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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-02-04
Appointed "A white HIun,

Washington, Jan, 2s.-Thc presi-
dent has appointed w. p. Martin to
succeed Mrs. Minnie Cox as postmas-
ter at Indianola, Miss. This post
office was closed some time ago, the
white inhabitants of the place refus-
ing to accept their mail from Mrs.
Cox, who is a negress. Martin, who
is a white man.. was one of Mrs. CoX's
bond SnIru
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-02-04
THE BLAME FIXED.
Eight Men Held Responsible for
Iroquois Theatre Horror.
rCh1caSo's Mayor and Fire Chief are
Among the Number Held 10 Await
the Action of the Grand
Jury The Findings OF
the CorOner,s Jury.

Chicago, Jan. 26.-The cOroner's
jury which for three weeks has been
listening to evidence relating to the
fire in the lroquois theatre last night
returned "A verdict by which the fol-
lowing persons are held to await the
action of a grand jury:
Carter IL. Harrison, mayor of Chi
,cago.
VIII J. Davis, proprietor in part,
and manager of the theatre.
George Williams, building commits
.sioner of Chicago.
Edward Laughlin, building inspec-
tor under Williams.
William Sallers, fireman in the the
=atre.
James E. Cummings, stage carpen-
ter.
William Mullen. who had charge of
the light that caused the fire.
William II. Musham, chief of the
fire department..
The finding of the jury follows:
"The cause of the fire was drapery
coming in contact with food of arc
light: city laws were not complied
with, relating to building ordinances,
regulating fire alarm boxes, fire APP
paratus, damperS or tlucs, on and
over the stage, and fly galleries.
There was violation of the oTdi-
nance requiring fire prooiing of
scenery and all wood work on and
about the stage.
"AsbcStos curtain was inadequate,
and was destroyed.
building ordinances were violated
IN that aIsles were enclosed on each
side Of the lower boxes, and IN ab-
.sencc Of fire apparatus on the or
.chestra floor.
Building ordinances were violated
in that there was no fire apparatus
in the gallery or first balcony"
VIII j. Davis is held responsible as
president and general manager. lie
was primarily responsible for the OBJ
.servance of the laws, and was bound
10 see that his employees were proper
ly instructed as to their duties in
case of fire
In relation to Mayor Harrison the
verdict reads as follows:
"We hold Carter II. Harrison. as
.mavor of the city of Chicago. resDon-
,ibic rs he has shown lamenta ble
lack of force. and for his efforts to
escape responsibility. evidenced by
the testimony of Building Commits
sionrr Williams and Fire Marshal
Musham: and. as heads of depart
ments under the said Carter II. Harri-
son, following this weak course, has
given Chicago inefficient service
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-02-04
READ DOWN.

S5-Sundays only.
CONNECTIONS.
At Heating Summit with P. r. r. Buf. Div
for all points north and south.
At Ansonia with NY C.& II r. r. for all points
north and south.
At Newfeld Junction with G. & p. A. r. r.
west for Coudersport east for Ulysses.
At Genesee for points on the New York &
Pennsylvania r. r.
At Addison with Erie R. r., for points east
and west.
At wesvire with Erie r. R. for points east
and west.
At Snnamahonng with P. R. R.-P. & F. Div.
H.H.GARDINER. Gen'l Pass'r Agt. Buffalo, NY
w. c. PARK, Gen'l Supt. Galeton, Pa.
NJ. j. MCMAHON, Div. Pass Ag't., Gaeton, Pa
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-02-04

srArross.nr 100 lls lol nos ro7 e5r
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-02-04

AND ERIE RAIL ROAD
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-02-04

EASTBOUND.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-29

in the spring of that year. There was
a postoffice, run by Jacob Holzemer,
at Reedsfort, but green grass then
waved where now stands the busl'
ness buildings and residences of the
Judith Basin metropolis. The popu'
lation of the village, including sew
eral families who were simply camp
ed here, did not exceed IS, while the
business directory contained but
four names: T. c. Power, Crowley
e. Kemp. Henry Simons and Ed,
Clarke. The general merchandise
store of T. c. Power was then locat-
ed on the same piece of ground that
the Power Mercantile store now occu'
pies, and was then under the man
agement of n. NJ. Erickson. Crowley
& Kemp conducted a saloon in the
building now occupied by Schneider's
saloon, and Simon's thirst destroyer
was located in the building now
known as the Lewistown Meat Mar.
ket. and located on the present site
Of the Judith Hardware building. The
race track, where the trouble start
was located below the village, on
what Is now the Crowley ranch.
Everything went along pleasantly
in Lewistown on the Fourth until the
last race of the day, which was be-
tween Cline's horse and a one-eyed
gray mare. The desperadoes played
their money on the Cline racer, but,
to their discontinue. the one-eyed
gray mare came home several lengths
> the good. This double loss put
,ne fellows in n bad humor. and they
Immediately started something. A
breed by the name of Bob Jackson
was playing Uncle Sam during the
days celebration. He was mounted
on a scrub cayuse and attired in a
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ty Argus. serving in the dual capac-
ity of a blank cabinet and a souvenir
of that lively and interesting day.
owen then retreated up the street to-
ward the photographers tent. While
Owen vas thus engaged, Fallon was
also having his troubles. A shot from
Crowley's saloon (who fired it will
always be a mystery struck him in
the side. He rode rapidly up the
street until he was in front of the
place now occupied by Mrs. Sullivan's
residence and George w. Cooks Of
flee. Here his belt, which was cut
by the rifle ball, fell TO the ground,
taking with it his revolvers and cart
ridges. Mrs. Trigg. who lived in the
house, not knowing who he was, ran
out and handed him his belt and guns.
Right here. Fallon showed that,
though he was a knave of the deep
est dye, he was also possessed of
some heroic qualities. Looking back
he saw that his pal was wounded and
unable to get away. Without a Sec
ond's hesitation, he turned his horse
and wen back to his friend, being an
easy target all the way for a fusillade
of bullets. He might have ridden on
out into the hills and ultimately made
his escape, as there were then doz.
ems of places in this basin where peo.
pie Of his ilk would have given him
food and nursing until he recovered
from his wounds, but he coolly turned
his back on probable safety and went
to a sure and quick death at the side
of his comrade.
The men made their way to The pho
tographer's tent and their made there
last stand. They were subjected to
a merciless fire from Powers store
Crowley & Kemp's saloon, Simon's
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the bodies of the desperadoes were
given an unceremonious burial near
the Pichette home, on the ground now
occupied by the Luton house. Pich-
cite strongly objected to having a
bad man cemetery so near to his place
of residence and a day or two follow
ing the burial. the bodies were dug
up, lariets placed around their necks
and dragged into a coulee in Frank
Days pasture about a mile east of
town. Here some of the bones lie TO
this day, bearing silent testimony of
the futility of attempting to play the
bad man game with Lewistown, even
when she was yet in swaddling
clothes.
The motive of the men who thus
threw away their lives has long re.
manned a mystery and was a subject
of argument among those who lived
here in those early days. Old-timers,
even today, differ in their opinions of
what induced the desperadoes to try
to take the town on that tropical
Fourth. To the writer, one of the men
who was in the thick of the battle
gave it as his belief that it was their
intention to terrify the town and then
hold up Powers store, which was
known to have a large amount of cash
on hand at that time. But the gen.
eral opinion holds that owen and Fal
Ion were actuated solely by a desire
for glory-the glory that is supposed
TO attach to deeds of daring. That
they wished to t%errorize the town, and
having completely cowed the peace
full residents. ride off to a safe re
treat and gloat over their exploits as
they saw them pictured in the illus
trated press is possible, but they
stumbled onto a people who didn'
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-29

fantastic manner. Someone said
Jackson ought to be barred off the
grounds as the horse he was riding
had the glanders. Jackson made
some sort of an eyasiye answer,
whereupon ~"Rattlesnake Jake" struck
him over the head with the butt of
mis- revolver. Telling the breed to the
ground. The horse thief then placed
a cooked revolver to Jackson's head
and made him lie face downward in
the dust.
A breed named Doney stepped up
and told "Rattlesnake Jake" not to
shoot the man while he was down.
The desperate then turned on the
crowd in a threatening manner and
said to his companion: well,
guess We'll just clean out this town.
As he said this there was a general
scattering of breeds and in a very
short time, the bad men had the ter.
ritory in the vicinity of the race
course TO themselves. They jumped
on their horses and rode up to Grow.
ley's saloon, which they entered, Oh,
tanning a drink. While they were com
ing up TO the saloon from the race
course a number of citizens, realiz
ing that there was going to be trouble
wen into Powers store and armed
themselves with W~inchesters and re,
volvers. When they came out OF the
saloon, Fallon mounted his horse, but
as owen started to mount he saw
Doney standing in the doorway Of
Powers store. With the remark
There's the son-of-a-b-, now" he
took his foot from the stirrup, grab
bed his revolver in his left hand ant
went straight across the street. Wher
he got within a few yards of the store
Doney pulled a 22-calibre revolver ant
shot him In the stomach. A SECOND
shot from the same formidable e,
weapon struck Owen in the finger o
the left hand, causing him to drop hi
revolver. He recovered the weapon
with his right hand and fired a sho
into the store, the ball passing
through the corner of a spool case
which stood on the counter near tn,
door. The perforated spool Ease il
now in the office of the Fergus Coun
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-29

doubt. They were simply following
out a determined program to clean
out the horse thieves and murderers
who infested this part of the state
at that time, and 1t is a matter of
history that during lne first ten days
of July, 1884. seven of the gang were
effectually disposed of by the citizens
In and adjacent to the Judith Basin.
There are yet in and around Lew
istown a number of the men who
were present during the hostilities on
that Fourth of July twenty years ago.
1t is a generally accepted fact that
Dan Crowley was somewhere in the
neighborhood of the shooting. al.
though he refuses to discuss any of
the incidents connected with the fra
cas-. Joe Jackson was in the thick
of it and probably owed his life to
the fact that the desperadoes had re-
sorted to the use of pistol cartridges
in their rifles and his escape was al
most miraculous. Frank Day was up
at R~eedsfort and heard the shooting
but didn't know what it was until Joe
Lambert rushed up and yelled, Get
your gun some bad men are cleaning
out Lewistown and will be up this
way in a few moments"-they never
came.
In the possession of Frank Nc.
Kechnie there is a skull supposed to
have been a part of the anatomical
equipment of one of these misguided
bad men. obtained, long after their
abrupt departure, in the coulee whence
their remains had been consigned.
Since that disastrous attempt of
Fallon and Owen, twenty years ago,
bad men with reckless desires to
shoot up a burg have carefully avoid.
ed Lewistown and the natal day OF
our country has been oft and well
observed but never after the manner
of that first and early celebration OF
'S4.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-29
A CowuirI's Opinion,

Makes me a~ggravatin' weary fur to
hear this leap year heller
Bout it bein' right an proper fur a
gal to brace her Teller,
Fur to pop the question at him, tell
him how she bankers fur him,
An with lallygaggin' language to the
limit try to stir him.
May be proper in the city, 'cordin'
to their high flung viewin's,
But you'll never ketch this sagehen
buttin' in with no SIGH doin's,
Fur, accordin' to my ideas, 'tisnt
ladylike nor fittin',
An a gal that amt with askin' fur,
by jing, amt wuth a-gittin'.
'Tisn't out O. place in leap year fur
a gal to make advances
In a-bracin' decent fellers fur their
company to dances,
Or to mebbe take 'em ridin', or TO see
'em home from parties,
Fur the fun 1t is reyersin' o. the tab
les on the smarties,
But a.makin' love toward 'em in q
spoony way an slghin',
An a-rollin' up their eyeballs like a
doggy calf a-dyin'.
Is degradin' TO our gender. don't keer
how bad they are smitten,
An a gal that amt with askin' fun
amt nowise with a-gittin'.
Mebbc gals that's gettln' skeery as
they see their chances slippin'.
An kin feel the strands a-partin' In
the rope o. hope they're %grippin'.
Are excusable fur tryin' as a last re
sort to try to
Git some masculine refusin's that M
other gals d tie to;
But II any lovin' rider ever ropes
this little %crltter,
He Will have to do the chinnin' nee
essary fur to git Ter;
So I'll jest keep on attendin' to m,
indiyidJul knlttln',
Fur n gal that amt with askin' fur
by gosh, amt with a-gittin'.
flames Barton Adams in DenveI
Post.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-29

saloon and Crowley's ice house,
which still stands where it then
stood. back of the Crowley saloon.
But they returned lead for lead, coolly
and deliberately r~eloading and emp
tying their guns several times. Joe
Jackson and a young fellow by the
name of Ben Smith, who had just
come over into this country from
the Gallatin valley and was employ
ed by Marshall Jackson, were walk
ing across the lot about twenty yards
from the tent. when Fallon dropped
down on his knee and deliberately
opened fire. The first bullet grazed
Jackson's right cheek, the second
grazed the left side OF his face and
the third ball struck young Smith in
the side of the head. killing him in
stantly. He fell over against Jack.
son, who laid him on the ground and
hurried on towards his camping place
after his gun. As he reached to get
his rife, owen fell to the ground, and
a few seconds later Fallon, too, went
down and out. But though n had
received no less than nine fatal
wounds and the other eleven, they
continued to discharge their revolv.
ers as long as strength and conscious.
ness remained with them. AS an ex,
hibition of nerve their conduct has
seldom been ~equalled in the annals
of the west.
In the evening Judge Toombs, act
ing as coroner, %empaneled a jury to
hold an inquisition over the bodies
of the three men. After due deliber
alton the jury returned a verdict to
the effect that "Rattlesnake Jake
owen and Charles Fallon came tc
their deaths from wounds inflicted by
guns and pistols in the hands of citi
zens, to the jury. unknown and in self
defense, and that Benjamin Smith
the only victim Of the d~esperadoes
came to his death from a wound in
aicted by a desperate, departed, in The
streets of Lewistown. The jurymeI
were c. f. Richards, William Kemp
w. II. Simons, D. A. Meagher, J. b
Sullenger and L. DeFrate.
The following afternoon, after hay
ling been photographed by Ed. CLARK
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-29

intimidate worth a cent, and they
found. to their cost, they had to deal
with men who were no paralyzed with
fear at the sight of a brace Of six
shooters in the hands of l~ong-haired
cut Threats. And they found men
who could shoot as well as they, as
the nine gaping wounds in the body
of Fallon and the eleven in the body
of owen showed.
Again, the men may have been, in
some manner, appriseu of the fact
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-29
A venal Population.

One of the very young men in the
house of representatives is Morris
Shepard, of Texas.
Sheppard is a good stump speaker
and is in demand for political meet
ings in Texas and the southwest
Last fall he was assigned to a small
town a few miles out of Dallas.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-29

was OH tue dllNl-I
noon of that day Charles Fallon
and Charles owen. otherwise known
as "Rattlesnake Jake" met the end
which they so richly merited, the I'M
erring craftsmanship of Lewistown
citizens being the cause of the down
fall of these desperadoes. Their
death rid Montana and the northwest
of two of the worst characters that
ever stole a horse or committed a
murder. With them, thieyery was a
regular calling and murder and arson
but the merest incidents. Large re-
wards were offered for them dead or
alive, and the desperate name in
which they sold their worthless lives
tells more wildly than any words the
sort of men they were.
About the first Of June, 1881. Ow-
en- and FallOn came down into the
Judith Basin and camped at various
places up and down the creek. being
careful to avoid pitching their tents
within sight of what was then the
struggling village of Lcwistown. They
had a number of horses with them
and the variety of brands and the
actions of the men soon revealed to
the people OF Lewistown the fellows
calling. They had been here but a
short while before the report reached
this place that the men were two of
the toughest in the northwest. having
to their credit. or discredit. a long
list of %dastardly crimes and that there
were several liberal rewards out for
their capture. Two or three men con.
ceived the plan to secure these re-
wards by. in some manner. getting
the drop On the horse thieves. They
creek one day for the ustensibIe puT.
pose of trading horses. but the real
purpose of the men who extended
the invitation was to get the drop on
the bad men and bring them back to
the town, either in shackles or an i'm.
provised hearse. But the vigilence.
particularly of "~Rattlesnake Jake
caused all plans to come to naught.
He was constantly on the lookout and
closely scrutinized the slightest unus.
ua movement of the Lewistown men
BY this time the two fellows were
becoming generally known all over
the country. Their looks bore out the
reputation. which followed them to
the Judith Basin, and which they
more than maintained when the op
portunity came. owen, Rattle
snake Jake" was the more conspicu.
Il of the two. His long dark hair
keen, piercing eyes and nervous
watchfulness distinguished him ever
in those days when little attention
was paid TO unusual characteristics
His companion, Fallon, was also con
stantly on the lookout and upon tn,
slightest suggestion of a suspicious
movement on the part of anyone
standing neal him. his hand sough
the ever ready gun. Both men wer,
heavily armed at all times. each car
rying a brace of big reyolyers. a Win
chester and a big hunting knife.
BY the first of July the men ha'
disposed of all but three or four O
their horses. Fallon and owen wer
at Maginnis the third of July an,
witnessed a race between two horse:
one of which belonged to Ben Cline
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-29

where's the hotel?" he asked a
negro at the station.
That's the hotel right up there"
the negro answered, pointing to a big
house up the street.
Sheppard wanted a little local col
or for his speech. whats the popu-
lation here?" he asked.
"0nly two dollars a day. sah," the
negro FASTENED to assure him; "only
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-29

For sick headache take Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver tablets and
a quick cure is certain. For sale by
all druggists and dealers.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-29

who still lives on Breed creek neal
Lewistown. The desperadoes placed
their money against Cline's horse
and lost. They were disgruntled, but
on learning that the Cline horse was
going to run in Lewistown on the
Fourth they decided to come over and
play even by betting on the animal
whose victory had lost them their
money on the third.
In 1884, Lewistown was yet in the
infant class, having only been named
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-29

was certainly
the most exciting
day in the short
but varied his
tory of Lewis
town"
1t was the old.
timer talking and
the time referred
to was the 4th
of July, 1884. II
was on the after
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-07-14

Chicago, July 14.-Just who Is re-
sponsible for the wreck of the Sunday
School picnic train on thu Chicago &
Eastern Illinois Railroad at Glenwood
last night in which score OF more
of lives were lost. is not known. A
stalled freight on the northbound
track caused the homeward bound
excursion train to take the south
bound track. The picnic train was to
have run to Thornton and there be
switched to the north bound track
again Owing to a broken coupling
fifteen loaded coal cars became de-
tached from the south bound freight
and were left on the track while the
head of the train pulled to Chicago
Heights. The picnic train ran into
these cars at great speed. 1t seems
that only one fiagman had been lett
to guard the detached cars, and he
was apparently at the north end.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-07-14
NEW MEXICO CLIPPINGS.

Store No. 21 of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company at Gallup, NJ NJ.
ilas been closed, because Y did not
pay.
The employees mess hall and the
superintendent residence building
at the Mescalero Indian reservation
are about completed.
The proposed wooden mill at Den
-er. Colo, will open new market
or New Mexico wool much better
han shipping ii to the east.
G. f. Wheeler recently made trip
n a railroad velocipede from Cloud
rS3 down the mountain 26 miles in
me hour and thirty minutes.
Calls for bids are now out to con
tractors for the construction of two
new Territorial buildings, one for the
Blind Institute at Alamogordo and
he other for the Reform School al
Ell Rito.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Co.
has resumed active mining operations
It Fierro, after a long shutdown. A
force of one hundred men has been
put to work on the Union Hill and
adjacent property
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-07-14
Actress Marries Critic.

New York, July 1.-THE friends
and admirers of Miss Elizabeth Tyree
ire wondering if she will retire from
the stage as a consequence OF her
marriage to James Metcalf. which
took place In this city today. Miss
Tyree declines to say whether or not
she will retire from the stage, but
her intimate friends predict with no
little regret that the public will have
no further opportunity to witness
Miss Tyree's charm as an actress.
Miss Tyree's last st age work was
as the star in Tit for Tat at the
Savoy theatre recently. in which she
scored an artistic success. She play
ed the leading feminine role in 'The
Earl of Pawtucket" last season, and
also scored in ''Vivian's Papas." She
is a native of Virginia and has beer
on the stage about five years.
Mr.. Metcalf has for number OF
years been prominent in literary cir
cles. He is the editor of Life. and
was also at one time the managing
editor of the Cosmopolitan magazine
He is a native of Buffalo and a grad
uafe of Yale University.