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FRIDAY El miY EDITION Vol. XXIII. No. 89. LEWISTOWN. PEROUS COUNTŸ, HONT., FRIDAY, JUNE 8. 1906. Price 5 Cents. ' REPUBLICAN IN POLITICS, AND DEVOTED TO THE MINERAL, AGRICULTURAL, STOCK AND WOOL INTERESTS OF THE GREAT JUDITH COUNTRY. «Pet ttleaflKr 6ood$ Ont line of goods for Wet Weather is complete ««««• Slickers Of We carry a full assort ment of Fish Brand Slickers and Slicker Suits in both the Black and Yellow. All new fresh goods. Prices are right. Rubber Boots Our new line of Rubber Boots is complete and we al ways have a full assortment of sizes. Rubber Boots with rolled soles at $ 4.00 Boots with Leather Soles €}} Guaranteed absolutely wa terproof and to out last two ordinary pair of Rubber Boots Knee length $6.00, hip boots $$.00 men's Women's Boys' at|d Children's Rubbers €|| Here you will find the bet ter grade in all styles, all the widths and all sizes. Our sales on this dass of goods is increasing rapidly, people are beginning to realize that it pays to buy the best in rub bers and they can always de pend on getting them here. SHOE & CLOTHINQ COMPANY LBWISTOWN, MONTANA Both Phones . No. 175 SAMUEL TYLER'S END IS TRAGIC His Body Found in McDonald Creek, Near the Foreman Ranch-Appears to Have Been the Result of an Accident-Burial Yesterday. well in Samuel Tyler, formerly known resident of this city, was | drowned in McDonald erfeek, near Grass Range several days ago and his body was discovered in the stream Wed nesday by Charles McDonald, of this city who was driving through the country with a hide buyer. The discovery was purely accidental, as Mr. McDonald did not know the man was missing. He at once notified David Foreman, Tyler's former employer, and the body was taken out of the stream by Mr. Foreman and party. County Attorney Roy E. Ayres and Coroner ff. F. At tix were at once notified by telephone and as there were no indications of foul play, it was arranged to have the matter investigated at Crass Rangs, and asnothingof asuspicious nature was developed, the formality of an inquest was dispensed with afid the burial oc curred yesterday afternoon at Grass Range. Was no Foul Play. Whether Mr. Tyler fell into the stream accidentally and was drowned or committed suicide cannot be ab solutely determined. All that is certain is that there was no foul play. The most reasonable theory, and the one generally accepted is that death was the result of an accident, which must have occurred several days before the body was found, as decomposition was far advanced. Mr. Tyler had been employed by Mr. Foreman as cook, holding that position until May 24, when he quit, and the next day start ed for Grass Range. So far as can be learned, he had not been drinking up to the time he left the ranch. He was somewhat addicted to the use of li quor, however, and drink may have played a part in the tragedy. Mr. Tyler was over 50 years of age and unmarried. He had relatives resil ing at Forest Grove, who were noti. fled of the occurrence by County At torney Ayres. Well Known in Lewistown. Samuel Tyler was very well known of PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS President Roosevelt is Given the Hearty Endorsement of the Party in State Convention. RAILWAY RATE LEGISLATION It is Endorsed, Along With Better In spection of Meat And Publicity. Harrisburg, Pa., June 7.—Republi cans of Pennsylvania today nominated Edwin S. Stuart, former mayor of Philadelphia, for governor. But one ballot was taken. Other nominations were: Lieutenant governor., Robert S. Mur phy of Cambria county: auditor gen eral, Robert K. Young of Tioga county ; secretary of internal affairs, Henry Houck of Lebanon. There was apparently no organized opposition to this ticket. The platform was adopted as pre sented from the committee. This de clares: The Platform. "We most heartily and cordially en dorse and commend the splendid ad. ministration of President Theodore Roosevelt . Particularly do we com mend his administration for its fair vigorous and succesful enforcement through the department of justice of the anti-trust and Interstate commerce laws, the enforcement of which has compelled respect for law and made it clear that great corporations and great financial interests, when guilty, will be treated as any other law-break er. It is a matter of pride to Pennsyl vanians that he who was the attorney general under whom this policy was in augurated and who so signally aided In making it successful, is the present junior senator from this state. Believe in Publicity. "We believe in publicity of the af fairs and management of the great cor porations, particularly thtose which are common carriers or which deal in the staples or necessities of life, and we demand such governmental inspec tion, supervision or regulation of such corporations as will give accurate knowledge of their financial condition and business methods, afford means for easily detecting dishonest manage ment and protect the public from im position. We further commend the president for his unceasing efforts to obtain such publicity, inspection and regulation and for his fearlessness and impartiality in carrying out the laws enacted during his administra tion. The results thus far obtained in this city, where for some time tie acted as clerk at the old l^wistown ! hotel. This position brought, him contact with many people and gave him a wide acquaintance. Of late yearas he has been employed on var ious ranches, generally as cook. Nat urally the news of his tragic deatii was quite a shock to his friends. IN CAMPS AT 'FRISCO. Over Forty Thoueand Still in Them. San Francisco, June 7.—For the in formation of Presidént E- H. Harriman and Traffic Manager J. C. Stubbs, of the Southern Pacific, General Passen ger Agent James Horsburgh, Jr., and Assistant General Passenger Agent Paul Shoup have had a census taken of the persons in the camps of this city. It shows that on June 1. 13,088 persons were in the permanent camps and 29,533 in the temporary camps. It also shows that on June 1, rations were supplied 41,238 persons and free meal tickets given 9,159 persons. The report cites that there are 2,288 persons in the Oakland and Alameda permanent camps and that on May 31 rations were issued to 10,244 persons in Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley. In ■ Unfortunatea | Los Angeles there are 600 San Fran cisco refugees, in Sacramento 120, in | Vallejo 213 and in Stockton 316. Deputy Sheriffs Held Up. Glasgow. June 7.—William Vasko and Hugh Calberwood, deputy sher iffs of Valley county, were held up at Ashfield Saturday by horse thieves from Dawson county, whom they were seeking to arrest. Upon approaching the door of the home of James McNabb, where the two horse thieves were lodged, they were confronted with guns and were compelled to deliver up all weapons and their horses, upon which the horse thieves rode away, leaving dep uties minus both weapons and horses. show that an aroused intelligent pub lic opinion demanding that the same rules of honesty be applied in business as to private life will do much to cor rect industrial abuses and compel fur ther needed legislation. Approve Rate Legislation. "We approve the legislation pending in congress and now certain to be en. acted into law pdoviding for such su pervision and regulation in a broad and comprehensive degree and con ferring upon the interstate commerce commission power to determine and to put into effect just and reasonable rates for the transportation of persons and property. The enactment of such legislate hi has bcr.ii made possio ^ » this time by the wise, courageous and successful leadership of our president. "The national power over interstate commerce is supreme and can be exe cuted effectively over all corporations I engaging in such commerce. , "We heartily endorse the legislation! now pending in congress providing for the rigid inspection of the meat pro ducts which are the daily food of our people. "We again 'declare our devotion to the Republican doctrine of protection to American industry and American labor and commend our delegation in congress for their firm and effective stand against the disturbance of ex isting conditions. "We urge further amendments of our immigration and naturalization laws, so that undesirable foreign elements may be excluded. "We again acknowledge our debt of gratitude to the soldiers and sailors of our several wars, commend the pen sions which have been granted them and urge our senators and representa tives in congress to support at all times such measures as may be necessary to secure them from want in their de clining years and increase infirmities. "We are opposed to the ownership of coal mines and the mining of coal by railways or transportation companies and we pledge the party to the enact ments of such legislation as may be necessary to make effective the consti tutional provision upon that subject. PAY LA8T TRIBUTE. Funeral of Margaret Wakefield at 8t. Jame'a Church Wednesday. The funeral of the late Margaret Wakefield was held at St. James' Epis copal church Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, and a large number of friends of the bereaved family assembled pay the final tribute to the jnemory of the one they loved so well. The ser vices were conducted by Rev. Bate man, rector of St. Peter's Episcopal church, of Helena, who read the beaut iful and impressive service of the church. In addition to this, Mr. Bate man made a brief address, full of con solation to the mourners. The floral of ferings were many and beautiful, and fairly embowered the casket. The pall bearers were Haul Tabor, George Evoy, Clair Aclv, Charles Grupe, Wilbur Hoitnian and George Canon. FOR W. J. BRYAN. Great Reception at Madison Square Garden la Proposed. New York. June 7.—A reception in which Democrats from all over (he country will be invited to participate will be tendered td William Jennings Bryan, In Madison Square Garden, in trio this city, on his return from in'_-_-_________ CLAIMANTS FOR SHERMAN REWARD REACH AGREEMENT The claim of Undersheriff Ed. Mar tin is now the only one pending be fore the county commissioners in con nection with the reward offered last September för the arrest and convic tion of the murderer of Samuel Stud zinski. Immediately following the con viction of James Sherman, claims were put in by Sheriff Slater, on be half of himself and the Lewistowu deputies; Halsey R. Watson and Hal Danzer. Later Martin filed a separate claim and after long consideration, the commissioners decided that they would not attempt to adjudicate these conflicting claims and the matter went over to this session. There appeared no likelihood of anything ever being done in the matter, so long as the claimants themselves could not agree, and they finally got together, all retir ing in favor of Ed. Martin, who will un. doubtedly be paid the full amount of fered, $1,000, within a short time. What, agreement the claimants have . made among themselves, if any, is not] known, and with that the commission-j ers are not concerned. | PREPARING FOR A The Fourth of July committee got in j communication with Gov. J. K. Toole this week and formally invited his ex ' cellency to come to Lewistown as ora tor of the day on the Fourth. The gov ernor expressed bis appreciation, and said that he had made arrangements that would take him,out of the state on that day. But for uiis, the governor said it would have given him the greatest pleasure to have visited the Fergus metropolis, and expressed the hope that in the near future he might visit us. The committee Is now ar ranging to secure as orator of the day GILT EDGE NEWS NOTES GOLD REEF SHUT DOWN ON AC COUNT OF SHORTAGE OF COAL. Gilt Edge, June 7.— E. M. Drinkard, j of Beaver creek was calling on friends : here this week. | Mrs. G. H. Nichols, ol Lewistown, is i spending a few days with her daughter. ( .Mrs. A. M. Plumb, at the cottage ofj I thte Gol(1 Reef nline . , Mrs Mattoc ks, of Cone Butte, spent Sunday with friends in Gilt Edge, re Ulrnjng home Mon day. I J. J. Garen is adding improvements to his store room. Mr. Garen was de layed some time, Waiting for needed lumber to complete improvements. Joe Dingel, of Grass Range was in town this week. F. E. Smith, of Lewistown, was a business visitor here Monday. Frank Stevens and wife, of Magin nis, drove over to Lewistown Sunday and returned Monday. - M. E. King, a socialist speakaer, of, Helena, was here Tuesday and Wed | nesday. He spoke to a number of per-j sons on Tuesday evening, but owing to the storm did not have a very large audience on Wednesday evening. ^ shortage of**coai The teams were un able to haul coal during the storm of J. E. Wasson was selected to repre sent Gilt Edge Aerie No. 375 F. O. E. at the state convention at Helena June 18, 19 and 20th. The Gold Reef mine had to lay off most of the miners on account of few days ago. and the storm of this week. The Billings stage, which left Gilt . „ r Wt ,. Edge Wednesday, got as far as FortU creek and found the bridge «ashe.l out and the creek out of its banks, causing the driver to return to Gilt Edge until the storm subsided. A. Decker was unable to return Lewistown Wednesday evening on ac count of the severity of the storm Swend Holland, of Holland Bros., was in town this week and reports but small loss in lambs on account of the storm. He has about sixteen hun dred lambs this season and reports the range in good condition. George Campbell is remodeling and making extensive improvements on his house. It will De one of the nicest residences in town when completed. Father Van Clarenbecl of Lewis town, was here and held services Sun around th« world, William Hoge, of this city, chairman of the Commercial Travelers' and H> tel Men's Anti-Trust league, today re ceived a letter from Mr. Bryan, writ. Fourth of July celebration and will nr rive in this city about August 1. ten at Constantinnple, in which he ac cepted the invitation of the league to be present at the reception, which will lie under the auspices of the league. Tlic executive committee of the lea gue will hold a meeting tomorrow to discuss the | reliminarv preparations. It is exacted that Mr. Bryan will reach Loudon in time to speak at a j It is concededcd that Undersheriff Martin did most of the work in con nection with the case, Danzer, the telephone lineman, first saw the suit cases containing the Studzinski loot under the Argus building, but he not only did not report it to the officers, but did nothing in connection with it himself. He had told a frb-n 1 of the find, and It was the talk of ti ; latter that gave Martin his start. La inter viewed the lineman and obtained in formation as to the find. He then first real start was made. From that time on, he worked unceasingly on the case. In this he was ably assisted by Mr. Watson, who turned up much in formation that proved of the highest importance and materially aided in bringing the crime home to the guilty party. The commissioners have taken no formal action whatever as yet, but it . . , , »long out I l suit case s, en t îe is the impression now that the dispute over the reward has been disposed of, that they will pay the claim during the! | present session. BIG CELEBRATION one of the foremost speakers in the state and will probably be able to make its announcement by the first of the week. Meantime (the arrangements for the celebration are going right along and the indications are that it will be the finest one ever held in Fergus county. The program will be sufficiently varied to provide entertain ment for all, and Messrs. Hugh Wag ner, R. D. Baker and E. F. Ross, of the general committee, will call an other meeting of the committees in a few days to report progress and close up some of the details. day and M° nda y R. W. Blake is making improve ments on his store room. The new front and paint adds much to its ap pearance. J. D. Wright left this week for his ranch near Moore and he expects to remain there some time, making im provements and looking after the prop erty. Fred Goss, the rancher and mining man, was a visitor to Lewistown this week - Endowment litige No. 4 Knights of Pythias did some work in the second an( j ^j r( j rauk at their last regular meetlng Messrs. Smith, Mears, Hitch, Scott, Creel, Wentwoith, Jackson. Jones were here and Reed, of Lewistown land assisted in the work. After the, ranks were conferred a lunch consist ing of sandwiches and coffee was serv ed, followed by cigars. Every one spent a pleasant evening and Gilt Edge extends a cordial invitation to the Lewistown gentlemen to visit i s whenever they can do so. Chas. Doherty, of Lewistown, was here this week. MisB Ada Meyersick, county superin tendent of schools, stopped here on her way ^ juaginnls to visit the schooU - of that place. - | Wu Ting Fang Quits. Pekin, June 7. Wu Ting Fang, | 1 former Chinese minister to Washing- j wn, has left Pekin on leave of ab- 1 sence. It is said that he will prob ably live in Shanghai, being disgusted with Chinese official life. After he returned from America, Wu Ting Fang gained considerable inflr-j ence over the empress dowager, but the court officials threw obstacles in the path of his reform scheme and their intrigues finally relegated him to mi nor offices without power. He has been outspoken in his denunciation of the rottenness of the Chinese offi he would have lost his head for his rial administration. A few years ago h lnat k , •__ Children Saved From Death. Chicaago, June 7.—The eight children of Joseph Blondewski, ranging in ages j rQm -, weeks to 9 years, were thrown from a second-story window by fire men today when a blaze broke out in their home. Escape for the children was entirely cut off and all of them must have per ished had not the firemen dropped them out of the window, other firemen catching them as they fell. One girl was overcome by smoke, but recovered. All of the others were uninjured. Read the Argus for the newt. SAY CLIPS WILL BE MOVING SOON Views of J. D. Waite and B. C. White—Fergus Sheep Commissioner Tells the Woolgrowers to Stand Pat-Price Paid For Lambs Breaks Record. Shearing was to have commenced ; in Fergus county Wednesday morning, the Armells plant being scheduled to I being operations at that time, but <>\v ing to the heavy storm it was de ferred for a few days. The Sage creek plant will commence shearing one week from today, and J. D. Waite and Waite & Elliot will shear June 20. Storm Causes Losses. The heavy storm that commenced | Tuesday night caused some losses atnong iambs. As usual at this time of the year, however, the losses will be ; more than offset by the benefits result- ; ing from the rain. High Price for Lambs. It is learned that the price agreed on for the sale of about 13,000 lambs j by the Sage Creek company to A. C. j Tompkins this week is $2.60 per hea l.' October delivery. This is a new record 1 for lambs, the highest price ever be f ))re p a Oeing $2.50 per head. Says Buyers Will Be Here. 1 Senator J. 1). Waite came in from his ranch Tuesday evening. He con traded his wool to Putnam some time ago and is therefore out of the mar. ket, but says that the buyers will sure ly be here just as soon as the wool conies in. "The growers may rest assured that they will be able to sell their wool this sason for a nice price," said Mr. Waite yesterday. "It is doubtless (rue that the action of some growers, especially j n Wyoming, in putting the price away above the importing price for the same Si.iniuÏÏïr.îT.SÏÏS in the end. The liuying houses will do the fair thing, which means that the sheep men are all going to gét good prices for their wool." B. C. White's Views. Sheep Commissioner B. C. White was In Helena this week, and while there discussed the wool situation in his usual breezy fashion. He said: "It seems that, there is a deadlock between the wool growers and the wool TO LOOK OVER A NEW ROUTE Engineers of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Are on a Tour of Inspection. Experts Sent Out by President Earling TO WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS on a Very Important Mis sion. '* ay morning Springs, where he will join a party of F. T. Robertson, of the Montana Railroad branch of the Chicago, Mil waukee ft St. Paul arrived in Lewis town Wednesday evening and alter spending the night in town, left yester for White Sulphur St. Paul officials who are to look over toutes. Pipestone Springs Route. The Helena Record of Tuesday ev ening contained the following: "Chief Engineer F. T. Robertson of the so-called Lombard section and a number of other Milwaukee railroad officials, accompanied by City Engi neer Farmer and other Helena nueu, its into and out of Helena, with a view | determining whether Helena shall j on the ma i„ ij ne of the Milwaukee 1 road or not> The party left for White sulphur Springs by way of White'3 pass whence they will go to Dorsey and from there to Pipestone Springs an ,| lo Rlltte . They will then leave Butte an d C ome to Helena, probably hy wha! lg known as the Rimini route, j n or( jer to inspect the possibilities of lhis rollte between Helena and Butte, .. This w ill give the engineers a de idea of the merits of the Pipe left Helena last evening for the pur pose of making a thorough Investira tion of th® vario " 8 ,f p , p ™ ac ^l "Bd ex stone Springs route to Butte from Lom bard and also to Helena front the same point, as well as the possibilities of getting to Helena from Butte or to Butte from Helena, as the case may be. The party will be gone several days, and their trip is the result of the promise made some days ago by Presi dent Earling thoroughly to investigate. Helena's claim to the right to be on the main line of the Milwaukee. The! matter cannot now remain much long-! er in doubt, and a great deal depends upon the final conclusion reached by the engineers." Burt to Inspect It. The Helena Independent of Wednes day says: "Mr. Horace G. Burt, specially as signed to the work by President A. J. Earling, of the Chicago, Milwaukee ft St. Paul railroad, left Helena vester buyers. The buyers claim that th© growers are asking too much for wool, while the growers claim that they are asking only what the situation war rants. The manufacturers claim that tlie outlook for the goods market does not warrant any advance in the price of wool, consequently there is not much buying. "From what we can glean from sev | eral wool papers the situation is about like this: There is but little deslr able wool left in the Boston market, In fact there is not enough of some grades, particularly territory, left to make a market, yet the market is firm and strong. "At th recent J»ndon auction sales there was a good attendance and very strong competition, some grades of wool advancing from 5 to 7*£ pr cent, while the selections suitable for the American trade were so poor that no market price was quoted. Yet fine Mer ino wools remained unchanged, and the situation abroad is that foreign markets are firm and show no evidence of weak Hundred Million Sheep Short. "Statisticians tell us that the world one hundred million sheep short from ten years ago and make a table showing where this shortage is. Ev ery person familiar with the wool sit uation in the west knows tthat the number of sheep is decreasing year by year, as the range is being taken up by settlers. Consequently there is a decrease in the annual wool clip. "Tlie Boston Commercial Bulletin, in writing up the market and the condi tions in the west, says that there is no trading being done in Wyoming, that the growers are asking prohibitive prices and that there will be no buy ing until the growers become more reasonable in Iheir demands, that the buyers say that they can wait, and "one thing is certain the growers can't eat the wool.' We will add that another thing is also certain, viz: If the man (Continued on page 3.1 day morning in company with a party of local engineers, to determine the feasibility of building the main line of the Milwaukee from White Sulphur Springs via White's and Benton pass es through Helena en route to Butte. "Mr. Burt is a distinguished engi neer and railroad authority. He was chief engineer of the Chicago & Nor thwestern and later vice-president and president of the Union Pacific railroad, and ranks high among the expert and progressive railroad experts of the | United States. He came to Helena with j c „nfld e ntiai instructions from Presi of a dent Earling to make an authoritative and final reconnaissance of the sug gester main line through Helena and, in his letter introducing Mr. Bert to the committee of Helena business men which has presented tangible reasons for choosing this route, President Earl ing congratulates the Capital city of Montana on securing the services of so capable an expert. Leave for White Sulphur. "Mr. Burt and his party left early yesterday with wagons, instruments and saddle horses. They will survey the proposed route as far as White i Sulphur Springs returning thence by train to this city. Later they will ex amine the proposed grades and curves incidental to the so-called Rinmini-Red Mountain route from Helena to Butte and other feasible ways of construct ing the main line of the Milwaukee ; ^"m '^is'Mnt'w the main Montana j objective, Butte. "Mr. Burt was a guest of the Hel ena Business Men's Committee at the Montana club on Monday when the surveying expedition now in progrès» was organized. It is understood that Mr. Burt's findings as supported by the other experts in his party will be final in determining whether Helena Is right in pointing out the superior advantages of this as the route for the main line of the Milwaukee." The Friend of the Leper. Washington, June 7.—Rev. L. L. Cortfardy, the companion and succes sor of Father Damien, who for many years had charge if the leper settle to ment at Molokai, in the Hawaiian is. lands, was presented to the president today by Rev. A. P. Doyle, head of the Paulist Mission house at the Cath olje university. Father Conrardy has served human on ity and his church in many parts of the world. When he left Molokai there were 900 lepers in the settlement. HI» by as J. experience in the work induced the church to transfer him to Canton, Chi na, to look after approximately 25,000 lepers in that vicinity, who practically have nobody to care for them. Father Conrardy is trying to raise a fund on which to support 300 Chi nese lepers, three sisters and himself. The president manifested deep Interest in the work.