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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-15
VIEWS OF THOMAS A. EDISON.
Wrist the Great Inventor Thinks of
Aerial Navigation.

Copenhagen, Aug. 1.-THE official
organ of the nrssss exhibition, which
WAS opened here on June IL, prints a
ietner from Thomas "A. Edison giving
his opinion conforming motion, trac-
fiuE and aerial navigation.
Mr. Edison's letter read as follows
u believe that within 80 years
nearly all railways will discard steam
locomotives and adopt electric motors
and that the electric automobile will
displace the horse almost entirely. In
the present state Of science there are
no known facts. by which one cnslld
prefllrt any commercial future for
aerial navigation
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lions between Mrs. Bartholin and her
son appeared all right during the time
/ was in the house,"
Coroner Waiting for Clues.

Chicago, Aug. 11.-Developments to-
day in the mysterious murders OF Min
ME Mitchell and Mrs. Annie Bartho-
lin led the police to double their ef-
forts to locate William j. Bartholin.
At the coroner's inquest over the
body of the older woman, which was
found Saturday night crammed into a
hole in the cement in the cellar of
their home, neighbors readily identi-
fed the corpse as that OF Mrs. Bar
tholin. The burial today Of Minnie
Mitchell by her family removed adj
doubt in the public mind that the
body in the field at Seventy-fourth
and State streets last week was that
OF the young woman who was last seen
with Bartholin. Complete hearing
over Mrs. Bartholin's body was post
poned by the coroner until August 81,
in the hope that additional clues to
the murders may be obtained. Today
1t developed that Bartholin had quar-
relied with his mother just before she
disappeared, over the question ot
bringing his prospective wife to live
at his mothers home.
tNFET aE.AEMI aM-r..H- e.
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WOMEN AND CHILDREN CUT OFF
BY FLAMES.
FELL INTO BURNING RUINS
Were on Balcony and Afraid to Jump
Bodies FearfuiIy charred-
Two Missing.

San Angelo, Tex, Aug. ia fire
discovered in the Landon hotel at 2
O'Clock this morning destroyed the
structure, burning seven people to a
crisp and doing a property damage of
$4,000.
The Dead.
MRS, LANGDON, WHO was the pro-
prietress Of the hotel.
EDWARD HENDRICKS of Waco.
MRS: FOWLER Of Houston.
HER GRANDSON.
MRS. sCHUIIMPSKY of Houston.
HER TWO SONS.
All of the bodies that have been
recovered are fearfully charred and
in nc condition to be moved. except in
blankets,
When the clerk discovered the
flames, the interior of the dining
room was a gulf Of flame which he
could not get through. He rushed up
the main stairway, kicking in doors,
calling out at the top OF his voice and
making noise in every way in his
power.
Most Of the guests were aroused by
this means and by the discharge OF
firearms as the guests got out. There
were Is persons in the house and all
of them emerged safely except the
seven named, and three others who
have not been located, but who are be
lieved to be safe.
The seven women and children got
out on a small balcony and were ap
pealed to jump into blankets which
were being held for them, but they
failed To do SO and delayed until the
gallery fell back into the flames which
were licking up the big frame house
In addition to- the hotel, three sta
bles and half a dozen stores were
burned, only the greatest efforts pre-
venting the whole of the business sec
ton of the town from being destroyed
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First Publication August /, 1902.
Desert Land, Final Proof-Notiee 70,
- PuhIi~a$;n.

j AZ uOAASCIlOu august l., 1902.
Desert Land, Final Proof-Notiee for
Publication.
United States Land Office. Bozeman.
Montana, July 20, 1902.
Notice is hereby given that Thomas
Roman Of Billings, Yellowstone conn.
ty. Montana, has filed notice of in.
tention to make proof on his desett
land claim No. 977, for the SEH.
NEA, Sec. 26, TIP. l S., R. "a b.. M.
F. NJ, before T. A. Williams. clerk Of
court at Billings, Montana, on satur-
day, the 9Th day of September. 1902.
He names the following witnesses,
to prove the complete irrigation and,
reclamation of said land: Charlie.
ODonnell, of Billings, Montana:
Ignatius D. O'Donnell, of Billings,
Montana; Thomas F. Moore, of Bill
ings, Montana; Edward B. HASTINGS.
OF Billings, Montana.
A. L. LOVE, Register.
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Quick. reliable shoe repairing. Post
office basement. 74-tf

First Publication August Is, 1902.
Desert Land, Final Proof.-Notice for
Publication.
United States Land Office, Bozeman,
Mont. August 8, 1902.
Notice is herby given that Bert
G. Shcrey of Merrill, Sweet Grass
county, Montana, has filed notice of
Intention to make proof on his desert
land claim No. 944, for the NJ NEA,
N.Y. NWA, Sec. %, Up. 3 N, r. 10 E.,
M. p. NJ. before T. A. Williams, clerk
of court at Billings, Montana, on
Thursday, the 25th day of September,
1902. He names the following wit
nesses to prove the complete irriga-
ton and reclamation of said land:
William NJ Murphy, of Lavina, Mon
tana; Adelbert Whitney, of Big Tim
Der, Montan; Charles Daverson, Of
Merrill, Montana; Benjamin H. Brown,
of Lavina, Montana. 4
MATTHEW R. WILSON, Register
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St. Louis Alderman Sentenced.

st. Louis, Aug. Hilary A. Faux
ner, an alderman recently convicted
of perjury in connection with the
street railway bribery cases, vas to-
day sentenced to two years in the pen
itentiary. Faulkner filed an appeal
to the supreme court and was releas-
ed on SO, 900 bond. pending a hearing.
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FIND RELICS OF ANciENTs.
cappapos Island Is Rich in Minerals
overrun With Wild Dogs.

San Francisco, Aug. 11.-Captain
Richard Nye, who was n of these on
the steamer C. w. Phelps, tells Of
many wonders of Callapos Island,
which that vessel recently visited. In
an interview he said: THE islands
are as full Of minerals as shad is full
of bone. At Albemarle there is an
extinct crater, miles in diameter, Of
which there is in sight 10000 tons of
sulphur. The crater is about 10 miles
inland and a tramway will be neces-
sary Tor transportation to the coast,
but this should be a small matter,
considering the possible profit.
zone queer thing about the Abe
marie Island is that it is overrun with
wild dogs. The animals = a mon
grel breed and were left in the islands
by whalers. The dogs have become
wild and are extremely vicious. They
are all alike in their habits and run
in droves."
Captain Nye also tells of a remark
able lake on the Island Catham at an
elevation of 5000 feet above the lei
level.
This lake, according to the captain,
rises and falls with the tide and no
sounding line has ever reached its
bottom. Many relics of an ancient
race were found. <
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Teachers Examination.

The regular teachers examination
will be held in the court room. Bill
ings, Mont, Friday, August 20, begin
ming at $3.50 a. m. and continuing on
Saturday, August 80, 1902.
MARGUERITE M. STRANG,
sw-td Co. Supt. Schools.
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LOVERS QUARREL.
Young Man Shoots a Woman and
Then Himself.

Then Himself
AilentUwn, Pa, Aug. 1l-During a
lovers quarrel at the Women's home
today. Harry S. Weston shot Bertha
T. Brown and himself. The woman
was shot IN the left temple, the bull
let coming out of her right eye. WEES
ton shot himself over the right ear,
the bullet penetrating the brain and
being split in four parts. Both are at
the hospital and cannot recover. They
are each % years of age. The woman
is the wife M Robert M. Brown, but
was not living with her husband.
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Itchiness of the Skin and Eczema.
The only remedy in the world that
will at once stop Itchiness of the Skin
on any part of the body that is abso-
lutely safe and never failing. is Doan's
Ointment. Free. samples at Chapple
Drug Store Monday, August IS.
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FORMER TENANTS or MRS.
BARTHoLlN LOCATED.
HER SON IS STILL MISSING
Was Seen by Real Estate Man Near
Mothers Grave in Base
ment Of House.

" - N0s 2 W = 80 AAANAAy lOOU4ON III kAO
home OF Mrs. Anna Bartholin in Chi
cago, whom the police Of that city
have been looking for, in order to
learn what ne may know concerning
the murders of Mrs. Bartholin and
Miss Minnie Mitchell, is now in Den
ver. To a reporter Of the Associated
Press this morning he made the fol
lowing statement:
The reason they have been able
to find me is that / wrote to Robert
Mitchell, the brother Of Minnie Mitch
ell, from Omaha and told him why
had left Chicago SO suddenly. L re
lated to him the fact that had be.
come suspicious OF the actions of Viii.
liam Bartholin and decided that it
would be unsafe for me to remain
longer in Chicago.
"As soon as / read in an Omaha
paper the story Of the girls murder
/ communicated with the brother
who was a personal friend of mine.
i had been working in Chicago for the
Chicago junction railway, which is
connected with the Union stock yards.
I was abofst to go on my vacation when
the untoWard actions Of William Bar,
tholin FASTENED my departure.
Mrs. Bartholin had not been at
the hnnse for perhaps 15 days before
l left William Rartholin. contrary
to his custom, stayed about the house
most of mis- time, and whenever 1
broaashed the subject of the welfare
OF his mother or her whereabouts, be
would. Immediately change the subject
OF course, ! had no specific grounds
on which to base any information fDr
the police, but on the might of the
31st, as | remember it, j spoke to e
era OF the neighbors of my suspicious.
Ton that same night Mrs. Mitchell,
the mother OF the murdered girl. and
her daughterzin-law, Mrs. Robert
Mitchell, were callers at the house and
they wanted TO know .Rbcut William,
who had NOT been seen for several
days, and where Mrs. Bartholin was
At that time II told them of what j
feared and advised them to get n de
Elective on the trail of Bartholin-e iii
j had known that the body of Mrs
Bartholin was then lying under the
Hoor Of the basement 4nf the house,
certainly have informed til E
police.
Il did moi know Bartlolin very WE'LL,
because he was rather uncommunice.-
tive. l knew Of no motive that Foul,l
have prompted the murder.
"Since I have left Chicago / have,
heen more Osiless i'll. ami this was one
af the reasons why I left Omaha. L
am nov in Denver for fs2e purp0se. OF,
securing employment
~ have letters here IRON some .of
the influential men of Chicago and
other credentials showing my char
acaer. | served in the Spanish-Ameri-
cazi war and am a membear of the En-
Order of Odn Fellows,
lodge, No. 45O."
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Seen Last on Independence Day.

Ia---. .tIrr .
Toledo, O., Aug. Ito. F.. Hunlers
a former roomer with Mrs. Annie
Bartholin, found murdered in Chicago,
is now in this city. He talks in a
straightforward manner concerning
his seYan-months' tenancy Of the Bar
tholin house. He left Chicago on Fri
day, August /, coming here in response
to a letter from his brother, ex-County
Treasurer S. A. HuMtley. His story is
this:
ITO the best of my recollection, the
last time i saw Mrs. Rartholin was on
July 4, when / paid her M rent. i
hardly v er saw her except ON pay
day. l often met young Bartholin at
a cigar store. He appeared to be a
popular young fellow, well esteemed
in the neighborhood."
Mrs. Bartholin disappeared on July
8. and two or three days after that
Hunter says he met Will, the son, and
asked where his mother was, as his
(Hunter's) bed had not been made.
Young Bartholin said she had gone to
Michigan and that he would see that
the room was attended to regularly,
which was done.
July 2S was my next meeting with
continued Hunter, "who
said his mother had not yet returned,
that the gas bill was due and request
ed some money. l paid him 50. This
was the last l ever saw of Bartholin.
On July 81 a Mr.. Thompson, who had
been rooming in the house for II
years, notified me that Will had gone
away to get married, and that as moth
ing had been heard of the old lady,
he would close up the house. 1 left
next day for Toledo. The rela-
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HER JEWELRY WAS MELTED.
Peculiar Experience of a Woman Dur
ing an Electric Storm.

Coffeen, Ills. Aug. 11.-Mrs. Frank
Neiler of st. Louis, who had stepped
into a church doorway here during a
storm, was rendered unconscious by
a bolt that wrecked the spire and
went through a peculiar experience.
The shock melted a gold watch chain
that she wore about her neck and
four gold rings on her hand. the rings
running together onto one piece. She
recovered fully after being uncon-
scious an hour.
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Seen at HIS Mothers Grave.

Seen at HIS Mothers Grave.
Chicago, Aug. 11,-An important
development in the Bartholin-M Mitchell
murder mystery was made today
when it was discovered that Bartho-
I'm had been surprised July 80 while
standing at the cellar grave of his
murdered mother, by a real estate
agent. Peter Van Vlissingen, who
holds a mortgage on Mrs. Bartholin's
home and who sent his agent to the
Calumet property to appraise it the
afternoon of July 80, furnished the
police with the Information about
Bartholin working ON the grave OF
his mother. The agent called and
rang the front door bell repeatedly.
NnOne appeared and he went to the
reaF of the house and hooked through
q basement window. There he saw
a ma standing in one corner, looking
at the floor, apparently absorbed in
Thought. Suddenly the man in the
basement looked up and saw the
agent peering in. A moment later
Bartholln came to the rear door and
asked the agent What he wanted. The
latter repliem that he wanted tn see
Mrs. Barthp1fn. Bartholin tdM the
agent that his mother was in Milwau.
kee and she 'wruld not return for sew.
eral days Shortly after tits con
~versation, he was seen to leave the
house ami the same evening called at
Minnie NitGhell's home. The couple
left together and the girl did not re
turn
Inspector Hunt, when shown the
Toledo interview with Hunter, said
that Oscar Thompson, a former lodg
er at the house, and who is NOW un.
der arrest, denied having told Hunter
that William had left the city to be
married. The inspector further stat
ed that Hnnter will be brought to this
city with Milton R. Edwards, another
roomer in the Bartholin house, who
is now in Denver.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-26
POULTRY POINTERS.

Early Matched pullets make the best
winter layers.
One Of the most beneficial foods for
poultry is linseed meal.
The laying hens like variety not
only in the soft food. but in the grain.
The guinea fowl is great forager
and destroys many insects that hens
will not touch.
The hens will lay better and be better
contented if supplied with Il box of
fine dry earth for dust bath.
The Leghorns are popular with those
who do not desire to raise chicks, they
being nonsitters and good layers.
Poultry farming doesn't take Il great
deal of land, but with good manage
ment the harvest comes every day.
In arranging the perches in the poul-
try house have them far enough away
from the doors and windows to avoid
drafts.
Soaked lime placed in the drinking
water will often cure hens of laying
shell-less eggs unless it is disease Of
the egg passage, as is sometimes the
case.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-26
why Do We PIowY

Some one has said that after we
know the why it is easy to determine
the when and how, therefore we might
ask, Why do we pillow? says L. w.
Lightly. To make a seed bed for the
next crop would be the general reply,
but there are q number of specific rea-
sons. To turn under manure. trash or
undesirable plant or sod. If field is
badly infested with n perennial weed,
setting the earth up on edge, covering
the top and exposing the roots often
work wonders in cleaning up foul land.
Then. we pillow to regulate the
warmth, air and moisture of the soil,
to deepen the soil or seed bed, to pull
verize the soil. If pillow is properly
made, it will not only turn the furrow
slice, but will do considerable pulver-
izing. This is hardly essential in fall
blowing. Only by taking all these rea-
sons into consideration and possibly
minor local conditions can We deter
mine intellIgently when and how to
plow Flowing is one of the most
tedious and expensive operations on
the farm and is worthy of our careful
thought.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-26
IN THE SUBURBS.
HAMPTON.

Hampton, Dec. 26.-Miss Title No-
gel and sister Alice have returned
from their visit to Chicago.
Maniel Smith. or this place, who fell
and famed himself some time ago, is
able to be around again.
Miss Margaret Hennes, who fell and
broke her arm few weeks ago, is
improving nicely.
Mrs. William Chambers is visiting
friends in Rock Island.
Quite number of the Hampton
people visited the tri-cities Tuesday.
Among the number were Mrs. David
Cook and daughter Irene, Mrs. Paul
Guckert, Mrs. Laura Lee and DR.. \.
Ii. Hart.
Rev. +. j. Woods family spent
Christmas at home. Rev. Arthur Wood
arrived Monday evening. and his
daughter Lillian came Wednesday;
also John Wood, of Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-26
Eggs In Winter.

At a New York state farmers insti-
tute the reader of an essay on poultry
gave his method of feeding to get eggs
in winter. Take one part of corn and
two parts of oats and have them
ground together quite fine. To 200
pounds of this add 100 pounds of
ground wheat or of bran and mid
dlings. To ten quarts of this mixture
add one quart of animal meal and
moisten with skimmilk if you have it.
Feed this in the morning in V shaped
troughs, giving as much as they will
eat in fifteen minutes, and gather up
what is left at that time. At noon
give green feed of cabbage. beets or
turnipS cut up. An hour later give
light feed of small grains scattered in
chaff or straw. The night feed. at 800
p. M, is equal parts of wheat. oats and
corn scattered in the straw. so that
they will work until dark TO find it.
Keep oyster shells where they can pick
them when they please. Have dust
bath of road dust or coal ashes for
them and provide plenty of fresh wa
ter. Use kerosene oil on the rOosts
and insect powder in the nests. With
early Matched pullets or young hens
through their mott this gives eggs all
winter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-26

While there is considerable complaint
in parts OF New York and Vermont as
TO the condition of the potato crop with
advanced prices, yet reference to the
government crop report shows gener-
al yield throughout the country above
the average. All the large potato grow
ing states except New York and Michi-
gan report a yield per acre considera-
bly, above their ten year averages. This
years average yield per acre is 95.4
bushels as against only 63.5 bushels in
1901 and sos bushels in 1900. Though
potatoes may be scarce and high in
some localities, yet the heavy crop
throughout the country and the mod
ern transportation facilities will pre-
vent any marked general advance for
the present.-American Cultivator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-26
HINTS FOR FARMERS
Have a Rural Phone Service.


The farmers in the vicinity of Grand
Rapids, Wood county, Wis. wanted
cheaper telephone service, so banded
together and formed a company for
themselves, says an exchange. An
earnest, reputable citizen acted as
leader, aided by a number of relia BILE
assistants. They got out articles of in
corporation and city franchise on the
mutual plan, then divided the work
and procured rental contracts When
a sufficient number of telephone users
had been obtained as subscribers to
the new stock, a meeting of the stock
subscribers was called and the organ
'ization completed by electing a board
of directors.
Then the projectors tried to get their
machines into the leading business
places. The telegraph company at first
refused to put the new phone into its
office, but as soon as it realized the
old company was defeated it wanted
the new phone. The monthly rentals
never exceed 1928 for business and
$1.23 for residence phones, less than
half the prices charged in most places
by the old monopoly. Most thrifty
farm homes in that section are united
by the new farmers telephone line.
Every rural community should own
and operate its telephone system. Sew
eral independent manufacturers fur
nish the necessary outfit. There is no
mystery about il.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-26
Counean With Corn.

A correspondent of the Southern Gull
tivator says he planted an early varie-
ty of cowpeas with his corn and again
planted peas when laying by, SO that
all through the growing season the
ground was shaded by the peas. The
result was the heaviest yield OF the
largest ears of corn he had ever raised.
This brings up a rather new question.
Do cowpeas furnish nitrogen to the
corn growing with them? If this cor
respondent states facts, there is a
strong presumption that they do and
that the shading of the ground also
helps the corn. This is a matter that
should be subjected to a systematic
test
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-26
Saved at Graves Brink.

81 know l would long ago have been
in my grave" writes Mrs. :. II. New
som, of Decatur, Ala. IF it had not
been for Electric BitterS. For three
years l suffered untold agony from
the worst forms of Indigestion, wa
terbrash, stomach and bowel dyspep-
STA. But this excellent medicine did
me a world of good. Since using it
can eat heartily and have gained %
pounds" For Indigestion, loss of APP
petite, stomach, liver and kidney trou-
bles Electric Bitters are positive,
guaranteed cure. Only so cents at
Hartz d Ullemeyer's drug store.