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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-06
judge Luce Dead.

.Bozeman, Jan. 4.-Judge l.. A. Luce
died at his home this morning a1ter
a lingering illness. He was nearly
&C years old and one of the most able
LAWYERS in Montana. He leaves a
widow and three children, John A
Luce and Miss Gertrude Luce OF Boze
man. and Mrs. R. E. Chandler Of
:.
Saltwater, Okla.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-06
ADOPTED NEW METHOD.
Prisoners Novel Plan to Escape from
Jail.

Jail.
1t is very evident that Edward G..
Dupont merely uses the trade of tail
oring as q cloak for his real vocation,
that of a thief and burglar. Last Sat
urday he was brought from the west
by Sheriff Twichell of Fargo, N. D.,
and lodged in the city Jail, as he
claimed to have pawned here some OF
the articles he is said to have stolen
at Fargo and for the theft Of which
he vas arrested at Helena. During the
day he was taken to the different
| places where he alleged he had dis
| posed of his loot, but none of the
things proved to be any of those he
had stolen.
The search having been completed,
Dupont was again locked up to await
| the arrival of the late eastbound
train. About 6 o'clock in the evening
a boy was passing the Jail and saw
a red hot piece of iron pushed
through the planks that have been
used to enclose the east side of the
building since the old wall was torn
hall. He notified Officer Mowre and
the latter went to the Jail and found
that Dupont had with the Jail poker
burnt a series of holes in II of the
planks and if he had not been dis
turbed would soon have had a hole
large enough for him to slip through.
Sergeant Walker, who is acting as
chief of police, removed Dupont to
the county Jail, where he was kept
until shortly before the time for the
train to arrive, when he took the pris-
oner back to the city Jail, taking the
precaution to handcuff him. The Da-
kota sheriff was notified of what had
occurred and early yesterday morn
ing departed with his prisoner. Later
in the day some of the other prison
ers in the Jail told MI. Walker that
Dupont had a file M with it had
succeeded in almost severing the
handcuff on his left wrist. They fur-
thermore told him hat Dupont car
ried the file concealed in his cap and
that he also had a long knife blade
tied up in his handkerchief and that
he had told them that he had expect
ed Officer Mowre to strike him when
searching him and that if this had &C.
Cured he would have fixed" the po-
liceman, as he had the blade in his
hand above his head while being
searched. He also told them that
while held in the Helena. jail he had
made a key that would unlock his
cell and that had he been kept there
longer he would have escaped. He
told where the key was concealed and
some tools he had struggled in when
locked up.
AS soon as he received the informa-
ton Mr.. Walker t~elegraphed the fact
of the sawed handcuff to Sheriff
Twichell and the %existance of the saw
in Dupont's cap. He also wrote to
the Helena police about the key and
tools and where they could be found.
When leaving acre with his prisoner
the sheriff said he would stop at For
syth, as Dupont claimed to have pawn
ed some things there, including a lot
of valuable jewelry.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-06

From Saturdays Daily Gazette.
H. B. LaMott of Roundup is at the
Grand.
Manager Grein of the Billings
brewery went to Butte this morning.
Mrs. Joseph Parque is recovering
slowly from a severe attack of typhoid
fever
County Surveyor Morris went to
the western part of the state last
night.
DR.. w. B. Miller and G. B. Rantlett,
both of Sheridan, Wyo., are register
ed at the Grand.
E. B. Kennedy is home from a visit
to his sheep camps in the northern
part of Custer county.
For having begun the new year
by getting drunk, James M. Middles
was made to contribute $40 to the
city this morning.
Mrs. S. G. Reynolds and children,
who spent the holidays in the city,
returned this morning to their home
At1he Grow agency.
~ George Soule has disposed of his
Residence property in North Thirty
first street to P. B. Moss. 1t is said
that the consideration was $4,000.
County Clerk Carwile and S. F.
Morse were among the members oil
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LOCAL AND

LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
From Fridays Daily Gazette.
Miss Lulu Snydam of Gebo is a
guest at the Grand. Y,
H. e. Woodman of Helena is reg
istered at the Grand.
Miss Grierson of Rancher is among
the visitors in the city today. She
is a guest at the Grand.
Captain A. N. Craven, custodian OF
the Custer battlefield and national
is a visitor in the city.
N>he open season for the killing of
deer closed yesterday. Deputy Game
Warden Smith will now keep his
'teyes peeled to see that hunters obey
strictly the requirements of the law
in that respect.
A couple of plain drunks were in
police court this morning. Both de-
PENDANTS were crippled and because
OF the circumstances connected with
| their cases the court suspended judg-
ment and released the prisoners.
IAN trains from the west are de-
| Myed today, owing to a wreck at
| Missoula, a freight train having be-
| come derailed. 1t is reported that
the accident was attended by loss of
life. Passenger trains Nos. 2 and 6
are scheduled to arrive at II and
11:4O, respectively, tonight.
w. M. Scott, janitor of the Belknap
block, was SO fortunate as to hold
ticket No. 305, which won the lot in
the West Side addition that was raj
fed off yesterday by W. B. George.
The winner evidently did not care
to avail himself of the opportunity to
become a landed owner, for last even
ing he sold the lot to Mr.. George.
By consent the complaint and
pleadings in the case of Jepp Ryan
VS.. Stuart Polk have been amended,
The Ryan Bros. Cattle company has
been substituted as plaintiff in place
of Jepp Ryan. The suit involves the
ownership of the running mare Edith
Glen, which in the complaint is alleg.
the recovery Of the animal the plain
tiff also demands damages in the sun
of $500.
This afternoon between l and z
o'clock the fire department was call
ed to T%hirty-third street, between
First and Second avenues, north. A
fire had broken out in the residence
of Mrs. Thompson, but so promptly
did the iremen respond that it haC
gained only little Roadway and was
extinguished with the chemicals be
fore more than nominal damage hat
been done. A partition had become
N1dted from an overheated stove.
who make a specially Of
Tstudying the vagaries of the elements
predict a snowstorm within a shor"
time. They say the atmospheric cen
ditions are all favorable for such ar
event, while several other signs
work to confirm them in their opin
ion. The stockmen hope that the
prophets may prove true for once, a.
a>little snow just about now wouli
be decidedly acceptable in many 10
calities, where the range is in meet
of moisture.
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From Mondays Daily Gazette.
A. T. Owens arrived this morning
from Butte.
A. r. Seeker of Sheridan. Wyo., is
registered at the Grand.
A. B. LaMott is in the city from
his ranch near Roundup.
Mrs. H. Halbert of White. Sulphur
Springs is a guest at the Grand.
S. v. Stewart of Virginia City is
among today's visitors in the city.
S. F. Morse and N. G. Carwile are
back from a brief visit to the state
capital.
The official bond of o. D.. Hogue,
public administrator, was filed for
record today.
Fred Kreidler, official reporter of
the district court, arrived from Miles
City this morning.
Walter Anderson, editor of the Red
| Lodge Picket, was among those who
were in the city yesterday.
Ira L. Whitney is deputy coun-
ty clerk. His appointment vas filed
by County Clerk Fish this morning
w. J. Sweeney, manager Of a part
of the Cruise ranch property in Fergus
county, came in from the north yes
terday.
w. B. Sleeper is here from Cody
Wyo.. Mr.. Sleeper was elected to the
Wyoming legislature from his. county
last fall and is now en- route to Chey
enne.
Arminta Holland has filed a com
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ent.
Only one offender appeared in po-
lice court this morning. He was pick
ed up in the lower end of Montana
avenue last night, %helplessly drunk.
This morning he said he had been
undoubtedly drugged, as he could re-
member of having taken only three
drinks. He also claimed to have been
robbed las he said he had $40 before
he became unconscious. AS he was
known to the court to be a hard work
ing fellow and usually well behaved,
he was dismissed with a lecture.
1.-THE American Aerial Navigation
company, a corporation organized by
Yellowstone and Carbon county peo-
pie for the purpose of constructing
an air ship invented by T. G. Benbow.
a Carbon county farmer, has given
it out that an exhibition of aerial
navigation will be given at Red Lodge
within 60 days. The company will
20 lulO COulpCC1ClOu o6oAAoS
Dumont for the 500, 900 prize offered
at the St. Louis worlds fair for the
best exhibition on aerial navigation.
1.-THE street and sidewalk committee
of the city council was busily engaged
today on the matter of determining
the location of the city scales which
were ordered constructed by the
council some weeks ago. The COM
mittee is favorable to a location on
the avenue side of the new city nall
and passing an ordinance making the
city clerk public weighmaster with
an increase of salary. In the matter
of adopting a price for weighing, the
council will not go above 10 cents fol
each wagon and it is possible that
. rate of 10 cents will be adopted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-13

But am not a theaf. so hif yer will NETT
NEE in the great squar room, with all the
moneys, at twelf mite, lie explain orl to
you, let only Their 2 come down, and say
muffin to nobody" The strong room was
guarded the aext night, in spite of dis
position to regard the letter as hoax, by
police and-nothing happened.
The next phase of the mystery was more
astonishing than ever. A heavy chest of
papers and securities taken from the strong
room arrived at the bank with letter,
complaining that the directors had set the
police upon the writer, and that he had,
therefore, not appeared as promised. but 20
prove that he was neither a thief nor fool
he sent a chest of, papers he had taken
from the bank. Let a few gentlemen be
alone in the room and he would Join them
at midnight, said the writer, and to cut
short long and strange chapter of bank
history, man with a dark lantern burst
into the strong room of the bank at mid
night after calling from behind the stone
walls for the directors to put out the lights.
He was one of a strange class of men who
gained living by searching the sewers at
night, and through an opening from a sewer
he had found his way into the richest room
In the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-13
The Study Of African Men.

FROM SuccesS
The sociological character of African man
is Of great interest. 1t has not yet been
treated scientifically. Travellers have con-
fined themselves mainly to such novelties
as they happen to meet. Anthropophagy is
extensively practiced by some of the tribes
near the equator, and it would be well to
know why the practice Is more general
there than elsewhere. Another curious
thing to know is whether stature is in
fluenced by environment, climate or diet
The tallest men found lived in high alti-
tudes-from 5000 feet above sea level up
ward; the sturdiest, from 5000 feet to 5000
feet; the shortest, excepting the pygmies,
from sea level to an elevation of 5000 feet
1t deserves study. as well. as to what effect
the different diets of tribes have on their
physical systems. Some live on wild ber-
ries and fungi and ground vermin; others
on fish; others wholly on milk or on meat
or grain.s or solely on vegetables. I was
often tempted to pursue the question as to
whether such specific foods affected the
strength or intelligence of tribes who thus
limit themselves to one KIND of food.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-13
Siberia's Salt Lakes.
From the New York Tribune.


Probably the most remarkable lake in the
world is one with coating Of salt that
completely conceals the water. It may be
seen at any time during the year, fully ex-
posed, being seen at its best when the sun
is shining directly upon 1t. This wonder
full body Of water is one of the safest of the
salt lakes, and is situated near Obdorsk.
Siberia. The lake Is nine miles wide and
seventeen long. and within the memory Of
man was entirely rooted over by the salt
deposit. Originally evaporation tlayed the
most prominent part in coating the lake
over with salt, but at the present time the
salt springs which surround it are adding
fast to the thickness of the crust. In the
long-ago period evaporation Of the lakes
waters left great salt crystals on the sur
face. In course Of time these caked to-
gether. Thus the waters were finally en-
tirely covered. In 1873 the lake found an
underground outlet into the River Obi,
which lowered it's surface about three feet.
The salt crust was so thick, however, that
1t retained it's old level. and now presents
the curious spectacle Of salt-roofed lake.
The salt coat increases six inches in thick
ness every year. The many islands with
which the lake Is studded are said to act as
braces and to help keep the arched salt
crust In position.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-13
The Woman Of Forty.


ITO be beautiful should be the object in a
woman's career until she is forty, after
which she should become a power" was
the dictum of a modern French writer 1t
was also Frenchman who remarked that
a woman past forty should either take the
veil or be abolished. Miss Janet Achurch.
the well-known actress, rather inclined to
the former view in lecture which she de-
livered at the Pharos Club on THE Woman
has passed the confines Of youth, said the
lecturer, has come to be regarded as of
much greater Importance than she was.
say twenty years ago. The changes In her
status can best be seen by consulting the
novelists. From the period of Fielding to
that OF Thackeray the girl Of seventeen wa 8
always the center Of attractio and she
always disappeared after her wedding dav.
After Thackeray came the long innings Of
the woman of thirty
The woman of forty ought to be the ham
piest Of women. She has peculiar privi-
leges possessed by no other woman. She
is not troubled with anxiety like her
younger sisters at crossing the borderland
Of youth. Her future is more clearly de-
f1ned-for at forty has she not chosen and
settled down in her career, irreyoca hlv
chosen. too, her man. Loneliness is a hopev
Remorse is the only thing she need beWar re
or II she has a profession she is at her
best at forty. She can act better naint
better and write better. In conclusion Miss
Achurch thought that the age Of forty
should be looked forward to as an inner.
itance rather than dreaded by every wo-
man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-13
LIKE TRAMPS.
One Section of the Country Where Ho-
boes Are Ever Welcome.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
Speaking of tramps.I know of one place
in the United States where this interesting
upon as a luxury said visitor at one of
the hotels, and instead of meeting with
kicks and cuffs, and being hustled around
by the police, he is always welcomed. The
place have in mind is out in the extreme
northwestern part of Arkansas, in the
Ozark mountains. Few tramps ever get
into that region Of. the world. You see
there is but one railroad running through
that part of the country: Tramps, as you
no doubt know, follow the railroads. But
the Frisco system which runs through the
sections of the Ozarks 1 have in mind
does not stop regularly at the various
points along the route, and besides the
small commercial centers are some distance
apart. This is one reason for the scarcity
of tramps out there.
THE extreme cold is another reason. If
tramp should happen to be thrown off
in the mountains between stations he
could get within following distance of a
human being. Conditions Of this sort have
tended to keep the migrating element of
the country's population out of the Ozarks,
and hence out there the tramp is looked
upon as a sort of luxury. The few tramps
section strike a perfect paradise for the
winter If they happen to land in one of
the centers of population. BY doing some
Of the lighter work around the house he
will be fed like prince for several months,
and will wind up with a suit of clothes.
and If he succeeds in winning the good
will Of the family he IS with he will be
cordially invited to return the next winter.
There are no negroes out there. Servants
are very scarce. In the summer servants
are not needed But when the mount aims
are wrapped In snow and ice the families
begin to look aroafid for help, for some
person to split kindling and bring'in wood,
and do other little things Of the kind"
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evening they would take whir at SWIM
ming, wriggling out into the lake for some
distance, and then pull back to the shore
again. l mention these facts merely to
show that snakes were plentiful in that sec
ton. The heat had made them desperate
but we never anticipated any trouble from
this source.
lake, and were inclined to gloat somewhat
over the splendid location we had secured
and the coZiness of our surroundings gen.
orally. OF course, we had the usual guam
tity of stimulating things which belong to
a tirst-class fishing oattit, and, to tell the
truth about the matter, l had been pulling
away at the jug and popping beer bottles
until 1 was just little shaky. After We
had been out about week l began to see
things that a man under ordinary circum-
stances could not see. l was just in this
condition one morning when l rolled out Of
my cot to begin the days sport. The sun
had been up for some time. My boots were
standing beside the cot where l had put
them the night before. In throwing my
legs over the side of the cot knocked both
boots over. You can guess how felt when
two. or three snakes wrigged out of my
boots. l simply went up in the air. My
nerves were in no condition to be tempered
with. l couldn't get out of the cot and /
couldn't stay in 1t. 1 simply felt like melt
ing into thin air. One of my friends wit
messed the whole thing although 1 didn't
know it al the time. 1 was ashamed to say
anything about the snakes until he brought
the question up. Finally lie said something
about the snakes that had spent the night
in my boots, and I'll swear to you that
never felt better in my life, for up to that
Tune L was very much in doubt about the
genuineness Of the vision. l was glad to
know that the snakes were real live snakes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-13
gE-ih
What is ina GOOD Drum.

Americans are the greatest drummers In
the world, and they make the finest drums.
Chicago and St. Louis Have large factories,
but in these all kinds Of drums are made,
most Of which are Of the cheap variety and
low in price. There are only three factories
in the United States which make the kind
OF instruments manufactured in this city.
These drums are distinct from the others
in that they haveta sharpness in tone re-
quired only in orchestra and band work.
The drums that are used in corps and in
military work must have a tone which is
duller and the drum must not be so sensi-
tive to the touch. Drum making is a GU
rious industry, and as complicated as it is
curious, for the drum has many parts A
drum Of the best construction has 24S
pieces. not including sticks, hooks and belt.
All materials must be of the best quality,
for the things from which a drum is con-
structed are what give 1t it's tone, and as
the drum is subjected to rough usage 1t
must be strong enough to stand the strain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-13
PLENTY OF SNAKES.
Narrative of Man Who Found Real
Live Specimens in His Boots.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
ION at least one occasion 1 had snakes in
my boots" said the man with the red nose,
land it was no wild, delirious fancy, either.
The snakes were genuine. They were very
much alive, could crawl, and did crawl, and
they had eyes and fangs and forked tongues
and all the other things which go with a
well-made and complete member of the rep
lillian species. 1 had gone out on fishing
trip with some friends up in Arkansas, and
we were quartered in a tent on one Of the
best lakes in the southeastern section Of the
state. 1t was during the hot season.
never saw so many snakes in all my life az
We found around that lake, and they were
Of all sizes, shapes and colors. The heat
was so intense-it was during severe
drouth OF 1SS1-that all the snakes Of that
section gathered around the lake In an eff
fort no doubt, to keep COOL They would
slip down to the waters edge, burrow In
the mud and cut other curious capers be-
cause of the prevailing drouth. Late in thu
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exquisite furniture Of Louis XIV and XVI
had been created.
ENGLAND'S SEA HARVEST
Nearly $a5, 900, 900 Yielded Annually
by Its Fisheries
From the London Telegraph.

From the London Telegraph
The sea yields England wealth amounting
to nearly f7,O0O.OOO a year, and Yet COM
paratively little is heard of the fishing in
dustry unless some such trouble as that
which occurred last year at Grimsby crops
up. 1t Is a calling essentially British, re-
curing hardihood and courage in a high
degree. in those who follow it, According
to the reports Of the inspectors under the
board Of trade, just issued, 81 593 men and
boys find regular employment In sea fishing.
and nearly 5000 others are occasionally en-
gaged-a population Of nearly 10000. which
is af1oat in all weathers, bringing to the
great ports the food which is in proportion
to its nutritive qualities cheaper than any
other. Between these hardy sailors and the
elements continual war Is being waged and
great is the toll which the sea demands each
year. In 1901 1S9 lost their lives by wrecks
or casualties, 3S by laundering, stranding
or collapses. "a by falling or being washed
overheard and II by being knocked or pulled
into the sea by sails or tackle.
me nsnlng population al present remains
stationary, but there are indicat tons that
the trade Is attracting far fewer lads than
was the case few years ago. In 1897 30
were registered, last year the number was
only $50. AT Grimsby In the former year
I34 Joined. while last year only 81 signed
on, significant falling off, which is con-
nrmed In other ports in less degree and
points to the decreased popularity. Of sea
nshing. which yields an uncertain income at
best. and is inseparable from considerable
danger. More fish than ever was caught In
1eO1-S.647. SO5 hundredweight in all-but
its value was less-it yielded only 49,, 100000
whereas the slightly smaller catch of 1900
resulted In sum Of almost $500 600 more
Nearly the whole of this amount was re-
ceived from wet fish," the takngs Of she'll
fish still continuing to decline; 3S.7 per cent
Of the total quantity Of the wet" variety
was landed at GrimSby and. Hull and n 4
per cent at twelve other ports on the east
coast-North Shields. Hartlepool. Scarboro-
ough, Boston. Yarmouth. Lowestoft and
London, 3.4S4 .321 hundredweight; on the
south coast-Neyland, Milford and Fleet
wood, 624 9S5 hundredweight
The total number OF steam rawlers has
slightly decreased but since the tonnage Is
maintained the change apparently is rather
in newer and larger vessels superseding
older craft than in any actual falling or
in the steam trawling industry Of the coun-
try. taken as whole. On The other hand,
sailing trawlers continue to disappear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-13
Kansas Girls Names.
rom The Chicago Record. Herald

From The Chicago Record Herald.
At an evening party In Topeka recently
there were two Hazels two Bernices, a
Gala, Blossom, an Ivah, Beatrice. a
Bess an Octavia. a Hila. an Elvia, a Mar
ella. an Allabelle, Pearl, a Reita, a Rea
and a~Roberta. How lonely the Marys the
Susans and the Harriets must feel In
Kansas.