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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-12-26
wnat Made the admiral Weep.

Thrice during the two days given to him
Dewey went First. when he was pre-
sented with the liag that onSSe 1losted over
val parade he loked from the Olympia
over the great assemblage of vessels
crowded with cheering men and women.
He then seemed to realize for the first
time the profound character of the feel
ing which he had inspired: Several times
and the men who had known him for the
greater part of his career said they had
never before seen MIN so moved. Third,
when he suddenly came into view of the
2. 300 school children on the great stand in
72d street The children had grouped
themselves In blue leteers fifteen feet
high, forming the word Dewey" on a
white ground. Led by Frank DamrodD
cession passed. Dewey halted in fronlnf
the stand and stood up, hat in hand, d.
ing ms gratitude. For n few moments
he stood thus bareheaded, the tears trick
ling down his face.-Gilson Willetts in
Leslie's Weekly.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-12-26

A writer in the Review of Reviews
gives this advice: "If you have farm,
keep it; if not get one; for the time
may come when the population of this
country will be largely divided into
monopolists. dependents and farmers;
and the farmer will be the most inde-
pendent of all men. and will be the
saving power of our institutions" We
venture to say that it will not depend
SO much upon the farm as upon the
farmer.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-12-26
Some silver Men.

Senator John Z. Jones has given no.
tice has given rotice that hereafter he
will serve on committees as a Republi-
can. Senator Stewart still adheres to
silver, but says it should not be made
the ruling plank in the platform next
year. Congressman Sibley says the
silver cause is dcad.-Salt Lake Tri-
bune.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-12-26
The B. & o. R. r. has Just placed

The B. & o. R. r. has just placed
an order for 43,50G tons of So pound
steel rail for delivery in 1900. The
contract price is about SO per ton or
81 per cent more than the Receivers
paid for rail during the time they had
charge of the property. OF the total
amount just ordered the B. & o. proper
will get 10000 tons, the B. & o. s. w.
1880, the Pittsburg and Western
1000, and the Cleveland Terminal and
Valley 600
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-12-26

The notorious w. F. Miller of the
Franklin syndicate is said to have
stated that his income was $4,000 per
day. This is enough to make Cecil
Rhodes blush with envy.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-12-26

General Leonard Woods appoint
ment as military governor of Cuba is
an instance of the application of civil
service reform principles of the right
kind. He has made a splendid success
as governor of Santiago province and
he will be apt to repeat the success as
governor of the whole island.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-12-26

"Beggars on horseback" is an old
epithet that is being paralleled by Chi
cago's new development of thieves in
buggies."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-12-26

The chairman of the Democratic
central committee of Eel Paso county
has been getting up n restaurant
trust in Colorado Springs. Demo-
Gratis do not believe in trusts-unless
they are on the inside.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-12-26

Recent police records having estab-
lished the fact that an umbrella may
be a deadly weapon it will be surpris'
'ng if some legislature with intellect
10 spare doesn't pass law regulating
the use of such articles.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-12-26

Chauncey NJ. Depews salary as a
senator for six years will be 100000.
He has leased a house in Washington
for a term of six years for $4,000. 1t
is evident, therefore, that Chsuncey
expects to earn a little extra money by
working overtime.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-12-26

One hundred thousand words an hour
Is promised by new telegraphy sys-
tenn. Only money and an angry woman
can beat this.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-12-26

A valuable but little-known daily
newspaper is published in Washington
by the bureau OF foreign commerce,
and is entitled Advance Sheet of the
Consular Reports" 1t has reached its
Ave hundredth number. In its pages
are found many interesting glimpses
Of life in foreign lands. and the range
of its matter Is wide, as the following
list of articles in a single issue shows:
American Fruit in Norway" Sugar
in SPAIN Heating and Cooking
Stoves in Uruguay" Coffee in ia
maica," Conversion of Mexican Debt"
and Direct Steamship Connection
with Syria" These papers are eN-
tracts from consular reports. They
are of prime interest to business men,
but nearly every issue contains some
paragraphs which are curious, anus
ing or novel. This is true of many
other government publications, but
this daily is exceptionally favored.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-12-26

A servant-glrl trust wouldn't do
thing to the crockery trust.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-12-26

One result of a fusion Legislature
last winter is that the state Of Colo
RADIO is now paying its running e1-
pcnses with borrowed money
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-12-26

Evidently the mayor of Allentown,
Pa, is an up-to-date business man.
he has recommended that the city
council prohibit the littering Of the
city streets and sidewalks by those
who still regard the handbill as use
full method of Advertising
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-12-26

Know thyself'' and the chances are
you'll have one more undesirable ac-
Quaintance.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-12-26

Said a man with the gout: THE
pain is something awful. but l can't
kick"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-12-26

About ten years ago there sprang up
among the metropolitan papers rlv-
airy that led to some interesting az
well as awful developments. Though
the Sunday issues We're chiefly affected,
the changes did not apply to them
alone. 1t seemed to be-aud it was
tho effort of some publishers to give
In the columns of their daily issues
not only the news of the world, but
Illustrations of the leading events, and
pictures of those who took part in
them, with literature of all kinds, and
its criticism thrown in as a side dish.
From a dozen. the Sunday issues ran
up to twenty, forty, sixty, and some
times to hundred pages. Very often
it might almost be said generally
the quantity was Offset by dilution
of the quality, and it became a puzzle
to discover who read the mass of ma
terial the presses turned out every
Saturday The reaction has been not
ed for some time. Pictures have dis
appeared altogether from the columns
of the leading papers. not only in New
York. but in other great cities. There
has been a return to the older idea
that a daily newspaper has an ample
field fo= all its energies in seeking to
give to clean-minded readers all the
clean news of the day. With the tre-
mendous expansion of the news service
of the press-an expansion that has
brought the ends of the earth together
it may be said-this is a task that can
give the greatest energy and enterprise
full employment, and the execution of
which can secure to the intelligent
readers of a daily paper the most
profitable satisfaction.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-12-26

Any actor who tackles Hamlet ought
to have at least a ghost of a show.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-12-26

plant are practically assured wheI the
contracts for next year are signed.
This will affect 1000 men.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-12-26

The Latest Devices for Swift Luxurious
Travel
East and West. are founu on Uni,-1 Pa
cihc trains. The best line for Kansas
City, Omaha, st. Louis, Chicago st. Paul
San Francisco and the Pacific Northwest
Ticket Office, 9i1 18th street.
Barber-"Are you for England in this
war, sir?" Man in Lather-"Who are
you for?" Barber-"What dfferepA \
does that make, sir?' Man in LathefA
I've got sense enough not to want to ar
que with a man who has a razor"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-28
Two 'ONCrS.

Lewis Carroll, the author Of "'Alice
In Wonderland" was fond of puzzling
his friends with curious problems, One
Of them was the question, When does
the day begin? If a man could travel
around the world so fast that the s1n
would always be directly above his head.
and If lie were to start travelling at mid,
day on Tuesday, then in "a hours ho
would return to his original point Of
departure and would find that the day
was now called Wednesday-at what
point of his journey would the day
change its name? The difficulty of an
swering this apparently simple question
has cast a gloom over many a pleasant
party.
Another problem was al follows: A
rope Is hung over a wheel fixed to the
roof Of a building; at one end of the
rope a weight is fixed, which exactly
counterbalances a monkey which is
hanging on the other end. Suppose that
the monkey begins to climb the rope,
what will he the result? 1t il very curl
ous the different views taken by good
mathematicians, One says the weight
goes up with increasing velocity others
say that it goes up at the same rate as
the monkey, while another says it goes
tH,Wn
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Could Apply the Parable.

1t is not always safe to talk in para
bles to the young, rs the following
school board story shows: A correspond
ent states that N of his pupils caused
him some annoyance by uncouthness of
speech, dirty boots, and so on, SO, says
u CORRESPONDENT: ~ drew a verbal
portrait for the class Of the man who
did not shine in the world of polite So
ciety. You cannot fail to know him,
said !, for he never cleans his boots
nor washes before meals. He speaks
and drinks when his mouth is full and
generally nacs his knife in place of his
fork.
"GraE : the lad whom this story
was designed to profit showed an awak-
ening interest and put out his hand to
speak. In reply to my query, 'WellT i
know him, said he, He's our lodger!' ="
London Chronicle.
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The Lost Rose.


There Is a ticket chopper at the Park
place station of the elevated railroad
who could not take a Prize in a beauty
show in any climate and whose mark.
ed uggressiveness of mien fails to soften
the effect of NATURES handiwork upon
his visnge, A lady crossing the platform
in a hurry dropped II Of two large red
roses that graced her corsage. 1t was
promptly pounced upon by the chop
per, who, seeing that it's owner had
no intention OF returning to reclaim it,
fell to fondling his prize with so evil
dent IN air Of delight that a group Of
three CIR four brakemen, fellow employ
ees, who stood near by waiting for an
up town train, found avast amusement
in "guying' him,
At the instant they did so a tired
looking woman, dragging Il shatbily
clad little girl by the hand. approached
the box, The child, whose great eyes
were sunk deeply in her pale little fore
head. broke loose from her mothers
hand, stopped stock still and began stay
ing hungrily at the rose, In an instant
1t was In her possession and the great
eyes had gone out Of mourning. In two
seconds the unlovely chopper was glow
ering at other arriving passengers more
belligerently than ever and his friends,
the brakemen, had forgotten to jeer.-
New York Commercial Advertiser.
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which is the headquarters. The club
meets Oh the third Saturday Of each
month and was organized chiefly for the
purpose Of maintaining rates. H. B.
Segur, the Burlington's general agent
for Montana was in attendance from
Billings.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad has
issued a notice that beginning with the.
payment Of wages by check on May l
no orders will be accepted upon any
employees salary. Notices to this effect
have been sent broadcast along the
road, in order to fully inform mer-
chants and others Of the new order of
things.
9. D. Ellis has resigned as Northern
Pacific agent at Livingston and will
return to the east to engage in agicul-
ture. His successor has not been an
nounced.
James Pagan, publisher of the New
York Railroad Man and a we'll known
writer for magazines, died last week.
4
The Northern Pacific has placed
orders for about 400 miles of steel rails,
tho delivery Of which has just CON-
menced. The contracts are mostly
with the Illinois Steel company and
amount to about $3.50, 600.
On account Of i'll health William
Forsyth Of st. Paul has handed in his.
resignation from the position Of super
intendent of motive power Of the
Northern Pacific to take effect April
80. The position will probably not be
filled.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-28
BILLINGS BALL CLUB.

The Fans Have Organized-A Strong Club
|. Promised.
V Tie baseball sports in this city have
at last formed all organization for play
ing the national game and a strong
local club is promised. The boys expect
to do m good practicing and be
able to brace up against any of the
teams i'll the state. The personnel Of
the club is as follows at present:
First base. W. B. Calhoun.
Second base. Jas. Plat.
Third base, Al. Lovetang.
Short-stop, Bat. Sileehan.
Right field. Doc Wells.
Center field. Lewis Babcock.
Left field,
Pitcher, Ed. Taylor.
Catcher, Roy Evans.
Substitutes. Ctas. Browning and
Will Schneider.
Captain. Bat. Sheehan.
The fans are endeavoring to have
Col. W. b. George take the manage
ment Of the team, we'll knowing that
gentleman's ability in this particular,
and if he does our people will be as
sured of some fine work. A good ball
field will be secured in a con venient To-
cation and will soon be- announced.
boys are already at work praoticing.
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Union League club of New York, The
remarks told Of how Admiral Dewey
warned the German admiral to oeNse
any show Of interference with the
American vessels. In addition, 1t Ia
stated, Captain Cophlan, in response to
a call for u song, rendered II which
had been written by Al Englishman in
Hong Kong. 1t IL this song, the report
is, that has caused the most feeling on
the part of the German government. as
it ridicules the German emperor. The
song as given in the eastern papers Is
as follows:
Der Kaiser of dis Fatherland
Und Colt Oh high MI dings command.
Ve two-ach, don't you understand?
Myself-und Colt
Vile some men sing der power divine,
Mine soldiers sing "Der Wacht am
Rhine"
Und drink der health in Rhinish wine,
OF me-und Colt.
Dere France, she swaggers all aroundt,
Shes ausgespieldt-of no account;
muCn we tnlAk sue OOn .
Myself-und Colt.
She will not dare to fight again,
But II she should, I'll show her blain
Dot Elsass (und Frenoh) Lorraine
Are mein--by Gott.
grandma drinks she's NIGHT small
Nit Beers und such she's interfere; g.,
She'll learn none owns dis hemisphere
But me-und Gott.,
She drinks, good frau, fine ships she's
got,
Und soldiers NIT der scarlet goat;
Aohi We could knock them--pouf! like
dot,
Myself-mit Colt.
In dimes of peace brebare for wars,
[ bear the spear and helm Of Mars,
Und care not for u thousand czars,
Myself-mit Colt.
In fact, I humor efery within,
With aspect dark and visage grim;
iott pulls nit me, und / NIT him,
Myself-und Colt.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-28
Railroad Briefs

Seventy-seven days is a long time for
a railroad to be tiled up, but this
was the case with the Colorado Mid
land, which was blockaded by snow.
The Union passenger station at Chi
cago has long enjoyed a world beating
record for freedom from accident and
the correctness with which baggage ia
handled. The report for 1898, Just to
hand, contains the following interest.
ing statement: "There were handled
$500, 900 passengers without accident
and $50, OO0, 900 worth of baggage
without the loss, of a single piece.
This is the third successive year in
which there has been no claim for lost
baggage Of any kind at this station"
The Pennsylvania, Chicago g. Alton,
Burlington and Milwaukee railroads
are the lines whose trains run into and
out of this station.
The Sheridan Enterprise says there
is some likelihood of the Burlington
shops at that place being enlarged il
that road builds into the Big Horn
basin country.
One of the largest railroad deals of
recent years was consummated in Min
neapolis last week. 1t involves the
construction Of another transcontinental
line. the terminals of which are to be
Sioux City, Iowa, and San Francisco
and Los Angeles, at an estimated cost
of $42, 900, 600. The long talked of
Pacific Short Line railway is to be con.
struoted and the man who has rehabili
tated the enterprise in Donald Mclean,
or "Pa" Mclean, as he is familiarly
known, a man who has probably d.
rected the construction of more miles of
railroad than any other individual in
the United States. When completed
the new road will be 2,256 miles i'll
length, or 500 miles shorter than any
other transcontinental line. Unless the
present plans miscarry the dirt will be-
gin to fly along the right Of way May
Is. 1t will be remembered by people
familiar with the project that when it
was first placed on foot 1879 miles of the
road from Sioux City to O'Neill, Neb.,
were built about six years ago. At
that time the country was panic
stricken and since then work on the
road has been at a standstill. The men
and capital now back Of it are expect.
ed to win.
The Northern Pacific employees were
presented with their pay checks Thurs.
day and peace and happiness reigns
once more in the railroad circles.
The general agents and travelling
agents of all Montana railroads
have formed al organization known as
the Railroad Traffic club. TIE club
met in Helena last Saturday, it being
the first meeting held outside of Butte,
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The general agents and travelling
freight agents of all Montana railroads
have formed al organization known as
the Railroad Traffic club. The club
met in Helena last Saturday, it being
the first meeting held outside of Butte,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-28
First Publication April u, 1900
ALIAS M

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
l. Seventh Judicial District of the
State Of Montana, in and for the Coun-
ty of Yellowstone.
Fannie &. Tolle, Plaintiff. vs.. Allen
l.. Tolle, DeRendant.-ALIAS SUM.
MONS.
The State of Montana to the above
named defendant:
You are hereby summoned to answer
the complaint in this action, which is
filed in the office Of the clerk of this
court, a copy of which is herewith
served upon you, and to file your IDS
wer and serve u copy thereof upon tho
plaintiffs attorney, within twenty days
after the service of the summons, ex.
elusive of the day Of service, and in
case Of your failure to appear Of
answer, Judgment will be taken against
you by default for the relief demanded
in the complaint.
This action ia brought to dissolve the
bonds Of matrimony now existing be-.
tween the plaintiff and the defendant,
on the grounds that the defendant on
the 18th Gay of December. 1898, will
fully deserted the plaintiff and has ever
since continued said desertion; and
upon the further ground that the dc.
fendant for more ,than five years last
past preceding the commencement of
this action has failed to support and
provide for the plaintiff the common
necessaries of life, because of his idle
profigaoy and dissipation and
upon the further ground that since said
marriage the defendant has treated the
plaintiff in a cruel and inhuman man
ner by striking and by using great
violence towards and upon the plaintiff
at different times and occasions in the
years 1892 and 1898 in the county of
Yellowstone, in the state Of Montana
the complaint alleges the intermarriage
the plaintiff and the defendant in
the year 1880 and that the plaintiff
and defendant are 10Y husband and
wife.
Witness my hand and the seal of said
court this 27th day of April, 1899.
(seal) 7. A. WILLIAMS,
CLERK.
Jas. r. Goss. Attorney for Plaintiff.
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GERMANY ENTERS PROTEST
Against h Language Used by Captain
COghlan of the Raleigh.

Washington, April 24.-The German
government has entered Il formal pro.
test against the language used by Cap.
tain Coghlan at the Union League club
banquet. The protest was lodged with
Secretary Hay through German Am:
bassador Won Holleben.
Secretary Hay replied that the Ian.
guage could not be regarded as official,
Or a public utterance in the sense that
would warrant the department. in act.
ing. However, the department was
fully competent to take such action as
the case seemed to require.
There are semi official intimations
that the ambassador will not 80 much
concern himself with the course of
Coghlan as with the course of the
United States in dealing with Coghlan.
Berlin, April 24.-It is announced in
q semi.oficial note today that the
United States secretary Of state, John
Hay, has expressed to the German am.
bassador his strong disapproval of the
conduct Of Captain Coghlan Of the
cruiser Raleigh.
New York, April 24.-Captain Cogh.
Ian smiled today when court martial
was limited at. He shook his head and
laughed heartily and then said: mo
man can be court martialed for telling
q story that is true"
"But Senator Depew says these
stories might lead to war"
SWELL. tell the senator ! Am ready"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-28
CROW CAWS.

Many Items of Personal Interest Recorded
from Crow Agency.
Special Correspondence of The Gazette.
Grow Agency, April 27.-Hon. G. G.
FIoyt Of the Grow commission and fam.
lily left Friday last for the Flathead
reservation, where Mr.. Hoyt is looking
after government business.
Mrs. Z. H. Becker and Master Edgar
are having u two weeks vacation at
Hunter g Hot Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren A. Evans were
Saturday morning passengers for Chi.
cago, where Mr.. Evans goes to buy
goods. Mrs. Evans will make an OK.
tended stay III Iowa and Minnesota
visiting relatives.
Hon. Darwin r. James, Chairman of
the board of Indian commissioners, re-.
turned to Washington, d. G., after a
weeks stay Oh the reservation looking
after government matters.
l. l.. Chatam returned to the agency
Monday after q three months stay in
the western part Of Yellowstone county.
John keogk was ever from st.
Xavier Tuesday greeting his many
acquaintance.
Otto Miller returned Wednesday after
u weeks stay at Spokane, Wash, and
Helena, and started a In bike for the
ditch camp, where he Is employed as
engineer.
James Haynie, foreman Of the Muir.
ply Cattle company, was seeing the
sights at Billings Wednesday.
Mr.. Storer, farmer at the Cheyenne
agency, was here several days the front
part of the week with a number Of In.
dians to get -four for the Tongue River
agency. The Grow Indians are now
filling part Of u contract for that
agency.
Hon. James H. McNeeley of the
Grow commission was at Billings SOW.
eral days during the past week "look-
ing around"
Major Z. II. Becker was Il Saturday
morning passenger for Chicago. where
he is watching the lettings OF contracts
for government supplies for the year
1900.
Christopher r. Brady, additional
farmer at the Reno ranch, Is moving
his family from the agency to the
ranch.
Stenographer Miller played havoc
with the ducks and geese in the vicin-
ity of Fort Custer the first Of the week,
bringing in u well.flled game bag Az
evidence Of the slaughter.
Henry keiser. the St. Xavier mer-
chant. was businessing at this place
Saturday.
G. @. kreidler, additional farmer at
tho Forty Mile ranch, returned from
Miles City Monday and reports a splen.
did time at the stockgrowers' a~ssocia.
ton.
Jesse Ross returned home Tuesday
evening after "a brief stay at the Pease
ranch Oh Lodge Grass.
I. A. Hindman, additional farmer at
Black Lodge ranch, with forty teams,
was hauling sawdust from Fort Custer
for the new cold storage building that
IS being erected at this place.
Will leighton was down from tho
Lodge Grass country Tuesday, where
he is working tho S%henderline ranch
for the season.
Ed. Cornwell returned yesterday
from a weeks visit at Livingston with
relatives.
Father Boske was here yesterday on
route to Pryor creek, where he will con.
duct services.
Farm work has been much DELAYED
but everyone Ia busy now.