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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-09
CURRENCY BILL MONDAY.
House Adopted Order For ConsIderc.
tonic Vote In Week
Afterward.

WASHINGTON, Dec. g9.-The house
adopted special order for the consider
alton of the currency bill, beginning
next Monday. The general debate will
be continued until Friday. on Saturday
amendments may be offered under the
five minute rule and ON the following
Monday the vote will be taken. The
Democrats. Populists and Silverites pre-
sonted a solid front against the adoption
OF the resolution, and every Republican
voted for it.
Mr. Richardson, leader of the mi
nority, taunted some of the majority
leaders with their change of front in
coming out fiat footedly for the gold
standard, but Mr.. Grosvenor and Mr..
Cannon good naturedly replied that they
had learned something with advancing
years. The former said the Democratic
party was the only living demonstration
of the survival of the great organization
which refused to learn anything.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-09
Priest. Tried to Prevent Strike.

SHAMoKIN. Pa, Dec. 9.-The Catho.
lie priests of this place addressed about
1900 mineworkers belonging to the con-
gregation, advising them to attend a
miners meeting called for last night
and vote against Nanticoke sympathy
strike. President John Fahey of the
United Mine Workers issued notice that
there would be no meeting. He said
the officials decided to await the out.
come Of the business mems attempt to
settle the strike. The belief was freely
expressed here that the union feared the
men would not respond to orders for q
strike after the action of the priests.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-09

saking up the general merits of the SUBJ
lect. He said he favored open sessions.
He indicated also that he desired TO pre-
sent testimony relative to the manner in
which the charges againtt him were
prepared. Mr.. Roberts tnen retired.
A brief session followed a recess and
Heen an adjournment was taken until
today.
No announcement was made except
that Chairman Taylor Ohio said the
work was progressing satisfactorily and
smoothly. 1t is understood that some
question exists as to whether Roberts
shall be treated as contesuing member
or be asked to plead, rs in a trial, and
the committee will probably hear him
further before reaching conclusion.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-09
Asphyxiated by Gas.

NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-Mrs. Elizabeth
Somerville, SO years old, and her daugh.
ter. Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay, 30 years of
age, were found dead in their apart
ments on West Forty.ninth street. They
had been asphyxiated by gas, which was
flowing from tube used to connect
with gas stove. All the circumstances
showed the deaths to have been acci-
dental.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-09
Galipalagos Island RumOrs.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 9.-At the cabinet
meeting so,,e minor diplomatic matters
were brought up, among them the re-
ported purchase by England Of the Cali
palagos islands, but it was said nothing
official had been received and nothing OF
q definite character was known in re-
gard to it. Senator Lodge said at the
state department he knew nothing of
the matter, except newspaper reports.
An Associated Press dispatch said as
far as could be ascertained, England
was not negotiating for the islands, 1t
was said in Washington the United
States might try to get a coalnS station.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-09
Indictment Against Weeks Dismissed.

New YORK, Dec. 9.-The Indictment
against Nelson Weeks of Hackensack,
N. j., charged with having caused the
death of Aimee Smith. % years eff age,
at the Victor hotel, in New York city,
On March s, 1897 was dismissed. Weeks
was the Sunday school superintendent
of the Asbury Methodist church in
Hackensack and Miss Smith was u
teacher III the same Sunday school. He
confessed to the intimacy
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-09
Carter's Alleged Pals Indicted.

SAVANNAH. Ga, Dec. 9.-The Morn
ing News said today that the grand jury
of the United States court for the south
ern division of Georgia, in session here,
has found indictm ents against John
Gaynor, b. ID. Greene and L. +. Gaynor
of New York, co-partners in the Atlan-
tic Constructing company. and others.
for conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment. This is an outcome of the con-
viction of o. NJ. Garter, late captain of
engineers of the army.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-09
People's Party Men Met.

MEMPHIS, Dec. 9.-The members of
the national organization of the People q
party met here. The committee urged
the national executive committee to call
the national convention in February.
1900. Those present at the meeting
were: DR.. q. B. Grove of Birming-
ham, Ain.; ]. H. Cherry and A. J. Tiles
of Little Rock, Frank Burkett of Oko-
Iona, Miss; Milton Park and 0. p. Pyle
of Dallas, John A, Parker of Louisville
and r. Brewer Of Memphis.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-09
Some Maine Victims Bodies.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. - Captain
Greene, commanding the naval station
at Havana, reported to the navy depart
ment that the work of dlsinterring and
placing in sealed caskets the remains Of
the victims of the Maine who were
buried at Havana will be completed on
the 18th inst. The Texas arrived at
Norfolk, and as soon as she has coaled
she will proceed at once to Havana to
take aboard the casKets.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-09
UNITED STATES FAVORED.
All the Powers Willing to Maintain Open
Door In China.

LONDON, Dec. 9.-The Berlin cor
respondent of The Standard says:
"All the powers concerned have favor
ably received the proposals of the United
States regarding the maintenance of the
open door in China, each offering to
sign the desired assurance if the others
will do so.''
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-09
Won From Insurance Company.

BELLEFoNTAINE, Pa, Dec. "a suit
to recover 81 800 on a life insurance pol
icy upon the life of George Nick. Pot
ter, now dead, from the Union Central
Life Insurance company Of Cincinnati,
Was decided in the courts here in favor
of the plaintiff.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-09
For Increase In Medical Department

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Surgeon Gen
eral Sternberg prepared a bill for pres
entation to congress, providing tor a
material increase of the medical de-
partment of the army to meet the
greatly increased demands of the exist
ing military organization.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-09
HEARD FROM MACRUM.

December Is.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Mr. Maorum,
in a cable message received at the state
department, dated Pretoria, announced
that he will sail ON the 18th inst. via
Naples for the United States. This
was an indication that he had received
the departments cablegram granting
his application for a leave of absence.
Mr.. A1elbert Hay, who is going to
Pretoria to replace MIR. Macrum, 1t was
expected, will leave Washington today
to begin his journey.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-09
Democrats Considered Reorganization.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 9.-The Demo.
cratic caucus committee of the senate
considered the reorganization of the
senate committees. A disposition was
manifested to resist the demand of the
Republican senators for increased rep
resentation on the leading committees,
but no definite conclusion was reached.
The Democrats were especially dis
pleased with the prospect of not being
able to fill one of the vacancies on the
finance committee.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-09
Captain Ayers Killed.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Captain J. G.
Ayers, U. S. A, of the ordnance de-
partment, was killed here by fall from
his bicycle and being run over by a
team.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-09
IN FAVOR OF TAYLOR.
Majority of Kentucky Election
Board So Decided.
MINORITY REPORT AGAINST HIM.

Goebel sIay Make q Contest In the Leg
islature-Colonel Jack Chin, Goebel
lite, Remarked: 81 Gness 1t Is All Up
with Us This Time.n
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-23
One Of MNIlOnS.

Once upon a time there lived a maj
who wanted only a few things that
everybody wants. Ho wanted plenty to
eat and drink, leisure and the woman
he loved. But he found that to have
time to himself to make it possible to
live pleasantly with his sweetheart ard
give her all he waEted and to take care
of the children that they might have
to do all this he must have a great deal
of money. So he went to work and
built mp a great business, a very com"
plicated machinery, To this money
producing machinery he was forced to
give most Of his energy. 1t gave him
no time for leisure, no energy for en-
joying the sunshine, his wife and chill
dren. But he began to enjoy the ma
chinery of his business.
When he had made Il large fortune.
the only thing he enjoyed wal the ma
chinery by which he could make more
money. He had lost his interest in the
things for which he began his business,
Perhaps he still had interest in food,
his wife and all the naive physical and
sentimental pleasures. but it was a
blunted, dull interest. The only live
interest he had was his business. New
York Commercial Advertiser.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-23
Bathing an EIeDhant.

If there is one thing which an ele-
plant enjoys above all things else, it is
his bath. In India elephants are used
to draw the great guns Of the heavy
batteries. They take their baths in the
barracks, at the troughs where they
drink, and they behave much better
about it than many children. They
have to lie down and be patient while
they are washed by their attendants.
They turn themselves about very
promptly to suit their convenience.
The attendant rubs the hide with a
piece of stone instead of a sponge, and
if the stone slips out of his hand the
elephant politely picks it up with his
trunk and hands it back. After they
have been well scrubbed the elephants
give themselves a shower bath, using
their trunks to dash the water upon
themselves, and they can hit any part
OF their bodies with ease.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-23
4 MenOry of BOyhOOd.

The boy is there, a barefooted, free
killed., backwoods lad, whose age might
be anywhere from 8 to 10, fishing pole
in hand. There are bramble scratches
on his bare brown legs, like the marks
of a wildcats claws, while patches Of
sunburn show rosy red through the
opening of his cotton shirt. A single
suspender and a brim torn straw hat
complete the tout ensemble, if we may
except a yellow. switch tailed cur. with
one ear slit and a sinister cast in an
eye, sitting close at the fisher lads back.
But %sunburn, scratches and ~tatters.
even the dog, are all forgotten as the
boy watches breathlessly the wabbling
cork that buoys his fishing line. A
kinsfisher utters its harsh, rasping pro-
test against this invasion of its vested
rights; a squirrel chatters Historically
just out of reach Of the owner of the
switch tail, who dares not resent the
intrusion. -Outing.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-23
A JOinteJ Snake.

Mr.. George D. Pemberton of Spott,
sylvania, Va. reports the following
while walking around my farm
came across a copper cGlored snake
about 213 feet long. | struck the rep,
tile a blow on the head with a stick.
and. to my surprise, the sake fell apart
in four pieces. Near by was hole, and
into this the head went. and. although
| worked for half an hour trying to get
it, | failed. | then examied the body.
which was as hard as if had been frozen.
and, as far as ! could discover, it was
entirely l~ifeless. Thinking it was Il
jointed snake, | left the pieces of the
body on the ground and went to the
house, Shortly afterward ! returned,
but the portion Of the body that ! had
left disappeared and no trace of it could
be found. '-Cincinnati Enquirer,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-23
A Good Trick.

The parrots determination to speak
his set phrases under all sorts of cir,
cumstances often produces strange sit
nations. The story is ted OF a sleight
Of hand performer who ke"t a parrot
that he had trained to say, whene"rr
one of his mastt-''s tricks had been fin
ished THAT sn good trick! What's the
next one?'
One day the jugglor, being in a sea
port town, gave his performance in Il
loft on n of the whWrfs, which IN"
rened to be just owe the place Whcl i
large quantity of powd'r was stored IN
kegs, The juggler was about to pcrform
some feat which required The iightin'
Of Il candle, He lighted it "nl threw
the match away without w"&N; L.
that the blaze had gone ont. III" match
still burning, fell through u crack in
the floor, and dropped into Of the
kegs Of powder, which explodeA with
great force, throwing the building into
the air.
The parrot, who was blown mp with
the lest, did not sNp until it reached
the pinnacle Of the tUp!uust Of Il great
ship which lay off the wharf There he
clnns desperately, and looking down to
the world below he Called ont in ~
shrill voice,
"That's II good trick What's the
next ncT'~San Francisco Examiner
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-23
Tented by Fishes,

The Koran gives a story OF some very
naughty fishes in David's time. Know
ing that the lsraelites were forbidden
to catch fish IN the Sabbath, the wicked
creatures came out Of the Red sea in
unusual numbers and kept in sight Of
the people all throughout the day in
order to tempt them. On the approach
of night they returned into the sea
again.
In a fatal moment some of the Israel
ties yielded to the piscine blandish-
ments. caught several Of them and had
them for dinner, whereupon David
cursed the Sabbath breakers, and God,
to show his displeasnre, changed them
into apes and pigs. For three days they
remained in this unpleasant condition,
when a violent storm arose and swept
them into the sea. Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-23
OFFICE of Chief q, NJ, St. Paul,
v Mimi. June 81 1S4l LED

OFFICE of Chief Q, NJ, St. Paul,
Mimi, June 81, ls99.-SEALED
PROPOSALS, in triplicate, will be re-
ceiyed here, OF at following named
posts, until II O'Clock a. m, July 81,
1899, and opened then for furnishing
and delivery of such OATS, BRAN,
HAY and STRAW, as may be required
during the fiscal year commencing July
|, 1890, at St. Paul, Fort Smelling, and
Camp Bacon, MINI. /; Fort Yates, n.
d. Camp Merritt, and Forts Assinni-
boine. Harrison and Keogh, Mont. ;
Fort Yellowstone, Wyo,, and Fort
Meade, S, ID, Instructions furnished
on application here, OF to the Quarter
masters at the posts named, u. s., re-
serves the right to accept or reject any
OF all proposals or any part thereof,
Envelopes containing proposals should
be- marked Proposals for Forage and
Straw, "-GE0, y, POND, O. q, NJ,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-23
CORld click the Name"

II don: know how it is here" said
a visitor az che of the hotels, ''but over
in Georgia the phrase, lick the name,
is still qnite current On the country
size. Lick the name is IN innocent
when a man proclaims his ability to do
Ii he generally has quite a job on his
hands. l was at a small interior village
on court day recently and saw two
farmers get into a debate owe Il horse
trade. Yer a liar!' said one. 'Shnck
yer coat. Bill Taylor. retorted the 9TH
er. 4 kin lick the name!'
mr.. Taylor shucked his coat and got
licked. 1t appeared, however, that his
victor had Just started in. Less than
ten minutes afterward he was hailed
by a husky young chap, who immedi-
ately inquired: Did y say y could
lick we urs' name?' who are y any
howY asked the warrior. 'Ceph Tay-
lor. Who's yer pap 'Lige Taylor;
lives on the branch down yonder.
'Shuck Yer coat!
'They went at it, and Ceph was add
ed to the vanquished, but he put up a
hot fight for the honor of the tribe. In
the course of the afternoon two other
Taylors challenged the rash assertion,
and the last disproved it. In so doing
he lost a section of one ear and parted
company with two teeth.
81 will not harrow your feelings by
describing the other gentleman. l judg-
ed from the episode that it was very
unwise TO undertake to lick such a
widely borne name as Taylor. When |
start ont to lick a name. it will he
like Cholmoldey or Zcntivia.
tiskoff. New Orleans Times Demo.
crat.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-23
Why's:

One Of the great Chicago department
stores keeps a female hairdresser con
stantly at work on a dummy head that
Is adorned with flowing and most beau.
tltul golden tresses. She is watched in
c~essantly by large and interested
crowds.
Yes, said one woman absently the
other day to her companion. "blond
hair is very beautiful-that il, the real
blond hair.
And at least half a dozen women
flashed looks Of indignation at the speak
er. Why?
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-23

"You read 200 miles, is the calcu-
lation of a clever individual fond Of de-
tails. The eyes Of the average busy
man, in reading alone travel 1000
miles, which is equivalent to an ''ocu-
lar trip "A third Of the distance across
OR continent. Even the busiest man
probably travels With his eyes 10 miles
Of type yearly, and there are doubtless
many readers who travel six times the
distance, If you read "A yellow backed
novel, your eyes have trayersed from a
pile to a mile and a half of type The
busiest pen cannot keep up with this
pace. With ordinary use, your pen has
not Travelled as far as from New York
to Albany. Philadelphia Inquirer,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-23
Election Notice.
STATE OF MONTANA,
County of Yellowstone ST.

County OF Yellowstone.
Notice is hereby given TO the school
electors of Yellowstone county, state of
Montana, that under the provisions of
"Substitute for House Bill No. g.
being al act entitled IAN Act to lis.
tablish County Free High Schools and
to Provide for Their Maintenance,''
and election will be held on tho Sth
day of July, A. D. 1899. in the sew.
eral election districts of said county,
and the following question submitted
to said electors:
Shall a County Free High School be
established at Billings, Yellowstone
County, Montana?
Said election shall be conducted in
all respects the same as the election of
school trustees; the polls of said cleo
ion shall be opened at 2 O'Clock p. m.,
on July s, 1899, and remain open until
q O'Clock OF said day. By order of the
board of county commissioners.
Witness my hand and seal Of office,
at my office at Billings. Montana, this
18th day Of June. A. D. 1899.
(Seal) NAT. G. CARWILE,
County Clerk and Clerk of the Board of
County Commissioners, Yellowstone
County, Montana. l5-td
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-23
THE SCALING D D
How 1t In Used at Fires In Very High
RNtldiNWs.

The most PROMISING pupils anon
those admitted ia the school of instruc.
tion at the New York fire ho%Hduuarters
are said to he those who have served
al apprenticeship AZ professions that
have called them alott. Sailors, paint.
ers, roofers and steeple climbers have
the advantage of their preliminary
training. The first thing that n neo'
phyte is called upon to learn is how ia
handle the scaling ladder.
This bit of apparatus is a long, we'll
seasoned tongue Of timber with shm t
crosspieces RAISING throngh>it. 1t TER
inmates at the top with n long hook,
which has three or four ratchetlik,
projections on its u~ndersurfuce Hul
weighs from 20 to As pounds. There is
a special knack in handling it dexter,
ously, and many a time a man who is
slight and small of stature can manage
a ladder which a Goliath would find
difficulty in handling.
"There is no piece of apparatus in
the fire department" says one who has
made a study Of its methods, (Which,
skillfully handled. can be made to serve
more purposes than this scaling ladder,
The longest extension ladder in the de-
partment measures 80 feet. but the man
with the scaling ladder can so up II
or Is stories without becoming exhaust
ed. At fires before an extension lad""r
can be put in position one fireman can
push a scaling ladder into a second
story window, scramble up and go from
story to story to the very roof He is
followed by a second fireman, who takes
his ladder with him stony Ivy story. and
this fireman by a third, until by the
time the first man has rcnched the top
there is Il completed chain behind him,
down which the rescued may be carried
and the fireman himself escape. New
York ribnO
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-23
First Publication June Ii, 1SNa.-3

First Publication June Ii, 1S9a.-3
Notice OF Sale of Real Estate at Public
Auction.
Notice is hereby given that in pur-
suance OF an order Of sale made and
entered by the District Court of the
Seventh Judicial District of the State
Of Montana, in and for the county of
Yellowstone, Oh the 25th day of April,
1899, in the matter of the estate of W.
R. Finch, deceased, the undersigned,
administrator with the will annexed,
OF said estate, will sell at public auc-
ton, subject to confirmation by said
court, the following described real prop
erly, viz: Lot numbered three CO in
block numbered one hundred eleven
GlD in the original town (now city,
OF Billings, in the county of Yellow
stone, in the state of Montana. together
with the building known as the pho
tograph gallery thereon situated. to.
gether with all the appurtenances there
unto belonging orin anywise appertain-
ing. Said sale will be made on the
9Th day of July 1899, at 10 O'Clock a.
m, at the place where said property is
situate in the city of Billings, in said
county of Yellowstone, in the state of
Montana. Terms of sale are cash.
Dated May 81, 1899.
GEO. M. HAYS,
administrator with the Will Annexed
Of the Estate of W. R. Finch, De-
ceased.
Jas. R. Goss,
Attorney for Administrator.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-23
An %In,DjOuS RctOrt.

civilian and Mary says Il CORE
%spondent of the Chicago Record, sis
the oldest college in America. although
Harvard graduated a class first. In 1868:
the Rev. James Blair was sent over &c
Virginia to act as Il sort of deputy fol
the bishop Of LoNGon, who had e%cclesi-
astical jurisdiction over the coIOMul
churches, they called him a commits
sary. In 1901 he returned to England
to represent to the king and the bishop
the necessity for an institution for
higher education. He was kindly re-
ceived by his sovereign and by the cler.
gy, and in February, 1892. the king
granted him a charter and gave him
81, 600 in cash and the of GER
tain crown lands.
"Seymour, the attorney general. hay
ing received the royal command to draw
up the documents. demonstrated. He
saw no need of a college in Virginia.
The patient Mr.. Blair explained that it
was needed to educate young men for
the ministry and begged the honorable
attorney general to remember that the
colonists had souls to be saved as well
as the people of England.
"'Blank Your souls! exclaimed the
impious Seymour. Make tobacco!'