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Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-12-01

Among the strauye~t Of plenomens
ar the explosive noise, that have been
heard for years over half Of the large
area of the Gau-,- delta and that have
not Vet beeu .-urd ro any satisfac.
tory cause. The noises for the lack OF
"a better name have long been known
o., the BarisM guns, - called from
Bari-al. the chief town Of the district
90 which they are mostly confined
The startling sounds were the subject
ur 20 long discussion 40 "a meeting Of the
A-iarir Society of Bengal. but the
learned members are uo nearer a solu-
tiau of the mystery now than when il
was first discussed and written about,
nineteen year- ago.
The sounds resemble the explosion
of bombs or the thuularot heavy guns
They occur at quite regular intervals,
but most frequently a the rainy sea
son. and their usual compartment IL
southcrly wind They are heard
along 100 miles OF the coast and up the
many branches Of tine delta from 50
10 100 miles inland, and due north as
far as the Garro hills, about $50 miles
from the coast. The low lying. swanpy
coast region for fifty miles inland is
thinly inhabited, and, strange as il
may appear. no one ever seems to be
at or near the place where the noises
originate The meeting of the Asiatie
society was prolific of theories as to
the cause of this phenomenon, but no
theory was supported by evidence en-.
titling il to much weight.
The noises are variOusly assigned 70
atmospheric electricity, to subterranean
or subaqueouS agencies, TO the bursting
of bamboos-which last, however, pro
duces a noise more like the crack OF
musketry than the boom of artillery
and also TO the breaking of the tre-
mendous surf rollers along the north
ern shore of the Bay of Bengal, the
sound Of which, it is urged, is borne fan
inland among the river channels. -BOs-
ton Transcript
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-12-01
A Kansas City r ather Pays Five
Thousand Dollars for the
Return of His Kidnapped
Boy.
The True story If the Ch,lian
Outrage Commrtteio en- Amer
lean Sailors as Told b. she
BaltImlre s Crew.

KANSAS CIY, No. Nuv H.
Thanksgiving day. a day of rejoicing,
wa transferred into day Of sadness
,or David 4. B-sI- and hi family.
\ Thanksgiving reunion ofthe Beals
family ,k place at the house Of David
T. BeaIs, wealthy banker of this city.
Mr. Beals, while - years old, l. the
father OF two pretty children, girl
sged four, aud tWO~yesr-uld boy,
David L Beal-, Jr or Junior Bees, ="
a. the Toy calls himself While the
older members Of the family " re just
finishing their dinner At O'Clock in
the evening Mr.. Btal's two children
and ons Of Ills grandchildren were
Masking merry in the ball. Suddenly
the childish glee ceased and almost
Immediately an outer door wss heard
to slam. This aroused the suspicious
OF Mr.. Beals, who rau quickly to the
hall To find that Junior Beils was not
among his playmate. She searched
the lower Il por alone aud without sue
cess, aud the n becoming really alarm
ed, called her husband and theirguests
who made a thorough sesrch from
cellar To gbrret, over and over again.
l. zzie smith. the waitre--, ws- al q
missing, sud the coucli-iou wa- ar
rived al that
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-12-01
COUNTED OUT THE MONEY

before the eyes OF the man aud pls ced
the money In the outer pocket Of the
laiter's coat. AT the same time the
masked man placed IN the arms Of the
oveTjOyed father the lost child, who
was sleeping soundly, ignorant that he
was being returned L. his anxious
parents.
Very little Is known Of Lizzie Smith,
the abductrrss. The first trace OF her
in this city was found when It Was
discovered that she and two men, one
of whom is known ~ Albert King,
and who is supposed to be her husband,
rented n cottage about month ago at
No. 1928 Lydia avenue,
OF the other man practically nothing
is known. The trio had occupied the
house only n week Mrs. King an-
swert sn advertisement for waitress
by Mrs. Beas. She was engaged,
giving her name ss Lizzie Smith,
/ without references. At the same time
the Lydia avenue cottage WAS vacated
and all traces OF the occupants, except
Mrs. King was lost. Ii is supp sed
that the masked man who secured the
5000 ransom was Albert King, the
principal sccOmplice in the crime.
Every effort was made To secure
some information from Junior Bees, y
but lac is TO young to speak plsinly
He WIS ssked who carried HIM away
] Lizzie" he lisped.
"But where did she take yoU?"
Riding" replied the boy.
"And what did they do with yOu?'
"Naua's," " and that was all the hos
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-12-01
'u.0WSTONE JOURNAE.
THE OFFICIAL yArrs OF cr-rFR co.

Every Morning Except Monday.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-12-01

The CIty Council met lsst gut 'u
special session having adjourned 'r ~
saturday night on account Of uu quof-
um. Ttere were present last night
Aid Buliard, crow ley and stuart, the
latter presiding. The special order be-
ing the considering of bids for the
building Of sidewalk Oh Park stree,
from Bridge TO Fort street. the
following bids We're opened and read.
Naples & Stuart sac. per foot on level.
Naples 4 stuart 81 .l2 per foot on Irestle.
franklin 4 Ward 79c. per foot on level,
Franklin& Wsrd 9sl lc per foot on trestle.
Cn-s. Larson 7sc. per foot on level.
On motion the contract Tor building
such portion Of the whole as the city
may have to build was awarded to
Franklin 4 Ward.
The attention Of the Council being
called to the tumble -down condition
of the Chinese wasbhOuse on Bridge
street recently vacated, Aid. Bullard
offered the following resolutions:
Whereas, 10 the opinion of the City
| Council the log building situated on
lot u, block 81, Miles City is unsafe &c
| life and a menace TO the adjoining
pr 7perty, be IL
Resolved, That the chief of the fire
department be and is hereby requested
To examine the said building and II be
| find IL unsafe, to order its removal
under the provisions of the ordinances
Of the city relating thereto.
The yeas and nays being called on
the adoption of the resolution, the
same was adopted unanimously.
The following bills were allowed
and ordered paid:
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-12-01

could tell--enougb, howeve,, TO con-
vict Lizzie smith of zoe uf the M 81
cruel crius- on the calendar.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-12-01

4 limited number Of pupils will be
give instruction in stenography. For
terms. et... adde's Toy mail or call on
GEORGE GROSS,
Mile- CITY, Montana.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-12-01
-HE HAD KmNArED TuE BOY

All night long the srontz.d q fither
sud mother waited Tor news from the
child. Iii- au.ruop Mr.. Besl- ca4-, Il
tn ne printed 900 thr even az raper-
thr following;
s1.u1 Eal-,m--Tp Whom 10 Ma,
tsnr-rr. Return my ,hiId. retel.e O.
neutrality-suspicious. s-ked I-tgued|
ID. 4. BEAIS
A. u'riH.k .uuiEh'a amau uf strange
ayi earaurr presented himself at DO.
front duor uf'hr B-aI- mansion. He
vo o. "a iai-e face suda sIg, aud dressed
very usea dly bhYcu Hs told The
-.rysut who answered th, Uell that re
mu., see Mr B-ai- ium,d,a els. Mr.
went tn ite door Tae man said he
WAS "a detective; thst ue hrd found the
ahduc.ry-- aud hcr accompli,e.; that
ttcy had he lost ruIiu in their D. --ts-
-i1.. tnat they demand So OlU Ransom
aud that h- w. prepared 90 deliver
The chIli 90 its parents Tor that pmuInt.
Mr.. Beals declined To pay the sum and
suck L his original offer Of &, 600 IL
was finally agreed that the detective
should deliver the child for that
amount.
Al 10 o'clock ring brought Mr..
Beals to the door. He saw his ! Jst
child in tue arms Of the ruffiau who
had bsrEained for the delivery Of the
child, Mr.. BeSls. who had drawn
5000 in bank notes early today. Ia
order to be ready to fulfill his part OF
the bargain,
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-12-01

Park street, and report At the next
regular meeting. The Council ad-
j0urned.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-14
MR.. NAGGER's REVENGE.
How He Paid or a Landlord who Was
Not Obiiging.

How He Paid Of a Landlord Who Was
Not obliging.
When Mr.. Nagger got back from town
Mrs. Nagger was praeticing a song al the
new piano her mother had given her.
"Stop that screening" he snapped,
throwing a folded slip of paper on the
table, land put that rent receipt away with
the Others"
"Our dearly beloved landlord wasn't over
agreeable, should judge" remarked Mrs.
Nagger, giving the ineffenSiye instrument
final bang and descending from stagger at
high G.
He said he'd fix that bathroom faucet when
he got good and ready, and if we wanted
screens SO bad we could put 'em in our
selves and pay for 'em, too. He's dead sore
cause everybody but us moved out"
Is told you so. What can you expect of
a landlord who raises the rent so per cent on
every fiat in the building?"
"Of course you told me so of course. You
tell me everything YOU know, and more, too.
Perhaps you can tell me if he's rented any
of his flats
II can"
"Then why don't ynu?"
HE hasn't He brought in one man,
though, to look at the fiat below us, and
nearly caught him."
Rent too high, | s'poSe"
''He said it wasn't"
"What them"
'He found out you lived alone and said he
knew you" said Mrs. Nagger demurely,
thus scoring one ON her lord and master.
Hell not get tenant this year" said
Mr.. Nagger, ignoring his wife's delicate
compliment.
''How do you knOw?" asked Mrs. Nagger,
trying not TO laugh.
Because" said Mr.. Nagger. taking a long
roll from his pocket. ''Pye brought you a
dozen new songs. chicago Tribune.
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This is tea-gown. Material. white silk
and yellow crepe de Chine, dotted with
golden sequins A peculiar oriental clasp
OF amber and gold, such as is worn by the
fire worshipers of Baku, clasps the neck.
l have been shown design for most in-
genlous table decoration made expressly for
Lady Brooke. The center-piece is a palm,
from the branches of which little black
figures, veritable Ten little niggers," were
swinging. Eight straw-ruofed huts about
seven inches high were fitted and orna-
mented with pink roses, some OF them of
the usual size, but the majority were sprays
OF the pretty little French pompon rose,
used with its delicate greeDery. When
placed upon the table the huts were united
with garlands of pink roses, in which the
little niger BOYS again appeared, sugges ting
the idea OF Mashonaiand, Africa, where
flowers, roses especially, grow in luxurious
abundance. Abundant they were indeed
in THIS quaint and pretty device, for in it
800 flowers were to be used.
A lovely dress worn by one of our Ameri-
can girls at the Queens last drawing-room,
was train of iris duchesSe satin, borQered
throughout its length with the golden iris
and Its own natural green leaves eXQuisitely
worked on the satin. 1t was lined with
golden shade of poult de soie the petticoat
OF deepest cream had a diaphanous drapery
OF chiffon with TIPS Of ostrich feathers nest
ling among the folds. Another dress, carried
out IN paiest ivory, had handsome train Oh
broeade of geometrical design, the petticoat
was arranged with chiffon in accordion
pleats down one side from waist to feet fell
garniture Of feathers. and gracefully
dropping from these appeared May flowers,
giving them one touch OF color. | saw
lovely design for fete dress and one en-
tlrely novel in design yesterday afternoon.
1t was Of gray crepe ana had border
woven along its selvedge of silver lines,
and il WAS skilfully made up to show this
trimming TO the best advantage. The skirt
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-14
THE CONFESSIONS
OF A HOODOO.
A Dissertation on the Effect Of Hereditary
Hard Luck.
A Strange and GrewsOme Autobiography,
With Modest but Valuable PREDATORY
Note by Howard Fielding.
Written for THE SUNDAY CALI.

1t is the fashion nowadays for the writer
who desires to place an improbable tale be-
fore the public to shlrk the responsibility
by saying that the manuscript was handed
to him by spook. or that he found it in
some Outof-the-way place, as, for instance,
a bottle that was floated in from the sea. |
did not find the following in a bottle, but l
believe that the writer did. If it affects him
that way he should sign the pledge.
The copy was shipped TO me from some
place. whose name | cannot decipher. but
the last part of the pOstmark is n. j. The
author is evidently snch fluent and plaus-
ible liar that it impossible TO disentangle the
facts from the other threads of his dis
course. However, his reference to me lin
his nOte) as a cultured and intelligent gen.
tleman shows that he is not wholly blind to
the truth. With these predatory remarks
lay before the reader
The confessions of a Hoodoo
| was born in the town Of Crisscross, n.
H., on the 18th day of February, between
and o'clock in the morning, with the ther-
mOmetPr Is below zero, and no kindling
wood split. This event has cast shadow
over my entire life. In any case, however,
must have been doomed 10 misfortune, for
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-14
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.
Chat About What Is Being Done at the site Of
The Great Exposition.

CHICAGO, June 10, 1S91.-Halsey c. Ives,
Chief of the Department OF Fine Arts, will
visit Europe in the near future and en-
deavor to get acquainted and establish
friendly relations between artists and in
tending art exhibitors and the exposition.
nne-art exhibit from France is insured by
the appointment by the French Worlds
Fair Commission of Antonn Proust TO be
DiTectOr-GeneTal of the French art exhibit
at the exposition. NJ. PrNuSt held a similar
position during the Paris Exposition.
One Of the novel buildings at tie fair will
be the Casino and pier The Casino, which
will stand ont in the lake 1000 feet from the
shore, Is intended to reproduce Venice on
small scale in Lake Michigan. 1t viii be
built on piles, and connected with the shore
by a pier eighty feet vide. The building
will consist of nine paylliOnS, two stories IN
height, and, with the exception of the central
one, eighty feet above the surface OF the
water. The center pavilion will be $50 feet
high. There viii be communication be-
tween the nine paviliOnS, both by gOndOlaS
and bridges. The pier connecting the Casino
with the shore will form broad promenade.
Commissioner Mcintyre announces that
his State viii build tin palace at the expo
siiiOn, which will be wonder. 1t will be
constructed of block tin and will be used for
the State exhibit building. One OF the feat
uTes will be a block-tin tower fifty feet high.
q saving service Will De eSiaDilSneQ
on the shores of Lake Michigan at Jackson
Park, and 3 permanent building erected.
This will be a model life-saving station. as
it win be bnilt after the most approved plan
and stocked with the latest and best devices
used IN the service. The boat-hOuSe will
contain the finest life-boatS of every deScTiD-
ton. The lofts viii he stocked with extra
apparatus, lines OF every description. NOR
tarS for firing rockets. and in fact the station
will be equipped as fully as though It were
situated upon the most dangerous piece Of
coast on the AtlantcO or Pacific Ocean. Daily
exhibitions will be given of the working OF
the life-saviug service.
Texas Will raise S3G0,000 for its building
through its school children. The building
will contain a special department for the
col0red people of the State.
The Bee Commissioners of Ohio have
asked the State Board of Worlds Fair Di-
rectOrS for 10000 square feet of space on
which to exhibit their industry. Governor
! Holt Of North Carolina is greatly interested
IN the Ialr and is making every effort to
have his State well represented. The State
viii Send a brigade Of State troops to the
National enCampmrnt IN Chicago next year.
New Mexico will raise $500 in addition
to the $4,000 appropriated by the Leg
islature.
The General Government will be asked to
make a display for Alaska. The Geological
Survey, the Indian Bureau and the Smith
sunIan Institute will br instructed TO employ
their agents 30 bring IN the necessary ma
terial fer a suitable display from our great
northern Territory J. b CAMPBELL.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-14

varied learning, which up to the present
time have been unable 10 exchange for
cash.
In the first two years Of my struggle with
the world | ruined three enterprising news
papers by attaching myself to their STATS.
l then abandoned journalism and took an
interest in the keely motor; but on learning
that my father had for many years held
stock in this concern ! abandoned it hur-
Tiedly and came over TO New York. where
engaged in politics. 1t has been my custom
to regulate all my decisions by tossing up
cent. This desire to submit everything to
the arbitrament of chance invariably char
acterizes the hoodoo. The more certain he
is that luck is against him, the more easily
he can be induced TO make his life a game
of poker wherein lie continually stakes his
happiness on a bub-tailed flush, and gets
called down.
Among my other misfortuneS | fell in
love. Under ordinary cond itiOns such an
event would have been the greatest of bless
ings, but for a hOOdO0 TO fall in love is to in
Yite destruction to descend not only upon
himself but upon the innocent victim of his
affections. The young lady who had won
my heart was worthy Of better fate.
At first she did not look kindly upon me,
for nv exterior is not calculated to charm
the eve. AIN as graceful as two-Week- old
calf. and have the same distressing habit of
falling over my own feet. / saw that
could never win her, and yet did not cease
to regard her with respectful tenderness,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-14

is arranged so that the silver lines orna-
ment the edge, and narrow foot flounee
of chiffon is placed below it. The dght-fit-
ting bodice is ingeniously composed Of the
border, and the lines give beautifully
slender curve to the figure; full ruffle of
chiffon ornaments the bodice, between
which appears the crepe introduced as a
waist-coat, with the silver lines running
across the figure, Tile pointed basque is
cut Short: and is edged with an OXidized
silver fringe which rises gradually on the
hips. The sleeves Of gray chiffon tone ex-
actly with the crepe, and are embroidered
in 0xidized silver.
" Rien nest sacre pour I'm sapeur." our
inveterate gossip, we all know, sticks at
nothing. Put him into club, the atIaos-
phere of (which is always heavily laden
with current rumor, and provide him with
channel for communication with the outer
world, and you may back him. if he has rope
enough, TO ruin the reputation OF his dearest
friends. You may be certain that he never
will call Lancelot brave or Galahad pure.
Yet there is an air of conviction in all his
illusions to his victims which might almos.
be supposed TO Indicate a solemn duty, re-
luctanty undertaken in the interests of the
public. There is Ii. r. II. the Prince of
Wales, for instance. The fierce light that
beats upon the throne is at once the apology
for and the Inspiration of the elub gossip.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-14
NOTES FROM THE
WORLD OF FASHION.
Some Of the Latest ideas in Regard to
Stylish Dress.
More OF the Novelties Designed by Reafern.
Gown Suitable for Calling or Driving.
A Pretty Tea Gown.
Special to THE SUNDAY CALI

NEW YORK, June 8, 1S9f.-At the big
handsome house On the avenue, next door to
Delmonico's, all is hustle and activity in
the late spring. The little bit of court
yard in front, with its neatly kept lawn and
wistaria vine, looks as if it had drifted
across the street from the green tree-shaded
park beyond and ace0rdS well with the
vases filed with tropical foliage and rich
blooms and the flowers of its neighbor, the
fashionable restaurant And uD and down
the wide-carDeted stairs there trips all day
a crowd of well-dressed women. intent on
securing the latest novelties of Redfern.
Just now the demand for coats and street.
wraps Is about at an end, and except when
a travelling costume is ordered, the wool
gown is also in the background. But
the tables are scattered over with colored
sketches of the most bewitching yachting
and tennis gowns. intersperSed with buSi-
ness-lke cycling and mountaineering habits,
and the dummies, those silent etfigleS OF
women, ale arrayed in very smart gowns OF
wash materials, or In elegant costumes OF
summer silk. In the former case, the stuffS
most in favor are fine French chambreS,
linens and batistes, made up with TRIM
mngs OF heavy embroidery or linen lace. In
snowy guipure and Russian patterns. The
other more dreSSy costumes are Of crepe de
Chime, India and foulard silks, the tier be-
ing the Redeem summer specially. They
are all mounted on foundations OF silk, OF
very good quality, and though quite elabor-
ate In design, are finished with all the al
tention to detail for which the house is
noted. They are not any more expensive
than a plain cloth gown. The one here
given is after the latest model, and Is equal
ly correct for an afternoon house gown, or
for calling or driving at summer resort.
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LIKE TO BE HUMBUGGED.
What Woman Physician Says About IA
Wants of Patients.

What Woman Physician Says About the
Wants of Patients.
A woman physician in the city told a
most remarkable thing a day or two ago.
1T takes a deal Of cOnseientiousness to keep
a physician from becoming a Quack," she
said. IT'S such an easy thing to quaek
when you know your patient wants you
to. and because the patient wants it, it
would perhaps be beneficial in the end. By
quacking l mean resorting to rlap-trap and
unscientific methods. such as the faith cure
and its like. No one but q physician has
any idea how great demand there is for
this among intelligent people.
L" They don't want the honest straight
forward exhibition of the action of drugs on
the body. They want a mystery about it,
an exhibition Of healing as a divine force
something that appeals 10 the imagln alton.
And because it's a subject for the magma
ton the demand comes not from the ignor-
ant and uBthiuking, but from the most
intelligent and beSt-informed people.
=" ! have known some of the most logical
and clear headed people in this city 10 offer
such a resistance to scientific, rational meas
ures in medical treatment and insist so
strongly upon some illegitimate and made
Quate course as TO put the honest physi-
clans patience TO its last resort.
." 1t ism quite that they like to be hum
plugged. They don't know it by that, though
the physician does. They want something
for the imagination to work on. And that's
the stronghold of the quack practitioner.
II axes an honest man or woman to practice
medicine honestly. IN. Y. Evening sun.