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impossible to secure q jury for the
present term of court to try the bounty
fraud case and Judge Loud trans.
ferred it for trial to Glendive in Daw.
son county. The case is so we'll known
in this vicinity that every person
called practically had formed or ex.
pressed an opinion which in most
cases it would require considerable
evidence to remove.
HELENA, Feb. 19.-Attorney Gen.
eral Albert j. Galen will not take 1t
upon himself to prosecute proprietors
Of Butte gambling houses. This
decision vas announced tonight at the
conclusion Of an interview between
himself and a committee representing
the Butte Civic league, at the attorney
generals Office. Attorney General
Galen replied in writing, the essence
of the reply being that there r
multifarious duties in his Office, which
occupy all of his time, as we'll as that
of his assistants: and furthermore,
that there Is no fund available to de.
fray the expenses contingent upon his
leaving Helena.
BILLINGS, Feb. 10. - Complaints
were drawn today by County Attorney
Harry L. Wilson against eight saloon
men Of this city, charging in each
case that they are violating the law
by permitting a roulette game to be
played in and about their saloons.
The complaining witness in each case
is Rev. B. z. Mccullough, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church. Rev.
Mccullough stated this evening that
he will continue 70 institute cases
against the gamblers until all gamb-
ling is driven from the city. The com.
plants will be filed before Justice
Fraser and in the morning.
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FROM The HOUR OF BIRTH
Mothers Should Use Cuticura
Soap, the Worlds
EavOrite

Mothers are assured of the absolute
purity and unfailing efficacy OF Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment, the great
Skin Cure. in the preservation and puri-
f~ication of the skin. scalp, hair, and hands
of infants and children. For baby ecze-
mas. rashes, itchings and chafings, as
we'll rs for annoying irritations and
lucrative weaknesses, and many n
tive antiseptic purposes which readily
suggest themselves to mothers, az well
as for all the purposes Of the toilet,
bath, and nursery, Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment are priceless.
Sold throughout the world. Cuticura Soap. Csc. O!nt-
men,, soc, Rcsolvent, she. lin form of Chocolate Coated
Pills. :ic. per vial Of COY, may be had Of all druggists.
Potter Drug and Chem. Corp. Sole Props. Boston, Mass.
~ Mailed Free, " The Great Cu,icura skin Book"
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presented to the council in writing.
accompanied by a petition signed by
20 per cent. of the property holders in
the block where the saloon Is to be
cond ucted.
HELENA, Feb. 17.-Claud c. White
more, the letter carrier of Butte who
was convicted yesterday of stealing q
letter from the mail, was sentenced to
30 days in Jail by Judge Hunt. in the
United States district court, this
morning. The judge said, in passing
sentence, that he had taken into con.
sideration the recommend atoms of the
jury for mercy because of the good
character which the prisoner had
borne heretofore.
TOWNSEND, Feb. 17.-Perhaps one
OF the most interesting Of the civil
cases to be tried at the coming session
of the district court for Broadwater
county is that Of Col. G. B. Nolan of
Helena against the Northern Pacific
Railway company. Colonel Nolan is
suing the company for damages in the
sum of 1850 for refusing to carry
him as a passenger from Winston to
Helena on one OF the regular pas.
senger trains.
BILLINGS, Feb. 17.-Dr. Thomss D..
futile, secretary of the state board of
health, has prepared his report for
the month Of January, during which
time 266 persons died of various dis.
eases. This is a percentage of about
IS for every 100000 persons. Taking
into consideration the necessary
deaths from old age, this is a good
showing for the state. Pneumonia,
the dread disease of the winter months,
seems to have claimed the greater
number Of victims.
MILES CITY, Feb. lS.-Six persons
accused of running gambling games
pleaded guilty in the district court
yesterday and paid fines of 500 each.
Z. Williamson and John Clough, EN-.
ployed by others to operate wheels,
appeared today in court. William.
son employed counsel and was given
until February 20 to plead. Clough
pleaded not guilty and will fight the
case. The trial Of Fred Franklin on
bounty frauds opened this morning
an indictment having been found by
the grand jury after he had turned
states evidence to avoid prosecution
through the county attorneys Office.
HELENA, Feb. 10. The supreme
court today affirmed the decision OF
the district court of Cascade county ia
the Keerl case and James S. Keerl
will have to serve ten years in the
penitentiary at Deer Lodge for the
murder of Thomas Crystal, q bar
tender. in Helena. several years ago.
The conviction in Cascade county was
the third trial Of the case. The appeal
taken has been denied by the supreme
court.
BILLINGS, Feb. 19.-The first in
stallment of the foreign population
that is to work the beet fields surround
ing Billings arrived q couple OF days
ago. The party included q group o.
about twenty Russians from North
Dakota. Edmond Simmons of thu
Billings Sugar Beet company has re-
Gently returned from q trip through.
the country in search of these needfu,
helpers.
MILES CITY, Feb. l9.-It was found
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AL China Wants Is Fair Play
". Chinese Editor. San Francisco

By n. PooN CHEW. Chinese Ednor San Francisco
TAUGHT my children to sing the American hymn, "Mv
Country, IT'S of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty but l came to
find out that this was a fiction; that it meant liberty only FOR
SOME, for a few. Where is the American sense of justice
when you damn us for sending back to China to our dear ones whom
we would not leave to starve when your laws will not permit us to
bring them here? ALL WE WANT Is FAIR PLAY. And let
ma say that the Chinese empire of the future shall be better than the
empire of today. Who shall say that some day all these prosecutions
may not come back to plague their persecutors'
BRUSH ASIDE THE coswEes OF IGNORANCE AND SELFISH.
NESS AND ENTER THE PERFECT LAND OF BROTHERHOOD AND
YOU WILL SEE UNDER THE YELLOW SKIN THE IMAGE OF THE
Common FATHER.
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Terms Of Court, 1906.

CHOUTEAC COUNTY.
Tuesday, March 20.
Tuesd June 26.
Tuesday, October %.
VALLEY COUNTY.
Tuesd ay, Febru airy 20.
Tuesd May %.
Tuesday, September Is.
Tuesd November p.
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FINE WATCH REPAIRING. LENS
GRINDING and OPTICAL WORK
WI give prompt attention
to Mail Orders.
'l' Central Ave Great Falls,
For Sale or

Fifty-two copies Of the WEEKLY RIVER PRzss
for $500 spot cash, or its equivalent in banka bio
paper. Goods will be delivered in regular weekly
install ment s d 9ring the twelve months following
receipt of remittance. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Address THE RIVER PRESS,
Fort Benton, Mont.
The evening world., 1906-06-16
POLICE TOLD TO
KEEP CHILDREN
OFF THE STREET
Inspector Cross Issues an
Order Curtailing Play in
Brooklyn andQ Queens

"a a result o, tho frightrully large
number OF fatal aud serious etrcet nc
cidcnts that have occurred in Brooklyn
since the ars, OF the year Inspector
Aoiui Cross to-day issued an order
which will hnr the children of two
populous boroughs from the only play
ground which most clty-bned children
ltuow-the public streets.
Giving as a reason tho long lis. or
children who have lately beer killed
or crippled by trolleys, automobiles
ana trucks. Inspector Cross sent gen
eral Instructions To all the command
iae police officers IN his jurisdiction
that patrolmeu must keep children OUT
of The |roadwuys.
In every instance where policemen
hpd children playing in the streets or
running back n forth from one side
walk to the other it becomes. the duty
of the men to compel tho little chaps
q remain upon the sidewalks.
Although realizing the imposslbility Of
@re.!y aasargias ;ifa ofdei. rho cap
tnins and srgeants Of Kings and
Queels are preparing 70 do their hes,
TO make It effective. In his statement
10 the various station-houses Inspector
cross says ;he fault Hes In most in
stances with the parents, who permit
iheir children TO run at large in the
streets exposed every Moment to the
danger ~ hoors or wheels.
The evening world., 1906-06-16
GUILTY,
READY To TAKE
LIFE IN CELL
Youth Convicted of Muir
der in Second Degree
Had a Razor.
tsr,,ial 70 Ths Even.ns worlt.l

MINEoLA, l.. L. June l6.-The sus-
picion that Grover Cleveland Poole.
slayer OF his sweetheart's father. James
oIIara, is anxious 20 escape the pen
atty OF hts crime by committing suicide
was confirmed for a second time to-day.
when n large razor was found hidden
under tho mattress In his cell in tho
County jail
Tho Jury in the Supreme Cour; here
returned a verdict OF murder in the
second degree to-day after having been
out seventeen hours. n Poole accepted
the decision almost jokinsiy.
Sheriff Gildersleevp. who found a
razor in Poole's cell ten days ago. was
suspicious when he nouced the young
mans attitude. Before taking Poole
back to his cell the Sheriff. with
Deputy Sheriff Edgar, made a search
which resulted In the discovery OF the
second razor.
Poole staggered and leaned against
a table when the Sheriff showed him
the razor and asked what no had In
tended to do with it.
Forget IT," said Poole. angrilly.
Then he refused TO say anything more,
although the Sheriff was anxious TO
find out who has supplied him twice
with the means to commit suicide The
only persons who have seen him In his
cell arc his mother. his young sister
Lottie. and his cousin. Mis-, Emma
Duryea-
These women were at the station
waiting for a train to take them to
me Poole homo in Port Washington
whom an Evening World reporter in
formed them OF the finding OF the
razor. The women, whose eyes were
stlli red from weeping, began to cry
again.
Don't ask us about It," they walled.
Poor Grover. poor GrovSr. They're
all against him
Young Poole was the coolest person
In the court. He had arisen early to-
| day and eaten a hearty breakfast before
he was brought in to learn his fate,
When he was .urned over TO Officer
Buhler to be taken back to his cell he
said.
wen 1t isn't execution. any way. !
guess that's pretty good"
Poole will be sentenced next Tuescay.
The evening world., 1906-06-16
IN SPITE Of
THEFT IN FLAT
BENSON SLEPT
Wife, with Baby, Fled from
House, Then Returned
and Woke Him Up.

Two burglars entered the home ot
Andrew Benson. on the fourth floor OF
the apartmcnt-housc at No. 2ii East
one Hundred and Nineteenth street,
carly to-day and were lootine the
rooms when Bensen's child. who is NJ.
began TO scream.
Mrs. Benson seized the child and
rushing to a front window leaped out
on the nre-eseape and escaped TO the
home OF d n%eignbor. one OF the bur
glars followed her and got down TO
the street py the nre-ladders.
The second burglar ran TO the bath
room OF the Hat and covered himself
over with a rain "a and some cloth
Ing. Mrs. Bensen dad not return to her
nat fOl nail II hour. her nusolau wAs
SIN Sleeping %soundiy.
There nave been burglars mere. sne
told lieuscu.
3 III taey have goae now SAID the
sleepy husband.
The wife insisted that one OF the men
Was still IN The mouse.
"Non VIII md him II you look, sae
ms SEED.
Rensen. to satisfy the wife. made a
search Of the house. The finding OF no
man Mas the signal for a nght. Bensen
was hurled out into the hall and the
bathroom door closed.
The burglar was oarricaded behind
the closed door FOR half an hour DEFY
inE any one 10 come near him. Then
George Campbell, a tenant OF the house.
appeared. Campbell carried n big army
revolver. AMI he pressed 1t against
the door.
Now. you come out or l am going
To begin shooting" said Campbell,
Come out. with your hands raised,
TOO. he cautioned.
Instantly the burglar came out
with both hands In the air. The ten
ants then set upon him and were
handling him roughly when n police
man appeared and took the man to
the police station Tne prisoner said
that he was William Dorrett. sixteen
years old. % No s. East one Hun
dred and Eleventh street He refused
70 tell tho name OF his companion.
The evening world., 1906-06-16
HIRED A TOURING CAR,
BUT HAD ONLY II CENTS.
Chauffeur Drove "John Smith" to
a Police Station and Beautiful
Blonde Skidooed.

A rdiculously exalted idea OF the
buying capacity OF II cents caused the
Arrangement In Adams Street Police
Court. Brooklyn. to-day OF a we'll
dressed young man. who gave the hc;i-
tlous name OK John Smith. and said he
lived at No. rs Jefferson avenue, The
originality tina prompted him to give
the name of Smith when arrested last
night was undoubtedly his inspiration
for taking a beautiful blonde young
woman on an automobile tour Of the
southeastern end OF Brooklyn on the
capitnl aforesaid.
smith and the blonde appeared at a
garage at Foster avenue and ocean
Parkway at midnight and engaged a
touring car and a negro chauffeur
named Percy Phillips. Percy was IN
structed 10 stop at all places that
looked as though they were open. and
no did. After he had been out three
hours he happened to glance in the
window OF a roadhouse and saw the
blonde paying for a round OF drinks.
This made him suspicious.
when the pair boarded the car again
they instructed Percy to take them TO
the Brooklyn Bridge. C%unningly ne
conveyed them through Adams street
ana us she green lights OF the Adams
street station doomed into View he de-
manded 81 for the rent OF the machine.
John Smith laughed him to scorn and
proclaimed his wealth to be Il cents,
while the beautiful blonde cllmbed out
over the back OF the machine and dis
appeared.
Percy footed his auto horn until De-
! tective Carberry appeared and arrested
his fare. Friends OF the prisoner ap-
| peared In court to-day and paid the
50. which resulted In the release OF
John Smith.
The evening world., 1906-06-16
WEIGHS 200 POUNDS,
BUT CLIMBS A TREE.
Mrs. Carl Miller Falls After Picking
Some CherrieS-Will ose
an Arm.
an Ann.

The fact hat she weighs 200 pounds
did no. deter Mrs. Carl Miller from
climbing a cherry tree on Staten Island
this afternoon and sitting on a branch
fully twenty-five feet from tho ground.
The branch broke and she will lose her
right arm. II. indeed, she escapes with
her life. as n result OF her injuries.
Mrs. Mrler's home is ut No. % Canal
street. S,apleton. She was Visiting at
the home OF George Sober, of No. "a
Raw street. when she determined TO pick
eome cherries from an old tree on the
estate. Others in the orchard saw her
fall and hurried TO her assistance, Sho
was taken to smith Intirmary, where II
was found that she had sustained n
compound fracture or the right arm
and internal injuries.
The evening world., 1906-06-16
RUSSIAN CRISIS HURTS
STOCKS IN LONDON

LONDON. Juno l6 supplies or moneg
wore abundant I'm She market TODAY.
Discounts were easy. Trading on the
stock Exchange was dun and prices
gagged. the situation In Russia crea,.
ing here, as well as in
Paris where tho Bourse was response
BILE for the decline IN consols to-day
and a further drop in new Russians to
SIS discount Home rails We're Inclined
TO he easy.
Americans opened weak at about
parity. but hardened during the session
skies OF 1904 closed at lol rs.
The evening world., 1906-06-16
FACTS ABOUT FARMS!

It's unfortunate that you cannot buy
Farms at Bargain Counters. 1t would
simplify matters If you could. As 1t Is,
the prospective Farm buyer has little
opportunity to compare one Farm with
another when making a selection.
In spite of this handicap it's easy to
find a Farm of the required size, price
and location through Sunday Worlds
Want Directory. which will offer to-
morrow more EARNS. Ranches, Acreage,
&c. bargains" than any other New
York Want Medium.
PICK OUT THE ONE YOU WANT /
The evening world., 1906-06-16

As a means OF expressing tlclr Erent
Indignation az the many strret'oi A'e'-
dents thut have occurred reoeni.v iH me
tHicldy populated east side. friends oI
utt.e rossina and Joseph CclcntAao, WIG
were instantly Killed last night ny z"
Fourteenth street cay hr" piAnnihs "
big public funeral to morrow
The people of The Gus, si4o are
wrought up over ih.s latest traErd5
and It is probable ;hat a meeting
OF c.rzeus VIII be held some dme next
week TO protest against the speeding
OF cars on the busy streets OF TINS
section. .
In YorKvule Court to-day william
Rottiche. the motorman OF the car ihat
killed the chlldrcu. WAS arrhigned anu
n.ld for the action N the Coroner
Later Coroner Hamburger fixed pan o1
,aonno the highest amount he ever
named in such a case.
Must stop. Says Coroner.
"r only regret that l could not have
s.r, the man To the Torbs withon\
,,o" snid the Coroner. but ! COULD
10, do taat. ns the homicldcs we're Not
nr-emrntatel. MEAN TO STOP THIS
KtHLJ%G OF
rutTDREN ON THE PUBLIC
STREETS II I can bring II about by
holding the offenders in practically pro-
litauvc BAIL
Two llt,le white caskets are to-day
side by side In the pretty Nat Of celen-
tano at No. as East Twelfth street.
Tessina C|elnntann. seven years old.
and Joseph Cel,utano. four yc'rs old.
The evening world., 1906-06-16
STATEMENT
SHOWS SURPLUS CUT,

\ decrease in the surplus shown In
this weeks bank statement reflects
the shipments of money West and
South for crops. Some solaee was
found by fnancicrs In the fact that
restricted dealings In the stock market
weresaccountnble for tho figures OF this
item not being larger. As a Whole the
report was negative. The figures as
issued at the clearinghouse were
The evening world., 1906-06-16
TROLLEY VICTIMS
TO HAVE BIG FUNERAL
East Side, Indignant Over the Killing of Two
Little Children, Demands Punishment
OF Persons Responsible.

ha. tiet had i,c -relnt soda MT a drug
sfol aa Avenue = Th, " children
s,ll tei &C. cross the street almost d-
rtea5 ia rrout of thcii some They
diI n1t Motto, 10 Fourteenth street car
just turning tHr caruor M TweltA
street Us wts eo.ns { q terrih, rate
of epcct Joseph WAS walking Il few
faecs siieai lf tit sAtef
ijdeuiy ti, sitl t~ell.zed The little
follow position
Joseph had tiw1ys been her compan-
ion and she could NOT see HIN killed
before her eyes itushins 10 front OF
the car Icssina gribbed the boy Dy
tn arm. Il was too late. The front
wheels OF tho car wcre upon lue chill
dreu and crushing their lives out
The father OF the children keeps a
lil.:or store at the corner OF Twelfth
street b Avenue a. Rushing out. he
tcnder!y picked them up trom uhe
tracks. Then the mother ctme out. ana
when she SAW what aad happened sAc
ic4l TO he Pavement and had 10 be
carried 20 her home.
Hundreds Of Italians collected. They
Immediately proceeded 10 tear the uui-
forms of the mOtarnan ana .ur.
Then They threw them to the pavement.
and IL Us probable they would have been
killed had II uot been f1r the arrival OF
Policemen Schneider and Dineen. 1T
NHs no cssarN fot tie policemen 90
draw thor ccs1lTcrs. Two patrol Wag-
ous, lo0 led With reserves from the Fifth
Street station, drove up and the motor
man ana conductor We're quickly bun
died into them and taken TO the sta
ttou-house. Ii took the police more than
an hour 90 dispense the crowd.
Little Tessina was n hcrpine-a great
heroine. was all the father could say
fnHNUA
The evening world., 1906-06-16
STENOGRAPHER
WON HIM, SAYS
BROKERS' WIFE
Mrs. Chas. H. White Sues
for an Absolute Separ-
alton from Him.

she has taken the bit. now le- her
run with IT. ! have nothing to say on
this matter"
In this epigrammatlc way Charles H.
white. q broker. with Offices at No. 81
Liberty street. to-day dismissed furt1er
discussion OF q suit for absolute separa-
ton brought by Mrs. White. who with
her mother occupies n suite IN the Hotei
Hargrave. No. 112 West seventy-second
street. MIR. White IS a member OF ;hc
New York Yacht Club and his family is
socially prominent IN Newark. y J
Ills attorney. Arthur Furoer. OF no.
Isl Broadway. SAID: Neither Mr.
White nor myself will discuss the
suit. We do not care TO wash dirty
linen in public. It IS not likely mat
the case will ever come 20 trial.
Mr.. White. according TO tho papers
on file in the legal proceedings is Nv
ing tn the place Cottage. on Murray
avenue. Port washington. l. l.
Story Told By VIE.
To an Evenius World reporter Ms
White to-day ;old a remarkable story
She is a beautiful. cultivated woman
a runette wish soulful black eyes. For
two years since she LEFT No IS West
End avenue. where she went 10 live in
1855. Mrs. White has lived at the Hotel
H~argraye.
Long ago l would have started this
anil tor absolute separation but for ms
ncel mother. she said. II did not want
the nOtorlety. Mr.. White and nave
been separated for nearly ten Years.
Your papers on file in the cour;'
charge a Miss Jackson. his steaoS-
raphsr. with nvlng with your husband
as MS VIE. said the reporter.
THAT is quite true. said MIS-. White
when this Jackson woman nrst came
into Mr.. Whites Office she got but
~ a week. and CAM from her east
ado home in cotton shirt waists. Then
are Was raised 10 SIS a week. and Tor
''Soon after this l discovered that !
could not hay my carriage wacn
wantcd IL, and my se-yants would not
oSev me. MY husband appeared at
lSberrv's and the Waldorf with this
woman. once l was giving a luncheon
nj the Waldorf when he walked through
With this woman and bowed TO one
OF my friends. l tainted.
How She Got Photos
Have YOU ever visited Mr.. White at
his present home in Port Washington
oh. yes said the New York wife.
! not long ago. While writing him q note
the under doors OF his desk cIsne open.
ard there ! found stacks and stacks %.
camera Aims. / took some OF these
films when left. and copies have been
attached to my efidavits in the separa-
ton proceedings
Mrs. White sayr rhlt tina photo
graphs are those OF the former stem.
ograpaer, her childrcu-aged six and
four years respectively-and Mr.. White
and that upon these pictures she was
depending TO substantiate her charges
In the courts, she recited many gricv.
anccs arising before she separated from
her husband. among these his purchase
FOR Miss Jackson % peaches At - cents
each. A bill for $50 was sent to her
by the fruiterers.
Mrs. White says that her departure
from the West End home vas occa-
uoned 6y hes' husband allowing q
mortgage against the property t. be
forecloscd.
The evening world., 1906-06-16
WHEAT ADVANCES
ON WEATHER NEWS,

The absence or rain in Kansas and
Nebraska established grain prices ON A
higher level to-day. Wheat was up .s-s
TO 5-S and corn ga.
New York's opening prices wsfe: