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The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-29
THE Booz CASE.

The Great Falls Leader is happy
over the alleged fact that all the evil
dence so far taken in the West Point
inquiry, is against the assertion that
young Booz came to his death as the
result of hazing. All of the evidence
is not that way by any means, but
all of the evidence given by the ca.
diets is that way. The fact still
stands that the assertion of the ca
diets that Booz was suffering from a
loathsome disease before he entered
the academy is proven false by rea
son of the fact that every candidate
for admission to the West Point acad
envy must undergo rigid medical ex
animation. And if the cadets ar,
the kind of gentlemen" who woult
make such a scurrilous accusation
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-29
The Travel Cure.

Under what conditions is travel of
benefit in the treatment of mental
diseases? This question was under
discussion at yesterdays meeting of
the Medico-Psychoogical association.
DR.. Savage, physician in charge of
mental diseases at Guys, held that
to move a patient suffering from a
severe mental disorder, either for a
sea voyage Or other form of travelling
was very inadvisable. The fresh
surroundings very often caused weari
ness where the need was for abso
lutte rest. On the other hand, he
recognized that a sea voyage might
do good to one suffering from melan
cholia due to a love affair or to q
failure at examination. Sir Hermann
Weber agreed with DR.. Savage's opin
ion and referred to the case of q
coachman who had become mentally
affected 1t was believed that he
might recover if he were seated or
tour-in-hand. The experiment was
tried and succeeded. DR.. Robert
Jones took the view that sea voyages
do not always benefit convalescents
He said he knew of a case of a men
tally afflicted patient who was order
Ell on a voyage. When Marsailles was
reached the patient had a delusior
that his attendant was insane ant
declined to go further with him.
London Chronicle.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-29
against a dead comrade it is not be-

against a dead comrade it is not be-
yond the bounds of probability that
they are not telling the truth about
the hazing of Cadet Booz. The facts
as alleged by Booz's relatives have
been established in character but not
in degree. The cadets examined
have admitted the Tabasco sauce cpl
sode, the fist fight, and the hot candle
grease incident. but they aver that
none OF them was as serious or as
brutal as charged by Booz's family
MAKING allowance for the disposition
OF the accused to minimize their of
tense. enough has been established r.
show that the prevailing spirit al
west Point is brutal and ruffianly
rather than gentle and gentleman1v
But it is the evident intention of the
commission to whitewash the institu
tlon instead of reforming it, SO the
hazlns OF new students by pourins
not grease on their feet, pouring Ia
basco sauce down their threats, ant
compelling them to meet trained bu1
lies in the prize ring, will probabl,
continue
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-29
A Bad Idea,

accommodation to the board OF
pense for transportation of prison
ers should be paid by the various
counties interested, instead of taken
from the state funds, is something to
be considered by the coming session
OF the legislature. The present sys-
tenn has worked satisfactorily for
many years, and without additional
testimony to the effect that there is
danger of bankrupting the state by
keeping up the present policy, it
would seem foolish to change. The
various counties OF the state have
now as many burdens as they can
very well bear, and to add to them
when the state is in as good condi
ton financially as it is at present
Wouio be wrong. The amount for the
year is only $7,996.90, not sufficient
an amount to bankrupt or injure the
state in any way, but the items are
divided up among few counties and
the amounts to be paul by each coun
ty, although small would, with othel
expenses that are thrown upon the
counties, add much to their expenses
and also bear too heavily upon the
taxpayers of those few counties who
have on the past furnished the great
j,o,, ~ in,
tentiary-Great Falls Leader.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-29
A STITCH IN TIME.

The Bee has no wish to cause m
necessary alarm, but it behooyes the
health authorities to bestir them
selves to prevent the spread of small
poN in this city. The story goes
that the last man afflicted with the
disease in this town, wandered about
the streets for two days before the
authorities got hold of him: that he
had been employed at grading camp
on the lake railroad branch, and that
as soon as his fellow employees heard
that he had the smallpox they scat
tered about the town and no effort
was made to apprehend and quaran-
tine them. The Bee is advised that
there has been no detention hospital
provided for suspected cases, and that
such much be allowed to expose 9th
ers to contagion or else be sent to the
pest house.
This state Of affairs is not reassur-
ing nor is it calculated to encourage
faith in the ability or disposition OF
the authorities to cope with a stu
alton which threatens to become seri-
GUS.
Smallpox is disease which is
frightfully contagious, but when there
is a disposition to meet it courage
ously, intelligently and vigorously
there is no reason why it should gam
a foOthold in any community. There
is no use trying to conceal the fact
that smallpox exists in this locality
and there is decided danger in dodg
ing the fact that unless vigorous
steps are taken to ferret out anG
quarantine those afflicted or exposed
the probability of the disease spread
ing, will become far more serious
than If is now
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-29
Simply Better Goods.

No more than two years ago the
German shoe manufacturers were
ridculing the idea that Americans
could compete with them. They
are now begging for higher duties to
save them from the Americans. 1t
certainly is not lower wages that en-
able the American manufacturers to
sell shoes in Germany.-New York
Journal of Commerce.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-29

Age meets his match now an(
then; he can't wither some people.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-29
a Bad Precedent,

When Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Cud-
600 for the safe return home of their
kidnapped son and TASK no Ques-
tons they no doubt acted on that
strong impulse Of natural affection
to which 80 per cent Of parents sim
ilarly placed would be tempted to
yield. And vet from the larger
standpoint Of the whole communities
interests it would have been better
for them to have offered any reward,
however great, for the recovery of
their son plus the discovery and con-
viction of the lidnappers than to
have paid a ransom, however small,
on the mo questions asked" plan.
1t is, of course, easy to understand
and in a sense to sympathize with
the action of frenzied parents who
surrender as the Cudahys did, to a
threat 50 terrible. Nevertheless
there is no rich mans son or daugh-
ter in the land who is not less secure
from seizure for ransom today be-
cause Of the successful crime at
Omaha. The police Of that city,
however, are not bound by Mr.. Cud-
ahy's bargain with the kidnappers,
and it is to be hoped that they will
leave no stone unturned to bring
them to punishment. New York
World.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-29

Entered at the Postofiice at kallspell, mon
tana as second class mail matter.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-29
SATURDAY, DECEMBER %, 1906
CARLETON'S LATEST.

carleton, ne VINO rendefS an OPINION
every day or two for the edifcation
of the school teachers of the state,
has again been heard. This time he
discusses the question of dances
versus church services with particular
reference to the situation in one of
the school districts Of this county. It
school district in pursuance Of a plan
to replenish the school exchequer,
made bargain with local dancing
club, whereby the said club was to
have the use of the school house for
their functions" at the rate Of five
dollars per function. The church peo-
pie of the district also wanted to use
the school house for religious purpos-
es and the trustees proposed to as
sess them the same as the dancing
school people. The controversy
was first submitted to Miss Spurck,
and, being of too delicate a nature
for her to handle it was submitted by
her, in turn, to State Superintendent
Carleton. That gentleman shows no
difidence or hesitation in tackling
the problem and he lays down the
law that it is highly improper to use
a school house for dancing purposes.
and eminently proper to use it for
religious services He bears down
rather severely on the trustees and
hints that they are relics of a barbar-
GUS past, and ought to lose no time
in taking tumble to themselves.
Cartoons opinions are altogether
too numerous to be uniformly good,
and this last one is notably bad. At
least, it is thoroughly half bad. While
no sensible person will feel disposed
to question the wisdom of allowing
the free use of the school house for
religious services, neither will any
sensible and fair-ninded person feel
disposed to censure the trustees for
allowing the use of the school house
for dancing parties especially for a
monetary consideration. In many
rural communities in western states,
the school house is the only place
where public meetings of any kind
can be held, and as the godly and un.
godly contribute alike to the support
OF the school house there is no good
reason why either should be discrim
mated against in the matter of the
use of the building within proper lin
itations. While Carleton declines to be
drawn into discussion of the mora
status of dancing, his decision plain
~ reflects his views upon the subject
unless, indeed, he is indulging in hi
usual playtO the galleries in the hop,
of round of applause. Fortunately
Carleton has absolutely no authorit,
in the premises and the trustees O
the school district in question may, i
they choose, go on allowing the dane
ing society, as well as the church sc
ciety to use the school house, in spit
of the swelled-headed Carleton, who
thanks to the lapse of time, will 500
be relegated to the obscurity his ret
ord and opinions merit.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-29
Half a Loaf Better Than None,

On the principle that half loaf is
better than no bread the action of the
senate committee on military affairs
in regard to the canteen is accepta-
Bile.
The exclusion of light wines will
not be felt in the United States,
where comparatively little of that
kind of liquor is drunk by soldiers,
but in the tropical dependencies of
the United States it will be different.
1t is understood that, while much beer
is used in the islands, the light wines
are in more favor With the soldiers
and that, further, of the two liquors
the wines are much better for them
But the main thing is the continual
ton of the canteen. Even with only
beer for sale, the men will be large
ly kept from drinking the vile native
liquors-the beno of the Philippines
and the aguardiente of Cuba and
Porto Rico.--Buffalo Express.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-29
TELEPHONE NUMBER IA
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

NoTE-Give old and new address when order
ing paper changed to new address.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-29
Are Going to Have It.

OF course there are some railroad
senators who do not wish the canal
digged and there may be a few others
OF like hostility to the canal, but it
can be set down that there is very
little opposition to it in congress
which is not similarly inspired. Such
opposition, however, will in the end
| future of its opponents. The peo-
pie of this country, irrespective of
party or section, are determined to
have the canal, and they are going
to have it-Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-29

The police of Omaha have discov-
cred that one suspect in the Cudahy
kidnapping case is innocent and are
said to be elated over the fact, be-
cause it eliminates him from the
case. There are some few hundred
other suspects and the Omaha sleuths
expect to have them simmered down
to $50 in the course of a year or two.
by the kidnapers, has been found
near Omaha, and as the animal has
made no satisfactory explanation, it
has been added to the list of police
suspects. Great is the Omaha police
force.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-29
THAT BRIDE MONEY.

The proposition to use the $4,000
bride money now in the hands of the
state treasurer, for the purpose of
making a Montana exhibit at the Pan
American exposition at Buffalo next
summer, has it's Objectionable fea-
lures. In case the proposal is adopt
ed by the legislature, more than like
ly the result will be that Montana will
receive more advertising on account
of the money and how it came to be
in the state treasury, than on account
of any display which might be made.
1t will be generally conceded that
Montana has had quite enough of
such advertising A better use of
the money would be to devote it to
providing more Jail facilities for
bribers and like criminals.
Montana should participate in the
Buffalo exposition but it is sincere
ly to be hoped that the money appro-
priated for that purpose will have no
faint of crime about it.
If the legislature would set apart
a day for feasting and penance by the
people of Montana and on that day
on the steps of the state capitol, pub.
licly burn those thirty 1000 dollar
ment for Montana than participation
in all the expositions ever projected
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-29
Have Discovered the Real Cause.

The striking Santa Fe telegraphers
have rebukea their leader for mis-
leading them. Which means they
have discovered the real cause of
most strikes.-Chicago Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-10-10
Power of Modern Guns,


The power of the modern gun is a
thing that cannot be grasped. The
100-ton projectlle strikes with n force
equal to 465,000 eleven-stone men
jumping from n height of one foot.
When the eighty-one-ton gun fires a
shot twe;ye miles, 1t is fired at such
an angle that the shell goes up to a
height 54S2 feet higher than Mont
Blame. Big guns have been longer in
use than most people think. In the
year 14IS they had guns called "bom-
bards," which threw proJectiles weigh
ing a quarter of a ton. They were
wider at the muZzle than In the bore,
and were used for battering buildings.
The English used big guns at the bat
tie of Crecy, and amazed the French,
who had never seen such weapons be-
fore.-The Regiment.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-10-10

side. wrcckage and death. A battle
city suddenly stricken as this was is
more pathetic spectacle. When men
fight men the strong are killed alone,
for all are strong, but here 1t was the
weak, who suffered most severely, 1t
was the women an children who died
in the greatest number. They could
not reach places of security for lack of
strength, and the BRAY. and willing
men were powerless t. help them.
Thore pinned down by solid wreckage
lay where they had fallen, those
drowned while fleeing for safety were
carried out by the ebbing waters,
while the fallen houses each held the
secret of those who had been crushed
in the downfall. A more pathetlcally
wretched condition never met the eyes
of men.
AS the day got older, however, there
was other work than grieving.
There was no drinking water in
the town, and the uniniured food
supply was short, while commu-
nication was cut off from the
world that was willing TO help. But
above all was the necessity to get rid
of the dead, which in so hot a climate
began quickly to decay. In very many,
indeed in most, instances the dead
could not be recognized, and therefore
could not be claimed sy relatives.
The bodies were buried in trenches.
and boat loads were taken TO deep
water and there sunk, yielding up to
the sea the victims it had come ashore
to claim.
But the vicious in the community.
many of them negroes, were as dill
gent in evil work as the rescuers were
~.od. Hundreds robbed the dead bod
les of what valuables they could find
even cutting off fingers and ears to
get finger rings and ear rings. The
few United States soldiers stationed
in Galveston were called upon to do
police 'uty, and State militiamen We're
sent to help as soon as possible. Every
man caught robbing the dead was
shot, and some twenty-five more were
tried by drum-head court-martial and
shot Immediately. The summary eX-
ecution of these wretches put an end
to this phase of the awful situation.
One of the most thrilling tales of the
Texas disaster is told by Miss Sadie
Hirshfeld, of New York, who has just
returned from Galveston.
She was with her family In their
home on Seeley avenue when the
storm came, and until she was rescued
twenty-four hours later battled with
death upon the roof OF a cottage
which had become enmeshed with de.
! bris bound seaward. "a
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-10-10
out in a raft and carried us to that
building"
least fifty persons lose their lives un-
der the most trying circumstances.
No Heads on Chinese Coins.

Numismatics who may in the dim
and distant future investigate the
coinage of China in order to find some
authentic record of the lineaments of
its sovereigns will be doomed to dis
appointment. A representation of the
human head separate from the figure
is there an object of horror; hence
there is never an effigy of the emperor
on his coin. Further, the hermit-lise
seclusion In which the Son of Heaven
additionally lives is intended to stim-
ulate veneration; and there are very
few of the subjects apart from the
officials Of the palace, who ever see his
face. A missionary recently returned
from the celestial land observes that
were 1t known that in Europe portraits
of kings We're suspended before inns,
exposed to dust, wind and rain, and
to the wlttlcisms and perhaps the sar-
casms of the populace, we should be
held in even greater derision than we
are.-London Daily Chronicle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-10-10

an Iron roof rolled up and was hurled
across tho street as though 1t had been
paper; timbers were carried in the air
as though the solid oak and pine were
only grass or straw. while wires, tele-
graph, telephone. electric light and
trolley, were everywhere, for the poles
had snapped like pipe-stcms and let
their burdens loose. The force seemed
irresistible. as mighty as It was mer-
ciless. All this was in unrelleved dark
ness, which prcYented even the most
resourcefr' from averting the dan
gers that were on every hand. There
was little II any change for two hours
and half. Then the barometer be-
gan slowly to rise and the worst of
the storm was over. In two hours
more the wind had subsidized. and by
midnight there was quiet in stricken
quiet of death.
The water, which in some streets
had been eight feet deep, began quick
ly to run out. and by daylight the
pavements were again exposed. But
what a scene of devastation. this day
light revealed! Wreckagc on every
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-10-10
A slyle censrniix Re.ct,ooinninr. .t,o n

No style of bodice is more generally
becoming than the bolero in its many
forms. The excellent May Manton de-
sign illustrated in the large picture is
adapted to many materials, but Is
never more effective than. as shown,
in black taffeta with applique of Per-
sian embroidery. The model from
which the drawing was made is worn
with skirt of figured black silk and
over n waist made of ready tucked
mousseline in cream white. The lin.
ing Is white satin, but the revers are
faced with black panne, which adds
greatly to the effect. The high stock,
which matches the waist. Is finished
with an applique of heavy cream lace,
Pastel tinted taffetas are admirable
and exceedingly attractive for garden
party and informal evening wear, but
the latest hint from Paris tells of taf-
feta enriched by embroidery into which
gold and silver threads are introduced.
The waist beneath may be of any con-
trastlng material, but Is most effective
In such diaphanous filmy stuffs as
chiffon. mousseline and Liberty gauze.
10 cut this bolero for woman of
medium size three yards Of material
twenty-one inches wide. or one and
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-10-10

from the northeast pitched the waters
against the wharves and abutments,
choking the sewers and flooding the
city from that quarter. The wind,
which had been some fifty miles an
hour, quiclened to eighty-four, when
the measuring apparatus of the
Weather Bureau was wrecked, and the
rest can only be guessed at. The
streets we've rapidly filling with water,
and each person had to stay where he
was caught, as 1t was nigh impossible
to move from place to place.
In times such as this, however, the
impossible is done, and many men did
succeed in getting their families into
the more substantial buildings, such
as the public schools, the court house
and the hotels. From three o'clock in
the afternoon the wind increased
steadily until 1t was at its highest, and
certainly not less than 100 miles an
hour. IT, barometer also continued
to fall, reaching its lowest, 2S.04la
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-10-10

bolted and the shutters that were noi
carried away by the wind fastened.
"suddcnly the house gave a lurch,
creaked mournfully and then began to
swing to and fro. Our home was lift
cd from its foundations and set adrlft.
The waters rose higher and higher
until they reached the second story.
"Up the garret stairs we rushed,
and soon the nine of us were cllnging
on the coped roof.
Hundreds of families were in the
same plight. We had gone about n
block when the house struck against
something, which we discovered later
was an oid hut
I'VE remained there all night, while
our clothes were being torn from our
backs by the wind, and house after
house foated by us. telling its story
of misery.
"On one coped roof, when Sunday
dawncd. | saw mother with babe.
which judged TO be some two months
old, clinging as best she could. The
wind had taken every stitch of cloth
ing she had had OH her back, and the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-10-10

1t is generally known to most peo.
pie that the karri tree, which is now
used so largely in paving the London
streets, is the giant tree of Western
Australia, but few are aware, how
ever, of the enormous proportions
which the species sometimes attain,
and it may, therefore, be of interest to
give the measurements of tree re-
Gently discovered on the banks of the
Warren River. The 1pecimen in ques-
ton is thirty-four feet in circumfer-
ence three feet from the ground, four
teen feet in circumference at the first
limb, which is 100 feet from the
ground, and over 200 feet i'm extreme
height. In other words, the whole Of
the tree from the bottom to the first
limb contains II rly G000 cubic feet Of
timber, which means that it has q
weight of over forty tons In all.
For street blocking the karri timber
is pronounced by experts better than
its colleague, the jarrah, in that its
surface is less liable to get slippery
for the horses feet.-St. James Ga.
Zette. -