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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-10

the city this week.
The school trus ices will have a
meeting next Saturday.
Alfred Harris went to Choteau
today, by private conveyance.
A number OF Dupuyerites expect
to go to Browning tomorrow to at
tend til; dance.
Do not come to town to get your
mail or buy goods next Sunday.
The stores will be closed.
Mrs. Harris and children. of
Choteau. visited With Mr.. Harris
10 Dupuyer over Sunday.
Wade Hull, Of Great Falls, q
former Dupuyerite, is in towa this
week renewing old acquaintances
Sheep shearers commenc ID work
this morning at T. E. Delaney's.
They will probably have three or
four weeks work in this section.
At the meeting of the commits
sloners this week John N. Hyde of
Dupuyer was selected to represent
Teton county at the meeting OF
mining men at Denver next month.
rhos McGovern has recently
completed an irrigation ditch for
Messrs Perkins, Jones and Cowell,
ranch Rs on the lover Dupuyer,
The ditvh is about three miles long
and will carry In the ueighborhood
OF 1000 inches of water.
) DR.. T, Brooks OF Choteau, came
up today to see Mrs. Brown who
4 was suffering from an attack Of
quincy The doctor found it NEG
J essary to remove both tonsils,
and at present the patient is con-
valescing nicely.
! Martin Pendergress was over
from Birch creek last evening and
filed on a desert land claim. The
Birch creek country has settled up
r rapidly during the past few months
and but few desirable claims are
open in that section.
, On an execution issued out of
n Justice Magee's court for 1921. 20,
!, in favor OF Jonathan Shepard
against E. c. Wilcox, Deputy
y Sheriff Gardner levied on twenty.
e Ave head of range cattle belonging
c to Wilcox, and will sell them a,
G public auction next Thursday.
a Hon. J. E. Erickson, of Choteau
q has written to Thos Manix, score.
q tary of the Fourth Of July com
mittee, and accepted the invitation
) to be present July 3 and deliver an
II address Letters are also looked
for from Messrs. Sulgrove ant
v Bair at an early date.
While a general invitation il
extended to everyone in Tetor
county to come to Dupuyer ant
celebrate the Fourth, the commit
q tee desires US TO that
q special invitation is extended t.
& the good people Of Choteau to b
present. We expect to have
u good old fashioned celebration an,
J" we want the citizens of our siste
city to come out aud enjoy them
~ selves with US.
Il N. E, Jenkins, the engineer VIII
has charge of the survey on tn
Blackfeet reservation, was in tow
Tuesday afternoon. Mr.. Jenkin
was a foruer resident Of Dupuyer
= and he spent a very pleasant after
noon renewing old acquaintance
To an Acantha representative h
stated that the survey on tn
coded strip would be commence
about June 18th, and pushed t
= completion as rapidly as possible
- although it will probably be tire
months before the last monumen
;, is set at Birch creek. AS. soon a
the plats OF the survey r accepte
by the general land Office, tn
strip will be open for settlement,
We have assurance that the gen
eral public will have ample oppol
tunity to learn when this is done
an6 the "sooners" will have har
ID work getting away with anythini
In that norrS~
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-10
Desert Land, Final Proof,

Land once at Helena, Mont, /
May IA, 1891.
Notice Is hereby given that Fred G.. Zim-
norman, Of Pondera, Teton county. Mont,
has fled notice of intention to make proof on
his desert-land claim No, 25O5, for the es W
before A. q. Warner, U. 8, commissioner ut
Choteau, Mont. on Wednesday, the Goth day
OF June, 1897.
He names the following witnesses to prove
the complete irrigation and reclamation of
said land, viz: Lizzie Martin, Charles E.
Davis, George w. Glasgow and John Joiner.
all of Pondera, Mont.
w. E. Cox, Register.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-10

S'o'S0 Va oVS. AA'ShoCAS ~ ouu
J. W. Mcknight will be closed on
Sunday
Jesse Samples and wife passed
through Dupuye- last Sunday, on
their way home to the Agency
from Choteau.
George T.. Barron, of Dupuyer,
has been appointed special deputy
sheriff at Clark's ranch, vice A .
Longmulr, resigned.
E. E. Leech left here Sunday
afternoon for Choteau, Great Fails
and Helena, where he will look
after business interests.
I am prepared to herd Bucks this
season; good range and water.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
Bert Dixon, Dry Forks.
J.. G. Smith, of Shelby junction,
was in town today. In company
with J. q. McCuaig he left for the
Blackfeet reservation, for q few
days outing.
Parker & Burke, the proprietors
of the stage line, respectfully ask
for the public's patronage. Any
business intrusted to them will bt
carefully looked after.
Carl Harris, T. Cohen, Mrs. Jos
Hirshberg and son Milton, expect
to leave New York city today o,
the steamship Columbia, of tn
Hamberg.American line.
r. NJ. Steele was in town thiI
week, making final arrangement!
for renting the Hotel Morton aut
the Eclipse stable. He will prob
ably take possession about the 25tl
of this month.
STRAYED.-Roan mare branded
on left shoulder and - on LEI
thigh. Sorrel horse branded !
on right shoulder. Iron gre,
horse branded r. n on left nip
Five dollars a head will be paid TO
their return.
Thompson & Ferguson, Pondera
Recently Mrs. Susan Williamson
of Birch creek, applied for India
allotments for her minor children
Mary and Gertr ude Williamson
The applications were rejected b
Jeremiah Collins. receiver of tn
Helena land Office, on the grouu
that the said minor children, bein
the offspring ct a white man,
citizen of the United States, an
an Indian woman, are not entltle
to allotments, but are citizens
the United States. Thirty day
. we're given in which to appeal fro
the registers decision. An ape;
will be taken, and the case will
watched with unusual interest b
It our people, as considerable land
this section is covered by allo'
ments.
"Joe Mckay, aged % years,
bartender at Pondera, was stable
just below the heart by Jim M
- Dewitt, prominent %cattleman,
IL o'clock last night n a saloo
row at Pondera. Mckay is no
lying in a precarious condition
], Sullivan's hotel in Shelby Junct,e
under care of Dr.. Ings. Bot
men had been drinking. About
year ago Mckay worked for Nj
Dewitt aud ever since bad bio,
has existed between the two me-
Last night it was renewed. N
Kay made an insulting remark r
garding McDevitt's family, wht
the latter drew a knife and inhictt
a wound six inches long. McKs
. tried to find a gun but failed. T
was then taken to a Great Falls
canada train, which was ready
pull out for Shelby Junction al
placed under medical treatmel
there. More trouble is threatene,
1t is said tonight that Mckay wi
not die" The above was take
4 from Tuesdays Standard. 1t hi
been impossible for the Acantha
learn any of the particulars of II
ARRAY, although 1t was ,reportt
IS here today that McDevitt had gol
to Chotesu and given himself ,
to the authorities.
The sun., 1897-08-01
The Massacre or sand Creek.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sfr: In your
issue of July 25 you reprint from the Chicago
f,,ord m article entitled Massacre OF Sand
Creek" In which am referred to by name
as being an Indian agent at that time t1s6i).
The article says that l threatened to kid
nap Col. Chivington and turn him over TO
the Indians for torture and death; that
lived at the Broadwell House, Denver. and
was driven from it by mob with ropes, and
that never dared to return to that city. There
Is not a word of truth In the statement. for I
was never an Indian agent, never threatened TO
kidnap any one, never lived ut the Broadwell
House, and never was driven from Denver by a
mob or any one else. and never hesitt,tcd to re-
turn TO that city whenever it suited my pleasure
or business to do 90. TN the contrary, / was in
Denver n few days after the massacre at Sand
Creek, and. notwithstanding the intense excite
ment for weeks, 40 President OF military com.
mission ordered by the then Secretary uf War
Investigated the massacre. giving both sides
an impartial hearing. SAMU Ell +. TAPPAN.
WASHINGTON, July %.
The sun., 1897-08-01

To THE EDITOR The sUS-Sir: desire to call
your attention 10 imposition OF daily occurrence
pra"tised on the unsuspectns traveller by the bag
gage agent ths steamboats, Of the Peoples line at
New York city. Ny personal grievance is follows:
sent on Monday, July 2a. four trunks 10 tn" pier
from which the steamboats, OF the Peoples line do
part from New York, and my arrival there plr-
chased four tickets TO Albany my destination being
station on the Dclaw arr and Hudson Railroad. for
which had previously purchased 900 mile ticket
said road.
Having continuous trip before me. and having
paid for transportation for the boat and railroad
was entitled to have my baggage checked through
without additional charge, the weight OF the four
trunks I've ng less than 100 POUNDS each. the amount
usually allowed TO each PASSENGER
Judg" of my surprise on asking tn" hayGare agent
to check my trunks through 90 tn station the Dl
aware and Hudson Railroad, To bc Inf rmcd that
81 a." ot % Ccnts each would be mad" for 'rAns-
ferrinn my trunks from the boat 10 the train At Al
bany. Iconsder the extra charge Of 81 an imposition
on me, AMI desire TO enter IN! protest aanst II.
Most of the transportation companies running out
the New York Transfer C"mprnv handles your bag
from your house 10 the boat IN the rs instance
but n arv eNrrossnan 9th that the New York
Transfer COnl' n"v handles your baggage, the bag.
gaze i'"nt or tnat company on the boat gets In his
hne work and compels the unsuspectirg tourist to
paw for hi failure to pRtronize the transfer company
The steamboat people wink at this imposition. aud
the baggage transfer trust of New York city gets all
the money Respectfully yours. in
The sun., 1897-08-01
SHIPS ON THE STOCKS.
Great Britain Is Now Building ass Vessels for
Homo aud Foreign Use.


From the returns published by Lioyd's Reg
lister Of Shipping it appears that excluding wer
ships there were 43o vessels, OF sTl .66l tons
gross, under construction in the United KiD..
dom at the close Of the quarter ending June 80,
1897. These returns exceed those OF last quar-
ter by $4,000 tons, and are the highest since
1889. The number of steamers was 1906, Of
Sos.2s3 TONS and Of sailing ships 80. OF 1873
tons. or the above 1928 are building in the
foreign and colonial account. There are also 81
OF gross tonnage of 7oil tons. building
abroad for foreign and colonial account and Tor
sale wl'ch are for classification in Lloyd's reg
lister hook.
Anot her table in he returns shows the owner.
struction. From this table it appears hat the
gross tonnage building for the United Kingdom
was 639 49, Japan, 5i.635: Holland. 2l,56D;
British colonies, 1891: Germany. II, SOS: Nor
denmark, e.lao; Spain, s,o53. anu United
States OF America. 700.
A further Ia! lc gives the size OF vessels under
construction. and shows that the most nuner-
Gus class. excepting that Of coasters OF from 90
to 200 tons, Is that of steamers between 1000
anu 1000 tons. of which 62 are being built; 90
steamers are in course OF construction from
1000 tons upward, II from 900 TONS 10 from
5000 tons. from 1000 tons. ami from 10000
tons upward
\ return is also issued showing the work in
hand i'll the principal districts, from which il
appears that at Belfast - vessels are being
3D.: at Barrow. Marypurt, and Workiugton 8
of 6.ssl tons; at Glasgow. ~ OF 2.09O tons;
Greenock. AZ OF S6."i5 tons: Ilartlcpool and
Whitby. Is OF A. ,2s3 ions; Middlcsborough and
i27.so9 tons, and Sunderland. As OF lil.s35
tons
The sun., 1897-08-01
JAPAN BUILDING A GREAT FLEET.
DattIcships and Other War Vessels Under Way
to he Built In Europe.

WASHINGTON. July 3l.-The Navy Depart
ment is in receipt Of reports from Great Britain
to the effect that formidable fleet OF warships
for tie Japanese Government. Some Of the ves-
sells are TO be battlcshps OF displacement and
speed equal 10 the best OF their type in any for
eign service Orders have lately been given by
Japan for the construction OF n large number of
torpedo boats, to be divided among German.
French. and English firms, and two OF her great
bnttleshps are also to be built in Germany.
The Fugi and Yashima. two tirstclgss vessels,
are now ready for delivery, the report states,
and are soon to be sent to Japan for commission.
These vessels the first built under the pro-
gramnle prepared soon after the Chinese defeat
at the Yalu and other japanese victories on the
seas. frrt. .ula-s battltsh.p. the ShikSpa. or
power is now building in Great Britain and is
10 be delivered in two years. In her class the
report states, she will probably have no superior
ahoat. Another ship OF her type has lately oeen
ordered and IL 10 b. undertaken nj once.
Ciydcbank and Stcttin have also received or
ders for two powerful ba1tleships OF equal dis
placement and lighting power. The two hrst-
class cruisers building in the United States are
to be named tho Kasagi and Chilosc. The Tor.
mer is being built at The Cramps ynrd and the
latter Mt the Union Iron Works. Both shius
are of the Philadcluh!a and Baltimore class Of
cruisers. and are expected to develop high
speed
Al immense cruiser. of 1880 tons displacc.
men' an 300 horse power, il TO be cOu
pletcc in.s year nt ClydcbHnk. while two thirty
knot tGrp"do destroycrs are being built by the
Thurnycroft and four at Narrow's. a German
ilrm has also received an order to build fvn
twenty y-four.knot torIefo boats, End i've are
is far larger than that now building for tie
United States.
The sun., 1897-08-01
WAsHINGroy's FoRTIFICArIoys.
Fort washington. Down the Potomac. COM
pIeted and Garrison Stationed There.

Fort washington. Down the Potomac. COM
pIeted and Garrison Stationed There.
WASHINGTON. July 3l.-The first modern do
fence in tho new fortiflcations plan of tho army
TO be garrisoned is that at Fort Washington,
twelve miles down the Potomac River, where
great guns are mounted TO protect the national
capital from attack by seq. The little garrison
comprises n battery of tho Fourth Artillery for
the present, but with the gradual advance of
the post in Importance other troops will be sent
there
On tho high bluffs of the shore. back from the
river, passengers on steamers would never sus-
pect that powerful means OF defence had al.
ready been completed. and modern barracks
were ready eGpable of Quartcring two or three
hundred men, or three times tho number now
required TO fight tho ten.inch guns in place
should occasion arise. Grim old Fort Washing
ton. with Its moss-covered walls which look for
mldnble. but are ms easily pierced by modern
artlllery as cheese box, stands close by these
barracks and adds TO the impressiveness of tho
capitals Notifications. The old fort is all that
can be seen from the river below, as tho modern
emplacements arc 80 well protected by the high
extending along tho brow few would imagine
that defences welo concealed behind.
Across The Potomac one mile away, the Gov
erlment has Just completed an immense pier
extending far out into the shallow waters OF the
Virginia shUre for tho use OF tho army in
handling the sioat y uns, making ready for the
supplies when Fort Sheridan he comes a military
post. Back near the shore WORK IL progressing
on the emplacements and soon one will be
pose part Of the battery TRs for a' s19 TO TO FaRt
Washington, Will be the first in the fortfca-
tiOns system completed and ready for troops In
Of Importance, requiring half regiment q Far ar
tillery to man them.
The sun., 1897-08-01
Public and Private Art.

To TIVE EDITOR THE SrS-Sir: In your editorial
lowing sentences which cover the whole matter Of
the trouble the oc alton OF the buildings
to be erected by the Board OF Management Of the
tanical Gar6eu
1.-TWO hundred and fifty acres OF Bronx Park, belong.
ing 10 the city OF New York. are being treated an
upstart who had got rich overnight treat the
land he about to lay for his country place
would send for gardener and road maker. and.
through their inferior and unresistng assistance put
upon the ground the imprint OF his own fancies."
Thai last sentence describes the manner which
scores OF beautiful bits OF ara icing
marred. and ofttimes ruined. by being laid
out to suit the owners taste the set phrase and
yet suppose that that same owner should insist In
being treated during illness by his physician TO
suit his taste or should persist in having hs arrhi
gables ami ornaments upou hls house simply because
he wanted theml Probably the owners neighbors
would consider him man of eccentric and pecu.
liar tastes to say the least. Yet dozens OF
IN laying out their house grounds in defiance Of the
laws of the art OF landscape gardening suit their
whims aud fancies
And the sad part OF the trouble is that the
uletine this style of procte Ing The onnious of
the Boston experts" Mr. Ely calls them.
ignored. In the mean time. possibly, public opinion
and the public press may exercise some influence
their resolution. Let us hope and pray for the
time to come when shall have Board of Park
Commissioners composed OF snit able the pO-
siton. and that u" position Of Park Commissioner I've
hing than the decorative tail TO the tie
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
The sun., 1897-08-01
READJUsrED MArBIMoNIEs.
Actress Louise HenmisE Wants Her son q
Marry Again with.

Louise Hemming, actress 20 years old. het
obtained writ OF habcas corpus from Justio,
Smyth OF the Supreme Court compelling he
husband, Henry Glover Hemming. to produo,
their three-ycar.old son. John Hemminy, u
court. The case will como up before Justioi
Pryor on Monday.
The petitioner says she was but 16 years Oh
when she married Hemmlng in Philadelphia. He
father was John NJ. Genin. who was at the tim,
manager of tho Girard Avenue Opera House
She went on the stage when very young, u
amateur theatricals Hcmming. who had iuu
come OF age at the time Of the marriage was AZ
advertising agent, and he is still in that buai
ness. She elopcd with young Hemming and
married him In Septcnbnr. 1893. she left hin
about year ago and got an absolute divorce
from Justice Stover in this city last January
The decree gave hor the custody Of their child
She did not ask for alimony. On getting the
decree she returned to the stage and has beoi
appearing in the DE Wolf Hopper FL Captain
company.
Hemming has kent tho boy. On March last
he married Sophie Fredericka Ordemarn daugh
ter OF Ernest Ordcinnnn said to be wealthy
man of this city. lie resides with his second
wife and the petitioners child at rs Manhattad
much interest In him, and recently bought him
lony am cart. The father.in.law hns Joined
forces with his son.in.law to retain custody oi
the 10y.
Mrs. Hemming says that she is engaged b
marry rich lumber merchant, whose name she
uocs not caro- 70 give NJ present, and that ahe
desires to get her child before the marriage.
The sun., 1897-08-01
THE RISE OF TIE B4THTUB.
More and More, Nowadays. in Common Use.
sYet Moro aud More Luxury.

In these days, when the stationary bnthtub is
an article OF common usc. found as a regular
and expected part OF the equipment in many
dwellings where formerly it would have been
looked upon as luxury, the sale of bathtubs
has assumed enormous PROPORTIONS; and bath
tubs are now made OF various materials, and in
a great variety OF styles TO shapes, sizes, dec
orations, and mountings.
In some large establishments for tho manu-
facture and sale OF such goods an entire ware
room 10 devoted TO bathInbs- scores Of them
all different and all in position, and with The
water on 30 that not only can the tub be dis
played but the flow OF water can be seen. In
one establishment there are also shown itted-up
bathrooms. equipped with every bathroom ap
purtenance. ready for usei spacious ana hand
some rooms decorated and furnished ana com
ing Just how tho bathroom would appear in q
furnished house.
The sun., 1897-08-01
LETTERS ON rAn1oUs roPIos.


To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Your
story of tho hvo full poker hands in to.day's
Issue lie very interesting, but they would not
have happened had the cards been shuffled. II
you will examine new pack OF cards. those, at
least, made by the United States Playing Card
company, you will find that they arc put up
with the suits arranged in rotation as to spot
cards, while the court cards are all together,
either on the top or bottom OF the pack; there.
fore II dealt off to ave players without shutting
or cutting, you will got nvo pat full hands iden.
tcal with those mentioned; II cut one or more
times the sequence from ten to deuce will be
maintained although one or two hands might
have to draw one card to I'LL. II the cards were
shufied ~ the shuffiing was done in the old.
fashioned way (which lie simply tho process Of
cutting several timesI and not by taking half tho
pack in each hand and interlacing them with
the thumbs. w. r.
New YORK, July 81.
The sun., 1897-08-01
The Tunnel H.twsen Ireland and Great Britain

Although the promoters Of tho proposed tun-
mel between Great Britain and Ireland have re-
ceived little encouragement from the present
Government, there is no doubt that the tunnel
will eventually DO pushed through. A deputa-
tatlon recently waited upon the President OF the
Board Of Trade. praying that the State should
scribers. The President of tho board Mr.
RituhieC misunderFtood the object OF the pro-
promoters are by no means discouraged and are
going ahead with their preparations; Tho enter.
m mern times. The cutting will at places be as far
beneath tho surface OF the water as $50 feet,
and although IL is a fact that mines are already
worked under the sea at a greater depth, yet no
other tunnel made or surveyed seems 10 have
required sinking TO such an extent