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The Semi- Weekly Tribune,, VOLUME VII.-NUMBER 132. GREAT FALLS, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15, 1890. IRI(E FIVE CENTS HOW -:- ABOUT fo Garmonts -FOR THE WINTER ? We are now prepared to show an elegant line of fir garments, compris ing Seals, Beavers, Minks and Perisian Lamb, in both for and cloth lined, and the very finest goods in the far mar. ket. We will take your measure and make you a neat from any fur you de sire and with any kind of trimming as well as in any style, at the lowest possible prices. Come in and look these goods over before placing your order. Now About Our Suits. We think we have the finest as well as the most stylish and durable, line of suits and overeoats in this city, which we are selling tally as cheap as other dealers ask for inferior gar ments. Our Stck of ats and Cap. This Department is Complete inevery DIetail, Come in for yeaour Fall Hat. Shoes, Boots, Shoes. In this department we are prepared to show the finest grades of goods manufthtared in Hand Sewed and Goodyear welts. Our winter shoe that we are talk ing up now Is a hand-sewed French Calf 'Shoe, made with a CORK SOLE. They are THE THING for winter. If you buy a pair you will want an other. A complete line of Boys' Shoes from a "eal" to a French calf. Give Us a all, Mail ONren Given the Closest Attention. THE BOSTON Clothilng t Shoe . se, ANDRIEW JE(PUN, Prop. pres Awa to irs s t:lonal Bank. EUROPEIANS DISCUSS TARIFF, The Old WVorld talny In sallnp ate a It Tariff Cnampaign Against wv the United States. th TI PRESIDENT HARRISON AT ST. LOUIS. Associate Justice Miller Nearing the N Valley of the Shadow. l Affaidr in Oklahoma-Indians Will Receive Lands in Sev eralty. Pants, Oct. 11.-As a result of the new w United States tariff law manufacturers of clothing are holding back their stock. Large numbers of operatives will be dis charged from woolen goods factories in the Cruenburg district in SBilesia, and the b weavers at Newawes, near Potsdam, are expecting a lockout. The question of a a European taril campaign against Amer Ica, or a German-Austrian customs union, is still eagerly discussed. A rumor that tl the government had opened negotiations a with Austria caused a commotion among y manufacturers in Austria and agricultur- t< ists in Hungary. But since Austria's re jection of Blsmarck's oiler of a modified tariff treaty in 1870 both nations have adopted a strong protective policy. So b many interests are engaged on both sld',s a that no one believes the project can be g realized now. ti Hrrtleon's Junketing Trip, b ~r. Louls, Oct. 11.-The special train p bearing President Harrison and party reached this city promptly at 0 o'clock Saturday morning. On arrival the presi dent was taken in charge by Gov. Fran- I cis, Mayor Noonan and the entire recep- P tion committee, who, with military and tl other organizations, acted as escort ii through the city and to the Southern ho- 'I tel, from the balcony of which he re- ti viewed the military, G. A it., Sons of o Veterans and various other organizations d that marched past. Shortly after 12 U o'clock the presidential party was taken by a special committee to the Merchants' v exchange, where he was formally wel. cormed to the eity and state by Governor I Francis and Mayor Noonan. The pres- t dent responded briefly. From here the F presidential party was escorted to the fair a grounds. t The order of State Commander Kline, ordering the Sons of Veterans not to par ticipate in any reception to the president has caused ti.Aiderabli-lenAbltlbsit in local G. A. R. circles. The lieutenant colonel of the department said last night that the camp here would certainly dis regard the order and turn out as the I president's escort. He claims that the 1 coming reception is no way political. Over 5,000 veterans and sons of veterans are expected to be in line. The programme, however, is to spend tomorrow quietly in Indianapolis and leave for Washington Monday morning, brief stops at several Indiana and Ohiio towns. Justioe Miller Dying. WAsUlNOTON, Oct. 11.-Justice Miller is much worse and lies in a critical con dition. The pressure on his brain has greatly increased and his left side is comt pletely paralyzed. He lies in a state of absolute stupor, wholly unconscious, and his respiration is short and difficult. The doctor states that he is in a dying condi tion. Judge Miller is a man of massive frame, full blooded and stout. Hie has, during the last several years, often spoken to his family of his fears of a strokeof paralsyis. It is said that his brothers, one or two of whom, had died from paralysis, striking ly resembled him in build, and his knowledge gained in his early life by reading medicine, had made him appre hensive that some day he might go as they had gone. About three weeks ago, while at St. Louos, lie suffered from an attack of diarrhmoa, but his journey home had efectually checked that trouble. Day by day his strength increased, and yesterday he dictated a letter to Mrs. Stocking, one of his daughters, now im Vienna, in which he spoke of his good health. The dictation was made to his private secretary, who, when the justice left his house to go to the capitol yester day, had not more than half completed the task of writing out the letter. At midnight Justice Miller was still alive although the end is momentarily ex pected. Dr. Lincoln left the justices bedside at 11:30 and to those in waiting said the end must soon come though it was possible that he might live until early morning hours. Oklashoeu A alra. OKOi,AOs.A, 1. T., Oct. 11.-The demo cratic territorial congressional convention convened in N.orman did not adjourn un til after 2 o'clock yesterday morning. It was harmonious throughout. Co. I. C. McCoy of El Reno, census taker of live stock for Indian territoty, was nominated on the first ballot for the short term. Special Indian Agent Laffe Merritt is here organizing a surveying corps to sur vey the reservation of the Iowa, sac and Foees, Pottawattomies and lShawnees preparetor' to the allotment of their ldein severalty. Hdactd in Ok5laho5a. OgLAnoMA CLITY, I. T., Oct. i. -Last light, jult ottside of the city linlit,, a drunken Pottaatttomle udian met N. Ii. lager and Wos. Rice riding to town in a wagon. They were taken for deputy sherils by the Indian and he shot both. The Indian tifled to the reservalti withll the officers in close pur.uit. WhIT WILL YOO couglr whea lhi lob's Ogre will give immediate cli 1? BiODrce 10 Or, 0 ot and gi. For sale Iy J B., Driver, druggist. Too Cultured for Themn. FaRT ItREN, 1. T., Oct. 11.- When the council of the Cherokee comnission and Cheyenne and Arrapahoos met yesterday the dissenters who had refused to attend filed into the room, led by Whirlwind, I who, as soon as Judge Sayer had stated the proposition of the government, made a statement on behalf of the dissenters. They stand upon the treaty of 1867 and did not wish ticonsider allotments until the treaty expires in 1897. They wish 1 the agents, farmers, school superintend ents and other officials removed, and Col. Wade, the commanding officer at Fort lteno. installed in charge otfthe agency. The entire afternoon was consumed by the dissenters. Down Through a Bridge. WiilEiMcNo, W. Va., Oct. 11.-An un finished bridge gave way near Webster Springs in this state while six peresps were crossing. All were precitated into Elk river, forty feet below. Five were wounded, two probably fatally. Gambling in Silver, SAN FRANCIsCO, Oct 11.-Chinese ad vices state that there has been great dam blins in silver in Hongkong and the Hongkong bank is said to have made millions out of the deal. s$0,000 for Mliseons. INDINAPOLis, Oct. 11.--The session of the Northwestern branch of the Women's Home Missionary at this place closed yesterday. The secretary was authorized to pledge $50,000 for missionary work. Caught at Last. DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 11.-Wm. Schrle ber, who robbed the First National bank at Columbus, Ind., of $800,000 Thanks giving night of November, 1888, and fled to Canada, and who was decoyed in De troit and arrested and brought to Colum bus, has been sentenced to 12 years im prisonment and to pay a fine of $800. Vorld's Fair Notes. CHliCAo, Oct. l.--Four tentative plans for the World's fair buildings were presented last night at the meeting of the local directors by the committee hav ing charge of the exposition architecture Two o" the plans omitted any considera tion of the lake front as an integral part of the fair. Both of them were ordered discarded and the two others were taken under advisement. E. E. Jaycox, who has been connected with the Chicago & Northwestern Ry., was chosen traffic manager of the ex position. The directors also went through the formality of accepting the park and city ordinances granting the use of grounds selected some weeks ago as the united site for the exposition. Faust and Schultze Nominated. MANDAN, Oct. 10.-The democrats uiaeatiatetl Faust and Schultze for repre sentatives. No nomination for senator. Stricken With Paralysis. WASHlINGTON, Oct. 10.-Justice Samuel F. Miller of the supreme court of the United States was stricken with paralysis while returning from the supreme coult room to his residence. tHe is now in a serious condition, though resting comfort ably and his mind is clear. At 1 o'clock a. m. it was stated at .Jus tice Miller's house that he was resting I quietly and that his family thought he was a little better. Harries Inldorsed. AusTIN, Minn., Oct.10.-The Farmers' Alliance of the First congressional dis trict, met at this place and indorsed liar ries, the democratic nominee. CONDENBED TELEGRAMS. Bar silver, $1.10%. A movement is on foot to plant a Jap anese colony in Medico. Engineer Clark was killed at Pacific Junction, Iowa, by two engines collid ing. A falling derrick at Iron Mountain, Mich., killed one man and dangerously injured another. A woman at Springfield, Ohio, sudden ly becomes raving mad and attempts to slay her Infant son as a sacrifice. The boiler in Hayden's rolling mill bursts, severely injuring a number of employes. two of which will probably die. Four maskted men make an unsuccess ful attempt to rob the Consolidated Tank Line at Armourdale, Kansas. Albert Blatz, vice president of the Blatz Brewing Co., denies that the Blatz brewery has been sold to an English syn dicate. The south-bound passenger and ex ress train on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad was held up by four rob bers near Shell City, Mo. On being as sured by the messenger that the tran did not carry mone the robbers allowed the train to proceed. An explosion of petroleum occurs at Soignelles, department of Seine Ste Merne, France, in which 27 persons are injured, most of whom will die. The Servian government has resolved to ask the Skuptchida to provide a bill for the expulsion of ex-King Milan from Servia. The Vermout legRslature asked that the fair be closed on Sunday. Slavin and MeAuliffe have been com mitted for engaging in a common prize fight. the Chlicago & Northwestern employes were given their demands. Ten persons were killed by an explo sion in the French pyrotechnic school. Gladstone considers the American tarif law a "'deplorable error, attended with severe and cruel consequences to Innocent persons." The baseball magnates adjourned to October 22, when a compromise will probably be ia-ched. The missionary anniversary was held last evening in connection with the M. E. conference at Mitchell. At a buasines session today L. M. Miller was elected preLidentof the itinerant, J.P. . Jenkin vice-president; Thos. Carson, secretary, and 1. F. Dovers, treasurer. ltibions and Remnants at half price at Courad's. The finest assortment of Dress Good. li Montana at Conrad's. IPortlerre Ourtainsin new shades and ciombinations at Conrad's. Extra low prices on Blanketsthis week at Joe Courad's. THE PRESIDENT IN KANSAS lie is Still Shaking lHands With Veterans of his old Brigade, THE CONDITION OF BUSINESS REVIEWEO Ri. G. Din & Co. IRelprt "That Prices are' AdvancinIg an Mnlly Articles. Manufactnurers Will be HInneittted, bit the almbluer and Farmer Must Suffer. ATCtinoN, Kan., Oct. 10.-President Harrison made a speech at St. Joseph, where the first reception in the state of Missouri was tendered. At Atchison, Kansas, he. was greeted by the school children. Chief Justice Horton of the Kanss supreme court also welcomed the president to the state and introduced him to the audience. At Topeka the pfesi dent reviewed the soldiers. This marked the occasion of the greatest reunion the state ever had. It is estimated that 30, 000 passed the reviewing stand. Fronm the state house the president was driven to the Copeland house, where luncheon was served and following It the president received the veterans of his old brigade and the state and city officials and many prominent citizens. To the fair grounds, the president, Secretary Tracy, Governor Humphrey and Senator Ingalls proceeded in the first carriage and were followed in others by other members of his party and distin guished citiens of Kansas. The address of welcome at the fair grounds was de livered by the governor of Kansas and was very brief. President Harrison briefly responded. Senator Ingalls fol lowed in a brief speech. The train left at 4 p. m. At Lawrence a stop was made and the president addressed the assem blage. KANsas CITY, Oct. 10.--The president's train arrived here at 5:45. The party was met by the mayor andi a committee and driven around the city. A banquet was given the president and his party at the Coates house, after which the pros ident went to the house of his younger brother, who is a democratic politi.lan here. At 10 o'clock the party left for St. Louis, where they will arrive tomorrow forenoon and spend the day. DInaStriouas ire at Brainerl. ST. PArL,, Oct. 10.-A Brainerd, Minn., special says: Fire broke out in a barn in the rear of the Commercial hotel this morning and before it was subdued a large part of the business portion of the city was burned. A block and a half were burned over. The Commercial ho tel, Catholic church and personage and Gardner building were among the struc tures murned. Total loss, $72,000; insur ance, $22,000. The fire was probably in I cendiary. BUSINESS OUTT.OOK. Al R. G. Dun & Co. Report Trade Good All Over the Country. NEow YOnK, Oct. 10.--R. G. Dun &, Co.s weekly review of trade says: "Busi- c ness in all branches shows improvement. p Prices of commodities are a shade strong er than a week ago, grain and oil having 1 advanced, with many kinds of manufac tured products, but the general advance i since October 1 is not a quarterot one per cent as yet. The movement of com modities is very heavy, the money mar ket being no source of embarrassment, It and the feeling of confidence everywhere c increases. t At Boston business is good, with ad- b vanced prices of many articles, as trade v is adjusting itself to the changes of duty. , Philadelphia reports an advance in b wool and a good trade in groceries. The iron trade there and at Pittsburg is un changed. The glass business is well sus tained, and lead is so scarce that some works requiring that material at Spelter have suspended operations. At Chicago the grain trade is slightly below last year's, with a moderate in crease in flour, nearly 50 per cent in cured moats, and a volume of business in all lines of merchandise fully up to last year's. All lines are strong at St. Louis and very fair at Detroit. Trade is good at Milwaukee, St. Paul, Omaha and Denver, and satisfactory at Kansas City. Southern reports are generally bright, I the movement of cotton being remark. able early and large. Great industries are gaining. In spite of the enormous output of pig iron the tone is stronger, and Philadelphia mill iron is 25 cents higher. Consumption gains, and until navigation closes increased strength is expected. Bar, sheet, structural and wrought pipe works are being crowded. Trade here is weak only in mill and Bes semer iron, but with no pressure to'sell. Wool is moving largely at better prices at Philadelphia and Boston. Breadatuffs have been advancing in spiteof small ex ports, which fall far below last year's as yet. Wheat has risen 8$ cents for the week on sales of 20,000,000 bushels here, and corn nearly two cents on sales of 10, 000,00. Oil has risen two cents with Sinsignificant delings, aun coffee is I quarter lower, present range of prices I being decorously described as "strained." India rubber is also lower, parafoin behlo quoted at 88 cents. Tin has fluctuated because of foreign speculation and sells at 2838 cents, while tin plates are higher, Sthough the new demand is moderate and a manufacture in this country had actual I ir begun to turn out plates before the tariff bill was signed. Lead as scarce at S~$.80 Lind the effect of the Mexican decis ion to said to be seriously felit Large tontracts for Lake copper have been made, but there are reports of considero ble sales at 10. cents. The treasury has tken in during the past week $3,000,000 lore than it hes paid out. The state of foreign trade is fairly satisfactory, for, while reports of grain are restricted, cot on moves largely and though the value uf exports last week showed a decline in compartson with last year, tile movement I then was remarkable in October. But the weakness of American securities In nodon and the disturbed state of the stock market there, approaching a pancl Thursday, affects prices here, and lessens the chance of early imports of specie. The business failures occurring thtoughout the country during "the past seven days number 215,as compared with total of 197 last week. For the corres ponding week of last year the igurems were 214. Au Emplre Sold. WAsINOTaON, Oct. 10.-Judge LewisA (-roft, commissioner of the general land sflice, has submitted to the secretary of the interior tile annual report of the op orations of his bureau for the fiscal year endled June 30, 1890. The report says that an agricultural Idoain of nearly 19, 000,000 acres has, daring the year, been transferred to enterprising and Industri ous settlers by patents issued to them, while the areas patented to states under the swamp grant. and to corporations, under special grants, has been great, al though somewhat reduced compared with previous years. At the same time coal and mineral lands patented have been greatly increased over that of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1800. The area patented to states under the grants for educational and internal improvsptent purposes has increased 100 per Sent. The class of patents known as "agricultural," includes all patents Is sued on final and commuted homestead entries, on pre-emption, timber-culture, desert, private cash, townsite and other entries embracing land of agricultural non-mineral character. The number of such agricultural patents issued during the period covered by the report was 117,247, embracing 18,750,520 acres, as against 70,141 issued in 1889, with an ag gregate 11,220,560. The increase for the year Is, therefore, 37,100 patents and 7,580,960 acres of land. The state school sections aggregate 537,770 acres. Selee tions for the previous year aggregated only 182,850 acres. The acreage of swamp lands patented to the several states dnr ing the year was 100,351. There were patented or certified under the law, for the benefit of railroad companies during the year 303,862 acres. This a decrease for the year of 01,183 acres. The follow ing Is a statement ot the acreage of pub lic lands disposed of during the fiscal year. Cash sales: Private entries, 38, 017; public sales 28; pre-emption entries 1,204,905; timber and stone entries 35, 890; desert land 478,849; coal lands 10, 198; townsite entries 1,745; Cassen coun ty, Cal., desert entries 400; excesses on homestpd and other entries 15,194; abandoeled mistary reservations 1,18:11: ._..,t ...aw ..'..... o rt o a ,!v MISCELInAtEOUS. Original homesteads 5,531,678; timber culture 1,787,408; state selection of school and swamp land 258,141; railroad selec tions 1,752,758; and others of a miscellan eous character, making an aggregate of 0.362,685. Indian lnads disposed of ag gregate 133,305 acres, making a grand to- I tal of 12,798,837 acres. The total cash re- I ceipts of the office from various sources during the fiscal year was $7,780,517. Surveys have been accepted, after ex amination in the field, as follows: Da kota 920,992; Montana 620,101; Washnl in"n" 180,122; Idaho 22,148; Minnesota Crop Relnrt. WASHINtTON, Oct. 10.-October esti mates per acre for the entire breadth of cereal crops, as consolidated by the de partment of agriculture, are: Winter wheat 10.8 bushels per acre; spring wheat 11.5; wheat crop 11.1; oats 19.8; barley 21; lye 11.8 bushels. The condition of corn is 70.6 instead of 70.1 last month; buck wheat 90.7 instead of 90.5; potatoes 61.7 instead of 85.7; tobacco 80.4 instead of 82.4. There is practically no change in the general average of the condition ex cept a reduction of four points in pota. toes and an increase of two points in to bacco. The effect of winter frosts upon wheat is shown by the low rate of yield to have been severe. The figure would ha e been lower but for the reduction In the area by plowing and planting of the worst fields into other crops. Here are some of the higher rates in some of the principal states: New York 15.2; Penn sylvania 12; Ohio 12.5; Michigan 15.2; Illinois 11.5; Missouri 11.2; Kansas 13.2; California 12; Oregon 15. The crop made a very low yield throughout the south where the average is small. in the ohio valley tl. v.uloaion in the yield It different counties, as on farms in the same county, show an extraordinary range from five to twenty-five bushels, and in extreme cases from one to thirty bushels. One county in Illinois claims the best crop in years, and another it poorer crop than was expected. The soil in good condition that had thorough tillage made the best yield. The Rocky mountain areas madle high avesnges in Swheat on limited areas. Dakota yields vary from one bushel at two to twenty five bushels and make an average yield of nine bushels per acre. Minnesota runs 12 and Wisconsin 12.5. The esti mated yield of oats is 19.8 bushels, which is the lowest ever reported, probably re ducing t e aggregate product more thlan two lhumn red million tl ushels. How to Send Money. Since the days of fractional paper cure rency passed away the people have been at considerable trouble to send small a sums of money by mail. Many small tradesmen or individuals desire at tlmes to send to distant parts for a small article, but are deterred by the trouble of send s lug the money. a The American Express company has a orglnated a plan for sending money which combines many advantages. The rates are small and it , abls,,lu ,l .,Jry Per five cento you can send any sum less tshan $5 and the rate is low for larger amounts. If you want to send money in Ia hurry the company will send by tele graph. The method of sending moneay is very simple and anyone who will cii on Str. L. W. Curtis, the obliging agent opposite the Park hotel, wlHI never again wait at the postofice for a money order. THE. COl.OlRlED) IRE:P·UBLICANS.. A Slight liainslon letween the, "liftak" anl ".1Vhit ,* itliublican. . Luost evening at albout 8 o'cloc'k atolut ten of the (.olored tmen of thit city held a grave-yard meeting over tile body of the dead past, In Minot hall. The object of the meeting seemed to be to find out, if possible what Mr. Gibson did not do. Whenever on of, the speakers undertook to lay tht Mir. Gibson had not done a certain atct that wait boneilical to tls see tion of Menaton., hit- alwayv wound hint self up it ht. otWn argument atd finally admitted that the democratic rl.ieftain had done wonders loI this w~action of the country and had at different times asoist. ell each speaker pertonally. Yet they could not vote for him because Mr. Gib son has a son by the name of Phil. Mr. Courtney was l.tracisetd and publicly threatened because he had declared hntit self for Gibson. Mr. Johnson, dlAegate at large so. verely chastiseet Webster and Iircket ran for not attending their meetingo. lie said that Mr. Webster stated last ev'.ning that there was no diffterence 1lit,'een a white republican andi a black republican; that they were all black republicans, but when the time come for the white repub licans to associate with the black repub licans they would always be found miss ing. He said, "Mr. Gibson is an awful smart man, an awful good man; a man that gave at great many favors to the poor; but Hanks was their man because he was a repultican." Riev. Mr. Prayer asserted that the col ored people have not one friend in the United States among the democrats, and that southern democrats still hold slaves; that any colored man who would vote the democratic ticket was a fool,and he hoped that hereafter no democrat would attend their meetings. The Ground Broken. iST. Pct., Oct. 10.--Ground was broken today at Huron, S. D. for the Alliance building to be used for the incorporated departments of the South Dakota Farm ers' Alliance. Preabyterian Synaod. JASIEnTOwN, N. D., Oct. 10.-At the Presbyterian synod at Jamestown, thev. J. M. Anderson of Milwaukee was elect ed moderator and Rev. E. W. Day, of Lisbon, clerk. The synod has 87 churches, 48 ministers and 2,942 mem bers. WVHAT'S - In a Name ? Shakespeare says, "A rose with out a name would smell as sweet," nevertheless, just at the dawn of this last decade of the nineteen century, in the year of grace 1890, there is quite a good deal in a name. A clothier without a name and reputation is heavily handicapped in the race for trade. People like to buy from dealers whose estab lished record is a guarantee for fairness and honesty. Our name, A. NATHAN, The One Price Clothier has been before the public of Northern Montana for years and has an established repu tation for honesty, fair-dealing and hearty endeavor to please customers. The reputation of a clothier is the accumulated evidence of many transactions with many customers. A good name can only be founded on continued merit in merchandise and fairness in dealing. We can be surpassed in neither. Our name has a value to you. It t specifies a place where you can save money by buying better goods for less money than else where. Try us and see if this i good name is not well deserved. 1 Perhaps you may hear our cus I tomers speak of the tailor made clothing we carry, the work of Stein, Block & Co., wholesale a tailors. There is so much in them e to talk about it can't be half told. The fit, the fabric, the fashion, that extreme "finesse of finish" y; ou can't find in other makes, p lhen we call their suits tailor e made, we mean every suit is made e as much by hand as possible, no machine button holas or flims ly e sewed on buttons, but enough stud. y The name Stein, Block & Co., s. wholesale tailors, attached to all their work, speaks for itself. Our fall goods are comining in. a We are receiving the best goods of 1P every kind in our line that can be Sfound. a The latest styles in hats, eckh Is wear and handkerchiefs continu j ally in stock. a shirts in quality, style, pattern, i- workmanship and prices that will iI suit you. e- While we carry the best goods n to be obtained, we also carry a:u immense stock of goods to suit all kinds of trade. We do not carry the cheapest grades, but will sell ' you good goods at pricts that will I1 surprise you; cheaper than the 11 cheapest grades can be bought 0 elsewhere. It will be to your in e, terest to see our stock. Step in when you can. We'll be glad to see you whether you purchase or s not. sy If you cannot come yourself send th your ,rder and it will receive im m,,liat, attenti ,n 1,,m 1 frgat as that we guarantee the price of er every thing we sell. Yours re in spectfully, A. NATHAN, ' The One-Price Clothier The McKinley Bill. 1 his famous bill having become a law on October 6th has increased the worth of dry goods stocks from 13 to 25 per cent in value, as retail merchants would have to pay at least 25 per cent more for their goods if buying a new stock. Probably three-quarters of the merchants through the country will take advantage of this bill to mark their present stocks up. But this will not be the case with Compare the Quality of Our Goods with Other. bOEGONRAD. The Maker of Low Prices. We bought an extra large stock of goods this fall in anticipation of .the passage of the McKinley bill, and we intend to give our customers the benefit of it and ON ALL GOODS. We would respectfully request all peo ple living out of town to send for Samples to compare with eastern prices. We take great pleasure in sending Free to any address Butterick's Monthly Fashion Sheets, Yours truly, JOE CONRAD, 317 Central Avenue. CASH PAID FOR Hides, Sheep Skirls, Furs Tallov, Eastern market prices paid for all the above stock. Prompt attrhtl. ,L given to all shipments ilade to me. Quotations furnished on applicath,- . Warehouse on R. I. track and Third ave. South. Oilie opposite Il.. Park Hotel. Address Theo Gibson, Great Falls, Mont.