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THE SANDERS COUNTY LEDGERVOL. 1. NO. 34. THOMPSON, MONTANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS
THOUSANDS VISIT FAIRWednesday Was a Big Day at Helena
as Woodmen and Children Were the
.9•Y-Aa Ogp-Ilkerae- LAW on
Special Train-Good Racing Events.
Helena, Oct. 4.-Close to 10,000 peo-ple visited the state fair today, mak-ing it by far the greatest day of thethree. More perfect weather couldnot have been asked. It was Wood-menu and Children's day. Many Wood-men came on a special train fromButte, bringing the famous State band,which furnished music at the grounds.Butte's team ,..Woodmen -went
-drill-Wet elicited loud ap-plause. It was expected to drill againstthe Anaconda team, but as the latterfailed to put in an appearance, theSmoke Eaters were given the entireprize of $175.Head Consul Boak was present and
in the evening delivered an address atthe Auditorium. He was tendered abanquet.Children. from St. Joseph's orphans'
home and other schools were out in--full force.
The relay races again attracted greetattention. During an aseiting- fea-ture of the relay race, one horse ranaganst the fence and so badly fright-ened Miss Hunt, daughter of JudgeHunt, who was seated in a carriageon the other side of the fence, that sheJumped and fell, breaking her collarbone.The man who loops the gap also
had another mishap, barely escapingserious-injuele- He missed connectionsand fell in a heap on the ground, Mitjumped up, declaring he was unhurt.
Peerniume Announced.Premiums on sheep, heroes and other
animals were announced today. A cupoffered to the young man under 25years of age showing the beat judg-ment as a judge of stock, was award-ed to George Cook of Como.Tomorrow will be Butte and Pioneer
day and the attendance is expected topass the 10,000 mark. Large delega-tions are coming from Butte and Mis-soula by special trains. The Boston& Montana band will furnish the day'smusic. The feature of the day will bethe world's famous trap shooters. Astrong effort was made to have Presi-dent Hill or the Great Northern andPresident Elliott of the Netethere Pa-cific visit the fair while In Montana,urgent invitations having been wiredto Spokane, but replies received t9-night stated that urgent businesscalled them east and they would hurrythrough to the Burlington at Billings,early tofnorrow.Today's races resulted as follows:First race, match pace, two In
three-Holly, 1,-i; Midget, 2, 2. Time,2:38, 2:34 1-2.Second race, pacing, 2:14 class. Mer-
chants' stake purse, $1,000-Modicum,b. m., 1, 1, 1; Sherlock Holmes, c. h. h.,2, 2, 2; Rita Huber, b. r. m., 3, 3, 3.;Thep, 111.90*.S1.161‘.tie Leonard and Carlsbad also start
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Third race, running, half mile handl--hap, purse $260-Abydos, 116 ("Richter),won; Aurora B, 119 (Powell), second-,Silver Jim, 120 (Vogt), third. Time,:48 1-4. You You, Atoka, Anglesia,Little Hank, Flourish, Worthless. St..Pald and Little Tom, also started.Aurora B was tne favorite in bothpools, selling at an equal price to theremainder.Fourth race, selling, three-quarters
mile, purse $250-King Harold, 117(McLean), won; Mintalta, 108 (Richt-er), second; Bonnie Brier Bush, 104(Powell), third. Time, 1:16. Annie Ma-rie, Bill Bohameon and Dandle Bellalso started. Malrina was left at thepost. King Harold was a hot favorite.Fifth race, running, one mile, purse
$160-Dr. Bernays,- 114 (Vogt), won;Nanon, 120 (Richter). second; T. U. K.,96 (Reynolds), third. Time,, 1:42. Sid-ney C else started.Ladles' relay race, five miles-Miss
Premo. 8:18 1-2; Miss Sperry, 8:43; Mrs.Kline, 9:00; Mrs. Gibson, 9:25 1-2; WeeSynness, 9:36. For having been mutini-ed yesterday. Miss Premo was setback to equal terms with Mrs. Klineand Miss Sperry, but she more thanmade up for this by her brilliant rid-Jng today.
WILL RUN FOR MAYOR.
W. R. Hearst Named by Municipal
Ownerehip Band in New York.
BIG BUSINESS DEAL.
New York, Oct. 4.-W, R. Hearstwe* flatbed as a candidate for mayor ata municipal ownership mass meetingtonight in Grand Central palace, and0. committee appointed by J. G. PhelpeaStokes, who presided, will select theremainder of the ticket.Resolutions denouncing both of the
Old partteras being dominated by trustInterests, and declaring that the peo-ple of New York should elect officials-to oppose corporations were adoptedwith Much enthusiasm, and cheeringfollowed the reading of a letter fromDr. Charles H. Parkhurst, in which hepraised the growing demand for gov-ernment interference to protect thepeople from the tyranny of monopo.lists.My. Hearst was hailed with enthusi-
astic applause. He denounced the re.publican and democratic leaders.Immediately after Mr. Hearst's
speech a man in the audience movedthat the speaker be nominated formayor, and the motion was secondedand carried with enthusiasm.After Chairman Stokes had an-
nounced that he would appoint a corn..mittee to complete the ticket, pro-vided Mr. Hearst accepted the nomi-nation, the convention adjourned.
WILL SAVE THE ALAMEDA.--
San Francisco, Oct. 4.--It is thoughttoday that there Is a poesibillty of sav-ing the Alameda, now on the rock. atFort Point. Divers have disci:a/sitedthat the principal hole In her bottomIs under her boilers, and that it canbe tagged The pumps already InstalledIn the vessel are able to control thewater in her forward hold. All thecargo has been discharged, and thoughthere is cofleiderable swell in, the bay,It has done no damage to the Steamer.
"DAVID HARUM" MADE MONEY.
Syracuse, N. T., Oct. 4.-"DavidHamm," the novel written by the lateEdward Noyes Wescott of this cfty,netted the author's estate about $126,-000.
BIG BUSINESS DEAL
The Stook and Frk-lree of Lewis Store
Sold to Symons.
Butte, Oct. 4.-One of the largestbusiness transfers made in this cityin years was consummated tonight,
en J. E. Oppenheimer, H. E. Oppen-heimer, Harry Symons and William Sy-mone purchased from W. C. Lewisand 0, K. Lewis the stock and fixturesof, the big Lewis dry goods store, lo-cated at Park and Academy streets.The consideration was not given, butIt is understood to be in the neigh-borhood of $300,000.J. E. Oegenheimer is president Of
the Symons company, which was theprincipal loser in the conflagration ofSeptember 24, their three-story dement OS:ire-going. up In mai, entail-
it a loss of over $400,000. The Lewiscompany has bees doing business inButte for the past 20 years. W. C.Lewis and 0. IC, Lewis of Salt Lakeare the principal stockholders.
BRYAN SHOWS HOWFUNDS WERE DISTRIBUTED
New Haven, Oct. 4.-Statementsshowing how trust Nada were distrib-uted in accordance with the provisionsof the will of the late Philos Bennett.by W. J. Bryan and his wife, Marylarated..Bryan.-acting as trustees, werefiled today in the probate court.Mr. Bennett left $10,000 to be dis-
tributed among the pupils of 26 col-leges as prizes for the best essays re-garding the prihciplee of free govern-ment. Two additional funds, eiteh of810,000, were left to the needy boysand girls in securing education.----The list ef colleges named has been
announced in previous dispatches. Mr.Bryan says in his report that the pay-ment of the transfer tax occeioned theloss of $473 out of each fund of $10,000,but that he has made this amount goodby paying It out of his fees as executorof the estate.
COMPANY FORMED TOCONSTRUCT NEW ROAD
San Francisco, Oct. 4.-A new com-pany has just been organized to buildthe Yellowstone Park railroad from St.Anthony, Idaho, to the western en-trance of the Yellowstone Nationalpark, near Zdadlien river. The con-tracts for construetkon and grading arenow being let, and -ft is expected tohave the roa,d tic operation In time forthe 19011 season. 'The distance from At, Anthony to
Madison river will be about 70 miles.It will be approximately 17 miles fromthe park "terminus to Fountain hole,Lower Geyser basin. This will makethe park very much more accessibleand will enable visitors to make theentire round trip from the park line infour days. A hotel will be built atthe end of the line on the Madisonriver.
SHOOTS WOMAN IN A
CALIFORNIA DANCE HALL
'• tau --1Pra3Idt5ecr• Oct.-C.-John He,Carty, a former saloon Man of Reno.Nev., whet arrived- here from Eureka,Cal., several .days ago, shot and killedMyrtle (men in a Jackson streetdance hall tonight. He- attempted;,toescape. holding at-bay With a revolvera number of -persona who endeavoredto capture him, but was finali, ar•rested by the police.Myrtle O'Neill was tha daughter of
the late Willitarn .1. O'Neill, a WellsFargo express messenger, who waskilled while on duty last year at Cop-ley, in northern California.
EXPRESS TRAIN WRECKED.
Connellsville, Pa., Oct. 4.-Themount express on the B. & 0. railroadwas wrecked early today at RoundBottom, two miles south of Morgan-town, W. Va. The baggage car, la-dies' coach and a Pullman chair oarleft the rails on a curve and tumbledover the bank to the edge of the Mo-nongahela river. Fifteen to 18 peoplewere -.injured, five of them seriously.The engine did not leave the track,the rails spreading after it had passedthe point in the curve.
BANK'S PAYING TELLER
PUTS END TO LIFE
San Francisco, Oct. 4.-Samuel A.Beaver, for many years paying tellerof the Bank of California, shot andkilled himself at his rooms on Grantavenue. Mr. Beaver had been ill fora long time and was placed on theretired list of the bank owing to hissickness. This is supposed to be thecause ef his committing suicide. Hewas one of the best known men infinancial circles. Mr. Beaver was 65years of age.
DR. FEANKLIN DEAD. •
Salt Lake, Oct. 4.-Dr. P. A. H.Franklin, a mine operator and pro-moter well known in the eastern moneymarkets in connection with Utah flota-tions, died here today from heart fail-ure. He Was 69 years old. He cameto Utah in 1873. His first big dealwas the sale of the Niagara claim atBingham to the United States Miningcompany of Boston. Of late he hadbeen exploiting gold properties Insouthern Utah.
BANKRUPTCY PETITIONS.
Special to The Daily Missoullan.Helena, Oct. 4.-Albert Makin, a
Kalispell civil engineer, filed a petitionIn bankruptcy in the federal court to-day. His debts were given asassets $119.W. W. Cornelle, laborer, of Panne-
stake also flied a petition, giving idedebts as $1,896, assets $392, nearly allexempt.
Another interview.Vienna, Oct. 4.-General Baron F'e-
jervary, the Hungariaa premier, hadanother interview with the king-em-peror today, but it is believed hismajesty has not yet reached a de-ciston concerning a ministerial pro-gram. •)
SELMER PLEADS GUILTY
AND HE IS SENTENCED
Akron, Ohio, Oct. 4.-Charles S.Reimer, Charged with obtaining $111,-000 under false pretense'5, pleadedguilty today and was sentenced to theMansfield reformatory. Selmer ea-taped to SOUltr'Allierlea after the crimeand *as arrested in California.
PRISONER GETS1 61111John Hildebrand in Seattle Jail Under
Life Sentence Makes • Desperate At.
t•mpt to Escape by Killing th• Jell-
er-H• Is Overoome.
Seattle, Oct. 4.-John Hildebrand,under life sentence for participetion inthe robbery of Hat Conway's salnearly a year ago, during whichMatthew Murphy, a patron, waskilled, made an attempt this afternoont9 Jailer Wise: -MEW PhiiiictaiiiGorson, who jumped in front of thejailer, was shot over the right eye.
Sheriff L. C. Smith, who ran to thejailer's rescue, tired twice at Hilde-brand before the prisoner dropped hisgun and was overpowered by trusties.Jailer Wise, who was unarmed, hadin the meantime fled beyond range ofHildebrand's gun.Hildebrand asked this afternoon to
be taken out to see the jail physician.Jailer Wise brought him from therairtb lank to the jail office. AS soonae he was taken out of the tank hebegan to light with the jailer. Winethrew him aside and Hildebrand drewa revolver from Its place of conceal-ment under his shirt and-opened ftre onthe Jailer.
Doctor Is Shot.
As Hildebrand raised his gun tdshoot, Dr. (Parson jumped in front ofhim to overpower the convict. As Hil-debrand fired the billet struck the phy-sician over the right eye, seriouslywmindlng him. Jailer Wise was un-armed, and he ran to secure a weapon,jumping out of Hildebrand's line of firebefore the desperate convict couldshoot again. Trusties shouted to Hil-debrand an order to drop his gun, buthe Ignored them.
Sheriff Smith ran out of the sher-iff's office with a revolver.-in his handand ordered Hildebrand to drop hisweapon. The highwayman stood inthe Jail corridor in plain view of thesheriff from the,, grated door, but re-fused to shoot:"I am not after you. I want Wise,"
he answered.
Desperado Overpowered.Sheriff Smith shot, but Hildebrand
neither returned the fire tier droppedhis gun. Again the sheriff firedraandthen Hildebrand let his revolver dropto the floor. Trusties rushed up andoverpowered him, Jailer Wise comingto their-tteeistance and helping tocarry Hildebrand back to the tank.Hildebrand was to have been taken
to the state peeltentiary either tonightor tomorrow morning with Jed( Ches-terfield and other prisoners hereawaiting, the arrival of guards.
GRAND JURY HANDS DOWNINDICTMENTS AGAINST THEM
Denver, Oct. 4.-The grand Jury to-di handed down a number of indict-ments, including one against CharlesB. Wilfley, former president of theDenver Savings bank, now in thehands of a receiver.- Carlos Wood, who was cashier of theDenver Savings bank when it catitbusiness, was also indicted. He wasarrested and subsequently released inbonds of $10,000. Both Wood and Wit-Bey are charged with larceny as bank-ers in the indicelyete.
WILL MEET AT THENATION'S CAPITAL NEXT
New York, Oct. 4-The NationalWholesale Druggists' association, inconvention here today, chose Wash-ington, D. C., as the meeting place ofthe next annual convention. The state-ment that the health of thousands ofwomen in rural districts is annuallyimpaired for life by drugs which theyreceive by mall was made to thewholesale druggists by John C. Gal-lagher of Jersey City.
YOUNG ERNE BESTS ATTEL.• ----
philattelphis, Oct. ,4.-Abe Attel ofCalifornia Intl Toting Erne of this citysparred six rounds tonight at the Na-tional Athletic club. Attel was out-classed by Erne. Tile latter's plowswere more frequent and telling and hewas considerably faster than his oppo-nent. Attel was unable to reach Erne,and losing his tem-her, he becamerough, necessitating several caution-ing,' from the referee. There were noknockdowns, and both fighters werefresh at the conclusion ef the bout.
WHAT ROUMANIA WILL
DO TO GREEK ,RESIDENTS
Bucharest. .Hungary, Oct. 4.-As asequel of the breaking off Of diplomaticrelations between Rournania andGreece, it WAS semi-officially anneuncedtoday that Roumania will denouncethe commercial convention With Greece,withdraw the recognition hitheito ac-corded to the Greek communities, In-crease the tolls on Grecian vessels en-tering Roumanian ports, tax prop-erty held by Greeks in Roimania, •
PROPERTY DESTROYED ANDMANY ARE NOW HOMELESS
Rhinelander. Wis., Oct. 4.--r-Fire inthe lumber dietritt of this town to-night 'deettoyed property rallied at11900,000 and rendered 400 people home-less. About 40,000,000 feet of lumberwere destroyed. After burning overthe greater part of eight blocks thetire was got under control late tonight.The homeless people are being caredfor tonight in the 1t7 hall and otherpub1R,buildings. •
REACHES IOW tOTAL
Washington, Oct. 4.-The amount of3 and 4 per apt government bondsreceived at the treasury departmentfor refunding into 2 per cent consolsunder Secretary Shaw's offer, whichwent into effect three days ago, isS4.530,000, of which $4,010,600 were 46and 219,400 were 3s.
HARVARD TOO MUCH
FOR THE BOWDO ELEVEN-----
Cambridge, Mane., ()cc 4.---Harvertidefeated Dowd° in today's game bythe score of 16 in A In a game *Michwas characterized by frequent fum-bling and unscientific playing by bothteams.
SAVES HER SON.
Out is Killed Herself--Sed Fate of
Butte Wentan KiIlsdby Live Om
Butte, Oct. 4.-While assisting in therescue of her 13-year-old son, whirhad been rendered unconscious by enelectrical shock, Mary Jane Price Waselectroeuted tonight The boy was se-riously burned abott -the hands andbody, but he is enacted to rpcover.Samuel Price, the husband of Ibe de-ceased woman, suffered a sev e shockWhile dragging the boy's b9dy awaym the wire and Arthur MUrrick was
knocked down by a curreht of elec-tricity while attempting ep Melte MrsPrice.--------T fatality occurred at the Price
residence, shortly after 8 a'elOck. Chil-dren playing about the yard duringthe afternoon had hooked a sectionOf baling wire over a feed wire carry-ing 2,200 volts of electricity. The wireis used to fee e arc lights, and thepower was not turned on until a shorttime before he accident. The bOysbad played with the dangling lengthof wire during the daytime, but feltno electricity because the current hadnot been turned on.
SEALING SCHOONER BRINGSBACK NEWS OF THE FLEET
..... Victoria,. B. _C.. 0,1 4.--,The sealingechOoner City of San Diego returnedfrom Beting-sda- today -with the firstnews from the fleet of 18 sealing ves,.seta from Victoria. The City of SartDiego, which brctught 732 sealskins, re-ports ,11 schooners with gollid catches.The season's catch will exceed that oflast year and be better than for someyears. Good weather aided the seal-ers, there being but two heavy stormsduring the season. No seizures wereanarie-and few accidents are reported.The schooner Vera lost two men, whowere drowned off Yakutat early In theseason. These men, GUS Heffermanand another hunter, in company witha Japanese boat steerer, were lost fromthe schooner and tried to land. Theirboat was capsized in the breakers andthe two hunters were drowned. TheJapanese was picked up by Indians.
CLASHES EXPECTED.
Vmcouver, B. C., Oct. 4.-Specialdinattches from Midway, B. C., say:"The Canadian Pacific and Great
Northern have come to a-clash in thisdistrict. Late last Saturday a C-a Pacific train pulled into IsMn
place with a large gang of men aboard,The workmen proceeded to a spot onthe V. y. & E. in the neighborhoodpf Jackson's ranch, about four milesfrom Midway. There they built ahigh fence of heavy timbers rightacross the right of way. Notices werealso posted prohibiting trespassing un-der penalty of prosecution."This morning the graders employed
by the V. V. & E. arrived, tore downthe fences and proceeded with thework of crossing the lots claimed ittythe Canadian Pacific."liOthing futther had developed at
Hoot but it Is expected that there will-be lively times within /tie next coupleof days."
ITALIAN STEAMES GOES -ON DIAMOND SHOALS---
Norfolk, Va., Oct. 4.-The Italiansteamer Cate di Pallermo, bound forNew Orleans with a valuable cargofrom Italy, stran ed on the Diamond;9shoals, one mil from Cape Hatteraslife saving st Don last night, andwrecking tugs have gone to her as-sistance. The crew was landed today.The wreck was due to a mletake intaking Cape Hattaue lights for theDiamond shoal lightship. A wreckingexpedition Will begin its efforts to floatthe vessel tomorrow morning with goodprospects of success.
•GOVERNOR WRIGHT 18
COMING FROM PHILIPPINES
Washington, Oct. 4.-It was an-nounced at the war department todaythat Governor Wright will come to theUnited States from the Philippinesand will arrive in Washington by De-cember 16 to be present at the open-ing of the bids for the building of rail-roads in the islands. The date hasbeen postponed 'from December 1 tothe 15 so that Governor Weight canbe present. -
WARRANT OF SURRENDER
FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL
Montreal, Oct. 4.-The warrant ofsurrender for Colonel Gaynor and Cap-tain Greene was signed today by theattorney general at Quebec, promptlymailed to Sheriff Thibaudeaux ofMontreal and will reach hint early to-morrow.
STRIKING ONES WILL GOBACK TO THEIR WORK TODAY
Mahanoy City, Pe., Oct. 4.-The 500men and boys employed at the Morea°Mere who struck today bta Ruse theybelieved that the conmany was din-rimlnating against them will return
to work tomorrow, having been assuredthat their 'grievances will be satiefac-torily adjusted.
GIVEN UP FOR LOST.
Charlesvolx, Mich.. Oct. 4.-A fish-ing boat with four families of Indiansnom Garden island, including severalWomen and children, left here Septem-ber 26 for Beaver island and It hasbeen given up as lost.
SENOR PARDO Comma.
Washington, Oct. 4.-Dr. Calderon,who has been for many years Peru-vian minister to Washington, and - isnow on a special mission to Chill,, willremain there as minister. He will besucceeded et Washington by SenorPardo,
STREET CARS RUNNINGBUT TRQUBLE MAY COME
Berlin, -Oct. 4.-All the street car.are runnirsg today, the etrikers of theelectrical VSorits being Unable to stopwork at the power houses.The, Association of Metal Workere
establishments In Berlin and vicinitytoday pomted In, the *Wpm notices of ageneral lockout October 14 unless thestrike In the eleetrical industry shouldhe settled by that time. If the awn-elation carries out its threat the film-leer of men out will be about 416,000.
SECURE LITTLE BOOTYGreat Northern Ihipreee Held Up by
Two Men Near Seattle, Who Dyna-
mite Baggage Ned Eulitees Care end
Obtain All it the Express Co.'s Safe.
Portland, Ore., Oct. 2.-A special tothe Oregonian from Seattle says thatthe great Northern 'overland train,leaving Seattle at $ 8:20 tonight. was
'held up end _the baggage and expresscar dynamited half a mile ,east ofmile post 10, about five miles fromBallard, at 8:45 p. m. It was 11 o'clotkbefore the train mailed into Edmondsand the most meager reports weresent to the local office. Three men areknown -to have done the work. Twoboys, who got on the blend baggagehere, as soon as the holdup began,entered the passenger coaches and be-gan, holding up the passengers. Theywere captured. They' say two of themen were ou,. the blind baggage whenthey got on and the third got on atHanalei, All were well dressed withrain coats and slouch hats, So far asreported, -no one wax 'killed; bill- it - isreported that Charles Andergon, ex-press messenger, is slightly,,bajarmi,Manager Waring of the Great-Worth-
ern Expressaornpany said tonight he,dienot know the contents of, the safe,.,but beilltAme it was a small siim. Aft-er securing the contents of the safe,the three men started off in an east-erly 'direction,-' It IS believed othermembers of the gang were ahead of-the scene of the holdup end the rob-bers Joined them. The train wasflagged near the brickyard end as theengineer slowed down two of the menwith rain coats climbed over the tend-er and presented revolvers to his head.When the train stoppde the baggageand express car was uncoupled by oneof the robbers and the engineer wasinstructed to pull ahead, which he didfor several hundred yards, when hewas again comManded to stop. Twoof the robbers thercfumped off, mak-ing the engineer and fireman do theeitme;liiril all marched to the baggageUall-door, The messenger was orderedto open the door and refue ng, a heavycharge of dynamite was pl ced againstIt and exploded. 'The leg plosion torethe car almost to ,pieces. The safewas then dynamited. The train.wasdela:fed two hours and a half and thenPulled into Edmonds, making a briefreport before pr ing to Everett.iFeedThe two boys aim they twitter metthe holdups unt they got on die trainand are in no way connected withtheir work. The Idea to hold up thepassengers occurred to them after theexplosion. Sheriff Smith has startedout a poise.
ANACONDA THE PLACE. ,
Helena, Oct. 4.-The grand lodgethe Knights of Pythias will meet nettyear In Anacenda. Its officers _wetselected today as follows:
;aee Dennis of Sand Coulee, grandchancellor; A. N. Yoder of Butte, grandvice chancellor; S. W. Soule of Bil-lings, grand prelate; Jacob Dieb ofHelena, grand keeper of records andseats; E. H. Talcott of Livingston,grand master of exchequer; Dearge E.Palmer of Butte, grand master at arms;Will Cave of Miesoula, grand innerguard; Carl Geligher of Butte, supremerepresentative.
The new officers were installed dur-ing the afternoon. The reports pre-sented show there are 3,500 membersin Montana.The Rathbone ,,Sisters, the auxiliary
ender, elected officer, as follows:Mary P. Caddy Of Butte, grand chief:
Eva R. Howard of 13ozeman, grandsenior; Mary E. Billings 'Of Butte,grand junior; Jeanette Mears of Lew-istown, grand manager; Susan heeledof Billings. grand mistress of recordsand correspondence; Lulu Smith ofBillings, grand mistress of finance;Eliza Reed of Missoula, grand protec-tor: Kathrine Thuraton of Belt, grandouter guart, Mary41. Yule of Big Tim-ber, supreme representative; EstherCynia orilutte, alternate grand repre-sentative.
HONOR IS SHOWN COGENERAL JENKINS' WIDOW
San Freneisco, Oct. 4.-At today'ssession of the Daughtrs of the Con-federacy the widow of Gametal AlbertJenkins was discovered in the audi-ence and was taltan to a seat 9n theplatform. Mayor Schmidt. was intro-duced and turned_ over the-keys of thecity to the delegates. Most of the ses-sion was consumed in the readling ofreports from the various chapters rep-resented.
THINK THEY CAN CUT eDOWN 810 EXPENSE LIST
Washington, Oct. C.-President Roos-evelt had a talk Vidal with Repre-sentative Charles B. Landis of Indianaon the work of the commitiee whichIs to investigate the conditions in thegovernment printing office. Membersof the committee are said to believe iteasily possible to reduce the expensesof the government printing office atleast $1,000,000 a year.
cLosER savaiONIVIDETwEllt _RUSSIA AND UNITED STATES
St. Petersburg, Oct. 4.-In order tofurther closer relations between theUnited States`and Russia, the depart-ment of merchant marine, of whichGrand Duke Alexander MichaelovitchIs president, is .considering a projectfor the establishment of a -direststeamship line between New York anda Baltic port, either tibia or Rigau,under agovernmelltal encouragement.The pffiject Is viewed with favor, anda decielemi•Is salieeted shortly.
GRIFFITH GETS OFFICE.
Buffale, N. T., October 4.-Amongthe officer,' of the Photograeher En-gravers elected was H. J. Griffith ofSan Francisco, chosen first vice pres-ident.
SWITCHMAN HURT.
While at work in the yarsle at Trout_Creek on' Sunday moraine", switch-man whose name could not be learned,met with a serious accident. It ap-
pears that the unfortunate fellow triedto catch on the tender of a moving
',Witch engine missed hli holt and insome Manner OA caught and was
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dragged some distance before he Weereleased. After being released the en-gine crew noticed him and he waspicked up and Dr. Evans summoned.His left leg was badly cut and he wasa mass of bruises, but no bones were
broken. The best possible attentionwas given hint and at larlf reports was
resting easy and getting along as wellas possible under the circumstances
though it will be some time before hewill be able to' be about.
MOB IS BITTER AGAINSTTHE ISI000t4S FAMILY
Fort Scott, Kan.,..Dat. 4.-The countyjail here is surrounded tonight by menwho hula that Mrs. Belle Higgins, herdaughter Clarissa, aged 14 years, andher husband, George Higgins, held bytne coroner's jury for ,the death ofHiggins' 6-year-old non, by a formerwife, should be lynched. The sheriff,expecting an assault on the jail; has,it is reported, fled with the prisoners.The jail is strongly guarded.That the little boy was tortured to
death is specifically charged by thecoroner's :dry.The boy's 2,year-old Halter was also -
cruelly treated, and is at the point ofdeath in a hospital here. While Mrs.Higgins' own children were well fedand treated kindly, the two step-children, according to the evidencepresented to the jury, *ere- literallystarved.
It is understood that the tierift wUltake the prisoners to Giard Kan., 26miles mouth of here. r
ANSWERS ARE FILED INTHE COPPER RANGE SUIT
Roston, Oct. 4.-In the Copper Rangesuit, so called, brought In the su-preme Judicial court by H. Paine ofPaine, Webber A- Co. against tiomaaW. Lawson, A. C. Burrage andlithers.answers were filed today by Tower &Underwood, the Providence lnstItutioifor Savings, and Loring, TolmanTupper, to the effect that they havftnot the 70,000 shares of the qoppdrRange Consolidated company b.thicisare the subject of the action. Harry L.Burrage and the Eliot National bankalso filed their answers. They saythey are ignorant of the facts networth; that they tIld not have at thetime of the filing of the bill any ofthe Copper Range shares referred toand that they were not parties to anytthlawful acts. The plaintiffs claimthat Burrage and Lawson disposed ofthe stock In violation of a trust agree-ment.
MORE TRAIL BLAZERSATTEND THE STATE SESSION
Special to The Daily Missoullan.Helene, Oct. 4.-More pioneers weredada at the meeting of the Statecheers' society today. A notable
eature of today's session was the ad-dress of the retiring president, Cor-nelius Hedges, who feelingly addressedthe meeting upon the passing of thepioneer and the great work he did forhutnanlise He gave many amusing in-cidents of early days.The death roll of members, who
panned away during the year, Was Pre-sented and it was surprisingly low.Tomorrow the pioneers will elect of-ficers and conclude the mission. Atnoon they will be 'photographed In abody in front of the federal building.The Sons and Daughters of Pioneerswill meet at 10 a. m. Thursday.
ALONE, THEY FIGHT A•itirror.ouEL
Duluth, Minn., Oct. 4.-With no otherwitnesses than a vicious dog, two men,James Canty, a timbertnan, and GusLahti, a homesteader, fought a duel tothe death Saturday afternocin at Taber,17 miles north of Hibbing. The del-tails of the battle will never be known, .but from the appearance of the scenethe struggle Meet 'have been fierce, theground being torn up over a widesurfece. Beth nten realized. that it wasa case of the survival of the fittest andboth bodies were found badly man-gled. Canty left Welch's camp nearTaber Saturday afternoon and it issupposed that he was either attackedby Lahti's dog or had arkered Lahtiy crossing the line of his homestead.
ANOTHER PRELIMINARY
VICTORY WON BY GROEL
Trenton, N. J., Oct. 4.-In an opinionpresented here today by Vice Chan-cellor Garrison, Adam Groel wins an-other preliminary victory in his stiltto compel the Union Gas company toaccount for $26,000,000 of the capitalstock of the United Electric compeny,which !dock. Groel claims, the UnitedGas company fraudulently acquired aspromoter.In today's decision Vice Chancellor
Garrison holds that the refusal of thedirectors of the United Electric com-pany to bring suit for the benefit of itsown stockholder', was a breach oftrait.
AII.SE ROOSEVELT AND
PARTY AT YOKOHAMA
Yokohama, Oct. 4.-Miss Alice Roos-evelt and her party arrived here todayon the steamer Minnesota from Shi-monoseki. Miss Roosevelt was re-ceived by the American minister, theAmerican consul, the imperial masterof the ceremonies/fend the governor, butdeclined any formalities. She will stayat the hotel here and tomorrow willgo sightseeJng into the interior, setteethe party will leave Yokohama for BanFrancisco on the steamer Siberia.
Substitutes All. Right. -Chicago, Oct. 4.-Chittago university,'
with a team composed for the mostpart of Substitutes, ran up a score of88 egainet the Beloit college eleven onMarshal field this afternoon. Fum-bling cheracterlred the play of bothelevens.
