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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-06-13
An UPRISING OF BOXERS.
Foreign Powers Compelled to Land Troops
in China For the Protection OF
Legations.

Washington JuneS.-Thef following
cablegram was received at the navy
department this afternoon: Long:
June 3, 1900.-0n June 3 landed
troops to protect American interests
with the consent Of China. Fifty
six to Pekin, the rest to Tien Ts!n.
Nations have sent q force to both
cities. no injury SO far. The British.
Russian and Chinese admirals and 30
warships are here. Crops likely to
fail, causing probably more trouble
In the near future. Landed forces
under McCalla on June I. The situa.
tion most critical. The Russian force
began fighting, and landed so more
men. Have requested the Helena to
be sent Immediately to protect inter
ests, or a vessel like her. Consider
battalion Of marine necessary. Need
a gunboat. On June 6, the Tien Tsin-
Pekin railway wa- cut. Will act In
concert with naval forces Of other
powers to protect interests II nsces-
sary. A meeting OF foreign senior
naval officers was held today. There
was present the English, French, Ger
man, Austrian. Italian. japanese
and American. Will arrange for
combined action to protect life and
property II required. Nine hundred
men ashore, 25 warships here (signed)
"KEMPFF."
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-06-13

Try Red Top high ball at the Sill
yer Dollar.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-06-13
Id WOOL INTERESTS OF THE GREAT JUDITH COUNTRY

have now gone into garrison eight miles
from the sceue OF the riot and they are re-
tanned at the request Of the governor, sup.
ported by n petition Of 300 citizens.
None OF the charges preferred against the
United States army and its officers in
Idaho, hs set forth in the various para.
graphs Of the resolution, have been sus
taiued by the testimony. The military
force in Shoshon county, under command
oi General Merriam, WAS used strictly in
aid Of the civil authorities. Tie sheriff
aud other co.oRicers we're in collusion with
the rioters and therefore civil authority
could not be enforced. Some Of the co.
officials were afterwards summarily re-.
moved from office 10y judicial processes be.
cause OF such collusion and malieasance in
Office.
The United States army officers acted
strictly within their instructions and the
law. President Mckinley exercised every
precaution and acted SOLELY within thecon-
stitution and did not encroach upon the
distinct sphere OF civil authority. The
president exhibited his deep interest and
salicitude in the cause ~ labor by his in.
structious that the military must have
nothing whatever to do with enforcing
rules for the government ol miners or min
ers' unions
The report also stated that the writ ui
hahcus corpus was not suspended, us al.
legged, free speech was not denied 10 peace.
able citizens, the 30 called permit system
was devised by the state not against or.
gnnized labor, but against the criminal
members Of certain organizations mas
qucrading under the cloak Of organized
labor who have Tor years conducted n
reign oi terror and lawlessness in the Coeur
d Aene district OF Ithatcountry."
The punishment of prisoners il isstnted
wac not excessive and their treatment by
the soldiers was humane aud Considerate
IL is stated that Lieut.. Lyons did not iorcs
men to work, ms had been charged.
In conclusion the report says 9Th,
troops bore themselves with soldierly bear
ing under circumstances Of greatest agra
walton. Brig. Gen. II. c. Merriam and th,
officers and men under him are 10 be com
msnded Tor their wisdom, prudence and
soldierly behavior during the turbulent
days OF riot and insurrection in Idaho. n nd
the result OF this investigation is com
plete vindcation and exoneration Of theil
conduct"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-06-13
March Of Eight Months Ended With
Roberts Entry to the Trans
vaal Capital.
BOERS RETIRE TO the FRONTIER
Situation in China Grows Worse
Daily-Foreign Powers Acting
Together.

London, June 5.-At O'Clock this
afternoon, eight months after the de-
claration of war, Lord Roberts en-
tered Pretoria. While thecommand-
er-in-chiei Of the greatest army Great
Britain ever put into the field was
fulfilling the promise he made to the
guards at Bloemfontein, that he
would lead them into the capital OF
the Transvaal, England was cele-
brating the event with the widest
enthusiasm. Throughout the length
and breadth of the country the news
spread like wildfire. Based on the
recollection OF recent European wars
when the occupation OF the enemy's
capital signified the end OF hostilities
Roberts terse telegram was taken
universally to mean the practical fin
ish of the war which has tried Great
Britain's military resources as they
were never tried before.
In London the mansion house and
the war office almost instantaneous
ly became the centers for jubilani
throngs. Flags appeared as II by
magic and the traffic had to be divid
ed through the other streets. Hat
less and coatless men and boys rar
through the city all the way to see
for themselves the bulletins announc
ing the good news and staying to
join In the thunder OF cheers or ado
their voices to the joyful throng'
singing "GOd Save the Queen"
What has happened to the Boel
forces which so insistently opposed
the British advance mt Six Mile Spru'
can only be surmised, hut presuma
bly, they have got away for the pres
ent, at any rate.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-06-13

There was a double attraction on
Main street last evening. The Amer
lean Volunteers were holding astreet
meeting, in which two men and two
women participated and at the same
time Marshal Kane was making the
arrest Of two men who had INDUCED
too freely in strong drink. The Of
tenders were Joe Redmond and W. II.
Riley. They were In quarrelsOme
mood and occupying large part OF
the sidewalk. Soon Marshal Kane
met them and advised them to get in
out of sight or around behind the
saloons, adding that they could not
remain on the streets in thecondition
they were. This made the fellows
mad and they undertook to clean up
the representative Of the law. Red
mond received blow with cane
and Riley leaned and picked up
rock from the street. Instantly the
marshal's revolver flashed In the sun
light and Riley dropped the rock as
though it were red hot. Riley was
taken To- jail with some effort and
Redmond attempted to get away.
lie got his horse from the stable and
was ahout to start away when Mar
shal Kane returned from his first trip
10 the jail. In IA jlffy Redmond was
pulled off his horse and accompanied
by much struggling. was lodged be-
hind tho bars. The action OF the
marshal was unanimously indorsed
! 10y the many witnesses and the pen
atty against the offenders was very
light-only $40 each.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-06-13
CONGRESS ADJOURNED.
A Magnificent Burst OF Patriotism Marks
the Closing Hours.

Washington. June Tin marked cen.
trast with the exciting incidents attending
the struggle at the closing hours OF most
sessions. Speaker Henderson laid down his
eavel at o'clock this afternoon at the
conclusion Of one OF the most picturesque
scenes which has ever occurred in the hall
OF representatives. Party passion and
personal raneor, which has brought the
house to the brink OF riot several times
during the last AS hours, gave way in the
closing hali.hour to good fellowship, which
found vent 10 a patriotic outburst that
stirred the crowded galleries to the highest
pitch OF enthusiasm. During brief recess,
taken within 30 minutes OF the time fixed
for final adjournment, to give the cpresident
an opportunity to aiiix his signature TO
bills that we're being rushed to his room
for approval, a group of members led by
Mercer, OF Nebraska, Ball, OF Texas, Fitz
gerald, OF Massachusetts,, aud Tawney, OF
Minnesota, congregated in the left OF the
speakers rostrum and began singing pAtri
otc airs. The galleries were banked to the
doors. columbia, the Gem Of the
Ocean" "Auld Lang Syne, Red, White
and Blue, successfully rang out.
As the singinnproceeded, members joined
the group, until without regard to age OF
party the entire mem bership oi the house
joined in the chorus. Spectators in the
galleries applsudsd each song until the
strains OF Dixie" filled the hall. Then
their unbounded enthusiasm broke out in
wild cheers. But the enthusiasm Dixie
evoked was not TO be compared with the
remarkable demonstration which followed
when in a clear, ringing tenor, Fitzgerald,
OF Massachusetts, started the national an.
them with the inspiring words, Through
Dawn's Early Light
children in the galleries were on their feet
joining in the singing. A mighty chorus
from thousands OF throats reyerberated
through the hall, making the pulse lear
and the blood tingle. 1t was magniilcen,
and soul.inspiring spectacle. Ladies KEEP,
time to the rhythm OF the music with theiI
ba bandkcrchieis, the men beat time with theil
hands. The speaker, pausing, as he enter
ed the hail. raised his voice also, The ex
citsment produced by the scenes overcam,
a white. haired old man in one Of the publ,
galleries and when the song ceased h'
jumped upon his seat and shouted: That
is u song OF angels in heaven" He wa,
plainly a crank, but as he showed dis
position to harangue the house he wal
quietly elected. After Speaker Henderson
had made a grateful farewell speech
thanking the members for their courtesy
and had declared the house adjourned, tn,
members testified to his popularity b,
singing For He is Jolly Good Fellow.
and the newspaper .orrcsi ondsnts in tn
press gallery celebrated their emancipation
from the burdens Of congress by singing tn
"Doxology."
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-06-13

he is facing there can be no doubt. That
he will Escape suoihilation very few be.
lievs, The universal impression In Greater
New York is that Van Wyck has reached
the crisis, and that he will go down to
oblivioa and utter obloquy. II is not be.
lieved that even Croker can save him.
There il no sign yet that the great boss has
lifted his hand. 1t may be that be as well
as the mayor will feel the lash. 1t all de-
pends on Roosevelt.
The law Is clear, for one thing, in the case,
aud IL the governor proceeds along the lines
he is expected to move in, there is very lit
tie doubt that he will take steps to punish
Van Wyck and ut the same time kill the
plundering corporation that has Gotham
by the throat.
The ice trust and its office-holding allies,
it is generally felt, have gone IA step too
far, and unless all signs fail there will bean
upheaval within the next few days that
will remind all old-timers OF the troubles
that overlook once daring mortal whose
name was Tweed.
Headed by the New York journal, the
fight on Van Wyck and the ice trust has
been carefully brought up to the governor
Every newspaper in the city, fer once, has
indorsed the journal and has done all in
its power 10 enable the monster trust to
be crushed. There has been no jealousy,
and as soon as the Journal placed its own
lawyers at work on the case the other news
papers went into the fight harder tha N ever.
All are agreed that it is up to Van Wyck
and all are calling on Roosevelt to remove
him.
This is the section OF the law under W hich
the rough rider has the power, il he has the
will and sees good reason, for acting in the
matter OF removing the mayor:
Section 122. The mayor may be re-
moved from office by the governor in the
same manner as the sheriff, except that the
governor may direct the inquiry provided
by law to be conducted by the attorney
general. and after the charges have been
| recelysu ny tnr governor ne may, peD0lnR
the investigation. suspend the mayor for a
period not exceeding thirty days"
The governor has shown disposition Ia
have the truth known as to the ice trust.
He lest no time In assisting the Journal
and the other papers in their efforts to
bring the trust magnates into court. He
was in full accord with the attorney gen.
eral in the lstter's determination to de.
prive the trust Of the certificate under
which as n foreign (Maine) corporation, il
conducts business in this state.
Among other stockholders in the ice
trust, also prominent leaders in the Demo.
cratic ranks. are:
Richard Croker, leader OF Tsmmapy
Hall.
F.A. Croker. son of Richard Croker.
Eliza beth Croker.
Augustus Van Wyck
John F. Carroll, deputy boss OF Tam
many Hall.
II. S. Kearney, Tammany commissioner
OF nubic buildings.
Hugh J. Grant, former Tammany mayo or,
and dozen Others.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-06-13

lewiston, Idaho, June 6.-The forces oi
Gov. Steunenberg triumphed today in the
state convention by seating the contesting
delegation from Shoshone county friendly
TO the governor, the vote being j2 to II.
The result 10 n practical Endorsement ol
Gov. Steunenbergs administ ration in the
Occur d'Alene trouble, as the fight in the
convention Was made almost entirely on
that line. The opposition to the governor
made a stubborn fight for two days, and
the debate on the report Of the credentials
committee lasted four hours.
The resolutions presented indorse Bryan
for president and Col. James Hamilton
Lewis for viee.prssdent and favor fusion
OF all reform forces in the campaign.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-06-13

Fancy stationery Of all kinds.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-06-13
An ELK PICNIC.
Preparations FOR Gala Day on the 18th
Day OF June.

odVuJ tot Vutu ooF wv NVS <ottt
Day Of June.
Invitations will this week be issued
for an Elk's picnic to be given by the
local lodge Thursday. June 18th, at
the brewery gardens. The grounds
will be rented by the lodge and en-.
tirely under their control that day.
The programme will include games
and sports Of all kinds, perhaps the
leading feature Of which will be a ball
game In which entirely new talent
will be used. IL IL understood that
j. Holzemer will hold down second
base and A. j. Stephens third, while
NJ. b. Darrow will pitch for the
Knockers and Geo. Bach will play be-
hind the bat. W. ID. Deaton Is slated
for shortstop on one side and A. W.
War; on the other. In order that
base runners may be encouraged 10
do their best a keg OF beer will be on
tap at third base. On this account
Mr.. Stephens will not be allowed 10
stay there but one inning. The en-
tertainers will furnish music for
dancing, beer and soft drinks. while
those attending are requested 10
bring with them what they may de-
sire to eat. Numerous committees
have been appointed and the event IL
expected to be a grand success.
Those who received invitations may
consider themselves fortunate and
should not fail to attend, accompan.
led by their wives aud children, OF
sweethearts. The performance will
begin early and continue until after
curfew.
BY agreement all stores will be
closed the day OF the picnic from II
a. m. TO 8 p. In.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-06-13
Mayor Van Wyck Likely to Be
Ousted by Governor
Roosevelt.
TAMMANy LEADERS IN The MlRE
They Shout for Bryan and Milk the
People Through Their Great
Trust
[Snecial TO the Times.Herald. |

New York, June 3. - Robert A. Van
Wyck, mayor OF Greater New York, is con-
fronting serious crisis. Impeachment
proceedings against him are imminent, and
there is strong likelihood that he will be
removed from Office and possibly made Ia
suffer punishment for his connection with
the plundering ice trust.
1t all rests with Gov. Theodore Roose
welt. What he decides to do with Van
Wyck will be done. But il may be sci
down at once that Roosevelt will not fly
off at half cock in the matter. The case ID
too serious for snap judgment. The entire
His social, political and business life is in
the balance. Roosevelt knows full we'll the
gravity OF the occasion, and will weigh
carefully every bit OF evidence at hand be
fore he acts.
But it looks bad for Van Wyck.
IL also looks bad for his associates il
Tsmmany Hall. The Crokers and Carroll,
are in the same boat. They are all tainted
with the ice trust scandal, and they will
sink or swim with Van Wyck, who after al
has proved himself to be a weak igureheat
for the greatest OF all corrupt political dev
ifish-Tammany Hall.
Van Wyck owns 4, 900 shares of the ic,
trust stock. That is clear. 1t all rests OF
where, when and how he got it. Tn,
strongest theory advanced so far, and tn,
most damaging one, is that he was giver
the stock in return for his note for the pa
value OF the stock. and that the note, b.
some hocus.pocus, was lost or mislaid.
This, OF course, is mere surmise, but it il
no surmise that the mayor owns the stock
Because he owns it he may be removed
from his high effice-removed, disgracet
and punished.
That he realizes the great disaster whicl
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-06-13

Try Red Top high ball at the Sill
yer Dollar,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-06-13

The ARGUS publishes the local and foreign
happenings more promptly than any other
Fergus county paper. II you don't find II In
the ARGUS you may be sure 1t is fake"
The Princeton union., 1900-08-09

age passage. That was one degree
lower than the intermediate, and he
smiled a little grimly to himself as he
crowded into his noisy, close quarters
with French peasants and a colony of
Mennonite emigrants. However, it
was literally true that lie loved people
regardless OF their condition, and to
many simple, ignorant soul in the
steerage the American clergyman who
somehow was strangely there became
during the nine days voyage a friend
and companion from whom they parted
with real regret and with loving mem.
Ory. .~1..
He started at once for Hermon. He
would have nearly two weeks there to
write out his report for the seminary
Then for his Home Missionary field in
Kansas. And Dorothy Gilbert? He
had not heard except indirectly any.
thing Of her. Once in Berlin he had
chanced to meet one Of the Hermon
professors who was taking his vaca
The Princeton union., 1900-08-09

sight OF Malcom Kirk holding that
baby. He really tried to be as gentle
with it as it's own mother ever was,
all over the cabin in his efforts to keep
the baby where the woman said he
ought to be.
But the tremendous storm was partly
to blame for that. Kirk braced his
feet against the legs Of the table and
held on to the baby as If it was a life
preserver.~ The milk in the bottle was
first in one end Of it and then in the
other. Every time the baby missed
getting it he cried with vigor that
made Kirk afraid he would burst q
blood vessed or rupture his lungs. FL
nally, however, matters were adjusted
so that the baby's hunger was satisfied,
and he dropped asleep in Kinks arms.
Kirk was so afraid to carry him over
to the cabin where he had been kept
that he held him for nearly an hour.
The storm howled over the vessel, and
there was a remarkable confusion of
all sorts of noises in every part Of the
steamer. Kirk noticed, however, that
the stewards and one or two officers
who happened to pass through the cab
in were unconcerned. 1T will blow it.
self out before morning." was the
statement of the surgeon who came
down in lull of the tempest.
He laughed at the sight Of Kirk and
the baby. But, being a man with a
baby Of his own at home in Liverpool,
there was also little moisture about
his eyes that was not caused by the
ocean spray.
you'll do, man." he said. And the
boy will make a fine sailor, looks like
He sleeps through the storm as if he
were used to being rocked in the era
die Of the Deep But we must be after
looking up the other woman when we
get across"
Eyes, yes," said Kirk eagerly. He
had long talk with the surgeon, and
next morning after the storm had SUBJ
sided and they had gone out to breathe
the fine salt air Kirk had no difficulty
in persuading the surgeon to keep the
body of the mother and help in some
way to get it to the sister in London.
AYE, aye, We'll arrange it all right
| The company will see to that. But the
| expense Of the rest, man. Can't you
see to it that the passengers do some
thing for the baby to give him start
in life?''
II had already thought of it," said
Kirk, and the fact revealed one of his
great qualifications for the ministry.
''I'll go up on the other deck and see
the first cabin passengers about it,
The surgeon was a Scotch Irishman
with a big heart He had influence
The Princeton union., 1900-08-09


ton. From him he had learned that
the Gilberts had been spending the
summer at the home Of Dorothy's aunt
in Beverly and were expected home
early in the fall. He wondered if he
should see her before he was OBLIGED
to go west. The superintendent had
written him that the church would be
ready for him in September. He took
out the miniature. He would be Obliged
to give it back. Would he? But what
possible alternative could there be! He
still loved Dorothy Gilbert. Somehow
he felt as if she would be a part of his
future as she had been of his past.
He reached Boston in the morning
and took the first train for Hermon.
He bought paper as he entered the
train, and as it was moving out of the
station he began to read Among the
first items that caught his eve was
this:
1.-THE publishing firm of Sydney, Gil
bert & Co. assigned yesterday. The
company was involved in the recent
syndicate failure in the book business.
Mr. Gilbert's loss is heavy. 1t is
thought he saved little if ANYTHING
from the failure''
1t was simply one item out of a score
OF others stated in cold, newspaper
style without comment But it made
Malcom Kirk tremble all over. What
effect would this have on Dorothy Gil
bert? If he, N1alcom Kirk, was Door
and Dorothy Gilbert was now some
what nearer him in condition, what
of his love for her now?
He reached Hermon and went 1T
once to the presidents house. The
president had not come home from
his vacation, but was expected the
next day. Dorothy and her father were
still out of town. He learned that
they might return that week. He look
ed up the steward of the building and
secured the key to his old room where
he had been allowed to keep his few
books and pieces Of furniture until he
returned. The room was not very de-
sirable and had not been occupied by
any Of the new students.
He went in and opened his curtains
and sat down. There across the IA
miliar campus was Dorothy Gilbert's s
house. He sat there thinking deeply
about his future. Then he took out
| the miniature and laid it lovingly in
bis great brown palm.
The Princeton union., 1900-08-09
CHAPTER Y.
CHAPIER Y.
MALCOM ATTEMPTS TO RETURN THE MIMI

MALCOM ATTEMPTS TO RETURN THE MIMI
AZURE.
The next day Malcolm Kirk doggedly
set to work on his report. In the
evening he went over to see the presi-
dent and consulted with him as to cer-
tain details, and then for the next three
days he gave himself up to his task
Of getting together the great mass Of
material he had accumulated while
abroad.
1t was the fourth evening of his re-
turn that he saw the lights in the Gill
bert house across the campus as even
ing set in. The house had been shut
up and dark.
"She Is home again." was his first
thought. He was unable to work we'll
that evening. The next day be con-
tinued, but the evident nearness Of
Dorothy made him restless to see her.
Once she came out on the porch, and
he readily recognized her even at that
distance.
That evening he did not pretend to
himself that he could do anything
worth doing on his report and resolved
to go and return the miniature without
waiting any longer. He had kept it
more than year now. He was under
promise to give it back. AS we'll now
as any time.
He rang the bell with a tremor at
heart that instantly bounded into fever
when Dorothy herself opened the door.
He stood there in the light Of the
porch, and his trepidation did not
hinder his observing that Dorothy look
ed very pale and even as If she had
been crying.
won't you come in, Mr.. Kirk? I
am very glad to see you," said Dorothy.