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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-15
Business Man is Murdered.

Wichita, Kas., March 15.-J. c. Cas-
ey, head of the Casey Wholesale Mer-
camille company, was shot through the
head and Instantly killed by James
Oliver today. Oliver lost $4,000 in
the failure of the Casey & Garst Mer-
camille company a few months ago.
and the misfortune preyed on his
mind. He demanded his money when
the firm was reorganized, and had
several heated arguments with Casey
over the loss. Today, while Casey
was seated at his desk, oliver slip
ped up behind him and fired three
times without warning. Oliver walk
ed to police headquarters and gave
himself up.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-15
Peace and War.

The sleek sea, gorged and stated,
basking lies;
The cruel creature fawns and
blinks and purrs;
And almost we forget what fangs
are hers,
And trust for once her emerald
golden eyes;
Though haply on the morrow she
shall rise
And summon her Internal minis
tiers,
And charge her everlasting bar
riers,
With wild white fingers, snatching
at the skies.
So, betwixt Peace and War, man.
life is cast,
Yet hath he dreamed Of perfect
Peace at last
Shepherding all the nations ev'n
as sheep;
The inconstant, moody ocean shall
as soon,
At the cold dictates of the bloOdless
moon,
Swear an eternity of halcyOn
sleep. William Watson.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-15
BILL 10 LOST.
Important Appropriation Measure Can.
not be Found ut Helena,

Important Appropriation Measure Can.
not be Found ut Helena.
Helena, March 1O.-The bill which
passed both houses Of the legislature
providing for the payment of the de.
ficiency claims of the meat and milk
inspectors throughout the state, for
the past three months is missing, and
the probabilities are that the inspec.
tors will be compelled to wait until
the next legislature for their money!.
The fact of it's absence was not
discovered until the inspectors began
to make inquiry as to when their
money would be Forthcoming. Then
it was discovered that the bill, which
had passed both houses, was not in
the governors hands nor in the office
of the secretary of state.
Eleven inspectors are affected, whose
salaries ranged from $50 to $16O a
month. The legislature having re-
pealed the law relating to state in.
spection, it will be incumbent upon
cities to provide for their own inspec-
ton at a cost estimated at $4,000 a
year. This bill is still in the hands
of Governor Toole.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-15
Sale Of Philippine Bonds.

Washington, March 1O.-The Mer-
camille Trust company Of St. Louis
was the highest bidder today for the
$2,500,0OO issue of 1890 four per cent
Philippine public works bonds.
Their bid for the entire issue was
$2,726,500, or at the rate Of $109.06.
At this price the bonds it is estimat-
ed, would be equivalent to a 100.295
security, for the bid made by the Mer-
camille Trust company leaves the
Philippine government in possession
of the interest accruing on the bonds
since March l, amounting to over 81
900. The bidding was strong, there
being no less than 36 proposals, and
the result was highly satisfactory to
Colonel Edwards, chief Of the insular
bureau
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-15
FROM
LEO TOLSTOI
COUNT 70 NOT IN FAVOR OF THE
PRESENT REFORM MOVE.
MENT.

London. aMrch 10.-Count Tolstoi.
in a letter to the Times, of London,
which will be published tomorrow
morning, says that he regards not on
ly the Russian government, but all
governments as Intricate institutions
sanctified by tradition and custom for
the purpose Of committing by violence
the most dreadful of social crimes"
He therefore thinks the efforts of
those who wish to improve social life
should be directed to the liberation
Of themselves from the governments,
whose futility in these times is be.
coming more and more obvious"
This object could only be attained
by the unique means of religiously
and morally perfecting separate indi.
viduals. The idea is prevalent that
the evil accomplished by the present
particularly coarse, cruel, stupid and
deceitful Russian government" is due
to the fact that the Russian govern
ment is not organized on the model
of other existing governments, which
ARE similar institutions for the COM
initial of all kinds of crimes against
their peoples"
For the purpose of correcting this
the people will have to use all the
means at their disposal, and will have
to give up imagining that an altera-
ton of the external forms might alter
the essence"
Political activity such as is at pres
ent witnessed in Russia, Count Toll
stoi says, is inexpedient and unrea-
sonable, in that some of the people
assert rights which they do not have.
Violent strife by external means on
the part of an Insignificant handful of
men against powerful government
defending it's life, is only comical from
the point of view of the possibility OF
success, and piteous as regards the
unfortunately misled individual, who
perishes in the unequal strife. The
Russian government has no right to
heed claims which do not appeal to
the great mass of the people. One
hundred millions of the peasantry
care nothing for these demands, their
desire and expectation being for the
liberation of the land from the law
of property, or common ownership of
land. This is a matter which is en-.
tirely ignored in liberal petitions and
speeches, and only incidentally allud-
ed to in the revolutionary socialistic
program"
Concerning the representation de-
mands Count Tolstoi says:
1.-THE people in great mass still be-
lieve in autocracy, both by reason OF
inertia and because they think that
only through autocracy and through
the car can they attain this con-
naturalization Of land. The present &C.
tivity is pernicious,, because it dis
tracts the people from the moral per-
fecting of separate individuals, where
by only can be attained the objects
toward which those who are fighting
the government are striving"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-15
CLEARS HIS DESK.
Gov. TooIe Disposes Of All Bills Pass.
ed by LEGISLATURE.

GOV. Joole OIepoSee OF All oiluS PaSS'
ed by Legislature.
Helena. March 11.-Governor JOS
eph X. Toole today returned to Sec
rotary of State Yoder. properly au-
thenticated, by the presiding officers
of the house and senate. house bills
81 and 80, appropriating money for
additional buildings an improvements
at the state orphans home and the
deaf and blind institute, respectively,
which had been passed over his veto.
They were certified to by the COVER
nor as well, and the money is now
available for the trustees of these in
situations.
Governor Joseph X. Toole today We
toed house bill 176, providing for
meat and milk inspection in cities of
more than 1000 inhabitants.
The governor also vetoed house bill
81, relating to the trespass OF herds.
This leaves the governors desk
clear of all bills which had been pass
ed by the legislature.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-15
Mcmillan to Succeed Him.

Nashville, Tenn, March 9.-The
Tennessee Legislature will elect sue
cesor to the late Senator Bate on
March 81, probably Governor Benton
Mcmillan. The governor. who was
General Bates most active opponent
during the last campaign, withdrew
in favor of Senator Bate with the I'M
that should Senator Bate
retire, he, Mcmillan, would become
the candidate.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-15
EXPLOSION IN HOTEL.
Anarchist At ct. Petersburg Meets
Death Intended for Others.

Anarchist at ct. Petersburg Meets
Death Intended for Others.
st. Petersburg, March 1.-THE ex-
plosion Of q bomb at the Hotel Bris-
toll, adjoining the Hotel D'Angleterre
here, just before daylight this morn
ing, blew to atoms the owner of the
bomb, a man with an English pass
port and giving the name of Alfred
Henry Mccullough. and wrecked the
adjoining rooms, killing the wife of an
officer and injuring several other
dodgers. The explosion was heard
blocks away and created tremendous
sensation.
McCullough's legs were torn OF and
the flesh of the upper portion of his
body spattered the walls and ceiling.
which were red with blood.
The police believe Mccullough. was
charging the bomb when it exploded.
At the British embassy and consulate
Mccullough Is unknown. It is not be-
lieved he was British subject.
There is not the slightest doubt that
the man killed was connected with
the terrorists' plot. The bomb was
Of the same power as those which
killed the late Minister of the Inter-
Tor on Plehve and Grand Duge Ser
gius.
The preliminary Investigation of
the police leads them to believe that
Mccullough was engaged either in
packing his effects, as the Hotel Bris.
toll was to be vacated today, or in pre-
pairing for some desperate enterprise
today, when the bomb, which, like all
the internal machines of the terrorists,
was provided with gravity tubes, fell
and exploded. The police immediate
ly surrounded the hotel, mounted gen.
darmes allowing no one to go within
SO PAGES.
An Independent investigation made
by the Associated Press seems to es-
tablish beyond all question that the
man killed was a terrorist leader. His
passport, of course, was fictitious, but
the man was foreigner. not a Rus.
sian.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-15
THE NORMANDIE HAT.
Fashion DEGREES Il to be the Real
Thinu for the Ladies.

Chicago, ILL.,, March 15.-All is love-
ly, all is bright in windy Chicago.
The National Milliners' association is
holding forth at the Masonic temple
with the new Normandy hat as the
feature of attraction.
There are other (and to mere mans
mind prettier), hats on view, but the
smile of elite approval has been plac-
ed on the Normandy, which Is sort
of pinkish-blue, greyish- lavender
"stove-pipe," destined to exasperate
any save the woman with perfect
features. The hat is almost cylindri-
cal in form, standing four inches high
and has absolutely no brim. You
may think it misplaced bit of head
gear, if you see 1t during the season,
but don't stare-it is the latest thing
from Paris.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-15
HelNzE WANTS MILLIONS.

Brings Suit Against the Boston a
Montana In New York.
New York. March ia suit for
$37, 900, 900 has been brought by the
Johnstown Mining company against
the Boston, & Montana Mining com.
pany, in the courts of New York
state, to recover the value Of copper
ores alleged to have been taken by
the latter company !, from lands on
which the plaintiff Is said to have had
prior location and patent Johnstown
company operates the Rarus mine in
Montana, and the Pennsylvania claim
of the Boston & Montana adjoins it,
The Johnstown Is . Henze property
and the Boston & Montana an Anal.
gamated concern.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-15
A Destructive Fire.

To draw the fire out of burn. or
heal a cut without leaving scar, use
DeWitt's Witch Hazel 6alve. A spe'
ci1ic for piles. Get the genuine. j.
L. Tucker, editor of the Harmonizer:,
Centre, Ala, writes: Il have used
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve In my
family for Piles. cuts and burns. It
is the best salve on the market.
Evely family should keep it on hand:
Sold by L. C. Wilson, Lewistown 4
Kendall De-
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-15
Batuschka.

(By Thomas Bailey Aldrich.)
From yonder gilded minaret
Beside the steel-blue Neva set
l family catch, from time to time,
The sweet, aerial midnight chime,
God save the Czar!"
Above the ravelins and the moats
OF the white citadel it floats;
And men in dungeons far beneath
Listen, and pray, and gnash their teeth
God save the Czar!"
The soft reiterations sweep
Across the horror of their sleep,
AS il some demon in his glee
Were hooking at their misery
God save the Czar!"
In his red palace over there,
Wakeful, he needs must hear the
prayer.
How can it drown the broken cries
Wrung from his children's agonies?-
God save the Czar!"
Father they called him from of old
DECENTRALIZATION his heart is cold!
Wait till million scourged men
Rise in their awful might, and then
God save the CZar!"
II you want all the news all thu
time read the Argus.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-15
Mrs. Stanford Was Poisoned.

Honolulu. March 9.-The coroner's
jury tonight returned verdict that
Mrs. Jane L. Stanford died an I'M
natural death. The verdict says that
death was due to strychnine poison
ing, the poison having been introduced
into a bottle of bicarbonate of soda
with felonious intent by some person
or persons unknown TO the jury.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-15

pearance In the senate chamber on
Tuesday he complained of cold which
he had caught on the inaugural plat.
form ON Saturday, ana the fact was
recalled that some of the senator's
had advised that he should not 90 out
with the president, but he had insist.
ed on doing 30. because Of the fact
that he was a member Of the escort.
ing committee.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-15

Possible Purchaser-This automo.
bile. you say is only $4,000? like
the appearance of it exceedingly.
but before decide to buy 1t should
like to have short ride in it, to see
how it goes. and II you don't object
l want to take my wife along. She
has never ridden in one.
Salesman-That will be alright
You may give me SO to pay the ex'
penses of the trip around the boule'
wards, including a stop for luncheon
the money to be returned to you IL
you decide to buy the machine.
Possible Purchaser-Oh, weller
some other time will do just as we'll
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-15
SENATOR BATE DEAD.

He will Probably be Succeeded by
Governor Mcmillan.
Washington, March 9.-United
States Senator Bate, of Tennessee.
died at his apartments today, In the
Ebbett house, of pneumonia and de-
ranged heart.
When Senator Bate made his ap-
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-15
Liuhts and Side Liuhts.

Auto Victim-NO, I don't know his
identity: but I know that he was a
barber.
Officer-How do you know? 1t
might be an important clew.
Auto Victim-Well, he went over
my face twice.-Judge.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-15
I'm not in hurry about buying, any.
way.
PASSES on. Chicago Tribune.

Short-Im going to economic this
year.
Long-How are you going to do it!
Shortly paying fewer bills.-Chi-
cago News.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-15

II you want all the news all the
time read the Argus.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19
A Little Mistaken.

Since copying the article of the Du-
luth Herald last week on the matter
of assignments, we have made it a
point to look over the reported clerks
"rake-offs." Ii the affairs of the
other mining offices on the ranges
are conducted in the same manner as
In the Ely offices the benefits to the
clerks on assignments must be scarcer
than hens teeth. In each Of the
offices here there is an entry on the
books for all garnishees, assignments,
ETC., and al. monies received are
turned in to the credit of the COM
pany. The statement of the Herald
that some clerks made as much as
$3.50 month in addition to their
salaries must be myth, at least none
of the clerks in any of the offices we
have seen received one penny in fees
on these accounts.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19
DR.. Shipman Wins.

The malpractice suit Of d. G. Nc
Taggart against DR.. Shipman, which
has been on trial for the past week in
Duluth came to close Wednesday
when the jury after about 80 minutes
elaboration returned a verdict in
favor of DR.. Shipman.
The case has attracted considerable
attention particularly among the
medical fraternity, large number
of noted surgeons having been on the
stand to give expert testimony show
ing that the operation as performed
by DR.. Shipmon was successful
one.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19
Where are They7

An exchange says twenty years
from now the boys of today will be
men; they will be doctors and drunk
ards, lawyers and liars, ministers and
murderers, republicans and democrats
and so on down the line. It is i'm
possible to tell to certainty in just
what class your boy will be, but it is
possible for your boy to be put under
influence that will steer him in the
right direction. Follow the boys of
twelve and in twenty years some Of
them will be in jail. Parents, do you
know where your boy is tonight and
for which class he is training.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19
Judge Harris Van Blarcom Passes Away
Sunday Evening.
One of the First Residents Of Ely---Respected
by Everybody.
REQUlESCET IN PECE.

It was with undisguIsed sorrow and
regret that the people of this city
and neighboring cities were appraised
Sunday evening of the death at
about o'clock. of Judge Harris Van
Blarcom. The news spread with rap
idity and everywhere could be seen
knots of men, women and children
discussing the untimely taking off of
one who numbered his friends by the
list of the population, both here and
at other places where he has resided.
Judge Van Blarcom was In all prob
ability the best known man in this
part of the county. Old and young
enjoyed a personal acquaintance and
his memory for the names of those he
met was unparalleled. Almost every
child in the schools was acquainted
with the Judge and for all he had a
word and some casual bits of pleas
antries. 1t can be safely said that
no man in Ely will be more missed
from the daily occuranees, than gen.
ial, whole-souled. frank and open.
Judge Van Blarcom.
He was born in Granville, Nova
Scotia, in 1S47, and would, next No
vember, have BEEN So years of age.
His early years were spent on the
Eastern coast where he followed the
sea for many years, holding various
positions, from a sailor to manager of
a vessel line.
In 1875 he was married to Miss Eliz-
abeth Whiteman and two daughters
have resulted from this union, Adel-
aide and Josephine. The widow and
daughters survive him and deeply
| mourn the loss or loving husband
and kind and indulgent father. He
also leaves two brothers and sisters.
his parents having proceeded him by
several years.
Twenty years ago, or in 1885, he
came to Tower where he was engaged
in the photograph business for many
years and was for long time the
only photographer on the Vermilion
range. Three years later his family
joined him in Tower and together
they made their home there for a
short time, removing to this city in
1889 where they have since resided.
He followed his trade here for sew
eral years until the spring Of 1890
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19
divers Holdings.

The Iron Age OF Cleveland gives
the holdings OF the Oliver estate in
the Bonanza circle OF copper stocks in
its last issue and says the estate
shows on hand in stocks and bonds
and exclusive of real estate, nearly
sl5. 000, 900.
The holdings of stocks in the Bon
ANA circle of copper mines will be of
especial interest to the people of this
district. They are given as follows:
Calumet & Arizona, 1871 shares.
value $1,ls7. 800; Calumet & Pitts
burg. %. 165 shares, value 1921, $50;
Lake Superior and Pittsburg. 1880
shares, value s127, 500; Pittsburg &
Duluth, II, 1925 shares, value 500, $50.
The valuations given the stocks are
based upon the amount they cost Mr..
Oliver, as nearly as can be judged,
not the market value. Calumet &
Arizona figures up considerably high
er than the original price of "the
shares, while the others do not, but
it is understood that Mr.. Oliver add
ed heavily to his original holdings by
buying in the open market even
when the prices were high.
His Chemung Iron company hold.
ings are put in at 100000. 1t has
been reported that Chester A. Cong
don of Duluth holds share equal
with that Of the Oliver estate. which
also has II, 900 shares of the Harvey
Iron company, owner of the Zenith
mine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19
Clean Up.

Tomorrow is the last day allowed
by the Board of Health for cleaning
up the alleys and back yards, accord
ing to notices posted some time ago.
The slop wagon began its work Mon
day morning. A look through the
alleys in the city however shows a
beastly state of filth in some places
and the Board of Health will prob
ably make an example of some of the
tardy ones. Clean up.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19

when he was elected to the position
of Municipal Judge, which position
he held until his appointment as post
master by President Cleveland. He
served four years as postmaster, being
displaced by P. r. Vail upon the cleo
tion of William Mckinley in 1896.
After retiring from the postoffice, he
was again elected to the bench and
held this place until the spring of
1908 when Judge Cosgroye, the pres
ent incumbent, was elected.
In addition to the honors already
enumerated. Judge Van Blarcom
held other positions of trust and at
the time Of his death, was clerk of
School District No. IL, and secretary
of the Ely Cemetery Association. He
was prominent in all movements for
the welfare f the city and in his
death Ely loses one of its best citizens.
He was taken i'll sometime in JAM
uary and has been treating for an
abscess in the ear. II was only two,
weeks ago that test showed him af-
fected7 with diabetes. Since that
time lie has been confined to his bed.
A week ago he became worse and con-
stantlY sunk until death relieved him
of suffering Sunday evening.
The remains we're prepared for
shipment by Undertaken Gleason and
left Tuesday morning, accompanied
by the sorrowing family, for his old
home in Nova Scotia where they will
be inferred in the family lot. The
funeral from the house to the depot
was large one, almost the entire
population turning out to escort all
that was left Of their old friend on
the beginning of the last journey.
The school children had assembled
and accompanied BY the teachers,
surviving members of the school
board, Grant McMahan and Chas.
Trezona. and the principal,
formed procession neatly three
blocks in length. The remains were
accompanied as far as Duluth by O.
G. Korb and P. r. Brownell. The
gentlemen arranged for everything
in Duluth and saw the family depart
safely on it's long and sorrowful Tip.
The pail bearers were A. D. Ellefsen,
w. II. james. P. T. Brownell, o. G..
Korb, r. S. Miller and John Dens-
more.
Cañon City record., 1905-03-02
CHARGED WITH
KIDNAPPING.
Mrs. Ada Lough Brought Here
from Durango and Lodged In
Jail in C1nnectiop with tie Alb
ductiOp of Violet Tressider.

Mrs. Ada Lough, suspected Of COM
plicity in the kidnapping OF Violet
Tressider OF this city on the night of
January 9Th, was arrested in Durango
Wednesday OF last week at the instance
OF Marshal Mackenzie pending an in
vestigation of her connection with the
affair. The following day G. IL. Bowl
den was taken into custody 1t Stark
vile and is now in Jail at Trinidad
charged with the same offense.
The Lough woman has for some time
been believed to know q good deal
about the disappearance Of the Tressi-
der child, and her effort to mail letter
after her arrest to G. II. Bowlden at
Starkville resulted IN the latter being
locked up until the mystery could b..
cleared away.
Mrs. Lough was brought here on
Monday and is now in the womAn's
ward in the county Jail. She stub
bornly refuses to say anything about
the crime with which she is charged,
but this fact does not shake the faith
of the authorities in her guilt. She
has been promised that il she will turn
states evidence she will not be pun
ished, and it is thought that she will
shortly make a confession Of her con-
nection with the affair.
She has been informed that the stAtu-
tory punishment for kidnapping is not
more than twenty i've nor less than
fifteen years in the penitentiary, and
it is believed this knowledge will be
influential in causing her to tell the
truth and thus escape such fate.
Marshal Mackenzie went to Trinidad
yesterday to make additional inquiries
in relation to Bowlden's history and
antecedents, and the Lough woman
will not be given preliminary hear
ing until his return to Canon City.