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Show NOT ENDED VET. Jackson Hole Indians are Still Dissatisfied. LADY SHOLTO'S SISTERS Lauffh at the Fairy Story the Marquis of Queenebury Succeeded in Having: the Associated Preie Print About Their Ancestry England Will Not Pariici pate in the International Congress Other Mature, Fort Washakie, Wy., Aug. 23. Authentic reports have been received here that the Fort Hall Indians, who j raiVontltr ha1 f fmiKla tvith f-iA nrhifno are still sullen and very dissatisfied. Although they haye had an increase ol rations and oilers of employment, they still demand the privilege of hunting around the Jackson's Hole country. In compliance with instructions of the department commander, Brigadier-General Brigadier-General Coppinger, Captain W. L. Pit-cner, Pit-cner, eighth infantry, commanding company F, will leave this post tomorrow to-morrow morning with his company to repair crossings and establish a road from here to Birmingham's ranch, a distance of 100 miles west of here. Should there be a renewal of the Indian Indi-an trouble upon the withdrawal of the troops in Jackson's Hole, tnis road will enable the troops stationed here to reach the disputed hunting ground far in advance of any other troops in the department. Troops E and I, nitn cavalry, will be held here until these dissauatied Indians have quieted down, and have concluded to stay on their reservations. Tke Camp carlm camp outfit iB here also, and will remain until some decision de-cision has been made regarding the assignment of troops E and I. LADY SHOLTO'S SXSXKKS LAUGH. Buttk, Mont., Aug. 23. Helen and Margie Addis-Moouey, sisters o 'Laay" Sbolto Douglass, are filling an engagement at a local vaudeville theatre, the-atre, and were inclined to laugh over" the associated press story from Ban Francisco that the Maiquis of Queens-bury Queens-bury had made an investigation into the ancestry of his new daugater-m-Iaw and nad found it satisfactory enough to admit her into the English aristocracy. Helen and Margie are not ashamed of their ancestry, but they find in it no particular recommendation for admission admis-sion into the aristocracy. Father Mooney was a rery ordinary but honest Irishman, who has not Jived with his lamily in yeas- Mrs. Moony, in former years, was proprietor of a variety show at Eureka, Ney., aiid the girla were brought up in the business. A CLUilSY FORGEBKK. Boise, Ida., Aug. 23, A remarkable remark-able case of of forgery in connection with an application for pension de-Teloped de-Teloped here today when Angelo Mackiin was arrested by United States authorities. It is probably the most transparent case of forgery the pension pen-sion bureau ever had co deal with The affidavits are all written in the "same band. The signatures are written where the name of the officer administering admin-istering the oath snould appear und uotn names appear BUbicnbed to r.he efficer s certiticate. The name of the officer is spelled wrong, and the orthography orthog-raphy of tne whole production ialaueh-able. ialaueh-able. 6 One affidavit is bv "Dr. Myera " druggist, another by Dr. Springer The following is a verbatim codv of Dr MyerB' alleged affidavit: " practis and sell drugs. I have bin in the drugs business for 9 years I have subscribed for him and sold him lots of drues, mostly for the rumatish, but his main doctor was Dr. Smith but he ia dead, .Now I have none hini for 10 years, and I have none him when he couldn't walk alone. I do thiB writing myself, and ain't interested m this clamence no shape whatever." Mackiin is an old mn. He lives with hiB family on Dry creek. He ' claims to havt belonged to the Twen-1 Twen-1 ty-second Iowa volunteers. Pending examination he was put under $5G0 bail and sent to the penitentiary in default. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IDEA KILLED. London, Aug. 23. -The Times' Ber lin correspondent says : The supporters support-ers of the gold currency are jubilant at the statement made'by Hon. A. J. Balfour, first lord of the treasury, in the house of commons, to the effect that the English government will take no step a looking to an international bimetallic conference. "The National Zaitung," the corespondent core-spondent adds, "says that he haa burst the soap bubble which the German Ger-man bimetallists blew from the votes in the reichstag and the Prussian diet. Undoubtedly Mr. Balfour's statements will put an end to the delibeiations of the federal government on the ques tion. Only noisy agitators believe that action ia possible without England's co-operation." FOR MURDEBINO HER SISTER. Minneapolis, Minn A.g- v Mrs. Lora Jferkins was arrested late last night, charged with the murder of her siEter, Mrs. Louise Hawkins, to ob tain a $7000 life insurance, Mrs. Hawkins Haw-kins died August 9th, four hours after the overturning of a lamp near her bed, twhere she lay ill. The police refuse re-fuse to disclose their evidence. The sisters were widows. Two policies were taken out on April 9th in Mrs. Perkins's fayor. it is understood un-derstood the state expects to prove that the bed-clothing was saturated with oil and ignited end the lamp overturned over-turned to conceal the crime. On the other hand, the defense claims to have the antemurtm statement of Mis. Hawkins to te effect that ehe overturned over-turned the lamp herself accidentally. |