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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-14
Outrages by stOckmen.

Several pages are devoted to the
violations of government regulations
by stockmen in the west through il
legal fencing of land or grazing cattle
and sheep on government preserves.
The following account of the Dewey
affair that has obtained such wide
publicity is given:
The inclosure of homesteads by
the unlawful fencing of a company
was the primary cause of the trouble
which resulted in the killing, on or
about June 3 last, by Chauncey Dew
ey and his employees. of three MEM
bers of the Berry family at the home
of Alpheus Berry, near the Dewey
ranch.
ut appears to have been the policy
of Dewey and his agents and employ
ees to gain complete and exclusive
control of all the lands inclosed by
his fences. and to adopt whatever
measures were found necessary to
accomplish that purpose, sparing
neither life nor property. Their
attitude toward settlers and home
steaders without. as well as within.
their inclosure iS shown by report of
agents VI tlliS NiCI''ll iiiiCiit anu ~ ia
dividual complaints to have been eX-
tremeIy hostile and oppressive. Not
only have the crops of these bona
fide homesteaders and settlers been de-
stroyed by this company's cattle, but
the people themselves harassed and
intimidated by threats Of violence
made by their agents and employees,
their fences been cut and dwellings
deliberately moved off their home
steads, and number of them have
been compelled by this outlawry to
abandon their entries and seek resi-
dence elsewhere.
'PromptIy upon hearing of these
unlawful acts the department institut-
ed an investigation. as result of
which proceedings were begun,
| through the department of justice
under the act of Feb. 25. 1885
to cause the removal of these illegal
fences and to punish those guilty of
erecting and maintaining them. NJ
the October, 1908, term of the United
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-14
AccidentalIy Turned ON &c Gas.

Milwaukee, Dec. 14.-Henry Briggs,
an old soldier aged 62 years, and Hen
ry I<imball, machinist aged 4S years.
were found dead in bed in the rear
room of a saloon at the corner of Thir-
ty-ffth and Clybourn streets. They
died from asphyxiatiOn. 1t is supposed
that the men accidentally turned on
the gas when they retired.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-14

London, Dec. 14.-Advices from So
maitland, East Africa, say the Mad
Mullah's camp followers have taken
to caunibalism owing to the shortage
of supplies. The body of a captive re-
Gently executed by the Mullah was
Immediately carried off and eaten.
The feast was participated in by wo-
men, whom the Mullah subsequently
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-14

NOT FOUND
Cruiser Hunts in Vain
for Invading
Fleet.
SAILING ON PANAMA
Gen. Reyes to be Sue
CesSor to President
Marroquin.
SAILING ON PANAMA

Colon Dec ia company of ma
rines from the United States ship
Prairie landed here today under COM
mand of Capt. Butler and took train
for Panama. whence the marines will
be sent TO Il point on the coast south
of Panama. This step is in cCnse-
quence of the receipt of information
that Colombian troops had landed in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-14
Another Rnmnr.

Panama. Dee. 14-Advices received
here from Carta@ena say that the Co
lombian cruisers General Pinzon and
Cartagena have landed 100 men under
Generals BuStamente and Ortiz at
Cape TiburOn at the mouth of the
ting paths across the mountains to en-
able the Colombian troops 10 invade
Panama. According To these adviceS
there is in Cartagena Il standing army
Of 600 men
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-14
What Was Learned ON the Cruise.
INDIANS NOT AT ALL FRIENDLY

Gave Misleading Information - Location
of the CoIombfans i'm Doubt.
The naval officers found the attitude
Of the Indians to lie Indifferent and
even repellant The traditions of the
Indians for centuries have beena against
permitting aliens to land in their ter
ritory. and -hese traditions they still
maintain They often declined TO an
swer the questions of the interpreters
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-14
Bonier Held for Buffalo Murder.

Buffalo. y. Y. Dec. 14.-Charles
Bonier. a years old, has been held by
the coroner on the charge of murd~ ring
Franz and Johanna Frehr. the aged
couple who disappeared Nov. 19. and
whose mutilated bodies were found
Dec. 3, buried in their back yard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-14
ANNIBALISM REPORTED IN
CAMP OF CHE MAD MULLAH

ordered executed. These in turn We're
rades. According to deserters the
Mullah is not suffering from actual
scarcity of food. but is outstanding
his resources and restricting the dis
tribution of food strictly TO the fight
ing men. leaving the camp followers
to shift for themselves.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-14
DRAWS THE LINE
Germany Breaks Diplomatic Re-
lations With SerVian
Government.
TOO MANY SOCIAL FUNCTIONS
Regards the Murder of King Peters
Predecessor as a Serious
Matter.

Berlin. Dee 14.-Thc reason Ger
many has decided to break off diplo-
matte relations with the Servian court,
for the present at least. is that the So
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-14

apprehended and speedily brought to
justice.
1T has been my determination
from the beginning that the matter
should be prcbed to the bottom re-
gardless' of the apparent influential
character of some of the men involv-
ed. and the inquiry has been conduct
ed throughout along these lines. The
work is now nearing completion. and
the whole matter Will at an early date
be in shape for definite and appropri-
ate action against the offenders.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-14

that direction with the object of
marching on Panama. If this IL con-
firmed. it VIII mean the beginning of
a long campaign Of guerilla warfare
on the iSthInuS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-14

eial season is about to begin at Bel
grade and King Peter has issued invi-
tHtions to balls. official receptions and
other festivities. as is usual at all Eu-
ropean capitals. 1t is known that the
ministers accredited to Belgrade have
never ceased earnestly to advise King
Peter to disassociate himself from the
murderers of his predecessor and the
latter's wife. and to demand their pun
iShment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-14
Cruiser Flora IN Port Again.

Victoria, b. c., Dec. 14.-H. NJ. S.
Flora has arrived at Esquimault for
repairs necessary as result of her
stranding at Village Point ten days
ago. She viii be placed in the dry
dock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-14
Advice DIsreparded.

The ServiGn king disregarded this
advice. and even did not answer the
notes. Matters reached crisis when
it was evident that King Peter intend
ed to invite the regicide ministers,
shake hands with them. and dance
, with their wives. Germany accordingly
decided that it was time for her min
lister to take n leave of absence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-14
Colombian Crui.cr. Were There.

Colon. Dec l4.-ThrOugh the exam
nation of the San RlaS coast made by
the nited States cruiser Atlanta and
the converted cruiser Mayfower. both
of which vessels have returned here,
ii has been clearly established in the
Gulf of Darien about thirty-siX hours
after they were reported AZ having left
Carta@pna No reliable evidence. how
ever. could be obtained 10 show that
any of the troops carried by the cruis-
erS had been landed either on the gulf
coast or northwest thereof. The At
lanta and the MayfiOwer made Il thor
ough inspection Of the entire vicinity.
What Was Learned ON the Cruise.
1t was learned that at one coast
point the Carta @ena embarked a small
quantity of naval stores. a few bull
locks. some corn and fifty pieces OF
zinc roofing. but no information could
lie obtained as To the direction taken
by the cruiser thereafter. 1t has been
reported that Colombian troops were
landed. at a certain point on the Pana-
ma coast. hut the Atlanta was present
at this place mt the time when ac-
cOrding 10 the report. the troops should
have been landed. and saw nothing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-14

Continued on Page Eight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-14
Engineer FatdIIy injured.

Huntington, W. Na.. Dec. 1.-THE
third section of a Chesapeake and
Ohio freight No. a ran into the rear
of a second section near Lewis Sta
ton. Engineer William Hamilton of
Russell and Brakeman Ed Hamilton.
of Huntington were dangerously in
jured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-14

Continued on Page Six.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-03-28
BRITISH COLUMBIA,

At last it begins to look as though
there would be revival in mining
in the Silyerton secuon. The i'm
proved price of lead puts some heart
into the owners.
Ore shipments for last week were /:
lie Roi, $500 tons; Centre Star, 1440;
War Eagle, 1850; Velvet, $50; lie Roi
No. 2, 700; total for the week, 6S40;
total for year to date, 82,872 tons.
Since the problem of concentrating
ores of Rossland camp was first moot
ed, one of the objections raised was
on the score of inadequate water sup
plies. This difficulty is now believed
to be solved by a plan to utilize a big
body OF water whose utility has not
been recognized until recently.
A movement is afoot to make thor
oughly representative collection of
gold and silver ores from a number of
high grade mining properties now be-
ing worked in the neighborhood of
Greenwood and to arrange for a we'll
informed man to exhibit this collec-
ton in Spokane and give full infor-
nation relative to the claims from
which these ores have been obtained
and of surrounding claims that are
open to men with capital and enter
prise enough to secure and work them.
Recently masked mob of SO men
went up to the No. 1 Coal Creek mine,
four miles from Fernie, and at the
muzzles of revolvers compelled half
dozen workmen who were in charge
of the fans Of the closed mines, to
leave|the sowrs and drove them down
the c. P. R. tracks, after some rough
handling. The mob went to the house
of Mine Superintendent Donneen and
assaulted him and his wife, after fir.
ing number Of shots in the air to in
timidhte them. Donneen recognized
one of the men, ]. w. Morrison, and he
was later arrested.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-03-28
MINING NOTES,

The miners of Wardner, Idaho have
completed arrangements to open a CO.
operative store.
FRANKLIN Ballou, for many years
prominent in Colorado through mis-
connection with the mining and smelt-
ing business, died recently at Palm
Beach, Fla.
Nothing can be learned of what is
being done at the Lone Pine at Repub-
lie, WASH but ore is being daily load
ed on the Washington & Great North
ern railway cars for shipment to the
Crofton shelter.
The wofk of drifting on the 100 foot
level of the Trade Dollar mine at Re-
public, has been discontinued and the
miners a'e stopping. Four carloads
were shipped to the smelters last
week and two more are ready.
Harry McCowen. the contractor on
the Mine'al Hill properties, near Con-
concully, is getting along at the rate
of so feet per month. The miners are
in on thetunnel about 975 feet, but do
not expeH to strike very much before
they are In over 1000 feet.
In a c'osscut in the second tunnel
of the Jumbo mine at Buffalo, a nine
foot bodt of high grade ore has been
exposed. The mill at the Jumbo is
running on ore from the third tun-
mel. Thu new strike is considered the
most important ever made in the
hump District.
Notices were posted at the collieries
of the Delaware, Lackawanna & West
ern Co. recently, stating that all the
mines deerated by the company will
work i've hours per day until further
notice. officials of the company state
that this order is general and is due TO
a glut inthe coal market and the warm
weather.
The bost important strike recently
made III Keller. Wash. camp has been
made wfhin the last week in the Sum
NIT mie on Silver creek, five miles
east oflkeller. The shaft. which is
10 fee deep, was sunk along the
hanging wall. There was ore in this
shaft finn the surface down to the LOG
foot leel, where II practically gave
out Ater sinking 10 feet through
quartz laving but little ore in it. the
miners concluded to crosscut to the
foot " and after cutting through
four fef OF barren schist they broke
into hid grade copper ore The cross
drift Is n eight feet Of high grade ere
with ndsign of the foot wall vet.
! NoWFre in this country have the
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-03-28
Mrs. Burdick Testifies.

Buffalo, March 24.-Mrs. Alice Hull
Burdick, widow of Edwin l.. Burdick.
underwent merciless examination by
District Attorney Coatesworth Mon
day afternoon at the resumption of the
Inquest into the death of her husband,
who was murdered on February 20.
Mrs. Burdick was on the stand when
court adjourned for the day. She viii!
be called to complete her testimony
Tuesday.
With package of letters in his
hands, some of which were written TO
Mrs. Burdick by Arthur r. Pencil,
correspondent in the divorce proceed
ings instituted by Mrs. Burdick, and
other communications between Mr..
Burdick and his wife, Mr.. Coatesworth
forced Mrs. Burdick to tell the story
Of her relations with Pennell from the
time he first made love to her in New
Haven in 1898, until 1901, when these
relations were renewed after Bur-
dick had forgiven his wife and had
taken her back to his home for the
sake of their children.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-03-28

| downfall and arrest of WhI,aker
Wright been followed with closer in.
terest than in Spokane, for it was
Wright who furnished the millions that
came to Spokane through the sale OF
the lie Roi and other Rossland prop
critics when Wright was at the height
of his glory. Now, therefore, with the
Napoleon of finance languishing in Jail
in New York fighting requisition
which would take him to London TO
be tried on charges OF colossal frauds
he is an object of peculiar interest
there.
S. S. Rogers has returned to Lew.
iston from a hurried trip to the Cave
Gulch mines and reports that the new
strike is the scene of much activity
Over 100 men are in the district pros
pecting and the lead on which H. Wun.
dram made his strike has now been
traced and located for a distance OF
seven miles, and at a number of points
a strong lead has been struck, although
at no other point on the lead, except
where Wundram struck it, has rich
Mr.. Rogers states that the district can
be reached with difficulty, as at the
present high stage of water the lower
trail along the river can not be fol-
lowed, and in crossing the high di-
vides a rough trail and deep SHOWS are
encountered.
The record of gold mining in Fer
gus county, Montana, where the Ken.
dali is located, borders on the phe-
nOmenal. Less than three years ago
there was no mining in that country,
save for sapphires. Now, with the de.
velopment of the Barnes-King, Ken
dali, Whisky Gulch. Mammoth and
other properties, it gives every prom
Use of becoming the leading gold pro-
Queer of the state, wrestling from Lew
is and Clarke county an honor it has
held since gold was discovered in
Helena in 1868
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-03-28

member of the company who slept
with MIR. Niedhnger Is missing and is
suspected OF the theft.
AT Cripple Creek, Col, the strike
situation Is rapidly assuming an acute
Phase and there is every indication
Lnat every mine in the district, with
the exception of the Woods and the
Portland companies, will be closed
down.
Miss Zeralda McVickers, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. McVickers of
Sumpter, Ore, shot and killed herself
at the family home recently. The
young lady was alone at the time and
no motive for the deed is known.
Edward Goodrich, who achieved no
pion broncho buster of the west, and
incidentally won $1,000 by riding a
heretofore unmanageable horse
through Main street, Billings, Mont,
is in serious trouble, he having been
arrested at Helena on the charge of
adultery.
The third consecutive daily wreck
On Ine ROCKY mountain DIVISION OF the
Northern Pacific occurred last Mon
day near Weeksville, Mont, a small
station eight miles west of Missoula.
Governor Mcbride of Washington,
has appointed Senator ]. P. Sharp of
Ellensburg a member of the board of
regents of the state agricultural col
lege, vice II. w. Garfield of Colfax,
resigned, for the term ending March
8, 1905.
1t is considered certain in New
York that the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul will have to extend to the
Pacific coast. This is made neces-
sary to recover traffic lost through
the control of the Burlington by the
James J. Hill merger lines.
Governor Mcbride of Washington
has filed the bill Providing for the
assessment and taxation of mining
claims and improvements thereon and
of the net proceeds of mines" with a
veto attached.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-03-28
IDAHO NOTES,

Mayor Frank Satoris has been re-
nominated at Payette.
Senator Hepburn states that the
presidential party will be unable to
visit Occur d'Alene City.
Major Hermann of Genesee has
leased 100 acres of fine land near town
and expects to put in a seed farm
this spring.
The postoffice safe was blown open
recently at Genesee ana 1925 in money
taken. Nothing else was disturbed.
No trace of the perpetrators has been
discovered.
Governor Morrison has announced
the appointment of John H. Meyers of
Boise to be insurance commissioner
to succeed P. M. Davis. The appoint
ment is effective Immediately.
1t is believed that the man who was
killed near the Summit recently by the
Northern Pacific passenger train is
John Matson. 1t is believed that he
was woodchopper. 1t is said he is a
partner of Ben Jarvey of Kingston.
The Boise office of the United States
land department has been notified to
withdraw large tract of land in Can
yon county from entry, excepting en-
tries under the homestead law, for en-
try under the reclamation act of June
II, 1902.
The debate recently at Lewiston be-
tween the Lewiston normal and the
University of Idaho academy debat-
ing teams, was won by the former.
The question debated was Should
railroad rates in the United States be
fixed by governmental control?"
Joseph S. Brown was shot by an
unknown holdup recently at Idaho
Falls. He had started for the depot,
when man appeared in front of him
and another in the rear An instant
later the man in front fired, the bull
let piercing Browns abdomen.
The presidents train is to leave Wal
la Walla at $50 p. m. May %, and
proceed to Wallace, Idaho, stopping
for five minutes at Tekoa. He leaves
Wallace the next morning, reaches
Spokane at 2:35 p. M, stops here three
and one half hours, and leaves for Mon
tana, presumably by the Northern Pa
ciic, at Cos p. m.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-03-28
GEN. FUNSTON AMUSED.
Dr.. Parkhurst Accuses Him of Deceit
and Treachery


Portland, Ore, March 26.-"T am
disposed to feel amused rather than of.
Tended at the eruption of this man
Parkhurst, in New York, last Sunday"
said Brigadier General Frederick Fun
ston to a reporter, when asked for a
statement in reply to the utterances
OF the well known divine wherein he
charged that General Funston's cap
ture Of Aguinaldo was ACCOMPLISHED
by deceit and treachery; violating the
laws of war, the laws of hospitality
and the laws of God"
Il laughed when l read the dis
patch" continued the general, "but
shall not lend dignity to his effusion
by offering reply l had supposed all
along, until | saw his name in print
last night that Parkhurst was in the
pound, but it seems he is still at large.
Evidently Parkhurst hasn't raided any
dance halls lately, and he wants to at
tract public attention to himself by
jumping on me, in the hope that | will
answer him. But he needn't worry
about that. | won't bother him. He
is blowing off steam, and if he enjoys
it, let him keep it up" and then, after
a moments meditation, the hero of the
Philippines looked up and said:
Il notice the newspapers haven't
been saying much about Parkhurst
lately. l suppose this initiates him
and he Is taking a shot at me as a bid
for public notice"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-03-28
Hold-Ups Took $500.

North Yakima. Wash, March 81
The store of the Bickner Mercantile
& Trading company at Mabton was
robbed of $500 by two robbers. About
9 o'clock at night two men walked into
the store and commanded Mr.. Bick-
ner, who was alone. to throw up his
hands. He complied and at the point
of a revolver was commanded to open
the safe, which was locked. He hest
tated moment. but the robbers
threatened to shoot him 4 he did not
comply He then turned the combina-
ton. One man stood over him with a
revolver while the other went through
the safe, in which they found the
money. The robbers then disappeared
in the darkness.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-03-28
MINES AND MINING NEWS.
SNOW RETARDs ACTIVE WORK IN
SOME PLACES.
Items of Interest of a Miscellaneous
Nature Gathered During the Past
Week-New Districts Brought to
the Front-Many Mining Accidents
and Personals.

Montana gives every promise of hav-
ing a second Butte, SO far as copper
mining is concerned. While the dis
coveries were originally made last fail,
and rich ones at that, the ore was not
nearly as rich as that uncovered this
spring in the Tarbox mine at Saltese,
Missoula county Reports of an ex
ceedingly rich copper-gold strike have
just been received from that place.
One 60 pound piece of ore was extract
ed last week from that mine which
was nearly solid copper, and of the re.
naming values gold predominated.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-03-28
Mysterious Triple Traqedy.

Cincinnati, Ohio, March 24.-There
was a mysterious triple tragedy here
at the home of A. M. Betty, local NAH
ager of the Wabash-Crosby mills of
Minneapolis, but it was not known I'M
til later, when the dead bodies of A.
M. Betty, his wife, Lulu. and their boy,
Harry, aged 20 months, were found
by neighbors. A note written by Bet
ty was found, in which he accused his
wife of killing the baby, and the police
think the woman may have killed him
and the baby on account of domestic
troubles.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-03-28
Trainmen Get Raise.

Salt Lake, Utah, March 23.-Effect
i've March l the tralnmen and engin-
GERS of the Oregon Short Line railroad
have been granted an increase in wa
ges, the advance averaging IL per cent
for passenger conductors and brake
men and Is per cent for freight con-
ductors and brakemen. The percent
age of increase for the engineers will
average a little less.