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The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-13
A REPORT IS coon
Coal Etrike Hurts sOme-F.w
ures in Canada.

Coal Etrike hurts Some-Few =,
ures in Canada.
R. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Reviav,
Trade says: VI
Opening of spring trade is nor
ceptibly retarded by the partial ~
ruption to coal mining, except ,n p"
immediate vicinity of anthracite minA
Were ii not for a few labor contro1e'
sizes the commercial horizon wonld
cloudless. W
That the year 1906 started m.
eclipse all records is evidence :"
bank clearings being Is per cent ~
ger than for the first quarter of ~.
previous prosperous year. wbile Ii''
bilities o. commercial failures averaS
ed only 81 cents of each $1,000 of o1
vent payments through the clear,ur
houses, which is the lowest comroat
cial death rate for the first tn
months of any year. The AVERAGE looe
if distributed through all the firms ~
business was only $24.S6 to each COZ
Germ, not a serious burden to be horn
by the mercantile world.
Railway earnings in March were 60
per cent. larger than last wear 49,
foreign commerce at this port for tho
last week showed gains of sl13a 9eo
in imports and 1897. $50 in exports 10
compared with the corresponding weeL
in 1905. Further strength appeared IN
the hide market. Failures this -
numbered 1877 as against 232 last wear
and Is in Canada as against % Last
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Of desolation, everything being cover.
cd with ashes from the volcano.
The lava des royed a few houses in
the suburb Of TCrre ~Annuuciata, and
also the cemetery there. Then. for
~tunately. the flow ceased, as it did also
at Tore del Greco.
At Pompeii the rivers of lava are
less rapid.
Inc|andescent matter has set fire
10 the village Of San Giuseppe.
Latest Report.
Naples-Reports Of fatalities conse-
quent upon the eruption of Mount
Vesuvius are coming in. According
to information received late Monday
probably as many as 500 lives
lost. 1t is said that many more
than 500 persons persisted in the dis
-rict of San Giuseppe, where, from the
of a church which collapsed ow-
.ng to the weight of ashes on the Roof,
80 corpes were ~extricated, and it is as
that ut Sorreino, 81 persons were
titled by falling houses. A railway
rain from san Giuseppe to Naples was
lerailed owing to stones on the track.
The sea is greatly %agitated. The
ky has cleared, but heavy clouds hang
yer the east, threatening a further
.ownpour. The streams of lava are
lmost stationary. Troops are erecting
arricades in the direction of Pompeii
prevent further danger in that quar-
~
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-13
ALL QUIET IN THE COAL FIELDS
Work Resumed in P~ittsburq District
Monday

"SilddV
Pittsburg-There were no develop
ments that disturbed the peace of the
hituminous coal fields reported here
Sunday, and while in the Pittsburg
district 80 per cent. of the miners
have returned to work, the storm cen.
ters, which have been in other dis.
tricts, are growing more settled and
there is every evidence that the men
at these points will soon be at work.
At Philadelphia the miners and all
other classes in the hard coal region
are anXlously awaiting the reply of
the operators to the miners request
for arbitration.
AT Scranton. Pa, so delegates. rem.
.resenting 1000 rockmen of the anthra.
cite region, met Sunday and voted TO
remain out until such time as the con.
accept the demands which
nave been presented to them.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-13
PHILIPPINES NOT FOR JAPAN
General Bates Smith Says islanders
Prefer Americans

General Bates F. Smith. a member
of the Philippine committee, who ar
rived at Honolulu Sunday, says that
there is no truth in the report that
Japan was likely TO buy the Philip
pines. The Filipinos, he said. would
not welcome such a change Of owner.
ship.
There are rumors among American
residents in the orient that japanese
steamship companies were going 10
buy the steamers Of the Pacific Mail
and Oceanic Steamship companies
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-13
A Rsmantie SINH.

they ~ walking out together on
eloudless night under the light a
the big round moon. which seemed m.
sually bright and beautiful. Sudden.
Y he stopped clasped his hands ana
cried. rapturously:
oh. Mary. Look a. the moon n.
night Isn't ii beautituI-naris.
cent?
Yes, amt IT, William. she rsr-fa5
with equal enthusiasm. It looks ,rs,
like a big fried egg don't IT, dear
Judy
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Swift Estate Worth $1,000 ooo

vii OF E c. Swift. the Cbica.o
t1lav-' vas admitted to probate -
ls--y IN Salem, Mass. Beyond a
cues Of $4,000 10 a church at S.
go there were no public
Except for this donation ana
annui-es for two Ions in ana
poyss Of Nj Swift the estate astiu sn,'
81 Al ABOUT slo,oo0.001. is left fn.,.
I~ss-stcr. ! or the
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-13
IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

Peace Assured in the Coal Minino
Situation
Peace is now assured in the mining
situation SO far as the soft coal fields
Of western Pennsylvania are concern
ed. The organization OF the indepen.
dent operators, who were holding out
against granting the advanced demand
ed by the miners. at a meeting Satur.
day night decided to give up the strug-
gle and will sign the scale.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-13
French Strike Tor Eioh, Hours

The general labor federation OF
France has decided that all workmen
Viii be asked 10 cease work on June
aud remain on strike until an eisht
hour day is granted them. The or.
sanlzing arrangements Of the fedora
uon have been perfected and il is IS.
umated that a majority OF the men
Viii accede 10 its request thereby
causing a record general strike unless
the employers meet the demand.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-13
TEACHERS HELD CONVENTION.

o.. J. Craig, Of Missoula, Elected as
President.
The meeting Of the Inland Empire
Teachers association came to a close
Friday night at Spokane. Several ad-
dresses We're delivered by professors
from various states.
o. J. Craig OF Missoula. Mont. was
elected president of the association
q. +. Bond, first vice president: r. l..
Traver, second sic president: Miss
May f. Scott, third vice president:
II. {. Calhoon, secretary. and II. c.
Sampson, treasurer.
The next meeting will be held in
Lewiston, Idaho. April. 1907.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-13
Northwestern Wheat.

portland, Ore-Club, 66Q67c; blue
CO. ''Q67e; red, 64065c; valley,
club, SIC.
"aiIa Walla, Wash.-Bluestem, 5Sc;
''uo' Doc I. o. b.; no sales.
ION Wash.-Unchanged. Ex-
roa 'cbiuestem, 6S lie; club, 81 1-2e;
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CHANGE IN ARMY DEPARTMENTS.
eeneral John W. Bubb to Command
the Dakotas,

Lieutenant General Bates, chief of
Slan mas issued orders assigning Brig
auler General McCaskey to the com
mand Of the military department of
leAas n B~rigadier General John w.
puoD 10 the command of the depart
Ilent OF the Dakotas. These COM
HlanuS nave been temporarily filled for
IT'eiaI months past by Colonel NJ. B.
nughes' Second cavalry, and Colonel
~ d Sweet, Twenty.eighth infantry,
respectively.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-13
Canada Fightinu ], ]. Hill.

An ottawa dispatch declares that
nln $ lobby in the house of parlis.
nleut 10 promote his Canadian railway
soIH Is arousing opposition in both
poItlcal parties on the ground that
canadian trade should be kent in the
JANUS OF Canada's three transcontinen-
"a. mes An organized attempt is evil
ueht to prevent his obtaining any more
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-13
TWO APOSTLES ARE DROPPED
convey and Taylor Are Hit nv n.
Mormons

As toreshadowed by President T.
seph +. smith at his opening address
oe-oIe me Mormon conference. two
members were dropped from III
Quorum OF the twelve apostles ar the
TnQFcA election Sunday, held AT Sail
90 Mhen the nominations were
ABOUT 10 be read. Apostle Francis NJ
lyman announced that Apostles NJ
mas l. Ccwley and John W. TayIor
LAO rendered their designations ON o.
'ooes > for the reason thar tbay -
harmony with the quorum
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-13
NEEDS NEW TREATY WITH CUBA.
Uncle Sam is Getting the Worst Of
the Present Advancement

Acting under instructions from the
state department, Edwin Morgan, min
lister at Havana, has been in confer.
ehce with the officials of the Cuban
foreign office for some time past with
the purpose of framing a new reciproc-
ly treaty to replace the existing con.
.enIIon' He has now practically fin.
lShed the work, and a treaty has been
drafted that may be ready for submis.
sion to the senate before the adjourn.
"eht OF the present session. The
reason for the preparation of the new
is that the officials here have
become convinced that America is get
tlhg by far the worst of the bargain
under the present
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-13

Finger prints are hereafr n he
used by the war department in identi.
'Eing ~deSerterS. An order has been
issued providing for the taking Of
prints Of the fingers OF all men enter.
ing the service. in addition 10 phoro-
graphS and various measurements.
ms action was taken on the recon.
meEdauon Of a board which made a
thorough investigation Of finger prints
IS a means Of Identification. ana II
decided they are even more useful
photographs and measurements
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-13
NAVY YARD JOBS GO BEGGING
Secretary Bonaparte Finds Difficulty
in Fillinu Positions.

in Filling Positions.
In three months which ended March
81, 243 persons either resigned their
employment at the navy department
or in navy yards, or refused to accept
positions under the navy department
after being certified by the civil ser.
vice commission to the secretary. The
percentage is unusually large and Sec.
rotary Bonaparte is worried about tho
lack of desirable new employees. The
positions vacant command salariao
ranging from $500 to $14OO a year and
the failure to fill the places is dine
chiefly to the provision of the law
that a certain quota of employees must
be taken from each state. The nav IN
the navy department is lower than in
many other departments.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-13
PEABODY DENIES CHARGE.
Not a Tool Of Hartman or Standard

on.
The New York Tribune saws thar
Charles A. Peabody. president Of the
Mutual Life Insurance company. has
declared over his " signature thar
he has no connection with E. H. Har.
riman, J. PierpOnt Morgan or the stan.
dard OIL company. Charges have been
made from time 10 time thar he was
placed in control OF the Murua! in the
interests OF 4 or another Of these
capitalists.
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some men think nothing Of being
dragsed in the dirt If they esn have
a place on the tail OF a kite thar has
the prospect q flying
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-13

NapIos-Mcuut V%csuvius is a colos-
sal brazier and the town of Boscotrezc,
ca its southern dcclivity, has been
transformed into a gray island of ruin
uy the ashes from the crater of the
volcano. Torrents OF liquid fire, re
sembling, in the distance, scrpents
with glowing yellow and black scales,
are coursing in all directions, amid
rumblings, dctonations and earth trem-
blings, while a pail of sulphurous
cmokc that hoycrs owe all makes
breathing difficult.
The streams of lava are resistless.
They snap like pipestems the trunks
of chestnut trees hundreds of years
old and blight with their turrid breath
the blooms on the peach trees before
the trees themselves have been reach
ed. The molten streams do not spare
the homes of the peasants, and when
these have been razed they dash into
the wells. as though seeking to Stake
their thirst, and, after filling them,
continue their course down the noun
tain side.
Everywhere in the vicinity of the
volcano pitiful scenes are Witnessed
women tearing their hair in their
grief and old men crying aloud at the
loss of their beloved homesteads.
Artillery carts have beer sent to the
assistance of the fleeing peasants and
the duke of Aosta, Cardinal Giuseppe
Frisco and all the authorities, despite
the rain, vent TO the portions of the
country most threatened.
Duke Of Aosta Works Hard.
The duke Of Aosta was especially
active. lie explained what means he
Il ought best To save the lives and
property and had the engineers and
erect parapets and dig trench
es in order to change the course of the
lava streams and at times gave an
example of his energy by working him
Cardinal Frisco distributed the
necesaries of life to the people and S
went so FAR rs to give many the b
he wore on his fingers. Repeat i
he exclaimed 10 the frightened 4
peasants; Pray. my children; you f
may be sure God will not desert YOU o
The statue Of st. Anne. which was G
aiken to the m%ountainside to confront Il
he lava, is frequently moved back d
ward as the tide advances. t
Signor M%atteucci, director of the OBJ o
.iervatory on Ncsuvius, still continues b
o occupy a most dangerous position "
With him is an American engineer +
famed Perry.
New craters have opened at dir,r- 81
mt points on the mountain, but it is |,
impossible to ascertain their number D
r where they are situated. ~
There have been no fatalities at
ioscotreze or elsewhere as a result ca
{ the eruption. The flow of lava was ie
.tationary at 10 o'clock Sunday night. Sc
duke of Aosta visited B~oscotreze u
unday.
King and Pope May Visit Scene.
1t is asserted at Rome that King
tctor Emmanuel. who was born at v
aples, spent his youth there and as
prince Of Italy bore the title of
of Naples, has expressed his Il
Of visiting the afflicted dis II
on Mount Vesuvius. Dir
According TO other rumors. which il tr
been impossible to verify. Pope
Ius is also DESTROYS of taking this ell,
me as an opportune II 10 break his G.
pituitary imprisonment at the Vatican II
Id so among the sufferers. Nj
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Inc congregational society of Lew
tbi, Is planning to erect a church
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CITIES ARE ruined
MOUNT VESUVlUS SHOOTS OUT A
RIVER OF LAVA.

Molten Metal Coming Down the Noun
tain Sides Causes Grand Sight and
Makes the Earth Tremble-Sulphur
Smoke hovers over ValIeys-Thous-
ands of Homes Swept Away.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-13
oesoiation al Naples

The City Of Naples bears an aspect
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-06-14

History, like blood. always tells
when the results can be figured out In
exact form. A Connecticut seed firm
has been selling red clover seed 10
which there was 1894 per cent Of
adulterant In the ioim Of yellow tire.
foil. A modest New Jersey dealer
was content with $3.50 per cent Of
adultsranti New York firm With be-
coming consideration used only sO.72
per cent, aud 9 Massachusetts, house,
With true Puritan spirit, was actually
doing business on . mere 1879 per
osnt. There were four other arns
whose names and place Of business
aro made pablo By tie department Of
sgrisuliura not al. however n he
nnimeg sisis, and none pat IN nors
Ms ball Ne PrOPortion Of tdulisEanL
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-06-14

Inspired probably by Brother
Stubbs' mastery attack on the Ding
ley tariff the Lawrence Gazette wants
to know how the Kansas farmer iI
interested in the manufacture Of steel
rails. It duds out from the Hon. T.
B. Murdoch thus: "More than q
million men are this minute at work
In this country making steel rails;
they are paid from IS to SIS . day
and the Kansas farmers are selling
them bacon and -four and beef at
good round prices. Stop the steel
mills and you hit the farmers"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-06-14
start the DFiOks.

I
II people want return Of the Joy
Gus days Of the Cleveland administra
lions. says the Kansas City journal
lot them begin hammering away a
the tariff. Coxey's army can be re
Cruited again and the Boston 6.cenl
| meal ticket can be reprinted for th'
protection Of citizens against thsIl
fellows desperate from hunger. 1t Il
easy to start the bricks to falling
Shut up the factories so that Europe
and Japan and China can do tho work
That will strangle the market for ag-
rICulturAl products. Thst will cause
the farmer to get frantic and hunt up
another "Crime OF rs" and more
"Great Red Dragons" That will put
the freight cars on the sidetracks and
the passenger cars on the bum. That
will put the railroads In receivers
hands and smaller institutions will
follow the fashion. That will scare
ell the banks and break many Of them.
That will drive the people generally
to paralysis and panic and sheol will
have arrived once more.
The feebleness Of some memories 10
astounding. The dishonesty Of some
politicians 10 horrible. The combine
ton Of short memories and selfish
purposes 10 liable any time to STAN
pede prosperity and call back calam'
ity. Wholesale talk about tariff re-
vision 10 we'll nigh criminal. The
tariff gets revised as often % any
one can make case. The congress.
s.onal machinery 10 always ready to
make q change II the interests Of
American industry demand 1t. This
10 enough. More than this is incen.
diary and ought to be prevented II
possible.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-06-14
Az to RykOr and KanavOl.

The Salina Journal, which cAnno
be charged with prejudice at least ii
Mr.. Ryker'S favor aS it opposed him
says this concerning Charles A. RykeI
and g. W. Kanavel, two Of the Repub'
lican nominees for railroad commits
sioner:
Mr.. KanAvel and Mr.. Ryker have
been subjected to much unjust criti.
CiSn since the Republican state con
vention. They have been herSlded
% "railroad candidates." and have
been placed in a false light before the
voters Of the state.
As matter Of fact, they both hail
from adjoining counties In the south
central part Of the ate-Harvey and
Reno. They have all their business
interests 10 these localities, and here
the situation as to the need Of rail-
road legislation lie best understood.
Every environment about these two
men would naturally place them in
deepest sympathy with the people as
against the railroads In the struggle
now going on In Kansas.
Mr.. Ryker and Mr.. Kanavel are men
Of business experience. They have
made o success 10 life, and have main
tanned q high standing for personal
honor and integrity among their
neighborS. Mr.. Ryker has been
brought under fire particularly In this
campaign. His position 10 the politi-
Gal fight was a peculiar one. The
business men Of Hutchinson wanted Q
representative on the railroad board,
aud without regard to factional align
mentS in the past, they asked Mr..
Ryker to become a candidate. He 10
= lumber dealer and large shipper
After he had consented to become .
candidate fight was started on him
BY outside influences, and was carried
INTO Reno county with vigor. Yet, SO
great was the confidence Of the people
n Mr.. Ryker that he carried bis coun-
y BY a vote OF three to one at the
primaries. A man who can control
import Of this kind In q community
where the freight rate question is
uch vital one. cannot consistently
70 charged with being dominated by
abroad influences.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-06-14

The wide gulf between fact aut
fiction is not bridgSd BY time. In 4
iAvoEite Christian Science novel ap
Pearing last year, the heroine Wa
thrown out Of buggy. Az she flew
through the air, she kept repeating
to herself, "God 10 good. God 10 all.
and she landed in q nest Of soft grass
and wasn't even bruised. In Boston
yesterday, 9 Sightseeing automobile
containing thirty.iOur Christian Sci
entists turned over, and every one
in the car was injured. Didn't they
think to say over aud over again
"God is good. God is all."-[Atchi-
son Globe.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-06-14
DROwHHD IN A POND.
Wakefield Boy Lost His Life While in
Swimming.

Clifford Hammond, the nine-ye
old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Loring Ham
mond Of Wakefield was drowned yes
terday. He was visiting with bill
grandmother, Mrs. Howell, who re-
sides in northeast Dickinson county,
and upon whose place there is pond.
With other boys, oil Of them smaller
than himself, Clifford went swimming,
be being the first to 60 into the water.
The pond 10 about seven feet deep at
the deepest place and there is sort
Of ledge over which 1t lie thought he
slipped. He COLD swim, but it is
thought the sudden plunge caused
him to lose control OF himself, and
the other boys were too small to help
him. He was In the water about
thirty mil utes.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-06-14

There is talk 10 the papers Of Re-
publican farmers who are going over
to the Democratic ticket. We have
only found one and be was going to
do 1t because be had hard work getting
a hired man and then had to pay high
wages. He said this never happened
when the Democrats were in power
Hutchinson News.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-06-14
Harri. and she Young Voters.

The other day the Kansas City Stsi
dvissd young voters Of Kansas u
support Harris. The Topeka Heralt
adds few remarks thus:
"To be entirely faithful to th'
truth 1t 10 only right to say that, 'ir
the tumultuouS days. which the StaI
reiers to, when the Democratic party
stood for slavery Colonel Harris stood
| With IL. II the cause for which b.
risked bic life had succeeded, BE-
would, In oil ProbA bility, have been
today q slsve-owning plsnter in Vlr-
ginia instead Of Q candidate for Gov
ernor Of Kansas. The Star might
also have told the Harris club OF
Lawrence, that In those same 'tumul.
tuous days" when the Republicans
were the champions Of human liberty,
the Democratic sympsthizsrs from
Missouri came over into Kansas and
sought to defeat them BY unfair
methods and Misrepresentation, just
as the Star Is trying to do today. The
Star knows that II Colonel Harris
should by chance be elected Governor
Of Kansas OF the same time the cut
throsts Of Uuantrell are holding their
annual reunion 10 Missouri, the rebel
yell with which they would greet the
news would DO more genuine than
any they have uttered since they rode
out Of Lawrence on that iateiul morn.
ing more than forty years ago.
"Oi course there 10 nothing in the
Stars sycophantiC rot. 1t Is intended
only to bsnumb the sensibilities OF
Ito readers so that they will swallow
the following piece Of demagogtc
twaddle:
"'What the young Republican Of
Kansas are asked to do now 10 to bare
their backs to the party whip, and to
fall into line to promote the iguoble
cause Of corporate servitude.'
"Just think Of Missouri paper
telling the people Of Kansas that
they are being driven into corporate
sorvituds." 1t is enough to provoke
an equine hA! ha! particularly when
1t comes from paper that Is 9 con-
SpiCuouS example Of all that is selfish,
greedy and Inscriptions in the pur-
suit Of wealth, even In this age Of
commercial piggishness.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-06-14

The Dickinson county normal with
lite sS young women and II young
men IL an indication Of what is com.
ing In the educational field. The
men are Indicating the occupation Of
elementary sducation in favor Of the
fair sex and 1t will be but Q short
time when.a male teacher in acountry
school will be a rarity.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-06-14

Twelve years ago Col. Harris was
heading the Democratic state ticket
for congressman at laSge and talking
about the robber tariff. Harris and
the Democrats won, reduced the tariff
and agOOd many Of the people re-
member what happened. No, thank
you.-[ Hutchinson News.