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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-26
ExPLoDEs.
One Trainman Killed and Four Others
Badly Injured.

Erie, Pa, May 25.-While passing
Mays siding on the hill about seven
miles west of Kane, the boiler On one
of the locomotives pushing a Phila
delphia and Erie freight train explod
ed, killing n nan and injuring foul
others, three perhaps fatally.
The disaster was an unusual one in
somuch as the train was running at
the time and also because the crown
sheet of the exploded boiler was
blown clear through the caboose
splitting it in two and completely
wrecking it, SO that it was set on fire
and burned up as the quickest way tt
clear the tracks. The injured, except
the engineer and firemen, were in the
caboose.
John CRANE, brakeman. was killed
Charles Owens, conductor, and
Henry Gardner, fagman, will die: w
j. Swartzfager. engineer, may die, and
Peter Crossen, fireman, is badly in.
jured.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-26
MAcEDoNIANs DEFEATED.
Turks Kill Nineteen Men and Burn
and PilIage Houses.

Turks Kill Nineteen Men and Burn
and PilIage Houses.
Salonica, May 25.-The revolution
airy band of nineteen men headed by
the Macedonian leader, Svetkoff,
against which the Turkish troops were
fighting all day Thursday near the
Bulgarian village OF Mogil, six miles
north of MDnastir, was finally sur
rounded and destroyed. The fight was
a prolonged one and Svetkoff, twelve
of his men and six villagers were
killed. The Turkish loss was trifling.
After the fighting the Bashi Bazouks
pillaged and burned eighteen houses
in Mogil.
Terror prevails in Monastir and the
consuls propose to ask for foreign
guards. Another sixteen b%attalions Of
Turkish troops are coming from Asia
Minor to complete the occupation of
the villages.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-26
THREE PERSONS KILLED AND A
NUMBER INJURED AT Foss,
OKLAHOMA.
CL0uDBURsT DAMAGES ENID
GREAT WALL OF WATER SWEEPS
AWAY HOMES AND CAUSES
SUFFERING.

Guthrie, Okla, May 25.-A tornado
struck Foss, a town of 200 inhabitants,
On the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf
railway in Western Oklahoma. Sun.
day morning. completely destroying
thirteen residences and wrecking many
outhouses. Three persons were killed
and a number injured, one, r. p. Hall,
seriously. The dead are F. M. Slagel,
wife and daughter.
The %cloudburst reported at Yukon,
eighteen miles west of Oklahoma,
completely inundated the Canadian
valley, causing great damage to crops
lost.
passed over Chickasha and through
less destruction. The damage was
and Frisco railways. Two Rock Is.
land bridges over the Canadian and
Washita rivers were washed out, car.
rying over 800 feet of track with
them and e~ffectually blocking traffic.
The northbound Rock Island passen.
ger train ran into a washout five
miles north of Chickasha and left the
track. Several passengers were slight.
ly injured, but there was no loss of
life.
Oklahoma City was visited Satur-
day night and Sunday morning by the
heaviest rainfall ever known in that
region and the damage estimated at
500, 900 was done. Many feared a
tornado and spent the night in cellars
and caves.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-26
cLoUDRuRsT IN IOWA.
Causes Large Flood in the Valley Of
the Floyd River.

Sioux City, Ia, May 25.-A cloud
burst above Merrill, added to the re-
cent continued rains, has caused a
large food in the valley of the Floyd
river. which is a mile wide at Hinton,
stretching from him to hill. Great
damage to farm property has resulted,
much stock being drowned.
Sioux City was warned by teles
phone, and people in the lower part Of
the city moved out of their homes,
fearing a repetition of the disastrous
food of 1898. The river has risen
rapidly here, but is not yet out of it's
banks,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-26
MOB REPULsED.
Officers Illustrate Attempt to Lynch
Two Idaho Negroes.

Nampa, Ida, May 25.-A mob at
tackled the city Jail shortly before
midnight in an attempt to lynch two
negroes, James T. Quarles and Henry
Williams, who were involved in a
shooting ARRAY at a ball game Sun
day afternoon which resulted in the
probable fatal wounding of Policeman
Grogan. The mob got inside the Jail
but were forced to retire after a lively
scrimmage with a dozen special Off
GERS.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-26
FROM BROOKLYN BRIDGE.
Unknown Man Plunges to His Death
While Smoking a Cigar.

New York, May 25.-An unknown
mar sitting in an open car crossing
Brooklyn bridge suddenly alighted
when the car was in the middle of the
center span and, running to the side
of the bridge, jumped into the river.
He threw his hat into the face of a
fireman who tried to seize him as he
stood poised on the edge of the tres
tlework, and then dived headfirst,
holding a lighted cigar between his
teeth. His body rose to the surface
Immediately after the plunge and was
carried away by the current.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-26
Prominent cattleman Convicted.

Guthrie. Okla, May 25.-Frank
Speer, a prominent cattleman. on trial
at Talloga. Okla, charged with shoot.
ing at homesteaders with intent tc
kill, has been convicted. The shoot
ing was the elimination of a feud OF
lond standing between the cattlemen
and farmers of Western Oklahoma.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-26
Killed by liahtninq.

Springfield, ILL.,, May 25.-Spring-
field and vicinity was visited by a
heavy rain and wind storm Sunday.
Raymond Morrison, aged nineteen
years. residing one mile west of Cur
Eel was struck by lightning and in.
stantly killed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-26
ONLY A FEW ESCAPE
TURKS BURN THE VILLAGE OF
sANlTzi AND HuRDER THE
INHABITANTS.

London. May 25.-The Sofia cor.
respondent of the Morning Leader tele.
graphs that the Macedonian commit
tee reports that the Turks have
burned the village of Banitzi, near
Sores. Only 4S of the 500 Inhabitants
escaped, and many women and girls
were outraged and murdered and their
bodies cast into the water.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-26
THREATEN TO STRIKE.
Three Thousand Leather Workers De-
mand Shorter Hours.

Milwaukee. May 25.-Local No. 81.
Amalgamated Leather Workers Union
Of America. held a meeting Sunday
and decided to go out on strike at the
various %tanneries throughout the city
at 8 O'Clock a. m. unless the Milwaukee
tanners agree to a schedule of fifty
three hours work per week at the
same wages which they have been re-
ceiving for sixty hours work. Nine
t~anneries and 5000 men are involved.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-26
Murder and Suicide.

Newcastle. Pa. May 25.-Char es
Grannis of this city shot Mrs. Della
May Ryhal at Cascade Park, near
here, Sunday evening and then shot
himself, Both are at a hospital here,
and it is said neither can live.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-26
Fatally Slabs His stepson.

Marion. Ind, May 25.-L. D. Bald.
win, a prominent attorney, fatally
stabbed his stepson, Bert Ritter, at
their home and severely stabbed his
wife and s~tepdaughter, Mrs. John
Budd during a quarrel.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-26
He Found the Leak.

San Francisco, May 25.-Howard j.
LAWYER, a printer, his aged mother, his
sister-in-saw Ii the latter's two chill
dren. were severely burned by an ex-
ploslon OF gas in LAWYERS home here.
Lawler was trying to locate a leak in a
gas range with a lighted match.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-26
MAX o'RELL is E A

Never Fully Recovered From Effects
Of an Operation.
Paris, May 25.-Paul Blouet (Mas
O'RelD died last night. He had beer
ailing for several months and never re
covered entirely from the effect Of an
operation performed some time ago il
New York. ~
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-26
Refuse to Arhitrate

Chicago, May 25.-Refusal Of the
laundry drivers to submit their wage
scale to arbitration prevented a set
tlement of the laundry strike Sunday
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-26
BAD FIRE At PHILADELPHIA
Million Dollars Worth of Property
DESTROYED,

Philadelphia, May Pa fire that is
estimated to have caused a loss of up
wards of 1000, 900, occurred in the
building of the Front Street Ware.
housing company. The building was
three stories high on Front and five
in the e and had two sub-cel!ars.
Merchandise of a general character
was stored in the place.
The fire started in the basement
and was not discovered until the GEN.
ter of the first floor was in flames.
The character of the goods in the
building made it an easy prey to the
flames, and the whole structure was
soon ablaze. Everything in the build
ing was destroyed by either fire or
water. The contents of the building
We're owned by many firms and indi-
viduals, and it is not known what
amount of insurance was carried on
the goods. The building was owned
by Jacob Wiseman, and was valued a
$4,000.
Three firemen were injured, two Of
them sustaining fractured shoulder
blades.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-26
DAsHEs INTO A CROWD.
Motorcycle Kills Two Spectators anc
Injuries Many Others.

Bristol. Eng, May pa serious
motorcycle accident occurred here
The motor swerved into a crowd Of
spectators, two of whom were killed
and many others seriously injured.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-26
GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENT.
Erie Express Strikes a Trolley Car
and Injuries Fourteen People.

Dayton, O., May 25.-Mr. and Mrs.
Buckway were fatally hurt and a
dozen others, including the three
Buckway children, were seriously hurt
by a trolley car being struck by the
Erie express at a grade crossing.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-26
SIX PERSONS KILLED
SAWMIll BOILER ExPlODES ANc
INJURIES NINE OTHERS At
WILCOX, LA.

%Plaquemine, La, May 25.-One OF
the boilers Of Wilson & Cochran's
sawmill at Wilcox, near Warrington
station. exploded during the day, kill
ing six persons.
The dead are: William E. Pearson,
white, laborer: James Victor, Phillip
Archer, William Hill, Richard Hill,
Joseph Thomas.
Nine others are seriously injured
and it is thought that two of them
will die. No cause is given for the
explosion.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-07
Last Barrier Gone.

The Judge says: Henry said
Mrs. Penhecker, "you have not yet
told me what good resolve you have
made for the new year"
why, my dear" protested Henry,
'syou know that / have no small
vices or bad habits at all Don't you
now that you have induced me to
Stop swearing and smoking and
drinking and going out nights, and
every thing else that / used to think
i wanted to do?"
Eyes, love-" answered Mrs. Pen
hecker, sweetly; but it sometimes
seems to me that you read the adj
vertisements Of liquors and cigars
with a sinful satisfaction. 1t would
be better for you, spiritually, if you
should sternly and firmly resolve to
shun them hereafter"
And poor Henry shrank further
and further into the nice new house
coat that she had made from her old
dolman.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-07
TRUSTEES SALE.

ITnsier and by virtue 20 - cel tain deed
of trust executed hy J. g. Foster aud
w s. Temple 10 V w d aughn. ~,
trustee fer F. A Drau ghn. on the sth
day OF July, A. d 1901. recorded on
mage $50 and $50 of deed hook M" in
the office # the clark of the chanceiy
court of Perry county. Mississippi. at
HAITI. sburg. made to secure dtbt dur
to r A. Dranghn amounting TO seven
bundled dollars:
/ will. as substituted trustee in said
deed of trust. sell to the hghest bidder
for cash M public cutlery. at the court
house door IN the city of Hsttitsburg.
within legal hours, on the fr-t Monday
in January. A d 1903. the same being
the 5th da, Of said n onth, the property
therein described. towit;
The north half of the nor'h west
ona,ier If section twenty tive (25).
town hip four az north. range thirteen
f181 weat, IN Percy county. Mississippi
Ard will execute TO the purchaser snch
da.d as Is vested in me rs substituted
t~,,ssee In said deed of frnst.
r E. L EATON
Substituted Trus..p
Witness my hand this Dee. %, 1902
dec23 3wks
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-07
CONTEST NOTICE.
Department of the Interior.


Jackson. Mississippi. Dec. -. 1872. q
utilcient ca test affidavit having been
fled IN this off e by Eye Mcdonald. of
Riehton. Miss, contestant, against Jackson
series homestead entry No 3in02, made Sep.
TENDER l5 1879. for ne or NV or section 81 Il
sc or sw Or and hf s. or section 2S. town
ship north. range9 west, by Green Farmer.
ontestee. in which IL Is alleged that he Is
we'll acquaintvd with the tract of land en-
braced in the said entry and knows the
present condition of the same; also that
said Gre N Farmer has never lived on said
land nor cultivated and improved the same
but that Ii IL in wild and u cultivated state;
and that aid ALLEGED absence tnerefrom is
not due to his employ ment In the army.
navy.or Marine Corps OF the United State
as a private soldier. officer. seaman. or
marine, during the war with Spain or dur
ing any other war In viii the United
states may he engaged, said parties
hereby not fed 10 appear. respond and offer
evidence touching said allegation at 10
O'clock a. m. on February %, ly0S, before T
j. Nixon. clerk circuit court of Perry
county at his Office In Augusta Mississippi,
and that hnal hearing will ~ held al 10
O'Clock a. m. on March 8. 10 8. before the
reTi~t and receiver al The United States
Land Oh &c In jackson. Mis- -issippi
| affidavit. al IA De-embsr IS 1902. set forth
| facts which show that after due diligence
PERSONAL service of this notice cannot be
made. n is hereby ordered and directed thar
such notice be given oy due and proper
publication.
jans-ewks F.w. COLLINS. Register.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-07
General Jake Sharp.

Gen. J. H. Sharp, most courtly
gentleman and conservative Legls-
lator whose capacity and integrity
is unquestioned. is likely to become
a candidate for state Treasurer, and
we trust that he will for the state
would honor herself by electing this
grand, faithful, deserving old gentle
man who has given her so much
credltable and valuable service to
any position. If he should aspire t.
the place he would hardly have an
opponent and should not.-Stark-
vile News.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-07

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION - Depart
Nmeni of the Interior. Land Office arJack
son, Miss, Dec "a lA2
Notice is hereby given that the following
nam. Il settler has filed notice of har intpn-
ton to make final proof in support of r
claim. ard that said proof will be made be-
fore the circuit clerk. Perry county, at
Augusta, Miss, on February 8, 1908, viz:
ELIZABETH f VALLEY.
Homestead Entry No. 1899. for the ne or
sw or section -, township north, range 10
west OF ST. stephens meridian.
She lanes the following witnesses to
prove her continue us residence upon and
Gu vst-oH of said land, viz:
Martin Edwards. A. Scarborough, Wes-
Richton, Mis-.
jam st +. W. COLLINS. Register.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-07

NOT CE FOR PUBLICATION-Dep
Nment Of the Interior. Land Office at Jack
son. Miss, Drcem ner 29, 1902.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before the
chanc"Ty clerk of Perry county, at Hotties
burg, Miss on February IA. 1903 viz:
JOHN T. BARNES.
Homestead Entry No. 32323, for the hf
sw or sw or Sc or 4 sw or of NV or. sec. y,
township 4 north. range - vest of St.
Stevens meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land. viz:
n. F. Clark, a. l.. Hathorn. ID, b. Davis
and II b. Reynolds. all of Hattiesburg,
Miss,
janl-5t +. W. COLLINS, Register.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-07

Strayed or stolen One cream color
pony horse. Black name and tail,
blazed face. Left eye white or glass.
Wire scars on right side and shoulders.
White list on right side and on neck.
About years old. Will pay what is
right to the one bringing him to me.
J. D. Stuart, 449 East Bushman
street. jan55t
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-07
The Pride of Heroes.

Many soldiers in the last war wrote
to say that for scratches, bruises. cuts.
wour ds, corns, sore feet and stiff joints,
Brcklen's Arnics Salve is the best in
the world Same for burns, scalds,
boils, ulcers, skin eruptions and piles.
It cures or no pay. Only 25c at Tucker
g. Greer's drug store.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-07

Hon. j. McCampbell Johnston at
court house Tuesday night. Subject,
Memories" admission, 20 cents.
jan2 st
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-07

ZIONIST as ~ sapanlla, pva't Eot1iy@
500 cleanse. flesh builder aitf -ee'
I.a4 10 ~ 4; .
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-07

No scarcity Of best quality of coal
Also plenty of housewood. Phone 1913.
dec29tf w. s. TEMPLE.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-07

Want-d-A boy to run a job press
Address Free Press, poplarville, Mis-
,jan5 On
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-26
Board with the Butler.

To avoid the trouble of hOusekeep
ing, many wealthy Parisians board
with their butler. so to speak. Instead
of ordering the food for the household
from day to day. they pay fixed sum
per month to their butler or hOusekeep-
err. who contracts to supply them with
the usual three meals per day, com.
posed of the customary courses. says
What to Eat The price paid for this
service varies in accordance with the
style of living. If guests be invited to
dinner or any sort of entertainment be
given, an extra sum per head is paid.
In this way the lady of the house
avoids the annoyance of butchers am
bakers bills, and if the butler does
not keep his part of the contract it is
easy enough to find another to replace
him. OF course, the presidents house
hold is carried out on this plan on a
large scale, and many of the big stores
supply all their employees with daily
meals in the same manner. The banks
and other administrations of similar
nature often furnish the monday mea.
to their clerks by contract, the latter
paying trifling sum toward the cost.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-26
lrar nsy Custom In belgium.

The most honored month of the year
in Belgium is the month Of May,
known as the Virgins month and con-
secrated to the Virgin Mary. In the
province OF Liege young maidens have
a quaint way of predicting their love
affairs this month. A group of girls
arrange to meet at sunrise and start
to walk through the fields until they
come TO a hedge, quite unobserved
from the highway, where they gen
orally choose a honeysuckle bush be
meath the protecting branches of
which to perform their mystic opera
tions. Each maiden selects three
blades of dew laden grass. the tops of
which she cuts to equal length and to
each of which she attaches a colored
silken thread. Black represents Il
bachelor, red an unknown lover and
green the secret desires of the maid
ems heart Ten days afterward they
return to the same spot where they
left the blades growing, and that blade
of the three chosen which has sur
passed the others in height reveals the
lover the maiden is destined to have
New York Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-26
THROWING THE lASSO.
The Manner In Witch the Rope Ia
Handled by an Expert.

a mistaken impression prevails i'll
the mind Of the public IN regard to the
manner In which lasso is handled"
gays an expert. The idsa that the loop
is always swung around the head be
fore making cast, especially when
the roper Is Oh foot, Is erroneous. No
man OF experience ever makes cast
Ia this fashion from the ground in
practical work. There are several rea-
sons why he does not. One Of them is
that the movement is likely to brighten
the stock, especially horses; another
that he may have to wait some min
utes before Il favorable opportunity
occurs for making a cast. He knows
that better results are obtained by
holding the rope as unobtrusiveiy as
possible, even keeping it concealed
from the object of capture.
ION the contrary, however, when
mounted and in pursuit it is absolutely
necessary to swing the loop over ana
around the head, for the cast must be
made with the greatest possible force
in order to overcome not only the for
ward movement of the pursued, but
also the action of the wind should that
chance to be against you.
LAS to the manner OF casting, some
'ropers' cast with a quick, jerlly move,
ment of the hand, seeming to use the
arm very little and the body not at all
Others employ body, arm and hand
Both methods are effective when per
fected by practice"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-26
The Manufacture of Pins.

In 1875 a prize was given to the
colonist of Carolina who produced
the first native pins and needles. Dur
ing the war of 1912, when, owing to
restrictions upon commerce, the price
of pins rose to the enormous sum of
81 per paper, the manufacture was
actually started in the United States,
but does not seem to have met With
success, as the enterprise was soon
abandoned. The industry was not fair
ly started in this country until the
year 1896
The early pins i'll this country, as in
England, were made with globular
heads of fine twisted wire, made sep
arately, and secured TO the shank by
compression from Il falling block and
die. These old pins had the misfor-
tune of often parting with their heads.
1t was to overcome this difficulty that
the attention of early inventors was
directed. The solid headed pin, il
common use today, took the place Of
the Old fern about 1910.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-26
The Old Way of Passing Bills.

A document found among the Duke
of Rutland's papers at Belvoir castle
throws curious light upon the mode
of getting private bills through the
house of commons in the days Of King
Charles II. The case in hand was the
divorce bill of John, Lord de Roos, an
affair that caused Il great deal of Cos
sip in its day. One of his lordship's
agents wrote in January, 1867: ION
Wednesday last l got six and forty of
the house of commons to the Dog tav-
ern, in the palace yard at Westmin-
ster, when were present Mr.. Attorney
General and Mr.. George Montagu. AS
soon as they had dined We carried
them all to the house of commons, and
they passed the bill, as the committee,
without any amendments, and ordered
it to be reported the next day"