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The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-08-03
VACRANCY LAW
WILL REEiRDY.
lalsEs Rathsr WOrh Than Be Sent -
CAnps--Sevsgal Have Ac.
captaN Rnaitions.

CAmpss~SoveRaA nave Aes
csptsA Pesitions.
A labor agent, IN jacksonville Me-
krOpOlis, saws when the members Of the
police department and the county ofic-
ials commenced q eruEade against va
grants In Jacksonville they found no
trouble In locating quite 3 number Of
worthless, idle negroes who were held
for trial IN the criminal court.
For the past few days, however, the
officers declare that the many old
timers who lOunged about LaVilla day
and night, playing pool, but never work.
ing, and Wh0m they intended rounding
up and sending 10 fail, cannot be found.
When the idlers found that the Of
feers meant business and were arrest
ing three or four well known Migrants
each day, they either went to work in
the city or left for other points.
Labor agents who had been making
strenuous efforts to secure labor for va
riOus enterprises throughout the State,
met with q failure when they attempted
to secure negroes from Jacksonville.
But now it Is different, and negro labor,
It Is said, can be secured without the
least Of trouble in Jacksonville.
REFUSED GOOD JOBS.
In speaking Of the matter yesterday
q labor sgent said:
81 came to Jacksonville about a
month ago to secure laborers to work
on q new railroad in the State.
walked through LaVllla day and night,
but every negro approached announced
that he did not have to work and re-
fused position, although / guaranteed
them work for over a year, at $l.26
day.
ton in search of laborers, and found
that the same conditions prevailed there.
walked down on the piers and could
see thousands Of idle negroes lounging
about, but they refused to work. While
In Charleston, however, / received o
telegram that 25 negro laborers had
been secured from Jacksonville. To
say that was surprised would not ex-
press It. could not understand why
one agent could follow me up and Sc
cure labor where had failed.
II puzzled over the matter until /
reached Jacksonville, few days ago,
and heard that the authorities were en-
forcing the vagrancy law.
II then went to work to search for
labor, and In q very short time had Sc
cured q goOdly number of negroes who
were willing to leave Jacksonville to
work at $1.25 day.
HELPS LABOR AGENTS.
~ believe that shonld the vagrancy
law be strictly enforced by the authori-
ties, that labor would not be so scarce
all over the State and that crime would
be reduced to q great degree.
Jacksonville Is not only overrun
with q worthless class of negroes, but
many white men idle away their time
in LaVilla and refuse to earn an honest
dollar when the opportunity is offered
them.
81 feel that the officials are to be con-
graduated upon their efforts in enforc-
iEg this law, but believe they should
keep It up, and not stop when they
have placed 10 or 20 negroes in Jail /
have been told by officers that Migrants
cannot be found in the city since the
crusade has been commenced, but be-
lieve this to be q mistake, as LaVilla
appears to be overrun with them"
N~~cS~c~cS~~~
A Healing Gospel.
The Rev. J. c. Warren. pastor Of
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-08-03

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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-09
Brutal Murder in CHICAGO.

Chicago Jan. S.-Mrs. A. w. Gen
try, 26 years old, wife of the president
of the Universal Trading & Supply
Co., was murdered today for some un-
known reason, by man whom the
police declare is F. J. Constantine, a
boarder in the Gentry home.
Mrs. Gentry died before she could
make statement, and Constantine fled
from the building without either hat
or coat. and is now being sought by
the police. At the time Of the mur-
der Mrs. Gentry and Constantine were
alone in the apartments at 532 La
Sale where the Gentry family lived
Mrs. Gentry was about to go down
town when Constantine attacked her,
and after cutting her throat from ear
to ear pushed her out into the hallway
and threw her down a flight Of stairs.
The woman fell against the door of
the apartments occupied by DR.. Dav.
id J. Doherty on the floor below. The
physician. herring the noise, came to
the door and at once took Mrs Gentry
into his office and tried to save her
life. but she had lost so much blood
that she died within a few minutes.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-09
FERGUS LEADS
IN GOLD OUTPUT
OVER 100000 IN YELLOW METAL
SENT TO ASSAY OFFICE IN
DECEMBER.

The report of the United States as
say office at Helena for December
shows that Fergus maintained it's Lead
as the banner gold county OF the
state right through the year. The
mines of this county sent $102,614.65
of the yellow metal to the assay Of
flee, which was more than one-half OF
the total receipts from this state.
Where Gold Came From.
The December receipts showed a
gain over November of $17,55O but the
total was smaller than for the same
month in the previous year by near
ly $4,000. The receipts by counties
was as follows:
Beaverhead, $346.7O; Broadwater,
81, ,095.83; Chouteau, $13,658.91; Deer
Lodge, $545; Fergus, $1O2,614.65; Flat.
head, $93.O8; Granite, $2,459.61; JET
ferson, $429.28; Lewis and Clark. $19,'
O77.94; Madison, $22,137.17; Missoula
81 ,365.53; Meagher, $433.81; Park, $S,
61362; Powell, $477.20; Silver Bow
$2.759.56; Montana total, $176,1 ,143.7O;
Idaho, $1,561.73; Nevada, $6,547 ,16;
! Washington, $555.31; Alaska. $1,O12.
so; British Columbia, $10,O06.35; grand
total, $195,826.75.
Of Montana's contribution $175,4
81 was in gold and $665.88 in silver
Practically all of the receipts from
other states and territories was also ir
gold,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-09

young man whose first confessions
implicated several well known resi-.
dents of Lewistown as being part
ners with him in his crimes. This
was afterwards proven and admitted
by Sherman himself to be absolutely
false and made only that he might
have company in his disgrace.
Gambling may be detrimental to
the morals of Lewistown. and the coun-
ty attorney will be doing no more
than his sworn duty in upholding the
law now on the statute books, and
suppressing this form of vice with an
iron hand: but to lay at it's door the
blame for the revolving crime of this
young degenerate who out of the pure
malice of his heart was willing to
have innocent men suffer disgrace
and punishment for his crimes, is both
without reason or justice. We hold
no brief for the gambling fraternity.
and endorse the enforcement of laws :
but we doubly despise the man who
through his own innate weakness or
wickedness commits crime and then
attempts to excuse his wrongdoing by
whining that someone else was re,
sponsible for his downfall.
IF County Attorney Ayers has de-
termined to strangle the tiger in Lew
istown, he can find better ground for
his action than the murder of Stud
zinski."
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-09
MURDERER OF sTEUNENeERG.
Prisoner Who Calls Himself Thomas
Orchard is Identified.

Boise. Jan. 8.-James ]. Sullivan, a
Denver attorney, arrived in Caldwell
today and identified the suspect held
for the murder of Ex-Governor Steun
enberg, as Thomas Hogan, man
whom he knew in Denver in connec.
ton with some civil business.
When he met Orchard, or Hogan
this morning, he said
Hello, Tom, what are you doing
here?"
Orchard replied:
81 was arrested for the assassination
of Frank Steunenberg. was going to
telegraph you if you had not showed
up today
An interview between Orchard and
Sullivan occurred in the sheriff's Of
flee with the sheriff and one or two
other officers present.
Sullivan said to Orchard he had nc
idea of taking UP the defense. He
did not come for that purpose, he
said. He was willing to extend any
favor he could, but he was not to be
regarded as an attorney in the case
Orchard then wrote a telegram to the
law firm of Robertson, Rosenhaup
Miller, as follows:
Let me know when you will come
to defend me Immediately. l can make
other arrangements.
| THOMAS HOGAN"
Fred Miller who was reported al
starting from Spokane Thursda!
morning to come here, has not ap
| Dearet1
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-09
HAZER is FIRED.
MILDLY From Nevada is Dropped From
the Naval Academy,

the Naval Academy.
Annapolis. Jan. 8.-The develop
ments today at the naval academy
were important. Stephen Decatur. Jr..
the first of the members of the first
class to be put on trial, was declared
acquitted and restored to duty; but
was re-arrested shortly after and will
be tried under other charges of haz-
ing under the act of 1874, and of en-
cOuraging Or cOuntenancing hazing un-
der the act Of 1908.
Announcement was made unofficial
ly that Midshipman TrenmOr Coffin,
Jr., of the third class from Carson
City, New, has been convicted of haz-
ing and dismissed.
During the trial Of Midshipman Mar
zcni it developed that tagging sys-
tenn exists at the academy under
classmen being expected to bring food
from the breakfast table to upper
classmen when they miss the forma'
tion. It was also made clear that since
the hazing investigation began upper
classmen have been subjecting each
other to practices generally visited on
fourth classmen, so as to be able to
testify that certain things were not
done to under classmen only, and con
sequently do not constitute hazing
An intimation of this had been gained
by previous testimony, but it remain
Ell for Midshipman Robert w. Caban
mass, first class man from Birming
ham, Ala, to finally let the cat out
of the bag when he stated that since
the sessions of the court of inquiry
begun the first class midshipmen ant
others at his table had been required
to report dessert. This was only re
quired of the fourth classmen up to 9
few weeks ago.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-09
BIG YEAR in
LAND OFFICE
Vast Area of Fergus County Ranch
Land Appropriated During the
Year Just Closed.
Total Receipts Of the Office During
the Year Reached Nearly
$4,000.

The business done at the local land
office for the last quarter of the year
ending Dec. 81, was considerably larg-
er than during any other quarter of
the year the total area of land appro-
priated being 59,739 acres. The total
receipts of the office for the last quar-
ter amounted to s19331. Following is
a summary of the business done:
Twenty-three commutated home
steads, 3,5O7 acres.
Six excessas 1897 acres.
One public sale, 40 acres.
Eighteen mineral entries, 621 acres.
Five timber and stone proofs. $50
acres.
Thirty-four desert land entries. g.
les acres.
Thirty-two final deserts. 4,7S7 acres
One hundred and twelve homestead
entries, 1899 acres
Twenty-three final homesteads, g.
$50 acres.
Ten mineral applications.
| Two adverse claims.
Five coal declaratOry statements.
For the quarter ending Sept. 30.
last, the total of the area appropri-
ated during the quarter was only 49,
45i acres, while the total receipts of
the office were $19.742. Following is
a summary Of the business done for
that quarter:
| Sixteen commuted homesteads, 1850
| acres
Twenty-Five excxesses, 216 acres.
Seven public sales 388 acres.
Two mineral entries, 1871 acres.
One COAL final, 80 acres.
| Four timber and stone entries, 1893
| acres
Forty-six desert land entries, 1920
acres
Forty final deserts, 7,1O3 acres.
One hundred and eighteen homestead
entries, 1896 acres.
One state selection, 757 acres
| The total area Of the land appro-
priated for the quarter ending June
80. was 1885 acres. and the total
receipts Of the Office were $16,592.43.
The acreage covered in the business
done during the quarter ending March
30 was 1S,70S acres, and the total re-
ceipts reached $12648.45. 1t will thus
be seen that the total acreage appro-
priated during the year 1905 was 1885,
$50 acres, and the total receipts of the
office were s6S,314.4O.
An important Decision.
The local land office mas been sus-
tanned in its decision in the case of
the United States against Phenia Lew
is in which the ground of the contest
was that the entry was made with the
intention of assigning it. A motion
to dismiss was made by the defense.
Oh the ground that an entry made
with the intention of assigning it was
not an illegal entry. The land Office
oyerruled this motion, and an appeal
was taken to the commissioner, who
sustained the ruling. The matter then
went before the secretary of the in
, terror, who also sustaind the previous
decisions, and the case will now, In
all probability. go to the supreme court
of the United States on the questions
of law involved, for final adjudication
Mrs. Mcdonald Wins.
In the case of r. s. Hamilton against
Theresa Mcdonald in which the loca
office some time ago gave a decision
in favor of Mrs. Mcdonald, ruling thai
the entry should be held intact, the
commissioner has just sustained thi;
e ruling.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-09

"The principle that it is duty to
pTo1ong every human life as long as
possible, at whatever cost, has hith-
erto been generally accepted.
1T is supported by the doctrine of
the sacredness of human life.
"The doctrine and the practice have
both been pressed too far. There is
no ground to hold every human life
as inviolably sacred, and to be pre-
served, no matter with what results
to the individual, or to others. On the
contrary, there are cases to which
every reasonable consideration urges
that the end should be put. Setting
aside all doubtful cases, no right think
ing man would hesitate to give a dose
OF laudanum, sufficient to end suffer-
ing and life together, to the victim of
an accident fro mthe torturing effects
of which recovery was impossible,
however many hours of misery might
be added to conscious life by stimu-
lants Or surgical operations.
"Nor should a reasonable man hest
tate to hasten death in the case of a
mortal disease, such. for example, as
cancer when It has REACHED the stage
of incessaf i severe pain and when
the patient desires to die. The pro-
lopgation of life in such case by
whatever means, is mere criminal
cruelty.
"Or take another instance, that of
person whose mind has become a
chaos Of wild imaginings, productive
of constant distress, not only to the
sufferer but to all who live with and
attend him. The plain duty in such
a case is not to prolong, but to short
Ell life. It is not to be hoped that
superstition SO deeply rooted in ira
dition as that of the duty of prolong
ing life at any cost will readily yield
sc the arguments of reason or the
pleadings of compassion, but the dis
cussion in it's various aspects may lead
gradually to a more enlightened pub
tic opinion and to the consequent re
| lief of such misery"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-09
ShERMAN'S GAMBLING LOSSES.
Misapprehension Regarding Count
Attorney Ayers Position.

MlSdpprenenSIOn he9dCOtn9 COuVCy
Attorney Ayers Position.
Many papers of the state have re.
Gently taken up an alleged statement
by County Attorney Ayers to the effect
that he proposed to inaugurate mer.
ciless crusade against all the men
named by James Sherman as persons
to whom he had lost money in gamb.
ling games. These papers have near.
ly all critisized Mr.. Ayers for accept
ing the statement that gambling was
what induced Sherman to kill Sam.
uel Studzinski. AS matter of fact,
Mr.. Ayers has never, at any time,
made such a statement. Gambling
was stopped in Lewistown some
months ago, long before Sherman was
arrested, yet it is pointed out that he
continued to commit burglaries after
! that time, although he had no chance
to gamble, except to go up against
the slot machines and make private
| wagers. Mr.. Ayers says that with ref
| erence to persons to whom Sherman
claims to have lost money, they stand
in exactly the same position as all
others who may have violated the
law. If statement is made that will
warrant criminal proceeding, he will
| H. uOI WISC.
is no doubt at all that Sherman die
lose much money gambling. but it was
a good while ago, and it may be diff
cult at this late day to get at the
parties to whom he lost. However
the county attorney says he will pro
ceed in any case that is properl!
brought before him.
The latest comment of the kind re
feIred to is from the Bozeman Chron
icle. Under the heading Of "Gamblin,
and Crime" it says editorially:
"The good people of LewistOwn ar
much stirred up over the revelation
in the case of young Sherman. tn
murderer of the aged pawnbroker o
! that place; and drastic measures ar
promised against the gambling fratel
, nifty as result of Sherman's confer
J tion that this evil was the sole caus
of his downfall. This is the sam
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-09
No Reprieve for Patrick.

Albany, N. Y, Jan. S.-Governor
Higgins today announced that he
would deny the application for a re-
prieve for Albert T. Patrick, the law
Yer who is confined in Sing Sing pris-
On under sentence to die January %,
for the murder of the aged million
aire, VIM. Marsh Rice.
The application was made on Tues.
day by ex-senator VIM. Lindsay of
Kentucky, who is practicing law in
New York, and A. c. Stone, of Albany,
who appeared in Patrick's behalf, ow-
ing to the illness of David B. Hill.
They asked Governor Higgins to
grant a reprieve in Patrick's case to
enable them to examine the 5000
pages of testimony taken on the trial
in order to perfect an appeal to the
United States supreme court.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-09

water county. thence southeast to
Bozeman. in Gallatin county. thence
southwest to Virginia City, in Madi-
SOC county, thence northwest to Deer
Lodge, in Powell county, thence west
to Philipsburg, in Granite county,
thence southeast to Anaconda, in Deer
Lodge county. thence 10 Butte. in Sill
yer Bow county. thence south to Dill
lon. in eBaverhead county. thence
northwest to Hamilton, in Ravalli
county. thence north to Missoula. in
Mssoula county. thence north to Kali
ispell, in Flathead county. thence
south again to Ravalli county and out
of the state. LOyev calls this tine
Hot Air Root" drawn from the sew
eral surveys made "by official county
new wspapers."
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-09
MANY DEALS
IN REALTY
MUCH RANCH AND CITY PROPER
I'll SOLD DURING THE PAST
WEEK.

An important ranch deal was closed
up this week, by which C. r. McClave,
of Moore, becomes the owner of the
McCourt ranch, situated near Gar
Leill, and considered one of the best
properties of the kind in that local
ity. The tract comprises $50 acres,
and it is all excellent land. The ac-
tual consideration Is not announced.
J. H. Charters has sold to the Cit
liens Bank of Moore for $4,000. lots
/, 2, and 4, in block s.; lots 3, A.,
s, 6, Z, 8 and 8, in block 8, and lots
10, II and 13, in block 4. all in Stat
ford's third addition; half interest
in lot 80 by 35 feet, in block 6, of
the original Lewistown tOwnsite, and
som eacreage located in section 25.
| township IA north, of range Is east.
Leila d. Hartzell has sold to Joseph
Jackson for 500, lots 3 and 4, in
! block 5, of the MOrase addition
| M. e. Darrow has sold to Mary A.
Shaules for $3.50 "a 100 acre tract in
section 35. township IA north, of
range 19 east.
benjamin F. Jones has sold to the
trustees of school district No. 18, a
| tract of land 90 by IA rods, situated al
Cottonwood, for school purposes, a
nominal consideration being stated.
w. H. Peck has sold to Charles r
McClave for $40O, 40 acre tract in
section 80, township IL north, OF
range 16 east.
George ]. Bach, as trustee, has sold
to John J. Fleming, of Forest Grove
for $4,000, 200 acre tract in sec
tions 4. and 8, township IA north
OF range 21 east.
The Montana Townsite company has
sold to William Barney for $500, lo'
8, in block 5, at Moore.
William Barney has sold to Fanny
Barney for a stated consideration ol
81. one-half of lot 7, block 6, of the
, Moore tOwnsite.
The Lewistown Land company ha:
, sold to Jean c. Young, for $500, lots
35 and SO, in block 4, OF the origina
, Lewistown tOwnsite.
/ J.. w Steele and others have trans
, ferred to the Presbyterian church o
: Kendall for a stated consideration o
, 81. lots | and 9, in block 81, at Ken
| dali, being the site for the churcl
now being erected in the camp.
2 Edgar f. Miller has sold to William
| ID. Jackson for 500, 100 acre trac
| situated in section ~, township /
3 north, of range 10 east.
. Charles Slaton has sold his res
s dence property, corner OF Bebb stree
j. and Fourth avenue. to Oscar Helsin
e and Albert Wilson. the sale being mad
:, through the Judith Basin Commis
) sion company.
v Goodkind Bros, of Helena. hav
sold to Kate Mcdonald, OF Phillips
= burg. for stated consideration of s
!. lot 25 by 80 feet. on Main stree
e adjoining lot 4, in block 8, Lewis
town.
e Edmund Wright has sold to Gran
S Robinson for a stated consideratio
e of 81, lots s. 6. and s. in block
If of Stafford's fourth addition.
q PC. Weydert has sold to Mimi
r. NJ Morris for $1,000, piece OF Ian
n. lust below the HILL at the head
,e Main street consisting OF about a
le acre and half.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-09
Medals for Railway Men.

Salt Lake. Jan. S.-General Superin-
tendent E. Buckingham, of the Oregon
Short line, today announced the win
ners of medals awarded as a result of
the November inspection of the Short
Line system by party Of 20 officials
of the company. f. p. Shaw, station
agent at Nampa. Ida, wins the gold
medal for having the best kept sta
ton on the system. John McElnee.
roadmaster of the Salt Iake-Ogden
district, gets the gold medal for the
best roadmaster's district, and Wal
te.' Read, section foreman at Farm
ington, Utah. gets the gold medal for
the best kept section.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-09
Rrvan's Tour Of the PhjjjppineS,

Manila, Jan. w. ]. Bryan was
enthusiastically received yesterday by
The provincial officers and people OF
Bacolod. At banquet rendered him
a leading native expressed the nope
of ultimate independence and present
cl the Industrial economic and ad
ministrative conditions of the provin
&C. Mr.. Bryan's response was of the
same tenor as his speech at Manila
He enjoined the natives to have con
fidence in the American people, citing
the work of the educational bureau
as a proof of the good intention OF
the federal government.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-09
Mccall to Form a Company.

New York. Jan. S.-John A. Mccall,
who has resigned the presidency of
the New York Life, refuses to make
any statement as to his plans. but
his friends say that as soon as the
life insurance business becomes set
tied, he will probaly organize new
company. not on the mutual but on
the stock plan, and issue policies with
a guaranteed. specified value upon
maturity. Mr.. McCall's friends say
ne can get abundant financial back.
ing for such an undertaking.