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said 1t was an attempted robbery. The
police. because Albert had been In
trouble before. insisted on a two-years'
sentence. So, following the custom
OF the Jail, he sold. to other inmates
OF the cells his possessions save
torn and frayed pair Of trousers, a
tattered shirt and a worn pair OF
shoes. His mother brought him
some dainties and left him. She could
not bear to come back and see the
lad. mancled and leg ironed to the
long chain. Neither did the boy wish
her to come to see him 20. He
dreaded the scene. Their appre.
hension was not necessary.
Then the State decided there were
extenuating circumstances in the case
and In order to look the facts over
again, and with view perhaps to pa
rolling the boy, the sheriff was asked
not to take Albert with the thirty.
eight other convicted persons to the
penitentiary.
But what am l going to do?" ne
asked Jailer Wolf, surveying his gar.
ments.
They were just sufficient to prevent
him appearing a la Adam. The taller
laughed good naturally and told the
story OF how Albert had Invested
himself In order that the State should
not get any the better OF him and
how he would have to attend services
Sunday in a blanket.
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Cat Aids Auctioneer in Realty Sale

Suddenly there was a lull in the
proceedings. Bids were slow and the
raises" came dribbling along In
small amounts. Auctioneer Warner
couldn't understand it. He began to
think that his success as a forceful
auctioneer was to be short lived.
True, 1t was his first experience
but he had started out with such a
rush of business that he was con.
graduating himself. He looked at the
desk where tabby had been.
She had deserted her post. That
seemed to explain the situation. A
hurry call was sent for the cat.
Scarcely had she resumed her place
on the auction desk than the bidding
livened up. Prices went soaring and
the former enthusiasm was revived.
And the cat came back" some one
After the sale was over II was
agreed by all. including Mr.. Warner,
that tabby was responsible for max.
ing the days sale successful.
Several raises of from $25 to $40
were admitted by the emergency
auctioneer' to be due to the presence
of the cat. She will have a prominent
place in the future sales of the board.
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TooLE NOT AFTER To6A.
Former Governor of Montana Says
He 10 Through With Politics.

Washington, ID. C.-Former Cover.
nor Toole, of Montana. in Washington
for the winter, announces that he will
not be a candidate for the senate to
succeed Senator Carter.
1T was because l wanted to retire
from politics that ! resigned the gov
ernorship Of Montana" he said. land
I do not think the United States sena.
torship or any other public Office
would tempt me to again enter poll.
tics. l am through. want to take
rest before starting in to work
again. and II was to get away from
the mountains that l came to Wash.
ington.
I'VE hope In Montana that the
legislature will send a democrat to
the senate to succeed Senator Carter,
but there is no telling what will hap.
pen. The best that can be said OF
Montana is that II Is a very doubtful
state. I would not venture a predic
ton as TO the complexion of the legis
lature, because It all depends upon
immigration. M0ntana's voting pop
ulation is so evenly divided that 1t car
easily be swung one way or the other
by voters who go into the state from
time to time. Thousands of persons
are iocking into Montana, attracted
by promising agricultural lands that
can be purchased at comparatively
low figures. and the political future OF
the state depends largely upon what
section the majority of newcomers
hail from
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Hotel for Chinese Planned in Chicago

call for cup of real Chinese tea and
eat dish of breakfast food hailine
not from Battle Greek but Canton,
And he could hear Chinese orchestr,
playing Chinese popular songs.
For Chicago is to have a Chinese
hotel, the first in the city operated ON
the Oriental Plan" II is to be as
complete and as modern as the best
American hostelry. Everything in it
is going to be Chinese. from the guests
to the chop-sticks in the dining-room.
Everything will be designed to make
All Sing or any other oriental guest
feel perfectly at home.
The new hotel will be located in the
heart of the Chinese industrial center.
at 112 Federal street. The lease for
the building has been applied for BY
the Chinamea behind the move &c
establish their own hotel
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CT. LOUIS.-The law of the State is
- responsible for Albert Kapp, son
OF poor widow being a jail prisoner.
The rule Of the penitentiary is re-
sponsibie for his being almost without
clothing In the bastile.
Prisoners who reach the peniten.
tiary under sentence. are Invested OF
their clothes and the garments are
burned. Stir" clothes are provided
and in these the unfortunates must
live till their sentence expires and
then in garb furnished by the big
prison they fare forth into the world
prey for the keen eyes of the
sleuths.
Every man who is sentenced learns
this from the old-timers and there Is
rule In the city Jail that men going
up sell all their belongings before they
start because the Inscription of Dante
Is paraphrased into. "All property
abandon ye who enter here" over the
gates OF the prison.
Knapp Is a youth. He had some
trouble with man, and the man
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FRANCE INVOLVED
FRENCH CITIZENS IN NICARAGUA
BADLY TREATEO-FIlE
COMPLAINT.
GOVERNMENT WILL ACT
Nicaraguan Troops Take Possession o.
French Farm and Commit Many
Exeesses-rhreaten Oversser
With Death.

New Orleans. Nov. 3o.-A cable
gram from San Jose. Costa Rica, says:
The French government has been
drawn into the Nicaraguan trouble in
a way that promises serious conse-
quences for zeiaya, as the result OF
eutrages committed on French citi-
zens.
An official complaint has been Iodg.
ed with the French consul general in
Costa Rica by Faustino Montiel. a
Frenchman.
Montiel. who was the manager Of .
farm, owned by NJ. Menuer of Paris.
and situated on the southeast coast of
the Great Lake Of Nicaragua. says:
ION Oct. %. we were surprised by a
large detachment OF troops command
ed by a man called Larios. VINO We
were told. is an aide de camp of tho
president of Nicaragua.
Immediately both Ruinart. and my
self were bound and dragged to the
edge OF the lake. where after a mock
cry OF trial. they threatened to shoot.
us, a threat which they repeated three
times.
AS soon as we were safely In the
lookup, the soldiers sacked the farm.
wrestling the keys from the house.
keeper and carrying off all objects OF
value
We had to regain possession OF our
own horses by purchasing them. Dur
ing the operations at the farm house,
the inousekeeper was brutally treated
by Larios. and II was with difficulty
that she saved herself from being
billed.
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News Of Montana
GOLD ORE STRIKE.
Vein Tapped In Montana Over Thirty
Miles Long.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT operations In
what is known as the Big Dixie" dis
trict Of Lincoln county, which Is sup
posed TO contain the mother lode OF
the famous Libby placers. have dis.
closed the presence Of an ore vein OF
almost fabulous length. The vein Is
declared to be more than thirty miles
in length. and showing possibilities SO
stupendous as to be almost unbeliev-
able. II is a ow-grade proposition.
A tunnel has been run into the ledge
and q cross-cut made for a distance
Of 100 feet without striking the hang.
ing wall.
Assays show that the ledge carries
values Of from 81 to SIS ton. Here.
tofore the dyke has been regarded as
OF too low a grade for successful opera
ton, but the results from the latest
development work have created sen.
sation. and already predictions Of an.
other Treadwell are heard.
Joins the List Of Shippers.
The Corbin Copper company has
Joined the list of shippers. four car.
loads having been sent to the Butte
Reduction works for treatment. This
ore was taken out In development
work, but II Is understood there is sui.
ficient merchandise ore in sight to
warrant regular shipments henceforth.
The Independence mine is also to be.
gin shipments in the near future.
The Minneapolis-Corbin company
has begun drifting from the $50 level
Of the shaft and has good ore at hand.
while In the Bertha the pay streak IL
now six feet wide.
A thirty inch streak of high-grade
gold ore has been found in the Rae &
McGraw property. about a mile from
the Broadwater hotel, and the new
owners are driving a tunnel with
which to tap the vein at greater depth
and to permit stopping at a lesser cost
than II the ore were hoisted to the
surface.
1t is believed in mining circles that
they have tapped the mother lode OF
the Mountain View mine, which In the
past has shipped ore running 500 in
gold. together with 65 per cent iron,
which makes 1t very valuable for fiux.
ing.
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Five members of family killed and
two fatally hurt when trolley car hits
an auto near Los Angeles.
The government faces important
problems relating to channels ana
terminals in proposed waterways I'M
provement.
Mrs. Roosevelt and her daughter
have returned from Europe.
Lyman J. Gage. former secretary OF
the treasury, was married at san d.
ego to Mrs. Ada Ballou. Gage Is ~,
his wife 80.
A nobleman defied the guards at
the Cleveland mansion OF John ID.
Rockefeller and entered the house be-
fore he was elected.
Power of revolutionists is gaining
strength in Nicaragua.
At this writing. November u. Presi-
dent Taft has not done anything on
his Forthcoming message to congress.
II may be many weeks before all
bodies are removed from the Illinois
mine. wherein they were killed by
black damp.
Morgan Chambers, a negro. was
and Deputy Joe Camp at Meehan.
Miss, by a mob of 200 masked men
and his body riddled with bullets.
The comptroller of the currency Is
sued a certificate authorizing the First
National bank of Linton, n. D., to be-
gin business. with a capital of SOS, 900.
Civil service examinations will be
held December Is for rural carriers
at Friend. O'Neill, Steele City and
Winside. Neb.
President Taft said he enjoyed his
Thanksgiving dinner because ne
speechmaking had to follow.
Heavy loss OF life Is feared as the
result of an explosion in coal mine
at Onoura. Eukoko province. Japan
Fifteen men are known to have per
ished. while 22S miners are entombed
in the workings.
Announcement is made that Senator
Guggenheim has donated $4,000 fol
new building for the Colorado State
Normal school.
Serious rock and snowslides on the
Canadian Pacific railway In the Rocky
mountains have compelled the cancel
lation of all trains.
At st. Paul, Mimi. Judge Walter II
Sanborn. in the United States circui,
court of appeals. handed down an op
inion setting aside the verdict and
ordering a new trial in the case Of the
United States against the Union Pa
cific Coal company.
Giuseppe Aaiello a member of the
black hand" society which operated
in Cincinnati. died in the fedora
prison at Leavenworth, Kas.
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Died at Lisbon.

Lisbon. N. D.. Nov. 29.-Tne sudden
and unexpected death OF Mrs. p. H.
Rourke. wife of the United States dis
triet attorney for the district Of North
Dakota. has caused a mantel Of gloom
to settle over this city. Almost every
citizen Of Lisbon was glad to call Mrs.
Rourke friend and in a great many
homes the news of her death came
with as distinct shock as would have
been felt mad some near relative died.
Mrs. Rourke was 80 years OF age.
Beside her. husband she Is survived by
three children. curran. aged Is: Graf
ten. aged IL, and Mary, aged 8,
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Rejected Lovers Rsvenus.

Tampa. Fla. Nov. s0.-Marie Aeosta.
a young Cuban widow. died here this
afternoon from frightfnl burns infiict-
ed upon her by rejected lover.
Miguel Gomez is under arrest. Be-
fore she died. the young woman caarg-
ed Gomez with having set her afire.
She declared that she had rejected Co
meg suit. and with two confederates
he forcibly entered her house in West
Tampa last night. She was bound hand
and foot. Then the men saturated her
clothing with gasoline and touched a
lighted match to her.
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N EW YORK.-The interest in yari.
~ Gus important features of the days
news recently was completely over
Swallowed In certain sections of the
city by rumor that great public up-
rising against the wearing of rats"
in women's hair has been started. and
that the hirsute rodents were doomed
to extinction.
Down with the rat!" It was as.
serted was to be the battle cry.
The rumor caused CONSERVATION,
not only in several co-educational in
situations, where the matter came up
for swift and decisive adjustment, but
In department stores and other places,
where mere man had put his foot down
hard on the familiar feminine head
adornment, and there were unmistak-
able rumblings of a revolution to be
heard wherever the question was dis.
cussed.
The trouble started at the Erasmus
Hall high school. where the assistant
principal, Miss Kate Z. Turner, laid
down the law forbidding rats" or
Switches" and the following day en-
forcing the law against violators by
forcably removing the offending adorn.
ments.
While these momentous events were
TRANSPORTING in the borough across the
bridge, Indignation was at an even
higher boiling point in the department
store district in Manhattan. In sew
eral of the big stores notices waro
posted In prominent places that rats"
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Confer With Taft.

Washington. Nov. 29.-Recommen-
dations looking towards the improve.
ment Of the condition of laboring men
were urged upon President Taft today
by delegation Of labor leaders head
ed by Samuel Gompers. president Of
the American Federation Of Labor:
John Mitchell. second vice president:
James O'Connell. third vice president.
and Frank Morrison. secretary Of the
federation. accompanied Gompers to
the White House. The delegation de-
sires that the recommendation be In.
corporated In the presidents annual
message to congress.
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WRECKED GREEKS FIGHT.
laborers Chase Trainmen Over Prairie
After Collision.

Great Falls.-Following the wreck.
ing of several cars of an extra east.
bound freight train on the Billings
branch of the Great Northern railroad.
the trainmen were driven from their
posts by a gang OF Greek railroad la
borers. enraged over the injuring Of
ten of their number. and were COM
PEELED to make run for ii over the
prairie to escape violence. The labor
ers had left Great Falls early in the
morning for Comanche. At Raynsford
station the engine cut loose, and after
passing around the train by side
track. was doing some switching. when
the train. upon which the brakes had
not been set, started down the grade
and eollided with the engine. Three
OF the cars of Greeks were wrecked.
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Rats Under Ban in New York Schools

In the hair OF employees would not be
tolerated. the penalty for ignoring the
order to be dismissal.
During the luncheon hour NOTHING
but the new order and plans for com.
batting 1t were discussed. In one store
it was decided that committee should
wait upon the manager and ask him
to rescind the order or face q gen.
eral strike.
This is the most outrageous pro
ceeding I ever heard Of" said one
young woman, .'and think we would
be fools to submit to 1t. The very
idea Of man telling us how to wear
our hair! 1t was bad enough when
the manager said we must wear blach
gowns and white collars, but 1t Is 60
ing too far when they tamper with our
pompadours.
why, they wouldn't dare to do such
things in Siberia or China or whereve,
It is they have a car. for one am
going to wear just as big rat as
like. and l don't care If the floorwalk
er does report me-"
That the last crusade against false
hair adornment is not being confined
to high schools and department stores
was further evidenced when the WON
en- employees Of the telegraph com.
panies In the city held animated dis,
cussion over the report from Kansas
City that A. B. Richardson. district
superintendent Of the Postal Tele.
graph Company there, had issued this
order:
"On and after November all WON.
en- clerks and employees must discon.
tinue the use OF rats In their hair.
Please govern yourselves accordingly"
The women employees here were ex.
tremely gloomy over the situation, for
1t was prophesied that the order would
reach New York next and that the
much-abused rat" would have to 60.
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BROTHER OF ENoLEvAlg NUN.
DERER Is CAPTURED IN
SOUTH DAKOTA.
OFFERED NO RESISTANCE
Sheriffs Of Several Counties 81 Nerth
and South Dakota Are in Hot
Pursuit-Hsadsd for the
Black Hills.

Aberdeen, s. D.. Nov. 2s.-with the
sheriffs Of several South Dakota coun-
ties in hot pursuit. as well a. posses
from North Dakota, Dan Cant the
murderer of Louis Maxwell at Ensie-
vale is still at large and headed for
the Black Hills.
Giants younger brother was captur.
ed on Sunday morning by q snsrifrs
posse at a straw stack four miles
from Britton. s. D., and a posse II
right on the trail of the murderer and
his capture Is expected at any time.
The captured desperate IN . mere
boy. 16 years OF age. Although he was
heavily armed. having a rife and two
revolvers. young Cant made no resist.
ance.
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THREATENS U. 8. CONSUL.
PRESIDENT ZsIaya May Possibly Retire
From Office.

Washington, Nov. 29-The United
States consul at ManaEua has been
threatened by President Zelaya. and
has been granted permission to occupy
the legation premises as being more
secure.
The Nicaraguan congress will a..
semble next Wednesday, Dec. I. and
It is rumored that President Zelaya
will retire and possibly attempt to es-
cape from the county at night by the
Pacific coast. Anarchy It is said may
ensue.
Persistent rumors from various
quarters indicate that Irias may sue
coed Zelaya as president Of Nicara-
qua. This information is embodied in
kilograms more or less delayed in
transmission which have been received
at the state department from consular
representatives OF the United States
In Nicaragua.
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Hot Election in Alabama,

Mobile. Ala. Nov. 29.-At the con-
stitutional amendment election here to-
day. the women were at the polls with
coffee and sandwiches. urging the men
to vote for the amendment. The vot.
ing was heavy. A band Of women
wearing white badges and carrying
banners paraded the streets in q tally
no singing. "Vote for the amendment,
and save the home" and vote for
home and mother" All the songs were
set to popular airs.
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Evicr STRIKERS.

rhre. Hundred Polanders at Mercy 81
Elements.
Ludlow. Mass. Nov. e9.-Tho elo-
ments, during last night and early
today, added to the misery Of the 800
persons evicted Saturday from tono-
ments owned by the Ludlow Manu-
featuring association. Ghe eviction
Was because of a strike In the mills
If the company.
The household effects q the svsetsd
persons were piled togsthsf In heapo
In the street In ffont Of the houses
from which - tenants had bssn ~
moved.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-03
WOVEN FIGHT DUEL.
Arkansas Women Settle Difficulty
With Knives,

Bradford. Ark. Nov. 3o.-In a street
duel with knives at Alicia. near here.
Miss Nora Owens was fatally injured
by Miss Stella Belk. and died within
few minutes. Both young women
we're prominent.
The duel was the result of a quarrei
that tine pair engaged in some time
ego. Miss Owens was cut in four
places, the fatal cut being in the left
breast. where an artery leading to the
feart was severed.
Miss Belk was arrested.
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n HICAGO.-H All Sing. hero of
u Bret Harte's world-famous poem.
were to pay a visit to Chicago within
the next month or SO. he would find
himeslf able to enter a Chinese hotel.
hand his grip to Chinese bellboy.
afix his signature to a Chinese regis
ter. eat a Chinese meal and sleep in
q Chinese bed.
Also. he would be able to read a
Chinese newspaper. TO be awakened in
the morning by a Chinese servant. to
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-03
STATE GOING DRY,
Saloon Keepers Notified to Quit Busl-
ness In Parts Of Minnesota.

Minneapolis, Nov. 29.-Every saloon
In Becker and Hubbard counties and
every saloon In sections of Itasca,
Norman. Polk and Clearwater coun-
ties, must close Its doors. The saloon
men have been warned to suspend
business in the most sweeping order
ever issued by the federal government
in connection with the sale OF liquor
N Minnesota.
The order has been issued from Min.
neapolis by W. e. Jones, chief special
officer in the United States Indian
service Mr.. johnson. who recently
made raid on saloons on the White
Earth reservation. has issued his Sec
ond order after personal study Of the
situation in the northern counties. Dec.
"a Is set as the last day of grace for
saloonkeepers.
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MONTANA LAND WITHDRAWN
interior Department Makes More Res
ervations.

Washington. d. C. - The interior
department has withdrawn from dis
position. as containing water power
possibilities. about 1904 acres of land
along the Smith river. Montana. This
tract will be held in reserve pending
action by congress. which is expected
to enact legislation governing the dis.
posal Of power sites on the public dc
main.
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Holds Up Montana Saloon.

Cutbank.-A stranger entered Davis
& Whitticar's saloon at 4 o'clock in the
morning and held up the bartender
and five other people who were in the
saloon. securing about $50 from the
cash register. The robber got away,
although two shots were fired at him
rs he ran down the street.
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Obisct to praysre.

birmingham. Ala. Nov. ga band
of music was placed at each Of the
four voting places in Birmingham
early today to drown out the prayers.
singing and pleading of women and
children who endeavored to influence
votes for the prohibition constitutional
amendment. Deputy sheriffs and *.
ira policemen were on duty around the
POLLS and the excitement was intense,
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Beaufort. y. C.. Nov. 3o.-The Ger
man steamer, Brewster. which strand
ed on Diamond shoals Sunday night.
was today given up as a hopeless
wreck. Her cargo If bananas and CO.
eoanuts is a total loss The crew was
rescued by life savers.
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Land 10 Restored.

Washington. Nov. so.-About 1.ooo,-
900 acres of land in eastern Montana.
heretofore withdrawn for the purpose
of making allotments to the Rocky
Bay band of Chippewa Indians have
been restored to settlement.