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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-28
Blue River Rising Rapidly.

Manhattan. Kan, Aug. 27,-Great
volumes OF water are pouring down the
Blue river and the current was neve.
known before to be so swift. Mucl;
driftwood# is floating down. The river
continues to rise at a rapid rate. Nc
trains have reached Manhattan from
the north since Saturday.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-28
Body Of Alhsrt E. sivyer Foune.

Nantucket, Mass, Aug. 27.-The
body OF Albert z. Sivyer, the seven
teen-year-old son of F. w. Sivyer oil
Milwaukee, who was drowned by the
capsizing of a sailboat last Saturday.
was found Wednesday OF the North
shore of Cotue by a Nantucket fisher.
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-28
HAUL FOR HieAwAYMAN.
Lone Robber Takes $4,000 From ar
Oregon Stage.

Paker City. Ore, Aug. pa lone
highwavMan held Up a stage running
from Whitney to Canyon City and got
about $4,000.
One-third Of this amount was in an
express package and the remainder
registered mail. He took $50 in cur
rency from two passengers On the
stage.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-28
Alberta Wins the Third Race.

Oshkosh. Wis, Aug. 27.-Alberta.
the Neenah yacht. won the third cham
pionship race for the Inland Lakes
Yachting regatta Wednesday, defeat.
ing Comet II. by seven minutes and
the Kayoshk by ten minutes. In Glass
B, Venture. representing Occonomowoc
Lake, defeated Pluto after a sensa-
tiOnal race by. three minutes.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-28
RESULT OF A RUNAWAY.
Jennie Montague Is Dead and John F.
Bannon Is Insane.

Pawtucket, R. l., Aug. 27.-Jennie
Montague, a telephone operator, is
dead, and her companion, John F.
Bannon, is said to be insane as a re.
suit of a runaway accident last night.
For half a mile the pair chung to the
seat in the carriage. Then the girl
jumped, and a hundred yards further
Damon followed her example. Miss
Montague died an hour later. Damon
escaped with painful body bruises.
but as soon as he learned of his com.
panion's condition he became mad
with grief.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-28
cRAzED BY THE HEAT.
Kentucky Negro Attacks a Fellow
Workman With a Pickaxe.

Louisville, KY, Aug. 27.-Driven in
sane by the heat, Wednesday, Ernest
McQuade, a negro track layer en-.
ployei by the Louisville City railway,
struck Waverly Thomas, a fellow labor
er, on the head with a pickaxe. Reu.
ben James, in attempting to get be-
You'd the reach of McQuade. released
a Growbar under a rail which, in
%springing up, cut a deep cash in James
neck. The injuries of Thomas and
James are believed to be fatal.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-28
SECOND DEMONSTRATION.
Enemy's Fleet Attempts to Counter.
mine Portland Rarbor.

mine portland Harpor.
Portland, Me. Aug. 27.-The enemy's
feet made the second demonstration
against the harbor two hours before
midnight, the evident purpose of
which was to countermine the harbor.
Two vessels, one of which was a tor.
pedo boat destroyer, surrendered dur
ing the engagement. An attempt at
landing was defeated. The attack
concluded at 11:15. the vessels with
drawing to Half Way Rock. where at
1 o'clock eight had gathered. All
lights were shown on the ships after
the demonstration.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-28
DIES FROM BLOOD POISONING.
Wisconsin Man Who Was Recently Bit.
ten by a Rat.

Cambria, Wis, Aug. 27.-David G.
Williams, aged sixty-three years, who
was bitten by a rat two weeks ago,
died during the day from blood poi.
soning which resulted from the bite.
Mr.. Williams was a member of the
lower house of the last legislature.
He served in the Civil war.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-28
cAPslzED IN A STORM.

schooner WIlfie Z. Newton a Total
Wreck Of NorwaIk Light, Conn.
South Norwall;, Conn.,, Aug. 27.-The
schooner Willie l.. Newton of Bangor.
Me. capsized off Norwalk light in a
storm during the night and the crew.
believed to number even men. were
drowned.
One body has been recocered.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-28
MlsAP?RoPRlArED A MILLION
Charge Against Howard 7. Goodwin,
Who Suicided Last December.

Philadelphia. Aug. PA bill in
equity was filed in the county court
hore Wednesday by Cassatt & Co,
bankers Of this city. against the widow
of the late Howard T. Goodwin, in
which it IS alleged that Goodwin mis-.
appropriated about 81, 000. 900. Good
win had been employed as manager
for the firm for. a long period and com
mitted suicide last December.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-08-20
HOW GOLD NUGGETS GROW

case of the animal or vegetable, ex-
listing gold has existed in some other
state before assuming its present
form. Waters which percolate
through the earth's crust are said to
contain substances, from which gold
is formed Thus gold, like the animal
and vegetable, must have water in
order to thrive. The gold in the wa
ter is deposited when it meets the
proper precipitant The precipitant
may be an earth current of electricity
in the rocks.
1t has oeen claimed that the mug
gets found in placers are the forma-
lions from the waters that pereolate
through the gravels and are not from
decomposed quartz, as generally sup
posed Those who SO contend cite
the fact that in the center OF nuggets
can often be found small grain of
iron sand This was the nucleus
around which the earth current OF
electricity created or deposited in
electroplating During long ages this
influence was at work causing the
gold to form around the little grain
of iron ore and then grow to become
a bright, shining nugget of gold much
larger and purer than any ever found
in the veins of ore.-Chicago Chron-
iclp
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-08-20

A hunter in the African desert had
discovered two leopard cubs in a cave,
and was anxious to secure them.
When he was about TO enter tho cave
It suddenly occurred to him that If
the father should return to his 1amily
he. the hunter, would be in rather an
ugly fix. However, he perseyered, and
had secured the cubs, when a shadow
darkened the mouth of the cave Mr.
Gilmore continues the story in Days
and Nights by the Desert:
Serious as my position wss, l had
no fear Although deprived Cf the
light, | knew where my foe was for
his eyes glowed like balls OF fire,
gradually increasing in size a nd in
tensity as the brute approached me-
One thing was in my favor, SO much
so that afterward | thought thai to
it l owed my life namely, that the
roof was SO low that the LEOPARD
could not dash in upon me with a
spring, but had to advance slowly as
his body was of necessity str etched
out to its full length.
1t was truly an anxious moment
while | took aim, for how mu nh de-
pended on my taking a correct aim
The report answered the triggers, and
If darkness had reigned before, it ap.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-08-20

Gold, in its natural state, like many
other products of the earth is an ar
ticle of development What its orig
inal elements are is still a matter of
some speculation, but the fact has
been demonstrated that a nugget of
the precious metal left in its or aginal
environments win gradually, Ii ough
slowly, attract to itself particles of
gold dust, and after the lapse of years
possess an added value Coli is
known to have grown on mine tim
bers which have long been imm ersed
in mine water In the California
state mining bureau museums there
is a specimen of a piece of Sc inted
cap and post taken from the Com
stock, where 1t had been under water
for years, in which gold was fd rmed
in the joints and pores of the w od
Gold is constantly being formed in
ricks and veins and placers. Just
what 1t is that the baby gold fbrma-
ton feeds on to effect its grow tn is
not known; ii it We're new and won
derfully lucrative industry might be
born and all other kinds of farming
save the growing of gold might tenn
porarily to be abandoned The fDrma-
ton and growth are due to mechanic.
al and chemical action As ih the
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-08-20

A prominent government ON IA
who has returned from a WISH
Palm Beach, Fla, tells about aee aAs
a huge man-eating shark thas
captured at that place says the \ ~
York Tribune. 1t was one OF the -
gest sharks ever caught IN flo1 iua
waters and was evidently saItoi
many years. The animal measu eu
over eighteen feet in length, hau
sword attachment that was as 'hs
as an arm and was of the leopaiu
variety, stamping it as one OF ene
maR-eating variety, a dangerous DC as.'
The shark was caught by 81 arm
fisherman. He used large rope iYi q
line and had windlass as reel. a.
the end of the line was a huge Eeei
hook and this was baited with w. 50
bright tin can. The shark Dlt a. ING
bait and was entrapped. he was
landed after the toughest time inc
fisherman ever experienced. IL was
the interior of the fish, however, nat
axcitad tho eraatas. interest, When
he was cut oman a whole norpoise was
found in the stomach. There was also
a large piece of partly digested 81 arm
and the head of an ostrich Inc
niaoa If sbarL insida The monster was
out of the back and contained the
backbone of the dead animal
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-08-20

The woman tainted and these are
some of the things that the half-d Pzen
men in the room with her did, says
the Baltimore News.
Two of them made dash for the
dining room to get water ana Tell
over each other at the door OF that
apartment.
One FASTENED to a neighbnring trug
store for e mixture of vichy and am
monia.
One appeared suddenly with a glass
Of whisky, obtained no one Knows
where.
In endeavoring to raise the gas two
able-bodied and excited masculines put
it out and left the party in total dark
ness for at least a minute. while every
one If them fumbled in his pockets
for match.
Four men famed the invalid with
music, handkerchiefs, hats or What
ever was to hand.
One held a pot-pourri jar under her
nose under the mistaken impression
it would be reyiving in its effects,
though 1t wasn't.
Another said, Here dear" and
tried to wipe her brow with fan he
held, instead of the handkerchief that
was in his other hand.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-08-20
TIGE'S WATERLOO
Pet of Maine Man Learned Few Things About Skuns by
Bitter Experience-The Freful Porcupine.

whole household, including the fam.
lily cats, tagged him he looked like
ne felt meaner than watered milk He
was for time the sickest pup
ever saw. When the perfume got
good and next to him he'd slide his
head along the grass, first one side
and then the other This skating on
MS ear failing to Danish the evil es.
sence, he'd root his nose into the
sods, roll and tumble in the dust and
grass, and then sit down at long dis
lance and gaze mournfully at the
house, into which the whole family
mad fled for protection. He foamed
and drooled and whined and was on
bad terms with himself and the world
Tor three days. He was desperately
ashamed of his predicament, and for
weeks after he had no confidence to
look any of rs square in the eye.
"Tige knew skunks, and after his
first catch-as-eatch-can with one of em
he seemed to have made up his mind
that the only safe way to fight them
was to maneuver beyond the danger
line and bark out lot of sass and
abuse. He had been bitten by eoons
an woodchucks, and being an apt pup
he learned to run around his quarry,
fefnt for drawout and when oppor-
tunity blossomed jump in and get
strangle hold. But porcupines were
new to Tige.
"Porcupines are fool animals Their
wits are about as sharp as the hind
end of an ak, and like the skunk, they
either don't know enough or don't
care fig, to look out for the engine
when the bell rings P'r'aps it's be.
cause, like the skunk they are so well
armed Meet one in the road and in
stead of taking to the weeds and tall
grass, he'll just drop his snout be.
tween his forelegs, lay his tail fiat In
the dust, bunch his back, bring all of
his quilts to charge bayonets, and
await your pleasure. He cannot shoot
his quilts, as some vivid imaginations
would have the children believe, but
bare touch is sufficient to fasten one
of them In body's flesh. With his
tail, which will flow like steel spring
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-08-20
SHARK MADE QUICK TRIP

A careful examination showed that
the backbones were larger than the
backbones of the captured shark.
number of scars ON his body showed
that he had been in conflict with an
other shark and the finding of piece
of the adversary showed that the
conflict had ended In the death OF the
opponent; that the victor had then
swallowed a juicy portion of his adj
versary. The presence of the ostrich
head in the stomach of the man-eater
was regarded as undoubted proof that
the shark had probably just arrived
in Florida waters from Africa, and
that he had made the trip in two or
three days. The head was not digest
ed and the process of digestion had
only just begun. There is only one
ostrich farm In Florida and when that
institution was communicated with
the owners said that they had not lost
an ostrich in year The ability of
shark to pass a fast steamer in one
minutes time is well known to trav-
elers. and there is no doubt that the
shark had been in African waters and
had captured stray ostrich or the
head of one that had been killed and
then started across the Atlantic,
reaching the Florida waters before
the ostrich head had begun to digest
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-08-20

Gazed MournfulIy at the House.
started out to gather in few. Tige,
the dog | lost, knew there was some
thing in the air when he saw me load
ing shells, and he whimpered his
eagerness to be away.
Now, Tige wasn't what you might
call a likely candidate for bench show
purposes, nor would he stand bird
in a woodcock cover, but all the
same he was a fair to middling all
round, everyday dog, When 1t came
to woodchucks or coons he was a
bowling blizzard and he would tree
cartridges, but he had no use for
skunks Once in his younger days,
before he had become wise to many
things which puppies learn by ex-
perience, he deserted in the moon
light of a June evening a sleek little,
plump little black and white object
that looked like cat.
"Skunks never run from impend-
ing danger. Neither do porcupines.
Both are well armed, and they seem
to know that anything alive with
sense enough to get from under when
it rains ought to find il convenient to
let them alone. Tige was a frolie-
some callow pup. Having had lots of
fun racing the farm cats up an old
butternut tree that stood in the yard,
he seemed to think twould be high
old jubilee to make the strange pussy
in the moonlight take to the timber.
Barrow he mumrmured, and away
he went | yelled a call off after him,
but twas no use. He was in TO get
all that was coming to him, and he
did
"Jebus netty, but that was a sur
prise for the pup! He let loose a
blart like a scared calf Yes, twas
blart. There was no suggestion of
bark or howl in Tige's voice when
the little black and white thing in the
moonlight checked his rush. 1t was
blart pure and simple, blart all
aquiver with dire dread. Guess Tige
thought his time had sure come, and
he looked to me for suecor With
tail tucked between his legs he shap-
ed course for master, and very
naturally | took to my heels to get
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-08-20

too. renewed the unspoken pledge
taken times innumerable.
This seems to be my opportunity"
thought Thompson, and he leaned to-
ward the tailor-made woman.
How pleasant it is here" he said.
1T is pleasant" she replied.
Its the first time l have been
here"
Is 1t? We come here every week
or two. It's a change,
Isn't it very free and easy?"
In some ways, she said. So they
chatted on.
Your escort seems quite enamored
of the actress" he ventured after
time.
Does her she asked in a non
commtttal way
Aren't you iealous?"
"0h, no His talking to another
woman doesn't make me Jealous"
We'll, If he was in my place and |
was in his and | saw you talking to
him, I'd be jealous"
oh. no you wouldn't" she said,
pleasantly My husband and | know
each other too well to be jealous of
each other She looked across the
table at the man and her face lighted
up with pride and love.
Your husband2" Thompson said
with start
Yes" And she laughed merrily.
Does he permit you to talk to
strangers?' he asked in wonder Il
mean In a place like this?"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-08-20
MEN IN AN EMERGENCY

Four of the men called her ''little
woman" and entreated her to be calm.
Two said, There, there" and
looked at each other and asked bag.
gardly, if she was quite dead.
One put his arm around her tentar
lively, not sure that the corpse
wouldn't sit up suddenly and smite
him for his temerity.
Another called the servant man who
had appeared in answer to his urgent
calls ''blundering idiot" because he
didn't understand what was wanted
when he was told to Run for the
nearest nat without any doctor
This sounds quite like an army OF
men, but in reality it was only six
active ones who did all these things.
And just as they were in despair a
woman came into the room. She took
in the situation at glance, and gave
her orders coolly. Let her lie down"
said she, land stand from around her,
so that she may get some air. She'll
be all right in a minute. Take away
that whisky and let me have the wa
ter There you are
And there she was, sitting up and
blinking.
Yes, it's just as DR.. What's Her
Name says, men are more emotional
than women.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-08-20
To Welded Life"

Laughter and the music of guitars
sounded through the half-open door
way OF restaurant in the Italian
quarter. 1t was an air from Car
men, the musicians played Into the
middle Of It broke woman's voice,
vibrant, dramatic. Only few bars
It sang, then stopped as suddenly as
1t had begun. The players continued
as II no voice had been heard. The
laughter, which had subsidized quickly.
was renewed. With it broke out
salvo of applause
Schuyler Thompson halted before
the door. He vas strange to San
Francisco and he hesitated about en-
tering. Then he saw the name San
guinetti" above the entrance. The
name seemed familiar. Had he heard
1t in the Palace Hotel? Yes, that was
II. Some one had said
If you want a 'Dago' dinner, go to
sanguinetti's."
His stomach told him 1t was din.
ner time; his watch said it was long
past it. Before the applause had
ceased, he was inside.
Along the right side of the room
was a long bar. Behind 1t were
glasses and bottles. On the other
side were tables, most of them occu-
pied and laden with dishes. 1t was
plain place, almost shabby. White
sand covered the floor lightly, plowed
into little burrows by trailing skirts
Odors of Italian cooking and cigarette
smoke filled the air
The handclapping ended and one
after another, almost simultaneously,
the diners lifted their glasses
toward one woman held them in the
air until they caught her glance, then
drank to her. 1t was readily done,
gracefully, easily, spontaneously. She
smiled and turned to her escort.
Thompson seated himself at
table near the singer Before he gave
his order to the waiter he asked who
she was. She was the prima donna
of the Italian opera company playing
in the TiYoli opera house, the waiter
told him woman who sung Carmen
with force and abandon suggestive
of Calve. Then Thompson under
stood the applause and the mute
toasts.
Sitting at a table nearby. between
the singers and his, Thompson notic-
ed woman and a man. Naturally
he saw the woman first. Her appear
ance pleased his critical faculty. She
was we'll formed. we'll eroamed. well
gowned, tailor-made. She and her
escort We're lingering over their des-
sert. As he ate he watched them
Occasionally their glasses met. Her
hand once closed on that Of her
escort above the table in a moment
airy, covert clasp Her smiles for
him We're eoquettish. or SO they
seemed to Thompson. for he had seen
the linking Of the fingers md the
smiles.
"Ah, little love affair. he said to
himself aud he became interested
and slightly envfous.
The guitars struck up a rae-time
air and in minute the sound of dane
ing, the grinding Of sand between
wood and leather, and tie rustic Of
silk and lace flung hither and thither
with energy, came To Thompson over
his shoulder. A girl young, pretty
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-08-20
HUNTER IN DEADLY PERIL


peafed additionally intense from the
body of smoke that Immediately after
surrounded me. As a proof that the
bullet had done its work, | had not
been attacked. Still. from the stfng-
Cling that took place in front of me,
1t was clearly evident that 1t had not
deprived my foe of life, and woundt
ed leopard is without question I'M
most dangerous of wild beasts to en-
counter.
The first duty of a hunter after he
has fred is to reload his gun. | en-
deayored to do SO, but from my con-
strained position the procass was
slow. However, at length | succeed
ed no easy task in the darkness. with
the wounded beast struggling toward
me. | showed my musket forward to
fire. With its muZzle | touched the
object of my aim. | pressed the trig-
ger, and in a moment after all was
still. | drew a deep breath of thank
fulness, and no wonder
So close was my trophy wedged in
the passage in front of me that 1t was
not without great labor | passed over
it and gained the outlet; but even
here my task WAS not ended, for 1t
took me an hour or more before |
could draw out the carcass.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-08-20

when he is touched he can drive
quilts homo as a shingler drives nails,
and that's one of the things Tige
learned about these thorny animals on
his last hunt.
Some of the fellows near where |
live had collected sufficient evidence
IN the way 81 shouts and claws to cor
vince the proper authorities that there
had been a considerable falling off
in the porcupine population of the
country. They had gathered in enough
coin to make something of a jingle In
their pockets, and their success some
what excited the neighborhood. Ev-
erybody al at once took a notion to
go porcupine hunting. My pup Tige,
a friend with whom | have hunted
coons, and myself went out one moon
light night and bagged three before
Tige met his waterloo. We had put
big one up tree, and had quite for
gotten Tige in our excitement. MY
friend gave old porky a load of skies
and down he came ker-thump. The
instant he struck Tige was at him.
and |, forgetting twas porcnpiLe3 ii.
stead of coons, yelled: Shake 'em,
boy.'
Poor Tige for the moment typifed
the fellow in the old song, There Was
O Man in Our Town. The song tells
how the man picked a red-hot iron
right up and laid it right down again
Well it was something like that with
Tiga. He got mouthful of porcupine
before he discovered what an unde-
sirable bit of chewing he'd stacked up
against. His mouth and throat were
as full of quilts as dressmakers pin
cushion of pins. His whole body was
decorated with them. | made up my
mind then and there that hunting por.
cupines for IS cents head was
hardly worth the effort"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-08-20

length Of the room and back, with the
pastures and flourishes of cake walk
ers. The applause was redoubled,
and springlng to her feet, the singer
waved her glass to them and quaffed
1t in their honor, Thompson too. and
the tailormade woman drank to them.
Then the tallor-made woman and her
escort clinked glasses, and Thompson
heard him say
TO you, sweetheart"
The woman looked toward Thomp-
son and he lifted his glass to her. She
smiled and raised hers in return, and
together they drank to health and
happiness, or good fellowship or all
together or whatever the action sig
nifies.
Splendid" he said mentally
Splendid.
The woman's escort turned to the
singer and said something She
laughed and replied in kind, and
soon they were in conversation. He
filed her glass and his own, and they,