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ing of the room. Taking violent dis
like to a stove brush lying on the
floor, it made one clean jump to that
from the ceiling, reduced it to a heap
of splinter and hr.stles, but did not
scorch it or the floor. Then the streak
divided, one branch devoting itself to
tearing the lin0Dum from the kitchen
floor and then getting cut of the house
through the roof, where it tore up the
plastering and part of the tin roof. The
other branch wa6 still more enterpris-
ing in the freak Inc. Like a civilized
being, it made for the door, and finding
it locked, just went through the panels.
1t left no mark on the inside, but on
the outside it removed the paint and,
being in a hurry, took some of the
wood along with it, and it also tore off
a corner of the screen door, probably
for a souvenir.
If this was not Montana one would
be reminded that this is the season for
heat prostrations.
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HARLEM NOTES.

William O'Brien, a cattleman of
Shelby, and Miss Gertrude Stauffer. the
postmistress at Cutbank, were married
by Judge Dawes. The younger sister
of the bride acted as bridesmaid, while
William Moody was best man. Quite
a number of friends and relatives wit
messed the ceremony and congratulated
Mr.. and Mrs. O'Brien at its close.
This town is growing rapidly if one
may judge by the buildings going up
and the receipts at the railway station.
Of the first it is reported that large
hotel is about to be erected by Eastern
capital and will cost about $4,000. The
railway receipts for June We're a trife
over $4,000. or about twice the amount
for the corresponding month of last
year.
George Bent, the official interpreter
at the Belknap reservation, and Miss
Annie Curleyhead were married by
Rev. w. ]. Gamble of Chinook last
week.
Ernest Farnum Is surveying the site
for a reservoir for irrigating purposes
to be used by ]. B. Darrity of Forgey
creek. When completed the dam will
back water for about a mile and will
afford head sufficient to irrigate near
ly all of the ranch.
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GREAT FALLS NOTES.

Miss Ivy Pitcher has returned to this
city after weeks visit with Mrs.
Fairfield at Sond Coulee.
Peter Arnold returned Saturday from
a 10 days fishing trip to the Highwood
mountains. He reports fine sport.
Mrs. Cyrus Reimer of Owosso, Mich,
is visiting her sisters in this city, Mrs.
c. ]. B. Stephens and Mrs. George H.
Chase.
Mrs James Jewell left this morning
for a months visit with her sister at
Murray, the new mining camp near
Salt Lake City.
Mrs. Frank Slack left this morning
for Salt Lake City, where her usbani
is employed as converter foreman by
the Highland Boy smelter.
Mrs. A. c. Engel of Big Sandy wife
of the Great Northern agent at that
point, is in the city as the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Houie of the west
side.
Lieut.. Harry o. willard, command
ing officer at Fort Assinniboine, arrived
in the city yesterday to meet his pa
rents. DIR. and Mrs. j. H. willard, of
Lewistown.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Flood now visit
ing in the East, will not return to this
city, as Mr.. Flood has been promoted
from chief dispatcher of the Montana
Central to the st. Paul offices.
The funeral of the infant son of Mr..
and Mrs James Mcclure of the west
side took place from the house on Sum
day afternoon. A large number of
friends of the family attended.
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Great Falls, July 17.-Work on the
ditch of the New Harlem Irrigation
company has been temporarily sus-
pended, the men taking months lay
off in order to attend to the magnifi-
cent hay crop. Up to the present time
over $4,000 yards of earth has been ex-
cavated, % men having worked 10 days.
The dam. which is complete, is solidy
built of willow brush, stone and gravel
and is 40 feet wide at the top and 225
feet long. In all half mile of ditch
l6 feet wide and eight feet deep has
been made ready, and in about a month
the gang of men will be put back on
the work and the ditch work resumed.
l.. Murphy, an engineer from st. Paul,
is in charge of the construction.
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TETON COUNTY NOTES.

Henry Radcliffe of Willow creek was
made happy this week by the birth to
Mrs. Radcliffe Of a baby girl.
Sam Kohlberg and daughter of Hell
ena are spending the week with friends
in Choteau.
County Commissioner Perkins had
the misfortune this week to break his
leg through his horse falling on him.
George A. Clark of New York is
here on. a visit to his cousin, Walter
S. Clark. He was formerly manager
of the Clark ranches and has many
friends in this county.
The Ladies' Industrial Society OF
Choteau held its regular meeting on
Wednesday and elected the following
officers to serve for the ensuing six
months: President, Mrs. T. ]. Moore;
vice president, Mrs. ]. A. Kennedy:
secretary, Mrs J. e. Erickson; treas
urer, Mrs. H Beaupre.
Chevalier Lodge No. IL, X. of p, this
week installed the following officers:
c. C., A. c. Warner; V. c., C. A. Mil
Ter: NJ of w, Carroll Schmidt; p, Geo.
Adam; NJ. of E. ]. E. Erickson; NJ.
of E., H. F. England; M. at A, w. j.
Darlington; l. G., T. L. Thompson; p.
c., H. Haynes.
Mrs. Clark Lyle of Lucille and her
sister, Miss Hathorn of California. are
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Mining Property Sold.

Great Falls, July 1.-THE sheriff
made two sales of mining property this
afternoon. The first was the result OF
the suit of the Consolidated Kansas
City Smelling and Refining company
against the Paragon Mining and Smelt-
ing company of Neihart. The judg-
ment was obtained in 1897. and to-day
amounted to s1,535.2O. The property
brought to-day just 81 more, being
purchased by John X. Cashier of Belt,
who is said to have claim against the
company himself.
The second sale arose from the judg-
ment obtained by William Muller
against d. b. Mcintosh ct al. The
property sold was a half interest in the
Hartley Quartz Lode Mining company
of Neihart The judgment was for
81 200, and the property brought $500
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CHINOOK NOTES.

The Henry Hohfeldt clip was sold
this week at 16 cents and the l.. N
Runyan brought three-quarters of a
cent more.
I. d. Vincent has resigned his posi-
ton as bookkecper for the Thomas
O'Hanlon company. and with Mrs. Vim
cent will leave this week for Ottawa,
ILL.,, where Mr.. Vincent has accepted
a position at better salary. Both Mr..
and Mrs. Vincent have many friends in
the Milk River valley who are sincerely
sorroy to have them leave.
Water was turned into the new ditch
of the Belknap Irrigation company this
week and it is believed that there is
still time this season for it to do some
good, particularly on hay lands.
Chinook is experiencing quite a
building boom this season. Three or
four residences were started this week
and more are promised for the near
future.
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GUN CLUB SHOOT.
A Trip to Gregson Springs One of the
Prizes.

A Trip to Gregson Springs One of the
Prizes.
Great Falls, July 17.-Prior to the
shoot of the Great Falls Rod and Gun
club 1t was announced that the winner
of the $50 gold medal would be open to
contest from 1.-The three highest guns"
This was an error in English and lot
in intention. The club meant that the
medal would be open to the guns maxi
ing the three highest records, regard
less of whether there were three or 20
guns interested. So, as a matter of
fact, 1t occurs that the eligibes to the
medal against whom P. b. Gallagher
must hold 1t another time are not only
Frazier and Beckett, but also Pearson,
Richardson, Cummings, Gaunt, Irwin
and Plummer. The shoot continued as
long as the light lasted, and the ,Iub
was barely able to finish the pro-
gramme. George Beckett of Sand
Coulee will receive the Standard for six
months, as he obtained the best per-
centage in the first six events, while
the BOBBY prize, a pass to Gregson
Springs, where the Woodmen picnic is
to be held, fell to DR.. Stephens This
latter prize was kept secret AMI IT
was not known by any contestant until
after his shooting had been compla-ed.
Probably had it been announced Def ore
there would have been some rotten
scores made. DR.. Stephens made an
average of SO per cent, which, in
squad of 30 or more contestants, is GER
tainly creditable, and the work of the
entire day is in fact a source of credit
to the club. The events which were
shut out of the Standard report of last
night by the closing of the telegraph
offices, were as follows:
Fourth event, 25 singles, first, picture
of celebrated dog Bayard, IS, William
Albright; second, case of SchlitZ xfra
pale beer, $4.25, board of trade; third,
cash or street car tickets. So, w. d.
Dickinson; fourth. cut glass bottle of
perfume $3.50, w. A. Boots; fifth
cash, 81, Montana Implement company.
First, H. E. Benner, 80; recond, Gaunt
and Irwin, %; third, Pearson, 81; fourth,
Cummings, 20; fifth, Richardson, 10.
Fifth event-Fifteen singles, first,
steel telescope fishing rod. IS, Roberts
& Bridgman: second, Iady's fan, 81, w.
b. Raleigh e. Co.; third. ladys oxford
shoes, $3.50, j. e. Kenkel; fourth, cash,
81, Montana Brewing company; fifth.
can smokeless powder, 81. Great Falls
Hardware company. First, Pearson,
IA: second. Gaunt, IS: third, Benner, IL;
fourth, Cummings, IL; fifth, Richard
son, 10.
Consolation shoot, Is singles-First,
bicycle shoes, $3.50, A. Helms cash ba-
Ear; second, box of cigars $3.50, Ever
man Bros. e. Co; third. pearl handle
pocketknife, So. r. Barry; fourth, cash,
81, Montana Brewing company; fifth,
can smokeless powder, 81, Great Falls
Hardware company. First, Plummer,
Is; second, Frazier IA; third. Davidson,
10; fourth, Gillian, IL: fifth, Gels
thorpe, 10.
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Gordon.
On Friday afternoon at Dupuyer A.
NJ. Valley and Miss Eveline Rizze
were united in marriage by Justice Fed
erhen.
The shearing crew at the sheds Of
J. e. Hem near lower Dry Fork claims
shearer of the country. 1t is claimed
that he has record of 300 sheep per
day.
r. M. Steele of Dupuyer, while driv-
ing home on Tuesday evening, was
thrown from his carriage by a run
away team and painfully bruised. For
tunately no bones were broken.
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NEIHART NOTES.

Father ]. c. Pudenz will hold services
at the Catholic church on July 30 and
81.
]. L. Barber killed bear cub weigh
ing about 100 pounds, near the Big
Seven boarding house on Saturday
night. Several bears had been seen in
the rear of the building and on Satur-
day night the cub made a visit. The
first shot did not bring him down and
the little fellow climbed a pine tree a
short distance away and cried over his
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and the sale includes everything neces-
sary for their maintenance. Mr.. Pugs-
ley reserves a band of 5000 head which
he will fatten for the fall mutton mar
ket. He and his brother will also be
stockholders in the new company,
which will be under the management
of c. II. Ragland a fiockmaster of
large experience and success.
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English In Porto Rico,

From the Mexican Herald.
The English language is marching
triumphantly on in San Juan, Porto
Rico, as will be seen by the following
announcement of an amateur dramatic
club: ITO the public: Again comes the
'Gira Artistica Juvenil,' to proportion
the greatest watchfulness to the gal
liant public of this capital being pleased
by the good reception of the anterior
times, gladly to offer new spectacles
lyricalS dramaticals."
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Death of Minnie A. Adams.

Great Falls. July 17.-Minnie A, wife
of w. w. Adams, died at 1880 this
morning at the Columbus hospital of
stomach trouble. She was niece of
the county surveyor, John French. She
was born at Neilsville, Wis, on Feb.
90, 1872, and in December, 1897, Marie
Mr. Adams. She arrived in this city
last September.
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WONDROUS STORIES.
Imaginations at Work in Northern Mon
tana.


tana.
Great Falls, July 17.-Some strange
and wondrous stories are being told in
northern Montana this season, and it
is hard to entirely subdue the SuSpi-
cion that sometimes the imagination is
being worked overtime. For instance,
there was a heavy hail storm at Mel
hart on Monday evening and it is re-
ported that stones fell which measured
three inches in diameter and were
more than eight inches around. They
crashed through umbrellas which were
unfortunate enough to be wandering
through the storm, tore down awnings
and snatched shingles off roofs and one
old-timer knocked a COW off the Bland
ing bridge. The electricity was busy at
the same time and blasted rock and
ploughed burrows all over the sur
rounding mountains. No casualties.
OF course one does not expect much
liveliness down at Fort Benton, the for
mer head of navigation, but it is re-
ported that an electrical storm went
on a spree down there the other even
ing. After knocking down a few tele-
phone and telegraph poles by way of
getting started, it made a tour of the
town, cleaning clothes from clothes
lines, upsetting outbuiIdings and alto
gether acting in a way that was more
suitable to a Halloween performance
in a hustling town. 1t wound up so
they say, by striking the house of w.
d. McFarlane and entering it in a fell
onious and unlawful manner. 1t passed
down the chimney, leaving at the cell
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Death of Twins.

Great Falls, July 1.-THE twin
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. Max Ger
son of Fifth avenue south died on Sat
urday evening of infantile commissions.
They We're three months old. The
funeral was held from the house on
Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
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Stock Sold.

Great Falls, July 17.-This week at
Fort Benton, L. D. Pugsley of CHOW
coulee sold his entire outfit of stock.
sheep, horses. ranches, farming imple-
ments, wagons, etc, to company re-
Gently organized by J. V. Carroll, ]. w.
Huse, D. w. Templeton, c. II. Rag
land, Charles H. Boyle, G. w. Moore
and others at the lump price of $4,000.
The number Of sheep was about 1900
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huT't Ike baby. A second bullet Killed.
him.
Mrs. Mary Doyle has concluded a
visit of several months with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Richard Bennett, and has left
for her home at Grand Forks.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. S. Mcclure have
been called to st. Louis by a telegram
announcing the serious illness of Mrs.
McClures mother.
F. D. Smith is mail clerk on the Mel
hart run, succeeding w. r. Weeks, re-
signed
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testimony concluded the case for the
plaintiff and court adjourned for the
day.
A motion for non-suit will be made
and argued this morning.
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Wants No Log Rolling
With Regents.
HE INSPIRES CONFIDENCE
CHATS WITH OFFICERS AND
FRIENDS OF UNIVERSITY.
Belief That the Cornell Professor
Will Accept the Presidency of
the Institution at
Berkeley.

DR.. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president
elect of the University of California, ar
rived in the city from New York early
yesterday morning and attended ses-
sion Of the regents in the afternoon. He
will be in and about San Francisco for
week or ten days and during that time
will acquire facts concerning the uni
versity and ascertain what views the
regents hold regarding the future man
agement of the institution. He may run
down to Los Angeles and pass a day with
the school teachers there assembled. Next
Sunday he will be the guest of Mrs.
Hearst at her country home near Liver
more. She arrived in the city yesterday
but did not attend the regular session Of
the board of regents.
During the forenoon yesterday DR..
Wheeler met several of the regents at
their respective offices. He chatted for
considerable time with General Barnes,
Judge Wallace, Arthur Rodgers, Judge
Waymire and Judge Slack. 1t is readily
acknowledged by the regents that Pro-
fessor Wheeler is an impressive and in
spring man. General Barnes fancies that
with the Cornell professor. Before his
present visit ends DR.. Wheeler will in
form the regents whether he will accept
or decline the presidency of the uni
versity. In the minds of the regents there
Is hardly doubt of his acceptance, but
he desires to talk over affairs personally
with each member Of the board. OF course
these conversations will be in the nature
of heart to heart talks" for the good
Of the cause of higher education on this
side of the continent. DR.. Wheeler is in
no sense destitute of that quality known
as personal magnetism and if he pursues
his plan of campaign, which contemplates
a personal interview with each regent,
he will surely capture the whole board.
In general conversation yesterday DR..
Wheeler remarked: MY requests placed
before the regents are by no means un-
usual I do not believe that there should
be any logrolling on the part Of any mem
order to hold his position. I think my
requests have in a measure been misun-
derstood 1 do not believe in wholesale
decapitations. It is not the question of
one mans place or even two mems places.
Politics should not enter into the question
at all. So long as politics govern ap-
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WILL UNDERTAKE THE
REFORM OF POLITICS
The Affiliated Republican Clubs Meet
to Effect a Permanent
OrpaniZation

OISdu1E6l1O1l.
Pursuant to the invitation of the eXecu-
tive committee, a large and enthusiastic
meeting of Republicans, under the aus
pices of the Affiliated Republican Clubs,
was held last evening at the Union League
clubrooms, Palace Hotel. A. o. Perkins
presided and Hamilton j. higgins acted as
secretary of the league.
The president stated the object OF the
meeting to be permanent organization, to
participate in the interests of pure poll
tics, and the selection of representative
Republicans for office at the coming etec-
ton. After an exchange of views from
the delegates Of the various clubs repre-
sented il was resolved that temporary
organization for the coming campaign be
effected.
On motion the president appointed
committee on temporary organization.
when a short recess was taken. The com
mittee submitted its report, recommending
that a finance committee of seven and
committee on constitution and bylaws
consisting of seven members be appointed.
both committees TO organize and report at
the next meeting.
The following gentlemen were appointed
the finance committee: w. G. Taffinder,
F. II. Robinson, A. o. Perkins, r. Luna,
William Oferman, NJ. +. Taylor, DR.. (.
Ford.
Committee on organization and bylaws:
CASTOR Straus, Morgan Backus, DR.. D. ".
McNeill, J. B. Desmond, P. D. Hayes, w.
]. Herrin. A. NJ. Currie.
On motion the secretary was instructed
to notify the affiliated clubs to send dele
gates to attend the next conference. The
meeting then adjourned, to meet again IN
Wednesday evening, July 10. at the Union
League clubrooms, Palace Hotel.
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MRS. B. MONTI MIXES
THINGS ON THE STAND
NAUGHTY WIDOWS TESTIMONY
CONTRADICTED.
Lewis Street Residents Tell of the
Unhappy Relations Existing
Between Mrs. Kopp and
Her Husband.

Mrs. Bertha Monti has a bad memory.
What she testified to on the stand in the
Kopp murder case she is apt to forget
less than thirty minutes later, thereby in
volving Judge, attorneys and herself in
much useless argument. Mrs. Monti tes-
titled yesterday morning that the only
time she had taken dinner with the muir
dered man was on the evening when Mrs.
Kopp had met them in the restaurant to-
gether, the self-Same evening that the
wife took his life because she wanted
Mrs Catherine Caganell, proprietress
of the restaurant where Kopp was dim
ing with Mrs. Monti on the fatal even
qnently with Kopp to dinner In fact,
ness learned to know them;
After Mrs. CaganelH left the stand
plain the testimony of the witness. Il
dined with Kopp many times, Mrs.
Monti said; but only once since Mrs.
Kopp's return from the East
Mrs. CaganeIli was recalled and posi-
tivelv testified that she had seen Kopp
and Mrs. Monti more than once and
more than twice durlagg ntg g3 the past month
The witnesses examined brought out
nothing new in regard to the unhappy rela-
tions existing between the murdered man
and his Wife Mrs. Minnie Dotterer, Mrs.
Burns, Mrs. Julia Vendome, Mrs. Marie
Carlo and Otto Carlo all related incidents
relative to the brutal fashion in which
Kopp was in the habit of addressing his
wife Mrs Nussbaum told how Mrs.
Kopp and the little girl Amanda had come
to her hungry, saying Kopp refused them
the necessary money & LOT 1000; DO iL ,
woman. testified that Kopp had acknowl-
edged to her that he was intimate with
Mrs Monti.
in and to-day at II Mrs. Kopp will take
the stand in her own behalf
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BENJAMIN IDE WHEELER.

pointments there will be no peace, no
quiet, no effective advancement.
General Barnes presided at the session
of the board yesterday. The Regents at
tending were: Hallldie, Denicke, Budd
Houghton, Wallace, Lieutenant Governor
Neff, Speaker Alden Anderson, Rodgers
Slack, Foote, Pardee and Barnes.
The board adopted the following reso-
luton:
Resolved, With the concurrence of
the president of the board. Governor
of the State and the Speaker of the
Assembly and the consent of the State
Board of Examiners that the Commit
tee on Audit and Finance is hereby
authorized and directed to advance
from that portion of the university one
cent fund set aside for permanent i'm
provementS, so much as may be neceS-
sary to make up any deficit that may
occur in the revenue of the university
for current expenses. and to report the
same from time to time to the board.
A communication from Professor VIII
liam Cary Jones was received. wherein
was offered a donation of $4,000 from Mrs
Cornelius B. Houghton, to be used as a
scholarship. Mrs. Houghton expressed
derived therefrom. The donation was ac-
cepted and the board rendered its thanks
to the donor.
Director Keeler recommended the ap-
pointment of three fellows at the Lick
Observatory, naming MeSsrs Coddington
Palmer, Rays. On motion of Regent Slack
the three gentlemen named were appoint
ed at q salary of 500 per year.
Dr. Pardee moved that General Barnes
be made chairman of the Lick Observa-
tory Committee. The motion was carried
unanimously.
The board adjourned to meet next Tues
day, July IS, at / p. m, and confer with
DR.. Wheeler.
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BUCKLEY CLUB.
The Twenty-Eighth District On the
City's Democracy.

To the wise political district club meet
ings are political barometers. At the reg
ular weekly meeting last evening of the
Buckley Democratic Club No. 1 Of the
Twenty district, the first speaker,
Clitus Barbour, addressed an audience
that filled the hall, Mr.. Barbour being the
first speaker. He spoke in the ready and
eloquent style characteristic Of him, and
spoke in a automatically general way on
the origin and destiny of Democratic
clubs. He said nothing about the factional
quarrels of the Democracy, but the bur
der Of his forcible speech was that the
Democracy should become united again
through the agency OF the new primary
law and that the defeated ones at the
primary election, whoever they We're,
should get in and take their medicine,
whatever 1t was, as administered by the
Democratic municipal convention, and so
help out party unity. The interest and sig
ntfCance of this speech, which Mr.. Bar
bour has made, in effect before other
Buckley clubs within a few days, arises
largely from the fact that he has long
been a fierce opponent of Buckley and
a close supporter of Gavin McNab.
The other speakers of the evening were