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■ Single Copies lie. Ssbscriptloa Price SIM per Tear, COLUM B IA FA L L S , M ONTANA, AUGUST 29, 1908. M O N T A N A ^ Q U IBS. Former Senator Thomas H. Carter of Montana was a formal caller on President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill recently. The remains of 20 soldiers who fell In the battle of Bear Paw, 26 years ago, were transported recently |jom their temporaryy Vesting place on the old battle ground to the post cemetery at Port As8lnlbolne, Mont Detectives were in Great Falls re cently looking for Harvey Logan, bet ter known as \Kid Curry,” who was leader of the gang who robbed the Great Northern train near Malta a year or so ago, and who recently escaped from the Knoxville, Tenn., Jail. Extensive prairie fires north of Havre have destroyed 200 square miles of range pasturage, necessitating the Beat 8hamrock III. by One Minute CULLED FROM DI8PATCHE8 OF TH E A880CIATED PRE88. A Review of Happenings In Both Eastern and Western Hemispheres During the Past Week— National, Historical, PolRJgfc and Personal Events Tersely Told. New York, Aug. 23—In a splendid 12 to 16 kn»t breeze, over a windward and leeward course o f 80 miles, the gal lant sloop Reliance Saturday beat the Shamrock IIL In commanding style, Dy exactly nine minutes actual time, or seven minutes three seconds after deducting the one minute, 65 seconds which the defender concedes to Sir Thomas Upton's third challenger on account of Reliance's larger sail plan. About 7000 textile workers of Crlm- itzchau, Saxony, district have struck tor shorter hours of labor. The Swiss arbitrator may not serve on the Venezuelan arbitration com- Councll Bluffs, Iowa, Aug. 28.—Two cloudbursts have destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of prop erty here. The storm at 5:30 In afternoon turned the streets o f the city Into torrentB, and hundreds of fam ilies in the lower districts of the city were removed from their homes with dlflculty. Many business houses were flooded by the first storm, and the dam age to stocks will amount to thousands. The storm at 9:30 raised the water higher than the one earlier in the even ing, and many stocks that were not able race against Snamrock II., would Ion trotted a mile in two minutes, a have been broken. As It was, the Re- new world's record. Bo that no breeze I lance sailed the 30 miles within 2 might Interfere, Millard Sanders, minutes and 29 seconds of the record, driver of the great mare, brought out which speaks wonderfully of her speed the daughter of Sidney Dillon for the In the wind that was blowing. first attempt early In the day. The Reliance's victory, narrow as It For pacemakers there were two run- was, would have been smaller had not ners hitched to road carts. The first Captain Wrlngle, the skipper of the score was fruitless, Lou Dillon making removal of several sheep outflts'<to other winter ranges Tho damage Is estimated at 210,000. Felix Balard, a weel known mining man. Is probably fatally Injured, and Frank Williams, a prospector, has a full charge o l blrdshot In his breast as the result of a duel recently accord ing to a report received from Boulder. The battle occurred In the mountains near Elkhorn, a mining camp, and came about In an anoxpoctol manner. \Goodby; I’m going to heaven.\ said a man supposed lo have been John Shenan, a Butte mluer at Apex, 10 miles north o* Dillon. He then (burst his head beneath 'be wftels of amov ing freight train and his head was com pletely severed from his body. According to the figures compiled by J. J. Ryan, clerfc o f the state board of equalization, taxes were paid this year on 4,818,138 sheep In Montana. Choteau county leads with 784,899. Fergus county is second with 704,486, Silver Bow county Is 24th with 6000, Deer Lodge county Is 25th with 1092, Flat Head county Is last and had only 271. F. B. McArthur, a stockman from Saco, Mont, was stabbed In. the stom ach by a hat pin by an unknown v o lt was a royal water fight for the , ancient trophy, which carries with It , the yachting supremacy of the world | and by a strange coincidence the first , victory In the cup series of 1903 oc- , curred on the 62nd anniversary of the , day on which the old schooner Amerl- , ca captured It In her famous race , around the Isle of Wight The Reliance beat the British boat three minutes and 24 seconds In the , thresh of windward and five minutes, , touched by the first flood” have been badly damaged, so that the loss In the city alone Is now estimated af a half million dollars. The rainfall here for the 24 hours will amount to six inches. The Northwestern railroad Is not running a train In or out of the city and reports washouts between Ida Grove and Battle Creek, Iowa, and be tween Mapleton and C as tana, Iowa. The Rock Island and Milwaukee are both tied up and not running trains In or out of this city. Both roads have had washouts a short distance east of here. Reports from 25 southwestern Iowa points show that the fall of rain has been the heaviest ever known over so large an area and that the damage to the com crop can not be estimated. 8 tree tear traffic between Council Bluffs and Omaha has been suspended for six hours. of the challenger In any kind o f weath er, regard today's test as conclusive, although they hardly anticipated so overwhelming a Vlfctory. The race even dampened the ardor of Sir Thomas, who Insisted after Thursday's fluke that his confidence ! In the beautiful craft designed by Fife was greater than ever. Still, like a true sportsman he does not acknowl- ' edge defeat and hopes for better luck , Promotion for Vico Governor of the Philippines. Oyster Bay. Aug. 27.—General Lnke R. Wright of Memphis, Tenn., will succeed Judge Taft as governor gen eral of the Philippines when the lat ter becomes secretary of war next Jandafy to succeed Secretary Root grabbed her hat pin and Jabbed It Into his stomach. McArthur can not live. The Identity of the woman la unknown. The curiosity of hundreds o f persons In the vicinity of Great Falls was aroused the other night by the ap pearance In the sky of a great ball of fire, apparently much larger than the full moon and of a brilliant red hune. For a few seconds It was so brilliant that the people were able to read a been offered to General Wright and The death knell of the Pacific Na- i tlonal league is ringing. After proba bly the most expensive warfare In minor league history, Harry Hart has thrown' up the sponge In California, and- the league has come to ltd' death there. The season will be finished with Butte, Salt Lake, Soattlo and Spokane playing. Prlice Chlng had Informed Minister ; General Wright Is now a member of the. Philippines commission and vice governor of the Islands. He Is a life long democrat. President Roosevelt spoke In high terms of General Wright's ability and fitness for the position of governor general. ■ He en tertains sincere regard for him, both personally and officially. Both the president and Secretary Rosa stock farm. It Is said tnat when a colt Lou Dillon was offered for sale for J160, witn no takers. She la by Sidney Dillon out of Lou Milton, both Start Turn. Finish- Time. R. ..11:45:21 1:56:10 3:17:38 8:82:17 S'. ..11:46:17 1:58:80 8:26:84 8:41:17 The net result o f the race shows that barring the fluke Shamrock had held her own In the windward work and bad During Governor Taft’s extended sojourn in this country. General Wright was acting governor general, and his - conduct of the office was a source of congratulation to the admin istration. General Wright is popular, not only with the Americans In the Philippines, but also with the Fili pinos, who hold him only second In their estimation to Governor Taft. ing In the Shoestring district. The losa ts now estimated at 31.600,000. After saturating her clothes with kerosqne and settlhg it on fire in an effortak* commit suicide, Mrs. Mabel Lati^S aged 24 years, of Chicago, fell upon the floor o f the hallway in her homel and awaited death recently. An becaatonwbioh will be memora ble in the history of Pennsylvania transpired recently, when the giant armored cruiser Pennsylvania, named by the daughter of the state’s senior senator and political leader, M. S. Quay, was launched at the yards of the Wm. Cramp Ship ft Engine Build ing company. fully at 9:05 a- m- During the past 48 hours tne end was seen to be In evitable, the Ufa of England's ex-pre mier being sustained only by the con stant use of oxygen. Even the use of oxygen failed to effect as the even ing advanced and soon after the shad ows had crept up from the valley and Not for Kohlsaat. Oyster Bay, Aug. 26.—H. H. Kohl saat of Chicago was a guest of the president and Mrs. Roosevelt at lunch eon. After his conference with the president Mr. Kohlsaat said to a rep resentative of the Associated Press that his call had nothing to do with any contemplated change Jn the cabi net. \It has been rumored,\ said Mr. Kohlsaat, “that I might be appointed postmaster general, but there Is ab solutely nothing In that story. The president contemplates no change In that office. In fact, he desires that his cabinet should remain Intact, at Ohio Democratic Ticket. Columbus, Ohio, Aug.'28.—The demo cratic state ticket: For governor—John H. Clarke of Cleveland. For lieutenant governor—Frank B. Niles of Toledo. For supreme Judge—E. J. Dempsey of Cincinnati. For attorney general—Frank S. Mon- nett of Franklin. For audlto>-CharleB A. Kloeb of Wapakoneta. For commissioner of schools—J. H. Sechrist of Ottawa. For member of board o f public works —T. N. Jones of Ironton. rock, did not do as well as I had ex pected she would in the race to wind ward and return. I appreciate the splendid manner In which my boat wag handled. The Reliance Is a wonderful yacht.' My confidence In the Sham rock, however. Is not shaken, and I hope she will yet make a much better showing.\ Captain Barr said: \My boat did Just what I expected, but she can do even better, I think.\ results. R. L. Bbyle, mayor of Indianapolis, * has formed a syndicate for the Con struction of a smelter In the Keller 1 mining camp on the south half of the Colville reservation. Ferry county, Washington. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Charles 1 Sweeney and a party of friends visited In the Coeur d’Alenes this week to examine the mine* which their new Federal Mining ft Smelting company expects to acquire. A good strike is reported on the Sugrue group, on Thunder mountain. ' The property Is. Bltuated on the head of Little Indian creek, and the ledge discovered Is said to be oyer 300 feet wide, and has been traced for 3000 feet. Forest fires are reported from sev eral sections In Montana. Northwest of Anaconda, near Blue Eyed Nellie mine, the largest fire In the memory of the earliest settlers Is raging and unless the wind shifts thousands of dollars worth of fine pine timber Is doomed. Word from Virginia City, Mont, says: The Watseka Gold Mining com pany, at Rochester, was attached for 3119X100. Proceedings were begun by F. Augustus Helnze and George Rob inson of Butte. A. W. McCune, this Salt Lake millionaire. Is behind the Watseka. The -money is said to be . Mines Brought 3100,000. Orangeville, Idaho, Aug. 27.—James Lawrence came out from Roosevelt with the news that the Fuller-Law- rence ,group of 10 claims and three fractions has been sold. Ten thousand cash was paid down and It it understood that the total price was about $100,000. The property adjoins the Dewey mines. New York and Pittsburg capi talists are the purchasers. Walla Walla Gas Plant Sold. Walla Walla, Wash., Aug 26.—At a cost of $160,000, the Walla Walla Gas ft Electric plant has been Bold to Isaac W. Anderson, president of the Spokane Gas company, and his Phila delphia associates. The new owners take charge September 1. End of the Richmond 8trlke- , Richmond, Va., Aug. 26.—The strike I of Street railway employes here has | been officially declared off. It had 1 lantod Just 69 days, and Is estimated < to have cost the streetcar company $126,000; the strikers In loss Of I wages, $50,000: the states for troops to maintain order, $75,000. and the i city tor special police, etc., $5000. One ! man was killed: by the soldiers, one i motorman was fatally stabbed by an- i other and scores o f persons were more i or less seriously Injured. 1 to arrive, and the little telegraph of fice was swamped with unprecedented business. The death of Lord Salis bury occurred on the 60th anniversary Dies In His Fiance's Arms. , Berkeley, Cal, Aug. 26.—Wayne McCloud, 26 years old, a copy reader for a San Francisco newspaper, who was to have married Margaret Mat thews tonight, shot and instantly kill ed himself while walking In front of the home of Miss Matthew's parents. Miss Matthews was walking with him at the time and caught McCloud as he fell. Death was instantaneous. political life, was an lmportan In many public ways.’ He war den of the Cinque porta, high Editors at Victoria: Victoria, B. C„ Aug. 26.—The Wash ington State Press association, to the number of 160, has arrived here from Seattle to enjoy themselves and in- cidentally hold the annual convention - during the next three days. Whatcom. Wash, Aug. 21 Union Pacific Is planning to ma llngham bay Its northwester minus. This statement has bee ported by the fact that the lng party working In the inte the u. B. ft B. C. railway li Union Pacific vouchers. Territory were progressing smoothly.
