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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-06-17
MONTANA PIONEER DEAD.

One of the First Journalists Of the
State Dies in Washington.
New York, June Capt. Daniel
W. Fisk, for many years one OF the
proprietors of the Helena (Mont.l
Herald, is dead at st. Peters hospital
in Brooklyn. The body will be sent
to Salt Lake City, Utah.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-06-17
G, I,u.s, Sunday School.

As the change OF time for holding
Sunday school has been found 10 be
in~conyenient TO many OF the parents
and scholars, ! have changed IL back
to the old time, viz: 9:45 a. M De'
ginning next Sunday. June LIST.
A. w. BELL, Rector.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-06-17

On the first indication OF kidney
trouble, stop It by taking roleys Kid
Q cure. McKechnie & Allan.
Evening journal., 1903-08-14
DOING THEIR BEST.

Engineer Leisen OF the Water De-
partment has taken trip to Camden
to inspect the system Of artesian wells
IN operation In that city Why the
commissioners should have sent him
on such an errand when we have en-
tered into a contract TO filter Brandy
wine water is matter OF speculation.
The new reservoir, nlter plant and
pumping station. FOR which plans have
been prepared. will cost. 1t is esti-
mated. at least $1.2OO.OOO; but it is
possible that the commission means to
supplement this with a system of ar
tesian wells That would give US
water ito burn" as It were.
II may be that the commissioners are
seeking TO augment the flow of the
Brandywine. and that they contem-
plate a number OF artesian wells NJ
that stream the water Of which will
be turned into the river 60 run dowr
and be filtered. For we are impressed
that only filtered water is fit to drink
especially IL certain valuable patents
are employed i'm the process. BY al
means let us go down into the eartl
until we find pure water, and then lie
us run it through filters OF the mos
lapproved pattern. The commissioner
we think are doing the best they know
Evening journal., 1903-08-14
SUIT FOR STRAW STACKER
Thomas and Howard Aekerman Sued
by Howard ereenley.
speclal to the Evenlng Iournal.

Special to the Evening Journal
Milford, Del, Aug. IA. - Howard
Greenley, Of near Pennington, brought
suit this week to recover the sum of $50
from George Thomas and Howard Ack-
erman. This sum was the price of
.straw-stacker which he alleged the de-
PENDANTS had bought Of him last April
and had not paid for. The hearing was
held before Esquire w. Alex. Truitt
who handed down a judgment for pay
ment in full to the plaintiff II was
brought out that Thomas and Acker-
man had used the machine all the sea-
son, and their plea that IL was worth
less was set aside.
Short & Hearn, who some time ago
bought the Powell mill, which was sold
as part of the Collins & Riggs property
at receivers sale. this week bought the
east-end mill for $i.501. The sale was
made by Receiver w. L. Simpson. An
Office building. blacksmith shop, lumber
sheds and other property was also sold
making the aggregate sum realized
s2.72s.92.
Evening journal., 1903-08-14
ANOTHER HURRICANE
IS HURRYING NORTH
Likely to Move Toward Gull
Coast-Consuls Murderer
Executed

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE Weather
Bureau issued last night the following
sDeciai bulletin:
"A special report received Thursday
afternoon from Progreso-the first from
that section-indicates that the tropical
storm had kept well to the southwark
and was apparently central near the
northeast point of Yucatan. It's future
course is uncertain, but will probably
be northward over the Gulf of Mexico.
More reports have been requested from
Mexico, and it will be impossible to
give any more definite information re-
garding the storm until barometer read
lngs from Gulf stations afford some in
dications of its approach. 1t is consid-
cred unsafe for vessels to sail for or
from Gulf ports, and advices were is
sued accordingly. Due warning viii be
given should it become evident that the
storm win approach the Gulf coast"
Evening journal., 1903-08-14
THE CANCELLATION BOARD
Little Progress Made Toward Settling
Miners Grievances.

Pottsville, Pa. Aug. 14.-The board
Of conciliation have taken up the S5
grievances from the Schuyll1ill region.
Charges of discrimination we're made
against the Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and Iron Company at several Of
itS collieries. A contract miner. who
complained that the company vio-
lated its contract with him was also
heard. The more important general
questions affecting the miners of the
entire region, were not reached.
Little progress toward settling the
differences of the miners and operators
of the anthracite region was made at
the meeting. Judge Gray, who was re-
quested to appoint an umpire, has not
as yet taken any action, and most Of
the questions brought before the board
were deferred until the umpire is ap-
pointed. Only one important question
was decided, and that was that the fire.
men at this Brookside colliery are en-
titled TO an sight-hour day.
Evening journal., 1903-08-14

The Pennsylvania Dairy and Food
Commissioner is doing a good work,
and Delaware might have such an on
Ger with great advantage to the peo-
pie. The Pennsylvania official has
caused the arrest OF several retailers
and bottlers for selling impure beer
There is no excuse for these adultera-
tions. Modern breweries can make
pure beer at a great profit and the
use of drugs is due to desire to make
an illegitimate profit. When we re-
member the immense quantities of thi
beverage that are drunk by the poor
the danger to public health may b.
seen. As long as the state permit
liquors to be sold IT should see TO
that they contain no poisons.
Evening journal., 1903-08-14
aLEr US BE FAIR

The following from the Nashville
American. a staunch democratic sheet
shows that the press otf the South has
entered into a new era, an era in which
there is a disposition to discard passion
and TO consider the race question on its
merits. The Americangs article reads:
Is il any wonder that negroes COM
plain that justice seer as TO be only on
the side Of the white naan? kIave they
not good reasons for protecting when
TIE white man who hills Il negro can
escape punishment so eas ily, while the
negro who slays the white man is either
lync he'd, hanged, or senl- to prison for
a long term of years2
Within the last few days two white
men who slew negroes, one in West and
the other In Middle Tennessee, were
given preliminary trial. one Of the
men was held in $500 bail and the
other was acquitted the court holding
that in killing his man he acted in self
defense. Possibly he did We know
not what testimony WAS adduced. In
the West Tennessee case il was
claimed the white man followed the
negro and shot him, buK il was alleged
the negro had made threats against his
white brother.
Now, the action Of the courts In both
these cases may have been according
TO the evidence, but IL the men who
were killed had been white and their
slayere had been OF the opposite color,
does any one suppose one of them
would have escaped altogether and the
other would have been liberated on q
bond Of s1,5OO?
That has a ring Of manlhness about
It. It is only along such lines OF dis
passionate truth-telling that questions
OF moment are settled. It is true that
the criminal negro suffers something
because Of his race. II may be that he
gets no more punishment than he de-
cIude that many white criminals do not
get all that they deserve. What is the
logical conclusion, then? viii not our
Nashville contemporary agree with us
in stating that men must be considered
as men regardless Of the color OF their
skin? And II that doctrine is sound
we must conclude that to exclude the
black man from the polls is also wrong.
II may be that we should agree to some
provision limiting the exercise Of the
franchise, but to exclude a colored man
because his skin is black cannot be
defended II is important that the ne
gro shall be treated Justly. II his is an
infant development, then the necessity
for treating him properly becomes
greater. But the white man owes n
duty to himself, and he cannot dis
charge II unless he is fair TO his dark
skinned brother.
Evening journal., 1903-08-14

Here is another monopoly built up
here in Wilmington, shutting out COM
petition and under ofhcial sanction,
too. Until yesterday number of inde-
pendent operators were at work on the
dump at the south side Of Market street
bridge: today single operator has the
whole dump under control, competition
is crushed out and the trust has things
its own way. only Mrs. Plaum can sort
refuse there now, for the officials have
said so.
Evening journal., 1903-08-14
3. Frank ellkeson Dead.

Philadelphia, Pa. Aug. 14.-B. Frank
Gilkeson, former banking commits
sioner. died at his home at Bristol.
Pa. of paralysis with which he was
stricken recently at Lake George. N. Y.
Mr.. Gilkeson was born at Bristol in
1912. He was admitted to the bar in
1865. and although a Republican, was
a political power in Bucks county,
which was formerly a Democratic
stronghold. During President Harri-
sons administration he was appointed
second comptroller of the treasury.
In 1898 he was elected chairman Of
the Republican state committee. and
in 1895 was appointed commissioner
OF banking by Governor Hastings.
Evening journal., 1903-08-14
POLE HAD NARROW ESCAPE
Fell in Fit Before Moving Train, Then
Taken to Hospital.

Pole with an unspellable name. fell
in a ht this morning. He chose the tracks
Of the Pennsylvania railroad in the yards
Of the freight house. between two lines
Of moving cars, for the act. one began to
move toward the Poles PROSTATE form,
when John Kelly. who was in a box car,
saw the mans peril and signaled the en-
gineer to stop Immediately, which he did.
The man was taken to a nearby saloon,
where he was seized with another con-
vulsion. The Phoenix ambulance WAS
summoned and took the sufferer TO the
Homeopathic Hospital.
Evening journal., 1903-08-14
FOUNDRY STILL CLOSED
Striking Moulders Received Their First
Pay Today.

The striking moulders OF the Dia-
mond state Steel Company say that
despite the statements OF President
Wallace, the companys foundry does
work for outside concerns. They assert
that there is work in the shops now
for outside concerns. Among those
for whom outside work is done the
men mention the jackson & Sharp
Company. the Benjamin Shaw Com
pany. the Road Machine Company of
West Chester and several others.
The foundry is still closed. At the
regular meeting today the strikers re-
ceived their first pay.
Evening journal., 1903-08-14

The extraordinary session OF Con-
gress which is TO be called will prob
ably convene in October President
Roosevelt after consultation with mem-
bers Of the finance committee. has de-
cided on an earlier date than he at
first intended. The two matters Of
greatest Importance are the financial
measure and the Cuban reciprocity
treaty.
Evening journal., 1903-08-14
Newark Bank EmbezzIer Captured.

Newark, n. j.. Aug. 14.-Edmund j.
Smith. former discount clerk in the
Merchants National Bank, of this city,
who is accused of having stolen s29, 900
from the bank. and who disappeared
about two weeks ago. has been arrested
in Williamson. Va, according to a dis
patch received by the police officials
here. Smith has been taken 20 Roam
oke, Va. to await the action of the
Newark authorities. A detective will
leave at once to bring the man back
Smith was employed in the bank FOL
2S years.
Evening journal., 1903-08-14
Russian consuI's Murderer EXECUTED

Constantinople, Aug. IA court
martial held at Monastir yesterday con-
demned the gendarme, Hahn, to death
for the murder Of NJ. Rostkovski the
Russian Consul at Monastir The SEN
tence was Immediately carried out. An
other gendarme was sentenced to If
teen years penal servitude.
Evening journal., 1903-08-14
NUGGETS OF NEWS

The Pennsylvania Fraternal Order
OF Eagles decided to hold next years
convention at Reading.
Patrick McHenry. of Newark, N. j..
is under arrest at Cheyenne, Mo.
charged with numbering a miner.
Two white miners are dead and
three seriously injured as the result
OF an explosion in a mine at Coal City
Ala.
Milton Gregg was struck by an ex
press train on the Pennsylvania Rail
road. near Lancaster. Pa, and instant
ly killed.
Evening journal., 1903-08-14
Uncle Reuben Says.
~ Datroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Doorin' de watermeliion sezun dar
am a sign dat nebber fails. II yo' hab
got ober de fence among de millyons
an am lookin' around fur a twenty
FOUNDER, an de crickets suddenly stop
singin' an an owl boots three times,
yo' make fur home on de jump. Oars
bulldog loose an lookin' fur yo'.
Evening journal., 1903-08-14
Poor Consolation.

From the Chicago News.
Il wish I had been born with a sill
yer spoon in my mouth sighed the
youth.
"Oh don't let that worry yOu,' re-
Joined the-village sage. you'll prob
ably get a. lot OF gold in your teeth be-
fore you die"
Evening journal., 1903-08-14
WoodIawn Company to Build.

Building Inspector Cassidy issued per-
NIT to the Woodlawn Company this morn
Ing to erect a store and dwelling on the
northwest corner of Fourth and Union
streets. The cost of the building will
reach 5000.
Evening journal., 1903-08-14

Although last years production Of
petroleum was 70.OO0.o0O barrels, the
greedy trust says it was a light output.
Insurance Agent understand you
would like to take out a fire insurance
Dolicy?7
Poor Man-"Yes; l am going to the
seashore with my family for a couple
Of weeks. and expect to be burnt good
and proper"
At the burial OF South London mar
his six dogs. draped in black, followed
the corteEe.
Evening journal., 1903-08-14

odds are two to one on the Reliance,
and American money is not attractive
to Englishmen. This looks as though
the cup would remain with us for a
year more.
Evening journal., 1903-08-14
CHIEF JUSTICE
LORE CONDEMNS
MOB VIOLENCE
Continued from First Page.)

participant in mob violence against law.
order and decency and retain his moral
integrity. Every such act leaves a scar,
and blot that a lifetime will not remove.
He can never forget, that he once joined
a cowardly mob, in doing a cowardly act.
that he, as an individual and alone, would
not dare undertake. Under cover of the
multitude, II may be the night, the mask
or some other disguise, he has become a
fractional nurderer, without the courage
to become a whole murderer. In other
words a coward in his crime. Such man
dare not stand forth in a court of justice
and avow his participation in the crime
and let the law take its Just course, and
usually when arrested he puts in a plea of
an albf
Evening journal., 1903-08-14
: kina Peter May Abdieate.

Belgrade, Servia, Aug. 14.--It is re-
ported that King Peter has declared
emphatically that unless the factional
quarrels Of his officers cease he will alb
dicate and leave the country.
Evening journal., 1903-08-14
DIED.

HUNTER. R.-On the 18th inst, at his late
residence, sO3 Windsor street. Harrison
Hunter. in the 56th year of his age.
Services at Ezion NJ. i. Church corner
Ninth and French streets. Friday even
ing. August, a. a, 3 o'clock. lnterment
at Milford. Del. Relatives and friends
are respectfully invited to attend.
Evening journal., 1903-08-14
Safety in Law.

Outside OF violence, the remedy in my
judgment Is that the people shall be
taught i'm season and out of season that
our safety as a people lies IN implicit
obedience to the law This should be
taught In our public schools: by the
press: by the pulpit, and on the forum;
indeed wherever there Is teacher or an
opportunity Il should be taught. Lawless-
ness is the bane of republics. Athens,
Sparta, Rome and France in their re-
publican aspirations lie buried under mob
violence and are lessons to our people.
have no fear for our future, II this lesson
is well learned and practiced. The law
at times seems TO be slow, but like the
mills OF the gods the law moves on sure.
ly and in the end grinds wonderfully fine
I.e. public sentiment be but aroused anJ
we are safe. My faith in the people Is
abiding
Evening journal., 1903-08-14

spread and intense the public rage, the
more imperative 1t is that counts OF jus
tlce should secure a calm, just and fair
hearing AMI that the guilt Of the accused
be established, otherwise innocent men
may be punished for crime they did not
commit; as in a recent lynching Of a negro
in the South where it was found after
mis- death that he had not been within
twenty miles of the scene Of the outrage.
Confessions Not Conclusive.
Even confessions of the accused are not
conclusive. Within a year negro was ar
rested in my State. for the murder Of
Mrs. Ida Collins, the wife of a farmer
living near Laurel. Detectives extracted
from him a confession Of the crime in
which he detailed the circumstances Of
the murder Investigation proved that he
had no part in the murder. 1t is impos-
sible to say how many helpless victims Of
mob law, who through fear or hope of
favor, have confessed to crimes of which
they were not guilty when within the
shadow Of the gallows or 'uhe circle of the
fire.
When mob spirit rules, courts of justice
should be unyielding in Their stand for
fair dealing, otherwise they simply be-
come the mob and executors OF vengeance
and not Of justice.
Evening journal., 1903-08-14
Press and Pulpit Praised.

Much attention has been given TO this
subject lately by the press. and while
some sensational sheets have given too
much prominence to the details Of revolt
ing eases, yet in the main the press of
shis country has stood forth manfully for
the enforcement OF law I'm the face OF
mobs. We may be justly proud OF the
Evening journal., 1903-08-14

Look for Yerger's August Sale Of pic
lures. ilg Shipley st.
Evening journal., 1903-08-14
Mob Wants Blood.

To an infuriated mob II matters litfl
what action the court may take. Ii ha
the scent Of blood and seeks vengeance
In a late case in the South 1t took tn
offender out of the hands of the sheriff
while during the triarhe was being takei
from the court house to the Jail.
Should Defend Prisoners.
One cure for mob law unquestionably /
the fearless defense of the accused by hi
keeper. The July number OF Case an
Comment forcibly states this remedy
the following language; THE remedy 70
the prevalent and increasing and danger
GUS mob spirit is very plain and simple
Nothing is needed but resolute enforce
ment OF the law. a wild mob attacking
jail, intent on the capture of the prison
er from the hands of the law, 20 burn hir
at the stake, is a terrible spectacle, fu
Of peril to civilization, II allowed to be
come common. But its prevention need
only a sheriff ht for his position. TIL
mob IS cowardly, and dares to act onl
when 1t has little TO fear. A sheriff, !
defense Of his jail. who shoots harmlessl
over the heads Of the mob. is a pohroor
NO matter how vile. Infamous or fendis
may be the wretch in his custody, hi
duty is none the less plain. He represent
government. his surrender is treacher,
A few sherlffs who dared to do their dui
would end, once for all, the attacks {
mobs on jails. The desperadOes, hoodlun
and loafers that usually form the crow
will not go up against a jail II they lno
a sheriff will shoot to kill. The time ha
come for sherlffs of that kind. Foreig
critics are already commenting on II
decadence of popular government in tn
country, and to superficial and far off ol
: servers there is much to Justify their r.
, Elections. But the strength and power
. good citizens when once reused to me-
p the evil the foreign critics do not unde
! stand Yet the sting Of their criticism ma
help to rouse an overwhelming public SCI
i, timent which even time serving and COY
n ardly officials dare not defy. The demai
now Is for sheriffs who will shoot TO k
in defense Of their jails, and for governo
who dare to maintain law at any cost
/, am not sure that this course is alwa!
( wise and best. There may be cases al
. circumstances that would require 9th
\, treatment, but that the rule above la
!, down is safe one in the main cann
be doubted.
Evening journal., 1903-08-14
Do Not Apologize.

The judges of Delaware have no apol-
ogy to make for not listening to sugges-
tions of mob vengeance in the case Of
George White.
Permit me to say in honor of our proud
little State whose name has been black
ened with the ghastly lynching Of White.
that in the past her judiciary has con-
sisted Of men of the highest attainments
and the purest character. There. uniform
ly the law has been administered with
fairness, and all the speed warranted for
safe judgment. Indeed the certainty and
efficacy Of Delaware justice has been gem
orally accepted. I am proud to say that
the gentlemen with whom I now have the
honor ITO be associated on the bench are
In no whit behind their predecessors.
Evening journal., 1903-08-14


In our courts there have been few. II
any miscarrlages OF justice. In my forty
years Of experience at the bar and on
the bench, l do not know OF a single case.
even the celebrated Neale case. much
cited of late, as the leading case of al
legs1 failure Of justice, there is no foun-
d@tion for the charge. The acquital of
Neale was under the law as laid down by
the United States Supreme Court and his
acquittal was finally pronounced by a
jury. which contained some OF the purest
and best men in the State. To call this
case a failure of justice would be to i'm
peach our Supreme Court, the jury that
acquitted him and the then attorney
general of the State now United States
Judge George Gray who so ably conducted
the case on the part of the State. And
who wisely permitted the case TO go up
to the Supreme Court, waving for that
purpose the limitation of law which he
might have invoked to the contrary. We
have had no occasion to bow our heads in
shame until the recent brutal lynching OF
White. An occurrence, which IL asked
before II took place, / would have pro-
nounced an impossibility in our enlight-
ened community.
Evening journal., 1903-08-14

With this cursory statement Of the ori-
gin and effects Of mob rule we turn to the
more important inquiry. namely, what is
the remedy? What is the cure for mobs
Most emphatically we say, the remedy
Is not in hasty and feverish action OF
courts of justice against the criminal
whose onense is the exciting cause.
Law has its highest function in throw
ing its shield OF protection before the ig.
norant, the weak and the helpless, ami
was specially designed as a barrier
against temporary madness. The mor'
brutal the crime. the more degraded and
ignorant the criminal; the more wide
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-23
WALLINGFoRD.

Rev. J. H. Grant of Meriden will of ficiate at the funeral of E. J. Kantack at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The body will be taken to Meriden for interment in the Walnut Grove cemetery. The deceased was thirty-f1ve years old and leaves widow and four children. He was a member of Wallingford lodge, N. B. o. F., also of Teutonia lodge, I. o. o. F., of Meriden. He was insured for $2,OOO in the N. E. o. P.
 Harry Leighton in "Othello" will be the attraction at the opera house next week Friday evening, October 30. ..s.
 Janitor James states that he has fin- ally got the public sign post on Main street in good condition again and es- inmates that he extracted something over half million tacks from the post before he finished his job.
 The T, A. B.'s big fair will open in Temperance hall Friday evening, Mo- vember 6.
 The entrance to the town hall build ing is covered with notices on all sides notifying the taxpayers that the asses .sors are in. session on the second floor and still the selectmens room, town clerks and judge of probate's offices are besieged every day with people looking for the assessors. N l,4&@s Business in all the factories is boefa-