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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-05
CLEAR CHURCH
FROM DEBT
Over Eight Thousand Dollars Is Rails.
ed by Subscription for the First
Methodist Church.
PAST WEEK AN EveNTFuL ONE
-Four Subscriptions Of $500 or Upwards
Each-Meetings Continued Until
Last Night.

The past week has been a red let
ter one for the Metnodsts of Lewis
town, and as result of the labors
of Rev. w. A. Winters and those as
sociated with him in the dedicatory
exercises. the First church stands
forth clear of all debt.
Large Sum is Raised.
At the regular meeting Sunday
morning. when DR.. T. C. Tiff was the
speaker. the subscription lists were
thrown open. and the work of clear
ing the church from debt begun. 1t
was resumed at mass meeting held
Sunday afternoon. when John P.
Barnes presided At this meeting
Judge E. X. Cheadle was the principal
speaker. other addresses being made
by John P. Barnes, DIR. Iliff, Rev. w.
W. Van Orsdel and Rev. r. M. Crav-
en-. Sunday evening another meet
ing was held, and DR.. Iliff was again
the speaker.
Finish the Work.
Last evening the final meeting was
held. DR.. Iliff delivered his famous
lecture. can Ohio Cavalry Boy, and
What He Saw From 81 to '65." The
lecture was a recital of Mr.. lifts own
experiences with the Union army. and
is the one that established his reputa-
tion as great speaker. It proved OF
the greatest interest. Following the
lecture. a session was held for the pur-
pose Of renewing the effort to clear Off
the debt. 1t was successful, and when
the meeting adjourned, every dollar
owed by the First church had been
provided for.
Long List Of Subscribers.
The list of subscribers is very long
one, and comprises others besides
members of this church. It was start
ed off in good shape by four subscrip-
ttons Of $500 and upwards each. which
made over $4,000 on the sum of 5000
to be raised. These four contributors
were John P. Barnes, Rufus Thomp-
son, M. L. WOodman and the Ladies'
Aid Society. When the final services
were neld last night, the speakers
were DIR. Iliff, Mr. winters, Mr.. Van
Orsdel, Mr.. Craven, and all the trus-
SSSS VI tHC iiot CAuI DdIACS,
NJ. l.. Woodman. Richard f. Eddy. r.
L. Partridge and J. L. Mears.
Pastor 10 Grateful.
Rev. w. A. Winters, who has been
the wheel horse in the work OF build
ing up the church to its present pro-
portions in Lewistown, feels very
cheerful today over what has been
accomplished.
II wish." said Mr.. winters. ito thank
all who have stood by me so nobly
in this work, and to make acknowl-
edgement of my obligation to them
The future can only reveal what this
ell means. AS we have worked to-
gether in the past, 1t is my hope that
we will continue to stand shoulder
to shoulder in the future in the effort
to benefit humanity"
Or. liiff Leaves.
DR.. T. C. Iliff. whose presence here
has contributed so much during the
past week to the success of the effort
to clear the church from debt left this
morning for the east, where he mas
lecture engagements for some time
ahead. He will return to his home
Kansas City, at 10 o'clock Christmas
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-05
Sheep Herder Loses Life.

Fort Benton. Dec. 4.-The first vic.
tim Of the present cold spell is Ben
Harris, whose dead body was found
yesterday near the Vendelle and Gre
non ranch at Chimney Rock coulee,
where he has been herding sheep for
several weeks for the above parties.
Harris, who has been an inmate of St.
Clare's hospital several years, was a
man over 20 yers old. He was born
in Shelby county, KY, and moved
shortl afterward to California.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-05
JEWS ATTACK RUSSIAN.
Rather Strange Scene 10 Enacted in
New York City.

New York. Dec. More than 1000
Jews. men. women and children, took
turns in beating and dragging through
the streets of the East side last night
a man said to be former soldier Of
the czar who had taken part in the
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-05

confiagration at Moscow.
Warsaw, Dec. A great incendiary
cOnflagratiOn RACES at Moscow. The
situation in Russia is darker than ever.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-05
cation of the Monday claim, situated
In the North MOccasin district.

G. G. Proctor has filed notice of To-
cation of the Ditch sapphire claim, sit
uated in the Yogo district. The claim
embraces 20 acres.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-05
dC6I TeC6T5Ou, $OU.
Fire Alarm System.

The members of the council inspect
ed the switchboard placed in the hall
by e. D. Porter under his contract to
extend the fire alarm system. In a
opposite the court house, near the Cen
tral school and the Judith Basin mill,
in addition to the one now in use at
the corner of Main street and Fourth
avenue. When the extension is COM
pleted, the alarm sounded will ind
cate the section of the city in which
the fire is located, and it will also be
possible to sound the curfew on the
fire bell.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-05
COUNCIL HOLDS
SHORT SESSION
City Fathers Dispose Of Routine Busi
ness in Short Order at the Regular
Monthly Meeting.
USUAL BILLS AND REPORTS
Cash in Hand in the Various Funds-
Extension Of the Fire Alarm
System.

Inc regular monthly meeting OF the
city council was held last night, and
the session proved to be an unusually
short one. The usual amount of time
was consumed by the auditing commit
tee in auditing the accounts and bills,
but aside from that, there was little
routine business awaiting attention.
and this was disposed of in short or
der.
Mayor Pinkley presided, the alder.
men in attendance being Brown, Brad
bury. Laux, Tubb and Sloan.
The report of Police Magistrate F..
F. MacGowan, showing that the
amount of fines collected during No.
vember was $175, was submitted and
approved.
Treasurer's Report.
The report Of Treasurer Murray
Deaton showed balances in the funds
as follows:
General fund ..............$ 348.7S
Fire fund ............... 49.45
Library fund. d................ 1,308.78
Water works fund. ......... 1,337.4O
Sinking fund .............. 1,445.89
Dog fund.-. ............... 1O4.25
Total .$7,730.55
Overdrafts were reported as fol-
lows:
Road fund, $294.63; water and sewer
age bond fund, $1,786.91: total, $2,-
O81.54. This leaves a net balance in
the funds of $5,649O1.
Peter Peterson's gravel bill for $12O
for gravel furnished and hauled to the
drive to the fair grounds prior to the
last fair was discussed at some length.
The bill was finally cut in two and
allowed in the sum of $50.
Bills Allowed.
The following bills and salaries we're
allowed:
st. Paul Book & s. Co., 1914.
Montana Hardware Co., $cC.5c.
Citizens Electric Co., $77.75.
F. I. Comstock, $61.86.
]. o. Helsing, $4,000.
John Crowley, $19.52.
Mrs. A. Pfaus, $500.
John Ellison, $201.6O.
BY. Tayer, $53.25.
William Buckley, $4.00.
F. F. MacGowan. $500.
Sheriffs office, $500.
M. l. Burke, 1895.
Elkhorn stable, $3.50.
w. H. Gardiner, $500.
M. l. Burke, $106.00.
H. L. DeKalb, SO.
Baker & Sons, 81.
M. H. Deaton, $35.
M. v. Harmon, $85.
G. w. Anderson, $775.
Lacock & Wright, $21.
Peter Peterson, $50.
Fire Alarm system.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-05

John w. Butler has filed notice of To-
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-05
Or. IIiH Leaves.

DR.. T. c. Iliff. whose presence here
has contributed so much during the
past week to the success of the effort
to clear the church from debt left this
morning for the east, where he mas
lecture engagements for some time
ahead. He will return to his home,
Kansas City, at 10 o'clock Christmas
morning
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-05

Sherlh Slater at once organized a
small posse and the pursuit was kept
up for some time, but no trace coull
be found of the man. He was next
heard of in the bad lands country, and
it is thought his depredations have
been rather extensive during the past
year.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-04-18

Keeney, speech. Mr.. Williams was
toast-master of the evening. Geo.
Keeney responded to a toast, EXPRESS
ing his high appreciation OF all that
had been done In his honor.
John REGARD received his commits
sion ais District Magistrate of Laha-
ina a few days ago.
Several weeks ago a large cylinder
was badly damaged at Pioneer mill.
The broken cylinder was removed and
new machinery was substituted on
Monday.
Miss Carlson, who for some time past
has been acting as governess for Mrs.
l.. Won Tempsky, left Tuesday for
tour of Hawaii. She leaves shortly
for the coast.
Paia mill has added a trip ham
mer to it's machine shop equipment,
similar to the one at Puunene mill.
Superintendent C. f. Copeland of the
Kahului railroad had his eyebrows and
singed, and a narrow escape
from worse injury, by an outburst OF
flame from his automobile at Waihee.
1t happened when he started to steam
up. after attending n funeral with his
wife. and the cause is said to have
been tampering with the machine
by japanese.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-04-18
tFrom Saturdays Advertisero

iFrom Saturdays Advertiser.)
Yesterday the first of the cases aris-
ing out of Detective Hatter's revolu-
tionizing Investigations of the police de-
partment made under contract between
Governor Carter and the Pinkerton De-
tective Agency, was tried before Judge
De Bolt 1t was that of All On, the
former (Chinese) policeman indicted for
receiving bribe as an executive officer,
and the Territory lost. After an alb
sence OF about half an hour the jury,
at 6:07 p. m, returned verdict of not
guilty.
Deputy Attorney General f. C. Peters
prosecuted and Geo. A. Davis defend
ed the case. After the jury had retired
Judge De Bolt, off the bench, congrat-
ulated counsel on both sides on the
ability with which they had fought
their respective battles.
An On, whose duties former Higt
Sheriff Brown testified were more
particularly in Honolulu" though
he was policeman for the island o.
Oahu, was charged with receiving 81
on each of two separate dates for al
lowing che IA game to be operated a
Aiea in Eva district. :.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-04-18
FIRST DETECTIVE HALTER
CASE TRIED AND LOST

A. V. Gear, Chas. G. Bartlett, ]. ].
Garden. II. w. Green, Jas. +. Langston,
Fl. b. Saylor, Frank j. Robello, Chas.
Lambert, A. Newhouse, w. L. Austin,
F. a. Potter and VIM. p. Roth consti-
tuted the jury.
Among many incidents of the trial,
amusing TO the court its officers and
spectators, one may be mentioned. Au-
ditor Fisher was testifying about All
On's name and receipt for salary on
the police payroll, and he admitted he
had never seen All On sign his name,
nor even knew him by sight before
seeing him in court. There was a gem
eral laugh over the questioning of the
authenticity of defendants signature,
and a whispered suggestion which ran
around the courtroom was picked up
by Mr. Davis. TO the effect that the
name on the payroll might have stood
for Paul Smith," Only counsel for the
defendant said Sam Smith,"
Another bribery indictment stands
against All On.
Judge De Bolt denied the motion foi
a new trial in the case of Lau Gin, sen.
ltenced on conviction to pay fine OF
ls95 and costs for che ia tickets in pos.
session.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-04-18
JAPS FOR
THE CANAL
Question II They
May Go From
Hawaii.

WASHINGTON, April 7.-Govern-
mental officials who have charge of
the canal zone have decided that the.
only question unsettled as to the en-
ployment of Japanese in unlimited
numbers on the canal zone is the limit
in hours of their daily work. That
question is now before the Attorney
General.
The question was raised on prac
tically concluded contract with the old
commission for the employment of
ABOUT $500 japanese to begin the ex-
cavation of the canal This batch. II
Is said, Is to come from Hawaii but
the officials think that if the contract
In all respects is approved by the new
Isthmian Canal Commission. the whole
number to be employed will reach per-
haps 10000.
The position assumed by officials here
Is that the Chinese exclusion Law and
the alien contract law related to A.
coiiuition that existed before the Unit.
ed states obtained control over the.
canal zone and that therefore the laws,
could not apply to future territory.''
1t Is even argued that as the United
states has no actual sovereigntv over.
the zone even If the Japanese and Chi
nese could not get through American
ports of the isthmus they could get in
through the Panama ports.
Ihe new commission is to pass on
all OF the questions raised, but aIy
agree that the question of labor on
the canal zone is a difficult one for
solution and that perhaps there will be,
little opposition to this kind of foreign
labor If 1t be proved that white men
from the United States cannot do the
work.
commissioner General Sargent saws:
1t is my opinion that the Japanese.
iaporers now in Hawaii could be used
IN the work of digging the Panama,
canal without violation of the con-
tract labor law for the reason that
hawaii is United States territory.
AS TO Japanese from countries 9TH
er than United States territory. thew
would come under the contract labor
law the same as Poles, Italians and
any other foreign labor"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-04-18
Every One Asks Him
HOW HE GOT RID OF HIS OBJ
sTINATE MUSCULAR
RHEUMATISM.
Mr.. Jones Tells Of the Way by
Which He Treated Himself
Successfully When Doctors
Failed.

SIX physicians, all of them good, one
OF them specialist, had done their best
Tor Mr.. Jones at different times during
three years, and still he suffered fear
fully from the tortures of rheumatism.
The rheumatism that had been DOR
ihaht IN his system was suddenly
brought to an acute stage by exposure
while he was drawing ice in February.
1901. From that time on for a period
OF more than three years he was a con-
stant sufferer. He tried many kinds of
treatment, but the rheumatism wouldn't
bulge. When regular doctors failed.
and one remedy after another proved
useless, many said: Il should think he
would give it up and save his money"
OF his condition at this time. Mr..
Jones says: MY rheumatism started
IN my right thigh, but in time it ap-
peared in every muscle of my body.
lost the use of my left arm entirely
and nearly lost the use of my right one.
My feet were badly affected especially
the bottoms of the heels. When nv
|
ling. but the left side didn't swell when
the disease settled there. The internal
organs didn't seem to be involved at
all. The trouble was all in the muscles,
and the nerves."
Among the few who still ENCOURAGED
Mr.. Jones to think that a cure might
yet be found was a friend who had rea-
son for great confidence In DR.. VIII
liams' Pink Pills. and acting on her
advice be bought a box of them in Sem
tember' 1904 The story of what fol-
lowed Is brief, but nothing could be
more satisfactory.
when 1 was on the third box" saws
Mr.. Jones, II could realize a change for.
the better. / felt sure then that DR.
Williams Pink Pills We're the right
medicine for my case. 1 kept on with
them for several weeks longer and now
am entirely we'll and everybody ia
: Iasking what took"
Mr.. William Jones lives at Oxford
Mich. DR.. Williams Pink Pills eject
wonderful cures in rheumatism. be-
cause they work directly on the blood
(which is the seat OF the disease. They
are sold by every druggist.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-04-18
MACFARLANE
FOR JOB

1t is understood in circles close to the
government that DR.. Rodgers, secre-
tary of the Board of Education, has
not thus far been removed from Of
flee. owing to the fact that his sue
cessor is now on the coast.
1t is said that the position was Of
fered to Harry Macfarlane before his
departure for San Francisco, and that
he had accepted. He will not return
for about a mouth. Mr., Macfarlane,
by the way, was one of the members of
the grand jury which last fall preferred
charges against Superintendent Atkin-
son and other employees of the depart
ment. Mr.. Macfarlane. is also a
nephew of Christian Conradt, who
was recently appointed school agent in
the same department.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-04-18
YOU RUN NO RISK.

You need not hesitate to buy Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. If you are
not satisfied with the results after us
ing two-thirds of the bottle according
to directions you may return 1t to your
dealer and your money will be refund
ed. Here is what the Greer Drug Co.,
Granite Oklahoma, U. S. A., say con-
cerning it: I'VE feel free to guaran.
tee every bottle for we know we will
not have to redeem them" For sale
by all Dealers and Druggists, Benson,
Smith & Co. Ltd. Agents for Hawaii
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-04-18
MUST
SERVE TIME

Edward S. Boyd must serve his SEN
tence for embezzlement of public funds
while he held the office of Commission
er of Public Lands. A unanimous opin-
ion of the Supreme Court was rendered
yesterday overruling all of defend
ant s exceptions to Judge Robinson s
ruling at the trial. Chief Justice
Frear, Justice Hartwell and Judge De
Bolt hearu the appeal, and Hartwell is
writer of the opinion. Attorney Cen
eral Andrews appeared for the prose-
cution, and "A. G. NJ. Robertson for the
defendant.
Boyd's sentence is Imprisonment at
hard labor for ten years.
Stephen Mahaulu, who was chief
clerk of the Public Land Office and
ub-land agent of the fifth district un-
der Boyd, last Monday pleaded guilty
to the first count of one of the indict-
ments against him for embezzlement,
and yesterday was sentenced to be inn
prisoned at hard labor for one year
and to pay costs. Deputy Attorney
General Peters had asked that the
court deal leniently with the defend
ant. The theory of the Attorney Gen
eral is that Mahaulu, although clearly
guilty, did not benefit in his own
pocket from his embezzling, but took
the money for Boyd and paid it to him.
There were three counts charging Ma
haulu with the unlawful taking, re-
spectively, of $l400, $240 and 5000.
Upon another indictment nolle
prosequi was entered. In this case
Mahaulu was charged with embezzling,
respectively, $500 and $3.50. The total
defalcations under Boyd!'s administra'
tion of the department were between
$4,000 and 100000.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-04-18

for the Territory or the county"
Speaking of the salaries raised by
the House, the President said EN-
phatically:
81 want to say one thing that
want to go on record. l want to say
that the House of Representatives is
not taking a manly stand. Why do
they not take the responsibility for
measures themselvesf They passed the
responsibility up to the Senate. IL
was not the work of men, to do that.
L am willing to take my own respon-
sibilities, and / have been and ain
now for lower salaries, but the House
should have the courage and manli-
ness to do what it wanted done, and
not seek to, shift its burdens and its
blame to the shoulders of the Senate. ~
And while the President was talk
ing, several members of the House who
had come in to hear the Senate debate
on the veto were observed to sneak
quietly away and vanish into the
outpr corridor
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-04-18
THE SENATE OvERR|DES
VETO OF COUNTY BILL
It was Perhaps the Most Notable Discussion
That Has Taken Place in the Upper
House so Far.
tFrom saturdays Advertiser)

the Governors OF the County Act
perhaps notable debate that has taken place
upper Of the legislature this The Senator's
plain doubtful the ssueand of the effect of
their the issue made. Indeed, it had been
by the leaders postpone consideration OF the
seeing whether accommodation could
arranged OF the differences with the Governor but the Senate
leaders, taking the bit in its teeth the
session and forcing consideration of the
And has been sad overrdden only Paris Bishop and
Ganda voting Senator Wilcox who had been excused
said when he the afternoon
would the if he had been
present having informed when he asked be
would be postponed until the afternoon session.
much doing the House yesterday, the Senate
holding the the but the ghost of we
resolution empowering the High Sheriff employ
fOrtl lato
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-04-18
BETWEEN REsPoNsIB1L1TIEs.

Bishop arose to say that he was
faced by two responsibilities. On the
one hand, he was pledged to his con.
stituents to give them county govern
ment. On the other hand, there was
a proposition to turn over the control
Of public affairs and the public reve-
nues 10 an utterly unknown and un-
tried force. There was an assault up
on the credit OF the Territory, and
there was no money provided to run
the proposed counties between the first
of November and the first of January.
If anybody cou.d show him where
the necessary money for that was to
come from, he would vote for county
government.
"It Is easy enough" said the Sen,
ator, "for newspapers to talk about
pledge breakers, but when you are
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-04-18

II. M. kaniho. the lone Home Ruler
IN the Legislature, has had his license
as attorney in the lower courts re-
hewed for two years from April II
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-04-18
DICkEY ADMITS 1T.

Senator Dickey admitted that the
County Act, as it stood, was just so
much waste paper. But he argued that
it was the duty of gentlemen who were
pledged to county government to try
and pass laws that would make the
county act operative. He believed that
this could be done, and the Governor s
objections to the bill met. He had be-
lieved, at the time it was done, that
it was a mistake to take the assess
ment and collection of taxes out of
the hands of the Territorial and give
it to the county officials. The Governor
would still veto any law that follow
ed that course, ana therefore his own
enabling act which had passed second
reading was dead. The matter was alb
solutely in the hands of the Governor,
for under the ten-day limit he could
pocket veto any bIll, and he would
veto any bill that gave the county as
SCISSORS power to collect taxes. The
only course left to the Legislature
was TO attempt to meet the Governor
half way, enacting measures that could
receive the approval of the executive.
"As to amending the law" said
Paris, "it did not pay to tinker up
an old house. 1t would be much bet
ter to sustain this veto. and start in
all over again in the hope and faith
that workable and reasonable sys-
tenn can be devised. The Governor, to
be consistent, must veto any act in
line with this. :"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-04-18
PARIS IN OPPOSITION.

The Bishop motion having failed,
Achi was on his feet in a moment to
move that the County Act be passed
in despite of the veto of the Governor,
and the motion carried. Almost before
the result was announced, Paris was on
the floor and secured the recognition
of the President.
"The Senate" he said, "is con-
fronted with a peculiar condition. The
Senators were urged to give the peo-
pie county government, but does this
bill WHICH we are asked to pass over
the Governor veto, carry out that
pledgei i think not. The bill, as it
stands, is mere hollow pretense, for
it provided no money for carrying out
its provisions if it were passed. Coun-
ty government, without money,
amounts to nothing. This bill, as the
conditions exist, is not worth the pa
per that it is written upon.
"And," went on the Senator, in
voting to support the veto of the Gov
ernor, / think that / am truer to my
pledge to the people than gentlemen
who would seek to fool the people with
a thing that was the mere shell of
county government / know what
am doing, and l am willing to take
the consequences of my act. But | will
not deceive the people.