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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-16

peWey's homecoming will indeed be
an event in American history long to
be remembered, He is the proyerbial
''eonaHeriHg hero' in every sense of
Fhe term and the people cannot 80 him
too mHph honor, We of the west, of
course, regret that he is not tp return
by 4 route which would give US an OPP
portHAity to show orr full appreciation
Of his great victory, bnt the hearts of
tho people Of the west will be with
Fhosa Ut the east when no lands in New
Work aA the Faarth Of duly, The event
u only second in Importance to tho
signing of the declaration Of indepan-
daAae and the crushing out Of the war
0f the FehalliaHt The entire ponptry
should aalahIata IL, Gearge Dewey IL
the worlds naval hero inst now and
wall deserves the proud title, Lot his
reception he such a. 10 show foreign
Nations that thu United States Fsoos-
Mics what 4 grand man Dewey IA and
tha impavtAaee Of his victory,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-16

Main street. A. he thinks big Tsmhef Ii
destined tu make nsar ~ the principal
eis $ n eastern Montana. with its
handsome, substantial business blocks
ani developed water rnwer. utilized
fnf e~leesgic lighting and milling pnf.
poses. It's colonization schefises are ia.
inR successfully carried on and the coal
aud copper mines are under active de-.
seioptnent. We are clad to shake with
Biz fimhef In mutual prosperity IN
this gear ~ Mckinley lsaa.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-16

Andrew Carnegie. the great steel
manufactures, who has retired from
business. says he will devote the re-
manning years of has life to getting rid
of his wealth. He sails today for Scot
land and will return TO America in the
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-16
sick Headaches.

The curse Of oyarworked womankind.
are quickly and surely cured by Karl's
Clover Root Tea, the great blood purifier
and tissue builder. Money refunded il
not satisfactory. Price a5 cts. and 30
cts. Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-12

Pampanga returned a hot fire, bat
could not move the steamer. The in
surgents burned the vessel. Have sent
the Yorktown to punish the piratical
act
OF the shelling of San Fernando the
cable says that the Yorktown, Concord,
Callao and Pampanga found intrench-
ment encircling the water front fully
manned. Non-combatants were seen
thronging the substantial warehouses
on the north side of the town. The
vessels refrained from firing in their
direction. The first she'll from the
Yorktown was answered without de-
lay by field guns and musketry fire.
The vessels shelled the town forty-five
minutes, but the extent of damage
could not be aScertained.
a cable from General Otis tells the
war depart that he has heard of a pris-
oner in the hands of the Filipinos in
southern Luzon whose description fits
Major Rockefeller exactly. The major
has not been accounted, for since he
disappeared on the firing line several
months ago. General Macarthur. is
still reconnoitering, trying to find the
rebels in the vicinity of Angeles, but
had so far failed. The rains had re-
commenced, which would probably
bring field operations to close again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-12
Window Glass Trouble Ahead.

Pittsburg. Aug. 12.-Word is brought
from Philadelphia, where the window
glass workers have just closed their
convention, that because of their fail
ure to arrange for a conference with
the combine manufacturers they have
entered into compact with the inde-
pendents. The agreement is that the
workers will receive the advance of tx
per cent. which they have been con-
tending for. they in return to work
hand-in-hand with the Independent
manufacturers. More than 900 glass
workers will be affected by the new ar
raQ2ement
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-12
A Coincidence,

care you superstitieus? said one
young lady to another In a confidential
chat.
mo; that is, I never was until yes
terday. very strange thing occurred
TO friend of mine then, and now
do not know whether 1 am supersti-
tious or not. 1t happened in this way:
She and L were sitting in her room,
and she was telling me the details of
her marriage engagement, which had
been broken off that very day. While
she was talking she raised her left arm
and threw it over the back of the chair
where she was sitting, and as she did
so a heavy link bracelet fell TO the
floor. 1t was her engagement brace
let and had been locked on her arm
for more than a year. How or why it
came unfastened do not know
Detroit Free Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-12

Important Announcement of Policy Made
-Census-TakinG Preliminary to Turn
ing the Government Over to the Cubans
Entireiy-Comment on the Meeting of
South American Presidents-Anti-Im m
periaIists Mt work-Phiiippine News.
Washington, Aug. 1.-TWO confer
ences held yesterday hastened the Gu
ban problem well toward completion.
The first was at he|eensus bureau be-
tween Acting Director Wines, the chief
statisticians, and the geographer and
the Cuban commissioners. The most
important conference was held later
when Secretary of War Root, Assistant
Secretary Meiklejohn, Acting Director
Wines, and Chief Hunt, of the popula-
tion section of the census, were in con-
ference preparatory to a conference
Secretary Root will have with the Gu
ban commissioners this afternoon. At
this meeting it was officially stated
that the policy and purpose of the
United States are to make the Cubans
when reached. will be followed by this
government turningover governmental
control of every nature to the Cubans.
Object of All the Work.
Everything will be subordinated to
this end, and it will be a guiding fac
tor in the census taking. While Cen
eral Sanger will have general charge a
civilian will be sent from here to take
direct control of the entire work in the
island. Victor H. Olmstead, of this
city. an expert statistician with the
department of labor, has been agreed
on for this Office. One point dis
cussed at the conference with Secretary
Root was the fact that the population
of Cuba is probably much larger than
the census of 1887 showed, for the
reason that the Spanish officials who
were in charge, while omitting no
Spaniards in the returns minimized the
number of Cubans for political reasons.
Those South American Presidents.
The meeting of the South American
presidents has not caused any surprise
or apprehension at the state depart
ment, which was fully advised some
time ago that such meeting would
occur and that its purposes would be
confined to Strengthening the CONNER
cial bonds between South American
countries. For this reason the authori-
ties here do not share in the belief that !,
the meetings have a deep political sig
nificance and are designed to bring
about an alliance unfriendly to the
United States. On the contrary, one
of our ministers in a South American
country, in apprising the state depart
ment of the contemplated meeting, said
that it would probably result not only
in commercial arrangements mutually
beneficial to South American republics,
but that these benefits would probably
be shared to a considerable extent by
the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-12
DREYFUS GIVES THE LIE.
Sensational Response to Mercir's Ailega
tIons In Court

Rennes. Aug. 12.-The- second
open session of the Dreyfus tIial be-
gan at $50 this morning. The first
proceeding was the reading to the
court of DIR. Ransom's report relative
to the finding cf a documen; in the
lining of Dreyfus' waistcoat. 1t was
attended by sensational incident
Col. Jouaust showed the document to
Dreyfus. He admitted keeping it as
a souvenir copy of the bordereau
lie owned to this calmly. without any
trembling of voice. and then listened
calmly to the reading of the report,
which occupied 10 minutes. De La
Roche-Vernet, one of the secretaries
of the French em bassy at Berlin, was
then called. and testified regarding the
translation of the Panizardi dispatch
A stirring scene closed the day s
session. Gen. Mercir had spoken
nearly four hours in ruthless denup-
citation of Dreyfus, who had lister ed
unmoved until Mercir concluded by
saving If he had not been convinced
of the guilt of Dfeyfus and if the lat
ter's conviction had not been FORTH, d
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-12
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMs.

Good rains have fallen in India and
famine is not feared this year.
George NJ. Pullman is in White
Plains, N. Y, to take the Kelley cure
Some of the anti-Bryan Democrats
are now talking of Winfield Scott
Schley for president.
Foxes are numerous in Livingstone
county, Mich, and are destroying large
numbers of chickens.
DR.. Maria N. Gross, for many years
the oldest woman physician in Chica-
go, died after long illness.
Mrs. Mary Flanagan, of Chicago, 6S
years old, cut her throat with a pocket
knife and died. No cause is known
New York concern is preparing to
sink a large number of oil wells on
lands adjacent to Port Huron, Mich
DR.. Charles J. Stille, former provost
of the University of Pennsylvania, died
at hotel in Atlantic City of heart
failure
w. B. Cleveland C Co. wholesale
grocers at Houston, Tex. have failed.
The liabilities are S441,971; assets,
S753, ,199.
Will Chambers, colored, arrested on
a charge of criminally assaulting a
white girl of IA, was lynched near Bell
Buckle, Tenn.
A bed of mari has been discovered
near Marshall. Mich. An analysis
shows the mari to be the most valuable
of any in southern Michigan.
Miss Leonora Mountz captured a
thief in the act of snatching a roll or
bank notes from a desk in the CO.
lumbus Memorial building at Chicago.
On a plea of guilty at Carmi, Ills,
Ivy Crabtree, a wife and mother, 16
years old, was sent to the penitentiary
for eighteen years for numbering her
brother in an attempt to poison her
fathers family.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-12
CARD JOB OF LYNCHING.

Done Right in the County Jail without
Disturbing the Authorities
Port Gibson, Miss, Aug. IL. - Bill
Wilson, colored, was lynched here yes
terday under peculiar circumstances.
Last Tuesday Wilson was arrested in
the Hermanville district on a charge of
attempted criminal assault. Yester-
day afternoon the jailer upon entering
the Jail discovered the prisoner hang
ing to the county gallows with several
bullet wounds in his neck and should
erS.
The coroner's jury rendered a verdict
of death by hanging and shooting by
unknown parties. The execution took
place so quietly that none of the Of
ficials knew what was going on.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-12
LATEST FROM THE TRANsvAAL.
Kruger Prepares TO Capture Hostages
Case of the Negro Blacksmith.

London, Aug. 12.-The Cape Town
correspondent of The Daily Mail says:
Il learn from q prominent ex-reformer
that the Transvaal government has pre-
pared warrants for the arrest of prom
inent reformers whenever the condi-
tion of affairs at Johannesburg pro-
Vides an excuse. The presumption is
that President Kruger means to secure
the leading uitlanders as hostages the
moment trouble arises
Johannesburg. Aug. 12.-The three
policemen who recently cruelty NAL
treated Turnbull, the colored black
smith. an American citizen who had
protested against their abusive Ian
guage when demanding that he show
his pass, were charged with assault
yesterday. Their counsel demanded
the arrest of DIR. Matthews, to whom
the American consul sent Turnbull for
medical treatment, and who subse-
quently harangued the people outside
the exchange, appealing for justice and
ing concerned.
A similar demand was made by
counsel for the arrest of a local editor
on the ground that he had been guilty
of contempt of court in newspaper
references to the affair.
London, Aug. PA special dispatch
from Johannesburg says that the Ger
man and French consuls say they will
protest to their respective governments
if their subjects are called on for COM
rulsory service or forced to pay war
taxes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-12

since "a, he would admit that he had
been mistaken Dreyfus jumped to
his feet and shouted in a voice which
resounded through the hall like a
trumpet note. You have lied,
scoundrelr' The audience burst into
wild cheer. Casimir-Periere then
arose and dramatically demanded to be
confronted with Mercir, in order to
deny some of his statements.
Col. Jouaust ordered the court ad-
frontation, and as Mercir turned to
leave the court the audience rose en-
masse and hissed and cursed him.
Rennes, Aug. 1.-THE red and white
facade of the Lycee was bathed in sun
shine at 5: 40 o'clock this morning when
Captain Dreyfus crossed the Avenue de
la Care and entered the building for
the second public trial by court-mar-
tiaI. The same stringent police pre-
cautions were taken. Colonel Jouaust,
president of the court-martial, and the
other judges began arriving shortly
after o'clock. They were followed by
Generals Billot and Mercier in uniform.
Gen. MercIer Looks Anxious.
The latter drove up in an open car
riage, and the small crowd which had
gathered by this time greeted him
with cries of "Vive Iarmee" and "Vive
Mercier.' On alighting at the door of
the Lycee General Mercier looked very
anxious, but Immediately assumed
smiling demeanor. He spoke a few
words to the officers at the gate and
laughed, but his laugh sounded false
and his face as he ascended the half
dozen steps and disappeared within
the Lycee took on an expression of
anxiety. NJ. Casimer-Perier arrived on
foot shortly afterward. The crowd sa-
luted him. Then came Colonel Pic
quart, who was greeted with shouts of
"Vive Picquart," which he smilingly
acknowledged. The session opened at
$50.
Sensational Incident at the Start.
Captain Dreyfus took seat on the
platform, and the reading TO the court
of DIR. Ransom's report relative to the
finding of a document in the lining of
DreyfuS' waistcoat was begun The
opening of the proceedings was at
tended by a sensational incident. On
Dreyfus being shown by Colonel Jou-
aust the document found in the lining
of his waistcoat by penitentiary Off
Ger he admitted keeping it as souve-
mir copy of the bordereau. He owned
to this calmly and without any
trembling of the voice. NJ. de la Roche
Vernet, one of the secretaries of the
French embassy at Berlin, was then
called. He is a man about 35 years of
age. with heavy brown mustache and
was smartly dressed. He testified re-
garding the translation of the Paniz-
zardi dispatch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-12
FRANCE IN TURMOIL,
Discovery of Conspiracy to
Overthrow the Present
Government.
NUMBER OF ARRESTS ARE MADE.

President GuerIn. of the Anti-Semit.
League, Barricades Himself In His House
Declaring He Would Blow Up His Home
Before surrenderIng-Trial of Dreyfu'
Case at Rennes-Accused Gives the Lie
to Gen. Mercfr.
Paris, Aug. 12.-Paul Deroulede,
founder of the League of Patriots and
n mem Der of the chamber of deputies
was arrested at this morning. Fol
lowing this a mum ber of mem bers oi
the anti-Semite and Patriotic league
were arrested. A semi-official note
issued this morning reads: "A GER
tain num- Der of arrests were made
this morning as a result of the magis-
terial inquiry by virtue of article 80
of the penal code regarding con-
spiracy organized for the purpose
of accomplishing a change in the
form of government The persons
implicated belong to groups of
royalists. youth and patriotic and an
ti-Semite leagues. AT the trial of
Neuilly Barruch of the affair, facts
stated that the incident was alone
used as basis of prosecution; but
searches were then made and docu-
ments seized which led to the dis
covery of the organization dating back
to July, 1898, and of a plot to sieZe the
government by force. The documents
leave no room for doubt either in Ie-
gard to the existence of the plot or as
TO the chief actors therein. After a very
close watch was organized proof was
obtained that the same group were
preparing for a fresh attempt at an
early date, the proof being such as to
enable the disturbance to be arrested
by immediate measures"
Fortified In His House.
When the attempt was made to ar
rest Guerin. the president of the anti
Semitic league, he refused to surrender,
and barricaded himself in his house.
He says he is prepared to hold out
three weeks, having a good stock of
food and firearms. The doors of his
residence are barricaded. He an
nounced he will blow up the house
before he will surrender.
Duke Orleans Involved.
1t appears the officials unearthed
kilograms sent by the Duke Orleans
from BRUSSELS at the time of Faure's
funeral The first says "All our men
ready The second sent the follow
ing day said: Its useless to come"
An attempt at insurrection had mean
time failed.
Altogether 16 revolutionists were
orrested. Querin, armed with re-
volvers and knives, still holds pos
session of his appartmeets, to which
enterance is only possible after run
ming the gauntlet of strong guard
of anti-Semites. 1t is reported Andree
Buffet. vice president of the young
royalist league, has been arrested.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-12
ANTI-IMPERIALIsM AT WORK.
Atkinson Sends Circulars to All the Re
turning Philippine Officers.

| Atkinson Sends Circulars to All the Re-
turning Philippine Officers.
Washington, Aug. 12.-Secretary
Hitchcock and other government Off
cials in this city have received copies
of circular signed by Edward Atkin-
son, which the author says has been
or will be sent to the commissioned
and non-commissioned officers of each
returning regiment of troops from the
Philippines, together with copies of
pamphlets containing articles on the
Philippine situation form an "anti-im-
perialist' point of view. The circular
is headed The Anti-Imperialist" and
is addressed to the survivors of the
volunteer regiments returned from Ma
Mia.
Atkinson says that having been in
formed that telegraphic messages from
the mothers and sisters of volunteers
from Nebraska urging them not to re-
enlist had been refused delivery, ne
thought he would test that question.
He then recounts his efforts to send
through the mails to prominent Off
Gals in the Philippines the pamphlets
seized by the postmaster at San Fran
cisco some time ago. for which the au-
thor of the circular says he was
threatened with prosecution for treason
and sedition because of this effort Oh
my part to convey information to you,
citizens and voters, which would in
form you as to the work being done in
this country to stop what we believe
to be criminal aggression In the Phil
ippine islands"
Atkinson adds that the three articles
referred to viz: THE Cost of Ma
tional Crime" The He'll of War and
Its Penalties" and Criminal Aggres-
sion: BY Whom Committed?" are in
cluded in one of the two pamphlets
sent to the officers of the regiments,
and be asks their views upon them and
upon the whole course of the warfare
in the Philippine islands. promising if
liberty is given to print the letters to
make a careful selection therefrom.
whether adverse to the position 1
have taken or sustaining it"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-12
Little Girls Miraculous Escape.

Marquette, Mich, Aug. 12.-The f.
year-old daughter of n. Assline. of
Norway, in wandering over the coun-
try approached the mouth of an old,
unused Green pit. of the Norway mine,
and walked into it. She fell fifty feet
The only injuries were a small cut on
the head and one on the foot
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-12
Kitchener and the Americaine.

London. Aug. 12.-At Victoria sta
ton yesterday, as General Lord Kitch-
ener was about to take the train en-
route for Egypt, a well-dressed Ameri-
can lady approached him, unfurled a
silk American flag, extended her hand
and said: Under this flag is it allow
able?"
Certainly" said the sirdar. accept
ing her proffered hand and shaking il
cordially
Goodbye and God bless you" ex-
claimed the young lady, apparently de-
lighted with the episode.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-12
CABLE FROM ADMIRAL WATSON.
Tells of the Burning of the Saturnus
Other News from Manila.

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE navy de-
partment late yesterday received a
cable relative to the burning OF the
Saturnus by the insurgents which was
reported in the press cables several
days ago, and also the shelling of San
Fernando on Wednesday. 1t is from
Admiral Watson at Manila, and dated
yesterday. 1t says that on Aug the
gunboat Pampanga, Lieutenant Nc
Nance, was patroling Lingayen bay.
Luzon island, when she found the
American steamer Saturnus on the
beach at San Fernando. the insurgents
having robbed the cargo. Naval Cadet
Woodward. in a dinghy. secured a
hawser around the rudder post of the
steamer under a musketry fire from
strong intrenchmepts. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-12
Test of American Locomotives.

London. Aug. 12.-At a meeting of
the Midland Railway company yester-
day the chairman announced that the
locomotive superintendent had re-
ported that although the first ten
American locomotives were by no
means equal in finish to any English
locomotives they were doing their
work satisfactorily. The engines would
be run thousand miles each and then
overhauled. same as was done with
other makes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-12
THELoNG.LlvED HURRICANE
Weather Bureau Says 1t is Approachirg G
Jupiter, Fla.

Washington, Aug. 12--The wealth
er bureau has issued bulletin saving
the hurricane center is approaching
Jupiter. Fla.
Pensacola, Fla, Aug. IA terrific
storm struck this city at this after
noon. The wind has increased in ve-
locity until at 2 it almost assumed the
force of a hurricane. All shipping is
tied up and no serious damage is APP
pretended.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-12
Georgia Record sim Another.

Glenn, Ga, Aug. 12.-WiIl Mcclure, a
negro, was lynched yesterday after
noon for attempted assault on Mrs.
George Moore, wife of a respectable
farmer of Carroll county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-12
A Strange Clock.

A strange clock was made during
the last century for a French noble
man. The dial was horizontal. and the
figures, being hollow. were filed with
different sweets or spices. Thus, rum
ming his finger along the hand, by
tasting, the owner could tell the hour
without light.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-12
Live Chickens for Hawaii.

Trenton. Mo, Aug. 1.-TWO hundred
thousand live chickens will beashippeC
from this county to the Hawaiian isl
ands as fast as they can be bought up
The first car of 500 has been shipped
and others will soon follow. American
poultry brings a high price in Hone
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-12
TOOK FEARFUL CHANCES.

Woman Throws Giant Powder on the Fire
Expecting to Get Away.
Chandleryille, Ills, Aug. II. - Mrs.
Richard Coulton, wife of farmer re-
siding west of here, swept up two
pounds of giant powder which had
fallen from shelf in the house, and
putting it into a paper bag threw it
into fire which was burning in the
yard, thinking she could get away in
time to escape injury. Her 10-year-old
son, who was standing near the fire,
was so badly burned on face and body
that he will die, and Mrs. Coulton is
also in q critical condition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-12
Strike of Telegraph Operators.

Des Moines, Ia, Aug. 12.-Fifty op-
orators in the Rock Island freight Of
flee here struck yesterday for higher
wages. They have been getting I2h
cents an hour and want 15. After sew
eral hours of idleness the local agent
persuaded them TO return on promise of
satisfactory settlement by the general
manager
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-12
pay me of Too sIucn 1aIk.

London, Aug. 12.-The Times, in an
editorial this morning on the Vene-
Zuela boundary arbitration, complains
that the proceedings are unnecessarily
protracted, and expresses a fear that
the example thus set will operate to
prejudice the arbitraI mode of settling
differences"