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Vol. XX. No. 48. LEWISTOWN, FEROUS COUNTY, WONT., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY I, 19o3. Pric e s Cents.

REPUBLICAh IN POLITICS, AND DIVOTID TO THI KINKEAL, AIICULTURAL, STOCK AND WOOL INTERISTS OF TH OGRIAT JUDITH COUNTRY.

IL iEAlDY FOR TH BIGCELEBRATION SATURDAY

Committees Are Hustling and Promise to Have All

in Readiness When the Sun Rises on the Fourth

-- Fair Day and Great Crowd Seems Certain

-- $Ioo.oo to the Drill Team.

raourth of July committees are busythis week and all arrangements arerapidly nearing the point of comple-tion.

Every member of the general com-mittee, who also is chairman of someone of the sub-committees, has hiswork well in han' and there scarcelyseems a possibility but that tee celebration Saturday will be an uproar-ious success.

Judge Smith, of Helena, who willdeliver the address, will be met atUbet PFrday by Judge Cheadle, whois chairman of the committee uponentertainment of the distinguishedjurist of the capita city. After thecelebration Judge Smith will be theguest of Col. Sweeney of the N-Barranch on Flatwillow and enjoy a fewdays shing.

The Are works have begun to arrive.The heavy pieces and the large u-sortment of bombs, etc., were ship-*d by freight and are now betweenHarlowton and Lewistown, while thelance work and the other delicateparts will arrive today or tomorrowby express. Part of them are here.

The grand stand is completed andthe pavilion will be ready for the dec-orators tomorrow. Contractors Hovisand Johnson have done a good joband no one need fear of accidents.

"8teers wanted" is the sign thesporting committee has hung out fortwo weeks, but they have secured abunch of Texas wild ones and thecowboys will have to grease theirloops or the steers will get away fromthem

D. I. Hempa•ll, who ha been prac.tieag with the Wright automobile,though .P Blank will probably hsadlethe lever in the race, says that he has$25 to bet that King's auto won't bein sight when he crosses the finishline. and Klng isn't saying anythingbut "Is that so?"

From W. R. Woodson, who went toKendall yesterday, the committeelearned that the drilling teams thought$76 too small a purse consideringthe expense sad labor of preparationfor such a contest, sad the amountwas promptly raised to $100, whichwill insure three and possibly fourteams in that event. In doing thisthe committee exceeded its aproprlstloa, but "uocess" is the one com-maud aadperhaps some other appropriatloa can be curtailed.

No less than a doesa cowboys wantthat $50 and will be on hanbud to ridethe bros. The Kendall ball teamis practicing regularly and will suerly give the home team a good game,. noet a set back in their boasts

Perp the least said about thevaudeville commttee and its work,the better; quite enougg trouble hasalready ensued on account of the pub.licity given to the "arduous dutes"of that committee, and at least one

KID CURRY ((CAPES.

Sunny Tennessee Offielials Easy forthe Mentana Outlaw.

Knoxville, Tenn., June T2.-HarveyLogasn, alas Kid Curry, the Montanatrain robber, who is under sentenceof 2 years, escaped from Knox countyJail this afternoon. While a guard'sback was turned, Logan threw a wireand lassoed him, tying him tight tothe bets of the case.

Having one entire noor of the Jailto himself, Logan secured two pistols,whieL had been placed in the corri-dor of the Jail for use by bhe officers.

'Whes Jailer ell appeared to sa-swer a knook from the pris-one passed out a bottle saying hewanted some medicine. As the Jailerput his eads In, Logan covered himwith a pistol, foroed him to unlockthe door nss take him In the basemento- the Jall.

Then he forced Dell to take him tothe sheriff's stable and to saddle theasht-Ds horse. This done Logan thenmounted and rode away in the dire1-tao dof the mountains.

A posse started in pursuit of thedesperado within one hour.

Curry Lest by Off lers.Knoxville, Tmen., June 28.-The

posse of law officers wh6 went in pur-suit of Harry Logan, alias Kid Curry,the Montana train rober, who brokeJail Saturday, returned today empty.handed, fading no trace of him aftergoing seven miles from the city.

The sherlf's horse, which he rodeaway, arrived home at the Jaill thismorning, having found its way home.

Judge C. B. Clark, of the UnitedStates Court, has ordered UnitedStates District Attorney Wright andMarshal Austin to make a rigid Inves-tigation of the escape.

SHAMROCK VERY FAST.

Lipton's Latest beat the Best He HasSent Across the Sea.

New York. June 27.-Sir ThomasUpton's new cup challenger, Sham-rock III, wu given Its first test InAmerican waters In an informal trialwith Shamrock I of Sandy Hook to.day. In the first ten miles of the if-teen miles run to windward In thelight air the new boat best the oldone about ten minutes, and in the runof fifteen miles to leeward, eight min-utes. There was a long gentle sea

member has to have a mighty goo1excuse when he leaves home aftersupper. But the program is practic-ally complete and, barring the deten-tion of the entire crowd by the sher-ifR, tnere'll be something doing be-tween 7 and 9 p. m. the night of thefourth.

For decorations an elaborate schemehas been devised by the committee,to which this was assiglpned, and Mainstreet will surely present a beaunntifulappearance, waile the grounds will beas gay as the Midway at the World'sFair. Lineman Livingston succeededin running ropes in the two big polesthis week and twenty-four foot flagswill fly from each, while from all thesmaller poles in town will be waftedthe glorious stars and stripes in less-er sises. A large number of the resi-dences will also be gaily attired forthe occasion and the entire cityshould present a beautiful scene.On the grounds stands and tents

are going up, giving it quite the ap-pearance of a new town, and therewill be everything on tap and severalside shows in continuous performance.Not until b)riday, however, will pre-parations be made complete.

A nsal dosen extra policemen andas many deputy sherifs will be onduty to handle the big crowd and as-sist in keeplng the cause-way clearand tae bystanders from mobbing theumpire of the ball game.

Rains of the pest fornight havebrought the smile of contentment tothe farmer and the stockgrower andnow a few days of clear skies areguaranteed for the celebration. Butshould it rain-spare the thought-the program will be carried out onSunday or even donday, if the weath-er man becomes persistently obnox-ious. But celebrate we will.

Accommodations for all will be pro.vided. A long list of private roomshas been received and if anyone can-not ind a room. Just call on ChairmanWatson and you will be placed Lnagreeable quartars. Both bberlf Sia-tar and Chief Bebb have promisedto keep open house with rooms forforty.

There will be no parade. Mr.f•hnick, of the Red ..en, was un-successful in arranging for this andit has been promptly abandoned.Some misundestadlng appears tohave arisem regarding the mention oftas feature last week. 'the commit-tee inteded no reoSetion whateveron the Red Mea, which order includesa Sne lot of Jolly fellows sad goodcatlaesn, but the objectionable phraseused refered to what some othersmight endeavor to obtain a place forin the parade should it ocur. It ishoped that the Red Men will •soon-alder before Satrday and get In limeas frut proposed.But one motre committee-on musie.

There will be plenty of It sad it willbe good. And the dancers will haveall they want, though they liger af-ter sunrise Sunday.

Wake uiyou cant help It-whenthe moraning salut is fred and enlistfor the enatire campaig.

A good day, a great crowd and thebiggest celebration on record. You'reall weloome. Come on.

and the new challenger slipped clean-ly over it, making little fuss underthe bow.

Taklng Into consideratlon the asser-tion by Bngllsh yachtsmen that Shamerock I is ten minutes faster in a 30.mile course than It ever was, and fullyas much faster than Shamrock II, thenew boat's Arst performance on thisside of the Atlantic marks her asprobably the most dangerous challenger Sir Thomas has brought over. Inlight air and smooth water it showeditself to be very fast.

The main object of the trip wasto stretch the sails and to resumetuning.

Sir Thomas and Designer Fife wereaboard the Shamrock III, and ColonelNell sailed on Shamrock I when theyachts started to beat to seawardagalnst a four-knot wind. ShamrockIII was slightly In the lead at thestart and began at once to add to it.The new peat pointed higher and ranfaster than Shamrock I. They sailedout to sea for more than two hoursand during all that time ShamrockIII gained steadily. At 2:45, whenthe challenger was leading ShamrockI by ten minutes, Shamrock III turnedabout and ran back to entertain theother. Crossing the wake of the oldboat, Shamrock III was given thereer wind and went off for a fve-mile

run at a fast clip down the Jerseycoast.

PULITZER FAVORS GROVER.

New York Editor Thinks Sage of Buz.sard's Bay Beet Man.

Great Falls. June T2.-Oreat Fallshad as a visitor last evening. RalphPulitser. editorial writer on the NewYork World, and a eson of JosephPulltzer, the proprietor of the World.Mr. Pulitzer has been travelinl exten-sively for his health lately and willleave this afternoon for Fort Benton.where, In company with J. W. Schultz.the well known story writer and guideof the Blackfeet reservation, he willtake a trip down the Missouri riverof two or three weeks duration.

A few months ago Mr. Pulitzer'shealth gave out as a result of arduouseditorial work, and physicians orderedhim to take a rest and refrain fromall work or reading of any sort. Asa result he made a trip to Japan, sadis now on his way home to New York.For the past two weeks he has beenkuadag and slaking in the Blackfeet

country, and after his trip down theMissouri he will proceed directly toNew York.

Mr. Pulitzer said last evening thathe had particularly enjoyed his stayin Montana, and had anticipations ofan enjoyable trip down the river. "Infact, I have enjoyed it so much," saidhe, "that I expect to come again toMontana when I want an enoyableoutlng."

He sald that he had been away fromwork so long, and having been almostwithout newspaper reading-unavoid-ably so-that he did not know any-thing of political conditions about NewYork. In fact, he was anxious for In.formation on affairs there. "When Ileft the east," he said, "there was avery strong sentiment for Parker asthe Democratic candidate, but thatdoes not appear to be so strong now,I should judge. Parker would, I believe, make a very strong candidateand would probably carry New Yorkagainst Roosevelt. But if the Demo-crats want to make sue a sure win of Itthey will nominate Grover Cleveland.The third term talk would not hurthim much, and there is no doubt what-ever that he could carry New York,and probably several other easternstates as well."

WASHOE SHUTS DOWN.

Big Anaconda Works Will be idle Un-til Flues Are Completed.

Anaconda Mont.., June 2T.-Orderswere received from President Scal-Ion this afternoon conlrming the ru-mor that the great plant of the Wa-shoe smelter is to be closed down un-til the new Sues now in course ofconstruction are finslhed. The orderswere to the elect that on July 1stthe concentration mill and also thesmelter department shall be closed un-til everything is in readiness for *esmoke to go up through the new 3O0-foot stack which was completed to-day.

The Washoe company has had largeand costly damage suits In the courtsof this and other counties for the pasttwo years, brought by the ranchers ofDeer Lodge valley for crops destroy-ed and horses and cattle alleged tohave been poisoned by the smoke set-tang down over the pasture lands,and the company has settle, with allof the ranchers from Durrant to Gar-rison up to first of July. The shut-down will be for the purpose of stop-ping these law suits, for when the newflues-a large portion of which arefinished-are completed tae dangerfrom the poisonous gasses will beeliminated and there will be nothingbut pure smoke to arise from the new300-fot stack. Ingenious devices havebeen arranged in the Sues which willsave all of the arsenic and sulphurwhich at the present time escape, andthey will be put to commercial uses.

The shut-down will last from thefirt day of July to the m dde at Anouat, and posibly to the first of September, but no longer.

At the present time there are be-tween 600 ad 700 mea at work onthe fues. This number will be large-ly increased until the work is finished, and In the meantime the concentra-ter, engine rooms and all of the fur-naces will be over-hauled and put infirst-class shape for a steay run wheneverything starts up agaln. At thepresent tlme there are about 2,100men who and employment at the bigworks, and during the shut-down aboutonehalt of this number will be laidoff.

It is understood that the olice forcewill be increased durlng the shutdownso as to allow thing to be broughtup to date in this department. Drrlag the time betwe• the irst of themoeth uad the middle of August therewill be no smoke of ay kind exeptthat from some of the boilers, whichwill be kept steamed up for ire pro-testion and for all other practical pr,poses. It is estimated that in the fur-nace room of this great smelter thatit will take nearly a month for thefurnaces to cool off before they canbe handled by the worklngmen so thatthe proper connections can be madewith the new flues.

Carpet Clenalng.McCoy and 8ampson are anw PV%-

pared to clean, lay and sew carpets.They ar masters in this line of workand suarantee satisthetlo. SewingI cents per yard; laying 5 cents peryard; clesaing and laying 10 centsper yard. They also do general jobbing. Leave orders at postoRice.

SAILS OVER PRENCH CAPITAL

Santee-Dument Makes a SueseesfulTrip In New Airship.

Paris, June 25.-aentoe.Duomntmade his first appearance today inairship "No. 9," over tie center ofParts. He started from Loanghamp,going in the direction of the Place de'lEtoile. He executed a number ofswlllful maneuvers over the Place de'lEtoile, made a tour of the Are deTriomphe, and, turning down theShamps Elysees, brought his airshipdown at the door of his house. Iater he returned to Loulchamp. Therewas little wind. The ship maintainedan altitude of about a aundred feetand answered her helm perfectly"No. 9" is the smallest airship San.toe-Dumont has yet constructed. Shemeasures about 8,300 cubic feet, hera three-horse power ensine and resem-bles an elongated egg.

EDITOR'S NARROW ESCAPE.Walter Altken, of the Livingston En.

terprise, in a Runaway.L•vingston, June 27.-Walter Alt-ken, editor of the Enterprise, narrow.

ly escaped serious injury lut ri'day.Mr. Aitken was riding along the streeton his bicycle and was run into bya runaway horse. Mr. Altken wastorown violently to the ground andrendered unconscious. His bicyclewar smashed to smithereens. Fortun-ately the horse's hoofs did not strikethe newspaper man's head. If theyhad done so, the horse's leg woulrprobably have been broken. Mr. Alt.ken was only slightly injured.

No Pity Shown."For years fate was after me coo-

tinuously," writes F. A. Gulledge, Ver.bena, Ala. "I had a terrible case ofpiles, causing 24 tumors. When allfailed Bucklen's Arnica Salve curedme. Equally good for burns and allaches and pains. Only 2Ik at Williams' drug store.

THE LOCATIONIS FAVORABLE

Montana Frtunate in Securing a GoodPlace far He Bu lding at the

World% Pair.

WILL ADVERTISE THE STATE

Hen. Paul MeCermiek Thinks That theExhibit Will be Very Beneficial

to Our Ceommnwealth.

Helena, June S2.-Paul McCormick,of Billings, secretary of the St. Louisfair commkleson, says that the suc-cess of the board depends almost en-tirely upon the people of the state.

"The commislon is entirely harmon-lous," said Mr. McCormick in theAmerican National Bank, "and it isthoroughly of the opinion that thisstate should be well represented atthe great St. Louls exposition. Weare unanimous that unless a creditableshowlng can be made, it would be bet.tar to make onse at all. To do thisthe commission must have the heartysupport of the people generally.

"In the first place, the commissionalready realises that it will be han•dicapped by. a lack of funds. Thestate of North Dakota has appropriat.

-e ap, much for an elhibit from that"tate, Us we have, and that state's In-

not dlversled as are ours.ro.Dakota's exhibit must be, In the

-at. of things, almost exclusivelyof the products of its farms. In Mon-tana. however, we have a great va-rlety of industries and all of them mustbe illustrated. As the people who willvisit the St. louis fair-and therewill be millions of them-will compareeach state exhibit with the other, 'tis decidedly important that we shouldmake a creditable showing.

A Good Adverteament."In no way can we advertise the

state better than by exhibiting whatit can do. That is a practical wayof showing the world what kind of aplace Montana is, and what are itsopportunlties. Montas Is still a newstate. There are better opportunitiesfor capital and for homsseekers herethan in any other state in the union,and it should be our object to makethis fact plain to the people who visitthe 8t. Luils fair. NO state in theunion has a greater variety of natural resebre e than Maneh.. and thisis a fact that I think we ourselves fallto appreciate some times.

"It will be the intention of the comn.mission to treat all sections of thestate alike. No part of the state willbe advertised at the expense of an-other. We hope to cal attention tothe opportunities in every section. itis a state afair in the besat sense ofthe word. bor this reason we wanteeryone In the state to aseist in thework. I at sure that the commissionwill appreelate the aid extended it.

Rail•rads Should Help."We hope that the rallrods will lend

valuable aid. I understand that theycarried exhibits free to the Chicagoexposition, sad if that is the case Iimagine they will do so for the con.lag fair. That would be of very nat.

nral aid to the work, sad it is nomore than we might expect of therailroads. These compaies will de.rive more besedts from the ehibitsat the fair than say other eorpoationor indlviduals, sad they shold assistthe work all I their powe. It is totheir advantage to develop the state,for their business will Isereae as thecountry is developed. They are largeland owners, too, sad that is anotherreason why they should take an in-terest in the exposition.

"Montana is fortunate in securinga desirable location for its state build-lag. To my notions it is the best inthe grounds. That was larely due tothe good friends we had at St. Lousl.We propose to have a good building.and work will be punsed on it as soonas possible. The architect to whomthe contract for the plans was let theother day will soon leave for It. Louis.We hope to get some bids In the nearfuture and to have the work commen-cad."

Cholera Infantum.This has long been regarded as one

ot the most dangerous sad tatal diseases to which infants are subject.It can be cured, however, whoe prop.erl treated. All that is aeceseary isto give Chamberlain Colic, Chaleraand Diarrhoea remedy sad caster oil,as directed with each bottle, sad acure Is certain. For ale by C. H.WIlliams.

MAKING RAPID PROGRfIS.

Railroad Will Reush Lewiatwn Aboutthe Middle of A'gl-t.

Twenty miles of the lowistown ex-tension have been completed, saysthe Montana Dally Record. R. A.Harlow, vicepresident of the Moatanarailroad, has just received word thattwenty miles of track were complet,ed, and that the work is progressingfavorably. This new portion is readyfor business and material Is beinghauled over it. Track is now belnglaid at the rate of a mile a day. Be-tween 800 and 400 men are at workgrading and laying track.

It is expected that the road will bec.n le:.d ILto Lewistown be w enAug. 15 and Sept. 1, and the eventwill bh piJled with joy by the citiensof that place and persons !Iving alongthe lii, of road. Sheepmen of thatsection will then be able to markettheir wool in less time sad with lessexpense than formerly, when some ofthem had to haul their clips from 60to 104 miles to a railroad, and cattlemay be shipped without drivinl themso far that they are exhbuted beforethey are loaded. The line will alsobe of great benefit to Heleka, as the'trade of the Judith will now come thisway Instead of going elsewhere.

The extension from Ralowtot toLewistown wil be siltfv-h mileslong.

Shearing in Preg.s.Shearing is now golag on at full

blast along the line of road and woolis beginnlng to be hauled in and load-ed on cars. Last year the Montanarailroad hauled 4.000,000 pounds of thestaple article and this year it is prob.able that the amount will reach 5,000,-000 pounds. It comes mostly fromMeagher and Fergus counties, al-though other counties in that sectionalso contribute some.

With the compl tion of the Lewis-town branch it is expected that manynew mines will be opened up and oldones worked, owing to the fact thatit will then be cheaper to ship the oreto market. Now there are many lowgrade propositions not being workedbecause of the expense of hauling theore to market, which eats up theprofits.

Last year the Montana railroad haul-ed more than 300 cars of cattle whichwas considered remarkably good inview of the time it had been running.Cattlemen were satisfied with the ser-vice they received and it is expect-ed that the number of cars shippedthis year will be at least doubled.The cattle are loaded at variouspoints along the line of railroad andhauled to Lombard and switched ontothe Northern Pacific without loss oftime.

President Moore Coming.H. D. Moore, of Philadelphia, pres.

Ident of the Montana railroad, togeth-er with his sons and their wives, willmake a trip over the road next week.Vice President R. A. Harlow willmeet the party at Lombard with a pri-vate car and will proceed over theroad. The party will stop on theway and fish In Sixteen Mile creek.The party is now making a tour ofthe Yellowstone National Park andis expected to come out next week.

"We expected to have the road intoLewistown sooner," said Vice Presaldent Harlow this morning. "but badweather In May delayed us consider.ably. The work Is going on rapidlynow, however."

CALL EXTRA SESSION.

Colombian Government Will ProbablyRatify the Canal Treaty.

Washington, June 27.-The state de"partment has received from MinisterBeauJre at Bogota, a telegram confirm.ing the information that the extra ses-sion of congress conveneu for thediscussion of the ratification of thecanal treaty on June 20.

Joaquin Veles is president of thesenate and Jose Medina Calderon,president of the chamber of deputies.The following appears in the messageof the president respecting the canaltreaty:

"To my government has been presented this dilemma, either It lets oursovereignty suffer detriment or re-nounces certain peculnary advantagesto which, according to the opinion ofmany, we have a right. In the frstcase, to consent to the sacriice ofour soverelgnty and not aspring to agreat Indemnification, the just wishesof the Inhabitants of Panama, a largeportion of Colombia would be satl-fled if the canal were opened, but thegovernment would be exposed to thecharge afterwards that it did not de-fend our soverelgnty and that It didnot defend the Interests of the na-tion.

'In these conditions if the canal isnot opened across Panama the govern-ment will be naccused of not havingallowed Colombla that benefit whichIs regarded as the commencement ofour aggrandisement. I have alreadyallowed my wishes to be understood,that the canal should be openedthrough our territory.

"I believe that even at such cost orsacrifice we ought not to put ob-stacles In the way of such a grandundertaklng, because It is an Immensely beneficial enterprise for the coun-try sand also because once the canalis opened by the United States ourrelations will beeome more intimateand extensive, while our Industries,commerce and wealth will galan Incalculably.

"I leave the full responsibility forthe decision of this matter for co•.gress. I do not intend to make myopinlon weigh. When I have given In-structions to our representative atWashington It has been coupled withthe order that the decision of this Im-portant matter must be left for con-gress.

"After years, in which the questionhas been treated in a vague way, with.out precise conditions, it is now pre.sented in a way to obtain practicableand positive results. It nas been ourindisputable triumph that the senateand the government of the UnitedStates should declare, notwithstand-ing every effort to the contrary, thesuperiority of the Colomalan route."

Stooeed by Government.Washington, June 27.-The state de-

partment has received a dispatchfrom Minister Beaupre, at Bogota, say-Ing that the canal discussion had beenopened In the Colombian house by arepresentative opposed to the canaltreaty. The government objected onthe ground that it was not ready topresent the treaty to the house, butwould do so later. The government'sposition was maintained by a vote of38 to 5.

Working Night and Day.The busiest and mightiest little

thing that ever was made is Dr. King'sNew Life Pills. These pills changeweakness into strength, listlessness in-to energy. brain-fag Into mental pow-er. They're wonderful In building upthe health. Only 25c per box. Boldby C. H. Williams. druggist.

RUSHING IN SUPPLIES

Much Machinery Going Into the OilFields Near Selton.

Hielton. Mont.. June 27.-The block.ade of the wagon road into the oil

ields. which was caused by the ex-tremely heavy fall of snow last No-vember, has tcen lifted by recentrains and freighting of supplies willbe commenced this week. At the timethe roads were closed there were sev-eral cars of machinery In the railroadyards waiting transportation into the

ield and when the road cosed it wasfound impossible to continue develop.ment work. Yesterday two largefreighting outfits arrived over theGreat Northern and supplies will berushed into the district as rapidly aspossible. The casing and the drill-ing machinery will be taken in brntand it is expected that at least twocompanies will be drilling in ten days.

BOB'S CAREERIN PITTSBURG

The Notorious Ammon Has Led aStrenuous Career From His Ear.

liest Young Manhood.

ORGANIZED A VERY I10 STRIKE

Smooth, Oily and Assuring, He Was aTypical Representative of the

Trouble Fomenter.

Referring to the career in the eastof Robert A. Ammon, well known inthis city, who was recently convictedof feloniously receiving money from"Get Rich" Miller. a letter from NewYork says:

Col. Ammon has been revealed asthe chief gainer in one of the moatpreposterously successful swindles yetpractices in this vicinity-a swindlewhich makes it clear that human na-ture is now u ever ready to yield toabsurd temptation offered in the nameof avarice.

Colonel Ammon has been looked up-on here for a long time as a fine typeof those who win success by assur-ance, by an impressive manner, andby what in the colloquialism of NewYork is called front." But he hadmore than these outward manifesta-tions. He is an industrious man. and.whatever his moral quality may be.he possesses a good deal of intellec.tual power.

He is still remembered as the ag-gressive force at the time of Pittaburgriots in 1877. That town was his birth-place. His father, the late AugustAmmon, was highly esteemed in thatcity, having been long in the Insur-ance business. The son made his ven-ture in active life as a freight brake-man upon the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne& Chicago railway. Speedily it wasdiscovered that some one was a dis-turbing Influence, that turmoil was be.ing excited among tne men, and aftera little investigation those distractionswere in part traced to young Bob Am-mon. In the spring of 1877 Ammongave so much trouble that, in spite ofconsiderable influence that he pos-sessed, he was discharged. But in thesummer of 1877, when the greatest,most portentous of all strikes, except-ing that of Debs, began, Ammon ap-peered as a leader and was named oneof the strike committee on the FortWayne railroad. He had an associatea much more conservative man, whowas able to prevent the outbreak ofsuch serious trouble or violence asAmmon counseled.

However, Ammon persisted in hispurpose to bring about trouble andat last his aseoeiates removed himfrom the strike committee. His selfassertion and asurance, however,were not checked, and be continued toagitate until agitation became illegalaction and he was arrested. He wasnot prosecuted, however, that beingdeferred, and after the strike was or.er, through the ilauence of his lath-er, proceedlngs were discontinued.

His conduct when he was a memn-ber of the strike committee was ofsuch proud aesertiveness; he assumedsuch commanding authority, that Itwas said of him by railway men thathe was acting as though he thoughthimself the eneral manager of thePennsylvania railway. He gave or-ders, but they were disobeyed, andtherein came ridicule. The railwayofficials were well advised in advanceof what he intended to do and wereable to block his plans.

The future seemed to offer no op-portunities for him on the other sideof the Alleghaales after the strike, andIt was with no great surprise that itwas learned that he had become amember of the bar of New York City,for It was snown that there was op"portunities for practice in New Yorkthat seemed to be congenial to thequalifications of Colonel Ammon.

pour Years for Ammon.New York. June 29.-Robert A. Am-

mon, attorney for William F. Millerof the Franklin syndicate, was todaysentenced to an Indefinilte term Instate's prison not less than four, normore than four and one-half years.

Ammon's attorney moved for a newtrial, giving seven reasons for suchaction. He also moved for arrest ofjudgment. Both motions were deniedby Judge Newburger.

Sheriff's commitment on motion ofthe defendant's counsel was withhelduntil tomorrow to alow application fora writ of reasonable doubt.

The specific charge on which Am-mon was convicted was that he receiv-ed $20,000 of the money obtained bythe Pranklin "250" per cent. syndl-cate. Miller is now serving a ten-yearsentence, and was the chief witnessat the trial.

District Attorney Jerome, it is un-derstood, will take steps to secure apardon for Miller, as he is said to bedyi g of consumption.. LAter Mr.House, Ammon's attorney, applied toJustice Truax, of tue supreme court,for a certficate of reasonable doubtin the cuae of his client. JusticeTruax granted the order returnableon July 1. District Attorney Jeromehas Instructed Assistant District At-torney Mott to prepare a petition tobe sent to Governor Odell asking forclemency in the case of Miller. Thepetition will be asked on the groundthat Miller has rendered valuable ser-vices to the state in testifying againstAmmon and also that he is very Ill.

WOOLOROWERS TO MEET.July 24-25 the Date of Their Annual

Gathering in Great Falle.Great Falls, June 27.-Plans for theannual meeting of the North Montana

Weolgrowers' association, to be heldin this city, are now being made, andit is expected that the meeting willbe held Friday and Saturday, July 24and 5. These dates have not beendefinitely decided upon, but they aremost favorably considered, and 't

there should not rise any reason fordelay, the meeting will be held onthose dates.

Preparation of a program for themeeting will be begun in a short time,and it is hoped to make it most inter-esting. There will be addresses byleading sheepmen on practical ques-tions, and it is probable that the stateveterinarian and members of the stallof the Montana experiment stationwill also be in attendance. The pres.Ident of the National Woolgrowers' as.soclation is to be in the city nextmonth, and may be here at the timeof the meeting.

All the prominent sheepmen of thispart of the state are members of theassociation. Its membership has in-creased rapidly since its organisation,and much good to the members hasresulted from the work of the organ-Isation.

W ILLIAM BATTAMS HURT.

Fell Over a Cliff Near Billings andHi. Condition is serious.

Billings, June 29.-William BattamsIs InSt. Vincent's hospital in this cit.In a precarious condition, from theeffects of a fall over a cliff while onhis way to this city from his ranchIn Fergus county, and it is fearedthat his spine is fractured.

Mr. Battams was bringing the youngson of C. F. Burton, who had acci-dentally shot himself in the handwhile visiting at the Battams ranch,home for medical care, and, whenwithin a few miles of the city, about4 o'clock this mornlsn, got of the

road and went on foot to endeavor tohnd the track, when he fell over a12-foot bank.

The little boy, finding he could notassist Mr. Battams. went over to asheep camp and found a man, butthe man was also unable to assist Mr.Battams into the carriage and, bring-ing the boy, came into town for as-sistance. The ambulance was seatout and the injured man was broughtto town this forenoon. The extentof his injuries had not been fully as-certained. but it is feared that theywill either prove fatal or leave him

a cripple for life.

Mr. Battams is a member of theirm of Ashbridge & Battams, wool-growers, and resides near the Snowymountains, in Fergus county. He isunmarried and has one brother living

with him, his other relatives being inEngland. The gunshot wound of Mr.Burton's son is slight, a bullet from

S22 rifle having grased along the sideof his hand, but the little fellow is un-nerved by his all night drive, and theshock of his companion's accident.

No man or woman in the state willhesitate to speak well of Chamber-lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets af-ter once trying them. They alwaysproduce a pleasant movement of the

bowels, improve the appetite andstrengthen the digestion. For saleby C. H. Williams.

WOOL SALES FEW.

Montana Owners Are Not RushingTheir Wool to the Market.

Boston, June 29.-The demand forterritorial wools has not been quitea good the put week as it was theprevious week. sad the volume cfbusiness put through is decidedly

smaller. Holders of old Mosotnawools will find them slow of sale, andprices at the seaboard are certaintyso higher, whatever may be the eoadlitlon of the market in the lnterior. Inthe latter sectio the markets arequleter, and they are quieter, not becase so much of the new clip haspased out of Iret hands, for thereis hardly a territory where there isnot still a oonsiderable amount of woolremanlala, but becauose of the act

that buyer and sellers are apart itheir Ideas s to values. Some newwools have been sold the past weekwithin the range of our quotations-wool of lilght shrlnkage-ost clean48060c, for fine medium 50065c. san5205c for fine staple. Medium woolshave sold at 45(@44c, clean. While

prices cannot be quoted any higherthey are Arm, and manufacturers indit Impossible to secure coaessloonsfrom holders. At Reoo. Nevada, grow-ers are asking 14c. In this marketNevadas are held In some instancesat prices which would mean a cleancost of I0c, clean. No sales have yetbeen made at such price, however.

In Montana growers are asking 17018c, and in some instances 19e. Thewools, on the whole, which have thusfar been offered are poorer than lastyear and are shorter, but are treefrom spear grass. Advices receivedirom Miles City, Mont., dated Juno17. are that one clip of 400,000 poundssold at about 15%c. Another cUpwent to a large Boston wool frm at15%c, and another at 14%c. Wool ispiling up there rapidly. The weathercontinues dry and there is a goodeal of suffering among stock. Shear.ers at the steam plant wor the strike

for an advance of 1 per cot perhead, and are now receiving 9 centsfor shearing. At hoshekne. Idaho, oneclip of about 17,000 pounds was soldto a Boston house at 14%c. Woolsare moving up slowly in Idaho, sadup to June 17th there was quite alarge accumulation to the west ofBoise and Mountain Home. In somesections there is a shortage of 30 percent. In the yield; the wools are 2per cent. lighter In shrinkage sad atrifle shorter in staple and poorer inquality. Advices from Welser are

that prices have gone down some-what. At haniko, Ore.. 1,000,000 lbs.were sold at 14015c. The Marioncounty pool of growers ualoaded atabout 17c.

Though the local wool market Is tobe opened for the season a week fromtomorrow very few complete clips havearrived in the city and those that haveentirely arrived are all small ones.Not more than 500,000 pounds offleeces are now In the city, and thisis only five per cent. of the antlc-ipated receipts. Nearly all the woolthat has arrived is from ranches with-in 30 miles or from points on theMontana & ureat Northern. Shearinghas been late everywhere, and thecondition of the road is such thatfreighters find it almost impossibleto travel.

A few of the buyers will arrive thisweek, and others will come before July15th. The market will be opened themorning of the 6th, sad while salesfor a few days witl be light, everyclip that is offered will be put upwhen ready.