New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-01
THE PASSING THRONG.


DAYS III witnessed there: I'm the earlier
MONTANA DAYS of Montana said Mr.. Tarbet.
when civilization and the
savage was; when women were rarity and the
hard and lonely life OF the frontiersman was the
rule: when the court. few In number. crude In
their methods and inadequate to meet the conditions
which they had been called Into being 10 CONFRONT
IN brief. when Montana was In Its negihnns' sam
uel Word and Colonel ". F. Sanders were friends
Together they had served the same vfgilant
committees; with hands clasped upon the surne
rope they had taught the desperate ana tne morse
thief the dance nothing that ends IN oeath- IN
these earlier days they had been stanch Irienos
and boon companions. but with the advance Oh
civilization and the introduction of politics WORD
took the Democratic and Sanders the Hepup"e, ,
side Their ways diverged and drew rur,hef anu
further apart as Montana marched steadily on 10
the goal of her high destiny. When the eampaign
that resulted in the election OF Tnoinas 20
ferenee= had reached that , stage .6 q
personal III Will that sanaers xhS viii De re-
membered as United States Senator ire n MOI on
personal weaknesses Of people. which he called at
caTs ca aG pa sls WAS lively one
progress Sanders took It upon himself, Il the
bitter remarks anent Word. which when the later
of a as ss h0 G
Sanders personally accountable tor Tnat ne mao
the V On the a qp notice
Shortly arterward," went on Mr. Taroet.
Colonel Sanders made speech at the old skating
rink In Butte and the town turned
A LONG out en- nasse to hear what he
DEFERRED might say but greatly to It's col
DUEL. lective disappointment he finished
his speech and started Off the
stage without IN any way touching on his con'ro-
versy with Word. second later, however Just
quietly he returned. and after pacidly pouring
out and drinking glass OF water from the regu-
lation stump speech pitcher. said: Gentlemen
there minor matter which wished 10
touch upon, but which. account OF Its unin-
portance I near forgetting One Word has
recently fit to take urbrage at some remarks
of mine; has denounced me from the stump and
all intents and purposes, has challenged me 70
mortal combat Under the code. l believe. nave
the right the time. place and weapons
10 be used in the coming duel I accordingly name
Beaver Canyon as the place daybreak as the Time
it was all Greek to me-" said Mr.. Taroet: every
cd timer , was a 4n MS fba cause for which one Of
them later explained to me as follows: ION 7r,. ~,
the Government forces in Montana were not sun
inhabit9ntS Of the Territory Rumors OF an IN
tended descent by {he G2 and Helena and
number OF companies Of volunteers had IN eon a.
een and an d9f give I" to the
Indians sam Word commanded the Virginia
pagn' encamped one night in Beaver Canyon,
il on this partcuar evening gooner and
awe inspiring than ever and the n qnm9q'G Sesd Q,
the warrior. the intermittent flashes OF lightning
s omaSnwk the As he hight fell the msn gathered
closer about their camp fires and IN fqodGgd s 9a
ticuar band OF Indians had been guilty, Of and
evening. and dot Of nature to murder or least
render disturbed the sleep OF almost every mem
So Fl 'h i o9mR2nY Dawn has alays oeen me
hoS Ie IP eps tbrdon9 nor ann men seq
first lifting OF the shadows OF the night ANNOUNCED
Wells from far up the canyons side brought every
sack s to his lief feet With Nth b 0rers ~ HER G
mander. which. alas were not forfhrcInins. n
in a nearby stream. was found the gaIan, Word.
with only his mouth above the surface The scare
had been the work OF some members of the CON-
pany. who took mean advantage OF their COM
Word to-day is in Alaska, waither Colonel SAN
purposes gos nss nba on me f MT
golden shores OF Cape Nome this long deferred duel
Henry Dexter for many years identified with the
American News Company. made statement yes
teriay concerning the characters
THE WATER tics OF the Dead Sea Mr.. Dexter's
OF THE comments brought forth by
DEAD SEA. Interview printed IN The Trfb-
few days ago about the Dead
Sea. This said that the water OF the Dead Sea
was so buoyant that any one would float IN IL that
II sticky. well dark and hrackish. and
that the mountains alongside It inconsfier-
able size Mr. Dexter took exception these state
ments He has travelled over nearly every part OF
the world. is a close observer. and has a wonder
fully retentive memory for the minute details of
the various localities that he has visited
II visited the Dead Sea in the spring OF 1885,
said Mr.. Dexter. II had spent the winter at Cairo
with my wife and went rom there to Joppa and
Jerusalem and thence to the Dead Sea We had
a party with drasomen. tents. baggage and so on
We first visited the famous Russian convent M
Masaba. This convent IS several hundred years
old and extremely interesting The Dead Sea is
1890 feet below the ocean level II is my opinion
that IL is of volcanic formation I much
bitumfnous coal around the shores OF the sea /
took a plunge in the water 70 fest its 1uaIifts.
The is. / should say a btuminous salt brine
1 was careful not to get the water in my eyes or
sink in the Dead Sea. but found that was un-
true. for the that If did effort
a character that II any had any cutaneous dis
il would make the flesh fercely It
OF the heat. The water wonderfully clear and
YOU could see down 10 depth OF twenty feet
The water was perhaps a little more buoyant than
ordinary salt water. but IL would not hold up
1t was not sticky, but washed Off freely any
salt water. I saw flowers growing within feet
OF the edge OF the sea. When the sea became rough
the salt spray is flung up the shore and nat
urally kills vegetation but the soil around Is rich
ana anything would grow there. On one side OF the
sea are the mountains OF Moab. which loom up
dark a height OF about three thousand feet One
thing l noticed and OF which have never been -
about five hundred feet from the shore. This had
on 1t large square blocks OF stone. have never
from. The theory that birds cannot fly over the
water is untrue. rs saw lots of birds flying H.
ancient city OF Jericho. and visited the spring
Elijah refers 20. which he said bitter but
saw Lieutenant Warren OF the English Army
making an exploration. He Is now Of the Brit
about two thousand Arabs and Witnessed tSs
sword dance II is very interesting place. but
tie story about the water refusing TO allow any
thing to sink In Il Is untrue"
E. n. GIBBS GOES TO CALIFORNIA.