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Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28
OF the Week
From Other Shores,


Herbert Campbell, the well-known
actor, Is dead in London.
Refugees from Teheran tell terrible
stories of the ravages of cholera. They
say that on some days the mortality
reached 900.
The German battleship Schwaben.
while on her trial trip, ran aground
near the island of Febmarn. dam
aging seventy feet of her bottom.
A meeting of the executive council
at Pretoria unanimously adopted a
resolution of sympathy with the rela-
tives and friends of former President
Kruger.
The removal of Michael La Grave
from the commissioner generalship of
France at the ST. Louis exposition has
brought out strong protest from influ'
entail quarters.
The vice governor of Elisabethpol
Russia, was assassinated at small
place in the southwest corner of the
government of Elisabethpol, close to
the Persian frontier.
The president of the London board
of agriculture says that the board will
prohibit the landing of Argentine cat
tie during the continuance of the foot
and mouth disease in that country.
Two more of the life boats of the
Norge, which foundered June % of
Rocall reef, 29O miles from the Scot
fish mainland, have washed ashore on
the Orkney islands. They were
empty.
During riot of strikers at Clues,
France, several shots were fred, re-
sulting in the killing of four persons
and the wounding of twenty-five. The
gendarmes were stoned by the riot
RS.
T. c. Cunningham of New York,
member of the Panama canal zone po-
lice department, died from yellow fe-
ver This was the first case of the dis
ease known to have occurred in the
zone since the arrival of Gov. Davis.
A revolutionary organization of Mos
COW has sent package of pamphlets
to Japan, requesting that they be dis.
tributed among the Russian prisoners
The pamphlets were returned with the
statement that the Japanese did no.
engage in such work.
duel was fought in Paris by Fran
els de Pressense, Socialist deputy, and
Louis Lucien Klotz, Radical deputy,
the outcome of violent debate In the
corridors of the chamber of deputies
last Wednesday night. Only two shots
were fred and neither deputy was IN.
jured.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28
RUSSIA BREAKS TREATY IN CON-
MtssIONINc> THE voLUN.
TEER FLEET.
tNGlAND's DEMANDS GRANTED
RUSSIA WILL RELEASE MALAGA
IF NO coNTRABAND IS FOUND
ON BOARD.

London, July 24.-Only in moments
Of grave international crisis did
such intense excitement prevail in the
house of commons as when Premier
Balfour was asked by Sir Henry
Campbell-Bannerman last evening for
Information concerning the Malacca
incident.
When the premier arose amid
deathlike stiffness the members on all
sides leaned forward anxiously to
hear his reply. He CURLY answered
that he had nothing to say. The as
constituent was tinged with dismay
which was observable all around, as
well-authenticated report had an
nounced a complete
Surrender by Russia.
In the Hobbies the opinion was ex-
pressed that the situation was cOmpli.
Gated seriously by Russia's alleged
breach of the treaty of London in not
commissioning the volunteer fleet at
q Russian port. lingo feeling here de-
mands an exemplary reparation from
Russia. and the danger lies in the fact
tat the present government has been
en- enable 10 lingo feeling.
Foreign Secretary Lansdowne Wis
tied TIE King at buckingham palace
yesterday afternoon, which is a good
sign. rs the kings influence is certain
10 be exercised on the side of reason
All peace.
Promise Of Release.
n anaordance with instructions
ftosn Foreign Minister Lamsdorff.
COUNT Benckendorff, the Russian am
hassaoor to Great Britain, has in
formed F'oreign Secretary Lansdowne
thai iu2nediately upon the establish
meAt OF the presence of the broad ar
row the British government mark
Upoa The munitions on board the
seized steamer Malacca, and the fact
that no other cargo of contraband
character is on board that vessel, she
will be at once released.
In response to this notification Lord
Lansdowne assured Count Bencken-
dorff that all the boxes marked with
the broad arrow were the
Property Of the British
government, and the secretary added
that he had been informed by the
Peninsular and Oriental company, the
owners of the Malacca, that there was
no contraband on board, statement
that the British government accepted
because of the standing of the COM
pany. Russia is now awaiting a veri-
fication of the companys statement,
on the ground that fraud might have
occurred and shipments of contraband
substituted for goods declared on the
manifest. This point will be deter
mined at Suda bay, Island of Crete,
in the presence of the British and
Russian consuls.
The Associated Press learns that
the Russian reply makes no reference
to the general question of the Oar.
danelles.
Russia Makes Promises.
st. Petersburg, July 24.-The Rus
sian reply to the British protest was
handed to Ambassador Hardinge yes
terday afternoon. Russia agrees that
the Malacca shall not be brought be-
fore the prize court, and undertakes
that no similar incident shall occur
in the future.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28
KILLED HIS WIFE.

Princeton Man Anaered by Request
That He Stop Drinking.
Princeton, N. j., July "a. = Robert
Clayton, twenty-five years old, shot
and killed his wife, twenty-three years
old. and wounded his mother-in-law it
is believed fatally. Clayton was ar
rested after long chase. He and his
wife had Quarreled repeatedly and the
man had resented his wife's appeals
that he stop drinking.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28
SEEKS TRAINING SITE,

Federal Naval Commission Looks
Over Fox Point.
Milwaukee, July 21.-The commits
sion appointed by President Roose-
welt to choose a site for a naval
training station on the Great Lakes
reached Milwaukee yesterday. The
party, accompanied by committee of
the Milwaukee Citizens Business
league, took trip in five automobiles
and examined two sites in the vicin-
ity of Fox Point, north of the city.
After luncheon the party left for She.
boygan and other Wisconsin points
en- route to Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28
BLOOD ON THE SHIP.

Rumor in Connection With Death Of
L. Kent LOOMS.
London, July "a. = Confidential in
Quiries are being made at Plymouth
in the Loomis mystery by an Ameri-
can detective. 1t is rumored that
blOodstains have been found on the
Kaiser Wilhelm, but this cannot be
confirmed.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28

A Philadelphia contemporary recent.
ly had an editorial on Where the Law
Reaches Men," Down this way it
generally reaches as far as the pocket,
anyhow
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28

An eminent German scientist has
come to this country to introduce a
new health cure. 1t is to be hoped that
he will try it first on that large class
OF husky citizens who have both health
and money to burn.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28

A New York girl recently discover
ed that her heart was on the wrong
side. Never mind, it will doubtless be
on the inside of an engagement ring
some day.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28

A man in Georgia held his cotton
crop of 1900 bales and lost $4,000,
and he might have held the dough.
bag.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28

An enterprising Boston Sunday
school has it's pupils given instruction
in baseball. Wonder how they man.
age when the time comes to swear at
the umpire?
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28

1t is now said that "skeeters" are re.
sponsible for consumption. They are
certainly responsible for any amount
of profanity just at present.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28

That New York man who dropped
dead upon being turned down for a
loan OF $4,000, would probably have
gone and dropped the dough, if he had
got it.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28
FIRE At PENNINGTON.
Burton Block Destroyed by Early
Morning Blaze:

Pennington, Mimi, July 81. = Fire
early yesterday morning destroyed
the BARTON block on Third street. oc.
cupied by Lee Hills as harness shop
and F, A. Rommells' meat market.
The building and meat market are an
entire loss. The harness stock was
mostly saved. No insurance on the
meat market or building.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28

One man in Chicago has been travel
Ing for thirty-seven years for the
same firm and is still on the road.
What lot of stories he has heard!
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28

In Massachusetts a man has been
awarded $4,000 for injuries received
on railroad which resulted in melan-
cholia. That railroad probably feels
somewhat melancholy, too.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28
Criminal.

Immediately after religious services
In the Chilocothe, Ohio, jail six pris-
oners escaped, but four were recap
tured.
The postoffice safe at Alberta was
blown open with large charge Of dy-
Mantle and the contents stolen. No
clue.
s. P. Harvey, cashier of the freight
department Of the Atlantic Coast line,
has been arrested at Charleston, 8. C..
The warrant alleges the theft of S.
600.
Tate Richardson and Charles Blinn,
both 70, engaged in bloody duel with
knives at Covington, KY. Richardson
was fatally and Blinn seriously wound
ed.
Dick Teal, young white farmer,
who shot and killed his wife near
Graham, Ala, Friday, killed himself
rather than fall into the hands of the
posse.
Clutching a decree of divorce, Mrs.
Ella Swoboda was found dead on a
sidewalk in Chicago. A broken vial,
which had contained poison, was found
in her bag.
Because they did not have time to
break the safe open, burglars who en-
tered a grocery store in New York
took it away with them on a wagon.
The safe contained $1,000.
President Roosevelt has committed
the sentence of Mrs. Mary M. Missner
of Friendsville. Md. convicted for
passing q raised bank note. The
woman is the mother of ten children.
Three negroes named Greenway, in
attempting to hold up and rob Arthur
Scott, white boy, at Holton, Kan,
fatally wounded him. crushing his
skull. Lynchings may follow.
Aaron Timbers. Jonas Sims and
William Austin. the three colored men
who confessed to assaulting and rob-
bfng Mrs. Elsie Biddle Of Burlington,
N. j., were sentenced to forty-nine
years each in the state prison.
The decomposed body of John w.
Brown, travelling salesman of Mil
Wauhc0, WdS 1Ouuu III Olldpluat0O
shack near Reeds lake, at Grand Rap
ids, Mich. A revolver held in his
right hand and a bullet hole in his
right temple told story of suicide.
A mob Of negroes compelled one of
their race named Edwards to leave
the Cripple Greek district under
threats of hanging him If he re-
NAMED. They were incensed over an
exhibition in a group of moving pic
lures for which they allege Edwards
posed.
In drunken fight at Coffeyville,
Kan, Charles Tonaho was fatally
beaten by Percy Liaberger. Two
hours after the fight the bodies of
Liaberger and David Brooks, a negro
who had taken part in the fight, were
found on the Missouri Pacific tracks
cut to pieces. They had wandered
on the track while trying to escape
and were struck by train.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28

Lady Curzon's infant daughter cried
when it was held in the arms of Queen
Alexandra. This will be terribly hui
initiating to all good Americans who
hope to become members of the nobil.
ity.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28

The Boston Herald considers min
GRITTY opinions useless. The weight of
evidence lies the other way. The
fathers of the republic were at one
time in a very decided minority.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28

The playing of "Bedelia" stopped a
panic in theater. Presumably the
audience turned on the orchestra in.
stead of toward the exits.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28

A Georgia woman claims to have
been cured of rheumatism by stroke
Of lightning. 1t evidently did wonders
tor her imagination also.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28

A correspondent of a New York
paper wants the aldermen to make
whistling in public punishable act.
Whew!
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28

A South Carolina man is worrying
himself over his failure to find out
whether or not Shakespeare had a
library. Didn't need any-he was a
whole library in himself.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28

In case of doubt, take your umbrel'
la. In case of doubt as to the owner.
ship of the umbrella, take it anyway.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28
FORSYTH,

IN Korea the widows are not permit
ted to remarry. You can't hold them
in that way here.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28

Italy now asserts that it is on good
terms with all the world. The banana
trade must be fiourishing.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28

Rev. Newell Dwight Hills declares
that In the next generation it will be
considered vulgar to spend money"
1t is now-from old man Sages pecu.
liar point of view.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28

An American duchess has secured
divorce and resumed her maiden
name. Doesn't this break a record?
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28

A Chicago scientist, claims to have
discovered that smoking causes con-
sumption. How about female con.
Sumptives?
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28

Some OF the South American repub
lies go on the theory that it is neces-
sary to hold revolution once in a
while to remind the outer world of
their existence.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28
Casualties,

Seven lives were lost in the cloud
burst according to a dispatch to Val
paraiso, Chile. All were women.
Charles H. and James Wilkinson,
were drowned while bathing in q mill
pond near their home at Laurel. Del.
Byron and Ross Clutter were struck
by lightning and instantly killed dur.
ing a severe storm at st. Mary's w.
Va.
Two boys aged thirteen and ten, sons
Of farmer near Trosp. were drowned
while bathing in the Blue river near
Fariday. Neb.
Fire at Detroit destroyed the new
paint shop of the Michigan Central
railroad at West Detroit. It Is esti-
mated the loss is $4,000.
Ellen the three-year-old daughter
Of Henry Potts of Prophetstown, Ill.,,
was smothered to death by sleeping
with her face downward.
William H. Seigel, together with
his team Of horses and a wagon, was
blown to atoms by an explosion of
nitroglycerine at Lima, Ohio.
George, the ,eighteen.year-old son
Of Attorney George Dawson of Chi
cago, was drowned In Bass lake at
Ludington, Mich, while sailing in q
Trail craft OF his own construction.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28

Marconi now claims that he can talk
LOO miles. That's nothing. We have
spellbinders down this way who can
talk 100 hours.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28

A newspaper poet has perpetrated
what he calls The Lay of the Hen
Hope is isn't as rotten as some Of
this newspaper verse.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-28

The New York Herald wants to
know what "a school of fiction is"
Too often school of adversely for
the unhappy reader.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-25

elder sister has been il very bad
health for some years, from having to
occupy a position before the world as
prominent Roman Catholic church
benefactor which was not real one,
and into which her generosity led her
as a young and inexperienced girl.
Now at last her own mind has assert
ed itself and she returns to the creed
of her ancestors"
The Divinity College of the Roman
Catholic university in Washington is
known as the Mary Gwendolyn Cald-
well Hall of Divinity.
Prominent members of the Catholic
clergy in washington expressed their
surprise at the announcement.
One official Of the church attributed
as a possible cause, taking the story
to be correct, the notoriety which the
university gained by the failure of
Thomas E. Waggamqn, it's treasurer,
by which the university suffered con-
siderable loss.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-25
INQUIRY BEGINS AT HULL.
England Preparing Her Case Against
Russia in North Sea Affair.

England Preparing Her Case Against
Russia in North Sea Affair.
The inquiry which Great Britain
conducts on her own behalf into the
North Sea incident, opened at Hull
Tuesday. Vice Admiral Bridge and
Butler Aspinwall, an admiralty court
lawyer, who were appointed to conduct
the inquiry,and whose report will form
the basis Of the British case before the
international commission at Paris, sat
at large table surrounded by maps
showing the DOgger bank and the
North sea.
The correspondent OF the Associat-
ed Press learned at the outset that the
board Of trade solicitors who have pre-
pared the case have found no evidence
to suggest the presence Of torpedo
boats among the fishing feet. The in
quiry will therefore merely be an i'm
plication Of the evidence at the inquest
and it will be moved to London in the
course of few days, the proceedings
In Hull being confined TO a narrative
Of the shooting.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-25
Sought Overthrow of Presi-
dent Amadcf But Failed.
SEEK CANAL MILLIONS
News Received In Washington Indi.
Gates Widespread Conspiracy and
Trouble Brewing on the
Isthmus.

Advices have reached washington
concerning the reports from Panama
of conspiracy there directed against
the president While the details are
not available, it is understood by ad-
ministration officials that this conspir-
acy was directed against President
Amador and was conceived by persons
who want to control the remainder Of
the 100000 900 fund paid by the United
States to Panama in consideration of
the right of way across the isthmus.
1t is further learned that the move
ment was a failure, President Amador
having been warned in advance, but it
is feared the same elements will re.
peat the effort
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-25
OUTLAWS CONTINUE BUSINESS.

Robbers Of Bank ard Murderers Of
Cashier DO Another Bold Deed.
The two bandits who made a de-
scent on the First national bank of
Cody, Wyoming, two weeks ago and
killed Cashier Mid5aush, committed
another bold robbery early Tuesday,
when they held up the inmates Of Ed
wards saloon and gambling house at
Thermopolis Big Horn county, and So.
cured large ss.Ta.is money watches
and jewelry
The outlaws wore maslG, but were
recognized as George Merritt and his
partner, who killed Mlddaugh. They
were mounted on fast horses and es.
capped.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-25
SEVEN ESCAPE FROM PRISON.

Prisoners Tore Up Blanket and Let
Themselves Down.
Seven prisoners escaped from the
county jail at Lumberton, N. c., ear
ly Saturday morning by cutting the
bars of the cage In which they were
confined and the bars Of the outer
window with saw.
They then tore up a blanket and
let themselves down TO the ground.
Six we're negroes, one white boy.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-25
TURKEY TRUST FORMED.

Farmers in Warren County, N. Y, De-
eide to Raise Prices on Fowls.
A dispatch from Albany, N. Y, says:
Warren county farmers who raised
many turkeys for the eastern markets,
are reported to have formed a trust
and unanimously decided that the
Thanksgiving fowl is worth more mon
ey this year than heretofore. The pres
ent price is 20 cents, and rise to 30
cents a pound is expected
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-25
Appointments for Parker.

Former Judge Alton B. Parker has
been appointed member of two COM
missions to acquire dock and wharfage
rights for the city of New York on the
East river. The appointment was
made by Justice O'Gorman, in the SUI
preme court.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-25
DUNCAN PETITION DENIED.

Case Of Outlaw and Murderer Before
the Alabama Supreme Court.
The Alabama supreme court Thurs
day denied the petition Of Frank Dun
can, noted safe blower and murderer
for writ Of error for the reason that
the petition was not accompanied by
the transcript of record. Frank Dun
can is now in Jail at Birmingham,
and has been sentenced to be hanged
On November 25th.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-25
Bia Blaze in Missouri Town.

Big Blaze in Missouri Town.
Eight of the principal business
houses Of the town of Dewitt, Mo-
were burned Thursday with the con-
tents, causing a loss aggregating $780,
OOO The insurance partially covers
the loss.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-25
HUNDRED ALeERlANs DROWN.
French Steamer Goes Down After Hav

French Steamer Goes Down After Hav.
ing Been in Collision.
Advices from Bona, Algeria, state
that a hundred persons were drowned
Thursday night by the sinking Of the
French steamer Gironde, after having
been in collision with the French
steamer A. Schiafflno near Herblllon,
% miles from Bona.
The Gironde left Bona with 10 pos
sengers, of whom 100 were algerian
natives.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-25
sToEssEL REMAINS DEFIANT.
Commander Of Port Arthur Garrison
sternlY Refuses TO oanltulate.

SternIy Refuses to oapltuate.
AdVices from japanese sources at
Port Arthur state that wound receiv-
ed by General StoesseI has necessi-
tated his confinement in hospital,
that he refused to relinquish the com
mand Of the garrison and that he has
issued orders to the troops to die at
their posts rather than surrender.
1t is said that the spirits of the
Russian troops has been dampened by
continuous work, the lack of supplies
and the hopelessness Of their ability ia
make any successful Gefense Of the
fortress. 1t is said further that many
of the Russian soldiers are ready to
surrender, but that they are kept at
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-25

their posts by officers who threaten
them with reyolvers and that several
soldiers who were suspected of a de.
sirs to desert have been shot as a
warning to others.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-25
FREIGHT STEAMER BURNED.

Mohawk Takes Fire In Long Island
Sound and is Destroyed.
While bound, down Long Island
sound on one of her regular passages
from New York and New London,
Conn, the freight steamer Mohawk, of
the Central Vermont railroad, took Are
off Horizons Point, L. l., and was burn
ed to the waters edge early Friday
Her crew, except the Waterman, was
rescued by passing steamship. None
Of the valuable cargo was saved.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-25
ALABAMA Is FOR MERGER.
State Presbyterian Synod for consoIl-
dation Of Universities.

dation of Universities.
BY a vote Of more than to / the
Alabama synod, in session at Annis-
ton, voted for the majority report from
the Atlanta conference. BY this mo-
ton, the synod of Alabama concurs in
the majority report which provides for
the union OF the Presbyterian school
at Columbia, S. c., and the Southwest
ern Presbyterian university, now To-
Gated at GAINESVILLE, Tenn, into one
large school, to be located in Atlanta,
provided legal obstacles are removed.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-25
MUST BE DEPoRrED.
oeIsha Girls viii be Sent to Their own
Country at Once.

A washington dispatch says: On
the report of immigration Inspector
Dunn, at st. Louis, the department OF
commerce and labor Thursday ordered
the deportation of fourteen geisha
girls and six Chinese, who have been
employed in a concession at the Louisi-
ana Purchase exposition. The case
has been pending for several weeks.