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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-26
New Prison on Alcatrax Island.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25.--A new gov.
eminent prison Is to be erected imme.
diately at Alcatraz island in this harbor.
Before the outbreak Of the Spanish war,
there was room to spare on Alcatraz fol
all the military prisoners from Califor'
MIA, Oregon and Nevada, but the last
lot Of 100 from Manila filled the quarters
to OVERLOOKING. Another consignment
Of 100 il now daily expected; and in 81.
der to accommodate them, the new
prison has to be erected. The prisoners
have sentences Of from one to five years
to serve, nearly all the punishments be-
ing for breaches Of military discipline.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-26
STRAIN IS GREAT
Britons Anxiously Await News
OF Buffers Success or
Failure.
Message Sent Previous to In
tended Night Attack In
creases Suspense,
Because He Was. Then UndOubt-
eddy on the Eve of a Great
: Battle.

LONDON, Jan. 25.--4:1O p. MAS the
afternoon progressed, the excitement on
Pail Mall reached IL high pitch. But
the war office officials reiterated at $3.50
p. M, the ~oft-repeated statement that
''nothing had been received from Cen
Butler" The suspense was increased
by the belief that General Butler would
never have published his intention to
attack the Beers on Spion kop, unless
satisfied that the assault would be car
ried out before the news could be pub.
lished, and it vas fully anticipated that
the news Of his success or failure would
reach London in a few hours at the
most.
The cabinet ministers called at the
war office, after lunch, to ask for news.
LONDON, Jan. 25.-2:4O p. m.-The ex-
treme tension caused by what may justly
be designated the most anxious pause
since the war began had not been re-
lieved up to the time Of writing, by any
thing ave the Stock Exchange rumor,
which this time happens to have been
started by the bulls, who assert General
Warren has captured Spion kop. Anx.
lefty in regard to news is visible on all
side. The war office was besieged at an
early hour and the clubs and other re-
sorts liable to receive early news have
been crowded with eager inquirers.
It is generally recognized that the
Boer position, if ever taken, can only be
ut a tremendous cost.
A dispatch from Pretoria, dated Tues.
day, Jan. %, somewhat amplifies the
dispatch Of Monday, Jan. %, from the
Boer Head Lager, cabled to the Asso.
eiated Press:
1t says: -Four or five times during the
day, the British replaced their woaried
soldiers by fresh ones. The Boer cas-.
ualties to date are one man killed and
two men slightly injured. Our men are
In excellent spirits. There Is q large
slaughter Of the British.
The same dispatch, apparently refer.
ring to the situation at Colenso, says:
One Of the large Boer Maxims was tenn.
porarily disordered, but was soon re.
pared.
The British northern camp is in con.
fusion. People are observed trekking
aimlessly in all directions.
The American Attitude.
Commenting on Captain Mahan's at.
tttude, the st. James Gazette remarks:
ellis advice is good and needed in
America. While strict neutrality il
maintained in the official world and
good will for England it felt by the bet.
ter.informed, it is simply misleading the
public Of this country to suggest, as
some correspondents are doing, that an.
tagonism to England is confined to a
negligible body of Americans. The sym.
pathy of America az a whole, ass matter
Of fact, is no more with England at this
moment, than was u popular sym.
pathy with them at the outbreak Of the
war with Spain, and the contrast Of Of
fcial and popular attitudes is no loss
marked in the United States than it is
in Germany"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-26
FOREIGN NEWS.

China il stated to have yielded to
French demands for more territory.
Statistics show that incomes in Prus-
STA, since 1892, have risen ~ per cent.
Agitation over the seizure Of German
ships by England insures the passage OF
the German naval bill.
Osman Digna, principal supporter Of
the khalifa in the recent trouble in
Egypt, has been captured. /.
Europeans are much exercised ovel
the fact that Assistant Secretary Davis
of Washington will ride from Lourenzo
Marques to Pretoria in President Kru-
GERS salon railway carriage.
A Russian naval officer, Lieutenant
Romanoff, now in this country, on his
way to St, Petersburg, predicts war be-
tween Russia and Japan, also stating
that q general European conflict Is OK.
pected to follow.
The Berliner Tageblatt is informed
from st. Petersburg that Russian states
men are trying to get the support OF the
French cabinet for calling an inferno
tional congress to revise maritime law
aud to clarity the idea Of ~contraband.
In the Portuguese chamber Of depu
ties the minister Of foreign affairs re
peated his recent statement with refer
ence to the Anglo.G German agreement
and added that Portugal would neither
sell, cede nor lease any portion Of bel
colonies,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-26
NEWS oF THE WEEK
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

The senate has ratified the Samoan
treaty.
The pension appropriation bill has
been passed by the house.
The senate has agreed to a final vote
on the finance bill Feb. 10.
The 500 canal project is under consid-
eration by the house river and harbor
committee.
Adelbert Hay, the new United States
consul to Pretoria, has arrived at
Cape Town.
It'll said that Senator Clark Of Mon
tana will resign if the committee reports
adversely in his case.
There is said to be not the slightest
chance for Mr.. Roberts to remain in the
house after this week.
According to ex-senator Edmunds, a
tonnage bounty law would cause the
abrogation Of 35 treaties.
Collector Of Customs Ivey Of Alaska
has resigned, his resignation to take ef-
feet upon appointment and qualification
Of his successor.
The house will vote on the Roberts
case Thursday at 4:3O p. m. Mr.. Rob
erts will be given All opportunity to adj
dress the house if he SO desires.
Congress will be asked to take control
Of the Chicago drainage canal and con.
vert it into a ship canal to connect the
great lakes and the Mississippi.
The president has sent to the senate
the nomination of Thomas j. Henderson
Of Illinois to be civilian member of the
board Of ordnance and Notifications.
Attorney General Griggs has recon-
mended adversely III the appeal for
clemency in the case Of two Philadel-
phia dealers convicted Of selling oleo-
margarine for butter.
The house committee on election of
the president and vice president has
agreed a favorable report on the joint
resolution for an amendment to the con-
stitution for the election Of United
States senators by direct vote Of the
people.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-26
BRITIsH-BOER WAR NEWS.

The hospital ship Maine, fitted out by
American sympathizers Of the British,
has arrived at Cape Town.
Colonel Plumer, with three armored
trains and a relieving force, has reached
Gaberones on his way to Mafcking.
Great Britain has ordered the release
Of the German bark Marie, which Gre
ates a very favorable impression in Ber-
IN.
In another all-day battle General War.
sen's brigades forced the Beers from
three positions and advanced two miles
nearer Ladysmith.
A committee Of Danish farmers has
sent to the Princess Of Wales $4,000
boxes Of choice butter for the British
soldiers in South Africa.
A London Times correspondent writes
that the Swat queen has killed all the
chiefs who were ever in England or
Cape Town and is now plotting with the
Beers.
A dispatch from Durham, Natal, says
the Bundesrath's cargo has been re-
delivered to her agents and WILL be re-
loaded. The steamer expects to sail for
Delagoa Bay.
The Delagoa Bay correspondent Of the
Natal Times asserts that 8 big Creusot
guns and 80 tons Of shells were landed
from the French steamer Gironde about
two weeks ago.
Germany warns ENGLAND that present
friendly relations will be impossible II
there are further seizures. Simulta-
neous with this statement comes the an.
nouncement that England has seized
another German vessel.
The German bark Marie, from Austria.
liza with a cargo Of -four for the Trans.
vaal government, has been taken az a
prize by the British third-class cruiser
Pelos near the island Of Inaka, Delagoa
bay, and has been sent to Durham with
q prize crew on board.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-26
POPULATION OF PORTO RICO

Census of the Island Shows About u Mill
ion Inhabitants.
San JUAN, Porto Rico, Jan. 25.-The
official census Of Porto Rico has been
finished. San Juan has $4,000 inhabi-
tants; Ponce nearly twice as many resi-
dents, the number being $4,000. There
are 957, 900 inhabitants on the island.
The municipal elections began here
Monday. Excellent order prevails. The
present registration shows a probable
Republican majority. The number Of
voters is 5000. The Republican com.
m%issioners have left for Washington by
the steamship Madiana. One is former
Mayor Of San Juan.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-26
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

A freight elevator In a storage ware
house at One Hundred and Twenty.flfth
'treet and St. Nicholas avenue, New
York, fell, killing two persons and in.
Turing three others.
The steamer Danube, at Victoria from
Skaguay, brings news that q large part
Of the business portion Of Dawson was
wiped out by fire the night Of Jan. 10.
The loss will exceed $500, 900.
Henry A. ~lIazen, professor Of meteor.
ology and one Of the chief forecasters Of
weather conditions at the weather bu.
reau III Washington, was probably ia.
tally injured Monday night by being
thrown from q bicycle.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-26
pHILIPPINE NEWS.

The Americans have captured Taal,
defeating 800 Flipinos.
The recent revolt In Negroes proves to
have been an attempt to overthrow
American authority.
The San Francisco army and health
officers r preparing to receive SOC
bodies Of deceased soldiers from Manila
due b. arrive there within ths NEXT thyse
or four weeks.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-26
SYMPATHY OF HOLLANDERS.

It Il rendered to the Bosrs and AL Oth-
ers suffering From Unjust Assault
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26.-The Neither
lands Society Of this city has adopted
resolutions sympathizing with the Beers
and with all peoples struggling to
maintain their homes against unjust as'
ault and ravage,"
The resolution also adds; "That we
likewise sympathise with the millions
Of psople In India, now starving to
death In enjoyment Of that civilization
rendered to tho T%ransvaal."
Among those who made addresses was
Cornelius w, Won der Hoogt, Dutch
coasul at Baltimore,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-26
Iafaxette Ayenue nd Is.

NEW York, Jan. 25.-The proposal tc
change the name of Elm street and In.
fayette place to Dewey ven having
aroused u storm Of protest from those
who believed that Lnfayette's name
should not be superseded by Dewey's,
the board Of aldermen has decided to
name the th%oroughfare Lafayette ave.
nue..
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-26

I want to lot the people who suffer
from rheumatism and sciatiea know
that Chamberlain's Pain Balm relieved
me after a number Of other medicines
and q doctor had failed. 1t Is the best
liniment l have ever known of.--J. A.
Dodgen, Alphnretta. Ga. Thousands
have been cured OF rheumatism by this
remedy. One application relieves the
pam. For sale by Ch0pple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-26
Made Young Again.

"One Of DR.. Kings New Life Pills each
night for two weeks has put me In
my teens again writes d. IL. Turner OF
Dampseytown. Pa. They're the best In
the world for Liver, Stomach and Bowels,
Purely vegetable. Never grippe Only
25c. ut Chapple Drug Co.'S store.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-26

j. A. Lambert Of Rachel, N. G., writes:
II heartily endorse Foley's Kidney Cure.
Tt does what you claim II will do and
there Is nothing equal to 1t, and ! thank
you for the good 1t has done me-
Holmes & Calhoun,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-26

It's a long life, but devotion to the true interests and
prosperity Of the American people has won for it new
friends as the years rolled by and the original mem
bcrs of its family passed to their reward, and these ad-
mircrs are loyal and stcadfast today, with faith in it's
teachings and confidence in the information which it
brings to their homes and hresidcs. AS a natural con
sequence it enjoys in it's old age all the vitality and
vigor of its youth, strengthened and ripened by the ex
pericnces Of over half a, century. 1t has lived on it's
merits, and on the cordial support Of progressive
Americans. 1t is
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-26

board the dispatch boat ingalls, at day.
light. Later the general visited Irini.
dad and inspected the Jail, hospitals
and other public buildings at that place.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-26
Refuse a Writ for Carter.

ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 2~5.--Judge Wal.
lace in the United States court con.
Cured with the lower court in refusing
to grant a writ Of hubeas corpus in the
case Of Oberlin M. Garter, convicted OF
conspiracy against the government.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-26
Amend the Conf Miners, Act.

VICTORIA, B. O., Jan. 25.--The Brit.
ish Columbia government has decided
to SO amend the coal miners act to pro.
hibit the employment Of anyone under
ground who cannot read and write Eng.
fish.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-26
Rohcrts Debate Continued.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-The house re.
sumed the debate on the Roberts case at
II o'clock. The galleries were again
filled, most Of the occupants being
ladies. Some minor business preceded
the resumption Of the debate.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-26
Save

Doctors bills by giving Foley's Honey
and Tar to infants and children in time
to prevent pneumonia or Group, which
are fatal to 80 many thousands OF babies.
Holmes & Calhoun.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-26

Water charged with carbonic acid
gas, In other words, soda water, IL now
prescribed as n palliative for hunger,
especially for the abnormal sense Of
hunger due to disease.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-26

PINE CITY, MINI, Jan. 25.-Jack
Dawson, for whose arrest q reward was
offered by Governor Lind, was arrested
by Sheriff Hawley Of Pine county. Daw.
SOL was wanted az II of the principals
in the affair where George Peterson Of
Minneapolis il said to have met hia
death by poison.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-26

General Wood ut Trinidad.
CAsrLpA, Province Of Santa Clara,
Cuba, Jan. 20. - Governor General
Wood and Ills party arrived he.e- Oh
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-15

ing considered a proper and needed slim
ulant and means of lettering the condi-
ton of the laborer, that he gives in
creased service"
When asked If there were any dietary
laws connected with the Confuc:an relig-
ion. particularly In relation to meats and
their manner of cooking, Minister WI re-
piled.
Yes. Confuoius did make such laws.
but, like certain laws along the same
line in all countries and all religions, they
have become obsolete, and except in rare
instances are not thought of or observed.
| The Minister pooh-poohed the idea that
tiny young mice dipped in honey were
considered delicacies, and laughed away
the suggestion that rodents were used as
articles of food, saying that he never
/ heard of such a thing. Replying to an in
quiry to the choicest and daintiest
dishes that can be served at a rich mans
table in China, he at once replied:
! Birds nest soup and shark fins. You
cannot imagine anything more delicious
than sharks fins. They are cooked in a
certain manner with oil, and SO prepared
as to make most palatable dish, and
are always included in the menu of a
specially fashionable dinner.
/ You ask if Chinese women are fond
sweets? Certainly, and so are Chinese
men. We are sweets-loving nation and
no meal seems complete without some
sweetmeat. The women have the candy
habit, just as the women of this country,
and. while they are not personal custom
ers of candy shops, as are American wom-
en-, they are probably as profitable pa
trens, for they are constantly sending
their servants to buy whatever may be
! their fayorite sweetmeat. Our women
are not the purveyors for the homes, as
/ in this country-they do not go to mar
ket or make out the list of what is to be
used The servants do that, but il there
IS some particular dish either master OF
mistress fancies having at certain time
the order is given and the dish appears
without fail. In short, it seems to me
that. summed up, while your mode OF
looking may be more conducive to good
digestion according to the rules of health
ours is the more palataDie, and the fact
remains that we are an exceedingly
healthy and long-hved race, and as yet
have not suffered from the variety OF
food and its preparation which is to be
met with throughout our kingdom"
AS Minister WI is a cosmopolitan OF
1.-THE widest experience, and has eaten al
kinds of food in all kinds of countries
his tribute to the methods of his own
country in this regard may be taken as
a just and merited one.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-15
CHANCE MEETINGS WITH BEARS

Stories From the Country Where Griz-
lilies and silver-Tips Grow.
Speaking of bear" said the mining ex-
pert, as he lit a cigar and leaned back
comfortably In the corner of the smoker,
there's nothing nastier to meet out than
an old, dirty-faced silver-tip. He's a cross
between grizzly and brown, and, like
crosses generally, he inherits all the
meanness of both sides of the family. Old
Dirty Face is always ugly about some
thing, and he goes around fairly spelling
for a fight.
| ANY one ever meet him? Well, / had
a scrap with one out in the Buffalo Hump
country last year, and 1 sha'n't forget II
/ in a hurry. i was out there looking for
some mines, and one day / took a little
stroll all alone to see what / could find
i We We're right in the midst of the big
mountains. hundred miles from any
where, and the finest game country or
the continent. Bear and deer and goats
you took your choice without any trouble
at all. I had my Springfield with me, al
though L wasn't caring for game jusi
| then. But sometimes game hunts you
and then you've got to fight, climb oil
run.
! "Along toward evening, as 1 was start
ins back for camp, heard something fol
lowing on my trail, and, looking back,
sa Mr.. Dirty Face ambling along 9
couple of hundred yards behind me ant
taking more interest in me than l liked
/ didn't need any bear particularly. a.
there were no good trees handy, only
few little dead ones that didn't count.
''In the canon below me was a good-siz
ed stream, and / made for that, thinking
1 could throw the bear off, down by thu
water When came to the bank 1 found
a mountain torrent thirty or forty yard
vide and deep and ugly looking. l skirtes
up the bank pretty fast for some time. AM
then I saw a rock well out from shor
that I thought 1 could reach. I rounde,
a big boulder, struck 1t above. and, b.
hard work, reached the rock all right.
, didn't believe Mr.. Bear would tackle m
there, but there was where didn't know
. him. Right up my trail he went, round
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-15

Not so sudden: Harry h' ahs ri
ed her If she would be NM rsIi
on my breast and sobbed Ike .roupi
but finally she put her arihs .bs ~
my neck and whispered tna' q wis
so happy. Harriet-"Yes' Una. Al. Sd
! she told me she was going % w rOs
has been practicing 1t Win ~Bostc'
for ever and ever so iohs'
Evening Transcript.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-15

There is only one reason aor ~A@p
shouldn't drink Jesse have 80
Whiskey-that's because you
ed the pledge.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-06-12
r,. white House Mail Box.

"Ap amusing thing that we frequent
lv see at the White House." said one
ef the attaches there, rs the mailing
of letters in the White House letter
box by visitors to the city. All visitors
TO Washington go TO the executive
mansion. and many of them notice the
letter box in the vestibule just before
entering the east room. Some of them
decide TO mail letters there. believing
that these letters will contain the
stamp of the White House. OF course
II would be a great thing for distant
at the White House.
"The other day an intelligent looking
woman. accompanied by several grown
daughters. asked me to lend her a pen
ell heard her say, Won't it be love
" to mai Them letter from here and
let them see that we've been to the
presidents homeT She proceeded to
write for some time, secured an envel-
ope. addressed il and then proudly
dropped the epistle in our letter box.
She went off with a radiant face. She
was sure that all her neighbors and
friends for miles around would hear of
that lette: mailed from the White
House, and she would be besieged with
inquiries on her return. She'll learn
her mistake. The letter box here does
not differ in any way from those on
the streets. Washington Star.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-06-12
Made IL a BurieSQue,

Franklin Fyles recalls some amusing
first Bight experiences in bis article on
''The Theater and Its People" in The
Ladies Hcme journal. One he relates
is Of Laura Don, now dead: she had
the role Of an Egyptian princess in
Fresh. TIE American 1t was intend
ed that she should be seriously and
sentimentally impressive, while the
late John r Raymond. tie star Of the
company. should be contrastingly COM
#ical as tie lover. But the audience
would not have il so. Nor was it any
thing in Miss Dou's appearance, for
she IVES beautiful. nor in her acting,
for il was clever ttat made the people
laugh 1t came Of a miscalculatiOn by
the author The quick witted woman,
seeing that she could not control the
audience, resolved to humor it. By an
.eyaggeraton Of speech and manner
she turned the part into burIesque.
and it was always after acted in that
way"
Mr.. Fyles also tells that lin 'Cleopa-
ra,' as Produced lay the late Fanny
davenport, a general should have Civ
en TO his queen al impetuous account
OF battle which be had won. But he
stood wordless. silent. stuck fast. You
have come to tell me-. Miss Davenport
said and then Went on with the Earra-
I'VE which he should have spoken
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-06-12

. 10 Iceland the natives dinner usual
Y consists Of dried fish and butter,
.ihe hsh is ling or cod. which. when
sausht, is split open ana then hung on
E'le INES by the seashore TO dry in the
I0io winds and hot sun When thus
preserved. they Will keep Tor years,
|uting as hard as the neither millstone
"ueh wanted for dinner. the fish is
wei hammered by stone mallet and
..1en y cut up INTO strips In this state
y IS eaten, but it Is said that it
leeus an lceiander's teeth to get
ufough the meal The butter is not
spfead On the fish, but the two are
|aAeh alternately. first a moutlSul Of
INsu' Then mouthful Of butter. 1t
|,-ay easily be supposed that the lee
4aaer is thankful to have his Jaws
ven creased after every mouthful OF
lae tough morsel.