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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-12-18
IT SHOULD SUCCEED.

For the sake Of the reputation Of the
judiciary Of tho country and the good
that will follow such action, IL IL to
be hoped that the Beck resolution in.
troduced In the house last Thursday
will be adopted. The resolution pro-
vides for an investigation Of the con
duct Of the territorial court and its
officers In the territory Of Alaska.
The resolution recitss the charges
made in the public press against the
court and also contains the names Of
several persons said to be included in
those charges. II contains a provision
for the appointment Of a special COM
mittee OF Eve members Of the house to
conduct the investigation. The move
is in the right direction and the house
should adopt the resolution. So many
charges, counter. charges and denials
and counter-denials have been made
since the court first became the SUBJ
ject Of public talk that something
should be done to clear up the whole
mess and let the people know the ex-
act facts. 1t is their right to know
the truth and the quicker they know
it the better. Those who are innocent
need have no fear of an investigation,
in fact they should demand II in
order that they may be relieved of the
suspicion that now may attach TO them
and their acts. The guilty, if there
are any, should be exposed and pun
ished. No good can come from allow
ing the matter to pass without some
official action in the direction of prob
ing it to the bottom and in n way Dr.
another end the scandal that now ex-
lists. The case has attained such
prominence that it merits the recogni-
ton given it by Representative Beck
and all people who are Jealous Of the
good name of our courts earnestly
hope that the resolution will be
adopted, .
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-12-18
SUBJECT FOR LEGISLATION.

The alleged insolvency of one of the
strongest fraternal insurance organiza-
tions in the country and the steps
taken by an attorney general for the
appointment of a receiver for the
concern, is a strong argument for the
necessity of some legislation in the di-
rection of making such institutions
amenable to the same laws that gov
ern regular life insurance companies.
1t cannot be argued that such a step
would work a hardship upon them.
Those that are solvent and working
upon a sound business basis would
have nothing to fear, while those una
BILE to comply with the law would not
attempt to operate in the state. Their
organizers and officers would be the
only losers and the public would re-
ceive protection. It is a notorious fact
that only a very few Of the many fra
ternal life insurance organizations
that are continually being organized
all over the land survive more than a
very limited number Of years. They
usually accept as members only per-
sons of younger years and for a time
manage to pay the few losses caused
by deaths in the membership. AS the
original members grow older and the
number of deaths increase the losses
become too heavy and frequent for the
survivors to meet and the only re-
course left is to go out of existence as
a body. The men who have been pay
ing premiums for probably a score of
years get nothing and have only the
satisfaction of knowing that they were
the winners in a gambling proposition
involving the tenure of their lives
beyond a certain limited time. Had
they died within that time their heirs
would probably have received the
amount of the insurance, but having
lived beyond that time those disignat-
ed as their beneficiaries receive Moth
ing upon their demise.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-12-18

Having gone to the extent it did
when it accepted the committee
amendment to the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty, in the opinion of the commit
tee the senate should be consistent
and abrogate the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty in it's entirity and has SO rec
commended. To be further consistent
the committee thinks the United
States should consult no other nation
when it is prepared to build the canal
and for that reason strikes out the
clause providing for the submission of
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty to other
powers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-12-18
TOLD BY FIGURES.

Notwithstanding the assertions of
Senator Teller and some Of the west
ern newspapers who pretend to be-
lieve as he says he does, free silver
ism is OH the wane to such an extent
that it has about reached the vanish
ing point. No stronger testimony to
this effect is afforded anywhere than
in Mr.. Teller's own state. The re-
Gently published official vote of Colo
RADIO shows this. In 1896 Bryan re-
ceived 161, 600 votes in that state
age IN st 26, 900 cast for Mckinley. This
". Bryan had a majority again, but
SC .lall as to be dangerously neal
the point where existence ceases, hav-
ing only 20, 900 votes more than Nc
Kinley, or a total of 1872, 900 against
a total Of SO, 900 for the republican
nominee.
The story told by the respective
votes is plain. It tells that free sill
yer as an Issue is dead, even in the
localities where it is natural to sup
pose it would survive the longest.
The great increase in the republican
vote of Colorado and the fact that the
neighboring states of Utah, Wyoming
and South Dakota, which four years
ago were in the democratic column,
this year turned their backs squarely
upon Bryan and joined the ranks of
the victorious, is the source of much
hope for the republicans in the case Of
the Centennial state. At the same
ratio of democratic decrease and re-
publican increase it is not expecting
too much to look for a republican
delegation in the lower house of con
gress from that state two years hence
and for the republican national ticket
to carry it in 1904.
If Mr.. Teller adheres to his ex-
pressed resolution to stick to the
cause of silver until it triumphs he
will have to live much longer than
anybody now on earth with him and
he also stands in imminent danger Ut
finding himself the only and sole sill.
yer mar in his own state after every.
one else in it has forgotten that such
a question as free coinage ever en-
tered into the politics of the country.
An eastern newspaper commenting
on the senator's remarks is SO cruel as
to intimate that he will from
his trance in time to come out in 1904
for the republican nominees for presi'
dent and take the stump for him
Stranger things than this have oc'
Cured, and /. as Senator Teller is
known and respected as an honest,
patriotic man, his awakening in the
direction intimated need not be mar
veled at should it transpire.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-12-18

The sultan did not resort to any
open show of hostility when the bat
tleship Kentucky pulled up along side
of his scraglio, but for all that he
committed what may come under the
designation of an "unfriendly act"
when he sent the officers of the vessel
q lot of cigarettes.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-12-18
CONSISTENTLY INCONSISTENT.

Khe BOHEMIAN AvanC COuf10r IL con-
sistent in its inconsistency. While all
the time pretending to be a republi gan
newspaper it gave every possible aid
to the fusionists during the recent
campaign and really boosted of its
treachery. After the election it was
honest enough to make no attempt to
conceal its pleasure at the defeat of
the party and sought to Justify its
glee by pleading that the victory of
the fusionists was but All expression
of the peoples unwillingness to be
ruled by a trust. Being at heart
anxious to serve the man who in fur
therance of his own ambition set up
the cry Of Amalgamated domination
and then posed as the champion of
the people, whose political Moses he
declared himself to be, the Avant
Courier found an easy xcuse for it's
inconsistency. 1t echoed his CRY and
declared it was too good and too much
welded to principle to allow itself to
become the advocate of the men and
party that were aiders of that corpora
ton. AS thoughit had not yet earned
its hire, the Avant Courier now
comes out and advocates the election
as senator Of another, one who man.
aged the fusionist state campaign and
who is charged with having been the
chief dispenser of Doodle for the gen.
tleman who was out for v~indication
and was willing and able to pay for
it. Of course, it wants an excuse for
continuing to serve the opposition
while masquerading as a republican
pape and finds in the fact that the
legislature will be democratic and
consequently it is to be expected that
no republican has any show.
While conceeding that the two sena-
tors to be elected next month will be
democratic, or at least fusionists, the
real animus of the Bozeman paper is
none the less apparent. The fact that
it about exhausts it's stock of adject-
ives in sxtolling his merits and that
even then it seems to be at a loss to
find words sufficient to impress his
worth upon those whom it seeks to in
~fuence, goes a long way toward show
ing Just how the A. G. stands on the
proposition. 1t wants Walter Cooper
elected because he is a Clark demo-
GRAFT and in sympathy with the faction
that it supported during the cam
paign. In view of the papers posi-
ton during the campaign it is not ac-
cusing it w%rongfully to go to the ex-
tent of saying that eve were condi-
tions reversed and the republicans
instead of the democrats were in con-
troll Of the Legislature it would still be
in favor of Cooper as against any re-
publican that would be named. First
of all it desires to see Clark elected
and then any other man who is agree
able to him. Knowing that Cooper
is such a one, it advocates his cleo
ton.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-12-18
THE N

As was to be expected, the adoption
by the senate Of the senate COM
mittee amendment to the Hay
Pauncefote treaty has caused bitter
feeling in England, as it is virtual
notice of the intention of this nation
to ignore the Bulwer-C Clayton treaty
which, despite all the assertions to
the contrary by many Americans, is
still regarded as being in effect and
force, not only by the government Of
England, but by our W administra-
ton. Acknowledgment of this was
made by the American government
when it consented to enter into nego-
tiaticns for the treaty just amended
by the senate as the first step toward
it's ratification. But England is not
the only foreign nation from which
protests need be expected. By treat
les made with them Nicaragua agreed
to give several of the European mari
time nations the same rights and
privileges as to transit and price of
transit and other advantages of the
most favored nation IN any canal
through her territory. Those nations
in their treaties guarantee the neutral
ity and free transit Of such canal.
The question arises whether Mic
aragua can abrogate those treaties
without the consent of the nations
signatory to them and grant to the
United States the sole and absolute
right to control and own such canal.
It cannot be denied that Nicaragua,
should she please, can declare the
treaties as no longer in effect, but her
simple declaration will not deprive
them of their force, for contracts be-
tween nations, like those between in
dividuals, are binding upon both
parties and can only be abrogated by
mutual consent or the failure of one
of the parties to live up to the terms
imposed. The y-Pauncefote treaty
did away with all the difficulties of
the other treaties. While it did not
contain the fertilization clause of the
amendment, it guaranteed equality in
the privileges of the canal and called
on all the maritime powers to unite
with this country in maintaining the
neutrality of the canal. 1t gave to
the nations having treaties with
Nicaragua all the rights they &C.
quired by reason Of the treaties, while
at the same time it gave to the United
States ownership and control of the
canal. Treaties made by our govern
ment and Great Britain with Nicara-
qua guarantee the neutrality of the
canal and it's "innocent use" end
agree to use the influence of those
two nations in the direction Of obtain
ing pledges from other powers to oh
serve and maintain that neutrality.
The contention that the rights
granted to other nations must be OBJ
served is the cause of the administra-
TONS desire for a ratification of the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty in it's original
form. The opponents of the treaty
argue that if this nation is to assume
the cost of constructing and operating
the canal it should have full and abso-
lutte control over it at all times. They
also insist that without such absolute
control the canal could be used against
us in time Of wal with some foreign
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-12-18

The democrats of the state are de-
termined to get rid Of Heinze,
whether or no. Not being able to
unload him onto the republicans, they
are selling his mines to a new copper
combine which they have created for
that express purpose.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-12-18
$50 REWARD.

The undersigned will pay $50 for in
formation that will lead to the arrest of
the person or persons, who, on the night
between Dec. IA and 15,. cut all three
wires on both sides OF Is posts around
my pasture. Peter Larson,
Laurel, Mont.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-12-18

your head
ache. Sold by Chapple Drug Go.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-04-19

not known, but he was surprisingly
successful, considering the absurdity
of his claims. Men left their wives
and children to begin life in the ark,
and wives deserted husbands and fam
lilies. In a short time it became neces-
sary to scure a second ark, and later
on third and then fourth
There is no knowing how large a
feet Noah Lynch would have gathered
about him had not the sensible people
of the surrounding country risen in
their might and with shotguns, rifles
barges. The rattle of bullets against
the sides of the arks showed that the
reformers meant business. One of
the women on Lynch's boat had the
hardihood to poke her head out of one
of the windows to argue with the reg
ulators, but the next instant she fell
back dead, with four bullet holes in
her head The men in that country
shoot surprisingly straight, but had
they known that their target was a
woman her life would have been
spared. The attack of the regulators
was made in the night time while a
big revival was going on, and as they
were shooting from some distance
they did not know until next morning
that it was woman they had killed.
This attack had the effect of check
ing the alarming growth of the sane
tifcationists. Noah Lynch ceased
much of his activity in making new
converts and many of those who had
Joined the band thought better of it
and returned to their homes. The
arks, which had been anchored close
to the bank of the ChOwan river, for
the convenience of communicating
with those on shore and to afford fu
easy method for intending converts to
participate in the revivals were
moved out into the broader waters Of
Currituck sound. Here the sanctifca-
zionist were comparatively safe from
future descents by the regulators.
Since then Noah Lynch and his band
had kept very quiet until recently
when they renewed their activity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-04-19

Every people and every time have
their cranks, and of this class are the
so-called santifcationists who a few
years ago expected a second deluge
and made preparations accordingly.
This was not far from Norfolk, Va,
when upon the placid waters of Cu"ri-
tuck sound, near the mouth of the
ChOWan river, were four barge'ike
house boats ready for the crisis.
There were $50 men, women, and a
few children on board and they all
looked toward Christmas, not with tbs
merry anticipation of the rest of the
world, but with dread.
These people called themselves
sanctifcationists, and they expected a
second flood to deluge the earth on
Christ's birthday. The four boats
they called arks, and the leader of the
strange band styled himself Noah. He
was a religious fanatic of a peculiar
type, and claimed to have had a vision
in which he was warned of the coming
of the flood. He appeared to be deep
iy in earnest and a firm believer in the
truth of his peculiar representations.
His real name was Joseph Lynch. He
was about fifty-fve years old, tall,
thin and gaunt, with a long struggling
beard, and is common type Of the
poor white on the eastern shore of Vir-
ginia and North Carolina.
Before he became the modern Noah
he was a poor farmer, like others Of
his class. Of education he had prac
tically none, but he was shreWder than
the others, and, moreover, he pos
sessed rude elOquence which seemed
to have given him great power over his
ignorant neighbors. In some way he
gathered a peculiar medley of Biblical
information and, this he cunningly
distorted to serve his ends.
A trife less than year beforei he
sold his farm and purchased an old
barge, which he remodeled on the
lines of the pictures of the original
ark. He made it habitable. and then
set about the work Of making con-
verts. Just what means he adopted is
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-04-19

delegates. The qualifications for vot-
ers are at such elections all citizens OF
Porto Rico shall be allowed to vote
who have been bona fide residents for
one year and possess the qualifications
of voters under the laws and military
laws in force on March l, 1900, subject
TO such notifications and additional
qualifications and such regulations and
restrictions as to registration as may
be prescribed by the executive council.
mo person shall be eligible to men,
bership in the house of delegates who
is not % years Of age and able to read
and write either the Spanish or the
English language, or who is not pos
sessed in his own right of laxative
property, real or personal, situated in
Porto Rico
Provision is made for enacting legis-
lation similar to that in other terri
tories. The judicial power is vested
in courts already established, the chief
justice and associate justices and mar
shall TO be appointed by the president;
judges of the district courts and other
officers by the governor of Porto Rico.
There is also United States district
court established similar to other ter
ritories. The salaries of all officers
appointed by the president are: Gov
ernor, $4,000; secretary. attorney gem
eral, auditor, commissioner of the in
terror, $4,000 each; treasurer, $4,000:
commissioner of education, $4,000
each; chief justice supreme court and
United States district judge $4,000
each; associate justices, $4,000 each:
two marshals, each $4,000; district at
tOruey, $4,000.
No export duties are to be collected
but taxes and licenses may be levied.
On the regular election day in No
vember and every two years thereat-
ter, Porto Rico may choose a commits
sioner to represent the island at
Washington, salary $4,000.
A commission of three members,
one a native of Porto Rico is to be
named to revise and codify the laws OF
Porto Rico. The act for civil gov
eminent is to go into effect May /,
1900
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-04-19

be purchased and provided by the COM
be procured from the collector of in
ternal revneue at or most convenient
to the port Of entry of said merchan-
disc in the United States and to be
affixed under such regulations as the
commissioner of internal revenue,
the treasury shall prescribe; and on
all articles of merchandise of United
States manufacture coming into Porto
Rico in addition to the duty above
provided upon payment of tax equal
in rate and amount to the internal
revenue tax imposed in Porto Rico up
on the like articles Of Porto Rican
manufacture.
Provided, that on and after the date
when this act shall take effect, all mer-
chandise and articles except coffee, not
dutiable under the tariff laws of the
United States, and all merchandise
and articles entered in Porto Rico free
of duty under orders heretofore made
by the secretary Of war shall be ad-
mitted into the several ports thereof
when imported from the United States,
free of duty, all laws or parts of laws
to the contrary Notwithstanding; and
whenever the legislative assembly of
Porto Rico shall have enacted and put
into operation system of local tax
alton to meet the necessities Of the
government Of Porto Rico, by this act
established, and shall by resolution
duly passed, so notified the president,
he shall make proclamation hereof
and thereupon all tariff duties upon
merchandise and articles going into
Porto Rico from the United States or
coming into the United States from
Porto Rico and from and after such
date all such merchandise and articles
shall be entered at the several ports
Of entry free Of duty and in no event
shall any duties be collected after the
first day Of March 1902 on merchandise
and articles going into Porto Rico
from the United States or coming
into the United States from Porto
Rico.
THE duties collected under the
above section shall be placed at the
disposal of the president to be used
for the government and benefit of
Porto Rico until the government of
Porto Rico shall have been organized
when the moneys collected shall be
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-04-19

In response to the request Of a
reader for the terms OF the new Porto
Rican law, the following satisfactory
summary is given:
From the date of the passage of the
act the same customs duties are levied
on all goods entering Porto Rico from
foreign countries as are levied on the
same goods entering the United States,
save that coffee, which has free entry
into the United States, is to pay duty
of 5 cents per pound on entering Porto
Rico. Scientific, literary and artistic
works and books and pamphlets
printed in the English language may
enter Porto Rico free of duty. The
tariff section of the bill relating to
duties between the United States and
Porto Rico is as follows:
That on and after the passage of
this act all merchandise coming into
the United States from Porto Rico and
coming into Porto Rico from the
United States shall be entered at the
several ports of entry upon payment OF
Is per cent. of the duties which are re-
Quired to be levied, collected and
paid upon like articles of merchandise
imported from foreign countries; and
in addition thereto upon articles OF
merchandise of Porto Rican manufac-
ture coming into the United States
and Withdrawn for consumption or
sale upon payment of tax equal to
the internal revenue tax imposed in
the United States upon the like
articles OF merchandise of domestic
manufacture; such tax to be paid by
internal revenue stamp or stamps tc