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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-25
LAYTON IS ADVANCING.
Driving the Rebels Back tn the Mount
aims in the Philippines.

Driving the Rebels Back to the Mount
aims in the Philippines.
Manila, April 3D., Z p. m.-General
Lawton took the field at daybreak today
with a column of troops consisting Of
the North Dakota regiment, two bat
talions of Third infantry, Twenty.
second infantry, two guns Of Scott's
battery, three troops Of the Fourth cav
airy and Gales squadron equipped i'll
light marching order. This force start
ed Mt 5 o'clock this morning over the
Novaliches road, traversing the country
previously cleared Of rebels, but subse.
quently reoccupied by them. 1t is to
be presumed LawtoD by this movement
will outf1ank the enemy before joining
Macarthur north Of Novaliches.
The Dakota regiment first encount.
cred the enemy in front Of Novaliches
at s a. IN. The rebels opened fire on
our troops, but their fire was silenced
fifteen minutes later, the enemy retiring
in bad order and the Americans ad-
vanciug along the rough roads around
Novaliches. They were considerably
annoyed by the fire of the rebel sharp.
shooters from the jungle for two hours.
At 2 O'Clock in the afternoon the
rebels were in full flight, leaving many
dead on the field and our troops were
compelled to take a brief rest in the
shade as the heat was overpowering.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-25

Mr.. @. @. Donovan of Santa Rosa,
California, who is visiting Washington,
said: 1.-THE most popular man in Cali
fornia is President Mckinley. I voted
for Bryan in '96, but next year I hope
to cast a vote for the present occupant
Of the White House. I have lots of
democratic friends who are as anxious
to reverse their votes as I am. We
think Mckinley has conducted himself
through all the trying war times as a
statesman and q patriot, and the coast
is pretty nearly solid for him."
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-25
QUAY ACQUITTED

OF the Charge of Conspiracy-Then APP
pointed United States senator
Philadelphia, April 21.-M. S. Quay
was today declared by the jury to be
not guilty of the charge of conspiracy
to use for his own unlawful gain and
profit the funds of the state deposited
in the Peoples bank Of this city.
The court officers were unable to
keep back the struggling crowd that
pressed forward to congratulate Quay
when the verdict Of the jury was an
nounced. AS soon as Quay could get
away from those anxious to shake his
hand and congratulate him he made his
way to the elevator to descend to the
street from the sixth floor of the mum.
cipal building.
Here the scenes in tile court room
were repeated. As the senator emerged
from the door of the building the en-
thusiasm was immense. A group of
enthusiasts rushed forward and at.
tempted to hoist him on their should
ers. but the senator waved them back,
saying:
"Oh, no; oh, no; I am too old a
man for that"
Quay walked with his friends down
Broad street to the Office of his coun-
sci. where he made his escape from the
surging crowd.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-25
WYOMING GOLD STAMPEDE.

Wonderfully Rich Find Made in Timber
Reserve Close to the Park.
A phenomenally rich gold find is re.
ported from Wyoming, close to the yell
lowstone park, and much excitement is
being created on account thereof. Re-
ferring to the matter, the Sun-Leader
(Wyo.) says: .
"In conversation with a high official
from the northern part Of the state, the
Sur. Leader reporter was assured re.
Gently that great local excitement pre-.
walls with reference to recent rich gold
discoveries on the timber reserve direct
" east of the National park in this
state. Gold prospectors are fooking IN
from southern Montana camps. The
nearest railroad point is Red Lodge,
Mont, and the nearest postofice is
Lowell, Big Horn county, Wyo. Sew
eral prospects have been developed to
ten or sixty feet in depth, showing phe.
nomenal values. with veins large and
true assures. The camp has as yet not
been named. It is in the neighbor-
hood of the Yellowstone river"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-25

The legislature Of California may be
rather big. but the newspaper men of
the state are not SO small. Some lively
times ore anticipated in that state owe
the newspaper signature law passed by
the recent legislature and which went
into effect last week. A great many of
the papers in the state, including all
the San Francisco dailies, will pay no
attention to it. The law provides that
all articles published in newspapers
and which reflect on any PERSONS char
acter Or tend to hold him up to ridicule
or contempt and those rejecting Oh the
memory Of the dead shall be signed by
the writer's. The penalty for violation
Of this law is d fine Of 81. 900 for each
o~ffense, $500 of the fine going to the
person who brings action against the
offending newspaper. The newspaper
publishers hold that the law is uncon-
stitutional and will fight it in the
courts.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-25
WAS BURNED AT THE STAKE.
Negro Murderer Paid u Frightful Penalty
for u Most Horrible Crime.

. IoT II lMUSt IluTyIpIe WIN ,H
Newman, Ga, April 23.-In the
presence of nearly 1000 people, who
sent aloft yells of defiance and shouts
of joy, Sam Hose, a negro, who com.
mitted two Of the basest acts known in
the history of crime, killing II farmer
and ravishing his wife, was burned at
the stake III Il public road, Il an one
half miles from here this afternoon.
Before the torch was applied to the
pyre the negro was deprived Of his ears.
fingers and other portions Of his al.
atomy. The negro pleaded pitifully
for his life while the mutilation was
going n but stood the ordeal of fire
with surprising fortitude.
Before the body was cool it was cut
to pieces, the loins were crushed into
small bits, and even the tree upon
which the wretch met his fate was torn
up and disposed Of as souvenirs. The
negro was cut in several pieces, as was
also his liver. Those unable to obtain
the gastly relics direct, paid the nor
fortunate possessors extravaganza sums
for them. Small pieces of bone went at
% cents and a bit of liver, crisply
cooked, sold for 10 cents.
As soon as the negro was seen to be
dead there was a tremendous struggle
among the crowd which witnessed his
tragic end to secure the souvenirs. A
rush was made for the stake, and those
near the body were forced against it
and had to fight for their freedom.
Knives were quickly produced and the
body was soon dismembered. One of
the men who lifted the kerosene to the
l,egro's head is said to be a native Of
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
His name is known to those, who were
with him, but they refuse to divulge
it. The mob was composed of citizens
of Newman. Griffin, Palmetto and other
little towns in the country around
Newman.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-25
SPEAKE Err REEDS RETIREM ENT.

Where there is smoke there is fire,
says al ancient saw. The persistent
rumors in regard to the withdrawal Of
Speaker Reed from political life are at
last confirmed by the positive statement
OF q member Of the law firm with
which. Mr.. Reed is to be- connected
hereafter. 1t is now regarded as set
tied that the ex.speaker will resign his
seat in congress. to which he was re-.
elected last fall by a splendid majority,
renounce political ambition and re-
sumo the life he abandoned in 1863
that of an active legal practitioner.
The country is aware of the reasons
which dictate this unexpected change.
1t respects them. but deeply regrets Mr..
Reeds decision. He has been a re-
niarkable and powerful figure in our
political life. He has a strong and
a individuality, and it's influence
has been and will continue to be felt in
many directions. The rewards Of such
i~ncalculable service as Mr.. Reed has
rendered his country are, in a material
sense, inadequate in a free government.
The speaker is a poor man, and he has
now an unusual opportunity to make
suitable provision for his family. He
has devoted twenty of his best years to
public work, and he no longer hopes
for promotion. He was a presidential
candidate jn1as6. but the nomination
Of NJ. Me1ptnIsy wal logical and ine-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-25

Senator Carter is quoted as saying
that Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
contemplates visiting Montana this
summer. The secretary will come in
the interest Of the public welfare. He
wishes to make a careful examination
OF the country in the endeavor to obtain
reliable information as to the advisa.
bility of the government constructing
reservoirs and large canals for the stor-
age and distribution of surplus water
for the agricultural districts. The Sec
rotary will probably make a p~rotracted
stay in order to better familiarize him.
self with the situation.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-25

On next Monday the citizens OF Red
Lodge will vote on the proposition of
issuing bonds to the amount Of $40, 900
for the purpose of putting in a system
OF city water works. The general pub
lie opinion seems to be in favor of the
project and there is no doubt but what
the proposition will carry. II the oiti-
Gems OF our sister city know what is for
their good they will see that it does
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-25
DUE TO WISE TARIFF LEGlsLATIO,

DUE tt WISE TARIFF LEGISLATION
A recent dispatch from New Castle.
Pa. says: 1.-THE Shenaugo Valley Tin
Plate Mill, which is the largest in the
world, will begin operations Oh Mon
day, April 8. The plant contains thir-
ty mills and it is one-half larger than
any other in the United States. Over
1850 men will find employment.
Here is a tribute both to the McKin.
ley law and to the Dingley law--to the
Mckinley law in that attention is
called to the fact that it is to that law
that we owe the entire tin plate indus
try of the country; to the Dingley law
in that the prosperity which has come
to the country as a result of the enact.
ment of that law has led to the reopen
ing of this factory. as it has led to the
reopening of hundreds, even thousands,
of others.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-25

vitable, and the speakers chance was
gone. He doubtless feels that another
term or two as speaker will not add to
his prestige, and his distinctive work
i'll the house is accomplished. The
adoption of his rules-once so bitterly
a~ssailed--by his opponents and the es.
tablishment of genuine majority rule
in a body which has become %siDgularly
efficient, businesslike and fit for its
duties are the browning successes Of an
exceptional career. The speaker has
been accused of usurping authority and
reducing the house to impotence, but
the legislation of the last congress con-
clusively refute this charge. The
speaker was not in sympathy with the
majority Of his OWL party Oh several
grave questions. but the latter pre-
vailed and the former had to yield.
The rules governed and the rules have
been justified by their fruits. Much of
MI. Reeds power was due not to the
office but to the personality of the in
cumbent. His ability, information,
courage and independence have COM
PEELED Difference wen where assent
could not be given.
Mr.. Reeds wholesome reforms are
needed in the upper house, and many
hoped that he would consent to accept
a vice-presidential nomination for the
sake of the important task to be accom-
plished in that body. But there are
obstacles to senate reformation in the
very scheme of our government, and
MI. Reed has perhaps feared that ira
dition, pride and courtesy" would be
too formidable sven for a man of his
will, tenacity and force. He decides to
retire to- private and professional life,
and, we trust, to the composition of a
work on his congressional career and
experience.
This retirement raises the question
of the next speakersbip. Equity and
expediency dictate the promotion of a
man. The east has but one
candidate, Representative
Sherman, while the west has several
distinguished and eminent claimants.
The leading candidates are Congress
man Hopkins Of Illinois. congressman
Henderson and Hepburn Of Iowa and
Congressman Babcock of Wisconsin.
The west is entitled to the prize which
the east will be loath to surrender.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-25

The Catholic church in Montana lie
now represented by a new publication
called "The Montana Catholic which
made it's initial appearance in Butte
last week. Representative newspaper
men are at the head Of the enterprise
and assure it success.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-25
Governor of Pennsylvania.
Tell Your sister

A beautiful complexion is an impossible
ty without good pure blood, the sort
that only exists In connection with good
digestion, a healthy liver and bowels.
Karl's Glover Root Tea acts directly on
the bowels, liver and kidneys keeping
them in perfect health. Price 25 cts.
and 30 cts. Sold by Chapple Drug Go.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-25

Generals Otis and Lawton should
get together and confer Oh the number
of troops that will be sufficient in the
Philippines. The former estimates the
number at 30, 900, while the latter says
it will take 100, 600.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-25
MILE STONE.

With this issue commences Volume
Fifteen of The Gazette. Indeed, it is
safe to affirm. we hope, that no news
paper in the state is built on a more
enduring basis or enjoys more fully the
confidence and esteem of it's constituent
oy than this paper, for the very suth-
cient reason that it has always en-
deavored to advocate the interests of
this section Of the state, and has kept
pace with the growth and advancement
Of the community, and frequently
(sometimes to the proprietor's financial
loss) has it been somewhat far in ad-
vance of the procession. At no time
has this paper allowed any rival estab-
lishment to forestall it in equipment or
in enterprise and for years it has been
recognized as the foremost journal in
eastern Montana. This position it is
the determination of the management
to retain.
At the present time The Gazette has
in preparation a Historical Edition,
which will be shortly issued from the
press, which ia far in advance Of any
such work ever attempted in the state.
That it will be of incalculable value in
directing attention to the numerous op.
portunities tor the investment III enter
prises, beneficial both to the investor
and the community, is unquestionable.
Tho publication Of such a number at
this time is opportune and is meeting
with the cordial support of our citizens.
The political course of The Gazette
from it's inception has been the support
the principles Of the republican party,
believing them to be for the best inter-
ests of Montana and the entire nation.
There are home matters that claim
attention, in which this paper will al.
ways enjoy the sympathy and support
Of all good citizens. The economical
and just administration of civic apd
county affairs. the purity of the bench
and the inauguration of enterprises
and improvements tending to the up
building of the community will always
find in The Gazette an unfinching
champion, without regard to the politi.
cal faith Of those whose cause is advo-
Gated or conduct criticised.
The present outlook for Yellowstone
county is most favorable. Our stockmen
and fockmasters have in general come
through a trying winter with less loss
than obtains in many portions of the
northwest, although they have been
subjected to an unusually heavy ex.
pense. Many new enterprises are prom
ised for the coming season, principal
among which we count the reclamation
Of the Billings bench by the arid land
commission. which is o assured, and
the opening Of a portion of the Grow
Indian reservation, which will bring in
their trains a host of enterprises that
will make all past progress appear slow.
Then there is the public library, a large
brewery and numerous other enter.
prises, But whatever will be the
growth of the community the past his
tory Of The Gazette is a guarantee that
it will continue to fifty represent the
city, which it has assisted to build.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-25

William j. Bryan is unquestionabR
the greatest long.distance public speak
er this age has known. While speak
ing in New York last week he was at
lie same time having letters published
in California. Bryan believes N the
art of advertising.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-25

Aguinaldo cables Speaker Reed as
follows: "Manila, in the marshes,
April 22.-Dear Tommy: Wish I could
drop out of this mess as quietly as you
did out of YOURS"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-25

Pennsylvania may console herself
with the thought that al empty sena-
torial chair is better than one filled as
some IRE and have been filled.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-25

Will the east "hog'' the west out of
the speakership of the house Of con.
gress? Echo swe twill it?"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-25

The cartoonists regret the retirement
of Speaker Reed to private life. He
furnished such a splendid mark for
their pens
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-25

From present appearances it looks
very much as though Matt Quay would
go to the senate instead of the peniten-
tiarv
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-25

Says Matt Quay to John Wanamaker
Just tell them that you saw me-"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-25
Appoints Him Senator.

Harrisburg, Pa, April Fl. - I'M
mediately upon the receipt of the news
that Senator Quay was acquitted Of the
charges against him. Governor Stone
appointed him United States senator to
fill the vacancy until the next legisla
ture meets, and notified Vice President
Hobart as follows:
"Sir: By virtue of the power vested
in me as executive of the state of Penn
%sylvania, under article 1, clause 2, sec
ton 3 of the constitution of the United
States, I hereby make temporary APP
pointment of the Hon. Matthew Stan
ley Quay to be United States senator
from Pennsylvania until the next meet
ing Of the Pennsylvania Legislature to
fill the vacancy now existing in this
state. Very respectfully,
William A. Stone,
Governor of Pennsylvania"
Governor Stone said that in appoint
ing Senator Quay he felt that lie had
done the fit and proper thing. He
thought it would make the issue and is
better done now than after waiting for
weeks. The authority quoted by the
governor says that the governor of any
state may make temporary appoint
ment during a recess to hold until the
mex legislature meets.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-25

carry. Should they defeat it and then
a corporation comes in and puts the
system in. they will regret the step
ever afterward.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-10-02
BETTER THAN oLDEN DAYS.
Modern Medical Education Is More
Thorough Than Fifty Years Ago

Modern Medical Education Is More
Thorough Than Fifty Years Ago.
Everyone does not sigh for "the
days of long ago." The better a mans
education and the wider his expert
ences the more he appreciates modern
systems OF education and realizes that
the world is progressing in the right
direction. when / was young" re-
marked physician of eminence the
other day, lit would have been deemed
rank heresy to omit Greek and Latin
in the education of a boy intending
to enter my profession. Today I'm
not so sure about it, The sum total
OF things to be learned has increased
enormously these fifty years, but the
time for learning them is just the
same I'm doubtful whether present
day young man has any hours to
spare for the classics-of course | mean
young man who proposes to fight his
own way in the world. | have a son
who Is going to be a doctor, and when
he entered college two years ago con-
sented reluctantly to his taking a sci
entific course, without Greek or Latin.
At present he is splendidly equipped
to begin the study of medicine In.
stead of spending time on the dead
languages he devoted himself to chem
istry. physics and bacteriology, and I
am bound to admit that he has laid a
magnificent foundation for his future
profession. l regret the neglect OF
classics in his course, because l know
they give certain elegance to ones
habit of thought that nothing can re-
place, but it is practical question OF
time and into 2 won't 1t is becom-
ing very APPARENT to my mind that mod
ern education must be pruned down to
the essentials, and the decorative fea-
lures left to the inclination and oppor-
tunity of the individual. Our common
school curriculum contains a good deal
Of dead timber that ought to be Topped
off without delay. The capable young
person of the next generation will
know everything about little The
day when we can know little about
everything has gone by"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-10-02
FREAKS OF CYCLONES.
SMASHES CHURCH AND WOR-
SHIPPERS, SPARES GAMBLERS.
Forests FeIled, Tent Unharmed-Horse
Blown Into Cellar Top OF People
Lad Carried Mile and Then
Brought Back.
Especial letter.

The irony of fate frequently appears
In the antics of the cyclone. In the
town of Shanghai, H., there stood side
by side church and saloon. A mar
row alley separated them. On certain
Sunday morning the church was filled
with worshipers, the saloon with gam
blers. Inside the one were sixty-five
devotees of religion; inside the other
were five deyotees to a game of chance
called poker A tornado descended
upon the town and struck in the neigh
borhood of these two buildings. The
church was demolished. It's occupants
were killed. Not single on the sa-
loon was displaced. The gamblers were
unframed. They ran outside, when
the noise of the wreck next door
reached them, and busted themselves
digging out from the rims the bodies
of those who had assembled just across
the alley to be saved
Between Napoleon and Versailles,
Ind, party of emigrants camped in
forest, which drew the wrath of the
wind gods one dark night A path
fifty yards wide was cut through this
dense mass of trees, throwing the tall
timbers aside like straws flying from
the sickle of a moving machine. The
tent containing party of campers was
in the middle of this road of ruin. Not
a thread in its canvas was raveled, not
one of its sleeping inmates was
MANNED
On May 81 a wind storm visited the
vicinity of the Bijou hills, in South
Dakota. Everything in it's course was
torn up or driven into the ground.
The ground happened to be honey
combed with cellars, and these re-
ceived loads of men and women as fast
as they could drop into them. All the
woodwork in sight was swept away.
A family named Clothier occupied one
cellar. Mr.. Al Clothier heard some
thing whiz by his head, and, on looking
up, beheld the blade of large knife
against the wall. The blade
of it had missed him by an inch and
buried itself in the fiat earthen surface
against which he was standing. The
knife had been blown from the East
man place, a mile away.
In the same storm the Noble family
to a cellar, only to have a
horse blown in after them. None of
the family sustained injury of any de-
scription. large stove fell in upon a
party that had taken refuge in base
ment under the Danish Lutheran
church at Chamberlain, S. D., injuring
no one. Every monument in the ad-
Joining cemetery was blown away.
In Newton, Mo-, on April 81, fam
ly at dinner were transported in their
house 100 yards across a stream and
Jet down on the opposite shore with