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cred with figures. william walked
over to the man behind the table and
presented ticket covered with green
figures. III.
The man smiled broadly. give been
wondering" he said why that ticket
wasn't presented for cashing. l don't
know you, sir, but you are lucky
Saying this he turned about opened
drawer and took out green roll.
TITS a cool thousand you've won and
here 1t u.s."
william took the money blandly,
slipped it into his inside pocket and
received the congratulations of his
friends. I'VE can play here a little"
he said, IL think, and it will give us
little amusement before we start out.
Can't WEI" he queried Of the man.
Certainly, gentlemen, try your
hand, Two for one, five for one and
up to a hundred to one, depending on
the numbers, but of course you know
all about It,"
William handed over 81, The man
turned crank and a ticket fell out Of
a slot. William had won $40, He
kept ON winning.
Finally Gately said CRY your hand.
Mr.. Morrison, and I'll chip in later"
Farmer Morrison gave over So bill.
He won $40, then he lost So, then he
won sos, then he lost $50 and then he
won 500. He was $50 to the good.
At the next turn Of the crank
ticket fell out and three men fairly
gasped. The gaspers were the dealer
and George and William.
Great Scott! Mr.. MorrisonP said
Gately, you've lost $1,000. That turn
doesn't come once in thousand times.
It's tough luck, but the only thing to
do is to pay"
William also commiserated his
friend on the loss, but said, These
things are best paid at once"
"Oh, know that" said Mr.. Morri-
son, "but III have to pay It by check"
"Your check is as good as gold, l
know" said Gately, "and this house
win accept 1t without a word"
Mr.. Morrison walked over to one Of
the tables, asked for pen and ink,
drew a check-book from his pocket.
and wrote rapidly, signing his name in
full and with something Of a flourish.
Then he folded the check, handed it
to the man behind the table and with
a bow said, "Gentlemen l have had
enough" and. then vanished through
the door and dawn the stairs.
The three i4NB in the room were
staggered a bH. They opened the
check. 1t was on a good solid bank in
n. d., but this is what
George, William and the dealer read
on its face:
Gentlemen, in my youth was for
four years a clerk in n cotton mouse
fronting the New Orleans levee.
Charles l., Morrison, Edward B.
Clark, in the Chicago Record. Herald.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-05-29

when you've done 1t remember me.
Yours, HANK"
For three days George and William
watched the register at the Prefix.
Finally early one morning there APP
peared in a good, plain, steady hand
Charles L. Morrison, Ranchtown, N,
d." Then George and William left
the hotel and made for an establish
ment where they expended part of
what was left of the Indianan's money
in getting swell clothes and silk hats.
Neither one of these scamps is ill-look.
ing, and small blame to anyone for
being deceived when they get good
style of sleeps clothing on.
Two hours later they were back ut
the hotel It's not necessary to give
the details of how they met Charles
L. Morrison. They did it and found
the old gentleman with his white
beard and rather mild blue eye APP
proachable, kindly disposed and withal
a little bit flattered at the attentions
Of these Chicago gentlemen who were
thinking Of investing in North Da-
kota lands" He took a whirl through
the city with them in a carriage which
Mr. Gately insisted upon paying for.
They had luncheon at the Prefix and
the old gentleman took very kindly
to wine. In fact, when Mr.. Gately
suggested they have a little something
TO drink Mr.. Morrison replied that he
would take a little champagne. Three
bottles Of this beverage were disposed
Of, and when the luncheon ended the
check for $17 went to Mr.. Gately upon
bis insistence.
After the luncheon George and Will
lam thought it polite to separate
themselves from their Dakota friend
for n few hours. He agreed to meet
them again at dinner time in the Pre-.
fix office, When Mr.. Morrison had left
William said to George: "We're into
him with the hooks strong enough now
to make him give us a check for a stiff
amount Hank was right, he amt the
squealing kind, He won't say a word
when he finds he's done. We can
make $1,000 easy. He's cost us sew
enty-fve plunks now, counting our
clothes, and that's a good deal to
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-05-29

cough up unless we strike big re.
turns"
At the dinner hour Mr.. Morrison Of
North Dakota met George and William
Of Chicago again. Mr.. Gately insisted
upon acting as host once more in the
Prefix restaurant. He and William
expected before long ito visit North
Dakota to look over farming property
and then We will be delighted to be-
come Mr.. Morrison's guests. but here
you must let us do the honors in a
humble way"
Mr.. Morrison took kindly to the
good things Of life again and the din.
ner bill amounted to 500 which Mr..
Gately paid with an air that would
have done credit to a Vanderbilt. At
ter the dinner came the theater.. They
sat In the three best seats that the
Illinois afforded and Gately paid the
bill. The three men left the warmth
OF the foyer and passed into the street
at the close of the performance. 81
don't know how you'll take it, Mr..
Morrison" said One-Armed william,
but my friend and l are going to see
a little bit OF the city by electric light.
VIII you join us?"
"Well, yes glad to. don't see much
of the electric light, let alone the city,
where I live" returned the Dakota
farmer. 49,,
well, then" said william "we'H 20
the rounds, but before we start in.
let's step round ia Van Buren, street.
found out just after dinner by a
glance at a sporting paper that n lot.
terry ticket which bought more for a
joke than anything else has won big
cash prize. The place is protected by
the police and you need have no fear
to go there"
Morrison went along willingly
enough. The three went up a fight
OF stairs on Van Buren, street near
Clark and entered not too brilliantly
lighted room, where they found two
men, one Of whom stood behind a
able upon which was a curious look
ng wheel contrlvanee, while behind
on the wall was a blackboard COW.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-05-29
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

The city Of Memphis, Tenn, ha'l
scented to Rear-Admlral schley a "
service.
During his pontificate Leo NIL
received requests which amount ial
100000.
King Alfonso XIII. of Spain )
sportsman. and goes shooting alp
every Sunday.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier is expected NJ
sign the Premiership Of Canada on
count of III health.
President Roosevelt has accq.
membership in the Daniel Boone y
Club, Of Muncle, Ind.
Count Zeppelin, the aeronaut %.
is said, been ruined financially y
experiments with alrships.
Former Governor Foster NJ
hees, Of New Jersey, and bis brc1
Ralph Voorhees,, have Jointly aI
100000 TO the general fund OF hpH
College.
John Morley, who is writing Q in1
Atls Gladstone, has just diseol
among the late Premier's elecal
diary covering most Of the inler~l
periods OF his career.
Father Lorenzo Perosi, an nv
composer. Is refusing all inyilau@I
go abroad and conduct his ora'~|
lie has no present intention Of ny
Ing any offers TO leave Italy.
Judge David A. De Almond o.
souri,, has accepted an inyilauI
make an address before the caae'
TALON at the Virginia Military NV
ON commencement day, next Jun
Senator Tilnlan Is the only me
Of the upper house who has Wy
IN his autobiographical sRetch
Congressional Directory that ne
farmer before his election 70 ~
ate.
President Harris, OF Amnelsl
lege, points with pride TO the ~
there are proportionately more
professors who are graduates
Institution than can be found Y
the graduates OF any other e~'
the country. 4-
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-05-29

IN the matter of confidence games
and sharper's tricks generally
there is nothing new under thu
sun. The gold brick, the prize il
the lottery swindle, three-card monte
the shells aud the peas, are all old
enough to be decrepit which they are
not because there is always to be
found some sturdy greenhorn to put a
prop under them. A number Of the
many shrewd swindles of to-day had
their origin on the New orleans leveG
long before the war. The levee in the
'40s was hotter than any place save
one Of which man has ever heard.
There were gathered the scheming
Northcrner, the crafty Southerner, the
flash Englishman, the subtle French
man, and, In fact, the men Of all ma
lions who had to live by their wits.
1t took a man in the old days little
less than a week on the New Orleans
levee to cut his eye.teeth, no matter
what backwoods or haying district he
might hail from All gamblers and
sharpers of to-day know the levee
traditions and sigh for the return of
the halcyon days Of their profession.
al" forbears on the low banks of the
Crescent CITY.
About a month ago "One-Armed'
william, George Gately and Hank"
Bowers, three thrifty Chicago gentle.
men, cleaned up about $500 from an
easy gentleman, who came from South.
ern Indiana and expressed a willing.
ness to go down to the place where
the tunnel had caved in. Now there
was an abiding suspicion in the mind
Of Hank Bowers, who did the steer
ing In the case, that George and Will
lam had done" him ont Of part of the
proceeds Of the neat little transaction.
1t may be said in passing that Hanks
suspicious were right.
Two weeks after the gentleman from
Indiana had paid $500 for the privil-
eye Of trying to locate n pea Hank
Bowers went to Bismarck, n. d., to
look around" One week ago George
Gately received the following letter
from Hank:
Dear George: guess l did wrong
in suspecting you and 'One-Arm' of
doing me, guess you were square
and | was mistaken. l was mad at
the time, so excuse me for what |
said. III do you n good turn to make
up. Charles L. Morrison a man sew
enty years old, and who hasn't been Off
a farm for thirty years, is going to
Chicago next week and win put up at
the Prefix on Michigan avenue. He's
the richest man in North Dakota and
is as green as the grass in his own
meadows. He won't carry much
money, but his name on a check is
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-05-29

NA""" Chc vi en- moral LeauerH.H
Almost feverish eagerness was dis.
played to get into fremont Temple bv
throngs Of people to hear Professor
e. II. Griggs's closing lecture. There
was particular interest in observing
how the only American named ia the
list Of ten moral leaders" would be
estimated, in comparison with the nine
Europeans.
The lecturer certainly could NOT
have disappointed Emerson lovers
through failure to assign a sufficiently
high place to him. Not only did Pro.
fessor Grlggs pronounce Emerson "tbe
prophet Of democracy" "the most FER.
tlizing mind which our country has
produced" but he declared, with mas.
sionate eloquence that Emerson,s
place is not lower than that of the
very loftiest Of the nine other moral
leaders In the list. That list com.
prises, besides Emerson, Socrates
Marcus AureIius, St. Francis, savop.
lrola, Erasmus, Luther, Bruno, Victor
Hugo and Carlyle.-Boston Daily Ad
Tertiser
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-05-29

-.
Eyes, sir, hats It, justicS q,..
pose impIied that they OWED " wi
and we're golng to pay ID. Tss.
pretty near being an apoloor sla1
just let them shell out the m n' wy
we will dispense with the oDa, ~
This morning I had a bacsss.
old mare got into my casa.
tramped around, and waIo~.,
three places-on my strawbsr.''
and on my squash bed and nv \,
bed. Digging wouldn't nsoi, ~a
1t didn't let my choler down
set that down at one hundreS NJ
debit side, But my daugbts,
went to Charleston and boS ~
weeks vacation from the care q,
children, returned safe and bannr
refreshed. set that down :,
hundred to balance off the ola ".
trespass on my garden. AnotAe, y
ried daughter, who has been slct /, /
month, has recovered and sha
now take up her bed and wap =
came up to spend the day and h,m.,'
her children. Put that down q,
hundred. A dear lister who llvs
College Park is coming to sec \,
morrow. That news Is worth ,,,,,
OF fifty. The mail has bropgb, H a'
cheerful letters from two NJ tb'
away boys. That is worth sny
good neighbor sent me some an,
mato plants; that is worth t,r,,
ave; and it is worth twenty.syo ,ol,.
at my strawberry garden. and n
several times a day. A visiting h,,
said 1t was worth twenty-five a 4,
to see the long trains go by win M,
double engines. I can sit on nv
randa and count the cars. from h,,
to sixty on every train, and not sln
my mind, Every evening after sAo
is out dozen or more children e,N.
IN my lawn under the big oak M
and play tennis and hide and seek Il
romp and swing, and it is worth tVa
ty'five to see them SO happy
There are three roses In bloom HI
morning, the first Of the spring Al
that is worth ten. Then again | re,
Father Keiley's memorial speech m h
vannah, and 1t comforted me to N
one man bold enough to tell the N
highest officials in the nation Wa
they had done, and what be thcuE
of them. / will put that speech a
the pleasure Of reading 1t at one I'D
dred. From the window where wa
| can see the workmen raising 4
beautiful Corinthians caps to the Id
of the tall majestic marble columns
the new court house. The bullh
grows in beauty every day and | d
proud Of 1t even though It will ID
me a little more tax money Id
down the daily sight Of It at ID
Then there are my strawberry yl
loaded with ripening fruit, will
them down again. One Of our b
wrote me that he was coming home
see us, but must promise not to ID
him to see the strawberries more d
seven times a day.
Now. see how the account stu
with all these credits and on.y
discount for the old mare. VeriJ
lines have fallen to us in pleas
places.
Tell Colonel Redding thst with
help Of the children | have vhllp
the fight on the potato bugs,-Blll
in Atlanta Constitution.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-05-29

good for any amount, and IL he once
signs one he'll never squeal, because
he'd be ashamed to let anyone know
he'd been done. You'll need swell
clothes TO get next to him at the Pre-
az. He likes attention, and good
dinner Or two as a preface won't 20
aniss with him, WOrkshin hard and
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-05-29

~ you have something to SELL
the people know II. An advertised
sr 49,. cspar will do the work.
The Billings gazette., 1902-07-04

profitable, it was not until 10 days
ago that definite decision was reach
ed. This came after Mr.. Harlow had
taken a party of financiers over the
road and into the country which he
maintained would make the line profit
able. The visitors were favorably i'm
pressed and the money was immedi-
ately pledged.
People of Lewistown and vicinity
have long been anxious for a railroad.
The city has grown at a wondrous
rate and its prospects are such that
the lack of railroad facilities would
soon have embarrassed the business
men of the thriving community. For
this reason the community will ap.
preciate the action of the railroad
people.
"As l said, the country about Lewis
town was never in a more prosperous
condition" said Mr.. Harlow, in speak
ing of the conditions along the line
"That whole section is moving for
ward at rate that is astounding
One cannot realize the progress with
out actually visiting the country. Ou1
business right now is the best evi
dence in the world Of these prosper
GUS conditions
The Billings gazette., 1902-07-04
JEALOUS or AGED WIFE.
Man seventy.five Kills His Wife Who
| Was Seventy Years Old.

Man seventy-five Kills His Wife Who
Was Seventy Years Old.
Sterling, ILL.,, June 30.-Henry Can
field of Morrison killed his wife, OF
whom he was jealous, last night, and
then took his own life. The bodies
were not found until today. Discov
cry was made by daughter of the
dead couple, who entered a bed room
and found her parents lying dead or
the floor. The scene produced nerv
GUS prostration and her condition Is
somewhat critical.
The murderer and suicide was x
years old and his wife 20. They had
been married for so years and were
the parents of several children wht
are prominent here. It is said by thu
neighbors that the couple have no
lived happily together for some TIM
past. and that Mr.. Garfield was jeal
GUS of his wife's actions. She look
ed young and happy and was fluen
conversationalist, while he was oil
and infirm.
The Billings gazette., 1902-07-04
Alaskan Volcano Busy.

Seattle, July 1.-The steamer
Bertha reached port today from Val
dez and westward points. Mount Re-
doubt, which has been in an incipent
stage of eruption since early spring,
was not visible, owing to the fog. and
it is not known what stage the out
burst has reached.
Mount Wrangle is in eruption. A
dispatch received at Valdez from Kot
zina, under date of June 21, says:
"Mount Wrangle is in plain sight Of
here and great clouds of smoke car
be seen rolling up from her crest
The Billings gazette., 1902-07-04
Meteor a Poor One.

Kiel, July Emperor William
steered his American built schooner
yacht Meteor across the finish line at
1880 this morning, two hours behind
the Iduna, the emperor's yacht, which
in the lightest of airs between fiat
calms, passed from the tail to the
head of the fleet. The Lasda came in
second. ''Ben" Parker, skipper OF
the Meteor, says: 'They ought te
pull the masts from the Meteor and
put in a motor The emperor, Ad
miral Won Elsendecher says, thinks
very we'll of the Meteor.
The Billings gazette., 1902-07-04
MANY INJURED IN WRECK
SEVEN CARS OF ExcURsloNlsTs
IN THE DITCH.
One Man Caught So He Choked to
Death-Arm Torn Off Lit
tie Girl.

Colorado Springs, June 30.-At
1910 this morning an excursion train
on the Colorado Midland railroad,
coming down Ute pass from Cripple
Greek, struck a broken rail and seven
cars were piled into shapeless heap.
One man, Francis M. English, prom
inent musician of this city, was in
stantly killed, and about 80 other pas
sengers were more or less seriously
injured, three or four fatally.
The wreck occurred at an abandon
ed station at Culber's siding, one mile
above Cascade, in Ute pass and II
miles from Colorado Springs.
The cars that left the rails and
went over the embankment north of
the track contained 371 passengers,
and it was by the most mi.3.culous
chance that could be imagined that the
death list was not enormous.
The second car on the train, a day
coach, was crushed to kindling wood,
being turned completely over on it's
end so that the rear end of the coach
was forward The third coach plung-
ed clear through the second, and it
was in the forward end of this car
that Mr.. English was killed. His
neck was caught between two seats
and he strangled before help could
reach him. He suffered severe scalp
wounds and a fracture of the jaw
and would doubtless have died even
had he not been caught and choked
He was coming to Colorado Springs
from Cascade to play the organ al
ST. Stephens Episcopal church, where
he had been organist for severa
Yeas.
"A ~>1ief train went to the scene from
this CIV at once, and returned at 1:3(
bringi'~ the dead and injured. The
| injured -'ere taken to ST. Francis hos
pital. WI ere all are doing as we'll al
can be ex~ected The little O'Rourkt
girl. who had her arm torn of
| is expected to die at any time
and Miss Estelle Lewis, a dentist o.
Cripple Creek. is in very critica
condition.
The location of the wreck is sucl
that there is no delay to traffic.
The Billings gazette., 1902-07-04
Came Back to Face Crime.

Salt Lake, July Alexander Rob
ertson, paying teller of the Wells
Fargo bank and member Of the city
council, who disappeared Sunday
morning, returned home yesterday, af-
ter abandoning his determination to
commit suicide. He is now in charge
of Chief of Police Paul and is kept
closely hidden.
The banks shortage is estimated at
$4,000. Tomorrow Robertson will
probably make a statement of the
case. It is said Robertson has neither
confessed nor implicated anyone.
The Billings gazette., 1902-07-04
Printers Secure an Advance.

Chicago, June 30.-The threatened
strike of the Chicago job printers has
been averted by the Chicago Typo.
thetae, the employers association, &C
ceding to the demands Of the men.
Beginning next Tuesday all union
printers employed in the book and
job printing offices in Chicago will re.
ceive material advance in wages.
The Billings gazette., 1902-07-04
MONTANA RAILROAD TO EXTEND
TO LEWlsToWN.
HAVE NECESSARY MONEY
Material Has Been Arranged for to
Build on From Hariowton
63 Miles.

Great Falls, June 3O.-Confirming
a recent dispatch to The Tribune from
Lewistown, President R. A. Harlow
of the Montana railroad announces
that before winter the construction
of the long projected extension Of
that railroad from the present term
mus, Harlowtown, to Lewistown, will
be well under way.
Abundant capital has been obtain
ed by Mr.. Harlow, traffic contracts
have been made, materials negotiated
for and arrangements for the con-
struction forces made. Final surveys
will begin this week and work should
commence about August 1.
President Harlow cannot, of course,
say when the road will be ready for
business. There are too many possi-
BILE contingencies, such as delay in OBJ
tanning materials and inability to OBJ
tain sufficient number Of men to
make such a statement possible.
But the work will begin before the
summer is over and it will be COM
pleted soon.
1--WE have completed our financial
arrangements to extend the road from
Harlowton to Lewistown, a distance
of 63 miles," said President Harlow,
"and have secured our triff1c contracts
with connecting lines. Our arrange
ments are based on estimates, which
were made as carefully as possible
without actually running lines.
eve propose to- put a party in the
field on the LIST of July definitely to
locate our line and verify our esti-
| mates. The engineering work will
be in charge of F.. T. Robertson, chief
| engineer of the company. l can see
no reason why he should not be ready
to begin construction by the list OF
August or the 1st of September at the
latest.
"We think the Judith basin presents
an inviting field for railroad, and be
lieve that it will respond promptly tc
| the construction of the extension.
prophesy that the greatest develop
ments we will see in Montana in the
next few years will be in Lewistowr
and vicinity.
'It is today one of the most flourish
| ing towns in Montana, notwithstand
ing it is more than so miles from the
nearest railroad point. The volume
of business that is done by Lewistowr
merchants is simply amazing. think
am safe in saying that during the
last two years Lewistown has taker
greater strides in it's growth thar
any other town in Montana"
The Montana railroad was built si1
or seven years ago. Mr.. Harlow ha!
been it's guiding genius and has con
tinually labored to further the inter
ests of the road, as we'll as those O
the section it penetrates. Through
his efforts the money to construc
the exntesion has been obtained AM
his eye will oversee all of the work
Though the plans for the extension
have long been under consideration
and the stockholders had PRACTICAL,
decided that the work would prov
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The Billings gazette., 1902-07-04

and former Governor Samuel T. Haus-
er. The procession then moved slow
ly down Dearborn avenue to Forest
Vale cemetery, where the interment
took place. A long line Of carriages
followed the noble pioneer to the
grave.
The Billings gazette., 1902-07-04

Cholera at Toxic.
Toxic. Japan, June 30.-Cholera has
appeared here.
The Billings gazette., 1902-07-04

Cheap Rates to New England Via
New York City.
One fare for the round trip via
Nickel Plate road to Providence, r,
l., and return, July Z, and 8; final
limit returning August 16 Three
trains daily, with firstclass modern
equipments. Meal II dining cars at
reasonable price. Going and return
ing via New York, if desired. Write
John Y. Callahan. general agent III
Adams street, Chicago, for particu
lars.
The Billings gazette., 1902-07-04
An independent line.

Lewistown, June 30.-The Montana
Railroad company is believed here to
be absolutely Independent. The finan-
cial hacker of the company, when
here a few days ago with President
Harlow, positively assured The
Tribune correspondent that his line
was not allied with any other in any
way whatsoever.
GREAsERS MURDER AMERICANS.