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The copper era., 1911-01-13
THE DUNCAN STORY Special Correspoudent)

Duncan, January LA killing oc cured at this place Tuesday morn ing. Monroe Lindsey killed his wife, firing four shots into her body, and he himself was shot by Joe McAhster, after having fired at McAlister.
 Lindsey and his wife had been hav- ing trouble for some time, she having left him and again been reconciled two or three times in the last year For some time she had been working in the dining room of the Duncan ho- tel, which is owned and at present conducted by Joe McAlister.
 Lindsey was very jealous of his wife and objected to attentions from the young men with whom she danced at the frequent balls. On Monday evening be had a fight with one of the young bloods of the town, and that evening Mrs. Lindsey refused to wait on her husband when he sat down to his supper. Friday morning when he went iu to breakfast she again refused to wait on him, and he pulled his gun and commenced shoot ing.
 McAlister ran for his gun and when he returned with it Lindsey turned on him. McAlister returned the fire, shooting Lindsey in the jaw, breaking it and also shot him in the arm and fracturing it. Mrs. Lindsey was shot through the heart and died immediately, but Lindsey stands a good chance to recover, and wa, moved on the evening train to Cliff ton.
 Lindsey and his wife had been mar ried six or seven years, she ping less than fifteen and he not twenty when they were married. Four children were born to them, all having died. She had always been very head strong, marrying against her fathers wishes.
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CASCARELLI IS DISCHARGED.
Man at MetcaIf Who Shot to Save An-
 other Mans Life is ExOnOrated.
Especial Correspondence.)

Metcalf, January 10.-At this writ ing we are having a fine rain, and from all reports it is reaching far into the country, and coming at this time will be very beneficial to the stockmen north and west, as the long drouth through the early summer did d great deal of damage, the stock dying from lack of grass and water. The markets at the different stores here have been compelled to buy meats from Phoenix and other points, the stock at nearby points being so very poor that they were unfit for market.
 Working the different mines and claims in this district by contract is getting to be a very popular and profitable method. Refugio Muno has just closed a contract with the Shannon and is taking out consider able ore running very high in copper. He will eventually employ a consid- erable number of men and will be quite a source of revenue for some of our miners.
 Hipolito Cascarilla was arraigned before Judge Campbell the latter part of last week for shooting Lautor Guellemo in the arm on Christmas day The evidence being insufficient to bind him over to the grand jury he was discharged.
 Low Adams, one of Metcalf's old est and best citizens, has bought an alfalfa farm in the Imperial valley and vii move to it in the very near future.
 Carpenters have completed their work on the Copper Mess, the home ot the Shannon store employees, and the inside of the building has taken on an entirely new appearance. It is now one of the best and most Com- fortable houses in the city.
 The most important event of the week will proba bly, take place at the Metcalf theater Saturday evening, and will be in the way of dancing and feasting. Nearly every dancer in town has signified his intention ot going, and a royal good time is an ticipated.
 Mir. J. T. Cooper has resigned his position as treasurer in the Metcalf store. He has not decided as yet where he will go.
The copper era., 1911-01-13
REMARKABLE CASE
 HUMAN ENDURANCE
Harry Glenn Shoots Himself Through the Head With
 Suicidal Intent.
RIDES 90 MILES IN AN AUTO
Converses With Chauffeur as if Nothing Had Happen
 ed--Dies From Wond.

Silver City, N. M.-Harry Glenn,
 aged IS, son of the late Deputy Sher- if Thomas Glenn, who shot and killed himself in Deming on October 7th last, shot himself through the head in Mogollon last Sunday morning, from the effects of which he died in the Ladies hospital about S:30 last Wednesday morning. The lad ad- mitted during the intervals of con- sciousuess that he did the act with suicidal intent but that he did not know why he did it. Later he ad- mitted it was despondency over his fathers act. He seemed dazed a nd did not have any distinct recollection of what had happened except that when he arose Monday morning at the Johnson rooming house i- Mogol- lon be was Respondent, breeding over his troubles, imaginary or real, and that he seized the .22 Winchester lying near. Placing the muzzle of the rife to his forehead he fired. He fell back on the bed and laid there unconscious all day. The report of the gun was not heard by any out siders, so he was not discovered until 5:30 Monday evening by Willie Gill pin, who had the next room. Medi cal attendance was summoned but as the boy seemed rational and talked freely, the wound was pronounced flesh wound. Frank Townsend, chauf- feur on Marriott's auto line, hearing of the accident, that night telephoned the boys uncle, Deputy Sheriff Jas. Dickinson in this city, and ask ked if was agreed to and the lad rode 90 miles the next day on the front seat of the auto in biting cold wind and talked to Chauffeur Townsend all the way in as if nothing had happened. The only time he complained was when the auto would strike a rur in the road, which, he said, caused a pain in his neck. Upon arrival in the city he was placed in the Ladies' hospital and Dr. Whitehill summon ed. An examination revealed bull let hole through the forehead. The bullet lodged somewhere in the brain, but owing to the location of the wound, an operation was out of the question. The lad lowered between life and death, having intervals of perfect nationality until S:20 Wednes- day evening, when he died. It is un derstood that he left a note to his roommate asking him not to let his mother know he died by his own hands.
 The deceased was employed in the construction work on the Deadwood mill at Mogollon, but quit his job Saturday night. He was a boy of good, eady habits, and the only reason assigned for his rash act is that he did it in a fit of temporary mental alteration. His act coming so soon on the suicide Of his ia .her, makes it doubly sad. He is survived by a mother and a sister. Ruth, liv- ing in Deming, a brother, Bernard, of this city, and two younger broth CTS, Jefferson and Joe, of Hueneme, California.
The copper era., 1911-01-13
DEPUTY SHERIFF
 FATALLY SHOT
Charlie Woods, Former Resident of This County, Killed
 at Miami.

Globe, January 1O.-W hile under taking to arrest Pliny Stokes at a room in the tired light" district at Miami. Charley Woods, deputy sher- if, was mortally wounded last night about 11:3O and died of his wounds at PAS this morning.
 Woods had been summoned to the room of one of the women of the fred light" to arrest Stokes, who it Upon reaching the room, it is report ed, Woods heard considerable noise inside and kicked in the door. Inn mediately upon gaining entrance Stokes fired the shot which later re- suited in the death of the deputy sheriff.
 Stokes made his escape, shooting at every body who came in his way and Woods was taken to the Miami Copper Co.'S hospital.
 The sheriff's office here was noti- fled and Undersheriff Frank Haines, Wirt Anderson, pr. Wal and John Clark immediately departed for the scene of the crime.
 Stokes in the meantime went in the direction of the Miami flats with posse in pursuit and numerous shots were exchanged between him and the pursurers.
 At 1,30 this morning Stokes was captured by Louie Nash and George Wilson, having returned to the scene of his crime.
 He was brought into this city by Officers Wirt Anderson and John Davis and placed in the county jail.
 It is reported that there had been trouble between Woods and Stokes al the time of the Miami fire when the latter took gun away from the dep uty sheriff
 Word was received from Miami late this morning to the effect that man y he uame of Johnson, sup posed to be the brother-in-law of Stokes, had been placed under arrest for aiding and abetting in his escape, it being alleged that he fired shots at the pursurers of the man who shot the deputy sheriff.
The copper era., 1911-01-13
The Territorial Boundaries.
(Communicated.)

MT. w. B. Kelly, Editor COPPER ERA, -~rty-My Dear Sir: For the benefit of your informant, and those of the public who may have been de- ceived by the alleged discovery of thirty odd miles of ''No Mans Land" between the boundaries of Arizona and New Mexico, as defined by the constitutional conventions, permit me to state that no mistake has been made in fixing the boundary line between the proposed new states. The east line of Arizona was- de- fined as longitude lO9 degs. mins. 59 D secs. west of Greenwich, and the west line of New NJ exicO is 32 degs. longitude west of Washington. Had your informant consulted map If the United States, or fourth grade pupil of the public schools, he would have learned that the lOngi- tude of Washington is slightly more than v degs. west of Greenwich, and not 76 degs. B mins. 56.7 secs. as stated in the article of last wee .. The description of the boundaries Of Arizona, adopted by the cOnstitu- ,ional convention, was prepared iu the office of the United States sur yeyor general for Arizona, and con- form to the territorial limits as de- fined by an Act of congress, and as so fixed by congress they could Eo1 be changed by the constitutional convention. Yours Very Truly,
 LAMAR COBB.
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then committing suicide, and begged the constable to kill him rather than to take him to jail.
 For the past few days Mrs. Lindsey had been living in fear of her hus- band. She told the officers that she had a presentiment that her husband would kill her, but stated that she had no fear of him as long as other persons were present.
 Mrs. Lindsey was buried in Duncan on Wednesday. She is the eldest daughter of L. s. Stevens of that place.
 Joe McAllister, who shot Lindsey, was exonerated at the preliminary bearing, and Lindsey is now in the county jail in Clifton, where he is held without bail on a charge of mur- der to await the action of the first grand jury in Greenlee county.
The copper era., 1911-01-13

"Equal rights to all and special privileges to none.'
 "The supremacy of the constitution of the United States"
 "The superiority of the courts"
 These are the principles upon which this government was founded by our fathers and which has sustained it from the begin ming and which must be relied on in the future. Contend ing these principles, the democratic party of the nation has been indes- tructible. This grand old party only loses when it departs from the doc urine taught by Jeferson -Ari2ona Democrat,
The copper era., 1911-01-13
AVE ATQUE VALE. Hail and Farewell0

Your mrmorialists, shareholders of the company, have learned with pro- found regret and sorrow of the pass ing of the Hon. John Gill, your ven- erable and distinguished chairman, which sad tidings have fallen like a shadow athwart our hearts.
 Whatever else he was or was not, John Gill was essentially a worker and others, we doubt not, will gather the fruits of the harvest he has sown'
 Peace to his spirit wherever it flies.
 Facing the future, with the deep rooted hope of the continued pros perity of the company, we most re- spectfully represent that James Colquhoun, Esq, would make a worthy successor in office to the late MT Gill. His services in the past amply attest his competency and fitness. He is in tn prime of life and in the flower of his intellectual strength He has carefully studied the needs and defects of mining enter prises in many lands. He is familiar with the depreciation and obsoles- cence of mining and milling machinery. When he writes a min ing report, the man is behind it with his wealth of knowledge and his un- equaled experience. In fine he has the constructive mind that accom- plishes results through scientific management and the scientific selec' tion of subordinates which is the newly discovered secret of success in all large industrial enterprises.
 Wherefore, your memoralists, grateful few, remembering that everything great and excellent is in minorities, earnestly request his ap pointment as Chairman of your Honorable board and your memoralists will ever pray.
The copper era., 1911-01-13
Bridge Torn Down.

Tuesday night during the rain storm a landslide occurred at the Shannon Arizona railroad bridge, and 85 feet of the high structure was town down. A large force of men are fast repair ing the damage, and it is hoped to be completed in about a week. If it had not been for two Itatian miners who Tagged the early morning train the engieer and crew would have went down a hundred feet, as the high bridge is on such a short cruve the train would have been on the bridge before the landslide could be seen
The copper era., 1911-01-13

In the replevin case of horse be- tween Mrs. Jack Chambers and Wiley Bishop that came off at Morenci Tuesday, Mrs. Chambers won the spit and the horse belongs to her.
The copper era., 1911-01-13
PETITION ENDORSES
 JAS. COLQUHOUN
NumerOuSIy Signed in Clifton and Sent to Main Office in
 Scotland.

That a strong and determined ef- fort is being made by local stock holders to have James 0olquhoun, Esq, made Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arizona Copper Go. was evidenced this week when a pe- tition, numerously signed by the shareholders in Clifton, was forward ed to the main office of the company in Edinburgh, Scotland.
 The memorial in substance reads ds follows:
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ARIZONA NEWS.
EpitOme Of Events Throughout The
 Territory For The Past Week.

Homestead filings are pouring in upon the Phoenix land office. Yes terday twenty applications for home stead claims were received while several other claimants proved up on their land. The fees received aggre gated sl7OO.
 Sixteen Mexican laborers avowed insurrectos left Prescott Monday for Mexico, stating that their sympathies were with the revolutionists. They stated they would enlist.
 Charles L. Ashtch, one of the earl pioneers of Silver City, who came here when the town consisted of but a few houses, died at the Ladies' hospital Tuesday evening, December 20, after an illness of two weeks. His death was momentarily expected during the last ten days.
 Hal c Covley, a young man from chicago passed through LOrdsburg last week, walking from Fl Paso to Los Angeles on a wager of S25.00. He expects to make the distance within three weeks.
 A big force of men have been at work on the new pier that is to be built ih the middle of the Colorado river at Topock, for the purpose oi strengthening the great railroad bridge, and is being augmented daily It is expected that nearly 800 men will be employed including the 'sand hogs' that are to do the work under the river.
The copper era., 1911-01-13

Charlie Woods, referred to in the above dispatch from Globe, was for a long time a resident of this county. He was with the Shannon company at Metcalf and later, with his brother, John w" d, was engaged In the cat tie business 9n Bonita creek,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-02-22
Pleasant. Valley Items.

Pleasant Valley is still on the map
aver If it is covered with a foot of wet
snow.
c. B. Luce recently completed a
basement barn l6x44 feet.
Mr.. Noordhoff, who has been away
most of the winter, ia again living on
his ranch.
Tom Fox is moving back to his
homestead this week. He has been
working In Fort Benton this winter.
W. S. Bucknell struck water at %
feet and w. E. Barrows had to go
only Is feet. This certainly is en-
couraging and others are now pros.
pecting for water.
The neighbors of Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Allen have improved the op.
portunity the fine evenings afforded
to meet at their home to practice sing.
ing. They not only enjoy q pleasan,
evening but are developing their nat.
ural talents. When the Sunday
school, which is closed for the winter
months, re.opens the first Sunday in
April, there will be more and better
singing. W. E. B.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-02-22
Death Of Mrs. w. g. Conrad.

A telegram received from Helena
this Monday afternoon announces
the death of Mrs. w. G. Conrad, who
has been seriously sick the past two
weeks at her home in that city. The
news will be received with sadness and
regret by many old-time residents OF
this vicinity, to whom Mrs. Conrad
was so we'll and favorably known.
Coming 10 northern Montana some
thirty five years ago, Mrs. Conrad
was one Of the pioneer ladies of this
part of the country. Her marriage to
Mr.. Conrad took place in 1876, at her
old home in Virginia, her maiden
name being Miss Fannie E. Bowen.
The newly married couple came west
by railroad to Corinne, Utah, and
from that point made the $50 mile tril
to Fort Benton by stage coach.
Mrs. Conrad made her home in this
city for several years, and was es'
taemed by q large. circle of friends
In more recent times the Conrad fam
lily have been residents of Great Falle
aud Helena, Mr.. Conrad's business
interests having conferred in those
cities.
The funeral services will be heli
Wednesday, in Helena, according tt
present arrangements.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-02-22
TO CONTINUE INVESTIGATION
Affairs Of Livestock 6oard To 81
Given Thorough Examination
Helena Independent

Helena Independent.
AZ q result OF the investigation OF
the at airs Of the state board of stock
commissioners, by q special leRisls.
tive committee, aud the appropriation
Of $40, 900 to pay the cost Of q thor.
ough probe into the past conduct OF
the affairs OF that body, the committee
will tomorrow cause u resolution to
be introd uctd which will clothe il With
further powers, and provide for its
existence after the expiration OF the
present legislative session.
The original bill Introduced, which
has already been passed aud signed,
authorizes the expenditure of $40, 900,
and for the payment of a special pro.
secutor and an accountant. The com
mittee now finds tha at it will be unable
to complete its labors within the life
of the present legislative session aud
for that reason a resolution will be
brought forth the first of the week Civ
ing it full authority to continue see.
slOns aIter ~auJOurnment.
SIT may require" said q member of
the committee, six months or more
to complete the investig alton and the
resolution which is to be introduced
is merely q matter Of form as the leg.
%islature has already appropriated
$40, 600 for the purpose of conducting
the i~nvestig alton.
"While We do not know whether the
shortage 10 accounts extends back Of
the tenure of Office of Sam Langhorne,
jr., who is now in the penitentiary for
stealing the money Of the state and
that of the cattlemen, we are making
the investig alton for the purpose of
clearing the skirts of those who are
innocent"
Linked with the investig alton which
the state Is making of the affairs of
the livestock commits sion, might be
mentioned q bill which has become a
law which makes available all the
brands, which have become obsolete
and abandoned. It has become q SER
ious problem for a number of years
TO secure new brands, and as there are
many thousands recorded which have
passed Out of active use, the bill pro-
vides that all the old and abandoned
brands shall again be issued to new
cattle wners. Under the bill it i:
necessary for all brands to be re
corded.
Another bill which will be of gen.
eral interest to the cattle owners O
the state ia that which provides fol-
the payment of interest On outstanding
bounty warrants. 1t carries with i
an appropriation of $4,000 and hal
passed both houses.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-02-22

and nothing has been heard OF him
since that time.
The county authorities have pur-
chased three carloads of metal cul.
verts, at q cost of about S1O, 900, for
road Improvement work ia various
parts of the county. The %culverts are
of galvanized iron, and their lasting
quality is said to make them superior
to lumber in the after of cost. 3
Miss Nj. A. Stoner, formerly OF the
home economics department in Wyo.
ming state university, will deliver a
lecture here Monday evening. Febru.
airy q, 10 the high school assembly
room. Miss Stoner Is delivering elm.
liar lectures in various part OF Mont
tans, and is reported to be On able
aud interesting speaker.
News OF the death of George w.
Parker, of Little Willow creek, was
received. today by telephone from
Highwood, which stated that an at.
tack of Pneumonia resulted fatally
Monday night. Mr.. Parker vas one
| OF the old time residents of that 10.
cslity, and had extensive holdings Of
ranch property. He was engaged In
the sheep business In the eighties and
until q few years ago, when he became
heavily interested in cattle. Mr.
Parker had an extensive acquaintance
throughout this part of Montana,
among whom news of his death will
be received with regret.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-02-22
Thirty-five Years For Murder.

II Paul Freeze serves the full sen.
tence imposed by Judge Tattan at the
Saturday morning session of district
court, he will be nearly sixty years
old when he leaves the ~penitentiary.
The prisoner, who was recently de-.
clared guilty of murder in the second
degree for killing Frank Gilmore, the
Teton rancher, received q sentence of
IS years as the penalty for that crime.
When Freeze appeared in court for
sentence Saturday morning he appear.
ed to be little interested in the pro-
ceedings, aud in answer to the inquiry
as to whether he wished to present any
reason why the penalty should not be
imposed at this time, the defendant
replied in negative. The announce.
ment that 35 years In state prison was
the punishment fixed by the court did
not appear to affect Freeze in the
slightest degree, and upon his return
to the county jail he at once ijoined in
a card game with some of his fellow
prisoners.
Sentence was also imposed upon
three other defendants who we're con-
victed at the present term of court.
S. Dispascuale, who was found guilty
of holding up a number of men in a
railroad section house near Havre,
was given nine years. j. Monies ano,
charged with participation in the
holdup and who pleaded guilty, re.
ceived q sentence of eight years.
Aaron Hadwyn, who was convicted OF
cruelty to animals, was given q one-
year sentence, in accordance with the
verdict rendered by the jury.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-02-22
Restricts Sale Of Narcotic Dope.

A bill passed by the twelfth Assem-.
bly, and signed by the governor gives
Montana q strict law to prevent the
sale of opium, cocaine and other mar
cotic drugs. 1t provides that it shall
be unlawful for any person to sell,
furnish or dispose of any opium, NOR.
phine, alkaloid.cocaine, or alpha or
beta %eucaine, or codeine or heroin. or
any deriv ative, mixture or prepare.
ton of any of them, except upon the
signed prescription of a physician or
veterin arian duly licensed under the
laws of this state, which description
shall be retained by the person dis
pensing the same, shall be filed but
once, and OF which no copy shall be
taken by the person, except as other.
wise provided. The provisions of the
law are in part to this effect:
Sec. 2. 1t shall be unlawful for any
physician to sell or give to or pre-
scribe for any person any opium,
morphine alkaloid.cocaine, or alpha
or beta eucsine, cocaine or heroin, or
any d%erivative mixture or preparation
of any OF them, except to a patient
believed in good faith to require the
same for medical use, and in quanti-
ties proportional to the needs of such
patient.
Sec. 3. Any person who shall vio-
late any of the provisions of this &C,
shall be punished for each separate
offense and each and every individ.
ual case shall constitute q separate
offense) J, by q fine of not less than CSC
nor more than $500, or by imprisou.
ment In the county Jail for Q period Of
not less than 60 days nor more thar
100 days, or both such fine and i'm
p%risonment.