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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-10-11

WAR is on between ex. Secretary Alper and
Genera! Miles, and they are stirring up the rot
ten beef till it stinks worse than ever.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-10-11

III the Populis.s must select another name,
what's the matter with the name Socialist?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-10-11

MISS HELEN LONG, daughter of S, cretary
Long, died last Saturday, of consumption
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-10-11

THE city of Topeka has "gone broke" and
must borrow money TO pay running expenses
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-10-11

RocKEFELLER has captured another bank
the National City, of New York
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-10-11

The employees of the cotton mills at Fall
River, Mass. are a strike.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-10-11

"A LEAvENwoRTH county man has sued for
divorce from his wife because she called him
hog
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-10-11

ALL of the saloons and ,ints of Wabaunsee
county have been CLOSED
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-10-11

delivered by William Mckinley only few
years ago"
The Republican ex-congressman looked
dazed, then hastily changed the subject.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-10-11

The Amtu If Afghanistan is d, M.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-10-11

SECRETARY Roof is on the sick list.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-10-11

Eat at the Red Light-south side.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-10-11

delivered by William Mckinney only few
years ago
The Republican ex-congressman looked
dazed, then hastily changed the subject.
THOSE Kentuckia will have their fun,
Several neighbors INDUCED in little scrap at
the Big Springs Union church last Sunday, and
six OF the participants were killed
AND now, Congressman Cholly Scott has the
gubernatorial bee in his bonnet Lieutenant
Governor Richter has been shelved for Scott
WAR is on between ex.Secretary Alper and
General Miles, and they are stirring up the rot
ten beef till it stinks worse than ever.
A LEAvENWoRTH county man has sued for
divorce from his wife because she called him
hog.
Ii the Populis,s must select another name,
what's the matter with the name Socialist?
THE city of Topeka has "gone broke" and
must borrow money 10 pay running expenses.
MISS HELEN LONG, daughter OF St cretary
Long, died last Saturday, of consumption.
The employees of the cotton mills a, Fall
River, Mass, are on a strike.
RocKEFELLER has captured another bank
the National City, OF New York
ALL of the saloons and ,ints of Wabaunsee
county have been closeu.
SECRETARY Roof is on the sick list
THE Amt,j If Afghanistan is Il, nj!
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-03-27

unprvileged and defamatory, exposed the
plaintiff to hatred. contempt ridicule and OBJ.
loquy, caused plaintiff to he stunned and
avoided and tended TO impeach the virtue and
reputation of plaintiff.
9. That the persons who read the article
printed and published as aforesaid understood
the same TO charge, and as being intended to
charge. plaintiff with having committed a
heinOus crime. to-wit: the crime of rape upon
a young girl. and with having immoral and
Illicit sexual relations and practices with said
girl, not the wife Of plaintiff, namely "a Girl
about fourteen years of age who lives with a
widowed mother in the vicinity of Philbrook, y
and that plaintiff was responsible for said girl
being pregnant with child and deserved 10 be
hung therefore.
e. That by means Of the said false and de-
famatory publication plaintiff was, and is dam
aged and injured in his reputation In the sum
of $500 Wherefore plaintiff demands ludg
ment against the defendant for the sum of five
thousand (j,0)O) dollars. as above stated, and
his costs herein expended.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-03-27
Price S Cents.

Second affair occurred In the middle
OF January on tho occasion OF the
Cars visit to the ceramic exhibition.
The would-be assassin forced his way
into the exhibition chamber but was
seized by the members Of the Cars
party. On being searched an explosive
bomb was found In his possession.
According to statistics compiled at
Washington last week the gross
amount OF gold in the treasury
amounted to SlN2,9l3,02s, compared
with s4lG,2l>, ,2O9 ut the same period
last year. These figures break all re-
cords. The increase in the gold hold
ings Of the department during the
year has been $GG, G,Gg4,Nll. At the de-
pnrtment IL is said the prospect is
that the gold holdings will continue
Ia increase at the rate OF probably
S5OUO,O00 II month until the new re-
yenpelaw goes into effect. Theamend-
mrnts to this law will reduce the
treasury receipts, il is thought. about
$4,000, 900 year, but Treasurer
Roberts thinks that this will only
serve to check the growth Of the gold
holdings. He does not believe that
the decrease In the receipts will di-
minisI the amount OF gross gold.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-03-27
NEWS or THE MGtk.
Items Of General Interest Condensed ior
the Busy Readers.

A Chinese official who has reached
Pekin from the provence Of Shensi
says the famine Is something terrible.
One woman was recently sold for n
pound Of bread.
The California Cured Fruit Associ-
alton has cornercd the entire prune
crop OF the state. All pruncs not in
the hands Of the association, some four
or five million pounds, have been
bought outright. The price paid was
less than association figures.
A report comes from Dallas, Texas,
that n prisoner by the name OF Hem
jerson, who Is In the jail there has
declared himself to hc the kidnapper
of young Cudahy of Omaha. He did
not give any particulars but says
young Cudahy will identify him.
According To the st. Petersburg
correspondent Of the Times, Count
LamdUrfi, the Russian minister of
foreign affairs, has agreed with Great
Britain tu submit the Tien Tsln sid
ing dispute TO the arbitration and
settlement OF Count Ven Wnldcdrscc.
A dispatch from Lord Kitchener
dated ut Pretoria, says: that philip
Botha, Il brother Of the Boer COM
mandcr, was killed on the Duumbcrg.
His two SONS were wounded. The
Buors of the Orange River colony
have disbandcd ndscattered. Dewct
Is in the neighborhOod OF Hebron. &"
a very important discovery has
been made by firm in Germany
which hns succeeded in welding alum
inum without the use Of any metal,
solder, or acid. No scam can he de-
tected, and the welded pieces can re-.
sist blows and temperature vuria-
tions rs wei as II there were no Joint.
The process Is n secret one.
A message found in bottle picked
up on the beach at Galveston, f, x,
says that the schooner Rover Of New
York wns wrecked at Cape Horn and
that the writers OF the message, JOS.
and James Swift, are captives of the
Terra-del-Fuegan Indians. The mes.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-03-27

ocK AND WOOL INTERESTS OF THE GREAT JUDITH COUNTRY


and one with which our association is
striving TO grapple. Our plan is first
to perfect our organization and extend
its field of operations until we cover
every wool raising state on this coast,
and then 10 bring our united forces To
bear on congress in petition for relief.
That relief means bill that will COM
pei every manufacturer of goods to
stamp thereon the exact percentage Of
wool and cotton used. II this is done
and the law strictly enforced, not only
the woolgrowers will benefit by il. but
the great majority Of the people who
are today swindled by buying goods al
legged to be all wool, when Gn per cent
cotton, will be protected. This move
ment is one which has long been need
ed and will create larger demand and
insure better prices for wool.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-03-27
fire Department Called Out.

The Lcwistown fire department was
called ont last Friday to extinguish
fire which had broken out in Sheriff
Shaw's residence. ABOUT five o'clock
Charles Frost, who is brother of Mrs.
Shaw and who is stopping ut the house,
discovered that the top story was on
iirc. He Immediately ran upstairs in
order Ia locate the fire, hut was unable
to du 50 on account of the dense smoke.
The telephone was Immediately put in-
10 u-r and the fire department called
up: the alarm being turned in at twenty
Minutes after Use. 81 j:I1 the hose was
in position and the department hard at
work \ large crowd of helpers were
present and everybody was anNiou, 10
d. oi assistance. which was the cause Of
many amusing incidents. bucket
brigade W., organized and everything
from Ten cup tothr family wash boiler
wae used 10 carry water to pour on the
lire. While the bucket brigade was busy
un the inside the boys on the outside
had not been idle. having effected an
entrance and started 20 !i"od the build
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-03-27
About the Slowest Pokiest Uninter>
esting on Record Was
That Convention.
PUT UP CULVER FOR MAYOR
Joseph Jackson Said He Wouldn't but
Dave Hilger Jollied Him
Into Accepting.

Only seventeen delegates assembled
Monday night to nominate the DEM
ocratic city ticket There should have
been thirty-one, but they didn'tcome
and barely majority was present. In
fact the officers never called the roll,
evidently fearing to, else IL might be-
come Of record that majority of de-
legates was not present. They did
not know themselves and dared not
count noses. But a majority was
present and one to spare.
After waiting for an hour for the
delegates to arrive James Weaver
called the convention to order, Dave
EIilger was made chairman, Walter
knight secretary and the usual COM
mittees appointed. There was no
contest ON anything. The delegates
considered themselves fortunate to
get anyone to serve and when name
was mentioned, just let it 20 at that.
Frequent recesses and whispered
consultations predominated, In fact
the convention was In recess for Il
longer period than in session. Even
the chairman two or three times left
his seat to ask u delegate To make n
motion so that they could proceed
and get through. 1t was "A hot affair,
no doubt. In order 90 help the poor
fellows out one OF the onlookers part
icipated, seconding three motions
which otherwise might have failed.
And II went-anything went.
For mayor w. ii. Culver had been
drafted; for magistrate f. +. Me
Gowan was named; for treasurer j
NJ. Parrent-he Is always willing IL
be n candidate, no matter whatmn
be the Office. II some one would nom.
mate him for dog catcher he would
accept In the san.v spii.U as tn"usl
named for president Oi the United
States.
Nominations for alderman were
supposed to have been agreed upon
In ward caucus but with the excep'
tion of one ward. the caucuses had
evidently failed. But after little
more delay, few more recesses and
consultations, the following was
dished up:
Ist ward-Jos. Jackson, 4. Hop
kins. Second Ward-T. II. Mackey
Walter Knight. Third ward-Johu
Laux, Geo. Stoudt.
Jos. Jackson demurred. His nom
inatlon had created such "A laugh
even the chairman joining In the mer
riment-that Joe smelled defeat. But
no one else could be found to take 1t
Joe had to and he did and his accept
ance was greeted with applause, Re
publIcans joining heartily.
Worden moved the appointment o
a committee to run the campaign
get the ticket on the ballot II the,
could and fill vacancies. Dave Hi
ger, +. +. McGowan and Jack Kear
ney were named.
That settled 1t and the few wh'
were left-hali OF the delegates ha'
tired and gone half hour before
left and went to their homes, witt
merry chuckles thinking Of whnt
great lay out that would be If j
should arcldently happen to be elect
ed.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-03-27

said county generally, and copies OF the said
paper were likewise, by the defendant. sent to
and circulated among persons residing in other
counties Of said state, with the intent that said
defamatory statement should be read and be-
lieved by the readers OF said paper, and the
same was by the said defendant. thereby pub
lished throughout the state Of Montana.
5. That the said publication was printed and
published by said defendant as aforesaid, and
was read by divers and numerous persons, and
that the said publication was and is false, un-
privileged and defamatory, exposed the plain
tiff 10 hatred contempt, ridcule and obloquy.
caused plaintiff to be Stunned andavoided and
tended TO mpeach the virtue and reputation OF
plaintiff.
6, That the persons who read the article,
printed and published as aforesaid, understood
the same to charge, and as being intended 60
charge, the plaintiff with unchas,ity and hav-
ing immoral and Illicit sexual relations and
practices with a man. not the husband ofplain-
tiff, namely. John Fisher, who is referred TO
and named in the said article. and as charging
plaintiff with having committed the crime OF
fornication. and as accusing plaintiff with be-
ing pregnant with child.
Il That by means of said false and defama-
tory publication the plaintiff was and is injured
and damaged in her reputation in the sum of
$4,000, wherefore plaintiff demands Judgment
against defendant for the sum of $1,000, as
above stated, and for her costs herein expeud-
ed.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-03-27
sage was dated August lst, 1890, and
Is inscribed on playing card.

|
Is inscribed on playing card.
The internal revenue Office has is
sued n circular relative To the redemp-
tion Of documentary md proprietary
stamps. IL says oil enused stamps
issued under the provisions Of the
war revenue act, for which the own
ers have no use, will be redeemed but
In all cases the percentage allowed TO
the purchaser will be deducted.
Internal revenue officers havelately
ralded an Illicit distillery In the base.
ment of tenement building In New
York city. The landlord and janltor
of the building were both arrested.
Two stills were found in operation,
capable OF turning out $50 gallons oi
liquor per day, In the basement 800
gallons oi mash were found in vnrl.
Gus stages Of fermentation.
The latest addition To a remark.
able collection Of paintings illustrat.
Ing the achievements OF the United
States Navy, arranged in n room Of
the Navy departmental Washington,
is magnificent painting Of the bat-
tie of Santiago. An almost unbrOkcn
sequence Of pictures occupy the room
starting from the cnravels oi Christ
opher Columbus to the modern arm
or-plated battleshIp.
Since the annexation of Hawaii
and the application OF the ChinesccX-
clusion net there hns been u notice
able scarcity of labor for the planta-
tlOns. In order to remedy this ten or
fifteen thousand men with theirfum-
illes will be offered free transporta-
tion from Porto Rico across the Tn.
tied States aud To Hawaii. They
will be paid so month, which is
twice IA much as they can earn in
Porto Rico.
Collector uf Customs Bidwcll OF
New York has made report, which
shows that under the Te-urganiz #
conditions oi New York customs, u
much larger amount of duties have
been collected than heretofore. lnvcs-
/ legations have revealed that large
number 0i transatlantic passengers
which were supposed To hr ladies of
wealth, were in fact milincrs and
drcssmakcrs regularly employed To
smugGle goods from Paris ana other
large European cities.
/ Gen. Dewet. Gen. Botha aud two
other BOcr commanders, addressing
n force of burghcrs at Senekul last
week, said they were abletocontlnuc
the war II necessary, but that they
were ready To accept annexation II
the British would guarantee Joint
education In Dutch and English.
Also that they have liberty To retain
sporting rifles on license, indemnity
to the amount Of Sl5, 600, 900, no fran.
chise for natives and amnesty for all
belligcrents still in the field.
The old proyerb Uneasy rests tie
head that wears "a crown" is un-
doubtedly true In the case Of the Gar
OF Russia. two attempts on his life
having been made in the last six
months. The first attempt was plan
ned To bc made on the occasion OF the
jubilee ball of the naval cadet corps
and was only frustrated by the vigil
ance of the secret service officials. The
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-03-27

In the district court of the Tenth judicial dis
county OF Fergus.
Catherine Rooney (minor) by Sarah NJ
Rooney tguardian ad liteml, plaintiff, VS.. JONI
NJ. Nrooman, defendant
The plaintiff complains and alleges:
/. That at all times hereinafter meBtione,
the defendant. John NJ. Nrouman, has beer
and now is the editor, proprietor and publishe
of that certain newspaper of general circula
ton. printed and published at Lewistown. Fer
gus county, Montana, styled and known as tn,
Fergus County Argus"
g. That ON the 18th day of March. 1901. Saral
NJ. Rooney was by the Hon. Edwin X. Chea
die, Judge of the Tenth judicial district of tht
state of Montana, appointed guardian ad liten
of Catherine Rooney, minor of the age of fif
teen years, for the purpose OF bringing anC
conducting the above entitled action for anC
on behalf of the said minor.
g. That on or about the 18th day of February
1901, at Lewistown, Fergus county, Montana
the said defendant published among the new,
items in the local column of the regular issu,
of his newspaper, and article which contains
words of and concerning this plaintiff whicl
were so printed and published by the said de
fendant with slanderous and lbellous intent 4
injure the reputation and mpeach the virtue o
said plaintiff and expose her to hatred, con
tempt and ridicule. which words were as fol
lows, to-wit:
This time he is wanted by the neighbors 70
seducing and running girl about fourteen
years of age (meaning the plaintiff), who live
with a widowed mother in the vicinity of Phil
brook"
4. That copies of the newspaper aforesai,
containing the aforesaid false and defamator,
matter were circulated and distributed to tn
regular subscribers to the said newspaper II
Fergus county and elsewhere. and were soil
ano otherwise distributed to divers and sundr
persons in Fergus county, Montana, by th
said defendant, his agent and employees am
the statement aforesaid published in the sal,
paper of and concerning plaintiff, was read an,
intended by said defendant to be read by sucl
persons, and by personal friends and acquain
tances of plaintiff, and by the citizens of tn
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-03-27
A Good Cough Medicine for Children

IL have no hesitancy In recon-
mending Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy," says F.P. Moran. n well known
and popular baker Of Petersburg
Va. 1--WE have given 1t to our chill
dren when troubled with bad coughs
also whoUping cough. and Il has al.
ways given perfect satisfaction" II
was recommended to me by a drug
gist as the best cough medicine for
children, as it contained no opium or
other harmful drug" Sold by c. II
Williams.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-03-27

Headache often results from a dis
ordered condition Of tbestomach nnd
constipation Of the bowels. A dose
ortwo Of Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets will correct these dis
orders and cure the headache. Sold
by G.. II. Williams.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-03-27
Complaints Filed Ask for $4,000
From John M. Vrooman
and ChristSwanz.
TWO ROONEY GIRLS COMPLAIN
Fisher is Modest and Would be Salts,
fled With Only Five Thous>
and Dollars.

The following is the text OF three
complaints filed with District Court
Clerk Wright during the past fort
night:
In the district court of the Tenth judicial dis
trict of the state of Montana in and for the
county of Fergus.
Ella Rooney, plaintiff, VS.. Christ SWAMI and
- SWAMI. his wife, defendants.
Plaintiff complains of the defendants and for
a cause of action alleges:
I. That on or about the sixteenth day OF
February, 1901, at Utica, Fergus county. Mont,
the defendant. Christ SWAMI, in the hearing OF
George Acley, spoke of and concerning the
plaintiff in the following words, to-wit:
That's so. ! know il. | saw the girl to a
dance at Philbrook the night of the 18th, and
everybody can see 1t quite plain" Meaning
thereby that plaintiff had been unchaste and
having Illicit connection with one John Fisher
who was then and there named, and that at the
town of Utica. aforesaid, the said defendants
and each of them. at divers and sundry times to
sundry persons. charged this plaintiff with be-
ing unchaste and having Illicit and criminal
intercourse with the said John Fisher, alleging
that this plaintiff was in that fix at their place
and that plaintiff was kicked out of doors by
them so she would not have child "at Their
house." and divers and sundry other express
sions meaning that plaintiff was with child by
said John Fisher
2. That each aud all of the said words used
by said defendants, charging plaintiff as above
set forth, were and are false. scandalous and de-
tamatory, and by the circulation Of said reports
BY the said defendants, as above stated plain.
tiff has been and is damaged in her charIcter
and reputation to the sum of five thousand dol
lars. Wherefore plaintiff demands jude ment
against the defendants for the sum of 5000
damages and her costs herein expended.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-03-27
Adulteration Menace to wooIarowers.

+. VI. Malone, member Of the Pacific
Northwest Woolgrowers Association.
while in Miles City, Mont, made the
following assertions: The question
that Is troubling the woolgrowers most
is the one OF adulteration All kinds of
cottons, Peruvian, Egyptian and Others
are used in eastern factories, and man
ufactured stuff is put on the market as
wool, OF which fully 60 per cent is cot.
ton. This is becoming serious evil
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-03-27
How Arc Your Kidnsx.i

DR. Hobbs Sparagus Pills cure all kidney ills Sam
pie free. Add, sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or ~ r.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-22

NEW YORK. Jan. 22.-The upward
movement IN the Stock Market, which was
IN progress at the close of business yes
terday was renewed this morning The
trading was il large volume vel dtz-
tTibuted. and resulted in common and
pronounced advances
The most pronounced rises in the initial
dealings we're in St Paul. Manhattan. and
Missouri Pacific, the extreme advance in
the last-named amounting TO fully 3
points The dealing II the stock sug-
gested the existence of something ap-
preaching a -cefEer' Other notably
strong features were Union Pacific South
ern Pacific. Ontario and Western, and the
Erie and Reading issues. Atchison pre-
feTred. developed strength and activity
after the opening and advances rapidly
The local traction shares -EETe exceed
tDgly strong and ctive. with very heavy
dealings II Brooklyn Rapid Transit well
above yesterdays final figures Among
the lower priced stocks St Louis and san
Francisco. Kansas and Texas the Wa
bashes. and Texas and Pacific were nota-
bly, strong
The dealings in the Industrial quarter
were fairly active. but resulted in rather
limited price changes. Federal Steel was
comparatively heavy while Sugar Refining
was firm
Notwithstanding this morn IS disccur-
aging reports as TO the state OF the
Queens health. the London market was
firm and in American stocks the advances
extended over ! point