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CHAPTER XVIII.
ConspiratOrS and a Crux.

Lord Southend was devoted to his wife
q state of feeling natural often, credtable
always Yet the reason people gave for it.
and gave with something like an explicit
sanction from him, was not a very ex-
allied one. Susanna made him so exceed
ingy comfortable. She was also a partic-
ularly good woman, but her husband knew
better than TO talk about that.
Behold him after the most perfect of
lunches. his armchair in exactly the right
spot. his papers by him. his cigar to his
hand (even these Susanna UNDERSTOOD. a
Sense of peace in his heart. and in his head
a mild wonder that anybody was discon-
tented with the world In this condition he
intended to spend at least a couple of
hours. after which Susanna would drive
him gently once round the park take him
to the house of lords, wait twenty minutes
and then land him at the Imperium He lit
cigar and took up the Economist. 1t was
not the moment for anything exciting
"A lady to see you, my lord-on impor-
tant business"
Excessive comfort is enervating After
n brief and futile resistance he found Nina
Eabriska in the loom and himself regarding
her with mingled CONSERVATION and amuse-
Snent- Relics of excitement hung about the
Imp. but they were converted to business
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A MisinfOrmed spiritualist.
From the London Chronicle.

Shortly after Gainsborough's famous
Duchess" was stolen journalist was in
vited to attend spiritualistic seance in
North London. For some time he listened,
incredulous. Then he sent a request to the
effect that the spirit of the lady who had
sat for the purloined portrait should be
summoned. and examined as to its where
abouts. This was duly done, and a series
of knocks indicated her arrival. Now. it
happened that the medium had but a vague
idea of the period in which the artist had
lived. The journalist, noting this. said:
ASK the duchess If she remembers sitting
for the photograph at Gainsborough." The
medium put the question, and the spirit
answered "Yes!" The seance ended. Sol
yuntur risu tabuae"
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(To be continued.)
Some One Stole the Prisoner.

From the London Chronicle.
How far dramatic art should be didactic
is a moot question among the critics, but
a suggestive incident, which seems to
s.adorn a tale rather than point a
moral" Is reported from South Wales.
With view to rendering their Eastertide
services pleasant as well as profitable-in
accordance with the Horatian maxim-the
worshipers at local nonconformist
chapel held a mock trial on a miscreant
called "Alcohol." who was duly convicted
and condemned upon overwhelming evil
dence. At the conclusion of the perform
ance it was discovered that bottle Of
beer, which represented the prisoner, had
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TWO SUMMERS.
Summer at the Shore and Sum-
mer in the Store.

1t is sometimes remarked that the
requirements of society entail as
much hard work upon woman as
she would perform in office or in
store. That may be true The wo-
man who dances the night through
may travel more miles than are
walked by the woman behind the
counter. Her social obligations may
be as exacting as business duties.
But if the society woman dances all
night, she can sleep all day. If her
calls must be duly paid, she has her
carriage in which to drive. She is not
at the mercy of an alarm clock in
the morning, or of store routine dur
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purposes. She came as an agent. The
name of her principal awoke Southends S
immediate interest.
claimed.
Eyes; both of US. We're at their old
home"
Southend discovered his pine neZ and
studied her thin, mobile little face.
And what have you come up for?' he
asked, after a pause.
Nina shrugged her shoulders. "Just to
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been covertly abstracted by a member Of
the congregation, and presumably placed in
close confinement.
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to July. | took five bottles of DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription and
four of Golden Medical Discovery
and five vials of Pellets Have not
had single symptom of my old
trouble SO far. Can sleep good
nights, work hard, and can eat solid
and substantial food without dis
tress. There are several of nv
friends taking your medicines with
the best results since they have seen
how they helped me"
WORK is PLEASURE
when you are well and strong; YOU
then go to work with the iov of
doing. DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription will make you strong and
well if your ailments are within the
compass of medicine to cure. 1t es-
tablishes regularity, dries the drains
that weaken women, heals inflamma-
ton and liberation, and cures female
weakness. 1t cures headache, back
ache, dizziness and other conse-
quences of womanlv ills. 1t. pro-
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notes the appetite.
soothes the nerves and
in d u ices S refreshing
sleep.
Il feel it a duty to
inform you that [
had been a sufferer for
many years from nerv-
BUSINESS with all its
symptoms and compli-
cations" writes Mrs.
O. n. Fisher, OF 1861
Lexington Ave, New
York. n. Y. Il was
constantly going to see
a physician or purchas-
ing medicine for this
or that complaint as
my troubles became
unbearable. In the
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SeildlinS, bleul was IN the same valley
but-wel. a seat is one thing and :.
farms another. "
jamie, when she had seen Bob. an nm
rerentant cheerful Bob on his way- came
pack to hnd her father sitting sorrow
fully.
Dearest father. I'm so sorry" she said
putting her arms around his neck.
He squared his shoulders to meet facts.
ne could always do that. Moreover, he
locked ahead-that power was also among
his gifts-and saw how presently this thing
like other things-would become matter
of course.
That's settled. JAMIE" said he I've
made my last suggestion
She went off in distress to her mother.
but was told to ''let him alone" The
wisdom of woman and of years spoke
Presently Iver went out to play golf. But
his heart was still bitter within him: he
could not resist the sight of possible
sympathizer; he mentioned to the major,
who was his antagonist in the game, that
1t was not often that a young fellow re-
FUSED such a chance as he had just offered
In vain to Bob Broadley. His prospective
relationship to Bob had reached the stage
of being assumed between Duplay and him,
although 1t had not yet been explicitly men
toned.
Il wish somebody would try met
laughed the major. I'm kicking my heels
all day down here"
1ver made no reply and played round
in silence. He lost perhaps because he
was thinking of something else. He liked
Duplay; he thought him clever, and, look
ing back on the history Of the Trstram
affair, he felt somehow that he would like
to do the major a good turn. Were they
not in sense companions in misfortune?
Two days later Duplay sat in the Office
Of Sloyd, Sloyd & Gurney as Ivers repre-
sentative: his mission was to represent to
the youthful firm the exceeding folly of
their conduct in regard to Blinkhampton
His ready brain had assimilated all the
facts and they lost nothing by his ready
INN ny,
the enemy.
1T doesn't do to look at one transaction
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-05
HOLDREGE DEAL SET ON 1T.
Has His Eyes on Pacific Coast for the
Burlington.

Alexander Campbell, a veteran rail
way superintendent, for many years
with the Burlington road, with head
quarters at McCook, Neb., claims
there is nothing that the management
of the road starts out to DO that it can
not find money to accomplish. MI.
Campbell is an enthusiast and his long
service with that corporation qualities
him to speak as. one having authority.
He appears to have exercised this right
while in Denver Saturday.
"The Burlington, said Mr.. Camp
bell, sis going to Salt Lake and to the
Pacific. No power on earth a stop
it. The great ambition Of MI. Hol-
drege, the manager of the road, is to
extend the line to the waters of the
Pacific and it will not be long before
his desire is accomplished. We are
going to the coast, for Holdrege is
dead set on it, and what is the use of
arguing the question? The talk about
Mr.. Holdrege meeting President Burt
of the Union Pacific to listen to an
argument against extending the line to
Salt Lake and Ogden is nonsense.
Nobody could argue with Holdrege on
that subject, for he knows it is going
to be accomplished"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-05
LEE FEELS AGGRIEVED.
Says Published Statements Misrepresent
Facts in His Case.

Robert Lee, who was arrested last
Thursday on the charge of obliterat-
ing cattle brands, is of the opinion
that some of the published accounts
of the affair do him an injustice.
Mr.. Lee says it is bad enough for an
innocent man to be- compelled to rest
under so serious a charge without at
tempt being made to prejudice his
case.
Instead of an officer being obliged to
go out to his ranch to make the arrest
Mr.. Lee says he voluntarily anne to
the city two days before service of the
warrant was made, having heard that
complaint was likely to BIZ made
against him. He remained here, to
use his own expression, "while they
made medicine, and was on his way
to the theatre, in company with
another gentleman when the warrant
was served on him. In coming to the
city he did so with the stock inspector,
who had been out to his ranch and to
whom Mr.. Lee says he endeavored to
explain matters in connection with
the alleged brand 'obliteration to the
satisfaction Of the stock association
and the parties making accusation
against him.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-05
HEADING FOR
THIS STATE
MILWAUKEE, CONCENTRATES
IMPORTANT MOVE.
HELENA OBJECTIVE POINT
Steps Taken to Raise Necessary
Money for Building Pro-
posed Extension.

St. Paul, March 1.-The Globe says:
Once more the rumo1 is revived that
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul is
contemplating building an important
extension westward. The scheme as
outlined at present involves construc-
tion of a line from Eva1ts, S. D., to
Helena, Mont, a distance Of about 700
miles. This would give the Milwaukee
an almost direct route from Chicago
to Montana, and would enable it to
become a formidable competitor for
the cattle business.
It is also reported that a trail six
miles wide and 80 miles long will be
opened through the Indian reservation
which lies letween the Cheyenne river
and Standing Rock reservation. Sur
veyors will, it is stated, be sent out
in the spring to map out the proposed
route.
The directors of the company are
understood to have authorized a 10
per cent increasee in the capital stock
and it is thought probably that the
money realized from this source will
be used in building the new line.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-05
FUN N MYSTERY.
DR.. Meteorological Supplies Both to High
ly Delighted Audience.

One of the most pleasing and inter-
esting entertainments ever given in
the opera house was Saturday night by
DR.. McIvor-Tynda]l. The audience
was composed of the city's most intel
lectual and fashionable people and the
interest as we'll as surprise manifested
was SO great that no doubt was left of
the mystifying effects Of the doctors
performances. He made it evident
that he does not rely upon stage trick
cry and the usual illusions employed
by those pretending to deal with the
occult or mysterious in natures laws.
There was a total absence of "cabi-
nets" and other paraphernalia that al
ways form a conspicuous portion Of
the appurtenances carried by travelling
mediums and others of that class.
His feats consisted of demonstra-
lions Of the power Of mind and while
he surprised and puzzled the audience,
did so only by the application of GER
tain established laws of nature and the
employment Of forces contained IN
the psyshic world. His tests of mind
reading and telepathy were severe and
precluded all possibility of trickery or
~connivance.
The various committees were select
ed by the audience from among we'll
known persons in the theatre and the
doctor was ,sblindfolded each time and
by different gentlemen. He did not
fail in a single instance and while no
doubt some of those who witnessed his
various feats were skeptical, all ad-
mitted that it was wonderful and past
their comprehension.
Some Of the things the doctor did
were amusing and provocative of
mirth as we'll as establishment and
wonder.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-05
CARRIED CONCEALED WEAPON.
Placed in Jail and Later Paid Fine
for Offense.

A certain young man of Billings
was arrested by the police Thursday
night on the charge of carrying a
concealed weapon, a revolver being
found on his person. He was put in
Jail and Friday taken before JUS
tice Mann, who fined him $15 and
costs, amounting in all to $40.
Sometime ago County Attorney
Hathhorn instructed the officials to az
rest all persons found carrying con-
cealed weapons, as it had of late come
to be a practice among a number Of
men, and especially young men, to go
"loaded." Mr.. Hathhorn is deter
mined to break up the habit and thus
possibly prevent bloodshed, and the
arrest Thursday night is the first to
occur.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-05
EFFICACY OF VACCINATION.
Figures Demonstrating Its Value as Pre-
ventive of Smallpox.

In discussing the prevalence of
smallpox throughout the country with
a Gazette man yesterday, a we'll
known physician said that if vacci-
nation is not d preventive Of the dis
ease, it was a remarkable coincidence
that none of those in this city who
has contracted it had been recently
successfully v%acoinated. In support
of his belief that successful vaccina-
tion is a preventive the doctor referred
to the statistics on the. subject COM
piled by the German government.
He said that in 1885, when vaccination
a not obligatory in the empire, the
deaths from smallpox were 1877 per
100, 900 of the population. In 1879 the
deaths attributable to the disease were
262 to the same number of inhabitants.
In 1874 when a law was passed
making vaccination compulsory the
death rate was $50 per cent. In 1886
it had decreased until it reached the
small proportion of O.39 per cent Of
the entire population Of 10, 900, 900.
In the army, where discipline made a
thorough test Of the efficacy Of vacci-
nation possible, there were in 10 years
only " cases of varioloid and not a
single death resulted from the disease.
"These figures alone" the doctor
said. "should remove all doubts of the
value Of vaccination, and there are
lnnumerable proofs OH record which
are equally as convincing. The med
ical profession considers that there is no
single emphatic fact better established
than that vaccination, periodically
repeated, is capable Of effectually pre-
venting the occurrence of smallpox in
man.
"The Observation-Disclosures never had
a single mdical man in their ranks
that could be considered eminent as a
physician. If vaccination protects,
everybody should be vaccinated and
the people should consider that they
have no right to %endanger public well
fare by nelgecting it. If recent sue
cessfully %vaccinated people have not
been sent to the isolation hospital in
Billings it requires no supplementary
proofs to demonstrate it's merits.
'Sore arms result from vaccination
in a very small percentage of cases,
but severe complications, even deaths,
have been reported. a scratch has
also resulted in death, and it is unfair
to condemn the virus for results which
frequently occur where no vaccine
has been employed.
"There would be no smallpox if
everybody was vaccinated and quaran-
tine would not be a problem. Quar-
antine while you have such cases, and
make it thorough, regardless of indi-
vidual Inconvenience OF expense to
the public. It is cheaper than an cpl
demic.'
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-05
INDIAN WAS P
Got Star No. 10 but Was Not at All
Superstitious.

One of the Grow Indians who we're
here in attendance as witnesses before
the United States grand jury was
made happy by Chief of Police Lavell
today, says Thursdays Butte Inter
Mountain. The Indian is one Of the
policemen on the reservation and al
though he cannot speak English he
made the chief understand with the
aid Of an interpreter that he wanted a
gold wreath for his hat and a star.
He wanted q star larger than the ordi-
nary policeman's so that the Indians
could see him coming from a distance.
The chief had an odd star, numbered
Is, and this he gave to the Indian
with instructions to have some black
smith in Billings scrape off the num-
Der and put on what was wanted.
The Indian took the star and polished
it Oh his knee. AS it grew brighter the
smile of the Indian expanded and
when he finally left the Jail he was
several inches taller. The chief also
gave him a gold wreath for his hat.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-05
PROSPEROUS MONTANA.

D. R. Beck returned home yester-
day from a three weeks trip on insur-
ance business over the state, says the
Daily Muscular. His report of con-
ditops as they appear from a SUPER
fetal investigation is that the coming
season is to be a record breaker in the
development Of the states industries.
Billings has taken great strides in
it's Development he said. "The
prairie town is beginning to have
every appearance of a metropolis, and
the business men of the place are con-
fident that the growth is on a firm and
substantial basis. In Bozeman many
improvements Of considerable import
ance are already under way. The
same can be said of Great Falls and
many other smaller places 1 visited.
The prospect is SO encouraging that I
predict a most prosperous year for the
state and it's diversified interests"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-05
WOMAN U DEAD.
Mrs. Mabel McCloy Howell Dies Alone
in Her Room.

in Her Room.
Mrs. Mabel McCloy Howell was
found dead in her room over W. J..
Benefits saloon Saturday morning
by Mr.. Bennett, who reported to Cor
oner Chapple. The o held an
inquest last night.
The woman was not known to have
been i'll, and it is supposed that death
resulted from the use of morphine and
drink, to both of which she was adj
dicted.
Mrs. Howell had been in Billings
about a month, coming here from For
syth, where her ~step-father, MI.
Brown, an engineer on the Northern
Pacific, resides. The husband of the
deceased was a member of Company K
of the First regiment of the North
Dakota volunteer infantry, which did
service in the Philippines. He died
or board ship while en- route home
from Manila, and Mrs. Howell had an
application pending for pension.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-05
THEY R TO PART.
Colored Couple Have Differences Aired in
Police Court.

Police Court.
William Whitlow, colored, was in
the police court Saturday on a
charge of vagrancy preferred by his
wife, who said that her husband
would not work and support the fam
lily. Mrs. Whitlow has been making
the living for some months, she
claims, while the husband loitered
around the saloons, coming home for
his meals and at night time. While
in court Mrs. Whitlow told her liege
lord that she did not want him to come
around her house anymore, and the
couple egreed to play quits. Whitlow
was discharged, but not before he had
promised to go to work and remain off
the street late at nighs.
Sam Wright is serving a two and
one-half days Jail sentence for disturb
ing the peace.
An Italian, a laborer IN the North
ern Pacific, was arrested for drunken
ness. He could not talk English, but
he was made to understand the charge
by Police Judge Mann, who told him
he must leave the ely.
Tom Corrigan paid a fine of $5 for
drunkenness. .f
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-05
A MISSING MAN.

Mrs. r. E. Sherod of Corydon, Iowa,
has written to Postmaster Al Stephens
of Lewistown, asking for information
as to the present whereabouts of her
son, Mirber Sherod, who, she says,
was at last accounts in the employ of
a sheep company in that locality.
Inquiry concerning the missing indi-
vidual develops the fact that he was
in Lewistown several years ago, but
since that time all trace of him has
been lost. The person who can en-
tighten Mrs. Sherod as to her sons
fate will confer a great blessing upon
an unhappy woman.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-05
SIX INDICTMENTS.
United States Grand Jury Soon Disposes
= of Its Work.

OF ltS WORK.
The United States grand jury, called
in Butte, finished it's work in two
days, made it's report to the court and
was discharged by Judge Knowles.
Six true bills were returned. The
report was brief, merely stating that
the jurors had examined into the mat
ters presented before them. The in
dictments were as follows: B. F. Ne
land, George Sherwood and Harry
Buchanan, for living on the Grow res
ervation in direct discbedience Of the
orders issued to them by the agent, J.
E. Edwards, who denied them the
privilege of abiding within the con-
fines Of the reservation; Thomas M.
Brady, for passing counterfeit gold
coins in Missoula on January 20. last,
six counts, John Bushman and Pascal
Antoine, for selling whisky to Indians
on the Flathead reservation. All the
defendants are under arrest in Helena.
This grand jury sitting was one of
the shortest on record in the federal
court of this state.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-05
CUTTING sCRAPE.
Woman's Actions Cause Husband to
Raise a Row.

Woman's Actions Cause Husband to
Raise a Row.
What nigh have been a tragedy
was narrowly averted on the streets of
Billings Friday night, two men and a
woman figuring as the principals in
the affair. As a result of the trouble
both the men, Arthur Williams, said
to be the aggressor, and n Maginnis,
are now occupying cells in the county
Jail. Up to a late hour last night no
complaint had been filed against either
men.
The trouble occurred over the cor.
slant attentions Maginnis is alleged
to have paid to William's wife. Will
Jams and his wife have not been on
the best Of terms for over a year and
have not lived together for some time.
Last fall Mrs. Williams instituted
proceedings in the district court for a
divorce on the grounds Of cruelty, and
the action is still pending. Despite
this fact and also that they do not live
together Mrs. Williams has not beeu
averse to receiving the attentions of
her husband, to whom she has made
presents and in divers other ways led
him to believe that she still had a
warm spot in her heart for him. Dur
ing all this time it is claimed she has
continued to receive the attentions of
Maginnis, who seemed to have the best
hold on her affections, and so rank
have become their actions, it is said,
that it has set the neighborhood in
which Mrs. Williams resides to talk
ing. 1t also came to the ears of Mr..
Williams, who lays the breaking up of
his home to Maginnis, with whom he
says Mrs. Williams became enamored.
Williams became almost crazed and it
is said wen threatened to do bodily in
jury to Maginnis.
Friday night Williams saw his wife
and Maginnis walking together along
North Twenty-seventh street neal Dr..
Rinehart's residence. He accosted
them and struck Maginnis a couple of
blows, which were resented by the
latter drawing a knife and %stabbing
Williams twice, once near the heart
and once in the side just under the left
arm, both injuries being slight, as the
blade struck a rib each time. Mrs.
Williams, who attempted to separate
the men, received a slight cut on the
wrist.
The officers were notified and both
men arrested. Williams was found in
DR.. Rinehart's office having his in
juries treated, and Maginnis at his tent
in North Billings.
Mrs. Williams has been working
lately at the Hotel Driscoll.