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The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1902-09-10
sJAMILTON MONTANA WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER TO- 1902

ter Mountain.
First Vice President-H. Q. Collins,
Missoulian.
Second Vice Pres,dent-Jack Ham
i'll, Anaconda Standard.
Third Vice President-Joseph Wild
myer, Glendive Independent.
Secretary and Treasurer-Wa1ter
Aitken, Livingston Enterprise, ire
elected).
Historiau-W. w. Anderson, Boze-
man Avant Courier.
Those reg istered at the Ravalli were
as follows:
John Mcclure, Butte; Captain Jack
Crawford, New Mexico; L. S. Wild,
Butte; Robt. H. vickers, Alder Gulch
Times, Virginia City; r. N. Criswell
and wife, Inter Mountain, Butte; W.
w. Cheeley and wife, Inter Mountain,
Butte; lido Ramsdell, Inter Mountain,
Butte; Al Filson and wife, Miner, Mis-
soula; w. b. Jessup and wife, Missou-
liam; Geo. w. Long and wife, Miner,
Butte; Joseph Smith II, Madisonian,
Virginia City; John Hammil, Stand
ard, Bate; F. c. Kress and wife, Elk
aminer. Dillon; F. N. Wild, Progress,
Basin; Ira Cole and wife, Times, For
syth; F. E. Foote and wife, Tribune,
Dillon; John N. Arms trong, Big Hole
Breezes, Wisdom; F. E. Cornish, Age,
Boulder; J. r. Widmyer, Independent,
Glendive; Sol. Levy, Butte Blotter
Daniel Searles, Tribune Review, Butte
w. w. Anderson and daughter, Avant
Courier, Bozeman; Mr.. and Mrs. H
o. Collins, Missoulian; Mr.. and Mrs
c. M. Price, Mines, Scranton, Penn;
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Wilson, Noun.
taineer, Marysville; M. w. Pettigrew
Wonderland, Gardiner; Chas. Morton
Miner, Missoula; M. G. Garrett. Rec
ord, Helena; r. H. Bemis, Times
Belt; Walter NJ. O'Dwyer, Democrat
Missoula; J. E, Sheridan, Pioneer
Big Timber; Miss Gartrude Hickox
Red Lodge; Jesse D. Searles, Stand
ard, Butte; J. w. Gilbert, Labo
World, Butte; A. D. Hoss, Silve
State, Deer Lodge; Emil Turk, Dem
ocrat. Missoula; Gray W Richardson
Havre; J. w. Kelley, Inter Mountain
Butte; J. r. Faulds and wife, Tribune
| Steve sville; Walter Aitken, Enter
prise, Livingston; X. N. Sutherlin
Roc ky Mountain Husbandman, Whit
Su lphur Springs; Bruce Wells, Regis
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1902-09-10
WHEN THE PRESS GANG
CAME TO HAMILTON

The Montana Press association had
possession of Hamilton during the past
week, and, in consequence, the town is
somewhat frayed around the edges for
the time being.
The special train of four coaches
bearing the press gang and guests,
about $50 in all, pulled into town early
Saturday evening. They were met at
the station by the Hamilton Silver
Cornet band, the local reception COM
mittees and big crowd of people,
perhaps 1000 in all. The town was
e1aborately decorated, one feature
being rustic triumphal arch at the
corner of Main and Second streets
As the newspaper people and their
guests stepped off the train they were
met by delegation of Bitter Root
girls dressed in white and presented
with punches of flowers. Then they
were escorted to the Ravalli hotel
which was filled with flowers and
where the evening was very pleas
antly spent.
On Sunday the entire party, accom-
panied by several hundred home
people, went on an excursion to the
Camas woods where dinner was served
at Camps ? and 3. Captain Jack
Crawford, the poet scout, one of the
guests of the association, climbed up
ON the roof of the cookhouse and de.
ivered his cowboy sermon. The ex-
cursionists returned early in the even
ing. This novel excursion, the free
dom of the woods and the welcome
accorded by the lumber jacks made a
great hit with the newspaper people.
The excursion was under the direction
of Supt. J. E. Totman. and was so
happily arranged and carried out that
that gentleman made a friend for life
OF every newspaper man in the state.
On Monday at 10 O'Clock the press
ssociation was called to order by
President Miles Romuey, who deliy-
cred the annual address. Some routine
business was transacted, whereupon
the meeting adjourned for the day.
Daring the afternoon the visitors were
driven over the Bitter Root Stock
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farm and to other points of interest.
They inspected the orchards and
creameries, grain fields and saw mills
hereabouts and were given glimpse
of the wonderful resources of this, the
most beautiful and fertile valley on
earth. The visitors were all provided
with huge straw hats on this trip by
the reception committee and were,
assuredly, treated to a rural good time.
In the evening dance.was given.in
the rotunda of the Ravalli hotel and
an oppor tunity was afforded the people
of the town to mix with "the gang"
in social session. At HIS the ban
quet board was spread at the Hotel
Hamilton. Mine Host Page had
loaded it with good things. Col. c. M.
Crutchfield presided as toast,naster in
his usual happy and felicitous man
ner. Gen. r. Lee McCulloch spoke
for the Bitter Rooters most eloquently
and c. F. Kelly of Butte responded or
b behalf of 1he guests of the association.
The other speakers, in response to in
vitations of the toastmaster, were:
John Mcguire Of Butte, Personal
"reminiscences of Marcus Daly;" Capt.
Jack Crawford. the poet scout, "Early
Days in the Vest and an original
poem entitled 1.-THE Bitter Root -
Major W. w. Anderson of Bozeman, /,
''Press Gatherings ]. w. Kelley,
editor of the Butte Inter Mountain,
THE State of Montana" and. in a
neat little aside, presented the retiring
president with a magnificent gold
headed cane; c. F. Connolly of Butte
made a hit with his remarks devoted
to 1.-The LADIES'" Captain Jack Craw.
ford and John Mcguire contributed
most capitally throughout the enter
ia inment.
The banquet was attended by the
members of the press association, the
board of county commissioners, the
city council and other guests of the
as sociation.
The following new officers for the
ensuing year were elected by acclama
ton:
President-w. w. cheely, Butte In
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ter, Stevensvilie; Miss Alberta Slaugh-
ter, Missoulian; John McMurry, wife
and daughter, Miner. Butte.

NESOASOxAONos
The following resolutions. read at
the banquet, were adopted:
Whereas, the present session OF the Mon
| tana State Press Association has been one of
| more than usual enjoyment and profit, and
will remain with the members in attendance
| as most pleasing memory; therefore. be iC
Resolved:
First-That we extend our thanks to the
pres ident and secretary for their energetic
and untiI1ng efforts in planning and arrang-
Ing for the meeting.
Second-That we tender our thanks to the
local committees, consisting of Messrs. Frank
Anderson. C. NJ. Crutchfield, E. A. Sherman,
DR.. Fred Ellis. 9. 8. Pag. p. J. Shannon. Miles
Romney. and Mrs. Mary J. Toole, Mrs. Geo.
, II. Taylor, Mrs. D. v. Dean, Mrs. G. N.
OrutchHe'd and Mrs. W. G. Fisk, for the cor
| dial reception, the banquet, drives excur-
| sion. and the many other courtesies SO lnv-
| iShly extended,
Third That we extend thanks to Mr.. J. E.
T; Totman who furnished the delightful ex-
! cursion to the logging camp where an excel i
1 lent dinner was provided by that prince of
chefs, Jas. Burns.
Fourth-That we extend our hearty thanks
!, to Mr.. VIM. ScallOn for substantial favors.
particularly the opening of the Ravalli for
| the free use of the members
| Fifth-That we thank Supt. Horn of the
Montana Division and Sup. Russell Of the
Rocky Mountain Division IN. P. Railway
I for courtesies.
| Sixth-That the thanks of the association
are specifically due to the Hamilton Cor
4 net Band, which greeted US on our arrival
| IN the city and will cheer us as we depart.
and who have been lavish with their music
during our stay. We appreciate not only
| the music, but also the members OF the
band, and will hold them in kindly remem-
brance for their courtesy.
Seventh--That our thanks are due to Mr..
/ Wharton of Butte for the free use of the
street cars in that city by association mem
bers.
Eighth--That we express our hearty
thanks to the many others who have ex-
tended to us numerous lesser, though not
less cordial, kindLesses and favors.
4 Ninth--That we shall ever gratefully re-
mem ber tho beauty of the scenery. the pro-
ductivenes of the soil, the delightfulness
of the climate and the hospitality Of the peo-
pie Of the matchless Bitter Root Valley.
H. H. COLLINS.
Chairman.
NJ. J. GARRETT,
W, w. CHIEFLY,
JOS. SMITH,
F. E. FOOTE.
Il Committee.
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No. II, Florence-C. M. lam, JOS
eph Wagner, Anthony Morris, Thomas
Holloway and G. w. Donaldson.
The places in the precincts where
the election IS to be held were desig-
mated as follows: Sula, schoolhouse;
Overwhich, postofice; Darby, Miles'
hall; Grantsdale, Shannon building;
Hami ton No. S, Town Hall; Hamilton
No. 6, Drinkenberg building at corner
of Third and Main streets; Corvallis,
schoolhouse; Victor, A. o. U. w. nal;
Stevensville. Kain building; Eight
Mile, schoolhouse Florence, Wood
man hall.
Upon examination of the assessed
valuation for the present year, the
county was declared to be in the
seventh class.
On motion board adjourned.
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CONTINUED in our next.)
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Persons contemplating long outing trips will
find here everything they may need--pack-
saddles, blankets camp stoves. clothing and
the best of things to eat. - -
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16

that were saved from the burned house were used
in it's construction. and they solid to-day
they when hewn in the woods
/ stored three old cherry wood
chests. used for packing away clothing and other
articles. Some years ago accident disclosed the
fact that of these chests fitted with false
bottom The curious Lefferts who tore it open.
which record mentions. but which undOubt-
edy boarded up ny Leffert Leferts while the
American soldiers were struggling for liberty 1t
amounted to nearly 5000 in Continental bills
The homestead. built with large. wide hallway
and stairway and great rooms, the style
that more than one spy of the Continental army
found hiding place in its rOOmy recesses. In IL
is built, of solid masonry, the SmokerOOm, where
hams and bacon cured.
The old Dutch barn built by Leffert LeffertS Is
still intact. In it. kept curiosity, Is the old
Dutch farm wagon 4 bill found in the old ac-
counts some time ago shows that repairs were made
the wagon in 179S. After the battle of Long
Island Colonel DOnOp seized the barn and used 10
a hospital for his wounded soldiers until the
cold weather made it unfit for this purpose,
Colonel DonOp. the story goes. approached the
old barn dark night while il still used
a hospital. and overheard two soldiers standing on
giving information to the Americans. He captured
the with his own hands, 1t Is said. marched
them into the barn, and. without court martial
benefit of clergy. had them hanged TO a Tatter-
The HeSsians left one evidence of their long oc-
cupancy of Flatbush that still causes trouble 10
farmers there. They were fond of leekS In their
camps they ate them and scattered the seeds,
which root the fertile soil. The leeks grew
Wild after that. and. Notwithstanding the efforts OF
the generations of farmers that have titled the n'
then. the eek Is still nuisance. and requires
constant attention to be kept from filling the fields
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16

the meeting in tho Inter grain stOreroOm of the
barn. the opportunity came As they rested in the
shade of a big walnut he spoke. She answered,
and they were happy.
Both congregations joined in making the wed
ding most elaborate one Paul. the father in
vited every on" who lived within mile of the
village. Fishk promised to send a large delega-
ton \ few days before the wedding contributions
for the feast began to pour in Early in the morn
ing neghborS sent their negro cooks to Paul'S
house TO help his servants prepare the meal So
many people came that il was decided to hold the
wedding in the open air. and platform
quickly built i'm thc yard. Both congregations had
hearing the name of the town in Dutch letters
The Fishkl banner portrayed the Saviour's ad-
vent into the world and the star which the wise
men in the east The PouEhkeepse banner
showed Moses on Mount Sinai. Both were poorly
executed, bUf the rivalry to which the
best became so great that Dominic On Rois who
had ridden an the way from New-York to perform
the ceremony, was called upon to decide.
The ceremony was the simplest part of the affair
and was soon over. Then came the feast II
impossible 10 serve the whole crowd at time,
those from Fishkiil sat down first at a long table
loaded with a combination of Dutch dishes and
wild game The bride and bridegroom had to eat
with both paTticS-aud they really had to eat.
Then came. third table for the negro slaves and a
dark before the last guest departed.
From the day Of the Boston Tea Party until the
Revolution was ended ;oa scarce. Merchants
who had large stock on hand raised their prices
until the beverage beyond reach of most per-
sons. Abram Brinckerhon had large stock in his
store and at the beginning OF the war doubled his
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16

homestead. II stands In riatuusn-ave.. opposite
Fenlmore-St.. h0dry with age. but uuiutereStnE in
us history a short distance above IL. on the way
to Brooklyn proper stands the LeffeTts home
stt ad. almost old. and more interesting
Title Ia the property dates back l66l when
many acres OF land We're granted to PtetruS LET
terts by Governor Stuyvesant. The original patent
stlll preserved by James Lefferts. who and oc
cupies The homestead. framed and hUuB in mis- IL
bTary, Is sun clear and leSIblc. although yellow
and somewhat faded by When the HessauS
under the brave but cruel Colonel DouOp. occupied
Flatbush by order OF Lord CornwalliS the old
homestead. then owned AMI occupied 10y Leffert
icrerts, was used by this officer his headduar-
ters. In the Dig parlor planned the hattie Of
Long Island. The place made uutCuahc by the
sewage attack of the Americans who obliged the
merCcnaries to retreat.
Il Is related that long after the battle over.
children climbing in the tree that stanos on the
south side OF the gate found hidden among its
branches dispatch from Washington to Putnam.
The supposition is that two Continental soldiers
who were captured in the LeffeTtS house when
The Iiessaus made their sudden appearance In
Flathush were the 'hcarers of the dispatch and
found time To hide their papers although not to
escape
The Lefferts homestead was rebuilt year after
the battle Of Long Island and has remained
changed. with the exception of extension that
added TO the rear. Some of the oaken rafters
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
BARON D'ESTOURNELLEs
FRENCH DIPLOMATIST WHO Is To s,-
ON WASHINGTON's BIRTHDAY

Paris, February rs
Baron d'Estournelles de Constant IA ..
becque. Minister PIenipotentiary. Depp,v 80
Department of the Sarthe former Provi,.. :,
Maine). member Of the Court of Arbtr,+,,. :.
The Hague. laureate OF the French Ac.s.--
who has accepted the invitation Of the Ne
of Chicago to deliver in behalf of France ar.
dress in that city on Washingtons Birtbs,v !.
one of the foremost among the younger .rsoor
of French diplOmatists. During his u,0s.,
siOnaI career VI. d EsstOurnelles has seen s.-...
in Greece. Montenegro. Turkey. Egyut v,,-
land and Holland He speaks English us-,ac
". having lived eight years in London. rbs,
he was chancellor of the French Embassy. ana
afterward charge d'affaires. He couductaS -
1893 the difficult negotiations COnceruinr -.
Siamese boundary that at one time threstsuss
to bring on conflict between France sr5
Great Britain. VI. d'Estourneues went with N
Leon Bourgeois as second French delegate IA
The Hague Arbitration Conference. and his eou
ments, interpretations and speeches in tsa
Chamber of Deputies on the foreign policy a.
France have marked the Deputy OF the Ssrths
as a probable Minister OF Foreign Affairs NJ
d'EstournelIes is a Conservative Republican
and is a warm personal friend OF NJ Paul Ds-
chanel, president Of the Chamber OF Deputies
He is an inCisive and alert speaker. His eon-
versatiOn is brilliant and witty. He is fond Of
America. and his wife is an American. "
d'Estournelles is the centre Of a group Of sner-
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16

prices. The women of the village Protested with
violence. but the old Dutch mercr- NJ was flrm.
He had the tea, and he kne-. what a. was worth.
Take it al = shilliuss leave it," ne said 1t
don't matter to me"
You refuse to sell me tea at the legal price Of
shngs2' demanded Mrs. Catharine Schutt.
u warn you that Il viii be better for you give
m IN am going TO have tea, and IN never pay =
ShlnGs
The merchant refused as stouty as ever, and Mrs.
Schutt went away, indignant. The next morning
she mounted her horse and aroused her neghAurs
soon she mad hity angry, determined women gath
cred at one of the houses I'm the village They
marched toward the store. and found Abram stand
ing IL the doorway. He laughed at the petticoat
army: and in laughing the fate Of his tea ras
sealed.
Mrs Schutt as spokesman, gave him his choice
between reducing his prices O having his store
sacked. Al first he refused. and the women began
70 throw his stock out of doors.
Il give in lie cried finally. and the women
bought all the tea they desired the regular price
As an original structure the Trinity Episcopal
Church At Fishkil is the oldest buildings in
the state Tho subscription for its erection was
started in l756, and ia 1860 the building was COM
pletcd. With the war increased Importance
70 the village. one Of the principal depots Of the
American Army with magazines, barracks hospi-
tals and workshops. was situated here. At one
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
PICK Up OTHER PERSONS PAPERS.
COMMON PRACTICE ON THE ELEVATED
CARS-A GUARDS EXPERIENCE.

CARS-A GUARDS EXPERIENCE.
''Forty-second-st - called out the elevated rail
road guard. a passenger threw down evening
paper as he started for the door. The paper had
hardly futtered TO the empty seat before lean
sitting across the aisle bent over and picked II
up. A fat man. with a short reach. whose eyes
had indicated designs the Castaway. looked en-
viously at the picture the front page. His face
lighted up when the lean arose to go AT the
station but ddrkened when the newspaper
went with him. Soon another outgoing passenger
left an evening edition behind him. The look OF
pain in the fats man face changed t0s one OF de
light as he pounced on the open pages
, THAT'S the way they go II all Gay, conmenteu
the guard with grin, as he watt he'd the scene
"One man leaves paper and there's two or three
a-wattin to pick il up.
They're eager after 'em that guards has
TO watch out pretty sharp 10 get any for ourselves
and the engineer and fireman, who generally
know have money enough buy all the papes they
want get EN- for uOthin' on the trains generally
When go or duty don't forget the guards
that relieve US. and then when relieve them In
the mornin they give US a mornin pape II they
have spare ones Night runs are pretty shy
paPes. though. You newspaper felleTs are about
the only ones that has EN- early in the mOrnln'-
But. as | was a Sayn'. aSOin' TO say. there's
fellers that jest depend agettin their papes on
these trains, like that fat feller there. You'll
EN- a-watchin' q man with pape Ike he was Il
cat a-watchin' "A mouse. and when he drors IL they
jest light on II Ike "A ton of brick know one
old feer that rides all the way down from Harlem
and through every coach in the train a-lOOkiu
place is and II ne amt got all he thinks he
have he'll ride to the end of the line and take
other train back To the station where he'd orter
Some queer ducks in this world. amt there2
Guess III cabbage that sheet that fat feller just
dropped Its the only evenn' edition | amt got.
Now ain't that ncggishness for yer! He's a-walkin'
off with it
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16

getic politicians who have at heart the eco
nomic renaissance of France. He has ofsa
said that the United States was the only forsisa
nation that took the right course in China cuF-
ing the Boxer agitation. he has made nu-
merous speeches calling attention TO the asn-
cultural and industrial development Of 1ns
United States and has called the attention 'r
his countrymen TO the necessity OF studying Ihs
social political and industrial conditions IN nc
United States. which he considers as the ees'
model for France. G. D
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16

at one time. and the church was turned into hos
pital. Wounded brought the church
from the battle of White Plains. In 1176 il would
have been occupied by the NewYOrk Provincial
Convention, the first legislature called had
ii not been found without seats, benches other
conveniences when the members arrived from Fish
kill" The convention adjourned to the old Dutch
Church. a few rods down the road.
When the the trustees presented
bill for the of the church for the hospital pur
poses of the army II is still preserved in the
try book. and reads:
FROM THE YEAR 177s To 17s3
The use of thus church. .....'....,....t tt0 os 0h
Nard. .-'--..--- ~ -
Damages to the same by the pubck. 1S9 II
f349 II
This statement given Cook to be IAqui-
dated by the PubliCk.
Tho Oldest house in FIatbush is the Murphy
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
4 BUSINESS KILLER.

From The Philadelphia Press
Business is frightfuIly dull to-day SAID "'
junior partner of the tailoring nrm- av
No wonder" said the senior partner ans.A'-
Who wrote our al Tor the papers to-day-
i did. Why -.
Because it says: Do you need an overcoat' ]"
our melton and frieze.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
Mr.. C4RNEGIES LATEST GIFT.

IT WAS OF 100000. AND WENT To STEVENS INSTI-
TUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Stevens Institute OF Technology in HOboken has
the approval of Andrew Carnegie who likes 10
young men being fitted for the practical work
of life. Mr.. Carnegie not long ago gave the nsti-
tute enough money TO erect a large extension.
which has been named the Carnegie Laboratory OF
Engineering. IL dedicated on February 6, and
last week Mr.. Carnegie sent his check for 500
'on account as he said. of the endowment fund
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
4 REGULAR MARX.

From The Philadelphia Press.
He forced her pa to toe the mark.
Twas quite a hit.
Alas! her pa did toe the mark.
But he was it.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-06-12

Panama He maintained the cost OF
the Nicaragu route was immensely
greater in point of construction and
operation and ne was prepared to
demonstrate that the Nicaragua could
not be operated at night He be-
lieyed that the canal would be a
power for the peace of the world
Senator Mitchell urged that unless
the Nicaragua route was determined
upon definitely by congress it would
mean the indefinite postponement and
perhaps ultimate defeat of any canal
legislation.
The general debate on the anti
anarchy bill was nearly ended in the
house The debate was devoted to le-
gal arguments, the speakers being
Messrs. Sibley (Pa.), De Almond
(Mo), Williams (Miss.) Wooten
(Texas), McDermott IN. j., Loud
(Cal), Crumpacker Qnd.), Maddox
(Ga), Ball (Texas) and Clark MOI.