Montana Plaindealer

THE MONTANA PLAINDEALER Vol. I. J. B. BASS, . . . EDITOR. Subscription $2.00 per year, Strictly in Ad- vance. Advertising Rates on Application. Entered as second-class matter April 12, 1906, at the Post Office at Helena, Montana, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. PEACE! PROSPERITY!! MRS. IDA B. WELLS BARNETT'S SALIENT REMARKS Chicago, May 22.—To the Editor: The morning paper contains an account of the almost complete wiping out of a Negro family in Caxton, Ga., by a white mob, because, it is alleged, the family, Padgett by name,—refused to al- the mob to search their home for a supposed Negro assaulter. This mob of fifteen men killed the father and a ten-year-old child, wounded two other girls and two sons. This was done, says the Associated Press Dispatch, because the Negroes fired first, killing one man and wounding three others. Although the mob had got the best of the deal so far, the members went away and brought another mob of 500 armed men, chivalrous Southerners,—who carry guns so that they may be ever ready to protect women and children. They captured another Negro, but the assaulted woman failed to identify him. The mob, however, identified him as the one who killed the white man, so not only this Negro, but Padgett's wife and remaining son were "shot to pieces." The dispatches say that these men told the woman to run, and as she ran she was riddled with bullets. * * * I wonder if the 50,000,000 white Americans who read this story realize how blunted their sensibilities have become through the vices of race prejudice; how it blinds the eye and stifles the heartbeat of common humanity; nay, how it silences the voice and warps our ideas of justice? If the press, by printing column upon column, of the breaking up of the Corey family, could so work up public sentiment that a soulless corporation is going to depose Mr. Corey from its Presidency, and the minister who performed the wedding ceremony almost lost his church because of so doing, what could not the press and public opinion do in a case where hundreds of armed men wipe out an entire family by shooting them to pieces as they run? Had Mrs. Padgett and the members of the family been white, the whole country would be speaking out in detestation and horror by tomorrow morning. The newspapers which have thousands of dollars with which to fit out expeditions to foreign lands seemingly have not a cent to spend in getting the facts about the murder of these poor Negroes and their innocent children. The millions of churches of all denominations throughout the land have money to send missionaries to the arsthest corner of the globe to con- vert the heathen and teach them "Thou shalt not kill;" but these same pulpits will be silent as the grave over this breaking of the commandment against murder by the white Christians of the South. The thousands of moral and social organizations which have money, sympathy and resolutions of protest over the treatment of the Russian Jews, the Armenians, the Irish in Ireland, the Boers, etc., have remained silent, with a silence that seems to mean consent, over the hanging, shooting and burning alive of Negro men, women and children in the United States. For this reason these horrible occurrences go on unchecked. For this reason, and this reason only, a crowd of armed white men, armed to the teeth, can stand in a bunch in the old civilized State of Georgia and tell a poor defenseless black woman, whom they have kidnapped for no offense whatever, to run, and as she runs fill her body with bullets, after they have killed her husband and children. Those men know that blood is thicker than water, and that it has been proved times without number that white men run no risk and suffer no loss in the estimation of other white men and women when they choose to have a little fun shooting or burning alive a few "niggers." In the name of justice and an outraged and defenseless people, I appeal to this American nation to stop these outrages before the wrath of a just God descends upon this people. IDA B. WELLS BARNETT Chicago Conservator RAGE NOTES "It is interesting to note," says Mrs. Fanny Barrier Williams of Chicago, "the surprise and disappointment of white men because colored men win their way to success in untried situations. They seldom fail when given a fair chance in the race of life. In this great city there are colored men who are quietly and unobtrusively doing things that they were never expected to be able to do. There are look-keepers, expert accountants, electricians, engineers and draughtsmen. Colored men are to be found among the highest paid men in the stockyards, and indeed almost every trade. In other words the Afro-American is efficient. In fact he is really growing in efficiency more rapidly than there are opportunities. Though he is not wanted anywhere in these higher callings, yet in spite of even organized opposition, he is all the time unexpectedly slipping through the half closed door of opportunity, and once in, he quickly and easily proves himself able to do whatever other men are able to do. The proof is everywhere accumulating that the race is continually rising higher than its opportunities." Norfolk, Va., has 33,000 colored people within its borders. Mme. E. Azalia Hackley, whom Denver claims as her product, is captivating all Paris with her beautiful voice. Louisville is 'up in arms' because one Prof. George B. McClellan proposes to give a grand colored "All-Star" Concert at a white folks' hall, 'for white folks only." The President has appointed Col. Chas. S. Hodges of the 24th Infantry, a colored regiment, a brigadier general. General Hodges is now in the Philippines. Of the 13,014 employes of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburg, Pa., fourteen are colored, and they draw good wages, and are well treated generally. Registrar Kennedy, in charge of the Land Office at New Orleans, is said to be the only Negro Federal officeholder in the South identified with the lily-white element of the Republican Party. He has just begun his second term. Albert Smith, of St. Augustine, Florida, has constructed a large, well-designed cottage home, twenty feet square, and the same number of feet high, built entirely of scales from the drum fish, which abound in the neighboring waters. By actual count there are 3,076,-700 scales used in the building. three years without a has been employed in York, New Haven in Railroad since it was fic in 1863. In pursuance of the issued by Secretary War Department, at that colored men shall be appointed chief m colored regiments, John was on March 26th co as Bandmaster of the try. Mr. Norton has b musician for years, du time he has served musician and drum will retire from the U. June 10, 1907. It will be of interest visitors to the Jar position to know that The National Sporting Club of London decided last week that Sam Langford, colored American pugilist, to be the "champion middleweight of England." The above title was conferred upon him as the outcome of his recent victory over the British "Tiger" Smith whom he put to sleep in the fourth round. Antonio Infnate, a colored man of Santiago, Cuba, died Saturday at the age of 150 years. Despite his great age, the greatest recorded in modern times, he retained his faculties unimpaired to the end. He was born in 1757, nineteen years before the beginning of the American Revolution. The Young Men's Institute at Asheville, N. C., is doing a praiseworthy work for the salvation of the Negro youth of the vicinity. The officers of the institution are: J. W. O. Garrett, President; W. A. Robinson, Vice President; W. J. Trent, General Secretary; J. W. Bryan, Treasurer; J. W. Nipson, Recording Secretary. The field agent who has been covering the Western States sends word that Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri are responding generously in the way of preparing exhibits for the Negro Department. He adds that Kansas City, St. Joseph, Sedalia, Independence and Jefferson City will be handsomely represented. The Committee of prominent doctors, appointed to supervise the medical exhibit in connection with the Negro Department of the Jamestown Exposition, are serving without compensation. This public-spirited body of physicians is composed of Dr. A. M. Curtis, Chairman; Drs. George C. Hall, R. F. Boyd, J. J. France and W. A. Warfield. C. W. Keatts, National Grand Master of Masaic Templars of America, continues ill at his home in Little Rock, Ark. During Capt. Keatts' disability, National Grand Secretary J. E. Bush has been carrying the entire burden of the management of the Southwest's most thriving fraternal and commercial organization. Colored farmers are said to be destroying the pecan groves of Oklahoma and Indian Territory to "clear" their land, and are cutting the trees into firewood. Joseph Sondheimer, of Muskogee, who made a fortune in early days dealing in furs and pecans, says the farmers do not realize the commercial value of their pecan trees and that in a few years there will be no pecans. Not only does Henry Van Ness, of Rockville, Conn., enjoy the distinction of being the only Negro railroad conductor in the world, but he also has the honor of being one of the men who has been longest in continuous railroad service in the country, having been employed as a conductor for forty- three years without a break. He has been employed on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad since it was open to traffic in 1863. In pursuance of the late order issued by Secretary Taft, of the War Department, at Washington, that colored men shall hereafter be appointed chief musicians of colored regiments, John H. Norton was on March 26th commissioned as Bandmaster of the 25th Infantry. Mr. Norton has been an army musician for years, during which time he has served as principal musician and drum major. He will retire from the U. S. Army on June 10, 1907. It will be of interest to prospective visitors to the Jamestown Exposition to know that several of the prominent citizens of Norfolk Va., with Messrs. McRae, Wilson, Lawrence and Robinson at the project, have organized an Automobile Company which will immediately go into operation. Four handsome machines have already arrived with others on the way. It is probable that the Company will operate under the name of the Tri-City Automobile Company, taking in Norfolk, Portsmouth and Berkley, and the promoters promise to make the Company a success in every detail. Walter Smith, inventor of a device that will prevent a train from wrecking when it crashes into an open switch, will place it on exhibition in the Jamestown Negro exhibit. Mr. Smith's device is said to be the only "sure thing" ever invented to prevent wrecks of this kind. It is so constructed that when a train runs into an open switch, at any rate of speed, it will close and lock it. Mr. Smith was eared in Topeka, Kan., and is a born genius. He can make anything out of wood or iron, and has several minor inventions that are very useful, which he will place on the market soon. A GRAND SUCCESS The Grand Concert given by the Colored talent of this city, complimentary to this publication was a pronounced success. The program was rendered as advertised, and it was undoubtedly the best ever arranged in the city. Every participant did himself proud in the creditable manner in which they acquitted themselves. Tune and space will not permit us to do credit to the affair in a write-up of the same, but suffice it to say that every number was a gem, and all who missed the same missed a rare treat Echoes of The Plaindealer Concert The unknown proved to be Harry Simmons, and his turn proved to be one of the hits of the evening. Little Helen Marle Holmes is certain to make her mark on the stage. This was only her second appearance, and her work was equal to that of many professionals. The Silver Tongued Quartette, consisting of W. C. Merritt, A. J. Marshall, Bert Johnson and W. D. Cole, was a feature, and made good all along the line. Their rendition of 'My Lost Farewell' brought down the house. Mrs. Matthews' reciting was superb and appropriate. Mrs. M. Ingram, who always pleases a Helena audience, was no exception on this occasion, and was compelled to respond to an encore. Mrs. Geo. Lee was a badly disap pointed woman because of her ill luck in contracting a severe cold, which would not yield to treatment, on the very eve of the concert. But W. D. Cole filled out their number with a Baritone solo which was a gem. Prof. Wm. McDonald's piano solo was a masterpiece, and he was en cored time and again. By special request he sang "Goodnight Beloved, Goodnight." A voice such as his was never heard at a public entertainment in this city set the audience in ecstacy, and they were loath to let (Continued on fourth page) The New York Dry Goods Store. Helena, Montana. 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D. Curtin, Fisher, Grand Street. No. 51. MRS. M'KINLEY DEAD FUNERAL HELD WEDNESDAY---- PRESIDENT ATTENDS. Stricken With Paralysis—She Never Knew of Efforts to Prolong Her Life —Many Relatives at Bedside—Dr. Buxton Will Have Charge of Funeral Services. Canton, Ohio, May 27.—Mrs. William McKinley, widow of the late president, died at her home here at 1:65 o'clock Sunday afternoon. For many years Mrs. McKinley has been an invalid. She recovered from the shock of her husband's tragic death, but it left its mark, and when it was known that she had suffered a stroke of paralysis little hope was felt that she could survive. The end came peacefully, almost imperceptibly. Mrs. McKinley never knew of the efforts made to prolong her life, or the solicitous hope against, hope of her sister and other relatives and friends for her recovery. At the McKinley home, when death came, there were present Secretary Cortelyou, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Barber, Mrs. Sarah Duncan, Mrs. Luther Day, Justice and Mrs. William R. Day, Doctors Portemann and Rixey and the nurses. "Mrs. McKinley lived hours longer than was expected," said the secretary. "Her vitality was wonderful," said Dr. Portemann. It was by Secretary Cortelyou that the announcement of the demise was given to the public. As this was fashed over the land William McKinley post and George D. Harter post, G. A. R., were forming in line, and to the strains of "The March Religioso," went to the First Methodist Episcopal church to listen to the annual memorial address, which was given by Dr. H. Buxton, Mrs. McKinley's pastor. The funeral arrangements, so far as made, are that Dr. Buxton will have charge of the services, which are to be simple. They will be held at the McKinley home at 2 o'clock, Wednesday afternoon. Secretary Cortelyon is directing the arrangements, and will remain here until after the funeral. Dr. Rixey left here at 5:33 this evening for Washington. He will join President Roosevelt and will go with him on his trip to Indianapolis and Lansing this week. It was announced that President Roosevelt and Secretary Loeb will arrive in Canton Wednesday morning to attend the funeral services. Vice President Fairbanks, who had been a house guest of the McKinleys, is expected to reach here in time to attend the funeral service. The body of Mrs. McKinley will be placed in the vault in West Lawn cemetery, which holds also the body of her husband, until the completion of the national mausoleum on Monument hill, when both caskets will be transferred to receptices in that tomb. From numerous friends of Mrs. McKinley Mrs. Barber this evening received telegrams of condolence on the death of her sister. Among them were telegrams from President Roosevelt and Vice President Fairbanks. Mrs. McKinley's life of almost 60 years had been made familiar to the nation by the fact that more than half of it was a period of invalidism. Through all this, however, she showed a firm and unwavering belief in the career of her husband and by her cheering words, in spite of personal afflictions, encouraged him when there was darkness at hand. She believed that his star of destiny would never set until he had become president of this land, and for more than a quarter of a century cherished that belief until her hopes were realized. After President McKinley's death she expressed a desire to join him, and prayed day by day that she might die. Later, however, she frequently told friends that she desired to live until the completion of the McKinley mausoleum, which is the gift of the nation and which is to be dedicated on Monument hill September 30 next. LATE NEWS ITEMS. During the Ta Wang Miao festival at Shanghai an immense crowd of spectators were on the bridge over Soo Chow creek and the police fighting back the crowd for the procession caused the mass to press against a film sy rail, breaking it, with the result that 100 who were forced into the water were drowned. Gusta Grant, an Indian, was run over by the freight train near the trestle at Marcus, Wash., while containing a jag. The largest shipment of sheep from Washtuena, Wash., in many years is being made this week. Nearly 4800 were shipped to Chicago. John Metcalf, who lived near Coeur d'Alene city, committed suicide recently supposed on account of ill health. Severe frosts in the west and southwest seat prices of wheat up to a new high record mark for the crop at Chicago, Monday, July touching $1.03½, September $1.04½ and December $1.05½. The advance, however, was not maintained, heavy realizing sales causing a sharp reaction. Greenwood, Ark.—The death of Govrenor John R. Little is expected momentarily. The big ship known as the Cuidad de Mexico has been destroyed by fire near Buenos Ayres. A number of adjoining business houses were damaged. The damages are estimated at $1,500,-000. SPORTING SNAP SHOTS. Jimmy Britt has signed up to fight Joe Gans September 9 at Colma, before J. Coffroth's club. The weight will be 133 ringside. In the first six games Overall, of the Chicago Cubs, pitched this season, his opponents made an average of only five hits. Clarence Beaumont, a Pittsburg discard, has made 32 hits in 25 games for the Boston Nationals. Since the postponement of the Burns-Squires fight from Decoration Day to the Fourth of July, there are rumors that the fight may never come off in California. The O'Brien scandal is the cause of the trouble. It is ascertained that the projected track and field meet between Harvard and Yale and Oxford and Cambridge is off for the present year, Oxford and Cambridge having definitely decided that they are unable to send a team to America. The "find of the season" is what the Seattle sporting writers call Harry Rush, the ex-Spokane High School boy, who was with the Spokanes last season and was sold to Dugdale when the latter was in Spokane this spring. On the half-mile track of the Spokane Interstate fairgrounds beginning Thursday, Decoration Day, was held Spokane's first automobile race meet. Playing almost perfect golf for the 36 holes, J. L. Lippy of Seattle won the championship of the northwest from James Gillison in the final contest at Spokane. In the final round for the women's championship Mrs. I. W. Anderson of Spokane won from Miss Mabel Welch of Spokane, five up and four to play. Never in the history of Pacific coast baseball was there such a game played as took place between Tacoma and Aberdeen teams last week and which was won in the last half of the 17th inning, with one man down. The next tournament of the Pacific Northwest Golf association will be held at Tacoma in 1908. Butte has been elected to membership in the association, which is now made up of clubs from Spokane, Butte, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Port Townsend and Victoria, B. C. C. C. Holzel, Spokane, president of the P. N. A., is on his way east to assume his duties as one of the committee in charge of the A. A. U. championships at Jamestown. Mr. Holzel was appointed on the executive early in the year, and he is now wanted to help in the arrangements. Plans have been drafted for a race track and fair grounds at Ellensburg. Gleason, who is playing second base for the Phillies, has passed his 21st year in major league baseball and still they call him "Kid." Best Records for a Mile. Automobile—1 mile in 28 1-5 seconds. Railroad train—(New York Central) 1 mile in 30 seconds. Bicycle—(Charles Murphy) 1 mile in 1 minute. Bicycle at long distance—(Gulgnard) 59 miles an hour. Running horse—(Harrow) 1 mile in 1:35 2-5. Trotting horse—(Lou Dillon) 1 mile in 1:58½. Pacing horse—(Dan Patch) 1 mile in 1:58. Runner—(W. G. George) 1 mile in 4:12¾. Skating—(J. Nilssen) 1 mile in 2:36. Walking—(W. Perkins) 1 mile in 6:23. Swimmling—(R. Carriff) 1 mile in 21:11 2-5. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Northwestern League. P. C. Seattle .658 Aberdeen .614 Tacoma .613 Spokane .500 Butte .433 Vancouver .143 National League. American League. Pacific Coast. Trolley League. t P. C. Rosalla .500 Mescow .500 Colfax .500 Palouse .500 City League. 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, Politieal and Personal Events. James A. Dale, who killed Joseph Selle at Carmi, B. C., last October, has been convicted at Greenwood of murder and sentenced to be hanged July 18. Brigadier General Henry S. Terrill, U. S. A., retired, died suddenly of heart disease at New York recently. R. A. Hutchinson of Altoona, Pa., was elected secretary of the board of foreign missions by the general assembly of United Presbyterians. Arguments in the Eddy suit have been completed and the presiding judge has ordered that all citations and affidavits in the case be filed this week. He will render his decision later. The statement that Queen Victoria has discontinued nursing her baby is incorrect. The queen and the prince are doing well. As the result of a collision between a heavy touring car and the engine of the Santa Fe limited at Los Angeles Walter Foster of Minneapolis, a guest of the Alexandria, is dead. The splendid equestrian monument to General John B. Gordon was unveiled at Atlanta, Ga., recently. Isabelle May Dkyer killed her divorced husband at Terra Haute, Ind., last Saturday. John R. Little of Arkansas is slowly sinking unto death. Memphis, Tenn.—A. B. Garretson of Grand Rapids, Mich., who filled out the unexpired term of E. E. Clark, was elected grand chief of the Order of Railway Conductors. Boston was selected as the next convention city. Ethel Barrymore is seriously ill at Chicago. Cleveland, Ohio-John D. Rockefeller and Mayor Tom Johnson have made returns on their taxable property. Rockefeller places a valuation of only $4600 on his while the mayor thinks his is worth $18,020. The threatened beer famine in San Francisco, as the result of the strike of 700 brewery workers a week ago, has been averted by the action of the striking brewery employees in reaching a compromise with their employers. Following close upon the announcement by the union machinists that they would strike June 3, the employers are discharging hundreds of machinists from various shops in Cleveland, Ohio. The union men retaliated by calling out men at two of the largest shops. The action of the employers has precipitated a crisis and about 3700 men are out. The betrothal is announced of Princess Leuise, daughter of the countess of Paris, and Prince Cuarles of Bourbon, widower of the Infanta Mercedes, sister of King Alfonso. The wedding will probably take place in England in November. King Alfonso will attend. Keith McMorran, formerly of Butter, continues to be the sensation of the water front in Tacoma. Continued and persistent reports are circulated that the boy was shot while swimming in the water and was not drowned as at first reported. ALLEGED BRIBES TO BAIL. Millionaires and Multimillionaires Apt peared in Court. San Francisco—Millionaires and multimillionaires, presidents and vice presidents and lesser officials of great corporations thronged Judge Coffey's courtroom recently with their attorneys and attendants, whence they had been summoned to give ball in excess of half a million dollars to insure their personal liberty pending their trials on felony indictments returned against them recently by the Oliver grand jury. LATE NEWS ITEMS. Railroad managers at Chicago estimate that by the end of the first week in June the railroads will have discharged between 50,000 and 100,000 men. Some estimate the number much higher. This does not take into account the large number of laborers and others dismissed on account of failure to make extensions. C. E. Grunsky, consulting engineer in the United States reclamation service, will shortly resign to attend to private business. He was formally a member of the isthmian canal commission. The two-cent passenger fare bill has been approved by Governor Deneen of Illinois. This bill makes a straight two-cent-a-mile limit on all railroads in Illinois. Pat Crowe Is in Jail Again Omaha, Neb.—In pursuance of a general order issued some time ago by Chief of Police Donohue, Pat Crowe was arrested recently and confined in jail. The chief takes the position that Omaha has had trouble enough from Crowe and he has declared him an undesirable citizen whom it is not safe to have lounging around the town with no occupation. Crowe is charged with vagrancy. Ball was refused. LATE NEWS ITEMS. A report from Oswego, Montana, states that safeblowers broke into the postoffice at that place Sunday night, securing $500. It is believed that the same gang robbed the postoffice of the neighboring town of Culbertson a few days before, getting only $3. A recent order of the war department announces the abandonment of Forts Assiniboine and Keogh, Mont. Assiniboine is by far the largest fort in the United States in point of area, comprising 220,000 acres. Fort Keogh, the other abandoned post, is located several miles from Miles City. In area it is next to Fort Assiniboine in size, comprising 57,000 acres. Washington sheep owners have filed two suits in the United States circuit court at Portland to test the constitutionality of the compulsory sheep-inspection law passed at the last session to the Oregon legislature. Goldfield, Nev.—O. J. Buchanan, superintendent of the Florence, Goldfield, Red King Leasing company, was recently held up and robed while returning to town from the mines. He was severely if not fatally beaten. The case of Homer E.Grafton versus the United States, was decided by the supreme court of the United States in favor of Grafton. Grafton is a private in the U. S. army and he was charged with the assassination of two Filipino natives at Guimiras, P. I., on July 23, 1904. He claimed to have been attacked and to have shot the two men in self defense and was acquitted by the courtmartial which followed. The civil authorities of the islands, however, took the matter in hand, with the result that Grafton was sentenced on a charge of homicide to a term of imprisonment of 12 years. Grafton brought the matter to the supreme court of the United States on a writ of error, with the result that the decisions of the Philippine civil cases were both reversed. The opinion orders that Grafton be discharged from custody. The opinion was announced by Justice Harlan and proceeded upon the theory that Grafton's life could not be twice put in jeopardy, as it was by trial in both the military and civil courts. SPOKANE Wholesale Produce Prices. Vegetables—Asparagus, 6@7c; cabbage, California, $3.25 cwt; artichokes, $1.25@1.50 doz; green onions, 25@35c doz bunches; Bermuda onions, 2.50 crate; horseradish, 10@12½c lb; spinach, $1 box; turnips, 40@50c doz burches; hothouse lettuce, 25 tomatoes, $5 crate; rhubarb, $1.25 crate; cauliflower, $2.50 doz; cucumbers, $2.50 doz; potatoes, $1.75 cwt; California squash, $2.25; peas, $12½c lb; radishes, 30@35c doz; strawberries, $5@6 crate; parsley, 40@50c doz; California string beans, 18c lb; California wax beans, 18c lb; green gooseberries, $2.50 crate; pineapples, $3@4 doz; hotbed lettuce, 12½c lb. Apples—Cooking, $1@1.25 box; Yel- Apples—Cooking, $1@1.25 box; Yellow Newtowns, $2.50 box. Butter and Eggs—Local eggs, case, $6; best creamy butter, 27c lb; Columbia creamy butter, 26c lb; cheese, twins, 17c lb; Wisconsin loaf Swiss, 18c lb; limburger bricks, 18c lb; cream brick, 20c lb; Wisconsin twins, 18c lb; Tillamook, 17c. Honey—In comb, $3.50; strained honey, 9½c lb. Sugar—$6.40 per 100 lbs; beet, $6.25. Coffee—Common package goods, $17.40 per 100 lbs. Seed—Red clover, $16; Kentucky bluegrass, $17@18 cwt; timothy, $6@ 6.50 cwt; white clover, $16.50@18 cwt. Prices Paid to Producers. Live stock—Steers, $4.50@5 cwt, cows, $3.25@3.75 cwt; sheep, $4@4.25 cwt; hogs, $7@7.25 cwt; mutton, 8c lb; veal, $4@6 cwt; fancy small, No. 1, 7@8c lb; fancy large, 5@6c lb; pork, 8½@9c lb. Poultry and Eggs—Live hens, 13c lb; live spring chickens, 15@16c; live roosters, 10c; dressed hens, 15c; ducks, live, 14c; dressed, 16c; turkeys, live, 18c; dressed, 20c; fresh ranch eggs, $5@5.00 case. Hides—Green, 7c lb; salted, 1c higher- dry hides, 16@17c; calfskins, green, 8@9c; cows, 6c; kip, 8c lb; sheepskins, 50@$1.25. Creamery produce, f. o. b Spokane— First grade creamy butter fat, 25½c. Feed—Timothy hay, $20@21 ton; alfalfa hay, $16 ton; whole barley, 95c @$1.05 cwt; wheat, $1@1.10 cwt. Kettle beans, $1.25 cwt. Tacoma, Wash.—Bluestem, 87c; club, 85c; red, 82c. Portland, Ore.—Bluestem, 88@89c; club, 85@86c; valley, 85c; red, 83@ 84c. In the June Century. "The United States of Baseball" is the odd title of a discussion in the June Century by Charles D. Stewart, author of "Partners of Providence," of the inner workings of the national game in America—its extent, major and minor leagues, the nationality, and something of the fundamental nature of the game. Forest Guards in Northwest. Newton Wilcox has been appointed forest guard on the Washington (east) national forest. R. L. Hale and James Albee have been appointed guards on the Sawtooth and Priest River national reserves in Idaho. Better be hard handed than hard hearted. NORTHWEST STATES WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON AND MONTANA NEWS. WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON AND MONTANA NEWS. A Few Interesting Items Gathered From Our Exchanges of the Surrounding Country—Numerous Accidents and Personal Events Take Place—Crop Outlook Is Good. WASHINGTON NOTES. The bridge over the main Kettle river at First street, Grand Forks, B.C., was destroyed recently by log jam. Under new regulations for the cadets in the United States military academy annual physical examinations will be held. Eastman, Ga.—Miss Sallie Feeney, a widow charged with the murder of W. P. Hargill, was found guilty. The jury making a plea for mercy. Evansville, Ind.—The streetcar strike, which has been on in this city for 10 days, has been settled. St. Petersburg.—The lower house of parliament has appropriated $8,750,000 for a famine relief fund. John Bell, the Brooklyn trolley can conductor accused of the murder of Dr. Charles W. Townsend, a prominent physician of Staten Island, who had attended Bell's wife in childbirth, in which she died, was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be electrocuted on July 1. Five workmen were killed recently by an explosion of amonia in Armour & Co.'s packing plant at Chicago. The national conference of Dunkards at Los Angeles has passed a resolution condemning the wearing of neckties. Walter O'Neill, 11 year old son of a prominent resident of Superior, Wis., was found dead recently in a boxcar at that place. Theodore Tilton, the American editor and author, who has been ill in Paris for several days past of pneumonia, is dead. No actor's name will be among those inscribed in the hall of fame at New York university this week. Binghamton, N. Y.—James O'Connell, president of the International Association of Machinists, has called out the entire force of union machinists upon the Erie railroad, about 3000 men. The Columbia river is now 30 feet above low water mark. Captain H. L. Bennett of Spokane was elected colonel of the Uniform Rank of the Knights of Pythias, recently held in Tacoma. In a drunken fight on the Nisqually reservation, about four miles from Roy, Ed Jackson was clubbed to death by Paul Leschi. It is understood steel has been ordered by the O. R. & N. to lay 115 miles of its Washington division with 75-pound rails before July 1. it also intended to reballast this section of the road this season and place it in the best of condition. The Edwall horse show which was held last week was a great success. The wheat crop at Quincy is looking fine. Pullman is to have a connection between the Oregon Railroad & Navigation and Northern Pacific railroads. Fred H. Gaston, city editor of the Spokesman-Review, has been selected by the board of managers of the Spokane 150,000 club as secretary of the club, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Ren H. Rice, the new chief of police. What is rated as the largest auditorium in Spokane was opened to the public Sunday. It is declared to be the finest Methodist church on the Pacific coast. W. H. Fouts is credited with being the oldest school teacher in the state. He resides at Bellingham, is 87 years of age and recently took the state examination for teachers, receiving a certificate. Chesaw was visited by a $12,000 fire recently. The ministers of Everett are making a warm fight against the gambling fraternity. The bodies of Miss Edith Vogt, Joseph F. Goshorn and Glen Jaquith, the three college students who were drowned in Lake Washington Sunday, were recovered. The grain bag shortage promises to be a serious menace to the grain growers this fall. Two hundred shingle mills in Snohomish, Skagit and Whatcom counties are shut down to remain closed until July 10. The things you don't say cause you less grief in this life than almost anything else. The ferry across the Columbia at Trinidad was swept down the river recently. The Cheney Commercial club is arranging to take a census of that place. Wilbur Wiggins of Colton, who was accidentally shot in the hand a short time ago, is dead from lockjaw. Veterans of the Civil war and their descendants and of the Spanish-American war at Spokane have organized a regiment of the Union Veteran's union. Spokane retail grocers and meat dealers will hereafter close at 8 p. m. Saturday evenings. All brands of flour manufactured in this state jumped up 25 cents a barrel this week. IDAHO NEWS. Moscow expects to prepare a splen- did celebration for the Fourth. At the closing session of the Idaho Federation of Women's clubs at Coeur d'Alene the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. Isabelle W. Gyde, Wallace; first vice president, Mrs. J. L. McClear, Coeur d'Alene; second vice president, Mrs. J. B. Anderson, Lewiston; third vice president, Mrs. D. D. Drennan, Rathdrum; secretary, Miss Pearl Wickersham, Wallace; treasurer, Miss Evelyn Butler, Lewiston. A stranger was instantly killed in the Northern Pacific yards at Coeur d'Alene recently. Henry Vecans, a man who several months ago threatened to blow up the Commercial Trust company's building in Lewiston because its officials had refused to loan him money and who afterward stated that he would kill Attorney John O. Bender for appearing against him in court, has been captured by the police, after he had escaped from the insane asylum at Orofino. The town of Harrison will be in darkness for some time as the result of the burning of the plant of the Harrison Box & Lumber company. The plant, which was valued at about $50,000, was a total loss. The amount of insurance is not known. Upon recommendation of Senator Heyburn, Hamilton Wright has been appointed as special agent for the interior department. He is now in the land office at Blackfoot, and was formerly in the interior department. Senator Heyburn has apparently entirely recovered from the illness which prostrated him for many weeks. Restaurant men and hotelkeepers of Lewiston have decided to follow the example set by Wallace and other Idaho towns in raising the price of "grub." A large, woolly, green worm, crawling over the shoulder of the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Hendrick of Grangeville, caused her to go into convulsions which ultimately resulted in her death. OREGON SQUIRS Jerome Dorris, convicted at Enterprise of manslaughter, has been sentenced to serve 10 years in prison and to pay a fine of $1000 and the costs of the trial, which amount to about $2000. He has appealed to the supreme court. Governor Chamberlain in the Solomon Miller case, granted the extradition papers asked for and the defendant will be taken back to New York City to answer to the charge of grand larceny. The Blue Mountain sawmill, located about 12 miles east of Weston, has been started up with a force of 30 men. This mill has a daily capacity of 30,000 feet. William Bhlos, of Roseberg, who murdered his cabinmate last July and hid the body, has confessed and it is said will plead guilty. He expects to receive a life sentence. Over 200 Austrians have been engaged at Portland by the government agent there to work on the Tieton irrigation project. John Prior, a well known character at Prineville, was burned to death in his home recently. The sum of $1500 has been raised in the vicinity of Wasco, the county seat of Sherman country, for the purpose of bringing a Los Angeles rainmaker to that place for the experiment. No money is to be paid over unless the rainmaker causes six inches of rain to fall within a radius of 60 miles of the location of the tower between May 25 and July 25, 1907. MONTANA ITEMS Rose Rago, whose husband tends the postoffice substation in South Butte, was shot Saturday night by holdup men in the store while holding her hands in the air because her husband disregarded the command of hands up and dodged in an attempt to get his gun. The bullet hit Mrs. Rago in the abdomen, inflicting a serious wound. A. Forrest was covered by guns in the hands of robbers not far from the scene of the other holdup. The robbers took $25 from him. The Montana Record Jamestown contest closed, with a total of 2,346,221 votes. The winners are: Elizabeth Broderson of Helena, Adeline Reidington of Helena, Mayme Walsh of Helena, Agnes O'Boyie of Anaconda, Eva Facole of White Sulphur Springs, Hattie Lynn of Bozeman, Ethel Browning of Big Timber, Myrtle Vance of Billings, Lillian Wade of Boulder, Rena Scharf of Townsend. These girls will be given a free trip to the Jamestown fair. One of Butte's old-time citizens joined the silent majority when Adolph Keppner died last week at the family home, 960 West Broadway. His illness was brief and his death a surprise and shock to his friends. The school year is nearly finished. Arthur Wood and Everett Hall were asphyxiated near Lewistown recently while sleeping in a room where there was a gasoline engine which leaked. Wood was dead when found and Hall was unconscious, but will recover. Billings—One man is dead and two others were wounded in a shooting affray at Laurel in a cafe. The man who was killed is Ferry Walt, who was shot twice, the shots being fired by Charley Wright, the proprietor of the place. Dave Riley was right in the road of the bullets and was seriously injured, while Dan Jones had one finger shot off by a bullet from the restaurant man weapon of the restaurant and David Barton, a miner at Red Lodge recently struck Mat Hill, a ranch hand with his fist, knocking him down. 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Trunk Had Been Left in Room by Two Greeks for Rent Due—Priest Had Been Soliciting Funds and It Is Supposed Was Murdered for the Money Carried in Valise. New York, May 27.—Rev. Father Kaspar of the Armelian Apostolic church of Hoboken, N. J., was murdered in this city time last week. The body was found in a trunk which had been left for security for their room rent by two Greeks, who three weeks ago rented a room from Mrs. Henry Sherrer, who occupied the third floor of a tenement at 333 West Thirty-seventh street. When last Wednesday the rent was not forthcoming her lodgers told Mrs. Sherrer that she was amply secured by their well-filled trunk. The following morning the men disappeared, and today the trunk was broken open. To the horror of Mrs. Sherrer it was found to contain the badly decomposed body of a man. The body was in a kneeling position, with the head bound against the knees by a heavy strap that passed over the back of the neck and was buckled under the shins. The murdered man was about 60 years of age and was about 5 feet 4 inches in height. A flowing beard 12 inches long was streaked with gray, but the long and bushy hair was black. An undershirt of balbriggan and a cuff on the right wrist were all the body wore, but on top of it had been thrown three coats of clerical cut, a white laundered shirt, two pairs of black lace shoes, a soft felt hat, two collars and a detached cuff. Because of the condition of the body it was not possible to determine the manner of death. Following an autopsy at the morgue two men were are rested on suspicion. Mrs. Sherrer told the coroner's jury that when the two men engaged the room in her home they described themselves as John and Paul Sarkie, each about 35 years of age. John was dark and smooth shaven, and the man said he had conducted a restaurant in the tenderloin. The other wore a mustache. The men had been visited, she said, by a man wearing a clerical garb, who looked not unlike the murdered man. She thought that this man called at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening. No one heard any unusual noises that day. After removal to the morgue the body was identified as that of the priest. He had lived at 608 Monastery street, West Hoboken, and frequently made trips to this city soliciting funds for his church. Father Kaspar, carrying a small leather bag in which his collections were placed, came to be a familiar figure in Greek and Armenian circles here, and it is believed that he was murdered for the money he carried. The autopsy revealed that the priest had probably been drugged and placed, while still alive, in the trunk, there to be suffocated to death. The neck and one arm had been broken, but apparently these injuries had not been the cause of death. Thrown upon the body was the priest's clothing. The coroner's physician said that the man had probably been dead six or seven days. The contents of the stomach will be examined to determine whether some drug was used. LATE NEWS ITEMS. According to dispatches received at Berlin, from Hainghai and Hongkong, native rioters have destroyed the German mission station at Lien Chow near Pakhoi The missionaries escaped. Five American missionaries were killed in Lien Chow October 28, 1905 and a hospital and other mission property destroyed. Indemnity for the loss of life and property was paid by the Chinese government early in January of the present year. A rebellion has broken out at Wong Kong. All of the civil and military officials have been assassinated and their Yamens burned. General Baron Kuroki and staff are in Chicago this week. They are making a minute inspection of the great packing plants at the stock yards. Angered by comments said to have been made against his race, an unknown negro plunged a knife into the breast of Fred Thomson, an employee of the Western Packing company, at Denver, fatally injuring him. Thomson was from Washington, D. C. Discrimination against the b'ue' jacket; unifo of the navy at the daoing pavilion at an amusement park, a resort adjacent to the Jamestown exposition, has led Secretary Metcalf to vigorous action. Students Poisoned by Ice C Students Pooled by Ice Alton, Ill.—Seven of the 14 prospective graduates of the Alton High School are near death from poison in strawberry flavored ice cream eaten at a class reception given by a member of the class. The others of the class and Superintendent Heywood are critically ill. The nature of the poison is not known and it is puzzling chemists and physicians. The patients are suffering intense pain. The drug seems to have diluted their blood. In trying to make a lion of a man we often merely succeed in making a monkey of him. A whole lot of husbands have forgotten how they courted their wives. SEVEN JURORS SECURED. Majority Now Accepted in Haywood Case. Boise, Idaho, May 27.—From present indications it would seem that another week must elapse before the taking of testimony can begin in the trial of William D. Haywood, first of the alleged "inner circle" of the Western Federation of Miners. The jury may be completed Friday evening or Saturday. In either event it is probable that the attorneys for the state will ask for an adjournment until Monday morning in order that the opening address or statement of the prosecution's case may immediately be followed by supporting evidence. The people of Boise, busy with the social and commercial activities of their prosperous little city and never wildly excited about the trial, have become less interested than ever because of the delay in securing a jury. LOSE LIVES IN ROARING FIRE Four Persons Burn to Death in San Jose Lodging House. San Jose, Cal.—Two unidentified bodies were taken from the disasterous fire on Market street and with the one identified as that of John McDonald, an employee of the San Jose Water company, and one recovered brings the death list up to four. That ten or a dozen other bodies are in the ruins the firemen and searching parties have little doubt, from an examination of the burned premises, which were a veritable firetrap, and the statements of the keeper of the lodging house. G. W. Laverty was arrested on suspicion of having set fire to the feed store where the blaze started. Washington State Press Association. The next meeting of the Washington State Editorial association will be held in Everett next July, the 25th, 26th and 27th, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. A fine program has been arranged and the side lines provided for by the Everett people are said to be numerous and of the most pleasant nature. A large attendance is promised. Workmen Burn in Boston. 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HEREFORD CLASSIFIED ADS CLASSIFIED ADS NOTICE--The following announcements are from the men and firms, and are well worth your care. Each list may contain just the proposition you are looking for. ASSOCIATION HAS SURPLUS. Western Live Stock Associates Insurance More Than $100,000. "We have written insurance amounting to about $10,000 since we started, and the greater that has been written in the last four weeks, the Starke Oliver of the Western Live Stock Insurance Association, at a meeting of the executive committee Saturday afternoon. "Not only that, but we made up since opening for business, March 6, 2014, and are setting aside 50 per cent for the promotion of any unforeseen losses. It is intended to raise this fund to $100,000, and keep it at that figure." "We have been receiving daily communications from prospective patrons, asking if we are the successors or an offshoot of the Pacific Live Stock Association. This we want to deny. In fact, Maureen was we opened for business, the executive committee will resolution that the association will employ no person who has been an officer or trustee of the company." "The executive committee has meetings daily, and we find that the risks are coming in satisfactorily every day." REAL ESTATE JAMIESON PARK. A Guaranteed Investment. Write for our Booklet explaining how we sell irrigated land planted to fruit trees; within 2 miles of the city limits; $10.00 down and $10.00 a month will pay for a tract; no interest. When your tract is paid for you will receive from 50 per cent to 100 per cent in dividends for life. Look this up—it's safe, sure and means money to you. BABCOCK & MOSS, BABCOCK Agents. 829 Riverside Ave. Spokane, Washington EAST GREENACRES. The only tracies on the market where you can contract to sell your crop. Ten trains a mile. Abundance of water. Price $150.00 per acre. Payments—come in or write for particulars. BEECHER & THOMPSON. Spokane, Wash. 110 Stevens. Homestead relinquishment of 1625 acres near Republic; 15 acres cleared and in timothy; railroad siding on place; house 16x22 ft, and barn 20x24 ft, of hewed logs; running creek and mill; 10 acres built with 4 per M at siding; 2000 cords wood at $275, 1000 ties at 24 cents. Fine driving team, buggy, mower and rake; plow and harrow. Price, or will commute if buyer will pay cost—$200. CADILLAC REALTY CO., 410 Riverside Ave. 120 ACRES ONE HOUR AND 15 MINUTES DRIVE FROM SPOKANE Level roads, black soil, spring water at house at barn; cheapest farm in Spokane county. barn; similar land selling at $100 per acre. Write today. BALDWIN & PFILE. 326% Riverside Ave, Spokane, Wash. A fine section of wheat land, in crop. $25.00 per acre; terms well-improved quarter section; fine timothy. $20.00 per acre. Fine residence lots in Spokane. $400.00 each; $10.00 down, $10.00 per month. A fine timothy and fruit ranch, well-improved. the mostly and fruit ranch, well im- proved. We offer price and particulars. City property to buy in farm lands. CATHCART & ALLEN 30-31 Symons Block, Spokane, Wash. 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% an entirely safe investment that will pay you 30 per cent can can show you one, and prove our statements. Write or call and get particulars. SOMMERBANK a timothy hay ranch. We have one of 240 acres, 90 acres in cultivation, good improvements, soil producing 3 tons of timothy per acre, 900 acres including machinery, part cash. Timothy land is increasing in value. Write us today. SURETY INVESTMENT COMPANY, 236 Riverside Ave., Spokane, Wash. A $10,000 brick to exchange for farm land. A stock of dry goods to trade for land. 10 room residence to trade for land. HARRY E. WATSON. 514 Hyde. Spokane, Wash. Coeur d'Alene Reservation will open soon: choice land 25 miles from Spokane. Coeur d'Alene Reservation agency, 17-18 Exchange building. Spokane, Wash. VACANT GOVERNMENT LAND Blue print maps of Stevens County, showing all alic government lands, $2.50 each. Blue print maps of Stevens County, $1.00 each. Douglas or Chelan Counties, $1.00 each. Room 119 Auditorium, Spokane, Wash. PHYSICIANS THE PHILOSOPHY OF HEALTH HAS REEN MADE CLEAR BY TELECONI BEEN MAST CLEAR BY TELECONL During the past few months hundreds of people from all over the Inland Empire have been held in the restored to hear by this truly wonderful medical healing. The great cures you have probably heard of were not miracles, but were simply principles of manly restraint and health success of Teleconl Treatment is founded. If you are sick and medical treatment has failed to make you well, write a description of your illness and the principles of Teleconl Treatment in the state of Washington, and if your case does not give promise of a cure or material benefit under the treatment, you will get the IDD AR NEVILLE, Room 342 The Rookery, Spokane, Wash. Dr. C. O. Linder, 561-652-8888 Teleconl Bldg., Spokane, Chronic and incurable diseases (so-called) of men and women successfully treated by Merited Linder System. Nine years' experience in foreign lands. Correspondence invited. NATUROPATHY Naturpathy includes all natural methods; that's why we are able to assist nature to effect cure, no matter others fail. Do not be discurcued, no matter how successful we are. We have been very successful where people have doctored for years and given up hopes of ever being well again. Consultation and Examination will be written. W. F. GROVER. 519 Mohawk Block. Spokane, Wash. ATTORNEYS McWILLIAMS & McWILLIAMS, th floor of Peyton Bldg., Spokane, Wash. MINING WE WANT A NAME for mining company that owns group of claims in Coeur d'Alene district, six miles east of the town, and this group the choicest in the Coeur d'Alene. Our expert after examining the property, pronounces it the most promising of any property examined by the company. Stock will be given the person furnishing the name we adopt, the words "Coeur d'Alene to the town," and May 31, 1907. P. O. Box 900, Spokane, Wash. Structural Steel Work Beams, channels, angles, plates, girders, trees, columns, trusses, bridges, buildings Lowest Prices. J. R. Bowles Portland Write for prices, mentioning this paper 200 Stark St., works-foot of 15th street. Savings securely cared for Interest at the rate of 4 per cent. Money always ready when called for Booklet about 'Banking by Mail' sent free on request Union Bank and Trust Company, Helena, Montana BANKING BY MAIL Trade with the Helena Packing and Provision Company. Old Gussie was there with the goods this week. The Butte citizens grow hostile over Ed Johnson's comment. See first page. Mrs. Dinah Brooks left last Sunday for Lewistown. Mr. E. McDonald, formerly of Anaconda is now a permanent fixture at the Broadwater. It is reported that the Luzon Bees have been awakened from their long slumber, and will play a game of ball June the 9th. Miles York is preparing to build an addition to his residence on Sth Ave. For the time being, however, he is conducting a lumber yard. Rev. Osborne is arranging for an up-to-date stag party in the near future. Arthur Johnson made it back to the city after a week on the ranch. The debate at St. James Literary last Wednesday was quite interesting, with C. A. Johnson and H. Saulsbury overwhelming W. R. Dorsey and Mrs. Chas. Johnson on points. Next Wednesday night will be the election of Officers at the St. James Literary. J. C. Brown, the star second base man of the Luzon Bees has been put out of commission for some time by a badly wrenched knee and ankle. Mr. Claude Polk of Anaconda was in the city Wednesday taking examination for railway mail clerk. Mrs. Burt Johnson of Anaconda is at the Walton House. Mr. Geo. Berry of the Broadwater is on the sick list. The Mannattan Club will hold a business meeting tonight for the election of officers. We note by the Freeman that Fred Anderson, formerly of this city will sail from New York for Paris June 1st. How is it the daily press gives a column account of the laison of the denizens of Clore St., when he happens to be a colored man, and only a line, and more often no mention of the meritorious acts of our race in this city. It was a splendid turnout at the Electric Hall Thursday evening. Just why the Hon. Mr. Claud Polk, who has proven his interest in racial progress passed us up while here we cannot say. Editor J. B. Bass will visit Butte next week. All parties indebted to this paper may expect a visit from us at any time now, as we are very much in need of funds to assist in buying more type. Look out for the announcement of our Grand Voting Contest for the most popular young lady of Montana. We want Butte, Helena, Anaconda and Great Falls to be represented. After all the Butte people do not know that Ed Johnson is the champion josher as the Helena people do. But we vouch for the fact that he is an all around good fellow. He Made Fair Time In a murder trial in Cincinnati a Negro hotel porter was called as a witness. "How many shots were fired?" he was asked. "Two shots, suh," he answered. "Close together?" "Dess like dat, suh," he said, clapping his hands sharply as quickly as he could. "Where were you when the first was fired?" "I was in de basemen' of de hotel, suh, shinin' a gemman's shoes." "And when the second shot was fired where were you?" "At dat time, suh, I was passin' de Big Fo' Depot."—Seattle Republican. Butte Citizens Resent Statement of Mr. Edward Johnson We publish below a denial of the treatment that Edward Johnson claimed he received at a recent ball given in Butte. They evidently feel that they have been misrepresented, and desire to put themselves in their true light before the public. Mr. Johnson, when shown this communication says that he did not mean in any way to reflect on the Committee, as he was treated royally by the same. But that while in a set dancing an individual roughly came up to him and insulted him. BUTTE, MONT., May 25, 1907 Editor Montana Plaindealer, Dear Sir: In your issue of May 17th you published an article on Mr. Ed Johnson's treatment at B. S. Bunion's Ball of Butte. We think what Mr. Ed Johnson said was unfair to the people of Butte, in speaking of the unhospitable treatment that he received. That gentleman surely doesn't know what courteous treatment is among strangers, as he puts it, when he receives it. We dare say he is inexperienced of hospitable treatment at social entertainments, or he is a narrow minded man to make such a noise. We again say that if Mr. Johnson was a total abstainer then people might put some credence in what he has said about the people of Butte. The Ball was a grand success. Signed. Committee: John C. Allen H. A. Davis (Concluded from first page) W. R. Dorsey, who is at all times popular with a Helena audience, rendered a vocal solo which was up to the highest standard. Cole and Johnson, not the originals, but our own, in their sketch "Let It Alone," made good with a vengeance and all we have to say is look out for them. Well, Gus Mason, he was just "It." NEW SUBSCRIBERS WATCH FOR THE ANNOUNCE In "I'll Be Back in a Minute," he got his, and was there all the time. Dunbar himself could rot excell Miss Fitzgerald in the recital of his dialect, and her recitation of course brought down the house. Mrs. C. C. Matthews, as director, is deserving of much credit for the admirable arrangement of the program. Miss Mamie Walton as pianist was painstaking in her playing, and in her rehearsals of the Johnson and Cole sketch, which was responsible to a large extent for its success. Prof. J. Berni Barbour who so kindly played for the first two numbers was compelled to cancel his number on account of the late beginning of the program. Walter Fisher is in the city visiting his family. He is running on the road from Butte to Trout Creek. Church and Society Directory. St. James African Methodist Episcopal church, located at Cor. 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 Dorey, 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. L. 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 12 S. Main St. H. J. Baker W. M.; G. M. Lee, S. W.; J. Harris, J. W.; Chas, Ecton, Sec'y; W. C. Rose, Treas. Bethsheba Lodge, O. E. S., meets the 2nd and 4th Thursday evenings of each month, in their hall in the Lucas Block. Mrs. Chas. Johnson, W. M.; Mrs. N. Ford, A. M.; Albert Napper, W. P; Mrs. M. Simmons; Treas. Mrs. C. C. Matthews, Sect.; Mrs. Jos. Clark, Con.; Mrs. J. Harrison, A. B.; M. O. J. Arnett, W.; Chas. Johnson, S.; Mrs. L. Napper A.; Mrs. Jas. Crump, R.; Mrs. M. A. Cole, Esther; Mrs. E. Dorsey, M.; Mrs. George Alexander, Electa. Golden City Lodge No. 3455, G. U. of O; F., meets the first and third Tuesday evenings of each month. R. Brown, N. G.; J. M. Reed, V. G.; J. Howard, P. N. G.; N. Ford, P. S.; W. Parker, E. S.; W. Cottles, Treas. J. W. Crump, N. F.; Albert Marshall, Chapain; W. Mason, Warden; J. Ingram, I. G.; J. Tolbert, P. N. F. Household of Ruth, No. 842, meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesday evening of each month. Mrs. Sadie Ford, M. N. G.; Mrs. Lucy Nicholson, P. M. N. G.; Mrs. Elanora Johnson, R. N. G.; Mrs. Carrie Johnson, N. G.; Mrs. Georgia Irvin, W. R. Pride of Montana Lodge, No. 4, K., of P., meets the 2nd and 4th Monday evenings of each month at G. A. R. Hall. J. W. Crump, C. C.; H. Robinson, V. C.; S. Smith, M. of F.; W. Cottles, M. of E.; J. H. Howard, K. of R. and S.; D. Gordan, M. at A.; Geo. Harrison, O. G.; W. C. Irvin, I. G.; A. Napper, Peelate. Furnished Rooms or Houses by the Day, Week or Month Apply 115 East Cutler Street WE WANT 1,000 GRAND VOTING CONTEST AND PRIZES Joseph Richards The Oldest Exclusive Undertaker in the City Office Always Open 140 West Park St. PHONE 307 BUTTE, MONT. THE LITTLE COTTAGE DINING-ROOM 26 East Silver St. Mrs. Frank M. Shannon, Proprietress SILVER CITY CLUB, Billiard and Pool Tables in Connection. All Appointments UP-TO-DATE. 3812 E. Park Ave. Butte, Mont. The Family Theatre, High Class Vaudeville; Change of Program Weekly. Three Shows Daily,3,7:45 and 9 p.m. Popular Prices 10,20 and 30c. CENTRAL BEER HALL Henry Rossman Proprietor. Telephone 136 118 S. MAIN ST. - Helena, Mont. Strangers visiting the Capital City will be given a hearty welcome at all times at the Manhattan Club, 17 South Main Street Helena - - Mont. 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 COAL. Yard, 437 W. Main St. Residence 370 Water St. 'Phone 632-F. Helena, Mont. NO HOT AIR—NO PHONY STUFF BUT PRACTICAL TAILORING AT REASONABLE PRICES Big 4 Tailoring H. F. PISSOT, Proprietor 57 West Park Street BUTT You are Always Welcome AT THE LUZON Saloon All Appointments Up-To-Date Bordon & Irvin, Props. o. Main St., HELENA, You are Always Welcome Helena AND PROVISION wholesAle FISH, POULTRY, FRUIT, BUTT PACKING - AND - PROVISION - COMPANY T, SCHAFFNER & CO. SUITS AND OVERCOATS HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX SUITS AND OVERCOATS. MANHATTAN SHIRTS "YOUMANS" HATS GANS & KLEIN COMPANY ESTABLISHED 1866 WE SELL ing Co BUTTE, MONTANA