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The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1900-04-06
Some Pertinent Statements Made
by Representative Sib|ey,
SENATOR WOLCOTT EULOGIZED
Events Prove His Position on the Money
Question Correct-The Democratic
Party Is Wrong on Every
Proposition Honest
Efforts Discredited.

In letter to the Hon. /. N. Stevens,
Joseph c. Sibley makes the following
pertinent statements:
"The fight for bimetallism should
have been won in 1896, but for the pres
encs at Chicago of great number of
people, all Of the same mind, and so
sure Of success that they determined,
not alone to settle the money question,
but to abolish or regulate every other
evil, imaginary or real, that is incident
to the body polite. We were appeal
ing, not alone to the intelligent public
opinion, regardless of party, which was
united upon the money question, but
we determined to cater to every disor-
ganized force Of human society, and the
result was the introduction of new is
sues, which could not command the con-
servative people Of the nation in their
support.
"The truest friend of bir.etallism, as
events have proved, the man with the
clearest vision, and the wisest counselor
on this topic, has been hooted and
jeered at for holding opinions upon this
subject contrary to the opinions formu-
lated by the Democratic party. If any
man could have saved the cause of BIZ
metalllsm, that man is Senator Wolcott
Events have demonstrated the correct
ness Of his expressed views. The honest
effort made by the monetary commits
sion, consisting of Messrs. Wolcott, Ste
venson and Paine, to promote an inter
national agreement, was discredited by
Democrats who should have hoped for
and helped it's success
II will only add by saying that the
Democratic party can be wrong on one
issue, and then can hardly hope to win
in the face of the magnificent prosperity
Of the present. but when it gets wrong
on every proposition and sits down IN
front Of the Car of progress, it will af-
forwards be distinguished by the large
grease spot it leaves on the highway of
life. X \ \ Gen. Warner CA. j. and
myself are in thorough accord. We
agree in the opinion that the cause is
hopeless, and unite in the fact that the
marvellous increase in the worlds prod
uct of gold makes it no longer an over
shadowing issue. y We agreed
that the usefulness of the American
Bimetallic League had ended, and the
office, so far as we are concerned, closed
forever"
Thus the genuine silver men, the pio-
neers in the cause, have quit, while the
pseudo political howlers keep up a pre-
tense of zeal.
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Magnificent Trains to Be Put On
the Northern Pacific.
THE "N0RTH COAST LIMITED"
New and important Departure in the
Passenger Train Service in the
Northwest-All Modern Con-
veniences for the Tra,-
cling Public.

Modern travel is exacting It expects
the finest in everything, and it usually
gets it. The people of the northwest
section of the United States are no ex-
ception to the rule, and. so far, at least,
as concerns the train service between
Chicago, st. Louis and the Twin Cities
st. Paul and Minneapolis-th de-
mands of the public have been met in a
handsome manner by the railroads. 1t
is also true that the service on the lines
between st. Paul, Duluth and the Pa
cific coast has been reasonably good for
a number of years.
The year 1900 is, however, to witness
a new and important departure in the
passenger train service in the northwest
and this is all the more noteworthy, as
it has only been 43 years since Selah
Chamberlain of Cleveland, Ohio, COM
menced the construction of the first rail
road grade in the state of Minnesota
1t is also well to bear in mind that
in the United States, where the cost of
railroad travel is less than in any other
country, the finest passenger accommo-
dations in the world are to be found to-
day. The man of means and leisure
may, at inconceivably short notice,
transfer himself and his family and ser
wants to a fiat, private residence or a
family mansion-whateve you wilton
trucks, just as he moves from city fiat
or residence to lake cottage in the
summer, and back again in the fall, and
then go securing over the country at
forty, fifty or sixty miles an hour if he
wants to. He can stop when and where
and as long as he pleases, and have with
him continually his kitchen, dining
room, bed room, library and sitting
room-in a word, his home; and what
the man of wealth may thus do ON a
large scale if he desires, the person of
moderate means practically enjoys
whenever he wants to travel, in connec-
tion with others, for moderate and
reasonable price. 1t is fairly well un-
derstood now by the travelling public at
large that the best passenger train ac-
commodation in the northwest is equal
if not generally superior to the most
luxurious passenger trains to be found
on the eastern lines
The Northern Pacific Railway was
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1900-04-06
THROUGH THE VALLEY OF FLINT
News Notes and Personal Items Gathered b,
Our Correspondent.
"A Batch of Paragraphs Pertaining t,
People and Places in the Valley.
Happenings the Past Week.
From Our RequiuT CORRESPONDENT,

From Our Regular Correspondent.
Hall, Montana, April s.
Our ranchers are all busy seeding and
blowing
Mrs. Fred Herring returned to her
home Monday.
Mr. E. A. Cralle made a trip to the
valley this week.
Bert Pinnie went to Phllipsburg on
the train Monday.
We had our first thunder shower
Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Duncan Dingwall of New Chi
cago went to Missoula Saturday.
John d. McRae came over from Ana
conda on the train Wednesday on q
visit.
An observing person can almost see
the grass grow since the shower on
Tuesday.
Miss Jessie Thorp stopped over night
at A. Linkelpaughs, on her way from
Missoula to Philipsburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Supernaw of Granite
visited with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gaskill one day this week.
Presiding Elder Frank Miller came
from Philipsburg Wednesday morning
and is visiting in the valley the remain
der of the week. He will hold services
at the Hall school house Saturday
evening and also Sunday morning and
at New Chicago Sunday afternoon.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1900-04-06
Dewey for President.

The New York World announces that
Admiral Dewey will be candidate for
the presidency on the Democratic ticket.
In an interview several days ago Mr..
Dewey Is quoted as saying:
"Since studying this subject l am
convinced that the office of president is
not such very difficult one to fill his
duties being mainly to execute the laws
of congress. Should l be chosen for this
exalted position [ will execute the laws
of Congress as faithfully as | have al
ways executed the orders of my supe-
riOrS. "
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1900-04-06

The following question has been sub
mitted to US during the week: 'If it
took the Democratic party 115 years to
find out that they always believed in
and advocated municipal ownership, how
long will it take them to put it into
practlce?" We have struggled with this
puzzle long time and are compelled to
give it up, and have decided to offer a
prize to the party furnishing the best
answer before the next issue of this
paper. Montana Sentinel.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1900-04-06
Disgrace to the City.

Those who happened to be on the
streets about 10 o'clock Sunday evening
had the opportunity of witnessing dis
graceful spectacle. Two men engaged
in mortal combat on the sidewalk in
front of M. E. Doe Co. S drug store and
bruised each other up in a shameful
manner. The fight lasted fully fifteen
minutes. Bystanders interfered when
one of the contestants called out that he
had enough. No arrests were made.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1900-04-06
To Survey Government Lands.

Proposals for executing government
surveys of townships and 6, range /;
west, will be received up to 12 O'Clock
noon, April IA, by E. W. Beattie U. S.
surveyor general at Helena, Mont
The lands to be surveyed are agricultu
raj and situated in Granite county. At
tention is directed to the advertisement
OF the Commissioner of the General
Land office, which appears elsewhere in
the Mail.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1900-04-06
PRICE: $500 A YEAR.

the first projected trans-continental
line 1t has five important eastern ter
minals-namely, st. Paul Minneapolis,
Ashland, Superior and Duluth; three
western erminals-Saa,tle, Tacoma and
Portland. When the Northern Pacific
entered the field some sixteen or seven
teen years ago, as a trans-continental
line it worked a revolution in passenger
train service by the introduction of din
ing cars which We're then and are now
carried between St Paul, Mimi, and
Portland Ore, on all of its trans conti-
mental trains. For several years the
Northern Pacific has spent enormous
sums in shortening it's road, substitu-
ting heavy rails for light ones revising
it's grades and curves, widening it's en-
bankments, ballasting its track, filling
in trestles replacing wooden with steel
bridges, constructing heavier and more
powerful engines and building new and
attractive statirns. The result is line
modern and up to date in every respect.
The scenic features along the line of
the Northern Pacific are we'll known.
Without referring in detail to the Won
ders of the Yellowstone National Park,
first made known by the completion Of
the Northern Pacific Railway, on no
trans-continental line does the average
of unusual, varied, striking, attractive
scenery run so high, and on no other
line is it so evenly distributed, for it
must be borne in mind that the North
ern Pacific main line was const ucted
through the only settled portion of the
northwest.
A new schedule is to go into effect ON
this line April 20 next, and this sched-
ule will make a distinct advance in
northwestern railroading. Waiting un-
til the fullness of time had come, until
the field was ripe for the sickle, it has
had constructed for it a trans-continen-
tai train, or rather ten trains, to speak
more accurately, that take advantage
of all modern improvements, both in
luPdS anu COLSGIuCtlDH, Oh runway Car
builders. In addition to the regular
trains now running, and which will be
continued on practically the present
time card, new train, which will be
known as the North Coast Limi ed"
will be put into service on the date men,
toned.
These trains will be hauled by ten
wheeled Schenectady engines, weighing,
exclusive of tender 1000 pounds, or
| so tons. Each engine has six driving
wheels, the diameters of which are
either sixty-nine or seventy three
inches, or as high as "a tall man, and
will carry the train nearly twenty feet
at each revolution of the wheels. The
steam pressure carried is 200 pounds to
the square inch, which will enable these
monsters to pull the heavy train at a
high speed, even eighty miles an hour,
if necessary. The fir box, or furnace,
which supplies the heat that generates
this great pressure is nine feet long, six
feet high and five feet wide. The ten
der will contain nine tons of coal and
4, $50 gallons of water when starting on
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1900-04-06
Their Fifteenth Wedding Anniversary.

Mr.. and Mrs. Josiah Shull entertained
number of friends at their home on
Montgomery street last evening" The
occasion was the fifteenth anniversary
of their marriage. The evening was
spent in playing progressive games, af-
ter which delicious refreshments were
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1900-04-06
Notice to Teachers.

The next regular examination for
teachers certificates will be held at my
office in the court house. Friday and
Saturday, April 20 and 81.
Mary E. Smith, Supt of Schools.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1900-04-06

The trimming on Easter bonnets is said
to be much less than usual this year, but
the trimming Of the prices of the MILL
ners has been overlooked.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-05-19
Eight Hundred Irish Girls on One
Steamer.

Humor and pathOs were mingled
on the maiden voyage of the Gu
harder Ivernia, which reached New
York yesterday, for the first time,
from Liverpool and Queenstown,
saws Wednesdays New York Jour
nal. The vessel brought Isl cabin
passengers, but in the vast steer
ace quarters were 1,723 and still
there was room. OF this number
loo were women and children.
of Irish colleens there were fully
500. including 100 brides, who,
with their husbands, were bound
for the New World to seek homes,
The pathos was in the illness
and death of one Of the prettiest
girls on the ship, Katie Boyd, who
was taken i'll with diphtheria on
April IS, three days out of Queens
town.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-05-19

Not long ago a prominent citizen
of New Orleans went raging into
the electric light company's office
and declared that one of their
wires had killed pet tree on his
premises.
''The tree" said he, has been
standing there for twenty years,
and we regarded it as one of the
family. My children played under
it when they were babies, and it is
associated with some of the pleas
ATTEST memories of my life. When
it began to die we all mourned, and
we could not imagine what allied it
until yesterday, when | noticed
that wire was lying right across
a branch. My poor tree has been
electrocuted, and | feel as if mur-
der had been done III my house"
Considerably moved, the agent
of the company went to view the
scene of the tragedy, and found
the tree still dive, but feeble.
When he came to trace the wire,
he discovered one end nailed to
the roof of an old barn and the
other twisted around a discarded
pole. 1t had been cut off for at
least two years, but the occasion
demanded something, so he made
the following report:
''Tree alive, wire dead. Wire
evidently killed by the tree. Bill
enclosed.r-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-05-19
Memories.

1t was only little affair IN real
life, enjoyable TO bystanders at the
Union depot.
"Ah. Well, well, what a sur
prise. But you have only changed
trlfle, and that for the better. Let
me see. Eight years ago, wasn't
1t? You were Hattie and was
Tom. How time fiies.'
He was tall, handsome, had a
good face and dressed right ap to
date. The same general description
would cover her appearance, and
their four hands were clasped with
out either appearing to notice 1t.
aWhat a summer that was" he
went on. as he swung ber hands cor
daily and looked down into a blush
ing face. 81 often recall 1t as one
OF the happlest memories of my
life."
"You made 1t very pleasant for
me. There we're so few people
there, and none congsnlal till you
came. | often tell Fred about II
but he's such tease.
ssFrsd? Who's Fred?" and be
dropped one hand.
"Hs's-Fred. Pm married, you
know"
"By jove. Come to think of it, SC
am l." and he dropped the other
hand. Then they sat down and
talked lntelllgsntly OH different sub
iects till bis train was called.-De.
trolt Free Press.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-05-19
MR.. GATES TOOK A FANCY
TO HIM.
How One Boy Happens to be a
Travelling Man With $4,000
a Year for Expenses.

With an allowance of $25, 900 {
year as expense money, George &.
Scott of St Louis is touring the
world as the business representa-
tive of the American Wire and
Sleel company, of which John W.
Gates is general manager. Scott Is
only 25 years of age.
Mr.. Scott won the attention Of
John W. Gates when but mere
boy. Gates was then at the head of
the Southern Wire company, with
headquarters in st. Louis. He lived
next door 10 the SCOTS, ana knew
George as child. After he left
st. Louis the family acquaintance
was kept up.
Gates took fancy to the lad and
his favorable impression of him
never faded. Mt long ago he sent
TO St. LOUIS for George, and soon
the latter was an employee of the
immense steel works. His indivld
uaIity quickly asserted itself and
promotion was rapid.
Scotl's salary Is said to be
princely one, John w. Gates is
credited with never doing things
by halves, and accordingly his re-
preventative is under instructions
10 spare no cost in creating the
most favorable impression of the
magnanimlty and financial power
of the American Wire and Steel
company.-Cleveland Press.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-05-19
BASED ON MYTHICAL CLAIMS.
A Species of Swindle Which the
Government is P0Werless to
Prevent.

For some years past the Treasury
department has received from time
to time letters from all parts of the
country asking for information re-
gardlng large sums of money which,
1t is alleged, are on deposit IN the
Treasury department. awaiting dis
tributlons to heirs or persons of
great wealth In Europe and Amer
lea.
Among these noted claims is one
of the heirs of a man by the name
of De Haven, who is alleged to
have loaned the government of the
United States large sums Of money
during the Revolutionary war An
other well known case is that of the
Robert Morris estate, the heirs of
which, it is said, are entitled to re.
ceive from the government several
millions of dollars. The Durkes
claim also is well known in the de-
partment, and involves several mil
lions of dollars. The latest one ls
that OF the heirs OF Anneke JAMS,
who are said TO be entitled to re-
celve from the United States some
thing like 80 million dollars, which
sum, 1t is said, has baed received
from Holland and now awaits proof
of relationship.
1t is stated at the Treasury de-
partment that all of these claims
are spurious, and that they are
made the basis of confidence games
by agents who work upon the Gre
dullty OF the uulnformed. Agents
it is SAID, are selling bonds IN some
parts of the West to raise money to
prosecute these claims against the
government, realizing something
like $40 per $1,000 promised in
case OF success. The Treasury de-
partmeut is powerless to proceed
against these imposters. w ashiDg-
ton Post.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-05-19
From the New York Telegraph.

From the New York Telegraph.
When in a peculiar mood one
day the late Stephen J. Field sc
verely reprimanded Page Henry
Mccall for an Offense Of which the
page was innocent. But the mem
bers of the highest court III the
land could not be persuaded that
his course was not the correct one
Mccall felt humiliated, but he
says he was a little gentleman and
held his peace.
Later in the day Justice Field
sent for Mccall. "Come to my
house at Z o'clock this evening"
was all he said.
With mingled feelings of doubt
and despair the page called at the
Field residence at the time speci-
htu, NttS uSllClCu 1uIO tHC JuliSIS
library and told to hold the books
which Mr.. Field began, without
explanation or ceremony, to take
from the shelves. When the vet
eran lawyer had piled about fifteen
volumes into Page Nc Calls arms
he gruffiy remarked:
''Henry, I'm sorry for the way l
treated you to-day. | realize that
my conduct was unwarranted and
| beg your pardon. Here are some
choice books. Keep them as a
nucleus for your library. Keep
them, young man, and-keep your
temper, too, whatever you do!
Good night.'
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-05-19

Tie girl was at once isolated
and on the 21st it was whispered
about that she had died. No one
was allowed to see the body, which
was quickly sewed in canvas and
early the next morning poised on
the rail of the upper deck, while a
clergyman read the simple burial
service.
The gloom caused by this event
found a new channel in the grief of
Mrs. Katie Reagan, a buXOm ma
trOn of thirty, who was bound here
to join her husband. She had lost
her little boy, Pat, she said, and
had searched the entire steerage
for him. 1t was four days after
little Pats disappearance when the
chief engineer saw tiny figure on
the top grating of the engine room.
1t was little Pat. How he got
there or where he had spent the
four days he could not tell.
1t required all day nearly TO re
gister the immigrants at the Barge
Office. Some 500 of the Irish col
leens were bound for relatives in
New England. Two hundred re-
in New York and others
started for the West. The space
III front of the Barge Office was
crowded with friends and relatives
throughout the day.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-05-19
Whistled as They Died.

1t was the fourth day after the
late General Lawton's force had
left Manila on its dash into Lagu-
ma. They were approaching the
town of Paete, and squad of five
of Weissenberger's sharpshOOters,
men from the North Dakota regi-
ment. were working their way
through the bamboo ticket. 1t
had been the boast of the North
Dakotans that they had not as yet
lost no men in action.
Suddenly the squad received a
volley of fifty shots from an insur-
gent trench fifteen yards in front.
Two men were killed, one mortally
wounded, one slightly wounded,
and the fifth unhurt. He was
Slutland, big and red-cheeked. He
does not think he did anything re,
markable; but instead of running
he dropped behind rock, yelled
for assistance and emptied tht
chamber of his rifle into the enc
my He held his ground till as
sistance came, and then he Joined
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-05-19

in the charge of our line, which
emptied the trenches.
That night two North Dakota
men who knew that their wounds
were mortal were lying on cots
side by side.
"Let's smile and die game, Zone
said.
ave might as well whistle, too"
was the reply.
They whistled until their breath
gave out, and then they died smil-
ing.-New York World.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-05-19
Court House
Record.
r,,r.actions at the Parish
Capitol.
po.l Estate Deals Of the Past
Week.

r,o folIowine real estate trans,
,,,s have been recorded by the
- !, &c Court:
Ms Matilda Lourd ct ais to G.
= pourpet. . Lots of ground on
pobertson street; 500; l.. Il. Ken
aot notary.
rolix Patout to l.. p. Patout.
~ of ground on Main street;
alO19. p. L. RenOudet, notary.
Ms NJ T. Gates to Henry Kra-
nor Two lots of ground on ST..
p.,ors street: 5000: p. i. RenOu-
aot notary.
yo,orv Lemaire to Numa Dugas.
&c oround hnun1pU mort In
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-05-19
An $50. 900 cotton mill will b,

An $4,000 cotton mill will be
built at Gonzales Tex, that
amount of money having been
subscribed by the citizens of the
place for the purpose. The mill
will be purely local and co-opeia,
tive enterprise. II. Fl. Hargrove,
Of the Picayune was Its instigator.
Jennings Record.