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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-04-29
STOCK HAS
FARED WELL
Reports Of the Experts Show That
Losses In Montana Were Less
Than In Other States.
HEAVY LOSSES IN WYOMING
Sister State Suffered Terrible Losses
Of sheep-colorado Heavy Cat
tie Loser.

Despite the hard winter in some
portions of Montana, the loss OF live
stock In the state was considerably
less than that in other western states
and the present condition of Montana
live stock is exceptionally good. Ad-
vance sheets OF the stock report OF the
agricultural department, received in
the city yesterday, show that, through
out the west. the winter was unpre-
cedentedly hard IN live stock, but
Montana Jared well.
Cattle.
The loss of cattle in this state, in
the past year, from exposure, was on
ly 81 per cent, being less than in
any other western state. The follow
ing shows the percentage of cattle
lost in each state, for the year end
ing March 81, from exposure:
Montana, 81 per cent; Utah, "a;
Idaho. 3.9; Nevada, Al; Colorado,
60; Wyoming, 6.I.
The percentage of cattle lost from
disease was as follows:
Idaho, Ia per cent; Utah, Ia; Mon.
tana, 1t; Wyoming, 81; Nevada, 81;
| Colorado, 2.9.
The total loss of cattle in Montana,
from all causes, in the year, was 81
845 head.
The present condition of cattle is
as follows ION a basis Of 100 as per.
fect):
Utah, go per cent; Montana, SO;
Nevada, So; Wyoming, 81; Idaho, IS;
Colorado. rs.
Sheep.
The loss of sheep from exposure,
by percentage, was as follows:
Montana, So per cent; Colorado,
7.5; Nevada, TT Utah, 7.S; Idaho. SO:
Wyoming, lis.
The loss of sheep from disease, by
percentage, was as follows:
Montana, 90 per cent; Nevada, 30;
Wyoming, 81; Idaho, 81; Utah, 81;
Colorado, $50.
The total loss of sheep in Montana
for the year was 643,126 head.
The present percentage condition
of sheep is as follows:
Montana. SO per cent; Utah, SO;
Nevada, 81; Colorado, So; Wyoming
so; Idaho, rs.
The loss of Montana horses from
exposure was so small that 1t is not
reported. The percentage of loss by
disease was:
Utah, 10 per cent; Montana (3.452
head Ia; Colorado, "a; Nevada
"a: Idaho, Is; Wyoming, &c.
The present condition of horses is
as follows:
Montana. "a per cent; Utah, SO;
Nevada, 81: Wyoming, So; Colorado
So; Idaho. 81.
Three hundred and twenty-five
thousand sever hunased and twenty
two horses, 2.936.318 cattle, $1,000 5
sheep and 1882 TAG swine were los
in the United States during the year
Il will be noted, therefore, that owe
half Of the sheep lost were in the 81,
western states named above. II Is &C
counted for by the severity Of thu
winter weather and by the fact tina
the greatest number OF sheep are IL
those states.
Wyoming leads the list of sufferers
with the loss of 1886 sheep AM
71,777 cattle through disease and eX
posure; lis per cent. of all the sheel
in that state were lost through ey
posure, and 81 per cent. through dis
ease.
Idaho comes next with a loss of g..
per cent. of all her sheep through eS
posure, and 81 per cent. through dis
ease, or 1896 in all.
Utah lost rs per cent. through eX
posure and 81 per cent. through dis
ease, or 353,436 sheep in all.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-04-29
MAJOR PITCHER, U. S. A.
Something of the Man Who is Enter
tanning the President.

Something OF the Mar VINO rs Enter
tanning the President.
Major Pitcher, who is superintend-
ent of Yellowstone park and had the
president in charge. was in command
of the regulars who accompanied
General Brooke to Porto Rico. When
the transport Massachusetts went
ashore he showed the volunteers how
to work twenty-four hours a day for
a week. The quartermaster's depart
ment gave up for lost every mount on
the ship. Pitcher got every horse
ashore alive and sound, but so thin
and weak that not one in twenty could
stand on its feet for days. Pitcher Is
a Saudow and can lick" any man in
the army, catch-as-catch-can, knock
down-and-drag.out or any other way.
On the frontier his clothes fit him
like an Indian trapper's. In Wash
ington. where he was once an orna-
ment of the white house. he is a howl.
ing swell.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-04-29
Shearinu Notice.

Anyone Wishing the most reliable
shearing machines made should get
the Improved Stewart" made by the
Flexible Shaft Co., Chicago. They
are the only machines which a man
is justified in buying, being equal to
the Wolseley in cutting quality, but
much more durable and less expen-
sive to operate. Be r you get the
flexible shaft machine. Prices and
terms on application. Plants put in
for contract shearing. Flexible Shaft
Shearing Machine Co.. 1873 Ontario,
Chicago, Illinois. w. II. Austin,
Great Falls. Western Agent.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-04-29

State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas
county, SIS. Frank j. Cheney makes
oath that he is a senior partner of the
firm Of F. j. Cheney & Co., doing bnsi-
ness in the city of Toledo, county and
state aforesaid, and mat said firm
will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every Ease of
catarrah that cannot be cured by the
use of Halls Catarrah Cure.
FRANK ]. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9Th day of De-
cember, A. ID. 1886.
A. w. GLEASON,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Halls Catarrah Cure is taken inter-
nally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials, free.
F. ]. CHENEY, Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-04-29
A Great Sensation.

There was a big sensation in Lees
vile, Ind, when W. H. Brown, of that
place. who was expected to die, had
his life saved by DR.. Kings New Dis.
covery for Consumption. He writes:
II endured insufferable agonies from
asthma. but your New Discovery gave
me immediate relief and soon there.
after effected a complete cure" Sim.
liar cures of consumption, pneumonia,
It's the peerless remedy for all throat
and lung troubles. Price SOC, and
81. Guaranteed by c. H. Williams,
Druggist. Trial bottles free.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-04-29
A RESTLESS T
A French Artist Had a Hard Time
Getting a Good Picture.

Getting a Good Picture.
Paris, April 24.-The Figaro pub
fishes an interview with Theobald
Chartran, the artist, about his exper-
fence while painting the portrait of
President Roosevelt. M. Chartran
says:
1T was difficult to get the president
to sit still. | never had a more rest
less or a more charming sitter. He
speaks French like a boulevardier
and wittily."
M. Chartran did not try to depict
the official Roosevelt. but rather the
private a The portrait will be ex'
hibited at the coming Salon.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-04-29
A Chattanooga Druggists Statement

Robt. J.. Miller, proprietor of the
Read House Drug Store Of Chattanoo-
ga, Tenn, writes: There Is more
merit in Foley's Honey and Tar than
in any other cough syrup. The calls
for it multiply wonderfully and we
sell more Of 1t than all other cough
syrups combined" For sale by Nc
Kechnie & Allan.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-04-29
THE X PRAYER.
Asked That Shells be Distributed the
Same as Prize Money.

ett 30 'S'f
Admiral Bob" Evans tells this me-:
Among the tackles of the Amerl-
can fleet that did the business at
Santiago as an extremely pious chap
"a lad from Vermont. We had been
telling him all along that each day
would probably witness the long-look-
ed-for battle between the American
and the Spanish vessels. When he
prayed that night he placed special
stress upon the plea that the vessel
upon which he and his comrades-in-
arms were serving might escape dis
aster. saying among other things:
40. Lord, shield us from the shells
and other ~projectiles OF the enemy,
but II any shells and solid shot do
come to our vessel, | pray Thee that
they may be distributed as prize mon.
ey is distributed-mostly among the
officers"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-04-29
SEVERE ATTACK OF GRIP
Cured by One Bottle of chamberIain's
Cough Remedy.

when | had an attack of the grip
last winter 1.-THE second one) actual
ly cured myself with n bottle Of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy" says
Frank w. Perry, editor Of the Enter
prise. Sh~ortsville, n. Y. This is the
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-04-29
KILLED FOUR ELK.
Livingston Miner Fined One Hundred
Dollars by Judqe Henry.

Dollars by Judge Henry.
Livingston, Mont, April "a
Frank Kolense, who was charged with
killing four elk in the vicinity of the
National park last winter, pleaded
guilty in the district court this after
noon and Judge Henry fined him 800.
Kolense is a coal miner employed
by the Montana Coal and Coke COM
pany at Aldridge. and during the
winter months was in the habit of
killing elk to supply his family with
meat. He was finally detected by the
game warden last January. and has
been held in Jail here awaiting the
action of the district court. He paid
the fine today and was released.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-04-29

Children who are delicate, feyerish and cross
will get immediate relief from Mother Ctays
Sweet Powders for Children. They cleanse
the stomach, act on the liver, making a sickly
child strong and healthy. a certain cure Tor
worms. Sold by all druggists. 25c.. sample
FREE. Address Allen 5, Ulmsted' Lekoy'
~. Y.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-04-29

Not Allowed to Remain In Prussia
and Other German Provinces.

n Other German PROVINCES.
Berlin, April 24.-The governments
Of Prussia and grand duchy of Neck
lenberg, have decided to expel the
Mormon missionaries on the ground
they are propagating a form Of relig-
ious belief incompatible with the laws
and because polygamy is not excluded
from their doctrines.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-04-29

Foley's Honey and Tar contains
no opiates, and will not constipate
like nearly all other cough medicines.
Refuse substitutes. Sold by McKech-
ME & Allan.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-04-29

The surest and safest remedy for
kidney and bladder diseases is Foley's
Kidney Cure. Solo by McKechnie &
Allan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
PUGs ARE PREPARED.
Gardner and Ntz Are Ready for the
 Fight.

San Francisco, Nov. 3.-The contest be- tween Bob Fitzsimmons and George Gardner for the light heavyweight cham plonship will be brought off at the Me chanics' Pavilion in this city Wednesday night under the auspices of the Yosemite Club. The men will meet at 168 pounds and both are said to be in the pink of con- dition and confident of victory.
 Although the older man, Fitzsimmons Is at present the favorite in the betting at 10 to 6. He is in hard training at his quarters at Alameda and yesterday boxed eight rounds each with series of big fellows while Mrs. Fitzslmmons held the watch. Today he did less strenuous work.
 Eddie Graney, who will referee the coming battle after trip 10 Alameda to watch Fitzsimmons at practice said:
 His condition Is perfect so far as I can judge. He is big. strong and conf dent and promises to make the battle short. sharp and decisive"
 Gardner has stopped his boxing prac- tice but was on the road this morning and punched the bag for half an hour this af- ternoon. He says he feels he has suf1- cent strength to meet any fight Fitzsim- mons may put up and therefore 1t is un- necessary for him to continue heavy training. Moreover, it would be a dan gerous thing to slug with his partners when the battle Is so near.
 The fact that F1tzsimmons is a hot favorite does not disturb me a bit" said Gardner. T expected it. About all can say is that if Fitzsimmons wins he must win in quick order. don't think he will have strength to go a distance while the longer it goes the better I'll get"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
CARDINALS LECTURED
PREFEcT or THE PROPAGANDA
 HEARD FROM.
Complains That Actions Taken by the Prelates are Given Out Be- fore Their Ratification
 by the Pope.

Rome, Nov. 23-When the Cardinals composing the congregation of the Prop aganda met today. they received a sharp reminder that they have at their head in the person of the Prefect of the Propaganda, Cardinal Gotti. a church. man of clearly defined and strong opin- ions.l Those present were Cardinal Az liardi. VannutelIi. Steinhuber, Segna, Pierotti, Cassetta, Martinelli, satoili, Matthew. Della, volpe and Gotti.
 The Cardinal Prefect, in his opening address, dwelt most earnestly on the bad impression made on the Pontiff and him self by the receipt of remonstrances from apostolic delegations and from Cardinals abroad against the publication of the decisions of the propaganda before the decisions had been ratified by the Ponti1. This matter had gone so far, said Cardi- nal Gotti, that the results of the meet ings of the Propaganda were known In the United States even before the meet ings of the Cardinals had actually con- cluded.
 Continuing. Cardinal Gotti said that he in the strongest manner, had called to the attention to all the clerks in attend ance on the Propaganda that it was their duty to observe the most complete se- crecy and he wished to recommend the same course not only to the secretaries, Mgs. Vacia and Savelli, but even to tho members of the Sacred College them selves, although. he added, he did not suppose for a moment that any of them would condescend to lower their dignity by action contrary to the spirit of the law regulating the affairs of the Propa- ganda-
 Several Cardinals greeted the speech of the Cardinal Prefect by saying Good, good,' while others considered tho speech inopportune. These latter thought that no damage could be done to the in- terests of the church by the publications of which the Cardinal Prefect complain ed. as 1t was known that the decisions of the Propaganda were not valid until ratified by the Pope, while, on the other hand, 1t was pointed out, that the de. cisions of the congregations were rarely rejected by the Pope.
 Some of the Cardinals expressed the opinion that 1t would be assuming too much in these days of wireless telegra- phy to hold that the announcements of the appointments made by the congrega- ton could be leisurely given by mail af- Cardinal pointed out that the Cardinal Prefect evidently had not considered the fact that in the matter of time Rome was six hours in advance of New York. The congregation next discussed the appointment of several bishops and arch-
 bishops, including successor to the
 late Archbishop Katzer of Milwaukee, Wis
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
Bodies Prom PhillippGnes.

Washington, Nov. 2S.-Arrangements have been completed for the disposition of the bodies recently brought to this country in the transport Sumner from the Philippines. Eighty-five bodies will be turned over to relatives or friends for interment in private cemeteries in diff ferent parts of the country. The remain ing seventy-seven bodies have been for warded to this city by express for inter. ment in the National Cemetery at Arling. ton. Among the remains to be buried to- morrow or the next day are those of Lieu. tenant Colonel Robert A. Caldwell of the Philippines Scouts, and Captain Franklin M. Kemp. Assistant Surgeon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
YUKON RAILWAY PROJECT.
Tinted That the Burlington is Back
 ing the Scheme.

Portland, Ore. Nov. 23.-F. c. Helm, of New York. leading spirit in the Val deg, Copper river and Yukon railway project. and J. D. McGiIliveray, a well known Alaskan mining engineer. has ar rived here on their way from Valdez to the East.
 The road which MT. Helms company proposes to build will run from Valdez to Eagle City. and will have a mileage of 41S miles. It is capitalized for S16. O0o,OOO. It is hinted that the Burlington is backing the scheme with a view to making 1t link in the continuous rail- road from New York to Paris, which is now being seriously considered. It is ex. pected the Burlington will build through to the coast, connect with a railroad UT the Pan Handle of Alaska to the Valdez Copper River and Yukon line, from whence a connection will be built to meet the trans-Siberian as soon as the Rus. sian road is constructed through to the Behring straits.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
THE CUT IN WAGES.
The First of the Reductions Made in
 New England.

Boston, Nov. 2s.-The first of the nu- merous reductions in wages announced in the cotton mills of southern New England and at half dozen points outside that territory went into effect in all but one Fall River corporation today, and a num- Der of outside mills.
 Although about 32,000 operatives had their pay cut down, no general strike oc- cured in any mill. Today's cut averages 10 per cent and places the pay schedules on "a basis with those paid previous to the advance of March. 1902.
 The reduction affected seventy-eight mills in Fall River, operating nearly 25,- 900 hands and about a score of corpora tions elsewhere in New England, employ ing about 1000 operatives.
 The Fall River Iron works, operating four print cloth mills. will cut down wages next Monday, and on that day also nearly all Rhode Island and Connecticut manufacturers will adopt the lower sched- ule. A cut in New Bedford will go into effect in two weeks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
FIRE IN KNOXVILLE.
The Loss is Between $6o,Ooo and
 S7O,OOO,

Knoxville, Tenn. Nov. 23-Ffre today totally destroyed four large wholesale buildings and damaged a fifth in the wholesale section of the city adjoining the Southern Railroads freight depots The loss is from $50.OOO to $6O.OOO fairly well insured. The buildings burned were:
 Swift & Co.'S cold stG-age warehouse; F. c. Kaiser. produce warehouse: Dick & Dick, wholesale grocery specialties; W. w. Scarborough, Henderson Com pany, produce warehouse; McClung, Buff fett & Blackwell, hardware and machin- cry warehouse. The two last concerns occupied thessame building
 The wholesale grocery house of W. B. Lockett & Co.,, adjoining. suffered slight damage. The fire is thought to have originated in the McClung, Buffett & Blackwell or the Scarborough-Hende buildings It spread rapidly to other buildings. A considerable portion of the contents were saved.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
PEoNAGE IS ALLEGED.
Prominent Citizens of Georgia Are
 Indicted.

Savannah, Ga, Nov. Exchanged with having held negroes in condition Of ser vtude and peonage, twenty-six indict- ments have been returned by the federal grand jury against eight prominent citi- zens of Southern Georgia.
 The names mentioned in the indictments are Edward J. Mckee. William Mckee and Frank I. Mckee of Valdosta, Ga.: William F. Crawley and Thomas J. Mc- Clellan of Ware County; Clayton B. Mo- Leod and Lester McWilliamson of Mont gomery County.
 The indictments are for various off, lenses connected with the alleged selling of negroes into peonage and other modes of depriving them of their liberty.
 The persons against whom the indict- ments have been returned are promi- nently connected, one of them, Edward Mckee. being a member of the State Legislature. The remaining persons in- cluded in the indictments have been prominently identified with the business. and in some instances, political, interests of their sections.
 Edward J. Mckee, William McRee and Frank l.. Mckee were jointly and sev- orally indicted for holding certain men, women and children of the colored race In involuntary servitude, 1t being charg- ed in thirteen indictments containing tudL OH udLoS ranging from August last to the August just passed. that they worked, did hold, ar rest and return to a condition of peo- age against his will a negro, compelling him to work out a fictitious contract. The names of the negroes who are al- legged to have been held in slavery by tho Mckee Brothers are John Wesley, Boney George Davis Imla Durham, Dave Smith, Dave Brimmage, Ed Hardy. Henry Brim- mage, Joe Helmes, John McMullen, John Spangler, Nealy Hardy and Andrew Moore. Some of these, it is alleged, wer. arrested under no authority of law, the accused having seized them and thrown them into a condition of slavery. The indictments might be divided into three classes. the McRees constituting the class which held the negroes in bondage; William F. Crawley and Thomas J. Mo Clellan constituting the class which ef- fected the seizure and the McLeods and Williamson the persons who cold the ne- groes.
 In the indictment against Clayton B. Mcleod. John A. Mcleod and Lester Will Hanson, 1t is not only charged the men not only violated the Thirteenth Amend ment to the Constitution of the United States, but that they put the negroes under he lash, naltreating them and i'm hicting bodily injury at the same time forcibly and by confinement keeping them in slavery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
BoYErTE DECLARED INSANE.
Judge Says Verdict is a Perversion
 of Justice

Raleigh. Nov. 23.-Emmett Boyette, who shot and killed his wife at her home In Kingston, N. C., because she refused to live with him. was to-day declared by the jury to be insane Upon hearing the verdict, Judge George H. Brown said:
 Gentlemen of the jury, in my long Judicial experience I have never censur- ed jury and it is not my purpose to censure you now. am bound to believe you acted consclentiously. But I cannot help feeling that you have made a very grave mistake in entirely acquitting this prisoner. Your verdict will be a stagger- ing blow to the proper administration of justice in this county, I fear, for years to come"
 The prisoner was returned to jail to await examination by lunacy commits sion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
WILL co TO CUBA
SUBCOMMITTEE TO HEAR EvI-
 DEVICE.
The Wood Investigation Has Reach cd Such 6 Stage as to Make This Unusual Step
 Necessary.

Washington. Nov. 23.-The Senate Com mittee on Military Affairs held brief session today to continue the investiga- ton of charges against General Leonard Wood In opposition to his confirmation to be Major General.
 Captain w. J. Barden, of the artillery corps, United States army, who was en- gineer officer in charge of street improve Inents at Havana during General Wood 8 administration as Governor General of Cuba, was the only witness heard The Committe adjourned to meet again Fri day at il o'clock.
 Captain Barden's testimony had ne im- portant bearing on the charges against General Wood. He was summoned at the request of Senator Foraker and is under stood to be one of the officers General Wood is said to have asked to have called to refute certain charges which Major Rathbone had indicated he would bring before the Committee.
 When the Committe met today only six members were present. These were Sen ators Foraker, Quarles. Scott. Cockrell, Pettus and Bate. Other members were detained by the Republican caucus for the appointment of committees.
 Favorable action was taken on the re- quest of Major Rathbone for the issue of subpoenaes for army officers and permis- sion was given him to prepare list with statements as to what he expected tc prove by each.
 This list will be ready for summons to be issued tomorrow. Major Runcle will be the first witness when the Committee meets Friday. He is now en route from Havana to the United States.
 The Senate Committee on Military Af- fairs will designate sub-committees to go to Cuba to take testimony regarding the conduct of General Wood. The personnel of the Committee has not yet been agreed upon nor the number of members. It is asserted that so much has already been said about the conduct of General Wood in Cuba that 1t will be necessary to ex- anime witnesses in that island who can not come to the United States.