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LAST FIGHT
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ny series Of stories of Indian
h war would be incomplete with
out giving an account Of the
campaign Of 1876 against the
aofthern Sioux and their allies from
-ne south, the Sioux and Cheyennes. an
rhalr known as the Custer campaigu.
ne catastrophe that overwhelmed the
gallant General Custer and his brave
command was an episode that will
ave forever In Indian history
N the summer OF 1874 General Sher-
sdan sent two expeditions into what
was known as the northern country
lie sent General Custer with the Sev-
enth cavalry from Fort Abraham Lin
coin TO scout in the north and north
west of the Black Hills ana To return
through the Black Hills back to his
post. At the same time he sent Colo
nei Anson Mills from the department
OF the Platte. leaving the Union Pa
cine railroad at Rawlius WyO.. on an
expedition to scout the Sweetwater
country, the Big Horn basin and Big
Horn mountain country and to return
By way Of the Powder river country
back to his department was sent to
guide Colonel Arson Mills expedition
The two commands. one under Custer
ana one under Mills, came within com
municating distance in eastern Wyom-
ing, on the Powder river. the two com
manding officers and scouts meeting
and holding a consultation. This coun-
try was then comparatively unknown. f.
except to the scouts, hunters and trap
pers.
Mills marched from Rawlins to /
Independence Rock. on the Sweetwater .
river. where he made a supply camp
and left his wagons. General Custer
continued on through the Black Hills .
exploring 1t in every hole and corner,
and then returned to Fort Abraham
Lincoln This meeting Of the two
commanders was the last time l ever
saw the general It was on Clusters
expedition through the Black Hills that
the old timers assertions Of its wealth
IN gold were confirmed and practical
" demonstrated. Therefore although
the governments intention was to keep
out invaders Of this section (many Of
the first being arrested by the mill
taPy). the efforts were a failure. for
the rush became so great as to render
X impracticable to arrest it, This
brought about irritation on the part Of
The Indians During 70 and 'T6 the
u hnla DoI-of1 n9finn fha most Doyvar-
rul Indians and their allies, listened
10 the harangues of Sitting Bull and
1ther medicine men to prepare to go {
N the warpath. to gather their best {
horses and secure all the ammunition G
md long range rifles they could /
General Sheridan, in view Of the I
situation and the gathering of war
'iOrs in the northwest. commenced
nassing the United States troops in l
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tlc different departments adjacent.
General Alfred Terry, who was in
comnaad Of the department Of Dakota
and the station at Fort Smelling, was
TO send the troops in his department
TO Fort Abraham Lincoln, to take the
field from there under the command
Of General Geurge A. Custer. General
John Gibbon. who was in command Of
the department Of Montana, was to
take command Of the troops in his de-
partment. move down the Yellowstone
and form junction with them. Cen
eraI George A. Crook. In command OF
the department Of the Platte, was or
dered to take the troops from his de-
partment and proceed north by the
way of Fort Laramie, Fort Fetterman'
old Fort Reno. old Fort Phil Kearny.
This latter command was the one
accompanied. It might be mentioned
here tnat during the preparations Ger
tain scandals in the construction de-
partment Of the government, both Tor
army and Indian supplies, had attract
ed congressional attention and national
interest, threatening to besmireh per
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: IheB at dted IN me proper TntlttdT1
formation.
mile back from the Little Big Horn,
Custer decided to take this as a stand
point. He sounded the recall and tried
/ to make this hill. He had to turn his
back while doing so. The Indians are
never 80 brave as when they get any
ones back to them. On their retreat
to the hill half of his men were killed.
The rest took up positions, but the In
dians, being so elated at killing so
many of his men from the Little BIG
Horn up to the hill and the failure Of
Reno to attract the Indians continual
ly coming down the Little Big Horn,
almost all the fighting Indians concen-
trated on Custer and fought him to
death.
Fighting desperately to gain a point
higher up. no doubt he was, however,
compelled to dismOunt his men and
act on the defensive. Unable to ad-
vance or retreat and probably unwill-
Ing TO do so. he must have based his
actions on the diversion that the other
commands would make. Steadfastly
believing this from later Indian ac-
counts, they fought coolly. hoping and
expecting for re-enfOrcements which
never came. but succeeded in keeping
up the fight for some time. The In |
dians. well armed and in overwhelm. |
ing numbers. circling and riding at /
speed kept up a continuous and ef /
fective fire. while skirmishers and |
marksmen crawled through the grass.
picking of officers. In the meanwhile /
Reno was still lying on the hill al
though they could hear the reports Of
firearms below. and Notwithstanding
that Benteen. Weir, French and others
continued their appeals and that the
echoing volleys cried for assistance he
remained there until all was silent. the
Indians eventually killing Custer and
every one Of his gallant band. Reno
was kept annoyed by the savages until
the arrival Of General Terry and Glib
bons command. while on the second !
day the Indians set fire to the grasses
TO cover their movements with smoke {
and drew off. Afterward a visit to the I
battle scene told the story of Clusters
ast battle. showing that every one had
1t least done his duty and. though de- ..
'eated. was not disgraced They all
lied in the proper military formation. {
very officer at his post and every man
n line. Clusters body was found. and. c
Ilthough all the others were mutilated c
" scalped, his body seemed TO have {
Deen untouched except by his death r
Wounds, this being a tribute from the
avage foe to his courage and gallan-
~. His brother, Captain Tom. and
IFS brother-in-law, Captain Calhoun, q
With a nephew, were among the slaln S
making an unusual family affiiction V
'he bodies Of all the officers were c
ound. with the exception Of Or. Lord. v
4ieutenants Porter. Harrington and v
turgles and some ten men. The lat n
ar's fate has never been known =,
,hether they were captured and tor 1
lred or whether their bodies had been y
brown into the quicksands near the o
ed Of the Little Big Horn. it is not p
ear, the only certainty being that tC
ley were dead. Two hundred and d
Yelve bodies were buried on the HILL Il
le losses to the regiment being in II
70 days 265 killed and 80 wounded. 80 =
sr cent OF the command! Q,
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Lee Long Captured.

Lee Long ofSelbyville, who ran away
while under $1,000 bail to answer a
charge Of attem pied murder, was cap
tured last week at Wachapreague, Va,
and is now confined IN Georgetown Jail
He charged with shooting his father.
in law, Elisha Hudson, in the back,
last month in Selbyville.
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-23

bladder remedy, be
cause of its remark
able health restoring
properties. Swamp
Root ful6lls almost
every wish in over
coming rheumatism,
pain in the back, kid
neys, liver. bladder
and every part of the
urinary passage. It
corrects inability to
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-23
Save Time and money
Orier Your Drss Patterns through our Mail Order Department

We carry in stock over 10, 900
Mccall Patterns Of all the latest
New York, London and Paris styles,
from which you can supply your
dress pattern wants Immediately at
popular prices, 10 and IS cents.
There are more Mccall Patterns
sold in the United States than any
other make.
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-23
Do You Get Up
With a Lame Back2

Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Almost everyone knows of DR.. Rilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver aud
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hold water and scalding pain in passing it,
or bad effects following use of liquor, wine
or beer. and overComes that unpleasant
necessity Of being compelled to go often
through the day, and to get up many
times during tie night.
Swamp-ROot is not recommended for
everything but if you have kidney liver
or bladder trouble, it will be found Just
the remedy you need. 1t has been thor
oughly tested in private practice, and has
proved so successful that a special ar
rangement has been made by which all
readers of this paper, who have not al
ready tried it, may have a sample bottle
sent free by mail, also a book telling
more about Swamp-Root, and how to
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
PEDDlfR Law KNOCKED OUT
Judge Snow Decides Law Is Unconsti.
tutional in Test Case Brought
at WinOna.

Winona, Mimi, May 29.-The first
round in the case brought to test the
constitutionality Of the state peddlers'
law, which was passed by the
last legislature and which became ef-
fective April 10 last, closed yester-
day, when Judge Arthur H. Snow of
the district court handed down a de-
cision in the case of the state vs.. F.
r. Numbering, holding that the law is
unconstitutional. He cites three rea-
sons for his findings in favor of the
%peddlers.
First the court finds the law neon
s%titutional because it exempts from
license all who sell that which they
themselves produce or grow; second,
he says the law is invalid because it
exempts permanent merchants who
solicit orders for the sale of their
goods in their home county and adj
Joining ones, while, according to its
provisions, those who offer for sale
goods for future or present delivery
are required to secure a license;
thirdly, Judge Snow declares that the
exemption from license of peddlers
in st. Paul. Minneapolis and Duluth is
class legislation, and therefore the act
is unconstitutional and invalid.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin,
Illinois and Michigan Feel
Earth Trem0rs.
SPREADS TERROR AMONG T|M|D
Property Damage Is Not Serious and
No Lives Are L0st-SCh00l
Is Wrecked.

Chicago, May 2S.-Chicago and sew
en- states we're visited by an earth
quake yesterday morning, throwing
at least half of it's inhabitants into a
mortal terror, with the Messina hor-
rors still fresh in their minds.
Every city, village and hamlet in
Northern Illinois felt the shock and
the panic was widespread. Iowa,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mon.
tana and Wisconsin were also in the
path of the trembler.
Thousands of persons were aroused
from their slumbers and in the for
eign settlements of Chicago, particu-
larly where Italians and Syrians con-
gregate, there was alarm which gave
rise to wailing and prayers, as the
inhabitants thought that they were
about to suffer the same fate which
destroyed so many thousands OF their
countrymen.
Big Skyscrapers Shake.
There was one greater shock, fol-
lowed by two lesser shocks, and the
big sk~yscrapers IN the down town
district trembled like living beings
with the ague.
Many dilapidGted old structures
collapsed in different parts of the
city, dishes were thrown off OF
shelves and broken, windows were
cracked in many portions Of the resi-
dence districts of haywood, Evans
ton and other suburban towns, and
the residents we're so frightened that
they ran into the street, fearing that
the roofs were about to fall over
their heads.
Press dispatches and special tele
grams brought a succession of &C
counts of the earthquake from
Springfield, Peoria, Freeport, Aurora
Bloomington, Kewaunee, Geneva
Streator, Dixon, Rockford, Moline
ILL.,; Milwaukee, GAINESVILLE, Beloit
Wis; Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Bur
lington, Iowa; Kalamazoo, Muskegon
Mich; Rochester,, Mimi, and man!
other points.
Earth's Crust slips.
It is not believed by scientists a
the University of Chicago that there
is any danger from further shocks, al
though they declare it may happen
They unite in saying the shock wa
caused by a slipping of the crust o
the earth, and believe that this sliI
ping occurred either beneath the be-
of Lake Michigan or that it had it
origin in the %unglacial fields in tn
northern part of Illinois.
School Of Mines WRECKED.
Dubuque, Iowa, May %. - Report
from every town within a radius 0
a hundred miles of Dubuque ar
nounce a quake was felt yesterday
Little serious damage was reporte'
save at Platteville, Wis, where tn
$50, 900 school of mines was cracke'
and may have to be torn down.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
CLING LONG TO UPSET BOAT.
Man Repeatedly Rescues Sons
When They Lose Hold.

Madison, s. D., May 2S.-F. c. 1.-THE
of this city and two little sons nearly
lost their lives yesterday by their
boat capsizing while in the middle Of
the lake. The father had hard work
to keep up the boys courage and to
get them to maintain their hold on
the overturned boat. Several times
they gave u and the father drew
them back to the craft. After drift
ing for an hour and a half they reach
ed Johnson's Point, where friends
rescued them so exhausted that it
was necessary to send to the city for
medical aid to help revive them.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
FOREST FIRES ON The RANGE
Entire Rlock in New Town of Calumet
Reported to Have Been
Destroyed.

Duluth. May 2S.-Reports of forest
fires in the range district are once
more beginning to be heard. Yester-
day there was a fire raging near the
town Of Aurora, and a force of men
from that village is at work fighting
back the flames.
The flames destroyed an Austrian
boarding house two miles north OF
Aurora, hut all the inmates escaped
in safety. The fire is burning be-
tween the town and the Meadow loca-
ton.
No lives have been lost as yet.
It was also reported from Hibbing
that an entire block in the new town
Of Calumet had been wiped out, the
loss probably aggregating $4,000 to
$4,000. The block vas only partially
built up.
Communication with Calumet is
difficult, and the nearest point reach
ed by telegraph is Hibbing, nearly
twenty miles distant.
Many small fires are reported al
other points on the range, but as yet
none of the other TANGO towns or vii
lagos are threatened.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED
important Events at Home and on
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
FROM THE CAPITAL.

The senate has confirmed the nomi-
nation of Walter f. Clark to be gov
ernor of Alaska.
President Taft is to open the Yukon
Alaska-Pacific exposition at Seattle
with a splendid gold telegraph key
presented to him by Secretary Balm.
c~-~~l 49, -~vu.,rarroevi NuIiSr vooIOHdi
delegation.
Posters in the national capital here
after must be subjected to the blue
pencil of the police department. Here
after no placard shall be publicly dis
played or exhibited which are lewd,
indecent or vulgar. or which pictorial
ly represent the commission Of crime.
One or two flights by the Wright
brothers on the oval south of the
White House is part of the tentative
plans for the exercises incident to the
presentation OF the Aero Club Of
Americas gold medals to the two
brothers at the White House on June
10.
Congress can go to -! We will
report when we get ready This,
said Mr.. Clark of Missouri, in the
house of representatives, was the al
legged response given by the engineer
department Of the army when asked
for information regarding the result
of the examination made by engineer
officers into the practicability and de-
STABILITY of constructing and MAIN
tanning a navigable channel fourteen
feet deep and of suitable width from
st. Louis to the mouth of the Missis.
sippi river.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
ACCIDENTAL HAPPENINGS.

While canoeing in the Genesee riv-
er at Rochester, N. Y, ]. Louis Min
ges and his sister were drowned by
the capsizing Of their canoe.
Fire in New York burned out com
pletely a six-story building occupied
by John Weimers, manufacturer Of
paper boxes. The estimated loss Is
$3.50, 00O.
While visiting friends at Waterloo,
Iowa, Anna T~rierwieler of Jessup
s%trangled TO death. The girl was ap-
parently we'll when suddenly her
throat contracted and she died before
the doctor reached her.
In e~ndeavOring to measure the wa
ter in his c~istern, Herman Knoll, a
well-to-do farmer of H%averhill, Iowa,
fell in. His body was found in eight
feet of water by his wife, who return
ed home after a days absence.
Union Pacific "koodoo" train, No
10, was wrecked near Elm Creek
Neb. An axle of the locomotive broke
and the engine went in the ditch. A
number of passengers were bruised
bue none was seriously injured.
Stanley G. Smith, a prominent man
ufacturer and banker of Woonsocket
r. l., was killed, and Austin Cook
president of the Woonsocket Institu
ton for Savings, was lightly injured
by the overturning of IN automobile
in which they were riding.
Harry Beehe, a Wyoming cowboy
with Buffalo Bills show in New York
died from injuries sustained in the
performance Monday night. Beebe's
great toe was severely bruised by be-
ing stepped on by a horse. Surgeons
ssid they believe Beebe died of para.
lytic rabies, a are form of paralysis.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
FIND RICH MANS BODY.
Wisconsin Farmer Evidently Victim
Of Robbers,

Spokane, Wash, May %. - The
body of Patrick Corrigan, a wealthy
farmer from Custer, Wis, was drag.
ged from the Spokane river here last
night. His pockets had been turned
inside ou:, his gold watch, gold pin
and cash had vanished, as we'll az
$4,000 in drafts and $4,000 in mort
cages he carried when he disappear
ed here March 13. The body was so
badly b catered as to be almost un-
recognizable. A cash in the head sug-
gested a violent death.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
LAVISH WITH 500 BILLS.
lowans Are Recipients Of Mysterious
Donations,

Des Moines, May %. Postofice
inspectors yesterday were asked to
unravel the mystery surrounding the
receipt by a number of residents of
Panora, Iowa, of letters containing
hundred-dollar bills. No signature is
them bears the postmark of Portland,
Or. Five persons admit having re.
ceived money totaling SLIPS. Mrs.
Viola Lapegitt, a widow, received
1925, all in twenty-dollar bills, with
a note signed Your Friend"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
ESCAPE FIRE OVER HOUsETOPs.
Whole Family at Milwaukee Nearly
Burned in Their Beds.

Milwaukee, Wis, May %. - In an
early morning fire an entire family
narrowly escaped death.
Mrs. Ignatz Maciolek, with three
chilren, and Mrs. Georgia Hastrick, a
cripple, sixty-five years of age, were
forced to fee for their lives across
the tops of five houses, the stairs
having been burned before the five
were awakened by the woman's hus-
band, who works nights and who
found his home ablaze when he re-
turned. Three of the five were almost
euffOcated.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
HILL TESTIMONY THROUGH.
Is Cross.examined in Rate Hearing
by Former Attorney General.

by Former Attorney General.
St. Paul. May IS. 49, James ]. Hill
was cross-examined by E. 7. Young,
former attorney general, at the rate
hearing yesterday in the federal
building. Mr.. Hills testimony was
concluded in the afternoon.
Under cross-eXamiration Mr.. Hill
said that improvements on the Great
Northern Il out of the capital ac-
count and not from the earnings.
Asked by Mr.. Young as to whether
he thought that the proper basis for
the computation Of rates should be
the cost of reproduction of the road,
Mr.. Hill at first did not care to make
a direct reply. He made the point,
however, that should be buy a lot for
$1,000 he should not be compelled to
sell it twenty-five years hence for the
same price.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
START MANY LOG DRIVES.
Red Lake and Turtle River Crews Are
Busy.

Bemidji, Mimi, May 29.-The many
drives Of logs which are to be taken
from the district east and south Of
Red Lake to the lower Red Lake, and
subsequently to be towed across the
lake and driven through the Red Lake
river, have been started, as have
some big drives in the north Turtle
river, out of Rebedew lake, east Of
Tenstrike.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
Exchanges Blows With Core.
sp0ndent Over Article in New
York Newspaper.
ClApP COMES TO The RESCUE
Senator Angry Over Charge That lie
Played Into Aldrich's Hands
on Income Tax.

Washington, May Ex-senator Bal
ley of Texas and W. s. Manning. rep
resentative Of the New York Times IN
the press gallery, exchanged blows
Just as the senate adjourned yester-
day as a result of a conversation they
had in reference to an article printed
by the New York newspaper question
ing the sincerity of the senator in his
course on the income tax.
Neither Of the participants was IN
jured, as they were separated by Sen
ator Clapp, Porto Rican commission
err Larrinaga. a number of senate en-
ploves and several newspaper CORE
spondents.
Differ as to Score.
The versions of Mr.. Bailey and Mr..
Manning are in substantial agreement
as to the cause of the trouble and diff
fer only as to the number of blows
struck by each.
A bitter attack upon the author Of
an article in the New York Times,
charging that Senator Bailey had
played into the hands of Senator Aid
rich by his course in demanding an
immediate vote on the income tax
amendment, and had thus caused a
split of the forces supporting such an
amendment, was made by Senator
Bailey on the floor of the senate yes.
terday. Mr.. Manning accosted Mr..
Bailey after the adjournment of the
session to inform him that he was in.
accurate in suggesting Republican
senators as a possible source of in.
s%piration for the article.
"Llar," Says Bailey.
According to both Mr.. Manning and
Senator Bailey, the former disclaimed
authorship of the story, and at the
same time stated that the inspiration
for it had been Mr.. Bailey's demands
for immediate vote and his 'hazing'
of Republican senators who favored
the income tax proposition, but who
did not support him in his demands
for a vote at the present time.
Mr.. Bailey asked who did write the
article and at the same time declared
it Is said, that the man who had writ
ten it was a liar" According to botl
iiSH' tlIS ScildlOl , language WdS EN-
phatic, and Mr.. Manning RESPONDED
that he had not had the honor tt
write the story
Mr.. Bailey says that the word hon
or" was emphasized in a manner in
tended to be offensive.
Speech Is Hot One.
The speech by Mr.. Bailey in regar'
to the newspaper article was one o
the most scathing arraignment of
newspaper correspondent that ha
ever taken place in the senate. TIL
senator not only asserted that tn
writer of the article was IAN infa
nous liar" but that he was a misers
BILE creature, unfit to associate wit,
honest men" In this vein he talke
for considerable time. Mr.. Mannin
also is a Southerner, being a native G
South Carolina.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
SINS n SINNERS.

Clarence Ellsworth, aged nine, who
a week ago was struck on the face by
a playmate with a ball bat, died at
Dubuque of lockjaw, blood poisoning
having developed from the bruised
flesh.
Henry Williamson, a wellto-do
farmer living two miles east of
Boylesville, ILL.,, killed his wife and
two little children and then commit
ted suicide. The cause Of the tragedy
Is not known.
George Means, a laborer, arrested
at GAINESVILLE, Ohio, on the charge CT
numbering his wife last October, cut
his throat and died within a minute.
The police found the woman's body
buried in the cellar of his house.
A firebug is trying to destroy the
town Of Postville, Iowa. During The
last ten days six fires have been set.
but fortunately all have been discov.
cred in time to prevent serious trou.
BILE. They are all started about
O'Clock at night, and kerosene has
been used each time.
After escaping from a locked room
in the house Of a man who insisted
on marrying her against her wishes
Lottie Chodzinski, a siXteen-year-old
farmer girl of st. Joseph county, lndi
ana, was arrested in Chicago. The
police at South Bend, Ind, said she
was wanted there on a charge Of bur
glary.