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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-18
Local Masonic History.

The recent organization of a Ma
sonic lodge in Bolivar, announced
, in last weeks BULLETIN, brings t,
mind the fact that this ancient anC
honorable order once fourisheC
here. AS far back as 1924, "Clin
ton Lodge, No. a." was instituted
in Bolivar. It's membership wa,
composed of the most substantial
citizens of our county, men of char
acter, wealth and influence. ssClin.
ton Lodge" operated successfully
up to about 5 years ago. It's orig
inal charter is now in the possession
of Mr.. w. II. Reynolds, whose
grandfather, Mr.. II. Cockburn, was
one of the charter members thereof
Through Mr.. Reynolds courtesy,
we reproduce part of the minutes
of the first meeting of the lodge:
FRIDAY, 2Sth October, 1924.
Pursuant to a dispensation issued
from the Most Worshipful Grand
Master of the State of Tennessee,
bearing date the seventh day OF De-
tober, A. D., 1924, A. L., 1924,
authorizing brethren Carter G. Col
lier, John II. Bills and Thomas J.
Hardeman to open and hold lodge
of Ancient York Masons, at Harde-
man Court House, Tenn, by the
name of "Clinton Lodge, No. 54,"
the following brethren assembled
for the purpose of organizing the
Same at the house of Thomas Nc
Neal, it being the place of holding
court for said county, on Friday,
the 28th day of October, A. D.,
1924, A. L., 1924.
CARTER G. COLLIER, W. M.
JOHN II. BILLS, S. w.
THos. J. HARDEMAN, J. w.
V. d. BARRY, Secretary.
3. RIDDLE, Treasurer.
&. KIRKPATRICK, S. D.
G. BRACK, J. D.
II. CoCKBURN, Tyler.
All of the above have long since
"passed over the river" Our old
friend, Mr.. Alvin Warren, ST., who
joined "Clinton Lodge" shortly
after it's organization, kindly fur
nishes us with list of its officers
and members in 1851, which is as
follows:
OFFIcERs-D, I. Wells, w. NJ;
E. G. Crisp, S. W.; w. Nuckolls,
J. w; 7. B. Mcdowell, Secretary;
Jno. IL. Bills, Treasurer; G. B.
Peters, S. D.; A. T. Robertson, J.
D.; w. H. Jewell, Tyler; A. A.
Myrick, Steward.
Observation-Disclosures Masons-Wm
H. Wood, VIM. O, Ferguson, VIM.
Ramsey, VIM. G. Harkins, VIM. M.
Johnson, VIM. w. McCarley, VIM.
L. Jones, VIM. B. Hicks, VIM. G.
Tedford, VIM. Lisk, Welcome Us
sery, w. J. Davis, r. P. Nicely,
John r. Fentress, Rufus S. Hardy,
Joseph Watson, G. Bright, J. G.
Wilson, G. G. Joy, D. w. Ruffin,
r. Boman, H. O. Eastman, Levin
Savage, p. Miller Huddleston, T.
T. Harrison, Alvin Warren, Joseph
r. Robertson, Joseph L. Rosson,
Jas. M. Jones, 7. F. WEIGH, Thos.
II. Hancock, Abner Lambert,
Fellow Crafts-W. G. Adams,
Nimrod Graham, Eliphalet Brown,
William M. Welch, E. r. Newsom,
" lillian Baker, Wiley Fort, J. ].
Lambert, George w. Minter.
Entered Observation-Disclosures
Irion, Caswell Coates, G. G.
Adams, Abram Cox.
Only three of the above, Gen. r.
P, Nicely, Messrs. Alvin Warren,
Sr., and A. A. Myrick are living.
----zaBs-S-~4e~"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-18

We are authorized TO announce
JOHN l.. FOOTE as a candidate for
reelection to the office of Register
of Hardeman County. Election,
Thursday, August 4, 1898.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-18

Mr.. ). ii. Jones announces in
to-day's BULLETIN as a candidate
for reelection to the office of Circuit
Court Clerk. Nj. Jones has filled
this position only one term. Nc
man can speak truthfully and say
that he has failed or neglected il
any way to promptly and properly
discharge the duties incumbent up
on him. He solicits and deserve,
public support in the August cleo
ton.
Smoke Kelly's Key Yves
Cigars. Sold by w. j. Cox
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-18

CARTER G. COLLIER, W. M.
JOHN H. Bills, S. w.
THos. J. HARDEMAN, J. w.
V. d. BARRY, Secretary.
3. RIDDLE, Treasurer.
E. KIRKPATRICK, S. D.
G. BRACK, J. d.
IL CnCkRuRN. TYLER
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-03
THE WATER QUESTION.
Mr.. Vaughn Glad That the People Are 10
Decide the Matter.

Great Falls. March 2.-The follow
ing letter. from Hon. Robert Vaughn,
one of the original settlers in Great
Falls and one of its heaviest real estate
owners has been received:
To the Editor of the Anaconda Stand
ard:
= Dear Sir-Ever since Monday evening
the people of Great Falls have been re-
joicine over the action of the city
council in regard 10 the water works
question They believe the council has
used every means to settle the matter
with the water company and have made
Ii most generous offer based on a
careful examination by some of Great
Fails best citizens. among whom was
one OF the ablest engineers in the cuun-
. try. But all of their propositions were
: rejected by the water company Mon
day evening the council wisely DECIDED
TO bet the question go 10 the people and
10 let them decide whether We are 10
contfnae 10 drink water from the Big
Muddy and pay the old water company
an enormous price for the privilege. or
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-03
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-Grai and Pro-
duce-Review of Trade.

New York March 2.-The net result of
to-day's trading in stocks is the practical
wiping out of Yesterdays gains in prices.
This was done on a diminished volume of
business The decline was not accompa-
MED by Developments of general cond-
tions which could account for it, and
there was no reflection of any news of
the day in the movement. unless in the
slightly increased selling movement in
the final hour This was started on ru-
mors attaching Importance to the sending
of two warships TO Cuban waters with
provisions for the recommendations. But
to-days decline for the most part was
technical and marked the elimination of
the recovery from last weeks sharp fall.
A short rally invariably follows a heavy
decline, and the professional traders
were vigilantly alert for its ending this
morning.
Dealings in the first hour were large
and the movement of prices very mar
row. The commission house buying in
vited by yesterdays strong market was
sufficient TO absorb realizing offers for a
time. but the market became overweight
ted and commenced to sag period of
intense dullness interviewed and then the
bears opened an attack on a number OF
specialties notably Manhattan, People S
The grangers were also under pressure
and n. Y. Central was heavily sold. Most
of the days business was done in these
stocks and all suffered marked net loss
es, running from | to over points. The
movement in Metropolitan was very err
ratio. the opening transactions carrying
it to 156. the high point of the day.
London was both buyer and seller here,
but the sales predominated. although the
tone of American securities on foreign
exchanges was rather better and Spanish
bonds were also higher. The money mar
ket continued firm to-day without any
very active pressure to borrow. There
was a good supply, however. of CONNER
| cial paper and the rates were fraction
ally higher There was a payment OF
| 81, coo 900 into the government treasury to-
| day on account of the Kansas Pacific
| sale. so that the sub-treasury had a bal
| ance at the clearing house of sS1S,725. Thi:
| had its effect on the money market and
! took the place of the regular weekly
| withdrawal of an installment of the gov
! ernments deposits on account of Unior
! Pacific sales, which have been discontin
ued for the present.
Sterling exchange hardened an addition
| al fraction in response to the frmer ton,
| of the London market The tendency o.
| the bond market was toward weakness II
sympathy with stocks. Sales. S2,375000. u
! S. new As were q per cent. higher bid.
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RUDGE CHOSE TO bulge
In His Opinion Going to Alaska
for Gold Is All Fudge.
A PRETTY GOOD JUDGE
He's Had Enough and Is Glad to Get
Back-He Met Several Montana Peo-
ple-Provisions Are Scarce
aid Scurvy Is Feared.

Great Falls, March 2.-Richard Ridge,
who went from this city to Skaguay IN
May, 1897, has just returned, feeling
that he has had enough of Alaska. He
has been at Skaguay for about eight
months, being in company with JACK
Smith of this city. Mike Conley OF Spo-
kane and Tom Templeton all of whom
acted as guides between Skaguay and
Lake Linderman. While acting in this
capacity he. saw and met many Mon
tana men at Dyea, among them Jack
Enrght and Thomas 6. Carter VINO
were there when he left. Carter was
going around with a sawed-off fur
coat, cut away at the hips so as not 10
impede his walking apparatus.
Other men well known around this
part of the country, whom he met IN
the course of his wanderings, We're
Charles Bell of Butte, who will stop
at Skaguay until spring, and Joe Byron
and Johnny Amick, who was at one
time employed on sewer work at Great
PALS and -on~the Ford block. The pop
Jlatiensef Skaguay according to Mr..
Rudse..fs between 5000 and 1000. al
though some reports have put It as
high as 10000 or 10000.
He left Lake Linderman, where there
is quite a settlement of tents and log
houses, on Jan. 10, and arrived at Ska
quay on Feb. |. Parties are coming
eut,opei' the trails every day with their
provisions nearly exhausted, and what
they have left consists mainly of canned
meats land dried fish. The fact that
30 reSeta blt,S are procurable' has caused
a fear of scurvy all along the route and
at Dawson Only about one man in IL
Who Comes out over the trail is pos
sessed of any dust and all seem anX-
ious to get home as soon as possible
with whole skins and without having
to travel in a box.
Mr., Ridge advises all prospectors to
go by the Edmonton route, believing
there is as much gold on this side OF
the range as on the other. Personally
he does not care to traverse any route
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of Bach-Cory Co, left for his home to-day
after a few days visit to his uncle. l..
H. Hamilton of. the Sage Creek Sheep
company.
/. s. Corson. superintendent of con-
struction on the Sun river irrigating
ditch, is in the city.
John Harris and c. w. Price, two
prominent Fort Benton cattle raisers, are
in the city on business.
Andrew Roalswick of the firm of Roals-
wick Bros. merchants at Sand Coulee.
is in the city on business.
c. H. Batchelder, special inspector for
a general fire insurance agency of Dem
YER is a visitor in the city.
C. H. Pearson, a member of the firm of
Pearson Bros. which is engaged in wool
growing at Pondera, arrived in the city
this morning.
James McDeavitt. with his family. ar
rived in the city last night from Conrad.
1t is understood that Mr.. McDeavitt is
soon to make Great Falls his home.
w c. Allen the Cascade stockman. Is
in the city, having just returned from a
trip to the Arkansas Hot Springs, where
he has been treated for rheumatism.
w. Z. Frederick of Helena, member
of the firm of Ray & Frederick. who have
large sheep ranch on Box Elder, ar
rived in the city this morning ON his
way to the ranch. The manager of the
! ranch. Thomas Leffingwel. is also here.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-03
Financial CabIeCram.

New York. March 2.-The Evening
Posts London financial cablegram says
The stock markets here were of a better
tone to-day. but painfully inactive. Grand
Trunk opened better. hut relapsed later
New York asorbed the stocks offered un-
willingly and business here was almost at
a standstil. Prices closed better.
Signs are evident again in both Ameri-
cans and Kaffrs that the recent weak
ness at the settlement has not been clear
ed off. Reports that the Bank of England
is to pay dividends here on certain big
American railroads are believed to be cor
rect Kafiirs were fiat, partly on forced
sales and also on rumors that President
Kruger Is about To place a further tax
on mining profits Gold was In less de-
mand at as 94d.
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Conner Market.

From the Engineering and Mining Jour
nal.
We have TO report an exceedingly
strong market and rather higher prices.
The two largest producers of lake copper
are entirely out of the market and, con-
sumers' demand continuing quite good.
the only supplies to be had are from eth
err the smaller companies or from second
hands. Consequently the price for lake is
exceedingly firm at llesc buyers, with the
probability of further advance during
the next few days. Other sorts have not
profited i'm the same degree. although
there, too. considerable advances have
been established and we have to quote
for eleetrolytie copper in cakes, wire bars
or ingots llbMi1Ac. and for catholics, l07s
| ullc. Casting copper Is not offered Al all.
! and must be quoted nominally at I05sc.
I Exports continue large and this. coupled
| with the good demand for home trade,
has exhausted the small stocks which ex-
! listed earlier i'm the year.
In Europe large business has been
done at gradually rising prices and <. m.
! b. copper closes at the best G500 $50 IS Cd
for spot and $50 5sd ESQ rs Sd for three
months prompt. With the exception of
! January and February. 1897 when E5l -
| Sd for <. III. b. spot was reached, this Is
the highest price recorded for x. m. b. $
since 1891. ON the other hand. the visible
supplies i'm Europe are at about the lowest
! point on record In refined copper also
! large transactions are recorded at rather
| higher prices but at the same time there
appears to be great deal of second hand
copper floating about, which could be Sc
| cured al very low figures, We quote: En-
| glish tough. ej2M $50 los: best selected
E52 15sM e53 l0s strong sheets, e60a CT
los; India sheets. e57 10sa E5S; yellow met
| al. 3D.
Imports Of copper into the United King
| dom in January included 1882 long tons oil
| ore $3.50 tons of matte and precipitats
| and 4. 404 tons of fine copper. an increase
| as compared with January, 1897 of LIS.
tons of ore and $40 tons of matte and pre-
cipitate. but "A decrease of IA tons Of flns
copper. OF the total this year the United
States contributed leo tons matte ant
1873 tons of fine copper,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-03

whether we, the citizens of Great Falls.
shall put in a plant of our own and use
the pure water of the Giant Spring at
what it costs to the city.
There are three things of which the
taxpayers of Great Falls are proud:
First that our present city council is
made up of the kind of men that no
ring or monopoly can control: second,
that at last the water question will be
decided by the vote of the people; and
third, that we have friend in the Ana
conda Standard. If Great Falls had a
journal that would work for its town as
the Anaconda Standard does for Ana
conda or the Helena Independent does
for Helena, we would have a fourth
cause for pride. But, unfortunately
whenever any question comes up where
in the people of Great Falls will be ben
Gifted the two daily papers of Great
Falls are with the monopoly side. |
cannot tell why ii is. As far as the
present water question is concerned /
am told that one paper is owned by the
water works, and / judge that the other
is it's twin. They live in the same house
and play in the same backyard; they
look alike, talk alike, and when you
listen to one telling a story in the morn
ing and the other giving the same story
at night, If you are not careful you may
take it for the same kid" But it is
best for the people to let them down
easy. After drinking freely of the Giant
Spring water from the city's new water
works. they may be all right Take a
boy who was always obedient to his
parents and nine times out of ten he
turns out pretty good man in the end.
AS one of the taxpayers of Great
Falls / say by all means let the city
own it's own water supply and let that
supply be the Giant Spring. Very truly
yours, ROBERT VAUGHN.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-03
To Yukon on a Honeymoon.

Great Falls March 1.-The first to
use the Edmonton overland route to
the Yukon as a means to spend their
honeymoon will be Mr.. and Mrs Otto
Sommer of Chicago. Mr.. Sommer has
been anxious for the past year to make
a trip to the gold fields, but was de-
tered py the objections of his fiancee.
She has at last compromised the mat
ter. and now they are to be married at
once and take tive trip together His
brother, Harry Sommer. is now at Ed
monitor making all of the necessary
preparations, and in few days he will
be followed by his brother and the
bride, and also by Leo and George
Healy, who compose the party.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-03

ture of the market for the past week.
The inquiry for the grade has been de-
layed about n month this year. As a rule
the manufacturers begin to buy bright
wool shortly after they have taken ac-
count OF stock the first of the year Apart
from this the market has been as feature
less as at any time in its history. 1T is a
period of waiting on the part of every
body. as much SO with the wool dealer as
the manufacturer. The latter has all the
wool he needs for the present. The wool
traders are still believers in higher prices.
and are the wool growers Foreign
woods have been quiet.
The sales for the week amount to 1885,
600 pounds domestic and $4,000 pounds
foreign, making total OF 2,293.o00 pounds
against a total of 5000 900 pounds for the
previous week and a total of 440l 900
for the corresponding week last year.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-03
MARQUIS De M0RES' RING.
Wagner, the Crook, seems to BE Ro
mancing About Things Generally.

Wagner, the Crook, seems to BE Ro-
mancing About Things Generally.
Great Falls, March 2.-To-day Chief
Guerin received the following letter
from James w. Foley. agent Tor the
estate of the late Marquis de Mores. 1t
is dated at Medora, n. D., and reads
as follows: ..lE.=As.
Il enclose you clipping from the
Minneapolis Tribune. No man named
Wagner ever worked for De Mores, nor
did he ever present a ring to any one.
In 1885 a ring was stolen from him
which his widow is anxious TO recover.
If there is any truth in this pawnshop
business, this may be the stolen ring.
The one stolen was made like snake
and had one diamond and one ruby in
the head There may have been an
other stone but | cannot remember at
this late day. Please look the matter
up and if you find any trace | will get
the full description from his widow
vino is now in Paris.
The clipping referred to is regular
press dispatch under a Chicago date
line, and states that Col. John H. Wood
of Chicago has Just received tele-
gram from one Thomas Wagner, who
has been released from prison through
the efforts of Wood and friends from a
term in the penitentiary. 1t also gives
an alleged account of Wagner's crime
and relates with pathos that Tom was
the most trusted emplOye OF the de-
ceased De Mores, who. he says, present.
ed him with a ring set with three stones
as testimonial of De Mores' appre-
citation of Wagner's good work. Foley S
letter rather takes away the romance
of the thing and the facts of Wagner 5
arrest and trial destroy all pity for the
prisoner, who is said to be dying from
tuberculosis or something of that sort.
According to the evidence of eight or
ten witnesses, Wagner laid a cold
blooded plot to rob Sam HerskovitZ,
formerly a pawnbroker in this city. He
had a diamond ring, which he soaked
two or three times, and thus got the
pawnbrokers confidence in a slight de-
gree. At the same time he was trying
a number of saddle horses from livery
stables and finally selected two as the
best obtainable. With these and a man
to hold them he rode in the late after
noon to the pawnshop and left his
horses outside. in his partners care
Then he went into the place and, after
a little preliminary talk, threw down q
big A on the pawnbroker, with the
command to dig up all the cash he mac
in the store.
Officer Ed Hamilton, on the opposite
side of the street, saw that something
wrong was going on in the store ano
went over. Fortunately he got the droI
on Wagner. or the latter as he himself
told the officer. would have blown
him to hell" Wagner was found guilty
on trial and sentenced TO a term o1
years in the penitentiary. This sen
tence was committed by tine governor
and the board of pardons last summer
against the opinion of this community
and Wagner was set at liberty son'
time ago.
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Kidney and Uric Acid Troubles Quickly Curet
You May Have Sample Bottle Of the G.,a Discovery
DR. Kimer's Swamp-Root, Sent Free by Mail

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The mild and the extraordinary effect
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IT stands the highest for its wonderful
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aconda Daily Standard and send your
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Shot and Poisoned.

Great Falls, March "A report of a
fight at ST. Paul's on the Fort Belknap
reservation is given by passengers
from the East The principals in the
row were Lowney Curry and shorty
Parker, and it is said that the latter
opened the fight. Curry defended him
self by drawing a revolver and using 1t.
He also pounded his antagonist quite
severely Parker is said to have been
shot in three places in addition to the
pounding, and the elimination of his
troubles was the issue of a warrant
sworn out by Curry charging him with
assault. This makes matters even in
the legal phase of the question, as Cur
RVS trial on warrant sworn out by
Parker is now pending.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-03

Men and women doctor their troubles
so often without benefit, that they get
discouraged and skeptieaL In most
such cases serious mistakes are made
in doctoring and in not knowing what
our trouble is or what makes us sick.
The unmistakable evidences of kidney
trouble are pain or dun ache in the
back, too frequent desire to pass water
scanty supply, smarting irritation. As
kidney disease advances the face looks
sallow or pale. puffs or dark circles I'M
der the eyes, the feet swell and some
times the heart acts badly. Should fur
Their evidence be needed to find out the
cause OF sickness, then set urine aside
for twenty-four hours; If there is a
sediment or sitting II is also conylnc-
ing proof that our kidneys and bladder
need doctoring. A fact often over
looked. is that women suffer as much
from kidney and bladder trouble as
men do.
DR. Kilmers Swamp Root Is the dis
covery of the eminent physician and
scientist and is not recommended for
everything, but will be found Just what
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GREAT FALLS NOTES.

James Travis. one of the large cattle
growers of Cascade. is in the city to-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. George Coulson of Cas-
eade are visiting friends in this city to-
day.
Matt Curran. the Deep Creek rancher,
Is in the city to-day attending to spring
business.
A. Il. Gronewald representing Scheffer
& Rossum of ST. Paul arrived i'm the city
this morning.
Thomas A chamberlain the sheepman
of Box Elder coulee. is transacting bust
ness in the city
John Webher, manager of the Thomas
Couch ranch at Sunnyside is spending a
few days in town.
Miss Emma Deyine. the young plan
ist has just returned from a visit 10 her
home AZ Sun River.
II. r. Marshall Of Maftinsdaie. formerly
travelling man for the Great Falls branch