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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-30
MOB LYNCHED
WRONG Man
PAID PENALTY FOR CRIME OF
HIS BROTHER.
THE REVOLVER IS MISSING
And Is Believed to Be With Man Who
Fired Shot That kiicd Po-
Iiceman HinkIe.

Pittsburg, kans., Dec. 26.-There is
a strong probability existing that in
the lynching of Montgomery Cooley
here yesterday morning for killing
Policeman Hinkle the wrong man was
hanged, and that while Montgomery
Cooley was implicated in the trouble,
he did not fire the fatal shot. 1t is
believed Joe Cooley fired the shot
from the officers revolver and then
made his escape, leaving his brother
to suffer at the hands of the mob.
The mother of the boys called upon
a firm of physicians in this city to-
day and requested them to treat her
son Joe for a gunshot wound in the
neck. When asked to tell where he
was, she refused.
The officers revolver has not yet
been found, and it is thought by the
officers that the man who killed Hin
kle still has it in his possession. If
Joe Cooley is captured the officers
will have a hard task to protect him,
as the people here insist that the
same treatment will be given him
as his brother received.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-30
NEW DISCOVERY RESEMBLES
SOUTH AFRICAN FORMATION
GREAT STAMPEDE BEGINS
Formation Traced for Three Miles
Some Rock Runs as High
as $4,000 per Ton. "

Tacoma, Wash, Dec. ga great
reef Of gold-bearing quartz has been
located by miners in the Forty Mile
district, Alaska. The formation was
traced for three miles, and hundreds
of claims were staked out. 1t con-
tains stringers running as high as
$4,000 a ton. The first stringers were
found six months ago, but the matter
was kept secret until the lucky pros
pector making the discovery could
locate the trend of the ledge, with the
object of stalking out as many claims
as possible. Since the news was made
public early in November a great
stampede has taken place.
South African miners say the reef
is similar in appearance and formation
to some of the greatest gold-bearing
lodges Of South Africa.
1t is supposed the ledge is one of
those ground down by glaciers during
past ages, thereby %loosening the pres
en- Yukon placer gold.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-30
Coal Miners Killed.

Trinidad, Colo, Dec. ga coal
miner from north of Trinidad, who
was taken out of the debris of the
Colorado & Southern freight wreck
Of Trinidad last night and died a
short time later, said just before ex-
plring that there We're IA coal miners
besides himself in the car in which
he was riding and which was smashed
to splinters. The ruins of this car
still remain under tons of w%reckage.
All the men in it must have persisted.
1t is now estimated that the num-
Der of deaths will reach from % to
SO. All of the men in the wrecked
a were going to Trinidad to spend
Christmas. They all came from coal
mining camps north of this city.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-30

chamber concerning the disregard of
Article ~ Of The Hague convention
shown by the allied powers in coerc-
ing Venezuela.
In his letter Baron d'Estournelles
strongly supports the contention OF
the United States that the .Venezue-
Ian troubles should be referred to The
Hague court. After pointing out that
the present is just the contingency
contemplated by Article ~, the writ
er says:
The conflict rests between Vene-
zuela and several of the signatories to
The Hague convention, and the form
al obligation that France and the 9th
er Is powers signed is not only being
ignored but we observe a systematic
Introduction of The Hague court of
arbitration by the European govern
ments. An explanation has become
necessary. It cannot be objected by
the allied powers that Venezuela took
no part in the conference. AS she is
asking for arbitration, an occasion
exists for reminding the powers of
the obligations they signed and rati-
fled. Nor can the reply be made that
states, unlike individuals, are free not
to observe their engagements, and
that moral obligations exist only for
individuals or for the weak, as this
point of view is precisely contrary to
the principle that The Hague confer
ence sought to secure .
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-30
ATTACKED BY SAVAGES
Superstition CT Islanders Results in
Death Of British Sea Captain.

Victoria, B. c., Dec. 26.-The steam
or Moana, from Australia today,
brought news of an attack on the re-
cruiting schooner Lilly by natives in
the New Hebrides. They murdered
Captain Henry Amos Atkinson, a
Britisher, and wounded two of the
Lilly's crew. The schooner was Ell
gagged in taking home natives who
had been employed in New Caledonia
by French planters. One of those
consigned to Mallicolo died when
near here and Captain Atkinson de-
cided to bury the body ashore instead
OF at sea. When Captain Atkinson
landed he was rushed upon and his
rifle taken by blacks. He was then
shot and killed with his own rifle.
Some of the native crew tried to save
the dead captains body, but the ma
tives who were just landed aided
those ashore and the crew fled, two
of them being wounded as they swan
back to the schooner. The attack was
the result of a superstition attached
to The buryiag of a dead body, the
natives believing it necessary tc kill
the whites to prevent further deaths
frt'm occurring among them. The
srl1or err Pearl was ~attacke., On this
island a few days later. She called
at Espie.lge hay, another Fart # tho
island to land natives, when she was
fired upon and several of the native
e were wounded.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-30
TOUT SHOOTS DETECTIVE.
When Escape Was Cut Off Turned
Gun on Himself,

Hot Springs, Ark, Dec. 26.-Chief
of Detectives Jack Donahue was shot
and killed on the street today by
FraDk Dougherty, a race track follow
er.
Dougherty, it is said, had struck a
woman with an axe and as Donahue
came up and attempted to arrest him
Dougherty shot the detective over
the eye, killing him instantly. He
then started to run up the street, but
got only a short distance when a boy
.16 years of age, who was in a buggy,
got out a u and shot D%ougherty in
the face and breast. Dougherty then
fired a shot into his own head. The
doctors say he cannot live. He was
taken to a police station and crowds
soon began forming and talk of lynch
ing was freely INDUCED in, but on the
assurance that Dougherty could not
survive his wounds the crowd dispers-
ed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-30
PRETTY TEACHER SHOT DOWN,
Mad Deed Of Her Jealous Farm Hand
Love,

MA Geeo OF Her jealous Farm Hand
Baker Ciy, Ore, Dec. 26.-Minnie
Ensminger. the handsome daughter OF
Jacob Ensmin ger, a wealthy pioneer
rancher living near Haines, was shot
and mortally wounded this morning
at 8 o'clock by Plez Armstrong, a farm
hand, who afterwards attempter sui.
eide.
Armstrong is Of Spanish descent,
IS years old, and for a year or more
has been paying attention to the
young lady, who is the teacher of the
Muddy Creek school. Her family OBJ
jected to his suit and made her break
off the engagement. Armstrong wrote
to the girl a few days ago, threatening
to make it hot for her il she broke
with him.
Christmas eve there was a dance at
Readings ranch near North Powder.
The girl went in company with anoth-
er man. Armstrong was there and be-
came insanely jealous. At 8 o'clock
this morning, when the dance broke
up, Armstrong lay in wait at the gate
of a .@eighboring ranch, where the
girl was to sleep.
Shot Her in the Back.
AS she entered the gate Armstrong
shot her in the back with a revolver.
AS she fell he sent a second shot into
her left breast. He then took a shot
at himself, the bullet barely grazing
his left temple. He was soon arrest
ed and taken in charge by the town
marshal.
\ mob watched over him ready to
lynch him as soon as the girl died.
Sheriff Brown brought Armstrong here
afternoon and locked him in the.
county Jail. The young lady is still
alive but cannot recover. It is said
a mob will yet attempt to lynch him
the young lady dies.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-30
WANTS MONEY r S
Rumor That Germany viii Demand
Cash Payment Of One Big Claim

~ Su0S wv sSS0Iy vvtu 0VuS0JVV
Cash Payment of One Big Claim
Berlin, Dec. 26.-The Lokal Anzieg-
er publishes today the following state
ment, which was evidently inspired by
the foreign Office: "The German gov
eminent has exempted from the scope
of arbitration of the Venezuelan diff.
ficulty a claim Of 1,700,O 900 bolivars,
which must be paid Immediately in
cash before arbitration is begun"
The paper adds that it is understood
that President Rooseve1t's undertake
ing to arbitrate involves indirect guar
antee for the payment of the sum to
be awarded. Confidence has grown in
government circles during the past "a
hours that President Roosevelt will
accept the task of arbitration.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-30
TEN MEN KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN
KILLED,
OTHERS BURIED IN DEBRIS
Between Coal Train and
Freight Train.

Trinidad, Col, Dec. 26.-Develop.
ments indicate that the wreck on the
Colorado & Southern railroad, just
outside of this city last night, which
was caused by a collision between q
merchandise freight train and a heav.
lily loaded coal train, was the most dis.
astrous in the history of the road
where freight trains alone were con.
cerned.
At Least Ten Killed.
1t is known tonight that at least
that several more bodies will be un.
earthed before the wreckage is clear.
ed away. The list of known dead as
it stands tonight is as follows:
Elmer Pearce, engineer, unmarried,
Pueblo;> j. Fox, fireman; IN McDer.
mott, brakeman, recently arrived
from Boston; ]. w. Goldtrap, engi.
neer, Trinidad; = Devereaux, fire.
man, Pueblo; Phil Lands, who board.
ed the train at Ludlow, supposed to
be a contractor; L. F. Richards, brake.
man; ~ King, a machinist, riding as
a passenger. Two unidentified bodies
are exposed to view but have not yet
been removed from the wreckage.
Miners Among the Victims.
1t is feared that several miners who
were supposed to be riding on the
coal train and were on their way to
Trinidad to spend Christmas, are I'M
der the debris.
Information received by friends of
the dead people residing in this city
was to the effect that they were be-
ing inferred and today it was learned
that men were seen to board the coal
train at Hastings, Ludlow, Walsen-
burg and Agui1ar as the train pulled
through.
AS they paid no fare there is no
record of how many were on the
train, if any.
Wrecking Crews at Work.
Wrecking crews have worked dill
gently all day clearing the tracks,
and succeeded in removing the
wreckage of the engines. The freight
cars are piled in a great heap on the
right of way and it will require all
day tomorrow to get things in shape
to run trains over the road at this
point. Inthe mean-me all Colorado
Southern trains are running over the
tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-30
WRECK IN MICHIGAN.
Two Men Insanity Killed and Two
Fatally Injured.

Battle Creek, Mich, Dec. 26.-In a
head-on collision on the Grand Trunk
railroad near here tonight; Engineer
James Kerwin and Fireman Theo.
S%chlubias, of a light engine, were in
stantly killed and Engineer Brooks
and Fireman Burkhardt, of a freight
train, were fatally injured.
The engines collided while going at
full speed. The light engine had
been sent out from Battle Creek to
meet and help pull the freight train
to the city.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-30
italy Demands Equality.

Rome, Dec. 26.-The only condi-
ton which Italy has attached to her
acceptance of the arbitration of the
Venezuelan difficulties is that all
points of the dispute shall be submit
ted to the, arbitrator so that no ques-
lions shall be left undecided and that
Italian claims must be considered on
an equality with those of other pow
ers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-30
Favorite Family Remedy.

Frequently accidents occur in the
household, which cause burns, cuts,
sprains and bruises; for use in such
cases, Billiards. Snow Liniment has
for many years been the constant
favorfte family remedy: Csc, SOC and
$1.OO at Holmes & Rixon's.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-30
Will Be Questioned.

Paris, Dec. 26.-Baron de'Estournel-
les de Constant has written to Foreign
Minister Delcasse notifying him that
the writer will interpellate the govern
ment on the reassembling of the
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-30

ST. lOHN'S HEADACHE CURE
wi. cure your headache. Sold by
Chapnle Drug CO.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-30
PROVED GOOD NIGHTS WORK

Jack Monroe, the Boxing Suite Miner,
Receives Flattering Offer.
Butte, Dec. 27.-[Special to The Ga
zette.l Jack Monroe, who stood be-
fore Champion Jeffries for four rounds
last Saturday night. has received al
offer from the Walden Theatre, Bos-
ton, for a ten weeks engagement at
$500 per week. If the parties are
found reliable Monroe will leave for
Boston next week.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-30

London, Dec. DENOMINATION was
obtained here today by the Associated
Press of the announcement from Wash
ington that the arbitration of the Ven
ezuelan question is now assured and
that failing the acceptance by Presi-
dent Roosevelt of the invitations to
become arbitrator, the matters will be
referred to The Hague tribunal.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-30

Berlin, Dec. ga semi-oficial note
published today says: AS in the
case of the Italian note the British
and German notes on Venezuela, pre-
sented December 20, declare that if
President Roosevelt does not accept
the post of arbitrator the powers
would be prepared, subject to certain
reservations, to submit the matter to
The Hague tribunal"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-30

Pittsburg, Kan, Dec. 26.-Mont-
gomery Cooley, a negro, was taken
from the Jail here today and lynched
by a moi because early this morning
he shot and killed Milton Hinkle, a
policeman, who was trying to protect
himself against a crowd of unruly
blacks. .
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-01-17
A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
Thrilling Experience Of British Bark on the
Vancouver Shore.

Tacoma, Jan. 13.-Seldom, If ever,
does maritime history record a more
thrilling experience or a more miracu-
lous escape from certain destruction
than that which was encountered by
the three-masted British bark Cath
ness-shire, Captain Furneaux, which
arrived yesterday.
Driven on the rocky Vancouver
shore last Tuesday night in a gale,
with but Is fathoms of water beneath
her, in the teeth of a furious wind and
heavy sea, both her anchosrs were
lost, with 200 fathoms of chain.
Helpless and with shoaling waters in.
creasing, Captain Furneaux and his
crew expected to see the vessel driven
on the shore and so certain were they
of their fate that the small boats were
lowered and hurried preparations
made to take to them. Almost within
an instant, however, the wind shifted
and began to blow from the north
west. Sail was clapped on to the
Caithness-shire and she was driven
clear out of shore, anchorless, but
safe. Seldom do such escapes occur
1T was a miracle" said Captain Fur
neauX, "and but for the miracle she
would be piled up on the Vancouver
shore today instead of being safely in
| harbor"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-01-17
HoMEsIcKNEss IN MANILA.
As a Cure, an American News Service viii
Be Established.

| Manila, Jan. 14.-Medical authori-
ties here assert that a considerable
portion of the breaking down among
American residents of the Philippine
Islands is due to inconsistencies.
Newspapers of Manila are urging the
United States Philippine Commission
to make an appropriation for daily
cabled news service from the United
States, thus bringing Americans here
in closer touch with their home life.
A majority of the local papers, sever
al Army officres, civil officials and
others, have promised subscriptions
to help meet the cable tolls for a
three months news service of 100
words a day. An amount sufficient
to cover the tolls for 70 words day
has already been subscribed 1t is
hoped that this news service can be
begun January Is. 1t will be devoted
to American news exclusively. The
Government has offered to send news
bulletins free to all points on the
military wires.
Commissioner Bernard Moses, head
Of the Department of Public Instruc-
tion for the islands, has delivered an
address to the teachers of Manila, IN
which he particularly urged the con-
tinued instruction of Filipino children
in English. He said the members
Of the wealthy farmer classes were
making great mistake in sending
their children to Spanish schools, as
the consequent neglect in English in
struction would injure their position
and standing in the islands, which
would inevitably and indissolubly
become portion of the American ma
tion.
The news received from Batangas
Province is cheerful. The expedition
to Loboo, in Batangas, has been &
complete success. The columns under
Colonels Wint and Wells have des-
troyed large number of barracks and
hamlets, and enough rations to keep
10000 Filipinos for six months. There
was not a single American casualty
during the entire expedition. The
enemy fled before the Americans,
meany of them were killed and sew
eral surrendered.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-01-17
GOVERNMENT TO BLAME.
Papers In the United States Showing Tha
China Was in League With Boxers.

New York, Jan. 13.-Documents
now in possession of Columbia Uni
versity, it is believed, prove that the
Chinese Imperial Government was in
league with the Boxer uprisings. The
documents consist Of an original block
cut an a copy of a proclamation. The
papers are the gift of the Rev. DR.
M. E. Gamewell, who constructed the
defenses of the allies at the siege OF
Pekin.
Some few days after the relief OF
the beleaguered garrison by che for.
eign troops, DR.. Gamewell secured
new quarters for the Methodist Epis.
copal schools, their own buildings
having been destroyed. Two private
houses were taken and it was in a
table Of one Of these that a number
of circulars were found, together with
the plate from which they were print
ed. The circulars bear the seal OF
the government used upon Imperial
documents. The wording of the cir
cular is:
by Imperial Command. Let the
Boxers of (here follows the names OF
eight towns near Pekin) rise up to
united victory"
This, it Is supposed, meant the des-
truction of the foreigners, as shown
in the Boxers motto, Protect the
Manchus, destroy the foreigners"
The circulars are printed on yellow
paper, with black type, excepting the
vermillion of the seal or imperial
pencil" as it is known. Red charact-
ers, signifying the seal of the Boxers
are stamped on the left hand corner.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-01-17
Colorado Land Opened.

Pueblo, Colo, Jan. 11.-In compli.
ance with instructions received from
the Commissioner-General of the land
office at Washington, the Pueblo land
Office issued orders opening up for
settlement more than 250,000
acres of land in the southwestern
part OF HueriAno and the western por.
tion Of Las Animas counties. This
land was withdrawn from settlement
over a year ogo, for the purpose of
creating the Las Animas Reservation
The area is "A by is miles in extent
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-01-17
DANISH ISLAND PLANTERS.
Say Sugar Trade Will Be Ruined If the Sale
Is Not Consummated.

st. Thomas, D. w. l., Jan. IL
The following cablegram signed by a
large number of the residents of the
Danish West Indies, was sent from the
Danish Island of st. Croix to the Min
lister of Finance and the Rigsdag al
Copenhagen January 8:
Confirming the memorial to his
majesty, King Christian, June, 1900
the undersigned planters, representing
$4,000 acres out of a total of $4,000
acres, and merchants and other rep
resentatives of the Danish West In
dies assert that if the American mar
ket is not secured by the sale of the
islands, the sugar industry here will
suffer severely and will have to cease
in the near future, the prices for sugar
now ruling being below the cost O
producing that article"
Subsequent signatures secured t.
this message raised the ratio of rep
resentation to nineteenth of the tota
acreage under cultivation.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-01-17
NEARLY UNANIMOUS.
House Passes the Original Canal Bill by a
Vote of 30S to 2.

Washington, Jan. 10.-The Hep
burn Nicaragua Canal bill passed the
House late yesterday afternoon by
practically a unanimous vote. Only
two members out of 80 voted against
it.
The opposition to committing the
Government to the Nicaragua route
attempted to secure amendments to
lodge with the President the discre-
tionary power to purchase and com
plete the Panama Canal If it could be
purchased for $40,000,000. The test
came on the first vote, when the advo-
Gates of an alternative route polled
102 against 170 votes. At each sue
ceeding vote their strength dwindled
until Cannon (Rep.. ILL, under whose
leadership the fight was carried on,
was unable to get the aye and no vote
on a motion to recommit All other
amendments failed, and the bill was
passed exactly as it came from the
committee. None of the votes, ex-
cept that on the final passage of the
bill, was a record vote.
The bill as passed today authorizes
the President to secure from the states
of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, in be-
half of the United States, control of
such portion of the territory belong
ing to said states as may be desirable
and necessary, on which to excavate,
construct and protect a canal suitable
to the wants of modern navigation
and commerce and appropriate such a
sum as may be necessary to secure
the control of said territory.
Section authorizes the President
after securing control of the needed
territory, to direct the Secretary Of
War to construct such canal from
the Caribbean Sea, at point near
Greytown, in Nicaragua, by way of
Lake Nicaragua, to a point on the
Pacific ocean near Brito, and also to
construct proper harbors at the ter
mini of said canal and to make nee
essary provisions for the defense of
the canal and harbors.
Sections 3 and authorizes the
President to make such Surveys as
may be necessary and to employ such
persons in constructing the canal as
may to him seem wise, and directs
that in the construction of the canal
the river San Juan and Lake Mica
ragua shall be used as far as they are
available.
Section 5 authorizes the President
to guarantee to the states of Costa
Rica and Nicaragua the use of the
canal and the harbors upon terms to
be agreed upon for vessels owned by
citizens thereof.
The last section makes a present
appropriation of 100000 to carry
on this work and authorizes the Sec
retary of War to enter proper con
tracts for material and work as may
be deemed necessary therefor. sucl
work and material to be paid for as
appropriations may be made from time
to time. The section fixes the aggre
gate cost at $3.50, 1000, 900, to be drawn
from the treasury on warrants of the
President.