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Show The congress was called to order by the president. Hon. J. H. Richards, of TO CONTROL THE MARKETS OF Boise, Ida, delegates being present from almost every state in the Union. THE UNITED STATES. Addresses were made on behalf of , the state by Governor Charles N. Producers of the Country to Protect and on behalf of the city of Their Interests by by Mayor McDonald. Backed by $100,000,000 Capital. President Richards responded in the name cf the American Mining conbacked by $100,000,000 gress, and ether responses wore mads capital, is the plan proposed by & by a number of delegates. joint meeting of farmers aud their TO AVENGE MURDER. representatives by which the producers of the country are to protect their Servian Officers Plan to Punish A interests. An association having this sassins of King and Queen. as its basic principle is in process of A number of officers of the Nish organization in Chicago. Farmers and representatives from and other garrisons in Servia have been arrested in connection with the producers associations in nine states are in conference. Three societies are issuance of the proclamation demandof the to be amalgamated, the foundation for ing the trial by in were concerned who a monster exchange by which the pro- conspirators of assassination the Alexander, King ducers of the country expect to control the markets, build elevators, es- Queen Draga and their minister, and to resign their commistablish packing houses, organize threatening banks, maintain schools and improve sions if the demand was refused. Later it was announced that a the highways. These associations are of officers .of the Nish garrison group the Producers and Consumers Union of Tennessee and of New York, with decided to kill all the conspirators palace assassina 400.000 members; the American So- concerned in the that and many officers of othei ciety of Equity of North America, with tions, Na60.000 members, and the Farmers garrisons joined them. It was intended to act at an early date, but the comtional Exchange news leaked out and all the conspira with of 20,000. a membership pany, tors were arrested during the night WILL EXECUTE HIMSELF. Forty-seveofficers have been arrest alone. ed Nish at Novel Plan for Ending Existence of Wyoming Murderer. WAR IS INEVITABLE. On the 25th inst James Keefer, who murdered John Warren, an aged man, Balkan Situation Serious and Outnear Lander, Wyoming, will be exebreak of Hostilities Liable at any cuted. The execution will differ from Moment. most affairs of this character, in that The Balkan situation shows no sign Keefer will hang himself. The exe- of improvement. Indeed, war between cution will take place in the jail yard Turkey and Bulgaria is inevitable, hut . at Lander, and work on. the stockade the Turkish ambassador in London asto enclose it, as also the scaffold, has serts that hostilities can only result already begun. from an overt act on the part of BulKeefer had made application through garia. The Sofia government, on the hie attorneys for a new trial, but the other hand, preserves strict neutralsupreme court overruled the motion ity, as advised by Russia and Austria. and sentenced him to be hanged on Turkey is largely increasing the numthe 25th. When the death warrant ber of her troops in Macedonia, in was read to him Keefer smiled and spite of her depleted treasury, and is said he was not afraid to die. determined to suppress the revolution Keefer, as stated, will execute him- before the powers can intervene. self. Plans are being made for the Roasted to Death. Callows, which will be so constructed on the that Keefer, when he steps According to advices from Sofia, the trap, will draw a plug from a pail Macedonian interior organization espiled with water. When the water timates that 150,000 women, children will throw and old men are hiding in the mounnine low a counter-balancthe catch which holds the trap and tains and forests of Macedonia. The the doomed man will thus usher him- Turks are burning the forests in the self into eternity. districts of Leron and Kosbre and killing fugitives who attempt to escape AMERICAN MINING CONGRESS. to the plains. The Vlach village of Go at Present Hundred Delegates Eight pesh, three hours distant from MonaOpening Session. stic has been burned by the Turks, The American Mining congress be- who are reported to have thrown several of the inhabitants into the fire. gan its sixth annual session at S. D., on Tuesday, interest cen- The Bashi Bazouks have destroyed tering in a talk by Secretary of the the village of Stoilovo, near treasury Shaw. A FARMERS COMBINE THE RIPENING YEARS. In spite of all that poets sing About our childhoods happy hours. It seems to me that cvry spring Brings greener fields and sweeter d V ( f ms flowers. The foliage upon the trees Seems greener as it reappears; Theres something in the very breeze That grows more sacred with the years. Somehow with each succeeding June New lusters come into the sky. Some subtle chord in nature's tune Sounds sweeter as the years roll by. V. H. Wilson in Four Track News. t court-marti- n FOR LOVE OR MONEY Copyrighted Dead-woo- CRITICISM BY AN OLD TIMER. Attempt to Hold Up Great Northern Train at Great Falls. A Great Falls dispatch to the Butte says: What" is believed to have been an attempt to hold up express No. 151 on the Great Northern almost within the city limits of Great Falls, was foiled Thursday night by the engineer, Svho ran his train by the spot where was to have been halted so fast that the robbers could not get at him. Just east of the city the engineer paw figures by the trainside in the darkness. Some one shouted something, but he paid no attention. There was a shot and the hall and passed within a foot of his headDetecSmashed a glass in the cab. tives were hurried to the scene, but to one was found there. Inter-Mountai- n , 1903, By P. K. KEEK. by The Authort Publishing Company Norma Hildreth sat up in the hammock and looked with increasing wonder at the open letter in her hand. Years ago, she did not stop to think how many, she and the writer of this letter had been college classmates and his fiance had been a friend of hers. That the engagement was broken she had long known, though who had taken the first step she was ignorant. But and she turned to the signature and read it again, K. E. Langford, it looked as his writing did, when for a few brief months after graduation they had carried on a desultory sort of correspondence, but e SHOT AT ENGINEER. No. But you havent eated your toast, said Toddles, who for some time had had coveteous eyes on the cream toast that Norma had prepared for her uncle. Mr. Williams pushed the plate little gasp, hadnt she heard that he was dead, killed by a landslide, or an explosion or something in the far away state where she knew that he had gone after his graduation from the law school. This was his writing and that was his name; he was in the land of the living; he wanted to come to see her. She read it all over again slowly, as she sometimes used to do her Latin, in the hope that it would soak in. Here was this fortune, the figures danced before her fantastically, into which he was to come, if by the first of next year he was married. He was asking her to help him; asking her, Norma Hildreth, to be his wife in the eye of the law that a for-- ' tune might be realized; that done, the money once firmly in her possession, half of it and' a divorce should be hers. Such was the situation as he had submitted it to her. Why should she consider it for a moment? Here with her aunt she had a home. But some time it would be broken up; the little property would go, and ought to go to her cousins, and what would become of her? Then theres Lena longing for a chance for her boy, and Carol with her music oh, wouldnt it be lovely to do things? She leaned back In the hammock and closed her eyes all of her life she had coveted money and figured what it would do for her dear ones well, she would write to him, tell him to come and see her. he might have changed so that the plan he proposed would be utterly impossible to her. It would soon be time to get supper and she must write to Mr. Langford now, while what she wanted to say was clearly in her mind. She would consider it as a business propistion and would see him at her aunts home whenever he might find it convenient to call. She read the short note hurriedly and' decided that it and was formal letter-cairier- BY guess. he answer- fellow to build up a paying practice an honest one and then she begae to go with Johnson and that Hadringham and I dont know who else. Yes? it was the inflection more than the word that helped him on. Well, I heard of it. I was angry with her and angry with myself it didnt seem just fair she had waited for me a long time but there were the college debts, and when they were paid I couldnt ask her to come out to that far away country to nothing better than I could offer her." But if you loved each other Norma began and then the purpose of this drive struck her 'iumb. Yes," he went on with what Norma almost felt to be ominnus quiet, but we grew apart instead of together. People talked, you know. I was rroud and so was she, and well the bubble burst." Some way Norma's vision began to clear. She clutched at the bows of the buggy and clasping one of them tight she plunged in. Mr. Langford, it seems this way to me. Hasn't Bessie the first right to a share of this money? Have you laid the matter before her? Per- TRAMPS. Montana Ranchmen Play Weary Wil lie With Disastrous Results. Three tramps, armed with revolvers, invaded a Northern Pacific freight train near Drummond, Mont, and held up two ranch hands who were stealing a ride. The hands, who were unarmed, showed fight, whereupon the tramps shot and killed one and seriously wounded the other. At Threatened to Kill President Drummond thy jumped from the train fled. The bodies of their victims John Miller, a German, was arrested and The discovered by the crew. were Monday afernon at his home in Syra- wounded man is unconscious and cuse, N. Y., and is charged with hav- there are no marks to identify the The sheriff has been unable to ing threatened to shoot the president men. the highwaymen. locate Sunday that in city. his stay during haps His quiet voice interrupted her, Miss Hildreth, it is of no use to talk of .Bessie or of any one else. When I knew of the provisions of Rogers will I did not hesitate in my choice. toward the eager little hands with a Do you suppose there are no girls in brief, There, Toddles, eat it. I dont the town where I live? I didnt need want it. to come a thousand miles to get a Are you not feeling well? asked girl, but I wanted you. Dont you understand? In college I liked you next to Bessie my love for her Is dead, but, Norma, dont you understand? I love you. I take back the proposition I made. When I wrote that letter, I knew that you were the and she caught her breath with a only girl I would wish to share in the evening the police learned that a man named Miller living in the southwestern part of the city had said that he would shoot the president while the s parade was being reviewed. They could find no trace of the man until 4 oclock Monday afternoon, when he was placed under arrest. He denies that he made threats presidents life, and against the claims a woman from whom the police learned of it is lying. MURDERED I his voice had a far off sound. I was a long way off and working hard it takes a long time for a young Her-rid- Dead-woo- We both did, ed and Looked with increasing wonder at the letter in her hand. then she sealed it hastily, that might not be tempted to change it. She had put her hand to the plow and would not look back. At supper that evening she was so preoccupied that she scarcely noticed tier uncles troubled look, until Elsie asked. Does your head ache, papa? enough ; arrangement suggested but until I came I did not know that I was really in love. Sink the business part in the depths of the sea; try to love me a little, Norma, for I want you to be my wife for good and true. Normas heart gave a bound. Langfords arm drew her close as she sobbed out her answer. PRAISES She felt half sick with the fear of what this ride might mean. Mrs. Williams as she peered anxiously around the tea pot. Oh, yes, well enough. Things got kind of mixed at the store. Norma knew how her uncle had been straining every nerve to meet the interest which fell due in September and then there would be more interest in March and in September again, and some time would come the notes themselves. Uncle Rube has been so good to me, she said to herself as she wiped the dishes that Elsie washed. Elsie, what would you do if you had a thousand dollars, oh, more than that; all the money you wanted? Me? Oh, Id study music and take the whole family to the mountains and pay off papas debts and hire a girl to do the dish washing." be pretty nice, That would wouldnt It? Youd better guess it wrould. Norma felt the letter in her apron pocket and decided that she would mail it. Two weeks afterward a tall, broad shouldered man with a firm chin and steady gray eyes, was helping Norma into the carriage that the boy from the livery stable had just driven up. Mr. Langford bad come the day before. and that evening had been spent with the Williams who all agreed that Normas class mate was a very interesting man. As Norma held out her cold, trembling band she felt half sick writh the fear of what this ride might mean. This man was so big and strong, so She deferential and so mastenul. was glad that she had known him as she had, and thankful for the honest respect she had always felt for his unsullied manhood. Over the smooth road they sped. Norma sought wildly for something to say, but found no middle ground between the platitudes that her lips would not utter and the purpose of that she could not But the man beside he might be saying she ought to hear. Very quiet his voice was as he told her about his life in the West, about the practice he had tried to build up, about what their class mates had done and were doing. As Norma felt the quiver of her excited nerves throbbing into quiet she relaxed her tense muscles and leaned back, thankful that this man was giving her a little time. he was You knew about Bessie? saying Bessie had been his fiancee in those college days. 1 never knew b one of you did it CHILDREN OF JAPAN. Writer Enthusiastic Over Infants of Flowery Kingdom. A recent book on the children of A baby Jap various countries says: anese girl is the most deligbtfuYcrea-tur- e you can possible imagine; tfradi-anhappy, beautiful butterfly. 'She is rarely known to cry, for she is rarely slapped. What mother could have the heart to touch so dainty a blossom as the childflower of this land of flowers? The baby girl loves fun: she loves toys, sweets and tea in little cups; she loves to smoke, with a funny pipe made of brass and kept in her sleeve; and, above all, she doll. She loves her big, is wonderfully playful and gentle, this child, alwas ideally dressed and alShe has the ways loveliest mouth and teeth and twinkling black eyes, and she knows it, too. The smallest Japanese wants to be beautiful; each baby girl has her dainty lacquer box of rouge and powder, she is like some wonderful fantastic tropical blossom, some dear little dragon fly. And her hair how black it is, with blue lights, and shining where it is stiffened and gummed in loops and bands till it seems to reflect the gold lacquer and pins that bristle around her head! Great competition goes on between girls as to whose hair shall be most becomingly arranged, whose the smoothest and most glossy, whose girdle shall be the most gracefully tied and whose dress shall possess the most harmonious t, round-heade- d coral-tippe- d effect. Would Not Touch the Pig. recent traveler in Somaliland gives the following curious incident A showing the Mohammedan hatred for We shot two wart hogs, one pigs: a particularly big boar. Alan wished to keep the tusks, but, of course, none of the Somalis would touch the unclean animal. At last a bribe of 2 rupees induced the Midgan woman to chop the tusks out with a hatchet. Even then she would not touch them and with the help of two sticks, which she used like a pair of tongs, put them on a camel. Then there was a long dispute about the hatchet. No one would touch it; it had been defiled. Of course this was pure affectation and playing to the gallery on the ayahs part. At home with her native tribe she would have gorged all the pig she could get. But it flattered the Somalis and wo marched off, the ayah holding the hatchet at arms length as if it were going to bite her. Privations of the Poor. A slum inspector told the Glasgow Municipal Commission on the Housing of the Poor that on some occasions he had found families sleeping in tiers the parents on the floor, then a mattress, and a layer of chll-- . dren on the top. |