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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-31

AGAIN Ralph Willett-not BEFORE"
She touched her horse on his shining
flank with the jeweled whip that formed
part of her equestrian outfit, and before
he could frame an answer was galloping
homeward without him.
His first impulse was to follow her;
his second, to canter slowly in the op-
postte direction. He did not exactly
know why he chose to turn his horses
head towards Willow lake, but in a little
while he found himself pacing along it's
reedy banks, ~disconsolate enough to have
satisfied his worst enemy.
Perhaps he wanted to satisfy himself
| that the meeting of the waters was not
an aqueous impossibility. He derived
small comfort from his survey of the
chances.
III levee from whose crest he n she
had viewed the sun go down in lurid
s%ullenness BETTING their own unhappy
mood, was the pride and care of the
whole country. 1t defied the possibility
of disaster even from that most mis-
chievous of all streams, the Mississippi
river. Every year saw its crown more
securely matted with protecting grass
ibres, and it's base broadened and
strengthened by watchful labor. Quite
a mile lnldnU, ITlu6cO With pussy "iiiO"S
and emerald MOSES, lay the limpid wa
tiers Of Willow lake, ~shadowing the stars
by night, dimpling at the kiss OF the
faintest zephyr.
Nothing short of a miracle would ever
effect a union between those clear wave
let's and the surging waters of the river.
And, as this was not the age of miracles,
Ralph Willet turned him about with q
heart as heavy as lead. 49,
One Of Flo Merritt's chief charms tn
his eyes was her steadfastness. As she
had been steadfast to him since the hour
of their b~etrothal-no light fusillade OF
firtations with other men-so would she
b. steadfast now, in her remuneration OF
him. He might as well give her up q:
lost-to him. trs
He was no pulling sentimentalist. HI
rode homeward with the deep-seated re
solve to patch up his broken life line
. a sbest he might, with so much wrenchet
out of them at one blow. He was q mai
who believed in work, m in progress
and in fun. Alack-a-day this latter ar
I ticle OF belief had brought him to grief
No one ever heard him rail either a
u Flo Merritt or at fate. AS the head Of
large estate he found plenty to do, an
4 he did it with his might.
OF neighborhood necessity he was KEEP
informed Of Flo's movements. Somebod
told him that her health was not 3 o ro
bust as 1t had been: then. she had give
" up horseback exercise as too violent
next. she had gone to New York. the
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-31
No. 4319.
APPLICATION FOR A PATENT,

United States Land Office, Helena, Mon.
tana, October 81, 1900. -
Notice is hereby given hat Josiah F.
Beck, whose postoffice address is Butte.
Montana; T. Cloves Miles, whose post
office address Is Silver Bow, Montana and
John Lawrence, whose postoff1ce address
is Dewey, Montana, have this day filed
their application for a patent for 1471
linear feet of the Buckhorn Lode, COM
prising $50 feet westerly and 721 feet
easterly from discovery cut on the
Buckhorn Lode. A notice of the in-
tention to apply for patent was
posted thereon, on the 25th day of Octo-
Der, 1900, situated in Moose Creek Mining
District, County of Silver Bow. and State
Of Montana, and designated by the field
notes and official plat thereof on file in
this Office as Survey Number 6os3. in
unsurveyed Township 1 N. of Range 8
w, being more particularly described as
follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the N. E. Cor, q pine tree
10 inches in diameter, blazed n marked
1908 for Cor. No. !, witnessed by bearing
trees, from which U. S. Location Monu-
| ment No. 60S3 bears s. 40 degrees, E. 142
| IT,, and running thence s.. rs degrees 10
| minutes w. 600 feet, thence N. GA degrees
| 80 minutes w. 1471 feet, hence N. Is de-
grees 10 minutes E. 1856 feet, thence N.
IS degrees E.. 447.5 feet, thence S. GA de-
| Rrees so minutes E. 1913 feet to Co. No. 1.
the place of beginning.
Containing an area OF 1888 acres
claimed.
| The location of the Buckhorn Lode is re-
| corded in Book G, Page 1853 of Lode Loca-
tions, In the Office of the Recorder OF
| Silver Bow County.
Nh adjoining claim is Sur. No. 60S4, the
Elkhorn Lode, on the north. Josiah F.
Beck, ct al, applicants.
GEORGE D. GREEN, =
{ =. Register.
NJ. I. BAKER,
US. Claim Agent.
!, (First publication, October q, 1904
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-31
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that a secure year and a big crop would
enable him to gid the old nest prettily
for his mate. At that particular juno
ture the young lady by his side looked
very little liable to Imprisonment in any
sort of cage.
She sat her saddle with the graceful
composure Of a woman who knew she
looked better in habit and cap than in
flowing draperies, also with the fear
lessness of lifelong practice.
A wordless pause had followed in the
wake of that futile joke. She turned a
tragic face oward him.
IT perceive, Ralph, that you consider
this a mere tiff. 1t is not. 1t IS a
separation between you and me Tor all
time"
For all time, Flo? That sounds ir-
exorable."
IT feel inexorable. You have outraged
me beyond hopes of forgiveness. You.
my husband that was to be, tricked out
in black and orange stripes for all the
world like an grinders monkey
st suppose now you could substitute
another species of striped animal. Es.
capped convict, could % Flo? 1t sounds
a degree more human"
"I leave substitutes to you The ma.
who could substitute himself for hi:
hostler is not the man for me-"
I'm case you could. my dear" he said
with persistent optimism. II would laool
so hard to become a trusty and win
shorter sentence by meritorious be
havior."
She reared her plumed cap haughtily
Don't dear me. Ralph. 1t is a flippan
denial that I mean what I say. l an
thoroughly in earnest"
. He looked at her i~ncredulously. Hi
]. sentence seemed cruelty d~isproportione
to his offending.
"Are you in aernest in saying that 20
and 1 part here and now forever"
She stretched one small gauntlete
: hand over her horses head in directio
e of the sluggish river. She was statr
: esque In her stern beauty.
s "When the waters of that river me.
e and .mingle with the waters of Willo'
d lake, you and I may come -togetht
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-31

to Europe. With the wide seas between
them, she seemed doubly lost and doubly
dear.
Spring rolled around as it has a trick
OF doing irrespective of lovers woes or
wishes. Willett celebrated the anniver-
sary of his break with Flo by riding to
the identical spot where she had passed
sentence on him. The waters of the river
were climbing up it's sandy banks at
great leaps and pounds. He had had his
good veal and made his big crop. The
w~herewithal to gild the cage was his,
but there was no bird to gild it for.
Old planters confidently predicted big
water,' but they who dwelt behind the
grass-crowned levee laughed defiance at
the surging river. No water could break
through that levee." But as eternal Wig
lance is the price of safety, some watch
ed while others slept. Slept in peace
until there came a night of storm and
stress, and
Ralph Willett, worn out by his days
watching as levee guard, had fallen into
a profound slumber. He was aroused
by a rude bawling under his bedroom
window. He recognized the voice of the
night guard who had relieved him from
duty.
11cilO, "lllclts 1 say. ACSCC 6OAS ~
by those white devils that are cutting
timber in the woods across the river.
Mississippi river will reach Willow lake
by IL o'clock today. Ruination to the
crops and the devil to pay generally"
Willett leaned from the window In his
bahamas to Shout: "What?"
Fact" d
The next day Ralph Willett sent a mys-
terious cablegram to the city of Nice.
It was addressed to Miss Florence Mer-
nit. It read:
18th waters of the lake and river have
met. Cable what steamer you return
~. Will meet you in New York"
She held him from her with both hands
-hands that trembled in spite of her
She asked him a question with lips that
Smiled-in spite Of her. The light Of a
great gladness shone in her eyes-ir
, tpite of her.
ralph Willett did you-did you"
RI "Cut that levee? I'm not that sort Of
) 4 ~scoundrel.' He drew her towards him
. with a proud sense of possession. II
!. was simply a miracle performed in m,
behalf.".
! "Oh." she said. nesting .contentedl!
l~Closer into. his ,encircling arm.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-31

Herman ~Strasburger, the candidate for
county auditor, is a native Montanan,
having been born in Virginia City, Sept.
6, 1871. Removing to Butte with his par
ents in 1884, he received a good common
school education in this city. He was
engaged in various enterprises in the
succeeding years, being manager for M.
P. Sipple and later for w. W. Wishon.
For several years he had charge of a
large dry goods business in Utah. At
present he is a member of the firm of
the Strasburger Harnes company. He
is a capable young man, in every way
qualified for the position of auditor, and
his election is assured.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-31

Copyrighted, 1900, Daily Story Pub. Coz
She a sent him away from her with
scorn of eye and bitterness of tongue.
No man who hoped to nave her wear
his name, she had said, should drag 1t
through the mire of the racecourse.
He had retorted with a clumsy jest
always a pool way to placate a PROUD
and angry woman.
1T was dust, my love, nasty lung
choking, eye-blinding DUST Mentally
ne prayed for the ability to throw so.h.
Of it in her beautiful eyes just a sui
fc,ency to blind her to the enormlty or
his having jockeyed his own morse at
the county fair, when his groocl nad
suddenly gone sick.
She had been there. Easily the hand
soonest woman on the grandstand. she
did not hold racing a bad thing In itself.
She would never have counteranced IL
If she had. She held opinions on all sorts
of subjects. Racing tended to the I'M
provement of stock. But that her lover
the man whose name she had promise ]
to take in the hear future. sho IA ceme
.'pl ancing on to III course weI.ing his
own tolors in piece of the cuF:way Of
.ustom, was mule than mortal Elall"a
SlOulQ De eXper teI u otdiu otAN''N'
When he had proffered that feehli ltt't
5,.c about the mire being dust, shc has
drawn her horse up with a jc'k Sht
must do tn, same with him. He ha
come, as he came every afternoon, t
ride on horseback with her.
Their way had lain between hedge
of white Cherokee roses and the brida
wreaths of blackberry bushes. Their oh
jective point was usually a plateau o
land just outside the tall. grass-crowne
levee tina trimmed the entire river from
From this plateau they had. together
watched many a glorious sunset wit
q in their hearts and honey on thei
lips.
Now with d%arkening eyes and hea
ayerted, she looked down upon the We
low river coursing seward with tt
sluRGishness Of low water. He was pol
dering, not uncomfortably. barring tn
small scrap between them, that IL
chances Of high water were slim al
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-31
OUR INLAND WATERWAYS.

At present America has but 1856
miles of navigable rivers AND canals. yet
the marvellous possibilities of Russian
inland navigation can in many respects
be excelled by those in America. With
an expenditure equal in amount to the
appropriation for pensions by a single
congress NEARLY 5000. 600. 900 for the twO
years), it las been estimated that an in
land coast waterway could be made
navigable for large steamers from
Providence Inlet, Rhode Island. to Gal
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-31
ONE CHANGE OF CARS

Only, between Montana points and Dem
yer and eastern Colorado by the North
ern Pacific Burlington zoute. via Billings
and Alliance, Neb. Good train service
all The way. Call on the Northern Pa
chic agent for further information.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-31
JAMES DAVIDSON.

James Davidson, n of the three cam
didates for the office of county commis-
sioner, is an old-timer in Montana, hav-
ing crossed the plains from Omaha to
Helena in 1865. On his arrival at Helena
he mined in Last Chance gulch for two
years n then moved to Deer Lodge
county, where he continued his pursuit of
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-31

weston, Tex, and the. Rio Grande, ON
the boundary line between the United
States and Mexico. A natural water
way for almost the entire distance al.
reay exists. To perfect the route but
comparatively little work is necessary
A. H. Ford in Harper's Magazine.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-31
A FEW OF THE WINNING CANDIDATES
The Republicans Of Silver Bow County Are Pledged to Economy
In the Affairs Of the county---They Are Splendid Men and
Well Qualified For thePoshions They Seek.

the hidden treasure. He was also en-
gagged in the mercantile business in Hem
derson gulch, but gave it up in 1870 and
went to Pioneer. which then gave prom
Use OF becoming the center of a great pros
Queer of valuable metal. There he re-
sumed the occupation he had followed in
Henderson gulch and continued it until
1S76. when he moved to Butte, Since his
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-31
CHINESE "NERvELEssNEss."

"Nervelessness'' is. according to q Ger
man professor, the peculiar characterts-
bic in virtue of which the Chinese may
ultimately beat Europeans in the strug-
gie for existence The Chinaman, he
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-31

Mr.. Zones ~ afso a cferK at republic
can headquarters, who has been kept
busy during the past month. He Is a
thoroughly capable young nan al earn
est student and has a brilliant future
before him.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-31

Butte Gymnasium, 343 E. Park street.
will open Nov. LIST. Gentlemen, Ladies
and children's classes now being organ
tied.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-31

Gold plated and silver hearts, Csc up.
Engraving free. Rubenstine & Co., q E..
Park.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-31

Service and good meals unsurpassed
at the Grotto Cafe, just east of the post
Office.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-31

J.. CHAUVIN.
Joseph Chauvin, candidate for public
administrator, was born at Sherburne,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-31

s. ]. Reynolds, candidate for county,
commissioner is n of the best known
men in the county. He was born in Eng
land fifty years g and came to tMon-
tana in 1882. He held the office of sheriff
for two terms and during recent years
has been engaged in mining.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-31

Charles T. Tomas candidate for coro-
ner, was born at the old town of Chess
terfield. Derbyshire, England, on July 5,
1854. He came to Montana in 1876 and
has been engaged in the merchandising
business. He has always been a con
sistent republican and has never waver-
ed in his allegiance to the grand old
party.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-31

To Malcolm Gf1ls, the energetic chair
man of the republican county central
committee, will be due in a large meas
ure the success achieved by the republic
can state and county ticket in Silver
Bow county. His devotion to the cause
has been unfailing and he has spared no
efforts to make a winning fight.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-31

arrival here he has been engaged in busl-
ness. The announcement that he Is one
Of the heavy tax payers OF the city and
county is a sufficient guarantee that he
has managed to make both ends meet.
Mr.. Davidson Is e man of good, sound
Judgment and in electing him to the Of
flee Of county commissions no mistake
will be made.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-07
NO NEWS FROM PEKIN.
Troops Will BE Sent to Na$asaki as
SpC0 as Possible

WASHINGTON. July 6--The State De-
tpartuleut is waiting with almost an
agony of expectation for news from
Pek:n, but none comes. Heartrend!ug ap-
peafs are being received from the rcia-
tiyes and friends ot the persons supposed
10 have been in the United StuteS LeS4-
ton at PeIl.n, praying for some iuforma-
ton as 10 the fate of ths;r people, but
the department Is unable to give them
any Satisfaction. Secretary Root WIS N
conference with Secretary Hay This morn
ing ana it was adm =5cd that tkotsh 10
more troops have 5sen ordered directly
u China yet greater activity has been
decided upon in the matter of dispi;c.ain2
the regular troops from this country TO
Nagasaki. where they will be n readiness
for the Chinese or Philippine serviee.
Nothing more has been heard by fhe
State Department from any EuEofe1h
governments respecting the Chinese situa-
ton and no answers have been re-
cetveCi 10 the notes defining the pos
ton Of the United states Governments
None max be received, as the note vas
so phraSed as to make it unnecessary toT
the recipient 10 respond
Coasul-Ge1eraI C:oodnows message re
specttng the probabilities Of the extension
of the Boxer movement under certain con-
ditions WAS made public in substance TO
day but the officials were careful 20 eS-
plain that they regarded il merely as an
expression of opinion on the part OF me
Corsul-CfeneraI-not an .ncontroVefsaole
statement of IaCts.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-07
DEATH REVEALS iDENDITY.
Samuel t. Paisley Died III Newport
AcWs-Accuscd of iInlbeZAIcnent,

NEWPORT NEWS, VA, July 6--spec-
iai.-A man known as Samuet PitchaTd
died last nisat at a private boarding-house
here, where lie mad been stayIns WITH his
wife 1t developed to-day that he was
Samuel T. Paisley, former superintendent
of the Bureau OF Highways and Sewers,
Pittsburg, charged with embezzling about
$4,000 OF that clty.s funds.
The man and woman came here some
months ago He was i'll and his death, aG-
cording to the autopsy held to-day, WAS
due to cancer On his death bed ne raved
pitifully about Sing Sing and pleaded
to have the news OF his death kept from
the papers.
The body was shipped to Pittsburs this
afternoon and was accompanied by Mrs,
Paisley, who made q statement before sae
left TO the effect tlat her husband was
more sinned against than SHINING.
Gle was in with q gang that d!d tne
stealing,>and one of its members is now IN
Paris spending the money She said my
husband was not suiitless, won't say that
ne was, but he was a victim Of this sang.
They wanted him to 90 to Paris, but he
refused, saying he knew he would neTer
come back alive.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-07
FUNERAL OF COL. C0WARDIN.
he viii Be Buried in Hollywood Gem
efefy This Morning

The remains OF the late Colonel Charles
0,Brien Cowardiu VIII be inferred at HoI-
lywood Cemetery this morning.
The funeral services Will be held at ST.
Peters Cathedral, Of which he WAS a
member, at 9 o'clock.
The following gentlemen VIII act as
pall-bearers:
Honorary-Dr. Isaiah r. White. H. Theo-
dore Ellysou. j. Taylor Ellyson, w D.
Ches terrnan. DR.. G W 2. Brock. Jacob
Reinhardt. Joseph Bryan, AiexanEier came
ron, Colonel Archer Anderson Colonel -
Lane stern, Ashton starke. Thomas RRta-
erf0ori.
Acknowledgements Newton. A. H. cnrls-
tian Charles Davenport, w .. sAe!ion'
Junlus b. Mosby. Otway s. Alien, iohn p
Potts Dr. Joseph \. White. Colonel Joseph
E. Willard. Ernest Hamilton Chaf-es Z
Williams, ana Robert c. Fsanolds
Mrs Y. V Randolph. president OF the
Richmond cf.apter, Daushtefs OF the Con-
federacy. has issued the following notice
The Richmond Charter. Daughters or
the f.onfederacy. extenIis their sympathy
"a the wife and family OF the late Colonel
{. OsB. Cewardin. and will meet in a
boav 10 attend the funeral. Colonel
cowardin was always ready to respond
to any call connected with their work.
He Will be missed by them. and 1t is with
tr1ie sorrow they meet 10 pay this LAST
Barh OF respect.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-07
GAYNOR GREENE
CASE IS BEGUN
The Men Under Indictment for Al.
legged Conspiracy 10 Defraud
u. S. Government.

NEW YORK, July 6.-Tha hearing in
the case OF John f., W. 7. and II Gay
nor and 3. d. Greene. indicted for alleged
conspiracy in connection with former Cap
tain Oberlin NJ. Garter, in river. and harbor
work in Savannah harbor, was begun be-
fore United States Commissioner Shields
today The case had been before Judge
Addison Brown, in the United States Dis
trict Court, on a motion for warrant to
remove defendants from here 10 the 5ur;s-
dict!on of the court for the Southern Dis
trict of Georgia for trial.
The motion was denied ana the case sent
back to Commissioner Shields to be heard
to-day Charles 3. Goodyear, Of bruns-
wick. Ga, was the first witness. He said
that he was chairman OF the committee Of
the Brunswick tGa.) Board Of Trade.
which was trying, in 1881, 10 dredge the
harbor
The witness said that Captain Carter
said he had system under which he could
get the work done If an appropriation could
be had and ne told The witness that
il he would abandon the work and go To
Washington TO get an appropriation ter
jetiies, that he Carter would pay his eX-
penses; pay him for The work he had done
and give him one-thrd of the profits ac-
cruing FROM the contract.
Mr.. Goodyear admitted that none of the
plans proposed for the improvement Of the
harhor We're ever consummated, and that
no Jetties We're ever built
Later the witness declared: What lit
tie had in the world is on the bar at the
bottom Of that harbor. and will have 10
get il back
William II, venab}e. of atlanta, was the
1ceXt witness. He said that he had made
an agreement, with the assistance of. Cap
tain Carter, with John and L. H Gaynor
u sell them stone If they got the govern
ment contract.
The case was then adjourned until to-
morrow.
WiiI Resist Summons.
SAVANNAH. GA, July s.-Joan Norris
John OGorman and D.. x Gatherwood.
keepers of the personal ledgers in three
hanks here, have been served with sub
poenas TO appear before United States
commissioner Shields in New York Iuv
zlith and give testimony IN the case of
Is ID. Greene and the Gayners.
II was in these banks that ex-Caotain
soherlin NJ Carter made deposits. and the
United STATES District Attorney wisnes to
use the testimony of these witnesses IN
prove This fact
One Of the banks has aemurred at send
ing their personal book-keeper with the
hanks hooks without the jurisdiction of
the court in which the men are indicted.
Further resistance will likely be made by
the banks.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-07

Registrar Arrested or the Charge Of
Refusing to Register Negro
Voters.

WINSTON-SALENf, n c.. July 6.-Spe-
c.al.-Taa Democrats here are greatly
stirred over tha arrest to-day Of Registrar
John r. Thompson, OF the Second " ard'
WINSTON, by Deputy Marshal Griffin
Tho bill OF Indictment was drawn yestsE-
day by ex-Judga John Gray Byaum. o.
Greensboro. Tho charge against me EeSs-
.rar IS refusing TO registrar negroes. Inc
afIdayts and witnesses are ali negroes.
Assistant District Attorney Biackourn
signed q certificate ordering the Deputy
Marshal to make the arrest. Mr.. Thornp-
son promptly gave Z: one thousand dollar
bond for his appearance % fors q United
state Commissioner next Tuesday.
The plan OF the Republicans S to get
The case in the Federal Court. The Deno-
Gratis propose 10 stand by the registrar.
Tha Sentinel this afternoon says, edito-
rally: After this display OF desperation
on tho pars OF the Republicans, you may
pu. it down thar Forsyth county is going
into The white mans column on the first
THURSDAY in August"
The White Mans Club held an enthusiast
tic meeting tonight when the arrest os
Registrar Thompson was denounced in
plain language.
Arrangements were made for big torch
light procession from Winston to Salem
square Tomorrow night, where ex-Govec-
nor Jarvis speaks