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a *t C *J °C/ &0nntn ♦ Vol.XXU. No. 48. ÿ 9 LEWISTOWN, FERGUS COUNTY, flONT., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1905 Price 5 Cents. REPUBLICAN IW POLITICS. AND DEVOTED TO THE MINERAL, AGRICULTURAL, STOCK AND WOOL INTERESTS OF THE GREAT JUDITH COUNTRY. BIGGEST SHEEP DEAL OF YEAR Oscar Stephens Disposes of His En tire Band to the Custer Land A Sheep Company. 8ELLS 40,000 HEAD AT $2.40 HEAD Includes This Year's Lambs, and Mr. Stephens Keeps the Wool—His Big Cattle Holdings. The biggest sheep deal made in Montana this year was closed up last week, when Oscar Stephens sold to the Custer Land & Sheep company his Entire band, numbering 40,000 head of sheep and lambs. The price paid was $2.40 per head, including this year's lambs, and Mr. Stephens gets the wool, so that the sheep really bring him somewhere in the neighbor hood of $4 per head, allowing for the lambs. Why He 8old. Mr. Stephesn thus retires from the wool growing business in Fergus coun ty, in which he has been engaged since 1S82. His object in selling was simply to take advantage of the fa vorable terms offered. The present year has been an exceptionally good one, and Mr. Stephens gets the full benefit of it, both as regards the high price of wool and the increase in the flocks. What the situation will be in another year no one can say, and he turns all his holdings into money. Should the outlook be as favorable later on as it is now, it is generally believed Mr. Stephens will again en gage in the business. Gives Ranges a Rest. Another advantage that Mr. Steph ens gains from this retirement .which, it is generally believed, will be but temporary, is that his ranges will be given a chance to improve. He is the third largest land owner in Fergus county, having an even 25,000 acres to his credit. Large Cattle Owner. Mr. Stephens is the largest individ ual owner of cattle in the Judith ba sin at present, having anywhere from 10,000 to 15,000 head of stock, and he, with all other well informed stock men, look for profitable times ahead in this business. For the present, he will devote all of his time to cattle in terests, and if he does as well with them, when the conditions are favor able, as he has with his sheep, he will take a fortune out of the busi ness. Is a Pioneer Sheep Man. As before stated, Mr. Stephens is a pioneer in the sheep business in this county. He started in 1882 with a band of less than 2,000 head, op erating the Red Bam ranch. His bus iness has gradually extended until now he owns outright 25,000 acres of land, an immense herd of cattle, and has other interests. This is not the first time that he has sold out his sheep holdings, and later on resumed operations with the woolles on advan tageous terms, and history is expected to repeat itself in this particular case. 8heep to Leave Fergus. The buyers of the Stephens band will trail the sheep to the company's ranges in Yellowstone and Rosebud counties as soon as practicable. Mes srs. T. C. Power, Alex Johnson and Paul McCormick, who comprise the Custer company, are well pleased with their purchase, which was negotiated for them by M. F. Trask. Wool Coming In. Wool is still pouring into the local warehouse by rail and team, and is being rapidly baled out. Teams are coming into town from all the sec tions not reached by the railroad, and the merchants are beginning to ex perience the rush season, as nearly every wagon that comes in with wool goes out with supplies for the sheep camps. Some of these purchases are very heavy, and altogether this end of the business is expected to reach con siderably larger proportions than ev er before, as several outfits are pur chasing their supplies here this sea son for the first time. The wool received at the warehouse continues to meet all expectations. Losses of Lambs. Some losses of lambs are reported as a result of the cold rains during the latter part of last week, followed by a snow storm. In the Harlowtou district, it is said that about 500 head were lost. The Sage Creek Sheep company is reported to have sustained a loss of about $1,000. Market Still Firm. While no sales have been recorded here during the past week, the market is still firm, the wool being" held at about the same prices that prevailed during the flurry several weeks ago, when much of the wool was contract ed for on the sheeps' back. Wilt Have Wool Market. The unsold clips that have arrived here or will come later aggregate close to one million pounds. So far as known, they are as follows: Oscar Stephens, 200,000 pounds: Brooks Bros., 50,000; John Hauck, 50,000; Mons Teigen, 100,000; Samuel Phil lips, 50,000; B. Leiper. 100,000; Fred France, 50,000; Mr. Leslie, 12,000; Mr. Douglas, 12,000, Mr. Leach, 12,000; Jos. Gallagher, 15.000; Mr. PetertTl2, 000; Holland Bros., 20,000; John Roach, 14,000; Ben Bean, 15,000; Mr. Mr. Anderson, 20,000; Mr. Rigner, 12, 000; Ole Vinger, 15,000; David Fore man, 25,000; A. Jackman, 10,000; Mrs. Edwards. 50,000; J. M. Croft, 17.000; A. E. Hodges, 20.000; Peter McCon nell, 20,000; John Ross, 75.000; George Letchner, 30.000: W. B. Peck, 30,000; Zeno Bain. 30,000; B. C. White, 40, 000; W. B .Shields, 15,000; C. M. Clary, 10,000; Mauland Bros., 30,000. Several of those who have unsoM clips are arranging for a public sale to take place at the Lewistown warehouse about the middle of July, when all these clips will be on hand, and it should be a lively one, as much of the wool is very desirable. One Buyer's View. In this connection, the view of a well known buyer, Alex. Livingstone, representing Benedict & Livingstone, will be of interest. Mr. Livingstone was in Helena this week, and predicted that the present high price of wool would continue for an indefinite per iod. "We are paying from 24 to 26 cents for wool," said Mr. Livingstone, "an unprecedentedly high price for the pro duct. I see no reason why the pres ent high prices should not continue for an indefinite time. They may not be quite so high as this next year, but will remain at a high notch. The present high price for wool is the result of natural causes, and not the result of shortage in the wool crop anywhere else. It is due to the fact that there is a great demand for the manufactured product produced by the eastern mills. The United States is only producing now about two-thirds of the wool consumed by Its manu facturers." Patrick Writes a Letter.' Albany, N. Y., June 22.—The let ter which Governor Higgins has re ceived from Albert T. Patrick, con demned to die In the week of Aug. 7, on conviction of the murder of Wil liam M. Rice, protests that Patrick is innocent of murder and says: "I have never asked and do not ask for clemency. I may apply to you for the appointment of a medical com mittee to examine the testimony, con sider new evidence, etc., as to how Mr. Rice came to his death. I may also apply to you or the legislature for an in vest teat ion into the admin istration of criminal justice in New ïork county and as to the manner of my conviction. I will accept no compromise. I may apply to you for a modification of the solitary confine ment, which hampers me in my fight for justice." Governor Higgins said that he did not understand the letter as asking for any action at his hands. NEW HEAD OF HIGHSCHOOL PROF CRANE ARRIVES FROM NORTH DAKOTA TO TAKE' UP WORK. Prof.A . G. Crane, who succeeds Prof. P. M. Silloway as principal of the Fergus County high school, ar rived last week, accompanied by Mrs. Crane, and they are now located in the George Wells house on the hill. Mr. Crane came direct from Dickinson, N. D., where he conducted a teach ers' institute for Stark and Billings counties, his regular work in that state being the superintendence of the city schools at Minto, where he was very successful. Is Highly Regarded. Prof. Crane ranks high as an edu cator in North Dakota, and was look ed upon as one of the best equipped men in that work in the state. He is a graduate of Carleton college, at Northfleld, Minn., from which institu tion Judge E. K .Cheadle and Rudolf von Tobel graduated. Likes Lewistown. "I am very much pleased with Lew istown," said Mr. Crane to the Argus today. "It is a fine little city, and I look forward to my work here with much pleasure. I hope to keep the high school right up to the high standard that has been attained un der the management of my predeces sor." Prof. Crane will begin work with the opening of the high school the first Monday in September, and he will start with such enthusiasm and earn estness as ought to make his efforts eminently successful. BEEF TRUST'S METHODS. How They Compelled Shippers to Ac cept Their Terme. Chicago, June 27.—The work of the federal grand jury investigating the beef industry showed that the mem bers of the inquisitorial body have been playing the part of detectives in finding witnesses who may enlighten them on certain points concerning the buying of cattle by the packers. As a result of this detective work by the jurors. Frederick Wood of Hamp shire, 111., and E. C. Scholes, a cattle feeder from Burlington, 111., testified before the jury and explained the troubles a cattle shipper has selling his livestock in the Chicago market. J. A. Ridgley, general freight agent for the Louisville & Nashville, was an other witness together with the two other traffic men, whose identity was closely guarded by the federal offi cers. After leaving the jury room, Scholes said: "I told the jury that the buy ers in the Chicago market of live stock seemed to have off days and regular days for bidding. They gen erally bought on Wednesday and Sat urdays at the yards." Scholes intimated that on one day one of the buyers would bid and if the shipper was dissatisfied he would wait until the next day only to be confronted with a similar bid, and so on until he was finally forced to sell his cattle or have the profits eaten up by feeding charges at the yards. "Down With the Czar." Genoa, June 27.—A hostile demon stration took place Saturday night at the Russian consulate here. There were cries of "down with the czar," and windows were broken. The po lice dispersed the mob. The local order of Elks will give a stag social Friday evening. it a I in by if be so at po a MAY SUSPEND LAND ENTRIES Recent Decisions Make Many Changes Relative to the Procedure in Ac quiring Public Lands. CORPORATIONS ARE AFFECTED The Three Hundred and Twenty Acre Limit—It Now Includes Every thing—On Cultivation. It is apparent to all who have fol lowed the recent rulings of the land department that the trend of all these decisions is to make it more difficult to obtain public lands uy reason of the new constructions placed upon some of the laws and by requiring a more strict compliance with the laws and regulations than has heretofore been insisted upon. To cite one in stance, it may be said that the former rule limiting each individual to 320 acres has been radically changed. Formerly, lands acquired under the timber and stone, isolated tract and soldier's scrip acts were not figured as coming under the 320 acre limit. Now all applicants who have acquired 320 acres under the desert and home stead acts since August 30, 1890, are barred from taking up lands under the timber and stone, isolated tract and soldier's scrip acts. Besides this, affidavit must be made that all the land is non-mineral in cnaracter. Affects Corporations. One more important change made in this connection is the requirement that the holdings of tne individual members of a corporation be figured in on the amount of land that the corporation can acquire. Heretofore, any corporation originating under the state laws was entitled to receive as signments of 320 acres of desert lands, and could submit final proof as the assignee of the entry, irrespective as to whether the individual members of the corporation had exhausted their land rights or not. This is all chang ed by the new ruling, and each corpor ation is now required to submit a list of the individuals composing it, and if their individual rights have been exhausted, the corporation will be dis qualified . This affects quite a num ber of entries in the state on which final proof has been made. Commissioner's Ruling. The ruling of the commissioner on this important point is as follows: "I cannot avoid the conclusion that a corporation, anyone of whose mem bers has heretofore exhausted his right of entry under the desert land law, is not qualified to make entry." "The words, 'association of per sons,' are often employed to describe a corporation. * * They cannot hold, by assignment or otherwise, more than 320 acres; they shall not take by assignment lands which, with that already held, will make more than 320 acres; nor in any wise, by associating together, either as an in corporated or unincorporated com pany, can they hold more than 320 acres. "It is required to show the extent to which each individual member of said corporation has exhausted his right under the desert land law, and that the members of said corporation do not hold, in the aggregate, more than 320 acres of such desert or arid lands." The order declares that no person or association of persons, shall hold, by assignment or otherwise, prior to the issue of patent, more than 320 acres of desert or arid land;' and the individual members of the corpora tion are required to appear within 60 days and make the showing requir ed; or they may, within that period, appeal to the secretary of the inter ior. Desert Land Entries. It is also now held by the depart ment that a desert entry taken up with intent to assign to another is il legal, and in cases where the entry is assigned on the same day that it Is made .that fact is held to be sufficient proof to warrant the cancellation of the entry. The recent ruling as to the cultiva tion of the land is also an important one, requiring that one-eighth of the land must be actually cultivated. The ditches must cover all the land, and if there are any high, rocky or hilly points, they must be shown by spec ial affidavit. All entries must here after be taken up in compact form. Heretofore, entries in what is called the "shoe string" style have been per mitted, but that is now a thing of the past. The land hereafter must be as nearly square as possible, with ref erence to the adjoining appropriated land and the topography of the coun ty. Gibson's Charges of Fraud. The following communication to the register and receiver of the Great Falls land office is of peculiar interest just now, for the reason that action similar to that indicated in the let ter may be ordered at the local office at any time: In his letter of August 5, 1902, Hon. Paris Gibson, United States senator from Montana, gave it as his opinion that much of the proof made in sup port of desert land entries within the Great Falls, Montana, land district, was fraudulent, and suggested that an examination by a special agent of this office would disclose sufficient frauds to warrant the withholding of patents until further examination could be made. By letter "P" of August 20, 1902, Special Agent M. B. Camplin was di rected to proceed to Great Falls, Mon tana. and investigate the charges made by Senator Gibson. September 13th and 27th, 1902, Ag ent Camplin submitted two general reports relative to this matter, in sub stance, that while he found some frauds were being committed, he did not think the evidence warranted gen eral suspension. No report was made by him as to the character of the land, hereinafter described, in said district. On July 15, 1903, the secretary re ferred to this office for report, two let ters written by Senate Gibson in which he repeated bL charges rela tive to fraudulent proof in said dis trict and again requested an investi gation by this office. By letter "P" of July 21, 1903, Spec ial Agent D. J. Chadwick was directed to proceed to Great Falls, Montana, and make an investigation as to the condition there prevailing. I am now in receipt of his letter dated September 9th, In which he says in part that actfng upon information obtained from printed statements, in terviews with farmers and settlers and from personal examination, he rec ommends that the following described lands be withdrawn from entry under the desert land law: (Here is given a list of lands rec ommended for withdrawal). He says also that the described lands are table lands or high rolling hills, all having natural growth of blue joint and buffalo grass, affording excel lent grazing and that it is impracti cable to artificially irrigate them; that no irrigation schemes, either private or co-operative, are in practice in that region; that he has found the most wondreful crops of hay, wheat, oats, potatoes and grain hay grown without artificial irrigation; that where lands were inclosed he found mowing ma chines cutting the native grass for hay. Relative to the matter of final desert proof he says that many tracts of land in that vicinity have been entered as desert, yearly and final proof made therefor and the only attempt to com ply with the law as to irrigation, has often been to plow some zig-zag fur rows or in some depression, if there be one, place a few stones (some times two or three wagon loads) tlffcn a few loads of dirt and call the produc tion a reservoir. The "printed statements" mention ed are contained in "The Great Nor thern Bulletin" (copy furnished) which is published at St. Paul, Minn., and are simply testimonials of settlers re siding in the vicinity of Great Falls, Montana, as to the fertility of the soil, the agreeable climate, etc., and each asesrts that no artificial irriga tion is necessary. In view of the showing made by Agent Chadwick the land above de scribed is withdrawn under the des ert land law and all desert entries covering any of said lands will stand suspended until investigated by a special agent to detejrmne their bona fldes. You will make the necessary notes on your plats and tract books and after receipt hereof, allow no entry to be made under said act, for any of Lhe above described lands, except in cases where the application or claim was initiated prior to receipt of this let ter in your office. Very respectfully, W. A. RICHARDS, Commissioner. PORTLAND FAIR WORTH SEEING SENATOR WAITE SAYS LEWIS AND CLARK EXPOSITION IS A SUCCESS. State Senator J. D. Waite .accom panied by his daughter Judith and J. D. Waite, Jr., returned from Portland Saturday, after an absence of a cou ple of weeks. While in Portland, Mr. Waite attended the final meeting of the board of federal commissioners of the world's fair ,at which the final report was completed. This will reach President Roosevelt July 1, and the duties of the commissioners will then end. Fair is a Success. "The Portland fair," said Senator Waite to the Argus, "is a success. When we arrived a good many of the exhibits were not in place and there was much to do before the fair can be considered as fully complete, but the exposition is most attractive as it stands. It does not compare with the St. Louis exposition, of course, but it is well worth a trip across the con tinent to see. Taking the fair as a whole, it is altogether creditable, and the city has mad« « very arrangement for the entertainment of visitors. do not believe anyone will go to Port land and come away disappointed. In the first place, the city itself is a most beautiful one, and offers all sorts of at tractions outside of the fair. Then the rates are moderate, and no attempt is made to hold up the visitor any where. The Montana Exhibit. "The Montana • \hibit is a small one but it is well displayed and well hand led, so that it attracts no little at tention. It is part of the exhibit shown at St. Louis, and f-w visit the grounds without seeing it. "The whole sound country is de lightful just now. and a trip to the fair city is a most pleasurable out ing to any one." Countess Accused of Theft. St. Petersburg. June 27.— Theo. S. Darling, of New York, and several oth er guests at the hotel L'Europe, have been robbed of all their valuables. Mr. Darling lost a necklace and quite a sum of money. Subsequently the necklace was discovered in a pawn shop. With the assistance of the American embassy efforts are being made to recover the stolen property. Considerable mystery surrounds the robbery. Suspicion fell on a Russian countess, but when accused she threat ened to sue the proprietors of the ho tel, and no attempt has been made to prosecute her. CONVENTION AT BILLINGS Fergus County Delegates Return Home Well Pleased With Work Done in Initiating Movement. STATE BUSINESS MENS' LEAGUE Officers Are Elected, and Butte is Chosen as the Place for the Next Meeting. The Fergus county delegates to the convention of the Montana Business Men's League, held at Billings last Saturday, have returned home, and all are greatly pleased with the result so far attained in this movement initiat ed for the purpose of advancing the material interests of .Montana. The Fergus delegates were George J. Wiedeinan, David Hilger, J. E. Lane, H. R. Watson and H. A. Benner, of Lewistown, and Patrick Nihill, of Moore. They state that as all of the business had to be transacted in one day, and as there was much to dis pose of before the organization could be formally launched, the proceedings were, of necessity, more or less hur ried, and some matters that they hop ed to see given more prominence and consideration were passed for the time being. Yet all of the delegates say the convention was most success ful, and are confident that the move ment will bear good fruit. Took Prominent Part. The Fergus delegates took a promi nent part in the proceedings from first to last, and this county was re cognized in several ways. The dele gates feel amply repaid for their jour ney and efforts, if for nothing else, in the infornialion gathered by them, and which will be useful in bringing Fergus more prominently before the state and county. Work of Convention. There was no lack of lively discus sion among the delegates to (he con vention. The several articles of the constitution proposed aroused a deal of debate, all of whicn was of the friendliest nature, the delegates seem ingly imbued only with the desire to get into the document, only such things as would prove of the greatest ben efit to the young organization. When it came to the naming of the body, there was great diversity of opinion apparent. The committee that drafted the document proposed a ti tle, which was changed by the com mittee on permanent organization to "Montana Development association.' This was adopted, but the vote was reconsidered and further objections to the name were heard. Delegate Mac Ginniss suggested "Montana Improve ment association." Delegate Dono van objected on the ground that the name sounded too much like that of some fake building association. Fergus Furnishes the Name. Senator Miles thought "Montana Business association" about the cor rect thing, while W. B. George de clared In favor of "Montana Progres sive association." It remained for Halsey R. Watson, manager of the Argus ,to strike the proper chord with "Montana Busigless Men's League," and the name was adopted with only one dissenting vote. Upon the motion of Paul McCor mick it, was decided to give the execu tive committee authority to fix the membership fee and annual dues. Basis of Representation. Article three, dealing with the ba sis of representation, provoked the greatest discussion. Colonel C. H. Boynton offered an amendment to the article proposed by the committee, but this was defeated. Thomas A. Marlow offered a plan eliminating all delegates except such as were members of or ganizations allied with the state lea gue, giving each subordinate organiz ation one delegate for every fifty mem bers or less and one for each addi tional 50 or major fraction thereof. It was asserted that this would op erate to throw control of tlie conven tions into the hands of the larger cit ies, but Butte responded that under the plan proposed that that city would have only three delegates. Mr. Mar lows' motion was then adopted. Later in the day, however, the con vention came back to this article, when David Hilger declared that at the next meeting of the league there would not be more than 15 or 20 dele-1 gates entitled to seats. Butte and Helena, he said, would have only! about half a dozen delegates each, while some of the cross roads towns would have almost as many. "Where is the fairness in that?" he asked. Halsey K. Watson advocated a plan providing for three delegates instead of one as outlined in the original rec ommendation. Mr. Kennedy's Plea. "In Butte," said City Clerk .1. M. Kennedy of that city, "there was an idea that this league was to be organ ized in the interest of one town alone, but we fought that idea and we have brought a delegation here. Some of the most prominent men of the state are here, all imbued with the idea of seeing Montana boomed and put in her proper place. Proceed on the lines indicated in your adoption of a basis of representation and you will find that there will be no scramble for the next meeting. I do earnestly hope you will exercise wisdom in fix ing upon the number of delegates. The county commissions s and mayors represent their counties and cities, and you need not be afraid that they will take advantage of you if you give them the appointment of a certain number of delegates. "Adopt the article as originally sub mitted and you will have a progres is J. to of ti to to of H. at j I M. of of in a fix sive organization. You can't have an enthusiastic convention with a dozen men meeting In a great hall." Delegate Stanton, of Bozeman, de clared he had experienced a change of heart, and thought Mr. Kennedy's view the correct one; he declared he felt as if he had been at a Methodist revival. There were remarks by George L. Ramsey and Halsey R. Watson, the former abandoning his position with the declaration that "when he heard the well rounded metaphors and the beautiful similes of J. M. Kennedy he always concluded that it was time for him to take to the woods." Original Draft Adopted. The vote was then reconsidered, Mr. Kennedy moved the adoption of the article as originally drafted by the committee, it was seconded by Judge Goss and Mr. Stanton and the article was in the constitution to stay. The article follows: "Every chamber of commerce, busi ness men's league, business men's as sociation, commercial club or other similar organization under whatso ever name it may be known, sliall bo eligible to membership in this associa tion and representation in its session shall be on the basis of two delegates front each organization with a mem bership of one hundred or less and two delegates for each adidtional hun dred members nt large appointed by the county commissioners of each county and two members at large ap pointed by the mayor of each city for each one thousand of population or fraction thereof. Towns having no commercial organization may be rep resented at the session of this asso ciation by delegates at large appoint ed by the mayors of such towns and such delegates shall be entitled to every right and privilege of delegates representing commercial bodies, but, not more than one delegate at large shall be appointed from each such town." This resolution, Introduced by Paul McCormick, wns adopted: "That we would most heartily favor the earnest co-operation between this organiza tion and all transportation lines to the Continued on page Two.) DECISION IN HODGDONCASE JUDGE LESLIE DECIDES AGAINST AGENT OF BUGGY COMPANY —WILL APPEAL. Although Judge Leslie has decided against C. G. Hodgdon in the now not ed license case which reached him from this county on habeas corpus proceedings, tho controversy is by no means ended. The defendant's at torneys, H. L. De Kalb and Huntoon, Worden & Smith, are preparing to get the case before Judge E. K. Chea dle again upon an agreed statement of facts, and when the district court has passed upon the issues presented, an appeal will bo taken by the losing side to tho supreme court for final adjudication. Hodgdon was fined $250 upon being found guilty in a Justice court of sell ing eastern carriages in Fergus coun ty without a license. With a view of testing the validity of the law, Hodgdon refused to pay the fine or the license, and gave himself up to Sheriff Slater. The matter was taken directly to the supreme court and that tribunal directed Judge Leslie to hear it. Hearing at Great Falls. The case came up for hearing at Great Falls last Saturday, when H. L. De Kalb and J. C. Huntoon appeared for Hodgdon, and County Attorney Roy E. Ayers and Assistant Attorney General Poorman repiesented the sheriff, and J. W. Freeman represent ed the Implement Dealers association, which is back of this prosecution. Counsel for Hodgdon attacked the license law on the ground that, it in terfered with Inter-state commerce. At the close of the argument. Judge Leslie took the question under advise ment, and later he filed the following order in the case: "In the above entitled proceeding, the defendant, Lincoln P. Slater, sher iff of Fergus county, Montana, having, in pursuance of a writ issued by the supreme court, of the state of Mon tana, appeared in person and produc ed the body of the relator, C. G. Hodg don, ami having filed his answer and made returns showing tty what au thority he hail in custody the said relator appearing in person and by counsel and the matter having been argued and submitted and the court being advised— "And it appearing that the relator is held in custody rjid not in violation of any of his legal rights— "It is ordered that the writ be ami is hereby dismissed and that relator be remanded to the custody of said sheriff." "KID" LEE WEDS. Prizefighter Marries Lewistown Girl at Havre. Havre, June 26.—"Kid" Lee, who lost the title to the lightweight cham pionship of Montana to Young Ketch el in Helena last week, today wedded Jennie T. Nicholas, of Lewistown, Mont. The bride is also a sister-in law of Alderman C. W. Young, one of the landed proprietors of Havre and promoter of varied industries. Kid Lee's name as given to the officiating magistrate at the wedding is Guy B. Lee. Kill Lee today closed a match to fight Tommy Wallace, of Philadelphia. July 3, at Havre. Wallace recently lost in ten rounds to Tommy Reilly in Great Falls, but claims he was ov erweighted. Lee makes the same claim regarding his match with Ketch el. of B. to DISORDERS IN RUSSIA GROW New Danger Spots Are Said to be De veloping in Various Sections of the Great Empire. COSSACKS ATTACK PREACHERS Collisions Between Troops and Citi zens May Occur at Any Time in Poland—Martial Law. St. Petersburg, June 27.—These aie gloomy days for the government of Russia. Every new dispatch accentu ates the seriousness of the situation in Poland and the Caucasus, where a state of almost open war exists, and reports of strikes, demonstrations and agrarian disorders are pouring in from many parts of Russian proper, as if the volleys fired at Lodz had been the signal for an outbreak of general dis orders like those following the events of January 22, "Red Sunday." Up to the present St. Petersburg and Moscow have not been affected, but if mobolization is to be attempted in the two capitals, as reported, a recrudescence of former tumults is likely to occur. Another danger spot is Georgia (Rusisan trans-Caucasia), the war like inhabitants of which are deeply incensed over the affront offered to their clergymen, 70 of whom, while meeting to discuss the question of church and state, were attacked by Cossacks, who dispersed the preach ers with knouts. The priests, in their protest against this action, laid their country under an interdict like that pronounced in the middle ages, by re fusing to solemnize baptisms, mar riages and other rites of the church until redress be given by the whole orthodox church, of which the Geor gian church is part. There is much discussion of the incident, and the beating of the priests has caused wide indignation. The situation offers a crucial test of General Trepoff, and the new po lice minister is on trial before Russian to justify his selection for so respon sible a position. The present trouble is all the more sudden and tho more unexpected com ing on tho heels of the good impres sion produced by the emperor's recep tion of the zemstvoists, and his prom ise to consider their grievances and to give the country a national assem bly as rapidly as possible. Dispatches from Poland continue to bo meager and unsatisfactory. Ap parently up to tho present there has been no recurrence of disorder on the scale of the lx)dz battle, but slight cause may precipitate collisions be tween troops and people in Lodz, War saw, Kalisch and other Polish towns at any moment, with death lists aS large as that of Friday at Lodz. Fearing its effect on the industrial population, the St. Petersburg news papers are forbidden even to repro duce the account of the Lodz disor ders appearing in the Warsaw Offi cial Gazette, and though the fact that rioting has occurred is allowed to be chronicled, the censorship still bare details. A dispatch from Erlvan reports a new and alarming feature of the sit uation in the Caucasus in the desire of Persian Mohammedans to join their brethren across the border, which juncture would convert <u racial strife Into a "holy war," and kindle a flame which would devastate the southern Caucasus and be extinguished only by streams of blood. Martial Law Proclaimed. Lodz, Russian Poland, June 26.— The governor general today proclaim ed a state of siege in Lodz, and since tho proclamation of martial law the situation has become quiet. The ru mor of a massacre of Jews has caus ed 20,000 Jews to leave the town. Scattered cases of rioting as a re sult of the insurrectionary spirit con tinue. One of these occurred In the old Protestant cemetery, when a pa trol was fired on from behind a wall. The patrol charged and killed 12 per sons. Business Is at a standstill and all traffic has been stopped. SUTTON DRAMATIC COMPANY. Successful Engagement Being Played at the Opera House. Tiie Sutton Dramatic company open ed a week's engagement at the opera house Monday evening, playing to an audience that taxed the capacity of the theatre. The audience was great - Iy pleased with the performance, and I especially with the work of Miss Sut , ton. who heads the company. Anoth er big audience witnessed the perform ance last night, and the advance sales indicate that business will continue uniformly heavy during the entire en gagement. A new play is given each night. Uncle Dick Sutton, the fa mous Butte theatrical manager, la managing this tour. Miss Sutton, the star of the company, being his daugh ter. Barn Struck by Lightning. The big barn on Carl Anderson's place, miles from town, was struck by lightning (luring the thunderstorm thàt prevailed early yesterday morn ing, and being set on fire by the bolt, was soon reduced to a heap of ruins. The Anderson ranch is at present oc cupied by Dairyman Robert Morrison, who has a number of fine cows there, but fortunately, at this time the ani mals were out in the field, and thus escaped injury. Mr. Anderson says the barn represented about $4,500 in labor and material. He carried no in surance.