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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-03
CONVENTION
is AT AN END
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS
CONCLUDE THEIR SESSION.
new OFFICERS CHOSEN
Splendid Talks and Papers Mark
Last Days Session
Money Pledged.

Inc last Jays session OF the IWelTtn
annual convention of the State Sun.
day School association was opened
yesterday morning with a talk on
Graded Schools" by Rev. H. F. Cope,
of Dillon. There were about Is per.
sons in attendance. This was fol
lowed with a conference by the coun.
ty representatives, led by Rev. w. S.
Bell, of Helena. In both instances
many splendid thoughts were brought
out in the discussions.
The report of the nominating com
mittee was then read by Rev. w. s.
Bell as follows, and after quite d dis
cussion on that of Rev. Bell, was ac-
cepted and adopted:
President-Rev. H. F. Cope, Dillon.
Treasurer-E. H. Talcott, Livings-
ton.
Superintendent primary department
Mrs. E. o. Railsback. Billings.
Superintendent home department
Miss Ina Mckenzie, Miles City.
Superintendent normal department
Rev. w. S. Bell. Helena.
Field worker-Rev. John Orchard,
Fargo, N. D.
Four of the above, E. H. Talcott,
Mrs. E. o. Railsback, Rev. w. S. Bell,
and Rev. John H. Orchard, were re-
nominated.
Owing to the discussion over his
nomination, Rev, w. S. Bell announced
that he positively refused to erv
The convention decided to leave the
selection of a secretary to the execu-
tive committee.
The new members of the executive
committee selected are:
H. M. Patterson, of Butte, chairman.
w. A. Price, Helena; o. F. McHargue,
Bcze;nan; l.. r. Foote. Butte a re-
elected.
The retiring president, H. NJ. Pat
terson, has made al excellent officer.
He is a thorough Sunday school work.
err and one fully imbueu with the pro.
gress of the cause.
The business committee reported
that $725 would be needed to carry On
the work this year, divided as for
lows: ,M
Salary and expense of field
worker $500 VI
Departments SO O(
Incidentals, printing, etc.,. so 0C
Expense of executive commit
tee meetings ............. 70 "
IOtal ........ .............$l2o W
The various counties pledged finan'
cial support as follows:
Beaverhead Is OC
BrOadWater Z 81
Cdiuou ~ "
ascau ~ w
Custei 70 "
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
MASHED OUT FROM NOME.

Captain Russian Nelson, the first
out from Nome this year, arrived on
the Excelsior yesterday afternoon. He
took passage on the Kadiak after a
tramp overland of 1,400 miles. The
purpose of his trip was to bring down
advices for the Wild Goose Mining
company, with which he is connected.
Captain Nelson on his trip down met
party of prospectors at Good News
Bay, who, he says, were systematical-
ly prospecting the country in that re-
gion. Although their reports are
good, Captain Nelson is inclined to
believe that there is very little gold
there.
In the vicinity of Unalaklik Captain
Nelson met many prOspectOrs coming
from and going to Kuskoquim placer
diggings, the reported richness OF
which he is of the opinion is not true.
In all the number of men he encoun-
tered he said that not one had been
able to find Yellow river, the
branch of the Kuskoquim on
which the discovery was reported to
have been made. twenty-five miles be-
low Andreasky he met three Kusko-
quinn stampeders, all of whom were
badly frost-bitten. They refused to
give their names for fear of causing
their relatives at home unnecessary
worry.
Speaking of conditions at Nome,
Captain Nelson said that they were
never better. Good discoveries have
been made during the winter and 4
number Of big transfers made. The
air of lawlessness that first character
lied the camp is done away with and
the winter, so far as crime is con-
cerned was very quiet. Twenty-three
dollars to the pan have been found
on Newton creek, and some wonderful
reports have come from the Bluestone.
claim on this latter river was pur-
chased by a man named Kennedy who
ten days later sold the same property
for $4,000.
Captain Nelson had fifty pounds of
mail when he started from Nome, but
only about 100 letters came by the
Excelsior, the greater part of the con-
signment having been left at the Ka-
diak DOStOffice tO como down hv the
regular juneau Unalaska United States
mail service.
Captain Nelson left last evening for
San Francisco.-Seattle Times.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
NATURAL GAS
PLAYS OUT
In the Flooded District Of Ohio
and Pennsylvania
NO LIGHT OR FIR E
The Flood Said to Be at Its Height Now
and Rivers Are Reported as
Falling.
NO LIGHT OR FIR E
BY Associated Press:

BY Associated Press:
Cincinnati, April % Although the
Ohio river is still rising there is no
fear on account of the flood. The
weather bureau predicts that the
maximum depth will be reached here
in less than "a hours. and will not ex-
ceed 5S feet, or come within !! 1 fact
of the record. The food is receding
as far down as ParEersburg Several
lives have been lost in accidents. At
Middle Fork, KY, Jacob Tuss was
drowned while rafting logs West
llonton and all territory in The low
lands along the creeks are Inundated,
rendering hundreds of families home.
less. "a landslide cut off the natural
gas supply from all the cities AMI
towns along the Ohio between Iron.
ton and Huntington. Destitute saf.
fcrers are quartered in public build.
ings.
Huntington, w. Va, April 23.--Ncws
CT great suffering from the flood comes
from the interior counties. The rain
ceased at midnight, for the first time
in almost six days.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
People Die from Cold and Ex-
posture
IN NOME DISTRIC T
Sixteen Men and Women Huddled Together
in Cabin, Freezing and Starving
to Death.
BY Associated Press:

BY Associated Press:
Seattle, April 23.-The Nome Gold
Digger of January 80, gives an account
of terrible blizzard. DR.. Pelton was
frozen on the trail, near Solomon.
Dan Anderson left Dexter for Nome
four weeks ago, and has not been
heard from since. 1t is feared he
perished in the blizzard. DR.. w. F.
Baum perished while carrying medi-
cal assistance to a sick miner. Six
teen men and a woman were huddled
together in MANNED and mutilated
condition from frosc bite, in a cabin
on Pilgrim river, with the added hor-
ror of starvation facing them. Individ-
uals and companies have donated
money and food. DR.. Tam was froz-
en- to death January 10, and two un-
known men found dead near Mary's
Igloo
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
HAD MONEY
OF The KIDS
Over Fifteen Hundred Dollars
in Suspended Bank
OF CHILDREN'S SAVINGS
School Bank Had Made Deposits with the
Private Bank Of Gilbert Bros,
Sa1emn. Oregon.
OF CTIILDREN'S SAVINGS
By Associated Press:

BY Associated Press:
Salem, Ore, April 23.-The bank of
Gilbert Bros, closed this morning on
account of the litigation begun by the
heirs of the late William Cosper. The
notice on the bank door is to the ef-
feet that the closing was deemed best
to protect depositors.
A large crowd gathered at the bank
before the opening hour. Many wo-
men and children were among the
throng. but no demonstration follow
ed. Deposits are estimated from
twenty thousand to a hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars. Deposits
include school savings bank funds,
about $500 distributed among many
children.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
COLUMBIA FALLS ITEMS,

c. A. Miller went to his ranch on
North Fork last night.
Meador Bros, came down from their
tie camp at Belton last night.
A. p Purviance and Commissioner
Christensen went duck hunting today
and succeeded in bagging five of the
winged tribe.
c. C. Miller has been setting out
fruit trees on his ranch south of town
for several days. Mr.. Miller has quite
large orchard on his ranch in which
he takes much pride.
Columbia Falls, April %.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
WILEY is IN BUTTE.
Pleads Innocence of the Outrageous
Charge Against Him.

Pleads Innocence of the Outrageous
Charge Against Him.
Captain James Leyden has arrived
from Sedalia, Mo-, with Thomas L..
Wiley, the young man who is wanted
by the local authorities on charge
of having criminally assaulted An
ME Killenae, in custody.
According to the girls story the as.
sault was committed while she was Ill
of TYPHOID pneumonia.
Wiley is bright looking young
man of about 25 years. He says there
is absolutely no truth in the charge.
He admitted having met the girl while
he was in Butte some months ago.
and said he called on her at her room
on her invitation number of times.
He insists. however, that he took no
liberties whatever with her.
He says that on the day of his de-
parture for the east he received a
note from the girl, in which she re-
quested him to call at her room in the
Thornton block. She was sick at the
time. He thought it best not to ac-
cept the invitation and left for the east
that night.
He says he did not know the officers
were looking for him until he was ar.
rested. He had secured railroad po-
sition and was in the hospital, as
the result of an accident, when
he was arrested on telegraphic
advice from Montana. He was kept
in Jail thirtytwo hours, when he was
released on his own recognizance. He
says he thinks he will experience no
difficulty in establishing his innocence.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
SECOND SWIFT PACE.
San Francisco Papers Remember Fred
DingIe.

The San Francisco Bulletin of
April 13, has picture of and a large
account about the escapede of Fred
II. Dingle the Northern Pacific chief
clerk, who left Seattle few days ago
an embezzler. According to the
Bulletin, Dingle did time in San
Francisco prison five years ago for
misdemeanor and embezzlement. He
was not sent to States prison, as he
was not prosecuted on a ebony charge
because he made great part of the
shortage good. He did six months
in the county jail. His crime was rob.
berry of the Manufacturers associa-
ton of that city of several thousand
dollars. The bulletin, recounting his
career in San Francisco, says:
Dingle kept things hot in the red
light part Of town, and for brief
spell there were gathered around him
the choicest spirits among the habi.
tues. He was a good fellow" and
long as he could keep the pace up no
one questioned where he got the
money to do it, though many of his
friends wondered how he could live as
he did, knowing the salary he receiv-
ed. One day in August, 1896, they
found out that l.. B. Patterson, secre-
tary of the Manufacturers and Pro-
ducers' association, discovered that
his funds were smaller by between
$4,000 and $4,000 than they ought t.
be, and Dingle was arrested on
charge of y-embezzlement. He
confessed, with the aid of his <frien1s
paid back most of the stoen money,
pleaded for another chance and escap-
ed becoming a felon as has been de-
scribed. The decision of Paterson
not to press charge of felony and
permit the fellow to plead guilty to
the lesser offense caused considerable
comment at the time, and the police
criticised his action severely.
Dingle is now 80 years of age. He
is slight of stature, weighing about
las pounds, and stands five feet ten
inches in height. His distinguishing
marks, according to the local police
records, are blue gray eyes, double
pock marks on the left side of the
forehead and small scar on the
left side of the forehead and a small
scar on the outer corner of the right
eye. He always wears glasses, being
near-sighted.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
A QUICK BLAZE.

Carpenters barber shop, in a six
foot niche adjoining the club restau-
rant was badly scorched this after
noon. A can of gasoline had been
set upon the stove for some purpose,
and it exploded, scattering the burn.
ing fluid everywhere. The fire de-
partment reached the scene of opera
tions in few short moments after the
alarm was in. No water was used
on the fire, but the damage was con.
siderable, the barber's chair, pictures
and decorations were all spoiled.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
EXPLOSION
OF POWDER
Billings Freighter, Loaded with
Blast Powder, Sees
w AGON ON FIRE
While Attempting to Drag Cover Off the
Wagon an Explosion Occurs
Nearly Killing Him.
pecial Dispatch to the Bee:

Special Dispatch to the Bee:
Billings, April 22.-Sam Johnson, a
freighter, had loaded his wagon for
an outward trip, today, part of his
freight being 2,7OO pounds of blast
powder, and was hitching up his horses
preparatory to starting when he dis
covered the wagon to be on fire. John
son started to drag off the wagon cover
when terrific explosion occurred.
Johnson's face is badly burned and he
may lose his eye sight. Much of his
clothing was blown off and the hair
of his head burned.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
GULF TRAIN
HELD UP
Near Memphis by Masked
Men. Who Shoot Porter
ROB EXPRESS CAR
OF Over $1,000 and Have to Beat Up the
tine Messenger. Passengers Not
Molested.
ROB EXPRESS CAR
BY Associated Press:

BY Associated Press:
Little Rock, Ark, April %. - The
Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf passenger
train, which was held UP at midnight
west of Memphis, arrived here this
morning. Sidney Drew a negro pr
ter, who was shot by the bandits. was
taken to the hospital. His condition
is serious. G.. T. Meader. express
head and shoulders with pistol. Pass
engers were not molested. The To-
cal agent of the Wells, Fargo Express
company could not state the amount
the robbers had secured. but it is said
to be over 10000.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23

Two sisters of General George H.
Thomas are living in Southampton
county, Va, the eldest being 80 years
of age. Ever since General Thomas
cast his lot with the union, in 1861,
they have declared that 1--WE have no
brother. He died the day after Vir-
ginia seeded" They will not suf-
fer his name to be mentioned in their
presence without protest.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
THE LADY
FROM HURON
Something About Clark's Al
legged Fiancee.
MISS LAUBE'S FAMILY
Her Father Was Saloonkeeper and Timer.
Both Father and Daughter Are
Travelling Spiritualists.
MISS LAUBE'S FAMILY

the Anaconda Standard says: The stor-
les recently set in circulation and
printed throughout the country in re-
gard to the alleged approaching mar
riage of w. A. Clark and Miss Hattie
Rose Laube are not taken very ser-
ously in this region where the Laube
end of the rumor is at home. The in
formation that has reached this place
is to the effect that Miss Laube, now
in California, has given out word that
she has become engaged to marry
Senator Clark and that she received
his formal proposal in letter written
by him while in Europe, where it is
understood he is now.
Miss Laube is Huron girl of rather
fair appearance. Her education was
received in the schools of this
city. She is considered to be rather
a peculiar young woman. She is
probably ~ years of age, and is con-
sidered by those who are acquainted
with her as very strongly under the
influence Of her father. His case
need not be considered in detail-it
cannot be said of him that he ranks
among the most esteemed business
men of South Dakota.
In the early days Laube ran a saloon
and gambling house. It was gener-
orally understood that in this business
he amassed a comfortable sum of
money. Later on he went to Colorado
where he lost much of his property,
and it is understood that he is now
doing business in his wife's name.
At least that was said to be the case
in regard to him for time. Laube
is practical timer by trade, and has
more or less of inventive genius. Dur
ing the past ten years he has dealt in
patent rights. He has invented sew
eral small novelties, on one or more
of which he has made some money.
Miss Laube has been more or less
closely his associate in business, and
she is now travelling with him in Cal
ffornia.
''Laube is a spiritualist and the
turn he is doing at the present time
is to give exhibitions of his power as
a medium. Miss Laube does his lec-
turing for him. At one time or an
other during the last four years,
Laube has claimed that his daughter
was engaged to Senator Clark. While
no one here is in position to affirm or
deny any of the stories that are told
in this respect, the prevailing belief
in Huron is, and has been from the
first, that there is no substantial
foundation for the report. Whether
the story is circulated for the purpose
of advertisement or for other motives
that suggest themselves is purely a
matter of conjecture here.
While the association of the young
Woman's name with that of Senator
Clark is not novelty here, the present
prominence given to the gossip about
an engagement has naturally attracted
more or less attention in this COM
munity and the prevailing opinion here
is that Senator Clark will have to con.
firm the report of his engagement be-
fore Huron takes any stock in it.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23

The Jews are still getting into Pal
estine in spite of every obstacle put In
their way. They are now said to
number nearly half the population Of
Palestine; that is, about one hundred
thousand. The Jews do not take to
Arabic. They either speak German,
French or English, besides the COLO
quials Of the country from which they
have emigrated.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
PARDoNED A BANK WREcKER.

By Associated Press:
Washington, April 23.-The presi-
dent today pardoned Joseph N. Wolf
son, convicted in 1896, for collusion
with a bookkeeper of the Union Ma
tional bank of New Orleans in the en-
bezzlement of $64O,O00.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23

A marked rise in the level Of the
Dead Sea has been noted A broad
lagoon has been formed OF tho north
side of the Jordan delta.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
WHEAT QUOTATIONS.

By Associated Press:
Chicago, April 23 May ccrn again
broke the crop record today selling at
AZ cents; May wheat, per bu. ! ;::-S.
San Francisco, April q Cash
wheat, per cwt., 01.O2 IL
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
DISDAIN THE CRIME
OF SMASHING PROPERTY
Carrie Nation and Party of Friends

Carrie Nation and Party of Friends
in Jail.
By Associated Press:
Wichita, Kas., April 23.-Carrie Ma
tion, Lucy White, Julia Evans and
Lydia Muntz, the four women who
smashed two saloons here some
months ago, have decided to reject
bail and go to Jail. They deem it
their duty to resent any imputation
that they have committed anything
of a crime, hence they decided to go
to Jail.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
NO MORE HEADS WANTED
BY u. S. GOVERNMENT


Keep the Peace.
BY Associated Press:
Washington, April 23.-It is said at
the state department dispatches rep
resenting the United States as join
ing in the demand for more heads,
and more punishment in China, do
not correctly portray the position of
this government. AS matter of
fact, Rockhill, special commissioner at
Pekin is aiming to restrain any un-
necessary shedding of blood.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
WILL DANCE FOR M'KINLEY

Special Dispatch to the Bee:
Helena, April 22.-J. H. Monteath,
agent for the Blackfoot Indians, thinks
the department will authorize so or 60
Indians to attend the reception to
President Mckinley at Great Falls.
next month.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23

J. J. Grant of Anaconda and Butte
fame, arrived in town last night and
was looking up his old friends. He
has plenty of them in the valley, as
he is one of the first settlers here.
He is chuck full of old time remin.
iscences. Old Demersville is his
stronghold
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
UPRISING THREATENED
IN INTERIOR OF CHINA
Boxers Preparing to Resist the Gov.
ernment-Famine Abroad.

ernment-Famine Abroad.
BY Associated Press:
Berlin, April 23.-The Cologne Volks
Zeitung prints correspondence from a
German missionary in China, which
says that the Boxers in southern Pc
Chi Ii, are preparing for an anti-gov-
ernment rising, and especially in
Jaung Ping Flu, and Mai Ming Flu,
where the population sympathizes with
the boxers because of the famine
there.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23

TOCST0l MUST PUII,H FREIGHT
BY Associated Press:
London, April pa dispatch from
Vienna says the czar has signed a de-
cree expelling Count Tolstoi from Rus.
sia and that the decree has been serv.
ed.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
By Associated Press:

BY Associated Press:
San Francisco, April 23.-The bark
Otto Gildemeister has been condemned
as ac obstructive loss under the marine
laws of Germany, and will be sold.
Spectators in reinsurance who plac.
ed money on the vessel will lose $115,-
90.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23

Tom Riley, one of the old time res
idents of Kalispell, who has been abb
sent in British Columbia for about
three years, returned yesterday.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
NOT A FRIEND
ONLY A RICH WOMAN
Not Even an American but the King

Permits Her to Live.
BY Associated Press:
London, April 23.-Mrs. Hartman,
to whom King Edward has granted
the, use of the White Lodge" Rich
mond Park, is not an American. The
phrase granted use Of" is liable to
misconception, as a matter of fact
Mrs. Hartman has taken long lease
of White Lodge. She is exceedingly
rich, and is not a friend of the king.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
A NEW COPPER
MINING COMPANY
Capitalized at Seven Millions In Mea-
CHER County.

Special Dispatch to the Bee:
Helena, April 22.-The Bob Evans
Copper Mining company filed articles
of incorporation today with the secre-
tary of the state. The capital stock is
seven million dollars. The company's
operations will be in Meagher coun-
tY.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
University MORTGAGE
BONDS SOLD AT PAR
To Farson, Leach & Co.-Bonds are
Second Mortgage.

Second Mortgage.
Special Dispatch TO the Bee:
Helena, April Pat a meeting of
the state board of land commissioners
this afternoon, at which Governor
Higgins, Attorney General Donovan,
and State Superintendent Welch were
present, the bid of Farson, Leach G
O., of Chicago, of par for $4,000 Sec
ond mortgage state university bonds,
was accepted.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
COMPLICATED ENOUGH NOW

By Associated Press:
Berlin, April 23.-Oficials here en-
phatically deny the report that new
complications have arisen in the China
question.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
CRAFTY II HUNG CHANG
WANTS FOREIGN TROOPS
&c Withdraw From China, Prcmising
Ample PY,tection.

Washington, April 23.-lt is under
stood here that Prince Ching and Ii
Hung Chang are prepared to give a
guarantee to the powers for the pro-
lection Of all foreigners in China, if
the foreign troops now stationed there
are withdrawn.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
BRIDGE BURNED
NEAR BONITA
Northern Pacific Traffic Delayed
Thirteen Hours.

special Dispatch to the Bee:
Missoula, Mont, April 22.-Traftic
on the Northern Pacific was delayed
13 hours today by the burning of a
bridge near Bonita. Temporary repairs
have been made and train service re-
sumed.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
ACQUAINTED IN ST.
LOUIS.

BY Associated Press:
st. Louis, April 23.-All the men,
bers of the world fair national COM
mission are in st. Louis this after
noon.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-23
THE BARK OTTO
A CONSTRUCTIVE LOSS
surance Sharps.

Condemned and Sold to Spite the In.