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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-16

which there is wire communication
at the present time. This man de-
scribes the storm which swept that
section as a regular tidal wave, SINH
lar to the one which resulted in such
awful loss of life in 1893. He says all
the people living on the east bank of
the river have moved up to Jump
which is Is miles from the mouth Of
the river. The house of man named
Golden, half mile above the quaran-
tine station, was swept away, and is
members of the family, including
nine children, were drowned. The
quarantine buildings were badly dam
aged but no one was injured.
The big tow boat Chamberlain was
driven high and dry in the marsh,
but her crew are safe. Government
boat General Rese is believed to have
been lost, Captain O'Brien's' house
was swept away but he was on the
boat which was believed to be out
side. The pile driver at Port Eads
was sunk. The steamboat Buras was
driven ashore near the light house,
and later it was reported that she had
sunk. Her crew were said to have
been saved. A tug boat went down to
Pass L'Outre, which is the eastern
mouth Of the river, with two barges.
rot oh
awash, and is believed to have gone
down. If this boat and her barges
have been lost 20 more people have
been drowned.
There are numerous reports of in
dividual casualties all along the river
from Buras down to Passes. All
steamers which started for sea Tues
day remained inside Passes until We'd
nesday evening, and then went out
safely, among the number being the
Cromwell liner Proteus, and British
transport Mechanician, which was dy-
namited while in port few days ago.
Not single vessel has passed up the
river since the storm began and great
fears are entertained for the ones
which are expected.
There is serious apprehension con-
cerning Cheniere Caminada and
Grand Isle sections, on south Louisi-
ana coast, west of the Mississippi
river where 1000 lives were lost in
1898 by tidal wave. Up to this writ
ing no word has been received from
that section which is largely inhabit-
ed by fishermen, mostly Chinese and
Malays.
Up to last midnight everything
seemed to be safe at Mississippi
coast towns, Bay ST. Louis, Pass Chris
tian, Biloxi, Mississippi City and
Ocean Springs, but since then not a |
word has been heard from them. All |
wires are down and great fear is en-
tertained. Report of damages so far
received are of destroyed bath houses
and uprooted trees.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-16
TIDAL WAVE.
Storm at Mouth of Mississippi Very
Severe.

Severe.
New Orleans, Aug. 15-The storm
which has been sweeping the gulf
coast from Pensacola and moving
westward during the past two days
has prostrated telegraph and tele-
phone wires to such an extent that
news from the outlying sections is
hard to get. The greatest fears have
been entertained for the safety of the
people living at Port Eads, which is
at the mouth of the Mississippi river,
and for the ships that started for sea
just before the storm began. Wires
to Port Eads have been prostrated
since Tuesday night at o'clock but
the Picayune reached man who left
there at o'clock Wednesday,. He
was at Buras, which is 60 miles down
the river and the farthest point with
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-16
IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE.
WAS THE PENALTY IMPOSED
IN BARRY TRIAL.
Jury Bring in Verdict Of Guilty
and Fix the Punish
ment.

st. Paul, Aug. 15-The jury in the
case of William Barry, who has been
on trial at Langdon, N. D., for the
murder of Andrew Mellem, tonight
rendered verdict of guilty of MUIR
der in the first degree and ordered
him sentenced to Imprisonment for
life. The trial has been in progress
for the past two weeks, and brilliant
array of counsel has been engaged on
both sides. The defense sought to
establish the fact that Barry, who was
subject to epilepsy, was insane at the
time of the murder.
The murder was one of the most
sensational crimes in the annals of
northwestern criminology. Barry is
wealthy farmer residing near Mil
ton, N. D., and Mellem was his hired
man. According to Barry's own story
his unmarried sister, who lived with
him, had confessed that she had had
improper relations with Mellem and
that the latter had refused to marry
her. On January 8, after he had vain
ly implored Mellem to right all wrong,
and after his sister had become in
sane from brooding over the matter
and had wandered about all night
upon the frozen prairie, Barry went to
the barn where Mellem was, and told
him that he had come to kill him. He
had rope in his hands and this he
placed around the hiredman's neck
and attempted to attach the other end
to rafter in order to hang his vic
tim. Barry is much larger man than
was Mellem, but the latter made such
a terrible struggle that he was unable
to accomplish his purpose. He then
pulled out his watch and told Mellem
that he had but five minutes to live
and that he would better spend it in
prayer. Mellem, exhausted by his
struggle, knelt and prayed, while by
his side stood his employer, with his
watch in one hand and dirk knife
upraised over his victims head in the
other. At the expiration Of the al
lotted time the knife descended in
one swift stroke and the kneeling
man fell forward. Barry's sister was
afterwards taken to an asylum where
she died.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-16
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS.
n Pennsylvania National Issues are
Ignored in Platform.

Harrisburg, Pa, Aug. 15-The dem
ocratic state convention today nom
mated Judge Hartman Yerkes of Dales-
town for supreme judge and Repre-
sentative Andrew j. Palm of Mead
vile, for state treasurer.
The platform makes no reference
to w. j. Bryan or national affairs,
but is confined entirely to state is
sues. In the closing moments Of the
convention resolutions were adopted
without debate and by practically a
unanimous vote which will have the
effect of blocking any effort that may
be contemplated looking to the with
drawal of the candidate for state
treasurer and the substitution Of an
anti-Quay republican or fusion ticket.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-16
MOBILE is
UNDER WATER
WIRES DOWN AND EXTENT OF
DAMAGE CONJECTURE.
STRONG WIND PREVAILED
Storm Sweeps Entire Gulf Coast
Equal to Disaster Of
1903.


which has been raging along the gull
coast for two days has tonight com
pletely isolated the city of Mobile
Ala, from the outside world. It is
known that considerable damage has
been done along the water front in
Mobile but whether there has been
any loss of life or not is mere con
lecture. Nothing had been heard
from the country south of Mobile up
to the time the last wire to Mobile
failed.
At 4:30 this afternoon the Western
Union in Mobile was abandoned, the
water at that time being three feet
deep in the operating room.
Two hours later connection was had
for moment with Mobile An Asso-
ciated Press operator had made his
way to the operating room in boat.
He took up his position on top of the
| switch board, several feet above the
flooded Office, and detaching the Asso-
ciated Press wire from it's place in
the board sent this message:
Am on top Of the switch board
here with lineman. Water is over
three feet deep in this room and it is
still rising. Wind is blowing at
rate of so miles an hour and we look
for worse things tonight Business
district is deserted" Here the wire
failed and nothing more could be
heard from him although the most
persistant efforts were made. Water
at p. m. was reported as high as in
the great flood of 1893, although at
that time the wind was not as high.
From Mobile to Fort Morgan, dis
tance of 35 miles, and on both sides
of the bay, summer resorts and sum
mer houses are located. These were,
it is believed, in the direct path of
the storm. The telegraph line to Fort
Morgan runs around the bay and
through the country and covers IS
miles before it reaches the govern
ment reservation. 1t is feared there
has been loss of life in the Mississippi
Sound just outside the bar below Fort
Morgan. These islands are inhabited
by French fishermen and are, only
about four of five feet above the
water under ordinary stages and there
was great loss of life in 1893
According to adyices received in
Atlanta the Louisville & Nashville |
railroad has had washouts near Chef
Menteur, Lake Catharine, Lookout |
and Rigolets. Two miles of Louis
vile & Nashville track through Ten
sas swamp west of Mobile is reported |
under water. All trains have been
reported abandoned for the present
Several bridges are reported out of
plumb.
Weather officials here sent out a
special warning tonight forecasting
high waters for Alabama tomorrow.
The Western Union company has
gangs of men and supplies awaiting
at several places to move toward
Mobile as soon as tracks are cleared
Of water. 1t is possible these may
restore communication from this side
within "a hours but from reports Of
damage done between here and Mo-
bile it is probable that days will elapse
before wires are in working order.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-16
in 2:oeA, with The Abbot back Of tie

y ='0074 ~ VIII = ne AUDUC DaCK OF the
flag.
AS the race was best three in five.s
Ketcham consented that Crescens "a
another heat. This he did shortly be-
fore . O'Clock accompanied by a run
ming mate for the first half where he
was Joined by another runner and he
did the mile in 2:O5. The Quarter in
:3oh, the half in 1:o1A and three
quarters in 1:34.
To the credit of The Abbot it should
be said that, not only was this his
first race this season, but he has also
been sick and his best mile since his
recovery was in the vicinity of 2:O9.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-16
Virginia..

Norfolk Va, Aug. 15-The demo-
cratic state convention finished it's
work and adjourned today. The plat
form expresses admiration for all
leaders of the party from Jefferson to
Bryan. 1t condemns trusts and de-
clares for the selection of party can
didates by primary elections.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-16
Boer Commandments Wounded.

Boer Commandments Wounded.
Middleburg, Cape Colony, Aug. IS
Col. Geroning has had successful en-
gagement with General Kritsinger and
Commandments Erasmus, Piper and
Cachet, near Steynburg Aug. 13 Eras-
mus and Cachet were wounded.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-27
DEWEY'S REBUKE.


Saturday Evening Post.
Though Admiral Dewey is a model of
patience and considerate politeness, he can
be peremptorily and cuttingly ironical when
occasion calls. His friends recall an inter
esting incident illustrative of these traits.
1t took place in 1915 when he was COM
mander of the Pensacola. of the European
squadron. His vessel visited a Mediterrane-
an port which has seen few American war
ships since the with TripoH. As the
Pensacola needed Sprucing up, Commodore
Dewey gave orders that no visitors be al
lowed on board until noon of the next day.
1t happened that a New York nabOb was
in the harbor with his yacht. In his launch
ne made for the Pensacola without delay.
but was refused permission to board by
the deck officer.
mo visitors will be received until noon
Tomorrow" the millionaire was informed.
But you must let me on now" the ma
bob urged. II am Mr.. So-and-sO, you
pay more taxes in America than any other
two men, and, in fact, own half the
United States navy.
Let him come up" came an order from
the commander.
The man of millions clambered aboard
and was met by Dewey.
II heard your remark that you owned
half OF the United States navy" said the
commander; and then, STOPPING. he cut with
his knife silver of wood from the deck
and handed it to the boastful visitor
Take this souvenir of the Pensacola
and keep 1t, remarked the commander.
1T is yours; 1t is ali you have ever owned
or ever will own of the navy of the United
States. Shall be glad to see you with other
visitors any time after the noon hour to-
morrow"
and crestfallen Croesus crept back to his
launch
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-27
MIR. ROOSEVELT NOT A RICH MAN.
For n Number of Years His Personal
Income Was $1,000 n Year.
New York Sun.

New York Sun.
President Roosevelt is not a rich man.
He has never been wealthy. His personal
income for many years has been 5000 a
year, and the personal income of Mrs
Roosevelt has also been 5000 year. So, by
joining these incomes the Roosevelt family
have lived in fair fashion. There have been
no eXtravagances, but everything has been
conducted on practical and careful lines,
and anybody who is aware of Mr.. and Mrs.
Roosevelts social standing for the last
twenty years can easily see that the joint
income of $4,000 year would be none too
much for the demands upon them.
Mr.. Roosevelts salary as an assembly,
man was $500 a year, and you can bet
your last trade dollar that he received no
other income as aSSemblyman while at
Albany. His salary as United States civil
service commissioner under President Har-
risOn $1,000 year. His salary police
commissioner under Mayor Strong was
$500 year.
His salary as assistant secretary Of the
navy under Secretary Long was $500 year.
His salary as a lieutenant colonel and
colonel of the United States Volunteers in
the Cuban service was picayune His salary
as Governor of the State Of New York was
$4,000 year. His salary vice president
of the United States was $4,000 year. His
present salary as President of the United
States is $4,000 a year
President Roosevelt in all of his ways.
is practical and thrifty. He told a friend
the other night at dinner in the White
House that he was very glad that he or
dered a new frOck coat last spring, for the
reason that that coat served in ali of the
Kinley's death. AT the time that President
Roosevelt made this statement it was pref
ty hot in Washington and he still wore the
thick frOck coat.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-27

stamp the character of the physician. On
the other hand, the charlatan's baseness
should make the true physicians deeds Of
charity and mercy shine with the brighter
luster as stars shine brightest IN the
darkest skies
When brooding pestilence spreads its
black wings over the land you will find
the true physician in the foremost van,
setting aside the ties of home and family,
casting aside all comfort and enduring all
misery, fighting against the most dreaded
of all foes an unseen and mysterious one;
and you will find him in the ranks Of the
noblest heroes and the greatest martyrs; but
if you search the tablets OF fame for his
name you will seldom find it. for his is
fight unnOticed by the world, unheralded
by the reclamation of the throng, not
craven on memorials of bronze, enrolled
only in the memory of his friends, too often
like the waxeH tablets Of the ancients
from which the records of old were erased
and overwritten by the new. L. N. NJ. d.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-27

This works very satisfactorily where the
nerves are concerned, where hysteria and
the 'vapOrs'' are the sole cause of the i'll;
but when it comes to the jumping tooth
ache that's another matter. She can't for
get it until she has dosed it with toothache
drops, and when it comes to distraction
and extraction she has to consult a dentist;
no amount of Christian Science will pull
tooth.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-27

Detroit Free Press.

DETROIT Free Press.
A group of bright-looking newsboyS
boarded a Jefferson-avenue car at Wood
ward. They were full of business and
trade gossip, and from their talk il was
cleaned that they were forsaking their
usual calling for the day TO go out TO
Crosse Pointe TO act caddies for the
golfers There was good deal of discus
sion as to the merits and dement's of cad
dies, which was interrupted by the con-
ductor coming TO collect fares. The boys
hurriedly dived into their pockets but the
Misunderstanding one in the group antici-
pated the others by stepping quickly for
ward and handing the conductor a five
dollar bill
Take nire fares out o. dat" he said,
with a careless wave of the hand
Us this a trust and is he the president? '
asked curious passenger.
Nav" replied the boy addressed; 1--WE
don't belong TO no trust. Blinky's blooded
-dat's de reason he paid de fares He
wind on de races
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&C. ! 90 =. ! 90

F. B. WILKINSON, President.
w. w. ROSS, Cashier First National Bank,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-27
MURAT HALSTEAD's
"LIFE AND DISTINGUISHED SERV-
ICES OF WILLIAM M'kINLEYv
Is the Best Life of Mr.. Mckinley
Ever Written.

The Journal has purchased several thou-
Sand of these books for the benefit of its
subscribers We bought them at an ex
ceedingly low price and can resell them TO
vrices We are not making single cent
pprodt on the sale OF the books You can
secure a book by becoming a subscriber
- Won are not already one. We caDnot
a,tsmDt TO furnish people who are not sub
scrfbers. and will not furnish more than
- single COPY TO one person. Complete de-
Ills will be found I'm our three-column
SienlsV advertisement elsewhere IN to-day's
raper Read IL carefully If you want
The book. prompt action will be necessary
as the supply Is hmite1.
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Doesn't Understand.

Kansas City Journal.
A Kansas man complains that seeds sent
out by the Agricultural Department at
Washington labeled cabbage" are Just as
finder evidently fails 10 comprehend the
governments ingenious methods for pro-
noting diversity of crops. He hasn't got
down to the root Of the matter at all.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-27
The Call.

1 walked with whose child had lately died
We passed the little folk i the street at play
When suddenly clear voice Father cried:
The man turned quick and glad; sighed; moved
away.
spoke not, but twas given to discern
The love that watches through tn eternal
years,
God surely so must start and quickly turn
Whene'er the cry Of Father strikes His
&C. D. c. in Good Words.
Mohave County miner., 1901-01-05
Comstock Timoering.

Probably nothing in the world can
be said to exceed in structural wonder
of its kind the labyrinthau ey-tem OF
surface ;im beriug peculiar To the Com.
stock mines, the sum of 35,O00,O0JS be
ing con -idered moderate estimate Of
the cost of the same from the opening
OF the mines to the present time, The
size of the timb bers varies from huge
pieces sixteen inches square aud TWEEN
ty-fuur feet long TO the smaller pieces
eight inches square used in cribbing
The species employed are chiefly vel.
low pine, FIR and cedar, fully two thirds
of the whole amount being The first
named favorite tim ber, in fact, vii b
mine carpenters, on account of it,
exactitude in joining, Cedar, Of course,
is inferior to no known timber, not
even excepting redwood, for its lasting
qualities underground, but it is said
that yellow pine has been taken from
the lower levels of these mines so com
pacted by the enormous pressure II
has with-tood a. to have a density and
weight exceeding those Of liguum vitae.
None of TIM timbers in the Comstock
mines ha- yet badly decsyed, and their
life there cannot be accurately deter
mined, but the heat and vapors of the
mines surcharged with mineral atoms
appear to have decidedly preserva.
ton effect upon the timber New York
Sun.
Mohave County miner., 1901-01-05
Notice to Creditors.
In the Probate Court of Mohave County, Ter
ritory OF Arizona.

In the Probate Court OF Mohave County, Ter.
ritory Of Arizona.
Estate of Gideon Cornell, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the UNDERSIGNED
Emily L. Cornell, executrix Of the last will and
testament Of Gideon Cornell, deceased, 70 the
creditors OF, and all persons having claims
against said deceased, TO exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers within four months after
the first publication of this notice to said exec
utrix at her place OF business in the town OF
Ringman, Mohave county, Territory Of Arizona,
the same being the place for the transaction OF
the business Of said estate in the county Of Mo
have, Arizona, or to her in person.
EMILY l.. CORNELL,
Executrix OF the last viii and Testament Of
Gideon Cornell, deceased.
Dated Dec - 1900.
First insertion Dec. IS, 1900
Mohave County miner., 1901-01-05
Mine Warning Notice.

To all whom II may concern:
Notice is hereby given that the Empire No.
mine, situate in Nallapai mining district
MOhave county, Arizona. is under lease to par.
ties working the same, and is the property Of
the undersigned and that neither the mine nor
the owners thereof will be responsible for any
lIoor or debt contracted, nor injuries sustained
by any person OF persons employed or working
on said property; and that no lessee or emplJye
is the agent of the owners for any purpose
whatever, and that all operatives and llbOrers
engage in such service at their own risk and
that no debt OF claim Of debt is valid against
said mine or its owners. u. ". BEECHER,
f. +. THOMPSON.
kinpman Nov % 1900
Mohave County miner., 1901-01-05
The Metric System.

The bill introduced year ago by
Mr.. Shafroth of Colorado providing |
for the adoption of the metric system |
of weights aud measures after January
lst, 1901, has been amended by the
committee on coinage. weights and
measure, to take effect January LIST,
1903. All the leading nations, except
the United States, Great Britain and
Russia, are now using this system. and
it is believed by the time mentioned
the proposed international agreement
making it the world standard eau be
brought about.
The committee has ordered favor
able report on the bill, which now pro.
videS that after January 1T, 1903, all
the departments of the government of
the United States, in the transaction
of all business recurring the use of
weights aud mea'urements. except in
completing the survey Of public lands,
Ghall employ aud use only those of the
metric system, which shall be the legal
standard of weights and measurement
of the United States.
The Sun says the prospects of the
bill have been much advanced by the
decision of the house committee in
charge of it To report it favorably, and
cbmments thereon "a follow~: If the
bill becomes la W there will be large
demand for tables giving the metric
equivalents Of the tables We all learned
at school. It. will be some time before
m ~ of Us can think easily in terms of
m tres, kilogram, aud hectulitres. We
have fairly accurate mental cnncep.
tim of what Is Included in a mile, an
a,re or a pound avoirdupni-, but some
p"aclice will be needed before we can
think of kilumetre except n about
three.tifthS of mile. or of a kilogTam
except aS about two aud one fifth
inclined at fir>t TO tran-late terms of
t.. new into terms OF the old sysTem
b fore We < asp their meaning, just n
yhuug student of languages getG his
first notion of the meaning of foreign
words by translatiug them iuto his
own tongue.
A little practice, however, in the use
OF metrir tables will enable us To en-
plOy them for jn-t what they stand for
without any Intrusive thought of the
standards; aud when we are a0Ie to
think, for example. of square kilu.
m-tre a. such and not IA little OveI
one.ihlrd of n square nile. We hall bt
ready To enjoy the full advantage of
the most scientific aud least cnmplI.
Gated system of weight. and measures
ever devised. We shall then speak,
a TAR a. weights aud measure are
cDncerned, the language OF bu-iue,s >
and commerce that has been adopted
hg nearly the whole civilized world;
and thus a large score of perplrxiiy
ali Misunderstanding, that l. act tually
bnsine-s impediment, will be re-
mJved.-Cdtiaragu Republican.
Mohave County miner., 1901-01-05

Says the West Baden Journal: One
of our subscribers wants to know the
difference between salary and wages.
II is thi- II a man is getting As day
for running machine, laying brick on
a wall or doing something that makes
a white collar ard cuffs uncomfortable,
he is getting wages. IL he sits at a
desk and gets -ix dollars week, has
soft hands. wears white cuffs, collar
and tie. be gets salary.