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court on the 9Th. remitted; the said George
True to forfeit his per diem and mileage,
less the actual amount of expense in coming
and returning in response to service, which
amount, allowed by court, is $685..
james Kelly, h. Morley, Martin Connolly.
William Creswell, Patrick Cornell, Frank
Dean, Henry Driver, William Foley. w.
Ferguson, John Gillis, Jacob Hillman, Ed
win O. Hare. William Mansfield, Mark
Narkerson, v. J. Mokennon and Amos
Shreve Va. Minah Consolidated Mining Co.;
demurrer Withdrawn; defendants to answer
in ten days.
State Of Montana VI Thomas Quinn; on
trial
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wrecked by . Land slide.

QuEBzc, Oct. IA dispatch from st.
Pierre says the houses. sheds and barns
to Matthias Gadnon were thrown
into the river this morning by land slide.
A quarter of mile of land on which stood
the buildings, rolled oyer into the river.
blocking it completely with earth and de-
bris. Mrs. Gadnon was killed and her hus-
band dangerously wounded. The nine
children were baved.
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THE BEAR GROWLS.
Russia to Take Hand in the Seal Dis
put0.

Russia to Take Hand In the Seal Dis
put0.
SAN FRAKcnco, Oct. THE steamer
Alexander, from Siberia, has brought fur
ther news concerning the firing upon the
crew of the schooner G. G. White. The
officers of the Alexander say that when the
schooner appeared off Copper island she
sent six boats toward the beach. They
were warned away, but no attention was
paid to the warning, and, rs the sealers
attempted to land they were fred upon by
the guards, first by blank and then by ball
cartridges. A number Of Americana at
Yokohama and other japanese ports are
fitting out vessels to go seal hunting under
the British, German and Japanese flags.
Five Russian war vessels are now cruising
in Behring sea with instructions to seize
any vessel sealing within the prescribed
limit of five miles.
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DEMOCRATIC GAINS

Reported at tho Local Elections in Con.
necticut Yesterday.
HAKrFoRD, Conn.,, Oct. 7.-OfAcial returns
from the town elections in Connecticut
come in slowly. These are to large degree
local contests and often moro personal and
domestic than political, though the result
is always looked for with interest. OF ITO
towns at present reported. forty-nine elect
republican town clerks and boards Of se-
lectmen, thirty-nine 90 dsmocratic and
twenty-five are divided. Last year the
same towns stood Afty-two republican,
thirty-two democratic and twenty-six
divided.
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CL0THIER.
SQUARE
DEALING.


Every person who is smart and
|observant of signs of the times
will buy their goods early, because
orices are bound to advance.
We can cite a case wherein a
arge firm in the east mailed US a
:heck for $4OO if we would cancel
an order we placed with them
,arly last spring for 400 suits Oh
.lothing.
Did we accept7
Well I guess not! We have been
ong enough in the business to
Know when we have "a good
hing" and as we consider this to
be Of this nature, if we give it away
won't be to an outside party
but will hold it for our customers.
Buy early!l
Or you'll get left. Goods are 60
ng up, not alone in clothing. but
III other lines as well.
But
We talk clothing, and that keeps
Is busy.
Overcoats, principally.
There arrived a lot to-day that
viii make your mouth water. It is
light brown Irish frieze, planted
'elvet collar, as nobby as you want
see, and you can put yourself in
ne Of them and walk out of our
tore, if you leave us $40.
They're dirt cheap.
In fact all our goods are.
They are sold SO cheap we cant
AXE chances of selling on credit.
When you hear Of any person
Who would try to get you to leave
IS, or buy your clothing elsewhere,
Repend upon it, there is a "nigqer
a the woodpile." He has been
lurt, been refused, or been pushed
or money he ought to have paid
ong ago. There's lots of EN- in
Helena, and we intend to push
ome Of them a good deal harder
they don't come to the front, pay
onest debts and stop making new
mes. When they owe us they
ave to pay, or else we'll know
Why. Dead beats are too thick in
Helena anyhow, and all ner-
hants have suffered enough from
heir depredations. It is about
me to call a halt.
We don't wish to have this con-
t1ued as lecture on morality,
|nly bid for honest trade and a
Warming for the dishonest few.
Any person who wants a fur
oat and fails to see what we have,
'nakes a mistake, that's all. We
ave everything, and if we wrote
en- columns. instead Of one, we
en- It know how to make it moro
comprehensive.
Boys buckboards.
Don't forget it. INCEST line o.
hildren's suits, cheapest line of
hildren's suits, and a wagon or
blackboard thrown in,
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Burned to . Crisp.

AIDDIErowN. Conn.,, Oct. THE DWELL
ing house occupied by Jehial Tryon and wife
burned last night. Mrs. Tryon was burned
to . crisp, while Tryon was found this
morning badly injured.
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New YoRx, Oct. 7.-Ths steamer Alamo,
from Galveston. arrived this morning with
q cargo of cotton ON fire. She vas toved to
the Red Hook Aats, and the holda viii be
opsued % that the 6Esmsn can Rst ct the
4ameA
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Peoria is Reached.

PEORIA, Ill.,, Oct. 7.-No speeches were
made by the president or members Of his
party at Bloomington or Pekin. although
immense crowds gathered at both places.
Peoria was reached at 11:85 and Mayor
CLARK and members of tho council escorted
the party to the National hotel to spend the
night.
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RACES AT NILES CITY.
Large Attendance and Much Interest ON
the Opsning Nay.

Large Attendance and Much Interest ON
the Opening Day.
MiLrs CrrY. Oct. Especial 1.-The
races at the grounds Of the Custer County
Horse Fair and Sales association were we'll
attended to-day, Notwithstanding the chilly
and threatening weather. The first race
was trot, $50 class, mile heats, best three
In 1--WE. Entries-Lone Rock, Night Shade,
Onward. Forester Boy, Proorastination.
Alice, John F., and Young Ranchero under
protest. All started. and the first heat was
taken by Forester Boy in 2:37. with Ram
ohero and Night Shade second and third.
The second heat was won in 2.SSA by John
F., with Procrastination second and Alice
third. Forester Boy came under the wire
first, but was sent to eighth place on
account of break on the homestretch.
The drivers of John F. and Procrastination
were fined IS each for yelling at him. The
third heat was taken in 2:37 by Alice. For
ester hoy second, then John F. Fourth
heat, 2:3S, Alice, John F and Ranchero.
The intervening running races took so
much time that this race will be finished
tomorrow. Alice and Forester Boy are
selling heavy in the pools tonight. The
track was heavy to-day and strong wind
blew down the stretch.
Between the second and third heats oc-
CURED the running race, one mile, purse
$50, three-year- -olds. Cakes. II. NJ. Stan
ley, Gold Bar and Mermaid started. Gold
Bar won easily in 1:4S. with Oakes second
and Mermaid third.
The Indian race followed the third trot-
ting heat. and with fourteen starters was
most interesting and picturesque; $40 for
first and IS for second.
Fourth race, COW ponies, three starters.
Forsyth captured first, with $50, Chance
second, with &25, and Frank third. with
$15.
A large attendance is here from Living
ston and Glendive. Though the weather
was bad for pool selling, over 5000 was
handled and tonight pool buying is as
catching as prairie fire.
DR.. Long. of Helena. acted as one of the
judges.
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Liabilities Twice tho Assets.

CMcuHArI, Oct. 7.-Hotel Walnut has
made an assignment, with liabilities nearly
twice the esseta. II 10 one Of the oldest
hotels in the city.
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At Morris Park.

MoRa1s, PARK, Oct. 7.-The track was a
sea of mud and water.
Two-year-olds, six furlonRs-Miss Hook
or colt won, Graylock second, Sinaloa colt
third. Time, 1:18.
All ages, five furlones- won. G.
w. Cook second, Best Boy third. Time,
1O2.
Runnymede handicap, mile and quarter
Tristan won, Lavinla Belle scond, Riley
third. Time, 2:l4.
Eimendorf handicap, two-year-olds, six
furlongs-Annie won. Peter second, Fla
villa third. Time, 1:15.
Hickory stakes, three-year-olds, mile and
one e-half-Tournamen won. Banquest SEQ
ond, English Lady third. Time, 2:44.
Mile and one furlong-Salute won, Es-
quimau second, Flood Tide third. Time,
2:01X.
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Court 1t Boulder.

Bou1DzR, Oct. 7.-[Special. The follow
inc are the proceedings in the district court
for October Z:
Edward Dowling VI. William Quinn ct
al: demurrer overruied; defendant to ans
wer in ten davs.
James Shreve ct al w. Tho Copper Belle
Mining Co.; motion to strike out overruled,
with suggestion that tho defendant may
amend answer az to matters il he choose.
Henry Addoms vs. Charles Starrett ct al;
demurrer overruled.
]. F. Sheehy. w. 7. Cooper and Ban
Wahle were appointed as jury commission
ers and duly qualified.
Hannah Crawford vs. John Crawford;
defendant has consent of plaintiff ten days
from this to answer.
Fine Of George True. imposed by The
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ACCIDENTS TO RACE HORSES.

Pell Nell Breaks = Log and Clara g. Her
Spinal Column.
CINcENNATI, Oct. THE Latonia track
was slow. It was found necessary to shoot
Pell Nell. who broke his leg yesterday.
The gelding was valued at $1,000. While
Clara G. was exercising to-day she sudden
ly fell. It was found that her spinal col
umn had been broken, resulting in her inn
mediate death. She was valued at 5000.
Three years old and upwards, mile and
seventy yards-Gymnast won, Spectator
second, West Anna third. Time, 1:52h.
Mile-Roger won. Aunt Kate second,
Pullman third. Time. LAT.
Three years old and upwards. mile and
Observation-Disclosures Tom won, Blarney
Stone second, Tenacity third. Time,
1:5916.
Zoo stakes, for two-year-old fillies, six
furlongs-Semper Fidele won, Anne Eliza
beth second, Miss Hawkins third. Time,
1:18I.
Two-year- -olds, five furlongs-Bob L.
won, Paola second, Ora third. Time, LOS.
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American Association Ganes.
Louisville 6, Toledo 3.
st. Louis 3, Columbus 3.
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MATTERS IN MIssOULA.
News Personal, Criminal and Religious
Funeral Of Engineer Mase,

News Personal, Criminal and Religious
Funeral of Engineer Mase.
M1ssouLA, Oct. 7.-LSpecial. WORD was
received here this morning from Edward
Rappleye, the canoeist reporter who left
Missoula week ago Monday for the Pacific
coast. He has made but little progress and
is now at Lynchburg with hole stove in
his boat. He passed through the Missoula
RAPIDS but while in Fish creek was thrown
upon jagged rock, which knocked hole
hunting and fishing, but has experienced
very cold weather. Material to repair the
damage done to the canoe was forwarded
to-day, and as soon as it is mended he will
proceed on his journey.
The funeral of Frank Mase, the unfortun-
ate engineer who was killed in the accident
near Butler on last Friday evening, was
held this afternoon at the Christian church.
After the service the remains were followed
to their last resting place by q large number
of friends, there being twenty-seven car
riages in the procession. The whole COM
munity deeply sympathizes with the be-
reaved widow and family.
The whole of to-day's session Of court
W00 COu0UMo0 IA 0AA0AstSAAk s0O C0l0uO6E
for the ensuing term. With few excep-
tions the cases set we're OWL cases of minor
Importance. The grand jury returned bills
Of Indictment against the following parties:
Edward Howard, grand larceny, stealing
one horse from John Ogard; VIM. Rossiter.
assault with deadly weapon on the person
of Ernest Brush; Piarre Paul and Lala-
See for murder in the first degree. All the
parties took the statuary limits of twenty
four hours in which to plead.
The tenth annual session of the Montana
Christian Association closed last night.
The following officers were elected for the
ensuing term: President, e. ii. Irwin,
Butte; vice president, B. F. Norris, Ana
conda; recording secretary, Massana Bull
lard, Helena; corresponding secretary. N.
L. streater, Helena; treasurer, g. B. Metten.
Ho1ona
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,JaUS and Rata

young man who lives in Boston wrote to
Washington cousin of his the other day. This
cousin we will call John C. Smith, and the ad-
dress OF the letter was SO carelessly written
that Mrs. John G. Smith, his mother, opened it
by mistake. This is tho way it read:
Dear Jack: You will be sorry to hear that
we have been put out of our boarding house,
VIII we had got 80 nicely settled for the win
ter. My chum, Billy, went on bat last week
and got jag on that was IA regular clinker
and he kicked up such deuce of a racket
that our landlady fired US the next morning"
And so on, more OF a similar tenor. Now Mrs
Smith being an innocent lady was a. a loss to
understand the second sentence Of the letter
and she sat down to study it out. The bat she
knew was species OF insect, or bird or YER
min, and indeed she had often seen Thorn fiy-
ing about in the twilight Of the early evening
in the country. The verb to bat seemed to her
new invention, but one who bats she made
out to be one who goes flying about in the
twilight OF the early evening" The next word
that bothered her was jag. She remembered
that when she was girl III New England she
used to hear tho farmers speak of a jag as a
small load OF hay or produce on a medium
sized wagon or sledge. 1t didn't seem to her
to make any sense, but she supposed her sons
friend meant to say that Billy had got small
load on. But how could a small load be q
eiinker? Clnker, to the best of the good lady's
knowledge, was q hard, heavy formation of
conglomerated substance. She finally wrote
the sentence to the best Of her ability, using
her comprehension of this unusual use Of the
words bat jag and clinker, and this is the way
it reads "My chum Billy went flying about in
the twilight of the early evening last week, and
got small load on that was q hard heavy
formation OF conglomerated substances"
When her son came home she handed him
the letter, saying that she had opened it by
mistake, but that she had not understood it very
clearly, but it is probable that being lone OF
the boys" he grasped its contents sufficiently
we'll
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Fifteen years ago the german was looked
upon as curiosity in society, but now it holds
the most conspicuous place IN dancing enter
tainments. II you are popular and dance we'll
1t Is charming II you a woman you go
home with your arms full of favors, and if you
are man both lapels of your coat are covered
with ornaments like the decorations OF much
honored foreign prince. But if you are neither
popular nor good dancer, you probably vote
the german bore, bore! Let US be candid
and say the truth. 1t is an agony. Poor
Miss -! What a tragedy german is to her.
Hoping against hope, that it is due to accden.
that she has received so little attention. she
will persist in going, only to discover in the
end that this Is a sphere OF life that she had
better shun. And 80 finally she flies from the
scene Of her bitter disappointment and no man
pursueth her in her flight. And poor old -,
such good fellow as he is, but SO gawky! He
sits and sits and nobody Will dance with him.
And he too finally runs away and seeks soace
at his club, and it is amusing to hear him rail
against the world in general and germans in
particular.
After all, what griefs our pleasures cause!
The subject is too terrible. We started out
with little comedy and We will not ring up
the curtain upon the tableau of tragedy.
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countered in storage battery traction
than those 70 be met with in the overhead
system. There now seems to be left but one
question as to the final outcome of storage bat
terry traction and its relative posi- ton with
other systems. That question Is its relative
economy. The only element entering into
the question of economy is that Of the dura-
ton of the battery. The battery, as is pretty
generally known, Is composed Of about an
equal number OF positive and negative plates.
Inc negative plates as now manufactured
might last Indefinitely. 1t is fair TO saw that
they Will last ten years. 1t was once thought
that they would not last over two or three
years. The only question, therefore, is the
life OF the positive plates. II they can be made
TO last six months there is no reason to doubt
that storage battery traction 10 as cheap as
horse traction where ten or twenty cars are in
service, and cheaper than horse traction where
the number OF cars in service exceeds twenty
All the mechanical difficulties heretofore en-
countered IN storage battery traction have
been substantially overcome. They have been
overcome as fully as the mechanical difficult
ties OF the overhead system. The car goes and
is as reliable in service a steam car or an
overhead car-probably more so. IL shifts ITS
batteries in a sufficiently short period Of time
to admit OF that method of trac-
ton, no matter what the Roadway
may be on the most crowded line,
and by ingenious arrangements the batteries
can be shifted economically and can be stored
within small space. The motors, gears and
switches are substantially the same as those
used by the overhead system. and are. OF
course, equally reliable. The sole question,
tEen. IL as TO the life Of the positive plates or
one-half the battery. They cost at present for
a car about 5000; they can be furnished for q
much less figure than this when used in large
Quantities. They ought to last for one year,
that would mean 81 day or two cents q car
mile for 100 days run. They will last longer
running 100 miles day than if thew should run
81 miles dav. One gratifying point about q
storage battery is that the more continuous the
service the better its condition remains There
is nothing more harmful TO n storage battery
than disuse. Almost all the difficulties encoun-
tered on 4th and Madison avenues due to the
storage batteries arise. it is stated, on Monday,
and are to be attributed 10 the fact that the
batteries have been idle. as the cars do not run
on Sunday.
From all that can be learned three cents
car mile for storage batteries 10 q conserva-
tive estimate. This leaves from six 10 seven
cents car mile for steam power and the
maintenance OF the motors and gears. Con-
sentative estimates by electrical engineers
place tina cost Of motive power for these items
~ follows:
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A HORRIBLE BUT aEyrLrMAyLY WILL

HORRIBLE But aENTLEMANLY VILLAIN.
"With this notion sought my heiress was
introduced to her by girl who agreed to serve
In the matter as my confederate. At the start
succeeded in making a most favorable i'm
preston and this followed up with an ardent
wooing. The object of my suit always re-
minded me more of young heifer than any
thing else. She had round, wide-open brown
eyes. with which she would gaze at me while
talked IN sort Of surprised way. 1t rarely
occurred to her to say word. and my CONVEX
sational resources became well-nigh exhausted
after my first dozen visits. But, keeping the
$4,000, 900 steadily in view, persisted in my
attentions, devoting to her all the precious
leisure time which 1 would so gladly have APP
propriated to other and more amusing pur-
poses. even ran heavily into debt at the
florists to buy bouquets for her and sacrificed
my pocket money in the purchase of gilt-edged
candy, thus depriving myself of many neces-
saries in the way OF drinks and cigars So ad-
mirabIy did play my part of the villain who
still pursued her that at the end Of three
months was on the point Of making a formal
proposal with every expectation of success. But
az this point committed fatal mistake.
TROUBLE WITH THE CONFEDERATE.
81 squabbled with my confederate In order
to be as villalnous as possible had promised
her $40, 900 for her share, in case secured the
heiress and the 80, 600, 900. Seeing nv hopes
Oh the verge ol bue declared tnat this
sum was not enough. l did my best to show
her that had no means OF knowing how much
OF the $40, 0OO,O 900 would be settled upon myself,
and, therefore, that could hardly enter into
an extravagant contract, inasmuch as I had to
get a living and support out of the enterprise
myself. Already had gone into debt on ac-
count Of the matter without penny of return,
and tho flower man was becoming camorous
for his money. In short refused, and VIC had
words.
The next day met the fair object Of my
pursuit on the street, accompanied by my con-
federate. The latter bowed with a sardonic
smile, while the former cut me perfectly dead
saw the situation at glance. The game had
been exposed, my goose was cooked, the &c..
OOO.O had fled from my grasp, and was once
more as, 200 department clerk without fortune
or prospects.
''Such have been my two adventures in the
pursuit OF hciresses. Being really truly vii
lain have not found agreeable, save as an ac-
cidental episode, and it does not do to own up
in prosecuting ones suit that one is not in
spired by passion Either way one gets left. I
cannot afford to marry poor girl. and. there
FORE it is, without blame to myself, that re-
main q bachelor"
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God Gave tho Baby,

From the Old Homestead
A lady walking along o street came upon q
little girl wheeling baby carriage.
what beautiful baby" exclaimed the lady
as she discovered pink face done up in
cream-colored shawl. Whose child is it9"
Mine, the little girl answered
or sister2'
:. mo; mean that he is not my brother, but
IL mine-my child"
You are q very young mother"
~ amt no mother"
Then why should you say that the baby ID
yours the lady mischievously asked.
Cause God sent 1t to me. NV mamma asked
me II didn't want little baby In the house.
an said yes, an she said if I prayed for one
God would send ii, an then said would pray
for little sister, cause like girls better than
boys, but mamma said I'd Just better pray for
any kind that God has a mind to send. but
didn't; prayed for little girl, but God took
an sent boy anyway, an guess IL was be-
cause he didn't have any girls on hand. Then
said would pray to God 10 send girl g
soon ~ he could, but our folks said that
needn't put myself to any trouble on that 40
count"