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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-12-10
Bids for Ditch Work.

The Gold Reef Mining Company
will receive bids at their office at Gilt
Edge, Montana, up to noon, December
9Th, for the digging of a ditch $500
feet in length, two feet deep meas
ured from the lower side at surface,
and not less than one foot wide at
bottom, according to specifications to
be seen at the company office.
GOLD REEF MINING CO,
Gilt Edge, Mont.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-12-10
GROWN WITH THE COUNTRY
An Establishment Owned and oper
ated by Progressive Young Men.

The Lewistown Commercial Co. is
another establishment which is just
ly a matter of pride to the citizens of
the city. Since moving into its hand
some new business building, across
from the Lewistown hotel, in Febru-
airy, 1901. ii has taken and easily held
a commendable position in the front
rank Of the commercial enterprises
OF Lewistown. Down stairs are found
the dry goods. gents furnishings, mil
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-12-10

ing the herder OF the band criminally
liable IL he allows his flock to re-
main at a private water hole longer
than is necessary to exercise his pass
over privilege.
Thousands Of acres of good lands
along the southern borders Of the
county are, year after year, made alb
solutely worthless TO the owners, all
of whom feel that some form Of re-
dress more effective that the present
one should be provided.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-12-10
ARBiTRAToRs MEET AGAIN.
Session Of the Board at Scranton A.
ter Intellectual Attempts to Agree.

"
Scranton, Pa, December 3.-After
an adjournment of ten days. during
which time the representatives of the
railroads and mines were kept busy
at work, preparing evidence for sub
mission to the anthracite strike COM
mission, the hearing of the miners
side was resumed in the state superior
court room at 10 o'clock this morning.
The usual large crowd was in at
tendance and in addition there we're
several new faces among the array
of attorneys. The most prominent
among these was Samuel Dixon, of
Philadelphia, representing the Lehigh
Coal and Navigation company, a large
independent company whose collier
les are all located in the Panther
creek valley.
Italians and Poles.
Among the spectators were about
twenty Italians and Poles, who will
be called upon TO tell the conditions
prevailing in the middle or in the
Hazelton region. In opening the days
proceedings, Chairman Gray made an
explanation of the attitude of the COM
mission regarding the negotiations for
an outside settlement. He said there
had been q misunderstanding in some
quarters. The idea had gone out that
the whole matter would be dismiss
ed If an agreement was reache.. This
he said was incorrect.
Want All Represented.
He read a statement made by the
subcommittee. in which it was stat
ed that the committee would not alb
rogate its duties and that it would
stand responsible for any agreement
it approved or award it made. The
chairman added that the commission
wished to say that any of the parties
to the contryersy may not with
draw without the consent of the other
parties before the commission.
I'VE would be glad TO have every
body represented and have the whole
field covered" said he.
Mr.. Dixon announced that in addi.
ton to representing the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation company he appear.
ed for the individual in the
Hazelton region.
Still Has Hopes.
On the outside agreement PROPOSE.
ton, Chairman Gray announced that
the commission still entertained the
hope that efforts to agree would con.
tinue and the commission would glad.
ly lend its good offices to that end
Judge Gray said that unless some
common sense agreement was reach.
ed as to the presentation of figures,
the expectation of life of most of the
members of the committee would be
insufficient to report and put an end
to the controversy.
Mitchell on the Stand.
President Mitchell was called to
the stand and, in answer to ques'
tions by his counsel, said the twenty
per cent increase in wages would in
crease the labor cost less than ten
cents a ton. Taking President Baer's
statement as a basis, he said the in
crease would be about seventeen cents
a ton.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-12-10
MAIL SERVICE

Leave Arrive
Great Falls, daily. .........T: 90 a. N. 500 a. m.
Harlowton, daily except
Sunday .................. g. 100 a. m. 900 a. m
Gilt Edge and Maiden, daily
except Sunday ............S 500 a. m. 500 p. m.
New Year, daily except
sunday ..............2;W D.. M. IL m.
TT. Benton. Monday, We'd
nesday and Friday. 100 a. IN. 900 p. M.
Armells and Christina. We'd
nesday and Saturday .... 10 a, IN. 500 p. m.
Kendall. daily. 90 a. m. 600 p. m
Moccasin, daily. ............9 Q: 90 a. m. 600 p. m
Nickel Plate, Gilt Edge %. 300 a. m. 600 p. IN
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-12-10
Wants to Bail Your HAY.

w. o. Downing of East Fork has a
complete hay bailing outfit and is anx-
ious to secure all the hay possible to
bail during the fall and winter. He
started to bailing this week.
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EXPRESSNEN WANT 4 UNION.
Informal Meetings Held to Promote One
-Trainmen Approve u.

CHICAGO. Dec. l5Express messo ngers,
Of whom there are about 5000 running on
the railroads Of the North American con
tinent, are about to form an organiza-
ton to better their condition Several
meetings Of messengers and labor leaders
have been held in tie last few months
looking to the formation of a union. but
no definite plans have been made, These
gatherings occurred more through acct
dental meetings of messengers and labor
leaders than by the design of either to or
game. One such gathering occurred yes
terday during the express drivers and con-
ductors' elections Of officers Naturally
the labor leaders tried to show the express
companies employees the advantages to
be gained by organization.
Those approached seem To favor the idea
The brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
is said to be favorable to the afYiliation Of
express messengers, and has gone so far
as TO tender them assistance In their effort =
to organize, Representatives Of the mes
sengers are expected to take part In tho
deliberations Of the railroad brotherhoods
at st. Louis Jan. g. when a general fedora
ton OF railroad employees is to be formed
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The dealers said that this advance wa =
necessary on account of the increased ex-
pense Of delivery. as they had to send two
tons out sometimes when they could In
ordinary times send I've tons with one
team
In a few cases people who were anxi
for coal hired teams of their own and sent
them TO the yards. The schedule price
was not always adhered to- Whenever
an advance was charged il was said To be
because the coal was bought from ind-
pendent operators Since the st rike ended
several firms which run colieries Of their
own have secured the handling Of nearly
all Of this coal and they speculate in coal
representative of the coal depart
ment of the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad said yesterday that
since the snowstorm special Efforts had
been made To bring coal TO market On
Sunday the men worked all night al the
docks.
And while the present emergency lasts, -
he said. work will toe carried Oh at the docks
in alternate shifts night and day Every
possible pound of coal that New York
il entitled to is being rushed here but
people Will have TO economize. In some
of the big residences uptown people are
only heating part of their houses and they
may have To do so all winter"
The Lehigh Valley Coal Company issued
this statement
The Iehigh Valley Coal Company realizing
the great need OF coal in New York city and
to relieve the present situation there a.
much a. possible. have issued instructions
To their mines To make shipments up to the
ability of it, terminals at Perth Ambov and
Jersey city 10 deliver the same.
Dealers who supply well-to-do people
have cautioned their Gust omers not to waste
coal and say they will need every ounce
of anthracite The Jersey Central Rail
road has demanded Of the Lehigh and
Wilkes Barre Coal Company 10000 tons of
broken anthracite a week indicating that
the road will return to the burning Of an
thracite, owing TO the present scarcity Of
soft coal.
A new depot for the sale Of coal al 10
cents pail was opened az o02-6os Yves,
Fiity-first street yesterday. There was
not 10y any means such a rush for coal as
at the Fast Side depots
The new Industrial Home Of the Salvation
Army in Chatham Square will he opened
to-day, and, II is expected. will have thirty
tons of coal for distribution. II will be
sold by the pail al 10 cents pail. OF given
away where applicants are destitute
Porous bricks, which can be saturated with
Kerosene for burning, and blocks of Olesta
a preparation of asbesto s 10 he soaked with
oil in the same way as the porous bricks
will also I've sold or given away The Army
has est ablished four more depots in Man
haitian, one in Brooklyn, one in Williams
burg and one in Newark for selling or
giving away coal. porous bricks and Olesta
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MORE ANTI-TRI ST BILLS,
One Proposes TO Levy a Tax on All Trust.
Made Goods Equal TO Import Duty.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-two additional
antitrust bills We're introduced in the
House to-day. both by Mr.. DeArmond
dem. Mo-. One provides for the i'm
position of a tax upon all trust made goods
equal In amount To the import duty upon
similar goods.
The other measure is sweeping In its
character and Is intended 10 remedy the
trust OWL and prevent strikes. II defines
the following as acts of bankruptcy: When
corporation shall have issued stock i'm
excess of a reasonable value of its prop
erty; second, when it offers an advantage.
preference or rebate To one person or cor
pOratiOn and denies the same privileges
TO another; third, when after period of
thirty days II fails To effect a set cement
or dispute with ma jority of it's EMPLOYEES
or To enter into full and fair arbitration;
fourth, when 1t engages in business to
monopoli2e manufacture and trade and TO
prevent competition: fifth. when /, shall
effect or attempt to effect any combination
in violation of any law Of the United States:
sixth, when II shall have given false infor-
nation To any official entitled to know the
nature and character of its business
The Senate judiciary Committee dis
cussed the Cullom Antitrust bill in a
general way this morning, but reached no
definite CONCLUSION, even as to the proper
bill To be chosen a. basis for legislation
The absence of Attorney General Knox
in Florida was said by members Of the
committee to handicap them in considera
ton Of antitrust measures.
Mr.. McComas. u member of the COM
mittce, told the President the ct her dav
that IL was rather difficult to carry out any
OF the Administrations ideas when the
chief spokesman of the Administration
on trust matters was not here to give Con-
gross the benefi, of his expert knowledge.
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Nominations by the President

WASHINGTON, Dec. i5.-The President
to-day sent to the Senate the following
nominations:
Lloyd G. Griscom OF PENNSYLVANIA, Minister
to Japan.
Richmond Pearson of North Carolina.
Minister to Persia
To be Collectors Of Customs-,Jame mes q
Iawes. Eastern District of Maryland, Morton
Tower District of Southern ore gon
To be Assistant Collector of Customs
frMnk Patterson. ut Camden, J
90 10 b- surveyors of Customs -Leander NJ
SShubert, at Council Bluffs. Ia James ii
Bolton, al Sioux city, la
Arny.Io be Major. Capt John Bigelov.
II. Tenth Cavalry, to b. Captain. First Iieut
George I Summarlin. Fourth Cavalry. 10 ba
Major. Capt Edward Chynoweth, Seventeent IN
iniantry; to he Captain. First Lieut. Alyan G.
Read Thirteenth Infantry
- 10 he nited States Marshal-William n
North'lp. Northern District of Florida
Navy Commanders to be- Captains Edward
ID. Taussig and Richard Inch. Lie,lteuants
tn DE iheutenant-C commanders, Reuben q,
bltler and William Truxton: Lieutenant
luhi9r gradel 10 be- Lieutenant William G.
davidson; Sergeants in the Marine Corps 10
DE- second lieutenants, Harvey G. Egan,
lhonlhs q. Turner and Clay burn McCauley
o u" Surveyor-General of North Dakota
Erastus A. Williams
Postmasters New York, James II Hin
AZ Margarretylle; Eugene Vreeland, at Dun.
Gee Frederick Smith. at Norwood; Samuel
u Palmer. at Qgdensburg:- Willard ID. Mcneil.
az oNtord New Jersey, James Free man AZ
Arlington; Farley F. Holcombe, at Hope well.
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no CHirGE INiiGi narrow DATE
Also Propositions to Change Date for the
beginning AMI Ending of Congress.

WASHINGTON, Dec. lj-1he House COM
mittee on the Judiciary this morning had UNI
der consideration proposition to change
the date of the Inauguration Of the Presi-
dent and Nice-President and the date Of
the beginning and ending of the terms Of
members of Congress Two resolutions
were before the committee, one which
passed the Senate al the last session, pro-
viding for an amendment to the Cunstitu-
ton fixing the last Thursday in April as the
date OF Inauguration, and another. intro
duced by Representative De Almond. pur-
posing TO fix the date on April 80 and Jan 8
as the date for the beginning and the end
ing OF the terms of members of Congress
Mr. Parker On j } "A member of he commit
teedesignated to investigatethe matter, read
an exhaustive report III the nature of an
essay, concluding with a res olution RECON-
mendlng that the terms of the members OF
the Senate and House of Representatives
end and begin on Dec /, and the term of
the President on Jan. /, instead of March 4,
ana that terms now existing shall be short
ened 80 as to carry out this provision,
The committee took the matter under adj
visement without action.
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COtL-HVNTING COMMITTEE.
YOnker's Mayor Determined That the Poor
shall Not suffer nsiu,ly

YoNKERs, y. Y, Dec. l5-Mayor Walsl,
has appointed committee to invest gate
the coal situation and To obtain coal for
distribution AT cost price. The committee
headed by the Rev DR.. J. f Freeman and
the Hon. Ralph +, Prime, met to-day and
appointed subcommittee to get 5000
tons of coal for the city, another TO arrange
for storage facilities and another To en-
gage teams and carts for delivery
purposes.
Coal Is held by dealers here at SO ton.
but manufacturers ara buying it for thcir
employees for $3.50 Even at the advanced
price coal cannot be bought in more than
half-ton lots, and then only on ten DAYS
and two weeks orders.
II is expected that coal will he on sale
in the municipal stations in less than a
week
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COAL SCARCE IN WASHINGTON.
Public Buildings and Hospitals and Thou.
sands OF Families short OF Fuel.


WASHINGTON. Dec. I5.-The coal famine
has reached a crisis in Washington and
threatens not only TO be a cause OF suffering
to the poor but may cause a temporary
shutting down of some Of the Government
departments. The situation is considered
50 serious and the facilities for handling
any large shipments of coal to Washing.
ton should any be made, are so poor that
the Commissioners OF the District to-day
granted authority to the Pennsylvania Rail.
road to lay temporary tracks on private
streets in the vicinity Of the railroad yards
and freight depots, and gangs Of men will
be Immediately put to work.
The Interior Department was without
coal for several hours to-day and the fur
naces were obliged TO shut down. The
weather is wintry, and as the building
rapidly cooled on numbers of the clerks
worked for a time in their hats and over
coats. just when 1t was thought work
must I've suspended and the clerks sent
home thirteen tons of soft coal was OBJ
tanned.
Two hundred tons Of coal consigned TO
the Post Office Department was confiscated
last week by the Pennsylvania Railroad
for the use OF its engines on the southern
division, and as a consequence that Depart
ment il very short OF fuel and has obtained
its daily supply only by the most strenuous
efforts on the part OF officers An order
was issued to-day prohibiting the burning
Of the incandesccnt electric lights except
on the first foor-the city Post Office
where they are absolutely necessary, and
shutting down the Postmaster Generals
private elevator and the freight elevator
until a normal supply Of coal il on hand
The hospitals are also very short of fuel
as are number of other public buildings,
and thousands OF private families are de-
pending entirely upon oil burners for both
cooking and heating purposes.
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COAL DEALER THREATENED.
Red Hands" VIII Burn His Home II He
Raise the Price OF Anthracite.

The passive suffering Of people without
coal was yesterday changed to open threats
on the part Of some one in the Brownsville
section OF Brooklyn. who sent a warning
postal card to a coal merchant Of East New
York.
The card was mailed on Saturday TO Ru-
dolph Reimer, Of Reimer d Son. i24 Williams
avenue, The address was in English but
the message was in Yiddish. II is as fol-
lows
MIR. RFIMHR. Coal BARON: If YOU raise
tho price OF coal or If YOU ATTEMPT to m so
the price. We Will burn down your house nj
once, Don't think this is n Joke. II IL not
Intended We mean business and iust
80 sure as YOU raise the price of coal your
house will be burned down. RED HANDS
Mr. Reimer and his son rcat ed he card M n
joke. Mrs .Reimer, however, insist ed ON send
ing the card to the police. Acting Capt ain
Early posted four patromen at the coaI
yards and two at the Reimer residence. and
quiet investigation among the Anarchists
Of Brownsville has been situtcd
Reimer Il Son have the reput al ion of being
charitable to the poor. Since coal has been
scarce they have kept uniform price of
twenty-five cents a bushel while the pre.
vailing price has been forty cents elsewhere
On Saturday they sold 900 bushels 10 the
poor.
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Army and Navy Orders.

wAsHISoToS. Dec. iS.-These army orders were
issued to day:
Assignments OF officers OF artillery First Lieut..
George DcSS sixty third Coast; First Lieut. Fredcr
lex McC. Smith inSd Coast and Second Lieut.. Fred
l.. Perry Twenty thrd Coast, transferred to un
assigned list: Second Lieut., Roger q. Mason, from
finy seventh Coast TO iod Coast Second Lieut. Lee
Nayood from Iitty NTH Coast to unassigned list:
second Lieut.. George / Wer'cnbaSer to Fightieth
Coast. Second Lieut. George a. Taylor, tn Fifty
SEVENTY seventh Coast to Ninety sixth Coast.
First Lieut.. Henry y Sheen, from Seventy ninth
Coast to unassigned list and TO duiv at Fort Bar
rarcaS. FIRST Lieut.. Richard T. FniS, Ia Ninety
seventh Coast First Lieut.. Edward iil, TO seventy
ninth Coast.
First Lieut.. Elmer J. Wallace. artillery. 10 Fort
Slocum for examination for prorot ton.
First Lieut.. Francis J. Mcconnell Twelfth In.
!sn,ty to Philadelphia for recruiting service. re
li,,lng Capt. Robert l.. HirSt Iwriftn infantry.
ordered to ion his company.
Leaves of absence granted Capt Samuel n
Freeman, Tenth Cavalry, for three months. Col.
Leon \ Matile Twenty fourth Infantry. extended
one month: Capt. Claude y Swce2cy, Thirteenth
Cavalry. extended TWO months
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STATEHOOD BILL DISCUSSED.
Debate Opened In the Senate-NiinOrit,
Report Presented and Read.

WASHINGTON, Dec. ij.--In the Senat Q
to-day Mr. Allison reported the resolution
providing for adjournment next Saturday
until Monday, Jan. 5. The report was
adopted.
Mr.. Bate Dem, Tenn presented the
minority report on the Statehood bill
from the. Committee on Territories. which
was read, 1t attacks the report pre-
sented last week by Mr. Beverdge and
makes an especial point against the in
clusion of Indians and whites in the single
State of Oklahoma. as is proposed by the
majority. The party aspects OF the ques-
ton are discussed frankly.
Mr.. Proctor (Rep.. VI called UP the
Militia bill
Mr. Pettus Dem. Ala } moved to strike
out section "a. providing for the enroll
ment Of the National Volunteer Reserve, TO
consist of 500, 600 men, to be called forth
by the President whenever necessary and
to serve nine months. They are to lie
apportioned among the States, and TO lie
Differed. drilled and called into service
under regulations of the Secretary of War
Mr.. Pettus declared this an unconstitut ional
infringement upon the rights of States.
which have control Of their militia. Nor
can militia be sent out of the United States,
according to the Constitution
Mr., Proctor said these men we're volun-
teers and not militia
The Statehood bill was then taken up and
Mr.. Dillingham; (Rep., VT began his speech
against il,
just before Mr.. Dillingham; began his
speech Mr.. Quay spoke of the Sudden
and tumultuous act of Mr. Nelson (Rep.
Mimi in withdrawing the Oklahoma sub
s,itute and not presenting II anew. Like
Catalina. he says: I go. but return but
he does not return" He asked Mr. Nelson
if he could name a date when the substitute
would be presented.
Mr., Nelson said he could not He wanted
TO perfect it, and suggested that he would
like MIR. Qiay's views on the substitute
Does the Senator think he would be
influenced by anything the Senator from
Pennsylvania might sayp" uueried Mr..
Quay sarcastically.
Il am always ready to receive the sug-
gcstions Of the Senator In Christian spirit ="
retorted Mr. Nelson.
MIR Dillingham's speech was directed
toward showing methods pursued by the
Sub-Committee on Territories in it's trip
through the Territories. and a review O
the testimony taken. He said the censuf
figures for the Territories were found to be
substantially correct. He will conclude
his remarks Tomorrow.
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TIFFtNI STRIkE BREAKS.
Firm Refuses to Treat win Union and Men
Return rs individuals.

Cornelius :, Abbott of Christ Episcopal
Church and the Rev. j. p Smith Of st
Peters Catholic Church. who ACT ed as inter.
mechanics between Tiffany Il Co. and their
striking employees. failed to bring about
an adjustment of the difficulties
According to Mr.. Abbott the firm on
Saturday rejected the offer of the striking
men to go back under the old ten-hours-
a-day terms and minated that they might
a. well look elsewhere for employment
II was added however, that the firm might
consider individual cases.
A dozen men applied for reins, Al ement
this morning and OF the number nine were
taken back.
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Demand That iOA,h street Railway s,.,,o,

meeting OF property owners and ten
ants OF property in the neighborhood of
l0fh street and Central Park West, is to
be held in Colonial Hall at lOist street and
Columbus avenue Ia. night at 3 o'clock to
make demonstration in favor Of retaining
the subway station AT that point II IL
announced that matters vitality affecting
the subway will be brought out.
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Boston wants Transports to Bring II Goa,

Boston. Mass. Dec. Is A number Of
residents Of Boston, feeling that something
should be done toward getting over the
transport alton difficulty in the present coal
st uation, have circulated petition askin z
that the National Government furnish the
needed transport alton by water to Bost on.
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STRIKE PICkETs SET FREE.
Federal Judge Munger says They Didn't
DisObey Union Pacific Injunction

OMAHA, Neb., Dec. i5-TweRty seven
Union Pacific strikers, who have been on
trial before Federal Judge Munger for
contempt of court in violating the injunc-
ton issued by the United States Court
some time ago restraining them from inter-
fering IN any way with the strike breakers
AT the Union Pacific shops, were discharged
this morning, Judge Munger held that the
men had rot violated the order
The strikers are much elated over the
decision and say they will continue the
picket line around the shops