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She-Don't you always shiver VIXEN
o pass the cemetery? He-Nor l..
I'm going t be cremated.-ColuIntia
Jester.
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Buffalo, March 24.-Mrs. Burdick,
the widow of the late e. l.. Burdick Of
Buffalo, who was murdered at his
home in that city, in a mysterious
manner, has been on the witness stand
for two days. She is t~estifying before
the coroner's jury and is being sharp
ly examined by the district attorney.
Her testimony thus far has been in
regard to her relations with Lawyer
Pennell, who together with his wife,
met a tragic death by riding over a
cliff in an automobile.
Mrs. Burdick admits a degree of
intimacy with Pencil that a be re-
garded as criminal. She acknowl-
edges clandestine, meetings with him
scores of times, and identifies endear-
ing letters written by him. She has
recounted the part taken by Pennell
ir the divorce proceedings. through
which she hoped to become legally
separated from her husband. She
states that Pennell promised to get
a divorce from his own wife and mar
ry her.
Mrs. Burdick disclaims any knowl-
edge of a certain bond of $4,000
which Pennell is alleged to have
furnished as a guarantee for her main
tenance through her life time. Much
of the testimony thus far offered at
the inquest relates to illicit meetings
with Pennell and trips hither and
thither made in his company. The
woman is breaking down under the
searching examination.
Just before court adjourned her evil
dence had been brought down to the
time of her husbands death, regard
ing which she testified, as followss:
Hears Of Husbands Death.
when you got the telegram from
your mother announcing Burdick's
death, what reply did you send?'
81 replied that l would be home the
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ELOPEO WITH HIS W|FE'S SISTER

to Moorhead, where he will be tried
a charge of deserving his wife and
three children. Under the Minnesota
law, this is a felony.
The young woman with whom Reid
lived in this city is still in Spokane,
where they were living together. She
is a very pretty girl and attracted
much attention here, particularly af-
ter Reid had engaged in a fistic en-
counter with a waiter in a restaurant
who, Reid claimed, had insulted the
woman. Reid, when arrested, admit
ted that the girl is his wife's sister.
Reid is alleged to have left Moor
head with about $4,000 in cash, hav-
ing sold all his property at a great
sacrifice within As hours. He left
only a very small sum, it is said, for
the support of his family, and they
had not heard from him since his hur-
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ONCE TO IT.
Stockmen's Association After the
President for Its Meeting.

Miles City, March 24.-An effort is
being made by the officers of the Mon
tana Stockgrowers' association to Sc
cure the presence of President Roose-
welt at the spring meeting of the as
ISOLATION at Miles City, April 81. The
first replies received from Secretary
Loeb indicated the impracticability
of this change in the presidents
western itinerary, but it is now hop
ed that the plan may succeed by the
possible change of a few days in the
date of the Sto~ckgrowers' meeting.
President Joseph E. Brown and Sec
rotary Preuitt are making every effort
t. secure the attendance of the pres
ihent. While he was in the cattle
business near Medora in 1886, he
was an active member of this ~associa-
ton and a regular attendant at it's
annual meetings. which have always
been held in this city.
It is believed he would enjoy meet
ing his old comrades and that he is
willing to make some sacrifice to be
able to attend the convention this
year.
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Great Falls. March 24.-Local Of
fioers were notified yesterday morn
ing of the arrest, in Spokane, of Harry
Reid, alias Carl Reeder, who was en-
ployed for several weeks last sum-
mer in the local wool house and
freight Office of the Montana Central
and lived, with a young oman then
supposed to be his wife, in the Tod
block. The couple left here July %,
going to Spokane, and it vas about a
week later that a request was receiv-
ed from officers at MOorhead, Mimi,
to arrest the man. When the request
was received, no clew to the where
abouts of the man, who was known
here as Carl Reeder, could be secur-
ed, but recently he was arrested in
Spokane, where he was connected
with a real estate agency, and yester-
day morning, in the custody OF an Of
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USED HIS pOCKETKNIFt
Little Fellow Slabs to Death Man
Who Is Getting the Best Of
His Parent.

Union, Ore. March 24.-Woods
Gray and his ~13-year-old son were
brought to the Union county Jail late
Saturday night on a charge Of muir
dering Archibald M. Halgarth of FL
gin. The affair occurred in the north
eastern part of Union county, five
miles from Elsin, near the Wallowa
county border. Woods Gray and
Archibald Halgarth were neighbors
and foes. Gray was a Tennesseean,
raised in Kentucky, and a typical
mountaineer.
The small sons of the men fought at
school the battles of their fathers, and
Ill the. complication Gray's son was
expelled. Gray was taking him back
to school with a revolver in his hip
pocket when Halgarth. one of the
trustees. noticed them from a field and
called a halt. There was a narrow
lane between them with two fences.
AS Halgarth crossed the intervening
FENCES 10 get at Gfay IN Il county
roads. mutual recriminations occur
red and Gray pulled his revolver and
told the trustee to stay on his own
side.
Halgarth walked over to Gray, seiz-
ing him. In the struggle Gray shot
four times, hitting Halgarth once.
Halgarth threw Gray down, wrested
the weapon from him and began
pounding him. Then Gray, according
to Halgarth's statement, cried to his
son: Get your knife and kill the
-" The boy opened his jackknife
and assaulted Halgarth, stabbing him
six times. one penetrating the lung.
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FOUGHT OVER CLAIM
Land Contest Leads to Battle Be-
tween MusSelshell RanChers.

LewistoWn, March 24.-James Fen
ley and Richard Hall engaged in what
came zeal being a fatal ARRAY last
evening in front of Kearney's saloon
here. The men are ranchers on the
lower Musselshell and have been
partners. They disputed over a desert
land claim on Cat creek and the dis
agreement was taken into the land Of
flee, the hearing of the case beginning
yesterday. At the conclusion of the
session yesterday the case was post
poned until today. The men met af-
ter supper, played cards in Kearney's
and appeared to be on ordinarily
good terms.
Later they went outside of the place
and engaged in a quarrel. Hall. who
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TROOPS ARRIVE.
Mindinao Town Held by Ladrones Re-
Iieved by Soldiers.

Manila. March 24.-The town of
Surigao, in the northwestern part OF
the island of Mindanao, which was
captured Sunday by the Ladfones, was
relieved today. The American officials
and foreigners were found to be safe.
Eightey L.adrones, led by ten es-
capped %convicts, participated in the at
tack on SURFACE. They had 20 rifles
and 40 bolos and succeeded in sur
prising and rushing the constabulary
barracks and stampeding the con-
%stabulary.
Inspector Clarke was killed at the
first rush. The Ladrones captured 10
| rifles. The American officials, the
women and foreigners sought refuge
in the treasury building, where Treas
urer Killey, a former Indian scout. as
| sumed command. The defenders OF
the building were armed with shot
guns and refused the demand of the
Ladrones to surrender. They held
out until the town was relieved to-
| day by a force of constabulary from
T%acloban. The Ladrones fled at the
approach of the constabulary.
Three companies of United States
infantry will reach Surigao and then
probably will start in pursuit OF the
Ladrones. The government forces IN
Albay province, island of Luzon. have
established a concentration zone in
the center of the province, II miles
long and 10 miles wide, and have a
series of detachments of troops FOL
lowing the various Ladrone bands.
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RIOTERS FIRED UPON.
Mob Attempts to Fire Government
Building in kinqstown.

Kings own, St. Vincent, March "a
a serious riot was in progress at 2:3O
this afternoon in Port of Spain, Trim
idad, according to a dispatch receiv-
ed from that city. The mob attempt
ed to burn the government buildings
and the police had to fire on the riot
ers, killing or wounding several of
them. The British cruiser Pallas, at
the time the dispatch left, was land
ing bluejackets. The rioting was due
to the refusal on the part of the gov
eminent to withdraw an ordinance
concerning the new water works, to
protest against which several public
meetings had been held.
A demonstration was made during
today's meeting of the legislative
council, and finally the mob stoned
the government buildings and set fire
to them. The riot act was read and
the police fired on the mob.
The city was in a state of great ex-
citment.
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ENGLAND WANTS HELP.
A Demand That seIf-Governing Col
onies Build Ships.

London, March 24.-There is I'M
doubtedly a growing demand by the
people, of this country that the self
governing colonies should bear a
larger share of the cost of the i'm
rerial defence. The Saturday Review,
referring to the subject, argues as
follows:
"Supposing for a moment that Can
ada was a separate country. She
would be forced, especially as her
wheat export increases, to keep a con
siderable fleet to defend her mer'
chantmen and yet Sir Wilfrid Laurlel
maintains that Canda is doing her full
duty in the imperial defense by build
ing railways, most Of which were
made possible by. English capital
The real meaning of this and sim
liar arguments is that John Bull in
spite of his broad back is grooming
under an income tax of Is pence or
the pound. and is anxious to b re
lieved.
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WAS MELANCHOLY AT TIMES
Burdick Identifies Endearing Letters from Lover
--Pennelps Yelled Threat of Suicide.

Mrs. Pencil to Burdick, in which she
pleaded with him to take Mrs. Bur-
dick back and limited that Pencil
might commit suicide and take Bur-
dick with him. Mrs. .Burdick said
she did not know what Mrs. Pencil
meant by it.
A letter written December %, 1902,
by Mrs. Burdick to Burdick was pro-
duced. In it she told him she in
tended to go to Atlantic City. The
letter also contained a yelled threat
at suicide. The witness said she had
not talked to Pennell about the sui
eide of either.
Several letters written by Pencil,
in which he intimated suicide, were
read by the district attorney. The
tone of all the letters were the same,
expressive of extreme unhappiness be-
cause Of his separation from Mrs.
Burdick and stating that life was not
worth living; that he would welcome
death as a relief.
Mrs. Burdick said she had receiv-
ed letters from Pencil written in a
melancholy vein. He said he would
rather be dead than crippled or MAIN
ed. He had never said anything def
mite to her about ending his existence.
In reply to a question by the dis
trict attorney, Mrs. Burdick said she
had no knowledge of duplicate keys
of the front door of the Burdick home
being made while she was in New
York. PennelI did not have her key
in his possession at any time. Pen
nell never borrowed the key from
her.
Mrs. Burdick said she had received
NO information as to who had. killed
her husband. She swore that she had
no knowledge or information as to
who killed him. She never heard
anyone say that he or she was going
to do it. That's ALL" said Mr.. Coats
worth.
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is the larger man, is said to have pull
ed off his coat. B.. F. Lindsay, the
first man to see the affair, thinking
the men were armed, stepped be-
tween them and told them to throw
away their weapons. Hall handed
Lindsay his knife.
A moment later the combatants
rushed at each other and were again
separated. 1t was found that Hall
was bleeding %profusely and he was
taken to the office of DR.. Treacy. The
physician sewed up five cuts, all seri-
out ones, one of them nearly severing
the windpipe.
Hall was taken to the hospital
where he is reported to be resting
easy. Fenley is in Jail.
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following morning"
Ibid you also telegraph to Pen
nell?"
Eyes, l wired him to meet me at
the station"
"You arrived that Friday morning;
did you see Mrs. Hull?"
YES, sir"
"Dtd. you have a talk with herr"
"Yes, sir"
did you ask her how it happened?"
"Why, yes. 1 said Mama, what in
the world has happened and she said,
Ed is dead and he has been murder
ed right in his own house,"
What did she tell you about it?'
"She told me the servants had
found the kitchen window open and
how Ed could not be found, how the
den door was closed and how they
were all frightened by the strange
appearance of the den when they
opened the door and about telephon-
ing for the doctor"
did your mother tell you when she
looked into the den she saw Ed lying
there?"
mo, she did not know it was Ed"
did you hear from PenneIl that
day."
II got a brief note from him in
which he said he was sorry that he
had been at the falls when my tele-
gram arrived SO that he could not
meet me-"
She did not reply. she said, nor did
she communicate with him in any way
after that. She saw Pencil af-
ter he left her on the train going to
Atlantic City.
A recess was taken at this point.
It was after 8 o'clock when the af-
ternoon session of the inquiry was
begun with Mrs. Burdick again on the
stand.
Hint at Murder.
Mr.. Coatsworth read a letter from
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THE Allen strengthening Machine
company" of Chicago has opened an
Office at Billings and will be pleased
10 furnish any information to WOOL
,rowers through their agent, in room
3 Belknap block. A machine will be
:hown in the Office, in operation. A
depot where all supplies will be kept
constantly on hand will be establish
ed. Call upon or write for terms and
particulars to A. C. Logan, local
agent. d-1-sw-tf
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WILL WELCOME scHLEY.
Helena is Preparing to Make Ad-
miraI's Visit Memorable.

Helena, March 24.-Helena will give
Admiral Schley a hearty welcome on
the occasion of his visit to this city,
April 2. The committee appointed at
a meeting of the Helena Business
Mems association Saturday evening
to plan a reception to the admiral met
this morning in the associations room
in the Pittsburg block. While no plan
was determined upon, the general
form of entertainment was discussed
and arrangements made for another
meeting soon, when a program will
be announced.
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FIGHTING TN SAN DOMINGO.
Revorutionists Capture a Fort and
Many Are Killed.

Santo Domingo, March 24.-The
revolutionists have attacked and cap
tured one of the forts defending this
city. Many men were killed on both
sides. The fighting continues. The
garrison of Fort San Carlos, two
miles from this city, has declared it.
self in favor of the revolutionists.
President Vasquez is absent in the
interior of the republic.
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Lewistown, March 24.-Meager de-
tails have reached here from Gilt
Edge of a tragedy that cost the lives
Of two men and a woman.
According to the story told here at s
o'clock this morning, Jack Pierce and
a man named Patterson, whose full
name is moi known, had a fight over
Mrs. Barney Hedigar. Jealousy is
said &C have been the motive.
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CANDIDATE OF THREE PARTIES.
For Once the City Of Butte Drops
Politics..
Special to The Gazette.

Especial to The Gazette.
Butte. March 25.-The republicans
Of the city met in convention this
morning to consider the question of
nominating a ticket for the approach
zig municipal election. After perfect
ing a temporary organization the con-
vention adjourned until 8 o'clock this
afternoon.
All indications point to the nominal
ito of Henry Mueller for mayor, the
Butte brewer, who at a time in the
past served the city in that capacity.
Mr.. Mueller is already a candidate on
a citizens ticket, is a candidate of
the regular democrats. and If he is
nominated by the republicans this ev-
ening, as now seems certain, his tri-
umphant election appears a certainty.
A large majority of the voters Of
Butte are inclined to separate them
selves as far as possible from politics
in the approaching election. They
demand a business administration of
municipal affairs and in the move
ment which they have inaugurated to
place Mr.. Mueller in the mayors chair
they are confident that they are max
ing no mistake in their selection Of a
candidate.
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L ARE HEALTHY.

No Truth in Rumor That They Are
Starving.
Bozeman, March PAR. A. Wagner,
a government scout of the National
park, who is here today from his home
in the Gallatin basin, says that the re-
ports of elk dying of starvation in and
around the park are wholly false. He
says the animals wintered better
than in several years. He recently
saw a band of about 300 elk in the
upper basin and they appeared to be
strong and healthy.
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CAUSED THE TRAGEDY

Pierce is said to have found Patter-
son in the company of the woman.
He shot Mrs. Hedigar, killing her;
shot Patterson, who is expected to
die. and then killed. himself.
The sheriff and the county attorney
left here for the scene at once. They
had not returned at 8 o'clock this
afternoon and further particulars
could not be obtained.
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Notice.

f. l am out about Is head of cattle,
branded OIL on right ribs and o on
right neck. Information as to their
whereabouts will be suitably reward
ed. OLOF NELSON,
9O-4f Columbus, Mont.
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Great Inventor Dead.

Decatur, ILL.,, March 24.-George d.
Howarth, inventor of the first corn
planter and a dealer in implements,
and for years a leading manufacturer
of Decauter and owner of much valu-
able manufacturing property in Chi
cago. died here at his home today.
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Working Overtime.

Eight hour laws are ignored by
those tireless, little workers-Dr.
Kings New Life Pills. Millions are
always at work, night and day, cur
ing indigestion, b%iliousness, constipa-
ton, sick headache and all stomach,
liver and bowel troubles. Easy, pleas.
ant, safe, sure. Only soc at the Chap
pie Drug Co.
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Washington, March 24.-United
States Consul Maxwell at Santo Do
mingo has cabled the state department
that a revolution has broken out in
that city and at the hour he filed he
cablegram heavy firing was in pro-
gress.
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ALLEGED

the Missoula hotel, where he had TAX
en- Dowell to try and persuade him
to marry his daughter, Bessie Young,
whom the father claims Dowell had
ruined. The physicians state that
Dowell cannot live.
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Missoula, March 24.-Joseph l..
Young, a well-known rancher living at
sOvando, fatally stabbed, Carl Dowell,
"a well-known postoffice clerk Of this
city at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The
affair occurred in Young's room in
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For Sale or Trade.

Four room dwelling and five lots In
West Side addition, will sell at a
bargain. or exchange for live stock
Edgar B. Camp, Billings, Mont. Real
Estate, and Livestock Broker. d-sw.tl
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We want hay. oats. wheat, potatoes
and farm produce. Call at our store
or write us and we will name you
price on above.
900 DONOyAN-McCORMIC KCO.
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souFFR|ERE VERY ACTIVE
ERUPTlONS MORE VIOLENT THAN
EVER BEFORE.
Wind Carrying Everything Northward
People Fleeing Before
the Destruction.

Kingston, st. Vincent, March "a
The eruption of Souffriere continues.
The volcano has been cannonading
all day, and the quantity of ejecta
is apparently greater than at the time
Of either of the previous eruptions,
but stormy winds are driving the
clouds northward. There has been a
heavy fall of ashes and black sand
in the northern districts, which caus-
ed a few casualties. The inhabitants
are going southwark in great num-
bers.
Barbados reports that darkness
| spread over that island at II O'Clock
in the morning. The o~bscurity WAS
accompanied by a fall of red ashes
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Notice of Dissolution of Partnership

Notice of Dissolution Of Partnership.
Notice is hereby given that the CO.
partnership heretofore existing be-
tween w. D. Story and F. w. Lee,
under the firm name of w. D. Story
& Co., is hereby dissolved by mutual
consent.
F. W. Lee will pay all outstand-
ing obligations and collect all accounts
due the late firm.
W. D. STORY.
F. W. LEE.
Dated Park City, Mont, March IL.
1908. s1-S
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EMINENT TO LAWYERS.
Be RELEASED NEXT YEAR
Promise Is Given to Secure a Post
ponement of Lawsuits Over
Valuable Land.

L.on.on, March 24.-Mrs. Florence
Maybrick, the American woman who
was convicted al Liverpool in 1889
on the charge of poisoning her hus-
band, James Maybrick, by arsenic and
whose sentence of death was COM
muted to penal servitude for life, will
be released in 1904. The announce
ment came from the home Office,
which now authorizes her Washington
lawyers TO use the fact of her re-
lease, next year as a reason for Sc
curing the p~ostpOnement OF h trial
of the law suits bearing on the pris-
oner's interest in land in Kentucky,
Virginia and West Virginia.
Those who are in a position to
know, say that Home Secretary Akers-
Douglas has shown great courtesy in
connection with the suits now pending
in America. The decision to release
Mrs. Maybrick was entirely due to
ellOflS Oh LulS SUE VI lAc All0AlAS XIV
Ambassador Herbert has never been
| called upon to act in this matter.
Mrs. Florence Maybrick was the
central figure of one of the most cele-
brated criminal trials of modern times
and has been for IL years the inmate
OF an English prison. She was con
victed of having poisoned her hus-
band, who died in. Liverpool May II,
1889. Her friends have asserted ever
since the trial that the evidence on
which the jury found her guilty was
insufficient, and constant efforts have
been made to obtain for her either a
new trial or a pardon. 1t was charg.
ed by the prosecution that she gave
arsenic to her husband, and a solution
of this poison was found in her pos
session. Her defense was that the
solution was a face lotion, and it was
shown that her husband had been in
the habit of taking arsenic is a medi-
cine. Mrs. Maybrick is 40 years old.
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Money to loan on city and farm
T. J.. Bouton. 65-6
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Bridgetown, Island of Barbados.
Sunday. March 22.-Sudden darkness
spread over this island today from
9 until ILLS a. m. Dust fell and the
lamps were lighted in the churches
and other buildings.