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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-12

from lowIanAs into the channels o.
the Mississippi and Missouri rivers
which swells the torrent passing st.
Louis.
Denvcrside, a suburb Of East st.
Louis, was completely inundated, and
Alta Sitka, farther to the East, vas
half flooded last night. If the river
rises wen to a small additional ex.
tent the water must swamp Alta Sitka.
From the ordinary course Of the Mis-
sissippi to the Illinois bluffs is a dis.
lance of five to eight miles and the
food laps at the foot Of the bluffs.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-12
REACH ST. N

Militia Escorting chauncey Dewey
ard His Cowboys Arrive Safely.
Lincoln, Neb., June 1.-THE State
Journal last might received the follow
ing dispatch from "A. 3. Harvey, a.
Lincoln attorney who has gone to st.
Francis, Kan. to defend Chauncey
Dewey and the cowboys accused OF
murder. It is dated st. Francis and
says:
Have arrived here. There Is no
disturbance and no danger OF a col
lection. The militia arrived this
evening with the prisoners. The coun-
" attorney say he wants a postpone
ment Of the preliminary hearing until
next week"
This Is thought to dispose of wild
rumors Of bloody clashes between
militia and settlers.
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ANALYSIS OF lRc...

Foundrymen's c%onverh-- !.
Committee to Assist u, IL ..1.s.
Milwaukee, June 11.-An important
step was taken in the American
F~oundrymen's association convention
in the appointment Of a committee to
take in hand the actual work - tand.
ardizing the method Of max; laly-
sis Of iron.
The work of the convention was de-
voted to papers and discussions in
the m~etallurgical section. The cleo.
ton Of officers will be the feature Of
the closing session.
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CLOSING ARGUMENTS BEGUN.
Case Of Minnesota Against the North
ern Securities Comnanv.

LZ .nT EG H7n@H
ern Securities Company.
St. Paul. June 11.-Attorney M. D.
Mum, before Judge Lochren, in the
federal court, commenced the closing
argument in the case Of the state
against the Northern Securities com
pany. Mr.. Mum talked all day.
In addition to the oral argument
made by Mr.. Mum, he filed a brief
which goes into the history of the case
in detail, and the law points are re-
viewed at considerable length. In ad-
dressing the court in the interests of
the state, Mr.. Mum reviewed the his
tory Of the formation Of the Northern
Securities company at some. length,
declaring it to be an illegal combina-
ton.
The speaker, while practically ad-
hitting the contention of the defend
ants that the formation Of the Sc
curities company was of benefit to the
country traversed by the roads, said
such benefits were no excuse for dis
regarding the law, which he held had
been done by the formation Of the
holding company.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-12
LEAVE FOR WASHINGTON.
President Roosevelt and Party Start
Home From Cleveland.

Cleveland. O., June 1.-THE presi-
dent, Miss Roosevelt, Commander
Cowles, u. s. N, and Secretary Loeb.
left for Washington in a special train
over the Pennsylvania road. The
evening was spent at the home of
Senator Hanna. The party came here
to attend the wedding of Miss Ruth
Hanna and Joseph Medill Mccormick.
There was a good sized crowd at
the station to wave the president fare
well and he responded to the greet
ings by lifting his hat and bowling.
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BASEBALL SCORES.
National League.

National League.
At Pittsburg, Z; Philadelphia, 4.
AT st. Louis. 0; New York, 1.
At Cincinnati, o; Brooklyn, Z.
At Chicago, z; Boston. 8.
American League.
At Boston, o; Detroit. 5.
AT Washington, s.; Cleveland, 8.
American Association.
At Louisville, IS; Kansas City, s.
At Toledo, 8; st. Paul, 4-eleven- in
nings.
At Columbus, /; Minneapolis. 3,
At indianapolis, q; Milwaukee, 3.
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APPLY FOR OLD 5LAcEa
Duluth Molders ccrcede Loss ofsTheir
Sympathetic Strike.

" 80 SybbRAhtbCepS ~ AA|dH sEE4
Duluth, June 1.-THE molaers Of
the Clyde Iron company, who went on
strike two months aga In sympathy
with the machinists who had demand
ed shorter hours ana more pay, have
applied to the management for their
old places, ~conceding they have lost
the strike.
The management said that 1t was
willing to take back such men as were
needed, but places could not be found
for all Of theya.
Since the strike has been on, the
union men have maintained a picket
line and endeavored In every peace
able way to dissuade others from TAX
ing their places. but their efforts have
proved futile.
The machinists ere still out and
thus far have indicated no intention
OF calling the strike off.
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Armstrong Knocks Out Martin.

Boston, June blob Armstrong
Of New York put out Denver Ed"
Martin, with a left hand stomach
punch in the third round of a, twelve
round bout before the Tammany club.
The event was announced to be for
the colored heavyweight championship
OF the world.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-12
SKULL FRACTURED.
Minnesota Man Fatally Injured at sa-
tavia, N. Y,

Batavia, N. y, June H.-John w.
Crop of Compton, Mimi, is in the
Batavia hospital fatally injured. He
either jumped or fell from a train on
the West Shore railroad in front of a
passing train. His skull was frac-
tured. Accompanied by his brother.
Mr.. Crop was on his way to Germany
ON a visit.
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Jessie Morrison in Prison.

Lansing, Kan, June 11.-Jessie Nor
rison arrived at the state p~enitantiary
Wednesday and began to serve q
twenty-five-year sentence for killing
Mrs. Olin Castle. Miss Morrison was
weak and nervous, but showed no
signs of breaking down.
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POPULATION MAssAcRED.
BASH Bazouks Attack a Village and
Kill the Inhabitants.

Sofia, Bulgaria, June lit is re-
ported that the village of Enidge. in
the district of Adrianople, consisting
of 500 houses, was attacked on June
Q by Bashi Bazouks and the entire
population, with the exception of 200
men, was massacred. The village was
lillaged and the loot carried off to
feighboring Turkish villages.
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VETERANS.
J. P. Rundel Of Milwaukee Elected De.
partrnent Commander.

partfnenf Commander.
Chippewa Falls, Wis, June iii.
r. Rumble Of, Milwaukee was elected
department commander Of the G. A.
r. of Wisconsin at the state encamp-
ment. The other officers are: Senior
vice department commander, Rev. e.
E. Clough. Chippewa Falls; Junior
vice commander, J. NJ. Whitley, De
pere; medical director, DR.. Hugo
Philler, Waukssha; chaplain, Stanley
Il. Bester. Madison was selected for
The next encampment.
The Ladies Of the G. A. R. elected
Miss Bessie NJ. Call Of Milwaukee
president, and Miss Celestial Edwards
of Oconomowoc was elected president
of the Woman's Relief Corps
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EXPEDITION SUCCESSFUL.
Head Men Of Figuig Oasis Villages
Submit to the French.

Paris, June 1.-THE operations OF
the French military expedition to Mo-
rocco were practically concluded
Wednesday, when word was received
at Beni Ouniff, Algeria, that the head
men of the seven villages composing
the Figuig oasis had made full sub
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Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, June 10.-Cattle-Good to
prime steers, $5.O0@5.5O; poor to me-
dunn, $4.OO@4.90; stockers and feed
ers, $3.OO@4.90; cows, $1.60@4.80;
lheifers, $2.25@5.O0; calves, $2.50@6.75.
Hogs-Mixed and butchers, $3.50
Sis; good to choice heavy, $1,000
$50; rough heavy, $5.85@6.10; light,
$5.7O@6.O5. Sheep-Good to choice,
$4.5O@5.25; native lambs, $4.50@7.00;
Western, $4.5O@6.75; spring lambs,
$5.OO@7.75.
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ST. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, June 1O.-Good to choice
steers. $4.25@5.00; common to fair.
$3.OO@4.25; good to choice cows and
heifers, $3.25@4.O0; veals, $2.50@5.0O.
Hogs-$5.4O@6.10. Sheep-Good to
choice $5.OO@5.75; heavy, $3.65@4.15;
lambs, $5.5O@6.O0; spring lambs, $500.
@6.75.
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Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, June Enthusiastically,
75A @75Ac; old, 76Bc; Sept, 800
73Ac;. old, 73A@73Ac; Dec, 73c;
old, 73Ac. Commune, 48k@48Ac:
July, 1914 @48%c; Sept, 471Ac; Dec,
4e1ac; May, 1870. Oa~ts--June, 36kc;
July, 36ssc; Sept, 33Ac; Dec. 33Ac.
Pork-July, $500. Sept, $16.S5. Fax
Cash, Northwestern, $1.12k. South
western. S1.10; July, $1.1Oh; Sept.
S1.13. Butter-Creameries. 15@22c;
diaries, 15M1SAe. Egggs-13A @14Ac.
Poultry-Tuskess. le0I2c; chickens
l21a q 13c.
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Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, June 10.-Wheat-To arrive
No. ! hard, Sic; No. | Northern.
soc; No. 2 Northern, 78kc; July, SOC;
Sept. 72Bc; Dec, TING. Flax-ln
store, $l.llA; to arrive. $1.l1B; on
track, $1.l1h; July, $l.l1&; Sept,
Oct. and Nov, $1.13A. Z
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STRIKES A LANDSLIDE.
Accident to Great Northern Train Re
suits In Injury to Three Men.

Great Falls, Mont, June 11.-Great
Northern express from Hayre for
Butte plowed into a landslide near
Fort Benton, early in the day and the
mail and baggage cars were derailed.
None of the passengers were injured.
Engineer McClintock, Conductor Bing-
ham and y fireman, jumped and were
hurt. A washout on the Great North
ern beyond Kalispell has cut off all
traffic in that section and trains are
running over the Northern Pacific via
Helena.
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sTo Relieve Flood Situation.

Topeka, Kan, June 11.-Governor
Bailey at night said he would call an
extra session OF the Kansas legisla-
ture to relieve the food situation.
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Lawson Attaches Property.

" LAWSON Attaches PFopeFty.
Boston, June 1.-THE property. OF
the Bay State Gas company Of Della
ware has been attached by Thomas
w. Lawson. in an action Of contract
for 81, $50, 900.
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MARKET
Wheat.

Minneapolis, June 10. Wheat
Cash, SOC; July, 1874 @7SBc; sept,
715sc.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-02
PASSING OF THE TOLL ROADS.

Chatham county was among the last
in the state to consign to oblivion the
toll road system. County and city
combined to obliterate it's last vestige,
and with the Vernon she'll road. lead
ing from Savannah to White Bluff,
has passed the last private way upon
which payment for travelling was de-
manded.
Very gradually in Chatham county
has come the abandonment of toll
roads. The construction by the county
of public highways of superior hard
ness and finish to the old shell roads
on which toll was demanded, more than
anything else, has been responsible
for toll roads being thrown open for
free traffic. The county's roads have
reached the same sections as the toll
roads, and have thus drawn away much
of their business. The result has been
that in each case wherein the coun-
ers had allowed their property to de-
cline, the receipts being insufficient to
Justify it's being maintained as in years
when it enjoyed a practical monopoly
of traffic.
Development of property along an
old toll road is noted soon after it be-
comes a possession of the county.
| The removal of restrictions of travel,
| too, renders a road more popular. and
the greater the thoroughfare the more
valuable is property lying along it.
Along the Skidaway shell road. the
have been more improvements made
| in the short time it has been the prop
| erty of the county than were made in
| probably the ten years Immediately
| preceding the transfer from the COM
pany that owned it. Great improve
| Vernon shell road. The road is a con-
| tinuation of Bull street, and it has been
| along that road that the city has been
extended southwark. with wide over
| lappings on either side. With the neces-
sity for paying toll removed, it may
be relied upon that property all along
! the Savannah end of the road will in
crease in value and undergo rapid im-
provement.
Chatham county has system of pub
! lie roads that is unsurpassed by that
of any county in Georgia. There is no
considerable section of the county that
cannot be reached by a we'll paved
highway. The progress in this direction
during the last ten years has been lit
| tie short of marvellous.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-02
BRIGHT BITS.

would you die for me?" she asked
dreamily. ooh, say!' he retortei in
matter-of-fact way, IF you haven't
any more ambition than to be looking
for dead ones, you're not the girl for
me."-Chicago Evening Post.
why have your daughter and the
count broken off their engagement"
THE count got angry when he learned
that my husband intended to give them
nothing but Steel stock for a wedding
present. "-Chicago Record Herald.
what is your idea Of experience ?"
asked the very young man. expert
ence," replied the sage from Sageville,
lis the result of wanting everything
you can't get and getting everything
you don't want. "-Chicago Daily News.
-Husband-"where did you get that
sideboard?" Wife-"At an auction, for
$780," misunderstanding could
have bought the same thing for $50"
Wife-"Well. 1 wasn't going to let that
woman across the way out-bid me-"
Brooklyn Life.
Mamma told me 1 must keep Mr.
Huggard at distance when we met
him at the shore this summer" said
Miss Koy. And did your asked Miss
McQueery. well, 1 usually succeeded
in keeping him at a distance from the
other girls. "-Philadelphia Press.
II haven't quite determined" said
the Charles Street father" whether to
have my daughters voice cultivated
here or abroad. What would you sug-
gest?" "Oh!" said the obliging neigh
Dor, abroad, by all means"-and that's
where it all started-Baltimore News.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-02
THREE RROTHERS.

The news dispatches this morning
contain an item of criminal news that
is of more than ordinary interest.
Three brothers. Willis. Frederick and
Burton Van Wormer. were put to
death yesterday in Dannemora prison,
New York, for the murder of their
uncle, Peter Hallenbeck. 1t is an in
cident out of the ordinary for three
brothers to meet ignominious death
for the same crime. especially when
they have in their veins blood that is
considered good" The Van Wormer
boys and their victim were descended
from the sturdy old Dutch stock that
played so conspicuous a part in the
early history of New York. Van Wor-
mer and Hallenbeck, indeed, are
names now we'll and favorably known
in the lower part of the state.
The Van Wormer boys, however,
early developed symptoms Of criminal
deseneracy. Whether or not these
symptoms could have been checked
and the boys brought up to be honora-
bic and law-abiding men is question.
The fact seems to be that in their
early youth they were permitted to
run on the streets at night and mingle
with evil company. They and their
COMPANIONS engaged l. various sorts
of malicious mischief which was called
fun" They committed depredations
on the property of their neighbors and
were often excused on the ground that
their doings were only "boyish
pranks." In loaing around the streets
the boys fell into vicious habits. In
order to get money with which to in
dulge these habits, it is supposed, the
three Van Wormer brothers, accom-
panied by cousin named Bruce,
went to the house of their uncle, Peter
IIanenbeck, one night and shot him.
presumably with the intention of rob-
bling the house. When the crime was
brought home to the quartette Bruce
turned states evidence. The Van
Wormer boys, having in mind their
various escapades perpetrated lin
fun" advanced the plea that they did
not really intend to kill their uncle;
that it was merely in the way of
joke on the old man that they went
to his house and began fusllade
upon him, from the effects of which
he died. But the court and jury
would accept no such explanation.
After conviction and sentence strong
efforts were made to save the lives of
the boys, but all were unavailing. The
crime had been deliberate and afro
cious, and the law demanded satisfac-
ton.
The career and shameful end of
these three brothers ought to be a
warning to boys, and to the parents of
boys as well. Except for their evil
associations the Van Wormers might
have become honorable men. Loafing
on the streets at night is fruitful of
crime and sorrow.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-02
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Savannah Council No. /.
American Firemen; Landmark Lodge
No. IS, F. & A. Nj.
Special Notices-Interest Notice, Sa-
vannah Bank and Trust Co; Corned
Beef Theo. Groot; Ship Notice, Unun
Dunbar, Master; Removal, DR.. VIM. r.
Chaplin; For Sale. Two Oldsmobiles.
Business Notices-Some Second
hand Snaps, G. w. Thomas; Defensive
Fluid, Sololnons Co.
Dress Goods and silk Department
Daniel Hogan.
Millions in Dead Pine-standard
Turpentine Co.
Sheet Music-Youmans & Leete.
Friday Special Sale-Gustave Ecks-
TEN & Co.
warburines-Get Them at Rowlin-
skis.
Send Us Your Linen To-day-E. &
w. Laundry.
A Repentant Mans scliloquy-Byck
Bros.
Stoves and Ranges-At Lattimore's.
If Water and Brush--Gamble' Tooth
Powder.
Popular Coffee4The Delmonico Co.
Away Above Everything-Lewis' IS
Rye.
1 Write Newspaper Ads, Etc.-M. c.
Stephens, Atlanta, Ga.
For Kitchen and Bath-Morehouse
Manufacturing Co.
Savannah Theater-"A Trip to China
town." To-day and Tonight; When
Reuben Comes to Town." Saturday
Matinee and Night.
Silver Polish--The Gorham Co.
acknowledgements Cure; Paine's
Celery Compound; Herpicide.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted, Employment Wanted, For
Rent, For Sale, Lost, Personal, Miscel-
laneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-02
MIR. LEsTER WILL ACCEPT.

In a card to the Democracy of the
First District, which appears in an
other column, the Hon. Rufus e. Les
ter announces that he will be candi-
date for reelection to Congress and
will accept the next nomination. In
his card he states that an announce
ment is made at this time in view or
reports to the effect that he would not
be a candidate and in reply to numerous
inquiries that have reached him with
regard to the matter.
MIR. Lester was a member of the Fiji
ty-first, Fifty-second, Fifty-third, Fiji
ty-fourth, Fifty-flfth. Fifty-sixth and
FIifty-seventh Congresses and is 81
member Of the Fifty-eight Congress.
At the conclusion of his present term
he will have represented his con-
stituency continuously for sixteen years.
BY reason of his ability and long serv-
ice in the House he has become one
of the best known men on the Demo-
cratic side.
Several gentlemen have been promi-
nently suggested in connection with the
successorship to Mr.. Lester and quiet
canvass has been carried on by their
friends in anticipation of his expected
retirement. But in view of Mr.. Les
ter's announcement, there will doubt
less be "a cessation of the efforts i'll
behalf of the other gentlemen and Mr..
Lester will be the choice of united
Democracy.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-02

I am reminded that the writing on a
sheet of paper left by an aged man,
who recently died., supposed to be his
original personal statement, is taken
from the Memoirs of Count Rostop-
chin" or Rostopchine, says the New
York Press. This celebrated Russian
nobeman was the power behind the
throne of Emperor Paul, and after
wards gained much influence over
Alexander who appointed him Govern
or of Moscow. He it was who, accord
ing to French writer's, planned and
began with his own hand the burn
ing of that city. He Indignantly de-
MED it. but later confessed his share
in the incendiarism. the first house
burned being his own palace by him
self. The briefest personal memoirs
ever written were those of Gen. RoS-
topchin, the time occupied in the writ
ing being ten minutes!
Each paragraph of his memoirs was
a chapter. Here are some chapters:
My Birth-On the 18th day of March,
1885, emerged from darkness into the
light of day. l was measured, l was
weighed, 1 was baptized. l was born
without knowing wherefore, and my
parents thanked heaven, without know
ing what for.
My Education-I was taught all sorts
of things, and learned all kinds of
languages. BY dint of impudence and
quackery, 1 sometimes passed for a
savant. My head has become a library
of odd volumes, of which l keep the
key
My Sufferings-I was tormented by
masters; by tailors who made tight
dresses for me; by women, by ambi-
ton, by Self-love, by useless regrets,
and by remembrances.
Memorable Epochs-At the age of 80
l gave up dancing; at 40, my endeav-
ors to please the fair sex; at so, my
regard of public opinion; at so, the
trouble of thinking; and 1 have now
become a true sage, or an egotist-
which is the same thing.
Respectable Principles have never
meddled in any marriages or scandal.
l have never recommended cook or
a physician; and consequently have
never attempted the life of any one
My Dislikes-I had a dislike to sots
and tops, and to intriguing women, who
make a game of virtue; a disgust for
affectation; pity for made-up men and
painted women; an aversion to rats,
liquors, metaphysics, and rhubarb; and
a terror of justice and wild beasts.
Analysis Of My Life-I await death
without fear and without Impotence.
My life has been a bad melodrama on
a grand stage, where 1 have played the
hero, the tyrant, the lover, the noble
man, but never the valet.
My Epitap h-Here lies, in hope of re-
pose, an old deceased man. with a
WORKOUT spirit, an exhausted heart
and a used-up body. Ladies and gen.
tlemen. pass on!
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-02

Granting that life has grown so dis
tasteful that one wishes to end it, we
cannot conceive by what consideration
one is prompted to hit upon carbolic
acid as the means to that end. 1t is
one of the most popular agencies for
the commission of suicide. One who
has seen the horrible whitish burns of
the acid would think that it would be
one of the last means chosen to ter
inmate an unhappy existence. 1t is
rapid in its work, yet the pain of the
brief interval necessary before a large
dose has accomplished its inevitable
result must be excruciating. John
Weisboldt Of New York asked some of
his fellow boarders what they thought
the easiest way 10 end ones life
Revolver" said one; razor" anoth-
er. and hanging" a third. 'No, car
bolic acid, said Weisboldt, as il he
knew. When they next saw him he
was lying dead. An empty acid bot
tie lay beside him. The explanation
Of a preference for carbolic acid
among those contemplating suicide
must be its cheapness and usual ef-
fectiveness.