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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-27

lust now of anything that smacks Of
underselling. A development of i'm
mense Importance to the Underwater
business is an agreement among coal
companies owning barge lines as to
rates from tide-water delivery points
to New England points. Heretofore
this rate has always been from : to Is
cents below the figure at which the
charter should be made In the open
market. Companies not owning barges
were forced to make a price on coal.
open at both ends of the line. that much
less than the market in order to COM
pete. The barge owners have agreed
(sub5ect to change) to bO-cent rate.
This is 10 cents less than the open rate.
Independent coal men, however, are al
lowed to make delivery price at Bos-
ton, common points, equivalent to the
delivery price of the barge owning COM
panies. thus placing all on equal basis
in competitive markets.
An agricultural department bulletin
gives the latest estimate of the wheat
crop of the world in 1885, The total
figures for that and the previous year
We're:
lS94-Bushels ......................aacS aacS0 isS l-o
1sS5-Bushels ....................a2.JG JGG GA .yio
Decrease ........................ l23.a'9.oHJ
These two croDs are above the aver
age. The largest increase in yield by
any European country in recent years
was by Russia, which Jumped from
100000, 900 bushels in 1891 to i6i 200. 900
bushels in 1894. and last year the pro-
duction was more than 400, 900. 900 bush
els. These figures do not include the
production of wheat in Siberia. For
several years Russia has grown more
than 5OO,OOO.O 900 bushels of wheat all
told. and has been the first country in
production since 1893. Argentine pro-
duced 6O.O00O00 bushels of wheat in 1898.
The usual estimate of the surplus of
wheat of the export countries and the
requirements Of the import countries
this year is as follows:
IMPORT COI'NTRIES' pEOJ'IRE
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IMPORT COUNTRIES REQUIRE


The estimates of the surplus of Aus
tralia. Argentine and some other coun-
tries are certainly exaggerated. The
imports of wheat into the United King
dom for ten years have been as follows:
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Negro Ia the VOL Pie.

Bozeman Courier: According to re-
ports from Denver. the selection by Mr..
Preston. the director of the mint and
Secretary Carlisle of a site for the new
Denver mint, has given anything but
satisfaction in that city IL is said to
be more than likely that the matter
will be brought to the attention of con-
gress by one of the Colorado senators
or Representatives i'm the form of a
resolution asking for reasons which led
the secretary of the treasury to select
that particular location, which is said
to be the least desirable of the hundred
or more which were presented for con-
sideration. 1t is said that Of all the
sites presented or suggested the Dake
site. the one finally chosen, was the
only one against which any decided
protest was made by the people OF Den
Yer, but they claim that both the sec
rotary and the director or the mint re-
fused to hear them or entertain their
objections.
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llni llannI.inn.

Bitter Root Times: Hamilton has as
sumed an aspect OF life and progress
the past week. With each successive
day additional life is noted upon our
streets. the people are more numerous,
the business men acknowledge a
marked increase in sales and a general
advance in all branches of trade is no
ticeable. The new hotel Is being rapidly
pushed and numerous fine dwellings
and cottages are soon to be started. At
present every hotel and lodging house
is filled to a strained capacity, and not
a single vacant house is to be had In
town. With all these evidences of pros
perity Ii can be truthfuIly said that
the dawn OF most prosperous season
is now upon us. also that Hamilton will
be the best town In Montana, compare
lively speaking, this summer. Hail TO
Prosperity
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Great Falls Tribune: Butte has de-
veloped the most despicable creature I'm
the shape of man that has yet come
TO the surface in Montana. He forced.
or at least induced his wife the mother
of three children, TO inveigle a business
man of that city into a compromising
situation, then burst in upon them and
attempted to blackmail the victim. He
has been arrested. and If the punish
ment is to be made To 1T the crime
the Delaware whipping post and stocks
should be imported to Butte ana the
fellow given about % on the bare back
once a week and exposed i'm the stocks
for the remainder Of his natural life.
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IdahO q tY Mining Nnfes
Special Correspondence Of the stnnhn

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Idaho City. Idaho. March l5.-J. NJ. Rag
land OF Colorado, and another man have
arrived here for the purpose of startinf,
work on the Summit mine at the head of
Deer creek, which they purchased from
the Wells Bros. last fall for SO 600 Owing
10 the depth of snow they find that work
cannot be commenced inside of two or
three weeks. Their first work will he ~
sink 200 or 300 feet and then drift to the
VEN. From the surface down to a depth
or 100 feet the mine has yielded consider
aple very rich ore during the past three
years, but, as the work went down be-
low water level the owners. who were
poor men, were unable to go leeDer In
the hands of a strong compare the mine
VIII become an important producer.
for several years past Il. II. Robb mas
Deen at work at intervals on a coal mine
on ms larm at Horseshoe Bend. He has
now developed large vein of good coal
that VIII certainly prove better than a
gold mine TO him. II is situated very near
tne Willow creek gold mining district
where wood cannot be had. lie is now N
work running a tunnel to further deveipp
the property.
Inc Deadwood country will receive an
unusual amount of attention from pros
pectors this year. For many years pasr
a great deal of gold float has been found
III that section, but owing to its isolated
position not much prospecting for the
VEINS mas been done. Now, as there is n
state wagon road passing within a few,
miles or the district, connection with tho
mn iiiiii at Banner can be had with but very
little word.
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Great Falls Tribune: There has been
general and unlocked for quietude in
most OF the Montana cities regarding
the coming municipal campaign. There
are only a few aldermen to be elected
IN each city and IL appears that citi-
zens nave settled down to the convic-
uon that IL does not make much differ
ence who gets them. This is a serious
mistake, for on the caliber of the alder
men depends the honest, proper and in
telligent administration of municipal
AFFAIRS in which every resident, as well
as taxpayer, has a direct personal in
terest, yet the people never realize this
until after the election and then they
take IL out i'm growing. The one ex-
ception to the ordinary off year rule is
Helena. In that city the water ques-
ton has got mixed up with politics and
the charge is made that a combination
that is ready and anxious to furnish
the city with water from Canyon Ferry
has entered the field and is attempting
10 nominate and elect men that are ia
Norable to its project. Under ordinary
circumstances the average Helena man
would be willing To take water from
anywhere or anybody, i'm preference to
the existing company. but they see i'm
the Canyon Ferry scheme a dark plot
TO tnjure Helena, and the alarm has
been sounded and the people summoned
~ thS itStuc. Inc tiefAiu. as SpOkeS-
man for the opposition To the new
plant, points out that the proposition is
To dam the river at the ferry and not
only furnish water, but also electric
power. 1t points out that the company
has already secured valuable rights
and options in that section. and argues
that its intent is not to benefit Helena,
but establish nearby manufactures
and thus build up a rival city. The
reasons for this are that the loss OF
electricity I'm transmission l6 miles is
too great to make IL available at Hell
ena, and that new town. If located
near the ferry. will be accessible to the
Cascade railway, which will ultimately
connect with the Burlington and to the
new line of the Great Northern when
IL is Strengthened from Craig to Clancy
Then comes the dire prediction of the
Herald that the building of such city
would cripple If not ruin. property
values in Helena" That will settle the
matter. Helena will do without water
rather than take chances on q rival city
so near TO IL and one. too, that would
cripple. if not ruin. its property values.
The Canyon Ferry water scheme is
doomed.
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Livingston Enterprise: Nichols. Du.
pee x Co, the Boston wool merchants
Following in the wake of Justice Rate
man * Co, are flooding Montana with
literature calculated to prejudice wool
growers against the five western sena-
tors who refused to permit a considera-
ton OF the Dingley tariff measure. The
medium used by the Boston wool
sharks is the Commercial Bulletin. pub
Hshed In taht city. The paper under
date OF Feb. %. editorially and through
Its correspondents. abuses the western
senators and applies 10 them the epi-
tibet of silver highwaymen. Inadvert-
emily the paper, through ITS correspond
ent. reveals the true cause for COM
plant and the selfish motive that
prompts abuse Of republican senators
when IL says:
The effect upon the market has been
depressing and sellers of wool who have
been holding their property out of the
market. hoping for the restoration OF
wool duties. are now ready TO sell. Such
a supply Of wool was never before in
the country within so days of the shear
ing of the new clip. which will soon be
upon the market. to swell this enor-
nous supply at a time when wooden
mills are discouraged over the loss OF
business and are closing down. so that
the demand for wool is decreasing at a
time when the supply Of IL has been in
creased enormously"
This Is the real cause for grievance
among the wool buyers. They had
loaded up with cheap woods in anticipa-
tion OF favorable action on the tariff by
the senate and expected to unload at
greatly advanced prices upon the man
ufacturer while the measure was pend
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Bitter Root Times: According to the
New York Tribune, the official mouth
piece Of the republican party. Tom car
ter is Reed man. Carter gives as his
reasons that at the time when he ran
Tor congress he appealed to Reed. Me-
kiniey. Allison and all the high moguls
OF the party to come out and put their
oar IN the Montana campaign in Toms
behalt' and that Reed was the only one
VINO responded. We were present At
one or the Maine mans speeches made
during that campaign. and If our mem
DRY serves US right, Reed was the main
man IN every sense He talked on the
tarin, told how he was responsible for
the admission of Montana to statehood
declared he was a candidate for sneak
er OF the house and incidentally men,
TONED Carriers name. In the whole
course of his speech he was careful not
to say that he believed in free silver
but at every opportunity took occasion
TO impress the audience that Reed was
the coming messiah. Wherein lies his
charm for our Tom is not wholly
clear
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ing and before its true character was
discovered, and then they would have
been prepared for the veto that would
inevitably have followed. AS had been
pointed out the measure never had any,
thing or merit to commend IL to the
western producers. IL was simply
horizontal raise of an iniquitous demo-
cratic tariff which was pronounced by
the president a measure of party per-
nay and dishonor. 1t gave concessions
to the East that the West could not
enjoy, and with this condition existing
and the reckless disregard of western
interests which has characterized ma
tional legislation in the past, would
have remained indefinitely as a monu-
ment to sectional prejudice and party
perfdy. This being the true state of
affairs the wool spectators of the East
may as well desist in their efforts 10
besmirch the characters OF Montana's
senators or prejudice their standing
with the industrial classes of the Rocky
mountain region.
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Stock Growers Journal: 1t is pro-
posed to amend the Carey act granting
1,O00,000 acres of land to desert land
states. Under the proposed bill grant
is to be made outright TO the states to
be disposed of by the legislatures of the
several states, with the proviso that
the proceeds shall be devoted to the
reclamation of lands. until such recla-
nation has been completed. Such sum
as Is realized above the amount re-
quired to reclaim the land is to become
the property of the states. Under the
Carey law states can only take the
Srant piecemeal and with restrictions
that make it practically impossible for
all the states entitled to the grant to
take advantage of its provisions. All
the far western states will be entitled
TO grants if the law is enacted.
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state Of Montana.

Hampton in this city will be pleased to
learn that he is prospecting nicely in
his new location-Helena.
oscar and Frank Stephens were up
from the Judith basin during the past
week visiting with friends and looking
after business matters. on their re-
turn home they took with them about
50 head OF horses recently purchased
from John OMAR
Jacob Canaup and Miss Ida Smith
both declared themselves tired of sin
gle blessedness during the past week
and got married.
couple of sheep camp rustlers were
brought in from Merino on FRIDAY and
lodged In Jail here. A united effort is
being made to stop this pilfering Of
sheep camps, and the officers think
that direction.
Ii is understood that the little daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. T. T. Kirby, whose
lie was despaired of at one time. is
improving and will be up and around
as usual before long. Acute rheuma-
tism is the trouble
Jay More was over from Castle dur
ing the past week looking after bust
ness matters. Mr.. More was accom-
panied by Miss Flora Suydam, a.
charming young lady from Castle.
JULIUS Berg of Townsend was a Wis
ltor TO the Springs on Friday last.
Whlie here he was kept quite busy at
tending to court matters in regard to
the recent failure of Berg Bros, the
Townsend merchants
White SULPHUR Springs can justly
feel proud of her bank-the First Ma
uonal-as few, If any, banks in the
state are I'm as good condition as this
institution. In their quarterly state
ment published last week they report
nearly 40 per cent of deposits held i'm
reserve by the bank. At their recent
election the following officers ver-s
elected for the ensuing year: President.
John Potter; vice president. William
Gaddis; cashier, j. T. Wood: assistant
cashier. Hugh Cameron; board of d.
rectors, w. I. Ford. f. NJ Edwards,
y, III. Teague, William Luppold. NJ. T.
Grande, william Gaddis. w. L. Jen-
kins, John Potter, John NJ. Smith, L.
ii. Hershfield, j. T. Wood.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-17
A SCARED POLITICIAN.
Congress Had Msde bad Break with
"a Taxing Him Into Its Confidence.

congress tnd made - Bad Bretk with
Taxing Him Into Its Confidence.
From the New York Recorder.
George Drake. the well-known noun
tain detective. has spent much OF his
time I'm the mountains of Eastern Ken
lucky on missions attending his pro-
fession. is authority for the following
amusing story, which he claims was an
actual occurrence:
In Letcher county" says Captain
Drake, there is "A stretch of country
about Is miles square where the ignor-
ance OF the natives is astonishing In
the winter Of 1884, I had occasion to
travel through this country. being on
the lookout for moonshlners. Riding
along one afternoon / CHANGED TO stop
In blacksmith shop-the only one for
miles around-to have a thrown shoe
replaced The blacksmith who fitted
the shoe. ] learned. later. was the in
tellectual giant OF that section His
fame among his fellows was due to the
fact that he could read "A newspaper.
As he hammered away at the horse
shoe lanky specimen Of the mountain
type rode up, and. after greeting us
with evenin.' secured his horse and
took a seat upon a broken plowshare
in the shop. After sitting In silence for
some minutes chewing a ponderous quid
OF tobacco. splitting at intervals and
cycling me the meanwhile. he offered
the question:
sam, have yer paper cum yit
" Come Yesterday replied Sam.
Is them ellers still up ter con-
gressP
Yes
"'Wut heve they er dun this trip.
Sam?
"A few moments hesitation, and
then. with a wink over his shoulder at
me. Sam responded:
Why, Try. they durn fools hes made
tew more months ter ther year. and
them tew is winter months
BY durn. calculated Try. En- me
en- Hirum is a both short err fodder
teu' "
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\ Gooi Indian.

Valley County Gazette: A bad In
dian was made good last Friday at
Culbertson by being sent To the happy
hunting grounds. The fellow lived on
piece of land near Culbertson. aIlot-
ted him by the government. although
not a portion of the Fort Peck reservG-
ton. lie and his deaf brother have
been a source of continual worry to
the government and when asked To ap-
pear at the agency sent back answer
that only when they were cold" would
they submit. IL was decided that "Lo"
would have to be brought i'm dead or
alive and II. REM, one OF the Poplar Of
hcials. was dispatched To tow him in
In the scramble that ensued the Indian
pulled butcher knife and had not
Frank Cusker Immediately shot the fell
low Mr. REM would have undoubtedly
been killed as the knife had already
pierced his inner garments.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-17
HIS ROYAL RAOLET.

The Boys Converted Him From Filth aud
Rags to tlesnline-s and Comfort.
From the Lewiston Tribune.
Last night His Royal Raglets was
takGs in hand by the boys I'm town and
fOrcibly cleaned. shaved and clad in de-
cent garments. The performance was
the most interesting and exciting event
OF the evening. and a crowd OF about
200 witnessed the Incidents. The victim
Of cleanliness is one OF the most pitiful-
~ unique specimens In the country. No
one knows him or where he Is from
His hair and beard fell 10 his shoulders
and were a notified. matted red His
coverings were actually tatters and
shreds and were said TO be infested
with vermin. He had several times
been offered good clothes. but rejected
them with the reply that he didn't
want any women falling In love with
him" And now his glory is gone.
Sampson was no prouder OF his locks
than this poor creature was OF his rags
and filth. He protested TO the last that
his state suited him best and he wanted
no change. but public sentiment could
endure the spectacle no longer and he
fell sacrifice 20 carrying his own ego
tism 10 an offensive excess.
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a Wall OF WOE.
A story of How Not To Hear n Play FITTED
to Fashionable AZ auirements

= 'AeFy VI INV NOT near EIaY Fitted
to Fashionable n auiremenis
From the New York Evening Sun.
Leaving the street outside, he entered
the luxurious reception room OF Milfred
Frothingham's ancestral house on one
Hundred and Sixteenth street As the
time waned on apace Algernon de
Mongmorongcy grew steadily more i'm
patient. Twice did he importune the
maid servant to convey a message to
her lady. AT 1858 p. m. he sent up this
note:
The show begins at p. m"
Al S13 y. m. another missive was dis
patched. Ii ran thus:
The show is on; are you?"
To these came answers OF uniform
courtesy and encouragement Noting
the status of his chloride of gold chro-
nometer at S19 p. M, he heaved a SAT-
from sigh and muttered cheerily:
Il wouldn't have had Jobs job for
II.
Milfred rockingham. effulgently
gowned i'm a supreme creation OF anti
toxin blue and carmine frappe. ap-
peared upon the threshold OF the front
parlor just as Algernon de Mongmo-
rongcy was striving TO put his thoughts
in words OF fitting fervor at $50 p. m.
Smiling sweetly as n newborn sunfiush.
she advanced 10 greet him. and he, pale
ana quaking. chung TO the piano for
support.
Good evening. dear" she said de-
murely. did | keep you waiting?"
"Oh. my no. he returned. weakly.
Tying a rug about his neck, he
climbed up the portiere and tainted on
the ceiling.
Like the boy i'm the swimming hole.
the last act of THE Fatal Lord" was
drawing to its close. a handsome
young couple nervously entered the
well-appointed theater just In time To
get programme and see the curtain
fall. In a contiguous oyster palace.
soon afterward. she said:
Wasn't IL too good Of you to take me
to the play; | enjoyed IL so much"'
Swallowing a robust bvalve. shell
and all. he replied gracefully:
And so did |. but | should like to
have heard at least one remark from
the actors. II we had only been a little
earlier"
Yes" she interrupted. but the horse
cars were so slow. Next time we go
Wen have "A cab. won't we. dear2"
Certainly" he answered. "or
hearse."
Rising he staggered through the plate
glass window and was lost i'm the haze
OF night. At her request the proprietor
hung up 81 20 for the oysters.
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Great Falls Tribune: Score one for
Missoula. Economy and retrenchment
being the imperative demand OF the
hour the council of that city made a
reduction i'm the salaries Of officers and
completed the good work by voting that
the mayor and aldermen should serve
without compensation. The gentlemen
thus prove that they practice what
they preach, and demonstrate that re-
trenchment. like charity. should begin
at home. Other city councils are to be
heard from.
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Colonel sanders

The Columbian: Colonel Sanders may
find some pleasure I'm swinging around
the goldbug circles OF the East and de-
nouncing Montana men as n lot OF free
silver idiots. but IL is not an exhibition
OF very good taste. However. the fact
that Montana once sent the colonel 10
the United States senate may offer
strong confederation of "A part of Mr..
Sanders statement regarding "idiocy. "
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Lewistown Democrat. The goldbuRs
are after Senator Carriers scalp. The
bond syndicate has given IL out cold
that unless he resigns as chairman OF
the national republican committee no
money win be contributed for cam
paign purposes. Matt quay will be
Carter's successor.
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Townsend Messenger: Political mat
ters remain in statu quo as far as Mon
t2na is concerned. or course political
aspirants and great partisans are agi-
tating their little plans. hut the masses
are silently awaiting the result Of the
two great conventions. silver remone-
tiZation Is the struggle and nothing can
divert the issue
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Helena Herald: If the Legislature OF
Kentucky fails to elect senator IL Is
TO be hoped that the governor will APP
point. and give the senate q chance to
reconsider its action as i'm the case OF
Mantle and others in 1893. IL is clear
that the construction contemplates that
no state shall be without its equal rep
resentation i'm the senate under any cir
cumStances
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Flathead Herald Journal: To any
who want to buy and have the money
TO pay for good farm and a surplus
to purchase useful stock and necessary
implements, who are industrious. provi-
dent and have a knowledge Of practi-
cal farming operations. who are will
ing TO hold or drive, the Herald Jour
nal will say come to Flathead coun-
~