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pOrUcnCc private.
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'bcipre J commenced TO use your medicine I
was ~ bad condition tor eight wears and
ionf doctors treated me-" writes Mrs Ietti,.
AsEew, OF GaTysbufg, northampton Co. y. c
Ihcy. OF course, gave me AT the time some re-
net nut u di' not last long. ] was some days
III my bcd an some days dragged about the
m"iNs. ! have used five bottles OF DR. Pierce's
fa'1fntt Prescription and five Of the Golden
aIc"iS!i Dlsc"vCrN' and four vials Of the Pei.
let's Now ircl like a new woman and want
the world TO know it,
The action of the "Favoritc Prescrip-
ton " IS assisted by the Use OF Pleasant
Pellets when the bowels are irregular.
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Volume 35.
Report " Rev. Sir. MlrehcrI.

DEAR FRIESDs:-Aho bout yea- ago
two subscription pap"rs were made
ont as FLOWS:
"W" PROMISE to Eav toward The
furnishing and improvement Of the
Prc-by terinn manse the sums set up.
positc ohr names"
These were circulated by Miss Liz
Zic Hough. Attorney Harrington and
myself. The people Of Elko respond.
cd as the: are accustomed Ia do. not
few saying. ~Cume again il YOU
need more My thnnght was this:
To move my furniture. would be to
bring 1t i'll wagon, / mics down the
mountain To the narrow gauge rail
road at the mouth of the long iunuel:
then load and snip il to San jose ,o
the .broad gauge: theu to Sacramento
ar San Frnncisro. and, il NOT ear.
load, r"ship to Elko. This could
not Afford to do III addition To BRING
ing nay family.
Ihe sub-cription then was designed
10 put into the Mnse wha; tie family
would need Tor housekeeping; al-o
an additional sleeping room and what
else would bc needed. Then, too.
! knew that III Go.ug away the church
could much moro easily secure the
minister they might want. ns my sue
ccssor. II they could offer him II
house furnished throughout.
AN sure NY friuuds would have
helped me to the cud OF the enter.
prise, had GsIird them. but then
came the almost fatal Illness Of my
daughter, VINO has nOH been un lcr
the. Dr.'s care tor 10 month, involv.
iug great anxiety a"d ii large bill to
'urgeop, ply sIclmn and ho-pIta. SO
dropped the Manse work fnr the
time. Also two other cntcrprIscs
came before the people. both Of
which they have put upon proper
financial basis.
Now, ns this was in every way my
own enterprise, the church il under
no obligations Ia buy from me tGr
furniture have put into the Mun-c
over aud above what Iii paid for by
the sub Cription. Whnt iinyc re-.
ceived from collectors aud rubscrib.
crs is IA Gust fund nLd | owe them u
statement as To what has been
done. | lavc asked Mrs. ]. Wright,
Mr.. j. y. Mcbride an Mr.. \. ".
llcssuu To audit this account and to
report on other public money havr
use III trust. I respectfully give
yOu their report:
ELKn. New. March |. 1901.
To the Subscribers tO he Presbyterian
MdnSe Furnishing umd HmprOrc.
mcHt FUTd:
LADIES AND GFSTLEMr:i:-
At the rcqucst Of Rev. j. \. Mitch.
ell we have made Il careful cxuminn
hon Oi his accounts md bcliuve the m
tn bc carefully and accurately kept.
Tho Ruhscriutiun li4t shows
TINT he received III money .S2i9 50
In matcriul and work ....... 20 90
TorAL... s2Gg 81
The sub-crIp;inn list shows $ll.CO
not yet collected.
Tho fpIlp,ylup la "A LIST az hill, ,,;I
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Thus tho account shows that Mr..
Mitchell has paid out III the settle.
mcnt of above accounts sl7j 02 from
his own mems.
We nlsO lind that in March. 1899.
Mr.. Mitchell collected for the pur.
pose Of relieving the distccss Of the
family ~ Wm. pipgott, ns shown 10y
subscription list, s35 30.
lIIs vouchers show thut this
amount waa disburscd M folio "a;
TO .. g. Shirley for meals
sent the family ............s @ 90
70 a. j. Pullman on account Of
undertaken ................. 30 30
-
S3j 30
Respectfully submitted.
MRs.J j. WmGIfT.
j a. MGIiRIDE,
A. ". liEssON.
Auditing Committee.
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Like bad dollars. all countcrfeits OF
DcWitts Witch Hazel Salve aro
worthless The origiual quickly cures
piles, sores and all eain diseases.
Elko Drug Company.
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FRIDAY. MARCH !.
ASSEMBLY MoRyrYC.

Speaker Van Duzcr called the IA.
sembly to order.
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The smb-crIpInn list shows $ll.CO
not yet collected.
Tho followng. in II list Of bills pail
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PARRY WORKERS.

j. ANTHONY MITCHELL.
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10inina Room is open until II p. ,r.;
Fresh Oysters served in eVerYsstYle.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-21

other. proof Of the tact and skill of
the principals.
Bryan says he is not affiliated with
the new party, but the organizers say
he expressed his sympathy with their
endeavors and while not pretending
that he is fully committed to its sup
port, they gave broad hints that
stranger things had come to pass
than to see the sage of Lincoln an
nounce himself as the champion and
defender of the polyglot political mon
ster nov before the people of the
country. AS Mr.. Bryan has shown a
marked weakness for championing
just such hybrid institutions as the
n it is intended to try IN the peo-
pie of Missouri first before trying it
on the people of the nation it would,
indeed, be a strange occurrence yer
he not to be found later on where
M%erriwether, Foster, ct al, limited he
would be found.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-21

Notwithstanding the efforts Of Ger
tain gentlemen to keep him occupied
in court and the promise of further
occupation in the same direction on
the part of the federal government,
unless q certain Helena newspaper
correspondent has been badly misin-
formed or wilfully prevaricated, SEN
ator Clark still finds time enough to
indulge in the new pastime of auto
MODELLING. What is more, he says he
is going to own one Of the machines
himself and it is to be q peach, the
combined creation of an American
and a French inventor, one that will
reel of anywhere from fifty to seven
ty miles an hour. In the meantime
he is devoting considerable time to
the construction Of his new railroad
and the palace he is building in New
York. Added to this will soon be his
duties of senator from Montana with
the prospect, probably dim, however,
Of defending his claim to that posi-
ton a second time. Taking it all
around, the senator is what might be
termed a decidedly busy a
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-21
I'VE SUICIDE CURE.

Your average Kansan may at all
times be relied upon to do something
that no one else has ever thought OF
doing before. Down in the Sunfower
State is a little town the residents
of which have lately manifested a
genuine mania for committing sui
eide. What the reason is for the sud
den desire Of the people to quit this
earthly sphere has not been made
clear, but the fact remains that they
have been killing themselves at a rate
which seriously threatens to deprive
the place of it's population. The
mayor Of the town, a type of the
men who have made the state famous,
has come to the conclusion that be-
cause of the artistic ann in which
the local newspapers have been writ
ing up the accounts of the numerous
suicides, q desire to have their names
conspicuously displayed in prominent
places in those publications has taken
possession of the citizens. Acting
on this theory he has issued a procla-
nation, which by the way is the Sec
ond one. Of the same sort, forbidding
the newspapers from publishing the
details of any suicide that may be
committed after the date of the proc
lamation. He thinks that suppress
sion Of this class Of news will have
a wholesome effect on the remaining
citizens of the place and that suicide
as one of the leading industries of
the town will speedily cease.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-21

The pastime of holding .pro-Boer
meetings in London does not seem to
hold out great inducements to those
in search of quiet fun and recreation.
Whatever the ideas Of the Labouch-
eres, James Keir Hardies and. others
feminist the government may be
concerning the war in South Africa,
they certainly r not shared by the
entire populace of the city. Holding
meetings Of protest under the pro-
lection Of gangs Of .'stalwarts" arm
ed with clubs and the implement
known as "knuckle-dusters" may be
exciting and exhiliarting to those
who like such things, but it is not
calculated to encourage much Of a
following.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-21

The Benton River Press is of the
opinion that a mean advantage is be-
ing taken by some people Of the
bounty laws inability to answer back.
The Press thinks the law is just what
is needed and says II an unusually
large number of wolf and coyote
scalps have been presented it is only
evidence OF the increased industry
and diligence Of the gentlemen engag-
ed in the exciting occupation Of
gathering them. AS viewed by the
Press, paying five dollars for the skin
of a wolf is better business than to
feed the same animal on mutton,
veal and beef until nature shall exact
it's dues and the wolf dies a natural
death.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-21
DowiE LOSING FAITH.

Notwithstanding that he claims to
be in direct communication with the
creator and that he is the prophet
Elijah reincarnated, Dowie is mani
Testing remarkable worldly fear and
personal cowardice concerning the de-
signs he alleges certain physicians Of
Chicago have against him. He is
calling on the faithful of Zion to pro-
tect him against the plots Of the
wicked, who he says have conspired
to place him in a lunatic asylum, but
first pounding him owe the head so
as to make him really insane. 1t
would seem that a man possessing the
powers he claims to have and enjoy
ing the close and intimate personal
relations with the deity that Dowie
says are given to him to enjoy would
not care to invoke any aid or q s
| sistance from sources lower than
those of heaven itself and scorn what
ever help he might obtain from crea-
lures OF this lower sphere. II he
really feels himself in danger Dowie
has reached the conclusion that he
has lost caste with the powers above
or else does not crave to share the
fate that the bible says was that Of
some of the prophets of old. He
should remain brave and trust that
when the supreme moment arrives
another automobile Of. the celestial
kind will be standing in front Of his
door ready to take him to the region
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-21
FOR COMPLETE CHANGE.
Southern Pacific Will Reorganize its
Operating Department.

Salt Lake, June 2O-The Tribune
says that announcements will be is.
sued from Southern Pacific headquar-
tiers this week stating that e. II. Fitz-
hugh will be general manager and J.
A. Herbert general superintendent Of
that system. At present Fourth Vice
President Kruttschmitt is in charge of
the operating department Of the whole
Southern Pacific system. There are
assistants and division superinten-
dents, but no general superintendent
and the new appointments. the Tri-
bune says, will q complete
change in the operating department
of the whole system.
Fitzhugh was formerly general
manager of the Central Vermont rail
road. Herbert comes from st. Louis.
where he was general superintendent
Of the Iron Mountain system.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-21

for it to go with the start In that
rection it has already acquired.
But it promises to be a queer mess
those Missourians are preparing to
offer to the people as a new political
party. Merriwether az q pronounced
and fanatical advocate Of public own
ership of about everything needed
for human comfort and pleasure, ex-
cept the which he expects
to derive from his patriotic endeavors
to save the country; the free silver
republicans, although badly degener-
ated. with still enough Of the effects
of early training adhering to their
mental and moral makeups to cause
them to oppose the chimerical and
%senseless schemes and plans Of Mer-
riwether, and the %populists at outs
with both on almost every PROPOSE
ton, save possibly the free and un-
limited coinage" phantasy, form a
combination from which the nation
has every reason to expect some.
thing original, unique, startling and
bizarre in the way Of q new politi-
cal party. just how Bryan expects
to At himself into the opening promis.
ed is not exactly clear, but he may
be depended upon to adjust himself
to the opportunity and declare that
the thing is exactly to his liking and
that the contingency at which he hint
ed when he made his statement Of
%abdication has arisen, only a little
sooner than he anticipated. It is true
that he is not declared as committed
to the new party" but the fact that
1t is %guardedly admitted that he is
in sympathy with the movement may
be accepted as q forerunner of the
announcement to come later that he
is not only in sympathy with 1t, but
that he intends to support it to The
utmost of his strength and endeavor,
Running for president has become a
fixed habit with Mr.. Bryan, the same
as the use of tobacco or liquor has be-
come q habit with others, and he finds
himself unable to overcome it. Be.
coming more convinced, much as he
may dislike it, that he need not again
look to the democratic party for a
nomination, he is preparing himself
to accept whatever the gods may
have it in their minds to bestow upon
him and he will yield to force OF
habit and head the new party" in
1904, if it survives that long; if not
he will have to look elsYhere; but
run for president he will on some old
ticket.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-21

/. Some Of the devotees Of the drug
in other parts of the country will be
writing to the Denver man who says
the government is preparing to buy
the railroads of the country to give
them the address of the place at
which he smoked when he was at
New York the last time. The effects
it seems to have had on his mind and
Imagination are different than those
usually produced by the ordinary
brand.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-21

For q war that was ended months
ago, when Lord Roberts returned to
England, and for q people that have
been repeatedly wiped out Of exist
ence by Butler and scores Of other
generals, all according to the reports
of the war Office, the little entertain
ment down in South Africa continues
to be mighty interesting and the
Beers show wonderful powers Of re-
cuperation, SO wonderful, in fact, as
to suggest the ability to become rein
carnated. The war Office has time
without number shown that the only
burghers remaining in the Transvaal
are dead ones, the others having been
sent to prisons In various parts Of the
British possessions, and the reinforce
ments asked for by Kitchener were
reasonably supposed to be only for
the purpose OF burying the dead. Yet
in spite Of this strange and unnatural
condition of affairs British camps
continue to be surprised and British
cannons are captured and more rein
forcements will in all probability be
demanded. There is something un-
canny and unreal about all this South
Afican business that appeals to the
mystic In nature and causes q creepy
sensation to manifest itself every
time the thing is mentioned. Why
don't those Beers remain dead like re-
spectacle corpses should do, and why
do they insist upon coming out Of
their graves and upsetting all pre-
cedent and tradition.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-21
PROTEST is FILED.

When the state board of pardons
meets to consider the case of Little
W%hirlwind, the Cheyenne Indian ZEN
fenced from Custer county for the
murder Of John Hoover, a sheep herd
er, it will find itself confronted by
at least one very vigorous protest.
Captain Joseph T. Brown, residing at
Birney, Rosebud county, formerly a
part Of Custer, has filed objection to
the proposed bestowal Of clemency.
The captain is familiar with the cir
cumstances of the murder and says
plainly and emphatically that the In
dian is not entitled to any consider
alton such as is proposed to give him.
In fact, he says It would be an out
rage to pardon the prisoner, as he,
as we'll as the two others arrested
with him had a part in the commits
sion Of the crime. He says they muir
dered the white man because he
caught them in the act Of cutting up q
steer they had stolen and killed and
yer afraid that he would expose
them. To save themselves they kill
ed him. In support of his contention
that Little Whirlwind was one Of the
murderers Captain Brown lays great
stress upon the fact that three bullet
holes were found in the body and that
the other Indian, now dead, accurate
ly described everything in connection
with the killing. Hoover was a
hunchback and physically incapable
of protecting himself and an entirely
inoffensive man, facts that went to
make the crime all the more revolt.
ing and intended to incense the set.
tiers of that locality all the more.
It is noticeable that in connection
with the protest of Captain Brown the
majority of the people of the county
in which the Indian was tried and
convicted are of the opinion that he
received no more than his deserts
as they are satisfied of his guilt, al
though they may have made no for
NAL protest against the pardon. When
the Indian was tried a long time had
elapsed since the actual cimmission
of the murder and the public mind
was not infiamed against the Indian
and the community was not preju
diced, as the Indian Rights associa
ton and others working for the par
don claim was the case. The chances
are that Little Whirlwind will be par
doned, despite the protest of Captain
Brown, but it will not lessen the be
lief of the people of Custer and Rose
bud counties that a great injustice
has been done and that he shoult
have been compelled to remain unit
the expiration Of his sentence.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-21

Evidently something stronger than
Fish creek or Big Hole water was
flowing at Butte last Wednesday. No
fewer than three accounts of an Inn
portant social function were sent out
by the correspondent of the Associat-
ed Press and each was a duplicate of
the other. Perhaps it was the Inn
portance of the occasion that caused
him for once to lose his mind and be-
come ratified" But he should be
more careful in the future.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-21


Some of those who have read the
dispatch giving the details Of the
whipping Of a white man by an
Arkansas mob because his wife con-
fessed that both he and she swore
falsely when they accused q negro Of
having assaulted her, may be cruel
enough to think the whipping was ad-
m~inistered because the opportunity
to see q negro hanged was denied
the members Of the mob. As long as
the suspicion Is not corroborated by
evidence, however, the old rule in
law should be applied and the bene-
at Of the doubt given to the mob. :.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-21
eRvAN's NEW OPPORTUNITY.

Judging from events which had
their beginning at Kansas City, last
Tuesday, William Jennings Bryan
must have had his ear close to the
ground when he penned his formal
announcement of withdrawal from the
field of possible presidential candi-
dates. It will be remembered that
in his letter, O statement, he said
he would again become a can
didate, unless conditions changed and
the birth of new principles made it
imperative, a double contingency he
did not then anticipate as likely to
arise. These r not given as his
exact words, but they give the pur-
port and substance Of his statement.
Seemingly in the interesting event at
which Lee M~erriwether acted as
chief accoucher the very contingency
has arisenfor which MI. Bryan made
allowances and provisions when he
declared that only under certain cir
cumstances could he be persuaded to
again offer himself as a victim for
popular slaughter.
While at this writing the policy and
principles which the new third party
is to enunciate and adopt as its bid
for support have not been formally
promulgated, the ensemble at Kan
sas City and the ideas and political
beliefs entertained by the gentlemen
composing the conclave are well
enough known. in q general way, tc
enable almost any m to make 9
fairly accurate guess as to what they
will be. The existing parties will BIZ
denounced In fiambuoyant and son
orous sentences and the usual appea
to passions and prejudice will b.
made, while the people will be sol
EMMY infomed that unless they rally
around the Merriwethers, Cooks
Fosters and the others who are anx
ious to lead them the country will g
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-21
STRENGTHENING THE RECORD.

Congressman urosvernor a seen
At to write a communication to a
Washington newspaper in which he
states that a very important portion
Of his famous third term interview
was omitted, and which, had it been
printed, would have put an entire
" different construction upon his
views, as published. He admits that
he said there is no time in our his
tory when conditions would SO justify
a third term as in the case of Nc
Kinley." The omitted part is as fol-
lows: THE child is not born who
will ever live to see q candidate for
the presidency nominated Tor a third
term. Mr.. Mckinley, In my opinion,
would refuse to consider the subject.
He would not tarnish the glory of
his two terms by a struggle for a
third"
Mr.. Grosvernor Is Of the opinion
that if the omitted paragraph had
been inserted along with the other
portions the severity of the .'rebuke"
announced from Washington would
have been modified to a considerable
degree and that Senator Depew
would have been compelled to carry
the whole load, as he was the first
one to speak of q third term, while
Grosvernor came In with q qualified
second to the original motion. In
speaking of this the Ohioan becomes
somewhat sarcastic and expresses
his delight at having been able to
divide the force of the blow with the
distinguished New Yorker and re-
grets that the truth of history now
compels him to stand from under and
compel him to bear the full and awful
responsibility.
Anxious to do the right thing by
the dead, G~rosvernor also explains
his aLusion to Washington and the
first presidents position relative to
a third term. He denies that he at
tackled the fair name or fame Of
| Washington and says he merely said
that Washington had never made any
speech or written any opinion against
the third term idea as such.
With McKinley's unqualified re-
fusal to permit his name to be men,
toned in connection with a third
term and his emphatic disavowal of
any ambition or desire in that di-
rection, now that Mr.. Grosvernor has
corrected the record, it may be taken
for granted that the entire matter
is to be considered as a "closed in.
cident," unless Senator Depew thinks
he has an explanation coming on the
score of having been Incorrectly
quoted by the interviewer. But even
in this event Mr.. Mckinley should not
be made a party to the issue. He is
out of it for good and all time, and
by his own election.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-21
Estray Notice.

strayed from Calf Greek, Mont,
one brown gelding branded o. r. on
right shoulder. and one roam gelding
apple brand on left shoulder and
hip. Weight about HOO each. $50
reward for their delivery at Mussel-
shell or Flatwillow postofice.
MEREDITH JONES,
1t Gilt Edge, Mont.