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.O A INSPECTION
IS A BIG FROST
S Ssjas City Engineer Corn in Speak.
i g of Wat Building Laws
/ Are Obeyed.
ISSlUED TWO PERMITS
Contractors Go Ahead With Work
W'ithout. Complying With Ordinances
of toe Ctt;3 -Wooden Structures in
Fire idmitse
"IU.ilding t.spection, as It Is at pres
n rc iaa on in Billings, is a com
,"i:ýe ,Jt, saitd City Engineer Corn,
v, 1.i,;n is al o delegated the office of
:!.tfit n, + n!.;pector, yesterday after
onu. '.:: o;ding to the ordinances
Se .y ,!', engineer's ofice is sup
; .,s.: . its O. K. on every set
,p ' . . building which is to be
,.rec , tt :n the fire limits. That
ii - :ze ...:=v well not be in existence
.I.sofr :. is being observed by con
a, cior: v;.,1 biuilders. During the five
m; 1 u, i have been in office I have
li:" ha '.or, than two sets of plans
a,,:1.'I tro me for inspection, and
elmoi y"ne kixows that building has
been a !ong ways from a standstill
dur!, .'wmt ti.re."
T.., :sa.1 r of better observance of
the bui r-.g . vs is being agitated to
some e'at, .mad will be looked into
by the cionnl at an early date. The
matter was very forcibly brought to
the attention of that body at its last
meeting by J. M. V. Cochran, who
presented a petition to the council
asking for the privilege of erecting a
small frame building on lots owned by
him on North Twenty-fourth street
and which are within the newly en
larged fire limits, and offering to move
the building upon ten days' notice at
any time after May 1. Mr. Cochran, in
speaking of the matter before the
council, stated that he considered that
such a building would be of a tem
porary and not a permanent nature,
and that he had come to the council
for the permit in order to b, in the
right, and had not gone ahead and
built without the permit, as many oth
ers, he said, were doing.
The council refused the permit
asked by Mr. Cochran, who, in speak
ing of the matter yesterday, said:
"I have no quarrel with the coun
cil, for I believe that they did what
was just and right. But I do take
exception to the way in which the city
officials completely ignore other vio
lations of the building laws. There is
hardly a block in the fire district
that has not had some flammable
structure built upon it within the past
few months, and it is not right for the
city to ignore the actions of others
and then refuse me a permit to build
like them when I seek the consent of
the council to do the work. It doesn't
look to me like fair play. I want to
see building in the business district
more carefully supervised, and it the
city does not have the proper laws
to do' that at present I want to see
those laws passed and put into effect
right away."
City officials admit that there have
been some very glaring violations of
the building laws perpetrated within
the past summer, and they have prom
ised to have the matter attended to at
once. It will also be seen to that
hereafter no buildings are erected
that have not passed the examination
of the engineer and that the same of
ficer makes frequent inspection of the
buildings while they are in course of
construction.
Mr. Cochran announced at the time
that he asked for his permit that he
intended to build a substantial brick
structure, two stories in height and
25x40 feet, on the land next spring.
The building will be in the rear of
the one occupied by the Rex bar at
the corner of Twenty-fourth and Mon
tana, and will aid materially in the
development of Twenty-fourth street
and in heading building and business
from the depot toward First avenue,
the street which is generally con
ceded will be an important business
thoroughfare of the city in the course
of a few years.
Cobb Surrenders
To Ohio Sherif
Swift Outfielder Beats Service of Ex
tradition Papers in Hotel
Assault Case.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 18.-"Ty"
Cobb, the Detroit outfielder, against
whom an indictment has been return
ed for assaulting a night watchman
at the Hotel Euclid, some weeks ago.
came to Cleveland today and gave
himself up to the sheriff.
Later, Cobb appeared before Judge
Schwan in common pleas court, plead
not guilty, and trial was set for No
vember 22. Bail was fixed at $500.
Cobb was secretely indicted last
week and since that time the county
officials had been arranging to extra
dite him.
SECOND SHOOTING
PROVES SUCCESSFUL
Construction Foreman Dropped by
Mountaineers In Eastern Ken
tadcky.-Will Probably Die.
LEXINGTON, Ky., Oct. 20.-Charles
Williams, foreman of conetruction of
the Louisiana & Nashville, a new line
being built into the mountains of
eastern Kentucky, was shot by un
known men and left for dead near
Heidelberg, Lee county, last night.
Williams will probably die.
Six weeks ego Williams was shot
by two men, but recovered. It is
believed he was attacked last night
by the same men.
DOWNWARD TREND
STUBBORN FIGHT
Wheat Opens Weak, but Falls but
6 During the Entire
Session.
LARGE FOREIGN OFFERS
Advance in English Discount Rate and
Immense Volume of Grain Reported
by Russia and Argentina Tend to
Force Price of Comodity Down.
CHICAGO, Oct. 21.-Wheat opened
weak today, but the downward trend
was stubbornly contested and Decem
ber at the close was unchanged at %c
lower at $1.04%. May sank on the
final figures %@%c below yester
day. The big bear factor was a weak
ening of cash wheat prices in the
Southwest, coupled with a larger run
of Western hard winter wheat. Lower
foreign cables, induced by free offer
ings of Russian and Argentina wheat
and an advance in the English dis
count rate bore down on the local
market.
The bulls were encouraged by the
firmness of cash wheat beer and the
milling demand in the Northwest.
The bullish efforts bore fruit at the
close when earlier losses were recov
ered.
The corn pit reversed the bullish
movement of yesterday and profit tak
ing sales kept the quotations declin
ing for a time. Resting orders ab
sorbed the offerings at the low point
Wednesday and prices then steadied.
December closed ½%t%c lower than
yesterday.
The oats market dropped off sharp
ly at the outset. Later a partial re
covery developed. December, May and
July each closed %c lower than yes
terday.
October lard took a sharp jump in
the early trading, advancing 22%c.
Closing prices ranged from unchanged
to 15c higher for pork and 2%c to 7%c
higher for lard, and unchanged to 7%c
higher for ribs.
Live Stock Quotations
Omaha Live Stock.
SOUTH OMAHA. Oct. 21.--Cattle-
Receipts, 7,800. Slower to 10c lower.
Native steers, $4.50@8.00; cows and
heifers, $3.00@5.00; Western steers,
$3.50@6.25; stockers and feeders,
$3.80@5.40; calves, $3.50@7.00; stags,
etc., $2.75@4.50.
Hogs-Receipts, 2,400. Market 10c
higher. Heavy, $7.45@7.55; mixed and
light, $7.45@7.50; pigs, $6.50@7.00;
bulk of sales, $7.45@7.50.
Sheep-Receipts, 18.000. Market
steady to slow. Yearlings, $4.75@5.40;
wethers, $3.90@4.60; ewes, $3.75@5.25;
lambs, $6.40@7.00.
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Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO, Oct. 21.-Cattle-Re
ceipts, estimated at 11.000. Market
weak to shade lower. Beeves, $3.85@
8.65; Texas steers, $3.75@4.80; West
ern sters, $3.00@5.10; cows and heif
ers, $5.00@5.40; calves, $7.00@9.50.
Hogs-Receipts, estimated at 15,
000. Market 5c higher. Light, $7.10@
7.70; mixed, $7.30@7.85; heavy, $7.25@
7.90; rough, $7.25@7.45; good to choice
heavy, $7.45@7.90; pigs, $5.25@7.10;
bulk of sales, $7.50@7.80.
Sheep-Receipts, estimated at 25,
000. Market steady. Native, $2.40@
4.80; Western, $2.60@4.85; yearlings,
$4.40@5.35; lambs, native, $4.25@7.25;
Western, $4.50@7.10.
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Miscellaneous Markets
Boston Stocks.
Amalgamated ................. 83
Arizona Commercial ............ 43%
Butte Coalition ............... 26%
Calumet and Arizona .......... 98%
Daly W est .................... 7
Green Cananea . ........ ... 10%
Montana Coal & Coke........20 cents
Nevada ....................... 24%
Parrot ....................... 30%
North Butte ................... 577%
Minneapolis Wheat.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 21.-Close:
Wheat - December, $1.02%; May,
$1.04%61.04%; cash, No. 1 hard,
$1.05% @1.05%; No. I northern,
$1.04%@1.04%; No. 2, $1.02%( ;1.02%;
No. 3, $1.01%@1.02.
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New York Sugar.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-Sugar-Raw,
steady; fair refining, $3.80; centri
fugal, 96 test, $4.30; molasses sugar,
$3.50; refined, steady.
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Minneapolis Flax.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 21. --Flax
closed at $1.70%.
VETERINARIANS TO MEET.
(Special to The Gauette.)
HELENA, Oct. 19.-S. H. Ward, the
state veterinarian of Minnesota, has
written to M. E. Knowles, the corre
sponding Montana official, suggesting
a meeting in this city of all north
western veterinarians and secretaries
of livestock sanitary boards, for the
purpose of taking action to secure the
eradication by government officials of
glanders and mange from horses on
Indian reservations. Knowles hearti
ly favors the idea.
ATTORNEY TOO BUSY.
From Wednesday's Daily.
On account of the trial of Joseph
Lamb, which occupied the entire time
of the county attorney and his assist
ant yesterday, the preliminary hear
ings of Robert Alexander, charged
with assault in the second degree, and
F. M. Clark, accused of beating his
wife, were not held yesterday morning
in Judge Mann's court. Both parties
have given sufficient bond for their
appearance and the hearings will be
postponed until the rush of criminal
cases in the district court is over.
BILLINGS GAY
WITH BUNTING
Green and White, the Congressional
Colors, to Be Lavishly Hung
Inside and Out.
WILL RIVAL THE LIGHTS
Brilliancy of Street Embellishments
to Dovetails Nicely Into the New
Illumination Scheme.-Decorator at
Disposal of Merchants.
From Wednesday's Daily.
Today James T. Egan of Spokane
will begin putting the finishing
touches on the decorations fqr the
Dry Farming congress. His ideas
were outlined at a meeting of the
board of control last night and ap
proved. They will make Billings a
brilliant symphony of green and white
during the congress.
The plan for street decorations has
been enlarged to include strings of
banners to alternate with the electric
lights that will illuminate the streets
by night. Mr. Egan, who represents
the Pacific Decorating company, and
has been brought here to prepare the
city for the congress, announced last
night that he would place the banners
along all the streets which would be
strung with the colored lights. The
design is to have an American flag,
four by six feet in size at each side
of the street, and midway between
them a fan of green and white bunt
ing. The white will be at the center
of the fand and the green will form
the outer rim as it hangs opened over
the streets. The flags will not be at
the extreme edges of the street, but
will be far enough out so that alter
nate banners can be hung nearer each
curb, so that when one looks down
the street the appearance will be of
having banners solidly across the
driveway.
Mr. Egan will decorate the opera
house in a manner new to this sec
tion. A large ring will be hung in
the center of the ceiling and from this
strands will radiate in every direc
tion. From these will be hung 48 all
wool, hand painted banners. There
will be 22 representing the states,
four by six feet in dimensions; 22
representing nations, same size; one
Canadian flag, eight by ten feet; one
Mexican, same size; and two Amer
ican flags, 20 by 30 feet. These will
be hung high enough so that they will
not interfere with the view of the
stage from any part of the house. This
scheme will give those in the house
the impression of being seated under
a huge umbrella of brilliant combina
tions of colors.
The stage will be appropriately dec
orated during the sessions and in the
body of the house reserved for dele
gates there will be standards for the
states and countries represented while
large escutcheons will be hung for
each state and nation.
With work for the congress well un
der way Mr. Egan will place his
services at the disposal of the mer
chants. Anticipating an eagerness for
display he will probably begin a can
vass today. With individual exhibits
added to those of the city and con
gress a scene of splendor second to
none in a convention city is foreseen
by those active in the decoration
movement.
Profitable Cheating
of the Government
Underweight Given Cheese and Sugar
Importers Nets Customs Employe
Large Sums for Years.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20.-Eight years
of systematic and exceedingly pro
fitable cheating of the United States
government was described today by
George E. Burge, a customs weigher,
a witness in the trial of Antonio and
Philip Musica, cheese importers.
After telling how he had under
weighed a large importation of cheese
for the Musicas and received $134 as
his share, Burge said he was in sim
ilar dealings with hundreds of other
firms of importers. He declared also
that there was a regular system of
cheating in which a number of cus
toms employes were involved. Burge
is one of three weighers who have con
fessed and is testifying for the gov
ernment.
An echo of the government's suits
against the American Sugar Refining
company was brought out by Burge's
testimony. lie said prior to his op
Prations for the Musicas and others,
he had been almost exclusively em
ployed in underweighing and cheating
on behalf of the sugar people.
TAFT PLANS TOUR
OF DIAZ' COUNTRY
Accepts Invitation of President to
Travel Through Mexico at Close
of Official Term.
EL PASO, Texas, Oct. 19.--The
Times tomorrow will say:
Tentative plans for a tour of Mexico
by Mr. and Mrs. William H. Taft upon
the close of the president's term of
office were discussed Saturday night
by President Taft and President Diaz.
Mr. Taft said' at the close of his
term of office he expected to tour
Mexico with Mrs. Taft.
President Diaz replied that he would
look forward with pleasure to meet
Mr. Taft-again. Mrs. Diaz, he said,
would be Mrs. Taft's hostess and he
would be deligthted to receive Mr. and
Mrs. Taft in Mexico City.
Ada In The Gazette pay.
MIDNIGHT FIEND
CUT HER THROAT
Wife of Los Angeles Breweryman
Victim of Brutal Attack
While Sleeping.
NEARLY BLED TO DEATH
Policeman Closes Razor Wounds with
His Fingers While Mrs. George
Stable Is Being Hurried to Hospi
tal-Woman will Probably Live.
LOS ANGELES, Cal. Oct. 18.-While
Mrs. George Stahle, wife of a brewery
employe, was asleep in her home last
night, she was attacked by a man
who cut her throat with a razor.
There is no clew to the criminal's
identity further than the blood cover
ed razor which he left behind. The wo
man's husband was at work in the
brewery at the time of the attack.
Mrs. Stable almost bled to death
and her life was saved by patrol
officer Gilpin, who closed the wound
in her throat with his fingers until
the hospital was reached. She is ex
pected to recover.
Elsie Stahle, a 12 year old daughter
said that after she and her mother
had retired she was awakened by
smothered cries for help. The girl
turned on the light, saw the blood
pouring over her mother's night robe
and ran for help. Mrs. Stable's wind
pipe had been severed and several
large arteries cut. Two strokes had
been made with the razor in criss
cross fashion, one extending across
the throat and the other lengthwise.
CODY MAN WHO IS
SOME AS A RIDER
Winner of Evanston-Denver Endur
ance Race Visiting Friends
in Billings.
Small and wiry, keen piercing eyes,.
smoothly shaven face and the general
air that he never stumbled into any
thing he could not get out of; there
you have Charlie E. Workman, cham
pion endurance rider of the world and
the winner of the famous pony race
from Evanston, Wyo., to Denver, Col.,
which set the sporting world on edge
for six days the first part of last June
a year ago.
Workman is in Billings for a few
days visiting with his old friend, H.
Alfred Heimer of the Rex, shaking
hands with "Dad" Roberts, a Cody
chum, and generally getting acquaint
ed. Although Workman comes from
Cody himself, in fact is frankly proud
of it, still he admits that Billings
looks good to him and may settle
here permanently. Anyway he is
booked to stay over this week, he says:
When Charlie Workman rode into
Denver that eventful afternoon of
June 5, just 6 days 8 hours and 18
minutes out of Evanston, he was two
hours ahead of his nearest rival and
he pulled down the prize of $500 in
gold, a $250 saddle, two suits of gent's
clothes, another of ladies' make
(Workman is a bachelor and never
would tell what he did with the fem
inine togs) besides several pairs of
spurs and other things.
And the next morning he mounted
his faithful 8-year-old "Teddy," who
had carried him the weary stretch of
620 miles as if nothing had happened
and left the city and his fame behind
him.
TIME TO FILE.
ARDMORE, Okla., Oct. 18.-In the
federal court here today, 20 days
time was allowed Governor Haskell
and the other defendants in the l1us
kogee town lot fraud cases in which
to file exceptions to the ruling of the
court last week when Judge Marshall
overruled the motions to quash. I)e
murrars to the indictments will be
argued on October 28.
BACK WAS BROKEN
IN FOOTBALL GAINE
All Hope for Recovery of Midshipman
Wilson Has Been Practically
Abandoned.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-Hope of
the recovery of Midshipman Earl D.
Wilson, quarter back of the naval
football team, who was injured Sat
urday, was practically abandoned this
afternoon.
Wilson was injured in stopping a
run of the opposing half back before
a score had been made and another
touchdown was being worked down
the field. Wilson, by a flying tackle
through the interference of the men
who were helping, stopped the play
within a few yards of the navy's goal.
When the mass of players was unen
tangled, he was found at the bottom of
the pile unconscious. Paralysis de
veloped almost immediately and since
Saturday Wilson has been unable to
move part of his body. The fifth ver
tebrae was fractured.
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+ QIUIET AT CORINTO. *
. +
W* ASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-A +
+ dispatch has been received at 4
+ the state department from Co- +
4 rinto, Nicaragua, that the city +
, is still in the control of the +
+ Zelaya government and that +
+ there has been no fighting +
* there. The dispatch adds that -
+ every able bodied native over +
+ 16 years old is under arms. +
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. •4.41 • 1,4.. 4. 1.O OO ,
ESCAPED CONS
ARE BURNED OUT
Securely Entrenched in a Straw Stack
Which Farmer Fired, Ignorant
of Their Presence.
TOOK TO TALL GRASS
Farmer Grown Suspicions, Tele
phones Pursuing Officers-In Chase
and Battle One Falls,. the. Other
Surrenders a Captive May Die.
SALEM. Ore., Oct. 18.-Driven from
their refuge by a farmer who set fire
to a straw stack in which they had
hidden, the last two of the five con
victs who escaped from penitentiary
guards Friday, were captured today.
Before their capture, however, they
attempted to escape from a posse
which kept up a running fire. One
of the fugitives was wounded, but not
fatally. The two fugitives, Mike
Nichkotich and Albert Murray, were
not engaged in the battle with a posse
Saturday night, in which the other
three convicts had taken part, but
had taken refuge in a straw stack
nearby.
By a curious coincidence, the far
mer who owned the stack decided
this morning to burn it and accord
ingly set it afire. This fire drove the
convicts from their hiding place and
they took refuge in some long grass.
Suspecting the identity of the pair,
the farmer telephoned to the author
ities at Independence, and City Mar
shal Feagles, at the head of a posse
of citizens, went to the farm. The
convicts who had lain quiet in the
meantime, were driven from cover
and chased toward a clump of brush.
while a running fire was kept up by
the posse.
Suddenly Mike Nichkotich dropped
to the ground. Albert Murray, his
companion, then stopped and signal
led he would surrender.
After Murray had been secured the
posse started to get Nichkotich. The
wounded man, however, jumped to
his feet and made another dash for
the under brush, but he was brought
down by well directed shots from two
of the posse.
George Duncan, who was wounded
Friday night by Deputy Sheriff John
son, is expected to die.
The officer who suffered slight
wounds during the fighting Friday
and Saturday, will be well in a few
days.
Joyous Nights in
Streets of Frisco
Large Crowds Partielipateing in Por
tola Celebration-Men O'Warsmen
Hold Open House.
SAN FANCISCO, Oct. 20.-The sec
ond night of the Portola celebration
in this city proved as joyous as the
first, although the crowds on the
streets were somewhat smaller, as a
heavy fog lowered the temperature.
The event of the evening was the
festival ball, held at the Fairmount
hotel, which was attended by officers
of the warships in the bay as well as
all social San Francisco.
On the bay the men of the American
ships held open house during the ev
ening for the crews of the foreign
vessels.
FRANCIS SCHLATTER,
THE DIVINE HEALER
(Continued from Page One.)
he went to Denver. There Schlatter
began a fast that lasted 40 days. All
the while he continued to heal. Per
sons of all classes gathered in such
numbers that the healer was unable
to accommodate them in hih house
and they passed before him as he
stood upon the porch.
He would lean over and take the
hand of the patient while he prayed
with each one. He also blessed hand
kerchips. caps and other articles to
be used as instruments of healing.
He refused to take money for his
work and gave credit for it to "The
Father."
"It is not I who does it," he said.
Later Schlatter was credited with
having claimed to be the reincarna
tion of Jesus Christ.
He traveled in various parts of the
country, pursuing his healing wher
ever he went. Ultimately Schlatter
disappeared and for several years was
lost to public view. FHe was reported
to have perished in a Mexican desert,
while his friends declared he had gong
to a ranch for rest.
In the summer of 1902, Schlatter
reappeared in Chicago, after having
lived in seclusion for five years. He
declined to say where he had been,
merely stating he thought it better,
in view of the many false reports
which had arisen, that he disappear
for a time.
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COLEGROVE JOINS LOS ANGELES.
IAOS ANGELES, Oct. 20.-By a vote
of 517 for, to 95 against, Colegrove and
the extensive territory just west of the
city limits decided to become a part
of the city of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles sealed the bond by a
vote of 5,762 for, to 319 against elec
tion.
It is estimated that the territory
contains a population of 10,000 and
its assessed valuation is $12,000,000. It
has an area of 10 square miles.
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NEW Y. M. C. A. BUILDING.
MANILA, Oct. 20.-The handsome
new building of the Young Men's
Christian asociation, erected at an ex
pense of $125,000, was opened tonight.
The principal address was made by
former Vice President Fairbanks.
Estrada Proclaims
Himself Pres .ent
Declares He Can Hold His \osi
lion Against Any Force e
Government Can Send
LUEFIELDS, Nicaragua, Oct. 19.
-General Estrada, the rebel
leader, who has proclaimed him
self provisional president of Nicara
gua, returned to this city today after
having established outposts to the
north of Panama and sent a detach
ment of 500 men to meet, the expected
approach of the govornment forces.
Estrada claims he can hold Rama
against ten thousand besiegers and it
is believed here that it the interior is
To Confer Degree
Of Honor Upon
Masons
W ASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-The fifty
fourth biennial session of the
supreme council of Scottish
Rite Masons for the southern juris
diction, resumed its labors today. At
the afternoon session, which was ex
ocutive, the active members consid
ered the report of the committee on
nominations for honorary thirty-third
degree Masons. Among the knights
commander of the court of honor se
lected to the thirty-third degree were
the following:
Idaho, Utah, Wyoming-Joseph Wil
liam Boyd, Sherman, Wyo.; James
Henry Brown, Salt Lake City; Mor
gan Alvin Regan, Boise City, Idaho;
Richard Hamilton Scott, Cheyenne,
Wyo.
Montana-John Alexander Donovan,
Butte; Frederick Lincoln Melcher,
Butte; Ernest Julius Schwefel, Butte;
Elmer Josiah Carter, Missoula; Jo
seph Albert Hyde, Butte.
Among the charters granted was
the following:
Bitter Root lodge of Perfection No.
6, Mamilton, Mont.
Grand Commander Richardson an
nounced that the thirty-third degree
honorary would be conferred upon
those elected at today's session on
Friday evening.
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SLOW PROGRESS MADE.
CHICAGO, Oct. 21.-Slow progress
was made in the Guggenheim annul
ment of divorce case before Judge
Honore here today.
At the afternoon session Judge Ho
nore indefinitely postponed further
hearing of the case, which, in effect,
is said to throw it out of court. Any
further action must be instituted by
Mrs. Guggenheim in an entirely new
action.
DR. CARLISLE DEAD.
SPARTANSBURG, S. C., Oct. 21.
Dr. James H. Carlisle, president emer
itus of Wofford college, died here at
his home today. He was one of the
two surviving signers of the ordinance
of secession. He was 84 years old.
TO CLIMB MOUNTAIN.
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 18.-Steps
are being taken in this city to organ
ize a party of amateur mountaineers
to climb Mount McKinley, Alaska, the
tallast peak in North America. It
is plannel to make the start from Se
attle in April of'next year.
RUSSIANS FOR HIAWAII.
HONOLULU, Oct. 21.-The steamer
Siberia which arrived here today
brought 48 Russian families, compos
ed of 214 memnbers, to work on the
sugar plantations. Since the Japan
ese employes of the planters went on
strike several months ago there has
been a scarcity of laborers.
Soldier Is Killed
By Fellow Soldier
Used a Brick in Attempting Escape
While Under Arrest and Is
Shot Down.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. 19.-While
attempting to escape from a soldier
who was conducting him to the guard
house at Fort Russell last night, Pri
vate Ed McDermott of the Eleventh
infantry, was shot and instantly kill
ed. McDermott attacked the guard
with a brick and was shot through the
heart. McDermott was charged with
desertion and also with stealing a
horse from one of the officers on
which to escape.
Allege That the Jury Was Not
Properly Drawn in Murder Case
BASIN, Wyo. Oct. 19, 1909.-Georg
Sabin one of seven men charged wit
complicity in the notorious Sprin
Creek raid in which Joe Allemand, Jc
Emge and Joe Lazier met death on tb
night of April 2, was brought int
court today and his attorneys filed
plea in abatement to indictment
claiming that the petit jury and gran
jury lists were not made by the count
clerk, county treasurer and chairma
lost to President Zelaya he wi~ never
be able to regain the Alantic' coast
now in the possession of tie rt\els.
President Zelaya's army is 1port
ed to be moving into the interi . but
is impeded by neavy rains. T te!
egraph lines between Bluefield and
Managua, the capital, have been town
since they were cut on October 1
The rebel movement is a se4ous
one, despite the tenor of official dis
patches eminating from Manalua.
Schooners arriving from the south to
day brought 10,000 rifles for :he In
surgents.
Her Action Proper.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.-The Unt
ed States government today officials
recognized the action of Nicaragua ih
closing her At!slatic ports The clos
ing of the rorta was proclaimed br
Nicaragua several days agu.
Nicaragua, notwithstand!ng the in
surrection within her borders, is ful
ly carrying out with the United States
government her agreement to the
settlement of the claim of tne George
D. Emery company in annulment of
the latter's timber concession in Nica
ragua, and last night made the first
payment of $50,000 on the $600,000.
ISLAND REPUBLIC
SCENE OF BATTLE
Insurgents of Hayti Have Sanguinary
Meeting with Government
Troops.
CAPE HAYTIEN, haytl. Oct. 18.
News reached here tonight, but some
what delayed on account of bad
weather and roads, giving brief de
tails of a sanguinary engagement be
tween the insurgents and the govern
ment troops at Canongo.
The insurgents were in ambush be
hind a hill and made a surprise at
tack upon the advancing troops.
There were considerable losses on
both sides. Making a feint to enter
Dajobon, the insurgents then pro
ceeded to Guaybin and Sabenata,
which they captured without resis
tance. The loyal forces proceeded into
Dajobon.
A Haytien postal carrier said the
whole frontier is in the possession of
the insurgents. There is a rumor
that Lavega is among the captured
towns.
ARBOGAST KILLING
UNUSUALLY BRUTAL
Head of Sleeper Crushed, Bed Oiled
and Fired-Wife and Daughter
Are Accused.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 20.-A jury
was completed in the Ramsey county
district court today to try Mrs. Mina
Arbogast, accused of murdering her
husband, Louis Arbogast, a wealthy
butcher, on May 13 last.
The killing of Arbogast was unus
ually brutal. His head was crushed
with an axe while he lay asleep in bed.
Then oil was poured over the bed
clothes and set on fire. His eldest
daughter is also under indictment in
connection with the murder .
UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND.
Philadelphia, Oct. 20.-So great has
been the demand for new Lincoln pen
nies that nothing else has been coined
at the mint in this city since the end
of June. The coinage of the copper
coins in the three and a half months
totals 70,000,000.
ARRESTED FOR PERJURY.
TOWNSEND, Mont., Oct. 20.-W. B.
Dolenty, a banker, has been arrested
on a perjury charge in connection with
taxation returns and bound over to the
district court under bail, which was
furnished.
PIONEER'S HARD FALL.
HELENA, Mont., Oct. 20.-John Van
derbilt, a prominent pioneer, fell from
a house at Norris and sustained in
juries, which, because of his advanced
years, may prove fatal. He is in a
local hospital.
RELIEVING STORM SUFFERERS.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.-For the
purpose of furnishing prompt relief
to the storm sufferers at Key West,
the army post at that place has been
ordered to issue rations for a few
days, the cost of which will be borne
by the American National Red Cross
society.
of the board of county commissioners
as required by law but that in reality
they were prepared by the chairman of
the board assisted by the sheriff. Tes
timony on the point is now being tak
en and as Chairman Linton of the
board cannot reach here before Thurs
day, decision cannot be reached before
that time. The raising of this point
simply means temporarily a delay in
the trial of the case which will be
continued next week.