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Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02
TWO GREAT SHIPS LAUNCHED,
Kentucky and I<earsaEe Glide Into
the Water at NEWPORT News.

Newport News, Va, March 25-Fully
10000 men, women and children today
witnessed the launching of the mammoth
United States battleships Kentucky and
kearsarge, the latst additions to our
navy. The Kentucky was the first to re-
ceive her baptism. When the army OF
workers knocked the last shores from the
cradle Of the vessel Miss Christine Brad
ley, dal ghter Of the governor of the Blue
Grass tate, grasped the cut-glass bottle
OF water, wrapped in miniature
American flag, and crashing it upon the
bow OF the big battleship, exclaimed, sIn
the name of the United States, | now
christen thee Kentucky" The vessel sped
grace -ully down the creased ways, MAX
ing one of the prettiest launchings ever
witnessed at the yards of the Newport
News ship Building Company.
The most striking feature of the big
boats is the double storied turrct which
is desi gned to contain the greatest guns
atioat.
Another prominent feature of the arma-
ment of the Kentucky and kearsaroe is
their powerful broadside batteries of IA
fiye-inch rapid firing guns. These guns
are arranged within a central battery on
the main deck between the turrets. each
Of them firing through an arch of 90 de-
grees. Though the shell for the tive-inch
guns only weighs so pounds as compared
with $50 pounds for the shell Of the eight
inch guns, the rapidity Of the former is
50 great, each heching forth six shots
per minute, that three times the weight
in metal can be thrown by the smaller
guns in given time.
The protection of the hull consists OF
an armor belt seven and one half feet
wide at the water line
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02
n UMBER 3S.
CORN AS AN ADUlTERANT.
How Bakers Cheaper the Cost o
Their Flour.

/ 4 report comes from st. Louis to the
effect that corn is extensively used
as an adulterant of wheat flour and
also as Il substitute for barley malt by
brewers, says the Milwaukee Sentinel
/ Ihe mllers Of st. Louis are said TO have
declared that manufacturers Of wheat
flour will be either driven out of the
+ market in the course of time or forced
10 aduiterate their product in order tn
meet the competition that surrounds
+ them. Corn flour is. il seems. being
! produced on 4 very large scale. and
| the only mills showing an increase OF
| business this year are those manufac
| turing exclusively corn products. all OF
| which slow an enormous increase.
| They are turning out not only corn
| flour made from @ritS but Il new flour
made from corn starch, which is said
to be very white and finely ground. so
that it lends itself particularly well to
N>e as an adulterant. Corn flour has
been sold as low as 40 cents Il hun
dred pounds. So that ii is quite an OBJ
ject to bakers and manufacturers to
use it. The bakers are said TO be doing
the greater part of the adulteraiing in
order to cheaper the cost of their flour.
In the manufacture OF crackers and
that class Of bakery goods the adulter
ated article is said To be most extern
sively used
The brewers figure as the largest
purchasers of corn products. Corn
flakes are substituted for barley malt.
producing excellent results. while the
expense OF making beer is leSSr,led and
the process is said to be less trouble
some. The beer that is adulterated
with corn is more palatable. but it is
not rs Wholesome AS the pure article.
There is no reason To doubt the truth
OF these reports concerning the use OF
corn as IN adulterant. 1t would be
strange if lis Introduction into the flour
and beer trade had been prevented.
considering the magnture OF the corn
crop and the great effort that has been
made to utilize it. 1t is. however. UNI
fortunate that ii cannot find Il le.iii-
uiatc field instead of Coming into trade
AS an luIlirpr:lnt. w hatever gain il may
show al present from this cause is
likely to be temporary. for the consun-
rrS are clearly entitled to protection
from authorizations. and are bound TO
receive it. 1t is no more fair that flour
and bread should be bought as made
of whole wheat when they are a mix
turt Of corn and wheat than it is that
filled cheese should be bought as full
cream cheese. II is best that the nllr-
chaser shall We sure that what he is
buying is exactly what it purports to
be. y law that conlpelS millrls and
bakers to sell genuine goods will un-
d"ubtedly be demanded and passed in
the course Of time. 4 similar law re
laln@ to beer will undoubtedly also
Eid its way upon the statute books.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02
PROGRESS OF PREPARATIONS
War Orders Issued to the Mare ISL
and Officers.

Vallejo, Cal, March 26-Rear Admiral
Kirkland, commandant at Mare Island,
has received orders from the secretary Of
the navy to have the cruiser Charleston
ready for sea by April !. Orders were also
received to prepare the Yorktown for ser
vice with all possible speed, and to in
crease the force of men at work on the
cruiser Philadelphia to as great a number
as could be employed. There are now
nearly 1000 men at work in the various
departments and before the middle of next
week it is estimated that there will be
25o0. Never in the history of the yard
has there been such crowd Of men or
such busy times.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02

A paper in a neishborng State was
ordered to stop a subscription. and it
facors the public with the letter, which
is as follows: "Bryson | rote you 10
stop my paper | want you to stop it |
am getting enough of your scheme to
make me take your paper state once
more j don't want your dog gon old
PAPER the post Mrs has notified YOU and
She has GOT record of it and if 70 don
stop the dam thing Will give you Il
piece of my mind. Stop that paper
haven't taken none of them out of the
ofes' \ newspaper has little effect on
this stripe of man.-AShtabul Stand
ard
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02
BUTTE LAWYERS IN TROUBLE.
Arrested on the Charge of SubOrna-
ton of Perjury.

Butte, Mont, March 2S.-The climax in
the perjury cases growing out Of the sha-
fer murder trial was reached Saturday
when ex-County Attorney Melvin l..
Wines and his former chief deputy, Edwin
S. Booth We're arrested on the charge of
subornation of perjury. Wines and Booth
were attorneys for Shafer, who was con
victed of murder, and evidence has since
been accumulated that a startling lot Of
perjured testimony had been introduced
at the trial by the defense, including depo-
sitions from Seattle, Wash. County At
torney Staplcton has also moved for the
disbarmcnt of Wines and Booth before the
supreme court.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02
M'KINLEY WANTS TIME.
Would Prevent Action by Congress
on the Maine Report.

| Washington, March 25.-Some Of the
senators and members of the house who
have just visited the president gathered
the impression from his carefully guarded
talk at the time, that he would not make
any important recommendation to con-
gress, but wants more time in which to
conduct the negotiations with Spain with
the hope of securing peace by diplomatic
means.
Some of them reached the conclusion
that he is hopeful Of securing Spain's con
sent to the independence of Cuba OF at
least to q condition approaching inde-
pendcnce, by other means. He urged up
on them the special Importance Of doing
all they could to suppress excitement and
prevent action by congress in connection
with the receipt of the report Of the Maine
disaster
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02
NEWS THROUGH The WEEK
NEWS AT HOME AND ABROAD
Items of Information Gathered From
Wide Area-POIitical Happen
ings and Industrial NOtes-Crimes
and Accidents.

The newspapers Of Vienna announce
that Japan between 1895 and 1905 vii
have devoted l93,000,O0O yen to the
building OF walships. Forty seven have
already been ordered with short terms Of
delivery in England, France, Germany and
the United States.
The schooner General Siglin arrived at
Seattle from Copper river, Alaska. Cap
tain johnson states that 800 people have
crossed the Valdes glacier and are now
making their way into the interior. The
day the Siglin left Copper City, which is
now a town Of GOO inhabitants, the theft
Of a quantity OF bacon had been discov-
cred. Notices We're being posted that the
thief, ii caught, would be hanged.
A dispatch received at Berlin from
Dares Salaam, 25 miles south of ZanZi-
bar, East Africa, says that last Monday
during a severe engagement an eXpedi-
tion OF foresters was attacked and three
Germans and many Of the native carriers
were massacred.
William NJ. Tagga,t, editor of Taggart s
Sunday Times, died in Philadelphia.
1t is officially denied that France de-
mands Frenchman as director Of the
Chinese postoffice.
Commander Willard II. Brownson, o.
S. A., who is visiting Europe in the in
terest Of the United States navy depart
ment, has started to France to inspect the
ships which are being built at La Seine,
opposit ToulOn, on the Mediterranean.
for Brazil, concerning which vessels ne
gotiations have been proceeding
Treasurer William H. Holdman of Elk
hart county, Ind, has been convicted Of
embezzling $$2222 $$22 900 county funds.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett. the
well-known novelist, has instituted suit
for divorce from DR.. S. w. Burnett
Congressman Joseph Bailey Of Texas
democratic leader in the house of repre-
sentatives, will be a candidate for the
speakership Of that body next session.
The central Pennsylvania Methodist
Episcopal conference has voted against
the propositions for equal lay and minis
terial representation in the general con-
ference
Police Lieutenant w. T. Burke was
shot and killed by Park Haynes, alias
The Irish Tinker maniac, at San
Francisco, while attempting to arrest him
for disturbance Of the peace
George T. Nicholson has been appointed
traffic manager of the Santa Fe railroad,
to succeed w. f. Hite, deceased.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02
FOR GOVERNOR OF OREGON.
Fusion Elements Distribute the
State Nominations

Portland, Ore, March 2G = The Joint
conference committee appointed by the
populists, democrats and silver republi-
reported. The populists get the governor
attorney general, state printer and super
intendent OF public instructions; the dem
oclats get the state trea surer, justice of
the supreme court and congressman from
the First district: while the republicans
get the congressman from the Second dis
trict and the secretary of state w. r.
King OF Baker county was nominated for
governor on the fifth ballot by the popu-
list convention. King is at present sta te
senator
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02
Some Thinca About Alaska.

Alaska is Two and onehalf times as
large as Texas.
ii is eight times as large as all of
New England.
II is as large as the South, including
Texas.
1T is as large as all of the States east
of the Mississippi and north of the
Ohio. including Virginia and West
Virginia.
1t makes San Francisco east of our
center.
Its coast line is 10000 miles.
1t has the highest mountain in North
America
1t has the only forest covered glacier
in the world.
1t has the best yellow cedar in the
world.
1t has the greatest seal fisheries
1t has cod banks that beat NeWfound-
land
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02
WAR RATE OF INSURANCE.
Fifty Per Cent Increase and Il
Heavy Demand.

Boston, March 27.-The demand for ma
rine war insurance has greatly increased
within the past few days President Fuller,
of the Boston Marine Insurance Company:
says his company has recently written
about 25 risks and is daily receiving many
applications. In consequence of the threat
cning aspect of the situation war rates
have been increased so per cent over rates
previously prevailing.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02
Four moonshincrs have been arrested,
and their illicit still contiscated. in a eel
lar in New York city.

| Four moonshincrs have been arrested
and their illicit still confiscated. in eel
lar in New York city.
Threatened by a tramp, Mrs. Gesell;
Bond OF Chicago clapped a pan Of dough
on his head and the yaglant fled in terror
English newspapers hint that the Frencl
navy mobilization may be in connection
with the impending rupture between The
United States and Spain.
Because of the unprecedented drouth
stockraisers at Fresno, Cal. have petition
ed the president to permit grazing on cer
tain portions Of Yosemite Park rescrva
tion the coming season.
The equal taxation committee of the st
Louis Single Tax League claims to have
evidence that more than $3.50 100000
worth in actual cash value of real estate
and franchises in st. Louis goes untaxed' >
Thomas Gassett. a farmer. near Sey-
monr, Ind, supposed to be dying with con
sumption, during Il violent spell of cough
ing recently threw out of his stomach a
living oyster. He began to improve at
oiitc, anu lS recovering Id l)lulI.
Barn burners. horse thieves and other
wrongdoers i'll the east end of Clark coun-
ty, Indiana, are to be ruthlessly pursued
and prosecuted, an associa tion OF the lead
ing men of that section having been form
ed and incorporated for those purposes.
The work of deepening and widening
the channel on the bar at Pensacola, Fla,
is being pushed with the utmost speed.
and the largest merchant steamships now
pass without difficulty. 1t is expected that
% feet Of water will soon be obtained.
Governor Bradley Of Kentucky has We
toed the fellow-servants bill, which was
considered one of the most important
measures passed by the recent legislature,
upon the ground that it would make the
corporations responsible for class Of in
julies for which they are not responsible
under the constitution Of the state
Powder, Shot and she'll continue to ar
rive at Pensacola, Fla, in large quantities
for the forts and batteries defending the
harbor. Three Of the eight big mortars
for the new battery on Santa Rosa island
have also arrived, and they will be mount
ed as quickly as possible. There is great
activity in Fort Pickens In addition to
the six and eight inch rifle guns. a l5-inch
gun is being mounted on the fort
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02

New York. March 24.-At the quarter
masters bureau a contract has been
awarded to the Northern Pacific railroad
for transporting two l2inch rifed cannon
and four S-inch ones, with their disap-
pearing carriages, to Port Townsend. The
guns are at the proving grounds at Sandy
Hook and the carriages are at the factory
in Watertown. Mass. The cost of trans
portation will be $95OO
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02
To Nin a Sneeze.

A medical paper says 4 sneeZe is in
stantaneously disDelled by pressing The
finger upward against the division of
the nose at the point where the upper
lip inside joins the gum. Another plan
Is to exhale all the air possible from the
lungs the moment you perceive indica-
tons of SneeZe.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02
Smallpox in Arizona.

Flagstaff, Ariz., March 27.-There are -
cases Of smallpox at the village of Bell
mont, II miles west of here Belmont
has about 100 people and the entire popu-
lation, largely Mexican, has been exposed
to the disease.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02
Charles B. Wright.

Philadelphia, Pa. March 25.-Charles
B. Wright, Formerly president of the
Northern Pacific and heavily interested
III real estate and industrial enterprises
in the west and northwest. died at his
home here yesterday. He had large finan-
cial interests in Tacoma and other cities
in Washington. He died possessed of
great wealth.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02
War Clause In Charters,

New York, March 24.-The Evening
World says an ominous sign that the
strained relations between the United
States and Spain will result in war is
furnished by English shipowners, who
have cabled to their agents that all char
ters must contain the war clause.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02
Russian Officers Under Arrest.

sebastopol March 27.-As a result of the
discovery Of serious and wholesale bri-
berry and corruption, 100 dock yard off
cials and officers of the Russian Black Sea
fleet have been arrested. Admiral kopy-
loft, commissioner OF the fleet, has been
dismissed. Five officers have committed
suicide since their arrest.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02
RIancO's Assertion ADnrOyed.

Madrid, March 24.-Premier Sasasta is
quoted in an interview as saying:
"The government entirely approves Cap
tain General Blancos conduct in denying
that the Names magazines were blown
up with dynamite, as the Americans al
legged"
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02
Wreck on the Canadian Pacific.

Fort William, Ont March ga Cana
dian Pacific train, made up principally OF
colonist cars, bound for the Pacific coast,
has been wrecked at English river. Frank
Mardan of Detroit was killed and G. w.
Marks of Detroit seriously injured. Seven
teen other passengers are slightly injured.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02
James Pawn.

London, March %. James Payn, the
novelist and journalist, is dead.
Mrs. Jane Winchester.
New Haven, Conn, March 2S. - Mrs.
Jane Winchester, widow of the founder
and proprietor of the Winchester Repeat
ing Arms Company, is dead. She was 81
wears old.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02

The entire area of the United States IS
placed at 1886, ,692 acres, of which 741.-
702,365 acres Is now owned by individuals
or by corporations of states, or has pass
ed out of the control Of the general gov
ernment.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02

Birmingham's new meat market, which
was opened by the lord mayor, is said 10
be one Of the finest buildings of the kind
in Europe. It has been built and fitted
up at cost of $5OOOO0.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02

Five is the sacred number of the
Chinese. who have five planets, five car
dinal points, five virtues. five tastes, five
musical tones, five ranks of nobility and
five colors.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02
EiShermen DrnWned.

Copenhagen, March q. - A telegram
from Tromsoe, Tromsoe island, reports
that IS fishermen have been drowned off
the north coast of Norway in storm.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02

Prescriptions are often worth their
weight in gold-to the physician, the
druggist and sometimes the under
takev.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02


mine is about 300 feet west of the War
Eagle and has considerable development
work done
The War Eagle.
Rossland reports the transfer of John
T. Cooks one-1ifth interest in the Pilgrim
mineral claim to the War Eagle company
practically gives that company the control
of that claim. and completes important
negotiations which have been in progress
lately for the acquisition OF properties
which are especially valuable in the work
ing of the War Eagle mine.
Baker City District.
From the present outlook it will not be
at all surprising if, before the season Of
1898 is far advanced. there will be up
wards of 1900 quartz and placer miners
la boring in the mineral regions tributary
to Baker City, Ore. and that the yield OF
gold for this year will surpass that OF So
0oO,0 900 in 1897 by many thousands OF dol
lars.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02

Inc Canadian mlIltal'
the Yukon, which is t.
200 men and officers, wi
about the middle OF Ap.
A Louisville, KY. d1
Eugene Leigh is said I
Plaudit, the favorite ls
Derby, for $4,000. H
have acted for an caste
hu. ]
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02

If in doubt about what step to take
consult dancing master.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-30
PITTsBURG AND THE STATE CONVEN-
TION.

Pittsburg is after the State convention,
and Topeka will do well to remember
that Pittsburg, although not the largest
town in the State, has habit Of getting
quite a number Of the things that she
goes after. There are several reasons
why Topeka ought to get the convention.
The drift toward Populism at the State
capital and In Shawnee county has been
marked Of late years, and anything that
will help it along will be of benefit to
the State at large Shawnee county has
always ranked as a pretty good county
and 1t Is showing a tendency to get
better politically; in fact, 1t is only a
question Of comparatively short time
until 1t will be firmly on the side of the
Peoples party. The Commercial Club of
Topeka has invited the POpulist party
to hold its next convention at the cap
ital, and the friendly feeling that exists
toward the party should certainly be en-
Couraged.
But Crawford county has even stronger
claims to put forth. 1t has already stood
up to be counted. It has been in line for
hard fighting, and It's position in the next
campaign is assured, so its request is
made from higher standpoint. If Pitts
burg gets the convention it will go there
for what has been done in addition to
what Is probable in the future. No one
will say that Pittsburg is making an
unjust request.
And, unless extraordinarily strong rea-
sons are set out in favor of some other
place, Pittsburg is clearly entitled to
first recognition. Proper entertainment
Is assured when a visiting delegation
strikes the town. Her citizens will erect
suitable wlgwam, with a seating ca
pacity Of 1900 to $500, especially for the
convention IL it is assured them. They
will see to it that every one is properly
cared for, giving convention facilities
at least as adequate as those which To-
peka Is now able to offer.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-30
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE MINER.

The articles which the Advocate and
News has published regarding the con-
dition Of the coal miners of the south
eastern part Of the State have brought
out some interesting facts. One Of these
Is a growing and general desire to help
the miner secure his rights. The reform
women OF the State at their recent con-
ference passed resolutions championing
the miners cause, and from several other
influential sources there have come evil
dences Of wish to see the miner re-
Ceive justice.
A misapprehension which is very COM
mon and which has been In existence for
great many years Is that the miner
is poor citizen in that he Is ignorant
and not considerate OF the rights Of
others. This is very far from the truth.
The average miner belongs to the class
of citizens that is the pride and reliance
OF the State. He is much more intelll-
gent than many of his fellow citizens
who are more favorably situated. Yet
perhaps because his work Is under