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The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1901-11-15
.ucoN.c,oUs or DANGER.
t;ntileslaso CoilaL Itsolr to Sleep On
Mans Breast.

NAtuH bFttNt'
In the course OF Mr.. ROSS Cox's expe.
uition along the Columbia river some
years ago, one member of the party
had a dangerous experience, of which
fortunately he was at the time uncon-
scious. The men were preparing sup
per Oa the bank Of the river, and La
Course, worn out with the fatigue of
the day, had stretched himself on the
ground and fallen asleep. A few min
utes later | passed him, says Mr.. Cox,
and was Mortified at seeing a large rat
ticsnake moving over his body toward
his left breast. My first impulse was
to alarm La Course, but an old Cana
dian whom | had beckoned to the spot
said we must make no noise, and the
snake would cross the mans body and
go away. In this he was mistaken, for
on reaching the chest the serpent coil
ed itself quietly as if meditating a stay.
If La Course moved or woke, we shud-
dered to think what would happen.
Others quietly Joined us, and it was de-
termined that two men should advance
in front, to divert the attention of the
snake, while one should approach with
a long stick from the rear and dis
lodge the creature. On seeing the men
in front, the RATHER raised its head,
played its evil looking tongue and
shook its r%attles, Indications of anger.
Every one was in a state of feverish
anxiety rs to the fate of poor La
Course, who still lay asleep. The man
behind now came up with a stick seven
feet long, quickly placed one end un-
der the reptile, and succeeded in pitch
ing It ten feet from the mans body. A
shout of Joy was the first intimation
La Course had of his wonderful es-
cape. The snake was pursued and kill
ej.-Youths' Companion.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1901-11-15
dow Enslnna nonorea rcannnr.

George Peabody IN ght have slept IL
,"gstm.nster abbey. His funera, took
)lace there, the gates for the FIRST time
n history being op ned for the burial
ltgs of a private citizen Of another
sJuntgy. 1t was owing solely to his
lying wish to be buried beside his
mother IN his native land that he was
lot entombed in the abbey with the
universal consent and appreciation Of
lie British nation. The swiftest and
nest frigate in the English navy bore
l's body across the sea, and a fellow
mortal, Admiral Farragut, received
With au American squadron.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1901-11-15

Col. Crisp, when-ln the Missouri leg
islature, was one OK the central figures
in a scene which promised bloodshed,
which ended in q hearty laugh, and
which was the cause Of al astounding
remark from Hon. John w. Farris, the
then speaker. Crisp and another bel.
ligerent son of AnaR got into a debate
which grew into a quarrel. They SHOOK
their fists at each other and roareG
like a pair of Numidian lions. Every
body expected and many hoped to see
a regular Old-fashiOned knock-dowI
and drag-out fight, which expectation
and hopes were frustrated and dasheo
to the ground by Speaker Farriss re
marking: "If you gentlemen do mot
quit fussing and take to your seats !
will order the chaplain to taRe you
into custody" which so amazed tn
bellicose Legislators that they stood Ia
a state of lingual paralysis, while the
spectators laughed till they were red
in the face. Humor saved the day.
Champ Clark, in Denver Republican
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1901-11-15

The Jewish coionv of South Nor
"Ili,. Corr, U. S. A. has . unique
w relative to punishment of petty
%fioves. A visitor there noticed a man
ralsing about with two hats on his
.o7d, over the otter. What's he
'.~g at for?" asked the visitor.
,1',,' "oD!icd a native, lis our way
+ r- l'"g petty thi2very. He has
ned to wear two hats
v" C~c7 FIR two weeks, and
cry o. ho"o ',.ws what the two
ats IN his Ia signify. We don't
a me-. tr"rt'e Of that character;
. = % Gets n transgressing the
'r"'.v dive him out of the
"1'ony now numbers
.ys' 3" c&,y.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1901-11-15
A ON IN TURKEY.
Row Il Gus ,Ji1n OF tie Law Prodtahl,
.ut led a DISBELIEF.

Il Cur ,Jian OF tie Law Prodtahl,
set led "A Dispute.
The other day l U.vaess.d an anus.
.ug instance OF Turkish police justice,
a CCrs.lntilCpic correspondent.
l,g.la and d Kurd had quar-
relied over the owlerehip of a tobacco
boz. AS lheir language grew more
oppressive and their speech louder a
a.owd collected. delighted with the dis
.ue. The Nurd had picked up the box
,Ge street and the Armenian de-
rrrd it was bis, When they were
out to come to blows a policeman
-o up and cried to eft d compro-
Zee, but Il her disputaut would give
~. At last the Armenian suggested
v the Nurd should be asked 20 de-
re what vas in the box. The Nurd
omptly answered "TObacco and Gig
.eltc paper" The Armenian smiling
r Informed the officer that all the box
1.,-.ned was a 25-cent piece. The
o tco0.an gravely opened the mystori-
.s case, then, turning tC the crowd
nth The air OF a Solomon, sad: The
..menian is the owner Of the boy.
turn it to him. The Kurd is a liar,
here he smoto the man from the
ountain over tho haud,) Allah be
aised! FCr my trouble in deciding
complicated affair l keep the q
ats.".
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1901-11-15
A Mad Prophecies in Sp,I,.

In Algli5a, MuTcia, SPAN, a mad
uCng prophecies, a peasant of "a, Te-
1sa Cullen. VINO took to prophecy and
reaching several months ago, after
,irring up many disorierly pilgrim
ges, was looked upon as a religious
maniac. Recently she was allowed to
cturn home, and once more crowds
,ogan to assemble, spellbound by the
mpassioned 'cstacy of her harangues.
)ne day she was preaching before a
lrge concourse of people when five
,endarmes arrived to arrest her. The
SnOrant persons, worked upon by the
Wild appeals Of the sibyl, attacked the
9clicy with fury, and in the fight four
II the gendarmes w,rc MORALLY
founded, while sixteen persons in the
rowd were seriously hurt. Among the
killed were the woman's father and
brother New York Pass.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1901-11-15

he Ottoman Empire One of the Riches
Countries In the World.

= he Ottoman Empire One OF the hiohee
Countries in the World.
The Ottoman empire is, in potential
resources, probably the richest country
in the world mex to the United States,
says Golfers Weekly. For years
American and Turkish statesmen have
been endeavoring with all their power
to foster what little trade their coun-
tries have, and to create new trade
soannels to commercially connect the
,Spublic and the empire. These e
deavors have already borne good fruit,
and the future possibilities in that d.
rection are infinite. The mutual rela-
tons of commerce mount already to
millions, and it would be most unfor-
tunate that an untoward event should
disturb in their growth these promis-
ing shoots of trade, and bring about a
distrust which would cause the orig
mating of new branches of trade to be
made impossible for many years to
come. The feeling of fellowship among
nations is to a large extent seatimen-
tai, especially when there is no posi-
BILE point of hostile contact. The
turks have been educated to know
that there Is a great free nation far In
the west, foremost in all the e~ndeavors
OF commerce, industry and technical
tnvention-a nation to whom they
could without any fear entrust the
development OF their magnificent ~
sources.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-25
NOT FROM G1BsoN's A M
Railroad Contractor Has No Smallpox
Men-Establishing New Camp.

Ira Gibson, who has a grading con-
tract on the Toluca-Cody branch of
the Burlington, has been in Billings
for the past two days. Mr.. Gibson
says that The Gazette was mistaken
when it stated that the smallpox pa
tients brought in this week came from
his camp, as he no longer has a camp,
it having been taken in charge by the
county commissioners about three
weeks ago. Everything at the camp
was turned over to the county COM
missioners who have placed guards
over the 10 men who are being held
in detention tents. MI. Gibson has
had nothing to do with the men or
outfit since the county took charge.
He is establishing a new camp sew
eral miles distant from the old one
and the purpose of his visit to Billings
was to secure supplies and men.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-25
POLICE COURT.

Justice Fraser Acting as Police Judge.
Vags and DRINKS.
Justice Fraser, who is acting as
police judge, had a busy session of po-
lice court yesterday afternoon.
Geo. Colvert, Mike Connolly and
Robt. Gilray were each fined $40 for
being drunk, and in default of pay
ment were committed to the charge
of the police, but were later dismissed
on promise to go to work and not
cause any more disturbance. E. @.
Davis was fined $12 for being a vag
and John Nicholson $40 for being
drunk. Not having the wherewithal
the men will do six and five days
work, respectively, on the streets Of
Billings. @
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-25

in all matters pertaining to the duties
of their office, and from time to time
require Of them reports as to the con-
dition Of public business entrusted to
their charge.
"Subdivision 6. To give his opin-
ion in writing without. fee to the leg.
i%slative assembly or either house
thereof, and to state officer, board or
commission, any county attorney and
to the board Of county commissioners
of any county Of the state, when re-
quired, upon any question Of law re-
lating to their respective Offices ,
Son account Of the large number of
requests from the different county
officers of the state for opinions, it
has become necessary, in order to keep
up with the work in this office, to
adopt some system which will either
lessen the number Of requests or
make it possible to attend to those
that are made. . .
"Under the authority given me in
subdivision 5, I think it reasonable to
require Of each county attorney, in
submitting a request for an opinion,
that he accompany same with his
own opinion, containing a brief Of the
authorities, and sections Of the code
upon which he relies. This will be
required in the future. In doing this,
you will help lessen my labor and at
the same time be of assistance in ar
irving at a correct opinion in matters
asked, and under such conditions I
will be glad to give you the benefit
Of my opinion
At the same time this letter was
sent to all the boards Of county COM
missioners:
IL have written a letter to the
county attorney Of your county max
ing certain requests Of him in the
matter of his asking for opinions in
the future in this Office. In this con-
n%ection I would call your attention to
subdivision 6 of section AGO of the
political code, in which it is stated
that it is a part of my duty to give
opinions to the board of county COM
missioners when they require it.
"There is a vast amount of business
in this Office, and to properly attend
to the numerous requests for opinions,
l would respectfully ask that in the
future, before asking for an opinion
direct from this Office that you first
get the opinion of the county attorney
Of your county in writing, which
opinion should contain a citation of
the authorities the county attorney
relies upon. If then you are not sat-
isfed with that opinion or desire
the opinion of this Office, I wish you
would accompany your request with
that of the county attorney. Also
ask the various county officers to act
in the same way
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-25
But
TOO FAK|SH
ROMANCE THAT INVOLVES
TWO STATES.
MONTANA MANS DEVOTION
Waits to Marry Beautiful
Girl Whose Father Is
in Prison.
MANS DEVOTION

st. Paul. Jan. 24-In the grim tex
ture Of every sad tale and of every
tragedy there is sure to CLEAN the
golden thread of "a
The recent successful effort made
to obtain pardon for James II. Sout-
hall, imprisoned in Saltwater peni-
Tertiary for years on the charge Of
forgery, has brought to light a pretty
little love story. The story concerns
a young girls struggle between duty
to a bereft and sorrow stricken
mother, and love Of the nan to whom
she had pledged her word.
When the news of Southall's wrong
doing first became public it fell like a
thunderclap on a singularly happy
home, leaving mother, daughter and
son almost crazed. Hard as it was
for two of these, mother and son, it
fell perhaps with the most depressing
weight on the pretty young daughter
then budding into womanhood. For
just a little while before the sad oc-
currence Miss Southall, all uncon-
scious of the cloud that was hanging
over her young life, had given her
heart and the promise Of her hand to
a man whom she had known the
greater part of her life, but who now
resides in Montana. A speedy we'd
ding was talked Of, but with the ar
rest and conviction of the father, of
course, all thought of such a thing
was put aside.
A year went by and the lover, now
impatient, besought his sweetheart to
keep her word and marry him. Then
came the question of duty and the
resulting sacrifice of the daughter.
The mother, never possessing a
very strong constitution, had broken
down under the great trial to which
she had been subjected. Day by day
her strength grew less and less, and
every day she learned to lean more
on the strength of her young daugh-
ter. This dependence of the mother
pointed out to the girl her duty. 1t
was to remain with that mother as
long as she needed her. So to the
faithful lover i'm Montana was sent a
sad little message that while her
mother lived and her father remained
in the %penitentlary her duty was by
the formers side.
Reluctantly the man acquiesced in
this decision. .
Before the two there stretched a
long waste of years. But fate is not
always so memorable. By the promise
of a pardon for the father a happy
sequel to the daughters pretty ro-
nance will be brought about and the
curtain will ring down on this really,
truly" little drama, just as everyone
would like to have it, with a peal of
wedding bells and the fragrance of
orange blossoms in the air
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-25
AN ENJOYABLE EVENING
Spent in Dancing at Daniel Boone
Cabin.

One of the largest and most enjoy
able dancing parties Of the season was
that given Wednesday night in the
Daniel Boone cabin by Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Mccormick. Nearly 100 invi-
tations had been issued to the married
people of the city, and were respond
ed to by the attendance of nearly 80
couples. The log cabin has been the
of many happy occasions, but
not one has excelled this. The even
ing could not have been more beautiful
for such an event, and it served to
make the entertainment just that
much more enjoyable than it would
have been under other circumstances.
For several hours the guests either
tripped the light fantastic to the
strains of splendid music, or we're con-
tent 10 pass the time in social
amenities, interspersed with the serv-
ing of light refreshments.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-25
REST FROM OPINIONS.
Attorney General Shuts OFF Requests
for Them.

Attorney General James Donovan
has found his office so loaded down
with requests for legal opinions that
he has found it necessary to lay down
rules on the subject. He began by
refusing to give opinions in reply to
inquiries from private individuals and
has followed this up by requesting
the county commissioners to firsuoh-
tain the opinion of the county attor-
ney on legal questions and then, if
they are not satisfied to submit the
matter to him, with the opinion of
the county attorney.
The directions to the county at
torneys were made in the following
circular sent out January IA:
"Your attention is respectfully
called to subdivisions 5 and 6 of ,sec-
tion 400 of the political code, defining
general duties of the attorney gen.
eral, as follows:
"Subdivision 5. To exercise su
! pervisory power over county attorneys
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-25
THE DAILY
Report of the Commercial Fluctuations of
Interest to Montanans.
LONDON Wool.

London, Jan. 23-Oferings at the
wool auction sales today numbered
IS, $40 bales. The SELECTION was good.
Bidding was slow at the start, but as
the sales progressed competition be-
came brisk and especially for the best
grades of greasy and good secured.
Prices, however, did not equal former
rates and many lots were withdrawn.
Cross breeds were III active demand
and steady.
Following are the sales: New South
Wales 2 300 bales; secured Ga to Is
61sd; greasy AZ to SID.
Queensland, $1,000 bales; secured
SID to is Cd; greasy 81 to SID.
Victoria LOO bales; secured l0hd
to is Cd; greasy AZ to 9hd.
West Australia 1000 bales; greasy
81 to ~.
Tasmania 700 bales secured, nil
greasy AZ to Sd.
New Zealand 2, 200 bales; secured
51 to Is AID; greasy SGD to 9ad.
Cape of Good Hope and Natal 400
bales; secured Sd to / s Sd; greasy 5
to I'd.
Falkland Islands II, 900 bales;
greasy IS to sd.
London, Jan. a4-The offerings at
the wool auctions today numbered
10, 315 bales. including a good selec-
ton of all grades. Merinos, as during
the past few days, continued irregu'
lar with an easier tendency. Gross
BREEDS were firm and in active demand,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-25

at his hospitable home. Mr. Lehfeldt
has just completed the erection Of a
fine large dwelling on his ranch and
he will have a house warming on Fri
day, when a number OF people from
Billings and the country surrounding
his ranch will be present. Messrs.
Staffek. McFarlin and Mann will go
out today. Musicians from Billings
will leave tomorrow morning for the
Lehfeldt ranch.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-25
A VANDERBILT oHR1sTENED.

New York, Jan. 24-The Vanderbilt
heiress, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William K. Vanderbilt, born Novem-
Der 80. was christened Muriel Vander-
bilt today in the private chapel q
Archbishop Corrigan's residence.
Clarence MacKay and Miss Isabel
Kemp acted az godfather and god
mother to the child. Rev. Father
Thomas Murphy officiated.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-25

III Silver Bow county by Julia Hatch
against William r. Hatch. The cou-
pie were married in Billings OF No
vember 6, 1895, and on May 10, 1898,
the defendant deserted her. In an
affidavit for the publication Of sum-
mons Mrs. hatch says the present
whereabouts of her husband are I'M
known to her.
-Robt. Roberts was arrested yes
terday on a charge of passing a worth
less check in the su of $5 on w 0.
| Cummings, a south side saloonkeeper.
When arraigned before Justice Mann.
the charge was changed to n of OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses,
and was fined $50 and costs, in de-
fault of which he is now boarding
with Sheriff Hubbard.
Invitations have been issued to all
members in good standing of the Mon
tana Bar association to attend the adj
journed meeting of the association to
be held in Helena February 4, "Mar-
shall" day, when exercises appropriate
to the Tooth anniversary of the eleva-
tion of the great jurisG to the supreme
bench will be held. Colonel W. F.
Sanders will deliver the grafton upon
"John Marshall" A banquet at the
Grandon hotel will follow.
L. G. Lehfeldt, the Musselshell
stockman, left yesterday after a days
visit in Billings for his ranch, accom-
panied by Mrs. John Staffek, Mrs. II.
r. McFarlin and Mrs. r. L. Mann and
! children, who will spend several days
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-25
WEATHER.

Washington, Jan. 24-Montana:
Occasional SHOWS Friday; colder in
western and central portions; souther-
ly winds, becoming westerly. Satur-
J day fair. .
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-25
HURRICANE IN NORWAY.

Trondhjem, Norway, Jan. 81
Thirty-five persons perished in q hur-
ricane at Hero, January 40. Sixty
boats were sunk in the harbor and
eight houses blown away.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-25

Hassler took part. Each number was
we'll rendered, the programme being a
great treat. Following this came
light refreshments. The proceeds
from the entertainment are to go to-
ward the erection of the new addition
to the church. II
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1901-10-10
ben Hur".

W jednym tutejAzych teatr6w
zamierza zarzadzca tegoz, S. w.
Cleveland, przedstawic farse napi-
sana p. t. Ben Hur Gest to takze
tytuf bardzo powaznego dziefa ma
tie zycia ma ziemi Chrystusa Pana).
Autorzy tel farsy, Klaw i Erlan-
ger, postarali sic zakaz sadowy,
kt6ry doreczono Clevelandowi.
Ten 2 poczatku byi oburzony, ale
kiedy doczytaf sic W akcie urzedo-
wynn, il zabroniono mu przedsta-
wiae jakakolwiek sztuke pod tytu.
lem ben Hur", rozesmiaf sic j po-
wiedzial; IA wiec dobrze; pred
stawie moja sztuke, ale pod innym
tytufem!"
Dolinski zostanie stracony.
Sad wyzszy stanowy wczoraJ ra.
no odrzucif petycya supersedeas
adwokat6w Meaghera i Kennedy
ego, ma podstawie ktorej obroncy
Dolinskiego starali sic pozyskac
wznowienie procesu. Jutro przeto
Dolinski odpokutuie ma szubienicy
zbrodnis zamordowania Antoniego
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1901-10-10
Rome wiadomoscl
telegraficZne.

w Addison, Mich, areszto-
wano pania Izabele Bitner pod "a
rzutem otrucia rodzonej siostry,
pani Peugh.
= We Waszyngtonie rozpocznie
sic wkrotce rozpatrywanie spraw o
odszkodowanie amerykanskich o.
bywateli "a straty, poniesione pod
czas wojny Hiszpaniq' Og6lna
suma pretensyj wynosi CORA 81
milion6w dolar6w.
- Johann Most stawaf wczoraj
W New Yorku pred sadem, "a u
mieszczenie W SVEN anarchistycz-
mem piSmidle artykulu pod ma
gl6wkiem ,,Zbrodnia "a zbrodnie".
W wyborach miejskich W
indianapolis zwyciezyf republika-
min Charles A. Bookwalter demo-
kratycznego kandydata 2,OO0 gfo.
SOW wiekszosci. Bookwalter bedzie
przeto mayorem miasta.
W Arizona odkryto lyle z}ota
200 stop szeroka i 5000 stop dfuga.
Szczesliwymi odkrywcami So bra
cia Charles Porter Flemming.
= Piwowar Adolph Busch st.
Louis bawi W Berlinie zaprasza
Niemc6w do wziecia udziafu W wy
stawie W St. Louis.
- Do wyzszych szk6f technicz-
nych W Niemczech beda odtqd
przyjmowani tylko tacy rosyjscy
studenci, kt6rzy przedtem uczesz-
cali do podobnych zakfad6w W
Rosyi.
= Rad niemiecki pragnie przy.
staple do budowy nowych okre-
tow, azeby dac zatrudnienie licz.
nym robotnikom, pozbawionym
moznosci zarobkowania.
Anarchi5ci zakfadaja albu.
my szpieg6w, wysiugujacych sic
policyi.
= We Francyi pojawifa sic no
wa niebezpieczna choroba karto-
fiji, spowodowana przez bakcyle.
Amerykanski ambassador W
Londynie Choate zamierza ma
pewien czas przybyc do ojczyzny.
Is ofcerow meksykanskich
udaje sic ma diva lata do Francyi,
azeby obeznac sic tam z mocha
nizmem nowych francuskich ar
mat.