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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
COPPER MEN ORGANIZE
sixty.Flve Per Gent Of the Red Metal
Dealers Of the World are to Enter
Into an Arrangement to Dispose Of
Their Product.

j . 4 Il
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Representa-
tives of the leading copper interests
of this country and Europe will meet
here tomorrow to organize an inter
national association of copper pro-
ducers, refners and manufacturers.
Phelps Dodge and Company, who re-
Gently incorporated their properties
into a $50,OO0,0OO company, are said
TO be taking an active part in the
movement, although no information
on that point was obtainable from
that source today. @tgy
The interests concerned are said to
represent about IS per cent Of the
worlds copper output.
So far as could be learned, the in
terests identified with this movement
are not in any way connected with the
capitalists who are reported to be or
ganizing an independent smelling
company.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
SENTENCED TO DEATH.

CHICAGO, Dec. 17.Moy Dow, a
Chinaman who has assisted the police
of Philadelphia, New York, Boston and
other large cities in clearing up mys-
terious murders of Cinnamon, has
been sentenced to death by secret
organization. Dow has turned over to
the police what he says is evidence
that the members Of Chinese societies
in the cities named have agreed to pay
$4,000 for his murder.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
COAL DEAL In
CARBON COUNTY
4so ACRES Of coat LAND sELLs
FOR BIG SUM.
PURChASEDBYRAIL
II is Believed in Red Lodge That .he
Land Has Been Acquired Tor Either
the Milwaukee or the Burlington
Railroad-lmmediate Development. h
Especial 10 The Gazette.1

b VI 7 t9
RED LODGE. Mont, Dec. ~. one
of the biggest coal deals In recent
years in Carbon county was consumat-
ed today when Thomas Ryan, repre-.
senting number Of Nebraska CAPT
talists purchased 4S0 acres Of Land 10
Gated in the Bear Creek district some
three miles south of the present coal
properties.
The consideration has not been
made public, but 1t has been intimated
from outside sources that the pur-
chase price was SIS per acre. Thomas
Ryan who engineered the deal has
been In Red Lodge for the past six
months looking over the coal fields
and he has had with him . corps Of
engineers and experts who have ex-
plored the field thoroughly. Tho peo-
pie whom he represents also own the
old Hymer mining property In Red
Lodge on which many thousands Of
dollars was expended in development
work 4
Speaking Of the deal today Mr..
Ryan said: /: Nj:
THE people whom ! represent are
Lincoln, Neb., capitalists who have
ample money with which u develop
our new properties ana II Is our inten-
operat tions in that direc.
tion within the near future. It will
be necessary for US to have the rail
road extended to our new properties
and it will be comparatively easy
matter to accomplish this. We have
a right away along a water level from
the Yellowstone Park road that enters
Bear Greek and that line may be ex-
tended at reasonable expense.
The coal land purchased in the re-
cent deal was owned BY Frank =.
Clark, DR.. S. M. souders and Louis
Chapman.
While Mr.. Ryan is not giving out
any definite information as to the
deal 1t has been common talk that he
is representing one of the transconti-
mental lines of railroad. presumably
the Burlington or the st. Paul road.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
FLEET GONE JUST YEAR
OFFICERS Of the BattIeship Feet are En-
tertained by the OFFICIALS Of Colon
ho-Toasts Proposed and compli.
rnentary Speeches Made.

COLOMBO. Ceylon, Dec. 17.-Thir-
ty Officers Of the American battleship
feet under Rear Admiral Sperry and
fifty officers of Ceylon were enter
tanned al a dinner today by Governor
Sir Henry Edward McCallum.
In complimentary speech, the gov
ernor proposed the health of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Admiral sperry
made fitting reply.
Attention was called to the fact
that the feet had been absent from
Hampton Roads for Just one year.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
HENRY FLOOD DEAD.
Especial to The Gazette.)

Especial to The Gazette.) IA
BUTTE, Mont, Dec. 17.--Henry,
Flood, a prominent mining man Of
Mullan, was today found dead in bed,
the cause Of his demise being Bright's
disease. He was SO years old and was
part owner Of the Midnight mine.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
NIL LMAUKEE PURCHASES
TRACT NEAR BILLINGS
Railroad Acquires 90 Acres for Yards
and Shops.

- ~ - ~ 49, =
IN order to secure for yards the
road has purchased large tract land adjoining
Simon Foster Billings acres
in the northeast portion Of Billings Chicago
St Paul Railway the con
sideraon $4,000
The land lies the
and north of the Uorthern Pacific
This Billings that
the shops and roundhouse
Continued Page) Z
~
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
SILVER PURCHASES.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-THE treas
ury today purchased 100000 ounces Of
silver at New York, $4,000 ounces at
New Orleans and $4,000 ounces for
delivery at Denver. at 1892 cents per
fine ounce.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
HOUSE ASKS PRESIDENT
FOR AN EXPL. L.ANATION
Resolution About Secret Service Passes
Without Dissenting Vote.

WASHINGTON, Dec 17Charman Perkins of the
mttee appointed
suggestions of the
secret service which
read of that committee beginning todas
The report recommends the adoption resolution
the president
his statement that the
cerned the fact that the
eating themselves.
CONTINUED O PageJ
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
SHIP I'm BAD SHAPE.

AUCKLAND, N. q, Dec. 1.-THE
American ship Louisiana from San
Francisco, September s, for Callao, Pc
ru, has put in at Papeete, Society is
lands, leaking and in distress.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
SNOW in NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, Dec 17.-Half an inch
of snow fell here last night. The tem-
perature dropped from 50 at noon to
the freezing point at midnight.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
SALE is DENIED. ::
Another Statement About the Ponde-
ray Smelling Works.

ray Smelling Works.
Especial to The Gazette.)
y HELENA, Dec. 17.---F. 3. Linder-
man, n " secretary q the II. Montana A Mining
ociation, who has ibbeen out OF town
returned today. Asked if there was
any truth in the reports published that
the American Smelling and Refining
company was negotiating for the pur-
chase of the independent smelling
plant at Ponderay, Idaho, or if he
knew Of any such negotiations, Mr..
Linderman denied the truth Of the re-
ports.
Il read the report in the papers" I"
said Mr.. ,Linderman, "and wired Mr..
Titus at Ponderay. In reply he tele-
graphed me:
Absolutely nothing to it,"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
NECROL LONGEDFOR HE'LL
Refused Services of Minister, and Be-
fore Being Hanged Said He Wanted
to Go To He'll for Special Pur-
pose.

ROCKINGHAM, N. c., Dec IL
Henry Harvey, a negro who was
hanged here today for numbering
Hugh Price, a negro, last summer,
refused the attention of a minister,
saying:
Il want to go to hell for a special
purpose
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
CIVIC REFORM LEAGUE.

PITTsBURG, Pa, Dec. 17.-The
25th annual convention Of the nation
al civic reform league convened to-
day.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
ROBBERS HALT CHICAGO LIMITED NEAR P0RTL AND, ORE
EXPRESS CAR DYNAblITED and SMALL SAFE IS ROBBED
ARSON CHARGED;
MURDER ] 4 FEARED I: !
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST. MRS.
IN kELLEHER lis MADE.
MYSTERIOUS DEATHS

insurance on the Lives Of a Number
Of People Has Been Paid to Her.
Investigation Of the Deaths to Be
A Made.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-18
SUPREME COURT uPHoLDs CON
vIcTIoN OF WILLIAM CONWAY. 4
MUST SERVE SENTENCE.
Decision Of District Court In Appeal
ct William Conway From Conviction
il District Court for Violating Wine
Room Eaw3 .is aA Affisaned NJ
Especial to The Gazette.)

HELENA, Mont, Dec. IT,. The su.
preme court today handed down a de.
4cision affirming the conviction in Vel
lowstone county of William Conway
on the charge of permitting a female
in a place where liquors are sold.' He
must therefore serve the 60 day Jail
sentence. This is the first conviction
under what is known as the wine
room law.
William Conway was tried and CON
victed of running road house in the
Stockade east of Billings about one
mile, more than eighteen months ago.
The building has since been burned
down. Deputies from the sheriff's Of
flee went to the Stockade and procur-
ed the evidence upon which the COM
plant was based.
Judge Fox sentenced Conway to the
county Jail for sixty days, but the
case was appealed and an appeal
bond was given. The grounds for ap-
peal were the insufficiency of the
evidence and the alleged unconstitu-
tionality of the law. The decision of
the supreme court therefore is taken
to uphold the constitutionality Of the
anti wine room law passed at the
last session of the legislation, and
under which there have been several
convictions in this county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-23
SIMPLE WASH CURES ECZEMA.
itching, Burning Skin Disease Routed
Without Use of Injurious Druos.

Without Use of Injurious Drugs.
Great inventors often have been
praised for surrendering the secrets OF
their discoveries. Practically the same
thing happened in the medical world
In the case of DR.. Decatur d. Dennis,
the eminent skin specialist of Chicago.
". Dennis, in his own Office prac-
tiee, discovered that pure vegetable
oil of wintergreen. properly mixed with
other simple remedies was practically
sure specific for eczema, psoriasis,
BARRIERS itch, salt rheum and other
itching skin diseases. But the Oil OF
wintergreen alone was found ineffec.
tive. 1t required other mild ingredi-
ents such as glycerine and thymol
compounded with the wintergreen to
produce the real eczema cure
This compounded ID. d. d. Prescrip
ton positively takes away the itch al
once-the instant it is applied to the
skin. This vegetable liquid does away
with deleteriOus drugs so long used in
an attempt to doctor the blood, where
as modern science has determined thai
eczema is first and all the time a Skin
disease. -,
| If you want to know more about the
merits of ID. d. d. Prescription, call al
our store. We vouch for this remed j
T. H. Thomas, druggist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-23
Square Bullets.

In IT'S an Englishman. James Puc-
kle. secured British patent for what
seems to have been an attempt at a
breechloading rapid firing gun. An
original feature of the invention was
the use of two different breech plates,
one for square bullets, to be used
against the Turks. and the other for
round bullets. to be used against Chris
tians. 1t is curious to find two oppos-
ing tendencies in the same invention
first. the desire to construct Il gun that
should be more effective because more
destructive, and. second, desire TO
recognize certain ethical distinctio S
In its use. IL round bullet was too
good for a Turk, a square one was too
bad for Christian.-London Chroni-
Gle
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-23
Stereotyping.

1t is claimed that stereotyping was
known in I'LL 1t was practiced by
William Ged of Edinburgh about 1870.
Some of Ged's plates are to be seen at
the Royal institution, London. A Mr..
James attempted to introduce Ged's
process In London in 1875, but failed.
Stereotype printing was used in Hol-
land during the last century. and a
quarto Bible and Dutch folio Bible
were printed there. 1t was revived IN
London by Wilson in 1904. Since 1850
the durability of stereotypes has been
greatly increased by electrotyping them
with copper or silver.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-23
What Causes Headache ?

From October to May, colds are the
most frequent cause of headache. Lax
alive promo Quinine removes cause.
f. w. Grove on box % cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-23
Downward Course.
Fast Being Realized by Rock island
People.

SSs sS'''S st~ai'@S6 ~ tSSN
People.
A little backache' at first 50
Daily increasing till the back is lame
and weak.
Urinary disorders quickly follow.
Diabetes and finally Bright's disease
This is the downward course of kid.
ney ills.
Don't take this course
James Grimes, 172S Third avenue
Moline, ILL.,, says 81 suffered from kid
ney disease and its kindred ailments
for years. The most severe symptoms
were pains across my loins and con
tinual backache. I could not stoop OF
lift anything without enduring sh .rp
shooting pains through my back and
shoulders. The secretions of the kid
neys were very irregular, causing me
much annoyance, particularly at night
when l would have to get up many
times. l tried many remedies but was
unable to get any relief until heard
of Doan's Kidney Pills. | Immediately
procured a box and after taking them
in accordance with the directions the
pains began to leave me, the secre
tions became regular, and in very
short time l was completely cured.
can conscientiously say that | owe my
present good health to Doan's Kidney
Pills, and am glad to recommend then
to anyone suffering from any form Of
kidney disease"
Plenty more proof like this from
Rock Island people,, Call at Harper
House pharmacy and as what custo
mers report
For sale by all dealers Price soc
Foster-Milburn company, Buffalo. N. Y.
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan' Sand
take no other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-23

tile nature soon survived the sIi6cRs. ii
had received BY the time the Kansas.
put her ashore at Tilbury. to be clasped
In the arms of timid and fearful
aunt. she was ready as ever for the
campaign of glory she had mapped out
In London and Paris.
-
Captain Courtenay. r. ". and his
wife are not such distinguished per-
sonages. but their romance had Sc
Quel worthy Of its unusual beginning.
They We're married quietly week aft
er the Kansas reached London. There
was some war scare in fun blast at,the
moment. and lord of the admiralty
who deigned to read the newspapers
thought it was pity that smart
sailor should not risk his life for his
country rather than In behalf of base
commerce. So he looked up Courte.
nays record and found that 1t was ex-
cellent, the young lieutenant's reason
for resigning his commission being the
necessity of supporting his mother
when her estate was swept away by
a bank failure. The sea lords made
him a first rate offer Of reinstatement
In the service at higher rank without
any loss Of seniority, and they went
about the business with such dignified
leisure that DIR. Christobal had time to
find out, through men whom he could
trust, that Elsie's small estate I'm Chile
contained one of the richest mines in
the country. He secured bid of many
thousands Of pounds for it and advised
Mrs. Courtenay to accept half In cash
and half in shares of the exploiting
company.
1t was not unreasonable, that Gray
should go back to Chile to take charge
of Elsie's mine nor that Mr.. Boyle
should become. captain and Walker
CHIEF engineer of the Kansas. while
lTollemache settled down in England.
i THE END.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-23

engine room is he put the telegraph
lever successfully to "Stand by" and
"Slow ahead. Gradually the ship
crept north, gaining way as the en-
gines increased their stroke and the
full body of the ebb tide made its vol
ume felt. Round swung the Kansas to
the west just as the sun cleared the
highest peak of the unknown noun
tains. How good it was to feel the
steady thrust Of the pistons, the long
roll Of the ship over the swell!
But best of all was 1t to hear Elsie
tell how DIR. Christobal had handed
her bulky packet, In which she
found Courtenay's words Of farewell,
together with those wonderful letters
which fate had held back from her
twice already. They were only glowing
epistles from the hundreds of passen.
gers on the Florida, but six of them
were proposals from enthusiastic la.
dies, all well lowered and eager to
give their charms and their cash to the
safe keeping of the man who had
saved their lives. 1t was with refer
ence to some joking comment by Cour
tenay ON these missives that his sister
wrote to congratulate him on having
escaped matrimony under such condi
tions.
Long before noon the Kansas clear
ed White Horse island. Thenceforth
the run was due south until eight
bells, when for the second time within
fortnight the captain set the course
south 40-east.
Elsie noted that Count Edouard dc
Poincilit dined with the rest sitting
IN, m
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-23

my engines are going full speed dsteTn."
pearance later to partake of hasty
meal. He gave monsieur black look,
but of course. catching Elsie's eye in
stantly, he meekly sat down and said
nothing that is, of an un-i
pleasant nature.
Crawling quietly into the strait of
Magellan at daybreak, the ship put
forth her best efforts in the run through
the narrows. Passing Cape San Isidro,
she slgnaled her name, and it was
easy to see the commotion created by
her appearance A real furore began
when she approached Sandy point. A
steam launch pulled off hastily from
the side of a Chilean warship, and the
commander brought the news that he
had been sent specially from Coronel
to search the western coast line thor
oughly for the Kansas. He was about
to return that day to report his failure
to discover any trace of the missing
vessel, and he listened in amaze while
Christobal gave him a succinct history
Of the ships doings.
At the end Courtenay presented him
with photograph of Elsies chart, to
which many additions had been made
by her under her lovers directions.
The position of the shoal and of Pillar
| rock, together with the set of the tidal
current, was clearly. shown, and it is
probable that Good Hope inlet, not
withstanding its dangerous approach,
will be thoroughly surveyed one Of
| these days. Then perhaps more may
be heard Of those Jumps of silver and
copper ore which the savages hurled
| at the Kansas.
The cruiser hurried away under
forced draft to report from Coronel.
the nearest cable station. Thence she
would go to Valparaiso, so she carried
sheaf Of letters and one passenger,
Frascuelo. Finding that he could not
| execute the needed repairs at Sandy
point Courtenay decided to make for
MOntevideo, where he would be In tele-
graphic communication with Mr.. Bar
ing. He was fortunate in finding a
shipwrecked crew on shore awaiting
transport to England. He secured a
full complement of, officers and engi-
1 AASSAc, dAiu INC IAdno1o kcuCucu tle
chief port Of Uruguay without any diff
ficulty.
A sack load of kilograms awaited the
ship. The Chilean man-of-war put into
Valparaiso, after calling at Coronel.
nearly three days before the Kansas
dropped anchor on the east coat; hence
there was time for things to happen,
and they seized the opportunity The
copper market had turned itself inside
out. The firm of Barring, Thompson.
Miguel & Co. had rebounded from com
parative ruin to a stronger financial
state than ever. and Senior Pedro Ven
tana, after shooting a man named
Jose .Anacleto. had considerably shot
himself. Evidently Frascuelo lost no
time when he went ashore Mr.. Bar
ing, too, reported that the dynamite
wrapper had been traced to ventana's
possession.
When Isobel Barring sheard this final
Item she tainted SO badly that DIR.
Christobal thought it advisable she
should be taken to hotel while the
ship remained In port, but she vetoed
this proposal determineily when she
recovered her senses and straightway
confessed to Elsie that 'yentana was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-23
The Cure.

Professor w. &. Grange. author Of
the History Of Primitive Love-" al
luded In the course of a lecture in Bos-
ton to the modern cynical view of love
that prevails: ~ remember once hear
Ing a bricklayer and plumber discuss
love. y hold said the bricklayer. that
If you are terribly, In love the way ito
cure yourself Is to run away The
plumber shook his head and sneered.
That will cure you he said. provided
you run away with the GIRL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-23
CHAPTER XIX.

/" HE events of the next hour
were shadowy as the dawn to
Fl Elsie. She knew that her low
er placed men in each of the
canoes, that the lifeboat itself was
crowded and that 1t began the seaward
Journey after the others had started.
They sped out of the twilight into
the morning glory of the open bay, and
never a savage boot disturbed the ech-
oes.~ Some of the Alaculofs had drag
ged q couple of canoes from beneath
the trees and raced off toward the vii
lage, others had followed a coast path
known only to them, while if there
were watchers by the side of that
mysterious river which flowed beth
ways with the tide they kept silent
vigil, awed by the force arrayed
against them.
AS the iifeboat emerged into the, estu-
airy under the vigorous sweep of six
ash blades Elsie's wondering glance
rested on the brown plumpness of a
girl who was gazing at. Suarez with
wistful. glistening eyes. much as joey
was regarding his master
Courtenay caught the happy little
sigh, half laugh, half sob, with which
Elsie announced her discovery of the
hlyl in the.canoe
Eve owe "a lot to that young per-