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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-11-09
This ls Worth Remembe rinu.

AS no one is immune, every person
should remember that Foley's Kidney
Cure will cure any case of kidney or
bladder trouble that is not beyond the
reach of medicine. G. H. Williams. Fo.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-11-09
HELP WANTED-FEMALE

GIRL FOR GENERAL HOUsEWORK.
Apply of Mrs. g. M. Stafford, Main
street and Ninth avenue. 9-21-tf
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-11-09

TWO YOUNG SHORT HORN BULLS,
one coming two years old and one
coming four years old. Stock at
Straw, Montana. Address Edward G.
Russell, Helena, Montana, or B. f.
Sink, Straw, Montana. 11r2-2t
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-11-09

NICELY FURNISHED FIVE ROOM
house on Evelyn street, or will rent
to parties who will buy furniture; also,
$40 acres Of land one mile from Lew
istown, 400 acres of good pillow land,
open water, IS acres broken; also sew
eral desirable city lots at bargain.
r A. Foster. LeWistoWn. 1917
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-11-09

EIGHT HORSE POWER GASOLINE
engine and centrifugal pump for
sale cheap. Enquire e. D. Barney,
DaerAeld. 9-28.0t>
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-11-09
LOST.

NOVEMBER 2, BETWEEN LEWIS
town and A. Highlands ranch, la
dies gold watch with charm and lock-
ct attached. Finder please leave at
Argus office. 11-8-1*
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-11-09

Proposals for Drugs, Medicines, Etc.
Sealed proposals will be received by
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-11-09

THE STAFFORD'S STONE RESI-.
dence OH Main st. for sale. See G..
M. Stafford. 8-1O-tf
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-11-09
FOR GALS.

A SNAP FOR SOME ONE WISHING
to 60 into business, StaRord's entire
stock Of harness and saddelry goods
for sale either with or without the
building. S-1O'tf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-22
BUFFALO q susoUEHANgwA
TRADE IN CHICAGO.

10y Telegraph 20 The Tribune
chicago May 21.-wheat advanced rapidly and
steadily to-day Business In the NIT WAS OF large
Voiume' and suggested that those who speculate IN
the commodity were no longer deferred by the re-
cent rise IN commission rates Injury 10 the winter
wheat crop by dry weather and threatened bad ef-
1ectS 10 spring wheat through an excess Of moist
ure were among the principal reasons for the
heaVy buying. Near the end there was considerable
selling By longs 10 realize profits causing a sharp
reaction from prices that left the net gains at
nc for May, sc to &C in July, and lc in Sep
TENDER
Corn gained &c each for May. July and septem-
Der. Oats had sc advance in each Of the active
deliveries Provisions. affected to some extent by
the strength Cf grain closed higher after an easier
opening
Conditions favored further rise in wheat prices
country was the factor. Reports from Kansas of a
poor crop helped the bull movement. Rains in the
Northwest were partial Offset to this and after
several advances the market steadied some. Local
receipts were 10 cars with IS cars estimated for
tomorrow. May wheat rose TO s624c ami closed at
s July whsat sold up to Aac then reacted to
The corn market was quel until along toward
ceps were ISL cars with M cars gFeasn of for re-
morrow. Shipments hence were 2. $50 bushels May
sold up TO 4S7sc and July TO 4S3sC Closing prices
Mmers; May is1<c: July Alse 10 sS14c May. 1871,
There was a good general trade in oats and prices
ADVANCED sharply after being irregular at the open
ing. Strength in other grains helped oats Local
receipts We're l2 cars, with 446 cars estimated for
acted to and closed S43sc. Final quotations for
u$ ana Septen6er we're respectively SAC and SIC
Provisions ruled quiet and firm after an easier
start The market received good support from the
July lard sold from IS 52la up TO IS 62le July ribs
s o from % 70 'up to $ 0l1a Hog receipts were
$3.50 mead and prices at the yards Toe to 15c
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-22
CURB MARKET TRADING.

SPECULATION in outside securities was again rather
,-.,..s and prices showed more or less % an ir-
- ,,g,-emeas There were few features 70
= sosHrcS however, which helped TO break the
..oav notably the strength III Mackay common.
- fsldred early predictions By crossing the
ICED The common was selling at sais, while the
rs.-rea sold at "a Standard Oil was another
s..,ure Il sold eE-dividend Of s. share. ana re-
.s al but 1 points. Havana Tobacco was
-, chicago Subway Was firm under moderate
,;,vs American Chicle shares we're strong.
.--rlebeua steel issues Were steady New York
D--.,ortstion was or 4 IN the mining group
.-,i,nal changes were the rule United was down
60 =. Boston lost a fraction. but eventually
, .-e5 Nevada Consolidated was OF 3 and
-. I-tah j. In bonds Marine 41zs we're down
=. writing Paper IS were s'eaoy-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-22
ACTIVE CURB STOCKS.

tNDUsTRiALs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-22
Financial.

BONDS
OF the
STATE OF NEW YORK
FOR
CANAL IMPROVEMENT
EKEAEpr ERoAI 49, rnn-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-22
The Wall Street journal
has the largest
circulation Of any
American Financial Daily

NOTICE.
TIE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. locates at MeGGmheT;
holders ana other creditors the association
therefore hereby notified present and other
F. z WOOD, Cashier.
Dated Mecunbsr. N D.. May ist 1905
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-22
BONDS
OF the
EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.

Notice Is hereby given that pursuant to the
provisions 81 chapter 147 OF the laws Of 1903
and chapter 500 OF the laws Of 1905. sealed
proposals viii be received at the once Of the
state comptroller, IN he city Of Albany, until
Thursday, June Il. 1906 a. twelve o'clock noon
OF that day, for the purchase in whole or in
part OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-22
RAILROAD.

7An Lssht 6 TTac-I 10 10 70 70
@ % pref -----. 10y IT, tuV ~,
2E0o Chicago SUBWAY Sa7s % 'eS -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-22
Teachers agencies.

Teachers Agencies.
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN TEACHERS AGENCY
Colleges. schools and families. Apply %
AIRS N. ;. NOuNG-F-ULTON. - Uniun Square
School Agencies.
HEP sUlEox. YOUR scHQoIs-rlEas 4ae tzslh.s
IL AzqS1- kcAoc4 Axelcy w 1Dst 81, Manhattan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-22

state comptroller. in he city Of Albany until
Thursday, June Il, 1906, a. twelve O'Clock noon
Of that day, for the purchase in whole or in
part OF
One Million Dollars in Bonds
70 be issued by the people ~ the STATE Of New
York in either registered or coupon form at
the opton OF the purchaser. bearing interest az
the rate Of three per cent Per annum from
January l. 1906 payable seni-annuaIly on the
first DAYS Of January and July Of each year.
and the principal payable on the first day Of
January in the year 1856 Principal and in
terest payable in gold coin Of the United
States Of America of the present standard Of
weight and finehess. at the Bank Of the Man
haitian Company in the city ~ New York
Coupon bonds will be issued in the denom-
ination Of One Thousand Dollars and regis
tered bonds in denominations Of One Thousand
ana Ten Thousand Dollars
sinking fund is established by law for the
extingushment Of the Indebtedness created by
the sale Of the aforesaid bonds and for the
payment Of the interest thereon az the same
become due
Tho Bonds are exempt from taxation
No proposal Will be accepted for less than
the par value Of the bonds nor unless accom-
panied by deposit Of money or by certified
check or bank draft upon bank or trust
company of the city of Albany or New York
payable to the order of the Comptroller OF the
State o. New York for az least two per cent
of the par value of the bonds bid for
All proposals. together with the security
deposits. must be sealed and endorsed Loan
for Canal Improvement and inclosed IN a
sealed envelope directed 70 the Comptroller
of the State Of New York. Albany"
The successful bidder bidders win be re-
quired 10 pay for the bonds. on the acceptance
Of the proposal by deposit in the bank Of the
Manhattan Company IN the City Of New, York
To the credit OF Treasurer Of the State Of
New York on account Of the Canal Fund OF
the amount OF the award. together with pre-
MUM and accrued interest from January l.
1906. less the amount Of the deposit Of such
successful bidder OF bidders which will be ap-
piled toward the payment for the bonds. All
other deposits will be returned by mail TO the
respective bidders within three days after the
bonds have been awarded. unless different tn
structions 10 the comptroller as to the return
Of the deposit duly given.
The comptroller reserves the right 10 re-
jeot any or all bids which are not IN his
opinion advantageous to the interests Of the
State.
OTTO KELSEY.
Comptroller
State ComptroIIer's once.
Albany. n. =
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-22
'Flat price quotations
STOCKS.

Seg,aa C9, TTrt Company Of New jersey 90 81
joseph Dixon Crucihle Company $50
Essex & Hudson Gas Company l2I i29
Gas q Electric Company OF Bergen County. IS 60
HS 6e sPs9s4re Mater company 200
Hudson Gas Company JOB
Isrf fgr GIsy 4 5peferTed 165
Nevv PrunsWirk Light Heat + Pow er Co... so
New Jersey Zinc Company 40
Sof1n Jeis y ypssssic Gas & Electric Co 70 20
14,.sItc r.-,,;re Cornoration .-......ll5 40
4sDtS 7Transi, street Railway Company $50
somsTsst ,. gnl9a cas- eeric rseton 12s
&c., arYl1rinr Gonna v....... KSO
S tassS,r5 on T-on1panv ............62 go
United Electric Company of New jersey 40
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-22
Surrogate Notices.

IN PURSUANCE OF AN ORDER OF HON.
Frank T Fitzgerald. a Surrogate % the C,otne,r az
New York notice IS hereby given 70 al persons having
York deceased present the same. with vouchers
subscriber at his place OF transacfinC
business the once CT Phelps Evtns & East No ~
Broad street in the City Of New York, before
18th day of September next
Dated New York. the sta day Of March. 1908
EUGENE MCLEAN LONG Executor
IN PURSUANCE OF AN ORDER OF HON
- Abner c Thomas Surrogate OF County % New
against John Mccall the County 81 New YoTs
deceased present the with The
subscriber a. her place o. tans1eti5g business No a.
Dated New York. the 18Th day Of March 1905
MARY I MCCALL EIeCutrtX under the and
Testament ~ John 4. Mccall. 1eceased-
HARRY H BOTTOME Il Wall Seer. Borough % Man
haitian. New York City
IN PURSUANCE OF IN ORDER OF HON.
Frank T Fitzgerald Surrogate OF the County OF
New notice IS SSTeby given % all persons having
New Jersey 6ecea present same. voeheFs
hereof TO the his place tansactinE B
the city before the 1sth day OF eto-
DATED New York. the 18Th day Of April 1906
CHARLES HAZARD. Executor
IN PURSUANCE OF AN ORDER OF HON.
Abner c. Thomas Surrogate the County OF New
York hereby given to al persons having claiIs
deceased 20 present with vouchers hsfsof 20
subscriber. his place q transactng business
Broadway the CITY OF New York before the i4sh
day Of September next
Dated New York. the 18th day Of March. 1908
MICHAEL r FITZPATRICK. EE.EutnF
EDWARD 2. BOWLING. Attorney for Executor go
Broadway. Borough % Manhattan New York City.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-22

BOSTON STOCKS.

''41A'' y n L DAY a o. Nc SA4-~H -ss~~a1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-22
Trust Companies.
Trust Companies.
Real Estate Trust Co.'S Name
Changed to
Fulton Trust Company.

o1st May, 1906.
CINCE the Real Estate Trust
Company of New York was
organized in 1890, many Real
Estate companies have been
formed; hence Real Estate" in the
title of a company carries with it
to-day the association of real estate
trading.
The Real Estate Trust Company
of New York at the present time
transacts the ordinary business of
a Trust Company, allowing interest
on deposits and acting as trustee,
guardian, executor. etc. it no long
er does a real estate commission
business and owns no real estate,
except in a trust capacity; and in
order that the title of the Company
may not be misleading-the Real
Estate Trust Company of New York
assumes this day. by authority of
law. the corporate name
Fulton Trust Company
OF New York
30 Nassau Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-22

C@nC n
OF this report liability .--.--.---- le''s'S's-
oSurplus includes undivided profits
Of savings hanks. or per
r,itted the respective instruments Worts
creating or defining trusts aud held executor ad
rrtstrator g1ardiah receiver trustee. committee or as
depostary Of moneys deposited order Of the court
Total amount Of deposits which interest ie paid.
S24 average rate OF interest PAID theFeo
state Of New York County Of New York. IS
BRAYTON IVES. President and BERTFAM CRUGER.
Treasurer Metropolitan Trust Company q the city
Of New York located doing business at No ~ Wau
street in City Of New York. in said county. being
each for himself says tae Iosslas telot
correct in all respects the best " his knowledge and
S1;sf ana they further the usual business OF
said trust company has been transacted at the location
~sCI,fred by the banking ChaP. $50 Laws Of lS2l
ana not elsewhere and that the above report 10 made in
official notice received from the
5IrjT@sndan Of Banks designating the sixteenth
~ Ma 1906 the day as Of which such report shall
" Csigned) BRAYToN IVES, President
(Signedl BElRTRAM CRUGSER, Treasurer
severaly subscribed and 70 BY both deponents
tre ais day OF May. 1896 before me
rYVotarial SeaIl Notary Public. n J. Co. No lSA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-20
Bankers Wanted Counterfeits

RUT l must not anticipate. At this period
~ Acton had four Hoe presses running on Confed-
crate notes. and nearly every day boxful of them
was shipped from his premises, mostly to news
vendors throughout the country. The notes were
now of superior character, and purchases of them
began to be made by cotton merchants and spec
ulators, and some by banks but this last did not
become regular trade until some months later 1t
would surprise you to know how many respectable
people were IN it.
In the summer of 1862 actor in this drama
came upon the stage This George H. Briggs,
a music teacher, who conspired with a resident of
Hartford, Connecticut, to circulate a good imita-
ton OF the Confederate notes. Receiving from him
valuable suggestions as to the type and denomina-
lions most likely to pass, Briggs came to New York
and made contract with Acton to produce tens
twenties hfties, and hundreds for the Southern
market
In September Briggs left New York with two
millions of this money packed in trunk provided
with false bottom. After safely passing the lines
at Paducah, Kentucky, he made his way to Atlanta
where he delivered the goods to his confederates.
In due time they were passed to other banks in
the South; and although they created some sus-
plclon IN Charleston the matter was quietly ar
ranged, and they into the general circulation
until they were entirely lost to view or tracing.
From this moment the news-venders were dropped as
agents of circulation. Briggs had opened or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-20
Everybody His Own Mint

YOU will remember that in December 1860 after
the election of Lincoln, several of the Southern
States seeded, and appointed delegates to meet in
convention on February 4, 1867, at Montgomery
At this convention, on February s. Jefferson Davis
was elected President; and steps at once taken
to raise money. On May the Capital of the
Confederacy removed to Richmond, and there
the Confederate Congress authorized the printing
and issuance of legal-tender notes to defray the
expenses of the newly formed government
Meanwhile, everything in the shape of a gold
silver coin began to disappear from circulation
until tradesmen found it necessary to print and
issue their own notes, first with common type and
later on with Autographs from old bank-note dies.
A few months later these notes superseded by
the genuine Confederate notes, printed in Rich
mond. Though poorly executed, they univer-
sally accepted throughout the South at par in gold
Indeed such was the scarcity of currency and so
eager were the demands of trade, that everywhere
the Southerners jumped at the chance to sell their
lands, goods, slaves for them. Some of these
notes having reached the North their poor execution
and the ease with which they could be initiated
caused 1rishman named Haney news-vender
in Washington, to counterfeit them.
Il have no desire to paiate my offense,'
tnued Hilton, by putting it upon Others, pre-
tending that it committed for any other object
than gain. l poor, needy, and a printer by
trade; the rest followed. But it is due to my
memory to say that was not the rngleader. This
was Haney. He soon followed by the printer
whom he employed in New York, man named
Charles S. Acton, and he by others.
When took part in the game it already
in full blast. Haney's order to Acton was at first
executed with wood-engravings. The photographic
limitations came later, time being required to make
confidential arrangements with photographic firms.
Meanwhile, Haney's connection with the news
vendors throughout the country begat such ire
mendous demand for the notes that Acton was un-
able to print them fast enough, and arrangements
were made with other printing firms in New York,
Philadelphia and Boston. Among them | remem-
Der man who kept a store on Chestnut-st, Phila-
delphia. But the biggest money made by the
newsrnen and news agents in Chicago, more of
whom laid the foundations of wealth and financial
distinction with Confederate notes Some of these
firms worked entirely for Haney either directly
or through Acton, while l struck out for myself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-20

cities bought them. The notes went without ques-
ton. Everywhere throughout the South they were
accepted genuine issues of the Confederate Gov
and eagerly received in exchange for cotton
tobacco, and every description of property. 1t
in this business that several bankers and business
men in New York made their fortunes, buying
cotton with these notes and shipping it to England
by blOckade-runners. In some cases they even had
the address to get it through the lines into the
North.
There indeed, came time when the bank de-
mand slackened, when the counterfeit notes came
to be suspected by large dealers and experts in the
South; but then they continued to be accepted
by the Confederate soldiers and by the small
farmers traders and negroes who sold their chickens
at last and find themselves ruined This is the part
of it that has occasioned me the most remorse. [
had sympathy for the shareholders, planters,
and brokers who sold their crops for worthless
notes; but for the poor whites and the small negro
dealers who deceived by them, | never ceased
to entertain the keenest regrets.
However, all awakenings of conscience were
afterward soothed by the reflection that the genuine
notes proved to be worthless the counterfeit.
1t occurred to until lately that had there
been counterfeits there would of necessity have
remained in circulation a large amount of coin
When Mr.. De Bow (of De Bows Review told
me he had lost three millions by accepting counter
felt Confederate money, felt sympathy for him.
He planter, a STAKEHOLDER, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
and Confederate official. But when one of his
clerks told me he had been totally ruined by the
same agency, l helped to set the clerk on his feet
again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-20

During the war Hilton was
a printer, doing business
at No. II Spruce-st., New
York. On April II, 1868,
he inserted the following ad-
vertisement in The New
York Illustrated News y:
CONFEDERATE (REBEL)
MONEY.
Facsimile Treasury Notes,
so exactly like the genuine that
where one will pass current the
other will go equally well. $500
IN Confederate notes of all de-
nominations sent by mail, post
age paid, on the receipt of S.,
by W. f. HILTON,
II Spruce-st N y.
This advertisement was
seen by Blank, a Bureau
officer of the United States
Government, who cut it
out of the paper and pasted
it in his scrap-book as a
curiosity. Twenty-odd years
later, Blank, then living
in San Francisco, gave a
reception at his residence,
which was attended by a
number of fashionable peo-
pie, one of whom introduced
his friend a w r Hilton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-20
Lincoln Refused Recognition

7 NOW felt pretty certain that I would no longer
be interrupted: | had even persuaded myself that
my avocatiOn patriotic Had not the British
Government authorized or connived at the counter
feiting of Revolutionary currency as war
measure! Was 1t not recorded in the Secret Journal
OF Congress, July 3, I777, that large amount of
counterfeit Continental had been fabricated in
England and brought to America in British men-of-
operating in the Delaware, where the notes were
put in circulation Did not General Clinton in 1 7S1
write to Lord George Germaine that the expert
ments suggested by your lordships have been tried;
assistance that could be drawn from the arts of
counterfeiting have been neglected ,? Did not Henry
Phillips write: 1t is fact, too well authenticated
to admit of dispute, that General Sir William Howe
G777) aided the making and uttering of counterfeit
Continental bills? Did not an American privateer
in 1878 capture large quantity of counterfeit
Continental notes on their way from Scotland to
America?
You see l was well up in the literature of the
subject, and | could have added dozen more
instances in point | really felt that l was doing
more to defeat the enemy than General Grant
With this conviction, l determined to apply for
legal authorization for my work So | went
straight to Washington and saw Mr.. Lincoln. To
my great dismay he refused to say anything to
me and referred me to Secretary Stanton, who sent
to Marshal Sharpe. Upon returning to New
York saw that redoubtable parsonage and sounded
him on the subject | could get neither authorize
ton nor promise of any kind.
But | found that my dream of rivaline
Grant ended. sold my presses, gathered up
California where hoped to be lost and forgotten
You ask for an estimate of the queer stuff
Well, this is hard to compute. The genuine issues
of Confederate notes amounted to six hundred and
ffty-four million five hundred thousand dollars
At rough guess, the cOunterfeits equal to
from one-third to one-half much again: SO that
it may be conectured that the whole amount of
the latter varied between two hundred and eighteen
and three hundred and twenty millions. The
Acton and Hilton presses alone turned out over a
hundred millions, and there were others
Acton? Oh. he died from mining accident
in Northern California. He had made large
fortune in the printing of Confederate notes. some
people said million, but lost it all in Wall Street
and then went mining, to die in a hole under rock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-20
Counterfeiting the Enemy's Money

a N interesting story of the Civil War.
~ and one that really belongs to its his
~ tory, was released for publication by
the recent death of Winthrop Hilton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-20

of whose talents and amiablity he spoke highly
In the evening, while the host was entertaining
his friends in his study, the and initials of
Hilton struck chord in his memory, and turning
to his card-index he found the advertisement
of w. E. Hilton. Suddenly showing it to his new
acquaintance, he asked him if he was the same
person. He at once that he
The turned pale stammered out reply, and
requested a private interview Then he told the
following strange story, corroboratng it at sub
sequent interviews by letters, specimens of the
counterfeit Confederate money and samples of the
water marked paper employed in the work Upon
promise that of these particulars would be
published in his lifetime, he wrote out and signed
full account of the affair.