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Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-07-31
OLDEST BANK in THE WORLD.
Naples Boasts Financial Institution
Founded in 1889,

Mr.. Neville Rolfe, British consul al
Naples, gives an interesting account of
the past history and present position of
the Bank of Naples, which is, he says,
the oldest bank in existence, for the
Monte Necchio of Venice and the Ban
co San Giorgio at Genoa, both founded
in the twelfth century, have ceased
to exist. as has also the Bank of Bar
celona, founded in the fourteenth cen
tury. The Bank of Naples was found
ed in 1889, and is State bank, with a
considerable capital, to which no one
lays any claim; in other words, it is a
joint stock bank, but with no share
holders. When Charles " went to take
possession Of the kingdom his new sub,
jects desired to receive him With be-
coming magniticence, and therefore
contracted vast loans with the Jews
against valuable pledges These leans
they We're unable to repay, and to get
rid of the difficulty his Majesty Danish
ed the Jews from the kingdom The
Jews managed before their departure
to sell the pledges to two Neapolitans
at very easy prices. The new holders
offered them to the original owners at
a small profit, and they also offered
further loans without interest on the
old security Some philanthropists
stepped in and gave considerable gifts
to the new enterprise, provided loans
without interest We're made. In 1913
the bank was established on these
lines, and was, i'll fact charitable
pawnbroker. But by degrees its scope
enlarged into that Of bank doing an
ordinary commercial business. In 1854
it had an income from Government Sc
curities of f7,SOO, besides the capital
necessary for carrying on its business
In 1853, in a commercial crisis, the
Government forced it to lend Ell 900
for two or three years certain, without
interest. The result was q loss to the
bank, and in a few years it was de-
clared to be f56,00O in debt. In 1851 it
had recovered its position, but a series
Of frauds and losses amounting to near
ly 100000 crippled it again. In De
cember last Mr.. Luzzatti proved to the
Chamber that the bank had recently
lost t3,G00,O0O, for great part of
which the branches at Genoa, Bologna
and Milan are responsible. Nothing
short of state interference can now
save the bank, and Mr.. Luzzatti was
anxious to incorporate it into national
bank of Italy on the lines of the Banks
Of France and England. This, how
ever, met With very strong opposition
in the Neapolitan provinces. 1t is pro-
posed to issue Government paper to
the amount of 45,OOO,0OO francs, which /
represents the bullion in the hands OF I
the bank, and from the interest accru-
ing to form sinking fund to place the I
institution on a sound financial basis. |
The interest is fixed at 31a per cent net,
instead of the normal rate Of Az; the
holder of the paper viii thus lose q
per cent. in exchange for his Govern
ment security and the Government Will .
lose the same amount. But both parties .
would lose a great deal more We're the I
Bank of Naples to stop payment-Lon
Ion Times.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-07-31
CROPS OF WHITMAN COUNTY,.
Wave of Prosperity Has Certainly
Struck the PalOuse Country.

Colfax, July 24.-The wave OF prosper
ity has struck this country and it is caus-
ed solely by the immense crop which is
now almost out of danger, and the ASSN
ance Of a high price which, though not
high, will give farmers good profit.
During the past few days large num-
Der of idle men have arrived, and it is
now believed there will be plenty Of help
to harvest the large crop.
Wages will be the same as paid prior
to 1893, ranging from $l.50 to So per day,
the price being governed by the kind of
work done. Of course this price includes
board. There has been steady exodus
of men and threshing machines to the
Walla Walla and Dayton countries during
the past week. These 60 down and be
gin work in those countries, where har
vest begins from three to four weeks ear
ler than here, and work north, following
the ripening grain. By this method they
are enabled to get in from 80 to 40 more
days than though they had remained in
the Palouse country. Most of the MI
chimes which went south took their crews
with them from this country, and will
bring them back when they return, thus
giving the men from 60 to 100 days work.
At the wages paid this gives the laborers
neat sum to keep them until other em
ployment can be found. Many men live
the entire year on what they earn during
harvest in this method.
Grain bags are now worth about 81
cents, and the cost of transportation hav-
ing been reduced will also add to the
profits Of the grain producer. Although
the new freight rate law is not what was
desired it will add neat sum to the
gross profits Of the wheat producing dis
tricts OF Washington this year.
Palouse's Splendid Grain Yield.
Palouse, Wash, July 24.-Haryesting
will begin next week. There is no sign Of |
rust and the crop indications are better
than for years. Especially is this true
Of spring grain, that crop being better
than the fall grain. The late grains will
stool better than fall owing to late rains.
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MOSCOW ATTORNEY IN KLONDIKE.
Writes of His Trip and the Cost of

Writes of His Trip and the Cost of
the Same.
Moscow, Idaho, July 25.-News has
been received from Moscows representa-
tive at the Klondike. This is Attorney
A. j. Green, who left here for juneau
May 6, arriving at the klondjke June %,
after seven weeks travel. In letter to
Mrs. Green he gives an account of his eX
periences. At Juneau he purchased pro
visions for one year and clothing for two.
and then started with two others for the
head dwaters of the Yukon. There they
waited 10 days for the ice to 90 out, 90
ing down the stream afterward about 200
miles. The trip across the mountains
consumed about a fortnight. The cost Of
transporting 2G00 pounds of baggage be-
longing to the party was 10 cents 4
pound. The expense of the trip, Mr.
Green states, from the headwaters of the
Yukon for the seven men and baggage
was 500. His total expense, including
provisions and clothing, was $215.
Wages range from $40 a day for ordi-
nary laborers to Sl5 to $40 for skilled Ia
Dor. Mr.. Green plans to remain a year,
and longer if he can stand the hardships
incident to the life There are innu.n-
cradle mosquitoes, compelling the miners
to wear thin netting over their faces.
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Olive Oil for Bruises.

Instead Of having recourse to ap
plication Of tincture OF arnica, spirits
Of camnhor and to strong compression
Of the swelling in the treatment OF
light bruises, DR.. Anger prefers the use
Of olive Oil, both in children and in
adults. He applies the oil freely to the
confused parts. and rubs the latter
lightly With a rag, absorbent cotton
or with compress saturated with olive
oil. The author claims that this treat
ment gives immediate relief to the pa
tient, and that the formation of a
bloody protuberance is often prevent
ed, while eXcoriations and superficial
wounds. which may be present, heal
very raDidly.
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Heir to the Ottoman Throne.

The Sultan's heir is not his eldest
son, but his eldest brother The ED
est male succeeds Such is the law Of
Islam and the fruitful source of
dynastic murders in almost every
reign since the Turks became power
The Sultan has four Drothers-not one
only, as was lately alleged. This eltl-
est brother is Rccllad Etfendi; that is
to say, tie is eldest after the eX-Sultan,
Murad v, who. being insane, is not
counted. The third brother is Ware
din and the fourth Sllliman The Sui
tan's eldest son, Prince Selim, has no
earthly chance Of succeeding his faith
er. He has too many uncles and
uncles' sons for that. But Prince
Selim is lucky, if he knows it, for he
Is not dangerous He lives a life Of
freedom, whereas the heir is, by the
custom of the Ottomans, a kind of
life prisoner.
RechaG Effendi is rarely seen. Ev-
cry time he drives out he is escorted
by q troop, less by way of an escort
than as guard. The few who do
know him like him, for he is said to be
courteous, humane, well-informed
man, acquainted with current politics
and keenly interested in them. He il
good farmer. The pretty palace
known as the Tchera gam is his resi-
dence. Of course Rechad's S visitors are
searched before they are admitted and
when they are leaving by the SuIan's
officials. During this time of trouble
In Armenia, Constantinople and Crete
Rechad has been more narrowly
watched than ever, for the Sultan and
his clique know that Rechad is popu
lar. Unlike the Sultan, Rechad is one
Of the handsomest men in Con
stantinople- .ondon Echo.
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AGREEMENT is REACHED.
Sultan and the Powers Fixing

Sultan and the Powers Fixing Up
the Treaty.
Constantinople, July 25.-The ambassa-
doris Of tn powers and Tewfk Pasha have
agreed upon the frontier clause Of the
peace treaty. The line drawn by the mil
itary attaches and insisted on from the
first by the powers has been accepted by
the sultan with slight technical altera-
ton. The Turkish troops have begun to
evacuate Thessaly. d. j. Evad Pasha has
started on a special mission to Crete. The
palace party contends that his experience
qualities him to bring about
an understanding between the admirals
of the national fleets and the Mussulmans
and Cretans with reference to autonomy.
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PresidentialN Nominations.

Washington, July 25.-The president
has sent the following nominations to the
senate: Stephen Loughran, receiver Of
public money at Des Moines, Iowa; ia,
Lynch, agent of the Indians for the Yak
ina agency in Washington; L. B. Sher
ard of Alaska, to be commissioner in and
for the district of Alaska; Lieutenant
Commander Walter Goodwin, to be a
commander; Lieutenant Wainwright
Blogg to be lieutenant commander.
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COLONEL CROCKER's WILL.

Entire Estate Left to His Three
Children.
San Francisco, July 25.-The will Of
the late Colonel Crocker, filed for probate
Saturday, bequeathes all of the estate.
valued at from seven to ten million dol
lars, to his three children absolutely. Mrs.
Adeline NJ. Easton, the grandmother OF
the children, is named as guardian Of
their persons and estates. Crocker gave
to his brothers and sisters their choice of
his works of art. No bequests are made
to public charitable or educational insti-
tutions. The executors are H. P. Scott
and Charles 4. Green
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FROST DID NO INJURY TO CROPS
New Settlers Will Pay Out of Debt
the First Yenr

kendriek, Idaho, July 24.-The large
crop of grain and vegetables that the Nez
Perce reservation will yield this year de
monstrates that the oft-repeated asser-
tlon that the section is too frosty to
raise grain or fruit is without foundation.
Samples have been brought here from
that section that will compare with any
raised in the Potlatch. Wheat standing
as high as five feet beardless barley four
feet high, and flax three feet high with
large well l-flled heads are being exhibited.
Many of the settlers have feiced their
farms and have set out fine growing or
chards. One farmer living north of Me-
Perce city has picked cherries and pears
planted this spring, which have mature,l
to good size, and strawberry patch
planted at the same time has yielded
three good pickings.
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AN ELEMENT OF CONFIDENCE.
The Immense Quantities of Gold
From Alaska Swells Deposits.

The Immense Quantities of Gold
New York, July 24-Dun's Weekly
Review Of Trade says:
The end Of uncertainty regarding du-
ties on imports gives greater confidence
alike to those who have opposed and
those who. have favored the change. The
great change in stocks, particularly in
those Of granger lists, reflects assurances
OF heavy crops. The remarkable rise in
wheat, notwithstanding that assurance,
is based on heavy buying for export
There must be added another element Of
confidence scarcely observed a week ago
The heavy increases in receipts of gold,
whether from one side of tie Alaska bor
der or the other, swell deposits at the
mints and at the banks Of TINS country
and if the yield from the new regions an
swers current expectations it may have
an influence akin to that Of the gold dis
coverie5 in California. The one retarding
force. the strike of the coal miners, has
caused the closing Of few manufacture
ing works for want of fuel, but negotia-
tions for settlement are still pushed with
hope
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j. H. Barton, Caldwell; second vice pres
ident, f. +. Kirkland. Pocatelio; third
vice president, j. j. Schwartz, Moscow

j. H. Barton, Caldwell; second vice pres
ident, F. F. Kirkland, PocatelIo; thire
vice president, j. J. Schwartz, Moscow
Montana.
Governor Smith has appointed NJ. II
Bryan of Helena state fish and game com
missioner, to succeed A. j. Fisk of Hell
ena, resigned.
The total value of all kinds of prop
erty assessed in Deer Lodge county, moi
including the railroad assessments
amounts to $6,7l4,54O.
The farmers between Sheridan and
Twin Bridges are highly elated over the
prospects for bountiful harvest next
fall.
DIR. Moore has resigned as superintend-
ent of the asylum for the insane at
Blackfoot. Dr. j. w. Givens, the former
uperintendent, will probably succeed to
the place. The latter is now in Los An
geles.
The Northern Pacific has begun the
construction this week of new steel
bridge to span the Yellowstone at Liv-
ingston, which when finished will replace
the wooden structure built in 1888. The
bridge will be of two spans, $50 feet each
Western Montana's crop record this
year promises to eclipse all previously re-
corded yields. Hay, grain and fruits are
all in prime condition, and the quantity
IS something immense. The wheat and
oat crop will be particularly heavy, from
present indications, and the farmers are
wondering what they will do with it all.
The state board of land commissioners
has sold 600 acres Of public school lands
Ill Cascade county to William C. Toomey.
\. ). Shores, Lewis Stockett and F. c.
Park for $4,000. The land is located
three miles south of Sand Coulee and ad-
joins lands on two sides owned by the
Great Northern Railway Company. 1t
was purchased for the railroad company.
The land contains some coal, but not
enough in the opinion of State Land
Agent James NJ. Page, who recently made
a thorough examination of it, to Justify
the state refusing to sell it at $40 an acre.
Inc total equallZed assessment OF the
state last year was $ll0,259,6l6 The to-
tai assessment of the state this year as
returned by county assessors, not includ-
ing Cascade, the assessment for which has
not yet been received by the board, is
Slo6,525,l7s. Cascade county's assess
ment last year was $lO,O2l ,9O3. 1t is es-
tlmated that Cascade will report an in
crease in its assessment this year of
about 100000. If it does, the whole un
equallzed assessment of the state will be
about S7,00o,O00 more than the equalized
assessment of last year.
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St. Louis Man Complains 10 the
Court and Is Locked Up.

Daniel Whalen of st. Louis, Mo, in
dulged in liquor the other day, went
home, tried to whip his wife, and there
was trouble in the Whalen household,
but the liquor finally got the best of
Daniel and he went to bed. Whiln
asleep his wife sewed him up in the
sheet and gave him sound thrashing.
To get even he filed complaint in the
police court and placed g pair of black
eyes and other bruises in evidence
against his wife, but to his surprise the
judge sent Whalen up for 10 days and
his wife home
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New Commissinner Annointed

Washingtc@, d. c., July 27.-Secretary
Bliss has appointed Samuel L. Laggert OF
Iowa to succeed Chairman Goodwin OF
the commission which has been negotiat
ing treaty with the Fort Hall, Yakima
and other western Indian tribes for ces-
sion Of their reservations. Goodwin is
Georgia man and was recently requested
to resign. The salary of his position is
$40 per day.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-07-31

& Smelling Company suffered loss Of
$4,000 in stolen bullion and legal expen-
ses incurred in connection with the theft,
and expended $4,000 in new machinery, it
has paid during the past year $7S,S36.S4
in dividends, and has $2l ,297 in the treas
ury. To date the company has paid $780,,
964.76 in dividends. These facts We're
brought out at the annual meeting Of the
company held in Spokane, Monday. The
old board of directors, consisting of NJ. NJ.
Cowley, James Monaghan, George b. Nc
Auley, Edward O'Shea and G. r. Cham
berlain, were reelected to serve for the
ensuing wear
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Artificial Ears

The making of artificial ears seems to
have reached scientific perfection with
In the last decade. Made Of a specially
prepared rubber, flesh-colored in the
rough, they are painted by hand in ex-
act imitation Of the remaining ear OF
the unfortunate customer, and as care
fully "touched'' and marked over as an
artists picture.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-07-31

Providence, r. l., July 25.-President
E. 3. Andrews of Brown university AS
sent a letter to the faculty resigning his
office The letter was in response to Il
communication sent to President Andrews
by special commission appointed by the
trustees and fellows in June, who at that
time called him to account for his silver
uterances.
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OPPOSE ANNEXATION,
Japan Will Oppose American Con-
troll to the Utmost.

San Francisco, July 25.-The steam
ship China arrived yesterday from Hong
Kong and Yokohama. bringing adviecs
to July 5. Count Okuma is quoted as
saying relative to the proposed anneNa-
tion of Hawaii by the United States:
Japan must oppose it to the utmost.
The annexation must not be recognized
England has repeatedly tried to make
Egypt dependent, but France being posi-
lively opposed to the arrangement, Eng
land IS obliged to abide by the status quo.
just In the same way Japan must oppose
the annexation to the utmost and must
stand by this decision resolutelN.
Japan has communicated to England
Germany and France the reasons for her
protest against American annexation
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Presidential Nominations.

Washington, July 24.-The president
has sent the following nominations to the
senate: To be members of the Nicaragua
canal commission: Rear Admiral John
G. Walker, U. S. n, Captain ODerlin Nc
Carter of the corps of engineers, U. S. A.
anil Louis NJ. Haupt of Pennsylvania, an
engineer from civil life. Captain Norman
H. Farquhar to be commodore. Com
mander Charles ONeil to be captain
George d. Green of Montana, Miles Cav
anaugh of Montana and William r. Man
ming of Iowa, to be commissioners to ex-
anime and classify lands within the land
grant limits of the Northern Pacific rail
road company in the Helena district in
Montana. Albert J.. Elliott of the Dis
trict of Columbia, to be clerk of the dis
trict court for the district of Alaska.
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RAILROAD BUILDING AT NELSON.
Rapid Progress Reported on the
siGcan River Branch.

Nelson, b. G., July 27.-The work of
extending its track from the present ter
minus to the easterly limits of the city
has been commenced by the Canadian Pa
clic with view, it is thought, to avoid
complications that are liable to occur
at the last moment, when ii is desired TO
make connection with the Crows Nest
road, by occupying this right of way at
the present time. The work is all cover
ed on the Slocan river branch, and excel
lent progress is being made. For the
bridge work large RATS OF lumber are
being brought down the Columbia river
Fl carloads arriving last week
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TRYING TO QUELL SOCIALISM.
German Conservatives Attempt to
(yzal L


Call a Halt.
Berlin, July 25.-In the lower house of
the Prussian diet the discussion of the
Law Of the Associations" bill, as modi-
fed in the upper house, was begun yester-
day. Baron Wonder Becke urgently re-
quested the deputies to pass the bill in
the form approved by the upper house.
He said:
'The bill constitutes an effective rem
edy against the ever growing agitation of
the social democrats and especially in the
rural districts among the .reservists.'
Herr Hobrecht said that so far as the
national liberals We're concerned, with
one exception, they would vote against
the bill. Herr Lundburgsterman, on be
half of the conservatives, said that in the
struggle against subycrsive tendencies
they would always support the govern
ment.
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Doesn't Trust Man

A naturalist says that in captivity
elephants always stand up when they
sleep, but when in the jungle, their own
land and home, they lie down. The
reason given for the difference between
the elephant in captivity and freedom
Is that the elephant never acquires
complete confidence in his keepers, and
always longs for liberty.
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sALooNkEEPER RoBBED OF $1,000.
Ed. Moisture Displayed His Roll Too
Freely While Drunk.

Helena, Mont, July PA special
from Bozeman, Mont, says:
Ed. Moisture, a salooukeeper at the
Chestnut mines, was robbed of $4,000
about 2 o'clock in the morning yesterday
The burglars entered his apartments in
the rear of the saloon. Finding Moisture
asleep, they put a gunny sack into his
mouth and had him gagged and bound
fast before he was awakened. Moisture,
who had done his usual big payday bus
mess, was i'll the habit of hiding his mon
ey i'll a bureau drawer, which fact was
evidently well known to the intruders.
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PRESIDENT M'KINLEYS TRIP.
Going to Lake Cham plain and to the
National Encampment.

Washington, July 2s.-Arrangements
hasve been completed for the trip Of the
president and party from Washington to
Lake Champlain. The president and
Mrs. Mckinley will be accompanied by
Secretary and Mrs. Alger and Secretary
and Mrs. Porter. The president will re-
main at Lake Champlain until the 23d,
when he will go to the G. A. R. encamp-
ment at Buffalo, thence to Ohio to at
tend the reunion of his old regiment.
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His Politeness

A young woman was at the Bazaar de
la Charlie in Paris with her fiance when
the fire, broke out. He ran at the first
alarm, leaving her. alone, but she man.
aged to get out and go home. There she
found the young man, who had politely
called to see If she was safe He was
shown the door.
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Atlanta, Ga, July 24.-Oscar Williams,
a negro who committed an assault on the
daughter of a Henry county farmer last
week, was taken from the Central rail
way train on which he was being brought
to Atlanta, at Griffin this morning and
Iynchad
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-07-31

The Merchants and Miners National
bank of Phillipsburg, Mont, has closed its
doors. The liabilities are said to be S44,
600: assets, $4,000. Most OF the deposi-
tors We're among the laboring class.
The Aurora, ILL.,, cotton mills are closed
on account of the coal famine The con-
Germ employs 600 hands.