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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-06
Corner Montana Avenue
and Twcnty-Eighth Street.

A big crowd is expected in town
next Monday to see Sells & Gray's
United Shows, which will give q
grand street parade and two perform
ances, afternoon and evening, in this
city on that day.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-06
Lost.

-. Eost.
One light sorrel gelding about 15h
hands high, branded J P D connected
(slightly blotched) on left thigh. Ten
dollars reward will be paid for his
return to Cothron & Todd's stable.
If. WIN. BLAINE.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-06
TO o o Il FINEST

TO HOOK THE FINEST
You need well made tackle. All very
well for poets to sing of the bent pin
on the end of a string. That WON'T
catch anything better than bullheadss8
OUR FISHING TACKLE.
is made for sportsmen. but not pecees
sarily rich ones. We sell exceIlent
goods at very small prices.
To reduce stock-Flies at half prize
other tackle at a slash until Sept. z
Seize this!
Ia [ Rahcaek Asrduul cl
The Van Buren press., 1901-01-19
PHILIPPINE CURIOSITY.
AdJt. .-Gen. COrbin Has in HIS Possess
sion the Flag of the Sui
tan of Sulu.

Washington, Jan. 16.-Adjt.-
Corbin has received curiosity from
the Philippines in the shape of the
flag of the sultan of Sulu. 1t was
forwarded by Maj. o. j. Sweet of the
Twenty-third infantry, now stationed
on the Island of Jolo. The flag is
oblong, about four by five feet, 1t
has red ground bordered with white
ruflles and ornamented with various
designs, including black field with
five white stars and lSries and spear
moro weapons), in white. over which
is q strip of black. 1t is described as
the flag of the Mohammedans of the
Sulu archipelago, and each feature Of
it is symbolical. The first star rep
resents religious knowledge; the see
ond star prayers; the third star in
diligence money; the fourth star ti-
ties, and the fifth star pilgrimage to
Mecca. The center star contains
Arabic letters in black, denoting the
flag of the sultan of Sulu. The stars
further represent the five provinces
of the sultan The red ground of the
flag represents the subjects of the
sultan; the Moro weapons, strength
and war; the black top border, the
Moro chiefs, and the black ground
for the stars, the goodness Of the
Mohammedan religion. The flag was
displayed in the adjutant-generaI's
Office and attracted considerable at
tentiou
The Van Buren press., 1901-01-19
GAMBLING By OFFICIALS.
shooters are Not suppdesscd
In 81, Louis.

st. Louis, Jan. 16.-The Chronicle
says
In defiance OF the scathing criticism
Of the Isaac NJ Morton grand jury,
and even while Lieut.. johnson and
other police officers were searching.
or were supposed to be searching, for
gamblers, n police commissioner, the
chief of police, his secretary, the as
sistant city treasurer, the clerk OF the
court of criminal correction, and an.
other, whose name Is said TO be LIsle,
were seated around table at Me.
Tagucs buffet annex, Monday night,
at u swift game OF craps.
The craps shooters included Police
Commissioner Otto T.. Forster, Chief
of Police John Campbell, Secretary
Charles II, Jones, Assistant City
Treasurer John w. Dunn, Al j. Wa.
german, clerk Of the court of Grim.
inul correction, and Lisle, who was adj
dressed as doctor" during the game.
According TO the published account
there was no secrecy about the game,
and money changed hands with reck.
less abandon. The game was still in
progress when the reporter left near
midnight.
The Van Buren press., 1901-01-19
In the Tolls.

A man giving his name as D. 3.
Sanders presented at the Bank OF
Fordyce an express money order drawn
at Holly Grove, for the sum of $50. 20,
payable to H. L. Remmel, agent, Lit
tie Rock. The bank had him arrested
on suspicion and notified the sherif
of Monroe county. When arrested he
tried to throw away two other papers
an exchange draft drawn by the Mer
chants and Planters bank of Claren-
don for $50, and payable to the Ex'
change National bank and a postofiice
money order drawn by the postoffice at
Stuttgart for $500. He was placed
in Jail and set fire to the building,
trying to burn his way out but the fire
was discovered in time. All of the
checks and orders were dated January
s. 1901, Sanders made confession
in which he stated that he got the
checks, Pacific Express money orders
and postoffice money orders found Oh
him when arrested from mail
pouch stolen from the railroad plat
form at Pine Bluff about a week be
fore. Sanders was on the platform
at Pine Bluff, and when the Little
Rock mail was thrown off he picked
up one of the letter pouches and made
away with it.
The Van Buren press., 1901-01-19
Death OF Judge COckrill.

Judge Sterling Il. Cockrill, eX-chlef
Justice of the state supreme court
died at his home in Little Rock on the
18th. Judge Cockrill was born in
Nashville Tenn September 26, 1S47
When the civil war broke out he was
attending school in his home town
and, though only IA years of age,
abandoned his studies and attended a
military school at Marietta. Ga. Two
years later he volunteered in the Con
federate army, and in the last years OF
the war became sergeant of artillery
in Johnstons army. When the wal
was concluded he attended Washing
ton college at Lexington, Va, and
after graduating there attended the
law department of the Cumberland
University at Lebanon Tenn. He
graduated from this Institution in
1870, and in October of that year
came to Little Rock and shortly
afterward became associated in the
practice with Hon. A. H. Garland, as
Garland & Cockrill, which continued
until Col. Garland became governor in
1874. In 1884, on the death Of Chief
Justice E. H. English he was nomin.
ated for the position by the state
democratic convention, called together
for the purpose Of making nomina.
tion to fill the vacancy, and was elect.
ed at the election following. He was
reelected in September, 1888, for a
second term. On May. 1898, he ten.
dered his resignation as chief justice
voluntarily retiring that he might de-
vote his time to the practice Of law
For time he was partner of Judge
Geo. II. Sanders, and for several years
past has been associated with his son.
Ashley Cockrill. under the firm name
of Cockrill & Cockrill.
In May, 1872, in Little Rock, he
married Miss Mary Ashley Freeman
granddaughter to Col. Chester Ash
ley one Of the pioneer statesmen of
Arkansas, and Of Rev. Geo. w. Free
man, first missionary bishop Of the
Episcopal church in Arkansas. BY
this marriage there are six children,
five sons and daughter. Ashley,
Sterling, Emmett, Garland and Free
Man, and Mrs. Maxwell Coffin, all Of
Little Rock.
The Van Buren press., 1901-01-19
Grand Jury's report.

The report Of the Pulaski county
grand jury, which adjourned last week
contained the following: 1--WE have
carefully examined the transcripts as
presented by the circuit court. From
the standpoint OF a casual observer, it
seems that most justice courts are run
solely for the purpose Of making costs,
these in some instances running so high
that 1t seems persecution instead Of
prosecution. To illustrate, we cite the
following; One Justice shows during
the term that he had scvcnty.four
cases wherein verdicts were given for
the state, and Of these ffty.nine de.
PENDANTS were fined &c and costs. We
would suggest that the prosecuting at.
torney be instructed by the court not
o prosecute any cases brought before
the justices Of the peace excepting as
provided by law-that Is, that the
prosecuting witness be required TO fur
nish bond for costs at the time Of filing
information.
The Van Buren press., 1901-01-19
Decided for Defendants,

The suit in federal court at Little
Rock of the Lesser Cotton Campany
ct al. VS.. Iron Mountain Railroad
was won by the defendant. The suit
was for sl95,OOO, which was the
amount alleged to have been paid to
the cotton company on a loss by fire
at Newport April /, 1900, when the
Union Compress was burned the
Lesser Cotton Company having u
large amount Of cotton stored there.
The plaintiffs alleged that the fire orig.
mated from spark from an engine
OF the defendant and was due TO the
negligence Of their employees. The
suit was begun January 9th and 1903
witnesses were examined.
The Van Buren press., 1901-01-19
Hanged ut Marion.

Hardy Westbrook was legally hanged
at Marion on the lith inst. About q
year and half ago the body Of West.
brooks stepdaughter was found In a
thicket near his home, the head and
face beaten TO pulp. From the fca.
lures II was impossible 10 identify the
body, but the clothing was identified.
Westbrook at first denied the crime,
but later on IA the chain OF circum.
stantial evidence fastened about him.
lie confessed his guilt. The story OF
the crime is that the girl was enticed
away from her home TO the thicket and
beaten 10 death with club. The mo.
tive sor the horrible deed WAS the up.
preaching marriage Of the stepdaugh.
ter The relation between the man
and tho girl Ind been improper and no
opposed the marriage TO the extent OF
killing her.
The Van Buren press., 1901-01-19

John Kaughn, colored, was asphyx.
lated at Little Rock while repairing
gas main. When found he was ly.
ing with his face few inches from
the pipe, from which gas was escap.
ing
The electoral college of Arkansas
met in the secretary Of states Office In
Little Rock on the 14th and selected
Hon. Joe T.Robinson, Of Lonoke, as
messenger to carry the vote to Wash
ington.
The annual meeting OF the eXecu-
tive committee Of the Arkansas State
Teachers Association will be held at
Little Rock February 8, to select time
and place for the next annual meet
ing.
A man named Bogart, while work
ing at cotton gin In Pulaski county,
met with horrible accident that
cost him his life. His right arm was
caught in the gin and pulled OF at
the shoulder.
Gen. Mcdowell, storekeeper ut
Spring Creek, in Lee county was shot
and killed by Dr. Snipes, his busi'
ness partner, II Is reported the men
quarreled over business matters,
which led to the killing,
News has been received of the
death Of T, c. Riley, which occurred
at Washington, d. c., last week.
Mr.. Riley was q clerk in the state
land department for a number Of
years, and was sent to Washington
in the interest Of the swamp lands OF
Arkansas.
Articles Of incorporation Of the
Johnson County bank have been fllod
with the secretary OF state, Tho
capital stock Is $4,000, The direc'
tors are c. u. Robinson, president A.
N. Ragan secretary and treasurer;
w. j. Basham, G, II. Langford, W.
H. West and Sam Laser.
The executive committee Of the
Arkansas Press association will meet
In Little Rock Saturday, February
2, 1901, for the purpose of arranging
for the annual meeting to be held ut
Houston, Texas, In April next with
the Texas Press association, In ac'
cordance with the resolution adopted
ut the last meeting. held In Little
Rock
The Van Buren press., 1901-01-19
AN ORIGINAL REPUBLICAN,
Death of Elijah w. Biaisdeli, One
of the Founders of the Rcpub-
can Party, at Rockford, Ill.

Chicago, Jan. 16.-A special to the
Times Herald from Rockford, H.,
says:
Elijah w. Baisdell, one of the found.
ers of the republican party and who is
said to have been the first man to pro.
pose the name of Abraham Lincoln
for the presidency, is dead.
Mr.. Blaisdell has been a resident Of
Rockford for A years and during the
time was a newspaper publisher, an
author, lawyer real estate dealer and
politician. He was born at Mont
peler, VT, in 1926. in 1853 he came
west and settled at Rockford. He
purchased the Rockford Forum
changed its name to the Republican
and began an agitation against slav-
cry. Editorially he advocated the
formation of party which should
stand against the extension of human
bondage. lie called mass meeting
of the citizens of his congressional
district and proposed a resolution
which set forth that new party
should be formed to be known as the
republican party and it was passed
without dissenting voice.
Shortly after this Mr. Blaisdell at
tended the convention at Springfield
and listened to the great anii-slavery
speech of Abraham Lincoln. The
trend of the speech led the editor to
urge Lincoln for the presidential
nomination of the republican party,
then forming.
The Van Buren press., 1901-01-19
STATEHOOD FOR OKLAHOMA.
Convention Called to Meet Mt Guth-
ric, on the 30th, to Take Action
to secure Enabling Act.

Guthrie, Okla, Jan. 16.--A state
hood convention for the purpose cf
urging upon the present congress the
immediate passage of an enabling act
providing for carly statehood, will be
held here January 80. The call was
issued yesterday by Sidney Clarke,
chairman Of the statehood executive
committee. 1t says:
"The committee believes that okla
homa should be admitted to state
hood by action of the present con-
gress, and it appeals to all classes Of
our people to unite in behalf of the
movement, which will give the benefit
of home rule and economical govern
mcnt and which promises to accelcr'
ate our career of progress
The Van Buren press., 1901-01-19
o1pDY TEXAS OIL cUsHER.
Excitement at Beaumont Over the Zig
Strike Coatinues at Fever
Heat.

beaumont, Tex, Jan. 16.-The ex'
citement here over the big oil well in'
creases with each hour. There is no
indication hat the flow of oil from
the geyser is diminishing, nor is there
any change in the character of the
fluid. Capt. Lucas, upon whose land
the well is located, is making prepara-
tions for an attempt to stop the i'm
mense flow. The town continues to
fill up, and the streets suggest great
holiday event. The lumber industry
is forgotten in the wild rush for oil
lands. The business of the district
court, in the middle of the session,
has been continued, and the court is
idle. Throngs of people fill the streets
until after midnight, and everything
Is oil. The Standard Oil Co. has
scores of representatives here. City
property without oil prospects has in
creased five fold in value. a lot near
the business center which could have
been bought last week for $1,000 now
is unpurchaseable at 100000.
George +. Craig, of the Craig Oil
Co. of Toledo, estimates the wells
oil output at from 5000 to 5000 bal
rels daily. He says the excitement
exceeds anything he ever saw The
California oil field has several repre-
sentatiyes here, and other oil centcr'
are reported The city council to-day
granted a franchise over the streets
for n gas and oil pipe line company
for the purpose of transferring oil
ap1
The Van Buren press., 1901-01-19
TOWN TALK.

More than half the area OF Washing.
ton Ia now devoted to the public use.
Alexandria, Va, where Washington
attended church, was founded In l74s
and was once n prosperous port,
IN Washington TIE numbered streets
run north and south, the let,ered
streets east and west, and the system
OF house numbering Is the simplest
and most complete OF any In the coun.
try,
In New York the board OF aldermen
has passed an ordinance declaring Il
mlsdemeanor for anyone to throw pa.
per or rubbish on the streets. Viola.
tion Of this law will be punished by a
fine OF not less than one dollar and i'm.
prisonment for not more than five
days.
A fresh impression OF the lmmenslty
Of London-the little world by Itself
10 gained from the statement that In
1900 the killed and wounded In the
London streets numbered osoi, OF
whom ao7 were killed outright. No
battle In the South African war can
show 40 large q total OF losses IA this
Hat OF casualties In the streets Of peace.
ful London.
The Van Buren press., 1901-01-19
NO SMALL GAME FOR TEDDY.
The Vice-Presidcnt-EIe Hunting
Lions In CoIOrRdO--Country
Alive with Game.

Denver, Col, Jan. l6.-A special to
the Times from Meeker, Col, says;
"Vicc-Prcsident-elcct Roosevelt has
been hunting from daylight to dark
every day since he left Mccker, and
he broughtdow magnificent wildcat
and lion in two days The first day
out from Meeker he got the wildcat
and the second day out on the trip
from COTS lodge, on the Strawberry,
to Coyote Basin, he brought down hia
first lion, The country in which he is
hunting Is literally alive with the
game he Is after, and, following the
best pack Of dogs in Colorado, there is
every indication he will have lion
for every day he Is in the country.
The Van Buren press., 1901-01-19
Gen. Lees Reception.

Gen. Fitzhugh Lee was given
royal reception by the citizens OF Lit
tie Rock on the occasion of his visit
to that city on the 10th. Gen. Lees
mission was the inspection O. Fort
Logan H. Roots. He was met at the
depot by a large delegation Of citi-
zens, federal, state, county and city
officials. From 9 to 10 o'clock an
informal reception was held at the
Capital hotel. The distinguished WIS.,
itor was then escorted to the state
house where the general assembly
had assembled jointly to receive him.
Gen. Lee delivered magnificent
and patriotic address, in which he
feelingly referred to the honor shown
him both north and south since his
return from Cuba.
The Van Buren press., 1901-01-19
DEPORTED TO GUAM ISLAND.
,rro,.nort Rosecrans Sails To-Day
with Thirty Sentenced
Filipinos.

Manila, Jan. 16.-Thirty insurgents
who had been sentenced to be dcport-
ed to the Island of Guam, were taken
on board the United States transport
Rosecrans yesterday. She will sail
to-day. The sentence of deportation
has been suspended in the case of two
priests of the party. who are charged
with collecting money for the insur-
gents, but they will be kept in con
finement. The families of the prison
ers bade them farewell on the wharf.
Nearly thirteen hundred men were ar
rested in cockpts in various towns
south of Manila Sunday, on suspicion
of being guerrillas. Most of then
were released.
The Van Buren press., 1901-01-19
DEATH OF HON. SCOTT WIKE.
Was Twice Elected 10 the IcRIslR.
ture ana Three Times to tho
United states Congress.

Barry, H., Jan. I6.-lIon. Scott
Wike, eX-congressmun from the Six
teenth district and one Of the best.
known and most prominent residents
Of western Illinois, died last evening
at his country home near this place,
Scott Wike was twice elected to the
legislature of Illinois, and served
from 1863 TO 1867 was member OF
the Forty-fourth congress; was elect
ed to the fifty-iirst congress and re-
elected to the Fifty.second congress.
The Van Buren press., 1901-01-19
TOOK A DOSE OF MORPHINE.
Attempted suicide Of w, u, Osborne,
an Octogenarian, at Kansas city.
Because Of III Health.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 16.--W. II.
Osborne, aged 10 years, who has been
in the real estate business in Kansas
City for years, was found unconscious
In his room here, He had taken u big
dose Of morphine, and In notes to rel
ativcs ut Galcsburg, H., Paincsvillc,
o., Detroit md Boston, stated he was
respondent because OF III health II
In believed he will recover. During the
boom here In 1888 he handled nearly
100000 worth OF real estate.
The Van Buren press., 1901-01-19
Mine Sold mt Auction.

Carlyle, H., Jan. IG.-Yestcrday az.
ternoon the coai nine owned by the
Germantown Coal Co. was sold at
public sale In that place. The prop
erty was bid In for $4,500,05 by Her.
man Ufman, H. l.. GrlcsbiG Herman
sqheer, William EngeI August
Wuintz, OF ST. Louis; II. Kidd, Of
Brcese; A. Il. Michels and Herman
Koch, of Germantown. The sum OF
$4,000 WIS invested. y IN the mine,
which was sunk less than three years
ago, New machinery will be installed
and other improvements made,
The Van Buren press., 1901-01-19
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Found Hanging Ia "A uNrret

Troyes, France, Jan. i0.-An army
officer and commissary of police de-
cldcd to enter the house ut Saint
suvine, of the man, Coqunrd, who'
last Friday, when pursued by thc po'
lice, shut himself In the garrct with o
quantity Of arms and ammunition
and threatened 70 kill my one who
approached. They found tho house
empty and proceeded TO the barn,
where, surrounded by soldiers VITA
loaded rifles, they forced the windows
open and nnally found the body Of
Coquard hanging In the garret
The Van Buren press., 1901-01-19
Directors Elected.

The annual meeting of the Choc-
taw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad Com
pany was held in Philadelphia last
week. when the following board OF
directors were elected: Chas. Harts-
horne, Allen H. Reed, Efingham B.
Morris Warren B. Wilbur, Sidney +.
Tyler, Edward B. Smith. VIM. n.
jerks, ,Chas. E. Ingersoll, VIM. II.
Hinklesmith. The report for the fis-
cal year ending October 81 shows
gross earnings amounting to $3,463''
sos; operating expenses Of railroads
and mines, $2,234,767; fixed charges,
s497, ,S34; surplus, s7S0,903.
The Van Buren press., 1901-01-19
BRIEF MENTION.

The Jonesboro training school was
destroyed by fire.
Plummervile is the only town be.
tween Little Rock and Van Buren, that
has saloons.
In a fight at Bonneville Ben Danath.
an stabbed Bob Mccoy In the region OF
the heart with large pocket knife.
1t is said that there is less unpicked
cotton in the fields In this state now
than ever before at this season of the
year.
The prohibitionists won the day ut
Newport, and no licensed saloons will
allowed in that town for the next
twelve months.
Hon. 7. Il. Stanley has been up.
pointed county and probate Judge of
white county, vice Hon. T. d. Patton,
resigned,
The appointment Of Hon. Jacob Tric.
Der as United States Judge for the
eastern district of Arkansas, was con.
frmed on the 10th by the senate.
The town marshal Of Ashdown pub.
lishcd notice authorizing any citizen
to arrest tramps and turn them over to
him to be worked on the public streets.
Congressman Little has introduced a
bill In the house providing an appro.
priation Of 10000 for the improvement
OF Hot Springs creek, in the city OF
Hot Springs.
A little 5'year.old daughter OF Engi.
neer Durham, Of Harrison, had her
thumb and three fingers blown off by
the explosion Of u dynamite cap which
she had found and was playing with.
Joseph and Peter Deering farmers,
were drowned In White river near
Fayetteville while trying to ford the
| stream.
Hot Springs t,lks won the $500
loving.cup offered at the territorial
and state convention Of Elks at Jop.
lin, Mo-, the prize having been offered
for the best degree team.
W. II. Ritter late cashier OF the
Greene County Bank Of paragould,
has been arrested on u charge OF for.
gerry.
II has been seventeen years since the
town Of Lonoke had a saloon.
VIII Hale, colored, who stole fine
horse from a farmer near Clarendon,
was captured at Helena.
A portion OF the business section Of
the town Of Junction City was do.
stroyed by fire on the 18th. Tho
total loss is placed at $4,000, with
only $4,000 Insurance.
The body OF man named ]. W.
0verton W as found In Il. Keith's barn.
near Nctteton covered with hay. Hc
had evidently been murdered, as his
skull had been fractured by u heavy
blow.
The city officials Of Fort Smith,
acting under instructions from Judge
s. T. Rowe, raided every gambling
establishment In the city Wednesday
and burned all the paraphernalia.
A little girl named Beruice Kim.
ball. who was kidnapped from her
home In Sherman. Tex, several weeks
ago, was found at Pine Blun. The
child was stolen by a woman who com.
pelled her to accompany u blind man
on the streets and solicit aims. Tho
woman and man deserted the child at
Pine Blur.
The Van Buren press., 1901-01-19
To Erect . Monument.

Members of the Pittsburg pa Ma
sonic lodges have decided to combine
their efforts with those of the citizens
Of Temple, N. H., and erect a monu.
ment to the memory Of Gen. James Mil
Ter, who was in the first half OF the GEN.
tury, well known army officer, a hero
of the Mexican war, and the first gov
ernor Of the state Of Arkansas.
The Van Buren press., 1901-01-19
Died OF Heart Failure.

w. w. Daugherty, a prominent
planter of Lonoke county was found
dea d in the fire place at his home In
England. One hand was partially
burned off and the body was fright
fully burned. 1t is surmised that
he was standing by the fire and died
of heart failure, the body falling into
the flames. He had been unwell for
few days, but was going about and
talked to some neighbors not over
thirty minutes before his body was
found.