. Little Royal Parson is on the sick list. The many friends of Mrs. H. Davis are very much pleased to see her home again. In Honor of Rt. Rev. Bishop Grant. Mrs. D. Walton entertained at dinner on Thursday evening at her home on 522 So. Idaho St., in honor of Rt. Rev. Bishop Grant. The dinner was served in seven courses, and the beautifully decorated table fairly groaned beneath its load of good things. The invited guests present were Rt. Rev. Bishop A. Grant, Mr. and Mrs. J. Davis, Rev. Jones and wife, Miss Ida Shackford, and Mrs. R. Frisby, and on Friday Mrs. Walton also entertained in honor of the Bishop, covers being laid for six. Great bowls of sweetness adorned the table; the guests were Bishop Grant, Mr. and Mrs. Birthright, Mrs. C. P. Smith, and Mr. Duncan. The Ladies' Aid Society meets Monday night with Mrs. R. Frisby. Bishop Abram Grant, D. D., in City. The Noted Divine and Head of the A. M. E. Church in the West, Guest of the City. Bishop Abram Grant arrived in the city Thursday evening on an inspection tour of church work in the West, and for the special purpose of familiarizing himself with the condition of the churches under which he has jurisdiction. The Bishop is one of the most highly educated and polished of the race in the country, possessing a mind thoroughly trained in ecclesiastical work, it has been broadened, and his fund of knowledge greatly increased by the extensive traveling which the scope of his great and useful work necessitates. His lecture Friday night at the A. M. E. Church was upon the religious and economic developments of conditions of the Afro-American in this country. It was a gem in thought and delivery, and was enthusiastically applauded when mention was made of the points that must concern the race. The speaker told of the customs and habits, and manners of the natives and others who live in Africa. He made mentlon of the many different tribes, and as many different dialects used among the natives that he visited. It was mostly a statistical narrative of the conditions, and he went more particularly into the mercantile phase of the settlement. From an historical standpoint his narrative was most interesting He very vividly depicted "what the harvest would bring forth" for those that will be guided by his council. He strongly urges the higher development of industry among the Negro race, and above all refrain from the congested districts of the larger cities, making mention of the untold resources offered in the sparely settled districts throughout the Western States. He spoke of the influence that the Church and Christianity was weilding throughout the world, also touching upon relations that exist between the two races, and that vice and dissipation should ever be avoided. Strong drink, he declares, would ruin the happiness and comfort of homes, and not only stop there, but would be handed down to posterity. The Bishop was escorted about the city in company with a committee which took in the principal parts of interest on the "Seeing Butte Car," while he was the guest of the entire colored population of the city. His quarters were with Mr. and Mrs. Walton; and again we will say that the colored people as a unit feel highly honored in having been visited by so distinguished a personage as is Bishop Grant. DALTON & RICHARDSON Furniture and Household Goods, Agents for Acorn Stoves and Ranges. 335 N. MAIN ST. Telephone 426 B Helena, Montana. C. J. Bausch, Tinner. TIN, COPPER and SHEET IRON WORK Stove and Furnace work a Specialty. 315 N. JACKSON ST. - Helena, Mont. Yourself and Friend Invited to Att GRAND OP OF THE LU SALOO SALOON Saturday Evening, Aug. 18th, 116 South Main St., A Musical Program will be re Also the Famous Dixie Quartette A Musical Program will be rendered. Also the Famous Dixie Quartette will sing. Everybody Made Welcome. Gordon & Truin, props. P. J. NAUGHTON, PROP. Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars 'Phone 778. - 39 E. Broadway Butte, Mont. SILVER CITY CLUB Billiard and Pool Tables in Connection. All Appointments UP-TO-DATE. 38 1/2 E. Park Ave. Butte, Mont. CITY MARKET. J. Eisler, Prop. Fruits, Vegetables, Butter Eggs, Poultry, FiSh and Oysters. 124 West Park St., Butte, Mont Phone 54. Joseph Richards The Oldest Exclusive Undertaker in the City Office Always Open 140 West Park St. PHONE 307 BUTTE, MONT. The Family Theatre, High Class Vaudeville; Change of Program Weekly. Three Shows Daily, 3, 7:45 and 9 p. m. Popular Prices 10, 20 and 30c. C. F BROWN, Fashionable Tailor and Draper Full Line of Imported and Domestic Woolens Always on Hand. 113 N. MAIN ST. Helena, Mont. UNION LAUNDRY GO., (Incorporated.) 116-120 Broadway, 'Phone 13. Helena, Montana. JACOB POST. CIGARS AND TOBACCO 59 S. MAIN ST., Helena Mont. Distributor for Cherry Diamond Cigars Strangers visiting the Capitol City will be given a hearty welcome at all times at the Helena Mont. G. P. ANDERSON, MGR. F. R, ANDERSON, STEWARD. Bands are Cordially Attend The OPENING UZON ON Main St., will be rendered. Quartette will sing. --- The New York Helena, Montana. SPECIALS THIS WEEK 85c Table Linen 59c.—A large collection of all pure Iinen table damasks, 68 and 70 in wide, fine quality, and in a number of new and pretty designs; a bargain at 85c, yard 69c. $1.25 Oriental Tapestry 65c—50-inch Oriental tapestry in the latest Bagdad stripes for cosy corners and draperies, $1.25 value, per yard, 65c. 35c Amisilk 28c—36-inch Amisilk, the best lining in the world, in all the latest shades, 35c value, per yard, 28c. 15c Fine Silkaline, 8 1·3 c—36-inch fast color draper silkaline in beautiful designs, a good va jue everywhere at 15c, yard 8 13c. $2.50 Dinner Napkins $1.69—We have just 50 dozen of these napkins, they are good size and every thread linen, and are an unusually good value at $2.50 per doz., $1.69. 20c quality Women's Fine Black Cotton Hose, warranted fast color, spliced heels and joes, special, pair, 12 1-2c Helen PACKING - AND - PR WHOLE Oysters, Fish, Poultry, Fruit, W Helena, PLEASANT 20c quality Women's Fine Black Cotton Half Hose, made with double soles, big Hose, warranted fast color, spliced heels and heels, colors fast and stainless, 20c values special, pair, 12 1-2c special, 12 1-2c. Oysters, Fish, Poultry, Fruit, Vegetables, Butter and Eggs. Helena, Montana. PLEASANT J. DRAPER. Chiropodist Interesting Notes from the Northwest By our Special Correspondent Mrs. GEORGE WILLIS SEATTLE, Aug. 12th.—We arrived safely in the Puget Sound country; found the weather delightful; but it is so very smoky on account of forest fires in the vicinity. We find Seattle is booming, and is very lively. dered. Then followed and by Mr. W. C. Peoples. Project was "Impressions," confined himself to the sections of the colored pu mixed schools; his language, and his portrayal vertic. The entire program is good indeed, and was alm We attended services at Lee's Chapel Sunday; there was a very good attendance at both services and Sunday School. Rev. Donahue is a very earnest speaker, and one feels they have heard the Gospel preached when he is finished. We made a flying trip to Tacoma last week; expect to revisit the city during the Puget Sound Conference which convenes there about August 20th. Visited the Navy Yards at Breinerton; saw the U. S. Transport Dix in dry dock. Witnessed the ceremonies of the Pacific Squadron changing admirals, which was very impressive. It was the first time in the history of the Northwest that the change has taken place here. The Zion Baptist Church was dedicated last Sunday with very interesting services. The Sunday School of the same church gave a picnic across Lake Washington at Meydenbauer Park, which was a very enjoyable affair, and was well attended. We attended the Literary Friday night. It was the most interesting Literary it has been our good fortune to attend in a long while. It was the closing of the Society, and the program was a credit to any race. The first number was an instrumental solo by Miss G. Harvey, a young lady just budding into womanhood. We didn't learn the name of the pieces, but they were of the classic, and were remarkably well ren --- $2.75, $3, $3.50 Opera Batiste $1.79-12 yard 30-inch Opera Batiste Dress Pattern in the very latest designs, dots, figures, stripes, etc.; a good bargain at $2.75, $3.50, pattern, $1.75. $1.50 and $1.75 Panama Suiting, all new colors, gray blue, brown, green and tan, 60 inches wide, special, per yard 89c. 75c and 85c Wool Dress Goods, all new goods in cheeks, plaids and stripes, 38 to 60 inches wide, special, per yard 39c. 35c quality Women's Hose, lace body effect, colors, tan, white and black, spotted heels and toes, special, pair 25c. 25c. Hall Hose. 15c Men's Half Hose white feet, high splicee heels, double soles 25c quality, special. 15c 20c Half Hose, 12 I-2c—Men's seamless Half Hose, made with double soles, high heels, colors fast and stainless, 20c values, special, 12 I-2c. lena PROVISION - COMPANY SALE Vegetables, Butter and Eggs. Montana. J. DRAPER, and Manicuring South Main Street. dered. Then followed an address by Mr. W. C. Peoples. His subject was "Impressions," and he confined himself to the impressions of the colored pupils of mixed schools; his language was fine, and his portrayal very realistic. The entire program was very good indeed, and was almost entirely of young people. The critic was the best I have heard. The corrections were in good order. The witticisms and personality were very stinging, but were all taken in good spirit by the victims. Rev. Freeman, who was sent to Tacoma this conference year has started a colored organ known as The Seattle Searchlight. We have met some fine people. There is lots of prejudice in Seattle, but our people all seem very prosperous, and I believe the majority of them own their homes. Mr. Wm. Rumford, formerly of Butte is looking fine; we have met several Butte people. Mr. G. B. Aldrich is doing nicely in Tacoma; we were entertained at dinner by them. Mr. and Mrs. Hall entertained Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Willis, Mrs. Norris, Mrs. Butler, and Mrs. Allen at dinner last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Leslie entertained Mr. and Mrs Willis at dinner Wednesday. The Delmonico Boarding and Rooming House. Meals 25 to 50 Cents. House Thoroughly Renovated. Everything First Class. Mrs. Dinah Brooks, PROPRIETRESS