The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-12
GOES TO
HER DAKOTA HOME
Continued From First page
Paul. in 1SS2-though somethin,
younger.
Recalls Interesting History.

SS0iS iHkSTCSkl0Q T1ISIOEX,
The return Of the De Mores family
TO North Dakota will open IN a long
closed page of the history of the Sc
uale Wheat-groWfng state that has
taken the place of the wild country
that De Mores found there when he
Went out to establish a ranch and
pulld line of packing houses through
to the head of the lakes.
1t was during the floodtide of emf
grafton, and there were so many adj
venturous young men with money max
ing tnelr way into Dakota, that little
ATTENTION was paid to the young
Frenchman until his spectacular acts
compelled some remark. There was
plenty of excitement in the little town
ne started, and the young couple had
many visitors of distinction
But the plans for money making did
not JUS tfy- There was some trouble,
ana nnally a shooting in which one
man lost his life. The marquis was ex-
onerated by legal means, but the coun-
try was neither pleasant nor safe after
that.
The De Mores never returned to
North Dakota after that, one going
away. Now, that the marquise Games
back there will be recalling of stir
ring times when Alexander Mckenzie
was sheriff Of Burleigh county and a.
very good friend of the picturesque
F'renchman, who died as he had lived,
in pursuit of an adventurous life.
A man who knew and remembers the
Marquis de Mores said, speaking of
him and his career:
Backed by. the millions of his wife's
father, he laid the foundations of won
derful establishment at Medora, Billings
county, N. D., in 1883. Here he became
the friend of Frederic Remington. the ar
fist. He bought cattle by the thousands
OF heads, he staked off miles of good
grazing land and fenced it in with stout
timber; he erected a chapel, a hotel
mammoth packing plant. and a chalet in
which he and his beautiful young wife
lived. Here he conceived stupendous
plans for furnishing beef for the markets
Of the world.
Spends Two Fortunes.
But these plans miscarried. He ex-
pended 81, 900, 000-some say $4,000, O0O-of
his father-in laws money and a vast
fortune OF his own, only to abandon Me-
dora at the last. Cowboys destroyed his
fences in order that they might drive
their cattle across, rather than around,
his big reserve, and fights were of al
most daily occurrence He was a crack
shot, and in one of these disturbances
three COW punchers were killed.
He was brave to the last degree. but the
fact that he rose in his stirrups" when
he ne rode, as all Frenchmen. do. won for him
boys hated him. His wife's courage and
her ability as a horsewoman are still
talked of In the Bad Lands but even
these could not win him success To-
day at Medora there is lonely station
agent who recounts to travellers the feats
of the daring De Mores.
The. MARQUIS returned to France with
his wife. He soon became prominent in
the anti Semitic movement. which caused
many riots and duels throughout the
country. With several Of these the Mar
quis de Mores was reported to be con-
nected. In 1892 he fought duel with
Captain Mayer OF the engineer corps. The
captain was mortally wounded. The
Marquis and his seconds were arrested
and Brought to trial, but were acquitted.
In 1895 the. Marquis de Mores organized
an expedition to Northern Africa, which
was to form part of the movement against
the English In this expedition We're some
of his old enemies. who had concealed
from him their identity. 1t is said that it
was at the hands of one or more of
these that he came to his death.
Before the expedition returned to France
his widow. the marquise, preferred
charges against his alleged slayer or
slayers A court was convened in Algiers
by the French government. but the mar
quise was unable to prove her case to
the courts satisfaction She still believes
her husband was murdered.