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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-07-30

Sometimes" said Uncle Eben, "a
man gifts abused jes' foh habbin mo
prudence dan yuthuh folks. l specks
dat Noah's wicked neighbors had a
heap to say agin his ship monopoly
aftuh de rain sot in good an steady"
Washington Star.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-07-30
British Schooner Wrecked

Halifax, n. s., July "a Char
lottetown, P. E. l., dispatch says TIL,
British schooner Laurel, Captain Dou
rette, was totally wrecked near Ira
tadie, during a violent northerly gale
f'he captain and crew of FIVE men es
famed
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-07-30
To Shine bx Contrast.

Aunt-Iour bride. my dear boy, is de-
lightfully rich and all that, but don't
think she will make much of beauty
show at the altar.
Nephcw-You don't, eh? Just wait
till you see her with the bridesmaids
that she has selected.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-07-30
An Easy Order,

Shopkeeper-What can l show you
sir?
Absent Minded Professor want
let me see, what do l want? Dear me
! can't for the life of me remember
what it is. Well, well, it doesn't mat
ter Give me the nearest thing yol
have to il.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-07-30

Honesty is the best policy" sapient-
ly said the commuter.
my dear sir, you're wrongr' ex-
claimed the suddenly awakened insur
ance agent who had been doing in
the opposite seat. MY company has
the best policy. We long ago aban-
doned the other as out of date"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-07-30
Showing the Wny.

Whose little boy is this, l wonder"
asked the old gentleman.
There is two ways you could find
out" said the small boy.
How SO, my SOM"
'You might guess. or you might in
quire," replied the small boy.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-07-30

why Sharpe, I'm glad to see you
so lively again. You were quite lame
when 1 last met you"
"0h, yes; l was awfully hme then.
But that was before got a verdict
of 5000 against the railway COM
pany." Y -
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-07-30

Poor Jack! lie never could spell
and it ruined him"
"HowT'
"He wrote verse to an heiress he
was in love with, and he wrote bonS
for bonny."
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-07-30
Killed hY Natural Gas ExnIosinn-

Columbus, o., July 29.-An explos
ion OF natural gas in the rear of Cor
dell's saloon killed two women and in
iured half a dozen men.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-07-30

Some people are so conscientious
about loving their enemies that if they
haven't any they are perfectly willing
to make few.-Philadelph Record.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
ORGANIZED LABOR AROUSED.
Minnesota Unions Will Fight Ruling Of
MINNEAPOLIS JUDGE.

Minnesota Unions Will Fight Ruling Of
a Minneapolis Judge.
st. Paul, July 13.-Organized labor
throughout the entire state is thorough
ly aroused by recent developments in
the affairs of the building trades in st.
Paul and Minneapolis. Recognizing in
the present situation a crisis in the
cause of labor organization, it has de.
termined to treat it as such. This
can that every movement to restrain
or restrict the workingmen in the ex-
ercise of what they believe to be their
rights to organize and maintain their
organization will be vigorously contest
ed by the entire machinery of or
ganized labor.
This sentiment found concentrated
expression Sunday in the meeting of
the executive council of the State Fed
Grafton of Labor. held at Federation
hall in this city. The council voted to
put the entire force of the organization
in the state behind the plumbers OF st.
Paul in their pending strike; and also
to support and assist the Minneapolis
Building Trades council in carrying to
the supreme court the Injunction of
Judge Cray of the Hennepin county
district court restraining the electrical
workers of Minneapolis in their action
in the furtherance of their strike.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
The Latest sport In Paris.

Balloon chasing in automobiles is the
latest amusement in Paris. says the
New York World. The initial race was
run a few days ago. when four bal
looms sailed away. followed by a dozen
automobiles. The fun vas fast and
furious below and aloft until a sudden
change of the wind altered the curse
of the balloons. leaving the baf1ed
automobiles in perplexity. Nothing
daunted. they chased about in all direc-
tons. two of them finally sighting one
balloon on the horizon and arriving
just in time for the descent. With a
cheer for their success. they rushed
upon the astonished aeronauts. only
to discover that the balloon was not
n of the competing ones
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
One Man Killed and Several Others
Injured at Washington.


Washington, July 13.-During a ter
rtble thunderstorm which passed over
the city Sunday, lightning struck a
b%athhouse near the Potomac river in
which about a dozen men had taken
refuge on their way home from the
bathing beach. One man was killed
outright, another Sc badly injured he
may die, and still another Is in the
hospital suffering severely from the eff
fects of the bolt. @H-
Robert b. Smith was killed and
Charles Slaughter, colored, may die.
Every one of the men who had taken
refuge in the bathhouse felt the eff.
fects of the thunderbolt. Ten feet of
the flag pole over the house was
wrenched off and the structure itself
vas wrecked. c. H. Bannigan. tho
policeman on duty at the bathhouse,
while hurrying to the emergency hos
rital for assistance after the accident
was twice rendered temporarily I'm
conscious from the effects of the light.
nlng striking trees near him. PLY.
sicians from the hospital succeeded in
restoring most of those who had been
hurt to consciousness and the remain
der were taken to the hospital. Here
It was found that Slaughter, the color.
ed man, was so badly shocked and
burned that he may die. He is still
unconscious. Lyons. a white man
aged thirty-seven. was also badly
burned. but will ecove
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
KILLED ON OPERATING TABLE.
Indiana Farmer shoots His son-in-Law
to Death.

to Death.
Blufftonl, Ind, July 13.-John Ter
rell, a wealthy farmer living near Pc.
troleum, nine miles north of the city,
killed his son-in-lay, Melvin Wolfe,
Sunday afternoon, firing both barrels
Of a shotgun into his head as Wolfe
lay on the doctors operating table to
have his leg amputated, necessitated
bv a wound from Terrell's gun, fired
a short time before.
-Four years ago Wolfe married Ter
rill's daughter. Wolfe deserted the
girL it is said, leaving her with a
child in arms. A suit was brought to
compel him to support his wife. 1t is
claimed Wolfe had twice driven by the
Terrell home shouting insulting re-
marks and shaking his fist at Terrell.
The third time he drove by, Terrell
jumped from some bushes along the
roadside and fired at his son-in-law
with a double barrelled shotgun. The
first charge shattered Wolfe's right
leg. The second barrel missed. Wolfe
was hurried to the office. of DR.. Saun.
ders at Petroleum and placed on an
operating table to have the leg ampu.
tated. While a crowd stood around
watching the doctor, Terrell came up
from his home in a buggy, broke in the
doors of the doctors Office, drove out
the crowd at the point of his u and
with the remark 81 am after him and
| am going to get him yet fired both
barrels into him son-in-law's head. He
was terribly mutilated. At the time he
fired the young man was only half
conscious. Terrell got in his buggy,
loaded up his shotgun. and pointed it
at the mob that had hastily formed,
held it at bay and drove to the sheriff's
residence. He is in Jail.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
ALL The FREIGHT HANDLERS IN
CHICAGO MAY ONCE MORE
QUIT WORK.
TO ASSIST THE TRANSFERS
DIFFICULTY ARISES FROM RE.
FusAL OF A FIRM TO FIRE
NoNUNIoN MEN.

Chicago, July 13.-The indications
are that today will bring the com
mencement of another conflict between
the freight handlers organization in
Chicago and the railways such as was
experienced here last summer, when
the union was defeated and all but
disrupted. The difficulty this time is
not over a question of wages, but is
brought about by a controversy be-
tween the Transfers union and the
Kellogg Switchboard & Supply COM
pany, of which the employees went on
strike two months ago because the
firm refused to discharge ten nonunion
employees. The Kellogg plant has
been tied up ever since the strike be
cause of the refusal of the union
teamsters to deliver or to take away
goods from the factory while the
strike was on. Two efforts were made
to perform the work with nonunion
teamsters under police protection.
Riots between policemen and the strik-
ers followed the attempts, but the COM
pany succeeded in delivering the goods
to the railroads.
Freight Handlers Baked.
When the goods were unloaded onto
the railroad platform however, the
freight handlers, acting under or
ders of their president, refused to
handle the freight and were discharg-
ed. A compact was then formed be-
tween the union transfers and other
unions involved in the Kellogg strike
and President -Curran of the Freight
Handlers union whereby the latter
agreed to call a general strike of
the freight handlers employed on the
railroads in Chicago, if any further at
tempts were made to deliver goods to.
the railroads with nonunion Transfers.
Preparations were made by the KEEL
logg company Sunday for the de-
livery of several carloads of freight
to the railroads Monday morning with
nonunion teamsters. President Cur
ran of the freight handlers said last
night that if the Kellogg people per-
sisted in such a course he would order
a general strike of freight handlers
in this city today. The railroad nan
ayers stated that they were prepared
for a strike.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
Plain Enaurh.
Election Notice.

Notice is hereby given that on Sat
urday, July 25th, 1903, at the residence
of O. L. Jones, located on lots one Cd
and two (2) OF block No. So in Fosters
addition to the city of Billings, a spe-
cial election will be held at which
the qualified electors residing in the
territory described hereinafter shall
determine in their own behalf the
following question:
"Shall the city of Billings annex
the following described territory: Be-
ginning at the quarter corner between
sections thirty-two and thirty-three in
township one north OF range twenty
six east, running thence due north
to an intersection with the center
of Ninth avenue north, running thence
in a southwesterly direction along the
| center OF Ninth avenue north to an
! intersection with the west line of the
southeast quarter of said section thir-
ty- two, thence due south along the
said west line of said southeast quar-
ter of section %thirty-two to an inter-
section with the present corporate
limits of said city, and running thence
along the present corporate limits OF
said city to the place of beginning,
as shown by the map of said pro-
posed annex territory IN Tile in the
office of the county clerk"
The polls of which election will be
open at eight o'clock in the morning
and continue open until six o'clock
in the afternoon of the same day.
Dated this 5th, day of June, A. D.
1903.
PA JOHN w. FISH,
Clerk of the Board of County Com
m%issioners.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
SOLDIERS AFTER NEGROES.
United States Troops Try to Pull Off
a Double Lynching.

Kansas City, July ia special
from Leavenworth, Kan. says:
United States soldiers from Fort
Leavenworth attempted to lynch
Everidge Williams and Walter Brown,
negroes. last night, and for more than
an hour the entire police department
was kept busy quelling the trouble.
Williams and Brown had engaged in
a row with soldiers. and n of them
fired a number of shots at a soldier.
The soldiers then c~ongregated in great
numbers, and it was decided to lynch
the negroes If they could be found.
Twenty-Five soldiers and a number OF
citizens went to the homes of Williams
and Brown and surrounded both
houses. Ropes had been secured and
everything was in readiness for a
lynching. Policemen with rifles and
r%evolvers appeared on the scene and
finally succeeded in getting Brown and
Williams away to the police station.
A number of soldiers with revolvers
were arrested, but were later released
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
TO TIBET BY A
How the New Century La Attacking
Ancient StrOnghOlds.

How the New Century La Attacking
Ancient StrOnghOlds.
Attention has at last been turned to
the problem of Tibet. and action Is
being taken by the government OF In
dia which is likely to have exceeding
" important results, writes the Simla
correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press. The Thirty-second Pioneers
and a company of Madras Sappers
have been sen to rebuild the road by
the Teesta valley to the frontier.
A railway from Siliguri, the present
terminus of the Northern Bengal State
railway to the spot. eleven miles dis
tant. where the Teesta valley route de-
pouches from the Himalayas into the
plains of India has been surveyed.
and mention begins to be made in the
Indian press of the Torsa valley route.
through independent Brutan territory.
by which it would be possible to push
a mountain railway right up to Tibet
since it avoids the snowy passes over
which the Jeylep road must climb.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
Notice to

Notice is hereby given that the
assessment book for the year 1908
has been completed by the assessor
and delivered to the undersigned. The
board of county commissioners will
meet at the county clerks office, at
Billings, Yellowstone county, Mon
tana, on Monday, July 20, 1908, as a
board of equalization, and will con-
tinue in session from time to time
until the business of equalization is
disposed of, but not later than the
second Monday In August.
21-2 j. W..FISH, County Clerk.
Billings, Mont, July IA, 1903.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
Lord Bere.ford,. Popularity.

Lord Charles Beresford's popularity
with the men under his command is
VIGOROUSLY as great as with the public,
says a London cable dispatch to the
New York Herald. A good example of
his CHEEKY methods of winning it oc-
cured recently during the cruise of
the channel feet. There was a steam
ing competition. in which Lord Charles
Beresford's flagship. the Majestic.
gave the other battleships two hours
start and won the race. To mark his
approval of the stokers' work. Lord
Charles descended into the stokehold,
addressed the men in a short speech
and provided each of them with a pint
of beer at his expense.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
NEGRO CARVED BY A MOB.
West Virginia Black Meets Horrible
Death for Assaulting a Child.

Death TOR Assuring a ChlIo. s
Wheeling, w. Va, July ia spe-
cial to the Register from Bluefelds
says: The full details of inc of the
blacklist crimes that has ever blotted
the history of the state have just
reached this city. The little town of
Devon, Mingo county,, was the scene
of the assaulting of a fourteen-year-
old girl by a negro, followed by his
subsequent lynching by an enraged
mob numbering over 200 men
The negro tied the girl to a tree,
where she was found by searchers, who
then laid in wait and captured the ne
gro when he returned to again assault
the child.
The mob then tore the clothes from
the negro, stuck pins, tacks and
knives into his body; cut out his
tongue and skinned him until he ex-
pired in awful agony. pleading for his
life. His heart was then cut out with
jackknives. his toes and fingers
chopped off for souvenirs, and his
CORY, mangled form raj then soaked
with kerosene and burned.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
RIOT IN NEW YORK.
Police Reserves Of Three Precincts
Called Out to Suppress Negroes.

T. S0SsC0 WY r ISSSsOSSs
New York, July ia riot which
required the reserves of three police
precincts to suppress broke out last
night in the negro quarter in West
Sixty-second street. The trouble was
precipitated by the attempt of Police
man Conner to arrest William John
son.. the leader of a gang of negroes
who were making a disturbance in the
street.
The policeman secured his prisoner
after a sharp fight and was dragging
him to the station house when he was
assaulted by a mob and volleys OF
bricks and stones were hurled at him
from the roofs of adjoining tenements.
On the arrival of two other police
men Conner opened fire on a negro on
a roof and the shots were returned
from windows of the house. The re-
serves, cleared the streets and chased
the rioters over the roofs. making
several arrests and finally restored
order. -l4.- So.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
FAST MAIL CRASHES INTO AN Elk.
PRESS TRAIN AND KILLS
THREE PERSONS.
FIFTY OTHERS ARE INJURED
THE MAJORITY OF THOSE WHO
SUSTAIN HURTS ARE KANSAS
CITY NEGROES.

Kansas City, Mo-, July 13.-Missouri
Louis at 3 o'clock Sunday morning for
Kansas City, crashed into an excur
sion train, southbound from Kansas
City, that had become stalled between
Little Blue and Lees Summit. Three
persons were killed outright, two OF
them tramps, the other an unknown
man, and fifty others we're injured.
With the exception of II or two of
the crew on the fast mail, all of the in
jured were on the excursion train.
Most OF them were negroes from
Kansas City, and their injuries with
one or two exceptions consisted in cuts
and bruises. None of the passengers
on the fast mail was hurt. Only the
engine, one baggage and a mail car on
the fast mail left the track. Walter
G. Coleman, mail clerk of st. Louis,
was badly bruised and cut.
Responsibility for the wreck seems
to rest with the crew of the fast mail.
which failed to stop promptly when
tagged. The engine on the excursion
train, which consisted of twelve
coaches, heavily loaded, broke down.
While repairs were being made two
f1agmen we're sent ahead to stop the
fast mail, then about due. The engi-
neer on the mail train failed to see
the foremost f1agman and only slack
ened up when warned by the second
man, who was within a short distance
Of the excursion train. The fast mail
was running at a high rate of speed
and it was impossible to come to a
full stop. When the fast mail struck
the other train it was making fifteen
miles an hour. All the injured will
recover
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
BANK OFFICIAL ARRESTED.
Alleged to Be a Defaulter to the Ex
tent OF About $45 900.

Newburg, N. Y, July 13.-Joseph
W. Cummin is in Jail here on the
charge of grand larceny. He was
secretary and treasurer of. the Corn
wall bank and is alleged to be a de-
faulter to the extent of about $4,000.
wrecking the bank. Saturday the
state examiner appeared at the bank.
and before the examination of the
books Cummin took him aside and
confessed he was short in his accounts
between $4,000 and $50 1000. He
added he would render the examiner
every assistance possible and point
out the falsified accounts. Cummin
was placed under arrest.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
Chicago Union stock Yards.

Chicago, July 1l.-Cattle-Good to
prime steers, S5.O0@5.4O; poor to me
dunn, $3.9O@5.O0; stockers end feed
ers. $2.50@4.5O: cows, $1.50@4.0o;
heifers. $2.25@4.50: calves, $2.50@
900. Hcgs-Mixed and butchers. $5.s5
@5.55; good to choice heavy, $500
$50; rough heavy, $5.15@5.35; light.
$5.60@5.S5. Sheep-Good to choice,
$3.75@4.00; Western, $2.5O@3.75; ma
tive lambs. $3.00@6.O0.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
CHILD is DOING WELL.
Skull Cut Open and Anti-Toxin In
serted to Cure LockjaW.

New York, July BIN the case of
Walter Graham. a ~five-year-old boy of
Mount Vernon. N. Y. who was suf-
fering from lockjaw through the. ex-
plosion of a blank cartridge which
lacerated his hand July 4, DR.. George
c. Weiss Sunday in the presence of
twelve physicians, cut open the lads
skull Nand inserted anti-toxin. The
jaws relaxed in an hour and the child
is doing well. DR.. Weiss says he vii
recover.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
OBLIGED TO TAKE A BATH.
Russian Railway Has Special Cars
Built For WOrkmen.

Built For Workmen.
On the Kursk-C harkov-Sevastopol
railway in Russia a travelling bath has
been built and put into use on the line
for the workmen and their families.
says a special cable dispatch from
Vienna to the Chicago Inter Ocean.
The bath consists Of w cars con-
nected with each other by Il covered
way. In one car are a number OF
baths. while the second is the dressing
room. - e..7 /"
The arrangement of the working is
that at a stated hour of a certain day
the bath will arrive at each station on
the line and remain a number of
hours. during which time all the en-
ployees and their families will be
obliged to take their weekly wash.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
TERRIBLE STORM IN NEBRASKA.
Wind Does Much Damage to Buildings
and Crops.

anu NTOPS. - -sr
Beaver City, Neb., July ia terri
BILE electric and wind storm prevailed
here Sunday afternoon lasting forty
five minutes, in which time IA inches
Of rain fell. The wind blew with
great %vilocity, doing much damage to
small buildings, wind mills and to the
wheat crop just ready for harvest.
The Union Salvation army of Kansas
and Nebraska, now holding a camp
meeting here, suffered much loss.
Nine of their tents were blown down,
Commander Holland was struck by a
falling tent pole and sustained a dis
location Of the shoulder. The camp
was flooded with water. Beaver creek
Is out of its banks and a section of the
Burlington track between Beaver City
and Stamford is washed out.
A cloudburst visited the Little Blue
river district south of Hastings and
much property is reported destroyed
and many head of cattle drowned.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
Prince to inspect the kearsarse.

Portsmouth, Eng, July 13.-The
prince Of Wales arrived Sunday even
ing for the inspection Of Rear Adj
|miral Cotton's flagship Kearsarge to-
day. Among the guests at the dinner
|giveE by Admiral Hotham in honor of
the prince of Wales were the officers
OF the American squadron.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
OFFICIALS RESTING UP.
Quiet at Evansville, Ind, After a Week
Of Excitement.

Evansville, Ind, July 13.-The town
has been quiet all day and the officials
have han an opportunity to rest up
after a week of excitement.
The negroes remained at their homes
all of Sunday and the services at their
churches were not we'll attended. Many
of the negroes who left the city dur
ing the week are returning, and by the
middle of Ahe week business will be
resumed in Baptisttown. The au-
thorities will keep no extra guards
this week as they believe the excite
ment is at an end. It is not thought
it will be necessary to guard Lee
Brown. the negro. when he is brought
back for trial for killing Policeman
Massey.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
Irish immigration Figures.

New York. July 13.-Figures OF
Irish immigration Cor the fiscal year
ended June 90 have been compiled b.
the Ellis island Off ials and show thai
about 5000 more persons arrived from
the Emerald Isle during 1923 than
during 1902. The total for the fer
mer period was 2t,a5G.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
BASEBALL SCORES.

National League.
At st. Louis. S; Philadelphia, 4.
At Chicago. 6; Brooklyn, L..
At Cincinnati, S; New York, IL.
American Association.
At Toledo, s.; Columbus, 6. !
At Minneapolis. g.; Milwaukee, IL
ten innings.
At st. Paul, g.; Kansas City. /.