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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-06

obliged to witness such a sight again.
The bodies had been arranged in
row, and some kind hand had covered
each with sheet, but the mOurners
had torn these away that they might
look upon the cold faces of their dead.
Up to this time the bodies had not been
washed, for like most country people
they believed they had no right to dis
turb a body until the proper authorI-
ties had arrived and given legal per-
mission. BY the side Of each corpse
were from two to five half-crazed
mourning relatives. Many of the fran
tic women called in vain TO their nus
bands to speak, while one poor widow
sat bathing her dead husbands face
with handkerchief, which she damp
ened from a glass of water which had
been brought to revive her from
sWOon into which she had fallen when
she first entered the hall. This poor
creature had no fear of the law, and l
am sure if she had had the strength
she would have carried that poor piece
of CLAW to her home. | went to her
side and told her that 1 too had lost
a dear cousin, and asked her TO be
brave. I told her it was useless to
carry on in that manner for all her
tears could never bring the dead to
life.
The poor distracted creature looked
at me with that fierce expression 50
common in animals when they are
driven to bay. SO you have lost
cousin, have you? What does a cousin
amount to? You may have fifty
cousins. but you could have but one
dear husband. I had one, but now ne
lies cold in death and 1 am left here
all alone in this dreary world. No,
good woman. do not need your SYM
pathy. for you cannot understand my
feelings. l know you mean well. but
all I ask is to be left alone with my
dead husband.
A strange fact in conjunction with
the whole affair was the peculiar eff
feet this grewsome result seemed TO
have produced in the minds Of all the
remaining members OF the two faInlnes.
To be sure there was little left OF
mine. But the fact remains that the
relatives of both families walked about
as if there could be no thought of re-
venge. and none of them seemed to
have the least fear of the others.
After so severe a battle one would al
most imagine that retaliation would
have been uppermost in the minds Of
some of them. Evidently they all
thought that there had been fighting
enough for one day and had concluded
10 declare a sort of truce. With their
henchmen things were quite d1ferent,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-06
The Heliogfaph
and What 1t
Can Do.

The Telegraph, under present condi-
tions can be used only during hours of
sunshine but on bright days its trans
mitted signals are so quickly displayed
and promptly read al any reasonable dis
lance that it replaces the flag on all pos
sible service. Dust and smoke which
would completely obscure the largest flag
are readily penetrated by the flash of the
heliograph. Under ordinary conditions
this flash is visible TO the naked eye al
distances of thirty miles. but with a tel
escope of thirty powers can De seen heaTly
200 miles. The military value OF the hello-
graph was striktngly Hiustrated IN the
Successful campaign of General \. A.
Miles against Geronimo, campaign that
put an end to the Indian outbreaks that
Cor twenty years devastated Arizona with
Is horrible accomplishments or murder
and rapine. ..,r ,.,,o
found troops in every valley, and when
they saw heliograph communication flash
ing across every mountain range Geroni-
mo and others, who had already surren-
dered sent word to NatcheZ that ne mad
better come in at once" and he did. The
distance to which photographs could be
worked was tested under the supervision
of Major w j. VoIkmar in Arizona in
1850 when he established system aggre-
eating 1000 miles in length Ranges of 50,
IS, % and III miles were successfully
worked over. Previously the worlds record
was that between Mauritius and Reunion.
where mirrors of 1900 inches of rejecting
surface, costing over Sl9,vJ0, transmitted
passed by a signal corps mirror of barely
twenty inches surface, costing $40. These
operations indicate the mechanical skill
and dizziness of manipulation of American
ingtruments and by american eric operators
lance heliographing by the Signal Corps
was that Accomplished by Captain W. A.
Glassford September l., 1895. With
standard instrument OF the Signal Corps,
a station heliograph eight inches. square.
messages were sent and received between
Mount Ellen Utah, and Mount Uncom-
pahgre. Colorado. an air line distance of
no less than 1S3 miles. This exceeded by
great difficulty in establishing very long
ranges consists in seiseting points OF
suSIl ~ on1rexi+v nj the earth can
tain Glassford says: when we caught
the first glimmer of the Mount Ellen flash
IL appeared through the telescope a deep
reddish hue. 1t was about as bright as
the planet Venus and with the same ap-
parent disk as presented by that plant in
our glasses. General A. W. Greedy in
Ainslee's for August.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-06
CALF ORNIA'S
REMARKABLE
F A M | LY
FEUD.
Continued from Page Twenty-one.

nize how wise he was in this conclu--
sion. Many of the men said they in
tended TO go at any rate, and they
would like so see anybody stop them.
Nv husband soon found a very effect
nal wav 10 do so. He drew his revol-
YER and promised to kill the first man
who tried to follow our little cavalcade.
We then mounted and started on our
long ride, my husband riding behind
with his pistol in his hand. Not a man
attempted to follow us, for each knew
the doctors determined character.
with cut of the lash Of our bride
reins our little mustangs started on
their long run for the valley. We had
nothing but mustangs in those days.
and q harder breed OF stock it would
be difficult TO find in the world. Our
courier had been supplied with fresh
horse and had taken the precaution to
have another animal turned loose in
the road which we were to drive ahead
of US in case one of our mounts be-
came overheated on the long journey.
But I will not tire you with any
more Of the details of that awful ride.
Like all things, it came to an end al
last. I stood it all right till we sighted
the valley, when, woman like, 1
tainted.
NV husband had me on the saddle
before him in a moment, and We kept
up the same clip till We reached the
town. by which time 1 had recovered
consciousness. We soon learned that
the person whom we had ridden so far
TO save was no longer in need of the
doctors services-he lay cold in death
beside the other victims of the terrible
tragedy.
i know you will pardon my emotion
when l try to describe the awful sight
that net my gaze soon after my arri-
val at the town. The public nall-a
long. barn-like building used for
all purposes Of q public nature-had
been chosen as a sort of impromptu
morgue, and on the floor side by side
Law the bodies of the six unfortunate
men who but a few hours before had
struggled in deadly conflict. The
wives, mothers and fathers, brothers
and sisters of the dead men knelt by
the side of their loved ones and min
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-06

gled their tears. Their cries and lamen-
tations could be heard for distance
OF fifty yards from the building. My
husband. insisting that I remain out
side the building for a few minutes,
rushed in to see if it were possible to
do anything to comfort the poor
creatures. who were far beyond the
aid Of human science. He soon re-
turned and asked me if 1 was sure
could witness the sight within the
building. I assured him that l was
prepared for anything. so he put his
arm around my waist and half car
ried me into that awful death cham
ber God grant that I never am
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-06
Wedding Of George Tubou,
King Of Tonga.

The Sunday presents herewith photograph taken
daughter
Police 1t the desire of of the chiefs that
should Ola, high ceaness Nua Tobu
had been betroted from childhood BUT the King
elevate the daughter of the
rank He entirely de
publicly placing bright golden
wedding
n1ony raising the ground said in carvoO "avfnfa,
further We=esGabshed
bride sit his side partake of the
wedding proceeding Numerically opposite religion,
together
the the another
thought otherwise dared gany him. Long
live the King!
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-06
ONE TIME FUNSTON
AVOIDED WATER.

Il went 10 school with Fred Funston"
said Mr.. c. P. Ames Of Lincoln. Neb.,
last evening. We were fellow scholars
a. the cid Lawrence University at Law
renee, Kan. in 1884. Fred was about 19
then, so I take it that he is now in the
neighborhood of 81. I entered the fresh
man class when he was a junior. but
class lines were not very distinctly drawn
friends. AS I remember him in those
days he was a thin. sickly looking little
fellow, hOmely as a rail fence and COW
cred with freckles He was Overlooking
with spirits. however and really had
cast-iron constitution. When Funston ar
rived at the university he was given
rather severe hazing, which he took at
the outset with great good nature. but
when they tried 10 strip him for a duck
ing IN the batntub, which was part OF
the ceremony. he Wrjggled loose. darted
merry chase all over the dOrmitOry. They
raised such z racket that several profess
SOTS were aroused. and there was the
deuce to pay generally. Anyhow, Fred
was never duCked. and after that was q
leader in practical jokes himself. One Of
Funston had great fun with him by pre-
tending he had an impediment in his
speech. When asked a difficult question
he would go into hideOUs COntOrtiOns. ap
and the professor. infuriated. would pass
Il on TO the next. Altogether, however,
he was a good student and a downright
good fellow. The last time l saw him he
was leCJuring. Just before he got his com
mission in the volunteers. He was doing
ed. and I am sure that he is at present
IN exactly his element
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-12-20

1t looks as though Mr.. Bryan had
put his foot IN il in advising the APP
pointment Of William Vincent Allen
to fill the senatorial vacancy caused
by the death Of NJ. l.. Hayward.
Gov. Poynter's preference was G. NJ
Hitchcock, publisher OF the Omaha
World-Herald, II man who has done
hard and telling work for Bryan and
who had n large following urging his
appointment. Mr.. Hitchcock makes
n statement yer his own signature
In which he says that he cannot deny
that he has ''been deeply disap-
pointed and feels most keenly the
ingratitude." Allen Is n Populist,
popular In his state and n man oi
considerable ability, though he be,
came something Of a bore in the sen.
ate by his long drawn out speeches.
There Is no doubt but Bryan Is Al
little afraid of Allen and found il nee.
essary to throw him some sop To
keep him and the Populists in line
next year. But i'm doing so he has
caused much bitter feeling among the
Democrats OF the state, especially in
Omaha and Douglas county. Mr..
Bryan may lind hard Shedding In Ne
braska next year.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-12-20

next governor and impaired the In
formation to a waiting and anxious
world on the morning OF Nov. Il. 1t
came from State Chairman Cockrill,
who resides In Great Falls. but who
halls from the Blue Grass state. Now
Mr.. Cockrill, bless his heart, has an
old and reliable friend in Kentucky
who is IA prominent lawyer, a col
onel' and a high muck-a-muck gem
orally in that state, and Mr.. Cockrill
had requested him prior to election
TO notify him by wire OF the result in
the Goebel-Taylor contest as soon as
he could do So with certainty" He
waited until the night the 18th and
then sent sizzling over hill and dale,
coulee and plain, the following assur-
ing telegram TO Mr.. Cockrill, who &C
cepted it as from a divine oracle:
Bowling Green, KY, Nov. a.
VIM. Cockrill, Great Falls, Mont:
GOebel wins certaiLly and will be
governor. LEWIS MCQCoN.'
1t is not known whether Mr.. Cock
rlll wagered anything on the strength
OF this tip; II so, he will have to
square himself with his Kentucky
friend, who was onto GOebel's five
aces. but failed to see the shooting.
iron up the other fellows sleeve.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-12-20
DUM-DuM BULLETS.

One protest against SenatorClark OF
Montana is that hcpaid only $G75, 900
for his sent in the senate. Too many
OF the boys were not half secn.-Min-
ncapOlis Journal.
An Oregon girl set a trap for n
bear n few nights ago and caught n
man In it. Now look out for a steady
advance In the price OF bear traps
Times Herald.
A tree fell on an lows City council.
man recently and killed him. Trees
might fall on some OF the Chicago
aldermen and they would never
know it.-Times- Herald.
The fashion of naming babies after
Helen Gould is notlikely TO spread to
Uath.-Times- Herald.
Roberts made a fatal mistake In
not getting Billy Mason to explode
against him.-Times- Herald.
Mr.. Bryan has probably noticed,
II he has read the message. that not
n bit OF his thunder has been stolen
by the President.-Times- Herald.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-12-20

Congressman Dolliver, OF Iowa,
stirred up the unterrltiedin the house
last week, showing up Democratic
prophecies and subteriuge as no
other ms IL capable OF doing. He
said that In 1896 Mr.. Bryan prophe-
sled that the gold standard couldnot
be enacted without Il universal fall
of d. ices. sis there n man in this
chamber" he asked, who will rise
In his plnce and say that Bryan knew
what he was talking about?" Noone
cared to accept the challenge.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-12-20
A TIP FROM HOME.

There Is nothing like getting a sure
thing tip from some one on the in
side. This applies To a great many
things In this world, and especially
to elections. The recent Kentucky
election caused much speculation as
to who would be governor, Taylor
or Goebel, and no doubt a great deal
Of money has been wagered on the
outcome. But when Kentucky and
the balance of the country were In
doubt the Great Falls Tribune got "a
straight tip as to who would be the
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-12-20

During the fiscal year ending June
30. 1899, the coinage of gold amount
ed to sos, III, lS0, the largest in the
history af the country. The coinage
OF silver dollars was SlS,2ji, 100 as
against $1,000 900 In the preceding
year. or subsidiary silver S9,JOO,OOO
was coined. against $780, 900 the
year previous. Both the mills and
the mints are busy under IA liepubli-
a administration of affairs.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-12-20

. Elsewhere will be found an inter-
view with Congressman Siblcy in
which he gives his reasons for aban-
doning free silver. As Sibley was
prominent in the cause three years
ago and has been mentioned as Il
good running mate for Bryan, his
views will prove interesting reading
In this neck OF the woods.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-12-20

The centennial of the death OF
Washington was observed at Mount
Vernon on the 18th inst. Mas0ns
from all parts of the country assem-
bled there and took part in the cere-
monies. President Mckinley paid n
splendid tribute to the first president,
saying among other things that "the
nation IL his best %eulogist and his
noblest monument"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-12-20

Chicago is greatly wrought up
over the question, "Whcn does the
twentieth century Begin 1t Gems
to be n question that will never be
settled to the satisfaction OF any
body.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-12-20

Ceci, Rhodes is said To hc in high
spirits over the recent rise inthe price
of diamonds. But Cecil cannot rise
above his surroundings. Not for the
present, ut least.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-12-20

The Beers have no navy or cOast
to defend, hence they canconccntratc
their energy ut river crossings and
mountain passes. Thus ilr they
have made n good fight.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-12-20

Col. W. :. Taylor l. now governor
OF Kentucky. Bear it in mind when
you wish To address the chicf eXecu-
tive Of that state.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-12-20

Boston elected a Republican mayor
last week. Bro. Atkinson must have
been busy looking up Aggie's lost
postotiice address.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-12-20
LEwIsTowN, MONT. Dee, 20, '9s.

The next national Republican con-
vention will be held at Philadelphia
on dates to be named later.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-12-20

Gen. Leonard Wood has been APP
pointed and confirmed military gov
ernor OF Cuba. No better nun could
have been found for the place,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-12-20

The governor OF Nebraska has APP
pointed the Populist, Alien, To the
senatorship from Nebraska.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-12-20

OFFICIAL PAPER OF FERGUS COUNTY.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-12-20

ADVERTISING RATES FURNISHED ON
APPLICATION,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19
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I They are weaker and more helpless ant
less capable OF resistance.
Pecuninry Independence.
The claim that women should receive the
| same pay as men for the same work is
| futile. There is vast surplus OF unskilled
| labor. The supply is greater than the de-
mand. The invasion OF women adds to the
rcdundance. She lowers the entire standard
| Of wages in every vocation she enters.
| Should sho demand the same compensation
| she would cease to be employed. In the
bitter struggle for existence, woman is the
| lmplacable enemy of man. And not the less
so because many wives and mothers and
| daughters strive with uncongenial and re-
pulsivo toll to piece out the earnings OF
husbands and fathers that are insufficient
for the comfort of the wretched home and
the support Of the helpless family.
But there is a very large class, especially
In the higher calings, who work from
choice and not from compulsion. They have
homes whero they might live in comfort
but they weary of the monotony and drudg-
cry of domestic life. They want pecuniary
independence. Restraints are irksome. They
desire moro pleasure and recreation, finer
rament, travel, society, and SO seek public
and private employment; each one who sue
The admission of women into the various
departments at Washington was an ire
parable mistake, both for the service and
for the incumbents, as all who are familiar
with the system will admit; though, for
that matter, the government pays more and
receives less from its servants of both sexes
than any other employer on earth.
Under the operation of these new forces
important changes are taking place in So
ciety. AS the opportunities for self-support
and free life multiply, marriage is regarded
with increasing indifference, unless 1t offers
luxurious establishment. The home idea
seems to be fading from American life.
Families are growing smaller by self-limita-
tion. Children are less welcome, not alone
to landlords. but to parents also. House
keeping is becoming daily more difficult, and
soon will be impossible, except for the opu-
lent who can import their domestic help.
The irresistible tendency to hotel, apart
ment house and club life is ineligible. We
move along the line Of least resistance, and
the new woman Is making every other mode
of existence inconvenient or impracticable.
Whether this condition OF affairs Is better
or worse than that which preceded; whether
1t Is reformation or the reverse; whether
men and women are more or less immoral
and society purer or more degraded, is not
susceptible Of demonstration. 1t is one OF
the most important incidents in the great
drama OF human development which the
nineteenth century will record.
One thing at least is certain-woman will
not retire from the industrial contest. She
must be taken into account in the solutions
OF the future. Such revolutions never re-
trace their footsteps.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19
CALIFORNIA GIRL A HEROINE.
shows Nerve and Presence of Mind
Under Distressing Circumstances.

| Shows Nerve and Presence of Mind
Under Distressing Circumstances.
An adventurous young woman whose home
is in the Yosemite valley was recently the
heroine of lively experience, reports the
J San Francisco Call.
| Miss Gertrude Hutchings is the daughter
Of the first explorer OF the Yosemite and
| has always lived in the valley. Her life
on the border and her taste for adventure
| have led her into many dangerous situa-
| tion, but never before into such extreme
| peril as that of her recent ride through the
nigh. and storm.
Darkness had already gathered when Miss
Hutchings mounted her big black charger
for a twenty -six-mile ride. The night was
stormy, the heavens inky black, and the
rivers swollen into torrents.
AS the storm grew worse with every
moment Miss Hutchings decided to try
short trail She missed her way and soon
found herself on the edge of precipitous
bank CT one Of the forks OF the 'Merced
river. Before she could realize this and turn
about her horse had lost his footing on the
slippery bank
Down toward the river he slipped, his
brave young rider on his back. But not for
an instant did Miss Hutchings lose her
presence of mind She threw herself from
the saddle in the darkness.
Suddenly her fall was checked. Both the
girl and the horse were resting on narrow
ledge of rock. She could not see the almost
perpendicular slope Of the rock to the river
hundreds Of feet below.
Miss Hutchings managed to remove his
saddle and brdle thinking this might i'm
prove the horses chance to escape alive
should he fall. Then they waited. Not till
dawn could the girl make her way down
the bank, chill and numb with exposure
AS she neared the ground a rancher on the
ether side Of the river saw her and came
to her rescue and later to that of her horse
Now, little as the young woman esteems
her own bravery, she is the heroine OF the
valley
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19
INGALLS, DISCUSSES WOMAN.
Former Kansas senator Says She Is
the Enemy of Mnh.

Former Kansas senator SnyS She u
the Enemy of Man.
Ex-senator John ]. ingalls, OF Kansas dis
cussos the advance OF woman in recent
number of the St Louis Republic. 1t Is de-
cidedly Ingallesque in expression and Is in
teresting on that account. He says;
I'm the stupendous evolutionary process
through which society Is passing no COM
ponent is more significant and impressive
than the elevation and emancipation OF
woman. For so many centuries the victim,
the plaything or the slave OF man, she has
at last become his rival, his competitor and
his enemy.
at is, perhaps, not unmannerly to say that
compared with man at his highest and best
all women are inferior and defective Ply
eically, Intellectually and morally they are
infirm. They lack initiative, they originate
nothing, their weakness is their shield and
armor. Their appeal Is to the generosity
and magnanimity Of the strong. For courage
they have craft and compliance. Their VIC
tories are these OF diplomacy and not OF the
battlefield. They view politics from the per-
sonal standpoint. They support candidate
not for the principles he represents, but be-
cause he dresses becomingly. In religion
they are emotional. They establish no
faiths They write no creeds Even in those
callings considered peculiarly their own
they are surpassed by men. Men are the