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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-28
MURDERER LYNCHED
Shot Deputy Sheriff and Sang
Hymns on Way to Place of
Execution.

Wichita, Kan, May 25.-A special
to the Eagle says that Bill Campbell,
a negro, was lynched at Pond Creek,
Oklahoma, tonight, by a mob of 400
persons, who broke down the Jail door
took him to the scene of his crime and
hanged him to a telegraph pole. While
en- route to the place of execution the
negro sang Nearer My God to Thee"
and other hymns.
The crime for which Campbell was
hanged was the fatal shooting of Dep
uty Sheriff George Smith. The negro,
it appears, was using abusive Ian
guage to several boys when Bill Fish
er, a white man, interfered. A row
followed, the negro pulling two pis-
tolls. Deputy Sheriff Smith tried to
arrest him when the negro took de-
liberate aim and shot him through
the right temple. The negro then be-
gan to back away, holding the two
pistols on the crowd. He backed into
the arms of Banker Joseph Mcclellan,
who grabbed his arms and twisted
them till the pistols dropped. McClel-
Ian then dragged him to the sheriff
Office. A mob hastily formed, bat
tered the Jail door down with crow
bars and secured the prisoner. His
last words were: Ct" am going home
to glory"
At midnight Deputy Sheriff Smith
is dying. The body of the negro is
still dangling from the telegraph pole
on which he was hanged.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-28
WORKING UP ENTHUSIASM.
Chamberlain Plans Reception Of ST,
Alfred Miner.

Alfred Miner.
London, May 24.-Sir Alfred Miner
has arrived in England from South
Africa, and the country is going
through the novel experience of see.
ing a colonial governor publicly ex-
plotted in connection with a much
disputed act of ministerial policy. Mr..
Chamberlain has spared neither time
0 trouble in organizing a greeting
for the high commissioner and has
so far succeeded as to induce a mum.
Der of cabinet ministers to take the
most unusual course OF going to
Southampton to welcome the home
coming of the executive. Mr.. Cham.
berlain has also decided to give an
DESTINATIONS luncheon to Sir Alfred
Miner to which, however, a number
of leading liberals have declined in.
vitations
Miners visit has been trumpeted
through the ministerial organs as a
fitting occasion for a great popular
demonstration in favor o. the Miner.
Chamberlain war policy, but public
enthusiasm is lacking Sir Alfred Mil
ner when he arrived at Southampton
today, was formally welcomed by the
mayor and corporation
In a brief reply, the high commits
sioner said he mad been greatly bene.
fitted by his voyage He had come
home for rest and not t o make speech.
es He proceeded to London
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-28

Der of German troops that will be
left in China, but it is hoped at the
state department that the German
government will follow our own ex-
ample and withdraw all but a legation
guard. The United States force will
remain in command of a major and
he will not be permitted to assume
command of the international forces
even if so invited. This subject was
discussed for an hour this afternoon
by Secretary Root and Acting Secre-
tary of State Hill.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-28
ATTEMPT TO BEAT INSURANCE
COMPANIES.
UNDER INDICTMENT
Policies Aggregate $4,000 and
Were Issued by Many
Companies.

Chicago, May 25.-One of the great
est c~onspiracies to defraud insurance
companies ever recorded was dis
closed in the Defenbach case today.
Not $40 0O, as the indictments
charged, but $4,000 were the stakes
being played for according to the
prosecution. A ruling by Judge Tuley
united the hands of the public prose-
cutors and the already celebrated
trial now takes on added interest and
greater Importance.
The order Of the court permitting
statement of Marie A. Defenbach,
charged with being a co-conspirator,
and o dead, to be admitted in evil
dence, gives the state much desired
leeway, said Assistant States Attor-
ney Olsen. 1--WE will show that other
companies were to be defrauded. The
evidence is in our possession and the
jury and court will hear it ALL"
The following are the companies
and fraternal societies in question:
Equitable Life Insurance company,
Mutual Life Insurance company, Sc
curity Life & Trust company; Pruden-
tial Life Insurance company, Metro
politan Life Insurance company, New
York Life Insurance company, Inde-
pendent Order of ~Forresters; Cana
dian branch; knights and Ladies Of
Honor, the policies aggregating $67,-
900.
The insurance obtained upon the
life of Mary E. A. Defenbach, de-
ceased, upon which were based the in
dictments returned charging %conspira-
cy to defraud, naming DR.. August M.
Unger, Francis Wayland Brown, Frank
H. Smiley and Marie A. Defenbach
as defendants, are as follows: Inde-
pendent Order of Foresters, Canadian
Branch, $4,000; New York Life Insur-
ance company, $4,000; Knights and
Ladies of Honor, $4,000; total, $12, 900.
The mysterious prescriptions, the
handiwork of DR.. Unger, which Miss
Defenbach had compounded for her.
self, are now in the laboratory of a
we'll known chemist who will tomor-
row mix the chemicals according to
formulas of the prescriptions, SO as
to ascertain whether the drugs called
for contain Understanding properties
in sufficient quantities to cause death.
An illustration of the ann in which
at least two of the conspirators under
indictment handled themselves is
shown by the fact that the druggist
who filled the prescriptions at a din
ner given by Miss Defenbach was
induced to return the originals to her.
The apothecary merely kept copies.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-28
FORCED EMPRESS CLOSETS
Despite Protests Called on Sol
der Who Used His Bayonet
as Pry.

New York, May PA dispatch
from Pekin says that the last general
meeting of the diplomatic corps was
the scene of a more acute phase of
the controversy over looting.
The question was raised by diplo-
mats friendly to Lady Mcdonald, who
thinks a great injustice was done her
by the supposed reference to her in
one of General Chaffee's letters upon
the subject Of looting. The ministers
Of two European countries rose sue
cessively and made statements as to
Lady McDonald's behavior on the day
OF the first visit of the allies to the
forbidden city, which were practically
identical. They were with her through
out the day and declared that she
left the palace without any plumber,
except a yellow rose plucked in the
empress garden.
But" they said, 1--WE did, however,
witness n scene of looting which
together with Lady Mcdonald, we
tried, but u"nsuccessfully to prevent.
In the palace we met the wife of an
American, accompanied by an Ameri-
can curio dealer. We suggested that
the reception was exclusively for the
members of the diplomatic corps, but
she persisted in taking the curio deal
whose expert opinion she wanted
upon some of the empress ornaments.
Reaching the pavilion, the curio
dealer said: Here, l am informed,
the most valuable porcelain is con
cealed.'
in spite Of the protests of Lady
Mcdonald and ourselves, the wife
of the American tried to open the cup
boards. Finally she called an Ameri-
can soldier, VINO pried the cupboard
open with his bayonet, ~whereupon, not
being able to assist at the scene we
could not prevent, we withdrew"
The American representative at the
meeting made no reply.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-28
Distribution PREVAILS.
Mayor Of FlooG5Stricken Elizabeth
town Asks for Aid,

Mayor OF FIoocSStrIcken Elizabeth
town Asks for Aid.
Knoxville, Tenn, May 25.-Destitu-
ton prevails among many families at
Elizabethtown, the flood-stricken town.
Mayor Miller has appealed through tbs
Associated Press for aid.
Congressman w. P. Brownlow has
made a request for 1000 tents and
blankets from the war department at
Washington. He has secured the i'm
mediate shipment of enough to ac-
commodate SO families. Donations
have been received from towns Of up
per east Tennessee, as we'll as Knox
vile, which is helping in a small way
to relieve the distress. The Southern
railway offers to ship free of charge
all supplies contributed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-28
GRANTED FULL PARDON BY
PRESIDENT.
,OBEYs ORDER OF COURT
Turns Over Disputed Gold Dust to
Defendants and Purges
Himself.

Washington, May 25.-The presi-
dent has pardoned Alexander McKen-
zie, now confined in Jail at Oakland,
Cal, for contempt Of the circuit court
of appeals for the Ninth circuit.
Yesterday the attorney general
made the following report to the
president by wire:
Have delayed report in Mckenzie
case to make personal investigation
as to wherein he is still in default
and in order that the efforts of your
act of clemency, should you be so dis
posed, might not be defeated by 0 n
tentions as to the fact of compliance
by Mckenzie with the courts orders.
The court advises me that two sep
arate things are to be decided. l now
therefore recommend, in lieu of pre-
vious reports prepared by me, that in
view of McKenzie's ill health and the
recommendation by the court whose
writs he disobeyed that his sentence
be committed, so that he may be re-
leased when the contempt is purged
by full compliance with the writs of
s~upersedeas issued by the United
States circuit court of appeals of the
Ninth circuit. If you will telegraph
me your decision l will direct release
when court advises me of compliance"
Last night the following telegram
was received from Judge Morrow:
mckenzie has this day fully COM
piled with the orders of the circuit
court Of appeals by turning over to
the defendants the remaining prop
erty which came into his hands as
receiver in the cases in which he
stands committed for contempt"
The attorney general thereupon sent
an additional telegram to President
Mckinley advising the quick and n
conditional pardon of Mckenzie. On
receipt of the presidents telegram,
notifying him that the pardon had
been granted, the attorney general,
by wire, instructed the jailer at Oak
land to Immediately release the pris-
Oner.
Mckenzie, who had been appoint
ed receiver of a number of gold mines
in Alaska, by Judge Noyes, of the
district court Of Alaska, refused to
turn over certain gold dust, the prop
erty of the mines, when ordered to do
so by the circuit court of appeals at
San Francisco. He previously, by or
der of the court, had returned to the
defendants all the property which
had come into his possession, except
this gold dust. For his failure to turn
ove this latter he was imprisoned
for contempt of court.
Mckenzie claimed that he was fol-
lowing the advice of his counsel. The
amount involved was over 100000.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-28
HE FOLLOWED ADVICE.
Mckenzie Gives Testimony Against
Dubose and Others.

Oakland, Cal, May 25.-Taking
the deposition of Alexander Mckenzie
in the suits against Judge Moves and
Attorneys Dudley Dubose and Thorn
as J. Geary was proceeded with at
the Alameda county jail today, not
withstanding his precarious condition.
Mckenzie testified that he had act
ed upon the advice of Attorney Geary
when he declined to turn over the
moneys collected as receiver at Nome,
as ordered by the circuit court and
for which he was sentenced to a years
Imprisonment for contempt of court.
Mckenzie is not able to be moved
today.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-28
win Withdraw waldersee.

Washington, May 25.-The state de-
partment has been advised that the
German government regards the pres
ent time as opportune for the with
drawal Of Field Marshal Won Valdez
see, commander Of the International
forces in China. Nothing is stated
as to the exact date for the return
OF the field marshal nor as to the mum.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-28
THIS is FINAL
Foreign Ministers Fix Indemnity Chi
ma ,.tusf Paw

Foreign Ministers Fix Indemnity Chi
ma ,Lust Pay
Berlin, May Pat is economically
asserted that the resolution by the
ministers of the powers in Pekin not
to reduce the Chinese indemnity be-
low $50, 0O0,0 900 taels is final, and also
that China accepts this, thus render
ing an approximate reimbursement of
the expe~..ionary expenses of the
powers certain.
The Berlin comic paper, Ulk, shows
Count von Waldersee ready to depart
from China standing before three
empty trunks labeled Victories"
Acquisitions and "Indemnities," and
asking: rs it worth while taking
them along?"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-28
Will REDUCE FORCE
Emperor William Orders German
Command in China
Broken Up.

Berlin, May 25.-At the instance of
Count Won Buelow. imperial chancel-
lor, Emperor William has ordered that
the German command in China be
broken up and that preparations be
made to reduce Germany's forces
there.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-28

St. Johns Cough Cure wiz ges cure
cough. Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-28

ACKER'S DYSPEPSIA TABLETS
Are sold on a positive guarantee. Cures
heartburn, raising Of the food, distress
after eating or any form Of dyspepsia.
One little tablet gives immediate relief.
D cts. and so cts, For sale by Chapple
Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-28
For Female Complaints

and diseases arising rrom an impure
state Of the blood Lichty's Celery
Nerve Compound is an invaluable spe-
cifc. Sold by Holmes & Calhoun.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-08
QUEER WILLS OF THE RICH.
some wealthy Men Have Made Many
Extraordinary Requests.
From the Chicago Chronicle.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
1t does not necessarily follow that
because a man has been shrewd enough
to amass a great fortune he is wise
enough to dispose of IT. in a sensible
manner The records of the probate
courts show that requests fraught with
onerous. even impossible. conditions
are not uncommon. 1t is as though the
testator. resenting the scramble for his
property which he foresees will follow
his death, desires to make the lot Of
his heirs as hard as possible.
Within the last few months there
have been several of these eccentric
wills. A brother left his sister $4,000
under the express condition that she
should neither marry nor become a
nun. In default OF carrying out the
stipula lions the money is to be dis
tributed among the other relatives.
Very different toward marriage was
the attitude of a wealthy Italian who
died recently. To each of his tree
daughters he left $500 year II they re-
manned single and FIVE times as much.
$500 yearly, If they married.
A member of the English parliament
just deceased bequeathed to his two
daughters his entire estate $4,000,
with the provision that they can only
inherit If they attain the age of 35
without wedding either a Hebrew or a
citizen Of the United States.
A curious evidence of the foresight
OF Benjamin Franklin is furnished by
one OF the items IN his will, A small
sum of money, was left with the provi-
so that II should not be used until the
twentieth century, and that meanwhile
the accommodating interest should be
added 10 the principal.
The gift has now become available
with the result that the trustees Of
the Franklin fund have TO their dis
posal $375.0o0. which will be used to
erect a Franklin institute in Franklin
square, Boston.
More singular even than any Of these
odd requests was the obligation that
Lord Butte imposed on his heirs. As he
ley dying he expressed the wish that
HIS heart should be taken 20 the holy
land and buried there. adding that un-
less this was done his relatives would
never rest happy IN possession OF his
estate. So strong was this appeal that
the order was carried out TO the letter
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-08

There is also a vacancy TO MI in the
Committee on Pacific Railroads. Its
chairman for the last six years. Judge
Powers, failed 70 return TO the Cap
itol. William 3. Shattuc of Cincln-
natl is regarded as his legitimate sue.
cessor. He was for thirty years a
railroad man. and he ought to be thor
oughly qualified. The contrast between
the two men Is very striking. The
Vermonter IL as grave and sedate as
a horned owl, while the Buckeye lie
as pert and clipper as a starting.
Shattuc has served only four years In
the House, but IN that time he has
had more than the usual percentage OF
enjoyment A good talker and OF fine
presence. his geniality makes him uns
usually popular among his fellows. IA
the war for the Union he was an OIL
Ger in the army OF the frontier. and
he is now only a little over 60 years
old. In the last session he was chair
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-08
by FAVOR OF SPEAKER
CHOICE COMMITTEE PLACES ARE
IN URGENT DEMAND.
CUMMINGS ON THE VACANCIES

How Carlisle and Reed Both Broke
/ the Rule of Seniority of Service in
Filling Important Chairmanships'
william Jennings Bryan's Lucky
Assignment TO ways and Means
When He First Came to Congress.
weaving the Legislative Net.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-08

The King Of Italys cousin, Prince
Louis. Duke of Abruzzi. who has
achieved fame as an Arctic explorer
and who holds the record OF "furthest
ro~tN " besides having been the hrst
to make the ascent of Mount st. Elias.
will be much IN the United states dur
IT, the fell and coming winter. He has
Just been appointed second in com.
mand OF the Italian cruiser Giovanni
Bausan. which is shortly expected IN
American waters.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-08

California was credited with 1000
900 barrels Of petroleum last year. and
several authorities estimate the pro-
duet Of 1901 at 1000 900 or 7,50o,Oo bar
rels. But w. ]. Young tells the En-
gineer's and Mining Journal that. IN
his opinion. even the latter figures are
much too low II this development
continues long. not merely Texas. but
Pennsylvania and West Virginia also,
will be In danger OF an eclipse.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-08

There is a man IN Boston WHO when
awake is the soul of honor and prob
ity. and who has a consideration for
the rights OF others tina: Is almost alb
normal. And yet in his dreams his
whole nature is apparently changed.
and his chief diversion is the want III
destruction of property Nothing at
fords him so much satisfaction as to
enter an apoth"cary shoD and without
the slightest provocation and from pure
righteousness destroy with his cane
the showcases. glass jars and bottles.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-08

The trouble in Wall street Just now
is that there are bears and bulls but
no lambs. The bears put stocks down.
but failed to make the lambs sell. The
bulls put them up, but there is no rush
of outsiders to buy. The result is that
the situation to-day remains just about
what it was three weeks ago. when
the bulls were advancing stocks only
to send them off at every attempt to
take profits, and the bears were I'M
able to cover their sales without ad-
vancing the price on themselves. The
event of the last two weeks has been
the decline in copper. Up to the be-
ginning of that movement 1t looked as
II the market might be generally adj
vanced by the method adopted, that
of putting the price OF stocks by
groups. II had not succeeded and
the crash in copper ended all hope for
a while. And with good cause. since
a thoroughly bad state of affairs in the
copper industry is the justification If
not the cause OF the decline. The i'm
mediate cause is said to be an attack
by an enemy of the Amalgamated
Copper Co, who went cunning for a
certain long interest" Duane.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-08
A DREAM OF
HAPPINESS
That May Yet be Realized by
Blood Poison Sufferers.

the hope of every to day establish home Of
his the companonshp loving wife
and bright happy children and times the quiet and secluon
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domestic happiness he fancy peaceful and contend little
family circle which the and worries of the outside world
allowed enter and where love the only law.
Poverty keeps many from marriage but their number small
mighty host of unortunaes who victims of that
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-08
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The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-08

trict teens with fake investment COM
panies. That anyone should be be-
fooled by them seems almost impos-
sible. as their methods are as crude as
those Of the knights of the walnut
shell. and the pea at the country fair;
nevertheless they reap a fat harvest
The career OF the latest Of these con-
Germs 70 come into the grip Of the law
IL typical Of all the rest in its main
features Two young men named Dill
lon and Barrett seem 10 have been the
nucleus out OF which no less than thir-
teen firms grew, each appearing as
soon as its predecessor found Il ex-
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-08

pedient to drop out of public view.
The partners would hire an Office, send
out specious and alluring circulars,
alleging that they had inside inform
alton on the stock market and could
guarantee big profits to their clients,
and wait for suckers" They never had
to wait long. From Bangor. Me-. to San
Jose, Cal, the easy money come pour
ing in. The firm simply absorbed it,
When inquiries from disappointed Gin
vestors' become too pressing. the
precious pair changed their firm name
and address and sent out a brand new
batch of sucker catcher circulars from
the new quarters. 1t is estimated that
they took in about 81 800 a month in
this way. Up to this point there is
nothing original about their procedures;
il has been done for years. But one
of them seems to have had a spice of
humorous ingenuity in his make up
for he conceived the beautiful idea of
becoming a private detective agency,
and sending circulars to all the dupes
offering to trace up any losses they
may have suffered through bogus fin
ancial concerns, for small per cent
age of what might be recovered. Many
of the victims responded. The detect
i've agency" directed them TO forward
all proofs. This was done. All that
remained for the Swindlers was to burn
the proofs and their record was clear,
so far as those particular cases went.
Other dupes, however. sent their COM
plants to the police, and, after a glor-
ious career of nearly two years. the
game is stopped. But though under
arrest, the men are not yet convicted,
and past records show that it is ex-
tremely difficult to get satisfactory ev-
idence in such cases. The organizer
of the biggest out-and-out swindling
concern that Wall street has ever
known is still at liberty though it is
more than two years since the author
tiles rounded up the whole firm. An
occasional arrest does not stop the
other bilkers. The returns are too
great and the risk too small. There
are undoubtedly to-day fifty firms in
and about Wall street which do an all
legged investment business on basis
of pure fake.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-08

man of the Committee on Immigra-
ton and NaturaliZa ton. Possibly. but
not probably, he would prefer the old
place to the new.