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WEATHER FORECAST: \ Tonight and Triday probably fair. The tvalispell Bee. 5 O'CLOCK VOL. II, NO. 56. KALI8PELL, MONT., THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1901. FIVE CENTS. SIX MORE DROWNED Another Gas Explosion at Cleveland. WATER WORKS CRIB b the Scene ot Another Terrible Fatality. 'Workmen Vainly Signaled for Assistance. By Associated Press*. Cleveland, O., Aug. 21.—Six men were drowned last night as the result of an explosion of gas in the tunnel leading from water works crib No. 3, two miles from crib No. 2, where the fatal, accident of last Wed nesday occurred. The accident occurred early last night, but nothing was known of it on shore until today, as no boats are kept at the cribs. The railway men on the crib when the explosion took place spent the night vainly signalling for assistance. It was long after daylight before a tug reached them. It is supposed the men digging struck a vein of gas which was ignited by a spark made by a workman's pick. So great was the destruction wrought that it will possibly be weeks before the damage can be repaired and the bodies of the unfortunate workmen recovered. Mayor Johnson ordered all construction work on the tunnel stopped until every safeguard is pro vided for the protection of the men. FRANCE AND TURKEY NOT ON GOOD TERMS Diplomatic Relations Between The Countries are Broken Off. By Associated Press: Constantinople, Aug. 21.—French Ambassador M. Constans, has notified the sultan's first secretary that all diplomatic relations between France and Turkey are broken off and the ambassador has informed his govern ment to this effect. The ambassador justifies his action on the ground that the sultan broke his promise given Thursday regarding the purchase of quays and the settlement of disputed French claims. HEAD END COLLISION KILLS FIVE PERSONS The Chicago A Alton "Hummer'' Meets With Disaster. by Associated Press: Jacksonville, 111., Aug. 21.—The Chi cago & Alton "Hummer," from Chica go, was wrecked in a head end col lision with a way freight in the rail road yards at Prentice this morning, killing five persons, and injuring six others. The dead are: "Con' Sheean, engineer; John Adams, fireman; three unknown men who were on tender. TURKS PREPANING TO KILL MORE CHRIS BANS Martial Law Declared In the Sassoun District. By Associated Press: London, Aug. 22.—The Westminster Gazette today says Turkey has pro claimed martial law in the Sassoun district in consequence of alleged Al banian plots. The Sassoun district was the scene of massacres in 1894. THREE ARE DEAD As the Kes ilt of the Gun Charge Ex* plosion at Fort Riley. By Associated Press: Fort Riley, Kas., Aug. 2». —Private Mackey A. Sykes, one of the victims of yesterday s explosion of a gun charge, died of ris injuries today, mhaking th-ee dead. Recruit Lloyd's recovery is doubtful. PROMINENT JURIST DEAD. By Associated Press: Toronto, Ohio. Aug. 22.—Chief Justice George Burton of the court of appeals died today, aged 82. STORM WRECKS A NEW TOWN Several People Killed in New Anadarko A BIG PROPERTY LOSS Twenty Buildings Completely Wrecked.— Great Quantities of Merchan dise Ruined. By Associated Press: El Reno, O. T., Aug. 22.—A wind and ram storm amounting almost to a tornado, nearly demolished the new town of Anadarko last evening. W. P. Levis, of Rutherford, Texas, John An tone, Paris, Texas, and Dr. Mays of Wichita, were killed by falling build ings. A number of others were in jured while about twenty buildings were almost completely wrecked. Hundreds of tents and great quanti ties of merchandise were strewn over the place. The wreckage will be cleared away and the buildings re placed. The damage amounts to thousands of dollars. At Hobart two and one-fourth inches of rain fell in an hour. Thousands of dollars worth of merchandise in unfinished build ings and tents is ruined, but so far as learned no one was hurt. Reports indicate that the storm was severe in the country districts. One report says four persons were killed at a farm house a few miles from Anadarko. YOUNG SCHLEY MAKES AN EXPLANATION Says He Talked With No One For Publication. By Associated Press: Washington, Aug. 21.—Captain Thomas F. Schley of ■ the Twenty third infantry, made an official reply to the war department regarding his alleged interview in the matter oi the Schley court of inquiry. Schley says he talked for publication with no person, and the publication misrepre sented what he said, in a friendly con versation with other gentlemen. The letter is regarded at the department as a satisfactory explanation. AN ALABAMA SHERIFF PROTECTS HIS PRISONER And Two of a Mob are Dead in Con sequence. By Associated Press: Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 22.—A News stan correspondent at Ashevile wires that Sheriff North and deputies fired on a mob seeking to lynch Jim Brown the negro rapist who was today con victed, and that Walter Blatmenship and Jamie Blatmenship, two mem bers of the mob, were fatally wound ed. Hundreds of shots were fired. NO ARMED INVASION. Relations Between Ecuador and Col ombia Friendly. By Associated Press: Washington, Aug. 22.—The Colom bian minister, Dr. Martinez Silva, to day received an official letter from the minister of Colombia at Quito, Ec uador, which reports an engagement near Tomaco in which the Colombian revolutionists were defeated and am munition and prisoners were taken. The letter also discloses a satisfac tory condition of affairs between Ecua dor and Colombia, and disposes of re ports that an armed invasion by Ecu adoran troops was to be apprehended. WHEAT QUOTATIONS. By Associated Press: Chicago, Aug. 22.—Wheat—August, per bu., 70 7-8c; September, 70 l-2c. San Francisco, Aug. 22.—Wheat dull, December, per cwt., fl.01 7-8; spot quiet at 97 l-2c. TENNI8 CHAMPIONSHIP. By Associated Press: New York. Aug. 22.—V. A. Larned won the national lawn tennis cham pionship tournament here today, de feating Beals C. Wright 6-2. 6-8, 6-4, 6-4. it a THE TRUST MAKES GAINS Strike at Carnegie Plant Does Not Develop PLANTS START UP Short Handed.— Foreigners Arrested for Disturbing the Peace and Severely Reprimanded. By Associated Press: Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 22.—The strike situation is not materially changed today, the promised strike in the Car negie property has not yet come. Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 22.—Develop ments in the steel strike this morning were all favorable to the masters. The American Tin Plate company suc ceeded in getting about 100 men safely inside the Star plant and preparations are in progress for starting up the mills. Another crew was put on at the Lindley and McCutcheon works, and the "Jinney" mill started and 250 men were reported at work at the Painter plant. Seven foreigners were arrested for disturbing the peace at the Pennsylvania Tube plant last evening, and were given a hearing by Magistrate McGarvey and severely reprimanded. BIG OIL EIRE BREAKS OUT AFRESH Danger of Fire Reaching the Schuyl kill River. By Associated Press: Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 22.—The big oil fire at the Atlantic Refining com pany's works at Point Breeze, is burn ing more fiercely today than at any time since the first explosion occur red. This morning another tank ex ploded, the force of the explosion causing the bag tank to careen and the oil ran into the sewer which emp ties into the Schuylkill river. The flames will probably soon find their way to the river surface and all po lice boats have left so they will not be caught by the burning oil when it reaches the river. GUNBOAT WRECKED. By Associated Press: Colon, Aug. 22.—News has just been received from Carthegena, says an open boat containing nine men arriv ed there and reported that the Colom bian gunboat Lapopa sank on leaving Savanilal for Cartagena. Steam Launches were dispatched to search for the Lapopa, but no trace was found. MILLIONAIRE MINE OWNER Is Shot and Killed at Cripple Creek, Colorado. Cripple Creek, Colo., Aug. 22.—Sam Strong, a millionaire mine owner, was shot and killed this morning by Grant Crumley. The shooting took place in the New port gambling saloon, owned by Crum ley. Strong had been gambling and made a winning. John Neville, Strong's father-in-law,' and Crumley got into an altercation. Strong drew a revolver and Crumley grabbed a shotgun and blew a hole through Strong's head. He gave himself up to the police. Sherman Crumley, Grafts '»rother, was shot in the thigh last night by William Tromback in a quarrel over a bet. The wound is not dangerous. The Crumley brothers owned the hack in which Adjutant General Tarsney of Colorado was kid napped at Colorado Springs during the Bull Hill war in 1895. Strong formerly owned the famous mine at Victor which bears his name, and other valuable mining properties in the Cripple Creek district. GET8 FIFTEEN YEARS. 'Frisco Bullion Thief Given a Heavy Sentence. By Associated Press: Martinez, Cal., Aug. 22.—Jack Win ters who got away with $320,000 gold bullion from the Selby Smelting works, and afterwards confessed, was sentenced today to 15 years in the penitentiary. •ubaeriba for the Daily Boo. NATIONAL RAR ASSOCIATION Annual Meeting Takes Place in Denver NOTABLE ADDRESSES Congressman Littlefield of theOpioion That Porto Rico b a Part of the United States. By Associated Press: Denver, Colo., Aug. 22.—The Amer ican Bar association opened its 24th annual meeting in the Tabor Grand opera house this morning. President Edmund Wetmorc of New York, de livered the opening address in which he reviewed the most important cnanges of statute law, state and na tional. He said recent legislation showed a tendency to divest legisla tures and reserve more lav-making power to the people. Jessie Hinckley announced the admission by ihe ex ecutive council of 164 new members. A new executive council, one from each state, was announced, including Idaho, W. W. ifrood; Oregon, C. H. Carey: Washington, C. H. Hanford; The annual address was delivered this morning by Congressman Chas. E. Littlefield of Maine on "The Insular Cases." Littlefield declared the de cisions of the supreme court regard ing the Porto Rican tariff laws, con sidering the inconsistent views ex pressed by the different members of the court are "without parallel in ju dicial history. After dissecting the va rious arguments by the court and comparing one with anolher. Little field reached the conclusion ihat, "so far as the operation of the constitu tion is concerned the territory was to al) iü'ents and purposes a part of the United States, it matters not how the constitution reached the territory so far as this case is concerned, so long as it was there." Denver, Colo., Aug. 22.—The com mittee on commercial law reported the present bankruptcy law unsatisfac tory. Adolph Moses of Chicago created a sensation by the following protest: "I wish to record my voice in dissent to the general applause which followed the presentation of the Insular cases by Mr. Littlefield. I regret to have listened to what I consider an unwar ranted attack upon the supreme court of the United States, and as a member of this association I wish to raise my voice in protest against the use of this platform for a purpose of this kind." He was declared out of order by the president. INVITED TO PARTICIPATE. President Issues a St. Louis Exposi tion Proclamation. By Associated Press: Washington, Aug. 21.—The state department has issued a proclamation signed by President McKinley, invit ing the naLions of the world to parti cipate in the Louisiana Purchase Ex position at St. uouis in 1903. BIG FIRE IN IOWA. By Associated Press : Elma, Iowa, Aug. 22.—Fire today de stroyed a block of business houses here, entailing a loss of $75,000. FOUND MORE MILEAGE. Great Northern Turns in Over Ten Miles of New Road. The state board of equalization to day placed a valuation upon 10.lv miles of railroad belonging to the Great Northern railroad that had not been previously assessed by the uoard. The new mileage is in Flat head county. It was assed at $1,025 per mile, says thé Helena Herald. I. Parker Veazey, the Montana coun sel ior the road, appeared Defore the board and asxed that a moderate as sessment be placed upon 10.17 miles ot road that had been recently built from Kalispell to the O'Brien lumbe» mills on Flathead lake. He said the road was little more than a spur at present, being built for the accommo dation of the lumber mills. The board decided to assess it the same as the Elkhorn branch of the Northern Pacific and the Neihart uranch of the Great Northern. This additional mileage makes the total railroad mileage in the state 2, 981,672. de na ex H. de ex of ju va and "so to the the so the a "I to my this the Ex de Ten to the not the Flat the as built the at the the the 2, GATO SELLS WON T HAVE IT Declines Democratic Nomina tion for Governor of GRAND OLD IOWA Likely to Be a Fight Over Reaffirming the Kansas City Platform.—Per manent Chairman. By Associated Press: Des Moines. Aug. 22.—When the democratic state convention opened today, the name of the man to head the ticket was just as much a mystery as ever. Delegations called uponCato Sells this morning requesting that he reconsider his refusal to accept the nomination, but he declined to do so. To all appearances the question of re aitirming the Kansas City platform in the resolutions will be fougnt out on the floor of the convention. E. M. Sharon, of Scott county, was tempo rary chairman of the convention. In an address he said: "Imperialism and trusts are the two great dominant evils in our national life. They pro duce two great issues which the demo cratic party must meet." The committee in permanent organ ization selected Ex-Mayor John Redmond of Cedar Rapids as perma nent chairman. "NEW" POTATOES. The Latest Invention in the Early Vegetable Line. The celebrated Connecticut Yankee nutmeg has had its share of news paper space, describing the deception practiced in its manufacture, then, too, comes the endeavor of mankind to make a substitute for the whole some egg of the industrious hen. Now from the state of California tidings are sent of manufactured "new" pota toes. No article of food is so quickly sought after in the spring and for which such fancy prices obtain as new potatoes. Several enterprising firms of the west, by a supposed pri vate process of making new potatoes, get at least two months' advance on the market in many places and there by reap a profit many times above what the legitimate natural product would bring. The method of the manufacture of the 'new" potato is done as follows, states Dr. G. W. Harvey in an inter view. Late in the season after other crops are out of the way, the garden er plants a crop of late and good keep ing potatoes. These potatoes are dug and buried in heaps in the open field and left until spring opens and the new potato season arrives. These heaps are then opened and the tubers sorted. A large kettle is near at iiand and made ready by filling it with water and adding sufficient lye to effectually curl the skin of the po tato when dipped into the solution. By means of suitable dipping, wash ing and drying apparatus the skin of ihe potato is make to crack and curl so that its resemblance to a new po tato is bo near that it would be hard to pick out the impostor. The housewife can detect the spuri ous article by a fait lye odor arising from the water in which they are boiled while the water itself will have that slippery, alkaline feeling incident to all Jye solutions. Otherwise, it ip said to be practically impossible to detect the imposition. 8CHEME TO COLLECT POLL TAX. Havre Publishes Names of Delin quents and Threatena Suit. By order of the city conned there has been published in the local paper at Havre the following notice: "By order of the town council of the town of Havre, you are notified that unless your poll tax is paid on or be fore September 1st suit will be brought against you before the town magistrate, and costs of prosecution will be added to the amount of poll tax." Then follows a list of 75 names of delinquents, many of them prominent citizens of the town—business men, railroad men, conductors, engineers, etc. The council seems determined to stir things up some at all events. What the result will be remains to be seen. The council takes the ground that it Is no fair to those who have AUCTION SALE OCTOBER 22 State Register Long Will Be the Auctioneer GREAT MANY INQUIRIES Have Been Received From All Over the Country.— Flathead Lands to Be Sold in Kalispell. There is every indication that the forthcoming auction sales of state lands by Register T. O. Long will bear rich fruit. Money wni be reecived in plenty by the state treasury, state in stiiulions will be relieved of debts, and last, but not least, will be the in creased immigration of the best possi ble class of settlers. Since the general announcement ot the in ten. ion ot the state hoard of land commissioners to offer at auc tion hundreds of ..lousands of acres of these lands, inquiries from various parts of the country have poured in upon the land office. So voluminous has the correspondence become that the land office force has difficulty in keeping up with the requests for in formation. Literally, almost, the people of the four corners of 'the earth—of the United States, anyway—are interested in Montana real es>.ate. Inquiries have come from New England, from the south, the middle west, and every other section of the country. aiI let ters indicate that the correspondents mean business. If the present rate of correspond ence continues, the interest in the forthcoming land sales wi". equal, if not surpass, that taken in the govern ment's famous lottery in Oklahoma recently. The state land office is pre paring for a big busines, in corres pondence, prior to the sales and in transfers of real estate after the auc tions have started. At present all letters are being an swered with data as complete as pos sible. This may not be the case later, because of the indications of a big increase and the fact that there is no way of employing extra help in the office. But as far as possible the queries will he answered, as the more persons desire to purchase, the larger income of the state—something de sired by all connected with the land office. While it is hardly probable that all of the millions of acres of land owned by the state will be offered at auc tion, the entire lot is tor sale. The only condition is that none be dispos ed of at less than $10 an acre. Auc tions will be conducted wherever there are applications for land, and the highest offer over the appraised value will get the title. "There is no question about the sales being a great thing for the state," said an official who is inter ested in the question, yesterday. "Without taking into consiaeration the great benefits of the money to be realized, the immigration which will be induced will have an influence be yond calculation upon the upbuilding of the state. Men who buy land are generally good citizens, and that is what we want in settling up the state." Some of the letters received by Register Long give evidence of the in terest taken in the sales. "Is it good level farm land?" asks a resident of Moline, III., referring to real estate in certain sections. "How much is it worth per acre?" continues this man. "Can you give me a list of lands in Lewis and Clarke and Deer Lodge counties?" asks a Chippewa Falls, Wis., man. Simitar letters have been received from Georgia, Kentucky» Ohio, Misouri ana several other states. They indicate the widespread interest. A complete itinerary of the auction business to be conducted by Mr. Long has not yet been arranged. He will start in Carbon county with a sale at Red Lodge, September 18. Flat head county will probably be the next on the list, much of the best land be ing located there. Mr. Long said yes terday that he intended to conduct the sale at Kalispell October 22. The force in the land office is now ousy making up lists of lands to be offered at auction. Much of it must be reappraised before it can be sold, and then it must bring the appraised value, or more. Land in nearly every county will be sold to the highest bid ders.