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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-08-08
Chinese We're RepuIsed.

Washington, Aug. 6.-lnterest in
the Chinese situation was intensified
this morning by the receipt OF two
dispatches from naval officers at Che
Foo repeating unofficial but appar-
entity reliable reports uf active and
extensive hostilities between the al
lied forces and the Chinese, on the line
between Tien Tsin and Pekin. The
dispatches indicate Enthusiastically
that the relief column has started in
earnest and that it is meeting with
determined opposition. Although
neither of the dispatches mentions the
presence of American troops in the
reported engagement it is generally
assumed at the war department that
at least part OF General Chaffee's
small army took an active and ag-
gressive part in the affair. The dis
patches are as follows;
Taussig's:
"Che Foo, Aug. G.-Bureau OF Nav
igation, Washington: The British
ship Fame reports an engagement at
Peit Sang, Sunday morningfrom 3to
1890 n. IL.
"The allied loss, in killed and
wounded amounted to 1900, chiefly
Russians and Japanese. The Chinese
are retreating.
(Signed) "Taussig."
Admiral Remey's:
'Che Foo, Aug. G.-Burcau of Nav
igation, Washington: Official report,
believed to be reliable, states that
about 10000 allies heavily engaged
the Chinese at Peit Sang at daylight
on the fifth.
(Sigred) "Remey."
Taussig, who signed the first dis
patch, is in command of the York
town, which Is at Che Foo.
According to the infoI nation in
possession of the war department the
town Of Peit Sang is at the head OF
tide water on the Pei Ho river, be-
tween II and II miles by road beyond
Tien Tsin. 1t is village ofmud huts
of considerable size but not walled.
The river at this point is not navi-
gable by anything larger than a good
sized steam launch and it is thought
that the troops probably reached
there in small boats towed by naval
launches. The country along the
river between Pekin and Tien Tsin is
low alluvial plain, almost impassa-
BILE for wheeled vehicles In the wet
season and under quite high state
OF cultivation. 1t presents no natural
defensive features and the war de.
partment knows no strategic reason
why the Chinse should have made a
stand there, rather than at any other
of the dozen villages east OF the wall
ed town OF Tung Chow, where is
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-08-08

Billings, Mont, Aug G.-Thc wool
market opened for this wccl, with an
improved condition this morning.
The sales OF the past few days have
been slow aud dun, but they started
out much better today. \ number
of the clips of the new owners will hc
On the market this week. As higb as
lG cents was offered for one clip this
morning, but the grower refused 10
sell. IL IL n fine clip and Il lis thought
IL will bring II better price by hold
ing it Il week Dr two.
Sales up To noon were: Doing. 1O..
600 pounds nj lI% cents to j. Kosh.
land d CO.; Raider, 1000 pounds al
l3H cents To llnrris John Heidc -,
600 pounds at l51 cents To Harris.
Up To date over 100000 pounds
have been sold, consigned or shipped
to order from this point. There ara
still between 2.0OO,000 and 5000. OOC
pounds in the two warehouses and
over one million pounds en- route
from Dillon, Fergus county points
md the west. This insures n market
OF mt least lO,JOO,OOO pounds for thl.
city.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-08-08
Wounded and Refugees Arrive.

San Francisco, August 6.-With
her decks crowded with blue jackets,
marines, ex-soldiers Of the Ninth in
iantry and refugees, the United States
transport Logan, from Taku via
japan, was allowed TO dock today,
after passing quarantine. There
were men, women and children on
the vessel direct from Tientsin who
had escaped from the mobs of Boxers
and the imperial Chinese troops.
Nearly all OF the passengers in the
cabin had felt the effects OF a
siege and had been in the Chinesecity
when it was threatened by the celes-
tial fighters, and the refugees were
more than glad to get batk to civil
ization. Among them were DR.. Diff
fendorfvr and Mrs. Mcintosh, who
were I'm the mill at Tientsin where
the Chinese were held at bay before
the relief came through.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-08-08

Billings, August 3.-But little was
done In the wool market today, ow-
ing to the fact that there was de-
lay in getting samples from the cars
and the absence OF growers. Less
than hundred Thousand pounds
were sold. The buyers anticipate n
good day tomorrow. Several OF
them want considerable more wool
and are not backward about suying
so. The only sales were: o. l.. Cru
well. $4,000 pounds at 13 cents 10
Jeremiah Williams X Co.; c. o. Cru
well, $4,000 pounds at 14I cents to
Francis Wiley & Co., and Jeremiah
Williams < Co.; II. Molt, Gj,00O
pounds to Bach, Becker K Co. II.
o. Molt consigned bis clip Of 1000
pounds to Justice Bateman & Co.
and Dewey Gould Il Co.; J. G.. Frazier
%. 900 pounds to j Koshland & Co.;
X. NJ. Hatch, $4,000 pounds, also W.
B. Cooley, $1,000 pounds toC.J. Webb
Il Co.; G. NJ. Blair, 1000 pounds Ia
Bach, Becker & Co.; B. Is. Elliott,
10000 pounds to Dewey, Gould &
Co.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-08-08
Ministers Tn Route 10 Tientsin

London, August I, 1 a. ma
Shanghai special, dated August g.,
says:
"Li Hung Chang has officially in
formed the consuls that theministers
left Pekin for Tientsin last Friday,
August ., with General Lu in com
mand OF the escort. The consuls
here are by no means disposed to
credit Earl Lis statement"
All other reports that have reach
ed London up to this hour indicate
that the ministers have not left
Pekin.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-08-08
Dissolution of Partnership.

The co-parnership heretofore existing be-
tween l.. T., Schneider and Hermann Flciaer,
under the name and style of Schneider X Flei-
net Is hereby dissolved by mutual consent.
All debts due said firm must be paid TO i. g.
Schneider, and claims against the late firm
must be presented to him for settlement.
Dated July IL, 1900.
HERMANN FLElNER.
+. q. SCHNEIDER.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-08-08

Falls Innrkct today, that one being
II clip pf 2l0,OOo pounds belonging tO
the Sage Creek Sheep company, oi
which l.. III. Hamilton j. president.
This lot was bought by A. T.. Mny,
for jeremiah Williams x Co., nj Isl
cents. The receipts at the wool wnrc
house mp To the present time have
been in ilc ncighhOrhood ot 9.uW,pJu
pounds ami one million pounds more
i'cNpcctcd in by wagons before the
season ends.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-08-08

Billings, August i.-Thr wool mar
k't wns the quiotcst to-day that it
has been since il opeucdnWonthago.
Only one clip was sold and That n
small one, 1t being Cowan Bros l5.-
Ooo pounds at ~ cents 10 Harris.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-08-08
where II VIII Keen.

When the returns are counted next
November, the Democrats would do
well 10 put their handsome minority in
the cold storage warehouse owned and
operated by the Tammany ice trust.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-08-08
II. II. Lytle rejected all bids for his

clip Of 1000 pounds.
There was n great variety IN the
clips offered in both weight and nnc-
ness. One clip from Shropshire year-
lings. will average net much over
five pounds 10 the fleece, while the
Gray tleeccs were the heaviest.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-08-08
Special Dispatch to the standard.

Special Dispatch to the standard
Billings, Aug 3.-Only two wool
sales and two cOnsignments were
made today, although several other
clips were put on the market. The
sales were:
c. o. Gruwell, $4,000 pounds at lI%
cents to Francis Wiley & Co. aud
jeremiah Williams & Co.
e. o. Gruwcll, 5000 pounds at 1II
cents, to jeremiah Williams 4 Co.
and Harris.
The conslgnments were.
Z. l. Moule, lOO, 900 pounds at l2c ad-
vance, to Justice, Bateman Il Co.
Tintlnger, $4,000 pounds at l2Ic
advance, to j. Koshland & Co.
Great Falls, August 4.-The wool
buyers went to Fort Benton yester-
day and while there practically
cleaned up that market and will not
go down again.
Eight clips, aggregatiag 100000
pounds. were sold, at prices aversg.
ing a trifle over AK cents, the range
OF prices being from l3k to l6 cents;
and offers for 1000 pounds, in two
clips, were rejected. The following
sales were made:
To j. Koshland & Co., OF Boston
represented by T. S. Barraclough: T.
Price 10000 pounds at l3k cents; f.
Huffman, $1,000 pounds at l3h cents
j. o. Patterson, $4,000 pounds at II
cents.
To +. W. Thayer, representing
whitman. Farnsworth & Thayer, o
Boston: T. Lindsey, $4,000 pound'
at II cents; Ed. Relchelt, GO,0Ot
pounds at II cents; George WachelIn
Il, 900 pounds, at lJla cents.
To f. S. May. representing Jere
miah Williams X Co., Of Boston:
Tom Meredith, 80, 900 pounds, AT lj&
cents.
To F. II. Putnam, representing
Hecht, Liebmann & Co., of Boston
NJ. C. Price, 1000 pounds, at 49,
cents.
William Gray declined an offer o
l5k cents for his clip Of $4,000
pounds, averaging more than ninc
and probably ten pounds per fleece.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-08-08

Great Falls, Aug. G.-But one clip
oi wool was placed upon the Great
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-08-08
Chinese Troops COntesting Every Inch of Ground
But the Foreign Troops Defeat Them
and Push Forward With Deter
n1naton to the Rescue.
WOUNDED OF THE NINTH INFANTRY REACH HOME
Lii Hung Chang Reports That Foreign ministers and
Legationers Have Been Sent From Pekin
to Tentsin. .==AH Foreign Troops
Joined i'm Advance.
mination to the Rescue.

stored IN immense amount of pro-
visions upon which the city of Pekin
would have to depend In case of II
siege.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-08-08

Try Red Top high ball at the Sill
yer Dollar.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-08-08

Try - Red Top high ball at the sill.
yer Dollar,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-10
Two Women Posted
On London Stock
Exchange.

1t is reported from London that
two women clients of wellknown bro
kers have been posted on the Stock
Exchange, the brokers requesting
other brokers to communicate with
them before carrying cut any tran
sactions with the women, who were
declared to be unreliable.
/ One of TIE women is Lady Eliza
beth BERTHE, sister of the Earl OF
Lindsey, one of the oldest peers in
England; the other is a Mrs. Man
by, whose antecedentS are little
known.
1t appears that they specuIated
heavily, especially in Rands, and
when the /" slump" ceme they were
unable to meet their losses. Mrs.
Manly is said to be the instigatOr
of the business.
Neither of the women had any
large amount of money, but they
were dazzied by the prospects OF
making fortune easily, and sue
ceeded in getting introduced to some
brokers, who, on the strength of the
ancient name of Lindsey, gave them
a free hand without making any in,
veStigatiOns.
The subsequent action of posting
their clients names gave rise to
considerable criticism, as it is an un'
precedented action, and in the Street
the brokers were almost as much
blamed as the women for allowing
matters to reach such stage.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-10

movement, under the immediate
command of General Warren, failed
slgnally, and general withdrawal
OF the British forces south of the
Jugela was the immediate result.
Geueral Buller's dispatches suggest
that, just as be held Long directly
responsible for the Colenso failure.
hec onSiders,th an unnamed officers
abandonment of Splon Kop was the
immediate cause of his latest defeat.
LadySmith has now been closely
invested for eighty eight days. A
despatch from reliable correspon-
dent received in London just before
the siege began said there were pro-
visions and ammunition enough to
LAST three months. That limit is
nov being reached.
Sir George Whites fate and that
ofSome eight thousand gallant men.
who have withstood heavy bombar-
dement, repelled two hard pressed
attacks and made two successful
sorties, With the grim spectre of fe-
yer stalking in their midst, hangs in
the balance. Will the British au-
thorities relieve White of the odium
OF surrender, or will he be left to
follow a soldiers instinct and attempt
to cut his way out of Ladysmithg
London military critics have for
some time past been contending that
White has practically been sacrifi-
ced for political reasons, that he was
ordered to hold Dundee if possible
and LadySmith at all hazards becau-
Sc of Natalian exigencies. German
military critics have not minced
words in their strictur9s upon plan
of campaign, in which military re-
quirements were made Subservient
to political wire pulling.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-10

posing a tax of 500 on every dog
owned n France for which practical
use cainot be proved by its proprie-
tor. Hany Deputies will support
the bill.
Jeai Jaures, tie Socialist leader,
is the originator of the idea, preach
ing CONSTANTLY that when people
everywhere are dying of hunger,
When bread, wine and every neces;
sary f life are taxed to the limit, to
own q pet dog and keep him at great
expense of time and money is sha-
mefuEy cynical; that it is an absur.
dity that each owner of pet dog is
not t lred enough to maintain one
pauper child in comfort in some
clean, cheerful State institution.
Millevoye's project, Jaures ad-
mits, is more practical.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-10
Standard Oil And SUI
gar Trusts Fight
Free Trade For
Puerto Rico.

The Standard Oil and Sugar
Trusts are the two poaoerful infiuen-
ces which are working to prevent
free trade with Puerto Rico. Pre-
sident Nc. Kinley in his annual
message to Congress recommended
the granting of this privilege to the
island, as it had enjoyed practically
similar advantages under Spanish
rule.
The President held that the in
duStries of Puerto Rico must be fos--
tered in every way to keep the peo-
pie content and to demostrate 20
them the benefcence of American
government.
The Sugar Trust is fighting the
freetrade idea because sugar from
Puerto Rico Would be admitted du-
ty free to the United States. This
would practically amount to boun-
ty for the growers of that island.
The Sugar Trust lobbyists argue that
if Porto Rican sugar is admitted du.
ty free the product of Cuba must be
given the same advantage, and that
with the cheap labor of the two is
lands the sugar industry of the Uni
ted Stated will be annihilated.
1t is asserted that it is the inten-
ton of the President to establish free
trade with the islands to show the
natives of Cuba in particular that
they will prosper under the admins
tration of the United States and to
influence them to give up the Idea
of ultimate independence.
The Standard Oil Trust is oppos-
ing the granting of free trade to
Puerto Rico because it has an enor-
nous stock of oil stored there on
which it paid duty. With free ira
de other shippers can send oil there
and sell at a lower rate than the
Standard Oil Company.
President Nc Kinley's pledges to
Puerto Ricans of the fullest autono-
mist government is likely to be de-
feated by the bill providing for the
government of the island. The bill
plans to permit the natives to elect
the lower house OF the Assembly, but
the Senate shall be appointed by the
President of tie United States, and
the Governor General of the island
is to be member of the upper house
and will possess the power of veto.
All.acts are subject finally to the
veto of the President of the United
States.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-10
Salient Features OF
The TranSVaal
War.

The war in South Africa has now
lasted liz days.
The British have lost in killed,
wounded and missing at least 5000
men.
A conservative estimate places
tile Boer losses at 1000.
In Pretoria there are upward OF
$500 British prisoners at Cape
Town there are 500 Boer prisoners.
At Nicholson's Mex about 500
British officers and men and two
thirds of mountain battery were
captured, and some $50 prisoners
and two guns fell into the hands of
the Beers at Stormberg. Eleven
guns were also taken by the Beers
at ColensO.
The British plan of campaign of a
triple advance has failed at every
point.
General Butler suffered serious
repulse at COlenso on December. 18th
In bis official report to the War
Office he intimated THAT if Colonel
Long had not neglected the proper
precautions he General Butler had
ordered him to take the result might
have been different.
Buffers campaign received It's
coup degrace last week. A fianking
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-10
French Notes.

The conviction of the Assumptio-
mist Fathers is believed to. be the
beginning of a Government campa-
ign against reactionary clericaliSm.
The Order Of the Assumptionists
is remarkable Cor the ascetic life of
its members. This, with its large
revenues, has permitted the accumu-
lation of great wealth which, accord
ing to 1he Government Supporters
has Leen mainly used to undermine
the Republic. They have decided
to appeal against their conviction.
An outburst of protests in the
Radical press has been caused by
what looks like the apparent lack of
tact on the part of Cardinal Richards,
the Archbishop of Paris, in visiting
the Fathers and expressing his So
'rrow at their conviction. The Ra-
ideals demand that the Government
take action against Cardinal Ri
chards for his overt Identification
with so-called illegal associations.
Some newspapers even use the
incident as a lever in favor Of the
separation Of Church and State.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-10
Civil
Pensions.

The bill for the Reorganization and
improvement of the Weather Bu-
reau, which includes provision for
pensioning disabled and aged en-
ployes of the service, received a
black eye in the House. The mea-
sure was bitterly fought by the op-
ponents of civil pension rolls on ac-
count of its life tenure provision,
and it was sidetracked on test
vote BY 81 to 73. Although the
Speaker ruled that it rem aimed unr
finished business when the House
was again in Committee of the
Whole, the opponents Of the mea.
sure believe this action kills it.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-10
Minister OF Finances Opposition ToIOp=
POSITIONS Proposal To Increase OCtrOi
Dues Creates Widest Excitement.
POLICE CALLED TO CLEAR THE ROOM.
New York, February 10th 1900.

Dispatches from Madrid that at the session held
Yesterday by the Chamber of Deputies Mr. Fernandez VI
averde the Minister of Finances strongly opposed himself
to the proposal introduced by the opposition to increase
the octroi dues. .
Mr. Vilaverde empharically declared that he would
tender his resignation it the measure was carried
This declaration created great excitement amcng the
opposition who reproached Viaverde for his Obstinate
attitude
Finally the vote was taken and M resulted in tie,
A large number of Deputies belonging to the majority
voted against the Minister.
AS soon as the result of the vote was known, the
excitement became greater than
From all parts Of the Chamber the noise and the screa
ming were deaenng and the public in the trbune also oi
ned in the uproar.
The President of the Chamber being enable to res
re order the police called in to guard the lobbeS
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-10
JOubert'S Words
Come True.

Gen. JOubert, the Commander-in
Chief of the Boer armies, is neither
a prophet nor the son of a prophet.
He is a soldier.
But in letter to q friend in Ber-
lin, written Oct. % sixteen DAYS af-
ter hostilities began Joubert wrote
some prophecies that the events of
every day verify.
Said he, in part:
We depended solely on Oursel-
yes, improved our means of defense
and tried to keep the English in the
dark as to our zeal preparations.
8 With this object in view we
gave their disguised spies access to
our antiquated guns and artillery,
but were very careful to conceal
from them our modern artillery. Our
calculations proved correct. The
English public credited these mislea-
ding reports.
"Their cry /" To Pretoria ~ is on
level of intelligence with the Pa
risian cry of 1870. &" A Berlin! I"
The scene OF the war will cover
Natal and Cape Colony, an area of
say 700 kilometres. Our own camp
is protected by theree mountain ran
ges, and 500 men are amply sufficl-
ent for is protection. Our methods
of communication are excellent
The outDOsts have command of and
facilities for destroying provisions in
case their position becomes untena-
BILE.
ga war of defense, of which we
need not think for a considerable
time, would present far greater ali
vantages than an offensive war. We
are at home in the highlands Of the
TranSyaal and the Orange Free
State.
.'The British will have to contest
every step under inconceivable diff
culties, and must be prepared at ev-
cry moment to fight on two or three
fronts.
"Then will begin guerrilla war,
which the British will not be able to
endure.
",Already we have $4,000 men in
the field. So we do not need tC
calculate upon rising of the Bo-
erS in Cape Colony and Natal. Ne
vertheless, if the British STIR up the
natives and employ them to fight US
"a rising of the whole of Afrikander
dom is certain"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-10

Two women both belonging to
good society have fought a duel at
Marseilles. One was Greek and the
other French.
One newspaper giving an account
Df the affair, says that both married
The same man, both loving him and
neither was willing to denounce him
for prosecution. After firing each
five times the French woman was
wounded slightly in the leg.
Women duels are more common
than is generally supposed especially
within the last ten years.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-10
BOer Despatch States British Re-
tired Across TugGla On
The Eighth.
New York, February 10th, 1900.

telegram from the Boer headquarters. at Ladysmith
states that the British retired the Tugea River on
the eighth instant. &S
General Butler crossed the North of the Tugea River
on the 5th instant different phases after hot engage
ment
According the said despatch from Boer Headquar-
tors it looks now as the British had been compelled
tire from their positions the upper part of the Tu-
gea
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-10
Mutiny In Cairo.
New York, February 10th, 1900.

New York, February 10th 1900
place in that City.
No details are yet given
The above cabegrams belong ERcANTm and their
eproducion any will fifty dollars for each cable