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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-02
SETTLEM ENT

OF Trouble In Anthracite Region
Now In Sight.
Scranton, Pa, July ga coal oper-
ator stated this evening that the min
ing companies are moving to effect a
settlement of the trouble over the
check weighmen and the check dock
ing boss matter. He intimated that
owing to the plans that are now be-
ing formulated he does not think that
the session of the executive board
called for this city on Monday next
will take any decided action.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-02
PoIsoned BY cafboIIo Acid.

Pittsburg, Pa, July 29.---Louis Cum
wings, white, whose home is thought
to be In Cumberland. Md, was pois-
oned today at the Thomas Hotel by
carbolic acid. Fanny Young, colored,
who occupied the room with him. was
arrested by order Of the coroner and
win be held. She denies knowing any
thing about the poison. Both had been
drinking. :" -'''' z"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-02
DIAMOND MERCHANT

Chloroformed and Robbed of Gems
Worth $4,000.
Antwerp, July 30.-The well known
diamond merchant, Van Soghout, while
riding on train from Antwerp to Am
sterdam is reported to have been
chloroformed and robbed of gems to
the value of $4,000.
The police apparently have no clue
to the identity of the perpetrator Of
the deed.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-02
Tryina to Save Famous Trotter.

Cleveland, July si.N-Two veteri-
naries have been in constant attend.
'ance on Lou Dillon, the famous trot.
ter, since Saturday afternoon. At
this time her temperature has been re.
duced to 102 and the doctors now think
there is possible chance Of saving
her.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-02
Summer Complsips

Z, not always brought about by change
Of air and water. The "atsy.at bones"
are Just rs susceptible to diarrhoes; due,
generally, to over eating, as unhpe fruit,
'tc, and, drinking ice water sll accom-
panied by painful bowel discharges;
nd. II not CHECKED, results seriously.
'eHy Davis Psinkiller 10 the only pure
y reliable remedy. rs and Soc.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-02

Don't patronize agents. Get your
pictures enlarged at the Empire Gal
lery. $1.00 for 1ex20 for short time
only. ~ SVs'
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-02
COMMON LAW WIFE

Should Also Be Common.
Norwalk, July 29.--Bertha Chollar,
a common law wife. has sued her bps-
band for divorce. The husband was
found in company Of another woman.
He was arrested on criminal charge
placed by his wife, but was released
on bail and was then married to Mrs.
Chollar
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-02

Advance In Glass Prices.
Columbus. July 2a.-The allied plate
glass companies will advance the
prices of glass Ten per cent on Au.
gust 1.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-07-27
sale and has brought 2Slkc.

sale and has brought 23l5c.
Some of the worsted mills have
been free buyers of Montanas and
Idahos. Some OF the wooden mills
have taken some good sized lines of
Utahs and some of the fine goods
mills have bought freely Of Neyadas.
paying for the latter ABOUT &c. clean.
Fine and fine medium Idaho has sold
at lSlhc. to cost 55c, cedn. One mill
took a large line of Montana at a
clean cost of about 5Sc, ii is claimed
the wool being very fine staple. Quar-.
ter-blood territory has sold al 93ibc
in the grease. Heavy Arizona. on the
other hand, has sold at lac. On the
clean basis. territory quarters are
costing 46@4Sc. while mediums bring
about soc, clean; fine medium cloth.
ing, 51@52c: fine, 53T5Sc, the lat.
ter for selected fine staple. Good,
fine clothing may be quoted at 5id
55c, although woods OF the Nevada
type bring Soc. as before stated. for
best conditioned stock. New Mexi.
can secured wool has sold AT 51d
5lkc and No. 2 at 47QiSc Quarter.
blood territory has been selling rap.
idly at the figures quo,ed, and more
of il would have been sold If there
had been more opened.
The territoriai clip has been clean.
ed up with unusual rapidly. and it
now remains to be seen whether the
owners of the woods can turn their
late purchases 10 a profit. Many of
their previous purchases have been.
and the situation at this writing looks
strong. The extent of the demand
for goods will now be a prominent
factor in the situation.
The Montana woods are reported as
showing up in excellent condition, be-
ing generally well grown and in light
shrlnkage, and these. with the Idaho
woods, as before stated, are %consplc-
uous among sellers. Some Of these
territorial woods are being held at
prices, however, which consumers are
not yet ready TO pay. The same is
true also of medium unwashed fleeces
and delaine woois.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-07-27
A FEW POPS LEFT.
And These Will Not be Led Into the
Camp Of the Trusts.

Helena Record: James Donovan,
who under the fusion agreement was
elected attorney general four years
ago as a Populist, anticipates a large
vote for Watson in Montana, believ-
ingn many Democrats who cannot
stomach the goldbug propensities and
the trust affiliations of Judge Parker
will prefer to vote for the Georgia
man. He predicts that there will be
10000 or more ropulist votes cast in
the state this year.
81 notice that direct legislation
clubs are being formed in different
parts of the state" said Mr.. Dono-
van, in discussing matters political.
"Why, that has been a cardinal prin-
ciple of our party for twelve years
ever since we nominated Weaver
for president at Omaha, in 1892. Gov
ernor Smith was elected on that plat
form in 1896. Many Democrats are
coming around to u way of think
ing. 1t is pretty neal the pure Dem
ocracy. this initiative and referendum
and the government ownership Of rail
roads, which | see Mr.. Bryan is ad.
vocating for his recognized party.
The true Democracy will eve be
represented until the ideas of the Chi.
cago and Kansas City platforms are
carried out.
"The government ownership of the
railroads will settle the tariff and the
trust questions. II wool could be
shipped from Australia by rail instead
of water, the excessive cost of trans
portation would do away with the
Australian competition and remove
the demand for a tariff. 1t is all a
question of transportation, and with
government ownership transportation
rates would regulate many differences
in industrial conditions"
do you believe Montana will cast
many votes for the Peoples party
national ticket?" he was asked.
Yes. | do, | look for a vote of al
least 10000, as compared with about
5000 four years ago"
He expressed doubt about many
Democrats caring TO follow Bryan in
to the trust camp.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-07-27
MONTANA WOOL EXHIBIT.
.Sheepmen of the State Slow in Send
ing Sample FIeeces.

The following letter from +. b.
Linfeld, special agent Worlds Fair
commission, BoLeman, Mont. has
been received by the Argus and
will be of interest to Fergus county
woolgrowers. II is hoped that they
will respond quickly to this request for
the wool of Fergus county will bear
comparison with any in the world:
Editor of the Fergus County Argus.
Lewistown. Mont.
Montana is Tic largest sheep and
wool producing state in the Union.
In keeping with this fact the Worlds
Fair Commission decided to make a
fine exhibit of Montana wool at the
st. Louis Worlds Fair. Col. J. II.
Rice, of Fort Benton. was selected as
special agent To gather this exhibit.
AS wool is an agricultural product il
has TO be placed in the Agricultural
building and on the Montana space at
the building. Col. Rice planned to get
go fleeces of representative Montana
wool and cases were provided to take
care of that amount Of wool. To date
some IS fleeces only have been re-
ceived at BozeInan, not one.third of
the number provided Tor. AS the mat
ter now stands, we haze the cases
but are very short on wool to put into
them. This certainly l. not the kind
of an advertisement the sheep men
wish to make Of their enterprise and
public spirit. Col. Rice feels disap'
pointed and somewhat discouraged,
and has asked for help thus this op.
peal. Are there not enough enter
prising w%oolgrowcrs III the state 10
contribute at once 81 10 40 first-class
leeces and thus make The Montana
wool exhibit what II ought to be. Send
the leeces to +. h. ltniield, Special
Agent, Worlds Fair Commission, at
Bozeman, Montana.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-07-27
is HARD TO BEAT.
George Wells Says Lewistown Is
Most PROSPEROUS.

The construction and successful OPP
Grafton of the Montana railroad from
Lombard to Lewistown, placing the
county seat of Fergus county in direct
communication with the outside
world, after being in a sense side
tracked so many years has not only
opened up n OF the richest sections
of Montana. but it has caused the
place to throw off the garb of a town
and take on the habiliments of a city.
says the Helena Record. The city
of Lewistown and the county of Fer.
gus are among the most prosperous
parts of Montana today. The Helena
people who visited Lewistown on the
excursion brought back word to this
effect. Every visitor to Lewistown
adds to the report.
"Lewistown is the best town have
in Montana in several years."
declared George A. Wells to several
friends at The Brandon. He had Just
returned from Yogo, where he is heav-
lily interested in sapphire mines and
stopped off in Helena to see a few
friends, while on his way to Great
Falls. Mr.. Wells has lived in Mont
n for about forty years and has
seen the rise and fall Of many a town.
He lives in London, England, now,
but comes to Montana every summer
to look after the sapphire mines.
Yes, it would be hard to beat Lew
istown for a bustling. lively place."
continued Mr.. Wells. Everybody
seems to have money an to be spend
ing it. There is a lot of building 60
ing on and few r idle, if they are
to work.
Fergus county has leaped to the
front as n Of the large mineral pro-
ducing counties of the state. Just
think of it, about a million dollars in
gold was turned out of the county
last year. Add TO this the large re-
ceipts from the sheep and cattle bus
mess and the money expended in the
construction of the railroad and you
have a fair idea of the origin of the
good times. The sheepmen were new
er prosperous than this season.
1t has probably hurt Big Timber,
Great Falls and Billings, but that is
n of the natural results of railroad
building.
"Our sapphire mines are doing
nicely. We expect to turn out the
usual number of stones this season
and to dispose of them at a good pro-
At"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-07-27
WANT BIG MONEY.
Amslgamated Companies Sue HeInze
for Sixteen Millions.

Butte. July Give more suits
were begun IN the district court today
by the Boston d Montana company
to recover damages 10 the amount Of
many millions o. dollars on account
OF the alleged footing al large quan.
titles of valuable ore from the adjoin-
ing mines through the Minnie Hoaly
workings. In the two suits that were
begun today judgments are asked 10
the amount of S7,4OO,UO0, making a
total. with the big suit that was be.
gun on Thursday OF ~sl3,l50.0O0 for
ore alleged TO have been unlawfully
extracted from the veins Of the Colu-
sa, Piccolo and Gambetta mines
through underground workings in the
Minnie Healy.
In the five suits that have been be-
gun recently against Ieinze and his
agents, alleging the looting Of ore
from the Michael Dewitt, Little Nina.
Colusa, Piccolo, and Gambetta mines,
the judgments In damages that are
asked aggregate ~SlG,S50,oO0.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-07-27
GORMAk DECLINES.
Democratic Craftsmanship offers No
Attractions to Willy Leader.

HttTdCtlOnS 10 why LcdueT.
Esopus, n. j.. July 22.-lnformation
reached Esopus today that Senator
German cannot be induced to under
take the cares of managing the cam
paign and Judge Parker was informed
by the Associated Press OF the dis
patch from Washington that he had
reiterated his declaration that some
younger mar should be chosen. Will
liam F. Sheehan, who was the choice
of many eastern leaders, was with
Judge Parker at the time. He was
asked whether he would permit his
name to go before the meeting of the
national committee, to be held at the
Hoffman house, in New York, on
Tuesday. He replied laughingly;
"Oh, nobody wants me for chair.
man."
Then seriously, he discussed brief
ly, his own position, making it plain
that he has not allowed his name to
be considered by party leaders and
that he stands firm in his refusal to
serve as manager of the campaign.
From his attitude he can no longer
be regarded as a possibility.
August Belmont also has asserted
that he will not accept an active part
in the campaign management and
thus Mr.. TagsaIt is apparently the
only n left in the a
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-07-27
COUNCIL HOLDS
EXTRA MEETING
Report Of City Engineer in Regard to
Sewer Contracts Received and
Approved.
CHARGED TO PROPERTY OWNERS
Plan to Charge Those Not in Districts
the Rate of the District With
Which They Connect.

The city council held a special
meeting Thursday, July 81. and the
sewer question occupied the time of
the councilmen the whole evening.
The meeting was called to order by
Mayor Eldridge and acting city engi-
neer, A. T. GOodspeed. presented a
final report on the sewer contracts,
which had been let to James Ken
nedy. The report of the engineer
was as follows.
Amount OF contracts. .....Sl5,649.3O
Credit by cash payments. 11,292.5l
Balance ...,.',. ,........Sf,3oo.i3
On motion the report was adopted
and the clerk was instructed to draw
a warrant in payment of the balance
due Mr.. Kennedy in full of all claims
against the city. The council then
expressed its hearty appreciation of
the work done and the cooperation
with the council on the part of John
O'Connor, the representative of Jas.
Kennedy in Lewistown. Mr.. O'Con.
nor offered to sell to the city one
siphon and man hole casing. This Of
fer was referred TO the purchasing
committee.
The street commissioner was in.
structed by the council TO order the
sidewalks on Fifth avenue changed
in width to conform with the city or.
dinance relative TO sidewalks. II vas
also ordered that the weighing scales
of the Spring Creek Coal Co. on Fifth
avenue, be changed so as to conform
to the grade of the street. The city
engineer IA instructed to have a
lamp-hole put in on the Lehman sew.
er where il connects with the city
sewer, to meet the requirements of
the sewer ordinances of the city of
Lewistown.
The council decided TO take under
adyisement the proposition to charge
the property owners, v located with
In an improvement district, the rate
per front foot obtaining In the dis
trict with which they desire to have
some sewer connection.
The petition Of D%ougherty e. Har.
ris for permission to erect a store.
room of corrugated iron with wooden
st~uddings, was referred to the build
ing committee with power to act.
The purchasing committee was EN-.
powered TO employ help for the col.
lection of the road tax. the compen'
sation for which should be ten per
cent of all taxes collected.
Those present at the special meet.
ing were Mayor l.. W. Eldrldge, Coun'
cilmen N. J.. Littlejohn, Jesse Pink.
ley, II. c. Brown and John Laux. w.
S. Smith and ". D. Symmes were
absent.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-07-27
BIG BOSTON DEMAND.
Montana and Idaho Woods Selling
Rapidly to the Mills.

Montana and Idaho Woods Selling
Rapidly to the Mills.
In its weekly review of the wool
market, the American Wool G. Cot
ton Reporter says that the woods in
demand have included about all
kinds, more especially, Of course, ter.
ritories, large blocks of Montanas,
Idahos, Utahs. Ari2r mas, Neyadas and
CALIFORNIA; having ycen moved. One
house sold about ihree-quarters of a
million pounds 81 Montana to one
concern, its sales of territories, all
told, being in the neighborhood of
two and a half millions. Another
large house sold nearly a million
pounds of territorial woods. The de.
mand has extended, also. to about all
grades and descriptions. Foreign
woods, however, are comparatively
quieter. The finer domestic woods
are selling rather better, although
the medium and low woods are still
the strongest and are really being rap.
idly cleaned up. Quarter-blood ter.
ritory especially meets with a ready
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-07-27
No False Claims.

The proprietors of Foley's Honey
and Tar do not advertise this as a
"sure cure for consumption" They
do not claim it will cure this dread
complaint in advanced cases, but do
positively assert that it will cure in
the earlier stages and never fails to
give comfort and relief in the worst
cases. Foley's Honey and Tar is
without doubt the greatest throat and
lung remedy. Refuse substitutes.
Sold by E. f. McKechnie.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-07-27
Among the Mines
Devoted tn the Large Min
ing Interests OF Fergus
County General Notes.
Floating Stone Found.

To use the expression float like a
stone" one would naturally think the
opposite OF what is said is meant, as
the floating of d stone or rock is gen.
orally an impossibility; but II any
such view is maintained it may as
well be discarded at once for a piece
Of earthly material, which cannot be
called correctly anything else but a
stone, Is in Helena and il floats on
the water.
This unique specimen is the prop
erty of William S. LARSEN and was
picked up in the Mcclellan gulch min
ing region. east of Helena about IL
miles, says the Helena Record. The
stone is one of many that were thrown
ou of a prospect hole possessing that
property of buoyancy sufficient to
float upon the water.
One piece has been in a vessel of
water for sc hours and still floats,
and how much longer it Eill float be-
fore absorbing sufficient water TO
sink, If it ever does, remains to be
determined.
The stone is what may be termed
a fossilized jasper, is very porous,
and light as a fine shaving. It is
considered a rare curiosity by its
owner. 1t assays 80 cents in gold.
Another strange substance comes
from ground within the precincts of
the city of Helena. AS to what 1t is
nobody knows. 1t is white n APP
p~earance and resembles sheep tai
low. 1t S said 10 melt at a low heat
and when once melted remains In that
state, and looks like an oil.
Specimens of this strange substance
have been sem to the Smithsonian
Institute at Washington city for an,
alysis to determine what it is. Lo-
cal experts do not pretend to give the
thing a name, o attempt to guess
al to what class in mineralogy it be.
longs. Whether it Is a mineral, a
metal or an oil remains to be discov-
cred. 1t may be something entirely
new to the world of science. and,
like radium, open up a new field for
speculation and research.
Another kind of mineral, or metal,
possessing peculiar properties, is de-
scribed by William R. Ralston. He
mined the stuff out of a lead on Trail
creek, British Columbia. The miner.
al resembled kidneys of galena, iron
ore, or copper glance and was taken
out in chunks weighing upwards of
100 pounds.
It had no value in precious metals,
but when subjected to heat in a forge
would burn up, giving out at the same
time sitting. suffocating fumes which,
il inhaled to any extent, would pro.
duce death. The specimens were said
to belong to a class of antimonial
ores.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-07-27

Methods Of the SwindIer Used to
Work Gold Plank on Democracy.


The sequence of things is some
times very instructive when you come
deliberately to trace it out afterward.
Take these, for instance:
Judge Parker was practically with
cut political record, saw that he had
twice voted for William ]. Bryan.
When he began to be talked of for
the presidency, he persistently and
uniformly refused to express himself
On any political subject.
The man intrusted with the duty of
presenting his lame to the conven
tiun, in a carefully prepared speech,
said: IF you ask me what his policy
will be, if elected. | tell you that it
Will be that policy which finds express
sion in the platform of his party. He
does not believe that policies should
be dictated, but that the sovereignty
Of the party is in the untrammeled
judgment of its members"
In the debate in the platform COM
m.ttee Mr.. Bryan exclaimed: "You
ought to have a gold platform to go
with the gold candidate you are fore
ing on the country" The man who
first appointed Parker Judge. and who
o. sanized his forces and led them
at st. Louis, David B. Hill, repealed
5rjan's charge, saying specifically
that he knew nothing as to Judge
Paiker's financial views and had new
er asked him. He knew the Judge
was a Democrat, and believed the
convention could trust him implicit
ly.
When the gold plank was kicked out
of the platform with Hills assent,
and Parker was nominated, nothing
was heard from EsopuL, put dispatch
es of congratulation began to pour in
upon the nominee of a convention
which refused to %repudiate its silver
pledges of its latest previous plat
forms.
But next, the important papers of
the party in New York, The Times"
The World" The Sun" etc., indig-
nantly denounced the course of the
convention, and said unless Parker
re%pudiated 1t he was defeated in ad-
vance. simultaneously John b. Nc
Donald, the personal representative
OF August Belmont, made a hurried
visit to Judge Parker.
Then, after some hours Of further
delay, till the convention was prob
ably on the verge of final adjourn
ment, Judge Parker, safe in posses
sion of the nomination and with the
convention poweTless to undo Its act
without ruin, sent his gold dispatch.
Mr.. Bryan. rising from his sick bed
TO meet this new situation, made a
digniied comment, the biting truth
of which will penetrate the yitals OF
the Democratic candidacy before the
campaign is over. 1T Is a manly
thing for a man to express his opin
ion before the convention adjourns
II would have been a manlier thing
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-07-27
Beware of ointments for catarrh That
Contain Mercury.

AS mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de-
range the whole system when enter
ing 1t through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should " be used
except on prescription from reputable
physicians, as the damage they will
do is tenfold to the good you can pos
sibly derive from them. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., contains
no mere Try, and is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure
you get the genuine. 1t is taken in
ternally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by
F. j.. Cheney & Co. Testimonials
free.
Sold by druggists. Price 75c per
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for con.
stipation.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-07-27

to have expressed it before the con-
vention met"
There was no potter way of ad-
hitting that The bucolic statesmen
of the south and west were the help
less victims OF as neat a confidence
game as New York ever put up-even
under the accomplished leadership of
such a guide. philosopher and friend
as David B. Hill..-New York Tribune.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-07-27
X
Prominent Iowa Democrat Will Give
His Support to Roosevelt.

Sioux City, Iowa, July IA. ".
Maxwell, formerly chairman of the
Democratic state committee, has bolt
ed the Democratic TICKET. The fol-
lowing telegram sem in reply to a
message from the Sioux City Journal
asking him If he had bolted the tick
ct. explains itself:
Il have already repudiated the tick
ct nominated at ST. Louis. The Sey-
mour leader has declared for Roose-
welt and II is not improbable | may go
on the stump for the ticket a little
later, providing / can arrange my
business affairs and the campaign
managers feel that | can be of as
sistance to the cause.
"a. w. MAXWELL"