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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-28
NEIHART ITEMS.

Great Falls, Dee. o7.-A meeting of
the Neihart Cumberland Mining COM
pany has been called for Jan. 10 To con-
slider the matter OF leasing the mine.
David Besson writes from Columbia
stating that hs intends returning in the
spring 10 work his Harley creek prop
critics.
Ogallala Tribe. Improved o. r. NJ.
celebrated Christmas night by council
fire. at which sumptuous banquet was
served.
Private letters received by friends in
Neihart state that Harry Clifford. who
left early in December for his mining
claims on Steele creek. III The Big Hole
country. has reached his destination in
safety although the snow he had 10
travel through made the journey very
difficult He had 10 break the trail
through deep snow for 80 miles
The Neihart schools celebrated
Christmas by special exercises on Fri
day afternoon.
James Kyle, the we'll known and pop
ular stand by Of this thriving town,
came back from a visit to Butte last
Friday. He is In good spirits and says
ne thinks times never looked better
than they do now
ON Friday evening the Methodists
met at their church where the following
programme was admirably rendered in
all its numbers: Song, bethlehem.
school: recitation, Lydia VALENTINE,
solo old Santa Claus Max Henley:
recitation. Sylvia McIlseen; song. Maud
Arthur: recitation, Little Speaker.
Clifford Parry. song, Jesus Bids Is
shine" infant class: Two Little Girls
on a Chair" Hannah Bro, Esther Lar
son. recitation Bells Across the
SNOW" Agnes Miller: recitation. Carrie
souie: solo Earl Henley; recitation
Christmas Stocking. Wanda Luns-
ford. Christmas Tree. BY seven chill
dren: recitation, Pearl Plant. duet
Miss Beard. Miss Adamson: recitation,
Eva McIlveen. song. Joy to the
! World" choir. Santa Claus.
After the exercises the distribution If
press nts from the tree took place.
For the benefit of leasers and others
shipping ore from Seihart the follow
ing general rates on lead ore Is given
ant by the Silver smelter. Ore contain
Ing ~ 10 30 per cent. lead. treatment, s.:
ID 10 IS per cent. lead S.; IS 10 40 per
+ cent lead s.: over 10 per cent. 81.
/ Freight rates: $50 per ton on ore un-
i der so in value: s. on ore between $50
! and $50. and S. on ore over 80 value per
ton.
/ W. s. Jennings and Joe Steele return
| ed Monday from the Falls. where they
| accompanied a car from their lease on
/ the whip-poor- VIII. Billy had his cop
per ore sampled while in the Falls with
/ the following result: Lead. . per cent
i silver. 2s.4 ounces copper teta per
cent. which means $3.50 per ton for
| copper alone. as the smeiter pays 81 a
| unit for copper.
Mrs. O. y. Holt started Saturday 70
| Join her husband in Pyretus, Missouia
/ county where ole is working in a mine.
| Mrs. Holt will BE- missed in Seihart
| where she has always been known -
II ssAMasls lalY.
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THE WORLDS MARKETS
Daily Record of Commercial and
Financial Proceedings.
NEW YORK STOCK REPORT
Digest of Exchange News-Mining Stocks,
Metal Quotations-Wool Prices and
Movements-Grain and Pro-
duce-Review of Trade.

New York Dec. 21.-The only active IN
terest in to-day's stock market was man
ifested by professional traders. and they
devoted themselves almost altogether 10
the recent speculative favorites of the
market. which are comprised In one
group known as the specialties, ana more
particularly the stocks of local corpora
tions and the traction companies. me
tone of trading was unsettled ana at
times feverish. The strength OF specialties
caused a strong opening and upheld prices
in the general market so far as there
was any movement. A general movement
to realize. due To the continued stiH-
ness of money and to some extent to eN-
pressed apprehension over the threaten
ing developments in the far East carried
prices to last weeks level, where they
remained in the case of many stocks,
until the close
To-day was i; holiday in London and
there were no quotations Tor BRUSH
consols The situation in the money mar
ket hinged on the Union Pacific payment
and the Pacific bond redemption. Ihe
sub-treasurys debit balance at the clear
ing house to-day was I,35tS33. ana TINS
about represented the governments
checks for redeeming the Pacific bonds
which have come through the banks
More was coming and the government
is still sending out checks from WASH
ington for the further payment. But the
money from this source had not coma
back into the market with sufficient Tree
dom to prevent its feeling to-day :
Union Pacific payment to the government
of about S., 500 900. even though si,moHo
of this is left by the government on de-
post in New York.
There was considerable calling OF loans
to-day and the rate paid to replace these
ranged from 3i2 to Az per cent, with the
maiority at i per cent. There was rise
also in the rates of sterling exchange
to-day. which precluded the idea OF an
/ other immediate further gold import.
/ In the final dealings there were some
| sharp reactions in the specialties and the
/ coalers which wiped out all previous gains
| and in some cases left prices materially
/ lower. Manhattan was a notable eXcep-
! ton. closing near the top at a net gain
4 of 29s points. Nest gains and losses II
the general list were rather narrow ano
mixed.
The tone of the bond market was firm
and in some cases sharp gains were
i shown. Total sales. 81 100000 L. S. old 4s
| registered were Il lower bid.
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IN TETON COUNTY.

Great Falls. Dec 2s.-The government
has just made its annual issue OF sup
plies to the Indians of the Piegah
agency at Browning
Complaints are made that the cola
weather has made water scarce Tor
stock purposes the streams being frozen
up. and what little water there Is is IN
accessible. Cattle are already showing
the effect of the severe weather ana
most of the stockmen are feeding heaN-
lily. Grass is good on the range, but
= mostly covered with ice.
he building of the coal bnnkers at
Blackfoot is progressing very slowly
owing to the severity of the weather
j. A. Kennedy. the newly appointed
collector of customs, has entered upon
his duties and is now busy rounding UP
the Chinese and seeing that their pa
pers are straight.
Colonel Anderson of Browning mas
gone to Prince Albert his old home,
for brief visit.
The boys building at the Willow
Creek school has been burned down. 1t
was a two-story structure ana hlSn
wind was blowing at the time SO tnat
in spite of strenuous efforts to save II
the structure was soon consumed. me
boys most of whom lost their clothes
and personal belongings in the flames,
have been sent to their homes, but II Is
said that the school will be rebuilt at
once. The rest of the buildings were
saved
A man who has been engaged in wolf
| ing in this county for the past two weeks
has succeeded in bringing down in that
/ time the scalps of 10 and hopes to have
/ more to his account shortly. There is
/ room for much work in this direction,
| as the beasts are very bold this winter.
and are likely to become the source OF
serious loss should the weather prove in
\ element.
Major Mclaughlin and party, the
Messrs. Cook, Pendergast, Parsons, Van
! Zandt and Jackson will begin prepare
tions for their Alaska trip as soon as
the new agent assumes charge at this
agency They will leave with 60 head
of horses and a two years supply OF
provisions, and will go by the i1dmon-
ton route, and do some prospecting IL
the Peace river country next summer.
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f.eamey The AgEressor.

Great Falls. Dec 27.-Further details
of the cutting ARRAY al sand Goulea
between James J. Murray and James
1 eamey indicates that the latter Wa the
aegfE SsaF. The two were seated IN
beer hall drinking when an argument
arose over trifiing matter Ieamey
drew his pocket knife and rushed at
Murray. slashing his arm and imme-
diately made another cash in his alb
damen Deputy Sheriff Thomas 9. Car
ter arrested Leamey and placed him n
the ian there. His hearing Was II have
taken place to-day. but was postponed.
The officers say that the Murrags, OF
d ham there are four or five at the cou-
lee. are now trying 10 have the CON-
ulaTnt Withdrawn and the case dropped.
Tha county attorney Is investigating the
l.a.fEaF
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HELP CUbA'S
STARVING
PATRIOTS
Read the flessage From
the Government at
Washington.
Send Your Contribution 10 the Standard
Office, Be the Sum Great
or Small.
Be QUICK ABOUT IT
FROM CHINOOK.

Great Falls, Dec 21.-Chinook pauses
1T the c'ose of the year to congratu-
late itself over what it has accom-
plished and what seems to be in store
for 1t during the coming season. Dur
ing 1897 over So 900 has been expended
in improvements in the town and the
prospects point toward double that
amount of building next year. Stock
men and ranchers are all in better con-
dition financially and every other way
than they were a year ago and the in
crease in the production Of wheat on
the lands about Chinook is ample cause
for more hope
During the past season the shipment
of cattle and sheep at various points in
Northern Montana along the Great
Northern have been as follows:
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boys for the last four years, and he has
grown so fat under the pampering that
he hates TO move. He is only black
and white spaniel, but he owns por-
ton of the city, and he makes his pro-
prietorship known to all strangers who
unwittingly encroach on his domain.
This year Sol Yates, the city jailer. made
him a complete little bedstead and fur-
nished it with mattress. pillow ana ell.
When Toughie was put in possession OF
his new chattels he jumped about, try
ing his bed and then calling peoples at
tention to it. He now occupies II regu-
larly and the boys expect that he VIII
soon make kick for fresh sheets and
inflow Sins
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Visible Sunni..

New York. Dec. 27.-The statement of
the visible supply of grain i'll store and
afloat Dec. ., compiled by the New
York produce exchange. is as follows:
Wheat-36, 00o bushels, increase. l.0oi,-
600 bushels.
Corn-3s. 1870 coo bushels; increase, 10000
bushels
Oats-l2 ~ coo bushels; decrease. $4,000
bushels
Rye. III 900 bushels; increase, e7,@1
bushels.
Barley. $50. ooe bushels; increase, $4,000
bushels
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OTHER MARKETS.
Omaha Live sioel.

Omaha Dec. 7.--Catt1e-Receipts. 1.50.
Market active. Native beef steers. 81 .A0n
30. Western steers. So .GQliI 10. Texas
steers s343 60. cows and hcifers $3n4;
Gamers. s2n2 30; stockers and feeders
s. eea4 10. calves. s4a6. bulls and stags
s26t3 80.
Hogs-Receipts. 100 Market &c higher
Heavy s.. 2pfi3. 80. mixed, 81. 25a3.30. light
81. a3d3. 45. bulk of sales, 3d. 25a3.35.
Sheep-Receipt 500. Market steady.
Fair to choice natives, 81. 76ni 10. fair to
choice westerns. s. coal =. common and
stock sheep sal.
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Mrs. George A. Croft has purchased
the Lena Johnson place over the Bruns-
wick, 2121a Central avenue, Great Fails.
and will serve the best 25-cent meal III
the city. Room and board. SIG per
month Those wishing first-class meals
and rooms are invited to call at the
above address.
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In addition TO the above there were
sent out 40 cars of hay. u cars of wheat,
three cars of potatoes and one Of cab
bage IT will be seen from these figures
that Chinook is rapidly developing from
a little COW town, To he the import
ant center Of a farming and cattle and
sheep country.
William Thompson ST. who has been
spending the past three years IN Ala
bama. has returned TO Chinook. Dur
ing his absence he has had ample OPP
portunity to study conditions in other
parts of the country and he comes back
satisfied that after all there Is no place
on earth the equal Of Montana.
A grand masked ball was given On
Friday evening at ClarE's hall aud
most of the dancing population of Chi
nook attended
A. s. Lehman has purchased two lots
next to the cid Montana hotel and Is
erecting a fine warehouse.
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Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILL
IONS of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN
WHILE TEETHING. with PERFECT SUCCESS
ALLAYS all PAIN; CURES WIND COLlC and
is the best remedy for nIARRHGA Sold by
Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure
and ask for Mrs Winslows 500 thing syrup
and take no other kind. Twenty-Five cents a
bottle.
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CHICAGO MARKETS.
Produce.


Chicago, Dec. 27-Wheat opened firm at
from lie to asc decline from the closing
price of Friday. initial sales ranging
from 94ian94Ssc, with few sales mo-
ment later at Aaaa9st2c An active trade
was done for an hour and the market for
that length of time maintained the APP
pearance of strength. May soto Us high
as aiAsa94a4c. Subsequently trade slack
ened and the price weakened slowly 10
within half an hour from the close. APP
parently the only reason for the strength
was the new European war scare rs
nothing else Of bullsh character was
contained in the early news. There were
several bearish features In the days news,
chief Of which was an estimate made IN
Il cablegram from Buenos ASres max nS
the probable surplus Of wheat for export
from Argentina IT. 1000. 900 bushels.
Foreign markets We're closed ON account
of Christmas holidays. but New York
reported the receipt of some buying or
defs for futures on European account
and at least one 80 -hushel order was
bought In the pit here on All order from
Liverpool
The Liverpool Corn Trade News esti-
mated the world shipments of last week
at G.4SS 900 bushels exclusive Of Balti-
more shipments. The United States con-
tribution to last weeks total was i.le1 ,o01
bushels. The visible supply increased
1.051 600 bushels compared With a decrease
OF 100000 bushels the year before. me
heavy receipts here and at the Northwest
ern points caused considerable realz ng
and short selling By professionals May
closed al 94c.
Corn for the greater part Of the session
was very active with an increased Out
side interest May wheat traders were in
| the wheat pit bidding for corn, and shorts
| were also active buyers. Prices held firm
to the end. May closed &c higher at
1 30isc.
/ Oats were almost 4 counterpart OF corn.
/ The market started very firm and active.
/ The war talk was a factor, May closed
/ Sc higher at 23hsaa3s4c
Provisions were quite active and firm
/ during the morning. Later in the day the
advance was all lost. the close being
easy. May pork closed &c lower. May lard
unchanged and May rigs 2l2c lower.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-28
nIetnt Market.

New York. Dec. 21.-Pig iron warrants
closed dull at s6.65d6.7a. Lake copper
quiet at 10. S5n1o. sae. Tin quiet at Is. tom
49, 7oc. Spelter quiet ut 3.S5M4. Soc. Lead
quiet but firm at .. 1908. 75e. The firm that
fixes the selling price for miners and
smelters continues to call the lead mar
ket strong at 3.50c Bar silver, 5Te.
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asil Dsi,piatioiis.

Cash quotations We're follows: Flour
fairly steady. No. spring wheat, san#c:
No. 3 spring wheat. Stable; No. 2 red.
aSl2c: No. corn, 21lac; No. cats. 23i2n
23S4c. No. white. T. o. b.. 2i1.m2jc. No. ,
white f. o. b.. 24ff25c: No rye. 4sc. No
barley. f. o. b. 2Ga40c: No ! flax seed.
81 .l112m1 .21Ie prime timothy seed 81 10;
mess pork. per barrel. 81. 70Gt9 =; lard. per
100 pounds. A.45n4. 571a; short ribs sides,
loose. M35m4.70; dry sailed shoulders.
boxed, I.5sm4s,c; short clear sides, box d
81 .70n4. so. whisky. disrillers finished
goods Der gallon, 81 10
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bills at A.s1La4.sIla for demand and at
81 s1tka4 s1aa for 60 days: posted rates.
s.. S2izasA IS and s4.S5n4.s6. Commercial
bills s.. 81. Silver certificates, 57G5Sc. Mex
lean dollars 45ssc. Government bonds cas-
Ter. state bonds dull railroad bonds
strong
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-28

Copies of the Christmas standard on sale
mt all Offices of the Standard, in wrappers
ready for mailing, price cents, and by
newsdeaIers Domestic postage, cents;
foreign. g cents.
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snn Trnnei,cs NooI.

san Francisco. Dee. 27-Sprng woods
Nevada, ff013. Oregon. lanl4. Fall
woos-Southcrn coast lambs. inst; San
lambs. 7aSe. northern lambs. llal2c:
mountain lambs 1oMi2e; san Joaquin
plains. 7n9e. Humboldt and Mendocino.
14G15c.
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Boston stocks.

Boston Dec 27.-Oregon Short Inc,
ISIS: Boston x Montana. li6i4 Butte *
Boston. 22aa.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-28

gBRowS's BRONCHIAL TKocHES,' are = simple
and convenient remedy far tpnehIal Affee ti1ns
sag Ls..aa. SaIa oI4y N boxes.
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Chicago Dee 21,-Cattle--Saies We're ON
a basis of So. 70a4 for most lots up to $asf
;. 40 for strictly choice TO fancy cattle. the
bulk OF the sales being at 81 25fio. Feed
ing cattle So. s0Gi.2 ~. The most impor-
tant sale Of cattle was that OF lot.
mostly polled Angus. At $50. The range
of prices was from So 60n5.15.
Hogs-Sales were at an extreme range
OF s. 25m3 IS for eulls to prime lots of
hogs, with the bulk of transactions at
81. 40n3. 42ia.
Sheep-Sheep were wanted al s.. 30
for inferior 10 common up To 81 .65Gti. 10
for choice fioclxs, with fed lots FREEDOM
mating and selling AT S3.606f4 So Lambs
were active ut sIn4.75 for the commonest
lots up To 81. 7am5.s5 for prime. few
S1-pound lambs selling al the top price.
Yearings sold at 81. 40m5 "a
Receipts-catte 1a0ea hogs. 1000,
sheep, il 600.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-12-22
Good Roads Convention.

ST CHARLES, Mo, Dec. 22.-In re- sponse to call issued by County Road Commissioner George L. Anderson, a majority of the road overseers of St Charles county met in convention at the city hall yesterday morning for the purpose of organizing a Good Roads and Public Improvement asso- citation. Mr. ". H. Moore, of St. Louis. president of the State Good Roads and Improvement association. spoke for al- most two hours on the subject of good roads and was listened to with the closest attention.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-12-22
ON THE INCREASE.
New York Sun Says More "Survivors' Are Drawing Pensions Than There Were Real
 

New York Sun Says More "Survivors'' Are
 Drawing Pensions Than There Were Real
 Veterans.
 NEW YORK, Dec. 22.--In a review of the operation of the pension bureau, the New York Sun stated that there are more alleged survivors of the war of the rebellion actually drawing pen sions than were actual survivors of the struggle. The total of pensions on account of the war of the rebellion is, according to the report of the pen sion commissioner, 947, ,542, of which 65, S69 are children and 27,559 are de- pendent fathers. mothers sisters or brothers. Deducting these from the total, there remain S54, IA survivors and widows drawing pensions, or 40,- 745 more survivors" and widows" than there are actual survivors and widows, who, under any circumstances, could legally draw pensions. The pension rolls show that 733, 527 persons are drawing pensions from the govern ment as the survivors of the war of the rebellion. That is 6, 405 more ''sur- vivors" are drawing pensions than there are actual survivors
The Mena weekly star., 1897-12-22
GAGE BILL NOT FAVORED.

American Federation of Labor Denounces
 the Measure-Postal Savings Indorsed.
 NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 22.-When the Federation of Labor met yester- day resolution relative to legislation on the postal savings bank system was laid before the convention by the com mittee on resolutions. The resolution indorses the bill pending before con- gress favoring the establishment of postal savings banks, with the clause relative to the national banks stricken out. The resolution was adopted.
 A strong discussion over the resolu- tion reported favorably by the com mittee, indorsing independent politi- cal action and declaring against in functions, was participated in by Me Guire, the author of the resolution; Kreft, Yarnell and Brennock, and af- by Kreft, the resolution was adopted.
 The resolution in regard to the free coinage Of silver ct sixteen to one was taken up and substitute on the Gage bill was adopted as follows:
 Resolved, That we declare ourselves most positively opposed to the Gage financial bill recently introduced in congress by the secre- tary of the treasury. It is measure that, if adopted as a law will only all the more firmly rivet the gold standard on the people of the country and perpetuate it's disastrous effects in every form.
 Resolved That we pronounce the Gage bill an undisguised effort to retire our greenbaclS currency and all government paper money with view to the substitution of national bank notes in their stead and thus fasten the national bank system for years upon the Amer ican people.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-12-22
THE L. A. ".
MssourIs Support Assed for to Elect
 George p- Gideon President.

Missouris Support Assed for to Elect
 aeorse D- Gideon President.
 ST. Lotus, Dec P. Robert Holm, ex-chief consul of the Missouri divi- sion, l.. A. w.. was in receipt of tele- gram yesterday from Sterling Elliott asking for Missouri's support in put ting forth George D. Gideon, ex-chair- man national racing board, as presi- dent of the league at the coming na- tional assembly, which will convene in St. Louis next February. Mir. Elliott stated that Pennsylvania, the second strongest division in the l.. A. w, and Massachusetts would vote for MT. Gideon. Mir. Holm had conference with Chief Consul Lucas and Secre- tary-Treasurer Rosen, of the Missouri division, and the outcome Of it all was that reply was sent to MT. Elliott of fering Missouri's support in the mat ter, provided that Pennsylvania and Massachusetts would vote for local opp 'tion, the admittance of professionals to league membership and St. Louis- an being elected to the second vice presidency.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-12-22
A TRAITOR REWARDED.
Betrayer of Gen. Maceo Appointed Mayor
 of a Town in Havana Province.

Betrayer of Gen. Maceo Appointed Mayor
 of a Town in Havana Province.
 HAVANA, Dec. 22. -Dr. Zertucha, who was the physician of the late Gen. Antonio Maceo, has been appointed mayor of Bejucal, this province. Ger tucha has belonged, in his day, to all the political parties in Cuba. At one time he was. bandit in the Vuelta Abajo and his record was very dis creditable At the time the fa nous Cuban commander was killed, Zertucha was charged with lead ing him and his party into the fatal ambush. After the killing of Maceo, the dishonored physician was allowed to go free by the Spaniards, and it was said, and generally be- lieved, that his pockets were well lined with Spanish gold.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-12-22
YOUNG LUErGERT CoNFEssEs.
Son of the Accused Sausage Maker Admits
 That He Forged Notes.

CHICAGO, Dec. 22.-Arnold c. Luet- gert admits that he forged name to notes amounting to $4, 750, turned them over to Attorney Vincent, and victimized others to the extent of over Sl,000. Arnold Luetgert is the son of Adolph D. Luetgert, now on trial charged with murdering his wife, and Attorney Vincent was the chief coun- sel of the sausagemaker during his trial. The lawyer withdrew from the case when he realized that he had been deceived. and said that the young man had told him of having forged Inducements on three notes and de- posited them with him to secure his fee in the murder case, and Luetgert himself, in the presence of witnesses, corroborated the story.