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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-04-12
THE JUDITH CLUB.
Formal Opening Of the Handsome
Quarters Friday EVENING,

The Judith Club was successfully
launched last Friday evening, when
the formal opening OF the quarters
in the Allen & Robinson block occur
red. About sixty members attended,
and they spent a pleasant evening in
looking over the premises and in re.
newing acquaintances. The quarters,
while not extensive. are well arrang-
ed and hOmelike. In front, facing
Main street, is the reading room,
which is comfortably fitted up. Easy
chairs are scattered about and this
room is popular one already.
Adjoining this is the secretary's
room. and is plainly, yet handsome
ly, furnished.
At the rear is the large billiard
hall, fitted up with buffet. The fur
nishings here are rich, and the hall
is very attractive. 1t is provided with
billiard and pool tables, and numer-
GUS card tables. Particular attention
was given to the lighting of this hall.
and the result is all that could be
asked.
The furnishing of the club rooms
was done by the Lewistown Furniture
company, and the task has been done
80 ~ IHdl IcIcCtS CTGOlC uOOn
the taste and resources of that firm.
The Judith club starts out under
the management of the following Off.
GERS and committees. who will serve
for the ensuing year.
president. l.. w. Eklrdge: vice.
president, David Hilger; secretary
Harry c. Brown; treasurer, Gordon
o. Shafer.
House committee-R. Won Tobel. G.
j. Bach, David Hilger, N. j. Lttleiohn
VIM. Mclean.
reception committee-David Hill.
ger. F. e. Smith, w. d. Symmes.
membership committee-G. M. Stat.
lord. A. w. War;. Edmund Wright,
Edward Brassey, Otto Wasmansdorff.
Directors-R. Won Tobel, Frank E.
smith, w. ID. Symmes. David Hilger,
". .. bach. II. c. Brown, l.. w. Ed
ridge. N. J. Littlejohn, w. NJ. Nc.
Clean.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-04-12
The Right Name is De Witt.

De Wits Witch Hazel Salve cools
soothes and heals cuts. burns. bols
bruises, piles and all skin diseases
X. f. Zickefoose. Adolph. W. Va, says:
MY little daughter had white swell
ing SO bad that piece after piece Of
bone worked out of her leg. De Wits
Witch Hazel Salve cured her." 1t is
the most wonderful healing salve in
the world. Beware of counterfeits
Sold by Wilson & McKechnie. Lewis
town and Kendall. De.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-04-12
Great Falls Tribune is Sold.

Great Falls. April 7.-Announcement
was made in the Tribune this morn.
ing of change of ownership of that
paper. 1t has been purchased by Will
nam M. Bole. of Bozeman, from w. G..
Conrad and the new owner has taken
charge. Mr.. Bole was one of the
proprietors and editor of the Tribune
from January, 1895. until May, 1900
When the paper was sold to Senator
w. A. Clark. Mr.. Conrad purchased
1t from Senator Clark last October.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-04-12
LAND CONTEST CASES.
Three Decisions Are Rendered by the
REGISTER and Receiver,

Three Decisions Are Rendered by the
Register and Receiver.
The local land Office has rendered
three decisions in contest cases, the
first being in the case of Lodver
Hage against Vaclav Pulec. The land
involved in this controversy is stu.
ated In section 2, township Is north,
OF range II west.
In his affidavit Of contest. Hage al
legged that Pulec had failed to estab-
lish an actual residence on the land,
had placed no improvements upon it,
and had wholly failed to cultivate
the tract.
The register and receiver, in their
decision. say it is not the province
Of the department to settle disputes
between litigants as to the ownership
of improvements, to which both par.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-04-12
A Thousand Dollars Worth of Good

Il have been afflicted with kidney
and BLADDER trouble for years, passing
gravel or stones with excruciatine
PAIN" says A. H. Thurnes, a well
known coal operator of Buffalo, O.
Il got no relief from medicine until
began taking Foleys Kidney Cure, then
the result was surprising. A few
doses started the brick.dust like sub
stance and now l feel like new man
1t has done me $1,000 worth of good
Foley's Kidney Cure will cure every
form OF kidney q" bladder disease
Sold by Wilson & McKechnie. Fo.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
DROPPED INTO THE CELLAR
Accident At a Jewish Corner Stone
 Laying at Pittsburg, Pa.
A Rush of Spectators to the Plat form Carried the Structure Down
 None Fatally Hurt.

PIttsburg, Pa, Aug. 21.-More than five hundred men, women and children were precipitated 15 feet into cellar by the collapse of a platform during the exercises incident to the laying of the corner stone of the Beth David Rus sian Hebrew orthodox synagogue on Miller street, near Washington.
 Nearly all of them were cut and bruised, but it is believed that none was fatally hurt.
 Three rabbis were among those who went down, and although injured they concluded the ceremony after the panic had subsided.
 Among the more seriously injured are Rabbis Ashhnsky, S. Graffman and A. Bloom; Nathan Nathanson, pas tor of the congregation. and Policeman Adam Lefteweski
 The platform which broke had di- mensions of about 50x50 feet. and had been constructed over the foundation walls for the accommodation of the rabbis, officers of the church and invit- ed guests.
 Just prior to the corner stone cere- mnies a brass band leading 800 Zion ists marched up, and when the Zionists were invited to pass over the platform in order to sign their names to the roll to be placed in the stone, mad rush was made by the thousands of people who had gathered about to secure the same privilege. The policemen were overwhelmed and in moment the platform was packed. The frail struc- ture collapsed and fully 500 persons were carried down with it.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25

Mail Service improved

As a result of arrangements which have just been made for better mail connection at Van Buren. all mail from Little Rock to points on the Firs- co railroad will be advanced nearly 24 hours. Connection has been arranged at Van Buren between the CoffeyyilIe and Little Rock R P. O.. on the Little Rock and Fort Smith railroad. and the Monet and Paris R. P. 0. on the Frisco. By this arrangement all mail accommodating at the Little Rock post ofhce up to s ?. m. for points on the Frisco, will reach their destination in time for delivery the following morn ing. In the past this mail has not been delivered until 24 hours later. A railway postofiee service has also been authorized between Pine Bluff and Hot Springs This will be over the Pine Bluff and Western railroad from Pine Bluff to Benton, and over the Iron Mountain from Benton to Hot Springs. This will save 24 hours on mall addressed to all points between Pine Bluff and Benton
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
Crop and Weather Conditions.

Following is the government eli mate and crop report for the state for last week:
 The temperature was seasonable with frequent showers, which were heavy in some portions of the state and were accompanied by high winds which did some damage to corn and cotton Cotton, while small and late. continues to show improvement. and IS now fruiting fairly we'll; however, there is complaint locally of the crop making too much weed. of shedding and of insects. Early corn is gener- ally made and is a fair Jo good crop rains were very beneficial to the late crop and it has improved, but in many sections the crop is poor Pea-vine hay and hay are good crops and are being harvested as rapidly as the weather will permit Sweet and Irish potatoes are good crops. Apples ant peaches continue to drop; apples will be a poor crop and peaches fair crop Pastures and ranges are good, and stock is generally healthy and doing well
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
Our Quarantine Forces,

There are at present on quarantine duty, of the state guard, the follow ing: In Bridge Junction district under
 Captain W. B. Pinney. 4S officers and men; in Texarkana district. including Garland City, Stamps and McNeil, un- der Captain Martin, S3 officers and men; in Osceola district, under Lieu tenant Clark, IT men; in Helena dis trict, under Captain Meyers, 39 men; in Fl Dorado, under Captain Lealle, 2 men; total, 229 officers and men. It is intended to reduce this to a maximum of 1855 officers and men. The stations at Homan and Era, Miller county, are to be discontinued and other posts re- duced. as it is impossible to keer up such a large force. The expense is greater than the board has any funds to meet, and the local boards of health and the citizens are requested to aid by guarding wagon roads entering from Louisiana along the southern border of the state.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
SAD SEQUEL TO AN OUTING
Frederick Churchill and Miss Stella McMulien Drowned in the Mis-
 sissiPpi River.

St Louis, Aug l9-Frederick Church hill, quartermaster sergeant of Battery A, and a member of prominent St Louis family. and Miss Stella McMul- len, beautiful young woman 23 years of age, whose parents reside at Festus. Mo. were drowned while bathing in the Mississippi river a mile above Chain of Rocks. Churchill lost his life in an en- deayor to save that of Miss McMullen The body of Churchill has been re- covered, but that of Miss McMulien is still missing
 The two were members of party of ten who had gone up the river on the launch Crescent. owned by Dwight F. Babcock, manager of the Crescent Oil Co, for an evenings outing. and had tied up at sandy beach on the east side to partake of luncheon and bathe.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
lENS OVER THE SIAIE.
ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED
 FROM ALL SECTIONS.
T0ENF0RCEA
Twelve Hundred Corporations Will Be Sued Under the New LaW-Levee District No. 1 to Issue Bonds for Maintenance.
Anti Law Suits.

Suits will be instituted by the prose- cutting attorney at Little Rock against the corporations which have failed to file the certificate required by the antitrust law, stating that they are not members of any trust, pool or combination.
 There are about 300 corporations on the delinquent list of Little Rock The secretary of state recently compiled list of the corporations which had failed to file the certificates and found that there were about 1,200 delin- quents in the state. He has mailed lists of the delinquent companies to the prosecuting attorneys of the va rious judicial districts
 The antitrust law provides that if ! corporation fails to file the certifi- cate required the prosecuting attorney shall institute proceedings to have it's right to do business in the state for feited and to collect the penalty of from s200 to s5 900 for every day that 1t has done business in violation of the law
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
HE CHEATED THE GALLONS
Lambert Niehaus, Under Sentence to Hang, Stabs Himself to Death
 In St. Louis Jail.

St. Louis, Aug 21.-Lambert Nie- haus, under sentence to hang this morning for killing his brother-in-law. Thomas Fleudel, committed suicide a few minutes after being introduced to the death watch.
 Niehaus had repeatedly said that HE WOULD NOT BE HANGED, and the guard on watch said that Niehaus groaned and tossed in his sleep. He had gone to the back part of his cell, and appeared to be working, when one of the guards heard him fall. and found him on the floor. uncon- scious. Before the doctor arrived Nie- haus was dead. He had stabbed him. self in the abdomen and heart with a pocket knife. How he secured the knife is mystery.
 Deputies were testing the trap on the scaffold, and Niehaus could plainly hear the noise as the trap fell. It made him nervous.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
TRADE GATHERING FORCE
Favorable Harvest Results in Stim- uIating Trade and Prices Are
 We'll Maintained.

New York, Aug. l9-Bradstreet' s weekly review says:
 Fall trade, while not yet under full headway, is steadily gathering force. Buyers are more numerous. Good weather for harvesting and threshing, except in portions of the northwest, continue to reveal very favorable re- suits in both spring and winter sown grains. Combined cereal yields will probably exceed all past years in both quantity and quality. Relatively high prices for agricultural products, man. ufaetured materials and staple products do not deter buying operations. Collec- tions on the whole have improved slightly, and even in the south. except in a small area of the fever-infected zone, trade and collections are alike better than anticipated earlier. while the west and east also return more fa- vorable advices.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
RECOGNITION FOR WOMEN
Comma naier-in-Chief King IIns Talk en Kew Departure in Making
 the AppOintments.

Boston. Aug. 19-Commander-in chief, John R. King of the Grand Army of the Republic in a general or der issued to the headquarters, an- nounced the appointment of three women to be honorary aides on his staff at the national encampment to be held next month in Denver. The appointees are: Mrs. Kate B. Sherwood, of Ohio and Mrs. Sarah E. Fuller and Mrs. Elizabeth A. Turner, of Massachusetts, all of whom are past national presi- dents of the Womens' Relief Corps. This is the first time that women will have served upon the staff
 S. w. Backus and c. Mason Kinne both past senior vice commanders 4n- chief. of San Francisco, and George Stone. past department commander, San Francisco, are appointed a commit tee in furtherance of the resolution adopted at the last national encamp- ment relative to changing the state soldiers home at Yountsville. Cal, to the national soldiers home.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
DEATH RATE LIGHT.
Number of Deaths at New OrleanA
 Growing Less.

New Orleans, August 24-Yester- days report showed the yellow fever situation as follows: New cases, 53: total to date. 1.554. Deaths. 5 total deaths, 219. New foci. 10; total foci, 352. Cases under treatment, 3f2. Little variation from the steady inn pfeyement of the past week marked yesterdays numerical record of the yellow fever situation. The variation was in the nature of improvement. for with q light death list there is assurance that the fever has no ten dency to assume virulent form. It is believed that if the favorable con- ditions at present are maintained dur ng the first half of September. com closed to New Orleans will be in- clined 10 reopen them for the move ment of freight Many of the coun- try districts are suffering as severely as the city by the interruption of com munication and advices received here indicate that they will be glad when normal traffic is resumed
 The situation in the country shows very little change. The state board of health is taking steps to relieve the distress at Leeville. Hanson City reports nine cases. Millswood plan tation in Jefferson parish reports two more cases One case was reported from St. Rose and another at a point near that town In St. Charles parish. Patterson reports II new cases and no deaths. Lake Providence has de- veloped five more cases of yellow fe- yer, pronounced so by Dr. Krauss of the marine hospital service.
 St. Bernard parish reports two more cases in the Italian village, and Dr. Meraux. who went to Terre Aux Boeufs. says there are five cases of yellow fever there and three suspi- cious cases. Mississippi City reports three new cases
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
PACKED HIS TRUNK AND LEFT
Former Broker Leaves the Poor house Wearing Silk lint and
 Patent Lenthers.

New York. Aug. 2l-J. T. Raplee, aged broker, said to have been worth a half million dollars. the only man ever committed to the WestcheSter county poorhouse with trunk, re- ceived visit at that institution from a stylishly- -gowned woman from New York The woman told Supt Long that she was the brokers niece. and had made arrangements to keep him for the remainder of his days.
 My uncle has no excuse for being in the poorhouse." said she. He was once worth s5o0,000. and IF HE HAD TAKEN CARE OF HIS MONEY in stead of speculating. he could now be living in mansion in Fifth avenue"
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
Was Mourned as Dead.

Robert Van Leer, son of Dr. A. s, Van Leer of Hot Springs is found to be alive and well. although he has been mourned as dead since the Gal weston disaster six years ago. Robert Van Leer left Hot Springs sometime before the Galveston flood and the last trace his father could learn of him he was on board train from Houston to Galveston short time be- fore the disaster that drowned thous- ands of people in that city Robert was fifteen years old at that time and he maintained silence as to his where abouts until he attained his majority He is now engaged in gold mining in Arizona.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
May Have to Work.

Washington, August 24.-The state department has received a cable dis patch saying that 200 Americans be- longing to the Maccadon circus are stranded at Grenoble, France. They have no means and cannot get home. The receiver of the circus has offered to send them to London and to give them $4 each. but that will not assist them very much. The state depart ment has no funds for assisting any Americans except American seamen who may become stranded abroad.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
Wife to Aid MuScrave

Thomas H. Musgrave of Garfield. Mississippi county, who is charged with enticing young girls to his plan tation near that place is also suing his wife for divorce. His wife, who is said to be in Iowa. has written the police department of St. Louis for information about her husband s case and offers to aid him. Mus grave is alleged to. have enticed several girls to his plantation near Garfield, where he is said to have forced them to live almost as slaves They went to his home in answer to advertisements in the metropolitan papers for housekeeper, and Mus grave is alleged to have married sev- eral of the women who answered these advertisements.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
Mysterious Disapoearance.

John Welbin, tailor, who has been residing in Hot Springs about a year, has disappeared. Welbin and his brother immigrated from Poland to New York some years ago on account of their lives being threatened. One of the brothers was stabbed while in New York City. and John Welbin fled from city to city, and finally stopped at Hot Springs. It is feared that the unknown enemy who killed his broth CT has now accomplished the death of John Welbin Welbin's fear of being assassinated was constant, and he had even hired detectives to pro- tect him,
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
A Destructive Storm.

Atlanta. Ga. August 24.-An cleo trical storm of remarkable severity. accompanied by high wind. visited this city yesterday. One young man. named James Mcdaniel. IS years of age. was killed by lightning near the center of the city. The Kimball house and the state capitol were struck twice by lightning, but no se- rious damage was caused to either building. The total damage will amount to several thousand dollars.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
Dispensary Inquiry.

Columbia, s. C., August 24.-The legislative committee which is to in vestigate the affairs of the state dis pensary is again in session Sensa- tional testimony was given by F. M Nilsson, who was commissioner in 1895, two years after the law went into effect He testified that he de handed per cent rebates from every whisky concern from which he pur- chased liquor. During his II months incumbency he said these rebates amounted to $20.0O0. which was turned over to the state treasurer.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
 Lawyers Meet.

Narragansett Pier. R. L. August 24. Between 200 and 300 leading mem bers of the bar. representing nearly every state in the country and includ- ing Justices White. Brown, Peckham and McKenna of the supreme court the first sessions of the twentieth annual meeting of the American Bar Association, which has just begun three days conference here. Oth- CTS among the jurists included many members of the teaching staffs in the law schools of the great universities of the country
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
Formed State Guard Association.

A meeting of twenty commissioned officers of the Arkansas state guard was held at Little Rock recently They perfected organization of an as- sociation to be known as the Arkansas State Guard Association The pur- pose of the association as set forth in the constitution is to advance tne interests of the guardsmen. the attain ment of uniformity in dress and dis eipline and the enactment of such leg islation as will insure the greatest efficiency of the guard.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
School Laws for Distribution.

The first installment of the digest of the school laws of Arkansas has been received at the office of the su- perintendent of public instruction from the printer, and large number are being sent to the various county examiners throughout the state. h. cluded in the volume are the school laws of the state revised to date. and besides the laws many decisions. in terpretations and opinions of officials as to school matters. The references in the volume are to kirby's Digest
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
Bank President Arrested.

South McAlester. I. T.. August 24. -J. A. Hill, preD Ddent of the Denver terday by Chief of Police Collier on information from the Denver author ities. who asked that Hill be held until their arrival. When arrested Hill stated that he would return to Denver without protest or requisition papers. Pending the arrival of the Denver officer. Hill is being kept under surveillance.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
Cotton Leak Scandal.

Saratoga, N. Y, August 24.-Fred- erick A Peckhan. indicted for com plieity in the department of Agricul- ture cotton reports scandal, was ar rested here yesterday and arraigned before United States Commissioner Charles Nj. Davidson, who ordered an adjournment of examination until to- day. In default of $12.000 bail. Peck ham was lodged in the Saratoga county jail at Bailston.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
Civil Service Examinations.

Civil service examinations have been announced by the commission at Washington for the position of general mechanic at the Western Navajo agen- cy, Arizona, at s720 per annum. and for other vacancies that may occur in the various branches of the service. md for the position of assistant libra rian, male, at $500 per annum. in the department of justice. These exami- nations will be held at Little Rock on September 13 and IA
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
Law of Eminent Doman.

Judge Lea of the first division of the circuit court at Little Rock has decided in the case of the Arkansas Mining Railway Company against w. H. Feild and others that the law pass ed by the last legislature giving min ing corporations the right of eminent domain for the purpose of constructing railways to improve their property is constitutional The case will be trans ferered to the chancery court and tried as to whether the road is for public or private use.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
The Fifth Victim.

Cincinnati. Aug. 23.-William Gilli- van, of ChilIicothe. O.. superintendent of engineers for the Cincinnati district oa the Baltimore X Ohio Southwestern railway. is dead. making the fifth death from the collision of a trolley car and a fast passenger train at a crossing at Winton Place last week.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
Will Issue Bonds.

A meeting of the land owners and commissioners of levee district No. l was held at Cornerstone recently, and it was decided to issue bonds in the sum of $30,000 with which to repair the leyee and raise it three feet in order to make it safe against the high est water in the Arkansas river.
 It was also decided to levy tax oi 15 mills with which to pay the interest on the bonds and to create sinking fund to retire the bonds when they become due.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-25
Circuit Court Dates.

The Warner district (Lincoln coun- ty) circuit court, which usually is called on the third Monday in Au- gust, has been pretermitted on 'ac- count of the illness of Judge A B. Grace. The July term of Desha cir cult at Arkansas City was passed on account of the yellow fever quaran- tine and the next term of court will be held at Pine Bluff. beginning the third Monday in September.