Montana Plaindealer

THE MONTANA PLAINDEALER Published Wkly by The Montana Plaindealer Company. J. B. 7. ASS. . . EDITOR. Subscription on $5.00 per year, Strictly in Ad- vance. Advertising Rate on Application. Retired as second-class matter April 12 1900, 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!!! THE MASONIC BANQUET Clark is a Spell Binder--Makes a Remarkable and Eloquent Ad- Though a raw recruit into the mysteries of Masonry, Eugene Clark, a product of Missouri but whose adopted home is here in Helena, was the hero of the evening at the big banquet given by the Masonic orders last Thursday evening. Af the various courses had been served W. R. Dorsey was introduced a toast master who in a few well chosen words introduced the vation speaker. When he got to Clark he introduced him as a recruit, in fact as a lamb. Clark commenced and as he proceeded it was a revelation to all present that he of diminutive form and quiet disposition was at home in addressing an audience. In eloquent language and forenic rhetoric, he pointed in figures of speech the significance of Masonry and while he occupied the floor he held the audience spell bound, and brother Hooper was forced to quietly inquire of the toastmaster if he had many more lambs. For once N. Ford, W. M. was forced in line and made a speech which was well received and full of wholesome advice for the caaft. H. Baker, W. M. of Byrd lodge also read a very excellent address. Mrs. Alexander on behalf of the Eastern Star, gave an interesting account of her recent visit to the east and the chapters she visited. Rev, W. T. Osborne maee a very stirring address also. The banquet itself was a record breaker and the arrangements of the tables was a masterpiece of the caterer's art; everything fitted with that exact nicety which characterizes the order. Too much credit cannot be given the committee hoving in charge the arrangements of such a creditable affair, and the PLAINDEALER man is indebted to our jovial friend Spencer Smith for his kind invitation and Flecher and Byrd lodges for their hospitality. LOCALS A. Walton has gone out of the city; he is engaged in special service for the government. Mrs. Dinah Brooks will not reopen her Dining-Room until the first of March. The marriage of Mrs. Julia King to an ex-soldier of the 7th Infantry was the occasion of a great deal of comment in social and in other circles the past week. The Masonic banquet held at their Hall on Rodney St., last Thursday evening was quite an elaborate affair. It was their annual observance of St. John's day at which the ladies of the Eastern Star were special guests, also the members invited their friends, and enjoyable evening was spent around the festal board. J. C. Smith visited his brother in Butte Wednesday and Thursday. During last week THE PLAIN-DEALER office force worked day and nights in order to turn out a large job of book work which we delieved in Butte the 1st. Inst. Grandma Warren has been on the sick list. The job hunters are very busy at this writing. The holidays are at an end, and now almost everybody has again taken up the strenuous life. The Dixie Quartett: was the hit last week at the Edison. Its members are J. C. Brown, W. C. Merritt, Ed Johnson and Ward Cole. Subscribers knowing their subscription to have expired will do us a favor by remitting their subscription or calling at this office and paying up, or we will send out a collector, as we need the money, indeed we do. Please notify this office when you change your address; or if your paper does not reach you regularly. Pat Keys has resigned as valet for Hon. Thos. Cruse, and is now employed at the Broadwater. Judge D. Hart has accepted the night porter's position at the Grandon. Jas. Howard has resigned his position at the Grandon and is now working at the Grand Central. We received an extra order for 500 copies of THE PLAINDEALER last week which we were unable to fill. Who kept open house on New Year's Day? Their names have not been sent to this office. Buy your provisions from the Helena Packing & Provision Co. As we go to press it is reported that Al Marshall who has been in failing health for some time is very low. It is reported that Joe Lewis has taken leg; at least he has not been seen since he received his pay at the Club Friday. The Eiks Club will have a meeting at the Manhattan Club Rooms Tuesday evening, and every member is expected to be present. Business of importance. C. J. Bausch, Tinner. TIN, COPPER and SHEET IRON WORK Stove and Furnace work a Specialty. 315 N. JACKSON ST. - Helena, Mont. Eugene Bourquin Dealer in Sawed and Split Wood and Yard, 437 W. Main St. Residen 370 Water St. 'Phone 632-F. Helena, Mont. Helena, Montana, Friday, January 4, 1907. SHOWING OF OUR PEOPLE IN BUTTE CITY. One of the objects of the publishers, aside from that of a ready reference book and a correct barometer of the status of Butte's colored organizations, business activity, etc., is, that by the publication of this directory we show what we are doing, as one of the cardinal principles of the publishers is to boom Butte and attract some of our best talent and citizenship to this metropolis of the Northwest. Whether the showing made is up to expectations or not, this directory will have accomplished its purpose. If up to expectations, a pride in the fact. If the showing is less, a greater incentive is shown for a superhuman effort along the lines of race progress. There is no question but that the opportunities for business and labor alike are far better and more frequent in the West and Northwest than elsewhere at this time. The East is overworked and overstocked. The resources of this vicinity are inexhaustible. The chief industry is that of mining. Several of our colored citizens are owners of valuable mining interests in and near Butte. There are numerous opportunities, for those who will try, to find a competence in the above mentioned vocation. So it can be seen at a glance that, socially, we are progressing, and there is no cause for apprehension. Recently there has been quite an addition to Butte's colored population by an influx of newcomers. We want the good work to continue, as we make welcome to good citizenship to assist us in the great work which we have mapped out, which will, if consummated, redound to the credit not alone of the race, but of the city and state as well. We therefore, without cost, place these directories in every home in the city, having an abiding faith that our people will encourage the principles of progress and strive for a better and loftier position in the business world. Butte is a city of about 75,000. Everybody is on the move, the trend of business is readily apparent to the casual observer; the city is rapidly growing and no doubt will in a few years double her present size. Among the pioneer citizens are several colored men who have always been good citizens and did their part in making the city what it is. There are at this date many of our people property owners and several who are in business do an immense volume of business. One of the objects of the publishers of this directory is to get more of our people in business and to branch out in the various industries. A newspaper is one of the enterprises to be soon launched, also another mining corporation and other enterprises which we are not in a position to publish at this time. OUR INSTITUTIONS.—There are two churches in Butte the A. M. E. and Baptist, the former under the leadership of Rev. H. H. Jones, is progressing nicely and is a credit to the race and community. The Baptist church, under the able pastorate of Rev. D. A. J. efferson, is rapidly forging to the front. They are on the eve of building a new home which will be a modern church structure and a lasting monument to the efforts of the members. The city is abundantly supplied with fraternal organization: The A. F. & A. M., G. U. O. of O. F., the I. B. P. O. E. of W., and auxiliary organizations, also a Porter's and Shoe Shining nation. J. B. BASS, J. W. DUNCAN, Publishers. DIRECTORY.—Butee's Colored Organizations; Churches, Lodges, Business Concerns, Etc. CHURCHES. Shaffer Chapel A. M. E. church, located 900 Idaho street; Rev. H. H. Jones, pastor. Services Sunday, 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday night. Bethel Baptist church, located corner Mercury and Idaho streets; Rev. D. A. Jefferson, pastor. Services Sunday 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Prayer meeting Friday evening. LODGES.—Their Location, Time of Meeting, Principal Office, Etc. Silver City Lodge A. F. & A. M., meets the 1st and 3d Tuesday evening of each month in their hall corner Idaho and Mercury streets. Officers: H. G. Fagin, W. M.; A. J. Wright, S. W.; N. Frazier, J. W.; H. C. Parsons, See; H. Pew, Treas. Friendly Society Lodge, No. 6311 G. U. O. of O. F. Meets the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of each month at their hall. W. H. Jonts, P. S.; W. A. Brown, Treas.; C. E. Tague, N. F.; H. W. Davis, N. G.; J. W. Jones, V. G.; S. Clay, J. A.; J. Williams, Warden; M. Lewis, I. G.; H. Joiner, P. & G.; B. King, R. S. to N. G.; B. Montgomery, L. S. to N. G.; M. McBrady, R. S. to V. G.; D. Brown, L. S. to V. G.; H. Sisco, E. S.; S. Jones, Chaplain. Silver Bow Lodge No. 2989, G. U. O. of O. F. D. Walton, N. G.; Wm. Jones, V. G.; J. A. White, Chaplain; S. Reeves, Warden; H Johnson, N. F.; H. Spencer, Sec.; J. M. Withers, Treas.; J. D. Yancey, Permanent Secretary. Treas. ; J. D. Tandy Piszah Council No. 293. S. Reeves, W. G. M.; R. P. Davis. Deputy G. M.; Wm. Burnside, Grand Sec.; W. Jones, G. T. Sisterly Love No 2524, Household of Ruth. Mrs. J. Foster, W. N. G.; Helen Montgomery, V. N. G.; Mrs. A. Jones, W. R. Miss B. Fortune Sec.; Miss A. Phelps; Mrs. E. Wilds, Treas. Meets the first and third Friday night of each month at Good Templars Hall. 42 W. Broadway. Templars Hall, 42 W. Broadway. No. 1715 Household of Ruth. Mrs. S. Reeves, M. N. G.; Mrs. M. Fletcher, R. N. G.; Alice Smith, P. M. N. G.; H. Sheets, W. R.; T. Davis, W. V.; Julia Parsons, W. P. Meets the 1st and 3d Wednesday of each month in Odd Fellows Hall. and 3d Wednesday of each month International Order of Twelve Daughters of Tabor. Mrs. A. Birthright, P. C. P.; Mrs. I. B. Willis, C. P.; Mrs. Sam Jones, V. C. P.; M. H. Fletcher, C. R.; Mrs. E. Wilds, C. T. Meets at Good Templar Hall the 1st and 3d Tuesday evening of each month. Concluded in the next issue. The New York Dry Goods Store. Helena, Montana HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR DEPARTMENT HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR DEPARTMENT 85c quality Children's fine 'Fleece' Lined Vests; white, cream and gray; all sizes; this sale your choice for .....25c 25c Grade Mises' Extra Fine Ribbed Hose, spiced heels and toes, all sizes; fast colors; choice, pair. 15c 75c quality Ladies' Good Fleece Lined Union Suits, colors cream and gray, all sizes; choice .....50c 50c quality Ladies' Fine Cashmere Hose, full fashioned, fast color, double heels and toes, choice per pair .....35c Dress & Rirt on DRESS SKIRTS Dress Skirt and Waist Sale ESS SKIRTS Walking Skirt Dress Skirt and Waist Sale Fancy Volle Skirts, trimmed with fancy braids and taffeta bands, silk drop skirts, $35.00 values, choice..$20.00 Silk Dress Skirts Trimmed with braid and silk bands, $20.00 value, now at $14.95 Fancy Panama Skirts Trimmed with braid and folds, black and colors. $18.00 value . $0.00 Helena PACKING - AND - P EXTEND to THE PLAY The Com of the And will continue the best of Every 4% COMPO TWICE Savings Accounts Op BY MAIL Deposits may be sent by registered ma the first deposit is received it will be o turned by mail as a receipt for the m book telling of the simple way in w and we will send a copy free to any UNION BANK COM HELENA, YOU CAN FURNISH For Hall equired at other stoves if you partment for your Furniture Furnishings. This Dep iunk, but clean fresh good and are practic Arthur ING - AND - PROVISION - CO EXTEND to the Reader THE PLAINDEALER The Compliment of the Season will continue to serve them best of Everything in their % COMPOUNDED TWICE A YEAR ings Accounts Opened from $1 U WE RECEIVE DEPOSITS BY actually the same terms as the person at the Bank. The mai safe and are convenient. People of the country transact banking may be sent by registered mail, money order, or by bank deposit is received it will be entered on our books, and a by mail as a receipt for the money deposited. We have ing of the simple way in which an account can be c will send a copy free to anyone asking for it. UNION BANK AND TRU COMPANY SELENA, - - MONTA CAN FURNISH YOUR HOME G For Half the Money ed at other stoves if you will come to our Secu ment for your Furniture, Carpets, Stoves and furnishings. This Department is not filled bank, but clean fresh goods that have been used and are practically as good as new. Arthur P. Curt PACKING·AND·PROVISION·COMPANY EXTEND to the Readers of THE PLAINDEALER The Compliments of the Season And will continue to serve them with the best of Everything in their Line. 4% COMPOUNDED TWICE A YEAR 4% Savings Accounts Opened from $1 Upwards Deposits may be sent by registered mail, money order, or by bank check. When the first deposit is received it will be entered on our books, and a pass book returned by mail as a receipt for the money deposited. We have issued a small book telling of the simple way in which an account can be opened by mail and we will send a copy free to anyone asking for it. equired at other stoves if you will come to our Second Hand De partment for your Furniture, Carpets, Stoves and House Furnishings. This Department is not filled with old iunk, but clean fresh goods that have been used slightly and are practically as good as new. Arthur P. Curtin, Reliable Housefurnisher, Grand Street. --- --- 75c quality Ladies' Good Wool and Cotton Mixed Vests or Pants, gray mixed; all sizes, your choice. 500 75c and 85c grade Misses' Good Wool Vests or Pants, odds and ends, broken sizes, great bargains; your choice at. 500 20c quality Children's Good Fleece Lined Hose, warranted fast black, solicited heels and toes, your choice, per pair. 500 35: quality Ladies' Fine Fleece Lined Vests or Pants; cream or gray, all sizes, this sale your choice. 250 and Waist Skate Walking Skirts Street Skirts of Chiffon Panama, in colors and black, made in lat-est styles, regular $15.00 value, now $10.00 WALKING SKIRTS Of Mixtures; gray, tan, brown, green and black; regular $12.00 values, now at . . . $7.00 Of Mixtures, Plains and Panamas, $8.00 to $10.00 values, choice. $ 495 PROVISION - COMPANY for the Readers of MAINDEALER compliments of Season to serve them with nothing in their Line. FOUNDED A YEAR 4% opened from $1 Upwards. WE RECEIVE DEPOSITS BY MAIL on or actually the same terms as though made in reason at the Bank. The mails are entirely and are convenient. People in all part the country transact banking in this manner, mail, money order, or by bank check. When entered on our books, and a pass book re- money deposited. We have issued a small which an account can be opened by ma- yone asking for it. BANK AND TRUST COMPANY - MONTANA YOUR HOME COMPLETE If the Money you will come to our Second Hand D ture, Carpets, Stoves and House department is not filled with old goods that have been used slightly ically as good as new. P. Curtin, --- PERISHED IN WRECK NINE PERSONS WERE KILLED AT ENDERLIN, N. D. Canadian Passenger Train Bound for St. Paul Crashed Into Switch Engine—Dead and Wounded Piled in Great Heap—Wreckage Took Fire and Rescuers Had Hard Fight. Enderlin, N. D., Dec. 24.—Loaded to its full capacity with people going to their homes in the east to spend the Christmas holidays, the southbound train on the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie crushed into a switch engine in the west end of the railroad yards at this place at 2:10 o'clock Sunday morning. Eight men were killed outright and one since has died of his injuries. Twenty-seven were seriously injured and it is likely that the death list will be added to. All of the fatalities occurred in the smoking car, which was completely telescoped by the baggage car, and only two of the occupants of this car escaped injury. The car was crowded and as the whistle had just sounded for Enderlin, almost every one was on his feet when the crash came, and the dead and wounded were piled into a great heap with the wreckage. The wreckage took fire from the overturned stoves used in heating the cars and there was a race between the rescuers and the flames. By almost superhuman efforts the rescuers managed to fight off the flames until all the dead and injured had been removed from the wrecked cars, which were then allowed to burn. Only a few passengers in the day coaches were injured and in the sleepers, none of which left the track, there were no casualties. The Dead. Charles Backus, Bergen, N. D. N. J. Vojberinga, Anamose, N. D. John Satterburg, Anamose, N. D. Tony Gleen, Velva, N. D. D. J. Beresford, Medicine Hat, Al berta. It is impossible to learn who was at fault in the accident. It is said that the switch engine had been given a portion of the running time of the passenger train in which to shift cars in the yards and it is supposed that the passenger had made up more of the lost time than had been anticipated by the crew of the switch engine. The engineers and firemen on both the switch and passenger engines, when they saw that a collision was inevitable, leaped and saved their lives. MUST STOP THE HOME STUDY Lengthen Hours of Pupils in the New York Schools. The December grand jury of Kings county, New York state, after the examination of several members of the board of education and the principals of the Brooklyn high schools, handed in a presentment to County Judge Aspinwall condemning certain school methods. The presentment demands that home study by the pupils cease and that instead the daily hours at school be increased by one hour each day and the curriculum be changed so that a large part of this additional hour be devoted to supervised study. The grand jury finds that the curriculum for 16 year old pupils is much harder than it was a few years ago and that students are being forced far beyond their capacity to assimilate knowledge. Such a system, it declares, can result only in weakened memories and physical debility. LATE NEWS NOTES. Mrs. James G. Blaine, wife of the son of the former secretary of state, has been granted a divorce. The grounds alleged in the complaint were nonsupport and desertion. Lieutenant Commander John B. Bernadou, U. S. navy, has been assigned to duty as naval attach at Rome. Fire has practically destroyed the big St. Stanislaus' parochial school at Noble and Bradley streets, Chicago. This will be a pleasant Christmas in Germany, owing to the prosperity of the people. The New York city administration has decided to turn to the civil courts for assistance in ending Sunday theatrical performances. According to the will of the late W. Bourden his estate is said to approximate $1,000,000 and his museum, containing one of the finest geological collections in the country, is left to the people of Indiana, to be managed by a board of trustees. Vienna—The universal suffrage bill has passed the upper house by a large majority. The suspension of the brokerage firm o f Arnold. Leo & Company of New York was announced. "There is no reason to fear that war will grow out of the San Francisco school matter," says Japanese Consul Uyeno of San Francisco. Best Shot in Army. First Sergeant Martin B. Dunbar of Company E. Fourth infantry, is the best rifle shot in the army, according to an official announcement made at the war department giving the results of the several small arms competitions of the army for 1906. His aggregate score was 821. SPORTING NOTES. Al Kaufman of San Francisco won from George Gardner of Lowell, Mass., in the 14th round of what was to have been a 20 round contest at Los Angeles recently. Gardner's seconds threw up the sponge. The fight was slow. Discussing a proposition recently as to whether he would consent to reenter the ring if a sufficiently large purse was offered, James J. Jeffries said that he would agree to fight Tommy Burns if a $50,000 purse was provided. He would not, he said, make a match with Jack Johnson, the colored pugilist, for any sum. C. C. Holzel of Spokane, president of the North Pacific Amateur Athletic association, has been honored by President James E. Sullivan of the American Athletic union with a place on the committee in charge of the participation of the United States in the Olympic games at Athens in 1910. Interest in the events of the sporting world are now centering on Tonopah, Nev., where Joe Gans, the Baltimore negro, and Kid Hermann, the pride of the Chicago Ghetto, meet in the squared ring in a finish battle New Year's day, for the lightweight championship of the world. Columbia won the championship Saturday in the 15th international regatta chess tournament, in which Columbia, Harvard and Yale were represented. "Not for a $100,000 purse would I cut loose from Nolan as long as he is giving me the square deal he always has since I first hooked up with him," says Battling Nelson. Jack Welsh of San Francisco has been chosen to referee the Gans-Hermann fight. James J. Jeffries is to fight Bill Squires, the Australian heavyweight, at Rhyolite, Neb., in April. Annual horse shows for Spokane are promised if plans that are being discussed do not fall through. In charge of Coach Steffans, the famous Chicago university star and member of the faculty, 16 members of the North Division high school football team of Chicago have started for Seattle. They play the Seattle high school on New Year's day. Tommy Burns and "Philadelphia" Jack O'Priest have signed articles for a 20 round fight for the heavyweight championship of the world to take place at Los Angeles on some date between May 7 and May 14. The fight is for 60 and 40 per cent of a purse of $30,000. James J. Jeffries will referee. The men have posted $2,500 each as a forfeit. BROWN DENIES CHILDREN. Cuts Off, in His Will, Offspring of Mrs. Bradley. Salt Lake City—Had the late Senator Arthur Brown foreseen his death at the hands of Mrs. Anna Bradley, he could not have devised no more ingenious retaliation than the post morten revenge contained in his will. The document, which was written August 24, 1906, four months beore Mr. Brown was shot down at the Raleigh hotel in Washington, has been filed for probate. "I do not devise, or give or bequeath anything to any of the children of Mrs. Anna Bradley," is the language of the will. "I do not think either or any child born to Mrs. Anna M. Bradley is or are mine, but whether such child or children is or not I expressly provide that neither nor any of them shall receive anything of my estate. "I have never married Anna M. Bradley and never intend to. If she should pretend that any such relation ever existed between us to justify such inference, I direct my executors to contest any claims of any kind she may present and I direct that she receive nothing from my estate." The testator bequeaths all his property, valued at about $75,000, to his two children by his first and second wives, Alice Brown and Max Brown. Contest Is Probable. The children so specifically disinherited are Arthur, aged 7, and Mark, aged 3 years. The attorney engaged by Mrs. Bradley's relatives in Salt Lake decline to discuss the will at this time, but there is scarcely a question that a contest will be instituted as much for the purpose o establishing their paternity as to secure a monetary consideration. This is the more likely as Mrs. Bradley is, or was a few months ago, in possession of letters signed with Brown's name in which the relationship to one or both of the children is acknowledged. In one of these letters, written after the birth of the first child, appears the following quotation: "Your blood and mine commingled yet shall mount the throne of kings." The contents of the will have caused a sensation in Salt Lake. COME TO AID OF CHINESE. Proclamation Is Issued by the President. President Roosevelt has issued a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to contribute funds for the relief of the millions of famine sufferers in China, who are on the verge of starvation. The president says he will ask congress for authority to use government transport vessels to carry food to the famine stricken region. One thousand five hundred ounces of metal will be used in the silverservice to be presented to the new armored cruiser Washington by the people of the state after which the ship is named. The service is composed of 53 pieces and will cost $5000. The chief piece is the punch bowl, the shape of a gallot, ornamented with a figure representing Triton, the trumpeter of Neptune. NEWS OF NORTHWEST WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON AND MONTANA ITEMS. A Few Interesting Items Gathered From Our Exchanges of the Surrounding Country—Numerous Accidents and Personal Events Take Place—Fall Trade Is Good. WASHINGTON NOTES. Officers of Spokane county have arrested Frank Havlin and Thomas Blair, expert safe blowers. The prisoners were caught "with the goods on," having a grip filled with $3,000 worth of plunder secured by blowing open the safe at Troyer & Engels' jewelry store at Tekoa three days before. Five violent deaths occurred in Spokane county in the past week. Near Holcomb, in Pacific county, recently two Japanese were killed and three were so badly hurt that they will die, by a dead tree which fell across their bunk house. All were employed by a lumber company. A gigantic subway project, costing nearly a million dollars, to connect the freight and passenger terminals of the Spokane & Inland Railroad company has been submitted to the Spokane city council and a franchise asked. The proposed tunnel would be nearly a mile long, would follow beneath Front avenue for nearly the entire distance, and the floor of the tunnel would be about 30 feet from the surface of the street. The franchise asked for provides for a double track tunnel from the passenger station at Main avenue to Front avenue under Lincoln street, thence under Front, to about. Center street, between Bernard and Browne, thence diagonally from Front avenue, coming out into the freight grounds of the company at some point, between Division and Sheridan streets, with the right to carry power lines for the operation of its electric railway system. Two men were killed, one fatally injured and a fourth badly scalded in a collision near Spokane between a light engine and a freight train on the Great Northern. Ellensburg met defeat at the hands of Prosser on the ship subsidy debate. Prosser defended the negative, while Ellensburg supported the affirmative. From 12 acres of apple trees in his orchard at Zillah, J. R. Rammermann sold this fall 6,000 boxes or $5,540. From 181 Winesap trees he obtained 1,05 boxes and from 175 Yellow Newton trees, 1,000 boxes. He sold these apples at $1.25 a box. Andy De Young, a young man about 25 or 30 years of age, supposedly from Pullman, committed suicide at Spokane recently. Because Christian Fredriksen had not bathed in three years, Mary Fredriksen, his wife, obtained a decree of divorce in Scallte. Charles Buckingham has been appointed to succeed Charles J. Baker for the unexpired term of two years. A young woman known as Maggie Dooley took carbolic acid in an attempt to commit suicide at Spokane. Washington, Idaho & Montana engine No. 2, hauling a construction train, ran over William Burgan at the gravel pit switch, one mile west of Harvard, near Palouse, killing him instantly. Many Lincoln county residents are interested in the Yuma country and the freakishness of the Colorado river, who are closely watching the efforts to keep the river from doing irreparable damage. The floods in the Palouse are subsiding. The streams are going down rapidly and the damaged riads will soon be in condition to repair. IDAHO NEWS. Grace Wilson committed suicide at Wardner by swallowing a large quantity of carbolic acid. The somewhat famous case of Anna E. Nelson, former treasurer of Kendrick, was decided by the supreme court against the woman. Six million dollars, every penny of it in cash, exchanged for 100,000 acres of virgin timber, containing over two and one half billion feet of timber, constitutes the transaction concluded by the Monarch Timber company, when it paid over the last cont in the deal. The panhandle of Idaho, particularly that portion lying between the St. Joe and the St. Maries rivers, is almost one unbroken forest and it is in this country that the Monarch com- Word has been received at Wallace of the approval of the comproller of the currency at Washington, D. C., of the application of W. D. Greenough, W. J. Wakefield, A. W. Witherspoon, Joseph H. Thennes and T. L. Greenough, all of Spokane, to organize the First National bank at Mullon. Conferences between the Lewiston Commercial club and the legislative delegates from Nez Perce and Idaho counties have been arranged for before the departure for the senate and house. pany has its holdings, the timber lying on the land adjacent to these streams, while some of it is far back from them. It is thought highly probable that a compromise will be reached between the Twin Falls company and the Idaho Irrigation company over 60,000 acres of land sought by each in Lincoln county for reclamation under the Carey act. Twelve thousand eight hundred acres of land just east of the eastern boundary of the former Nez Perce reservation has been thrown open to entry in the Lewiston land office. The land lies a few miles east of Kamiah and Koboski, on the Clearwater Short Line railroad, and much of it has been squatted for several years. The state serves preference right of entry for 60 days, and in the meantime no filings will be allowed at the land office except those offered by prior bonafide acceptant settlers. homestead getters It is said Senator Dubois will go on the lecture platform and devote many months to anti-Mormon propaganda. The biggest sale ever made in Nez Perce has been closed when the'dry goods firm of L. C. Gorrell & Co. was purchased by B. J. Pike & Co. at $28, An immense rock slide occurred recently on the Northern Pacific at Odotation near Hone. C. M. Pidgeon, at present in Utah, is detailed to Idaho to complete the examination of the surveys of the Coeur d'Alene Indian reservation and thus expedite the allotment work. According to officials at the land office, there is no reason why the reservation should not be ready for, opening next fall. OREGON SQUIBS. Mrs. Frank Knotts attempted to commit suicide at Echo recently by taking antiseptic tablets. It is believed she will recover. Messrs. Belasco, Mayer and Davis, the San Francisco theatrical firm, have sold the Hellig theater in Portland for $110,000 to S. Morton Cohn and associates. Henry E. Ankeny, an Oregon pioneer and one of the best known men of the northwest, died of Bright's disease in Portland, Senator Levi Ankeny of Walla Walla is a stepbrother of the deceased. Henry Hose was executed at the Oregon state prison at Solem for the murder of Madge Doyle in Portland some time ago. Hose cut the woman's throat from ear to ear. MONTANA ITEMS. An effort is being made to secure the pardon of Herbert H. Matteson of Great Falls, who seven years ago pleaded guilty to the charge of embezzling $20,000 from the First National bank of Great Falls, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Eighteen indictments out of 21 cases presented to it for consideration by United States District Attorney Rash have been returned by the United States grand jury at Butte. Bert McIntyre, a miner, aged 25 years, died of injuries at the hands of Frank Cruz, also of Butte, in a saloon row a few days, ago. Cruz has been arrested on a charge of murder. McIntyre's mother, Mrs. Dick, lives in Ditz, Wyo. Receiver Theodore G. Risley, for the defunct Aetna bank, has recommended to the comptroller of the currency a payment of the first dividend of 20 per cent on the first of February. There is little doubt that the recommendation will be approved. An order has been received from Washington by Register Burlingame and Receiver Wilson at the Great Falls land office revoking the previous order of the interior department in withdrawing a large portion of the lands of this district from entry of any kind, and restoring these lands to entry of any description but coal entry. This order is of the greatest importance and will be good news to thousands of persons interested in northern Montana government lands. The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors of the Rocky mountain division of the Northern Pacific, have both decided to follow the example of the brakemen's and conductors' unions of the roads out of Chicago, and to demand in the near future a raise of 15 per cent in wages and a reduction of the working day to eight hours. Reports from Big Dry and Missouri slope counties state that the snow is now 30 inches deep on the level. It is reported that the Northern Pacific will soon begin the grading of a cutoff which will leave the main line at or near Miles City and, following a course directly westward, will strike the present road not far from Helena. This construction will involve about 350 miles of new track, but will shorten the distance between St. Paul and Seattle at least 140 miles. WRECK IN NEVADA. Reno, Nev.—Dec. 23—Twenty westbound tourists were injured, some probably fatally, in a headdress collision at Harney, a small station on the Southern Pacific, 35-miles east of here. An eastbound freight collided with the passenger, derailed the baggage car and shook up the passengers. The accident was due to the stopping of the watch carried by the engineer, Frank Carson, on the freight. No White Horse for Army. The war department has issued orders that in purchasing horses for the cavalry arm of the service white or gray be excluded, because animals of those colors offset the work of the department in trying by means of dress and equipment to make the men as inconspicuous as possible. Bold Robbeery at Reno, Ney. Reno, Nev.-Wells-Fargo company's express box, said to have contained $30,000, was recently stolen from the company's office. NEWS OF THE WORLD SHORT DISPATCHES 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. Congress concludes Roosevelt is wrong in his recommendations as to citizenship for Porto Ricans. They are not ready for it, as grave matters of public policy are involved which make the matter impossible. the matter import The lower house of The Netherlands parliament approve the Algeciras convention. cras conveniens Sexeretary Root and Sir Mortimer Durand have signed a supplementary article to the extradition treaty between the United States and Great Britain, including bribery in the list of extradition crimes. John McDermott, a wealthy farmer of Yonkers, N. Y., is in St. Joseph's hospital, New York, recovering from a broken neck and an injured spine. Curtis Jett has been found guilty of the assassination of James Cockrill at Jackson, Ky., four years ago and sentenced to life imprisonment. Jett confessed. William C. Anderson, the embezzling teller of the First National bank of Kansas City has been returned home from Austin, Texas. The Norwegian whaling steamer Frithjof was lost in the Antarctic on November 9. Nine men of the crew were lost. The newest American peeress is Hermonie, daughter of the late E. W. H. Schenley of Pittsburg, who was married in London recently to Lord Ellenborough, a retired commodore of the royal navy. The steamer W. T. Scoville, plying in the Vicksburg, Miss., and Davis Bend trade, was destroyed recently by an explosion, and between 10 and 16 persons killed and a like number injured. Bishop Charles C. McCabe of the Methodist Episcopal church, is dead He was buried in Evanston, Ill., last Monday. John Armoy Knox, at one time widely known as the editor and proprietor of the Texas Siftings, is dead. A test case has been instituted in the United States court by Montgomery Ward & Company of Chicago, who seek an injunction against the South Dakota, Merchants & Hardware Dealers' association for boycotting their wares. There will be no holiday strike of railroad men in New York. On December 22, 1865, John M. Harlan, now associated justice of the supreme court, was married in Evansville, Ind., and on the 22 inst he and Mrs. Harlan celebrated their golden wedding by giving a reception at their residence in Washington, D. C. In accordance with the annual custom, the married employees of the White House were presented with turkeys, with the compliments of the president. Judge John F. Phillips, in the federal district court, granted a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Mrs. Agnes Meyers, in jail at Liberty, Mo., under sentence to be executed on January 10 for the murder of her husband. Mrs. Kate Gilman, mother of Dona Gilman, who was murdered on November 20 at Dayton, Ohio, and Collins Gilman, brother of the dead girl, have been released. The bonds of each was fixed at $5,000. William E. Smith, president of the United Mineworkers of Illinois, is dead. Albert M. Sheldon and other Minneapolis capitalists have purchased one billion feet of timber on Queen Charlotte island, on the Pacific coast. The jury in the Sloan murder case at Spokane brought in a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. MINES $1,623,877,127. Increase of More than Quarter Billion Over 1904 Showing. The total value of the mineral production in the United States in 1905 amounted to $1,623,877,127, being an increase over 1904 of over $260,000,000, according to a statement issued by the geological survey. The value of iron in 1904 was $328,450,000. During the same period there was a total production of over 300,000,000 short tons of coal, with a value of $476,756,963. Of this amount there was produced 77,650,850 tons of anthracite coal, valued at $141,879,000; bifurcinated coal 315,258,491 tons, valued at $334,377,960. The values of fuels amounted to $602,477,217. Two Will Die Out of the Six. Bowling Green, Ky., Dec. 25.—Of the six men who were injured by Tom Wilson, who ran amuck in the business section of this city, Policeman Pete Bardemaker is dying and Horn Still is in a critical condition. The other four were not seriously hurt. In Big Fire at Nagadoches. Nagadochos, Tex., Dec. 25.—Fire Sunday that started in the second story of the E. A. Blount building, fronting the public square, caused a loss of $300,000. Blind Man is Made to See With the Eye of Another. A Vienna dispatch to the New York Sun says that at a meeting of the Medical society there, Dr. Zirm showed a man on whom he successfully performed transplantation of the cornea. The patient had lost the sight of both eyes. By chance the surgeon had to take an eye out of an 11 year old boy, which was ruined by 'a steel-splinter' but the cornea of which was intact. Dr. Zirm then cut slits in the oque cornea of the blind man's eyes and inserted pieces from the boy's eye. The experiment failed with one eye, because 'the transplanted cornea also thickened, but with the other eye it was so successful that it affords the man normal vision. In this eye the transplanted cornea retains its transparency, although there is a slight well over the eye. But the once totally blind man can read small print and can work. Dr. Zirm attributes numerous previous failures to the fact that the cornea of animals instead of human beings, as in this instance, was invariably used. CAPT. MACKLIN SHOT BY NEGRO Blamed On One of the Discharged Troop. El Reno, Okla.—Captain Edgar B. Macklin of Company C, Twenty-first United States infantry, was shot twice and dangerously wounded by a masked negro, and the belief is expressed here that it was one of the members of the troop discharged by President Roevelt for participation in the Brownville riots. The shooting occurred at the officers' quarters at Fort Reno. On December 14, the secretary of war, upon recommendation of the general staff, ordered the trial by court martial of Captain Macklin under the sixty-second article of war, for "duoduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline" in failing to "exercise duod diligence in preventing the occupancy of rioting at Brownsville last August. Spokane Prices to Producers. The following list may be taken as a fair standard of prices paid to local producers by the Spokane markets for the commodities named: Poultry—Live hens, 10c; dressed, 11c; old roosters, 8c; spring chickens, 10c; dressed, 11c; fancy turkeys, 110c 18c lb; dressed, 19@20c; geese, 11c; dressed, 12 1-2c. Eggs—Strictly fresh ranch, 40c doz. $12 per case. Butter--33 1-2c lb; second grade better, 30 1-2c. Stock—Live hogs, $6@6.50 cwt; dressed, 8@8 1-2c lb; cows, live, $1cwt; dressed, 4c lb; steers, live, $1cwt; dressed, 5c; clides, 8@9c. Vegetables—Potatoes, 65@75c cwt; beets, 75c to $1 per cwt; cabbage, 19 1-4c lb; turnips, 80c cwt; rutan-gas, $1 cwt; carrots, 80c cwt; hot house lettuce, 30c lb; mushrooms, 50c lb; pears, $1.75@2 per box; Hubbard squash, $1 dozen, pumpkins, 40 to $1 doz; dry onions, $1.14@40 cwt; cooking apples, 50@75c box; fancy apples, $1.25; tomatoes, 75c box; red cabbage, 2 1-2c lb. Hay, baled—Oat hay, $10@12 ton; wheat hay, $10@12 ton; alfalfa, $12 ton; timothy, $18 ton. Hay, loose—Timothy, $18 ton; wheat hay, $14@15 ton; oat hay, $13@14 ton. Oats—$1.05@1.15 cwt. Butter and Eggs, Retail Prices. The following prices are quoted on butter, eggs and cheese: Choice butter, Hazelwood, 45c Yakima Jersey, 45c; Edgewood, 45c lb; Mapleleaf, 35c; Columbia, 35c Premium, 40c; Rosebud, 30c. Eggs—Strictly fresh ranch, 350 45c. Cheese—Factory, 20 to 25c; Swiss cheese, 40c lb. Retail Fuel Prices. Tamarack and fir—Four foot, single cord, $7.50 cord; in lots of five cords, $7 cord; in ricks, $3 per rick. Pine wood—Four foot, single cord, $7; in lots of five cords, $6.50 per load; in ricks, $2.75 per rick. Slab wood—Dry 16 inch, $2.50 per load; green, 16 inch, $2.25 per load. Coal—Banff semi-anthracite, $10.50. Carney, $9; Crow's Neat, $9; Rock Springs, $9; Bear Creek, $9; Alberta lump, $9. Tacoma ← Unchanged; blue stem. 88c; club, 66c; red, 64c. FIREMEN ON S. P. WALK OUT. "Test Strike" to Determine Exact Event of Their Authority. San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 24—From 130 to 150 members of the Brotherhood of Railway Firemen walked out Sunday afternoon on the San Antonio division of the Southern Pacific, Atlantic system. Negroes are being substituted for the striking firemen. The firemen have no grievances against the railroad company. They claim it is a test strike to determine whether or not the engineers shall have control of the switching crews. The engineers claim they will win out, and Monday they will hire Mexicans, Chinamen and groves to do the work. Except to a few freight trains, very little delay in schedules has been occasioned so far by the strikers. Confessed Negro Lynched. Henry Davis, alias Henry Chambers, colored, who committed a felonious sault on Mrs. John Reid of Brownsville, five miles from Annapolis, Md. and who had confessed his crime, taken from the jail by a mob of about 60 masked men and lynched. 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It is generally on the back, breast, face, arms and legs, though other parts of the body may be affected. In Tetter the skin dries, cracks and bleeds; the acid in the blood dries up the natural oils of the skin, which are intended to keep it soft and pliant, causing a dry, feverish condition and giving it a hard, leathery appearance. Acne makes its appearance on the face in the because they do not reach the blood. S.S.S. goes down into the circulation and forces out every particle of foreign matter and restores the blood to its normal, pure condition, thereby permanently curing every form of skin affection. Book on Skin Diseases and any medical advice desired sent free to all who write. S.S.S. is for sale at all first class drug stores. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. 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Fruit Lands our new town of Attalia, Washington, located in the n part of Walla Walla County, Washington, opposite at the junction of the Northern Pacific, the Wash- eah Railway & Navigation Company Railways, and Were sampled by gravity—no L. B. HICKS, THE ENTOMBED MINER,RESCUED AT LAST. His Fellow Miners Worked Night and Day Through 60 Feet of. Rock to Reach Him—He Was Nearly Crazy With Joy When He Came Out—He Said "God Bless You All." Bakersfield, Cal., Dec. 22.—Entombed in the bowels of the earth beneath tons of stone and dirt of a collapsed tunnel of the Eastern Electrical Power company, L. B. Hicks, the miner who for 15 days faced death, was rescued at 11:25 o'clock tonight by a gang of his fellow miners who have worked incessantly to save him. For more than 60 feet, through rock, they burrowed in the race against death. Hicks was nearly crazy with joy when his rescues drew his weakened body from beneath the tram car, under which he had been pinned since the tunnel fell in, leaving him in darkness and the plaything of a mocking death. The hardened miners wept as Hicks tried to thank them. Outside, a crowd around the tunnel shaft had heard the signal. Bakersfield was in a frenzy of joy. Cannon boomed and the bells in the churches toiled. Men and women flocked to the streets and there exchanged congratulations. Hicks was brought from his perilous position at 5:30 this evening when his rescues completed a scaffolding to prevent a fall of boulders and dirt Hicks swayed like a drunken man, the sputtering lights of the miners' lamps half blinded him, and then a realization came to him that he was free. "God bless you all for standing by me," was all that he could say, but it was enough. There in the cavers of the earth, grim faced miners wept and an intended cheer stuck in their throats. Dr. Stinchfield placed dark glasses over Hicks' eyes, but the miner said that he did not need them as the light of the lamps did not bother him. Hicks' joy on his release was almost hysterical. He laughed and cried by turns and Dr. Stinchfield, fearing a violent reaction, gave him a mild sedative. L. B. Hicks, the miner who was rescued tonight, was entombed alive under 60 feet of debris 15 days ago in the tunnel of the Edison Electrical Power company, 17 miles northeast of this city. Five of his fellow workmen were buried at the same time by the cavein of thousands of tons of earth and rock. Hope of rescuing any of the victims was abandoned, when after three days the sound of tapping on the water pipe in the shaft was heard. Instantly a response was sent and the answering raps plainly proved that at least one of the imprisoned miners was alive. The water pipe was cleared and communication established through it with the man at the bottom of the shaft. He proved to be Hicks, a former soldier and an expert miner, whose life had been saved by a steel car under which he was pinned. His five companions were dead. Fearing to dislodge the debris in the shaft, the rescuing party began work on a drift from the side of the hill, and work was not suspended day or night. Hicks was given milk through the pipe and soon showed signs of renewed vigor. He said that during the three days previous to his discovery he had subsisted on a plug of chewing tobacco. Thereafter, during the long hours of his imprisonment in closely cramped quarters, he was kept well nourished. Every effort was made to keep his mind in a cheerful mood, so that it might not become unbalanced by his surroundings. The stench from the remains of the dead miners was perceptible at the surface of the ground and was intense in close quarters where Hicks was confined. A phonograph was placed so that the lonely man could be entertained by music. He also was kept in close communication with his friends, who sent words of cheer to him. Hicks' rescue was a most difficult piece of work, and that it was accomplished at all is regarded as marvelous by all those acquainted with the conditions which were met and overcome. MAKE BID FOR P. O. DEPARTMENT Corporation Offers to Run Mail Service Without Loss—Lower Rates. To run the postoffice department in all its branches as a private business concern is the latest plan that has emanated from Chicago. The head of the scheme, W. D. Boyce, is evidently sincere in his project, for he has made an actual proposition in writing to the government and asks that it be taken seriously and given careful consideration. Mr. Boyce is a millionaire publisher and represents capitalists who believe that they can carry on the business of the department with a capital of $50,000,000 and reduce postal rates that they can pay the government rent for postoffice and turn over all sur plus over 7 per cent on the capital invested to the government. A well known railroad traffic expert will be placed at the head of the business at a salary of $30,000 a year. Coming at a time when public opinion seems to favor a more careful super vision of departments and when Mr. Bryan insists that the control of the railroads should be taken over by the government, the plan has been called a backward step by some, but the promoters feel sanguine that they can reduce postal rates without a deficit. FROM GREAT MOHAWK MINE IN GOLDFIELD, NEVADA. Lesses and the Miners Are Suspected by Owners—Injunction Has Been Issued to Protect Mine—50 Watchers Employed by U. S. Court—Over a Million Is Said to Have Been Taken. San Francisco, Dec. 24.—The looting of the Mohawk mine of Goldfield by its lessees and the miners in their employ, as charged by the owners, has caused Judge W. W. Morrow of the United States circuit court to issue an injunction protectioning the mine, which will be enforced by 50 watchers appointed by the court. George Wingfield, who, with his associates in the ownership of the mine, filed bonds in the suit amounting to $400,000, claims that within the last 90 days $1,000,000 worth of high grade ore has been stolen and that the looting dates back for two years. The Wells-Fargo Express company is involved in the trouble, according to Wingfield. The 188 sacks of ore alleged to have been stolen, valued at $500,000, were recently shipped by the company to the Selby smelting works in this city, and are now the subject of a suit in the federal courts. The express company is said to have sent its wagons under cover of darkness to the assay offices, where the miners are said to have disposed of their stealings, for the purpose of taking shipments. There are 39 assay offices, where Wingfield says only three are "straight." He says that the miners working the deposits in the Mohawk have been dealing with the crooked offices. The Wells-Fargo company, he declared, was concerned in the matter only to the extent of increasing its business by shipping the ore to points where it might be sold. There are 1,000 miners in the Mohawk camp who are accused of looting by Wingfield. One miner is said to have been offered an employee $10 a day, for a chance to work in the mines as a common laborer. NOTE BY THE VATICAN. Protest Against Course of French Gov erment The note of the Vatican to all the papal representatives abroad, protesting against the course of France, after asserting that the rights of religion have been outraged by the French government's action in preventing the head of the church from communicating with the French hierarchy and by the expulsion of Mgr. Montagnini, secretary of the Papal Nunciature at Paris, says: "The representatives of the Holy See abroad have also received a circular in which are set forth the motives for the action of the Vatican regarding the application of the church and state law of 1905. These motives are so grave that it is evidently impossible to accuse the Holy See of intransigence or of unjust hostility to the French government in condemning the cultural association which disregards the essential rights the church derived from her constitution, such as maintaining an ecclesiastical bierarchy established by her divine founder as the basis of the organization of the church. "In fact, the law conferred on the cultural associations rights which not only belong exclusively to the ecclesiastical authorities in the place of worship and in possessing and administering ecclesiastical property, but the same associations were rendered independent of the hierarchy and instead were placed under the jurisdiction of the lay authorities. The pontiff could not approve of such associations without being lax in his duty as head of the church and without trampling upon the foundamental domestic principles of the church. "The same can be said of M. Briand's circular. The Holy See could not admit the unjust and intolerable conditions which the circular imposed upon the clergy in the exercise of their duties. "All this evidently shows that the Holy See merely did its duty strictly in giving instructions on the subject to the French clergy. If the French government was animated by calmer sentiment it could create for the church in France a situation which at least would not injure the essential rights of the Holy See which might even without admitting the principle of separation of church and state, tolerate such a situation in order to avoid worse evils, as it did in the case of other countries." Big Bay City Hotel Burns. Bay City, Mich., Dec. 25.—The Fraser house, the oldest and largest hotel in this city, was completely destroyed by fire Sunday. It is believed that no lives were lost. John O'Neill, the hotel fireman, was overcome by smoke and probably fatally injured. Loss, $90,000. Shah of Persia Is Sinking. Teheran, Dec. 24.—The shah is sink ing rapidly. New York city has the shortest stream of water in the world dignified by the name "river." It is the Harlem river, and is strictly one of the mouths of the Hudson. The British government gets an income of $25,000,000 from railways, river boats and forests of India. Does What Other Stoves Fail to Do In almost every house there is a room that the heat from the other stoves or furnace fails to reach. It may be a room on the "weather" side, or one having no heat connection. It may be a cold hallway. No matter in what part of the house—whether room or hallway—it can soon be made smug and cozy with a PERFECTION Oil Heater (Equipped with Smokeless Device) Unlike ordinary oil heaters the Perfection gives satisfaction always. First and foremost it is absolutely safe—you cannot turn the wick too high or too low. Gives intense heat without smoke or smell because equipped with smokeless device. Can be easily carried from room to room. As easy to operate as a lamp. Ornamental as well as useful. Made in two finishes—nickel and japan. Brass oil fount beautifully embossed. Holds 4 quarts of oil and burns 9 hours. There's real satisfaction in a Perfection Oil Heater. Every heater warranted. If not at your dealer's write our nearest agency for descriptive circular. The Rayo Lamp makes the home bright. Is the safest and best lamp for all-round household use. Gives a clear, steady light. Fitted with latest improved burner. Made of brass throughout and nickel plated. Every lamp warranted. Suitable for library, dining room, parlor or bedroom. If not at your dealer's write to nearest agency. CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY CASTORIA The Kind You Have Always Bought has borne the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his personal supervision for over 30 years. Allow no one to deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-good" are but Experiments, and endanger the health of Children—Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Chas. H. Fletcher. In Use For Over 30 Years. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY MINING NEWS. Port Arthur district has sprung into prominence with the discovery of remarkable hematite deposits, which, according to conservative estimates, amount to 200,000,000 tons of the best grade of iron ore. The deposits cover an area of about three miles in width are less than 20 miles from this town and within a quarter of a mile of the shore of Lake Superior. A. I. Goodell, manager of the Northport smelter, has announced that the smelter will probably be blown in next week. There is more than 20,000 tons of ore now at the plant, and the delay in starting the furnaces has been due to lack of coal. A five foot ledge of rich copper ore has been found in the Meteor mine at Meteor camp. The ore was found at the end of a 700 foot tunnel and at a vertical depth of 350 feet. Two feet of the ore on the footwall is exceptionally rich, assaying as high as 15 per cent copper. C. H. Voorhees and H. M. Stevens of Spokane have taken a $50,000 bond on the Pitman group of claims near Keremees, B. C. The payments will be made during the next 18 months. Are Educating Filipinos Secretary Taft and Dr. David P. Barrows, director of education of the Philippines, recently discussed the educational conditions in the islands with President Roosevelt. Dr. Barrows told the president that within six or seven years there would be practically no ignorant children among the 7,000,000 of Christianized Filipinos. He declares that it is the object of the bureau of education to give universal education and not to make the same mistake the Spaniards did." How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall F. J. CHENEY & CO., Propt, Toledo, O. We, the undergained, have, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any ob- jects to the best of his ability. WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Drug Hall's Caterain Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surface of the system, per bottle. Soil by all Drugpills, Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills are the best. In the last seven years the consumption of beer has fallen from 120 to 70 gallons a head in Munich. There is no satisfaction keener than being dry and comfortable when out in the hardest storm. YOU ARE SURE OF THIS IF YOU WEAR TOWER'S FISH BRAND WATERPROOF OILED CLOTHING BLACK OR YELLOW ON SALE EVERWHERE. A.J. TOWER CO. BOSTON, MASS. U.S.A. TOWER CANADIAN CO. Limited TORONTO, CAN. Sheet Music FREE "Goldenwest Is Home, Sweet Home," will send, copy FREE with every order for One Dollar worth of sheet music sent to me, if you enclose this adv, and nearest dealer's name. All the la- test hits for 19 cents each six copies for one dollar. Cheyenne. Why don't you try Oldsmobile nd 1000 others. Send money order or stamps today to G. A. ESMONDS, Sheet Music, Arcade Building, Seattle, Wash. Sp N U 52 6 NO PEERAGE FOR BRYCE. Man Who Will Come as Ambassador Declines Title. London, Dec. 6.—James Bryce, it would appear, has declined a peerage, but at any rate, according to the Dally Telegram, he will go to the United States as British ambassador without changing his name, and thus be the first plain citizen to represent his country at Washington, and, says the Chronicle, "Americans who know and honor him as James Bryce will esteem him all the more because he declined a title." HOWARD E. BURTON. Assayor and Chemist, Leadville, Colo. Specimen prices: Gold, silver, lead, $1; gold silver, 75c; gold, 50c; zinc or copper, $4. Cyan- dle teste mailing envelopes and full price list sent on application. Control and umpire work solicited. References: Carbonate National Bank. Henry A. Buchtel, the recently electe- d governor of Colorado, will not reside in the executive mansion, but will continue to live in his bungalow in University Park in order to be near the University of Denver, of which he will continue chancellor. DANCE HALL A. COZY CORNER ZANZIBAR GYMWASIUM ZANZIBAR LIBRARY DINING ROOM KITCHEN THE FAMOUS ZANZIBAR-PEKIN IS NO MORE The Doors are Locked and the Revenge of Lonomaid, Lissner, The Independent et al is Complete. Just about one year ago the accompanying cut of the famous Zanzibar appeared in several of the earstern papers, showing the possibilities in store for a young man with hustling qualities, and what the owner at that time had accomplished in that line of business; it was indeed a very creditable showing. But since then a very different chapter has been enacted, the fact that one of the Proprietor was too much in the lime-light—"too bumptious" as Inspector General Garlingtyn would have it—brought down on his head the maledictions of a coterie of pot-house woliticians and veritable Negro haters who used an ungrateful and acrobatic city administration as a cat's paw to throttle L. V. Grave. The administration Moyor may not have known that the real animus in downing Graye was the fact that it was feared that he was making inroads and really was the object of admiration from some of the damsels from the silk stockin district of prostitution. Now this was the limit; they could stand his prosperity and the fact that he received a large and profitable white patronage made no difference, but the fear of him a man of color making inroads on a citadel where the elite of royal blood aristocracy are supposed to reign supreme, was more than they could stand and the conspiracy was hatched for his downfall. Eagerly assisted by Sergeant of Police Bailey, a relic of antebellum democracy and veritable Negro hater, the plot thickened. They even hatched up figures showing that 70 per cent of the crime committed in this county originated at tee Zanzibor; and other rediculous assertions which would not bear examination. But what did the gang care for it was Graye's scalw they wanted and finally in star chamber proceedings before a hostile committee, they consigned the Zanzibar to an open grave. Since then it has been opened as the Pekin but was short-lived and on the first of the year it's doors were locked and the famous Zanzibar and Pekin is no more. Other dens flourish; dance halls whose owners have been tried and convicted of infractions against the law, but they are not the same color of Graye, so they can continue to run. It was a cruel fate and certainly a rank injustice, for as much as we are disgusted at this line of business and the characteristics of this man, we always contended that all should have a square deal. But this is not the era of the square deal and the Independent, Jake Lissner, Leonard Bailey, Brandigee, Longmaid and Mayor Lindsay were too much for the chocolate colored proprietors and they went to the mat for the full count of tun. BUTTE NOTES Mrs. Birthwright has been quite sick, but is now convalescing. Mr. Geo. Willis is much better, since our last writing. Mrs. Rev. Jones and baby were able to be out to dinner yesterday. Mrs. Frisby served a four-course dinner at her residence on Idaho St., Dec. 29. Those present all agree that the hostess is not only an entertainer, but knows, as but few others do, how to cook turkey. Grandma Fagan, on Montana St. served an old-fashioned turkey dinner Sunday from half past three to half past four. Those who had the pleasure of partaking of the luxuries provided by this aged and affable lady, were Mr. and Mrs. Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. H. Jones, Mrs. Frisby, Miss Nannie and Miss Grace Johnson Rev. Jefferson began his week of Prayer Meeting from New Year's evening; everybody is invited. Watch Meeting at the Shaffer Chapel A. M. E. Church was attended with some degree of interest. The Christmas entertainments at both Baptist and Methodist Churches were a success. The "Trip Around the World" at the A. M. E. Church was the most artistic display of the season. Everybody returned to their homes, wishing for the opportunity of making the trip again. Rev. Jones who sat back in the jungles wore a smile of thanks to the Committee. The A. M. E. Sunday School, though small, is doing a great work. The officers and teachers are persistent in their efforts in training the young people to do something as well as to learn something aside from their contributions for foreign missions. Each year they contribute something to their local church. This year, however, they chose to give the pastor a turkey for his New Year Dinner. May other Sunday Schools do likewise. Don't fail to attend prayer service at the Bethel Baptist Church. Church and Society Directory. St. James African Methodist Episcopal church, located at Co. 5th Ave. and Hoback street, Rev W. T. Osborne, Pastor. Services Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7 30 p. m. Sunday School, 2 p. m. A. Marshall, Supt., Carrie Dorsey, Chorister, Florence Anderson, Sec'y Prayer Meeting Wednesday Evening. Class meeting, Friday evenings. R. J. Fletcher Lodge No. 101, A. F. and A. M., meets the first and third Wednesday evenings of each month in the Lucas Block. R. I. Ford, W. M.; C. Johnson S. W.; Spencer Smith, J. W. Geo. Alexander, Sec'y: W. R. Dorsey, Treas. Byrd Lodge No. 11, A. F. and A. M., meets the first and third Monday evening of each month at 14 1-2 S. Main St. H. J. Baker W. M.; G. M. Lee, S. W.; J. Harris, J. W.; Chas. Ectey, Sec'y; W. C. Rose, Treas. Bethaheba Lodge, O. E. S., meets the 2nd and 4th Thursday evenings of each month in their hall in the Lucas Block. Mrs. Chas-Johnson, W. M.; Mrs. N. Ford, A. M.; Albert Napper, W. P.; Mrs. M. Simmons, Tress, Mrs. C. C. Matthews, Sect.; Mrs. Jos. Clark, Con.; Mrs. J. Harrison, A. B.; M. O. J. Arnett, W.; Chas. Johnson, S.; Mrs. L. Napper A.; Mrs. Jas. Crump, R.; Mrs. M. A. Cole, Esther; Mrs. E. Dorsey, M.; Mrs. George Alexander, Electa. Golden City Lodge No. 3455, G. U. of O; F., meets the first and third Tuesday evenings of each month. R. Brown, N. G.; J. M. Reed, V. G.; J. Howard, P. N. G.; N. Ford, P. S.; W. Parker, E. S.; W. Cottles, Tress. J. W. Crump, N. F.; Allbart Marshall, Clplain; W. Mason, Wardeen; J. Ingram, L. J. Tolbert, N. P. F. Household of Rath, No. 842; meets 2nd and 4th Tuesday evening of each month. Mrs. Sadie Ford, M. N. G.; Mr. Lucy Nicholson, P. M. N. G.; Mrs. Elsa Johnson, R. N. G.; Mrs. Carrie Johnson, N. G.; Mrs. Georgia Irvine, W. R. Pride of Montana Lodge, No. 4, K., of meets the 2nd and 4th Monday evening each month at G. A. R. Hall. J. W. Crump, C. C.; H. Robinson, V. C.; S. Smith, M. F.; W. Cottles, M. of E.; J. H. Howard, of R. and S.; D. Gordan, M. at A.; G. Harrison, O. G.; W. C. Irvin, I. G.; A. N. per, Prelate. 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