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Defends the Reef.

Great Falls, July 19.-Sergeant ]. w.
Humphrey, lately of Chickamauga
park and also recently returned from
a trip to Cuba. is visiting his cousin,
William Humphrey. of Glasgow. The
sergeant, who is with the regular
army, having served with it since 1871
says that the Cubans possess more in
telligence than they are usually cred
tied with by Americans. He is also
one of the few who say that the beef
supplied by the commissary depart
ment during the Cuban campaign was
of the best quality and that it was all
the fault of the soldiers themselves
and their carelessness that it spoiled
before it was cooked and eaten. He
admits, however, that much of the
canned beef issued as ratons was
spoiled by the heat of the sun.
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PARKS IN FINE SHAPE
It's Time That Great Falls People
Should Enjoy Them.
TREES ARE FULLY GROWN
Why the Public Is Not Admitted to the
Parks Is Mystery to the visi-
tor - Attractive During
the Heated Term.

Great Falls, July 19.--Let the people
enjoy the parks Of the city, They have
cost a large sum to begin with, and
from $l,5OO to $4,000 a year has been
expended on them from the city treas
ury. The trees are now fully grown,
the city has paid for them, and it is
now time that the citizens should en-
JOY some benefit. Never has this idea
appealed so strongly to the average
observer as in the past two days,
when the air was like that from a fur
mace or the sands of a desert ver-
liable sirocco, which made life almost
uncomfortable and work of any kind
curse. Then it was that the green
grass, the shade and the suggestion of
GOODNESS. from which the public is bar
red by a wire fence, would have been a
solace. This spring the park commits
SION mad walk built along the side of
the park opposite to the Standard of
hce. So far as known, no one has ever
walked over it, for there is no occasion
for one to do so. There is a walk on
the other side of the street, which has
always been more than ample for the
accommodation of passers, and the
walk along the side of the park serves
no purpose. After it had been laid a
member of the city council, Alderman
Wadsworth, stated in open meeting
that had he known about 1t in time he
would certainly voted against it's con-
struction. Its cost would have more
than sufficed to lay a simple gravel
walk through each of the parks 'front.'
ing the Montana Central station and
even provided a limited number of
seats.
Hardly anyone who has been about
can fail to remember some city or town
he has visited in which there was a pc
culiar charm, and if he cares to ana
lyze this impression he will find it to
have been caused by some open space,
amply provided with shade, to which
the public was welcomed, and which
the public and the stranger utilized
constantly during the heated period.
To the man visiting this city for the
first time one expression occurs, and it
is an exclamation of surprise at the
beauty of the parks which meet his eye
as he alights from the train. Invari-
ably his second expression, also of sur
prise, is that the public is not admitted
to them They might as well be the
private deer parks of an autocrat, for
all the benefit which the public derives
from them. They are jealousy guard
ed from the people, and no one can say
why. Let the parks be opened and let
the people in upon the grass and under
the shade. 1t can do no harm; indi-
vidually it may be of immense good.
The parks by the river are hardly suit
able for public uses at the present time.
The trees, particularly the broadleafed
cottonwoods, are rapidly approaching
the limit of their usefulness, and it Is
time that the people get some slight
return from their investment
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and efforts are being made to discover
his relatives.
Mr. and Mrs F. w. Breckman of
Alton, Iowa, arrived in Dupuyer the
last of the week and are now the guests
of Mrs. ]. F. Leech.
George Barron returned to Dupuyer
this week from the ceded strip and is
now considering a proposition to bond
his claims there to Eastern parties.
Frank Ralston has arrived in Cho-
teau from Grand Forks, B. c., where
he is interested in mining properties.
He has with him some very promising
specimens of rich gold quartz and
states that the ore from the mine runs
between $50 and $40 per ton.
The coroner, Jacob Schmidt, has been
called to the Sullivan crossing on the
Marias by the report of the finding of
a dead body there. No further details
have been reported
Miss Minnie A. Bennett of St. Cloud,
Mimi, arrived in Choteau on Wednes-
day and will spend the summer with
DR.. and Mrs. H. Beaupre.
Miss Lille Belden left on Sunday for
her old home in Minnesota. She has
spent the past year in Choteau and has
many friends who regret her re-
moyal.
A number of people have left and
many more are preparing to leave for
the hot springs on the north fork of the
Sun river. This is getting each year
more popular as a resort for the sum-
mer.
P. H. Summers has sold his residence
property in ChOteau to o. E. Pugsley
for $3.50.
W. E. Jeffrey has bought the c. II.
Drake residence for 5000. He has
moved his family over from Cho-
teau and hereafter will make Choteau
his home.
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BUTTE News.
BLAND SOLD FOR $1,000
Serrano Brought $4,000 and
Mallakwa Went for $500.
THE TALK OF THE TURF
Downfall OF May Hampstead When She
Went Up Against Admiration-Great
Two-Year-old Contests Expected
at the Saratoga Meeting.

At a sale held in the paddock at the
Harlem track, Chicago, last Saturday,
Senator Bland was auctioned off for
$l,OOO. Serrano, who was raced on the
Montana circuit last year, brought
$3.50. Mallakwa, once touted as a Flu
turity winner, brought $500.
Those who are given over to SUPER
stition have but one theory to advance
for May Hempstead's downfall in the
match with Admiration, and the easy
manner in which the daughter of Pat
ron was beaten in the Brighton handi-
cap. In the opinion of the supersti-
tiously inclined the moment Nav
Hampstead romped under the wire at
Montgomery park, April IS last, the
winner of over $1,000, and the most
classical of Tennessee turf events,
Messrs. Headly & Norton's queenly
looking young miss was jonahed, hoo
dooed and her future turf career
smashed to smithereens.
ASK the superstitticus ones upon
what grounds they base their theory
and they will pull out the dope" show
ing you that of all the Tennessee Derby
winners none have ever attained much
prominence thereafter with the excep-
ton of Joe Cotton, King Alfonso's son,
who beat Freeman and CELSIUS in the
Derby of 1885 and a few weeks later
won from Bersan and Ten Booker in
the Kentucky Derby. The supersti-
tious ones will also recall to memory
several noteworthy examples of the
hoodoo's work on Jamboree, winner of
the Tennessee Derby of 1894 who was
never good selling platter thereafter;
Berclair, winner of the event of 1896,
unheard of thereafter; Buckvidere,
winner of the 1897 Derby, an arrant
rogue and counterfeit whom the Gains
have since been content with entering
in races to be sold for so much; and
last, but not least Lieber Karl winner
phians many wads of greenbacks after
winning the blue ribbon local event and
succumbing to Plaudit in the Kentucky
Derby and Clark Stakes.
There promise to be some great con-
tests among the 2-year-olds at the
Saratoga meeting. which opens on July
rs. Saratoga has been the middle
ground for the Eastern and Western
champions. This season there will be
a larger number than usual at the
famous spa. The West will be ably
represented with C. H. Smiths Lieu
tenant Gibson, T. c. McDowelfs His
Excellency, Ed Corrisan's Golden Rule,
I. w. Schorr G. Sons Sam Phillips and
F. w. Brode. ]. D. Smiths Estill, Clay
Brothers Kilmarnock and p. Tomlin-
son & Co.'S The Conqueror The 3
year-old brigade should more than hold
its own with the Eastern cracks. Ed
Corrigan will have Corsine fit by the
time Saratoga opens. T. c. Mcdowell
will be there with his trio, Spirituelle,
Batten and Rush, and ]. w. Schorr &.
Sons intend to start W. Overton in all
the 3-year-old events in which he has
a possible chance. Colonel Applegate
will send Prince McClurg after some of
the rich Saratoga stakes if the legal
ENHANCEMENT over the ownership of the
horse can be Strengthened out in the
Toaa time
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GREAT FALLS NOTES.

Frank Turner, a Helena merchant, is
in town to-day on matters of bust
ness.
Mrs. C. E. French has returned to
her home in this city after a week s
visit with friends in Butte.
Mrs. George Edwards and Miss Jen-
ME Conner have returned from two
weeks visit with friends at Sanford.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. ODER of Kibbey
are in the city. and the ODER wool clip
will be put upon this market some
time this week.
Edward Kelly, formerly of the
Western Union office at Kalispell, has
accepted a position as night operator
in the office in this city.
A. X. Prescott of Helena, who has
an interest in large sheep ranches at
Pondera and in the Sweetgrass hills,
is in the city for the purpose of selling
his wool.
The foundation for the j.. A. Cobb
building on Central avenue, opposite
the Standard office, has been complet-
ed and carpenters are now at work
putting in the floor timbers.
Thomas j. Davidson arrived from
Helena this morning and with Will H.
Clarke. proceeded to the Rocky Noun
tain Mineral mine on the north fork
OIL lHe sun Ht Jouiity has "
be made largely by pack outfit, but
the bathing when one reaches the spot
is said to fully compensate one for the
labor
The letters from the boys in the
Philippines received here in the last
two or three days contain but little
news, and all of them indicate that
the boys are getting pretty well worn
out with field duty. Corporal Tolbert
and Bugler Dibble expected at the
time of writing, June IL, to be invalid
ed home on the transport following the
Newport and Ohio.
1t is reported although an official
bulletin has not yet been issued on
the subject, that j. Fl. Butler, better
known as Ben" will be given the
position of chief dispatcher on the
Montana Central to succeed E. NJ.
Flood, promoted to the st. Paul office.
Mr.. Butler has been a faithful and eff
cient employee of the Great Northern
for many years, and has many friends
in the city and along the line who will
congratulate him heartily on his de-
served promotion.
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COMPLAINS OF GREAT CRUELTY.
Adelaide Sommers Sues Her Husband for
Absolute Divorce.

Absolute Divorce.
Great Falls, July 19-Adelaide Som
mers started suit in the district court
this morning for divorce from Fred
erick M. Sommers. The complaint
states that the parties were married in
Waukesha, Wis, on July 4, 1894 and
that there is one child, aged A years,
named Frederick William Sommers, the
issue of said marriage.
The plaintiff charges the defendant
with extreme cruelty since May s, 1895,
and claims he has threatened her with
charges against the chastity of plain
tiff, Among the charges are the fol-
lowing:
In, November, 1896, defendant left
plaintiff for three days in an open
cabin near Whitlash, Choteau county,
alone with her child and without wood
or other fuel, and that they suffered
greatly from cold and exposure On
April II, 1897, at the residence of George
X. Stark, near Whitlash, while five
men were present. defendant accused
her of criminal actions with all of said
men and called her vile names, all of
which charges were untrue. That for
four weeks and over defendant re-
peated such charges, by reason of
which she was made sick and COM
PEELED to go to Shelby to DR.. Ings for
treatment. That at various other times
mentioned in the complaint, defendant
threatened her and threatened to kill
her child, and even took a gun in one
hand, and the child in the other and
started off across the prairie, threaten
ing to kill the child. but was stopped
by George J. Stark. That at other
times defendant called plaintiff vile
names, wounding her feelings and rem
dering her unfit for the proper per-
Torrance of her matrimonial du-
ties.
Plaintiff was also forced to cut wood
from large logs, although defendant
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Omaha Live Stock.

Omaha. July 9.-Cattle-Receipts $500.
Market strong. Native beef steers, 81. S0d
$50; Western steers, s4d4.6O; Texas steers,
50. 75G4.6O; cows and heifers, 50 60d3 80;
Gamers, $2.5Oa3. so; stockers and feeders,
So. SOa4.S5; calves, s4a6.50; bulls and stays,
$36I4. 25.
Hogs-Receipts, $780, Market 10c high
er. Heavy, 81. 2544 35; mixed, 81 2594 2. ~;
light "a. 25a4. 321a; bulk of sales 81 25G
4.30.
Sheep-Recepts, 1.500. Market steady.
Fair to choice Westerns. s414.35; common
and choice sheep, $3.75d4.25; lambs, 4.5Ga
SIS
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WOOL SALES.
The Top Price of the Season Was Not
Reached Yesterday.

The Top Price of the Season Was Not
Reached Yesterday.
Great Falls, July 19.-Those who ex-
pected to see the top price reached in
this wool market in the sales of the
morning were disappointed, for the
prices continued the range of yester-
days sales. AS the growers seemed to
be satisfied it is probable that the price
was determined by the quality of the
wool offered. On Saturday the buyers
will go by special train to the Fort
Benton market, leaving here at
o'clock in the morning. About half a
million pounds of wool is waiting to be
offered. The sales this morning were
as follows:
H. H. Nelson Sheep company, 90, 900
21S sacks-of eve wool to Mr. Morse for
Harding & Caverly of Boston, at 1855
cents; 80 sacks of Lincoln cross bred
yearlings' wool to Barraclough for j.
Koshland & Co. and ]. r. Patterson
for j. Williams & Co., who tied for the
clip at 17& cents; Cannon S. & C. COM
pany, 47,500 pounds, to George Abbott
for Nichols, Dupee & Co. of Boston, at
1874 cents; the H. l.. Fisher clip of Fer
gus county, $4,000 pounds, to ]. r. Pat
terson, at 17& cents; w. l.. Baker Of
Arlington, 1880 pounds, to Patterson,
at 1872 cents: b. F. Stickney of Cas-
cade, 10000 pounds. to F. w. Thayer
at 171a cents; E. A. Larock of Mission,
$4,000 pounds, to Thayer, at 151s cents;
H. Wright of Utica, 5000 pounds, to
F. r. Peters for Hollowell & Donald of
Boston, at 1S1a cents; M. c. Wright of
Utica to e. w. Brigham for Judd &
Root of Hartford, at II cents; o. A.
Insley, 5000 pounds, to Thayer of
Thayer. Farnsworth & Thayer, at 15h
cents; o. A. Ainslie. 5000 pounds, to
Thayer, at Is cents; B. Mcdonald,
$4,000 pounds. to F. H. Putnam for
Hecht, Lehman & Co of Boston, at
1917 cents; G. w. Talbot, 10000 pounds,
to Putnam, at 171a cents; T. d. Gear
ing of Orr, $1,000 pounds, to Patterson,
at 17% cents; II. Maurer of Brighton,
$4,000 pounds. to Thayer, at 1914 cents;
F. Anderson, $4,000 pounds, to L. L.
Jonas for Wiley G. Co. of Boston.
Philadelphia and Bradford, at 1915
cents; e. Bailey, $4,000 pounds, to
Morse, at IN cents: Davis & Prescott
of Teton county 10000 pounds, to Put
nam, at 17& cents.
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IN TETON COUNTY.

Becker & Mclean of Medicine Hat,
N. w. T., have purchased 500 head of
horses from Raphael Morgan and are
now preparing to drive the herd over
land to their destination. The brands
will be vented near Cutbank.
Frank Brown, an employee at the Yule
sawmill, had the fingers of one hand
severely mutilated this week while
working with a circular saw.
Frank Lewis, who has the contract
on the Conrad ditch above Dupuyer
received a telephone message this week
from Belt stating that his wife was
seriously i'll. He has gone to Belt.
William Vanette, who was injured
during the Fourth of July celebration
at Dupuyer by the falling of his horse,
is reported in a dangerous conditions
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was at home and able to do such work,
thus impairing her health. Defendant
at another time, when there were IL
men boarding with plaintiff accused
her of unchastity and of having been
criminally intimate with all of said
men, calling her vile names in their
presence, although the charges were
false.
The complaint, which is 10 pages
long, recites various other acts of
cruelty and brutality on the part of the
defendant and asks for divorce, the
custody of the child, 800 attorneys
fees and costs.
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GLASGOW NOTES.

Mrs. Theodore Shufelt and children
of Nashua were the guests this week of
Glasgow friends.
Mrs. A. COwan of Culbertson has been
spending the week with her sister at
Williston, Mrs. Hedderich.
A w. Mahon, senator from this coun-
ty, has Just returned from his visit to
his old home in New York.
Mrs. Harry COsner. wife of the coun-
ty commissioner, is entertaining as her
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-20

Our baby has been continually
troubled with collie and cholera infan-
tum since his birth, and all that we
could do for him did not seem to give
more than temporary relief, until we
tried Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. Since giving that
remedy he has not been troubled We
want to give you this testimonial as an
evidence of our gratitude, not that you
need it to advertise your meritorious
remedy.-G. M. Law, Keokuk, Iowa
For sale by druggists.
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New York, July 19.-About the only fea-
ture of to-day's metal market was a reac-
ton in tin from the severe break of yes
terday. Consumers were liberal bidders
and news was in the main favorable to
the market. The other departments were
steady to firm and unchanged.
Pig iron warrants nominal at s13. IS.
Lake copper unchanged at IS. SOC. Tin IN
settled at %. 9oa29. 25c. Spelter unchanged
at 6.25c. Lead unchanged at 4.40a4 Coo.
The firm that fixes the selling price for
miners and smelters quotes lead at 435c
at the close Bar silver, 60Bc
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guest this week Mrs. Harry vagg of
Saco.
Mrs. John Edwards, who has been
visiting her mother, Mrs. Parker, of
Saco, has returned to her home in
Canada.
Miss Rose Marek of Saco visited Glas-
gov friends for a day this week while
on her way to Montgomery, Mimi,
which formerly was her home.
Mrs. Agnes Gregg returned on Thurs
day morning from a trip to Poplar.
where she has been engaged in settling
up her husbands estate.
Mrs. ]. L. Truscott and children have
gone to Cascade, where they will spend
the summer in the mountains.
Eleven carloads of wool have been
sold and shipped from Saco this season,
most of it having been purchased by
jeremiah Williams & Co. of Boston at
an average of Is cents.
]. l.. Goodnight has brought in
bunch of cattle from Idaho and placed
them on the Marias range.
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Financial Cablepram,

New York, July 19.-The Commercial
Advertisers London financial cablegram
says: The markets here were more cheer
full on the Transvaars apparent surren-
der and the easiness of money, but the in
tense heat checked business. Americans
were heavy on strike news, but at the
close were slightly harder on New York
buying
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No Fight I'm Him,

From the Detroit Free Press.
Whats the matter between you ami
your heighbor?"
100 lnsipid. There's a man you
couldn't get into an argument If you tod
him that he inspired the Darwinian the
ory."
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disappointment.

The prosperous likewise have their woes
In vain some seek to share 'em:
They've ne'er a lack of light spring
clothes
And neer chance to wear EN-.
Washington Star,
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Washington, July 19.-To-day's state
ment of the condition of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance, s279 3d.
252. gold reserve, $24O, 021 25S.
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A silver foxskin was sold in London re-
Gently for $3.50 at auction. This is the
highest price on record.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-16
TEST OF MEXICAN
EXTRADITI0N TREATY
Technical Points Involved in the At
tempt to Bring Back an
Outlaw

AUSTIN. Tex, July 15.-John Kee-
ton, who is in jail in Juarez, Mexico,
awaiting extradition ON the charge of
having been an accomplice in the rob
berry of a Texas and Pacific Railroad
train and the killing of the fireman in
Coleman County, Texas, over a year
ago, still has a chance to gain his lib
erty. The Mexican Government has
given the Texas authorities until July
% to prove their case. and unless the
necessary papers are in shape by that
time the prisoner probably will be re-
leased from custody.
The Mexican authorities still main
tain that under the provisions of. the
new treaty an accomplice in a crime
cannot be extradited but it is likely
that the point will be waived in this
case, a request having been made that
there be furnished them a certified copy
of the conviction record of the other
murderers of the band, who received
penitentiary sentences in Coleman
County. 1t is said Keeton has friends
in Mexico who are aiding him in his
fight against extradition.
The outcome of the case depends to
some extent on the result of the action
of the United States Government on the
application for the extradition of Mrs.
John D. Rich, in jail at Ell Paso
charged with the murder of her hus-
band in Juarez. These two cases are
Of extraordinary interest by reason of
the fact that they are the first to arise
since the new treaty went into effect,
and some intricate points are to be de-
termined by their results.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-16
INSPECT THE BIG
SUGAR FACTORY
College Scientists Visit
SpreckeIsViIle.
A DAY OF MANY JAUNTS
SEVENTEEN MILE DRIVE ONE
OF THE FEATURES.
Tour of the Agriculturists Is at an
End, but They Are in No
Hurry to Return to
the East.
A DAY OF MANY JAUNTS
MILE DRIVE ONE
OF THE FEATURES.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SPRECKELSVILLE July 15.-The
Association of American Agricultural
Colleges and Experiment Stations and
the Association of Official Agricultural
Chemists after a successful week spent
in inspecting the resources of Califor-
MIA concluded their tour here this after
noon and left for San Francisco. tired
but greatly impressed by all that had
been shown them. The special train
with the delegates reached here shortly
after 2 o'clock. The visitors were
shown through the mammoth beet su-
gar plant of the Spreckels Sugar Com
pany by it's superintendent, w. c.
Waters. The factory will be ready TO
begin operations early in September
and Will have a capacity of 5000 tons
of sugar q day. 1t is the most thor
oughly equipped plant Of it's kind in
the world. and was built at a cost eX-
ceeding 81, 900, 00O
The agriculturists enjoyed some of
the beauties Of Del Monte before leav-
Ing that famous resort. They were
driven over the seventeenth drive.
The old town Of Monterey was visited
and its points Of interest shown the
visitors.
Many Of the delegates will leave for
their respective homes next week. but
a number will remain in the State for
some time for the purpose of visiting
localities which are Of peculiar interest
4O them