New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-05
THE PASSING THRONG.

when Montana in its last Territorial yeas
| and on the eve of becoming a State" said J. w.
Lamar OF Helena. Mont. the
AN ARGU- Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday.
MENT THAT "theeClark- Carter Congress contest
FAILED. occurred. and most bitterly was {.
fought out Auytffr that could "a
/ turned twisted into campaign argument was
sought out and brought to the front Commissioners
Sparks at that time head Of the General Land
Office. had made ruling that thereafter trees
less than eight inches in diameter should be cut
tory belonging the United States This ruling
tana and ba1 strairbtuav ssr,ad 4 eromi|s
place one Of the main issues In the Clark Car
! ter campaign. I was speaking one night al Bose
man. and. natural q attacked this ruling
OF the Land Commissioner and showed az least
to my avn satisfaction what injury and injustice
II did e. both farmer and miner. and 30 worked
rective peroration. by asking the question. What
my fellow-citizens can the farmer DO WITH s-inch
variably been silence but this time a shru
s0iit I'm NJ roaIss OF n 9S fo A. M d
amid the ribaId and dersive ieers q thar vast
audience.
r. A. Ennis OF San Franc.sco. IN speaking o.
the Ceur d'Alene Of an earlier dag az the Hotel
Imperial yesterday said: There
SHELL GAME used 20 be character named
WITH A Jack Lawrence at Wardner who
TOUCH or ran a shell glme and ran r. In most
HCMOR scientific and complete fashion.
one curious thing about Lawr~ncs
that while ne cheated the community and The
passersby Of good money with bis shel game.
he just promptly used 70 20 and lose ] ~ faro.
method Of operation was an ingenious one and had
touch OF hunor II y ma, endsar,d nm 20 ne
habit FOR the Ccrur d'AIene men % steer lnwsry
promptly 'I nGe 70 q Their ae sore Of EpernS IN s
change for their ready cash; A. train time male
renee would be at the wardnsr station He always
bags and a. a preliminary o. putting bis -
game In operation made speech. ~ With ns
was 70 sell pits and also 20 sho" t1' ~ N.iHesf
~ s,,,y;,Ia - ~ $500 "a -, ,.,,if ,-,,.
he little shell game and 81, TO work wit1 o. 10
Yrlgd vas e'T ib ky r goo - .tt,sr I u Via, -,
there was sucker born In this word every m.n-
ute vas amply proved Nv lawrrE.e az Thar tine
n, was par, % Jacks graft continued M-
Ennis, TO pretend that he was , passenger on ne
train. and he always boarded ~ lt
a CIRCUS tho last moment iu wild rush.
SHARPER This h. lid ro pu- or his victims
OUTDONE from immediate reprisals whi-a
they would think they -1u.d make
later and AZ their own convenience ou th-ir fellow
passenger but wei beyond 'he station sreat
pile Of sawdust placed. and into This Jack
for him Jack had hard rI1 % luck at the last
b be j., t1 o SIAN. h. va. y s %
and win smell game man. Jack came % M ana
CRATER and for the honor ~ ana to preserve Ire
tIi, Uie , :, ~. ~ -, = I. L r. ~ -,
sional country costume. and a. me time
manufactured one 81 those uttle balls the shell
game use. and returned rnIlinE if between
his forehngcrs. The circus o. regular
come on and jumped ~ an the bets Jack offered.
which were placed iu he hands - q third party.
who was Of Jacks friends When rhe crucial
moment arrived Jack picked up 90 the shells
and the time dropped che htu BE- had pre-
pared the table The circus made a reach
for his gun and yelled Hey. Rut-" the circus cry
for a tight. but IL too ltte-we an closed in.
and IN the confusion Jack and the Sfaxshoiia-
made their escape. The circus made t lcf -
talk but they couldn't DO anything How lif
Giro slrIr get Wis mn E Bad
ball between his fingers 40 the time. and 30 wasus
under any % the cups AT all-that's the way they
do the trick