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Fergus County Democrat.
Vol. I. No. 21 LEWISTOWN, FERGUS COUNTY, MONTANA, TUESDAY, JAN. 10, 1905. Price 5 Cents.
RESTRICT THE
LIQUOR DEALERS
New Ordinance Passed at a Special
Meeting of the Council Last
Night-Needed Reform.
THE EFFECT IS SIRE TO BE FELT
Will Probably Mean the Closing of
the Tivoli Dance Hall-Otber
Business Transacted.
The city council in special meeting
assembled last night passed an ordi
nance which will be seriously felt by
a certain class of business men in
Lewistown. It will probably mean
the closing of one place, the Tivoli
concert hall or a radical change in the
manner of conducting that well known
resort.
The ordinance, which was passed by
a unanimous council, requires that
every saloon keeper in the city give
a bond in the sum of $2,000 that he
will not violate any of the state laws
or any of the ordinances of the city of
Lewistown. Any man who permits
minors or lewd women to frequent his
place will be liable to a revocation of
his saloon license. It is also specified
that no liquor shall be sold in a dance
hall and that a violation of the anti
gambling ordinance will be construed
as a sufficient cause for the forfeiture
of the liquor license as well as a for
feiture of the bond given to guaran
tee an observance of the laws.
Before adjourning the city council
passed resolutions expressing the re
gret of that body of the resignation
of Mayor L. W. Eldridge and com
mending his devotion to the duties of
bis position during his incumbency of
the mayoralty chair. The resolutions
were ordered spread on the minutes.
ANDY FERRIS DIED LAST NIGHT.
Piano Player, for Two Years a Resi
dent of Lewistown, No More.
Andy Ferris, the young piano player
whose death has been expected for
over a week past, died at the Scliroe.
der hospital at 12 o'clock last night.
The young man burst a bl«od vessel
in his head on the 23rd of December
and since that time has been at the
point of death. He was taken to the
hospital last week and every attention
given him by members of the Eagle
fraternity of which he w-« a member,
but there was no chancf
Ids
life. The body will be * a
r Hel
ena tomorrow for inter' < nt
i. has
a sister jiu that city, she being the
only immediate relative nc 1 .
i , 1 is
country. He has a m the, ■
Sootland. His father ,; Jvu
in
Ferris was a resident of
' i wn
for about two years and Wi„ >
! a ployed
as a musician at variou
■e£ ,. »OUt
town. Hewasalwa\s ow"
and the fast life that! ie ■
is di
rectly the cause of hi:
ver a
child of the lower \
Ferris
knew no other life
i spir
it has gone to anot
r judg
ment It is best t 1
.ntle of
charity and forge
spread
over the deeds of i
QUARTER! '•
Much Business Dot J. S. L«
Office in Last Inn lonths.
The register and re "Tver of the
have 1
arter end
oer was on
of the office
ceipts, $25,041
i J during Octol
member. The
quarter of the y
ipts for the sa
*ar by $6,167.75,
er cent. Foil
s made and prc
"ter: Commu
21: excesses,
eral entries,
'.tries, 9; dee
irt proofs,
final hoi
applicatic
u rents, 7; t:
fi ms, 9. (
S. land office at i hi.
their report for t '> ■
Dec. 31, 1904 rho <,
the best in t < o i > i n
the matter ol 0<i>c
having been
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homestead
public s
timber a , :
entries,
homesteau «.
stead proofs, 2V: .
3; coal decla: t,
ber and stone
lected, testimony
During the q
there was $1.8
homesteads numler
to 113 for the v •
jlk
vi last i
■tv ted. 1
,i compt
•r of 1904
increase of 43, while the desert filings
of the 1903 quarter were 89, or 47
more than were made during the last
quarter.
The remarkable falling off of desert
entries is, by some, attributed to the
investigations of land office affairs
which are now being waged by the
government. The fact that many
new settlers are coming in and home
steading the land is given as another
reason for the increase in homestead
entries and the decrease of desert en
tries.
During the year 1904 there were
homestead filings on 57,000 acres of
land in this land district. If every
entry was made in good faith, this
would mean 356 new settlers for the
county. It is known that many who
file have families, so that the increase
in population is muoh greater than
the number of those who file home
stead entries.
There are yet thousands of acres of
land unclaimed in this county and a
considerable portion of it is adaptable
to agriculture, but the greater part of
the government land yet remaining
unclaimed in this county is good for
little but grazing purposes.
DEATH OF BARBARA HAZEN.
Little Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.F. J.
Hazen Passes Away.
Barbara Esther Hazen, the 8-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
J. Hazen, passed away at the Hazen
home in the southern part of town
last Thursday morning at 5 o'clock,
capillary bronchitis being the immedi
ate cause of death.
The little girl was taken sick about
three weeks ago of pneumonia and
whooping cough. She had a severe
attack but was improving when a re
lapse oecurred and the sickness de
veloped into capillary bronchitis.
Wednesday night she seemed to be
better and her parents were feeling
better over her condition. Early
Thursday morning they were in the
room of the sick child but she express
ed herself as feeling better and told
them to go away as she felt well
enough to be alone. They returned
to their room but in a few moments
heard the child choking and when
they got to her bedside she was dead.
The funeral services were held Fri
day afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
Hazen home, the Rev. Wakefield of
the Episcopal church performing the
last sad rites. A large number of
friends of the family were present at
the funeral and a number accompan
ied the body to the city cemetery
where it was laid to its final rest.
Barbara Esther Hazen was born in
Brookline, Mass., and was the oldest
child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Hazen.
She was a bright, lovable child, the
pride of her parents and the joy of all
into whose presence she came. All
sympathize deeply with the bereaved
parents in their great loss.
Resolutions of Respect.
Whereas, It has pleased our Su
preme Grand Master to remove from
this earthly tabernacle to that, "un
discovered country from whose bourne
no traveler returns" our late brother,
Jacob I. Corbly;
Therefore, Be It Resolved, That in
the death of Jacob I. Corbly this lodge
and Masonry in general loses one of
its best, most sincere and most faith
ful members; one who practiced the
mysteries of our art, learned well its
lessons and lived up to the grandeur
of its precepts;
Resolved, That while we mourn his
untimely death and shall deeply grieve
that he meets no more among us, we
will cherish the memory of his exem
plary life, excellent qualities and noble
manhood; that we shall hold in fond
remembrance his charity, justice and
brotherly love; that we shall miss the
cheerful smile, kindly greeting and
sunny presence which he ever brought
into the lodge room and into all of his
intercourse with his fellowmen;
Resolved, That we extend to his sor
rowing family our sincerest condol
ences in this their greatest affliction,
and pledge them our sympathy and
our assistance wherever it may be
needed along the paths of life;
Resolved, That a copy of these reso
lutions be presented to the family of
the deceased; v.hat they be spread at
length upon the mintftes of Lewis
town Lodge No. 37, A. F. and A. M.,
and published in the local Papers.
Dated Dec. 26,1904.
Frank E. S mi th,
Geo. J. BacIU
William M. McClean,
i Committee.
Subscribe for the pemocrat. All
the news all the time..
HOW CAPTURE
WAS EFFECTED
A Brief Summary of the Important
Events Leading Up to the Sur
render of Port Arthur.
THE JAPANESE ADVANCED STEADILY
Fort After Fort Fell Before Their
Victorious Armies-Terms of
Capitulation.
The following are, in brief, the prin
cipal incidents of the siege of Port
Arthur:
February 8—Admiral Togo's torpedo
flotilla attacked the Russian ships off
Port Arthur and damaged the Czare
vitch, Retvizan and Pallada.
February 9—Bombardment by the
Japanese, during which the Poltava,
Askold, Diana and Novilc were hit.
February 10—Russian mining ship
Yenisei sunk by accident, 96 officers
and men lost.
February 14—Torpedo boats attack
ed Port Arthur at 3 a. m., in a snovt
storm and succeeded in sinking the
Boyarin.
February 24—Attempt to blockade
the harbor entrance by sinking steam
ers only partially successful.
March 1—Fourth bombardment.
Russian destroyer sunk
March 22—Fifth bombardment. De
stroyer Silni engaged six Japanese
boats.
March 26-27—Another attempt to
blockade the harbor entrance failed,
the merchantmen sinking, but not in
the desired position.
April 13—Battle of Port Arthur. Bat
tleship Petropavolsk sinks with Ad
miral Makaroff. the artist, Verestc 1 '-.
agin, the chief of staff and 750 officers
and men.
May 5—Japanese transports, convoy
ed by torpedo boats, disembarked
troops at Pitsewo for siege of Port
Arthur.
May 7—Another attempt to block
the harbor entrance, which is reported
successful.
May 15—Japanese battleship Hat
suse and Cruiser Yoshino, of Admiral
Togo's fleet, sunk; the Yoshino owing
to a collision with the Kasuga, and
the Hatsuse through accidentally strik
ing a mine.
May 26-27—Battle of Kinchau and
Nan Shan hill. General Stoessel re
turns to the fortress, being forced back
from the neck of the Kwang Tung
peninsula.
May 30—Japanese capture Port Dal
ny.
June 14-16—General Suickelberg, ad
vancing to the relief of Port Arthur,
driven back by General Oku at the
battles of Wafangkau and Telissu.
June 23-24—Sortie of Russia squad
ron fails.
July 10—Japanese torpedo boat at
tack repulsed. Japanese occupy Kin
san heights.
July 22—Fourth Japanese army
landing at Port Arthur.
July 26-29—General Stoessel reports
repulse of all Japanese attacks.
July 30—Japanese capture Wolf
hill, six miles north of Port Arthur.
August 1—Sortie of Russian torpe
do boats.
August 5—Japanese capture defen
ses of Wolf, Green and Christ hills,
north and east of city.
August 7—Japanese land troops in
Louisa bay, west of Port Arthur.
August 10—Sortie and dispersal of
Russian squadron by Japanese fleet
under Admiral Togo.
August 14—Defeat of the Vladivos
tok squadron, attempting to form a
juncture with vessels of the Port Ar
thur squadron.
August 15—Terrific bombardment
by Japanese. Capture of Pigeon bay
position.
August 16—The Japanese emperor's
offer for the removal of the non-com
batants, with the demand for a sur
render delivered to General Stoessel.
August 17 —Refusal of General Sto
essel of the mikado's offer. Terrific
fighting resumed.
August 18—The Japanese charge
several Pigeon bay positions.
August 19 —Russian gunboat sunk
off Port Arthur.
August 26 —The Japanese in full
control of Pigeon bay positions. Cap
ture of one of the innei defenses.
August 28—Japanese capture parade
grounds and Etzshan, one of the im
portant fortifications of Port Arthur.
August 30—Emperor issued a ukase
about reducing the terms of service
of the defenders of Port Arthur.
September 1 to 19, 2t and 22—Con
tinuous bombardment by the Japan
ese. During the last three days the
Japanese captured Fort Kuropatkin.
September 27—Russian water sup
ply cut off by the Japanese. Russians
made a sortie, but were driven back
with loss.
September 29—Russians partly as
sume the offensive and try to re-cap
ture lost positions and the water sup
ply. Unsuccessful.
October 3—General Stoessel issued
a proclamation.
October 9—A steamer with ammuni
tion successfully readies Port Arthur.
October 13—Japanese bombarding
unceasingly. Shelling becomes more
violent.
October 20—Fighting on Rihlung
mountain. Severe cold weather causes
suffering among the Japanese.
October 23—Water supply cut off.
The new town practically destroyed.
October 26—A general assault and
bombardment by the Japanese. Slow
advancement by the latter.
November 2—Japanese increase the
blockading fleet.
November 2-6—Japanese capture mi
nor positions.
November 8—Japanese offer terms
of surrender to Russian soldiers.
November 10—Report eurren that
Stoessel asked for an armistice. Gen
eral Nogi empowered to negotiate for
surrender.
November 12—The Japanese began
some important tunneling operations.
November 13—The Japanese captur
ed trenches in front of Rihlung and
Sungshu forts and moats of principal
forts of eastern fortified ridges.
November 15—General Stoessel or
ders his troops to die at their posts.
November 16—Russian torpedo boat
Rastoropny arrives at. Che Foo and is
subsequently blown up.
November 17—General Stoessel said
to have requested the emperor to fur
nish supplies, and to have added that
te could hold out for several months.
November 18—British steamer Vic
torian ran blockade at Port Arthur.
November 19—United States gov
ernment hears that Port Arthur will
fall in about 20 days.
November 21—German steamer
Batelau captured while attempting to
run blockade.
November 22—Russians abandon
North fort at Tung ICeekwan.
November 26—Wireless communica
tion between Port Arthur and Che Foo
ceased. Japanese made a general at
tack, but were repulsed with enor
mous loss.
November 30—Japanese begin attack
on 203-Metre hill, lose 4,000 men in
an hour, but eventually capture the
hill. Bombardment of Russian ships
in the harbor by the Japanese guns
on the hill becomes effective, and
eventually all but the Sevastopol are
sunk.
December 7—Russians said to have
lost 3,000 men in trying to re-capture
203-Metre hill.
December 10—The announcement is
made that General Nogi's son was kill
ed before Port Arthur November 30.
December 11—It became known that
the Japanese cruiser Saiyen struck a
Russian mine November 30th and
sunk.
December 15—Details of several tor
pedo boat attacks on the Russian bat
tleship Sevastopol which succeeded in
getting out of Port Arthur during a
dark night reported that she is perm
anently disabled.
December 17—General Stoessel
sends a letter to General Noga ask
ing him to refrain from bombarding
the hospitalships.
December 19—Some Russian officers
reach Che Foo with dispatches giving
details of the capture of 203-Metre
hill by the Japanese.
December 20 —Japanese guardship
Asagiri captured the British steamer
King Arthur the day previous while
she was attempting to leave Port Ar
thur after running the blockade.
December 21—Confirmation of the
reported capture of Keekwan moun
tain fort by the Japanese General Sa
majima on December 18.
December 28—Japanese steamer
Manshu left Yokohama the day pre
vious with naval attaches and others
to see the fall of Port Arthur.
December 29 —Reports of General
Kondratenko being killed and Stoes
sel wounded confirmed.
December 30—Rihlung fort captured
with a thousand Japanese casualties
the previous day. Japanese also cap
ture Yanghphuban hill.
(CoDtiaued on eighth page.)
OPPORTUNITY
THROWN AWAY
The Young Ladies of Fergus County
Did Not Take the Fullest Ad
vantage of Leap Year.
FEWER LICENSES ARE ISSUED
Cupid Was Not So Busy as in 1903
—Vital Statistics of the County
for the Year.
Leap year was a failure In Fergus
county. Cupid had an off year. The
young ladies are either too independ
ent to exert their irresistable enchant
ments or they did not fully realize
the opportunity which was theirs.
Whatever may have been the cause,
the license book in the office of the
clerk of the district coart shows that
the licenses issued in 1904 were fewer
five than thoso issued in 1903. If
there was a marriage lor every license
during the year, 140 hearts wero made
heat as 70 during 12 months.
June and October were favorite
months for weddings, 10 licenses hav
ing I wen issued in those months. In
September there were nine and April
followed close with eight. Augtst
saw seven weddings, January and
November, six each, December, five;
May and July, two each, February,
four and but one couple had the
temerity to join their fortunes in the
blustery days of March. Tlio new
year starts out well, four licenses
having been issued up to the time of
going ho press.
The population of Fergus county
was increased by 95 babies during the
year, Of this number, there were 44
girls and 51 boys. Three pairs of
twins were reported by the physicians.
Twenty-nine of the babies were horn
Lewistown, 25 in Gilt Edge and vi
cinity and 15 in Kendall.
There were 21 death certificates
filed with the clerk of the court by
the physicians of Fergus county last
year. September was the only month
during which nodcaths were recorded.
Tha average age of the victims of the
grim reaper in 1904 was 27 years,
counting the live who died in infancy.
Exclusive of the infants, the average
age at the time of death was 35 years
and 7 months.
Where the Bneon Wan.
There Is a little dining room of the
quick lunch order downtown where
bacon and beans meal is to be had
the moderate price of 5 cents. The
other day a man strolled into the
place and, after gazing pensively on
the small quantity of bacon compared
with the heaps on his plate, shouted to
the waiter:
"Hey! I've got no bacon!"
As the waiter approached the table
the diner corrected himself.
"Oh, yes. I bog pardon. Here It
Is."
"Did you find It?" asked the waiter.
"Yes. It got under one of the beans,"
was the answer.—New York I'ress.
Hoars the Same.
Miss Budd—When a man's engaged
hla girl his Idea of "good hours" is
stay from 8 o'clock until any time
after midnight.
Mrs. Oldun—Yes, and even after mar
riage the hours are the same.
MIbs Budd—Indeed!
Mrs. Oldun—Yes. The only differ
ence Is that In one case they're hours
"with her" and In the other "away
from her."—Catholic Standard Times.
A Short Story.
Waggsby—There was once an honest
man In politics.
Naggsby—Well, go on with the story.
W'aggsby—That's all there Is of It.
Naggsby—It's a mighty short one.
Waggsby—Yes, but it's as long as the
man's stay In politics. — Baltimore
American.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
First Monthly Session of the New
Year Held in New City Hall.
The city council met for the first
time in the new city hall last Tues
day evening and transacted a large
amount of business which had accum
ulated during the hist month of the
year.
The reports of the city officers were
first taken up. The treasurer's report
was as follows:
Gash on hand in general fund, $3,
306.97; in road fund, $270.50; in fire
fund, $878.46; in library fund, $2,035.96;
in water works fund, $1,159.31; in
sinking fund, $2,951.33. The water
and sewerage bond fund is in the red,
$2,359.64.
The street commissioner reported
expenditures during the month of De
cember at $230.10. The city marshal
reported tines collected during the
month in the sum of 97.50, and dog
tax collected, $38. The report of su
perintendent of water works, F. F.
Goss, showed col led Ions for the month
of $184.60; bills due, $239.03. It was
shown from this report that the coat
of the new pump recently installed by
the city was $2,677.65.
The salary of Walter Gooch, night
watchman, was boosted from $75 to
$85 per month, the raise taking effect
from Dec. 1. The annual report of
John C. Bebb, street commissioner
and city marshal, showed receipts for
the year bv the marshal of $4,936.85
and disbursements by the street com
missioner for the 12 months of $4,
052.26. His recommendations that alt
crossings built in the future be made
of concrete, and that the streets be
boulevarded, were referred to the
street and alley committee. Mr. Bebb
also filed his report as chief of the fire
department, which showed that the
losses from tiro in Lewistown during
the year 1904 were $30,050. He also
recommended the purchase of a uew
fire alarm striker and some more hose.
This recommendation was referred to
the purchasing committee.
H. L. Do Kalb was appointed city
attorney and ids bond in the sum of
$500, with L. O. Wilson and David
Ililger as sureties, was approved. The
petition of W. G. Norman to be per
mitted to alter a building on Main
street was first refused, but he pre
sented an amended petition, which
was granted. Other minor matters
were attended to, a large number of
bills were allowed, after whioh the
council adjourned.
Gilt Edge Brevities.
Commissioner Poland was in Lew
istown several days last week.
J. U. McKay and wife and Geo.
Nipper and wife were over from Ken
dall last Thursday to attend the fune
ral of Jennie Nipper.
George .McDowell went to Plum
creek last Saturday.
S. Hurvitch was in Lewistown last
Thursday.
Mrs. M. J. Dignan returned to Gilt
Edge Friday after an absence of a
week In Helena.
W. W. Badger, the bookkeeper at
the Gold Reef, is now recovering after
two weeks of sickness.
W. H. Lincbarger, whoso home is
on the Missouri river, is vlsltsng his
father, I). II. Lincbarger.
Fred Goos and O. E. McBain were
in town Saturday.
Hugh Tully, who has been at Little
ltockles since last spring, Is now an
engineer at Whiskey Gulch.
Several changes have been made in
the schools since the holidays.
Miss Nellie Lahey, who taught the
primary, left on Dec. 24th for Philips
burg, where she will take the office
of county superintendent of Granite
county. Miss Etta M. Sawyer, who
was in the intermediate department,
now has charge of the primary and
Charles Drinkard takes her place.
The principal of the schools, R. A.
McKee, has been appointed postmast
er at Gilt Edge which will soon de
mand another change in the schools.
Father Van C'larenbeek of Lewis
town has been holding church at Gilt
Edge on Sunday and Monday of tills
week.
Frank Stephens of the 2-Bar was in
town over Sunday.
W. W. Wcscott is moving into his
new house recently purchased of C. A.
Archer. He has now one of the cos
iest homes in the Gold Reef gulch.
William Newman is confined to his
room with tonsilitis.
McGee & Caldwell are building a
stage in the rear of their place of busi
ness ready for some nimble actors to
cut the pigeon wing.
Martin Coleman, who had his shoul
der dislocated in a runaway, is nearly
well again.
Work is now ready to start again on
the McEvony and Westergreen group
of mining claims in Whiskey Gulch,
with prospects very flattering for a
good body of ore.
C. II. Miller and family left Satur
day morning at about 3 o'clock for
parts unknown to your correspondent.
M. J. Dignan, of the Union Steam
Laundry, is the busiest man in town.
Hours cuts no figure with him as he
was delivering washing at 10 o'clock
Saturday night. He believes in Frank
lin's maxim, "He that by the plow
would thrive, himself must either
hold or drive."