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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-24

now set up a title under the sheriff's
deed. We are of the opinion that. by
the defendants listing the plaintiffs
land as their own. they are bound by
that act, for the purposes OF this suit.
and when they bought at the sheriff's
sale they simply paid their taxes, and
the sheriff's deed conveyed no title. OF
course as between the plaintiff and
the defendants the listing OF the plain
tiff's land by the defendants does not
affect the plaintiffs title, under the cir
cumstonces of this case. for the plain
tiff could be in no manner bound by
the act of the defendants in the listing
of the land. Affirmed.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-24
BRIEF ITEMS OF INTEREST.

DR.. and Mrs. a. ]. Curtis, OF Wash
ington City, are ut the Atlantic.
Mr.. ID. II. Abbott, of Raleigh, spent
yesterday on business here.
!. Mr.. j. IL. Webb. OF Edenton, ex-
changed greetings With friends in our
city yesterday.
Miss Katharine Jordan, of Charlotte,
n. G., is a guest of the Monticello.
MIR. f. a. Fore of Alma, N. c.. is In
the city OH business.
Mr., w H. Slocl1 and Miss Slock, of
Allegheny Pa. were guests yesterday
at the Monticello
Mr. A a. Willis. of Elizabeth City
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-24
THE STATE MILITIA
Virginia is Now Practically With
out a Standing Army.
Inspector Go. crai'. Report,
shows Whit Progress. na. necn
IN Work of Rc"rgan, z.,lo.-Tn.
Plan critic sea by Former onieor.

The report of Lieutenant Colonel 10
Lane stern, assistant inspector general.
SHOWS the progress made in reorganiz-
ing the Virginia volunteers Colonel
Stern's report says that there are now
In the service 10 separate companies of
infantry. troop of cavalry, 3 batteries
OF artillery u battalion). and three
divisions of naval volunteers q battal-
ion). the Whole numbering IS officers
and 1924 men, as follows:
Infantry-29 officers, Goa men,
Cavalry officers. &c men.
Artillery-1S officers. 16, men.
Naval-12 officers, 157 men.
The stations of the several commands
are as follows:
Richmond-3 companies OF infantry.
battery of artillery.
Smithfield--1 company OF infantry.
Norfolk battery of artillery.
Surry-I troop of cavalry
Staunton-1 company of infantry.
Alexandria, company of infantry
Franklin-1 company OF infantry.
ChGllottesville-1 company of infan-
try.
-''t'' eitISNiic-l company OF infantry.
Roanoke-1 company of infantry.
or these commands 81 officers and 500
men tall of the infantry companies ex-
cept the one ut Smithficld), have been
mustered into service since the last in
spection. all of which newly-mustered
IN companies. except the company at
Martinsville. who were in the service
of the State before the war with Spain.
volunteered for that war, were accept
ed and served.
THD PLAN CRITICISED.
Colonel George w. Taylor. of this
city. formerly of the Fourth Virginia
Regiment, critcises the reorganization
plan. and the way in which the militia
has been handled. TIe believes there
was never any need OF the reorgani-
zation of the state troops. further than
re-enlisting them as whole in the
State service after they had returned
from service in tho volunteer army of
the United States during the war with
Spain. Other States. he said. did this.
and did not subject the officers or COM
mands to another inspection. and put
them to the trouble of reorganiZjng on
their return. Some of the men may
have left the State service, but most
of them would have been satisfied If
continued in the service as before. AS
it is, the State has been practically
without militia for some time, and now
has not enough infantry to organize a
regiment.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-24
Colonial Tea, with mlnuet pance

The ten to be given for the Infant
Sanitarium Thursday evening from 5
to II o'clock has been changed from the
residence of Mrs. e. St. John to Mrs.
NJ. r. Cookies. No. 81 Butte street. The
Seaboard Air Line Orchestra will rem
der the music during the evening and
q fine menu has been provided by the
lady managers. The public is Invited
to attend.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-20
Written for the Christmas Bee.

This valley was then a part of Mis-
soula county and the annual election
was drawing near with it's usual &C
compartment Of free Whiskey, cam
paign lies and Doodle. Business called
Mr.. ingalls, to Missoula, and he left
the Office in charge of his wife, with
a genuine specimen Of tramp printer,
called "California Dick for an assist
ant. Dick had been paid for the pre-
vious days work, and by Z o'clock was
quite hilarious, and by noon was ut
terly incapacitated for work, and de-
cidedly in the political swim. We were
left to be editor, compositor and Office
boy. BY night the political pot be-
gan to bubble over and poor old Dick
was rolled back and forth across the
street in sea of dust (there had been
no rain that season.. Ole OlesOn,
another poor miscreant, had dropped
asleep. To awaken him they poured
generous quantity of whiskey over
his hair and set him afire.
That winter the Great Northern
line was surveyed and the following
summer Kalispell was plated. In
1890, G. M. Houtz issued the Journal
at Demersville, and Joe Conner and
Harry Mock launched the Graphic
at Ashley, but soon moved their
plant to Kalispell. About the
same time Col. Moore arrived and
the Herald was another candl-
date for public favor. For some
time previous John Pace had been
publishing the Columbian at the Falls,
and hot three cornered fight was
now on. Kalispell was dubbed Alkali
Flat and Collapspell by the rival town
but did not collapse, and Demersville
people, seeing the trend Of things, ac-
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about the fort. They had recently
returned from the Buffalo country and
had avenged their defeat of the pre-
cedng year by signal victory over
their enemies, the Blackfeet, several
ol whose warriors, with their women,
they had taken prisoners. McMillan's
tobacco and stock of trading goods
had been entirely expended previous
to this arrival, and the Indians were
much in want of ammunition; the
goods brought were therefore source
oi great joy to both parties. The ma
tives smoked the much loved weed for
several days successfully. The hunt
ers killed a few mountain sheep, and
Cox brought up IA bag of flour, bag
of rice, plenty of tea and coffee, some
arrowroot, and fifteen gallons of rum.
There was celebrated the first
Christmas ever celebrated by white
men in Montana territory. Mr.. Cox
says: I'VE spent a comparatively hap
T.. Nit iokAhoo, ttAu Ny lAC SIuc VI u
blazing fire in warm room, forgot
the sutferings we endured in our
dreary progress through the woods.
There was, however, in the midst of
our festivities great drawback, from
the pleasure we should have ornerwise
have enjoyed. l allude to the unror.
tunate Blackfeet who had been cap.
tured by the Flatheads Having been
informed that they were about put
ting one of their prisoners to death
went to their camp to witness the
spectacle. The man was tied to a
tree, after which they heated an old
: barrel of gun until it became red
| hot, with which they burned him on
: the legs, thighs, neck, cheek and stom
} aeh They then commenced cutting
) the flesh from about the nails. which
they pulled out, and next separated
the fingers from the hand joint by
) joint. During the performance o.
l these eruelties, the wretched captive
f never WINGED, and instead of suing To-
} mercy he added fresh stimulants tx
E their barbarous ingenuity by the mos
: irritating reproaches.
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Che g First g Gbri@t0naS
Celebrated BY White Mem I'm Mon-
tana Was lin 1919

tana Was I'm 1919
From Cox's Adventures ON the Columbia River.
On the oath of December, 1913, Nc
Millan's trading post was reached.
The fort was situated on point at
the mouth of the Missoula river, and
described as formed by the junction
of bold mountain torrent with the
Flathead river, and surrounded on all
sides with high and thick1y wooded
hills, covered with pine, spruce, larch,
beech, birch and cedar. The F1athead
river is now called the Pend d'Oreille
river, but appears on the maps from
it's junction with the Missoula river as
Clarke's Fork of the Columbia. At
this point, which is now the western
boundary of the Flathead reservation,
as before stated, Mcmillan erected his
fort. 1t had a good trading store, a
comfortable house for the men, and
snug quarters for the officer of the
company in charge, his clerk and as
sistants The Montana historian may
safely record those buildings as the
first ever erected within the broad
limits of her boundaries. Here Mr..
Cox and his fellow-voyagers took up
their winter quarters. A large band
OF Flathead warriors We're encamped
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-T is an interesting study to COM
pare the Flathead of years ago
with the Flathead of today.
Where Kalispell, city OF
5000 inhabitants, now STANDS was
then open prairie, over which the deer
browsed undisturbed save Tor the
passing of an occasional horseman CT
wagon. At that time few Wneels
were used-indeed, only knew OF
one buggy in the valley. There was
almost no farming carried on, and the
common mode of travelling was on
horseback. The valley and it's won
derful possibilities was all unknown
the outside world. In the fall OF
1881 Mr.. Ingalls, established at De-
mersville (Kalispell was still unborn)
the Inter-Lake. The town consisted of
two general stores, one owned by G.
II. Adams and the other the old T. j.
Demers store, which later passed into
the hands of the Missoula Mercantile
company, John Foy's saloon, Casey S
blacksmith shop, two dwellings a
hall for dancing and the old Cliff
house, with J. E. Clifford as manager,
and one Chinaman as cook, waiter,
chambermaid and janitor.
The principal factor in keeping the
town isolated was the difficulty of
getting in or out. Never shall I for
get my first ride from Ravalli to De-
mersville. We reached Ravalli be-
tween u and | o'clock at night. It
was in August in the dark of the
moon, with dust in the road three and
four inches deep, and the lodging
house a quarter Of a mile from the
station. We had just dropped into
our first sleep when we were aroused
at half past three for breakfast, which
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was served in another building quite
a distance from the one in which we
were lodged. We plodded through
the dust again--right down the mid
die of the road hoping to at least
drink a cup of coffee before the stage
journey. However, the grimy, smoke
blackened walls, ornamented with a
row of blanketed Indians, and a
greasy Chinaman preparing breakfast
in an adjoining room presented a sit
alton SO uninviting that we conclud-
ed we did not want any breakfast.
Promptly at five the stagecoach drew
up at the door with four-horse team
been in harness before. We were
packed in like sardines and when no
more could by any possibility be got
ten inside, the rest climbed on top
with the baggage. The driver cracked
his whip and away we went, up hill,
down dales, and across streams at a
neck break pace. The old coach sway
ed and lurched, bounced in and out of
chuck holes, causing the passengers
to turn seasick or savage according
to the temperament, and the dust to
roll up in great Clouds That coach
was of the elastic kind, where there
is always room for one more. Normally
it would carry four inside and one
beside the driver outside, but as the
passenger traffic increased the driver
became an expert at packing, working
on the theory of the apple packer
that the tighter they are the less
they can shuck around, and frequently
carried 25 and on one occasion 2S
people. The expression on the
faces OF the passengers as they emery
ed, begrimed with dust at the foot o.
the lake defies description. After din
ner, and an hour in which to stretch
our cramped limbs, we boarded thu
Grant" little cookie shell of
boat, but welcome change, an,
reached Demersville at o'clock. Thu
newspaper plant came over the sam,
route and was finally placed ready TO
business.
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their defeat, placed their
stores, houses and chattels on runners
and the exodus commenced. The In
ter-Lake came with the rest. At that
time it was edited by p. N. Bernard,
who remained on the paper until the
spring of 1893, About this time the
Herald and Journal consolidated their
interests and are still in the field,
January !, 1895, Mr.. Goshorn bought
the Inter-Lake and about year later
purchased the Graphic also. Soon,
gained considerable strength in this
section and wanted an organ to ex-
plot their theories and the Call was
established with w. Il. Ramsdell as
editor and manager. But the populist
party only flourished for while, then
withered and died and the paper died
with it.
Perhaps nowhere is the differ
ence more noticeable, between pio-
neer days and now, than in our courts
and schools, and the early history of
Flathead would certainly be incom-
complete without mention of Judge
Sheppard. A man of fine natural abil-
ity and graduate from West Point,
he came out of the civil war a wreck
and drifted out to the frontier and be
came the first school teacher in De
mersville. 1t was his habit to dis
miss for a recess whenever he wished
to indulge in his favorite beverage
and not infrequently his potions
were so soothing that he slept at his
desk, while the children played on
What contrast between such con
ditiOns and the fine school system
that now obtains in kalispell. Later
! Sheppard became justice of the peac,
and his court became notorious al
the Supreme Court of the Flathead,
, not because of the law and justice o
| his judgments, but because of hi:
| unique fashion of always rendering
} verdict in favor of the last drink O
, whiskey, often adjourning court t
: drink it. The change from this fare
of law and order to our present dig
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nified courts has been SO gradual as
have been the other changes that
those who were here then and are
still among our most influential citi-
zens scarcely realize how great it is.
EMMA INGALLS,.
Evening star., 1900-06-12

pelago. He Is entitled to great credit for
the diligent manner in which he held to his
difficult and manifold tasks as commander
and administrator. The country was for
tunately represented by him in the first
trying days of the occupation. when the
demand was for perseverance. energy and
integrity. General Otis operations may at
times have lacked brilliancy and dash, but
they never failed for the want of diligent
and detailed preparation and execution.
Much that he accomplished cannot be I'M
derstood at this distance. for 1t tended to
overcome multitudes Of petty obstacles to
smooth administration and to regulate af-
fairs on orderly basis. 1t was perhaps
too much for one man to undertake the
combined role of commander and civil ad-
ministrator; and considering the difficulties
encountered and overcome by him in con-
scientiously working out an unfamiliar and
laborious task it is only just to say that
General Otis record at Manila entities him
to a hearty welcome home and to the sin
Cere praise and thanks of all the people of
the rppublir
Evening star., 1900-06-12
cutn in the Campaign.

Those sunporters of Mr.. Quay in Phla-
d.Ipbia who are reaching for the scalp Of
Postmaster General Smith lack the full
courage, Of their attitude. Holding MT.
Smith reSponsible for the thevng in the
postal affairs in Cuba. they demand MS
resignation He should have known that
his ub1rdinates there were delinquent. But
if h. is 81 lost to all shame as to insist on
retaining hi, Office, in the face of those reve-
Iatipns in Havana. then the PRESIDENT
should dismiss him But why stop there?
Why not go after the President also? Why
not demand that if the President. for any
reason refuses to dismiss Mr.. Smith. the
republican national convention next week
shall find a thoroughly acceptable man to
head Its ticket If Neely has smirched Mr.
Smith Mr. Smith has smrched the Presi-
dent and the President. by retaining Mr.
Smith, smircheS the party. Therefore II
Mr. Smith should be thrown overheard the
President should keep him company. And.
really. is it not the President at whom
these Quayites are thrusting?
MAY we not push on to the White House.
too in the matter of that senatorial inves-
tisation into Cuban affairs in general? Ii
Mr. Plat of Connecticut is purpasely de-
laving the work for fear of uncovering a
seethiug mass of corruption for which the
administration would be held responsive
in the campaign. a nudge from the Presi-
dent would set him in motion. He would
not darr. hardened partisan though he be.
TO hold back. or play other tricks with MS
commission after that. He would be
obliged to plunge at once into the work.
without data of any kind to call for in
f0rmatio and suspicious from all quarters.
ana whoop things up all along the line. 50
why censure Mr. Platt? Why not fix the
responsibility upon the President?
Eut the Quayites and their democratic
allies both appear to overlook the fact
that they will not lose an opportunity for
partisan play with Mr.. Smith in office and
Mr. Platt taking time for an intelligent
prosecution of the labors assigned to his
committee They can continue to hammer
away on the basis of wholesale denuncia-
tiun of American rule in Cuba. and to cir
culate the thousand and one unsupported
charges of crimes committed there by
American officials. General Ludlow, In
report just published. points out the
sources of much of this stuff. So that with
the gutter press of Havana working with
Will and its naStiest and most cowardly
fulrninations against American character
reproduced in this country. the campaign
will not lack for mud. or for those willing
IN sling II
Evening star., 1900-06-12

Workers in the good roads movement in
this country are hoping for a material ad-
vancement of their cause a result of the
rapid Introduction of automobiles. The i'm
pulse toward better highways caused by the
bicycle is likely to be repeated. in intensi-
fled form. that new device calling
for smooth surfaces has been perfected,
pecially the higher cost of the auto
matte vehicle is calculated to cause its
owner to demand prOportionate considera-
ton. The serviceabiity of the automobile
increases in a ratio with the smoothness of
the way. The electric vehicle. having a
limited capacity. is especially affected by
rough roads. which increase the demand
upon the batteries for a given length of
run. The road-use of these contrivances
is rapidly becoming their chief feature and
hence the hope that influences too strong
to be ignored will be felt by state legisia-
lures to induce them to pass modern road
laws calculated to reform the highways.
The process of teaching the rural voter by
object lessons that his best interest lies
with better road, and consequently a
more liberal system of construction and
repair, does not produce the results re-
quired. 1t is slow work to drive the truth
through the sloth and prejudice which have
contributed to the evolution of the worst
system of country roads in any civilized
country. Too frequently the farmer still
holds to the narrow tire and kills
his horses and loses his markets and
wastes his profits trying to haul his prod
ucts through the mire over rough ways
that rattle his wagons to pieces long before
their time. 1t has became apparent that
the farmer must be helped despite himself.
and the good work already done by the
Der,a Of I
American Wheelmen and by individual BIZ
cyclists must be furthered by the 'chauf-
feurS. The owners of automobiles will
soon find it to their interest to take a hand
in the propaganda and with this help the
good work may progress to the point of
extensive additions to the decent highways
of the country during the next few years
What is needed in every state Is stiff
law. putting premium on smooth roads
and a tax on bad ones esta blishing a sys-
tenn of rebates from the county taxes on
all wagon tires three inches or more in
width and providing the machinery for the
uniform enforcement of such a statute
Even the most benighted community can
appreciate the logic of a road tax and with
Intelligent. honest supervision to see that
abGminations now called by courtesy roads
should speedily give pace to hard. smooth.
well-kept highways. bringing business to
the farmers and opening up the country to
settlement.
Evening star., 1900-06-12
Playing Politics While Riot Raxe..

The st. Louis strike has created an ex-
traordinary situation disclosing the weak
ness and danger of partisan state and mu-
nicipal administration. The republican
mayor of the city is openly accused of ne
giecting to assume the responsibility for
suppressng the riot in the interests of his
candidacy for reelection. The democratic
governor of the state is al the same time
charged with holding aloof from the strike
troubles until after the democrats have
chosen their delegates at large to the ma
tional convention, of whom he hopes to be
one. Between these two do-nothing officials
the people of st Louis are suffering They
have lost all patience al last, and are now
irrespective Of party. threatening to bring
Impeachment proceedings against both
these derelict functionaries, who have
trif1ed for selfish ends with a desperate sit
ua ton The democrats will meet next
Thursday to choose delegates to the Kansas
City convention. and it will be interesting
to note whether the party will reward with
honors the cowardice that has caused the
metropolis of the state to endure the shame
and pain of the recent riots.
Evening star., 1900-06-12

No surprise is caused by the statement
military force will be needed in the Philip
pine Islands for a considerable period. But
the reason for this establishment has
changed essentially. At first the American
armies Were required to confront organized
Filipino forces. representing a definite in
surrectionary movement. Those native
forces have been scattered their
organization destroyed, the leaders dis
perSed, captured, converted or slain in bat
tie. their so-calied cause lost beyond re-
coVery- Now the American troops are
required to protect the natives from the
bandits. only slightly organized and making
no further pretense of representing a native
insurrectionary movement Whereas once
the American forces were necessary to es-
tablish the new sovereignty. now they are
needed TO insure the people the benefits of
that new sovereignty, which they are grad
ually accepting. In the course of time
doubtless this army will be reduced to a
posed largely of natives. IL is virtually
assured that the organized revolt has sue
cumbed to the determined onset of the
American forces and that its successor. a
system of murderous brigandage. is des-
tined to gradual suppression as the people
are guarded and encouraged in their new
liberties.
General Otis represents the first hard
work Of American organization in the archi-
Evening star., 1900-06-12
Dewey and the Gold Democrat

The story issuing from Indianapolis 10
the effect that the soio democrats OF m
diana VIII suggest 10 the July conference
tn" n"mlnatlon OF Adrnlral dewey ior
President illustrates both the lnadEisaoilty
oil any separate acton on thelr part at an
and 'he unaFallanlllty OF the aoinlraI Ior
any serious presidential purposes
TAe nomination OF faImer ana Buckier
IN lNf' AT leaSt had logic III the atdtuue oi
those Nv" men 10 sustain II. both oi theii
were democrats anu poth hdd uec!dfed
'helF uh"iIlhslleSS 10 support NIX h1 an
on Ihe money ISSUE b"th were aFaiAdoi'
therefore 70 lead d lorfhai protest against
the at''"H oi tile aeiiiotFacS anu us ef'i-
"I''a'r- hTS Stooa uiStihetiS Ior 'he pFIn-
clpleS "hlch they ana 'heir ioiio"ers III
s!Sled Should De accepted as 'hose ol the
Urih'cFatS uic"fi uPtei oS Pppu4lsh- 1t
NdS an open queSIIoh as 10 whether Sepd-
id'e dtti"h Sh'uiu oe taheh' DIS 10 "titther
iHt HiSh'St WISDOM ana courage olu hot
N"'l 4',l d >tia4sht"ut support VI -iehiiiies
anu ii'"ii h4t Sidi!'4HS Tire i-ece>silS
~ "''4o"' |" accommodate par 'isaHsh1p
t'' Sti"iiS I" sleii very lining oli siioi
l''tIct' 'he ieaueFs CHOSEN were IN ther
aht"c"deht alhiiauofs ana present proieS-
Si,fS altogether appropriate ana accept