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The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08
ACCOUNTANTS.
ASTROLoGY.

S. X. BALLARD. 401 Cal. st. designs. eudts &
adjusts accounts for corporations e. firms ref
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08

Il miners .........'..s2 81 25 81 50, 81 T5 day
GREAT CROWDS. MURRAY & READ,
GOING DAILY 634 ana 636 Gay ST.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08

WANTED-Good woman for general housework
for Berkeley Gail Monday from TO u a
at 605-60I Merchant st
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08

ga POsiTIoNs NOT ADVERTISED.
1ss laborers and teamsters for all parts OF
California. &c. 81 rs 81 so, S2 day. CoiIe See
MURRAY & READY, 634 and $50 Gay 81.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08

WANTED-Girl for general housework; small
family. 1929 Dolores st.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-08
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si
 lare, roughly speaking. q ,000,- 000 pcdnds of almonds consannddsin the United States each year some eaten with raisins, some used in the manu- facture Of candy, some ground for cream and favoring extracts, and some, of an inferior quality, used for perfumery and soap. The state of Cal ifornia produces about 14,000 GOO pounds of almonds in year, or two- thirds of the amount required for do- mestic consumption, and the other al mends are imported from European countries, from which, until a few seare ago, all the almonds were sent fFes of almond importations for esl year 1898 show importations c .saut 7,000,000 pounds. Of this an...unt 4500000 came from Spain, 1,5d0,000 from Italy, chiefly Sicily, and the balance from Greece and Portugal. Coeoanuts to the value of about $600,- GOO year are imported into the United States from foreign countries or from countries which were under foreign jurisdiction at the time of the last an nual treasury report Before the be- ginning of the Cuban war for inde- pendence the importation of cocoanuts from Cuba into the United States was to the value of about $200,000 a year Witk the beginning of the war it de- clined, and under the present tariff the duty on coeoanuts further reduced the importation from Cuba, though a large increase in the shipments of ceeoanuts is expected this year under American jurisdiction in Cuba and Porto Rico. The competition of American with for eign eoeoanuts, the latter from the West Indies and South American states, has been more active than in the case of almonds, for the reason that the chief source of supply of American coeoanuts is Florida, which is in closer proximity to the New York market. The annual report of Florida eocoanuts amounts to about 100000 pounds, of the value of about $300.000 a year, and the conditions as to al monds and eocoaHuts are in this par tieular reversed. California produces just twice as many almonds as are i1n- ported into the United States, whereas Florida produces just one-half as many eoeoanuts as are mported.-Boston Transcript
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Like the Money Question.

A story is told of young man in England, a great chess enthusiast, who was so annoyed at his failure to solve an apparently simple problem that he vowed he would neither sleep nor eat until the solution was found. He shut himself up in disused room and was found four days later by his relatives terribly emaciated and out of his mind. He spent a year in lunatic asylum as the result of his rash vow, and the problem remains unsolved.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-08
 Died at the Throttle.

Milwaukee Correspondence Chicago Times Herald Engineer John T. Gregg of the Milwaukee and St. Paul road died suddenly in his cab tlris morning about two miles east of Fox lake. His death was not discovered until the fireman had spoken to him once or twice and received no response. The engineer was at the time sitting on his seat, with his hand on the throt- tie. When the fireman discovered the condition of the engineer he stopped the train and called the conductor and the remains were taken to the caboose and brought to Beaver Dam. Death is supposed to have come from heart disease. Mr Gregg had been in the employe of the road for twenty years, and lived with his family in this city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-08
2 nun \ { K l II , || ]. .es !

It is the deep seated, obstinate case5' u3: Catarrh and Rheumatism that B. B. ] {botanic blood halm) cures. 1t mat lesrs not what other treatments. doc ttsrs, sprays, liniments, medicated air. hluod purifiers, have failed to do, B. B. E. always promptly reaches the real cause and roots out and drives from the bones, joints, mucous membrane. and entire system the specific poison in the blood that causes rheumatism and catarrh. B. B. E. Is the only rem. edy strong to do this and cure so there can never be aretnrn of the symptoms. Don't give up hope but ask your drug glst for 5. B. B.-botanic blood balm og 5 hs.-Iarge bottles one dollar, six bottles tfnll treatmenD five dollars. E. k. x is an honest remedy that makes real cures of all blood diseases after everything else fails We have abso- iute confidence in Botanic blood balm; hence, so you may test 1t, we will send a trial bottle free on reanest. Personal medical advice free Address,
 BLOOD BALM CO.
 222 Miethell St., Atlanta, Ga.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-08
S|ioE svz X SENDING ,r LAv
They Figured in a Recent Contest Over
 Land ownerthip.


 From the Spokane Review The land-eontest case in which family of mice played 3 prominent part has been decided on the appeal to Ringer Hermann, commissioner of the gen. eral land office at Washington. The rodents are not mentioned in the deci- sion. but the man whom it was claimed allowed the mice to establish resi- dence in his bed is allowed to retain possession of lis homestead, the rul- ing of tie local land office being re- versed and the contest dismissed A peculiar feature of the case is that when tie family Of mice was first men toned 1t was tended that their presence in the bed of the entryman argued an abandonment of the home stead and tha local land office appar- ent1y took the same view of the mat ter. But when the decision was ap. pealed from it was set up that the presence of the mice was an argument jn favor of the homesteader. Fred O. Gfutt was the entryman, having taken Up homestead near Davenport three years ago. Last August John ONeil instituted a contest to the homestead entry, alleging that Grutt had aban- doned the claim, did not keep Up a continuous residence thereon. and that the only inhabitants of the shanty on the ranch were a family of mice. After hearing the case the registrar and receiver decided that Grutt's en- try should be eaneeled. From this de- cision Grutt had sixty days i'll which to file an appeal to the commissioner al Washington. The appeal was filed by Leo Walton, attorney for Grutt In the appeal the mice family was re- ferred to as follows: If there were any mice in this entrymans bed dur ing the early part of September 1898, it plainly shows that the entryman did have a bed on the land 1t the time '
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-08
CONVICT BLAND.
Where the Worst Type of Criminals
 Have Chance for Reform.

Where the Worst Type of Criminals
 Have a Chance for Reform.
 Since 1858 the Andamans, q group of thiekly wooded islands toward the east side of the Bay of Bengal, have been used by the Indian government as a penal settlement for life conyiets. There are about f2,060 conyiets In the settlement at Port Blair, which is conducted as a practical reformatery for the reform of the criminals. Every convict knows that his treatment de- pends fafter certain preliminary pe- riod of severe diseipline) entirely on himself. He also knows that good be- hayier will of itself commute the life sentence to one of twenty years. 4 respited from death sentences. The newly arrived convict is placed in the cellular gaol, where he is solitary alike in his cell and during his daily walk around the ring for exercise. At the end of six months he is transferred for a year and a half to an associated gaoi, where he labors in gang during the day and sleeps in separate cubicle at night. For the next three years he is locked up in barracks at night with prisoners of the same class and kept hard at work all day After this pe- riod the severity is eased down, the tasks are not so irksome and his ca paeity is studied in the employment given to him and he begins to earn a small allowance, which he can either spend on little luxnries or put into the savings bank At the end of ten years he is eligible for a ticket of leave, with liberty to earn his living within the island settlement in his own way. He can live in his own house, farm little land and move about within consid- erable area unwatehed. He can send for wife and children, or, if bache- Tor. marry convict woman. At the end of twenty years, if of good be- havior. he obtains an absolute release, with free conveyance to India to make q fresh start as free man.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-08
FIRST PATENT IN AMERICA.
Was rented In 164s by the General
 eurt Of Massachusetts.

eurt of Massachusetts.
 70 Boston Transcript: To the : court of Massachusetts belongs the honor of granting the first Amer ican patent, this was ill 1648, and was then designated as a monopoly. It was confined to the region controlled by Massachusetts, and the one issue ap- parently included all the inventions of the inventor connected with engines that depended upon water for their mo- tive power. The limit of the monopoly was fourteen years. and the court not only retained power to forbid exporta- ton, but to prevent exorbitant charges upon the public for their use. The patent was issued i'll this form. "Jenkes Monopolye. general Courte at Boston the 9th of the 9th Mo 1648. The cor't eonsid 'inge ye ne- cessity of raising such manufactures of engins of nils to go by water for speedy dispatch of much worke with few hands, and being sufficiently in . formed of ye ability of ye petition to D forme such workes grant his peti, tion tyet no Othr D sen shiSll set up ol use any such new invention, or trade for fourteen yeares without ye licence of him the said Joseph Jenkes) so farr as concernes any such new invention, so it shall be always in ye powr of this cote to restrain ye exportation of such manufactures & ye prizes of them to moderation if occasion so require. This inventor, Joseph Jenkes, or Jenks, as it would now be spelled came from Hammersmith, England, settled down in Lynn in 1614 and died in 1682-S3, aged S1. He was black smith and machinist, made the dies for the coining of the "pine-tree" money and built the first fire engine ill this country altogether a man of great inventive genius and the ances- tor of large number of descendants. One of his sons removed to Rhode Is- land. where he built several mills.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-08

Eros Ar.
 May be exhilarating, but it is also freighted with certain disadvant- ages. The means with which to avoid or remove these petty incon- yeni. noes are here suggested Princess LII on
 For rough skin and cracked lips. Not greasy and stickey. and can be used at any time. IL is a dehghtfully peffuined light green liquid. In 25 cent hotties Witch Haz T Cream
 Some people ike Bohemian ware better than cut glass. There's no accounting for tastes. And some customer prefer Witch Hazel Cream to Princess Lolfon. put up i'll bot ties at D cents. II Il Water sottie
 For neuralgia and other aches, as we'll : s for cold feet. It is well to have q not water bottle in the house at this time, Two. three and four quart sizes.
 ANDERSON MEYER DRuG GO
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-08
Bananas.

New York Tribune: \ virtuous ban- ana company has withdrawn from the unrighteous banana trust, shocked and hurt because it was asked to help force the price of bananas up from $1.15 to $2.50 a bunch. The public value of this news is that bananas can be profitably produced at s115 a bunch. Now, good bunch contains at least a hundred bananas, and there- fore bananas can be produced at lit tie less than a cent and a quarter apiece. And one banana contains as much nourishment as pound of beef.
 Got Her Dell.
 A little English girl dropped her doll fn a very deep hole not long ago and wrote to Queen Victoria that she thought it had dropped through the earth, and, as she had heard the other side belonged to the queen, she wished the queen would order it sent back. She did not get her own doll back, but she got another one, great deal finer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-20
ST. LUKE's GUILD ENrERTA1Ns

With IL Pleasant Poster Party at the Home
of Mrs. II. N. Kennedy.
The st. Luke's Guild of the Episco-
pal church entertained a number Of the
ladies of Billings at a progressive poster
party yesterday afternoon at the pleas
ant home Of Mrs. Fl. N. Kennedy.
The hostess was assisted in enter
tanning by the Misses Minnie Panton,
Rena MCDANIEL, Platt and Mrs. DR..
Parker. The fore part of the afternoon
was spent in social conversation, after
which each lady was invited to take a
seat alta table, and was provided with
q large blank card and pencil; on each
liable were found four cards, represent
ing different advertisements which had
been taken from different magazines and
papers. The guests were invited to ex-
anime each card and write on their
cards the advertisement each one repre-
scented. This caused a great deal of
merriment and it was surprising to find
how difficult it was to recognize the adj
vertisement by the picture alone. After
each couple had visited all the tables
they were told to change papers for cor
%reetions. Mrs. Kennedy then read the
Lcorrect list. Prizes were awarded to
the two giving the greatest number Of
advertisements correctly. Mrs. Rails
back, Miss Jessie Crawford and Mrs.
w. E. Hassler received the same mark
ings, and, by drawing lots, the first
prize, a sterling silver chatelaine pin
holder, was awarded to Mrs. Railsback
and the second prize, a dainty set of
whist holders, to Miss Crawford.
After these awards had been made,
the ladies assisting Mrs. Kennedy
served cake and coffee.
The guests later took their departure,
being highly pleased with the enter
tainment of the afternoon.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-20
INSANE.
A German Imagines He Owns Much
Property.

A German Imagines He Owns Much
Property.
Fred Kreuger, a German, about So
years of age, who has been working
at the Northern Pacific lunch counter
in this city since last September as
dishwasher, was arrested Wednesday on
the complaint of G. L. Harris, the pro-
prietor, who charged Kreuger with be.
ing insane and having threatened his
(Harris') life.
The board to examine into Kreuger's
sanity, comprising O.. N. Newman,
chairman of the board of county com
missioners, j.. III. Johnston, deputy
county attorney, and Drs. Rinehart
and Townsend, met Wednesday after
noon. Two or three persons, who had
been brought in contact with Kreuger
in the course Of their work, testified to
his strange actions, among them being
Milton Baum, cook at the lunch count
Ell. He said Kreuger read the bible
most Of the time and believed he had
power from above and that no one
could harm him. Baum said that
three-fftbs of the time the insane man
imagined he was talking to some one
and he claimed that he had 100000
coming to him from various parties in
this city, and that he also rented the
Chapple drug store and the building in
which it is located. He also owned the
coal mines at Red Lodge. Gebo and
Wilsey, and that the churches of Bill
ings were built from his checks. The
Burlington railroad from Sheridan to
Billings also belonged to him. Baum
testified that Kreuger had ut one time
stated that he would out Harris head
open with a butcher knife.
When Kreuger was taken into the
O to be Gross-exaMined by the ply
sioians alone. he said no owned tho
churches, court house and other prop.
erty. and had the papars In hts pocket
to show FOR his ownership. He also
said he did threaten TO eat Harris head
open with u butcher katie. The ex-
aiming beard was Of tho unanimous
opinion that he was insane and ordered
that he be confined In the stats asylum.
sheriff Hubbard accordingly left with
bis patient that same night for Warm
Springs.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-20
CHAPPLE DRUG COMPANY.
BILLINGS, MONTANA.
"REMEMBER TIE MAINE"
A Great Naval War Play for Next Thurs
day Evening.

A Great Naval War Play for Next Thurs
day Evening.
Remember the Maine" a naval
war play by Lincoln J. Carter, will be
produced OH a very elaborate and i'm
posing scale at the Billings opera
house, next Thursday evening, Jan. 26.
The scenery and mechanical effects
used in the production of this beautiful
play are said to be the acme Of stage
realism and the management calls at
tention to the fact that the pictures of
the scenes as we'll as Of the advertising
matter displayed by this company is
not in the least exaggerated. but are
made from photographs taken by flash
lights from the actual representations
given, upon the stage. The cast is said
to be exceptionally strong. The piece
is a triumph for both company and
management and will no doubt meet
with due recognition from theater-
goers. The company presenting IRE
member the Name is said to be the
best that Lincoln j. Carter ever sent Oh
the road and if the press is any
criterion they will be greeted by q large
audience at Billings, for they have
made q sister cities acknowledge their
undoubted merit.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-20

the animal loose and it was found all
right, but the officers have so far been
unable to locate Mr.. Doe.
The Fraternal Union of America
lodge elected officers last Thursday
night as follows: r. M, E. M.
Hungerford: Justice, W. Morrell
Truth, Mrs. O. A. Tschudy Mercy,
Miss Jessie Crawford; Protector, Mrs.
A. J. Gilsdorf; secretary, Mrs. DR..
CLARK; treasurer. DR.. CLARK; guide,
Austin North; stewards, Miss Lane
aud Mrs. Austin North. The installa-
ton ceremonies will take place next
Thursday evening with L. L. Moffett
as installing officer.
Mayor p. H. Smith and bride, who
departed Tuesday evening for a trip to
Salt Lake City, were given a hearty
send-off by their many friends just be-
fore they took the train. An impro-
vised bell was stationed at the corner
OF the Chapple drug store and bright
lights" rang it for dear life. The band
was out and played a number Of selec-
tions, while friends showered rice upon
the happy couple until the supply ran
out. MI. and Mrs. Smith expect to re-
turn to Billings in about ten days.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-20
COLE OLSON" GAI
Farewell Appearance in Billings Tomor-
row Evening.

Farewell Appearance in Billings Tomor-
row Evening.
The phenomenal success Of sole
Olson for the past ten seasons has
caused the management to offer it
again this season. This is announced
as the farewell tour of this popular
%favorite, and to that end itWfl be pre-
sented upon a o cdmp46te scale than
it has ever heretoforA The company
is an exceptionally strong one and i'll
cludes all the old favoritasA Miss St.
George Hussey, the Irish woman, is
again with sole" in fact, they appear
to be u%nseparably linked. The special
ties, songs, dances, etc., are all new
and from among the latest metropolitan
successes, and should be greeted by a
packed house tomorrow evening. This
company will arrive on Nc. 2 from the
west.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-20
Carbon County Acts Likewise.

Walter Anderson of Red Lodge, chair.
ma Of the Carbon county central com
-mittee, who was in Billings Wednes.
day, acted in conjunction with the
Yellowstone county republicans and
sent the following dispatch to Helena
"Red Lodge, Mont, Jan. 17.-Hon.
S. s. Hobson, Chairman Republican
Caucus, Helena: Republicans of Car
bon county join with me in urging the
republican members to stand firm as a
rock and vote only for party men, under
penalty Of everlasting contempt and
contumelv. walter Anderson,
chairman County Republican Cen
trail Committee"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-20
sALMON's LAST WEEK.
Invitations Issued to the Execution of the

Invitations Issued to the Execution of the
Red Lodge Murderer.
The Gazette is in receipt of a black.
bordered card from Sheriff Dunn Of
Carbon county, reading as follows:
"Sheriff's Office, Carbon County,
Montana, Red Lodge, Montana, Jan.
II, 1899.-To Mr.. E. L. Boardman,
Billings: You are hereby invited to
witness the legal execution of Thomas
Salmon, for the murder of William
O'Connor on the 10th day Ct Septem-
Der, 1898. The execution will take
place at the Jail yard in the city Of
Red Lodge. Montana, on Friday, the
29th day Of January, 1899, between the
hours of l a. m. and 4 p. m.
"John Dunn,
SHERIFF of Carbon County"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-20
A Grand Concert.

A local chorus of twenty-five voices
and a children's chorus Of thirty voices,
under the direction Of Prof. r. B.
George Of Chicago. will give an up-to-
date musicale in the Congregational
church Monday, Jan. %, at s p. m.
A fine programme is promised. Pro-
ceeds divided with the church. Ad-
mission 25 cents.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-20
Republican Members or Legisla-
ture Urged to Remain Stead
fast to the Last.
VOTE FOR. PARTY MEN
Republicans of Yellowstone and Car
bon Counties Wire Their Wishes
to the Capital.

The present attitude Of the small
band OF republicans in the state legisla-
ture in voting for a republican for
United States senator from the very
beginning, has brought forth words of
commentator from the republican
press, as we'll as their constituents.
No republican can cohscientiously cast
his ballot for any democrat. The
democratic press, from time to time,
has tried to make it appear that the
republican members intended to switch
and at some time vote for a democrat,
possibly Clark. But nay, this they
will lev do, at least with the consent
of their constituents. Wednesday the
following telegram was sent to the re-
publican members and is self-explana-
tory:
Billings, Mont, Jan. 18.-Hon. S.
s. Hobson, Chairman Republican eau
Gus. Helena: The republicans Of Vel
lowstone county, most heartily COM
mend the steadfast and unanimous ac-
tion of the fifteen republican members
of the Sixth session. We earnestly hope
you will continue to vote as a unit for
a republican until the last day of the
session. Permit no democrat to be
elected with the aid Of republican votes.
Yellowstone County Central Com
mittee.
"a. L. Babcock, Chairman.
81. L. Boardman, Secretary"
Signers-L. F. Babcock, Il. FL.
Fenske, Fl. F. Clement, G. A. Griggs,
70. F. Goddard, Jas. R. Goss, J. H.
Rinehart, A. Fraser, H. w. Rowley,
E. P. Townsend, H. D. Clafin, E. s..
Holmes, Chas. Spear, w. H. Donovan,
F. B. Connolly. Paul Mccormick, and
many others.
The above action Oh the part of the
republicans of this county is in strict
accord with the sentiment expressed
not only by The Gazette. but the re-
publican press of the state. It behooves
the republican members of the legisla-
ture at this time, above all others, to
act as a unit and cast their votes until
the last for a republican. Similar
action has been taken by the republic
meas in nearly every county in the
state in urging their Representatives in
the Legislature to keep their hands clean
in this disgraceful senatorial fight,
and any republican who weakens will
be everlastingly disgraced.