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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14
MONTANA AT A GLANCE

William Medors, Montana pioneer,
who resided at Sidney, was drowned
in the Yellowstone last week.
.
A plan is on foot to build a Cath.
Ollie hopital at Havre.
Hugh Ball, the 3.year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Ball, of Great
Falls, was fatally burned last week,
dying soon after the accident. The
child's dress caught fire while some
children were trying to ignite some
fre works left over from the Fourth.
.
Twenty prominent Dunkards are
visiting the Yellowstone valley, and
a colony of families belonging to that
church may be located in the valley
as result.
Patrick Roman, employed at the St.
Lawrence mine at Butte, fell down
the shaft last week distance of $50
feet, being instantly killed.
-
The state will shortly offer for sale
100000 of state agricultural college
bonds, bearing per cent interest, TO
run 80 years, with the privilege of re.
deeming them in 20 years.
James Norris, Helena boy, will
be appointed a cadet at Annapolis If
he succeeds in passing the required
examination on reaching the age OF
20. He is now on the training ship
Satee.
Mrs. George Suis, a full blooded
Crow squaw, has brought suit for Iii.
vorce in the district court at Billings
Her husband Is a member of the Grow
base ball team, and the wife says he
is drunkard.
Moses Manuel, one of the best
known mining men of Helena, lost
his life at property owned by him
at COrbin last week. Mr.. Manuel was
the discoverer of the Homestake a,
Deadwood, South Dakota. He was a
very wealthy man.
Eighty thousand people were car
ried on Senator Clark's street car sys
TEN in Butte on July 4th. There was
| not an accident of any kind, which
speaks we'll for the management. The
Butte street car system is considered
by experts to be one of the best in
| the world.
J. L. Dobell, one of the most accom-
plished newspaper men of the state,
| and who for two years was editor in
chief of the Helena Independent, while
Senator Clark was its owner, has sue
ceedeu A. B. Keith as editor of the
| Butte Miner-a position which he is
especially qualified to fill because OF
his long residence at Butte, and abil
| ity as a writer.
A genuine cyclone swept through
the country IS miles from ChinoO
few days ago, and striking sheep
camp, turned everything upside down
One her1er was badly hurt and one
| dog ki11cd h,,t tho sheen waro ont M
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14

The out-curve, first of the curved balls,
the in.shoot which next developed;
the drop ball, which followed the in
shoot; the fast straight ball; the slow
ball, which appeared when pitchers
began to use their heads as we'll as
their arms; the underhand raised ball.
which only McGinnity, of champion
Giants, has mastered; cutting the cor
ners, dating back about is years; the
cross-fire delivery, which is pitched
by very few twirlers, and the spit
ball, of recent origin and much po-
tency.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14

The compressed air rock drill is the
invention OF 8. Ingersoll, who in 1871
applied for patents. The Ingersoll-
Sergeant Drill company grew out OF
this invention, and compressed air
drills are at work in all lands.
The pumps at the Omai mine In
British Guiana, are capable OF lifting
11,088,000 gallons of water per day
to a height of so feet. They are OF
the double-acting plunger type, the
diameter Of the plungers being 2Ok
inches. Their working pressure is 265
poundss per square inch.
The annual report of the Gold Reef
Mining company has been filed with
the county clerk and recorder. 1t
shows that the company is capitaliz-
ed for one million dollars, and the
entire capital stock was issued in
payment for the mines, mill, water
rights, etc., of the company at Gilt
Edge, where one Office is located the
principal one being at HobOken, New
Jersey. The assets of the company
are S535,919.17, while the liabilities
are $175,313.34. The report Is signed
by Henry M. Rae, president; Charles
Hallam, secretary, and John A. Drake
and A. s. Wright, directors.
Butte, July 1O.-Miss Mamie Brown,
an 1S-year-old girl, while searching
for a stray COW near HOmestake, half
a mile east of Butte, stumbled into
gopher hole over which had been
thrown several particles of quartz, in
which the gold fairly glittered. The
girl Carried the sparkling rock home,
and assays in Butte by number OF
reputable assayers show that the rock
carries over $1,000 in gold to the ton.
The domestic led her employer to the
gopher hole and the whole country
was at once staked off, the locaters
being Con Conklin, s. w. Brown, Al.
Stevens and Miss Brown, each being
given an equal share: Two shafts have
been sunk 30 feet revealing two large
gold leads in which the free gold can
be easily seen. About $4,000 worth
Of rock is in sight already and excite
ment runs high over the discovery.
Active work has been commenced
for the construction of the 100000
dam and power plant of the Helena
Power Transmission company. The
dam will be located at Teeple's ferry,
on the Missouri river, IL miles from
Helena, and will furnish $4,000 horse
power for the miners, smelters and
manufacturers of this vicinity, MAX
ing the cheapest power in the west.
It will be sold at from $35 to $50 per
horse power per year. A large force
of men is already doing preliminary
work for the plant, which is to be
completed and in operation within II
months. Lands that will be over.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14
Good for Stomach Trouble and Consti
patton.

chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets have done me ID great deal OF
good" says C. Towns, of Rat Portage,
Ontario, Canada. Being mild ply
sic the after effects are not unpleas-
ant, and l can recommend them to
all who suffer from stomach disorder.
For sale by all druggists. Gu.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14

Lou Dillon and Major Delmar, the
only two minute trotters IN the world,
have been matched for race at De-
troit late this month.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14

Great Falls now leads in the Mon
tana league. Cleveland and New York
lead in the American and National
leagues.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14

A genuine cyclone swept through
the country IS miles from Chinook
few days ago, and striking a sheep
camp, turned everything upside down.
One herder was badly hurt and one
dog killed, but the sheep were out of
the line of the cyclone, and prac-
tically escaped injury, only one of them
being killed.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14

Aurelio Herrera will no longer at.
tach "of Butte to his name. He has
gone to Spokane, and the Herrera.
Neary fight may be pulled off there.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14

Artful, owned by the Whitney sta
BILE, won the Brighton handicap Sat
urday Over $4,000 people saw the
race. Artful is the 3-year-old daugh-
ter of the great Montana horse, Ham
burg, formerly owned by Marcus Daily.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14

Jim Corbett, discussing the traits
of past champions, says:
George Dixon and Champion JEFF
fries were the two coolest fighters
that ever stepped into the ring.
"The former would SIT in his dress
ing room, read the papers and discuss
fighters of promise before battle.
Il remember on one occasion the
little negro asked for pen and ink.
He quietly wrote a letter to a friend
in the middle west Not the least bit
of nervousness was displayed and the
letter is today preserved by Dixon S
, friend as a souvenir of the great lit
| tie mans nerve.
ION another occasion Dixon sent for
| bOotblack to come and shine pair
| of shoes, as he wanted them after the
| fight, to wear to a dinner to be Civ
en- in his honor by some friends if he
won.
| "Jeffries' actions are somewhat dif
ferent, but display even greater cool
ness than those of Dixon.
when a match is made, jeff shows
great interest and talks to his friends
| gle. AS the date of the battle ap
pTOdcueS, JeH SToWS luulHeTeut. 1Hi'
is due chiefly to the fact that he real
ICES his condition is gradually nearin:
perfection and that he will be capable
of doing his best when he steps int
the ring.
Il remember. before his fight Will
me at COney Island, he would ask hi
friends repeatedly what they though
of his chances. and of course he Away
received a fiattering answer, which
by the way. never carried any weigh
with the big fellow, even if the opin
ions were solicited.
"The proposition JET has to- fac
never cuts any figure with him Il
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14

II you want all the news all the
time read the Argus.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14

Jerry Clifford, the Butte booze dis
penser, and ring promoter" who pre-
vented the Herrera-Neary bout in
Butte July 4, now discovers that he
has effectually killed the game in the
great camp.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14

"Parson" Davies has taken up a
Boer athlete, Piete Wiser, and propOs-
es to match him against the champion
wrestler, Hackenschmidt. Wiser
stands six feet, and is man of per-
feet physique.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14

According to DR.. William G. Ander-
son, in his article on Making Yale
Athlete" in Everybody's Magazine for
July, college athletics tend to prolong
rather than to shorten life. "The hos
tile criticism" says DR.. Anderson,
''that athletes die young has been so
often made without definite refuta-
ton that it passes for truth among
those who mistake rumOr for fact.
An investigation of the health and
longevity of college athletes must be
exhaustive to furnish trustworthy da-
ia. Realizing the importance of such
the librarian of Yale, has recently
completed the task of collecting the
records of 761 athletes who competed
in the intercollegiate events and won
teir 'Y's' on the eleven, the nine, the
crew and the track team between 1855
and 1904. This material was gathered
for a prominent life insurance COM
pany, and later given to the director
of the gymnasium. The main deduc'
tons are as follows:
"Of these 761 athletes, 81 have died
since graduation. The causes were:
Consumption, IL; pneumonia, "A;
drowning, 6: heart disease, 2; suicide
2; war and accident, 3; died from
unknown causes or disappeared, 10;
from various diseases (fevers. appen
| dicits. cancer diphtheria, paresis, dis
sipatiOn, etc., u.
"Of these 81 men, IS rowed; II
! played foo ball. II were track ath
letes and six played base ball."
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14

Although the American oarsmen
werewere defeated at Henly, and our
riflemen went down to defeat at Bis
ley, England, May Sutton, of Pasa-
dena, California, won the champion.
ship the tennis tournament at Lon
don.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14

Young Corbett says he is not going
to make any matches until Septem
Der.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14
LATEST SPORTING
NEWS

George Dixon, the former champion,
is making an excellent showing in
England.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14

Jack O'Brien and Twin Sullivan
fought 20 round bout before an i'm
mense audience at Dawson, Alaska,
a short time ago. The affair ended in
a draw, neither man having an ad-
vantage. The fight was furious one,
and in the last round, each man was
put down for the count, but came up
full of fight.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14

Whenever a bona fide discovery is
made, numerous tales follow of the
new and passing strange sorts of balls
the discovery can pitch-balls
which will surely revolutiOnize the
game Let it all be set down to ad-
vertising purposes. Many of the diff
ferent sorts of balls which are sup
posed to emanate from the pitchers
box are thrown from the fertile brain
of press agents and nowhere else.
Here is a list of the different balls
actually being pitched today, some.
of course, having their variations:
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14

Since Sysonby's victory in the Law
renee realization stakes, enthusiastic
admirers of the Keene horse, accepted
as the greatest 3-year-old of the Amer
lean turf, have expressed the hope
that a meeting might be arranged be-
tween the colt and Cicero, winner of
the Epson derby, and star of his age
in England. However, racing men as
sert that there is little likelihood of
such a race. as SysOnby undoubtedly
will be kept busy in this country this
summer and fall, with the prospect of
being able to earn vastly more money
than he could possibly earn in Eng
land in any stakes in which he might
be entered now.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14

Eighty thousand people were car
ried on Senator Clark's street car sys.
TEN in Butte on July 4th. There was
not an accident of any kind, which
speaks we'll for the management. The
Butte street car system is considered
by experts to be one of the best in
the world.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14

(From the Argus of January 6, 1881.
Olin L. Clement is appointed JUS.
tice of the peace for Flatwillow.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14

Sheriff Beck is allowed Is cents a
day for the board Of each prisoner.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14

"The elegant new residence of Barr
Smith, on Beaver creek, was opened
to a large number of invited friends
on New Years eve"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14

Ward Stone is appointed constable
for Big Spring township
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14

Attorney at Law, Lewistown. Mont.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-14

Lewistown merchants are receiving
heavy shipments Of freight from Bill.
fngs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-04
RECTOR TESTlFIES
10 Sending Pan American Bank Sc
curtes to Chicago.

''hicAGo. Feb. Nv. S. Rector. who was
caShicr Of the Pan American Bank here
admitted on the witness stand. today that
under the direction Of President Hunt and
Sctf"tarY-trcasUrcr Trav"rs of the com
pdnN. many thousand dollars in cash and
Srcl''2tles nave been transferred from
chicago. while little or no returns 50 far
as Known by Rector. The hearing was he
fore master in chancery to whom Judge
i3iinne referred the case in an effort to
discover assets
kallroad stocks and bonds representing
a lace value of S11l6 were sent nv Uunr
and Tr@vers to c. F. Currier. a banker in
r:lrnlra y. v. rcputcd to be Hunt s uncle
ne only return was 5000 said Rector
Large sums of money were transferred
through Chicago banks to Hunts private
lhstl, luton in New York, to a hank in Ros-
ton on which Hunt asserted he had an on
non. to the Pan American Banking cos
branch bank in the City of Mexico and ~
the itusso-Chnese Bank in San Francis
GO. Rector asserted that he knew nothing
OF any reason for such transfers.
IT also developed that Hunt and Rector
airrH dictated the policy of the institution
IN making loans and in the general con-
duct of the business Wi
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-04
PORTRAIT GIVEN FREE.

In order to fttingly celebrate the
liftieth anniversary Of Father Johns
Medicine, we have had executed from
an oil painting of Rev. Father John
o'Brien OF Lowell. Mass. by a ceIe-
bratcd artist Il reproduction in sixteen
cOlorS. size 15X2O inches. which has All
the richness color and effect of the oil
painting, aud is difficult to distinguish
fl ON the original painting.
Just fifty years ago. in 1855, Father
John. as Ii" had become fondIy known
to his parshioners, became very much
run down through overWork and ex-
posture, and suffered from a severe cold
and cough. Finally, he consulted an
eminent specialist, who gave him a
prescription which produced such won
derfui RESULTS in his case that he re-
commended it 10 all of his parishioners
and friends. In this way, it became
pO2ularly known AS Father Johns
Medicine, and was sold and advertised
by that name with his complete ap-
prevail and sanction because he knew
of its merits and desired all who We're
ill TO benefit by its healing power
We wish to distinctly emphasiZe that
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-04

A very peculiar accident happened
here, Friday. ard although it resulte, y
quite seriously, it was a wonder that
1t was not fatal. A little boy by the
name Of Baker. who attends the school
on Bridge street, which is kept in what
vas formerly the bowling alley being
IF curious turn of mind. decided that
he would get up on top of the build
ing and investigate the wires which
were strung across there He got hold
OF live one. and being rendered sense
less by the shock. had the little finger
Of the left hand almost entirely burned
off. while both hands We're badly burn
ed. DR.. Ames was called, and dressed
the wounds. and made the boy as com
Portable as could be. It was great won
der that the child was not killed which
vas due to the fact that the wire al
though able to burn badly. was not Of
sufficient power TO kill the child.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-04
ASKS TO BE RECALLED.
U. S. Minister Bowen Thinks Situation
Serious in Venezuela.

Washington Feb. 3.-Dispatchcs rerciV-
ed at the state department II ON nite'l
States Minister Bowen at Caracas. ihdi
cat. that III" rupture with Venezuela
W hich President Roosevelt has been try
ire to StaVe off until after Congress adj
jou!ns is imminent.
Mr. Bowers patience is at last exhaust
ed and he has recommended that he he re-
called and that diplomatic relations with
Venezuela he severed. He says that the
attitude of the Castro government re
mains uncompromising to the last degree,
ana thar he can see no encOura ging indi-
cation of a pcaCeabc settlement of tn"
American claims. lie advises that force
be applied as the only means of bringing
Pres. Castro to terms. and that the
first step a formidable naval demonStra-
ton lee ut once made al Id Guayra. the
port of Caracas.
Mr.. ROWen's reports We're at once sen:
to the President. and soon afterward Mr..
Roosevelt held long conference with
Sec. Hay. who is i'll at his home. VIVA
conclusion was reached could not be
learned. but the Importance of the subject
was proved by the fact that the President
himself carried the dispatches to Mr.
Hays home
Ten days ago Pres Castro Snl;bhed Mr.
Bowen and representatives of all the F.u-
rrpeIn powers by going into the country
on the plea that he npeded A rest. This
was construed by Mr.. Bowen and the 9TH
CT diplomats as an insult. and nothing
has since occurred to change their views
OF the incident.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-04
LOSE LIFE AND LIMB.
Fire in Bronx District Makes Twenty
Families Homeless.

New York. Feb 3.-Twenty families
were driven from their homes in their
nightclOtheS, two tiremen were over
come by smoke and rescued with great
difficulty and one girl is thought to
have persisted in a fire which DESTROYED
a five-story apartment house in The
Bronx. early today. Nearly all the
occupants Of the house lost their furni-
ture ana personal effects.
Four alarms were sent i'm and the en-
tire available fire department of The
IronX and upper Manhattan was called
into action before the fire WAS got under
control. For IA time it seemed that the
whole block of fiat houses and stores
would he burned.
Wien policeman discovered the
flames and sent an alarm through the
house, the flames were spreading rap
idly ana many of the tenants scarcely
had time to escape in their night
clothing Fly the time the engines ar
rived the entire building was in flames
and all the efforts of the firemen Were
concentrated upon the task of saving
the adjoining houses, which, in the
meantime had emptied into the street
a shivering and half-clad population.
The half-frozen crowd of men
women and children found shelter in
neiGhborinS houses and stores. but
many suffered severely from epOSure
7 he loss is about $4,000 OH the build
ing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-04
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
Young Man Disappointed in Love Has
Nothing to Live for.

New York, Feb. "a young man
dressed in evening clothes and who
said ne was Henry Gavin. Of Buffalo.
staggered up to q ii, kct booth in tie
subway station at l45th street early. 10
day. and calmly told the ticket sell".
that he had shot himself. \ moment
later he collapsed and when an ambu-
lance arrived the surgeon found tn
young mans condition s, riouS There
were two bullet wounds il his body
just below his heart and while the sur
gcon was examining him he drew a 81
c"libre revolver from his pocket with
the remark that's what | did it with"
on the way 10 the hospital Gavin said
that he had tried to "Ed his life be
cause the young woman to whom ne
was engaged to be married had brok-
eh faith with him and that he had no
desire to live.
Gavin is the son Of a former super
intendrnt of the Erie County Pcnitrn-
ti,ry who Was prominent in politics
and considered well to do nearly %
years ago. II" is g years old. The
father committed suicide in 1883.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-04
A LIVELY BLAZE
With Estimated Loss of 100000 in
Wilkesbarre, Pa.

Nilk"sharra. Pa. Fab. Al 4. MA
cpniiagra ton, which threatens the bus
ireSS and residential section of the CITY
of ShaMokin broke out at 1920 o'clorE
last night. and at l O'Clock this MORN
lr% III" flames We're still raging The
fire started in the large stocking fac
tory of the FauDer ( Co. and despite
the efforts of the fire department
spread rapidly and destroyed four
dwellings,. At / o'clock Aucher's large
planning mill vas a mass of flames ana
Unless change com's in the direction
{" the wind, other properties Will b.
burned.
Md has been asked from the sur
rounding towns and alre ady two fire
companies from Mt. Carmel are on the
scene and companies are reported to be
On the way from Sunbury. Ashland.
Shannandoah. PittsNile. The loss al
ready aggregates about SEQ 900
AT l. 30 the fire is thought to be un-
der control Tn" large lumber yard sur
rounding the planning mill is entirely
destroyed. The knitting mill was A
large concern and employed about 800
hands. The original Of the fire is I'm
known.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-04
HELD WITHOUT BAIL.
Hunt Answers to Charges of Embez-
element in NJ "

New York, Feb. 3. -William H. Hunt
president of the Pan American Eanhino
Co. Of Chicago. who has been under ar
rest here charged with embeZziement
from that institution. today, was held
without bail for 50 days bv Magistrate
Barlow 10 await eXtrddition proceed
inGS rom lfflllmOiS. Hunt WAS recent
~ arrested IN Geographic advices from
Chicago which alleged that he had
been indicted for the embezZlemert OF
5000 from the Pam American Banning
co. He was released on 5000 bail after
hearing. When he was re-arraigned
today, il WAS said that az applica lion
for cAtradition WAS being prepared and
Magistrate BARLOW issued warrant
citing that Hunt is an alleged fugitive
from justice. a certified copy of the in
d!ctn.ent was shown in which the spe-
ciftc cnaree OF the larceny of $40 with
Victor A. Murrell as complainant ap-
pears. Hunts counsel said that efforts
would be made to secure the prisoners
release through habeas corpus pro-
,ppijp0S