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 1905, 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. Today's Convention. The Republicans are holding their County Convention at the Auditorium today. It is to be hoped that their deliberations will be harmonious to the end that the best possible ticket will be put in the field. No weak-kneed and hypocritical Republican should be nominated for anything. With broad-gauged and wideawake men, they will go before the people with an excellent chance to win. We trust that we shall have such. Truly this L. V. Graye must be an extraordinary man when a City Council will change the ordinances of the city especially to thwart him from entering business, and then he can with a single stroke change the political complexion of the ward in which he lives. He must be a hustler, and most any fair man must admire his pluck and perseverance even against those qualities which disgust. It's good bye La Croix, good bye. Our old home Topeka gets the next meeting of the National Business League. What a time there will be in the old town! We shall have to paint up our red wagon, and go down and get acquainted with the jayhawkers. The Republicans at the primaries give due recognition to the colored brother, electing seven as delegates to the County Convention. It goes without saying that the good work will go on,—that they shall be on delegation to State Convention, and if the party wins will get recognition because of the fact that they have gotten out and done something. Not so Popular Now. We wonder if His Honor, Mayor Lindsay, had his ear to the grass roots last Tuesday evening, when in his own ward his own name which was on the blackboard to be voted on, did not get a single vote. It should dawn upon him that his course in making his administration practically a Democratic one, and the fact that the policy of the administration smacks so much of hypocrisy, and has laid itself wide open, for suspicion of graft has not redounded to the Mayor's credit as a politician, and if he was to be a candidate tomorrow he could not raise a corporal's guard, who would rally to his support. In politics the trait of ingratitude is one that will bring down upon its perpetrator the greatest condemnation, and at the first opportunity the people will not hesitate to show it. The ones who made it possible for him to be Mayor have been entirely ignored. The colored people who can at all times be relied upon for loyalty to party have been absolutely denied recognition, and so it is all along the line, and no wonder his popularity has reached the lowest ebb. Mayor Lindsay is a top liner as a business man, and a thorough gentleman personally. We have for him the highest esteem, but as to statecraft he is woefully weak. and it seems as though he is a subservient tool to those who would wreck the party. Personal. Before coming to Helena to make it our home the Editor of this publication lived in Topeka, Kansas, for a period of thirty-three years; we have always taken a keen interest in public affairs particularly as they affect the race with which our destiny is linked forever. We have always refrained from mixing in affairs in which we had no interest. Last Spring we had not passed through the kindergarten of Montana citizenship, hence, we declined to, in any manner, take part in municipal politics only as publishers who supported the Republican ticket in which we thought our people would at least get a fair deal, but in that we have been woefully disappointed, and it remains for us to meet them at the Philippi. But now, having passed through the kindergarten of Montana citizenship, and are fullfledged citizens, we shall use our prerogative as citizens fearlessly, and stand for that righteousness which exalteth a nation. We cater to no faction; we believe in the principles of Republicanism as advocated by the matchless Roosevelt,—a square deal for all. From the hypocrite we shall ask and give no quarter; and at least one (though humble we may be in our line) will not hesitate to show the public official who is recreant to his trust or promises, to the public in his true colors. We have been asked by some people the reason for our opposition to the renomination of the Hon. Leon LaCroix as County Attorney. We do not oppose his renomination, knowing perfectly well that it will only mean his sure defeat at the polls What we object to and protest against is having such a notoriously incompetent and unfit man filling a public office. If LaCroix is not entitled to a renomination upon his record he should not receive it upon a technicality of party practice. He does not dare ask it upon his record; and so the PLAINDEALER for one says it should not be given him. But there is no danger it will be; his party recognize the impossibility of such a candidate, and will administer the fitting quietus to him on next Thursday. Rev. Jordan Allen, pastor of St. James A. M. E. Church will preach his farewell sermon Sunday evening. The Rev. leaves Monday morning for Pueblo to attend the Annual Conference. Since his pastorate here he has done remarkably well, and the Church has grown both numerically and spiritually. Rev. Allen has had a wide and varied experience in church work, and throughout the West there are many edifices that stand as a silent monument to his thrift and untiring efforts in the cause of the Church. We do not know whether the Rev. will return to this charge or not; but wherever he may go, certain it is he has the best wishes of a host of co-workers and friends from this community. There is a certain Republican City official who has shown by his actions that he is no friend to a large and loyal class of his constituents. In the near future he shall receive the respects of THE PLAINDEALER. We exten' a hearty welcome to the visiting Republican delegates to the Capital City, and we hope they will name a strong ticket to go before the people with at the November election. Helena, Montana, Friday, September 14, 1906. A GREAT MEETING. TOPEKA KANS. GETS THE ANNUAL MEETING, 1906. From Staff Correspondent in The Freeman. ATLANTA, GA., Aug. 31.—"Our leaders should see to it that the criminal Negro is gotten rid of. Making all allowances for mistakes, injustice and the influence of racial prejudice, I have no hesitation in saying that one of the elements of the present situation that gives me most concern is the large number of crimes committed by members of our race. The Negro is committing too much crime, North and South. We should see to it that crimes are fewer in number; otherwise the race will permanently suffer. The crime of lynching everywhere and at all times should be condemned. Our Southland today has no greater enemy to its busi- e n v t ISRAEL HAS AWOKE! Monday, according to press, the Ministers' URGHT that they would at last enforce of the Whi'e they are very DEALER welcomes the cruits that have enlisted the elimination of law. And as the clergy have a moral basis we respect it to the system in sirens of the red light a who subsist and live that while the crusade to THE LINE, LET THE WHERE THEY M Monday, according to the report of the daily press, the Ministers' Union met and resolved that they would at last take a stand for the enforcement of the Anti-Gambling Law. Whi'e they are very tardy, the PLAIN-DEALER welcomes this addition to the recruits that have enlisted in the movement for the elimination of lawlessness and GRAFT. And as the clergy have joined the crusade on a moral basis we respectfully call their attention to the system in vogue, of fining the sirens of the red light district and their lovers who subsist and live off of their sham; so that while the crusade is on lets HEW TO THE LINE, LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY! ness progress than lynchers and those who provoke lynchings. Every man, white or black, who takes the law into his own hands, to lynch or burn, or shoot human beings supposed to be guilty of crime, is insulting the executive, judicial and law-abiding bodies of the State in which he results. Lawlessness in one direction will inevitably lead to lawlessness in other directions. It is the idlers, the loafers, the drunkards, the gamblers,—men without permanent employment, who own no homes, pay no taxes, who have no bank account, who float from one community to another, without interest in any one spot, who commit the crimes that disgrace the race,—not the thrifty, industrious, intelligent, taxpaying classes represented in this organization." STRIKING THE KEYNOTE This was the dominant note struck at a most significant moment by the Seventh Annual Convention of the National Negro Business League, which assembled in this city August 29th to 31st. It was the keynote emphasized in the annual address of President Booker T. Washington, with all the force of his eloquent voice and at Atlanta backed by the full vigor of his inspiring personality. Such an address at this time when the public mind is keyed up to its highest tension by an aggravating chain of circumstances, reflecting upon the good name of the race, comes as a tonic to the distressing situation, and the presence of more than 2,000 prosperous-looking, orderly and refined delegates and visitors, including bankers, merchants, manufacturers, contractors, professional men, druggists, planters, real estate dealers, undertakers, and every class of Negroes that have to do with the educational, moral, economic and religious uplift of the race and nation, has gone far to ameliorate the strained relations that have threatened ill consequences to both the white and black people of this community. It has been remarked as a strange coincidence that upon practically the same spot where, eleven years ago, he delivered the inspired message which caused all the world to pause and listen, that Dr. Washington should sound the keynote that ushers in the second distinct era of the race's development in the present generation. The convention of the race's foremost commercial and business factors that has drawn crowds nightly --- to the report of the daily Union met and resolved must take a stand for the Anti-Gambling Law. tardy, the PLAIN this addition to the reed in the movement for obsessness and GRAFT. we joined the crusade on tactfully call their atten- vogue, of fining the district and their lovers off of their sham; so is on lets HEW TO THE CHIPS FALL MAY! at big Bethel Church, has been an inspiration to the race everywhere, and an eye-opener to those who have been inclined to doubt the capacity to be more than a cipher in the world of finance and trade. WISDOM OF GOING TO ATLANTA THIS YEAR. Events have amply demonstrated the wisdom of bringing this session of the National Negro Business League to Atlanta. There may have been other meetings of the organization more resplendent in certain special features, but the one that has just passed into history stands pre-eminent in at least two particulars,—it served not only to show the white man of the South the great progress the Negro is making along business lines throughout the length and breadth of the land, and the part he is destined to play in the future development of the nation, but it had a local significance so decisive in its effect for good that the result bids fair to be more far-reaching than anything that has occurred in this vicinity in recent years. Conventions of the League there may have been where the attendance of notable and distinguished persons has been larger, but this year the --- enrollment of delegates and the number of interested visitors outstrip by many hundreds that of any previous session of the body, and the composition of the audiences has been of the elements that most needed the practical lessons and stimulating influence of the black man's only substitute for the white man's board of trade, chamber of commerce or stock exchange. MAGIC EFFECT OF DR, WASHING TON'S ELOQUENCE. For at least a month preceding the session of the League, there has been in this city and its suburbs a series of criminal assaults upon women. Some of these crimes were peculiarly atrocious and whether committed by black men or white men disguised as such, warranted the severest penalty known to law. One of the daily papers was openly urging the revival of the Ku Klux Klan, and men usually level-headed and conservative were giving vent to utterances of an incendiary character, hitherto never dreamed of as emanating from their lips. Such was the state of mind among our populace when the League was called to order. Wednesday morning. On the surface all was serenity, but underneath was a slumbering volcano, needing only an ill-advised pronouncement or an injudicious act to ignite a fuse that would have wrought direful consequences to all concerned. When the convention adjourned Friday the relationship existing between the races was gratifyingly cordial and harmonious, and those who had prophesied the visitation of a maelstrom of inter-racial strife were grievously disappointed. It is universally conceded that the sensible well-poised and straightforward address of Dr. Washington's was potent in bringing about this wonderful reversal of popular sentiment in our favor. On Wednesday evening the vast auditorium was crowded to suffocation with a vast concourse of citizens, eager to catch a glimpse of the noted educator, and to hear what had been forecast as an official opinion of the race on the vital problems of the hour. As on all stellar occasions, the "wizard" made "the speech of his life." Its intense earnestness and uncompromising directness carried conviction with it, and the tremendous applause which greeted almost every sentence testified that he had struck a sympathetic chord in the hearts of his brethren. No man anywhere under the sun could have been more unsparing in the denunciation of lynching and of the crime that provokes it. The mob was pictured as being Southern society's deadliest enemy, and he also declared, as recorded above, that no quarter should be shown the criminal who made it possible for the mob to exist. By a fortunate circumstance, Dr. Washington met the editor whose tirades against Negroes have been laying a foundation for perpetual discord, and by a masterly plea for justice, and an YOU CAN FURNISH YOU YOU GAN FURNISH YOUR HOME COMPLETE For Half the Money Required at other stores if you want partment for your Furniture, Furnishings. This Deburp junk, but clean fresh goods th and are practically Arthur P 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. Arthur P. Curtin, Reliable Housefurnisher, Grand Street. aggressive attitude of hostility to the vicious members of the race, succeeded in convincing him of the folly and danger of compelling a whole race to suffer humiliation and ignominy because of the crimes of a few. LEAGUE CAPTURES GEORGIA'S PROUD CAPITOL. As a result of this frank, heart-to-heart interview, the newspaper in question came out later with an editorial acknowledging that there were thousands of good colored men and women in the community who were far above the species of offenses complained of, and who richly merit the respect and confidence of the whites. Undoubtedly the editorial commending the industrious, law-abiding Negro, and condemning the denizen of the dive, has had a most helpful effect, and the convention of well-dressed, courteous and dignified ladies and gentlemen amply justified the most extravagant claims that its friends made for it. Never has Atlanta's hospitable doors been opened to a more creditable body of Afro-Americans. Everywhere they were looked upon as the type of Negro manhood and womanhood that made desirable citizens and valuable productive agencies in the upbuilding of civilization. They were the synosure of all eyes as they passed through the principal thoroughfares of the city, viewing the sights of the South's most enterprising commercial center. It is pleasing to state that during their stay every vestige of the so-called "jim-crow" restrictions on street cars, in the parks and public buildings were totally suspended. Not a single instance of discomfort through the operation of race prejudice was reported. It is not less gratifying to be able to say that the grewsome topic o conversation in the hotel lobbies, cafes, clubs, on curbstones and in the homes, was turned from the discussion of Negro lynching to that of business done by Negroes who have the marvelous faculty of conducting establishments in the same wideawake, up-to-date fashion that white men conduct them. Something of a sensation was created when it became currently rumored that there were a dozen Negro presidents of banks in town, and the wonder grew that such a thing could be possible in the face of the disadvantages under which the black people have had to labor. Somebody told it that there was a Negro woman in the city who could arrange and serve a banquet better than anybody else in her home community, and that she has had Vice-President Fairbanks, the late President Harrison and other dignitaries as her patrons. A central figure, also, was an enterprising Negro farmer of Georgia, who, of the planters of the South, always brings the first bale of cotton from the thousand acres of fine land owned by him, and a Negro contractor who had scores of white mechanics working under him. A tangible demonstration of the (Continued in our next issue) OUR HOME COMPLETE the Money will come to our Second Hand De- Carpets, Stoves and House ment is not filled with old that have been used slightly as good as new. O. Curtin, usher, Grand Street. No. 27. A Review of Happenings in Both Eastern and Western Hemispheres During the Past Week—National, Historical, Political and Personal Events. King Edward has completed the cure and is back in London. The August statement of the London board of trade shows an increase of $10,155,000 in imports and $17,874,000 in exports. A fight for an eight-hour day which will affect more than 200,000 workers in the various metal industries is to be launched on Chicago next May. Vice President Fairbanks is at Concord, N. H., where he delivered an address at the New Hampshire state fair Wednesday. The David Bradley Manufacturing company of Kankakee, Ill., has gone into voluntary liquidation. Assets, $1,962,883; liabilities, $790,331. The object of the liquidation is to reorganize the business. Seven earthquake shocks were felt recently at Talca, Chile, 140 miles southwest of Santiago. Rain in the northern counties of Kansas has improved the condition of corn and this fall will show the biggest crop ever raised. The courtmartial which tried Zonaide Konopliankovo, the girl member of the flying group of terrorists who assassinated General Min, August 26, has sentenced her to be hanged. She smiled on hearing the sentence. During a sudden and severe storm which swept over St. Louis Saturday afternoon, Ed Maggin, a caddy, was struck by lightning and haunted. Owing to the attitude taken by the officials of the Republic Iron and Steel mills at East Chicago toward the organization of the engineers, 12 engineers have walked out. Francis Xavier Wernz, a German, has been elected general of the society by the congregation of the Society of Jesus, in succession to the late Father Martin, who died last May. Charles E. Wilson, aged 43 years, formerly first assistant freight agent of the Wisconsin Central company, committed suicide at Milwaukee by shooting. His friends ascribe ill health as the cause. Fire recently destroyed a number of stores at Trail, B. C. Loss, $10,000; insurance, $4000. Congressman William Sulzer of the Tenth New York district will probably be nominated for governor by the democratic convention which meets at Buffalo September 25. BURNED TO DEATH IN A JAIL. Madly Wrenching Window Bars, Ne qto Perishes. Screaming and madly dashing at the iron window bars of the city jail at Mineola, Texas, which was afire, while outside a crowd of 400 men and boys tried in vain to break down the doors and rescue him, a negro named Silas Johnson, aged 45, was cremated Sunday. Johnson was arrested on a drunkenness charge, and he attempted to burn his way out, the fire getting beyond his control unnoticed by the officers. The prison door was locked, and the turnkey could not be found until too late to free the doomed man. Heavy battering rams were secured, but the iron doors withstood the shock. Axes and sledges had no effect on either the rock walls or window bars, and the crowd was forced to stand idly by and watch the victim burn to death and listen to his heart-rending cries. At one time he shouted, "God have mercy! White folks, save me if you can!" Again the crowd redoubled its efforts to free the prisoner, and again they were repulsed by the flames. STOLE OVER $100,000 Bogus Russian Army Officers Turn Trick Vladivostock.—By means of a bold artifice a party of revolutionists obtained possession of $107,000 which had been sent here for the Thirteenth regiment. Three men attired as officers and two soldiers in uniform of that regiment, appeared at the bank where the money was on deposit and withdrew the entire amount. The men disappeared immediately and later it was learned they were imposters. Beat Record Nine Days. R. H. Little and C. D. Hagerty, who, in company with three expert chauffeurs, left New York, August 16, in an automobile, seeking to reduce the transcontinental tourist car record of 33 days, arrived in San Francisco Sunday night. The trip occupied 24 days, eight hours and 45 minutes, including all stops, thus lowering the record by nearly nine days. Large Sugar Beet Company. The formal organization of the Michigan Sugar company, which will take over six sugar beet factories, has been completed at Saginaw, Mich. The capitalization is $12,500,000, $5,000,000 of which is preferred stock and $7,500,000 common. A good turn influences every man to think of his consequence. SPORTING NEWS. Nelson was a double loser at Goldfield. The Chicago actress, Blanche Savoy, who came all the way to Nevada to marry him after the fight, gave Bat the cold shake and new when he lost, in spite of the fact that he brought home the big end of the purse. Kid Scaler has agreed to accept the challenge by Kid Harrison, and the meeting is tentatively arranged to take place in Palouse, October 6. Dick Hyland and Eddie Hanlon have signed to meet for 20 rounds in Frisco September 28. This will be the first fight of importance there since the fire. The impression which prevailed at Goldfield after the Gans-Nelson contest that the films for the moving pictures were exhausted before the end of the battle, and that there was no photographic record of the closing incidents of the great struggle is declared to be Incorrect. The National Athletic club of San Diego offered $25,000 for a match between Gans and Britt. Messages were sent to both offering the match. The Stanford and Berkeley Schools of California are to play English Rugby games of football (u.s. year. In a hard fought contest over a windward and beeward course, the German yacht Wannsee won the fourth of the series for the Roosevelt cup at Marblehead, Mass. Senior track and field championships of the Amateur Athletic union of the United States at New York made no records nor equaled former ones. At this time the students, alumni and other friends of the University of Idaho are especially interested in the coming football, campaign, and a special effort will be made to turn out a winning team. Coach J. A. Griffin has again been selected to head the coaching team. This will make his fourth year at the university. His coaching has been a success from the beginning, and it goes without saying that he has a "lifetime job at Idaho." Ten cowboys and Indians, riding 40 horses, will be the exciting feature of the relay race at the Spokane Interstate fair this year. Fully 3000 witnessed the championship in the tristate tennis tournament at Cincinnati Saturday. The champions, Miss May Sutton and Beals C. Wright, successfully defended their titles. There is a strong probability that the Seattle team will not finish the season in the Pacific Coast league. Dan Patch defended his right to the title of "king of pacers" at St. Pabu Saturday afternoon, breaking the previous world's record held by him. The mile was paced in 1:55 flat. STANDING OF CLUBS. Pacific Coast League. Sail It Around America Christiania.—The newspaper Kyslen states that United States Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota has proposed that the United States government purchase the Gjoa, which recently completed a voyage through the Northwest passage, in order that she may be the first vessel to go through the Panaxa canal and thus be the only ship that has sailed around America. Electric Storm Kills Five. San Luis Potosi, Mexico. — While asleep three children named Melton were killed by the collapse of the walls of the Melton home and their mother was seriously injured. Two laborers were struck by lightning and killed. Persians Tired of Delay. The bazars at Teheran, Persia, are again closed, and people are once more flocking to the British legation in protest against the delay in signing the revised ordinance proposed to the clergy relative to the projected national assembly. To Increase the Eamine Organized bands of revolutionists in the agricultural provinces throughout Russia are destroying the grain crop. The purpose of the vandalistic undertaking is to increase the famine conditions now prevailing. The tea gardens of northern India extend over 500,000 acres, and they produce 190,000,000 pounds of tea per annum, at a profit of about $10 an acre. CAMRIDGE WON BY TWO LENGTHS IN A HARD CONTEST. Americans Finished Strong, While Britishers Were All In—Cambridge Got Better Start—Harvard Had Finest Crew Physically Ever Seen in England, but Lacked Training. --- Putney, England.—Saturday's boat race between Harvard and Cambridge universities, which was won by the Englishmen by two lengths, was probably the most surprising ever rowed on the Thames, not so much because of the result, but the way in which it was rowed. Cambridge, as had been feared by Harvard and hoped for by Englishmen, got away the better, securing a lead which they increased to three lengths before Hammersmith bridge. Both crews, as they went under the bridge, were rowing steadily at 28 strokes to the minute, neither apparently exerting itself. Evidently Harvard commenced to use more power and although Cambridge already had the race won and had the advantage of water conditions, the Englishmen were compelled to increase their stroke to 32 and finished a tired out crew. Donaldson was ready to collapse and Brookes in the bow was nearly as bad. The remainder of the crew paddled the boat to the landing stage. Harvard men, on the other hand, were apparently quite fresh and took their boat across the river at a brisk rate. English sports say there is but one explanation of the result—that of superiority of oarsmanship and the Englishmen's stroke. Harvard was one of the finest crews physically ever seen on the river, but was unable to overcome that training which English oarsmen receive from childhood. The Cambridge crew, too, had in Stuart one of the best strokes England has ever produced. It has also had the advantage of choice of side, but those who know the river best say this was little in their favor with the tide and wind as they were. Comment on Race. Stroke Stewart of the Cambridge crew said: "Filley and his crew rowed a magnificent race. We are glad we won, but sorry to defeat such good fellows." Captain Filley of the Harvard boat laconically declared that his men had been beaten fairly and squarely. Coach Wray was gloomy and had nothing to say except that he had no excuse to offer. Coach Mattlebury of Cambridge said: "The Harvard men made up the best crew ever sent out from the United States. With another year and a little more English style the Harvard men will be dangerous rivals. I hope the Americans will favor us with another visit." The crews dined together at Princes restaurant. Lineup. Cambridge. Harvard. Cochrane, 148½ Bow Tappan, 108 Benham, 161 No. 2 Fish, 167 Goldsmith, 115 No. 3 Morgan, 172 Donaldson, 101½ No. 4 Flint, 170 Johnstone, 175 No. 5 Richardson, 180 R. V. Powell, 174 No. 6 Bacon, 185 E. W. Powell, 160 No. 7 Newhall, 180 Stuart, 155 Stroke Filley, 167 Hunt, 113 Coxswain Blagden, 102 COMING EVENTS. Trades and Labor congress of Canada, Victoria, B. C., September 10. Walla Walla county republican convention, Walla Walla, Wash., September 15. Montana state republican convention, Helena, Mont., September 15. Royal Arch Masons, grand chapter, Helena, Mont., September 18. Reunion of United Confederate Veterans, Townsend, Ment., October 11. Idaho Bankers' convention, Coeur d'Alene, October 12-13 Oregon State Teachers' association, Salem, November 26-28. Washington State Funeral Directors' convention, Walla Walla, September 18-20. Fairs Washington—Spokane Interstate September 24 to October 6; state fair, North Yakima, September 17-22; Whitman county, Colfax, October 1-6; Snohomish, Everett, August 27-Septem- ber 1; Walla Walla, October 1-6; Puyallup, October 2-6; Wilbur, October 16-19; Sunnyside, September 11-12 Montana—State fair, Helena, October 1-6; Cascade county, Great Falls, September 25-29; Madison county, Twin Bridges, September 20-22; Teton county, Choctaw, September 18-21. Oregon—State fair, Salem, September 10-15; Baker City, September 18-22; Hood River, October 11-13 Idaho—Intermountain, Boise, October 15-20; Lewiston-Clarkston, Lewiston, October 8-15. Woman Dies in Auto Wreck San Jose, Cal., Sept. 10.—As a result of the overturning of an automobile while rounding a sharp curve near Milipitas, nine miles north of this city, Mrs. Camille B. Milner of Oakland is dead and Miss Marian Vanhorn of Berkeley, a student at the college, is in a serious condition. REPUBLICANS AGAIN CARRY THE STATE OF MAINE REPUBLICANS AGAIN CARRY THE STATE OF MAINE The republicans of the state of Maine last Monday elected a governor and all four congressmen and secured control of the next legislature, but they sustained heavy losses in pluralities from the head of the ticket down. Congressman Littlefield and Governor Cobb attributed the almost unprecedented slump in the republican plurality to the general dissatisfaction created by the Sturgis bill, passed two years ago, for the purpose of enforcing the prohibitory laws. Although the republican vote was greater than four years ago, an increase of nearly 60 per cent in the democratic vote pulled the republican plurality down to one of the smallest ever recorded in the state. LATE NEWS NOTES. From the position of fireman of a railroad receiving a salary of. $60 a month to the possession of a patent on a steam turbine engine for which he has received $75,000 from a transatlantic steamship company, was the remarkable chang made recently in the position of James F. Devlin, a fireman employed by the Chicago & Northwestern road at Escanaba, Mich. Two gangs of thugs held up 14 men in two different sections of Butte last Monday night, within two hours. In one instance, during a division of the spoils, two of the highwaymen quarreled, and one shot the other, inflicting a wound from which the bandit can not recover. No arrests were made. The breaking of a huge irrigation reservoir at Hacienda Santa Catalina del Alamo, Mexico, recently killed one man, washed away four houses and damaged crops to the extent of $500,000. An east bound Great Northern train was wrecked near Dodson last Sunday night about 8 o'clock. No one is reported killed, but several were severely injured. Vincent St. John, alias J. W. Vincent, federation leader, president of the Burke, Idaho, miners' union and former president of the Telluride miners' union, will not have to stand trial for the murder of Benjamin Burnham, the Smuggle union miner who was killed in a riot in Telluride, July 3, 1901. District Attorney Hugo Selig, of Colorado after weighing the testimony, has reached the conclusion that he has not sufficient evidence to convict. The Roosevelt cup, presented by the Eastern Yacht club to inaugurate yachting contests between Germany and America, was won by the American yacht Vim. It was the Vim's third victory, which gave to her owner the cup. The German boat only took one race. B. O. Velguth, an employee of the Portland Gas company, in Portland has been arrested charged with the embezzlement of $15,000 of the company's funds. Velguth has confessed to the embezzlement of $6000. He was a collector in the employee of the company. The large varnish factory of Pratt & Lambert, in New York city has been destroyed by fire. Lieutenant Treadwell of the Philippine scouts was killed recently six miles south of Baranen. Ten persons in three different families of Kalamazoo, Mich., are lying at the point of death, suffering from the effects of eating dried beef, sold to them by a stranger. MAYOR ROSE IS OUT AGAIN Resigns Office at Behest of Kansas Supreme Court. Mayor William A. Rose of Kansas City, Kan., has resigned his office, and Joseph C. Laughlin, president of the city council, will act as mayor until a special election is held to elect a successor to Rose. The resignations of Chief of Police Vernon Rose and Police Captain J. C. Kelley were also accepted by the city council with the resignation of the mayor. The resignation of Mayor Rose is the final act in a contest between the law enforcement league and the liquor element of Kansas City, in which the liquor element was defeated. SUICIDE THREE WAYS. St. Louis Man Dies by Gas, Chloro form and Drowning. Asphyxiation, chloroform and drowning were the methods used recently by Claude Unger, a wealthy business man, who committed suicide in St. Louis. His dead body was found in a bathroom lying in a tub full of water. About his head and over his mouth was drawn a cloth which had been saturated with chloroform and the gas in the room had been turned on, but not lighted. Ill health is supposed to have been the cause. Cruiser Squadron Sails for Asia The armored cruiser squadron has sailed from Newport, R. I., for the Aslatic station under command of Rear Admiral Willard H. Brownson. The squadron consists of the flagship West Virginia and the Colorado, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Show Up the Sweat Shops The "Truth About Sweat Shops" is to be shown in a realistic manner in Chicago this winter. An exhibition following similar and successful affairs given in Berlin and London will contain booths modeled in exact reproduction of the typical "sweat shops" with men, women and children at work in them. Every bee in the bonnet gets a move on itself when the weather warms. REVOLUTIONISTS MURDER THE POLICE THEN TROOPS START IN. Troops Then Attacked Everybody, Robbing and Murdering Them Without Discrimination—Hundreds of Persons Were Killed—Troops Surround the City and Refuse Access. Siedice, Russian Poland, Sept. 10.—A massacre of police and soldiers began at 8 o'clock Saturday night. Immediately afterward the troops attacked the Jews. All today the soldiers have attacked civilians, Christians or Jews, robbing and murdering them without discrimination. Hundreds of persons were killed or wounded. The streets were devastated. It is reported that drunken reservists started the massacre. Troops have surrounded the city and refuse access to it. As Warsaw Reports It. Warsaw, Sept. 10.—Terrorists Saturday evening shot and killed two soldiers guarding a government alcohol store at Siedlice. A detachment of infantry rushed up and fired a volley into the crowd, killing two persons and wounding two. This morning the terrorists retaliated by beginning a massacre of policemen and soldiers patrolling the street and at noon the infuriated troops attacked the Jewish quarters of Siedlice, destroying the houses and shops. It is reported that over 100 persons were killed or wounded, and that the town is in flames. A regiment of infantry has been sent from Deila to Siedlice to restore order. The Jews here are panic stricken. Alarming reports are being circulated in the city. ARMISTICE DECLARED. Cuban Government Decides on 10 Day Truce An official armistice for ten days, ending September 17, has been decided upon by the government. The zones in which the opposing forces must remain have been determined upon. The armistice will be conducted under the regular war regulations. General Menocal says that the leaders of the rebellion of the province of Santa Clara have intimated that they will negotiate for peace on the basis of a new municipal elections, a national election, immunity for all insurgents and the establishment of a commission to investigate the death of Congressman Villuendas, the national liberal candidate for president, who was shot and killed in a fight with the police at Cienfuegos September 12, 1905, and is said to have been deliberately murdered. When questioned regarding the rebels in Havana province General Menocal said they also had intimated that they would agree to accept the same terms providing the forces of Pino Guerraera were the only ones in the field. Gen. Menocal said that if Guerraera did not agree to accept reasonable peace terms all the rest of the country would be against him. Meanwhile Guerraera's attitude is increasingly warlike. ASK DICK'S RETIREMENT Ohio Senator is Spurned and Platform Declares for Election by Direct Vote. Cleveland, Ohio.—The friends of Congressman Theodore E. Burton were in complete control of the Cuyahoga county republican convention. The platform adopted demands, among other things, the retirement of United States Senator Charles Dick as the head of the party organization in Ohio; calls for the election of United States senators by popular vote, and indorses President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft. Only two votes were cast against the platform. C. K. WOOSTER CUTS THROAT. Chicago Man Enters Bathroom and Does Awful Deed. Chicago, Sept. 10.—Clarence K. Wooster, vice president of the People's Gaslight & Coke company and prominent in club and social circles, committed suicide Sunday at his home 3500 Ellis avenue, by cutting his throat with a razor. Mr. Wooster is supposed to have been insane when he killed himself. Three weeks ago he suffered from heat prostration and the past few days had been under care of physicians. Incites Hindoos to Revolt The correspondent at Simla of the London Daily Mail reports that a speech recently was delivered at Asanol, Bengal, in which a Bengal mob was openly incited to violence against the British, the speaker calling the "races of India to combine and drive them out of the country." The dispatch adds that an important native journal declares that the Hindos aim to have India free of British control. Arrest Three Millionaires Bob and Mike Glenn and Frank Buxton are under arrest for the murder of Charles E. Harper, three weeks ago. The Glenns are rated as millionaires. The crime occurred three weeks ago in Buxton's restaurant in the oil fields, when a row over a poker game occurred. ATTEMPT TO KILL URQUHART. Escape of British Vice Consul at Baku Miraculous. Baku, Russia, Sept. 10.—Leslie Urquhart, the British vice consul here, who was decorated by King Edward for heroism in rescuing isolated English from Tartar insurgents during the massacre of 1905 and who is one of the most prominent men in the oil region, was the victim of a serious attack Sunday night in the center of the city and miraculously escaped death. Though he was fired at eight times at short range, his only injuries were six slight flesh wounds. The motive for the crime has not been established, but it is believed to be a revolutionary act patterned after the attack on Germans at Warsaw preceding the attempt on the life of Governor General Skallon. MINING NOTES. A question of great importance to mineowners in the Slocan country, in British Columbia, is pending before the board of appraisers of the United States customs in New York. It is whether zinc zones which are mined in large quantities in the Slocan country shall be admitted to the United States free of duty or be made to bear an ad valorem tariff tax of 20 per cent. The secretary of the treasury held some time ago that such ors might be admitted free, but later reversed that decision, the matter again coming to his attention upon the application of the zinc mining interests of this country. He has referred the matter to the board of appraisers for investigation and report. In all probability the treasury department will be governed by its decision. The Mavis claim, adjoining the Boy on the south,has been bonded by E. T. Wickwire of Greenwood, B. C., to A. L. Eckert of Spokane for $15,000. Mike Kiernan, a miner, was shot and fatally wounded on the outskirts of Goldfield recently and died at the county hospital. Kiernan refused to give the name of his assailant. He declared it was his own fault, and that he was holding up the man who shot him. The Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating company has paid a September dividend, No. 108, of $180,000. This makes the total paid since January 1, 1906, $1,620,000, and total to date $7,146,000. The mine is a silver-lever producer at Wardner, Idaho. A decision has been handed down by the Supreme Court of Minnesota in the Virginia Silver mine, which is regarded as definitely establishing the rights of the Great Northern railway in the lease of certain ore lands from the state. Transfer of the Spokane smelter property, five miles down the river from Spokane, and several adjoining lots has been made by the Spokane Smelting & Refining company and Scott E. McCurdy to Frank T. rost, a lawyer of Spokane. Fire in the refinery plant of the Argo smelter at Denver caused a loss estimated at over $300,000 on the building and furnaces. Bulldon and partially refined metal valued at $75,000 were melted by the flames, causing a loss of several thousand dollars more. There was no insurance on the plant. "We will have a much finer mineral exhibit at the Spokane Interstate fair this year than we have had on the present grounds," says R. H. Cosgrove, secretary and manager. "We already have quite a quantity of ores from the Coeur d'Alenes and elsewhere, and we have hustlers out in all directions collecting ores and minerals to add to the collection." WAS A BOLD SWINDLER. Hipple Took Desperate Chances in Looting the Trust Company. Philadelphia.—While the state bank examiners are going through the books and papers of the wrecked real estate trust company, loking for further evidence of criminality, Receiver Earle is busy perfecting his plans to reorganize the company. The directors say the bank will resume business within two weeks. The deeper the probers go into the affairs of the ruined company, the more amazed they become at the boldness of its late president. Simultaneous with the looting of the bank and when it was apparently on the verge of collapse, Hipple would do something to boost the credit of the company and hoodwink the directors. It has been discovered that he had recommended to the directors a one percent extra dividend on the stock of the trust company last July, because of the great prosperity of the institution. Adolph Segal, who succeeded in borrowing $5,000,000 from the bank is still in his magnificent apartments at the hotel Majestic, which he owns. His condition is not serious. SWIMS TO SAVE HIS LIFE. For Seven and One-half Hours He Keens Float. Swimming in the Mediterranean sea for seven and a half hours, the shock of the plunge into the cold water having caused him to abandon his desire to end his life, Walter M. Quitner, a Hungarian interpreter on the steamship Carpathia, who jumped overboard from that vessel to commit suicide, was picked up by a Liverpool steamer and the next day restored to the Carpathia. 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In accordance with the agreement signed by the Indians last spring, Major Edwards of the Umatilla reservation has received from the department at Washington the rules governing the taking of stock across the reservation under the payment of the special tax WASHINGTON ITEM8. The Photographers' association of the Pacific northwest elected W. G. Emery president. The Masonic fraternity will lay the cornerstone of the new Y. M. C. A. building at Spokane. Considerable grain has been destroyed in the vicinity of Palouse in the past few days by fire. There is still a vast amount of harvest work to do in all parts of the eastern half of Whitman county. The state school for deaf and blind at Vancouver has re-opened with a largely increased attendance. Franklin B. Gault of Tacoma has been elected to the presidency of the state university of South Dakota. The headquarters of the Coeur d'Alene Indian agency will be removed from DeSmet mission to Tekoa, October 1. Palouse city council has fixed the levy on all taxable property in Palouse at 15 mills on the dollar for municipal purposes. The Hotel Donnelly at Tacoma was partly destroyed by fire recently. There was a panic among the guests but all escaped in their night attire. The Northwestern Woodenware factory at Tacoma was destroyed by fire recently. One dry kiln and one boiler room were saved. Loss, $20,000; insurance, $30,000. C. E. Rusk of Chelan and A. L. Cook of Lucerne have returned from a trip during which they made the successful ascent of Glacier peak, the fourth highest mountain in Washington. State Fire Warden J. R. Welty reports that the rains of the past few days have closed the season of active field work, and he is now checking up to find how his office stands financially. Mrs. E. G. Stanly, wife of a music dealer in Walla Walla, received word that a fortune amounting to $300,000 had been left her and five other heirs, in Germany. Her share amounts to about $50,000. Terrified at the burning of their homes, and by threats made against their lives by the Bridges on Vashon island, thirty miles from Seattle, prominent citizens of that place have secured warrants for the arrest of the band. N. E. Christie, a farmer from Iowa, has purchased the old Steineger farm, one and one-fourth miles northwest of Addy, Wash., in the Colville river valley. This is one of the most interesting historic farms in the state. The home industry building at the Spokane fairgrounds hums like a hive these days, for in that building the floats for the carnival parade that is to be held the opening night of the fair, September 24, are being built. A number of soda water dispensers in Walla Walla were caught recently for $25 each when Internal Revenue Collector W. E. Blow swooped down upon them for dispensing claret with their soft drinks without first procuring a license. Railroad contractors have been informed that the plans and profile of the new Union Pacific road from Portland to the Sound can be seen at the Union Pacific engineers' office in Seattle, and contractors are invited to submit bids on the work. Federal Judge Hanford has granted a temporary restraining order forbidding the state railroad commission from interfering with the O. R. & N. or other state railroads in an attempt to enforce the joint whistle rate order. The temporary restraining order will continue in effect until the case can be heard on its merits. According to Professor J. S. Cotton, who has represented the government at Ellensburg for several years in the matter of conducting experiments looking to the restoration of ranges, timothy has shown itself to be preeminently superior for renewing ranges, excelling all other grasses in its hardiness, tenacity and general adaptability to adverse conditions. Red top the professor finds to be a close second. He has concluded that these two are the ones that must be depended upon to restore depleted ranges. Ten cars of steel rails, part of a freight train, west bound, Sunday afternoon, were derailed at the west end of the G. N. Camden tunnel. No one was injured. The cause of the derailment was a broken flange on one of the wheels of a boxcar near the front end of the train. The debris collected about the scene and workmen were put to work clearing it away at once. The track will be cleared and ready for the operation of the regular schedule IDAHO NOTES: Solomon Hasbrouck, clerk of the supreme court, died recently at Boise of heart trouble. Wallace, Idaho, Sept. 7.—Deeds to approximately 2960 acres of timber land in Shoshone and Kootenai counties, and a bill of sale for a steamboat, booms, a barge and a camp outfit on the St. Joe, from M. D. Wright to C. H. Reves has been filed at Wallace. A nominal sum is mentioned in the deeds, but it is supposed to aggregate about $50,000. Fifty witnesses for the government are at Welser to testify before the grand jury in land fraud cases involving 20,000 acres now in possession of the Cook Lumber & Timber company of Pennsylvania. Ed Kitt of Moscow is the proud possessor of two cubs which he raised from a bottle. The cubs are exceptionally intelligent, and it is comparatively easy to teach them tricks. It was announced by the chief of the Wallace fire department that the Gamewell Fire Alarm company has until October 12 in which to install the new alarm system recently ordered by the city. William McCullough, Charles Brown and Steve Douglas, recently killed a cougar and two large bears near Dent. The cougar measured nine feet 11 inches and is said to be one of the largest ever killed in this state. It is stated that the educated, church going Indians residing on that section of the Nez Perce reservation known as Kamiah, the scene of Chief Joseph's last stand against the white men, are contemplating legal steps to annul the treaty which opened the reservation about 13 years ago. The state Saturday made no objection to the release of Steve Adams, the witness in the Steuenberg murder case, on the writ of habeas corpus issued yesterday on application of his uncle, John Lillar of Haines, Ore. The moment he was released he was arrested on a fugitive warrant on telegraphic instructions from Sheriff Alexander Nesbitt of Denver, Col. The dispatch stated Adams was wanted for the murder of Lyle Gregory in that city on May 15, 1904. N. P. Hateley, who lives in the footbills of Moscow mountain, was recently attacked by a monster lynx. He procured a ride and brought down the animal. The body of the lynx measured over three feet. V. L. Burns was captured in San Francisco after a long chase. For a short time Burns was employed in the Oregon Short Line ticket office at Boise. He then resigned and left. He was found by the auditor to be short $250. A former agent of the Short Line at Arco, in this state, has been landed in jail at Hailey. His name is L. J. Johnson. He left two weeks ago, giving the keys of the office to a saloon keeper. Before going he gave a woman, with whom he had lived, $300 which has been recovered. When the office was checked up, it was found he was $450 short. The man went east on a stock train and was apprehended in Chicago. MONTANA NEWS. It is said the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway has finally decided on crossing the Bitter Root mountains at Saltese. An Indian, supposed to be Chief Little Thunder from the Crow Wild reservation in Montana and a relative of Crazy Bear of the Sisseton reserve were found dead near Sisseton recently. It is supposed they were dead as a result of a quarrel. J. S. Wisner, public administrator for Deer Lodge county and a prominent Anaconda citizen, committed suicide in a Butte lodging house recently by taking strychnine and morphine. Brooding over the disgrace of his son for defaulting to the extent of more than $100,000 was the cause. Hereafter, every automobile, buzzcart, gas buggy, horseless runabout, steamer and electric wagon in Butte will have to be numbered just as are the autos of all large cities. Nearly one-fifth of the taxable property in the state is located in Silver Bow county. The total assessed valuation of all properties in the county last year was $35,364,160, a gain for 1906 of $13,064,415. T. E. Murphy, a stranger, was struck by a train recently near Forsyth, and his legs hurt so badly that one of them was amputated in the hospital at Billings. Attorney-General Albert J. Galen has instituted a suit in the district court at Butte to deprive the Echo Lake Fish Hatchery company of the exclusive use of Echo lake, in Granite county. The Milwaukee officials have announced that they desire to locate machine shops at Miles City and make a division there if the necessary land can be secured reasonably. Oscar Myher's action in mistaking a bottle of carboliZc acid for one of medicine, cost him his life at Butte last week. Miss Mary Dinsdale received terrible injuries at Red Lodge recently in a runaway accident. Judge Hunt has adjourned the session of the United States court set for Helena, until September 15, he finding it impossible to be there because the land fraud trials in Oregon have not been concluded. Three ranchmen lost their lives Saturday afternoon by being overcome by gas in an abandoned well on the flats below Butte city. The dead are: Frank Ely, aged 51; Mathew Fogarty, aged 34; Andrew Mehar, aged 35. 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SPOKANE DRUG CO., Wholesale Agents Spokane N U No 37 00 She was a woman worn and thin, Whom the world condemned for a single sin ‘They cast her out in the King’s Highway, And passed her by as they went to pray He was a man, and more to Llame, But the world spared him a breath of shame Beneath his feet he saw her tie, But raised his head and passed her by. ‘They were the people who went to pray, At the Temple of God on a Holy Day; ‘They scorned the woman and forgave the man,— It was ever thus since the world began ‘Time passed on, and the woman died; ‘On the Cross of Shame she was crucified ; ‘The world was stern and would not yield, And they buried her in the Hotter’s Field ‘The man died, too, and they buried him In a casket of cloth with a silver rim; And said as they turned from his grave away, “We have, buried an honest man today.” ‘Two mortals knocking at Heaven's Gate, Stood face to face to enquire their fate ; He carried a passport with earthly sign, But she a pardon from Love Divine, O ye who judge 'twixt virtue and vice, Which think you entered Paradise ? Not he who the world had said would win, For the woman alone was ushered in. —Chas. Stewart in Quincy Advoeate, The Plaindealer ‘Phone Numbe) is 727 L. Phone us your locals. Chas. P. Groves was in the city this week; he brought in a ship. ment of ore to the East Helena Smelters from his mines out near Winston, Rey. Jordan Allen will leave next Monday to attend the An- nual Conference for this District, which will be held at Pueblo, Col. Eyerybody should subscribe for and read THe Monrana PL ain- DEALER. Quite a stream of visitors will be in Helena Fair Week. Mr. Eugene Clark has returned to the city from Missouri, his old home, where he has been visiting for the past month. He reports an enjoyable trip, and is much im- proved in health, Still the nimrods about town complain of their bad luck in bringing down the game. ‘The Hi Henry Minstrels brought out, of course, a larger crowd from the colored contingent than Bishop Grant's lecture, They are improving and will do better bye and bye. What seems to be the popular fad this season, of taking a day's outing at the Missouri River Dam, festiontes, Rianne ines tcninttcie Dreier Gwar éendlictne/abbereresuiieth Cais Seitaseite ee. tetasiisiosdibnataenteasts. yee ar ; DANY AR MOWTAY UNION BANK & TRUST COMPANY, OF MONTANA AT THE CITY OF HELENA OFFICERS: GEORGE L. RAMSEY, President A. P. CURTIN, Vice President FHANK BOGART, Cashier ©. B. PFEIFFER, Asst, Cashier ®. McKENNAN, Treasurer KR. O, KAUFMAN, Secretary Report of Condition Made to the State Bank Examiner as at the Close of Business, Sept. 4, 1906. RESOURCES Loans anp DISCOUNTS........000s0008 $1,402,607.47 Bons anp Waraants,.........++++++ 1§6,279.21—$1,588,886.68 Furnirure ano Fixrures............. 0.00 BAMG, DOGDING 006 ccaoessseeseesss 62,500.00 CNN io ss secciceentcorseneneesnsene —260,81489 Duk FROM BANKS......0...62.0ec05. 963,809.06— 1,224,123.45 TOA Sora ieg ee ene sot BB LIABILITIES OAPITAL. ss scarvisctssiessesssceeexs $950,000.00 Univipmp PROPITS........6.esee04++ 103,940,528 353,940.52 DN gir aaccisera ness 2,491,569.61 TOTAL... .ccessceesececesesesess $2,845,510.13 , DIRECTORS | R. S, Ford, President Great Falls National! A. P. ( urtin, of Helena, Merchant. Bank. R. C, Wallace, of Helena, President of the W. A. Clark, of Virginia City, Executor of R. C, Wallace Company Henry Elling Estate. George L.. Ramsey, President, W. G, Bailey of Helena, Capitalist, Frank Bogart, Cashier BANKING BY MAIL A Savings Account, drawing interest at 4 per cent., can be opened and carat on by mall. We have complete facilities for out-of-town accounte, ied Nave many customers in all sections of the State. We have leened » mmatt booklet telling of the simple way in which an account can be opened by mail, and we will send a copy of it free to anyone asking for csime, Locals TWO VERDICTS. is still in vogue. A large party made the trip Monday. A Marshall is reported to be on | the sick list. Mrs. A, Marshall was called home in the midst of their social engagements at Butte, on account of sickness in her family. Miss Minnie Johns, Mrs. E. Cole, Mrs. J, Anderson and Mra. Miles York returned from Butte Friday. | "The big doings are at St. James tonight. Mr. Perry of Missoula spent a few days in the city last week. It is reported on well-authenti- cated authority that the East Side widower will soon take an ex- tended visit; whether he will be accompanied by anyone we have been unable to ascertain. Subscribers failing to receive their papers regularly will do us a favor by notifying this office. W._E. Grant, the old war horse says that he is going to organize a Democratic Club. John Allen is all smiles,—his luck at the races was a stand off. C. W. Black, the Beau Brummel of the colored aristocracy, says that there is not quite enough doing to suit him in Butte just now; but we always have to allow for Charlie. Mrs, J. Smith entertained the Helena ladies Tuesday evening at her residence. Games, dancing, and light refreshments were the order of the evening. Mrs. Will Jones entertained the Helena ladies who are visiting Butte this week at her residence on Aluminum St. Mrs, D. W. Walton entertained the Helena ladies at luncheon Wednesday evening at her resi- dence on Idaho St. It was an elaborate affair. Mrs. James #ullet entertained the Helena visitors at her residence 6n Colorado St. on Thursday evening. Mrs. Sam Jones is convalescent, and is expected home this week. Mrs, Walker of Anaconda vis- ited Butte Wednesday. J. B. Bass, Editor and Publisher of THE PLAINDEALER, was a visi- tor in Butte last week. A Dinner in Pink. Mrs. W. H. Jones entertained at a pretty little dinner, covers being laid for fourteen, with place cards, Butte Notes, Wednesday evening at her home 420 West Aluminum St. Pink sweet peas and china asters framed a beautiful central adornment, and la perfect menu was served. | At the table were Mrs. A. Marshall, | Mrs. H. E. Hill, |Miss M. Johnson, |Mrs. J. Anderson, /Mrs. M. York, Mrs. J. Smith, Miss Bradbury, ae Cass, Mrs. J. Davis, Mrs. R. Frisby, Mrs. A. S. Webb, Mrs. L. B. Willis, Miss Nettie Louise Webb, Little Aaron Scott Webb, Jr. was present. Mr. and Mrs, Jesse Smith, 222 ‘West Aluminum St., gave a recep- tion on Tuesday evening, Sept. 4, in honor of the Helena ladics. Those present were Mrs. Annie Marshall, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Cole, Miss Minnie John- son of Helena, Mrs. W. M. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Birthright, Mr. and Mrs. Cass, Master Lancelot Cass, Mr. and Mrs. Willis, Mrs. Frisby, Miss Williams, Mrs. Ida Bullet, Messrs Lair, Burnside, Yancy, Pearl, Duncan, and William Warde. The evening was spent in cards, dancing and instrumental music, The floral decorations were asters and pansies. Delicate _refresh- ments were served. J. B. Reed arrived home Wednesday evening from Mt Pleasant, N. C., where had spent some time visiting his parents. He reports a pleasant and enjoy: able time, Pat. P. Smitl at. P. Smith, RORSESHOBING and BLACKSMITHING, 15S. PARK AVE, : Helena, Mont. Eugene Bourquin Dealer in Sawed and Split Wood and COAL, Yard, 437 W. Main St. Residénce 370 Water St. 'Phone 632-F. Helena, Mont. aaa iss anp RESTAURANT, Henry Rossman Proprietor. Telephone 136. 18S, MAIN ST, - Helena, Mont. MISS MAMIE WALTON, TEACHER OF PIANOFORTE. STUDIO 109 JBFFERSON ST, Terms Easy. NOTICE The Western Negro Press Asgo- ciation 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 re- quested to send representatives. All business men are requested to participate in the meeting. This session will be one of the most im- portant meetings ever held, and will be of very great importance to the race. Matters of impor- tance to the race in the great West will be under consideration, and as we are nearing another presi- dential contest, it is important that we exchange views now. We urge that a large attendance be presentat this meeting. W. H. DUNCAN President Colorado Springs, Colorado NICK CHILES Chairman Executive Committee Topeka, Kansas W. H. TWINE Secretary Muskogee, Indian Territory | ADVERTISE in the Plaindealer p, J, NAUGHTON, PROP. Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars ‘phone 778. - 39E. Broadway Butte, Mont. —_—_—<—$—_——— C. DUMAS, MGR, Billiard and Pool Tables in Con- nection. All Appointments UP-TO-DATE. 3814 E, Park 4ve. 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 Gity Office Always Open 140 West Park St. PHUNE 37 BUTTE, MONT. mn ~ , [he Family = Eat Pea [heatre, High Class Vaudeville; Change of Program Weekly. Three Shows Daily, 3, 7:45 and go p.m. Popular Prices 70, 20 and 30¢. Cc. F BROWN, Fashionable Tailor and Draper Full Line of Imported and Domestic Woolens Always on Hand. 113 N. MAIN ST ¥ Helena, Mont. (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 Manhattan Club, 17 South Main Street, Helena = == ~~ _— Mont. G. P. ANDERSON, MGR,, F, R, ANDERSON, STEWARD. The Delmonico Boarding and Rooming House. No, 19 State St Meals 2 to 50 Cents, House Thoroughly Renovated. Everything First Glass, Mrs. Dinah Brooks, PROPRIETRESS C. J. Bauscl e . J. Bausch, Tinner. TIN, COPPER and SHEET IRON WORK Stove and Furnace work a Specialty. 315N. JACKSON ST. - Helena, Mont. New and Second Be. Furniture and Household Goods, Agents for Acorn Stoves and Ranges. 335 N. MAINST. Telephone 426 B Helena, — Montana. The New York Dry Goods Store, ee ie LAWN sHIRECWAISTS | SILK PEITIco Ladies’ White Lawn Shurt-|Faney" Sit frteou waists, $2 and $2.50 valuey| Zeolors, $12 anja bow ees 95ejues, choice. MS MISSES’ HOSE, CHILDKEN’s y; Misses’ Fine 25¢ —grade,Children’s Gon Ribbed Hose, sizes 5 to.98,| Lined Vest op spliced heels and toes . 15¢) Color, white, che SATEEN Perricoats SAPPHIRE Co $1.50 Sateen Petticoats, your *PPhire | Corsets, choice for. . . . . + .9§¢| 89-00, $8.00 and vanwetGincnacs | Tn EVERETT GI | * aqainch best quality Everett! 36-inch natty Ginghams, “checks and)” lining in the ret stripes, 12 12 grade 7 1-2¢ grade, choice. 4 WOMEN'S HOSE WOMEN'S Vegy) Women’s 15¢ grade Black Women’s 50 grate Cotton Hose, guaranteed) or Pants, vests high stainless, choice... . coc! long sleeves, chore INFANTS BONNETS LADIES’ pray Infants’ White India _Linen/35€ nd 4oc grade Bonnets, 65¢ and 75¢ grade | Muslio Drawer, choles oe ce, ae reel tale choi CHALLIRS PARASOLS 8 1-3 Chena Our entire stock of Ladies’ @> sone | and Children’s Parasols for! 6°." Feat Thursday . . .20 percent off} °Hoice, per yard. , | WASH CLomus INDIA LINEN 6 1-40 Turkish and Ky 15¢ Beautiful Sheer India} Wash Cloths, yourd Linen for Waists, yard . 10c] each...) 3 Helena PACKING - AND PROVISION - COMPA Oysters, Fish, Paty, Fri Vege, Butter ant Bax, Helena, see Montana. PLEASANT J. DRAPER, . t i a 1 ! Chiropodist : Manicurn Leave Orders at 19 South Main Street. _ You are Always Welcome AT THE LUZON Saloon All Appointments Up-To-Date Gordon & Irvin, Props. ___ 136 So. Main St., _ HELENA, MONT. _ “A very excellent journal.”—Col J. H. Rice, State Treasurer. “You are making a splendi¢ paper.”—Hon. J. M. Kennedy, City Clerk, Butte. “I want to tell you of direct re- ‘sults I have received from my ad. vertisement in your paper.”—M M. Henniger, President Helena Packing and Provision Co. “A splendid paper. I like it bet. ter than any paper of it’s kind 1 ever saw.”—Mr. Davis, Butte. “You are getting out a great paper and writing fine; keep the good work up.”—Ira Smith, Fore- man Topeka Plaindealer. “Keep the good work up; we are with you Father Abraham 10,000 strong.” Chas. Smith, Havre, Mont. “You have avery creditable jour. nal.”—Hon. E. W. King, Bozeman. “Neat in mechanical make up, newsy and highly creditable.”— Butte Evening News. Please notify this office when you change your address; or if your Paper does not reach you regularly each week. St. James’ African Methodist Episcopal church, located at Co . sth Ave. and Hoback street, Rev. Jordan Alien, Pastor. Services Sunday at 11 a, m, and 7-30 p. m, Sunday School, 2p. m., A. Marshall, Supt, Carrie WOMEN'S COATS Women’s Coats, last sea- son's styles, regular $10.00 to $15.00 values, . . $1,95 CHILDREN'S HOSE Children’s 15¢ grade Black Ribbed Hose, expansion knee, all sizes, par. . ioc CALICO WRAPPERS Calico| Wrappers, regular $1.50 values. your choice 75¢ SURGEON'S CLOTH se 36-inch Unbleached Sur- geon's Cloth, per yard . 34¢ WOMEN'S VESTS Women's 65¢ and 75¢ Vests, low neck, sleeveless, colors, white blue and pink. . 45¢ MEN'S UNDERWEAR Men's Balbriggan Under- wear, elastic ribbed or flat 75c values, choice. . . 45¢ LADIES’ UMBRELLAS: Ladies’ 26-inch Steel Kod Umbrellas, regular $1.75 and $2.00 grade. . . $1.45 CHILDREN’S, PANTS 75¢ and 85¢ Children’s Wool Vests or Pants, odds and ends, choice... . . 50¢ Church and Society Directory, Dorsey, Chorister, Florence Anderson, § Prayer Meeting Wednesday Evening. 0 meeting, Friday evenings. R. J. Fletcher Lodge No. 101, A. Ft M., meets the first and third Weilaesaye ings of each month in the Lucas Block. I. Ford, W. M. Jas. Crump, S. Ws W Rivers, J. W. Geo, Alexander, Sec’y; W! Dorsey, Treas, | Byrd Lodge No, 11, A. F.and A, M4 the first and third Monday evening od month at 141-2 S$. Main St. H. 1 JW. MG. M. Lee, S.W.; J. Hares] Chas, Ecton, Sec'y; W. C. Rose, Tress Bethsheba Lodge, O. E. S., mects be? and 4th Thursday evenings of each »# in their hall in the Lucas Block. MeO Johnson, W. M,; Mrs. N. Ford, A. Ms! bert Napper, W. P; Mrs M_ Simmons, 1 Mrs. C. C, Matthews, Sect.; Mrs. Jot Cons Mrs. J. Harrison, A. B; M.0.}4 nett, W.; Chas, Johnson, S Mrs. |. Ni As. rs, Jas. Crump, Ry; Mrs. M. AG Bother; Mrs, E, Dorsey, M; Mrs. 6 ‘Alexander, Electa. | Golden City Lodge No. 3455.0 Ua F., meets the first and third Tuesday of each month, BR, Brown, N. Gi J Reed, V. G.; J. Howard, P. N. G3 8. P. Sj W. Parker, E, SW. Cuttles, ™ J. W. Crump, N. F.; Albert Marshall lain, W. Mason, Warden; J. Ingram! J. Tolbert, P. N. F. Household of Ruth, No. 812, ml and and 4th Tuesday evening of 4 month. Mrs, Saiie Ford, M. N. G34 Lucy Nicholson, P. M,N. G. Mo a Johnson, R, N. Gy Mrs. Carrie Jobe N.G5 Mrs. Georgia Irvin, W. Re Pride of Montana Lodge, No. 4 o4 meets the 2nd and 4th Monday cv¢tl@ each month at G. A. R. Hall. J. W-0 C. C3 H, Robinson, V.C3_ 5. Smiths i Fs W, Cottles, M. of Es J-H- Howat, of R. and S.; D, Gordan, M, * As 5 Harrison, O. G; W. C. Irvin, | Gs A per, Prelate.