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The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-03-29
ALL KINDS Or rORTUNE.
rnings Trotted Out az the "Oid Hoss"
EXPRESS Sale.

Express SdiC.
Two bits. Two pits. Who'll make 1t
four yelled Auctioneer O'Scott yes
terday at the old moss sale held by
the Great Northern Express company
i'll a vacant storeroom on West Broad
way. There was a large crowd pres
ent and nearly everybody had two
bits to invest ana many of the bidders
announced their Willingness to go as
high as the auctioneer asked them to.
But OScotu didn't wait long when he
got bid that was anyway near what
q ching was worth; he knocked 1t
uown to the bidder who had the last
word in the entertaining converse
ton between the auctioneer and the
crowd and picked up the next parcel
that came to hand. The bidders were
mostly men and they were packed in
to the room until there was scarcely
breathing space in the crush of bar
gain hunters. Many women came
and took look at the crowd and then
went sadly away; bargains or no bar
gains it wss too much like work for
them to crowd their way through the
dense crowd that stood ready to snap
up all the good things that came
along. The auctioneer stood on n
high counter in his shirt sleeves and
held the dusty packages aloft in his
gloyed hands, shrieking Two bits.
Two bits, Who'll make it four?" all
day long.
Packed in the rear portion of the
room was a large and varied assert
ment of packages that have accumu-
lated in the Great Northern express
office during the past year. Ten
states contributed to the miscellan-
eous stock and they were brought to
Butte for sale because Butte people
have little more money than almost
anybody else and don't haggle over
dimes and nickels as they do in many
places. Two bits was generally the
first bid made on everything that was
put up, and from this sum the bidding
jumped, two bits at a jump, until the
auctioneer knocked the prize down to
one of the eager seekers after some
thing for little or nothing. Nearly
everybody who made a purchase op-
ened his package on the spot and
Inn hn Of To-, 81
icited from the curious bystanders
when the Irvine was cut and the con-
tents OF the bundles held up to the
light of day. One young man bought
lady's trunk and opened it in the
presence of gaping crowd. He will
never live down the jokes that were
sprung on him as the contents were
examined by the volunteer exploring
committees; he'd willingly have given
a months salary if the trunk had fall
; len through the floor and him along
with it.
The small packages caught the
: crowd and stimulated the bidders.
, You see. reasoned the crowd, the
package might contain gold watch,
or big bunch of diamonds, and it
was not good plan to overlook little
things OF that kind. So they bid on
packages that contained all kinds of
little trinkets and many of the i'm
cracks taken from the tiny boxes
were the foundations of jokes that
were side-splitting. Still, the crowd
never hesitated to buy anything that
looked like box of jewelry; no mat
ter how many boxes of toilet soap
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-03-29
HAS SET EARTH AF!RE.
An Omaha Man Has Invented a New
Fuel


Fuel.
Z. J Hoffman, of Omaha, says he
has set the earth afire. He possesses
to have invented a process whereby
the clods of the field will burn with
all the guesto of anthracite coal
Crude petroleum, he says, mixed with
common earth-gumbo and sand alone
excluded-with the addition of two
other articles, the ingredients Of which
constitute his secret. will make a
fuel that will burn better and with
a cleaner fire than pine knots. Sew.
enty-tye per cent of this decoction is
mother earth. The expense Of the
other three ingredients is but a trife
His fuel costs $3.50 per ton
Il began an experiment some time
ago." he said. "The first thing |
did was to mix the oil and earth to.
gether and try to burn them in the
form of mud. but that would not work
The oil simply burned out and left the
earth practically unchanged. Then ]
extended my Investigations, and final
ly. after years of close application
hit upon the secret. I am confident
that I have the problem solved"
Mr.. Hoffman produced two sam
pies of his new fuel In appearance
they resemble the hard rubber balls
used by children as playthings.
This one" he said, sis ninety per
cent crude petroleum, solicited by the
chemical process, and it costs about
1915 per ton to produce it. The other
is seventy-five percent common earth
and can be placed on the market at
$3.50 per ton"
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-03-29
FRIDAY. MARCH %.
THE TRICKY "LEAGLERS,"

For Law Enforcement League"
the local organization betrays mark
ed familiarity with the ways that are
dark and tricks that are vain. The at
tempt to win the aldermanic election
by technical bubble whereby large
majority of the electors of the city
would have been DISTINGUISHED is
evidence of lack of good faith on the
part of the League. 1t has been
understood that the purpose of this
League" is to get the public sense
concerning the government of this
city. Their real purpose as disclos-
ed by the Vancouver last evening,
seems to be to prevent as far as pos
sible. any but their own sympathizers
from expressing an opinion at the
polls. They have claimed all along
that the people of this city are with
them in the fight, but it does not look
as though they really believe that.
WHAT they appear to want is a kind
of snap judgment, rendered by their
own particular supporters under color
of an official election. They are not
looking for an expression from all the
peopie-hence their effort to shut out
those who disagree with them. The
Law Enforcement League should
change it's name to the me Too"
league.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-03-29

No matter how distasteful to the
aesthetic qualities of Americans the
Carrie Nation crusade may have been,
the effect has been to close nearly
every Joint in Kansas that has been
running regardless of law.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-03-29

1t takes more than one general to
end an instruction and though the
administration may fondly believe
that Aguinaldos capture, through the
treachery of his compatriots in the be-
ginning of the end it should remem.
Der of Beers and South Africa. Lest
we forget" is strongly applicable to
the situation. Cronje's surrender
however much more commendable
and honorable than the method by
which Aguinaldo was betrayed, did
not end, but rather gave greater i'm
petus to the war and we predict that
another Dewet will raise up in the
unconquered islands of the Philippine
archipelago, and keep Mckinley's co.
600 men busy for a long time yet.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-03-29

Two carloads of Japs have been i'm
ported from the west to work on the
Toluca-Cody branch of the Burling-
ton, and arrived in Billings Tuesday.
If any more are needed there is sur
plus of the little brown men in kalis-
pell they can have.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-03-29

Having remembered his constituents
but failed in his ,luty to the Great
Northern railroad company, Senator
Grove, of Spokane, was requested by
the Great Northern attorney to le-
turn the annual pass with which the
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-03-29

The Anaconda pest house is the first
smallpox hospital to close up business
in Montana After a hard struggle
with the epidemic, the doctors have
declared it thoroughly eradicated
from the corporation of Anaconda.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-03-29

Butte democrats have put the man.
agement of their city campaign in the
hands of Tom Collins. If any one
may Judge from a name the democrats
ought to win out easy.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-03-29

The objection of the Libby News to
tic" is ridiculous. One would think
berry or backmail to note the construc-
ton placed upon it by the News. The
News should consult a dictionary
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-03-29

The legislature of Hawaii has pen
stoned exQueen Liliuokalani with
$4,000 yearly. The sultan of Sulu
must get more than that from the
United States to enable him to put
on so much style as was described in
the press dispatches yesterday.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-03-29

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Great Northern had provided him. OF
course great hullahaloo has been
raised, and the newspapers are sug-
costing that all members reliuqnish
at once and forever the brides wlich
come to them as free transportation.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-03-23

- <A AN ~ - - Sts A ~ - - IL LIZ lIAN
RAILWAY.
Schedule in effect Aug. %, 1900.
DAILY except Sunda,)
WESTBOUND EASrB, UND.
Hs's. IA and 10 Nos. {. and l5'
4 Il. ". a b. y NJ
7s7 8 s. Ar Chester Ly 40 10
III 5 90 Richburg 1929 S47
f1e Az Bascombville 10 40 81
sS7 427 Fort Lawn II 90 9l3
sss 90 Ly Lancaster Ar11 40 8 40
Ne. IA. leaving Lancaster $50 am. =,
makes close connection at Chester
wtth Southern Railway No. 36 for
Charlotte and points north; and Sea
ASarA Air Line Atlanta Special"
R Atlanta and points west Also
With Carolina and Northwestern Rail.
way No. 10 for euoir y. G, and in
arnediate points and Southern Rail
vay No 33 for Columbia and points
Oulh
No. IL, leaving Chester 1920 a m
Onnects with Southern Railway No.
Ss froH Columbia and points south;
Ssaboard Air Line ATLANTA Special"
Fon northern and eastern points and
Southern Railway No. 80 from North
Ga sad eastern points, All GA Ian
0~bsr with @ IL q X for Blacksburg.
No. i6, leaving Lancaster 400 p m,
osn meets at Lancaster with s g & GE
4sm Camden sni Marion, and South.
srn Railway NJ. "a At Chester for
Charlotte and points north.
No. Is, leaving Chester $40 p m,
ssnns at Chester with southern
Railway NJ. "a from Colu ~ bia and
Doi ats south.
JAS NJ. HEATH. Gen Pass. Agt
LEROY SPRING|. President
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sGROFULA AND ITS AWFUL HORRORS
CURED
JOhnStOn's Sarsaparilla
QUART BOTTLES.
A MOST WONDERFUL CURE.

A 4
Livingston Co. Mich This venerable highly
the year 1872 the OF the
She Michigan
All her faculties
tentive her mind 10 full Of
m the days OF the State OF Michigan
yeou
disposition terribly
TINS or the death angel Transmitted
found In neary family
so In euptons
and often Is. the prime =
or
d SKIN disease My limbs would
sores dschgns yellow Ny
My eyes innmd
uch My blood bad
intervals and had appetite
miserable condition had
the state told
Sarsapala
ng e as had no faith In It, and
a 10 grow better You be taking
srn But steadily Improved until became entirely
have
90
sn then and nrmy believe sARsAPARiILA n the
nood purifier and the medicine
ana as spring medicine This remarkably
os 10 oe than
MICHIGAN DRUG COMPANY, DMrx,corr.
raw ford Bros LaUc CASTER =. O. ID. an
MAsksy 90 Lancaster, 8. O. DAD icks, Fort Lawn, )
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Bench Warrant Issued for B1-
Dispenser Player.
Charged With Bsing Short q, =
1874. The Sheriff Takes I. Doc,
tor Along to Players House.
Special to The State.

Special to The State.
Kingstrse, March 30 This il
court wsek here. AS usual manv
have left their farms and come to
town to s~ap horses, loaf around
the court house and take . walk
down town to sec the dlspensary.
F N Player, the dispenser who
claims that he was held up and rob.
bod Christmas week of 81, 800 bs.
longing to the dlspt nsary, but
whose story was not believed by
the State authorities who arrssted
him and put him in Jail, has given
bond and beer released The grand
jury found true bill against him
this morning on the Indictment for
'beach of trust with fraudulent
intent THE State claims that hs is
short 50, l54, the largest shortage
ever claimed against q dispenser.
Player asser ts that he is sick and
cannot atteRd court: Judge Watts
issued bench warrant for him
this afternoon and placed it in the
hands of Sheriff Graham for exc
cution. At the request of Solicitor
Wilson DR.. VIC Gam bic accom-
panied the sheriff to Players
home. DR.. Gamble took DR..
johnson with him and Mt late
hour they had not returned to
kingstres. 1t is doubtful if Play
er will bs tried at this term of
court. Public sentiment is against
him but his conviction is doubt
full.
F. p. G.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-03-23

Prisst-Pat, there's hole in
the roof OF the church, and 1 am
trying to collect money enough
to repair it. Come, now, what
will you contribu q! Pat-he
services, sDr. "What do you
mean, Pat You're no carpen>
ter y ono; but if it rains next
Sunday, on Sit over the hole. "
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-03-23

While cutting up popular at
his sawmiII in Lee county, Va, Z
K ksstsrton found an auger hole
plugged by pin. On removing
the pin he found in tie hole five
500 gold pieces bearing dates be-
tween 1850 and 1850. The coins
are supposed to Eave been hid
there for safekeeping during the
Civil war.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-03-23
JAPANESE
PILE Gu R &

New and Com Drs. Treatment,
consisting 7ofSUPPOjItoR E5, Cap.
suies of Ointment and twn Boxes OF
Ointment. A nevef failing cure for
rl'es ~ every ma, re and degree. 1t
"shes Az operations with the knife,
which Is painful, and often RESULTS In,
attn, Unnecessary. Why endure
tnis Terrible disease ? We pack q Writ.
To-" Guarantee 10 each 81 Box. No
;ure n" Pay. Soc and 81 . box q for
- sent ,,v mai samples free
OlNTMENT, 25c. and soc.
III DueTlphTT0u Cured. Piles Prevent
uvhulu II IlUu ed, by Japanese Liver
Prlte,-snd great LIVER and sTOM.
ACH REGUL FOR md BLOOD
PUklFIER. Small milf and pleasant
axe; especially adapted for chil-
dren's use. 80 doses 25 cents. Craw-
iofd Bros Druggists, Agents. -Lancas.
ter, y. &.
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RELTEF ~ SIX HOUR

DIST rsSinK kidney ID Blad+.r
~ So reii-,ed i" ak hours ~ NEW
GREAT ~OUTH ANGLICAN kidney
UR Ii il n great surpris. ou nc.
count OF IT. exceeding pIOmptn"s- IN
reviewing vain in bIsdd. kidneys aud
back in male or female Relieves re
fe ,iinn Of water ALMOST nm iisl.iN
II You waDt qu'cE relief sni cure thus
Is theremedy roId bv j + Ma"kpy
& Go Druggist Lancastr, 40.
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He k.pt His Word.
BY Telegraph to Gre.nvilIs News.

BY Telegraph to Gre.nvilIs News.
Bsnnettsvills, S. c., March 10.
Thomas Troy Brseden som
mitted suicide today at his home
near Bsnnettsville. He and his
children had been down with the
grip, and whom the physician called
Dresden told him he would not bs
alive this morning when the doctor
came. Brseden cut his throat and
then shot himself. He was about
IS years of age.
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A Cotton Mil TRAGEDY.
CONTINUED FROM SECOND PAGE

SoNiiN JED fhOm SECOND PAGE
refused, and the p an fell through.
Almost dazed before, Mr.. Ashs
now CAV" up the struggle and
took to his bed in a state of nor
vous prostrati' n.
During Sunday and Monday,
Mr.. Ashe was first up and then
down. Quite a number Of sym
pathizing friends, who realized
his unfortunate conditisp, called
upon him and tried to persuade
him that the situation was not
nearly SO bad as he thought; hut
they wore unable to make any
impression upon him. 1t developed
that he had not had an hour of
natural sleep for nearly two week
Unknown to his friends and busi-
Rsss colleagues, he had brooded
and thought over the pending
trouble until his mind had become
unbalanced, and he was impressed
by nothing that was said to him
he insisted that he had done all
that was possible, and told his
friends not to count upon him any
further; but to 60 ahead with
whatever they thought best and
it would have his approval.
The reporter called upon Mr..
Ashs Monday night, and found
him in he'd. The conversation
was confined principally to the
mental and physical condition Of
the sufferer. 1t appeared that the
only Two things that the unfortu
nate man realized positively were
the facts that hs was in serious
financial trouble and that he was
mentally unbalanced. He was
glad to have company. During
minute or two, he could talk clearly
and comprshsnsively enough.
Then hs would have trouble in
completing his sentences. He
showed no signs of insanity; but
only of alteration. In all that
he attempted to say he WAS per
fsctly rational, and except from
his halting speech occasionally
there was no noticeable psculiarity
in his condition. "I ana wrong
in the hsad,' he would say, ~ hs
found himself unable to com plets
a sentence. After an interval he
was ready to begin again and
make his remarks comprehensive
enough. Speaking of the status
OF the mill, during a lucid moment,
he was clear and logical. He said:
"lt is the best mill in the South,
and there is less dead capital
around it. D the first of Octo her
last. We were free from debt. Our
plans formed then were fully war
ranted by existing conditions. We
now owe about $40, 900 altogether.
We have at least S25e, 600 worth
of pronerty W. nssd onIv &sO
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600 to tide US over; but of that
$1,000 must he paid within the
mex, few days. The whole trouble
with us is th It we are too big a
thing tor our immediate financial
surroundings" Mr.. Ashe said
nothing during the conversation
that indicated the least suspicion
OF contemplated self destruction,
and when the reporter left it was
with the impression that after q
good nights sleep, the unfortunat
man would wake up refreshed and
with a much brighter view of the
situation.
Shortly before II O'Clock Ms
Ashs missed her husband from his
bed. She bad also lost much
sleep, not having closed
her ewes for two nights oB
account of the distressing cnndi
tion of Mr.. Ashe. Waking up
from n Gtful slumber, sh found
that Mr.. Ashe had gone. Fear
full that something dreadful had
happened, she sent out and alarmed
the neighbor., number of whom
promptly gstherel \ at her homo.
A search was instituted at once.
Mrs. Ashe explained her fear that
there was no hope of finding Mr..
Ashe alive. He had left his clothes
in the room. The ssarchsrs made
= careful examination of the
premises and looked d pwn in the
we'll. They let down the b icSet
without finding anything. Then
two or three Of the searchsrs went
out to the York Cotton mills,
with the expectation of finding the
missing man either on the road or
probably in the reservoir there.
They alarmed MIR. p n Grimes,
Mr.. Ira Grimes and Mr.. Thigh
mas, all of whom returned with
the party to Mr.. Ashes home.
Mr.. q H O'Lsary made another
sounding of the we'll and discover-
sd something IN the water that
gave . suspicion of the horrible
truth. Mr.. S f Carroll (Tsad)
went down into the well and found
that the suspicion was . horrible
fact. This was at about Q O'Clock
In the morning, and the prssump
on was that the body had been
in the water for at least two hours.
Th" removal of the body, which
had evidently gone in feet fore
most, was accomplished with great
difficulty, the deceased beng q
very heavy man, weighing soms-
thing like 2s5 pounds.
Among those who wsre present
during the search and up to the
time of the recovery of the body
from the we'll, were Messr..
Brooks Inman, w Brown Wylis.
w II Hsrndon, W D Glenn, r T
Allison, Louis Roth, X S McCon>
nell, j j Hunter, q Fl O'Learv,
DIR. Miles Walker, W r Carroll.
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Detective (running our of rail
road ststioW--Where did that
follow go who ran out Of hersl
Citizen (stIll holding his foot
that the fugitive had stepped ON
i hope he went where | told
him. Brooklyn Eagle.
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WANTED, for ca"b. ID 'gwood ~ d
rers mmon Logs Southern Hard
Wood Company, = o Box $40. har.
lesion, y. q. Am,
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Jake Msckorell, N l. Carroll,
Frasisr Anderson and psrhsps
Others. Mrs. G ii O'Lesry, Mrs
J j Hunter, Mrs. Wells and Miss
Anice O'Leary were present to
offer all possible comfort and con
ISOLATION to Mrs. Ashe and the
children.
Mr. Ashes body showed signs
ofa few insignificant scratches
and bruises about the face and
breast. There was no evidence
of struggle after be threw him
self into the we'll The water was
some IL or Is feet deep, and from
the fac, that nothing was to he
seenatihe surface at the first inves-
tigation, the presumption is that
the body frs sank to the bottom
and then rose to the surface of
the water, shortl, after which it
was discovered.
1t seens that the last visitors to
Mr.. Ashs during the night before
wore Mr. PM Grimes, Mr. + b
Beard and MIR. w r Carroll. Thi.
was about 10o'clock. They came
to tell him Of tho result of con-
ference during the afternoon, At
which plan to raise the nscss-
s&ry money had been agreed upon.
All three of the gentlemen were
confident of success, and they so
ssursd Mr.. Ashs. In lsavisg,
Mr.. Grimes told how it was his
purpose to start of earl, the next
morning Tuesday, and that he
would be back in tho afternoon
with the money. 81 hope you
will get tor words to that effect,
was about all that Mr.. Ashe bad
to say; but none of the gentlsmed d
suspicioned anything to warrant
. fear of the tragedy that follow.
cd. On account of the death of
Mr.. Ashs, of course, the proposed
trip was abandoned.
Mr.. John r Ashs was . native
OF York county, having been born
near McConnellsville in 1856.
With but . limited literary educa-
tion, hs completed a business
course in Baltimore college, and,
lc 1876, commenced work for the
firm of Clark Bros, in Yorkvills,
for $3 week. He remained
with Nessrs. Clark Bros. six years,
the latter portion Of the time as
. working partner, and in 1892
went into business for himself.
He remained in business in York,
vile until about 1889, whom he
removed to Ksrshaw, whore he
prospsred until about 1896, whom
he removed to YOrkvilIe and
started the movement which re-
suited in the organization of the
York Cotton Mills company He
subscribed $4,000 of the original
capital stock of $50, 900, and after
ward, as the capital stock of the
corporation was increased to $780,
900, became the owner of S67,,
900 worth. He continued the
moving spirit Of tbe enterprise
from the beginning up to the time
OF his death, and during he last
few years has Teen virtually the
so's manager, nsulting his
directors, rs a body, only at rate
intervals He was = business man
of unusual boIdness and OF un>
bounded ambition He Was very
sensitive of criticism, and many
of his closest friends are of the
opinion that it was this fact that
impslled him on to self -dsstruc
tion-ths loss Of prestige that
would result from having allowed
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Cure Cold in head.

kermott's Chocolates Laxative Quinins easy
throat.