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, 1905-11-30
From an Eastern Contemporary.

GLOW much is this?" asked the
young lady with the blonde hair, as
she lifted up a Christmas nick-nack,
with an inquiring glance at the drug
clerk. 1.-TWO bits" he answered and
laughed. The laugh seemed friendly
aud BODIED good, so the girl waited.
do you know" he went on "thatte term
two bits which is used in gambling
parlance out here, is one of the most
common phrases in the west. Every
one uses it, women and children as
well as the men. In business the eX-
preston Two bits, six bits, eight bits,
a dollar and two bits and the like are
used in every transaction. 1t is rather
pulling at first to wait upon a
customer who wants "Four bits worth
of SOAP" but in time one grows used
to the term. That the word bits
originated in gambling seems to point
toward the west as a gambling country
aud no doubt it is" The clerk turned
to wait upon another customer and the
girl with the inquiring look walked
out of the door, so~liloquizing On the
game, the terms and the west.
, 1905-11-30
Accident at Kirwin.

C. S. McGirr and L. McDole, who
were working on their properties on
Middle Fork, met with a peculiar ex-
perience Wednesday night, and as a re-
suit, the former is suffering from sever
al very painful wounds The night be-
ing very cold, the men were keeping
fire in a tent, and frequently arose
from bed and ~replenished the fire.
The tent caught fire from the large
blaze, and the men hastily began car
rying out the moveables. A coat con-
tanning u quantity of giant powder caps
was carried out, but as the garment
was ablaze at the time, several caps ex-
ploded, throwing pieces of metal into
the flesh, making painful wounds.
McDole thought his partner killed
for awhile. He hastily removed Nc
CHRIS clothing aud washed the wounds
to learn OF their extent--all this in the
open at an Arctic temperature. Find
ing the injuries only flesh wounds, the
men walked three miles to a cabin
where DR.. Richards was soon in attend
ance-Meeteetse News.
, 1905-11-30
Whites Opinion of Roosevelt.

The private opinion formed by one
great man concerning another is al
ways interes sting. | am able to give
an extract from a private letter from
Count White concerning President
Roosevelt, which, | think, will be read
with special interest. "From a moral
standpoint" writes Count White to a
friend, 1.-THE president of the United
States is a statesman of high CALDER.
Born in a time when politicians are
more children of the ce%nturythan of
their history, he owes his high posi-
tion which he fills more worthily every
day, exclusively to his personal quail
ties, as revealed in actions requiring
decision, tact and clear vision. The
world recogizes this. When one speaks
with President Roosevelt he charms
through the elevation of his thoughts
and through that transparent phyloso-
ply which permeates his Judgment.
He has an ideal, and strives for higher
aims than a commonplace existence
presents. In the stubborn struggle of
the day, men like Mr.. Roosevelt have
no leisure, for they are soldiers who
cannot be relieved from the danger
line. "-London Daily News.
, 1905-11-30
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Capture of the Supposed Cody
Bank Robbers Turned Out
to Be a Huge Joke.

Cody citizens were recently worked
up to a high pitch by II red letter re-
port in the Denver Post, that one Will
liam Hartly, of Sulphur Springs Col
orado, had openly confessed himself as
being n of the Cody bank robbers
and murderer of Cashier |. O. Mid
daugh. That astute and vigil and
sleuth deputy, U. S. Marshall Joe
Lefors, was rapidly dispatched TO the
above named place to investigate and
bring the william to his Just dues. 1t
now comes to pass hal the above con-
fession is Il huge joke, and Joe has had
a sightseeing expedition ut the states
expense.
Willie Norton, formerly we'll known
in this place as a bell-boy and clerk at
the lrma hotel, while at work on the
Motfett grade, near Denver, proceeded
10 fill up on bad bugiuice and with an
unholy desire boldly confessed to the
dastardly deed. William wss prompt
ly jailed but after becoming sober con-
fessed TO not being a bank robber but
an unlimited prevaricator. The Sui
phur Springs officials are permitting
Willie to rest in peace within the con-
fines of the prison walls until he recov-
ers from his mania to be bad, when he
will doubtless be released.
, 1905-11-30
ISSUES CHECKS, THEN LEAVES
Hugh Erkhart Leaves Sunday
Night with IrmaD Dining Room
Girl. No Trace Of Them
Yet.

Cody is somewhat wrought up over
the disappearance which occurred last
Sunday evening of Hugh Erkhart and
a waitress in the dining room of the
Irma Hotel. Erkhart has been seen
with the young lady very much of late
but nothing predicting a romantic
move like this was ever dreamed O.
until it was all over.
Hugh has been cook at the Irma
during the past summer but severed
this connection there some few days ago
and began working for the Electric
Light Co. Saturday last he told the
superintendent of the lighting plant
that he would not be on duty Monday
morning but nothing was thought of
his action for his compensation with
the plant had been materially reduced
on Saturday morning. Sunday Erkhart
began to get money at a rapid pace.
Having an account of one dollar IN the
bank he began issuing checks and
getting them cashed at the business
houses of the city. After being sue
cessful in getting n hundred dollars
he took his fair admirer TO the depot
purchased two tickets for-Billf1gs and
pulled out.
Further than this no trace of the mar
and woman can be found. The lady
has recently made known her intention
of returning to her home in Indian
opolis, Indiana, but whether this is the
point to which they fled is rot known.
The authorities took the matter up and
telegraphed a message to Billings, but
it availed nothing. The matter will be
further Investigated and if Hugh is
found he will be brought back and like
"Willie" of Denver be given his, just
dues.
, 1905-11-30
Plots TO Overthrow Government.

A dispatch from Havana, Cuba, says:
Truth in the reports of plots to over
throw the government has been re-
vealed.
The government received a conf
Dental report to the effect that an
ostensibiy vacant house in the Cerro
suburb was being utilized us a secret
repository for arms and ammunition,
and ordered the secret police to inves-
tigate. The police found there 10
rifles, 81 carbines, 30 packages con-
tanning a thousand cartridges each and
some barrels filed with ammunition
and accoutrements.
Considerable suspicion is directed
toward liberal and radical leaders.
, 1905-11-30
SHOVEL In READINESS
Five Miles Is Already Completed
No Truth in Statement that
New Company Had Been
Formed. Only Change
Is Dictatorship.

The Big Horn basin development
company are pushing the work on their
big irrigation ditch from the south
fork of the Shoshone river to the Ore
gon basin as rapidly as possible. Sew
eral miles of the big ditch is already
ishing their portion of the work with
all possible speed. The ditch will
reach a distance of some twenty-eight
miles, its mission being hat of empty
ing a portion of the contents of the
south fork of the Shoshone river into
the Oregon basin, which is a natural
reservoir, capable of holding millions
upon millions of gallons of water.
From this immense reservoir smaller
bitches will carry the water to all sec
t~iOnsrsf~the Big Horn basin.
The large steam shovel which arriv-
ed in Cody several weeks ago has ar
trived at its destination and mex week
will witness the first gauge in the con.
struction of the ditch. This shovel is
capable of ezcavatiug four. to seven
yards of earth per minute. When this
machine begins work it will be a com
paratively short time before the ditch
will be entirely completed aud ready
for service.
In an interview with Mr.. Wiley,
head promoter of this big proposition,
we were informed hat reports of the
exchange of stock of the development
company were all bogus, and Mr..
Wiley, himself, says that he knew
nothing about the deal, whatsoever,
until he was SO informed by the press
"All that was done that might
have suggested such a transaction to
the press, so speaks Mr.. Wiley, twas
the fact hal we elected one new di-
rector" The new director-elect is MIR.
Young, of the Young-Hamilton law
firm of Chicago.
This ditch being one of the largest
irrigating bitches in the world makes
us look toward it with great pride.
When it is completed we will see the
now barren benches changed to fertile
fields and %carpeted with green foliage,
suggestive of progressive settlement.
, 1905-11-30
BIG CHESS GAME D
Red Lodge and Cody FIayins
Game by Telephone this After
noon. Much Interest mani
tested.

Today at 800 p. m. the match game
of chess between Red Lodge and Cody
will be pulled off by telephone in the
office of the Cody Enterprise.
This game promises to be an excit-
ing n from start to finish. Cody
offered the challenge and consequently
Red Lodge has the choice OF first move,
which they have accepted and propose
to open with the kings gambit. If this
gambit is accepted Cody will gain IL
pawn on the starr, but whether the
gambit will be accepted or declined
the Cody club have not yet decided.
Mr.. Bird, one of the Red Lodge
players is a champion player of S..
Louis, and the Cody Club fees that
they are going to have the strongest
opposition of any game they have I'VE
yet played by telephone.
This game will likely not last longer
han 10 or IL O'Clock at night, but will
be sharp and exciting.
All chess players of Cody are invited
to cgll at TIE Coty Enterprise ofica and
assist in The game and try and keep up
the record of the Cody Chess Club.
Cody has the champion base ball
team of the county, in fact has never
been belt-n by any club, also so far has
held her own with the chess clubs of
adj Dining towns. Let us maintain this
, 1905-11-30
Country Freed by the Gar Was For
u.crly Under

Finland, which has won freedom
from the ear, has an area of $4,000
square miles and Il population of about
100000, say the Chicago News. The
largest cities are I~Ielsingfors. the cap
ital; 40, Niborg and Tammcrfors-
Finnish is the language of the commou
people, but Swedish is spoken by many
and Russian by IL few. Sweues iorm
about Ii per cent OF The popUI.l.1I.
Finland was under Swedish ru4e for
800 years, enjoying an autonomous
constitutional government. By The
treaty of Frederickshamn in 1859 .ue
country was coded TO Russia, but it re-
tanned its laws and practically its W
system of LONE rule until in 1875, When
the present ear began his pO..cy OF
repression, with II View to CJ~.4p.c.c..!
I;ussifyiug the duchy. In LOO ne
last vcstise OF Finnish AUTONOMY was
destroyed, and IL Russian governor
general with autocritic powers was
placed in charge. Within the Last few
years I~lelSingfors and other ci,ies i'll
Finland have been the scenes OF many
transformations and disorders.
Dairyin is one of the principal ill
dustrics of Finland, ana IL large amount
of butter is exported annua.iy. the
census OF 1899 showed that TIE farIa-
ers owned 3OS.ISG horses, 1,4JI.423 cat
tie, 1,031, $50 sheep and 214.2Uj swine.
In the northern part of the country,
which is occupied to Il large extent -
nomadic Films and LaplanGers, there
were 1897 reindeer. The leading e&-
port OF the duchy for many years has
been timber, the value of that shipped
out in 1900 amounting to $22,TS0,00o.
The chief manufactured products are
lumber and wooden articles, textiles,
leather, flour. iron and paper.
H~clsingfors and Abo are the best
known of the Finnish cities. All the
steamers from Stockholm touch ut
these places on their way to st. Peters
burg, and they are frequently visited
by tourists. They are also connected
by rail with the cars chief city. In
appearance the Finnish towns resemble
those of Sweden except that thcy arc
usually dominated by one or more large
churches of the characteristic Russian
type.
Helsingfors has close to 100000 in
UuDllullS. ADO fo,oop, lhhuAitAl w.
600 and yiborg 10000. The population
is overwhelmingly Lutheran in religion.
In 1890 there were 2,G20,S91 of that
faith, 4S,S12 Orthodox Greek, eco
Baptists, $50 Roman Catholics and 0
Methodists. Nearly all the people arc
educated, there being numerous public,
parochial and travelling schools, bcslCea
universities and colleges.
, 1905-11-30
Shoshoni Booming.

E. H. Ratbbone came in from Sho-
shoni tits week, and returned Tues
day. Mr.. Rathbone has a newspaper
outfit on the way to the new town,
and expect to soon commence the
publication of the '%Shoshoni Capital"
Freighter are having more than they
can haul TO the new town on the bor-
der of the reservation, and the date of
the arrival Of the printing outfit is
somewhat uncertain, but Mr.. Rathbone
expects to get started soon. His many
friends here hope he will make a sue
cess of his new venture, and from pres
ent Indications, he will more than do
that.
Mr.. Rathbone says the town of Sho-
shoni has already assumed proportions.
When he left there were two saloons,
d general other business houses nearly
ready to open up. James Allen, for
merly of Thermopolis, is the proprie-
tor of one of the saloons there, and
the store now running is operated by
King & Co., and is in charge of r. FL.
Knittle, VINO is also postmaster.
According to Mr.. Rathbone, the rails
are now out twenty miles from Casper,
and the last grading outfit is at Round
Hill. The big cut and fill al Powder
river will be ready by the time the
steel gang reaches it.-Big Horn Coun-
ty News.
, 1905-11-30

The B. and M. officials should find a
matter of interest in the fact that Hon.
w. b. Sleeper and wife of Meeteetse,
came to this city Friday evening en-
route to Billings where they expected
TO spend Thanksgiving. After a mi
croscopic examination they failed to
find a train at this point and as the
weather was too inclement for a drive
to their destination they returned to
their home very much disguised.
, 1905-11-30
Hard Luck.

A westerner who kept a ranch neal
one of the popular railroads of the
west found one morning o his despair
that ons of his hogs had been killed by
the train during the night. The man
thinking it not right hat he should
loose a hog without compensation wrote
to the company for damages. To make
it the more impressive he wrote it in
poetry as follows:
My razor back strolled down your
track,
a week ago today:
Your fourty-nine, came down the line,
Aud snuffed his life away.
You cannct blame me-, this hog you see
Slipped through the cattle gate,
So kindly pen, a check for ten
The debt to l%iquidate.
In due time the mails brought an
answer. But instead of a check was
this note.
Our forty-nine, came down the line,
And killed your hog we know
Quite often meets with woe;
We fear my friend, we cannot send,
The check for which you pine;
Please plant the dead, place DER his
head
Here lies a foolish swine.
, 1905-11-30
Knights of Pythias.

All Knights of Pythias, in ard
around Co ", ar. T. quested to meet at
The Odd Fellows hall on FridIy e
my, December 1t, TO take steps toward
the establishment of u lodge Pass word
and rrc ipt not necessary. "A smoker
is booked Tor The evening, and ali
knight are requested to come ard get
acquainted.
GRAND |. G. OF WYOMING.
, 1905-11-30

The comptroller of the treasury has
authorized the First National Bank of
Shoshoni, Wyo., to begin business
with a capital of $50, 900. The officers
OF the new bank will be as follows: G.
81. King, president; ]. X. Moore, vice.
president and Theodore Becker,
cashier.
, 1905-11-30
Strayed or Stolen.

Two mares. Oue branded bent bar
on le:t shoulder, ard circle back of left
thigh. Name reached. Other is brown
mar quarter circle six on left thigh,
also sore on wi,hers Liberal reward
for information rs o their whereabouts.
2t j. L. SMITH.
, 1905-11-30

While cleaning a gun preparatory I
going on a hunting expedition, Mar
shall Field, Jr., son of Marshall Field
the we'll known merchant of Chicago,
accidentally shot himself. He WAS
taken to a hospital at once but will
probably die.-Cheyenne Leader.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-29
AN IMPORTANT LAW.
Enacted by the Legislature just Adj
jOuFned.

The Legislature of 1905 passed a
law permitting any life insurance
company doing business in this State
to register in the office of the Insur-
ance Commissioner all policies issued
and to deposit with this State official
TO be held by him for the benefit of
the policy-holdcTs the legal reserve OF
said registered policies. This is what
is known as the deposit law and is in
full operation iii several northern and
western States Under it's provisions
the legal reserve of every premium
paid to life insurance company quail
flying under the law passes imm-
ediatcly to this State officer to be held
by the State subject to and for the
benefit of the policy under which 1t
was paid.
The Southern Life and Trust Com
pany of Greensboro is the first life in
surance company to give to its pol
icy-holdCrs the protection provided for
them under this deposit law, having
qualified by the deposit of the required
securities with the State of North Car
olina within four days after the law
was ratified. The deposit made covers
the legal reserve on every policy which
the company has in force and every
policy will be registered Immediately
according to law. 1t is not probable
that any foreign company will qualify
under the law by making the required
deposit, as in other States it is unusual
for any save domestic companies.
This protection to its pOlicy-holdcrs,
i'm addition to its surplus to policy
holders of $250,000 will give to the
policies of the Southern Life and Trust
Company of Greensboro a stability
which vii place them in the first rank
with life insurance contracts.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-29
ELECT DELEGATES
Cotton Farmers of Wake
County Will Meet
Saturday.

Much activity is manifest in cotton
growing circles in Wake, and the visit
to Raleigh of A. J. Simmons, Jr., rep
resentative of the Southern Cotton
Growers Association, gave impetus and
renewed enthusiasm to the movement
and farmers.
On Wednesday, April 25th, the
Wake county Cotton Farmers ConVen-
ton. will be held in Raleigh, and next
Saturday, April LIST, the several town
ships of the county will hold meetings
to elect delegates to the county con-
vention.
The call, issued yesterday by Pres
dent A. c. Greene, of the Wake Coun-
ty Cotton Association, is as follows
1.-THE cotton farmers in the various
townships of Wake county will please
meet at their respective meeting
places at 2 o'clock p. M, Saturday,
April list, to complete the statistics as
to cotton acreage, etc, also to elect
delegates to the county convention.
which is called to meet at the court
house in the city of Raleigh, Wednes-
day, April 5th, at / , o'clock. Let the
collectors from each township bring in
their dues and turn them over to
Ransom Hinton, treasurer at the
county meeting.
ut is very important that the far
mers attend these meetings and do not
let interests in the cause abate. With
reduction in acreage victory will be
ours Let no man show the white
feather, but stand by the principles of
the organization and success will
crown our efforts.
Remember the motto of the South
ern Cotton Association:
g In unity there shall be strength
''Twenty-fivc per cent reduction.
well do it.
81 ask the cotton farmers of Wake
county TO stand by that motto.
"a. G. GREEN,
president Wake County Cotton Asso-
ciation."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-29
ROYAL
Baking Powder
Is Most Economical
Because 1t makes better
and more healthftt1 food.
ROYAL BAKING CO.,

authorized by said act for Indebtedness
held by him at their par value. The
commissioners refused to take any ac-
ton under the statute. The plaintih
instituted a suit against the commas
SionerS, and the case was tried by
Judge e. b. Jones at the 1908 term of
Madison Superior court. Judgment
was rendered commanding the COM
miSSionerS to proceed under the
statute, and make exchange of the
bonds with the defendant at the par
value of the new bonds. The defend
ant excepted, and appealed, claiming
that the court had no jurisdiction for
that this was a money demand and
that the summons should have been
returnable to the court in term time;
that the act confers discretionary
power and is not mandatory and that
if it is mandatory, it is unconstitu-
tional and not a statute which the Leg
iSlature has the power to pass.
The appeal was heard at the spring
term, 1904, of the Supreme court, and
was then decided against the plain
tiff the court holding that the act
conferred only discretionary authority
upon the commissioners, and that the
court could not interfere. There were
dissenting opinions by two members
of the court as then constituted, and
on the petition to rehear one of the
justices who cOncurred in the former
opinion entered an order formally al
lowing the rehearing.
After full and careful consideration
the majority of the court are now of
the opinion that the former decision
was erroneous, and the law govern
ing the case on the main questions
presented is in accord with the dis
senting opinions of Mr.. Justice Common
filed in the same case when an adj
verse opinion was rendered last year
In conclusion, tho opinion reads:
while the court has every DISPOSE
ton to uphold the principle of local
self government, the history of this
transaction, as shown in the record, is
in itself almost a demonstration that
it is not amiSs, and at times altogether
desirable, to have a supervising repre-
sentative authority with power and
disposition to intervene when local
officers have failed and refused to
perform their official duties. We de-
clare our opinion to be that the court
below had jurisdiction; second, that
the act in question is mandatory;
third, that the Legislature had power
to pass the act; and fourth, that the
remedy sought is the proper remedy
The petition to rehear was allowed
and the judgment of the court below
was affirmed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-29
SUPERIOR COURT.
Several Cases of Minor Public
Interest.

No cases of general public interest
were tried in Wake Criminal Court
yesterday.
The following is a list of the per-
sons tried and convicted:
George Somerville, for larceny and
receiving, five years in the State S
prison There were four other
charges against the defendant, judg-
ment being suspended in each.
d. d. Williams plead guilty of an
assault with a deadly weapon, and
Judgment was suspended on payment
of costs.
Charles overly plead guilty of
trespass, and was sentenced to twelve
months on the roads, but the sentence
does not go into effect except upon
motion of the solicitor. The defend
ant is recognized at the July term of
court under a 500 bond.
Burlie Mangum was found guilty by
the jury of the charge of an assault
with a deadly weapon, and was SEN
fenced to six months on the roads.
Efforts are being made to change his
sentence to a fine. He plead guilty to
a charge of carrying a concealed wea-
pom, and judgment was suspended.
Earle Jones plead guilty of forciblc
trespass, and judgment was suspended
upon. the payment of costs.
Garland Pool plead guilty to retail
ing liquor without license, and was
sentenced to four months on the roads.
Frank Simpson, Hubert Polk and
Will Walters, ali colored, were ar
raigned on the charge of an affray.
Walters plead guilty, and judgment
was suspended in his case The jury
had not returned verdict in the
other two cases when recess was taken
at five o'clock.
Court will meet this morning at
$50 o'clock.
COlOred Lawyer.
Edmund Fitzgerald Fredericks, q
native of Africa. was admitted to the
bar yesterday to practice as an attor-
ney at law. The applicant was pre-
scented to the bar by Dave Lane.