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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-20
wednesday-In the Senate.

" "OuuODl0y-1n tuS SeUACEs
The senate transacted its first busi-
ness in committee of the whole today.
The senate joint memorial relating to
Indians wandering off their reserva-
tions, and senate bill IA, in regard to
examination of witnesses before legis-
lative committees, passed the commit
tee of the whole.
Stanton introduced his bill amending
the constitution SO as to provide for di
rect legislation (the initiative and ref
erendum); also his bill changing the
law relating to naturalization papers,
requiring a fee Of IS, and Norris intro
duced bill permitting the signatures
Of county officers on coupons to county
bonds to be engraved or autographed
Norris gave notice Of a bill repeating
the law requiring fee Of 81 to be paid
for each county license.
III the House.
The house session was brief and
featureless Hedges bill relating to
the ending Of the fiscal year and filing
of reports Of state and county officers
was ordered committed to the judiciary
committee to allow the state examiner
to appear in regard to the bill. Hedges
bill relating to stock breaking into en-
closures surrounded by legal fence was
reported by the committee OIL stock
growing and agriculture, with rec
ommendation that it be indefinitely
postponed On motion Of Hedges it
was referred to the committee on ju-
dietary by vote of 3S to H.
Bills introduced: By Normoyle,
relating to jurors fees; by Cooney, re-
lating to the legislative department..
| Both houses adjourned after the joint
ballot
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-20
Of Campbell and Clark. Maginnis
gained Metlen and Walsh. Carr. who
was absent yesterday, voted for Conrad
today.
COUNTY DIVISIONS.
The Fergus County Citizens Feminist
Proposition to SeRregate.

Fergus County Argus: III discus
sing this subject, as it relates to the
proposition to segregate all that portion
Of Fergus county lying south Of the
south line Of township 10 and attaching
the same to Yellowstone county, we do
so without any bias as to the political
aspect, for that matter should have no
bearing with good citizens.
But why the people living within the
portion it is proposed to segregate
should desire such change Of bound
aries is something we fail to under
stand. To be sure some Of them, pos
sibly majority, live nearer Billings
and do much of their trading in that
enterprising town, but their land bust
ness is and must continue to be trans
acted in Lewistown
So far as taxes are concerned they
are more likely to lose than gain BY
such change
The last report made BY the county
clerks, Dec. |, showed Fergus county's
net Indebtedness to be $72, 2,43O.72,
while that Of Yellowstone was $121.-
901. rs, or nearly $780, 900 more. Fer
gus had an assessed valuation last year
Of $4,519,5 585, while Yellowstone's as
Lsessment was $4,27O,O18, or $25. 900.
less. The tax levy for county purposes
last year was, Fergus 161s mills, Vel
]owstone 16 mills. state and special
taxes, Of course, being the same. The,
cost Of conducting Fergus county affairs,
in 1898 was $47, 1895 81, while in Vel
lowstone it was $57, ,733. ~, or nearly
$l1 900 greater. From these figures it
is impossible to conclude that the
burden of taxes will be any less in
Yellowstone than in Fergus.
The Billings Gazette reported that
Representative Losekamp, who is in.
charge Of the proposed scgregatiom
measure, estimated the total ASSESS
ment Of this strip at about 300. 900.
Deputy Assessor Plum has furnished us
with list Of the taxable property
within the boundaries described and
the total Of personal and real property
is $263,057, not including Northern
Pacific land, which, at an assessment
of 81 per acre, amounts to $151,583
and makes grand total of $414, $40, or
about one-twelfth of the assessment Of
this county.
| Should segregation carry, proper
tionate amount Of this county's debt
would have to be assumed by Yellow
stone.
So far as it is argued that residents
along the Musselshell desire to have
their land all in one county, we be-
lieve, with Mr.. Fergus, that the divi-
sion is now on natural boundaries and
that the change, wherever the line may
be run, would merely shift the annoy
ance from one taxpayer to another.
Segregation would result in great
loss to Fergus county and a correspond
ing gain to Yellowstone. The only
mitigating effect would be that great
poytion of the Northern Pacific land,
upon which Fergus county has been un-
able to collect taxes, would be unloaded
onto Yellowstone.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-20
THURSDAYS JOINT BALLOT.
Clark Cams While Conrad Continues to

Clark Gains While Conrad Continues to
Lose.
Helena. Jan. 19.-The vote in joint
session today was: Conrad, So; Clark,
28; f. M. Malone, Is; Toole, 4; Ma
ginnis, s; 3. M. Fox, 5; Hartman,
Mantle and Henry, each; total. 90.
Eversole (Clark many absent CLARK
gained Phelps and Potting and for the
first time the entire Lewis and Clarke
delegation supported the Butte man,
making his total vote 80, counting
Eversole, absent. Fox gained the votes
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
TIE DEWEY MONUMENT.

I Nth subscriptions received from compare
w lively few persons but amounting in the ag-
gregate to more than $4,000, now in their
hands the sub b-committees engaged in raising funds
for the erection OF the monument by which San Fran
cisco is to commemorate the gratitude OF this genera
ton to Admiral Dewey for his epoch-nalIing victory
in Manila Bay may we'll be satisfied with what has
been thus far accomplished and sangune OF the speedy
subscription OF the entire needed for the work
Up to this time the general public has hardly been
appealed The subscriptions that make up the fund
at present have been given in large amounts. From
this time on however the great mass Of the people
will add their contributions to the fund, and while
most OF them will OF course be small in comparison
with the munifcent sums given to start the movement
they will in the aggregate exceed the sum total OF
the large subscriptions and make the monument an
expression OF the sentiment OF the whole people and
not that Of a few wealthy men.
The battle OF Manila was so essentially a victory
that establishes the prestige OF the United States in the
Pacific Ocean that it gives to the Pacific Coast States
new position in the Union. This is no longer the
back door OF the republic. The great commercial
energies OF the country will have their future develop
ment through San Francisco and other Pacific Ocean
ports and it would be easy to exaggerate the
tent and the magnitude of the commerce which those
energies will eventually accomplish
It is, therefore, right and fitting there should be
erected in this city monument which will represent
the appreciation Of the people of the Pacific Coast OF
Deweys great service For that the appeal
for subscriptions to the monument finds ready and
cordial response from all patriotic citizens AS the
spirit OF national loyalty strs more strongly in the
popular heart at the approach OF the great national
holiday of the Fourth OF July the appreciation of the
mighty victory OF the great admiral will increase and
it is fair to that by the time that day arrives
the $ooooo required for the construction Of the monu
ment will be virtually assured
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19

schools by no means the only offenses charged
against the offending Superintendent. He in
deed to be with frozen gall, capable of ven
turing upon the most extraordinary schemes without
getting cold feet He is accused Of promoting
wild plan "for revoutionizing the mode of travel
and transportation of mails in Alaska by the intro
duction of domestcated reindeer from Siberia, of
having demoralized the educational system of the
Territory by neglect of duty, and of having per
sstenty embodied in his official reports that which
he knew to be false"
From the arraignment it will be the Alaskan
School Superintendent has gone far beyond anything
ever perperated by school authorities in this climate
We have known school money to be wasted, school
digntares to neglect their duties, school reports to
contain false statements; but attempt has been
made here introduce reindeer to effect any other
kind of revolution in civilization
1t is not easy to understand the bitterness with
which the reindeer scheme is denounced. Indeed
from this end of the line the Alaskan mail service has
seemed to be abominable it is the conviction that
anything in the way OF revolution would beneht It
However we have not had experience, while the
Alaskans have and our judgments must give way to
theirs.
The report concludes with this heartfelt outburst:
"The Grand Jury, therefore, earnestly protests
against any further recommendation for the lmporta-
ton OF domestcated reindeer, and respectfully pegs
and prays on behalf of long suffering people that
the honorable Secretary Of the Interior may in his
wisdom see fit to relieve Alaska of the incubus OF an
official who enjoys neither the respect nor the con
idence OF any considerable portion of her people,
white or native and whose days OF usefulness so tar
as Alaska is concerned were long since buried.
SO ends the first chapter of the schools scandals
Of Alaska and begins the introduction OF the rem
deer into American politics as a revolutionary
creature.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
EDUCATION IN alaska.

y SCANDAL in the Department OF Public
| \ Education is about the last thing that was ex-
pected in from Alaska, and yet that is what
has in the report OF the Grand Jury of the
United States District Court for that Territory 1t
is rich a scandal could be found in the most
civilized of home districts and has more than the ia
nliar complaint OF waste OF public money
Congress, it seems has appropriated between
1884 and 1897, as much as $4I5ooo for Alaskan
schools, and the Grand Jury taking scrutnizng sur
vey OF the whole wide domain OF iceberg glacier and
gold fields, finds sufficient return for the money.
The schools only few and far between but the
very existence OF reported is doubtful They are
out OF sight from any point of view the Grand Tury
could find and accordingly the members OF that BODY
have concluded if there be such schools they have
been established not for the youth of the advance
guard Of civilization in the Territory but for the
barbarian offspring OF those who by day catch the
crmine, and by night chase other vermn"
The waste of school money and the bad location OF
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
CONCERNING THE STATES

derrick to pull and handle stumps. s
On the American River not far rom a
Folsom, a Colorado Springs company mas
started dredger to work on an ancient
bench $50 feet above the river II & Wds
set up in an excavation to Whlc1 MWatel M
is fiumed to float and operate the dreoSeI, :,
an i the clayeV nature of the ground lnete
greatly lessons the waste of water. 81 / hdS DIS
company is planning to put anotheT 300 @ W.
machine to work A Postlewaite dredger
has lust been sent from here to the Lewis
River in the Northwest Territory. II
will be erected on Lake Bennett ana
f1oated 200 miles to near the mouth oI
the Hootalinqua.
The Kia Ora Gold Dredging Company,
conducted by R. H. Postlewaite, has sue
cessfully started very interesting dredg-
ing operation by the Feather RIVER II
is the first successful attempt in TINS
country to operate a fioated dredger IN
has 157 acres of land about a half mile
from the river. which is an old river bed;
Most of the land is an orchard costing SI2g
an acre. and the fruit trees are peTrhhg eng
sacrificed for the gold below them. The
surface is about eleven feet above the
water line, and it is thirty feet to ped
rock. The pay ground varies greatly, but
it averages well and it is proposed 10
work over every cubic yard of the ground
and turn the gay orchard into waste or
tailings banked up behind the dredger
The dredger was erected in a hole and
foated. Water for floating and working
is pumped and piped from the river by
a steam centrifugal pump. People called
Postlewaite a fool for proposing to pump
and maintain lake in that sort of
ground, but 100000 gallons a day is doing
the work. That represents the daily seep-
age. The pumping costs s. 80 day, IN
Guiding 81 % for one mans wages and
half-cord of wood a day. There is now
being built an electric pump designed TO
be self-oiling and self-regulating which
need be visited but two or three times
week. thus saving mans wages, etc
During May this dredger handled $4,000
cubic yards of gravel in twenty-seven
days at an expense of 5000. exclusive Of
interest and depreciation. The cost was
about cents a yard and the returns were
roUndly $4,000 or about 10 cents a yard.
There are many thousands of acres of
ground awaiting such operations in Cali
fornia.
There is lively demand for copper
properties in the Campo SeCO region. 1t
IS a hopeful sign that the holders are not
disposed to sell.-Calaveras Citizen.
We are informed that preparations are
now being made to resume operations at
the Esperanza mine on a larger scale
than ever before. The stamp capacity is
to be increased to eighty stamps, new
hoist to be erected and the shaft is to be
sunk an additional 800 feet. AS soon as
the new machinery can be put in place
the mine.-Calaveras Chronicle.
At 1895 feet the new vertical shaft at
the Oneida struck the ledge, and 1t was
found to be ten feet thick at this point.
Sinking will probably be continued to the
2100 level. The next thing in order will
the old shaft. after which. if the outlook
continues favorable we may expect to
see mill erected.-Amador Republican.
]. o. DENNY.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19

% bins now in course of construction
The contractors, whose works are located
at Fulham do not claim tnat the wood is
freproof. for it will char, but it guaran-
tees that the wood will not convey names
and Tins start confagration on board
shin This latter quality is all the Ad-
miraltv expects the wood to possess, and
the tests have been successful.
The Norwegian Government is follow
ing the example of other naval powers in
extending subvention to merchant steam
ers with view of utilizing them as ma
val vessels in time of war. AS beginning
the Bergen Steamship Company has been
encouraged to build a small steamer at
Chrfstfania at a cost of S125,o00, to steam
IA to 10 knots, and the Government guar
antees a yearly subvention of $271o, which
is equal to 2.3 per cent on the capital in
vested.
The Yarrow water-tu' boiler is used
entirely in recent vessels of the navy in
Holland. 1t is carried in six cruisers,
each of 10000 horsepower, in two battle
ships Of 5000 horsepoN each and in
three torpedo boats, each of 1000 horse
power. Some of the ships of war built
at Elswick are also fitted with the boil
ers. Among others, Don Carlos, Por-
tuguese cruiser, has twelve boilers, de-
veIoping y 100 horsepower, and two Nor
wegfan armored ships of $3.50 and $500
tons will also have the Yarrow boiler
The Argentine Republic is building a
drydock at Porto Belgrano, in BuenOs
Ayres, which will be 656 feet in length and
carry thirty feet over the sill. Seven
forts-one of which has already been COM
pleted-are also in course of construction
and will mount heavy Krupp guns. These
improvements, together with short rail-
Q 011 ,,
work is being done by Dutch contractors.
Hitherto the only drydock in the Argen-
tine was at San Fernando, and being only
200 feet long was unsuited for the long
ships of the Argentine navy or merchant
steamers in need Of docking.
Lord Charles Beresford and Mr.. Ritchie
president of the Board of Trade, are not
agreed on the question of scarcity of
british seamen and how to remedy this
serious difficulty. Mr.. Ritchie, who is also
a member of Parliament, recently gave
his views in writing to an inquiry by
deputation of the Navy League, stating
that the scheme of training lads at the
expense of the Government was one he
positively declined to put before the
House of Commons. and contended that II
the mercantile marine wanted British sea
men they should train them at their own
expense Lord BeresfOrd, replying to this
letter. said he was not at all surprised at
Mr.. Ritchie's answer The attitude Of au-
thority always had been to ignore great
questions till the press and public insisted
on something being done. The dearth Of
British seamen and the fact that Their
ranks will have to be depleted in war
time by taking away their finest spect-
mems for the Royal Naval Reserves con-
stitute. in Lord Beresford's opinion, Sc
rious danger, and contended that it was
the duty of the Government to take up
this question and endeavor to find solu-
ton for the difficulty, and that the best
way of inducing them to do this was to
~
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19

Three Russian tornedo boats building in
France are of 312 tons displacement. to
steam 26 knots and will cost, collectively,
1906 900.
There is great activity at the dockyard
al Kiel, where the armored cruiser Furst
Bismarck and a sister ship of 10 $50 tons
are being built with great rapidity. The
total working force is 6S40 men, a large
number of them working on night shifts.
It is reported that when the British
battleship Victorious was recently dock
ed at Yokosuka the Japanese naval con-
structors discovered tat the draught
marks We're wrong and that the
ship actually drew one foot less than
the marks indicated.
The small cruiser presented by Spanish
residents in Mexico to the mother country
has been begun at Cadz The vessel will
be 2SS feet in length, 36 feet beam and 2000
tons displacement. The battery will con-
sist of four 5.51 inch, four inch. four G
Founders. all quick-frers, and two ma
chine guns.
The gun factory at Osaka is now
equipped to manufacture ordnance of
11-inch caliber. The limit was hitherto
9.45 inches for guns and II inches for
mortars. Additional machinery has been
liiPoi lcu lAplH Il rance since 1884, and the
first gun of IL inches caliber, weighing
q tons, has been begun.
The Vulcan Shipbuilding Company at
Stettin is about to build drydock of
large capacity at Cuxhaven, at the mouth
OF the Elbe. This company, having the
Emperor of Germany as a large share
holder, is kept busy on naval contracts,
and the new dock will be a semi-Govern-
ment Improvement in line with the grow
ing navy of the German Empire
French dockyards have in hand quite a
large number of vessels in course of con-
struction. Brest has five battleships, one
armored cruiser and two submarine boats:
Rochefort has seven vessels, Toulon four.
L'Orient seven and Chertourg ten vessels.
making total of thirty-six vessels of all
kinds. In the same number of navy-yards
in the United States not a single vessel is
being built.
The British Admiralty has purchased
100000 feet of fireprof wood for the
Queens yacht and $4,000 feet for the use
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
AROUND THE
CORRIDORS

DR.. Harrison Of Yreka is at the Grand.
DR.. ]. D. Young of Stockton is at the
Lick
Russ.
fornia.
at the Grand.
w. H. McClntoch, a mining man of So
nora is al the Lick.
NJ. r. Sanborn, an attorney of Yuba
City, is at the Lick.
S. Miglavacci, the vineyardist, of Napa
County, is stopping at the Grand.
Cecil H. Bauer, merchant of Portland,
and wife are stopping at the Palace.
E. H Cox, the banker, of MADEIRA, ac-
companied by his wife, is stopping at the
Palace.
George H. Wigmore and wife and R.
Ross, of Los Angeles, are at the Occi-
dental.
James Parke. James kirkland and J. A.
Williams, planters. of Guatemala, are at
the Russ.
A. L. Chamber and A. r. Denike came
up from San Jose yesterday and are
guests al the California.
of Portland Or. is visiting this city with
his wife and they are registered at the
Palace
Bert Bretherton. a representative of a
Rochester firm, who has been at the Pal
ace during the past four weeks left for
the East yesterday.
Ben Herbst. one of the best known
travelling men in the United States, ar
rived from New York with his son yes
terday, and took quarters at the Palace.
Mrs Gilbert Overton and Miss Gwen
dolen Overton were among the passen-
gers who arrived on the Peru yesterday
evening. They are registered at the Oc-
Cidental.
Rev w R. Goodwin, pastor of a Meth
odst church in Los Angeles and formerly
pastor of the California Methodist
Church of this city, is the guest of W.
H. Meister, 1913 Folsom street. DR.. Good
win is on his way home after a visit to
Chicago.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
WHITE LABOR IN HAWAII.

REPORT from Hawaii announces that the
n Supreme Court OF the islands has just handed
[ ! down a decision in the case of two white men
who undertook to escape from the bondage of con-
tract labor on the plantations but arrested con-
victed and confined in jail upon failure pay the fine
imposed.
The decision afirms the action Of the lower court
in convcting and imprsoning the men, and declares
the provisions OF the Constitution of the United
States, cited in defense of the aborers, not in
force in Hawaii during the present transition period
This upholds the validity OF the penal clause in the
contract labor laws in Hawaii and consequently un-
til Congress establishes freedom there, to have
virtual slavery in Territory OF the United States
1t is significant that the same report that brings
news OF this decision adds
The importation OF Italians laborers upon some
plantations is now definitely decided upon.
Der of managers have made application for this class
OF people, and they will almost certainly form part
OF our population in the course OF few months"
While the report speaks OF Italian laborers only, it
is safe say the planters in their eagerness to get
workngmen under penal contracts upon their planta-
tons will be ready to take Americans as we'll as for
eigners if they get them Efforts may be made
in this city to induce unemployed men to go to the
islands, and it will be we'll for workingmen there
fore. to give heed to this decision OF the court
Labor in Hawaii is very likely to mean slavery for
an indefinite period. The Hawaiian lobby was strong
enough to prevent the passage OF act providing
permanent government for Hawaii last winter and it
may be able to postpone it for another year. Until
that question is settled the workngman who goes
to Paradise OF the Pacific" had better be careful
what sort of contract he signs
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
Official Route Christian Endeavor
Excursion to Detroit.

Leave San Francisco p. m, June o. via
Central Pacific. Union Pacific. Chicago and
Northwestern and Wabash Railways, one day
spent at both Denver and Omaha Exposltion
Round trip rate to Detroit SS1. For reserva-
tions and further information address George
F. Lowell Transportation Manager California
Christian Endeavor, 1925 Eighth ave, East
Oakland Cal
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
"Mrs. Winslow's soothinr Syrup

Has been used for fifty years by millions OF
mothers for their children while Teething with
perfect success. 1t soothes the child softens
the gums allays Pain. cures Wind Cole reg
ulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for
Diarrhoeas whether arising from teething or
other causes. For sale by Druggists in every
part OF the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs.
Wlnslow's s Soothing Syrl,p Csc n bottle
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
Low Rates to Detroit, Michigan, for
Christian Endeayor Convention.

The SANTA FE ROUTE will make rate Of
ss1 for the round trip. Tickets on sale June
2sth. For full particulars call at ticket office.
62S Market street this city or Ills Broadway,
Oakland
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
ADJUSTMENTS.

Columbia The
California-Japanese performance.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Alcazar 'Richelieu."
Grand Opera House-'The Chimes OF Normandy"
Alhambra Lucia"
Tivoli-"The Brigands"
Chues Zoo Free Theater-vaudevle every afternoon
and evening
Olynpia-Corner Mason and Ellis streets-Specaltes.
Interstate Panorama Market Eghh-Bat
lie OF Manila Bay.
Sutro Baths-Swimming Races,
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19

BEER IN GLASS-H. w. B., City. Beer
will keep equally well in bottles closed
with cork as with glass stopper providing
the cork is capped so as to protect it from
atmospheric influences.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19

TIMBERING MINES-S. L., Oat Hill,
Cal. The Mining Bureau. which issued a
pamphlet on mine timbering, being out OF
the publication, you might find one in the
in the hands of some of the mining super
int tendentS