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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-09-22
NATIONAL IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
Meets in Missoula Next Week IN Eighth
Annual Session,

Meets in Missouls Next Week IN Eight
Annual Session.
On next Monday, Sept. %. the Ma
tional Irrigation Congress will conven'
in Missoula, for the eighth annual ses
sion, which will continue for thre'
days. The people Of Missoula are doins
everything in their power to make tn
congress q success and Of lasting benefi
to the west. I. d. O'Donnell Of thil
city, who has the distinction Of being
the, chairman Of the executive commit
tee, furnishes The Gazette with a pro
gramme Of the congress. which is a,
follows:
Introductory remarks by the presi
dent, Hon. Joseph M. Carey.
Alkali and Irrigation, Prof. Milton
Whitney, chief Of the division of soils,
Washington, D. g., Prof. f. W. Trap
hagen, professor Of chemistry, Montana
State College Of Agriculture, Bozeman,
Montana. Prof. B. Buffum, M. S.,
chief Of the department. Of agriculture,
University Of Wyoming.
The relation of the agricultural col.
]eRe to the national irrigation move.
ment, Prof. j. e. Stubs, president Of
the American association of agricultur.
al colleges and experiment stations.
Tuesday 28th.
Irrigation in Wyoming, Fred Bond,
g. E., state engineer. Cheyenne. Wyo.
Irrigation in Utah, DR.. Seymour B.
Young. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Irrigation in Nebraska. j. M. vii.
SOD, G. E., state engineer, Lincoln,
Neb.
Irrigation in Idaho, d. W. Ross, q.
f., state engineer. Boise, Idaho.
Irrigation in Colorado. Prof. l.. G..
Carpenter, Of the Colorado State Col.
lege of Agriculture.
Products of irrigated districts, Hon.
Henry Nicholson, secretary Of the Ma
tional irrigation congress, Denver, Col.
The prevention Of water right suits,
Prot. =. Fortier. professor of engineer.
ing Montana State College Of Agrioul-
ture, Bozeman, Mont.
Irrigation and the law, Hon. o. r.
Holcomb, state arid land commissioner.
Ritzville, Wash.
Water right problems, Hon, Elwood
Mead, expert In charge of the u. 3.
division Of irrigation, Cheyenne. Wyo.
Evening Session.
Public lecture by Hon, y. II. Newell,
photographer. United States Go0l0R.
ical survey, illustrating with the aid
Of stereoptican the work Of the urvay,
"Wednesday a1th.
What tho government has bean doing
In the way OF irrigation, Judge Emory
+. Best, Of the Office Of tho assistant
attorney general, ono Of tho representa-.
tives Of the interior department.,
Walter II. Graves, u. H., Of tho In.
dian department.
Forest cover on Watersheds IN iryi.
gated regions, Acting Chief J. W. Iou.
msy. Of the diviaion of forestry, Wash.
inpt0n, u. q,
Forestry and thu Conservation NJ the
Water Supply. Mr.. ]. y. Collins, super.
iutendsnt Ut the forest reserve. Mis-
Mont.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-09-22

Leasing the Public Grazing Lands,
Hon. Elwood Mead, Cheyenne, Wyo.
Annexation Of arid America-How
to put as many people in Arid America
az in Humid America, Mr.. George Fl.
Maxwell Of California.
The Possibilities Of Agriculture in
the Arid Region Of the United States,
Hon. Joseph M. Carey, Cheyenne, Wyo.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-09-22
Railroad News


The punching" season, using thu
common parlance Of the railroad boys,
is nov n The stock shipments have
commenced in dead earnest. Al
Selmes, on the Red Lodge branch.
Wednesday, thirty-n mine cars Of cattle
were loaded for the Chicago market By
Kelly & Wright. The stock occupied
a special train. On the same day Thos.
Hogan, solicitor for the Northern Pa
cifc, went to Custer to superintend the
loading of thirty cars of cattle belong
ing to the Thos. Cruise outfit, which
had been consigned to Rusenbaum Bros.
q Co., of Chicago. VIM. Cruise Of
Helena and J. Fl. Smith, the genial
representative for Rosenbaum, also
went down. The Burlington freight
department at Omaha has received or.
ders to supply 400 stock cars for ship.
ments from points between Sheridan
and Billings between yesterday and
Sunday. Yesterday. at Fort Custer the
Murphy Cattle company loaded eighty
cars Of cattle for the Chicago market,
John W. Smith of this city sent out
twenty cars Of sheep over that road to-
day, and tomorrow Hysham Bros Of
Red Oak, Iowa, will ship from Bill.
ings sixty cars Of cattle.
Assistant General Passenger Agent
Smith Of the Burlington route was in
the city Monday on his way home to
Omaha from a trip west. Mr.. Smith
declined to talk Burlington extension,
but said the road was enjoying a splen-
did business in Montana.
Frank Roberts. who performs the 40
robatic feats with The baggage and OK.
press on the Rocky Fork train. is a
hunter Of no mean order. Mr.. Roberts
returned to work Monday, after a
months vacation, two weeks Of which
was spent on John ChapmaD's ranch in
Wyoming. A big hunt of a weeks
duration was enjoyed there, in which
the party returned with a silver.tip
bear, weighing 200 pounds. which had
been bagged By Mr.. Roberts with a
life, it taking two shots to dispose OF
his bearship. Bear stories are all tho
rage now among Franks friends.
Y
Trainmaster Rapelje OF Glendive
was mixing with the boys in this city
Wednesday.
Il, A. Gray and II. A. Stiefel Of Hell.
ena. travelling freight agents Of tho
Northwestern and Southern Pacific rail-
roads, respectively, were after business
IN this city yesterday.
y. II, Gould and y. II, johnson, who
hail from Miles City and rustic stock
shipments for the Burlington and
Northern Pacific, respectively, visited
yesterday,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-09-22

Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley
will succeed Rear Admiral Howison III
command OF the south Atlantic station.
He has no protest to make against the
assignment which the navy department
selected for him.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-09-22

The state hoard Of examiners has or
derad bounty claims amounting II
$1,000 paid, Tho warrants ordered
drawn will pay all claims up 70 Jul,
81, 1895.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-09-22

Inc eaterpriHing town Of Lewistowu
y raising Q fund Of $1,000 to receive
COMPANY !, which enlisted In the First
Montana regiment from that place.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-12-15

feet, but that is vulgar and. anyhow,
they are, 30 speak properly, the ankles,
and not the feet.
The evening before I left the boys
entertained me by shooting silver
coins in the air on the wing 1.-THE
eagles wing). I. of course, following
well-established custom, supplying
the coins. These they kept as remem-
brances of my visit. They kept it up
what seemed to me an extremely long
time, but it was truly altogether very
touching. WheHthe smoke had blown
away and 1 counted my silver, in the
privacy of my own apartment, I felt
that I had indeed been very much
touched.
From my visit west I have learned
one, at least, great truth, which is,
that as long as the young man from
the east includes a western trip in his
higher education, just SO long will the
cowboys and plainsmen generally oc-
cupy that high, position in the scale of
entertainers which they now hold.
CHARLES G. NOBLE.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-12-15

Some of our enthusiastic students
of ancient history will remember that
when platforms were making for the
campaign of '96 the republicans in
sisted that they, too, we're the friends
of the white metal, claiming that they
were in favor Of free coinage, only
they wanted the nations of the earth
to agree as to the ratio. On that sort
of a talk Mckinley was elected. With
the present congress all disguise is
thrown off and thecaucus measure ON
currency by which the republicans
propose to stand or fall is monOmet.
alism and gold the metal.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-12-15

j. P. Reese, of the miners national
organization, who was recently sent
to Jail by federal judge for address
ing q company ofstriking miners, has
been released and has gone straight
back to the mines, and will do the
same thing over again. He proposes
to find out if thai part of the federal
constitution which guarantees free
speech is dead latter or not. The
miners all over she country raised
such row over his arrest that it is
not likely to occur again. Mckinley
needs these votes, and few more
breaks like the last will be likely to
make the fellows think that the presi-
dent regards them as Filipinos, to be
suppressed.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-12-15

The attacks on Leland by General
Hudson have been SO fierce and fire.
quent that Cy has felt constrained to
go into print in his own defense.
He settles the whole matter in his
own mind, if in no one else's, by
filing general denial. This fight on
the boss will fail, just as the revolt
against the boss failed in this county
last fall. The politicians feel that he
controls the dispensatien of pie suffi-
ciently to block any fellow getting
any who has fought him. 1t will still
be King Cy.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-12-15

When on his way back to the Phil
ippines Funston stopped at Honolulu
long enough to work his mouth awhile
as to his controvers with the Catho-
lies. The little general will live to
see the day when he will regret his
propensity for talking.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-12-15

Grosvenor, of Ohio, who is sup
posed to be an administration mouth
piece in the house, announces that the
federal government has gone to the
limit in legislating against trusts,
which is supposed to mean that the
present congress will take no party
action on this question.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-12-15

We hear a whole lot about the ad-
vance in wages among the employees
of eastern manufacturers. Nothing is
said rs to what per cent the advance
bears to the cuts that have been made
from time to time, until thee mployes
were working for starva alton wages.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-12-15

The republicans have much to gay
as to the bungling work of the fusion
legislators, but they can hardly charge
us with the mistake in the bill appro-
priating money to build at the insane
asylum in Topeka. This appropriation
is not available till 1900. 'Fess up.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-07-15
TUSCALOOSA
Elders and Deacons of Presbyterian
Synod Are in Session

Tuscaloosa, July 4.-(Special )-One of
the most representative religious bodies of
the state composed of the olders and dea-
cons of the Presbyterian synod of Alabama,
convened in seventh annual convention at
the Presbyterian church in this city Tues
day.
One of the principal objects of this or
ganization is to increase the working force
for good of the office of deacon and elder
by exchange of ideas and discussions of
practical church work. At the opening ses-
sion the following papers were read and
discussed:
1.-The Duty of the Elder and Methods of
Work. Judge D. r. Mcmillan, Column
biana 1.-THE Training of the Younger Peo-
ple'' ]. w. Sibley, Birmingham; "Educa-
tion,' Hon. P. H. Pitts, Selma. Among the
delegates in attendance are:
Judge Joseph Carthel, of Admission; Rev.
]. g. Snedecor, of Birmingham; H. NJ
Archibald, of Woodlawn; E. s. Gatchell, Of
Selma; w. e. Bingham, of Tuscaloosa;
Rev. D. Clay Lilly, of Tuscaloosa; D. R.
Mcmillan, of Columbiana; W. G. Mont
gomery, of Birmingham D. P. McDiarmit,
of Hatchett Creek; c. A. Hyland, of East
Lake; c. A. Merrill Woodlawn; A. B. Will
son, Birmingham; w. r. Dortch, Gadsden;
John r. Taylor, Eutaw; G. w. Barnett,
Montgomery; e. P. Morrisette, Montgom-
cry; P. II. Pitts, Selma; w. T. Atkins, Sell
ma; Jno. B. Fuller, Montgomery; DIR. T. N
Anglin, East Lake; F C. Shepard, Mont
gomery, secretary of convention; DR.. S. H
Chester, Nashville G. r. Foster, superin-
tendent Orphans Home, Talladega-
Mrs. A. B. McEachin, Mrs. w. F. Fits,
Jr., and Miss Annie Sanesville have gone
to Waukesha and Chicago for the summer.
Mrs. William Cochrane Fits and children
have gone to ST. Clair Springs.
John S. Hanly is building two stores on
Monroe street between Cotton and Union.
He will occupy one himself as an office and
the other will be used by George A. Sesrcy
as store room for goods from the MILL
Dr. Eugene A. Smith and Professor
Henry McCalley will leave in a few days
for Wyoming to attend national meeting
of scientific men,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-07-15

has been member of the police depart
ment since September, 1895. Up to a short
time ago he was considered one of the most
efficient men on the force, having DISPLAYED
undaunted courage on several occasions.
The sudden death of officer Perdue cast
gloom over the police department, and
many members of the force will attend the
funeral, which will occur from the FAM
lily residence this morning at $3.50 o'clock.
Officers Mcknight, Culpepper Mix Arm
strong, McCullum and Reese will act as
pall-bearers, and the interment will take
place at Woodlawn cemetery
Officer Perdue was a member of the
knights of Honor. and carried 81. 900 insur-
ance. His wife and one child, a baby boy,
survive him.
Once Hada Desperate Encounter
The most desperate encounter of officer
Perdue's career on the force occurred on
Sunday afternoon, March 15 1897, when he
arrested VIII Hunter, a desperate negro.
who was charged with burglarizing the
residence OF P. Giacopazzi, on the North
Highlands. He found Hunter in a negro
restaurant on South Twentieth street and
placed him under arrest. Hunter was sit
ting at a table at the time and submitted
to arrest, asking the officer to wait until
he could pay for his meal. He ran his
hand in his pocket as if to get some
money, but instead drew a 3S-calibre re-
volver and quick as a flash sent a bullet
crashing into Officer Perdue's chin, which
shattered the jaw and lodged in his neck.
The desperate negro then made a break
for liberty, and succeeded in reaching the
street. Although badly wounded, the brave
officer gave chase, and followed the negro
to the mouth of Alley c, firing as he went.
One of the bullets from the officers pistol
passed through the negro's body, but did
not bring him to halt.
After running a short distance further
Hunter scaled a fence and in an effort to
secrete himself dropped into an open well,
from which he was removed by another Of
ficer who Joined in the chase.
Little Girl Was Shot
After the excitement had somewhat SUBJ
sided 1t was found that stray bullet from
Officer Perdue's pistol had killed a little
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-07-15
OFFICIAL ROUTE
To International Epworth League Conven-
ton, Indianapolis, Ind.

To International Epworth League Conven-
ton, Indianapolis, Ind.
The committee on transportation of the
Alabama Epworth League has selected the
Alabama Great Southern Railroad and its
connections as the "0ficial Route to the
International Epworth League convention,
Indianapolis, July 20-24.
A special party will leave Birmingham
on the Alabama Great Southern No. 4,
July 10 at Ais p. m, via Chattanooga, Gin
cinnati, and the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton Railroad, arriving at Indianapolis
at HAS next morning. Special arrange
ments have been made as to sleeping cars,
through coaches, etc., and those who con-
template making this trip should communi-
cate with Rev. ]. D. Ellis, chairman
transportation committee, Avbndale, Ala,
or R. NJ. Ellis, travelling passenger agent,
20l9 First avenue, Birmingham, Ala, who
are now reserving space in sleepers for all
those that desire, and it Is important that
you advise them at once If you wish berth
reserved.
Tickets on sale July IS and 10, limited un-
til July 26, but by depositing ticket with
Joint agent at Indianapolis not later than
July "a, and upon payment of fee of 50
cents, an extension of return limit can be
obtained to and including August 20.
Double daily service in both directions.
7-7-til-19
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-07-15
BESSEMER
c. H. Spencer, Independent Candidate
for Mayor, Withdraws

Bessemer, July 14.-(SpeciaL)-C. H.
Spencer, an independent candidate for the
office of mayor, has withdrawn from the
race in the interest of w. J. Long, who
heads what is called the Citizens reform
ticket" nominated last night by a mass
meeting attended by republicans. democrats
and populists. Politics does not enter into
the new ticket on which all parties are rep
resented
The following constitute the ticket: For
mayor, w. j. Long; aldermen from First
ward, Jno. T. McEniry, A. Ward Second
ward, E. B. Candles, Jake Rosenbaum;
Third ward, C. II. Spencer, VIM. H. II. judi
son; Fourth ward J. T. Barclay, Felix
Leonard.
Mr.. Long is a prominent business man
who has resided here for a number of
years.
A c. Overboldt, president of the United
States Cast Iron company; e. C. Fuller and
Geo, J. Long, directors, aid J. K. Dimmick,
arrived this morning on an official visit to
the big pipe works. They left this after
noon.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-07-15
CAFE DINING CAR
Service on the Alabama Great Southern
Railroad.

Service on the Alabama Great Southern
Railroad.
Commencing June 18th, the train leaving
Meridian via the Alabama Great Southern
railroad at 1880 p. m. and Birmingham al
5:55 a. m. daily, for the summer resorts OF
Tennessee and Virginia and for Washing
ton, baltimore, Philadelphia and New York
will take on a cafe dining car at Alfalfa
Ala, and carry 1t to Radford, Va, serv-
ing meal a la carte
This car, returning, will be attached al
Radford and run to Alfalfa.
The liz urs are very favorable and the
service Will be first-class In every particu.
lar.
The route of the car via Chattanooga and
through the Cumberland and Blue Ridge
mountain region enables the travellers tc
view some of the most beautiful scenery
In the country while enjoying his meals.
The q la carte plan of dining ca: enables
the passenger to procure almost any SORT
of meal that suits his fancy-from cup OF
coffee and roll to an elaborate spread
having for only what he orders.
This feature of the new service of this
line WILL no doubt, he fully appcecl atci by
tho travelling public, and that it Will re
.cve very liberal patronage cannot lie
doubted. 6-15-tf
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-07-15
PERSONAL NOTES
AND SOCIETY GOSSIP

Mrs. Taliaferro and her daughter. Miss
Tennie Taliaferro have returned from
Mississippi where they had been visiting
friends.
Miss Kate Hopkins, Miss Katie Smith
and syddie Smith have returned from
Mobile.
Temple, Edward and Herbert Tutwiler
have cards out for a dance on Tuesday
evening, July IS, from to l.
Miss Bertha Gelders during her visit
abroad will be the guest of the Grand
Duchess of Baden at Baden-Baden.
go
Mrs. George o. Baker and her daughter
Miss Nellie Baker, of Selma. were regis
tered at the Morris last night.
The ladies of st. Mary 's-on-the-
Highlands will serve ices and cakes this
afternoon at o'clock at Mr.. Gideons store
at Five Points. The warm afternoons will
make this retreat a popular one. Mrs.
John London, Mrs. L. G. Woodson, Mrs.
bingham and others will be in charge.
Mrs. q. Luddemann, of Tuscumbia, Ala,
is visiting Mrs. c. Chisholm at Woodlawn.
Miss Corinne Chisholm will return home
with her for the summer.
SO ~
Mrs. James Donovan and her daughter,
Mrs. Daisy Haylow, left Thursday night
for st. Louis, Mo-, and Buffalo, N. Y,
where they will spend the summer with
relatives. Mrs. Donovan and her daugh-
ter will also visit friends in Toronto, Can,
before they rturn home.
Miss Edith Steifel, of Baltimore, Is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Ike Simpson, in Eighth
avenue.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-07-15

DISCUSSED EARLY CLOSING
Meeting of Board of Trade Committee
and Other Merchants

At the invitation of the dry goods depart
ment of the Board of Trade number of
the merchants of the city, representing all
kinds of mercantile business, met at Elks
hall last night to discuss the matter of clos
ing all stores at o'clock. 1t seems that
this rule, which has been in effect for a
week or more is not working at all salts
factoriy in some quarters, and it was for
the purpose of discussing the matter that
the meeting last night was called.
In the absence of President Sam Earle, of
the organized dry goods merchants, w. S.
Brown presided. A number of speeches
were made, but it was decided not to take
decided action in the matter last night. A
resolution was passed authorizing the
chairman of the meeting to appoint a COM
mittee of three, who are to visit all of the
merchants in the city and to confer with
the Woman's Club and the Clerks Assoca-
ton and agree upon a compromise hour that
will be satisfactory to all parties concerned.
This committee will report back at a meet
ing to be called later.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-07-15

pointment in which our market shared, at
the failure of last weeks rumors of fresh
Vanderbilt deals to materialiZe and of the
denial that there was anything more than
friendly negotiations on foot between the
arrangements of the New York Central and
the Pennsylvania companies The most eff
fective factor has been the favorable gov
eminent corp report published Monday and
which supplemented by good accounts of
weather and other conditions at the west
by a heavy movement of grain on the rail-
roads and by other indications that railroad
traffic and earnings will be we'll MAIN
tanned had created bulish feeling in the
granger and southwestern stocks. The
declaration by the Louisville and Nashville
directors of the regular ~ per cent. divi-
dend for the year with an extra half and
the published preliminary statement showed
that the road earned nearly per cent. op
its stock also had good effect which was
diminished by confident rumors of coming
DIVIDEND payments by other companies, no.
tably by the Chesapeake and Ohio
The substance of reports of anticipated
labor disturbances also had influence,
though on Thursday Brooklyn Rapid
Transit declined ON renewed rumors of
troubles of that character. A slight effect
was also produced on prices by the news
that one of the largest of American life
insurance corporations had decided to dis
pose of its holding of stocks presumably to
comply with the German laws and pave
the way for a readmisson to the country
1t was, however, soon appreciated that
the action in question was to be distrib-
uted over a series of years and could have
no immediate serious interest for the
market.