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JOSEPHIN E'S SPIRIT.
Its Hold Upon the Life OF Prentice Null
Inr6

Its Hold Upon the Life of Prentice Null
ford.
New YORK. June 26-Those in San Fran
cisco who knew Prentice Mulford during
his residence there will read with interest
though perhaps with skeptioism, the story
which lately found its way into print re-
garding his death and one of his beliefs.
When, on the 3Oth of May, his body was
discovered in the boat White Cross the
physicians gave it out that apoplexy was the
cause of death. But his friends in occult
circles held different belief. The boat
was plentifully stocked with provisions, as
for an extended cruise, and Mulford's fol-
lowers say that when he started upon his
journey it was with no intention of return
ing. In other words, he knew that he was
about to 'pass to the other SIDE"
To his most intimate associates only had
Mulford confided the fact i'll his later years
that he was the victim of proud vet ter
rible destiny. He told them that he was no
other than the re-embodiment of the spirit
of Napoleon Bonaparte. But this was by no
means the most impressive feature of his
confession. He said that his life was dom
mated by tho influence of the spirit of Jo-
sephine, the condueror's unhappy wife.
She was with him always and her hold upon
sped on.
Prentice Mulford carefully guarded this
secret from all but few of the inner cir
ole OF the occult society. These under
stood him perfectly and in single in
stance gifted woman was enabled, 80
she believed. to test the truth of Mul-
ford's daily companionship with the ILL
fated empress. cannot give her name,
but one day, she says, she plainly saw Jose
phine enter the room leanin & upon tho arm
OF the editor of the White Gross Library.
To Josephine is ascribed the strange let
ter found on Mulford's lap after he was
dead. The story goes that she lured him
out on tho water. ana there. i'll a quiet
lonely spot, brought to bear spiritual in
tluence which snapped his lie cord.
Since his death Mulfora's dearest asso-
cintes in tho White Cross work declare that
they have soon him again. He has appeared
to them seated at II table writing, as was
his wont in this world. This has been ac-
oeptod as token that he wished the pro
mitigation of tho White Gross doctrine of
the material power of thought to continue
| uninterruptedly.
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NO COUNSEL PRESENT.
The Famous Bettis Case at Spokane Dis
missed.

The Famous Bettis Case at Spokane Dis
SPOKANE, June 26.-[Special. The ia
nous Bettis conspiracy case terminated
suddenly and unexpectedly to-day. Judge
Twiner, special counsel engaged to assist
in the prosecution of the case, was sudden
ly called to Olympia yesterday, having
previously arranged for postponement,
when the case should be called this morn
ing. The states attorney was otherwise
engaged and when the case was called there
was no attorney present to represent the
state. After waiting two hours Justice
Dunning dismissed the case.
A few weeks ago Frank A. Bettis, a
prominent and wealthy citizen, learned that
his wife, against whom he had instituted
divorce proceedings, was conspiring to
murder him. He employed detectives who
concealed themselves in a room and over
heard an interview between Mrs. Bettis and
one Woodworth, an ex-convict, during
which Mrs. Bettis agreed to give Wood
worth $4,000 to murder her husband. A
reporter who was concealed with the detect
ives took the interview down in shorthand.
All the prosecuting witnesses were on hand
when the case was called this morning and
the dismissal was a great surprise to the
public.
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OFFER NO RESISTANCE.
italian Strikers on the Great Norther,
Sure nder.

italian Strikers on the Great Northern
Sure nder.
SPOKANE. June 26.-[ Especial. IA member
of Warren's posse who went to the scene of
the Italian insurrection on the line of the
Great Northern arrived here from Cross
port tonight. He reports that yesterday
600 Italians, all armed and flying red
flag, advanced upon Crossport. Warren
and party were reinforced by n
large number of railroad laborers
and advanced to meet them. When
the Italians saw the strength of Warren's
party they became frightened and offered
no resistance ana Warren's men marched
through the crowd and took their guns and
other weapons away. 1t ia believed the
worst OF the trouble il now over. The
trouble arose over strike of Italians for
higher wages. The contractors refusing to
acesde to their demands they drove all the
white iaborers off the works and have since
been masters of the situation. Warren
and posse will remain in the neghborhood
until all danger OF another uprising il
passed.
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A VICTORY FOR HARVARD.
The Eight Dared Four Mile Racc--A Great
Surprise.

The EiEht-ORred Four Mtlo Kaco-A Great
Surprise.
New LONDON, June 26.-The sixteenth anz
nuul four mile eight. .oared straight-away
race between Yale and Harvard university
crews was rowed this mon over the Thames
course from Winthrop point to Gates ferry
and was was won by Harvard by eleven
lengths. Time: Harvard, 21:23; Yale. 2l:52.
Harvard's victory was the biggest surprise
in college athletics in many years. Good
judges of rowing conceded the race to Yale
almost to n man, and 30 strong was this
sentiment in favor of Yale that stacks of
money left at the pool-room went uncov-
cred even ut odds of 300 to $50. Harvard
took the lead at the start and forged
ahead with n rush. Az their shell
went ahead the crimson supporters on the
observation train andlinnumerable steamers
became frantic with excitement. As the
excitement spread some very reckless work
WAS done by the steamboat captains. That
there were two collisions and no serious re-
suits is simply II matter of good luck.
The cause of Yale's unexpected and over
whefninp defeat is found in the fact that
two of her men, two OF the most important
in the boat, Stroke Gould and Hagermsn,
No. z, were not equal to the occasion
and lost their heads. AS Harvard
began to increase and lead near the
eHu Oh bne HfSG mlles dOulu Cub Lin
strokes short and pulled with diminished
eject. The rest of the crew, instead OF
keeping time with Gould, followed Hager
mans stroke. After while Hagerman
became ratified, the result being that for the
greater part of the race the men in the
waist and bow followed the stroke set by
Capt. Brewster. The difference in the
swing of the men was slight, but enough tc
cause Yale's boat to hang perceptibly afte,
each stroke. and to settle so badly after
that the bow frequently was out of water
for thee or four feet. Both crews were
also greatly annoyed by the swell from big
steamers that followed the crews. In
speaking of this point, Geo. A. Dee
a we'll known Yale man, expressed
himself most emphatically and declared
Yale ought not to row another race over the
Thames course. A number of other Yale
men declared Yale's crushing defeat was
due simply to the fact that they were out
rowed by Harvard. The Harvard crew
came down the river at four p. M, and
headed by standard bearers carrying two
flags they won in to-day''s race, went to thu
Pequot house, where they were to-ni2h
rendered a reception.
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Plumb May Be a Candidate to Head
the Peoples Ticket
in '92.
A Prominent Illinois Republican
Talks Freely Of Next Years
Campaign.
He Prefers Benny to Jimmy-He Believes
James G. In Working Arduously
for the Nomination.

WASHINGTON, June 26.--There is no longer
any doubt but that Ignatius Donnelly will
have a strong competitor in the field
against him for the presidential nominn-
tion at the convention of the new peoples
party. One of these competitors will be
the republican senator from Kansas, Pres
ton B. Plumb. The statement comes to
Washington from reliable source that
Senator Plumb has thrown out ''feelers'
to leaders of the new party in the western
states and is spending the hot season in
Washington nursing his ambition to lead
the peoples movement in the. next CAM
paign.
Plumb has allowed the statement to be
published in Kansas connecting his ma me
with the republican nomination. He is
perfectly aware that he stands no chance
now or in the future of capturing it. He
believes, however, that he can pull in the
peoples party and would make hot fight
if this honor were conferred upon him.
Plumb maintains views that can easily be
made to iibe with the platform adopted at
the late Cincinnati convention. He is for
free coinage and has posed in the republi-
can senate as the champion of great many
schemes fostered by the farmers alliance.
1t is believed by some that Plumb would be
able to unite all those elements and might
make race that would result in an elec-
tion or give the old party candidates Il
mighty close shave. He would be stronger
than his alliance colleague, the long-bearded
PETER, and it is even believed that PETER
and Jerry Simpson would fall into line''
and favor his nomination. 1t would be q
good plan for Donnelly to keep an eye on
Plumb.
Dave Il. Lttler. the astute Illinois re-
publican. came to town yesterday. He is
on his way to Europe to spend the summer
(and his money made in his silver gamble)
there, and gather wisdom, or as he wired
Mckinley the other day, 'to study the life
of the poorer classes in Europe and the ef-
fects of free trade trade upon them" He
talks freely about republican plans and
love with the Maine man, and does not take
much stock in the reports of his mental
and physical breaking down.
Nov, tell you one thing" said he this
morning. "For myself, as between Benny
and Jimmy / would be for Benny every
time, and l think most Illinois republicans
feel as do. 1t is my private opinion tha
James q. Blaine is now down at Bar Har-
bor fixing up a scheme to be nominated fol
president. He and his friends say he won'1
be, but they can't fool all the people in the
country. don't think he will ever come
back as secretary of state. You see if my
prophecy is not correct in this: that Blaine,
Alger, of NJ ichigan, Clarkson, of Iowa, and
Tom Plat, of New York, have entered into
a combine to go in for that nomination
Bat don't think they can succeed"
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Wonderful Freak of Nature.

DEER LODGE, June 26.-[Special.l- The
Silver State says: J. Fl. Price, of Philips
burg is in town. Mr.. Price is the GENTLE
man who, on the Oath day of each July. be-
tween the hours Of three and nine o'clock
p. M, sheds his skin-slick and clean. Mr..
Price will leave on the 8th of July for San
Francisco, where he will remain with sew
eral eminent physicians until his annual
shedding, when they will sail for Europe to
be examined there by the medical fraterni-
ty. For his trouble, $1,000 has been de-
posted with the Hyde Banking company.
of Philipsburg, which will be paid over
upon his return. Mr.. Price is 81 years old
and in fifteen years has never been sick
except three hours each time before she'd
ding, when he is very sick, having spells of
vomiting, with very high fever. Physicians
say that it is perfectly natural with him,
and that there is not another case of this
kind on record.
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Apnnlnted keCeiver.

New YoRK, June 26.-Kings county su-
premo court handed down u decision to-day
III tho matter of application for dissolution
of the sugar trust and for the appointment
of receivers of various firms. He appoints
trust companies ns receivers AZ follows;
Peoples Trust company for Decastro and
Donner, and Oxnard Bros; Kings county
trust company receiver for Dick IL May;
tho Brooklyn trust company receiver fss
Haverne.
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Missouri RiNer Freight Contract.

BISMARCK, N. D.. Jnne 26.-.'rhe case Of
Braithwaite vs. Powers, appealed from
Burleigh county on II Judgment of the
district court granting new trial, was re-
versed to-day by the supreme court. Tho
cese has been i'll the courts fifteen years,
$4,000 is involved, and grew
out of the Missouri river freight contract;
4. c. Power, of Montana, and tho Leigh on
estate of st. Paul, defendants. To-day's
decision IL final and Il victory for for the
plaintiff
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A Boston Firm Assigns.

Boston, June 26.-John Il. Alley, of
Lynn, made an assignment for the benefit
OF his creditors. He places all private as
sets in the hands of Mr.. Knowlton, who is
also co assignee for the creditors of Alley
Brothers 4 Blaze. Liabilities of John b.
Alley are $500, 900 to 100000, which is par
italy or wholly secured, owed to the firm of
Alley Brothers & Blaee, and Il small indebt-
ednsss outside of that amount. The assets
of every description are turned in to the
assignee,
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Died From His Injuries.

GREAT FALLS, June Especial. John
Smith. tho unfortunate roadmaster of the
Great Northern railway, who was struck by
n passenger train near Glasgow last Wednes-
day. died last night. His remains were in
tered in Mountein View cemetery, this city,
this afternoon.
j. Stewart Tod, of tho banking firm Of j..
Kennedy, Tod Il Co., of New York, is |, ing
at the point of death, with stomach trouble,
in this city. Attending physicians say that
Mr.. Tod will not live till morning.
1t continues to rain here every day. The
streets are i'll very bad condition.
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New Theater for Great Falls.

GREAT FALLS. June 26.-[Special. IA
com mittee met this afternoon and adopted
the plans of Oscar Cob, the noted Chicago
theatrical architect. Ground will be broken
Monday and strenuous efforts made to COM
plete the structure by the time the season
opens. The building will cost $4,000 and
will be the most elegant and complete in
the northwest.
There was wreck on the Great Falls &
Canada railroad five miles from this city
this morning. A north-bound freight train
ran into washout, piling the oars upon
each other, smashing the engines badly.
Fortunately no one was injured.
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ALI Trade Dollars on Hand TO Be
Made Into Standard
Coin.
Scarcity OF Dimes and Twenty
Five Cent Pieces to Be
Removed.
The Work to he Distributed Between tn.
San Francisco, Philadelphia and
New Orleans Mints.

WAsHfNGToN, June G.--Trade dollar bull
lion which is to be coined into silver stand
ard dollars is stored in tho mints at Phila-
delphia and New Orleans. 1t results from
melting into bars Of trade dollars redeemed
at their face value under The act
of March 3, 1887. The total num-
Der redeemed WAS $7,6s9,036, portion of
which has already been coined into subsidi-
ary coin under act of March 3, 1891, pro-
vided. however, the balance should be
coined into standard silver dollars only.
The amount stored at Philadelphia is
1,385.425 fine ounces and tho amount
at New Orleans is 5,035,879 fine
ounces. This will make in all
about B5, 1s, 2s1 in standard silver dollars,
net profit above its cost of little over $780,
600. A large amount of subsidiary silver
and mint coins will also have to be recoined
at Philadelphia during the same period.
The demand for dimes continues un-
abated and most of the recoinage for the
present will be OF that denomination, al
though 25 cent pieces may also be coined at
San Francisco. The coinage of dimes
during the last three years has been
$3. 176, All. It is proposed to distribute
this recoinage betwe en- the mints at San
Francisco, Philadelphia and New Orleans.
BY law the coinage of minor coin, one cent
and five cent pieces, is confined to mint at
Philadelphia. This coinage has been very
heavy for several years past.
During the past three years the
coinage of five cent pieces amount
ed to S2,O93, ,161 and the coinage of one cent
pieces, $1,395, 1854. This has all been alb
sorbed by the public and there is every
indication that the demand for these
coins will continue large for
months to come and considerably
to the work at the Philadelphia mint.
Coinage at the mints at San Francisco and
Carson City, after July l, will be confined
| to gold pieces and such recoinage of sub
sidiary silver coins as may be required on
| the Pacific coast.
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Railroad improvements,

BOHEMIAN, June 26.--[Special. ]-Assistant
General Superintendent Dickinson and
Division Superintendent Finn are in town
to-day inspecting the company's yard and
buildings at this station. They say that
owing to the financial stringency, it will be
impossible to go ahead with improvements
at present, but if the citizens of the town
will give bonus of $4,000 cash they will
agree to erect brick passenger depot to
cost $40, 900 and will put $4,000 improve
ments to the yards, and that if the $1,000
cannot be raised they can only make few
improvements to the present building.
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On the Kansas City Course.

KANSAS Cry, June 26.-Track fast Four
furlonss-Tramp won, Miss Frances sec
ond, Lucy Day third. Time, 0:51.
-Four furlongs-Virgin1a won, Van S. Sec
ond, Jerald third. Time, 0:31A.
Mile-Wild Rose won, Florence Slaugh-
ter second, Orick third. Time, 1:49.
Seven furlongs, heats, first-Parthian
won, Dyer second, Elsie b third. Time, 1888.
Second-Askie won, Elsie B. second, d. er
third. Time, 1:24. Third-Askie won,
Parthian second. Time, 1861.
Five furlongs-Vidette won, Hal Fisher
second, Pastime third. Time, 1:03A.
Five furlongs-Mamie M. Won, Rabbi
second, Florence Shanks third. Time,
l:OS$
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Racing it Washington Park.

CHICAGO, June 26.-Track fast. Six fur
longs-kenyon won, Dan Kurtz second,
Frank Kinney third. Time, 1:16.
Mile-Yale '91 won, Balgowan second,
Hagen third. Time, 1:424.
won, Althea second, Glockner third. Time.
14s9.
Mile and one-eighth-Ira Bride won, Ed
Hopner second, Annie. Race third. Time,
1564.
Mile and seventy yards-Faithful won,
Tom Rogers second, Gender third. Time,
1:4GI.
Mile and one -eighth-Bob L.. won, Chap
man second, Marie X. third. Time, 1853
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THE FLOODED REGION.
News Received Direct From the Scene
Storm Still Raging.

News Keee1yed Direct FrOm the Scene
Storm Still raging.
BOONE, Ia. June 26.-The first direct
news from the scene of the floods on the
Maple River branch of the Chicago d
Northwestern road was received at the
company's headquarters in this city to-day.
The dispatch is from Moville and says that
the town is almost wiped out. Water runs
in at the depot windows ana is up to the
ceilings of all buildings. All the houses in
the flat portion of the town have been
swept away and the railroad turntable is
washed from it's place. Three miles OF
track are gone between Moville and Kings
ley and most of the small bridges over the
Sioux river. This destruction is now being
supplemented bv another storm raging at
present and extending south to the main
line of the Northwestern. 1t is raining
very hard and the storm is travelling east.
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The Alton Troubles,

CHICAGO, Juno 26.-General Passenger
Agent Charlton. of the Alton road, to- day
replied to Chairman Finley, advising him
that the interstate commerce commission
had been notified of the Atoms intention
to place in effect the reduced rares men
toned in yesterdays dispatches. rendered
necessary by competitors practices with
mileage tickets, etc. He adds: "We hold
in reserve the right to make a rate of IS
from ST. Louis to Chicago ana $50 from
Chicago to Denver, contingent upon the
behavior of our competitors. After this
warning, if they fnil to reform. we shall
have to apply the proper remedy"
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
FIRE IN KALISPELL.
Which Does Much Damage--Its Origin
Unknown.

KAL1spELI, vim Ravalli June Co.
Especial. AT 1915 a. IN. Wednesday morn
ing fire was discovered in the upper floor Of
A. w. Gales general merchandise store.
Fourth of July committee had meeting
in the second story of tho building early in
the evening, but IL Ia not known that tho
fire can be traced to n cigar stump. Gale
was first awakened by fire bursting through
tho ceiling overhead, which by that time
had gained such headway it could not be
extinguished. In fact, the fire spread 80
rapidly Gale had to run for the street, leav-
ing his gold watch and $40 in the bed. A
large crowd soon gathered and led by Ed.
Harwood, OF the Cliff house, two small
buildings next to the Great Northern saloon
were pulled down. staying the fire and saw
ing the Great Northern saloon and LANCER
mans liquor house on the east side of the
block. II the fire had reached Lnrgerman's
the Cliff house, Flathead bank and
Missoua Mercantile Co.'s store would have
burned. In the meantime the fire licked
up building after building on the west and
lighted up the country for miles around.
The whole town turned ont en- masse and
fought the fire with energy and desperation.
Gales stock id a total loss except two ware
AoubeS bhVeu.
The fire burned 20 rapidly that little
or nothing was saved by any of the stores
burned out, nevertheless, Main street is
Uttered with beer and whisky barrels and
number of vaks are gloriously drunk
Thirteen business houS ) we're burned ont
as follows: Ramberg & Israeli clothing and
saloon.
Property damaged was aa follows: Paul
Mueller, Tivoli saloon, III. o. Barrett,
gents furnishings; VIM. Mumbrue. sur
vayor's office; Petriz. Gamer d Go, fruit
store; Edmund Gale, general merchandise
loss $1,000, insurance $1,000; Mrs. katz-
miller, cigar stand; DIR. Cummings. Pioneer
drug store; J. III. Muller, fruit stand;
Z. A. Sailor-butcher shop. Gale thinks
the fire accidental, as there was no stove in
the second floor of his building. While the
ruins still smoke business men will COM
mence rebuilding.
Steps ara being taken to organize IRE
company.
heavy rain early in the evening left q
number of pools in the streets and gutters,
which were utilized to quench the fire.
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PROPHESY A SPLIT.
a Correspondent Ferrets Out Disscnsion In
the Alliance.

JACKSONVILLE Fla, June ga Jackson,
Miss, special to the Times Union gives
some interesting gossip about National
Farmers Alliance matters. 1t says that
sinse the nomination of Il Legislative COM
mittee headed by President Hall, of the
Missouri alliance last February, Hall
has been working vigorously against
the sab treasury scheme, and, with
his coadjutors, has succeeded i'll or
ganizing II movement covering the entire
southern states IA is shown by
n call for u meeting of the Anti-Sub- Treas
ury league, at Dallas. Tex, i'll July next.
Within the last month President Polk has
advised Hall to desist or resign from tho
committee. He is given until July % to re-
ply. 1t il believed this decisive stroke to
frustrate the objects of the Anti-Suh- Treas
nry league and influence is less intended
for the opponents OF the measu. q than for
Hall to steer clear of tho Dallas meeting,
Those who know Hall assert he will decline
to be coerced and the result will be split
i'll the national alliance.
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NIitchall,s Succassor.

WARRINGTON, June 26.-C. E. Mitchell,
commissioner of patents, expects to leavs
the city some time during the coming week
on his annual vacation. 1t is understood
that Mitchells resignation takes effect on
the appointment of his successor. Rep
resentatives Simonds, of Connecticut, X. T..
Banning, of Chicago. and present Assistant
Commissioner rockingham are said to be
prominent candidates for the commission