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Fergus County Democrat Voi. I. No 2. LEWISTOWN, FERGUS COUNTY, MONTANA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1904. Price 5 Cents. HEIRESS FOUND IN LEWISTOWN Bessie Eglinton in Fair Way to Re ceive Fortune Left by Father in Honduras. THE CASE A VERY PECULIAR ONE Thomas Eglinton Deserts Wife and Child. Goes to Prison and Dies in a Foreign Land. Bessie Eglinton, IS years of age, the step-daugliter of a man who lias to work for daily wages in order to sup port his small family, is the heiress for whom a search has been made for several weeks in order that a fortune which her father left her in Central America might be t urned over to her. She lives with her step-father, •John Strong, on Broadway just across the creek, near the end of the Broadway loot bridge. The Fergus ('ounty*i)em ocrat called at the Strong home, which is a neat little cottage painted white, Sunday afternoon and was given allot the details of the affair, which is now attracting considerable attention in this part of the country. Rcssie Eglinton was born in Sydney NewJSoutli Wales. Australia, in 1886. Her father, Tom Eglinton, was acook out in the great .sheep-raising"seet ion of that province. Shortly after the birth of the baby Eglinton received word that his father had died and that ills portion of the paternal fortune, amounting to several t housand pounds, was waiting for him in Scotland. Without more ado he sailed with his wife and baby tor his native land. Ar riving there, he secured his pat rimony and proceeded to spend it in the most lavish manner. lie bought fast horses, hounds, jewels, tine clothing and all other accoutrements of a thorough bred sport. Although the fortune which he had received was consider able, he soon made way with all of it and was compelled to seek once more a position as cook. The new world offering better opportunities, lie came to Newfoundland along about 1800 and from there over into the Assini boine country. He did not remain therefor any great length of time, hut made his way down to Great Falls. He owned a hot el in that country for a while and could have made success of the venture had it not been for his heavy drinking. After having liecome involved in numerous petty scrapes in Great Falls he left the city being accompanied by his wife's sis ter, with whom he had become infat uated. The two went to Canada where they were married, and from which place Eglinton was sent to the penitentiary at Stony Point for term of seven years. What the na I ure of his crime was his people never discovered. While he was in Canada his wife in Great Falls received a let ter from a former friend telling of Eglinton's marriage with his sister in-law' and his subsequent incarcera tion at Stony Point. That was the last Mrs. Eglinton ever heard of him Securing a divorce, she was married in 1893 to J. A. Strong, the wedding having been solemnized at Steele Mont. Mr. and Mrs. Strong lived in differ ent cities of the state until the time of her death in Virginia City, seven years ago. lie, with his step-daughter and his own children, lived in White Sulphur Springs until over two years ago, when he moved to Kendall and <i few months later to Lewistown. which has been his home ever since. The lirst that Miss Eglinton heard of her father's death was from the Great Falls Tribune of Aug. 11, which contained a letter from a man in Hon duras, C. A., to Postmaster H. O Chowen of Great Falls, asking him for information which might lead to the discovery of the heirs of a man named Engleton, who had been killed in a railroad wreck near Puerto Cortes July 15. The letter stated that the man had a hotel in Puerto Cortes val ued at $5,000 and free from all incum brances. Also that the estate includ ed a legacy of several thousand pounds which a brother in Scotland had left the owner of the hotel. Although the name was spelled somewhat different from that of his step-daughter, Mr. Strong employed an attorney to look into the matter and. if it is found that his daughter is the heiress, to take the steps necessary to place her in possession of the money. Attorney Frank E. Smith, who has charge of t lie business, has written tothe Amer ican consul at Puerto Cortes and ex pects to»hear from there withinja fortnight. In the meanwhile Miss Eglinton is laying hope against fear, with the odds in favor of hope, that the story is true and that she will, through this strange turn of fate, come into possession of sufficient means to relieve her step-father, who has already pessed his prime, of the necessity of doing day labor for the support of himself and little family. CITY PUMP SHAFT BROKEN Second Breakdown Since the Pump was Installed-New Shaft Coming For t he second 1 ime since I he city water'works were installed, they are useless to the city on iccount of a break in the pump. Last winter the main shaft was broken in the impeller and it was over a month before a new shaft was secured. The new shaft broke last Thursday night in exactly the same place that the old one was cracked. The lirst that was known of the broken shaft was when A1 Wilson who was operating the pump discovered that it was not working well. He telephoned to Superintendent of Water Works F. F. Goss who went out immediately. As soon as Mr. Goss looked at the pump lie knew what the difficulty was and started out at once to cut off the water in order to keep all he possibly could in the reservoir for use in case of a tire. The reservoir is about one-third full, there being sufficient water in it to extinguish an ordinary blaze. The shaft was sent to the iron foun dry of Caird & Ilawkswortli, Helena, Saturday morning and they were to make one as soon as possible and send it out by the lirst train. It is pected to arrive here tonight or to morrow night at the latest but some unforseen difficulty might arise which will delay its installation for a week. The breakdown is unfortunate as it costs the city a pretty penny lor new fixtures, subjects the users of city water to much inconvenience and in creases the danger from tire. It can not be helped however, and the only thing that the city can do is to make along the best possible until the new pump arrives which will be within the next four or live weeks. VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS. Historical Papers Placed in Care of the County High School. It. is a matter of but a short time until the Fergus county free high school will possess a museum and li brary second to none in this state. Superintendent. Silloway lias given special attention to the collection of articles for the museum, and in this work he has had the active co-opera tion and support of the board of trus tees. As a result of his efforts and the interest which the board has ever manifested in the worthy object an excellent start, has already been made toward the establishment of a most creditable museum. The library is also being carefully built up, and the board of trustees has recently received some valuable contributions in the shape of historical papers and docu ments. Among the papers received are a number which were published in Ma nilla while the Montana regiment was stationed there and which are among the lirst American papers published in the Philippines. Joseph C. Walker has contributed a number of early ter ritorial papers which will always be of increasing interest. Aside from cop ies of papers published in Montana in '73, '7t> and '80 is a fac-simile copy of the New York Herald of April 15, 1865, containing an account of the as sassination of President Lincoln. Mr. Walker also presented to the school a note dated in Helena June 13, 1866, payable in gold dust and drawing in terest, at the rate of 5 per cent per month: also a deed for mining prop erty in Madison county, Idaho terri tory, (now Montana). The deed is dated May 23, 1864, three days before Montana territory was organized: a list of the killed and wounded in the battle of the Big Hole, and the steam boat. arrivals at Fort Benton from 1856 to 1869. There is a movement on foot to have citizens who possess specimens of in terest lor the museum or library to loan them to the high school, the board to receipt for same, with agree ment that the specimens shall lie re turned to the owners when called for. Several citizens have expressed their willingness to lend their relics and curios to the school under those con ditions, as they recognize that the precious articles will to probably safer than they would lie in a majority of homes. A permanent record of such contributions will be kept by the sec retary of the board, so that there can be no mistake as to the ownership of the articles. LEWISTOWN GETS RAGGED CONTEST Local Aggregation Walk Away With Ball Game Marked by Some Very Erratic Work. • STRUGGLE EXCITING THROUGHOUT The Score Was Close and Neither Side Had a Sure Thing Until the Last Man Was Out. Lewistown and Gilt Edge tied up in an old lime slugging match last Sunday and after playing all sorts of good and had ball for two and a half hours, the Miners were compelled swallow the bitter dreg of defeat. The toys from the growing and pros perous camp took the dose with their usual good nature and promised to make the account square when the teams next meet which will probably he in Kendall oil Labor day. The Sunday contest was witnessed by about the largest crowd that ever turned out to see ahull game in this city. The grand stand was full and hundreds were sitting or standing along the side lines. As usual, .tin visitors had their ardent supporter:? who pulled faithfully for the defeat of the local aggregation but the crowd, for the most part , yelled for the home team. There were all sorts of chances for yelling and though tlie contest dragged somewhat towards the last, the bunch stayed on the ground and lent lusty lunged support to their favorites. Both teams played ragged ball at times and some of the most reliable men were among the chief offenders. If was thought that Captain Will Bebh had forgotten howto make an error, he lias had so few of them Ibis year, but lie was off bis stride Sundry and had two bad ones chalked up against him. He made partial amends by being the chief actor in a pretty double play. Artie Baker who wtis playing out of bis position on third, made a couple of great one banded stops but spoiled them by wild throws. Johnny Bebb fell down in going after a grounder and, in his wrath, came in and knocked the ball down into a coulee, a mile or two away, making a clean home run. Probably, the bright particular feature of the game was the batting of Harrington, the Kendall right, fielder. The first time up, with one man on base, he landed on one of Skibe's swift ones for the longest, hit ever made on the local grounds. He walked home before the fielder got to the ball. In the fourth he got a clean two bagger and in the eighth, lie got a three bagger off of Roger's delivery. Warner who lias always been considerable of a Chinese puzzle to Lewistown, was easy Sunday but the errors behind him would have discouraged any t wirier. Skito was also a sufferer from bad support, it was a case of all the toys being off tlieir strides at the same time. The next, time they meet they will proba bly play a game in which errors will be as scarce as the wisdom teeth in a lien's submaxiliary. The summary of the game is as follows: Lewistown. All. 14. K. HO. A. K, Murphy. <•............... .. 5 2 10 I O Foley, ss................ . . ti 1 0 0 2 3 Itoirers, at> & p.......... .. ;> 0 H 4 2 W. Bebl>, ill.............. .. 0 a 3 j 2 2 J. Bebb. rf............... .. i» 2 4 0 0 1 Hendricks, lb........... .. 5 2 1 it 2 0 Myers, rf. & e........... .. ;» i 2 2 0 Smith. If................. .. 5 1 0 0 0 0 Skits*, p. & rf............ .. 4 l 1 0 * 0 Total................ .43 13 it; 11 10 Kendaiu,. A. Baker, 3t>............. .. r> 0 i 2 Harrington, rf.......... .. .*> 3 0 0 0 Mader, 21 >................ .. 4 1 j i « 2 Barr, it)................. .. 5 :2 i 7 0 2 Bullard, ef.............. .. 5 1 l 2 0 0 K. Baker, e.............. .. 5 2 1 12 0 1 Dennis, ss............... .. 4 1 0 0 2 1 MeEvony, ef............ .. f> '2 0 0 0 Warner, p............... 5 2 1 3 3 1 Total................ . .4:5 14 13 27 10 s Base on balls—By Skito. 1; bv War ner, 1. Hit by pitcher—By Rogers, Harrington and Mader; by Skito, Carr. Struck out—By Skito, 9: by Warner, 12: by Rogers, 1. Two-base hits- Hendricks, Smith, Harrington. Three-base hits—Harrington. Bullard. Home runs —J. Bebb, Harrington. Double plays—W. Bebb. unassisted: A. Baker and Dennis. Time of game, 3 hours and 30 minutes. Empire, Fred Anderson. Just a Pew Bill**. Ray Smith who has toen having hard luck in his batting this year, got a pretty two bagger Sunday. It was timely, too, as two men were on bases and came In on the drive. All pitchers looked alike to the Miners. Rogers went in the to»x in the eighth but was unable In stop the Port Arthur bombardment. Murphy, the new Lewistown catch er. is a good one. He knows the game from start to linish. is an excellent backstop and has an arm that would ho good in am league. He is also a good sticker. Fred Anderson, the umpire, was up against a big hunch of booting several times hut held his ground and was there when the count was called on ,4the last man. He's a good umpire. A ball Held on which the Lewistown and Gilt Edge teams are playing causes one to think of what a charge -i'll a Russian stronghold by an tinny of Japs must lie. To one who is mi l-initiated. lights between the men are imminent every minute. Bui the right has never yet come and is not likely to come as all the hoys are the best of friends and despite their main hard fought contests on the diamond, not an ounce of ill blond exists lie to:tween any two players on t he team ANTLERED TRIBE HELPLESS. Unble to Find the Taloned Twirlei and Were Shut Out. The agony is over and the Eagle from the loftiest tree-top plumes bis unrnfllcd feathers in triumph. The Elk. with antlers hlooil-slained and broken, has ret ired to t he deepest re cesses of an unfathomable forest. 'Twas a battle of giants, but t lie an tlered one was afflicted witli a sad ease of belligerent inertia and didn't even get a start. The talons of the feathered adversary tore his Mesh in five vital spots, and after t lie third in ning Hie Elk sent up a flag of truce. He had enough, and being an animal of judgment, recognized the fact and made an overture for peace. The vic torious Eagle proved a magnanimous conqueror and assented to the terms, which were that they should all re pair to the home of the defeated and partake of various and sundry refresh ments. all of which should be paid for by the Elk. The annual game of ball between the teams representing two of the most popular fraternal orders in t be city was not such a poor exhibition as some might be led to suppose. There were only three innings of it but, the short game gave several players op port unities to distinguish themselves. Mayor L. W. Eldridge had four chances and accepted three of them witli the eclat of a LaJoie. Senator Waite went down to lirst hut disdain ed to use such an effeminate tiling as a mit. He took 'em bare-handed just as lie used to up in Phil brook back in the eighties when Lewistown was frequently sent back from the west end village wearing t lie* emblems of defeat. Pete Weydert was stationed in the vicinity of second and had one chance to do something. He did ii. Jim Weaver, in center for the Elks, got one chance, a grounder, which he fumbled three times, sat, down on twice and finally tooted in. It was a pretty play and Jim was applauded. John Bebb caused a howl of laughter when he took his place in the box and sent lip a small toiwling ball for the first battei-to strike at. Before the game was out a common, ordinary base ball was four sizes too big. There was nothing to it but, Eagles. They had Skito* in thelx>x and though lie didn't let himself out to any no ficable extent, the Elks couldn't do much with him. lit* was given good support and the nearest the Elks got to a run was when Pete Weydert was caught out at home. It was a great game and was worth twice the price of admission. Jimmie Garr umpired in his own original manner and satis fied everyone except 18 players. The lineups were as follows: Eagles Johns, lb: Skito*, p.: W. Bebb, 2b: Gordon, ss: Cady, 3b: Kettle son, rf: Wilson, ef: Gibtons, e. I Elks Johnson, c: J. Bebb, p; Waite, lb: Weydert, 2D: Knight, ss: Eldridge, 3b: S. Weaver, rf: J. Weaver, ef: Sut ter If. In tlie evening, after Hie game, tlie Eagles were entertained by the Elks and a great t ime was enjoyed by all. Frank E. Smith presided and speeches were made by members of each order. Substantial refreshments were served and it was a. late hour before the pleasant occasion finally came to an end. If you want the news as it happens in Lewistown and all outside points of Fergus county, you must read the Fergus County Democrat. Announcement. Instruction will to* given by Mrs. Albert Waits, at her residence, to pu pils requiring special work to beep up with tlieir classes in the common school or high school, and to teachers preparing for examination. CREDITORS LEFT IN THE LURCH W. D. Glann. the Whiskey Gulch Boarding House Man, Skips Oul With a Big Roll. NOW HE CANNOT BL tOCATf D Officers are Trying to Lind Him But Without Any Success—Gill Idge firms Suffer. business men in like to a see it ain of one \V. !>. • of a 1 n.mling < lulch. ! resent Ml. Till* si leri IV ike wise lesi roils Then* an* several (lilt Edm* who wouli tlu* present ad? I res Claim, late proprietor house in Whisk whereabout s unki of Fergus count y i of gel I ing in eonnnunieal ion wit ii M r. Claim, bill despite his efforts in that direction, he. too, is in ignorance of the fellow's slopping place. Mr. Claim's sudden popularity or. rat her. his Midden desiiabilit \ is dm to various and divers hills, ranging in sum from sin to $600, which the mer chants and I nisi i less men off lie Judith Mountain camp have against him. Sentiment doesn't enter much into tin* desire of tin* Gilt Edge people to have Claim back'iu thiseounty. !l is a business matter with them as it evident ly was wit h Claim. Ahull! 11irec mont hs ago Claim and his wife went to Whiskey Gulch and started a hoarding house. !!e set a good table and soon had a large num ber of 1 ho toys hoarding with him. lie was a liberal customer and the merchants of Gilt Edge solicited his trade. He paid up for a while lint, as subsequent events showed, he was simply getting ready to make a ''kill ing.'' All last mont h he treated his boarders especially well, even giving them beer to drink on Sunday and promising them wide the next Sun day. The mining company had an ar rangement by which the cost/ of the men's Imard was held out of t heir checks and t urned over to t lie hoarding house keeper by the com pany. Glann's last check was for something like $1,500. Instead of tak ing it down to Gilt Edge and paying his bills wit Ii the money, he got, a horse Monday week, came to this city, left, the horse here and I maided a t rain for parts unknown. His wife came down tlie next, day and probably went, to join him. Several Gilt, Edge firms were hard hit and Hie officers have lice 11 trying to find tin* man, hut with out any success so far. He gave as an excuse for coining to Lewistown that lie needed a cook and was hunting for one. it was suggested by some one in ill Edge t hat, perhaps lie was unable find a satisfactory cook in Lewis town and has gone to New York or Spokane or Canada after one. ft" This is not. Glann's lirst, offense of the sort, as it appears that he has worked the same trick three times be fore this, t wice in Canada and once in northern Montana. ARF AFTER A DEACON He is Evidently A Member of The "Big" Church, However Deputy Sheriff' Ed Silverthome started out tin* last of the week alter George Deacon who is wanted in this city on a charge of obtaining goods under false pretenses. It was ex pected that tin* officer would have to go as far as Benton after the fellow and even, possibly, further as lu* is trying to get out of the country as fast its In* can. Lasl winter. Deacon came into town and.tried to obtain some goods from the Power Mercantile company on credit. He was refused the goods until he signed a written statement that lie was the owner of eighteen I lead of cattle and 1 wenty-tive head of horses. Upon tlie strength of this signed statement, he secured goods valued at $185. The usual efforts were made to get him to pay the money hut without success and Joini ny Arthur of the Power store, decided to go out last week to see what Dea con had that was attachable. He found that tlie fellow never had own ed tlie stock referred to in his signed statement and that what few head of stock he did possess had toen sold, excepting a few calves. He thencame back, swore out a warrant for the ar rest of Deacon on tlu* charge of ob taining goods under false pretenses and Sil vert horn left that night for the man's ranch. for Fort Benton and Ed started in that direction, hoping to catch him h'.'loiv la* had got away from the town and into another part of the state. TWO COUPLES MADE HAPPY. Double Wedding Solemnized at Home of Alex Van Iderstine. Cupid, with the kind assistance of the Itev. Albert I Matts, did a rushing business in this city last night and in a very few moments four hearts weri* made to beat its two. The happy young people were Chancy M. Stubbs of Stanford and Mrs. Alum J. Orictof Kihby. and Curtis I'. Nehel and Miss Grave C. Me Fee. hoi h of Kihby. The double wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hex Van Ider stine. in the southern part of town, at 8 o'clock, there being no witnesses to the ceremony tail Mr. and Mrs. Van Iderstine. Chancy 'I. Stubbs is tin* only one of the parly who is known in Ibis city. I le is a prosper ous stockgrowor with a good ranch near Stanford, lie lias a large ntim her of friends who take pleasure in wishing 1 1 im a happy married life. It is understood t hat Mr. Nobel and Miss Me Fee came to Lewistown to he married in order to avoid parental in terference. If their minds were clouded with worry over the possible anger of irate parents t hey did not, show the feeling when they left early I his morning for t heir ride homo, as I hey looked as happy and contented its. two persons possibly could he. Thai the old folks will gracefully relenkand receive their runaway children in I lie usual felicitous maimer is the bosl wish of the Fergus ('mini t Democrat. MAKING RFADY LOR THE FAIR. Contract Has Been Signed With Not ed Balloonist and High Diver. officers of tlu* Fair association art* actively at work preparing for the eleven!h annual meeting of tlu* Fer gus County Agricultural. Mineral and Stock association, which will to* held tit t heir grounds noi l Ii of town Sept'. 21-23 inclusive. It has been 1 lie aim of tin* assoc hit ion t o improve t lie at I rad ions offered wit h < ach successive meeting, and this year will to* no ex ception to the genera! rule. Although the fair lasl year was a success in every particular. Hit* officers (irmly be lieve that (lit* meet ing 1 his year will he yTil^/Tie (test ever held. Tlu* racing program will certainly lx* much better than ever lx*fore, ax I he railroad will enable outside horse men to come in with their racers, and some royal running will to* seen by t hose who at tend t he fair t his year. The ladies' relay, which was tin* fea ture of tlu* lair last year, will lx? re peated tliis year, but witli a larger iiuiiiImt of ent ries and a consequent) greater interest. Secretary Beldenlias entered into a contract witli L. N. O'Dell, a hallonist and high diver of Biitte. who will ascend into the clouds and will dive from a sixty foot ladder into three feet of water as a side at traction. Other iiitertaiiiing attrac tions will to? provided so that there will lx* "something doing'' every moment, of the time on tlu* grounds. The agricultural, horticultural, min eral and stix-k displays promise to surpass any hitherto made in the county. KENDALL NEWS. Mr. J. H. McCormick and mother of (lilt Edge were in Kendall Wednesday and Thursday. Mr. McCormick came over to assist, in (lie installation of a diamond drill plant which arrived here recent ly. This drill is for devel opment of tlu* Drake properly lying to?tween the Barnes-King and Kendall propert ies. Messrs. Clarence Barnes and Matt Began were in Kendall on tlu? 18th and lilt h. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hamilton left, here, on the 18th tound for the fair at St. Louis. Mr. David Scott of Lewistown wax transacting business here tlu* lirst part, of last week. The K. of P. held a meeting on the IMh preliminary to the permanent, or ganization of a lodge in this camp. I!. L. Henderson, Ixxikkeeper, and Peter Lick, in whose charge rests tin* Alder Gulch mill ill the Little Rock ies, drove across country to Kendall on the 18t.li, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith, Mr. Tom Burgess and his sister, Miss Nina Burgess. Miss Annie Luton and Miss Katie Anderson, went to Claget on a fish ing trip. They expect to to gone about ten days. Their many friends in Kendall anticipate a great iisii feast on tlieir return. Through tlie agency of tlie Western Mining and Real Estate Bureau a side was recently made whereby H. 1. Shaw transfers a residence property on Main street to the North Moccasin Miners' I'nion No. 11. for a cash con sideration of $750.00. The building is