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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-10-09

The father OF the girl stepped out
from the crowd as the doomed man
stood with the moose about his neck
and arms tied behind him, and struck
him twice In the face. SaloOnkeeper
Duffy identified Brady as the man
who was In his saloon with the
child.
"Now, then, said one Of the lynch
ers, GRADY, your time on earth Is
short. Have you any confession to
make?"
Grady replied that he had asserted
hundred times that he was inno-
cent. During the ordeal Grady never
WINGED except To curse occasionally
at his executors, but he mnde the
following final request, which had no
bearing on the crime:
81 want you to write tn Elmer
Larson at Mitchell. He IL the man
who lived with me last winter, aud |
owe him some money. Tell him to
collect the money due me from the
company and send 1t to my little
niece, who IL at the school for the
blind at Boulder. Tell him to send
IL to the superintendent"
When asked II he wanted to say a
final prayer, he replied that he did
not know how to pray. and asked
some one To pray for him.
MAY the Lord help you, Grady;
that Is all ! can say for you," was
the response Of one Of the lyncners,
after some hesitation.
"And that's more than he deserves,
responded some one else.
A dozen hands grabbed the rope
and the body shot high In the air. 1t
remained rigid for fifteen seconds, the
head fell forward, and when the cor
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-10-09

A new remedy for biliousness Is on
sale ut e. ii. Williams drug store.
1t IL called Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets. 1t gives quick
relief and will prevent the attack II
given as soon as the first indication
OF the disease appears. Price, 25cents
per box. Samples free.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-10-09

No need OF sending east or west for
typewriter ribbons. The Argus as-
sortment is complete. the best rib
bons ON the market and cheap.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-10-09

Large stock for job printing just received.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-10-09
LONDON DISAPPOINTED.

London, Oct. 4.-There Is a feeling
OF supreme disappointment In Lon
don over the failure Of the shamrock
II. to win even a single race. Those
who denounced Sir Thomas Lipton's
ambition, asserting that he was using
his yacht to advance his business
interests. now admit that his sports
manlike spirit should afford a better
result.
When the American yacht was lead
Ing near the home stretch the news
received In silence by the crowds On
the embank ments. There was never
much betting in this country, and
the disappointment among the mass
es sincere and general.
The question IL raised whether the
eefeat of the challenger was due to
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-21
The NeSO E1proff4le

# the claims made by officials Of
the war department concerning the ef-
ficacy Of new explosive are borne
ont by subsequent tests, the tinted
States may possess a secret which will
have important bearing on the inter
national politics of the future.
Warships and Notifications which
have heretofore been regarded impreg.
nable viii be at the mercy of Amer.
lean guns. 1t has been demonstrated
that the thickest Harveyized arnor
viii not withstand the new projecti!e
when hurled by one OF the great guns
and. what is more important, shat the
explosive with which the projectila IS
loaded will be discharged Immediately
the amor is pierced
Maximite, this new death-dealipg ex-
plosive, Ia called after Mr.. Hiram
Maxim, its inventor. Mr. Maxim is
the inventor Of emokeless powder and
has made a specially of high explo-
sives. It is announced by the officials
in charge Of the tests which have been
made on the Sandy Hook proving
grounds that the results far surpass
anything heretofore attained In any
country. Experts express the opinion
that the building of battleships and
Notifications may be revolutionized
as the result Of the discoveries made
- NJ Maxim
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-21

New York city will pay 1922 each
minute for its street lighting this
year, which means rs cents for each
inhabitant, or S2,745 900 in all. A big
bill, the largest of its sort in the coun-
try, but not the largest in proportion
to population. Of the great cities of
the country, Baltimore comes next
above Chicago, and pays 6S cents for
each of its 100000 inhabitants, or
$3.50 900 in all. Then comes San
Francisco's $4,000 population, paying
s245 900, or II cents for each one. Next
above that is New Orleans, where each
Of the 2S7, 900 inhabitants pays so
cents, or s230,O00 in ALL WASHINGTON
follows with SO cents for each of its
279,0O0 residents, which equals 1888
600. Each Clevelander pays cents
more than each Washingtonian. or
1926, 900 for the $4,000 inhabitants.
We then jump to s1.10 for each of the
SCI, 900 Bostonians, or $3.50, 900 in all.
Another jump makes the 324 900 per-
sons in Cincinnati pay $425, 900. or
$1.30 for each one.-New York Herald.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-21
A pike County Miracle.

Velpen, Ind, June 17.-Wm. o. B.
Sullivan, a farmer of this place, and
who is a brother Of x-Representative
Sullivan of Pike and Dubois counties.
has had a remarkable experience re-
Gently.
Mr.. Sullivan is 40 years of age, and
has been citizen of Pike County for
80 years. For two years, he has suffer-
ed much with kidney trouble and rheu-
matism. His shoulders and side were
very sore and stiff. and his back was
so bad he could hardly straighten up
at ALL He had palpitation of the
heart, and a smothering which was
very distressing. He used three boxes
of Dodd's Kidney Pills. and is as
strong and well as ever he was. He
prOnounces his cure a miracle. Mr..
Sullivan's statement of his case IS
startling.
"A month ago l was a cripple. To-
day I can do a hard days work every
day, and have not a single ache or
pain"
Dodd's Kidney Pills have done some
wonderful cures in Indiana. but none
more miraculous than that in the case
OF Mr.. Sullivan
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-21
Haze Our Enefnes Failed :?


The Midland Railway company OF
En- gland has administered a cold
douche to our pride of industrial con-
quest by announcing that the Amerl-
can locomotives tested by the road
have cost from 20 to > per cent more
then tie British in fuel, so per cent
more in oil, and 60 per cent more in
reUairs. Against these fatal defects
are 20 be counted only the trifiing on
sets that the American locomotives
were delivered Il few months in
stead OF in three years and that their
price was less than that of the Brit
i-h by S2.0c0 apiece 1t i explained
that in American railroad practice en-
eines are made - Re worked 70 death
an thrown on Jse scrap heap. Eng
isl 9c9motiyes areexpected 10 become
he.rioosrs. But there is probably
something more than tnat behind the
Midlaads fgures. IN al neutral mar
kets the American machines give per
feet satisfaction and are crowding the
Eagiish ont That is the case even
on the state railroads OF British colo
MES Before orr manufacturers ad-
nit that their products are failures
on English roads they would probably
ike 10 see them tested by american
engineers and firemen.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-21

Washington retains n the 1900 CEN
sus the distinction which it had in
the 1890 census of having more colOred
inhabitants than any other city Of the
United States. The explanation OF
WashingtOn's popularity as a place or
residence for colOred people is that il
is the winter quarters of many thOuS-
and negroes who At the beginning or
spring begin their exodus to Northern
watering places and to Virginia and
Maryland summer resorts. The cost
of living for cOlored people in Wash
ington is not high. The climate is
equable, the national government does
not authorize restrictions against col
ored people such as prevail in most
southern states as to residence and
means of transportation. There is no
discrimination against them in Wash
ington courts add the large transient
population of the District of Columbia
during the sessions of Congress and
when the public departments are IN
der full Roadway causes a large de-
mand for colored employees. Chicago
Journal.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-21
RNEGIE'S CASTLE.

dates from the early part of the eight
zenith century, when by some foul
wrong the Grays, who had owned the
castle for several hundred years, were
deprived of their ancestral possessions
by the family of Doul Misfortune
overlook the latter, and since that
time the curse has been fulfilled in this
that no family has possessed Skibo
for more than one generation.
1t has passed through many hands,
including the Mackays, the Gordons,
the Dempsters and the Chirnsides, ILL
luck pursuing them all, until the place
was acquired by Andrew Carnegie, who
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-21
DIED ALMOST INSTANTLY.
thought OF Mother Kills Son While Die.
tating His Biography.

thought OF Mother Kills Son While Die.
tating His Biography.
A distinguished public man of In
diana, who has died recently, was en-
gagged at the time of his sudden death
In writing his biography. He was mar
rating to his daughter, who was writ
ing from his dictation, the story Of
terrible temptation which assailed him
in his youth. "By attention to bust
ness and correct department / had won
the implicit confidence of all who
knew me- This confidence was shown,
when on one occasion-before the day
Of easy and rapid communication by
means Of railroad and telegraph was
entrusted with 1920 to deliver in the
then far-distant Cincinnati. Day after
day, on my long horseback journey, ]
guarded nay treasure without a thought
of dishonesty. But there was a mo-
ment, supreme and critical one, when
the voice of the tempter penetrated my
ear. 1t was the old tempter that sung
in the ear of Eve. 1t was when l reach
ed the crown of those imperial hills
that overlook the Ohio river, when ap-
preaching Lawrenceburg from the in
terror. The noble stream was the
great artery of commerce at that day,
before a railroad west Of Massachu
sets had been built. What a gay spec
tacle it presented, flashing in the
bright sunlight, covered with fiat boats,
with RATS, with gay-painted steamers,
ascending and descending and trans
porting their passengers in brief time
to the Gulf OF Mexico. the gateway to
all parts of the world I had but to
sell my horse and 90 aboard one of
these with my treasure, and I was alb
solutely beyond the reach Of pursuit.
/ recall the fact that this thought was
tenant of my mind for a moment,
and for moment only. Thank God,
it found no hospitable Judgment any
longer. And what think you were the
associate thoughts that came to my
rescue? Away over rivers and noun
tains, thousand miles distant, in a
humble farm house. on a bench, an
aged mother reading to her boy from
the oracles of God" At this point his
voice suddenly choked, his emotions
overcame him, he said to his daughter,
I'VE will finish this at another time"
laid his head back on the chair and
died almost instantly
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-21
To Cure Halter PULLING.

A correspondent of the National
Stockman and Farmer describes his
method Of curing a horse of the habit
of halter pulling. Take a half-inch
rope. put it through bride bit ring
either side and tie to other ring so as
to draw under the jaw, then throw over
hitching rail and tie other end around
front pastern, and the harder the
horse pulls the less power he has, for
the first thing he knows he is off his
front feet. Tie the same to a strong
halter and put rope through hole in
manger so 1t will slip. think any per-
son that ever tries this plan will new
er think of any other.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-21

Andrew Carnegie is continuing in
Scotland the munifcent generosity to
the aid of education as he began in the
United States. We were told recently
of his donation Of $500. 900 to establish
branch libraries in Glasgow upon the
same plan for which he gave $4,000,
600 to Greater New York. Last week
came the news of his gift of 10000
600 to establish free scholarships in
poor young Scotchmen.
Of course, this is a materialistic age,
and no one, on this side of the At
lantic at least, pays any attention to
superstititions. But there are folks in
Scotland (no insinuation is meant
against the Scotch, but their old le-
gends have greater influence than in
this new country, especially among the
folk on the country side)-who believe
that by these donations. Andrew Car
negie will lift the curse from Skibo
Castle. the old estate which he has
purchased as his home in the High
lands.
Every one north of the Tweed is
cognizant of the fact that a blood
curdling curse rests upon Skibo Castle,
and the Scots are asking whether this
curse will work against the American
owner in the same way that the curse
pronounced against the third Lord
Byron (who made a drinking cup of
the skull of one of the old Abbots of
Newstead Abbey, continued to blight
not only all the subsequent owners and
occupants of Newstead Abbey, includ-
ing the poet Lord Byron until the late
Colonel Webb a few years ago found
the long lost drinking cup in an old
curiosity shop in London, and by re-
storing it to the Abbot'S tomb at New
stead put an end to the curse that
rested on the place.
The ban resting upon Skibo Castle
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-21

ed when Oklahoma was thrown open
to settlement shall be repeated. A
plan has been devised whereby each
claimant will have an equal chance
with every other claimant, although
only small percentage of those filing
claims will secure homesteads. Already
the applications on file exceed by
many thousands the number Of tracts
Of 100 acres each which are to be dis
posed Of to claimants.
The town of Duncan, Okla, has made
protest against the location of 20
600 acres Of grazing land directly OPP
pOsite and adjoining the military for
est reserve. because it raises a wall
against the town in communicating
with the new reservation when settled
1t is claimed that the land is too valu-
able for pasturage and could be easily
settled with prosperous population.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-21

which would do business at Duncan.
On the other hand protest has come
from Texas because the location Of the
main pasture Of 100000 acres on the
Texas boundary interferes with free
intercourse OF Texas people with the
new settlement and likewise rears a
wall against the people Of that state.
Secretary Root has directed that
troop of cavalry from Fort Sill, /. T.,
be sent into the reservation to clear
them OF the lawless element that has
entered. The soldiers will probably be
kept there until the day the lands are
thrown open to settlement.
In the meantime the Kiowa Indians
have sent a representative to Wash
ington asking that the opening day be
postponed until Congress can examine
the treaty under which the act was
passed.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-21

To any one having the slightest apt-
tude for things mechanical. the study
of an automobile soon becomes an alb
sorbing passion. There is a beauty, a
fascination about perfectly construct
ed and smoothly working piece of ma
chinery that is apparent even to the
unscientifc mind. To take control OF
this materialized energy, TO draw the
reins over this monster with its steel
muscles and fiery heart-there is
something in the idea that appeals to
an almost universal sense, the love OF
power. Add the element of danger, and
the fascination inherent in automobile
ing as a sport is not difficult TO under
stand
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-21

When he desires to communi-
cate with the hotel which he has left
or that to which he is going the funnel
is raised to a perpendicular position,
and the wireless telegraph is set to
work. Thus Senior Marconi by means
of the wireless telegraph and without
leaving his automobile is able to order
his lunch at hotel thirty or more
miles distant. The first practical use
of this adaptation is to be made on
automobiles fitted up for use in war. A
party Of scouts might make quick
run In one of these machines into the
snemy's country. make their observa-
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-21

Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock
has requested Secretary Of War Root
to send into the Kiowa, Comanche and
Apache reservations, in the Indian
Territory, a body of United States
troops to clear these reservations,
which are soon to be thrown open for
settlement Of squatters, or "sooners,"
as they are known on the frontier.
More than 1000 of these ''sooners"
have entered the Wichita mountains
and taken up mineral claims. The dis
trict, which is TO be divided into
homesteads of 100 acres each, is in the
Oklahoma country, and is regarded as
the most desirable farming land in the
southwest
The department is determined that
there shall be no injustice done to the
settlers of this new reservation, and it
does not propose that the scenes enact
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-21

apparently is not sUperstitious, as he
assured his tenants and neighbors the
other day that he intended Skibo to
be the home of his family for many
generations
He is very popular in the district by
reason Of the money he has brought
into the country, and is known there
as "Skibo," in the same way as most
other territorial magnates are known
by the name of their land, rather than
by their patronymic.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-21
WOMAN AND BIT OF MUD.
Splash of Dirt Lights on gorgeous
T~rsOnage's Nose


F~rsonag e's Nose
She was a most gorgeous person
age. She rode in a glittering victoria
of the latest build, the chains attached
to the horses outfit changed beauti-
fully, the coacEman couldn't have sat
up any straighter without having
disaster TO his backbone, and not a
woman she met could come within a
thousand miles Of her white tulle hat,
with the pink roses under the brim.
Her gown was mass of delicate chif-
fon frills and lace. Altogether a large
pair Of gold bonbon tongs should have
gone with the outfit TO lift her out
and into the carriage. because she
could not have been touched any other
way without spelling her appearance.
Considering all this, she might have
bestowed a sweet and gracious smile
on lesser atoms of humanity, but in
stead of that she wore her haughtiest,
most disdainful frown. 1t evidently
came straight from Paris. packed IN
violet sachets, it was so perfect in its
way. Women wearing their last years
frOcks simply withered UP under Il
and tried to hide behind lamppOsts
and trees till she got by. The queen
Of Sheba could not have appeared more
arrogant, more imperious and disre-
gardfUl Of the rest or the world. Just
then high tandem cart spun by her
carriage, the leader kicked his heels
in equine playfuiness and a large, fat,
whOle-souled chunk Of Paramount park
mud landed squaroly on the tip OF the
untouchable regal lady's nose. After
that the women IN the last years
gowns felt lots better and more re-
signed.-Philadelphia Telegraph
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-21

The Buffalo Exposition, in most re-
spects still incomplete, will some time
be very instructive exhibit of the
resources OF the American continent.
While as yet it is chiefly interesting
ar night when it is a dazzling glare
OF light, made so by the electricity
which is wired in from the Niagara
Cataract. there is really a good deal
already in place in the various build
ings, and it is stated that the last
heavy wagon with goods has passed
over the roads inside the grounds, so
that the pavements may now be built.
In two or three weeks, therefore, the
show should be worthy Of close in
srection. 1t is regrettable that the
management should be so far behind
hand. but 1t is tho common fate OF
those who visit expositions pre-
maturely to have little but trouble for
their pains
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-21
Arbitration for Gina.

If the International tribunal estab-
lished by the conference at The Hague
has any practical usefulness the dis
pute among the powers at Pekin at
lords an opportunity to pm, it TO the
test The suggestion Of the United
States to refer the question of in
demnity to this tribunal is worthy of
a civilized nation. It's adoption is
scarcely probable unless the powers
should find it impossible to reach an
agreement in any other way
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-21
The ".Sbamrocf" Countess.

The beautiful countess Of Limerick
ha.5 well earned the title of Tine
Shamrock Countess for. thanks 10
her efforts. one OF the British war
funds has acquired this spring sub
stantial addition to its funds owing
10 the sale OF the dear little sham
rock" so cleverly organized by the
mistress of Dron-ore castle. The young
countess-before her marriage Miss
Burke-Irwin. the daughter of one of
Ireland's most popular sportsmen, AID
herself. both as a girl and since he:
marriage. one OF the strai ghtest rid
ers 10 hounds in the Emerald isle
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-06-21
THREE FORMIDABLE BASES.
French Plans for Worrying England Are
Quite Commemorative.

French Plans for Worrying England Are
Quite Comprehensive.
Apart from Bizerta and other Med
iteranean stations. which are intended
to get the mastery over the Gibraltar
and Malta route, says the Engineer,
the French are creating three formida-
bic bases on the Cape route to India,
and the extreme East. The first of
these is Dakar in Senegal, for which
fresh grant of 10 $50 600f has been
made. Dakar is to be the headquar-
tiers of a feet of cruisers which will
sweep the Atlantic along the West
coast of Africa, and it is also proposed
to constitute a station at Pore de
France, in Martinique, SO that the
commerce destroyers will be able to
patrol the ocean east and west, and
extend their operations northward
across the path of merchant vessels
running between England and the
West Indies. The second basis is at
Diego-Saurez, in Madagascar, which
commands the route between the Cape
and India. The work of equipping
this port is regarded as one of the
most urgent and necessary, and the
Chamber voted an additional grant of
10 900, 00Gf to allow of the construction
of a dry dock DiegC-SaureZ is be-
coming the most formidable naval sta
ton in the Indian Ocean, and is likely
to be a perpetual menace to South Af-
RIGA. The works at Saigon, for which
a further sum of 9.OOO.O0Of has been
voted, are being carried out for the
protection of the Indo-Chinese posses
sions, and affording a basis for the
ships of war which will operate in
the Chinese seas.