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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-03-30


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foF ghe WORK.
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svs Articles ~ Incorporation iD Washing
too providing fof the construction ~ .
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-03-30
MISCELLANEOUS seNs Tfns.

tes aas iaoged oEt n the AissogH M
Hafus,
Several alssllci0us caasss III alseaAe
hays degeloIa1 ~ sen FRANCHISE.
Frank sahaaalla alul Mifr weFH f0uHa
aessd NJ illeir holne N ManltoHoe, VIE
The gola status ~ 4lhe American
Glrl' for tho Paris e1paslllon IN saereahr
fntly cast
astoria, ~, qtieFa . eent4 aplaee t0f
dad rats The action II l4ken MI q pFer
caution ag4lpsl plague from possibly lA'
feeied ships
81 place the Polish National Alliance
0n the basis ~ WoaelA organizations,
b ritual passwords and gfip ave Hkfly
III I'M introduced
0n ne, W. 1854 lAa lalsW anlQa
memberahlp IN Nov fmk stats Has
VA as9, al lneFpasp N 1890 fH lhe
year w keN ferk eltY tAe lpemieF,
ship WpA lba, $40, aGaluRt TN, ise fAp
pFeeealnR year
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usfoaTusAre eyenrs

Aanetaeal sf0lns IA PTatsvills, Ala,
haye taeD destroyed b. fr..
The Norwegian IaflsraA as4adsruDg "a
Ssonghtosl, Wis. bas laap destroyed -
fire.
Tina Fliut lMirAL3 Aagnn wsBks hay,
l~asn totally destroyed by FIR. Loss,
SzsD.sHN.
Thirty employees n lle Llaksig frlui-
ipg company, Ghieago, were ApJnfet bs
a1s eiesataE falling fran tiAe third haor.
Tweniyrfeau pfasallif @ssrs drswutG
ID ihe ealss, eiug ~ i laspi III vAieh iiaeg
VISTA crossing fbe l~latuiss riser iFap
kalseaa % Pays, agTFpR i gale,
a. MaEisqn, lad, the honse III IienEs
Elsr0fh VA eomlisieiy destroyed pg 81
e1plosiDn i natural gar Mr. a4a Ms.
klsr0aA, iaelr ssAi, IA years fsd, aiia
ss.lgual H. Payne vert injured, flie boy
and Faype probably fatally,
A. ~laspFenee, kan, lre destroyed iap
plant Ut tAe FlrFsDD Ei0prsN tllpR caB
psany, vaiped M SlbU,0 00. IN addition
~ the miu, several tnOus4Dd l~alsgels ~
wAaat ana s~egaFal hundred uafrels IA
fiear were bufDed Igsufaaee, 5000
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rspprlHst ss's's. ~ n.tespsar tsars

have h. suffer Personally / was muca
Interested in the small eeookep as fhs
cock : assistant il called. and Boaid nef
Aage had biIp leave II could have help
ad II
VI was tedious work, or raihfr ialc
ne#s, lying on my Goa under The shade
a my tent ~. watching the hungry
hooking cattle, II theg bappeDea III he ip
sight On thsg wandered aiaspi booking
for semstbing NJ rat could never rec
bow Glaeg managed iu the course f a
DAY 81 EafbeE . meal even though tasg
should sprint fralD q hupeh III fbf
bard wtfy efsss a. another They 9ia
manage il somehow though. and their
ordinary gait whsn feed3Eg vas VERY
far Indeed from hfing h sprint
The eHttie however weTe seldom ~
eight, and II the hert tbeg were nei
very infefesttn4 nh I gnok To wateAiug
the cook opfAf ipstesd. iHpre especially
thai part III the Goods oniHf shere npi9tF
bappepea a. be H. wss pof ~ al asfi
cali 81 ~ tbat Spider wagg Was eN
tFelDelg aisfastefHl ~ him and realls
i wss hardly VI ~ wondered at Wash
ipg areafg ia dishe# AND seaRflng pots
apg kaiiles aFe pol Tasks that galg
e0IDlnepa themselves to tAf Average
boy HI was through fAis DISLIKE pfeb
ably that Wost VI biz awksaFqHr*s
ag0se
After l~grrsiDa through witb his Nsrk
hs would exlfact fgana tbe eook WaRpu
i bgpais ~ LafbeT and ~ ~ tie lepl
perary eari4l shaded bg y biE eQttgn
wood tIee 9beTs the IN blg wagon
bOFses wers kept HI would ~ there
for h0uFR, patiently stitching At ihe
leafheT atth avn ana Waxed epa apd
All tbs While carrying M An animated
conversation 9Th The b0fFeh
MI Hisi ntiDlts ~ get |acquaiHlea
Altb spider NeEe HHsuccessfHL III eeuld
POI fOrgsl ttal | Was One ~ tqa pe0ple
vaguely lefeEred M m This bQsseN m
wh0m lle cook bed ~ often thFe9tepff
N report him aHea 0r tWlee called
him eHeE q me aNd Fllea n Ret him ~.
tails Dpt bis evident HHenRlHess dEFipH
this ggdfat indnefd me n give II up
Afler awhile hoHfYaE SPIDER NJ faF
f9fa0t hlp feAerFe M m Rfin as he passed
Wf, aud then nndiHR thai TOOK pa
eiNelat pptiea M biR many miRaeedp, be.
~gfadpsuy pnbeni and dRallg heeatne
qulla friendly IN h eouafscenalp9 epFt
III way Llttle bg nttle he 9oi Int fbe
hablt ~ fpulna " ny ffHf lnhieAd M
goina N the rprFaL and N tepgth after
eppsEqeraple h%fSifafion le bFopaht blF
hpWiuR With nlfH
hNlat III II thai FQalFe ufipg ".
Hake, aplafFf ASKED him NV be
seated LlmAlE lallQF faRhlon In the
shade Ne ihe font NY and upFplle1 hls
lealllW hurdle tfhap4 he replied
hplqlRR lhfM w f0f inspection NpeH
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-03-30

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CATTLE .linHa ElAknW IN aenHlnll
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nsnal.l, A.i..l

a. ataaeA sae isiels ipaai" 10 AL
Golilsr n 1befpkas. laAa, thai nearly
proves fatal II eafssn lLrgagah hlT kisb
Hege, ills back gsf ~ lame lse could Haa
sffssp without afraa lsan. n0r ~ III y
sshalf eAaept pfspIess III eusssuenk, M
tyr lsitefs atieii a1neiesi suell 4 ns,a
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epfse bafkaehs aBss hl.lney trouble pBfi
iieN tlle bl'stg gpa bgNliF We sgmr hsaitl
Dnlg gk ~ tbapllp Drug store.
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IL llnnlna I'M hnrAnnnh

ALI dnplnfR told llAniak Hamilton N
W9at Ipnpfapn, ~, aflef sHiIpfinH Il
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-03-30

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aftsT SEARS NbicaRu Aems
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ka 30 VI ~ AlH Me- h4fl
N iei Aa AofthegA etltei MAJ Nj
July. 1890
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-03-30
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MHEAT IN aINfN In hHfIhNFNl
as ptleldn e N w. .pe III taiA M tiapi0,,
efn, d4llaf
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-03-30

Tie ssstsi "A slssfss IN ne Nv for .
MAJ 20 ~ rsa1g for hts opportunity
when IA canlrs
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-03-30

N usMl Knlol lsRpppRla Cure Ia MA
lNfullt nh A0Q1effM ffhullf. RlFee
Immediate tHllaff NJ pleasant NJ lAkn ahal
" tfuig the dgepepllg'e tefl friend stays
w llAfiRlfipk ufnfleeli Mlntl IllAfstH
NhHt g0A est FpHnOt fAl ~ ellfe,
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-03-30

We haTe tagpal Wany doeleF l4lla slnGe
W. began using fhaluteJlaip'r Cough
Ietnety III our h0H4e, VIZ keep h l,pttla
0Ieg III ibn tlipf apd shsseyeF any If
NV fauglp ~ myself begin ~ ngiNb cold
VIZ begin " as NE Cough Kennedy, and
ge u result wv neFer bass N eand aNay
IN q tpeiu and inGAf q largo doQier bill,
f0F IHAWbpllAlpfR Cough WHnlely nnYef
falls ~ eurH IA n certainly o GlellriHe
~ great merit 4nd 90gib, " " MEAR
aIa, fieAfrnl Merchant apd Fafppft
Matte, NelfDfd eQVgil Va F0r Rale hi
Ghapple Drug ~,
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pouucAb ss4s

The FiTA hapsts 4istgirt ~ilepubllGan
c-ou,esilon f~rat,minaie4 ltgD. lllaries
Cnflisaf Telsta tof congress
4 keIghlsrsln CODA yalltlpl ~ Water
sowp, II ~, denounced PeiiiRreN Az
IAN gasassite If iEessgu aud a traitor ~
bis government afsd M his stale"
The heehslelleFs carried ihe Village
elueliDN III AaEtA TafFgtoNn, N
The nahf Ia ppe M long standing apa
resulted troW aeiipns II asBs ss,ls Wblru
a~isslpahssl tilr HtckainllnTs.
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-09

American wor1kingman as well as the
merchant and manufacturer? And one as
well as the other? If the American
workman foregoes his~ beer and his
agitation for socialism, will the manufac-
turer delve, in. the. frontier and the mil
lionaire put his surplus into American
enterprise, into american universities and
colleges And wiilsthe American capital
ist throw, himself and his. agents into
the task of producing a merchant marine
just as he has for fifty years past into
producing our railway systems?
These appear. pertinent inquiries at
this stage of the game. when coffee and
sugar promise no longer to drain us of
so many millions 81 hard-earned gold per
q mighty-effort to retain control of the
only continent not yet completely pre-
emr>-l by local governments, into which
1t is her purpose to swarm her surplus
millions of population. ~.
The question. is no, longer. Is he rich?
Is he powerful? Is he an agitator? Is he
Objectionable to a class? Is he trust
magnate? But is he an American? Does
he turn gold to our shores? Does he bank
in New York? Does he invest in American
ships or mills? Does he aid American
churches or build American colleges?
Does he prefer work on American soil
and under American Institutions? That Is
the test
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-09
HOW CAN TT BE DoNEs
To the Editor of the Globe:

To the Editor of the Globe.
T am advocating the J :c,pal owner
ship of the saloon, and proclaim with
all the earnestness and enthusiasm OF
which l am capable that 1t is, by all COM
parison, the greatest and the most prac-
ticabIe reform that can be inaugurated
In your great city! If this fs truth. and
I verify believe 1t Is. how can it be done?
Who will espouse the gigantic task? Who
can command the voters attention, win
his confldenee.and convince his Judgment?
OF all the powers in community by
which thought is directed and Judgment
matured, the cityb press IS by far the
greatest. AsElthe press Of the city, so the
thought of the citizen! Among the grand
units that form the ocean of intelligence.
from whose deep fountain the St Paul
mind is daily and rMeekly inundated. the
Globe stands n-the first line. AS ad-
vocates of any noble cause, without the
Glob the list would not be complete
The powerful mentors by whose persist
ent advocacyfthe municipal ownership OF
the saloon shall be inaugurated will, In
future years, be loved and venerated as
the savers Of their people VIII the ST.
Paul Gil o e be one Of them?
. So - w. l., Brown.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-09
GRAND.
FARMERS ON SHIP SUBSIDIES

Chicago Journal. ~
Illinois farmers are among the latest
opponents of the Hanna-Payne bill for
enrfching the Standard Oil company and
its allies through government subsidies
to vessel-owning corporations. Resolu-
lions We're adopted the other day by
Panoma Grange No. 49, of Peoria ILL.,,
and sent as a protest to Washington,
among which are these significant SEN
fences:
We denounce the capitalist measure
now pending in congress to grant millions
of pubic money in subsidies to shipbuild-
ers. and hereby petition our representa-
tives to oppose the bill.
We desire to see our merchant marine
prosperous by independent competition,
but not by assessments on the grain
growers and other unaided industries, of
the country.
The preamble recites that the grain
growing farmers of this country have to
compete in the markets Of the world with
the grain growers Of other countries, and
to depend for their profits on such prices
as they are able to obtain by Independent
competition; that they do this without
government aid of any. sort. and that the
signers of the protest believe congress
.can not justly enact special legislation
to favor one industry at the expense Of
other classes Of the people"
These men are evidently In earnest and
their representatives will act the part of
wisdom If they listen to them. instead Of
to the hired lobbyists that swarm in
Washington today spending money like
water to have this gigantic piece Of
thievery damned through.
What American grain growers are in
terested in is low freights. Low freights
do not result from putting the carrying
trade into the. hands of a trust, as the
Hanna-Payne bill would do. 1t is to free
competition on the sea that the producers
and exporters of this country must look
for reasonable carrying charges on the
goods they send to- foreign markets, and
the way to secure that is to repeal the
iniauitous navigation laws that deny
American registry to foreign-built ships,
and let the American merchant marine
take its chances in "a fair fight for trade.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-09
DANGERS FROM SAMPLE MEDI-


The sale of patent medicines and drugs
more or less dangerous by peddlers is
question which the people of Clay county,
South Dakota, are seriously discussing
Just now, and they are considering means
to prevent the indfscriminate distribu-
ton of such medicines. A peddler selling
headache tablets is the cause Of their
perturbation as little girl almost lost
her life bysampling his drug.
1t would be wise step for state legis-
latures to prohibit and provide severe
punishment for the person guilty of pro-
miscuousIy distributing or unlawfully
peddiing drugs4and medicines or samples
of patent comestibles and sure cures. ;"
1t Is no uncommon thing for citizens to
receive through the mails samples of pills
and other medicinal preparations, fur
nished by a too eager pill producer for
the purpose of advertising his business.
It Is also a fact that many Of the re-
cipients, especially Of the gentler but
more inquisitive sex, have the temerity
to test and taste such samples, and chill
dren are prone to make experiments of
such dangerous character with disas-
trous results, as witness the infant re-
ferred to in South Dakota. =
Samples of patent medicines appear to
be thrust upon the public by advertising
agents much on the same plan as that
of the gentleman who-.tried 1t first on
the dog Mysterious packages are cast
upon doorsteps, and the cause of num-
Der of mysterious infantile maladies
might be traced to the literally all-de-
vouring curiosity of children regarding
these samples. Even the dogs have been
known to feed upon such packages, when
they have discovered them on doorsteps.
and the exceedingly painful experience of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-09
DAYS NEWS IN BRIEF.

Berlin-At noon-today Emperor William
received DR.. SiInar, the new archbishop of
Cologne who took the oath of homage.
London-The sum of $4,000. the balance
of $4,000 stolen from Parr Banks year
ago. has been mysterious!y returned.
East Liverpool, O.-Andrew Carnegie
has offered to give East Liverpool $780,
for a public library.
Berlin-United States Consul Smith, re-
Gently assigned to Warsaw, passed
through Berlin today on the way to that
city.
Princeton, N J.-Ex-President Cleve-
land will deliver two lectures on public
topics at the university in March.
Charlotte. N. Civilian Truesdale.
colored. was hanged here today for the
murder of his sweetheart year ago. He
had to be carried to the scaffold. being
overcome with fright. He protested his
innocence to the last.
PhiIadelphia-Phil Stairs colored, who
with George Weeks on Christmas day.
1898, murdered Mrs. Alice Grey. was
hanged today. Weeks will be executed
next Thursday.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-09
STATE PRESS OPINIONS.

Fargo Forum: Mr.. Hill is receiving
thanks from farmers for the promise Of
a continuation Of favors-for agricultural
college visits-next summer. The large
number of farmers coming to visit the
college last year was quite advantageous
to the institution, as we'll as beneficial to
the visiting farmers, and Mr. Hill Is en-
titled to credit for inaugurating the
scheme.
Fargo Argus: Even the Grand Forks
Herald and Fargo Forum are beginning
to say nice things of Mr.. J. J. Hill. They
are discovering that the people are rec
ognizing, in Mr.. Hill, friend, instead OF
a foe Mr. Hills interests are Identical
with those of the farmers of North Da-
kota and Mr.. Hill is doing more than
any other one man to aid the farmers OF
this state to fill their granary and their
pccketbook.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-09
Regarded AS UNFAIR
PROPOSED TARIFF ARRANGEMENT
TO BE APPLIED TO NEW POS
SESSION, PUERTO RICO,
OPENS UP AN ARGUMENT

Republicans Are Divided rs to the
Standing of the IsIand-Biu Is
Claimed to Diverge From the
Rule of Uniformity Prescribed by
Constftutfon-Mr. Mccall Unspar-
Ing In DenunciatfOn of Measure.
WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-The reports Of
the bill framed by the ways and means
committee, imposing duties equivalent to
Is per cent of the American tariff on
goods imported into Puerto Rico from
the United States, and vice versa, was
submitted to the house today. The Re-
publicans of the committee, except Mr..
Mccall (Mass.), agreed to report in sup
port of the bill, devoting a considerable
portion of their argument to sustaining
the contention that the clause of the con-
stitution declaring that all duties, i'm
posts and excuses shall be uniform
throughout the United States is not ap-
plicable to our new possessions, which.
they say, are not United States territory
within the meaning of that declaration.
The Democrats. together with Mr. New
lands New, took the contrary view
Mr.. Mccall, dissenting Republican, prac-
t1calfy holds with them. He made a
separate report, saying he cannot support
the bill, because 1t does not follow the
rule of uniformity prescribed by the con-
stftution-a rule which, in my opinion,
governs congress in legislation for the
territories of the United States" Mr..
Mccall Is unspartng in his denunciation
OF the policy to which the bill will COM
nit the government.
The majority report was submitted by
Chairman Payne. 1t says the % per cent
duty Is necessary to prevent United
States manufacturers of spirits and CT
gars from being at disadvantage.
considerable portion of the report is
devoted to discussion of the crops OF
Puerto Rico, and markets for them, also
the necessities for customs duties to keep
the revenues of the island.
The report declares the revenue laws
to be applied to Puerto Rico are abso-
lutely within the power of congress to
determine. Discussing the question: rs
Puerto Rico included within the mean
ing of the term United States in the
constitution. the report says:
THAT 1t is not so included would seem
apparent from a variety of considers
tons. It must be recofiected that the
term United States has more than one
meaning. 1t means, in the first place.
the several states respectively that con-
stitute the federal union 1t means
again, in a geographical sense, all the
territory over which the United States
has Jurisdiction, just as the British en-
pire means all the component parts of the
kingdom of Great Britain"