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The Independent-Record from Helena, Montana • 1

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4 1 r. i MM rcrT POM WIDMMDATl I WBATr.nfrczzit:7 ro THU MOAT I Fair, rot. uxnuomr-iirr iyrar-p. on. HELENA, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, AlKJUSf 7, L907, ingle coriBfi ric nr cam ruAcri nun ski u.

rt- RIOTING ITALItNI. CLASHING AT CASA BLANCA JA CROWD TRIED TO LYNCH HIM Was the Caoee sf Dewth Ttmst Foeadtar AeeMeoi Long Desch, Aug. A-Mr. A. L.

Ferguson wee killed end her sister, Miss Henrietta, Bhrskt, seriously Injured by felling from the earns street ctr here LAW BROUGHT TO BEAR TO END TELEPHONE TIEUP 1 Supt. Burdick Served With Notice of Man asgsm-wx gw- i raw a lad damus Proceedings FRENCH LAMDINO PAhTTAIIAILED -ght Im.ndlnf to' from the OBBBJC PEDDLER CHASK A MOB MY BOOKS and THB INO BEGIN. THAT WANTED HAND HIM. Railroad I a here rs Dean ad Dlsehargre ef Feroroaa aad glart a Fight. Murphysboro, III, Aug Word wee received hers lata this afternoon from Fordyce, a village ten miles west of bsre, that a gang of rioting Italians bavs control of tbs town.

Sheriff Hanson and posse has gone from hers. There Is no telephone communication with Fordyoe It la not known whether anybody was Injured. Ths Italians wars employed ss laborers by tbs Iron Mountain road. They ds-manded ths dismissal of Foreman Robert House and upon refusal of Roadmastur Carey to aeoeda to their demand they set upon lieuse and Carey, goon the fighting became general and tbe village was terrorised. Mayor Crain and almost the entire pop ulatlon of Fordyce armed tbemselvee with revolver, ehotguns and rifles and, by threatening to shoot, stayed the mob.

car, Miss ihraks bad deseoodsd I ha steps, when she loet her balsnco and fell to the street, Mrs. Ferguson, neoink her sister fall, stepped from the rapidly moving ctr and wss thrown te the pavement, her head striking, causing frseturs of tbe skull, cha dlsd before oho could reach the hospital. Mice Bhrake wsa carried to her hotel suffering from severe bruises and concussions. Bolb women cams toj Redlands recently from Indianapolis. GnyDfou clliethe Duslness' Value Of being well dressed.

Everybody doesnt. It crows out of the foot that people' bar to Jude, your ability end standing by tbo wsy you look, you five something else Jddge y. '-(, That, means tht Oe're In position to Increase the business value of every man In this town. We've got SHIPS EOUBiRD THE CITY HE ONLY KISSED THE 6IRL IlN THE MEANTIME SITUATION IS SERIOUS Several Haadred Beers Are Killed aed gin of tbo Presell Are Wsaaded raateh Lead rshr-dTrlkewei Are Threatening Rabat No Negro-tlatlone Until MaeLeaa Is Released. Cheated ef Their rey, the Meb Vents Its Fsry eW Issseest Preple A leu, Wean Aoaanlted hy es Itsllss ssd UsaeS Iter Hatyls te Pretet Herself.

Freaeled Seventeen of the gang were arrested and Public Helpless la Case of Sickness, Fire, or Accident and No brought hers to-night The others ea-l caped. No one was Injured by the I rioters, but the villagers are much Incensed agsinst the Italians. Immediate Relief Assured Injunction Hearing Started in t. Federal Court but Applies Only to Livingston. art Sefcdfner i i end Wcshfng- ton Co.

COMMITTED TO A SANITARIUM! DAUGHTER OF JOHN H. FLAGLER AND HER ROMANTIC CARRER. New York, Aug. g. What has bo-come to be known at polio Jieadquar ter as, near crimes against girls, ware followed by "lynchlngs to-day.

Out of ths score of eomplalnt that reached the police, a half dosen demanded serious attention. Whether the number Is extraordinary Is dis-uted, but certainly never before hat mob vengeance eo frequently attended attache upon children. Lead by a woman who, alternately In Italian and broken English, cried Avenge my daughter, a reckless crowd of 2,09 persona to-night stormed inns pad IN greet. Antwerp. Aug.

sensational aulj'Je has pccurred here. If. Jacques Clmon, a silk msrehant. In the presence of crowd that thronged Cathedral square. Jumped front the second gallery of the Cathedral a dietetics of more than joo feet, Tangier.

Aug. Blancs on thsath waa m.untsneu Moroocan coast has been bombarded by Ttsnoh cruisers, the Moors are re- I ported to have been shot down In large numbers, and the town sines last Sunday night has been practically in the poaaesalon of landing pnrtlea from Trench and Spanish troops. Tbs first shots wove fired by the Moors. Tbs French responded with a bgyonst oharge and ths bombardment of the native quarter with Melinite sheets The French had six men wounded, but I Marseille, France. Au.

tL A trunk be-no one killed. No European residents I longing to a man and woman wjo arrived were hurt. I here to-day from Monte Carlo attracted Ths ocupatlon of Casa Blanca la a I the attention of the baggagemaster, who direct outcome of the native uprising I caused It to be opened. It wss found which resulted In the killing last week I contain the body of a woman cut to of eight Europeans at Casa Blanca plece The man and woman owning Both France and Spain are hurrying I the were arrested. They hdd aiked other warships with troopa and ma-1 that forwarded to London.

Clothes for you, and If you live up to your looks In these clothes, youll be sure suooess In business. Maadassas praaeedlaga laatHatad agalaat Itseky Maaatala Ball Tel aphaaw cmapaay by Halaaa Cab Ca-Caaspaiy asks gtrla to ga bask ta wark. Caaspaay will wSkarwisa bav ts briag la iitdSa aparatars ta fill tkelr plaec aOBscthlag tbe eaaipa-ay Is leeth ta ta, bat auiy ba (stead ts da la eoapllaaea with erdav fram eaart. IsJaaetiaa praeaadlags started la federal eaart ta aampal Fedevatlaa at La bar ts eaaaa iatarfarlag with baataaaa of ceapaay at Ltvlagstaa, FNew York, Aug. g.

The Baroness! Annie Harden-HIckey, daughter of I John H. Flagler, has been committed the Fourteenth Street car barna of theK Ther, I Yea Cai'l Start too Soon Metropolitan Street Railway company, where a policeman had sought refuge wltb a seriously pummaled prisoner. Paul Sorgerate, a Greek peddler, ,0 years of age, had made the mistake, so it Is charged, of kissing Grace Jos-co, an Italian girl of 11 years. A shrill Is said to be little hope of cure. Her mental breakdown Is traced back to the death of her husband.

John H. Flagler, her father has been appointed oonservator of her fortune which said to Be almost entirely In Standard Oil atock. The Baroness HaFden-HJcYey was Miss Annie Flagler. She married the GANS KLEIN -COMPANY E.i.ni.Ki itttr' Yesterday afternoon the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company wue served with notice of mandamus gave the names of (Mr. -and Mti.

Gold, I ery from the girl and an Impassioned residence at Monte Carlo, denied that I appeal by the mother put the foreign-1 they committed the crime arid Informed I era of the neighborhood In a rage, and pressed In stronger terms than tha mere word might Indicate, heard or' every hand. The users of th company's llnss In this city, ever since the agreement signed by the parties Inter-sated but a short7 time ago, have felt that thta waa th laat of labor difficulties In Helena for a long tlma to com and particularly a far aa th telephone company was ooncerned, Buslnesa men generally seem to think that thta trouble 1a untimely and unwarranted, In view qf th agreement but recently leached. It 1s one more, without a very few months, putting to a great aot te sny serious in- convenience, buslnesa houses and professional men. Mr. gurdlck said yoo- tarday that anyone wishing to us long distance might do so by going to tho office of the company whera an operator-would be ready to attend to such calls but thla la th only servlet now being given in Helena.

Condition larlatu, In ease of fire, ateknsss or (n a ease Where tbe police might be needed; accident of any kind or vitally important business matters, in fact la any ono of hundred emergencies, the public Is powerless to get immediate relief. Th entire city Is tied up 'at a time when the telephone might save Uvea, or careers aad there la no remedy nt present Th situation 1 more serious than people-might believe at ft first glanoe. And the Only hop Is tho Indirect assurance of th company that operators will be put at work within day or eo, Infyuetlea Proeeedlaga, The baron I proceedings Instituted against It the examining magistrate that they know the Greek took to hlk heels a crowd waa ahlpwrecke(1 on tha of Trln.4the Helena Cah company, the papers Ik. i h. Vtf ft a AW a 1.

A I nvL a 1 I FrenchnoblemanTnT8907 by the victim While ft. I ofTrlnda(j, Ho toote tha title of Lan)ea but oWacted and a crul8er of that country took away the LntIrJ klnadom to the Unted 8tates. Idad and got an Idea of becoming king MEXICAN KILLED: 1 r- Ins CONSORT (. rlnes on board to various points on the Moroccan coast, for tbe protection of foreigners Under the terms of the Algeclras agreement committees of, the two powers are charged with the policing of seaport of Morocco, and their action at, Caea-Blanca ha brought no resistance from any power. No other countries are Involved.

News of fighting at Casa Blancs was brought hers by the steamer Ana-tole. On Saturday night the French lheV iroJld 1x5 compromised tried to I hl feet, only to be knocked down naval officer In command Informed the I corjise. The head and feet JsbbIb Moorish authorities that he was going were tl Gelds valise and the rest to land a force for the protection of body, was In ths trunk, the French consul. Authorisation, to I The autopsy seemed to upset the story do so was flven. The lores went I told by the (Holds.

It was shown that ashore SundAy morhlng St daybreak. I the murdered woman seised froih be- Fired Upon hind and held while she whs-stabbed to The Frenchmen Were no sooner on I death. A cdmmlseion has been sent to only ellghtly. the 1st- pursued. When a block had been cov' ter was at their home, the villa Miilesimy, I ered Sorgerate stumbled and fell.

'and on Sunday last, Mr. ind Mrs. Gold added, the it)ob wM.vpoijJUm gad he was tb womans lover arrived there sqd klclfed nearly senseless. The Greek, blew out her brains. The Golds, fear- powerful man.

nevertheless gained Wanted to Haag. By this time some one had snatched a clothes lines from the window of a grocery store, and the rioters attempted to put a noose over te offender's bead. Only the overeagerness of each rldUr to have a hand In the coming from the district court. Mr. Burdick was served while listening to the argument of counsel before Judge Hunt In the federal court, where a petition for a temporary restraining order Is asked for and being argued by the companys attornay and tbe attor-nejs of the Montana Federation and others.

This hearing was not con The bareness was queen of Trinidad then, for a time, the kingdom being supported on her money, When her husband died she went abroad, but was -it if SISTER OF, MRS, HOWARD GOULD TOOK THE gMOpO PISTOL FROM HIM. brought back from France to this eluding last evening when Judge Hunt country, when her health began to be ordered a recess until this morning. Claims Heavy Loaaea. Impaired. The Baron committed suicide hotel in El Paso In 1898.

in a Ban Aug, Rod-; rigues, who shpt and killed Manuel Madrid- shortly before noon and fatally wdunded Marie Rodrigues, his fornisr consort, was booked on two charges of murder at the city prison to-day. Tomorrow he will be brought Into court for I I WRECK ON THE lassoolng saved the peddler's neck. During the confusion a policeman arrived and clubbed his way to the endangered man. For a moment the crowd fell back and within that time the officer had dragged his man to tho car barns. Concealing hla prisoner in a car, the officer waited assistance, while the rioters threw themselves against the doors In an effort to force an entrance.

Police reserves stood off the mob while the Greek was hustled into a patrol Wagon. Through crowd that cried Kill him "Lynch CANNON BALL FIVE PEOPLE RECEIVE INJURIES BUT NO LIVE REPORTED LOST. the beach than they were fired upon I Monte Carlo to Investigate the crime. by Moorish soldiers, and In this en-1 it has been learned that the murdered I an arraignment on the I counter the French force sustained ajl I woman was a Swede, 37 years old, named tkm, and he now declares that he stands casualties. The Frenchmen fought ready to plead guilty, for he la proud of their way to the consulate and then whpt he has done.

signalled the fleet to bombard the ns- Brave Woman. I tlve quarter. The Galilee at once San Francisco, Aug. A Mr. Wong Zun I Pnd upon the Moors She was Yue, wife of a Chinese dweller In tho joined at 11 o'clock by the Frenoh Portsmouth square refugee comp and cruiser Duchayla and both fired until ter of Mrs.

Howard Gould, of New Tors. I I S.000 rounds of ammunition had been proved herself to bo a brave woman I yesterday, when she grabbed from the spnded. This fire la said to have hand of August Rodrigues the. smoking been disastrous to the Arabs The bat-pistol with which he had (lain Manuel terles on a fort at the mouth of the Madrid, and chased him into the arm of policeman who made the arrest The hrbor flred at 0n ot the Frnoh police give MrJ5unYuethe hlghost 1 cruisers, but It was quickly silenced forTher bravery In assisting 'in eredlt and reduoed. It is understood that the Helena Cab company claims heavy losses by reason of a lsok of telephone service and that its buslnesa has fallen off greatly since tue strike of the local operators.

It Is understood, however, that the cab company was selected to bring this suit through an agreement between number of business men, members Of the Helena Commel-cial club, and that this proceeding I the result of a con ference held Intermittently since the strike waa been in progress. The Independent waa th only newspaper to foretell this action. Manager H. L. Burdick, superintendent of the Montana division of the company waa seen an Instant after the officer served the papers on him In the mandamus proceedings.

1 He did not seem surprised and In fact was willing to state that he would at Once If necessary obey the mandates The proceedings brought by th company to enjoin the Montana Federation of Labor and others from Interfering with the business of th company tq Livingston, by the circulation of posters, handbills, were started in the federal court at 8 oclock in th afternoon, Mclntlre and Mclntlr appearing for the company and T. Flgott for the defendants. Nothing final waa done when eourt recessed until thin mrrnlng. Mr. PIgott argued the eaie Dallas, Aug.

A The "Cannon Ball train on the Texas ft Pacific the police fought their way toroad went Into the ditch to- day four mllea east of this city. The mailcar- Jumped the track and was dragged 1,009 yards before the train was stopped. All the cars left the track except the diner, sleeper and engine, 1 No the nearest station house, Sorgerate was 1n It was thought Indavlsable to attempt his removal to a hospital during the excitement. His the man's capture, eyes were blackened, nose broken, one was killed. A second Wench landing party went I ashore and Joined tha first party at Aug.

A-The Tlstuavllle Ex I press, southbound, on the Pennsylvania thconsulste. A third party from the I dwag ear Key Btat)on 10 Spanish cruiser Don Alvaro Do Bayan I miles from Klttanlng, to-day, and at waa landed and ocupled the Spanish least six persons were killed and about consulate. Thn European quarter of I1 Injur'd. ftraag Patleat Dies. New-Tork, Aug.

A Bellevue hoepltal lost a patient who had been there 10 years, sjhen Alfred Steward, 2S years of age, died to-day. Steward went to tne hospital fn 1897, suffering from a lesion of the spine and his case has been an Interesting one to visiting surgeons, and the Internes, because they couJd not cure him. Many prominent surgeons were Interested at different times In his eass in ths 10 years he wss In the Institution. Fort Worth, seriously; G. F.

Gass, Fort Worth; G. G. Smith, Fort Worth. All of the derailed cars were crowded with passengers. It ta considered miraculous that none was killed.

The following were Injured: J. F. Metcalf, Dallas, seriously; T. L. Bludy, O.

L. Williams, express messenger, of the court and give service In advance, possibly, of any hsarlng In th matter. This Is taken to mean that unless tne operators of the local exchange dlRiire to go back to work, their places will be filled by operators from Balt Lake or other points Ask Them te Murray, of Salt Lake, general manager of tha company, said yesterday afternoon; We have asked the girls here to return to work. We went them to fome back and we want to give them the preference. I understand they do not want to quit, but have been forced to do Th girls hav deliberately broken or bav been Restrain City af Lea A sere Ira From Ftxlag Telepkea Rate.

Los Angeles, Aug. A Tbe Horn Telephone company has announced an appeal the United States supreme court of suit to restrain the city of Los from fixing the telephone charre cltlsens. In the United States district the demurrer of the city was upon the precedent of the water case, where th United or-Fa Irgr fe ve and-Smlt of th defense, but other defendants living Jn Livingston had not been served with lb necessary papers In tlma to permit their being present, ao tha case will bs resumed again to-day. Most of ths argument yesterday appealed to hlng on whether th defend; nts had overstepped tha bounds of constitutional free speech in their aliegod distribution of handbills and circulars claimed to be Injurious to the tut I ness bf th company. Many authorities were vltsd In support of both edes ot th argument.

A dosen of more young women, sm- ployes of th company, wera Interested Bectators at th hearing. On peculiar feature of th general mlxup between th company, the labor organisations and the company employes, la explained In a circular Issued by the company showing tha different agreement under which th company la now operating. The contract In eo far as tha Hslsna operator are concerned, has been published in fr Among the Identified dead are: Mr. Caea Blanca was not damaged. AIon.0 Hough.

Johnstown, son of The remainder of the European ren- Mrs. Hough; M. B. Irwin, of Oakmont, ldents of Casa Blanca are elthed at engineer of the passenger train, body their respective consulates or havecut wo fun1 under the tender; Chrlstiler, Titusville, OaffeV, taken refuge on board a German nd Klttanln(r; identified man. English vessel In the harbor.

Among the Injured are: Three daugh- France and Spain have agreed on tern of Mrs. Hough, Johnstown, John the terms of a Franco-Spanlsh not Emleton, 8omuel Bings, (Pittsburg; Robert Mlsselton, Emleton, Pu Informing the power, signatory of the The trn on leavl(It Klttanlnr wa. M. Algeclras convention, Including the hind time and It la stated that It was United States, of their intentlcyi to running at a very high rate of speed to keep within' the terms of the conven- mk UP Um Th cldnt oceurpd a sharp curve, which prevented the en tlon in dealing with the situation In from any cnaiacrable Morocco. Th next measures to bejtance ahead of him.

In some manner a THE WEATHER Te to Its Austin to court sustained 8tatea supreme court found In favor of the city. The telephone company claim that Its case la anatagous to th Detroit and Cleveland cases, where these cities sought to reduce the passenger rates but were restrained by the courts. Temperature at midnight, above. The maximum temperature In Helena Vestei-day was 8S the minimum IL The -maximum the same date a year ago was 78 and the minimum (A There was no precipitation. The maximum velocity of the wind was If miles, from tha south west Temperature Pree, scalp torn, face lacerated and hie body black with bruises.

After Others. Cheated of their man, the crowd vented Its fury on Gaston Kerlskell, an unoffending workman homeward bound. As he waa passing the rioter he waa pointed out Tty boy, at the same time ''Thats the man's friend. He was there too. Kerlskell was pounded until he was unconscious.

The police reserves finally got the Injured man and removed him to a hoepltal. Edward Pratt, a mill-wright, t6 years old, had a eomewhat peculiar experience late this afternoon. Nellie and Helen Farrell, each about 10 years old, accused Pratt of Improper remarks. He waa frightfully mauled before being rescued from a mob. Ne Crime Wave.

There la not any crime wave," said Superintendent Jenkins of the society for tho prevention of cruelty to children today. I mean by that, that our statistic show no Increase in the number ef actual assaults committed upon young girls under years. Our clerical force hea Just examined the records to make sure whether there ta or la aot sny warrant for published assertions that this phase of crime shows a marked Increase. It ta easy for a snot her or father te take alarm at a perfectly Innocent caress bestowed by a scows person upon a child and ta Infer a criminal motive. At thta seaaoa there ta always retatlv Increase car that had formed part of a bound freight had broken sway from this train, landed some distance "from th northbound track and projected over the southbound track.

The express, si it rounded the curve, was slde-twlped by this car, which derailed the engine and wrecked three cars The Independent recently. This eon- adopted depend largely upop what de velopa at Casa Blanca as a result of the occupation of that town. Bombard tbe Towa. Tangier, Aug. 8.

-The French crulsr Gallia was bombarding th Moors' headquarters of Casa Blanca and tbe neighborhood of the city when the last steamer, which has just arrived here, left that port. The Kebyles attacked Ckaa Blanca and th Moorish authorities appealed to the commander of the Oalllsa for assistance. Ha thereupon landed sixty men end Spanish cruiser landed forty. This landtag party waa fired oa by the Xa-bylvs aad seven Frenchmen, Including aa officer, were wounded. The combined Franco-Rpanleh fores there pea cleared th city nf boat! It forced to break, a contract agreed to and signed.

the presence of Mr Palrgriev of ths Montana Federation of Labor. This ha been broken without any warning, but I do not think the girls did It of their own free will and accord, for 1 understand svsn now they arc perfectly aatlafled with their new agreement her. "But If wa are forced to resume business, as I understand will be, will simply have te get outside help an dth girls formerly employsd by us will be th loeorm. Mr Murray mads tbfa eta terns at before tha mandamus proeeedlaga had boss brought to a 1 Tried Wreck. Aug.

A An attempt wa made Ins tnlght to wreck ths Pittsburg flyer No. on the Erie road. Between this place and Garretsvllle, a trunk of a tree waa dragged to the track and chained down, flection men discovered th ob. struct km and sent In an alarm. Tbs flyer was stopped at Oerretsvlll and held there until the tree had been removed.

He WaMat Reese. Los Angeles, Aug. A Because he would not go ahead and make a night of It," Philip Oonsalre, last night, shot twice and mortally wounded hla friend, Jo Puerposa. The men had been drinking and Puerposa wanted to go homo. Ooa-sales grew abusive, and then drew I pistol, saying -you would' make- a good target." He the fired two shots, oa penetrating Puerposa abdomen and the other hla hip.

Gonsatee fled from the police end eecaped. tract Is now said ts hays bssn violated willingly or unwillingly by tbs Meal operators as The company explains Ha positloa aa follows; Th situation at present In Butt la that the per tart aad linemen are out ea a sympathetic atrtkft la Livingston and BIlHaga, where wa have operators at work, a beyeott Lac ben declared oa the company, hot-withstanding tha agroonaM, the thro ether state, oemprtatng the system. ta adttloa to Montaaa, while there are linemen's strihsc a ta mart ooa plaoea, th hnalnaaa ef the posy ta moving as Ths Canadian depreaaloa noted yesterday has moved eastward to Minnesota, and a cool wave with Increessd aroasure ha overspread Alberta and norther Montana. Calgary reports a temperature degrees this morning A slight depreaaloa has format ever aontbsra (daks sad northern Utah which will tend to nnaettla conditions in this vtripltr, causing partly elondy and alight -Jy warmer weather e-nlght end We4naa day. F.

YOUNG, dectloa Director Drew Bed la tbe Rarf. Long Beach, Waah Aug A-Dr. James M. Smith, ef Portland. wss drowned hi th surf while attempting to rescue his son, aged years, who was drown ag.

The lad era rescued by Harry Tinker, but it Is feared that he will not auk Weskers Strike, flora at on. Aug. A Representatives of altk mills In the Lackeweena and Las am counties have refused a shorter, work day to silk wortaro. More thaa Pot a phono le worklag ysreoBS art aew en gtrtkk" 1 A Tree amt 'i tnd'regreti as sfa verakls earnest. Th situation la Halos yesterday and last sight wsi the asm a tbs JContlnod on ReooodPg) TbiTO PagwJ- 7.

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