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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-07-14

Endeavor movement to San Fran
cisco may be judged from the state
ment that the Rio Grande Western
railroad sem II trains from Grand
Junction; Col, to Ogden, Utah, be-
tween July LIST and 18th, carrying
17,232 passengers, the great bulk of
this traffic being on July 3, 4 and 3.
While this road handled more trains
than any other single line it is only
one of many roads over which the
eXcursionists Travelled.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-07-14

The national conference OF the
Populist, held at Nashville last week,
was attended by about 600 delegates,
twenty-fourstates being represented.
1t declared against fusion with the
Democrats and as the Cleveland wing
will not mix with the Bryanites here
is a pretty mess. Go it old woman,
go it bear!
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-07-14

George b. Mclaughlin is now in
charge of the Blackfeet Indian agency,
having taken possession the LIST inst.
About the first thing Mack did was
to have a flag staff erected on the
Office building, from which "old
glory" kisses the breezes. Though
built by an army officer the agency
had never fioated the American flag.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-07-14

The tariff bill passed the senate by
the decisive vote of 80 to Is, or by
five more votes than the most san
guine anticipated. Let it be remem-
bered that the negative vote was
cast by % Democrats, two Populists
and n Republican, the latter being
Cannon, the Mormon senator from
ITtnh
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-07-14

You may hunt the world over and
you will not find another medicine
equal to Cbamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarhoea Remedy for bowel
complaints. 1t is pleasant, safe and
reliable. For sale by c. F.. Little,
Druggist.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-07-14

Senator Isham G. Harris OF Ten
nessee died in Washington on the Sth
inst. He had been failing for months
past and occupied his seat In h
senate only at intervals. He was 70
years old at the time of his death
and was held in high esteem by his
naln.fnfaS
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-07-14

Louis Lehfeldt of Lavina, sold his
wool clip of 100, 900 pounds in Billings
for 13k cents a pound. The hired
Ananias of the Butte Inter Mountain
should make q note of this.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-07-14

The Chicago press, which has been
very f%acetious in items about II
cold weather now contain long re-
ports OF deaths and prostrations
from the heat. a number of people
have been driven to suicide.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-07-14

A movement has been started in
Kansas to have a tornado cave
attached to every school house for
protection against the destructive
visitors. If Kansas would take some
steps to protect herself against Pop
ulism she would be a prosperous
state in a few wears,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-07-14

The Helena Herald announces that
A. b. Keith, president of the Mon
tana Press association and late pri-
yate secretary to Governor Richards,
has acquired an interest In the
Western Mining World published at
Butte and will hereafter edit that
journal.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-07-14

"Dr. Parberry, the combined clip
of whose f1ocks amounts to I'VE "a
fourth of a million pounds, sold the
whole lot to the agent of Nichols,
Dupee & Co. for twelve cents, when
that figure was the top of the mar
ket."
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-07-14
Estrayed Horses.

From Lewistown, January 18th, 1897: one
small bay mare brande continuation -P"
on left shoulder and D on left thigh; one ~
small, light gray mare branded ~ on
left thigh. Five dollars will be paid for infor-
nation leading to their recovery.
Ii p. STIGEN.
Halben, Mont.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-07-14
County Warrants.

Anyone wishing to dispose Of Fer
qua County Warrants at a discount
Of three per cent can do 30 by pre-
senting them at my Office with the
Power Mercantile Co., LewistOwn.
WINIFRED Az ERICKSON.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-07-14
LEwIsTowN. MONT, July IA. 's7

II Senator Tillman stumps Ohio
for the Democrats this fall 1t will take
a week to count the Republican ma
iority.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-07-14

The fellow who sits down and waits
for prosperity. to strike him will be
croaking when Gabriel blows his
trumpet.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-07-14

Here" said Mr.. LushfOrth, un-
rolling some packages, lis as fine a
fishing outfit as any one wants."
~ don't see any can for the bait"
said his wife.
"Can? For the bait? What Is the
matter with a jug? Can, indeed!
Do you take me for a tramp?"-In-
dianapolis Journal.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-07-14

PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
JOHN M. VROOMAN, Editor & Prop'r.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-07-14

SchiAmg's Best means:
we have taken your money
and spent it for
tea baking powder
coffee havoring extracts
soda and spices
as well as we know how to.
Your grocer pays your
money back if you don't
like them.
ror sale by
Chas. Lehman & Co.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-07-14
Blood

~. are purely vegetable. re-
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-04
The sand-I.ndened NIi.sourt.

Mr.. Frank II. spearman writes in st.
Nicholas of the freaks of the Missouri
river, his article being entitled "a Shift
ing Boundary" Mr.. Spearman says:
You must know that the real business
of the Missouri is to carry the noun
tain waters least and south into the
Gulf of Mexico. But in bounding from
side to side of it's valley through the
tedious centuries, it has twisted and
turned SO many times that no doubt it's
head is confused. Carrying the guam,
tity of mud 1t does, you would hardly
expect it to be clear-headed. There is
actually SO much sand in the water that
the fish oil have sore eyes, some are
totally blind--the understanding crea-
lures you ever caught. Areally fastidi-
Gus trout or bass dropped into the Mis-
souri, would hang himself in despair
on fishhook.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-04
Will III a GRAVE
It was Found After Thirty Years IN
. BaRled FaAily Bible.

BORteO FANNY b1D1es
After lying In q mans coffin for more
than 30 years q will has been exhumed
at Leavenworth, Ind, and its terms are
likely to increase q troublesome litiga-
ton among the heirs Of the man who
had the document buried with him, says
q local exchange.
jacob Kissinger was the man. The
will was found by accident, because,
when Kissinger died, although the will
was believed to have been made, nobody
could find It. 30 the heirs went to law,
and have been at it for three decades.
A few days ago dispute arose which
could be cleared up by the family Bible.
So the old grave was opened and the
Book taken out. It was in a good state
of preservation, and when opened, to
the surprise of everyone, disclosed the
old mans will.
BY the terms of the document found
in the grave, the property of Kissingen
was divided equally among five children,
one of them a resident of Germany and
born Of Kissingen's first wife. And
this is where the new trouble begins.
None of the four American heirs ever
AASoA " VI VIC AoSnOA . h1SG dhu
not one of them guessed that he had
brother in Europe.
The German heir, of course, has been
in ignorance, too, of the existence of his
American brothers, and the property
and money bequeathed to him. If he
presses his claim now it is said that the
four brothers who live here will have
quite hole made in their purses when
they pay him what is his by his fathers
will. ..... .......
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-04
BLAINE'S GENEROSITY.
How the Plumed knight Aided Prest-
dent TayIor's Daughter.

dent ToyIor'B Daughter. ..
A good story of james G. Blaine is
told by a writer in the St. Louis Globe
Democrat. The incident related was
a magnanimous and clever act of the
Maine statesman, when, as speaker of
the house, he got through a resolution
appropriating $12, 900 to the needy wild
owed daughter of President Zachary
Taylor. This lady got as far as Wash
ington on her way to Paris to see a
sick daughter, and, being destitute of
money, appealed to her only friend at
the capital, Gen. Sherman. His purse
was always open to the distressed, but
he had no funds at all adequate to re-
lieve her necessities. In this emer-
gency he thought of Blaine. The man
from Maine entered into the spirit of
the occasion as soon as he heard Gen.
Sherman's statement. He called an
other to the chair, made five-minutes'
speech that fairly electrified the house,
which passed the resolution which
Blaine had penned only moment be-
fore. He took the resolution in person
to the senate, where it was also immedi-
ately passed, had the president to sign
it the next day, and on the following
day the beneficiary got the money. Gen.
Sherman always insisted that Blaine
would have made the grandest actor
that ever lived, and in adapting his
career to politics, he robbed the stage
Of born star. '"'
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-04
snidern IN peta.

Spiders are not generally popular
creatures with either sex. Yet a lady
writer affirms that they Gun be made the,
dearest little pets in the world" She
tells how she collected common gar
den spider and kept the sweet lady.
under glass tumbler for three weeks.
She watched her building her house of
snowy silk" and raising family, and,
says the writer, "she soon learned to
take flies from my hand and drink
water from leaf which j gave her fresh
every day" There are, indeed, accord
ing to this lady, few things so agreeable
as spider, whether regarded as an
architect, a thing Of beauty, O slayer Of
pests or household pet.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-04
S23,56s 80

TREAsURER's RALANoE SHEET.
Cash in Treasury to tie credit of the
various funds, June 30, 1897:
In State fund. 800 81
Judges salary fund. ......
In general county fund. -. 555 S6
In cash contingent fund.-. 9 20
In INDECENT sick fund Cd. 16 20
In county school fund. 0s 65
An officers salary fund. -. e12 70
In road fund. ..........
In County High School fund 534 Ii
Hiko Go. Spec. H. s. fund o
n ............. -. 253 O6
Riko Co High School bond
redemption fund. ....... 3s6 II
Total 80. ............" $2,3O5 70
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-04

S23,568.82 S23,568 81
SUMMARY
Total receipts. .s23, 56s 80
DISTURBED. -. -. ....... ll,674 81
Total cash in treasury at
close of business, June 80
1897. $11,394 Is
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-29

presented for antitrust amendment TO
the tariff bill. There are a dozen anti
trust amendments in print and others
have been suggested. The judiciary
committee is striving to secure a form
that would be acceptable to all Re-
publican senators and that will also
stand the test of the courts.
The senate committee on finance at
a meeting this morning settled several
vexed questions in connection with the
tarltt The tea paragraph was again
passed over for future consideration.
ana the decision was reserved until
after a hearing to be given to the con-
flcting interests. The committee de-
cided to advance the rate on pig lead
to IA cents per pound This is an in
crease of 12c over the house rate,
winch the committee did not originally
disturb, and was made as compensation
for the increase on lead ore
The committee ended a long dispute
by deciding to take all fast coal black
tar dyes from the free list. adding
them to paragraph IA, which imposes
duty Of rs per cent. 1t is estimated
that this change will add several hun
dred thousand dollars of revenue. A
similar gain is expected to be derived
from striking coal tar from the free
list and making it dutiable at 10 per
cent.
A substitute was written for the
leather paragraph, making many
changes. The wording of the new para
graph is as follows:
Band or betting leather sole leather, calf
skins tanned and dressed kangaroo, sheep
and goat skins Gncluding lamb and kid
skins) dressed and finished chamois and
other skins and bookbinders' calf skins, all
the foregoing not specially provided for in
this account, 20 per cent ad valorem; skins
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-29
TdnQI6S OF th6 Tariff
Solved in a Number of Gases by Senate Committee
No Action IN Reciprocity

WASHINGTON, June 2S.-There was
a large gathering Of Republican sena-
tors at the meeting Of the senate
finance committee at the Arlington ho-
tel tonight. Most of the time was
spent in discussing the rates to be i'm
posed on ccal and the proposition to
fix them so that a reciprocal arrange
ment may be arrived at with the Do
miniOn of Canada. No formal conclu-
sion was arrived at, the committee de-
ferring final action until the meeting
tomorrow morning. Strong arguments
were advanced by some of those pres
ent in favor of a rate Of 40 cents per
ton on coal, the statement being made
that the Western coal fields could find
a market in Canada for an additional
100000 tons per year, this statement
being based on reports that the new
Liberal ministry Of theDominion would
reduce the duty on imports of Ameri-
can coal to a smaller amount and enter
into reciprocal arrangements with the
United States. After the meeting one
member Of the committee advanced
the opinion that the rate to be finally
fixed would be 6719 cents per ton, but
that there would be no provision for
reciprocal agreement.
The general subject Of reciprocity
came up for discussion by the Repub-
lican members of the committee after
the visitors had departed.
The Republican members Of the SEN
ate committee on judiciary will meet
tomorrow to consider the various forms
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-29

Prince Hohenlohe to ST. Petersburg,
after which Prince Nhenlohe will re-
sign and Baron Won E NV succeed him.
Although not officiayy announced it
is said tonight that DR.. Won Boetticher,
minister of the interior, has actually
resigned and will be succeeded by
Count Posadowski-Wine the present
secretary Of the treasury. DR.. MiquePs
chances appear to be temporarily
clouded. Gen. Podbieslky will shortly
be gazetted as postmaster general.
This, as we'll as the visit he has recent
ly paid to Prince Bismarck, is looked
upon as confirming the report of the
early resignation of Prince Hohenlohe,
who has always strenuously opposed
placing such offices as the postal de-
partment in the hands of men of mill
tary train ng. Altogether Germany ap-
pears to be in the throes Of a far
reaching crisis, of which it is impos-
sble to see the outcome, beyond the
fact that the emperor is more than
ever taking the reins into his own
control.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-29
ose Interested in

and it recovered quickly to 661s cents,
when fear was allayed for the moment
The crowd were made susceptible to
the panic which afterward seized them
by the news they were in possession of
before the market opened. Liverpool
reported only Ad advance. Tennessee
and Oklahoma advices stated the crops
in those sections were the finest ever
seen, and California advices were al
most equally favorable.
The market here ruled comparative
ly dull, after the subsistence of it's first
explosion, until about an hour from
the close, when it became fitfully active
and again weak Some Of the later
weakness was caused by a cablegram
from a well known Liverpool house,
which said Russian wheat and rye
crops would be abundant and Danu-
bian wheat equal in quantity, but de-
ficient in quality from last year. The
July price appeared to be pegged at
7O1s cents near the end, but September
got down to 651s cents and closed at
65B@A cents. July was 701a cents at
the close
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-29

WASHINGTON, June 2S.-The senate
made good progress on the tariff bill
today, disposing of the paragraphs re-
lating to hides, which have been the
source of much controversy. AS finally
agreed on, the duty on hides is placed
at ZO per cent ad Valorem, in place Of
112 cents per pound, as originally re-
ported by the finance committee The
discussion was protracted, drifting into
a general debate on trusts, and from
that back to the sugar trust. Mr..
Smith On. j. spoke at length against
the duty on hides, while Mr. Allen
Neb) supported the duty. The new
paragraph was agreed to 1920, one
Democrat, Rawlins, Utah and several
Populists and Silver Republicans vot-
ing with the Republicans in the affirm
atiVe.
The incidental debate on trusts led
to severe arraignment of the sugar
trust by Messrs. Caffery and Lindsay
and a genaral discussion of means to
deal with trusts, by Mr.. Hoar. Among
other paragraphs disposed Of during
the day were all those relating to
gloves, substitute for the paragraph
on live animals, iron ore and stained
glass windows.
On the iron ore paragraph, taken up
early in the day, the pending provision
gave a duty of 40 cents per ton on
iron ore, including manganiferous iron
ore and the dross or residum from
burnt pyrites, with a proviso relating
to the account to be taken Of moisture
In weighing the ore. Mr. Allison
offered new amendments, which were
agreed to, adding to the first clause of
the paragraph, as reported, "mangan-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-29

Smalley for governor, is for Mclean for
senator.
All efforts today to get Mclean to at
tend the convention failed. Ex-senator
Brice will not be here His private sec
retary and other friends are here as
interested spectators.
There was recently organized a state
league Of silver Republicans in oppo-
sition to what were known as the
Palmer and Buckner Democrats This
organization has it's representatives
here demanding that the nomination for
lieutenant governor be given to a silver
Republican, but it is not unlikely the
second place on the state ticket will
go to any Republican who may have
voted for Bryan and Sewall.
There is some opposition to Daniel
McConnville as chairman of the state
executive committee, but it is under
stood that McConnville perfected the
organization fer Mclean which Sc
cured such large majority of the dele
gates to the state convention, and that
ne will be retained as the manager of
the campaign
The delegates will meet by congress
S1onal districts tomorrow afternoon.
and the committees, tomorrow night,
Wnlle the convention proper does not
assemble until Wednesday morning. In
addition to full state ticket. members
OF the Legislature are elected this year.
Among the candidates for governor are
Robert T. Hough, Paul J. Sorg, John
c. Welty, D. d. Donovan, r. A. Small
ley, j. M. Van Metre, S. M. Hunter.
A: w. Patrick, Horace L. Chapman, A.
W. Thurman, John J. Lentz, c. P.
Noble, John w. Winn, E. B. Finley,
F. c. Layton, F. M. Marriott, John G..
Reeves and Frank Southland.
The convention is almost unit for
free silver, and no candidate is con-
s1dered whose record is not clear on
that issue. An effort is being made
to have nothing else in the platform,
except the one silver plank. This will
avoid endorsing the Chicago platform
as whole. and other questions on
which there are differences Of opinion.
Owing to Senator Hanna voting
against the Cuban resolution. there are
some who insist on a stronger Cuban
resolution than was adopted at Toledo.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-29
BoieS Bolts Silver.
He Does Not Believe 1t to Be a
Winning Issue.

WATERLOO, To-, June 2S.-"For one,
I do not believe it possible to succeed
upon a platform that demands the un-
qualified free coinage of silver at the
ratio of 16 to 1 with gold. We have
fought that battle, and we can never
fight it over under circumstances more
favorable to ourselves. If we hope
to succeed we must abandon this ex-
treme demand"
In these words Horace Boies, former
governor of Iowa, and erstwhile Dem
ocratic presidential aspirant, addresses
the voters of the United States who
demand the free coinage Of silver. He
does it through the medium of a let
ter to Col. D. M. Fox, of Des Moines.
THE friends of silver, although once
defeated, are not yet demoraliZed. This
will not be true after a second defeat"
he warningly says. In our next great
battle, we must win or our cause is
lost"
Although Mr. Boies has in private
frequently expressed hostility to the 16
to / plank of the Chicago platform,
this is the first authoritative declara
tion from him to that effect. In pub
lcly declaring it to be a dead issue,
he gives at length his reasons for as
serting it to be such. He says the
voters buried it under the belief that it
meant silver monometallism, pure and
simple, which would increase instead
of diminish the misfortunes attributed
to the single gold standard.
'It matters not" he says, "how we
convince the people the gold standard
is wrong, unless we convince them that
what we offer in it's place is better in
stead Of worse" BY the adoption of
the 16 to plank, he declares, the dele
gates to the Chicago convention forced
the silver forces to assume the defen-
sive for their new creed. The result
he asserts, was the weakening, instead
of the strengthening of their ranks, as
their platform was battered by the
arguments of their opponents.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-29
Ju|u Wheat Wild in It's HDtiCS.
Fry by Those Interested in
Running a Chicago.

CHICAGO, June 28-What next in
the July wheat deal? This was the
question the board of trade men were
addressing to each other at the close
of tOday's session. 1t began with a
decline of 8 cents per bushel, and left
eff rs cents below the price it closed
Saturday. Considering the violence Of
the fluctuations, the amount OF wheat
that changed hands was small. The
manipulated character of the present
trading in July wheat was forced upon
the most obtuse understanding by the
violence Of it's antics during the first
half hour of the session. The price of
next months delivery, which at the
close Saturday was 723sQh cents, was
quoted at the opening today all the
way from 72 to 71h cents. In five
minutes thereafter it had fallen to
691a cents, and at the expiration of
the first hour it was UP again to Y
for an instant. Ordinarily such violent
and rapid fluctuations would be to the
accompaniment of an. immense buSl-
ness, but on this occasion the quantity
that changed hands was by no means
heavy, and strangely out of proportion
with the noise over 1t in the pit, but
no one would buy, and not until 69R
cents had been quoted did any support
materialiZe AS to whether the break
marked the collapse of the alleged cor
ner, opinions differed, "a good many
holding to the belief, which was
strengthened by the fact that little
or no wheat was offered by those who
are supposed to be interested in the
deal, that it was nothing but shak-
ing up Of the small fry .At any rate it
had that effect. SepteIhber wheat did
not participate to any great extent in
the opening weakness OF July. 1t was
wanted at the opening at about quar-
ter-cent advance, 66h to 663s cents, a
few lots selling at 6611 cents. 1t de-
clined to 65@@A cents. when July was
giving indications of going all to pieces,