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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-09-13
STATE OF MONTANA.
Annual Report Of Convention.

Gfice of the Utica Mercantile Company.
Utica, Montana. Sept. |, 1899.
To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
In accordance with the provisions of Section
vi Of the Civil Code ut the state of Montana,
we. the undersigned, being the President and
"A majority of the Directors of the Utica Mercan.
tile Company, present the following report, OF
the condition of said corporation on the hrst
day Of September. lS9.
The amoun of capital stock is ,....; $1,000.
The amount of capital actually paid III is SSl.uJ.
The amount OF existing debts II. SlO.S9S.l2.
SIS. HoBsoN, Pres.
W~INIFRED A. ERICKSON,
G.J WIEDEMAN,
N.D SYMNES, Directors.
STATE OF MONTANA,
COUNT of FERGUS.
W. -. Symmes. being duly sworn on oath
SAYS that he is the secretary o 1.-THE above named
corporation. that the above and foregoing
report is correct and true ia the best OF my
knowledge and belief. and that the above sig
natures are those of the president and a major
lily of the Director OF sand corGGrahiion:
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th
HALSEY X. WATSON.
Notary Public in and for Fergus County. Mont.
TIMBER CULTURE. FINAL PROOF
Notice for Publicaiun-United states
Land Office. Lewistown, Mont. Sept. ., 1899.
Notice is hereby. given that
EDWARD NJ, lENl/EN-
has filed notice nf intention tn make final proof
before the Register aud Receiver al their office
in LeWistoWn, ON SATURDAY. the 2lst day of
October, 1899. ON timer culture application
No. 1875, for the " Of section No. II, in "
ship NJ, ! n, T range No.E e.
lie names as Witnesses:
John Pherger, of Okla. Mont. William G.
Jenizen. Edward ROYALS and Charles Jcnizen,
of Shawmut, Mont,
EDWARD BRAssEY, Register,
First publication sept Is
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-09-13

CONTEST Notwithstanding of the
" Interior, United States Land Office. Lew
istown, Mont, Aug. Z, 1889.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this office by
JOSEPH II. MCKNIGHT,
contestant, against homestead entry No. 13iS.
made Feb. ~, sos, for the nl2 sel4 sec 10. tp II
n, II e, Montana Z. NJ, by William Snidow,
contestee, in which il is alleged that the said
William Snidow has failed to establish resi-
dence upon said land. or build a dwelling
house thereon; that there are no improvements
upon said land; that the same is uncultivated,
unimproved and unoccupiel; and. further. that
such failure TO establish residence was not due
to claimants employment in the service OF the
army OF navy OF the United States. during the
time of war; and that such failure to establish
residence exists at the present time.
Said parties are hereby notified to appear, re-
spond and offer evidence touching said allega-
ton at 10 O'Clock a. m. sept. -, 1899, before the
register and receiver at the United States land
Office in L~ewistown, Montana.
The said contestant having. IN a proper afii
davit, filed Aug. Is, 1899, set forth facts which
show that after due diligence personal service
Of this notice cannot be made. II is hereby or
dered and directed that such notice be given
by due and primer nnbliCatiOn.
EDWARD BRAssEY, Register.
Iii. ..l nj AaNn IH
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION = United
~ States Land Office at Lewistown, Mont,

First publication Sept u
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-09-13
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION United
~ States Land Office at LeWistown, Mont,

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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-09
AGUINALDO CORNERED.
Has Little Chance of Es-
Gaping to the
South.

Washington, Dec. 8.-The town of
Bontoc, towards which Aguinaldo, with
his body guard, is said to be retreat
ing, lies in the mountain Businesses
about So or go miles southeast of Vigan.
If this last report as to Aguinaldo's
whereabouts is true, it indicates that
he has been headed off to the north
ward for the first time, and is being
compelled to retrace his steps towards
the south. If he is striving to regain
his old stronghold in Cavite province,
his chances of success are very slight.
Directly in his line of march is a
considerable American force at Bayou
bong; to the westward of that point is
Wheaton's force and to the east of
Bayonbong is an almost impossible
mountain range.
So with Young behind him, with Col.
Hare close in his rear and his front
INSTRUCTED, the war department off,
Gals feel that Aguinaldo has little
chance of escaping to the southwark.
Major Bachelor is said to. be max
ing rapidly for Aparri about the only
port on the extreme north end of the
island, so as to reduce the outlet in
that direction The best chance re-
naming to Aguinaldo is believed to be
to abandon the escort of 300 now trav-
cling with him, in which case he would
easily insure his personal escape in
Disguise
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-09

Phila delphia, Dec. S.-Ever since the
friends of Ellery p. Ingham and Har-
vey K. hewitt became aware Of their
arrest in connection with the great
counterfeiting scheme that was re-
vealed last April by the arrest of Ken
dig, Jacobs and others of the Lancaster
and Philadelphia gang, there has been a
great deal of speculation as to the mo-
tive that induced the former United
States attorney and his assistant to
take part in the scheme that would. In
the event of discovery, incriminate
them and lead to certain trouble with
the United States government.
Both young and comparatively veal
thy. prominent professionally, and with
every prospect of political prefermept,
enjoying together a practice at the bar
that yielded them Jointly an income of
from S12, 900 to $4,000 annually, mucn
wonder has been caused as to the kind
of persuasion that was used upon them.
That the argument was golden was not
doubted. but the wonder has been that
they, being aware of the law and the
punishment that would be melted out to
them if they were caught, would involve
themselves, unless it was for an ex-
ceedingly high stake, and that they
were convinced that the chances of es-
cape were almost certain
During the trial nothing was revealed
that would lead to the solution of this
puzzle. 1t did not appear that the
stake for which they. sold themselves
was exceptionally large or that they
were convinced beyond reasonable
doubt that their chances OF escaping
detection were greater than those of
many men, who. during the years that
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-09
LIVES AND LEARNS.
Republican Party Finds increased
Prosperity With Added Years.

Republican Party Finds increased
Prosperity With Added Years.
Washington, Dec. S.--The House to-
day adopted a special order for the
consideration of the currency bill be-
ginning next Monday BY the terms
of the order the general debate will
continue until Friday. On Saturday
amendments can be offered under the
five minute rule and on the following
Monday the vote will be taken. The
democrats, populists and silverites
presented a solid front against the
adoption of the resolutions, and every
republican voted for it.
Mr.. Richardson, leader of the minor
ity, tainted some of the majority lead
ers with their change of front in COM
ing out flatfootedly for the gold stand
ard, but Mr.. Grosvenor and Mr.. Can
non good naturally replied that they
had learned something with the adj
vancing years.
The former said the democratic party
was the only living demonstration of
the great organization which refused
to learn anything, and the latter said
the republican party moved forward
with the years while the democratic
party remained with the ghouls In the
ancient graveyards.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-09
PROSECUTION
SCORES POINTS,
Observation-Disclosures, MissingWit-
ness, Decoyed to New York.
ADMITS AUTHORSHIP.
Defense Makes an Important Admission
Comedies That Moline1x Wrote Letter
Asking for Patent Medicines Weeks
Makes Many Objections and Ex-
ceptions on Stand.

New York, Dec. S.-Several interesting
points developed today in connection
with the trial of Roland B. Molineux for
the murder Of Mrs. Katherine ]. Adams.
First, there was the capture of an i'm
portant witness for the prosecution.
This was Mamie Mullanda. the young
woman who cared for Monneux's rooms
at Newark. Through ruse on the part
Of detectives she was induced to cross
the state line from New Jersey to Suf-
fern, N. Y. and when once within the
jurisdiction Of the New York state au-
thorities. she was placed under arrest
and brought to New York city.
1t is said she will be placed on the
stand and compelled to testify that
Molineux was accustomed to use the
now famous blue paper, surmounted by
the three interlaced crescents.
FAMOUS BLUE PAPER.
This same paper made its appearance
again in the case later in the day, when
George w Hall of Moodus, Conn, was
called for the purpose of testifying con-
corning letter which fell into the pos
session of his employer, Prof. Fowler
Witness said that James Burns, of De
troit. Mich, sold great many thou
sand letters to Prof. Fowler, who deals
in medical remedies, that the signature
Roland B. Molineux" was noticed and
the New York authorities were notified
of the find. The defense admitted the
identity of this letter as having been
written by the defendant. This is con-
sidered an important point owing to the
fact that 1t was written upon blue cres-
cent shaped paper and the defense has
acknowledged the writing Of it.
DEFENCE'S ADMISSION.
1t seemed to be day of victories for
the prosecution for the specimens of
handwriting written by Molineux be-
fore his arrest and at the time that Cor
nish was under suspicion were admit
ted, also the diagnosis blank of a pa
tent medicine concern with the blanks
filled out in handwriting said to be the
same as that of other letters in evidence
and signed H. c. Barnet" and in the
face of strenuous objections Expert
Kinsley was permitted to testify that
in his opinion Molineux wrote the sd-
dress on the poison package sent to
Harry Cornish.
The dates of the postmarks on sew
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-09
REP AIRING The BRIDGE.
Army Will Soon Be Able to Cross the Mod
der River Beers Describe Battle-For
Thirteen Hours Cronje With
stood the Calling Ar
tillery Fire.

London, Dec. 9-Some interesting
light on the position of affairs along the
western frontier is thrown by a dis
patch issued by Boer agency last
evening in Berlin. The dispatch says:
"Commandant Prinz Loo's force is
near Jacobsdale, between Modder river
and Riet river. Gen Cronje is still on
the northern bank of Modder DAM his
rear being protected by fortified posi-
tons at Spytfontein. The hills between
Modder river and Spytfontein and
those between Jacobsdale and Riet
river are occupied by Beers. Command
ant De Laey's force is stationed be-
tween Gras Pan and Honey Nest
kloof"
If this Berlin dispatch be correct
and it is especially significant judged
in connection with Gen. Forester
Walkers advice to the war oftice-there
must be some 5000 Beers around Lord
Methuen, who is believed to have 1000
men.
Kimberley, however, possesses an
armored train which can assist Meth
uen by harrassing the Beers from the
rear. According to the dispatch from
Lorenzo Marquee, the Modder river
battle is described by a Boer CORE
spondent with Gen. Cronje, as lone of
the ffercest the Beers ever expert
enced" The correspondent says
Gen. Cronje's wing sustained almost
solely the fearful attack of the British
right throughout the day. The Trans
walters tenaciously held their positions
until Z in the evening, when the Free
State burghers were forced to retire
by the heavy British shell fire. Gen.
Cronje then retired under cover of
darkness, after facing the concentrated
fire of all the British batteries.
THE Beers freely acknowledged the
Herculean assaults Of the British and
the death dispensing fire of the at
lacking infantry, but they held their
position for 10 hours against the flower
of the British army, replying solely
with their Mausers and maintaining an
uninterrupted rifle fire. The Boer ar
tillery was silenced early in the bat
tie through the overwhelming number
of the British artillery"
The Times has the following from
Modder river, dated Dec. 5: 1.-The
river is low and the railway bridge is
rapidly approaching completion. The
first train will cross tonight. After eX-
traordinary exertions the pontoon
bridge has been completed"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-09
UNABLE TO GAIN.
Miller Waller Combi-
uation One Lap to
the Good.
CANNOT INCREASE LEAD.
Chevalier v ms Applause
By a Clever
Sprint.
CANNOT INCREASE LEAD.

New York, Dec. S.-The leaders of the
great six days bicycle race at Madison
Square Garden were 375 miles ahead
of the record at eight o'clock tonight.
At that hour, Miller and Waller had
covered 2241 miles. Walthour the
southern champion, had lead of sew
eral miles for the individual prize, and
gain another lap by clever jockeyinG
and fast riding.
During the early morning hours one
of the most exciting sprints occurred.
Waller for more than half mile took
the bunch along at breakneck speed.
Then Babcock took up the pacing and
sped along in front for several laps,
and when the others Weakened Chew
alier. the Frenchman, went out in
front, and in a terrific squirt, managed
to gain the lap that the others had at
| tempted to steal on him. CheValier' S
performance put the garden in an up
roar
Tonight the Miller-Waller combina-
| ton made effort after effort to gain
something over the one lap they
held over over the second men in the
! N~0~' -'AS"S q eN41N blN1AS6Cll6Ill Dul Will
out success. Equally determined was
the -McEeachern combination to
| wipe off the boards the leaders one lap,
but they met with no better success.
| During the afternoon several short
! races were decided. John Lake of the
! Harlem Wheelmen, beat Ray Duer in
a pursuit race after seven laps. Geo.
Banker of Pittsburg won the first heat
OF mile race from w. A. Ruiz of New
Haven in 2:15. Ruiz won the second
! heat by what the judges announced to
! be one inch. Banker lodged a claim of
foul and was overruled. He declined
to ride a third heat.
The referee reserved decision as to
who was the winner of the contest. and
expects to get the men to ride tomor-
row night. In the first heat of a mile
| race between Jay Eaton and Henri
| Mayer, Mayer had q bad fall, being
severely injured. Eaton went over the
the course in 1901. In a five-mile pur-
suit race between Harry Fixes Of Glens
Falls and Albert Champion of France,
Elkes won, after riding nine and a half
laps, Time, 1856 As.
In mile heat race between George
III. Collete of New Haven and Frank
| Kramer of New York, each man won
a heat in slow time, which in the third
heat Collete metwith an accident which
Collete met with an accident which
prevented his finishing, and the third
neat was put over until tomorrow.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-09
aimed TO STEAL
MANY MILLIONS.
Gang OF Counterfeiters Plan to Bride a
High Treasury OficiaI--Place 100000
600 of Bogus Notes in the Vaults
and Withdraw Good Ones.

they represented the United States gov
eminent were sent to prison for coun-
terfeiting.
The reason this apparent mystery
was not solved was that the evidence
that would have shown the sum for
which these men banded themselves to-
gether, for which they risked honor and
fortune and rendered themselves amen
able to the laws, was stupendous. For
months the secret service men have
been working on it, and at present they
are resting, completely baff1ed Their
downfall was due to two things. First
the failure of Kendig and Jacobs to put
full trust in all their confederates, and
second, lack of honor among thieves
The plan of the leaders, Jacobs and
Kendig, was to make the United States
treasury the distributing agency for
their bad notes. The way in which
the United States treasury was to be
made a party to the plan was through
a receiving teller in the treasury at
Washington, or through one of the sub
treasures. To Jacobs, sharp, shrewd,
smooth, was entrusted the task Of Sc
curing this man, and he was authorized
to pay for the service a quarter of
million dollars, or, If necessary, more.
The sub-treasury here was to be the
first to be tried according to the origin
al plan, but for some reason this was
changed, and it was determined to
make the attempt to seduce. by the Of
fer of a large sum, an official OF the
treasury at Washington, and one at a
sub-treasury. OF the latter, there are
nine, one in each of the following citiea:
New York, Boston, Chicago, Baltimore.
st. Louis, San Francisco, Cincinnati,
New Orleans and Philadelphia.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-09

New York, Dec S--once worth mill
ions; now dead in cheap LOGGING
house. That is the epitome OF me
strange contrast of two stages IN the
history of C. Meredith Simpson, whose
body NAV be viewed today by any VINO
were his friends, in the shop of sixth
avenue undertaken.
Mr. Simpson died in Mills hotel No:
l, on Blocker street; he was =, Yeas e.,a, al
age and had lived there for several
months.
He was born in Esperance, Schoharie
county this state, and when boy Went
to New Orleans. where ne a1terWaru
established himself in business. AT the
outbreak of the civil war he was rated
as one of the wealthiest merchants and
largest land owners in Louisiana. Like
many others he saw everything he pos
sessed swept away by the rebelilon' ne
came north 20 recuperate health and
fortune. He took an Office in the finan-
Ncial district. and became known as a
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-09

eral Of the envelopes were read to the
jury, and descriptions were continued.
Mr.. Weeks WAS continually on his feet
objecttng and taking exceptions. Then
there came a discussion over the adj
instability as evidence of letters mark
ed Peoples exhibit, Nos. and A.
They were finally offered and handed
to the witness, with exhibit A, and he
was asked If in his opinion the hand
that wrote the contents of exhibits 8
and also wrote exhibit A.
Mr.. Weeks objected strenuously to
his being allowed to answer Exhibit
was the wrapping paper said to have
been around the famous poison pack
age, and exhibits and were copies
Of the address on the poison package
that had been written by the defendant
in Mr.. Kinsley's office from typewriter
copies of the address, There was
much discussion, but the witness was
allowed to answer.
HANDWRITING EVIDENCE.
When he did so, he said IT saw de-
PENDANT write exhibits and 4, and
saw him write those words that are
similar to the words in exhibit A"
Mr. Weeks wanted to examine the
witness on this question at once, but
the court refused to let him do so. Mr..
Weeks and the court had a heated dis
cussion and then the witness was asked
to answer the question.
1T is my opinion - ne said, that the
handwriting on exhibit A was written
by the same person who wrote exhibits
3 and A.
The witness was then shown the Bar
net and Cornish letters, and was asked
to compare them with the standard Of
comparison on exhibits 8 and 4. He
testified that he thought the handwrit-
ing in each instance was that of the
same person. The exhibit 1 was then
offered, the application for remedies.
which is alleged to have been made by
Molineux and which gives a detailed
description of the writer's physical
measurements, his occupation and
other details. Mr. Osborne said: Il
offer to prove that the real Barnet did
not answer these descriptions, and that
the defendant does"
VIGOROUS OBJECTIONS.
Mr. Weeks objected to the introduc-
ton of exhibit, on the ground that the
communication was of a private nature
and therefore not admissible. The re-
CONTINUED on Page Two.)
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-09
HAD MILLIONS
Died IN POVERTY
Richest Merchant in the South Before the
War, Has a Pitiful End in a Cheap
New York Lodging House Once
a Big Promoter

promoter. He conceived the idea of SELL
ing the stock Of the Third avenue sur
face road to a syndicate Of English cap
italists. Everything was in readiness for
the transfer and he saw himself about
to reap a fortune, as his share of the
profit. Then a hitch came and the deal
was never consummated.
Mr. Simpson was again reduced to
poverty in the crash that followed the
failure of Grant & Ward. In his later
years Mr.. Simpsons time and energy
had been taken up in litigation over the
famous Woodhouse Mexican bonds. said
to involve between $5,000,000 and SIS, 900,
900. He obtained the bonds years ago
for nominal sum, and since then had
been fighting to realize on them. At one
time, it is said, he was offered $780, 900
for the bonds by j. Plerpont Morgan.
General Marcus Simpson of Chicago
is a brother of the deceased promoter.
The latter's only daughter lives at No.
ESQ West Twelfth strseet.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-09

I the railway. Our losses were IA wound
ed
Belmont has been strengthened by
infantry and two guns, and a cavalry
regiment and troops from Naauwpoort
occupied Arundel yesterday Thursday.
THE enemy's forces near Gen. Gaia
ere are reported as follows; Marching
to Doordrecht, 800, with six guns; at
Stormberg, 1900; at Waterfall, large
force-strength unknown, and at Mol
teno, about 400.
Lord Methuen reports casualties,
December 6, on patrol duty, missing,
Lieut. Tistram and four men of the
Twelfth Lancers; wounded, four men. "
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-09
FIRE ON PATROLS.

London, Dec. S.-The following ad-
vices have been received from Gen.
Methuen's force at Modder River, I'M
der date, of Tuesday, Dec. 5: "Boers
are seen daily passing between Spyt-
fontein and Jacobsdal laagers. They
frequently fire on patrols. Mounted in
fantry received a severe fire while pa
trolling six miles towards the north,
from a hill. There was no casualty.
Many hours cannon firing has been
heard at Kimberley"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-09
ARMING NATIVES.

Cape Town, Dec cit is announced
that Major Elliott, commanding in the
native territories of Griquiland East,
is arming the natives by imperial au-
thority, with view Of assisting the
defensive forces.
The troopship Columbian has arrived,
bringing a portion of the troops landed
from the troopship Ismore, when the
latter went ashore in st. Helena bay.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-09
COMMUNICATION OPEN.

Gen. Foreatler Walker Reports He Is
in Touch With Modder River.
London, Dec. 9.-Gen. Forester
Walker has sent the following dispatch,
dated o'clock Friday evening, to the
war Office from Cape Town:
Telegraph and railway communica-
ton to Modder river has been re-
opened. A battery of field artillery
and battalion of infantry were dis
patched from Modder river against
Commandant Pein Loo's force of 1000
Beers, with one gun, who had destroyed
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-09
BRITISH LOSSES.

Ladysmith, Dec. 7-(via Weenen).-
The total British casualties here since
November l are five officers and rs men
killed and 15 officers and 100 men
wounded, with three missing. The Bo-
err force is still around US in large num-
bers, but all within the town are well
and cheerful
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-09
ADVANCE TO coLENSo.

Pretoria, Dec. THE following dis
patch, dated today, has been received
from the head lager near Ladysmith:
1.-THE Beers are advancing on Colenso,
but last night passed without an at
tack. There was desultory cannon
ade this morning, the naval guns re-
plying vigorously to the fire"