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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-16
STORY OF A FUGITIVE Hat.
1t Belong to Porly Man Who Went

Il Belong to a Portly Man Who Went
Home Bereheaded.
A strong breeze from the west was blow.
ing across an open square when a man Of
portly form and dignihed demeanor turned
the corner OF an adjoining street He was
a notable man in his every movement. He
was erect and his rotund hgure had mill
tary polse, an air Of dignity which was
imposing.
Suddenly WIFI gust seized his shining
hat and whlrled It on. II shot up into the
air and described circles In the manner OF
NJ. Santos Dumont's airship. Then II few
across the street and fell into puddle OF
muddy water.
The dlgnlhed citizen ga2ed at the digit
OF his hat IN q hewiJlered fashion. when
II fell 70 the ground he cantered gently
after il. As he neared Il be bent eagerly
forward. His hand almost touched the
precious tile. when swoop came another
gust and snatched the unfortunate hat,
which went rolling on. chunlng the meidy
waters of the gutter Ike the screw Of a
steamer.
The owner Of the hat looked wrAthfully
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-16
Ia Expert don Washinaton.

New York Press.
II the occasion had been opportune
med" HaT, the handwriting expert from
Washington, could have given Justice Lam
bert, Jerome Frank Black and the rest OF
the lawyers in the Mollneux case lesson
In oratory, In law in stage craft, In dialect
recitation. in singing, In political harang-
ing in sermonizing. in pleading. IN post
prandial speaking. In anecdotic narration.
in facial dellneailon and In concrete eplcur-
ism. lie Is the best known man IA the
National capital and the most versatile and
brilliant An expert In handwriting? Why,
that Is mere side show, an incidental
lie Is an expert in everything Versatility
has ruined him He Is said to know more
about sciences, arts, professions, trades
and religions than any other living man.
and II all his knowledge were brought to-
gether under one head, as II Is In one head
his equal would not walk the earth.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-16
be Editor Of The Post.

Pie Editor Of The Post.
"a Marcos Texas, November 12.--I think
sPemocratic party will have to choke off
Ia more people than the World or
''fzer. So long as expediency is the
ing star there will BE no progress. But
Isl no use-this election shows that the
.%es don't know and the leaders don't
= The leaders North, East and West
* the voters to the present policy. In
%south the cry was a solid democratic
9egation to congress.
5Seh'i you an interesting clipping. Being
#enry George man ana out of harmony
81 lne democratic machine in Ibis State,
Is not offered as advice. Cleveland
8 much heavier load than Pulitzer, but
parrot speeches are heralded over the
q as the utterances Of prophet and
Il Geo. w, Knight.
Brom the Public)
n lessons Of the elections there may be
fnany and of as great variety as there
a local campaigns; but considered as a
I'M these elections teach one lesson of
fscenuant Importance and National sig
Fanee' This is the lesson that within
democratic party there are two parties,
psulshaDly different and absolutely ir-
fndlable, which must be formally sep
II before the plutocratic leadership Of
republican party can be overthrown in
'erlcan politics.
! Of these parties within the demo
le party is as plutocratlc as the re-
4ncan organization itself. 1t has no
,'l'i principles which are not acceptable
He commercial combines. Grover Cleve-
Is The hest type Of It's leadership. He
In LOT L at Morrlstown. n j., last
a wnen he boosted of New Jerseys ira
nv denocracy--a democracy that IS
uned emphatically with nothing but
s'o'slaVery cause and the ''copperhead-
OF the sixties. On the only live issue
~ Present time he dared 90 no further
'ienoeratic lines than the republican
"a the West has gone. He advocated
ma Of tariff reform which would de-
IN 'ne working classes and the small
ass classes Of the protection they
tney are getting under republican
4 rut would not give them the mani.
benefits Of free trade. The other Of
w parties within the party assumed
'usn'shaele form In 1896, when Bryan
r-s % the front in its leadership, Con
I've ana radical are the characteristic
1''es ana tendencies respectively OF
!, '"o i%tlons; and swinging from one
'le other as it seems stronger or
.., the mere place hunters IN
ese typical leader Is David b.
y ,aese two wings Of She democratic
san not act together has now hec,
demonstrated. when the radical or
s,Ss',!c S'ng secured control ~ n,
N. Z 1884 the conservative or pluto.
N ~, rns abandoned il. aud an elseiiui
IL q" ~ 1aFe been carried by he npitcU
oss- The plutoTatic forces VI
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-16

The lndomitsbaie Temperance Man.
Lewiston journal
Here In Maine never vas the courage OF
the temperance man 20 strong.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-16

This does not signify the necessity CT
third party, but II does recrira aFhi In
stead Of false truce within the old party.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-01
JAMES M'kINNEY DOES THE WILD
WEST GUN ACT.
SHOOTS OUT THE LIGHTS
Smokes Up the Town, Secures Team
at Point Of Gun and Succeeds
in Making Getaway.

Fresno, CAL, July 28.-In Porter
vile yesterday James Mckinney ran
amuck and initiated his performance
by shooting out the lights of q saloon
and tried to shoot the cards out of
the hands of a man in a card game.
That he only wounded the man was
due to his poor workmanship and net
to mis- criminal intentions. He then
proceeded to a livery stable and Sc
cured a rig at the point of a revolver.
A constable, a deputy and several cit
liens attempted to arrest Mckinney,
but he opened fire and four of them
were mere or less seriously wounded.
Officers in surrounding counties were
notified and a sharp lookout is being
kept. Mckinney has a bad record,
having some years ago been sent to.
states prison from Tulare county.
Two years ago he killed a man in
Bakersfield, but was eXonerated.
William Lynn, a gambler, whose
abdomen and legs were filled with
buckshot, has succumbed to his
wounds.
Mckinney also filled the right arm of
George Burrows, a printer, with shot,
sem a bullet into the mouth of Depu-
ty Marshal Willis, shot another into
the arm of Deputy Constable Thomp-
kins and a load of shot into the arm
of w. B. Best.
Before leaving town he called at the
house of Dave Moshier, awakened
Moshier and called him to the door
Standing before the door, gun in
hand, Mckinney exclaimed:
"I've got in to a hi of a fight.
They anne after me, but | whipped
them all. I killed three or four of
them.
"They have not treated me right.
They can send the whole town after
me.
"Il die game. You talk about
Tracy. he won't be in it with me.
They hurt me-"
Putting his hand to his leg. he
squeezed up a.handful of blood. He
then drove off to Lindsay and is head
ed for Fresno county where it is sup
posed he will make for the mountains.
McKinnev, who has a shotgun, rifle
and revolver. is a desperate character
and will not be taken alive. Sheriff
Parker and his deputies are in pur-
suit, but no definite information has
been received as to the d~esperado's
whereabouts.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-01
LAND WITHDRAWN FROM ENTRY
Fifteen Wyoming Townships ExcIud-
ed From Settlement,

Buffalo, Wyo., July 29.-An order
has been received by the local land
Office from Washington which with
draws from entry and settlement Is
townships lying in Johnson and Sher-
idan counties. The townships with
drawn are 81, 81 and So, in ranges
so, 81, SO and "a. All of the land lies
in Johnson county except the north
half CT the northern five townships.
AS all of the land withdrawn would
be watered by the Piney creek reser-
voir system, which, it is expected,
will be constructed by the govern
ment under the new land reclamation
law, it is probable that the withdraw
al will be made permanent.
The Piney creek reservoir has been
reported upon by Captain H. NJ. Chit
tenden and other experts of the gov
eminent, also by State Engineer Fred
Bons and Professor Elwood Mead.
formerly state engineer and now at
the head of the irrigation investiga-
tons.
The Piney creek reservoir is capable
of storing many times the amount of
water that would be needed to re
claim the lands below and the con
struction of the dam. headgates and
bitches would be very cheap as com.
pared with other proposed irrigation
projects in the west.
Like the Sterling (Colo.) reservoir
site it is expected the Piney site will
be examined thoroughly and reported
upon.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-01
First Publication July 4, 1902.-6f
Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior, Land
Office at Bozeman, Mont, July l,
1902.-Notice is hereby given that
the following named settler has filed
notice of his intention to make final
proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before
T. A. Williams, clerk Of court at Bill
ings, Montana, on August 16, 1902,
viz:
HARRY B. DRUM,
Homestead. Entry No. 2273 for the
ShSEA, NWASEA, SWANEA, Sec.
s, TIP. 4 ~, r. 20 E., NJ. P. M.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation of said land,
viz: William M. Murphy, of Lavina,
Montana, James W. M%endenhall, Of
Lavina, Montana; John G. Beerwart,
of Lavina, Montana; John S. Todd, of
Billings, Montana.
A. l.. LOVE, Register.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-01
FIVE F|REMEN INJURED
EXPLOSION ENVELOPED THEM
IN WAVE OF FLAMES.
Burning Paints, Oils and Rubber
Goods Cause Hot Fire and
Sitting Smoke.

Pittsburg, July 29.-Five fremen
injured, two eight-story buildings al
most completely destroyed, a number
of others slightly damaged and proper
ty loss of 100000 is the result Of a
fire here this morning.
About 1870 this morning flames
were discovered issuing from the
building No. 919 Liberty street, occu-
pied by the Denoon Bros. Paint &
Varnish company.
Owing to the combustible nature
of the stock the fire spread rapidly
and soon the adjoining building, occu-
pied by Stewart Bros, rubber goods,
was also in flames. AS the fire spread
there were frequent explosions and
about 2 o'clock the firemen seemed to
be getting the flames under control
when an explosion shook the building
and shot the flames far over Liberty
street. Five firemen were caught and
badly burned about the hands and
scorched about the face. They were
taken to a hospital, but their injuries
are not regarded as serious.
Meanwhile the smoke and odor
from the burning rubber, mixed with
paints. Gil and benzine nearly stifled
the firemen and made it impossible
for them to get at the blaze, but they
worked heroically and about 8 o'clock
this morning they had the fire under
control. Both buildings were Quilted.
and Stewards grocery store. adjoin-
ing on the east. a badly damaged.
Speer & Hollar's furniture store. A. G.
Ellis, hat dealer. and ]. J. Porter. mil
linery supplies, on Pennsylvania ave-
nue., suffered considerably from smoke
and water.
The origin of the fire has not yet
been determined. The loss is about
two-thirds covered by insurance.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-01
First Publication July 4, l9O2.-6f :
Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior, Land
Office at Bozeman, Mont, June 26,
19O2.-Notice is hereby given that the
following named settler has filed no
tice Of his intention to make final
proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before
T. A. Williams, clerk of court at Bill
ings, Montana, on August 9, 1902,
viz:
WILLIAM A. HUFF,
Committing Homestead Entry No.
1858 for the sANEA, NASEA, Sec.
26. TIP. 2 S., R. % E., M. P. NJ.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation of said land, viz:
James T. Sayles, of Park City, Mon
tana; Walter D. Story, of Park City,
Montana; Cabot T. Thomas, Of Park
City, Montana; George Schroeder, Of
Park City, Montana.
A. L. LOVE, Register.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-01
CUBA TRIES GRAB GAME
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT SET
UP ON ISLE OF PINES.
If Reports From Havana Are True
Young Republic Will Have to
Explain to Uncle Sam.

Washington, July 29.-It is report
ed that Cuba has set up a provisional
government on the Isle Of Pines, not
withstanding that the island, under
the terms of the treaty of Paris, be-
longs to the United States. The
treaty requires Spain to cede to the
United States all islands possessed
by her in the West Indies excepting
Cuba, the sovereignty to which Was
merely "relinquished.' In or der to
prevent friction with Cuba, it was pro-
vided later by the Plat amendment
that the sovereignty of the Isle OF
Pines should be a matter OF future
agreement but it was clearly the in
tention of the government to retain
control of the island and therefore
the recent action of the Cuban gov
eminent may call for some sort of ex-
PLANTATION. According to the report
received here, the Cuban government
has sent General Nunez, civil govern
or of Havana province, to the Isle of
Pines to establish a government there.
Gen. Bragg May Be Transferred.
Officials Of the state department
say that the papers in the case Of
Consul General Bragg, at Havana, are
% before the president. It is I'M
derstood that General Bragg is to be
relieved of duty at Havana and if a
vacancy can be found, sent to another
country.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-01
COLONEL LYNCH REMANDED.
Case Of the Government Against Him
Was Ended Today.

London, July 29.-The case Of the
government against Colonel Arthur
Lynch, who was elected from Galway
to the house of and who
was accused of high treason, ended in
police court today and Lynch was re-
manded to give his counsel opportun-
ity to- review the evidence. Among
the last witnesses called to identify
Colonel Lynch were George Creig, an
American. who vas c~aretaker of a
mine near johannesburg, and another
American named Worthington. Both
these witnesses testified that they
were arrested by Beers near Vreenen-
lying, charged with being British spies
and that Colonel Lynch was public
prosecutor at their trial.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-01
First Publication July &, 19O2.-4f

First Publication July 4, 19O2.-4f
Department Of the Interior. United
States Land Office, Bozeman, Mon
tana, June rs, 19O2.-A sufficient con-
test affidavit having been filed in this
Office by Charles P. MacGlashan, con-
testant, against homestead entry No.
1898, made January 4, 1901, for NEA
Section 30, Township / N, Range q
b., M. P. NJ, by John A. Wellman,
%contestee, in which It is alleged that
said John A. Wellman has wholly
abandoned said land; that he never
had a habitable house thereon, or a
house of any kind; that he v es-
tablished actual residence thereon:
that his abandonment of said land was
in no way due to his being absent in
the service Of the army, navy or ma
rine corps of the United States in
time of war. Said parties are hereby
notified to appear, respond and offer
evidence touching said allegation at
10 O'Clock a. m. on August -, 1902,
before T. A. Williams. clerk of the
court, at Billings, Montana, and that
final hearing will be held at 10 o'clock
a. m. on August %, 1902, before the
Register and Receiver at the United
States Land Office in Bozeman, Mon
tana.
The said contestant having, in a
proper affidavit, filed June 25, 1902,
set forth facts which show that after
due diligence personal service of this
notice cannot be made. it is hereby
ordered and directed that such no
tice be given by due and proper pub
LEGATION.
A. i. LOVE. Register.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-01
RAvAGEs OF FOREST FIRES.
Of Miles of Yukon Slopes
Have Been Burned Over.

New York, July 29.-Vast areas of
timber along thousands of miles of
the heavily wooded Yukon slopes have
been ravaged by fires and devastated
Of their splendid growth of spruce and
birch timber within the last few
weeks, says a Tacoma, Wash, dis
patch to the Times. From Dawson to
near the mouth of the Yukon the great
valley is clouded with smoke. Cap
tains Of river steamers from st.
Michael report at Dawson that fires
are raging extensively in the vicinity
of the lower river stations of Nunivik,
Greyling and Kaltag. At these places
the Northern Commercial company
alone has suffered a loss of 1000 cords
of wood valued at $1,000.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-01

Treat Your Kidneys for Rheumatism.
When you r suffering from rheu-
matism, the kidneys must be attend
ed to at once SO that they will elimi-
nate the uric acid from the blood.
Foley's Kidney Cure is the most ef-
fective remedy for this purpose. R.
T. Hopkins of Poplar, Wis, says:
"After unsuccessfully d~octoring three
years for rheumatism with the best
doctors, l tried Foley's Kidney Cure
and 1t cured me. I cannot speak too
highly Of this great medicine" Sold
by Holmes & Rixon.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-01
SURVEY PARTY WILL EXPLORE
MUSSELSHELL COUNTRY.
FOR WATER STORAGE
Will Be Located and Report Made to
Washington-WiIl Follow
River to Mouth,

Great Falls, July ga surveying
party in the employ of the govern
ment left Great Falls this morning for
the Musselshell country to select res
ervoir sites and gather ether informa-
ton preliminary to action by the gov
eminent in that section under the
provisions Of the irrigation law.
The party is employed under the
direction of A. p. Davis of Washing
ton, D. c., ct the United States geo
logical survey, who has charge of the
selection of the location Of the canals
and bitches to be constructed by the
government under the provisions of
the new measure. He was here sew
eral days age and made up the party
and gave directions concerning it's
work.
Robbins in Charge.
Samuel B. Robbins, the we'll known
civil engineer of this city, who has
had much experience, in irrigation
work, is at the head of the party. H.
w. McNair, of this city, who has re-
Gently been employed with a Great
Northern engineering party on the
surveys of the Great Falls & Canada,
is also with the party.
The party left here by team this
morning with surveying instruments
and outfit and will drive to White
Sulphur Springs, at which point the
work will be taken up. The party
will work down the valley of the Mus
selshell to where the river flows into
the Missouri. Investigations will be
made as to the extent and location
of such lands as may be put under
irrigation.
Will Report to Washington.
Selections of reservoir sites will
also be made at suitable localities.
Reports of the work of the party will
be forwarded to Washington and sub
sequently by executive proclamation
the lands will be withdrawn from en-
try until such time as the government
is ready to construct the irrigation
system and dispose of the lands under
the provisions of the new law.
1t is estimated that this party will
be able to complete it's work in about
80 days.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-01
WATER HOLES DRYING UP.
Continuous Drouth Presents Problem
to Stockmen.

Havre, July z9.-Louis Shombo,
who has been stationed along the
Canadian line to keep the Pepin cat
tie herd from straying into Canadian
territory, is in the city today. He
reports that water is getting very
scarcec everywhere north of the Milk
river, the dry weather causing all
the water holes to dry up.
Many bands of sheep are being run
north of the river, and their camps
are in the neighborhood of all the
watering places.
Grass feed is abundant, but not in
condition to make hay except near the
prairie lakes.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-01
UPHEAvAL OF EARTH
An Unprecedented Rise in Land in the
y" State Of New York.

New Yorx, July 29.-The town of
Stratford, N. Y, according to a Press
dispatch from Little Falls, now has a
strange upheaval of the ground. Tons
Of sod, gravel and stone were tossed
in the air land knoll lands are IL feet
higher than usual. The debris covers
a space of one hunder feet square
and is more than six feet deep. 1t is
believed lightning lighted a vein of
natural gas and caused an under
ground explosion.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-01
TRAMPs RUN TOWN.
One Hundred Hoboes Take Posses
sion Of Sheldon, Iowa.

sion OF Sheldon, Iowa.
Sheldon, Iowa, July 29.-For more
than five hours Saturday this city was
in the hands of a vicious gang of
hoboes. Learning the city was with
out police protection. a gang of near
ly 100 tramps overran the town,
and meeting with little OPPOSITION, they
entered the saloons and filling up on
whisky o became a wild and riot
GUS mob. Singing and yelling the
hoboes paraded the streets, terroriz-
ing the citizens. Women were insult
ed and children driven in fright from
the streets. AS the tramps became
more and 10 intoxicated they start
ed fighting among themselves, and at
one time at least a dozen bloody, COM
bats were in progress on the main
street Of the town.
BY noon conditions became so seri-
II that the citizens hastily held a
meeting and resolving themselves into
a vigilance committee, started with
clubs in hand to clear the town of the
tramps. They met with slight resist
ance. the hoboes fearing to antagon-
ize the enraged Sheldonites, many of
whom were armed heavily. One over
Jealous hobo drew a razor and at
tefpted to carve a farmer who had
been drafted into the vigilante COM
mittee. He made a big mistake, for
the ruralite landed on him hard,
knocking him out. The hobo was car
ried to a physicians office and did not
revive for nearly an hour.
Shortly after noon the tramps, cow
ed by the citizens, retreated to the
outskirts Of town and later caught a
freight west.
After this experience. which was
made possible by a political fight on
the mayors appointment of a marshal,
the citizens practically agreed that
opposition to the mayor shall be with
drawn. The council has refused to
confirm the appointee and has taken
away his salary.
The v%igilantes committee will be
continued a few DAYS and. hoboes at
tempting to run things with a high
hand here will be severely dealt with.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-01
First Publication August 1, 1902.
Desert Land, Final Proof-Notice fol-
Dnhli~a$ion

Desert Land, Final Proof-Notice for
Publication.
United States Land Office, Bozeman,
Montana, July %, 1902.
Notice is hereby given that Thomas
Roman of Billings, Yellowstone coun-
ty. Montana, has filed notice of in
tention to make proof On his desert
land claim No. 977, for the SEA,
NEA, Sec. 26, TIP. l s., r. "a E, M.
P. NJ, before T. A. Williams, clerk of
court at Billings. Montana, or Satur-
day, the 9Th day of September, 1902.
He names the following witnesses
to prove the complete irrigation and
reclamation of said land: Charlie
O'Donnell, 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.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-01
EPIDEMIC OF MURDER.
Experience Which Tucson Is Now
H Aavinn t VrE

Experience Which Tucson Is Now
Having.
Tucson, Ariz., July 29.-Tucson is
going through an epidemic of murder.
Three foul murders have taken place
here in less than three weeks time.
On the day set for the funeral of Of
ficer Katzenstein, who was shot down
at his post of duty by a drunken Mex
lean, another brutal murder occurred.
Last night Vicente Arena enc of the
best Spanish citizens. was held up
while on his way home by a gang of
five Mexicans and cruelty beaten to
death. Three of the assassins were
captured today and are now in Jail.
The other two, it is believed, have
crossed the Mexican line.