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COUNTY AND A iidJtiLrIN ORDER TO VREAI XTYOFFICIAL NO. 1. IU RA CO Y OT YOU MUSTR l.AYE VOL. XIV: NO. 51. r1IILIPS.BURG, GRANITE COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11. 1901. PRICE: $3.00 A YEAR. KEEP YOUR FEET WARM AND DRY .... TCO To_ McLEOD'S Where you can get Rubber Overshoes and Gum Boots (all new stack) for Men, Boys, Women and Children: all sizes, shapes and makes GET A NEW SUIT MADE AT McLEOD'S. HE GUARANTEES A FIT. BEST LINE OF CLOTHS TO PICK FROM IN THE COUNTY ANYTHING IN LEATHER GOODS Ladies', Misses', Children's, Men's and Boys' Light and Heavy Shoes at Prices that are Right. I buy right and can sell you goods that are new and in style for less money than you can buy old, wornmout stock THE BOOT s SHOE M!N M'LEOD BOOT O **,,...4.. ~** ** *.M+*,**m®®® . . ....s.,,,,,,,, 4t*+ mow; __. headache. You get a pure hop and malt drink, that's why. • KRDOER' ' BEER D R IN K O RO.. .S'.3RK Manufactures the Finest and Purest Beer in the State. s" headache. You get a pure hop and malt drink, that's why. PIEgLXPsB T Z , M TO.I'E . 3 ý ý N I IIIIIIIII There Is a Feast In Store FOR THE FAMILY Whose Housekeeper Makes Her Purchase at McGurk's Grocery, Broadway and Holland-St. Nothing But the Best Goods Kept In Stock. Every Good Thing Which the Season Affords at Prices That Cannot Be Resisted. GIVE US YOUR ORDERS Pat McGurk, the Reliable Grocer CITY LIVERY AND FEED STABLES -THE- -GOOD FINEST OUTFITS RIG S o. iN THE COMMERCIAL CrT ,," MEN 'BUSSES TO AND FROM ALL TRAINS. Stages for Anaconda and Granite. Firbt-Class Service. BLACK AND WHITE HEARSES J. J. Carmichael, Proprietor. ALLISON & SHERMAN -DEALERS IN 1jOUS8 FURNISHING8S -FUNERAL DIRECTORS40 I Upper Broadway, Fhilipsburg' AGAINST HOPKINS By Vote of 105to 102 House Ac cepts Burleigh's Reappor tionment Bill increases Members:.ip Dur ing the Next Decade From 357 to 3S6 GAIN FOR WESTERN STATES Minnesota Gets Two and Wis consin and North Dakota One Each Senators Have the Army Can teen Question Under Dis cuscsion. WASHIN.TOx, Jan. 9.-By a vote of 165 to 102 the house has accepted the re apportionment plan proposed by the Burleigh bill, which increases the membership of the house during the decade from 357, the present member ship and the membership proposed by the committee in the Hopkins bill, to 886. The result was brought about by the influence of certain senators from several larger Northern states, who threw the weight of their influ ence in the scale in favor of the larger membership. When it became appar. ent that these factors were at work against his bill Mr. Hopkins attempted to compromise by giving an additional representative ea"h to North Dakota, Colorado and Florida, but his adversa ries refused to compromise after com plete victory was assured. The Crum packer proposition to recomiit the bill for the purpose of ascertaining what states abridged the 'right to vote to an extent that would entail the reduced representation was defeated by 130 to 110. There was no roll call on this vote, but a numbr of IRepublianus Voted With the Despocrate. By the bill as passed no state loses a representative and the following make gains: Illinois, New York and Texas, three each; Minnesota, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, two each, wd Arkansas, California, Colorado, Q'o.ngeticut, Florida, Lositona 14pqggehusetts UMississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Washington. West Vii. ginia and Wisconsin, one each. Th bill provides that whenever a newv state is admitted the representatio.a assigned to it shall be in addition ta the number provided in the bill. It also adds a provision never hitherto it. corporated in a reapportionment bill to the effect that congressional district,,, in addition to being "contiguous,'' shall also be "compact." States which are allowed additional representatives by the bill shall by its terms elect them at large until the legislature shall re district the state. COMPROMISE MEASURE. New Indian Timber Bill With a National Park Provision. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The senti. ment in Minnesota in favor of the creation of a national park on the Chippewa reservation is recognized in a bill just prepared here, amendatory of the Nelson law. It provides that when the Indian timber has been re moved from the reservation and allot ments made, that the surplus lands re maining shall be reserved in whole or in part for forestry on park purposes. This provision is not mandatory, however, as it contains an alternative proposition directing the secretary of the interior to dispose of the surplus lands under the homestead laws. The course to be pursued by the secretary is discretionary; he may reserve the land for park purposes or displse of them as directed. The provisions of the measure relating to the disposal of the Indian pine follow the lines of the Curtis bill and the one more recently drafted by Representative Eddy. THE CANTEEN QUESTION. That Part of the Army Reorganization Bill Discussed in the Senate. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.--Dring the legislative session the senate had un. der consideration the much mooted canteen question in connection with the army reorganization bill The sen ate committee in effect restored the provision for a post exchange or can teen which had been stricken out of the bill by the house. For nearly five hours the senate discussed the commit tee amendment, but a vote upon the proposition is not yet in sight. Sena tors Gallinger (N. H.) and Hans brough (N. D.) vigorously opposed the amendment, and in turn it was quite as strenuously supported by Senators Sewall (Del.) Hawley (Conn.), Money (Miss.) and Carter (Mon.): Not a Car Is Running, READING, Pa., Jan. 9.-Trouble be tween the United Traction company and its men culminated at noon when 150 motormen and conductors struck because half a dozen union men were discharged by the company during the past few days. Not a car is running. The average weight of a sheep fleece is 5} pounds. IT INSURES PARITY. Gold Standard Introdluced in the I.onne by Overstreet. WASHINGTON, Janl. I) -Representa tive Overstreet of Indiana, who had charge of the gold standard bill in t!:e house, has introduced a bill "to main tain the parity of the money of the United Status." This measure seeks to further strengthen the gold standard f.lt insure the continued parity of pg,:d and salver by providin; tfor their ex. changeability at tihe treasury. The text of the bill is as ,ollow: : Section t-That all gold and silver coins of the United States cxxcept sub sidiary coins shall be exchangenble for each other at par at the treasu:ry of the United States at the demand of the ho:lder. Section w--That for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act the secretary of the treasury may em ploy any part of the reserve fund of gold coin and bullion to be established by section 2 of the act of March 14, 1900, eutitled "an act to define anti fix the standard of value, to maintain par ity of al. forms of money issued or coined by tile United States, to refund the public debt and for other purposes." And money received in exchange for gold or bullion under the provisions of this act shall be held in said reserve fund and not raid out except in the manner provided in regard to United States notes in said section 2 of the act of March 14, 1900. Section 3--Tnis act shall take effect upon its passage. TO DISCHARGE MANY MEN Railway Magnates Said to lie Planning i Big Economiical Reforin. CHICAGO, Jan. 9.-The Record says The financial powers controlling th, destinies of the great railway systems of.the nation are reported to be plan ning one of the biggest economical re forms in the history of American rail way operations. The intention is t( dispense with the vast army of travel. ing passenger and freight agents anc other officials directly engaged in the solicitation of business for the lines. Should the plan be carried out it meant the discharge of more than 50,000 mer and the annual saving of millions ol dollars to the carrying companies wilt be the result. The intention of the railroads te bring about the new reform came as e result of the recent big deals engi neered by J. Pierpont Morgan, Jamea J. Till, John D. Rockefeller and oth ere. BOOZ INQUIRY FINDING. Result of the Itiveh igtthh ib thes Baad. oF SCeretary Root. WASHINrTON, Jan. 9.-The record of the proceedings and findings of ths military court of inquiry appointed to investigate the case of ex-Cadet Oscal L. Booz, whose recent death was at. tributed by his family and friends to injuries received from hazing at West Point military academy, was received at the war department during the morning. Without undertaking tc read the report, or even the conclusions of the court, General Corbin took it tc the secretary of war personally. In accordance with the established rule of the war department no official infor mation concerning the character of the report will be divulged in advance of the secretary's action upon it. NEW RAILWAY LINE. Will Run From Green Itay, Wis., to Du luth and West Superior. GREEN Bay, Wis., Jan. 9.-Initial steps have been taken by Green Bay business men to secure a new rgilway line from this city to Duluth and West Superior, to run through the state in a northwesterly direction by way of Shawano and Merrill. At a special meet. ing of the Business Mens' association, a committee of seven prominent local men was appointed to promote and fos ter the project in every way possi ble. Ample capital is said to be back of the proposition. ARE NEAR KI'MBERLEY. Boer -Commando Loots a Farm Seven Miles From the City. CAPE TOWN, Jan. 9. -It is reported that the Boers have reached Suther. land and are within 20 miles of the vil lage of Piquetberg. The country around Kimberley is be ing cleared of people, live stock and food stuffs. A commando of 150 looted a cattle farm seven miles from Kimber. laey It is repbrted that all residents of Vryburg who are unable to supply themselves with provisions for two months must be brought south. PHYSICIANS OVERWORKED. Quarter of a Million New Yorkers Have Grippe, Bronchitis or 1ineumonia. NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-It is estimated there are 250,000 cases of grippe, bron chitis and pneumonia in the city. Not only the city hospitals but private ip stitutions are full to overflowing and physicians are finding it difficult to make their rounds. It has been re marked that while the characteristics of the malady are much the same as in former years, the disease has assumed . catarrhal tendency which is new. ST. PAUL, Jan. 9.-Both branches of the legislature met at the state capi tol at noon and organized by the elec tion of officers, the nominees of the Republican caucus being selected in both cases. M. J. Dowling was elected speaker of the house. 1 SIAII bI l ;1 liOlU Victims of the rIochester Asy lurn Horror Now Number Twent.y-eight Two!ve OT.h:rs More cr Less in jure,! Lie at Different Hospitals CAUSED 1Y GAS EXPLOS!0:d Spread So Rapidly That Many Were Overcome Without VWarning City Has Never Been Visited by a Catastrophy Equal ing This R] ý'' -.:i., N. Y., Jan. P.-'-1w'o. ty-eight de.iahd bodi.- lie at the morgue ::ud I2 uthr.; l more or less suricusly in. I jurd lie at the different hospitals as a resuit of the terrible holocaust which occurred at the Rochester orphan asy. lum. Of the dead 26 are children of both sexes, ranging in age from 2 to 14 years, while the remaining 2 were adults. The fire, which was doubtless caused by an explosion of gas in the boiler room adjoining the west wing of the asylum, spread so rapidly that riany of the 109 inmates of the insti tution were overcome by the flames and smoke almost without warning. In all the long and dismal record of fatal fires in, Rochester, none can be found which can equal this one in its great horror in the pathetic scenes in which so many lives were blotted out, in the gallant sacrifice of lives of the attendants in whose care the children were and in the sad scenes at the hos pital and the morgue. That so many children were saved from the burned wing of the building seems Little "bort of Miraculous and one marvels that the death roll was not even larger. The scene immediately after the alarm and the accompanying explosion was one that turned the stoutest hearts. Firemen, attendants and po. licetnen sought to release .the ohild7i m from their perlous position. The dor mitories were filled with smoke from the ire and the little ones were being slowly suffocated. Most of those saved were lowered to the ground by means of ladders from the second and third floors. The ambulance of every hos pital in the city reached the scene al. most as soon as the fire department, but they proved totally inadequate in providing for those rescued. Many sufferers and the dead were removed to houses in the immediate neighborhood. There were awful scenes around the asylum at this time. Most of those rescued from the burned building wore unconscious from the effects of the smoke. It soon became apparent that the uuilding was doomed. A general alarm 'was sent in and the entire fire department was soon on the scene. The fire was stubbornly fought fromt every available point, but it was over an hour after its discovery before it was under control. EIGHT ARE DEAD. Disastrous Collision on the Baltimore and Ohio Road. MOROANTOWN, W. Va., Jan. 9.-An engine running light struck a freight train on the Monongahela division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at An derson. The collision resulted in the death of eight men and the seri ous injury of two others. It is supposed that a misunderstanding of orders was the cause of the accident. The wreck occurred on a trestle,which was broken down, and the track badly torn up. TWO FIREMEN KILLED. Another Serious Disaster Occurs at Rochester, N. Y. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Jan. 9.-The nitrate building of the Eastman Kodak works was destroyed by fire during the day. Two firemen were killed by the fumes of burning chemicals and one other was so seriously injured that he probably will die. The fire started by the contact of es caping nitric acid with the wooden floor. The loss is placed at $8,000. McKinley's Action Commended. LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 9.-The Ne braska senate has passed a resolution expressing sympathy with the Boers in their struggle against Great Britain. It is the same resolution offered last Thursday, but so amended as to com mend the action of President McKin. ley in "offering his friendly assistance to bring about an honorable peace." Tried to Hiaog a Superintendent. TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 9.-Most of the miners in Weir City zinc mining dis trict are on a strike. The trouble re sulted over wages and the introduction of non-union miners. There was a riot at one of the mines in which an attempt was made to hang one of the superintendents. It is given out that the tail end of the paris Exposition enterprise is a de ficit of 2,078,786 francs. DECLARED TO BE VOID. Decision I:'lonlerl nnl the l,' .wa liennial E<],'tion ,nlendrlmn~li t. DES MeIn:S, Jan. . U.-,Tud;ze A, R. Dewey of the Sixth lowa ju1ceial dis. trict. hi:ts rendere' hI s Cc isioll at \\Vn:,lii ;:ttol l, i., on thle l':!lty of the li. nllial eh ,tir,!l u ent hdl't.r t") the t: l v .i . iL ha-es ii L -,;:th1y opin. ti n ci w utls upou tie !aet that ."', n I, dl n:t ,1 t l not . :,bl'ittited by te10 l.::.ii'nure I legal fohilh. Every "uiilt!ic n anod u(lir:fc aidcr heil ih stato ha.r it.len law :ting t lah ti :oni, for U]po)nI the resot tlh terms'l 01 ail oliice holders wounld i \wruli not bi exteld ed one year, the gt.ni.rail o.pill;on being that thie suprl''i:ln c·.ju t w ou.dl alhrlll Judge I.,wey' opii ulllo. The aieClilin.tnt provided that all terms llit (illicier5 Ill'i govert:or dfownl, expiring in 1ii' y, air 1101i, be extended tor one year. It first appeareiC in the le:lailltuLre of IS1S , .being uitrodunced in the form of i joill resolution. In COl:lllltce w\iitll ri(-,uireilents in the alit(oilu ll of tIll ancnlletn lenlt, it was pro. st nted to tl, ,uccceding legislature in t1901, iinovu nal. the Twenty-eighlth general 1assem -ly. In tit :sst.tge of the r1cs1lutionl alt that stessi-,1 the rec ord o0.11111e in the journatls of the house was by the title of tile joit resolution. The constitution requires that the amendment shall "be entered upon the journals." Judge Dewey holds that the recording of the title only is not sutlicient and, therefore, the anmend ment was not legally adopted by the peoplo of iowa at the election Nov. 6, 1iUU. IDENTICAL PROTOCOLS. All the Foreign Representatives Send Agreements to Chinese Envoys. LONDON, Jan. 9.--Dr. Morrison, wir ing to The Times from Peking, says: "Monday 11 identical protocols, rep resenting each of the powers, were handed to the Chinese envoys for sig nature and for the affixing of the im. perial seal. As the formality of com municating with the court is a neces sary preliminary to using the seal a delay of a few days is expected, but there is no reason to fear that the Chi nese will fail to complete acceptance of the note." EXTENDED CANAL BILL. Kaiser's Speeeh to the Diet Presents a Gigantic Scheme. BERLIN, Jan. 9.-The diet was opened in the name of Emperor Will. iam, who is suffering from a slight cold, by the imperial chancellor, Count von Buelow, who read the speech from he4hasot. -The principal point in this was the announcement of the presenta tion of an extended canal bill, compris ing not only the Rhine and the Elbe scheme, but also the construction of a waterway fur large ships between Ber lin and Stettin, a more practical water way between the Oder and the Vistula and improvements in the Wartha, Lower Oder, Lower Havel and Spree. TO PROTECT INTEREST. State DepartLment to Take Vigorous Ac tion at Ianama. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-Consul Gen oral Gudger at Panama cables the . state depurtment from Colombia that the Columbian government announces that the revolutionists are approaching Panama and and making preparations for a fight which is likely to occur soon. Ths state department intends taking vigorous action if the city is threatened with bombardment to pro tect American interests and to carry out the duties we have assumed by treaty for the protection of the Isthmus of Panama. TRAFFIC NEARLY BLOCKED. Dozens of Trains Burled in Snow on Rnselan Railways. ODESSA, Jan. 9.--Dozens of trains are snowed up on the Southern rail. ways and some are completely buried. Ten thousand laborers have been dis patched to clear the tracks. Several Russian steamers are missing. Sebas tapol is full of vessels which have taken shelter in the harbor from the gales. The snowfall in the last three days has been so heavy that no mails have ar rived here. Legal Obstacles in the Way. MILWAUKEE, Jan. 9.-The Evening Wisconsin prints an interview with its "railway authority," in which it is stated legal obstacles are in the way of a combination of the Great North ern-Northern Pacific-Chicago, Milwau kee and St. Paul deal. The Wiscon. sin's informant says there are laws in Minnesota and Dakotas which forbid combinations, leases or other traffic ar rangements between and among, par allel competing lines which the named railways are. Canadian Solliers Return. HALIFAX, N- S., Jan. 9.-The over due transport with 800 Canadian sol diers returning from South Africa on board was reported off Caperdown at 8 o'clock and reached quarantine an hour later. The steamer left Table Bay, Dec. 13. The forces on board comprise both battalions of the Cana. dian mounted rifles and the Canadian artillery which took part in the relief of Mafeking. _ Will Bestow Posthumous Honors. SHANGHAI, Jan. 9.-The empress dowager, repenting of the execution of those who favored the foreigners dur ing the outbreak of the Boxers, intends to bestow posthumous honors upon them and to grant money to their fam ilies. SPOKA NE, HELENA, BUTTE, MINNEAPOLIS, ST. PAUL -AND POINTS EAST AND SOUTH. TACOMA. SEATTLE, PORTLAND, CALIFORNIA, JAPAN, CHINA, SKAOWAY. DYEA, ALASKA. Sio. 8. JoHNso s, Agt., lAs. . a, G. P. T. A. rxowr.L Q. PAUL, M.n. VESTIBULED TRAINS-DINING CARS. TIME CARD-P. & D. BRANCH. PHILIPSBURG. No. 124. Mlixed, departs ......... .9:40 a. m. No. 123, Mixed. arrives.............3:35 p. m. Daily except Sunday. MAIN LINE- -DRUMMOND. EASTBOUND, No. 12-North Coast Limited...... 8.36 p. m, via Butte. No. 4-Twin City Express..........11:20 a. m. via Helena. WESTBOUND. No. 11-North Coast Limited......12:17 a, m. via Butte. No. 8-Pacific Express ............ 1:24 p. m. via Helena.