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THE RAVALLI REPUBLICAN. L I..II: STEVENSVILLE, RAVALLI COUNTY, MONTANA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1897 No. 32 CLOTHING For Men,, Boys and Children, NOW OPEN AT THE Whl e House C Iollhinu 8lore, F. L. DARBEE, Prop. 1.31 HIGGINS AVE. MISSOULA, MONTANA See Before You Buy, the best line of Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes, Neckwear, Hosier, Gloves, Etc., ever shown in Missoula. CLOSING 0 OUT We intend making a change in our busi ness, and will close out the following lines= at actual cost FOR SPOT CASH : ."DRY G00DS, · [Ladies' and Gents' Furnishings, Hosiery and Neckwear, GLOVES AND MITTENS, Blankets and Comforts. And in fact everything pertaining to this line. of goods. We also include the the entire BOOT & SHOE DEPARTMENT. G'ive us a trial and be convinced. AMOS BUCK MERCANTILE CO. Steve:nsville, December 15, 1896. The Stevensville Hote Stev:en'sr ile, Nontan.a. This Eiegait'Ne'w Hotel, the Finest and Most Completel Equipped in Ravalli Courty, is now Open to the Public. Th House and Furnishings are New Throughout, and Comfort c 6iests~ will libe a First Consideration. Electric Light, l lectric Calls. Elegantly Furnished Rooms- '' "--iPAnd a Well Appointed Table The Table is Stpiplid witli the Choicest Products ofl tl Far-famed Bitter Root Valley, and the Country Surroundin is noted as a popular Hunting and' Fishing Ground. Visitor may bring their Families to this Hotel and Make it Head quarters while afield. JOSEPH LITTLE. LICENSE LAWS. Amendments Passed by the Legislature: Last Winter. An, Act to amend Section 4006 of Article IT, Chapter :3, Title 10, Part Ill, of the Political C('ode of the WIa to of onllOLtan, relating to the licensing of peddlers, hawkers.and traveling mxerichnts. Be it enacted by the Legislative As sembly of the State of Montana.. Sectioll 1. That section 4060 of article II, chapter 13, title 10, part 111, of the political code of the state of Montana be so amended so as to read as follows: Section 4066. Every traveling merchant, hawker or peddler who carries a pack and vends goods, wares or merchandise must pay a license of twelve dollars and fifty cents per quarter, and every traveling mer chant, hawker or peddler, who uses a wagon and one animal, must pay a license of twenty dollars per quarter, or if he uses two or more animals for vending such goods, wares or mer chandise of any kind, must pay a li cense of thirty dollars per quarter; and every merchant who travels from place to place and who is not included in tile above provisions and vends goods, wares or merchandise at tem porary quarters, shall pay a license of fifty dollars per quarter; but the ped dler, hawker or traveling merchant who carries for sale and sells only agriculttural products raised by him self or articles manufactured by him self is not included in the provisions of this section. Approved 'March 3d, 1897. An act to ameniod Section 4082 of Article 2, Chaltiei 13, Political Code of Mlontana, relat ing to licenses. Be it enacted by the Legislative As sembly of the State of Montana. Section 1. That section 4062, ar ticle 2, political code of Montana, re lating to licenses be, and the same is hereoy amended to read as follows: Section 4062. Licenses must be obtained for the purposes hereinafter named, for which the county treasur er must require payment as follows: 1. Each prolprietor of a billiard, pool or bagatelle table, not kept ex clusively for family use, for each table three dollirs and seventy-live a cents per quarter, and for a bowling alley, ten dollar's per quarter for each a alley, but no licenses must be granted for a term of less than three months. a 2. Tihe manager or lessee of every ' tclater (not a variety or concert a theater), five dollars per day for each a day upon which a performance or 9 performances are held, or in lieu thereof ait monthly license of twenty f live dollars; for each variety or con cert theatcr, whether an admittance fee is charged or not, seventy-five dollars per month; for each single ex hlbition of opera or concert singer (not exhibited in any theater where a monthly license is paid), three dol lars: for ninstrels, legerdemaitn or 1 other shows not herein provided for, tive dollars for each single perform g ance (when not in a theater where a monthly license is taken out), for every circus or menagerie, including side shows, one hulldred.and twenty- Sfive dollars per day; but no license musl be collected for any amatcur exhlbitieon or concert for school or chrritable or religious purpose. 1 3. For each pawnbroker fifty-tive dollars per quarter. a 4. For each keeper of an intelli gBence otlice ten dollars per quarter. A 5, For each keeper of a shooting gallery for gain, fifteen dollars per 9 quarter. Th'lis act shall be in effect from and after its passage. $ Approved March 4, 1897. An Acaentited "An Act, to amend Sections 401i3, 4004, 4065, 4068 and 4083 of the Political Code of iloutana, and to add to Article 2, Chapter 12, Title 10, Part. Iii of the. Political Code, a section to le ntIumbered 4004, regard ing licenses, lie it enacted by the Legislative As sembly of the State of Montrna. Section 1. That section 4063 of the Political code of the state of Montana be amended so as to read as follows: CLASS A. Section 4063. Every person who sells spirituous, malt, vinous or fer mented liquors or wines, in quanti ties less than one quart, must obtain a license frotm the county treasurer, I as prescribed in this chalipter, and make therefor the following pay I ments:, In all cities, towns, ;illages or camps which contain a population of ten tlhousand or over and for a dis tance of one mile from the limits thereof three hundred dollars semi annually. In all cities, towns villages or camps which contain ai population of thrlee thousand live hundred to ten thousand, two hundred and flifty dol lars semi-annually. In all cities, towns villages or camps which contain a population of one thousand to thirty-five hundred, two hundred and forty dollars semi annually. In all cities, towns, villages or 7 camps which contain a population of three hundred to (ne thousand,. two hundred dollars semi-annually. In all cities, towns, villages or camps whicih contain a population under three hundred, or elsewhere not provided for in this section,. one hundred and fifty dollars semi-an nually. In no case shall any license con templated in this section be issued for a less period than six months. CLASS 1i. Every person who sells spirltous, malt, vinous, distilled or fermented liquors or wines in quantities not less 2 than one quart must obtain a license from the county treasurer of the county in which the business is trans acted and make paymentas follows: In cities and towns over live thou sand inhabitants, one hundred and fifty dollars semi-annually, and in cities or towns of live thousand in habitants or less, one hundred dol lars semi-annually. In no case shall any license contemplated in this sec tion be issued for a less period than six months, and no license issued un der the provisions made for class Il of this section shall entitle the holders thereof to sell any spiritous, malt, vinous, distilled or fermented liquors or wines in any quantity to be drunk on the premises where sold; but every person who sells such liquors or wines in any quantity to be drunk upon the premises where sold must obtain a license from the county treasurer as in section 4063 hereinbefore provided, and must make payment of the amount prescribed for class A of this section. All licenses provided in this sec tion shall be negotiable and transfer able in the city or county where the same are issued. Section 2. That section 4065, of the political code, be amended so as to read as follows: Section 4065. No license shall be required of physicians, surgeons apothecaries or chemists forany wines or spiritous liquors that they may use or sell for medicinal purposes, but any apothecary or druggist who shall sell any wine or spiritous liquors without having first obtained a li cense as in this act provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor as in the penal code provided, in the case of each sale made, unless each such sale shall be made upon a written pre scription of a licensed physician, which prescription must be filed and numbered as other prescriptions. And no further or other license is required of any butcher by reason of any wagon used in connection with his business. Section 3. That section 4068 of the political code be amended so as read as follows: Section 4068. Every brewer or manufacturer of malt liquors, whr sells malt liquors in quantities of more than four gallons, and whtose sales amount to three thousand dol. lars per month, or more, must pay a license of twenty-five dollars pet month; wl;ase sales amount to less than three thousand antd more than one thousand dollars per mouth, mnust pay a license of fifteen dollars peo month; whose sales amount to less than one thousand dollars per month and more than five Ihudred dollars per month, must pay a license of seven and a half dollars per mtonth: whose satles amount to less than fiv( hundred dollars per month, must paN a license of live dollars per month. Every manufacturer of pop, sodik water or other light drinks, put ul in bottles, in all cities having a pop. ulation of ten thousand or over, shall pay a license of sixty dollars semi annually; in all cities or towns ol more titan five thousand and less than ten thousand in populatiotn shall pay a license of forty dollars semi-annually and in all cities and towns with a population of less thar five thousand shall pay a license o1 twenty-five dollars semi-annually. Every wholesale dealer in mall 'liquors exclusively, where the sam( are sold in quantities of more that four gallons, shall pay a license o: seventy-five dollars per annum. Section 4. That section 4079 o the political code of the state o Montana be amended so as to read a: follows: Section 4079. Every person en gaged in laundry business, otlie than the steam laundry business shall pay a license of ten dollars pce quarter; provided that this act shal not apply to women enaged in tisl laundry business, where not mort than two women are engaged or em ployed or kept at ,work and said li cenise shall bhe for one place of busi ness only. Section 5. That section 4083 of the political code of the state of Montana be amended so as to read as follows: Section 4083. Every manufactur e of' malt, when not engaged in the manufacture of malt liquors in the state of Montana, must pay a license of one hundred dollars per annum. Section G. That there shall be added to article 2, chapter 13, title 10, part III, a section numbered 4084. Section 4084. Every person who commences or carries on a business, trade or profession or calling for the transaction or carrying on of which a license is required by the provisions of this act, without taking out or procuring a license as herein pre scribed,or.who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be pun ished as provided in Section 780 of the penal code, and in addition there to shall be liable to a penalty of ten per cent of i:e amouint of said license, which said penalty must be added t, the amount of said license and col lected by 'he county treasurer at the time of the collection of the license, but the payment of said pen alty shall in no event relieve any person from the prosecution pro vided for in Section 780 of the penal code. Section 7. Section 4075 of tile political code is amended so as to read as follows: Section 4075. Every keeper of a restaurant, eating stand, lodging house or hotel must pay a license as follows: Those doing a business in the ag gregate, of- less than two thousand dollars per quarter, must pay five dollars per quarter, and the further sum of five dollars for each additional two thousand dollars or a fractional part thereof per quarter. Section 8, Sections-4048 and 407t of the political code of the state of Montana are hereby repealed. A.pproved. March 5th, 1897. Don:t allow the lungs to be im paired by the continuous irritation of a cough. it ie easier to prevent consumption than to ca-re it. One Minute Cough Cure taken early wil: ward off any fatal lung trouble,. A LEXY CIIHAPION. I Fitzslmnmons Whips Corbett With a Blow Over the Hicart. Carson City, March 17.-Under a clear sky and in a valley 5,000 feet e above thle sea, circled by snow-capped c mountains which glistened in the bright sunlight, making a picture Il such as was never seen before on an b occasion of the kind, James J. Cor- b bett went down to defeat today be- th fore Rlobert Fitzsinlmons, who be- i came the champion heavyweight r pugilist of the world. C The victory was not gained with- b out a struggle; in fact, victory did Ii not seem possible for Fitzsimmons unril the last moment of the battle, when he gave every indication of slowly going to pieces, yet delivered a blow in a vital part and followed it t with two others which sent the Cal ifornian to the floor with tihe agony r of pain and despair imprinted on his face and unable to rise within the limit which would save him. When the defeated champion final ly arose with the assistance of his at- s tendants and recovered sullciently from his dazed condition to realize tile calamity that had befallen him, f he broke out with all the fury of an c enraged animlal and, discardling all the rules which govern the art of which lie is a disciple, rushed at his ( victorious opponent and made a vain t struggle to beat hint over the ropes, only desisting when his seconds and , friends forced him away. And then t the new chllampioll was borne to his dressing room amid the cheers of the 5,000 people who were in the a arena, accompanied by his seconds v and trainers and also by his wife who s had watched the contest from a posi tion within a few feet of the ring side,. and who had taken in every detail, even at the tinme when it seemed that. her husband would be knocked insensible at hef feet. It was a ,great contest, but not- t witlhstanding the cheers for tihe vic- 1 tor the majority of those who wit nessed it could not but feel a Fcnsenof 1 disappointment at the result, be lieving as they did. that victory was taken from Corbett at a moment when lie seeled sure of gaining it himself. The contest was accompanied by the usual delays which attetud such aftairs, due largely to a wait, for the hlour when the sunlight, would be the brightest, so that the new electrical device, the vitascope, whicli was lo cated at the ringside, would be able , to obtain the best results in taking an actual living picture of the light.1 For two hours before the men en tered the ring the crowds gathered in the arena, a temporary structure of large dimensions, having a ciin vass covered ring in the center, with row after row otf plain board seats rising fr'om eatch side with nio cover but the clear b1lue sky above. It was a moment after the noon ,houe when the principals and their seconds appeared and both were greeted with great cheering. Geo. Siloe,. the refl'ee, arranged tile few preliminaries in a short time, and about 12:10 o'clock the battle com menced. Little was acconplished by eitiher of the men in the first round, but in tile next few rounds Corbett had every advantage. In tile liftl round he punished Fitzsin.mmons se verely, battering hiii on tin body and face until the blood streamed down ris face and lie finally sank to his knees to avoid further punish ment, remaining there until nearly all the alloted time had expired when lie arose and succeeded in continuing tih contest for the few remaining' seconds of the round. Nearly all the slpectators thoughlt the end was at itapd titnen. hlit the An tiSralien ral lied and fought a game battle for nearly eight rounds more, though there were several occasions during that time when Corbett seemed to have him going. ]Ie did land a num ber of blows on Corbett and they were hard, too, but they seemed to have but little effect on him. At the opening of the 14th and last round Corbett looked the win ner. Though somewhat tired, he was still strong and was displatying more science and continued to pound the Australian and keep up the flow of the stream of blows, and then came the final blow anld the end. The blow which ended the fight was a left hand punch, delivered just be low the heart. It, was all the more effective for tire reason that Corbett was leaning backward when it carme. It caught him on the tensely-drawn muscles just above the spleen and must have caused the most intense agony. Corbett was more unconsci ous from pain than frori the force of tire blow. As Iic was writhing and groveling on tire loor Iris facre pre sented the most ghastly appearance imaginable. No man in a last death struggle could have horrified the slpectators mnore, and his agonizingr cries of pain could be heard above the cheers for the victor, and then followed the wildest scene of the day, when ihe arose to his feet and with all the strength he had left rushed at his opponent and tried to linish the contest. Those nearest tire ring jumped over the ropes in spite of all tire efforts of the police to prevent them, and in ar momient the entire enclosure was filled with a howling, shouting mob, and the noise and confusion were so grerat tihat tihe referee was hardly able to announce his decision, awarding tire battle to Fitz. In the midst of it, Corbett, who rad been forced to his corner by his friends, broke away fromnt them and rushed at Fitz a second time, but this time instead of attempting to renew the light ihe implored his vic tor to give him another chance and to accept a challenge from him. This was refused and warm words followed. Fi-tz was borne away withl all the glory of his new-won victory and Corbett left to return to hi home in San Francisco, carrying with him the despair of defeat. William Muldoon, the veteran TI wrestler and trainer, was standing Close to the men when the fight end ed. lHe said: "The men had clinch- m cd in the northwest corner of the P, ring. Corbett, instead of stepping frn back as lie should have done, simply m' leaned the upper part of his body er hack. The movement caused the wi bone at the lower part of the chest to to protrude. Fitz saw the opportun- tli ity, and quick as a flash delivered a at right uppercut. The blow caught co Corbett right under the protruding ni bone and over the spleen. No man m living could have stood up under the li pain that such a blow must have ti caused." In criticising the contes2, hl( Muldoon said: "it was the prettiest T and best fight that ever occurred be- tt tween big men. Corbett had plenty gi of steam in his blows, but could not I reach :t vulnerable part of Fitzsim- at nions' anatomy. w Tirll N'EW GAMbE LAWV. 11 Synopsis of a Measuire of Interest to w Moutana Sportsmen. II The following ,are tihe important gi features of ,the new game law, re- IN cently enacted by the state legisla- t( ture: ft Thei killing of bison, bnffalo, quail, St Chinese pheasant, beaver and niounr- li tain sheep is strictly prohibited. w Not more than two moose or elk t1 may be killed in any one season, and dI the open season for these animals is bi from Sept. 15 to Nov. 15. S: 'he open season for deer, antelope sl mnd Iocky Mountain goat is from Sept. I to Jan. 1 and not more than II six of cither may be killed in one st year. Dogs ini the chase are. prohib- II ited. Ii Not more than 20 grouse, prairie ri ::hickens, fool liens, sage liens, part- II ridges or phleasants may be killed in St one day, and the open season for I0 these birds is from Aug. 15 to Dec. t( The open season for ducks, geese, .i brant and swans is froim Sept. I to b May. 1. Singing birds shall got be killed: t and the nests of birds of all kinds are pr'otected from despoilation. i It is unlawful to trap or otherwise ri catch or restrain, for sale or domies- e ticatioiu, any buffalo, elk, mnoose or ni moounitlai slhep.). A pole, line and hook are the only legal implements for fishing, except n below the great Falls of thle Missouri I where a two inch seine may ble used. II The sale of trout or grayling is I pirohibited. ii l)ynamniting for fish is a peniten- I ialry offense. The sale of any of the birds or ani-i mials mentioned is prohibited; and si, y is the killing for the hide and head. i Oute-hall of every fine will go to i the informer. A screen with tmreshes not exceed- t ing one inch square shall be main- a tained from ,July 1 to Nov. 1 at the 0 head of every ditch or flume frolm aM streaml containing trout or grayling. lenalties for violation of the law t iarc very sever ie. CeraltIlues ro 710110toi 01 L[10 lirlw are very severe. Nerly a MSurder. Ilelena, March 18.-What narrow ly escaped being a mulrder was coin mitted in tile "Bucket of Blood" salooln a notorious resort on Clore street, at an early hour this morning. lien Mann shot Rallph H]artwell and it was only by a fortunate chance that the latter was not killed in stantly. Both mlen were drunk. T'hey had quarreled a short time he f:rre the shooting, but had apparently made up again. Although there were bystanders present, no one seems to know just how the play carne ulp. Mann suddenly piushed Hlartwell over to the floor and then iired two shots at the prostrate man. The first shot clipped a piece from Ilartwell's ear and the second shot struck him over the heart. The bul let was deflected by tihe fourth rib and, turning into tie armpit, passed through the biceps and came out just above thie elbow. Tire wound is serious, but lhartwell will recover. Mann is under arrest. Hlartwell is a laborer recently from Elkllorn. Mann is a scene painter at the Coliseum variety theater. A Quarter Section of Cats. FIron' the banks of the Illinois is a sound of yowling sent, and mewing monsters fill the frighted air. 'Ter rible green eyes, vindictive and irn numerable, glare tihrough the night. Elasti'c and rebelliorus fur is rubbed the wrong way by the hands of liends, and the crackle of the electric sparks is liike *the sound of mrultitudinous batteries. Lacon is the scene of dis turbance. There a number of capi talists have organized a fur company for the purpose of raising Maltese and black cats. There is to be a cat. farm of 100I acres. Yes, one hundred and sixty acres of cats. At the end of the year this ailouroplis or capital of cats will have a population of ten thousand; in two years, of one hun dred thousand. In ten, twenty, fifty years-imaginatinn totters at the thought and mathematics shows deep furrnows on its forehead. Why, the world will be full of. cats. Trhey will possess the land and form bridges over the sea. They will roam the country in vast armies, sacking crearrmeries and eating up everything that is to their taste; a taste suf ficiently varied. The day will come. as the nmelodramas say, wihen cats will turn on persecuting man and pay back the hate of centuries.-New York Sun. If you I1ave ever seen a child in the agony of croup, you can appreciate the gratitude of the mothers who know that One Minute Cough Cure relieves their little ones as quickly as it is administered. Many homes in this city are never without it. J. D. Miser & Co. MONEY OR LIFE. Theo Beckman Mortally WTounds Frank Payette in Missoula. Missoula, March 18.-Theo. Beck man shot and fatally wounded Frank Payette this morning at 2 o'clock in front of the Montana hotel. The men came in from Bearmouth sev eral days ago. Payette was on his way to Trail creek, B. C., and was followed by Beckman, who claimed tlhat ]'ayette owed him a balance of about $15 for wages. Both men are cooks, and P]ayette had been run ning a boarding house at Coloma, a mining camp in Deer Lodge county. Beckman approached Payette several times yesterday and demanded that le be paid the balance of his wages. This I'-ayette refused to do, claiming that lie had bought a large bill of groceries and had no money left. leckman followed Payette all day and importuned him to pay him his wages, but without success. Last night both men were in the Montana lIotel, Payette waiting for the delay ed westbound train, and Beckman watcllhing him. At about 8 o'clock Bleckman came up and sent a tele t gram to Blearmouth. lie asked a .gentleman in the Western Union telegraph otffice to write the message for him and wanted to put the whole story of his troubles in the telegram. Slie linally sent his message, asking what lie should do. lie returned to Sthe Mlontana lihotel and again deman ded his wages of P'ayette, withl no s better success than before. Iie then sat down and waited until layette a should leave. As No. 1, the westbound train, pulled in, Payette took his valise and t started for the depot. lie was fol oalowed by Beckman, who again de manded his money. 1le was again Srefused, and without another word lic reached for his 'gun and Payette started to run for the hotel. When I leckman fired the first shot, it en C tered hisi side on the right, and go ing through his rigiht lung, it lodged just under the skin just .below the o breast bone. Again lceckman fired and the second shot went through the left leg just above the knee. Again lie drew his terrible gun and lired, the third bullet fiinding a e resting place in the right leg. Pay ette at this point fell and llecknman r missed him and shot out a window glass in the Montana hotel. v Otlieer ieini of the night force Swas at tthe depot and rushed for Bi eickman at the first fire, but before lie could reachl him the terrible work lihas been done. liectknmau was taken in charge by Oflicers IKeim and 1ick .1.ahreiss and lodged in jail. Dr. Spottswood w'as called and had e 'ay Py ette removed to the Sisters' hospital, , where lie lies at a late hour tonight in a eiry critical condition, and the i doctors say it is next to impossible for hlii to r'ecover. Ilecl klnant was taken to the hospital by the sheriff aiand County Attorney DIuncan and e was identilied byv 'avette as the iman ii who did the shooting. When I ecIkman was searched at v the jail, Deputy Slherilf Corbett found the revolver on lhim and when the olhicer removed tlie cartridges from tie chamber there were four emlpty shells and one loaded one: lleckiian watched Corbett withl con siderable interest and was surprised to see the one loaded shell. eI look at the shell and remarked: "l)id I knilow lie was there, I use hinl too." e eckmlnan wats locked uip, but, no charge has vet been entered against him, nor sill there ie until l'ayette's condition changes. The April term of court will Inore than likely have a charge of murder in the lirst degree oo try. I'Payette is a single man; about 40 years old. lIe worked in Quigley be ntfore going to Coloma. ) I)EATII BEFOR.E I)ISGRACE. I)DiATLI BEFORIE I)ISGRACE. Suicide sof a Commissary Scrgcant at Fort Ilarrison. I[elena, loent., March 18.--This evening word reached the city that a soldier at lort Ilarrison conmmlitted suicidle by hanging himself. Inquiry at the fort revealed the fact that a soldier did attempt suicide at 9 o'clock and was alive, but could not possilbly recover. lie is Isadore Kal llmus, aedl 4 a.coilnissary sergeant, attclhed to the non-conl missioned stafl. lie resided in the non-com missioned officers' barracks with his wife and three children. lie is an Austrian by blirth and enlisted in the United States army 29 years ago. At the time of the attempt to commit suicidie iKillllus was unlder arrest for gamblling, had been arrested four days; ago and was waiting for trial. lie was in the habit of coming into Hlelena to gamble. It seems lie had an intimation that lie would be court nmartialed and it is thought the dis grace of the matter was too great for him to stand and lie decided to end the matter by the rope route. His wife, it appears, was afraid lie would take his life and kept a constant watch orver him. This morning about 9 o'clock lie could not be found and, fearing something wrong, she started out to find him. Down in the base ment of the quarters they lived in she found him hanging and ran screaming out into the grounds and summoned the guards from the guardhouse who quickly cut him down. Post Surgeon Carter was sent for and has been working over the man all day. At ) this evening he is still alive, but Carter says he anlnollit possibly recover as lie ruptur ed a blood vessel in his brain. llis death will make the second one at the post since it was occupied, the first soldier dying about a year ago, being buried in the reservation. - ,- _____ Torturing, itching, scaly skin eruptions, burns and scalds are soothed at once and promptly healed by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, the best known cure for piles. J. D,. Mliser & Co.