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10000 Reward.

will pay the above reward to any one for evil
dence that will convict any party Of stealing. or
driving of their range or u~nl8wfully tampering
with horses branded * on left shoulder and
otter marks. Range west of Alma postofice,
between Little Sage and Big Sage. I will also
pay q liberal reward for information concerning
above horses when any of them are away from
their range. Address
CHAS. j. HARBEC, Alma, Mont.
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Reward For E8tray.

Estrayed, a black horse, weight about 900
p poql sft ih Gssna wi1h n mo oo 1agnt az eheui sSo;e and
same. Will pay ten dollars reward for recovery.
Address g.. W. FRIELDS,
Judith or Fort Benton.
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Land Scrip For Sale.

Land Scrip which can be used to locate any
government land which ia open to Homestead
entry. Patent secured promptly without settle
ment. Fully guaranteed. Price on application
Address L.. w. HUBBELL l. SON,
Springfield, Missouri.
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Sheriff's Sale.

In the district court of the Twelfth judicial
district of the state of Montana, in and for the
county of Chouteau.
The American National Bank, plaintiff, vs.
Cyril Gossclin, defendant.
To be sold at eherif's sale, on the 9th day OF
April, A. d. 1919. a. 2 O'Clock p. M. at front
door IF county court house, Fort Benton, in the
said county Of Chouteau, the following described
property:
All of the right, title, and interest of defendant
named, of, in, and to SWA of NWA and NWk
of SWA section %, and M of SEA section 26,
meridian, in Chouteau county, Montana. together
with all buildings, structures, and improvements
thereon.
Dated this 18th day of March, AID; 1912.
GEO. BlCKLE, Sheriff.
BY CHAs. CRAWFORD, Under Sheriff.
Stranahan 81 Stranahan, attorneys for plaintiff
First publication March IL, 1912.
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Horses for Sale.

heve for sale three head of mares and two
geidlngs, or will trade for young cows. Inquire
OF or write to
C.. TEMPLETON. Hirhwood. Mont.
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Reward For Estray.

Will pay $40 reward for information leading
to recovery of a black gelding, weight about 1000
pounds, white spot in face, one white foot;
branded k3 on left shoulder and NIX on right
thigh. GEO. LAYANWAY. HaWArden.
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For Sale.

Six head of work horeea, we'll broken; have
been fed all winter and are in good condition for
epflng work. Alec q three-inch wagon, good as
new, and one set Of harness, cheap.
GEO. e. BARKLEY, Fort Benton.
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For Sale.

A good old work team, also . fancy driving
mare. Address
SOUTHWESTERN LIVESTOCK CO.,
Fort Benton. Montana.
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Ewes For Sale.

About 200 good shearing Merino ewes. Bred
10 lamb April 20. Address
EYERS BROS, Everson, Mont
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Billiard Table For Sale.

A combination billiard table for sale; can be
seen at Odd Fellows hall. 1t is nearly new anC
In good condition. For particulars apply to
H. j. WACKERI.IN, Fort Benton.
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Reward For EStvays,

Estrayed, q brown gelding branded
also . gray work horse branded
on right thigh. Ten dollars re-
ward for recovery of each auimal.
THORE RlTLAND, Fort Benton.
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Bulls For Sale.

A few head of yesrling and two.year-old Here
iofd bulls for sale. For particulars address
j. 0. PATTERSON, Fort Benton.
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PUBLIC LAND AND MINING
CASES,

If you are interested in any contest
or any matter before the Interior De-
partment, write to Clark & Wright,
registered land lawyers, oo2 F Street
N. w. Opposite Genl Land Office,
Washington, D. c. Free information
about contests and where to obtain
scrip, locatable upon public lands,
without residence or cultivation.
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peration to get into the llfebOats that
the officers shot them and Their bodies
fell Into the ocean They said also that
they saw John Jacob AstOr and Major
Butt standing together on the Titanc's
deck and that they must have gone to
death together Mrs. lsidor Straus rc.
fused to leave her husband. they said
Many passengers agreed I'm the state.
ment that G'iS were rescued aud that
four died In the lifebouts aud two died
on board the Carpathia. One Of the
steerage passenger was buried at sea
Stories OF al! agreed that the Titanir
struck the iceberg at ! l :45 O'clock. that
she sank at 2:25 and that they were
picked mp by the Carpatlia at I: 30
Four lifsboats Drawn Down.
William Jones. Il Titanic stoker. who
manned one of the lifeboats. said he
was 700 yards away when the vessel
sank and that he saw four lifeboats
filled with women drawn down Two
women In his boat died of exposure.
Margaret Hayes of New York city
saic; when ] was put into life
boat | found u two-year-Old- -b1by Girl
In my arms. do not know who placed
1t there. nor who It's mother IL l have
been taking care Of 1t ever since"
Daniel T.. Bailey. who lives at the
Marlborough hotel in New York city.
said: IL was adrift alone on raft for
six hours. saw woman I'm night
clothing near by. swan to her side
and dragged her to the raft. She was
unconscious and slipped Off into the
water and was drowned"
Mrs. Regina Steinert Of New York
city. who was a passenger on the Car
pathia. said that when the Carpatha
reached the scene of the disaster six.
teen lifeboats filed with survivors were
found floating In the sen of Ice. All
were taken oil board and passengers
We'd with the crew In rendering aid.
THE survivors were lying In the bot
tom OF the boats. all alive. but the ma.
jority OF them unconscious" she said
MANY were suffering terribly from
the exposure. aud many were already
frozen. That afternoon about twenty
Of the survivors died. and four were
given burial Mt sea Immediately"
Statement by ismay.
j. Bruce lsmay. president Of the In
ternational Mercantile Marine com
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for this overconldence. The boats
were undermined. My husband help
ed to row lifeboat Captain Smith
stuck to the bridge like hero. The
behavior of the entire crew was per.
feet. II was most beautiful night.
The vessel was surrounded by ice
bergs. Some Of the passengers were
on the deck of the great liner. enjoy
Ing the strange and beautiful scene.
when the crash came"
Went Down. but Was Saved.
Colonel Archibald Oracle. u. =. A.. the
last man saved. went down with the
vessel. but WAS picked up. Colonel Gra-
Gle told a remarkable story of personal
hardship and denied emphatically the
reports that there had been any panic
on board. He praised in the highes:
terms the behavior Of both the pHs.
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sorrows of survivors and Of the rela.
tives and friends of those who per-
ished. The Titanic was the last word
In shipbuilding. Every regulation pre-
scribed by the British board Of trade
had been strictly complied with. The
master. officers and crew were the
most experienced and skillful in the
British service. am Informed that a
committee of the United States senate
was appointed to investigate the cir
cumstances of the accident. ! heartily
welcome the most complete and ex-
haustive inquiry. and any aid that or
my associates. our builders or nayi.
gators. can render Is at the service OF
the public and the governments Of the
United States and Great Britain. And
under these circumstnncesd Il muaAs -
spectfully defer making any state
ment at this hour"
Ma jor Butt q Hero.
One survivor asserts h. saw Major
Butt. aid to President Taft. play a
hero 8 Part before he died.
An hour after the boat sank | hung
on to collapsibe lifebOat for two
hours and half Then | was picked
up" said this man.
"The last thing ! saw was man
they sny was Major Butt standing on
the forward deck that was already un
der water.
He was holding back men who were
fighting TO get into boats that We're
putting of with women"
First Woman OF Titanic.
Mrs. Dickinson Bishop Of Detroit.
Mich. said 81 was the first woman In
the FIRST boat. | was In the boat four
hours before being picked up by the
Carpathia. was In bed at the time
the crash came and got up and dress
cd. went back to bed upon being
assured that there was no danger. On
'he deck. when | reached it. there
was little or no panic"
Told Ship Could Not Sink.
N. G. Chambers said that the Titanic
struck the iceberg headOn The pas.
sengers ran out. but being assured by
the officers that the ship could not
sink went back to their staterooms
After about two hours the alarm was
'sent ont and tie passengers started
to enter the lifeboats. Mr.. Chambers
said that there was nothing like u
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ders that neither she or her maid
should be permitted 10 talk about tie
Titanic. and this rule waS strictly Oh
served. Nevertheless. before the order
had been given. she had told Vincent
AstOr some Of her memories. She
thought she recalled seeing Colonel
Astor by her side. just before she got
into one of the boats. She imagined
ne was safe. too. and it was only
Wien she was on the Carpathia that
she realized he was not among the
rescued
Like most Of the survivors. Mrs. AS
tor was too stunned at first to recall
any Of the incidents of the sinking
ship, Other passengers said that Mrs.
Astor displayed remarkable courage
during the days OH the Carpathia.
walking about the decks and trying to
cheer up other survivors whose sorrow
seemed beyond relief.
Astor Made Light of Danger.
Colonel Astor was walking the deck
at the time the Titania struck the ice
berg" said William David. assistant
saloon steward on board the Carpa.
tina. In reciting incidents which had
been told to him by survivors.
de was approached by franti;
waiter. ! was told. and urged to put
Oh life belt. The waiter had several
lite belts in his hand. Colonel Astor
waved him away.
Pooh, he said, this is nothing,
There Is no need Of life belts And
that was the last seen Of COlOne; AS
tor
Band Played "Ncarer. Ny God, to Thee"
Mrs. A, A. Dick. who was saved
with her husband. told the following
story:
The boats lay in the vicinity Of the
foundering vessel for about an hour.
No one believed she could 60 down.
We had been assured to this effect by
tne c~ptaipa .sRut aS she began to set
lie 1t was soon seen that she was
about to so to the bottom. and If we
stayed near we would be drawn down
with her in the vortex
THE marine band on board did it's
best to cheer up the waning hopes Of
the passengers. One or two airs were
struck up. 1t was spectacle that no
one will ever forget
Suddenly the band stopped. The
leader moved his baton. In slow. SOL
emn tones the air, Nearer, My God, to
Thee was waited across the water to
our ears.
"The band played the hymn con-
dnuously until their instruments were
choked of by the swirling water that
closed about their heads as they went
to herO's grave"
Storage Passengers Experience
Swede named Oscar Johansen was
steerage passenger on the Titanic.
He said he was awakened in his steer
age bunk by sort Of grinding, tear
Ing thump at the moment the Titanic
struck the iceberg He ran for the deck.
but when he reached the saloon he
found the band playing some popular
air. "The officers Of the ship were as.
surfing the people that there was no
danger" said Johansen. "They told
me to 60 back to the steerage and tell
the people who knew my tongue that
the accident was nothing. l went back,
for the band kept on playing and the
people In rie saloon were leaving also
for their beds. An hour after the boat
sank l hung onto one Of the collops.
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panic NJ first. rs all believed that there
were plenty Of lifebolts to go around
Mrs. Astor Could Not Talk.
Pale. trembling, and apparently ILL.,.
Mrs. John jacob Astor was one Of the
first survivors of the wreck to pass
down the Carpathia's gangplank She
stepped from the Carpathia wearing n
long black aStrakhan coat, a small
toque covered by Il blue chiffon veil,
and Mt her throat reposed large dia
mond and pearl sunburst.
Mrs. AstOr was completely broken
down by the narrowing experience she
had passed through, and the loss OF
her husband, and when asked to say
something cried I'm heartbrokcn tones:
II can't! | can't! am unspcak-
ably III"
Mrs Astor's mental suffering was
terrible, though physically she was not
much harmed Physicians gave or.
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CAPTAIN RosTRoM OF THE CARPATaIA.
sengers and crew and paid a high tri-
butte to the heroism Of the women pas
sengers.
II jumped with the sea-" said he,
"just as 1 often have jumped with the
breakers at the seashore. BY great
good fortune managed to grasp the
brass railing en- the deck above, and |
hung on by might and main When
the ship plunged down l was forced
to let go and l was swirled around
and around for what seemed to be an
interminable time. Eventually | came
to the surface to find the sea a mass
Of tangled wreckage
Luckily | was unhurt, and casting
about managed to seize a wooden graf
ing floating near by. When | had re-
covered my breath discovered
larger canvas and cork life raft which
had flCated up. man whose name
l did not learn was struggling toward
1t from some wreckage to which he
had clung. I cast off and helped him
to get on to the raft and We then be-
gan the work Of rescuing those who
had jumped into the sea and were
f1oundering in the water
Had to Deny Suceor to Others.
when dawn broke there were thirty
or us on the raft, standing knee deep
In the Icy water and afraid to move
lest the cranky craft be overturned.
Several unfortunates. benumbed and
half dead. besought us to save them.
and one or two made an effort to reach
us, but we had to warn them away
Had we made any effort to save them
we all might have perished
THE hours that elapsed before we
were picked up by the Carpatha were
the longest and most terrible that |
ever spent
Colonel Oracle denied with emphasis
that any men were fired upon and de-
clared that only once was revolver
discharged
This was for the purpose of intim-
dating some of the steerage passen-
gers" he said. "who had tumbled into
boat before 1t was prepared for
launching. This shot was fired in the
air. and when the foreigners were
told that the next would be directed
at them they promptly returned to
the deck. There was no confusion and
no panic"
Contrary to the general expectation.
there was no jarring impact when the
vessel struck, according to the army
officer He was in his berth when the
vessel smashed into the submerged
portion OF the berg and was aroused
by the jar.
Before l retired" said Colonel
Oracle. IL had long chat with Charles
NJ. Hays, president Of the Grand
Trunk railroad. One OF the last things
Mr.. Hays said was this: The White
Star, the Cunard and the Hamburg
American lines are devotng their at
tention and ingenuity In vieing one
with the other to attain the supremacy
In luxurious ships and in making speed
records. The time will soon come
when this will be checked by some ap-
palling disaster Poor fellow, few
hours later he was dead.
The conduct o. Colonel John Jacob
Astor was deserving Of the highps,
praise" Colonel Oracle declared. Colo
mel Astor," he said. devoted all his
energies to saving his young bride.
lie helped us In our efforts to get her
into the boat. | lifted her into the
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pany. when he left the Cnrpathia went
to the office of the general agent ON the
pier. There he received the newspaper
representatives and. after few pre-
hminary remarks, gave out type.
written statement I'm which he said
that he was In the last starboard col
lapsible lifeboat when he left the ship.
He stated that he did not know what
speed the Titanic was going at when
she struck the iceberg. hut the collision
was one of II glancing blow, and on
Monday morning, between 10 and IL
o'clock. he claims 10 have sent n wire.
less Message In his statement Mr. Is
may said:
I'm the presence and under the shad-
ow OF n catastrophe so overwhelming.
my feelings are too deep for express.
sion In words. | can only say that the
White Star line. its officers and ON
ployees. will do everything humanly
possible to alleviate the sufferings and
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ible lifeboats for two hours and a half
Then was picked up"
Mrs Paul Shabert Of DERBY. Conn.
said that when the collision occurred
she came out on deck and asked one
or the stewards If there was any dan
ger and he said he was afraid there
was. Shortly afterward one of the Of
hcers shouted. ladies first TO the
bOats!'
Mrs. Henry Stengel Of Newark. n. J.,
said that she witnessed terrible scenes.
Chinese stokers hid in the bottom of
the lifeboats before they were launch
ed. Men jumped into boatloads OF
women. injuring them. There were no
lights and no provisions The col
lision was terrific. but nobody appeared
TO realize how serious matters were
There appeared to be overconfidcncc.
as Ii was thoUght that the Titanic was
unslnkable. II am sure that more
might have been saved had II not been
Mr. w C. Wise of tba 7 II Croiy
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= 1912. by American Press Association.
TITANIC SURVIVORS LEAVING THE CAR
PAIH1A.
without knowing that She had struck
and who did lot r2c.,'r anything was
wrong until the water rushed into their
stateroomS.
THE men behaved splendidly. We
were undreSsed in the bitter cold. The
men in the lifeboat gave us eheir gar
ments to protect u.s."
"My Husband Was a Brave Man,
Mrs. Henry H. Harris was hystericai
when she came on shore She was met
10y party OF friends. She fell into the
arms Of her brother-in- law, crying "My
God. Poor Harry! He wanted TO get
into the lifeboats, but he stepped back.
He was brave man"
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Work on the hotel building ls go-
ting right ahead now. A good force
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OF hands Is employed and they are
hard at work digging out base
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Mr.. w. G. Wise, OF the ]. d. Craig
Furniture Company went to Colum-
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bia on Tuesday To meet the Execu-
tive Committee OF the State Embalm-
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ers' association to arrange program,
for their NEE < in June.
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pssseoArs Shot by Officers.

Mr.. and Mrs Washington Dodge OF
San Francisco declared that some Of
the passengers fought with such des-
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Saw No Evidence Of cov,ardios.

''The crash came Mt II 40 said one
woman. ''The lights OF the Titanic
went out at 2:20 O'Clock saw no evi.
dences OF cowardice"
"W0men and children. frightened by
the prospect OF being set adrift upon
the dark and ice strewn ocean. refused
20 enter the lifeboats." said another OF
the rescued passengers. "Some OF the
boats were launched with only fifteen
or twenty on board them. although they
could have held seventy-6ve."
The Washington times., 1912-01-25
SLAYERS FATE
NOW IN HANDS
Of THE JURORS
Arguments In Macdonald
Trial End Shortly Be-
fore | O'clock.
Continued from First Page.)


rection that the penalty be life i'm
prlsonment rather than death:
The authority of the jury to decide
that the accused shall not be punished
capitally Is not limited to the cases in
winch the court, or the jury, Is OF the
opinion that there were palliating or
mitigating circumstances. but II extends
70 every case in which, upon a review
OF the whole evidence, the Jury is Of
the opinion that It would not be just or
wise to impose capital punishment.
How far consideration Of age, sex, ig-
norance, illness or intoxication, of hui
man passion or weakness, of sympathy
or ciemency, or the irrevocableness OF
an executed sentence of death. or an
apprehension that the explanatory facts
may exist which have not been brought
10 nght or any other consideration
Whatever, should be allowed weight in
deciding the question"
PENDANT. it is believed, was tie. Il "at
the time of the killing the defendant was
In such condition of mind by reason OF
drunkenness as to be incapable Of pre-
incubation and elaboration" a verdict
OF nrst degree murder can not be re-
turned. The same idea IL carried in an
other prayer where disease and not in
toxication are cited as possible causes
Tor impairing the mind.
vi thS VdSStbOu VI uTuHhcIIcSS, tnlS
prayer was granted:
The Jury Is instructed that IL thes
find from the evidence beyond a reason
able doubt that the defendant killed the
deceased. and at the time OF the kill
Ing. although not insane. was in such a
condition OF mind by reason Of drum
kenness as to be incapable Of forming
a specific intent to kill or to do the
act that he did do. the grade OF his
crime would be reduced to manslnugh-
ter. and the verdict should be guilty Of
me ns.aughter"
At the opening Of court this forenoon
two witnesses. Mrs. Margaret f. BilIopp
sister OF the slain woman, and John J.
Collins. gave testimony in Iebuttai in
behalf Of the Government. Mrs Bill
opp testified that her sister had no re-
volver in the handbag she carried. rs
alleged by Macdonald. She also said
the handbag was closed when she pick
cd It up shortly after the shooting. and
Collins corroboratcd her.
The question of instructions for the
jury was then taken Lp by the respcc-
tive attorneys, and following that closing
arguments began, Assistant Prosecutor
Proctor being the first speaker.