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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-09-18
HORRIBLE HOLOCAUST
EmMgagHRRmmg
Cincinnati In the Scene Of Ans
ether Tepplble Pipe
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branch nDpsNvy Or lh0 salvation Army
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RDn many injured bnl lnlep All wnpe
accounted fOp except i've killed, lhpee
fatnlly injured md fOnv seriously lll'
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liovbopt Havklns, AHel \ yeavA, sOn Ol
JnDlas linvAinsj lthOdA llAphins, Og0ll
b nOnlhsl Maggia Williams, nHpd .
nlOnthAj Edward Mullen, ngnh 4 years,
Tine following mn fainlly iniDpnd nnd
nOt expected 10 enpylye lllo DlHhlI
POst Oaplnln Elizabeth lBvlehsDD, Now
York., " DnHye NJ Sweden, nHn pbI
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Myrtle Fovgall, agpd H. All or tlp
Victims md thOsp Injured Wppp IN lhe
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There WnvA only twenty pepADnu w Tho
nursery On I'm upppv NO0ra M Tho tinn
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without injury, The property loss
WIS only WI, 300,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-08-18
.G.P. HUNTINGTON |SHAD..
The Western Railway Magnates
Passed Away Suddenly in
the Adirondacks.
he Went TO BED WELL MONDAY HIeHI..
His Immense Railway Holdings In
such Good Shape h His Id
Demise Caused Scarcely q Ripple
in the Market-Estimate of His
Fortune.

Racquette Lake, n. Y, Aug. &C.
P. Huntington, president of the South
ern Pacific Railroad Co.. died at his
camp, Pine Knot, in the AdirOndacks,-
at about midnight.
Apparently well on retiring at IL
o'clock he was taken suddenly with a.
choking spell, which was quite COM
mon with him, and was not thought
to be serious; but he became worse
As soon as the seriousness of the at
tack was realized, a messenger was.
dispatched to the neighboring camp
of Gov. Lounsberry for a doctor, and
he was on hand in half an hour. Mr..
Huntington died without gaining con-
seriousness, not more than three
quarters of an hour having passed be-
tween the attack and his death. Mrs.
Huntington and Mr.. Huntington's.
secretary, G. E. Miles: were at his bed
side at the time of his death.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-08-18
The reply of the United States gov

The reply of the United States gov
eminent to China's overtures for peace
was made public, on the 18th, and
showed the firm and final position
that had been taken. While express
ing satisfaction at this pacific step,
the reply states that it is evident
there a be no negotiation between
China and the powers, SO long as the
ministers and legationers are re-
strained and in danger, and calls
upon the Chinese government to inn
mediately place them under protec-
ton of the international troops.
Dievad Pasha, former Turkish grand
vizier, died in Constantinople on the
10th.
a notice posted on the door of the
Bank of Kingfisher, Okla, on the 18th,
announced that the bank was in the
hands of the territorial bank commits
sioner. Reported liabilities, SCI 1000;
assets, S51 200.
The hospital ship Solace, bringing
home sick and wounded from China,
sailed. on the 18th, from Yokohama
for Guam, which will be her first stop
ping place on her homeward trip.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-08-18
LATE NEWS ITEMS,

] Three delegates from the Mosquito
territory of Nicaragua have arrived
at Kingston, Jamaica. to request the
exiled prince, Chief Clarence, a PEN
sioner of the British government, to
return to his country" They COM
plain of oppression and injustice on
the part of the N~icaraguan govern-
ment. The chief has. it is said, COM
municated with Lord Salisbury on the
subject.
Coils p. Huntington. president CT
the Southern Pacific railroad. died at
Pine Knot lodge. his camp in the Blue
mountain region, on the 18th. When
Mr.. Huntington went to the lodge. on
the 9th. he was in his usual good
health. and remained so up to an hour
before his demise. He was probably
worth $4,000, 600.
The largestconsignment of gold bull
lion ever exported in a single day was
shipped from New York by the steam
ers Teutonic and st. Paul, on the 18th,
as follows: Barring, Magoun & Co..
81. GG2. 900; Heidelbach, Ickelheim Il
>o.- FoVosvpt- loidl, TS.iU- WV. liz
gold was consigned to London.
Mrs. U. S. Grant will not attend the
grand army reunion at Chicago this
year. She fears she could not stand
the excitement and strain. Though
in good health she is advancing in
years. and will spend the season in
quietness at Richfield Springs.
Secretary Gage received a telegram.
on the 14th, announcing the death. on
July %, at st. Paul island. Behring
sea. of apopleNy, of Special Agent
John NJ. Morton. a O of former Gov.
Oliver =. Morton. of Indiana. He was
buried on the island.
Ex-senator Ingalls,, who had been in
New Mexico for a long time seeking
to recruit his health. having grown
much worse, decided, on the 14th, to
return to Atchison. Kas., upon the ar
rival of his son who had been sum
moned to his side.
Lieut.. VIM. ID. Conrad. of the TWEEN
ty-third infantry, recruited at Okla
homa City. Okla. on the 18th, % men
for service in China. The recruits will
be sent Immediately to China to fill
out regiments already at the front.
The Presbyterian general assembly
committee on revision met at Sara
toga, \. V, on the 18th, and organ-
lied. Rev. DR.. Charles y. Dickey.
moderator of the assembly, is chair
man of the committee.
Four companies of the Fifth infau-
try arrived at San Francisco. on the
18th. from Fort Sheridan, en- route
70 China
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-08-18
CURRENT NOTES.

Princeton has been awarded first
honors in the university exhibit at the
Paris exposition.
Eighty hours rain is reported in
southern Texas. Gotten has been bad
ly damaged in that section.
Miss Jessie Morrison, of Eldorado,
Kas., was held without bail for the
murder Of Mrs. DIN {; stle un June %.
Arvel, the only son of Frank
of a Lick in the head from a horse. He
was aged IL.
The date for the meeting of the
democratic clubs of the United States,
at indianapolis, has been changed
frcm September 6 to October 3.
Former Capt. Carriers father-in-law
testified, Friday. hat Carter has
turned over to him %$45O.OoO il bonds
and securities.
Mrs. George IIelfrich, wife of Geo.
1lelfrich, ST., a prominent and sue
cessful business man, was thrown
from Il carriage and instantly killed at
Waterloo, Ill.
Official dispatches show that the
japanese losses at the battle of Peit
Sang were 200 killed and wounded.
Miss Flossic Swetland, u prominent
society belle of F%redonia, n. Y. was
drowned at Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie,
while bathing.
d. William H. Aubrey, late Of Hannibal,
Mo-, now of Quincy, Ill, has been ar
rested on a charge OF violating the
pension law.
Russia how has $4,000, with 10, guns,
concentrating in Manchuria. and 1867
600 more, with 1913 guns, now forming
for invasion.
Russia has contracted with the DAN
ish East Asian Co. for the Transports.
ton of 10, 500 troops to China.
Redmond Kidd, alias Hiatt, an es-
capped convict from the Iowa peniten-
tiary at Fort Madison, was arrested
in Hoopeston, Ill.
Friday four of Peoria's big distil.
leries were on fire, and at night the
dryhouse of the Manhattan was de-
stroyed, with a loss of about s25, 200.
DR.. ]. A. Egan, secretary of the IL
linois board of health, has received u
communication from Charleston stat
ing that several cases of smallpox had
been discovered there.
Andrew Carnegie indorses the course
of the United States in China, but
says that we should not allow our.
selves to be dragged into . wsr
against that empire.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-08-18

Houston, Tex, Aug. IA telegram
announcing the death of Coils p.
Huntington was received by the
Southern Pacific railroad officials OF
this city yesterday morning. The
sudden death of Mr.. Huntington was
a great shock to the Pacific officials
R. E. Huntington, vice-president of
the Pacific system and nephew of c.
2. Huntington, left Houston last night
for San Francisco; but he turned
back from San Antonio with a special
engine and private car in order to go.
TO New York Immediately.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-08-18
HUNTINGTON'S BOYHOOD.
His Fathers Family-Last Day at
SchOOl-On the Road to Wealth.

His Family-Last Day at
School-On the Road to Wealth.
Harwinton, Conn.,, Aug. 1.-the
boyhood of Coils P. Huntington was
spent in Harwinton, Litchfield county.
where he was born October %, 1921,
in an old-fashioned d%ilapidated house
in the Poverty Hill district.
The income of the elder Huntington
was far too meager to supply the
wants of his large family, and when
Coils was ten years of age. his pa
rents separated, Mrs. Huntington GO
ing to make her home with friends
and the children being placed with
families in town. Coils made his
home with the family of Orson Bar
bier. Mrs. Barber was an unusually
intelligent woman, and to her train
ing, as Mr.. Huntington, in the days of
his success always admitted, was due
kindled in his breast.
Young Huntington was not a par
ticularly bright student in his school
days, and the last day he attended IA
school of any sort he had trouble with
his teacher, Russell Wilson, and
snatching his cap from the rack. made
a bolt for the door, stopping on the
Threshold long enough to bid good
by to his schoolmates and to his
teacher in a bit verse which furnished
considerable amusement for the pu-
pills and a good deal of discomfort
for the teacher. This hasty leave
taking occurred just before Mr.. Hunt
ington was IA years of age, and al
most Immediately he started on the
road as a peddler of tinware. He
v again returned to Harwinton
to make it his home, but from time t
time his successes in the financial
world reached the ears of his old
schoolmates, and Is years ago he re-
turned to his native town and erect
ed a memorial to his mother. Eliza
beth Vincent Huntington, which will
serve to perpetuate his name ard his
successes in HarwintOn.
The memorial was in the form of a
massive granite chapel, erected at a
cost of $4,000. When he completed it
it was presented to the Congregational
church of Harwinton of which he was
a member.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-08-18
THE ADVANCE MOVEMENT.
Gen. Chaffee May be at Tung-ChOw-
Situation of the

Washington, Aug. 15.-While thr'
war department has no specific in
formation as to the future move
ments of Gen. Chaffee, it is thought
that he may have covered the 20 milcs
between HO-Si-Wu and Tung-Chow.
The Pei river makes a great bend be-
tween Ho-Si-Wu and Matow. the next
town of Importance on the road. 1t is
a low. marshy country, where the riv-
er doubles back on itself in its effort
to get forward. The road here cuts
across the country reducing about
twenty-five miles of boat travel to II
miles of deep and almost impossible
road journey through swanps and
quagmires. This country presents no
defensive features. but about eight
miles beyond Matow comes the inn
portant city of Ching-Chai-Wan This
is a strong defensive point. where the
Chinese will make a stand if they
make it at all this side of Pekin.
From Ching-Chai-Wan it is prac-
tically all a continuous city for the
next three miles, until the walled
town of Tung Chow is reached. Here
are stored the immense supplies of
grain on which Pekin would depend in
ease of siege. The city would be al
most as hard to carry as was Tie1
Tsin. possibly more so, owing to the
labyrinth of streets and houses out
side its walls, where in East of de-
termined resistance. mines and am
buscades of all sorts would naturally
be encountered at every street corner
In case a determined stand is made
by the Chinese at this point there IS
no question hat the international col
umn would be forced to wait for all
the reserve force it can command.
But the officials here are very much
in hope that China will come to rea-
sonable terms before our forces are
committed to the extremity of fore
ing this key to the gates of Pekin.
Another Message from COnger.
Washington, Aug. 14.-At the close
of the official day at the state depart
ment the following official
ment was bulletined:
1.-The department of state an
nounces that a message from Minister
Conger has been received, but of I'M
certain date, and not in reply to the
telegram sent to him on August $
This came at the conclusion of a
period of intense expectancy and yet
one devoid of any actual develop
ments. save in the foregoing meager
announcement"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-08-18
Lovers Commit Suicide.

Says a dispatch sent from Clinton:
Farmer Jones, "a years old, recently
came back from Indian territory 20
visit his mother, at Coal, IA miles east
of here. He became engaged to Miss
Bonnie Turner, daughter of n neigh
Dor, but their parents interposed
strong objections. Jones secured n
livery team in Clinton. At daylight
the buggy was observed standing in
the road, but no attention was paid
to the occupants until about eight
o'clock, when it was noticed that
Jones and the young woman were in
a comatose state. An empty morphine
bottle told the manner of suicide,
while a note from Jones to his moth
er directed the disposition of some
personal effects. asked that the livery
team be returned to Clinton. and
begged that he and the girl be buried
together. Several physicians tried to
revive them, but both died.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-08-18
MISSOURI A NEWS.
Recent DeatEa.

Z. Lester Crawford. clerk of the
Cnited States circuit court for the
eastern Missouri district, at ST. Louis.
After an illness of three days he sue
cnmbed to heart failure. following a
severe attack of laryngi,is, with Sc
we're complications.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dean, at her home,
near Nevada, aged So. She was the
mother of a large and prominent fam
lily, and had lived on the farm where
she died since before the civil war.
p a. j. Carter at his home in Brook
field. The deceased held the position
of superintendent of bridges for the
Missouri lines for many years.
Thomas Nelson, cashier of the Bank
of Hannibal, suddenly, at Elk Lick
Springs, lei New London.
Marshal H. Harris, one of the most
widely-known men in central Missou-
ri, and one of the first settlers of
week. Deceased was president of the
first bank organized in Sturgeon, and
at the time of his death was presi-
dent of the Farmers and Merchants
bank. He had been mayor several
times. and for many years had other
positions of homer, not only in Stur-
geon, but in the county and state.
He was a member of Co. F. of Gen..
Guitars regiment of NJ. S. NJ, having
enlisted in 1862. He had charge of the
garrison in Columbia for some time.
DIR. j. Back. one of the most prom
inent physicians of Kenneth, of APP
pendicitis. having been sick only "a
o. o. F.. Knights of Pythias and the
Mocoo hoac
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-08-18
BILL FOR CHINA 70 FOOT.
The Celestials Will Find They Will
Have to Pay Dearly for
Their Whistle.
WHAT THE UNITED STATES WILL DEMAND
Full and Guaranteed Indemnity
for the Families of Every Ameri.
ran Victim of Their SenseleHs
~-TFeachery.

Washington, Aug. ia high Off.
cial said that the indemnity which the
United States would demand for
every American citizen killed or
MANNED by the Chinese during the
present trouble would be sufficient to
comfortably to support their families
for the remainder of their lives.
No Chinese Territory Wanted.
This government does not want a
province. a town, a village OF a single
square foot of Chinese territory as in
demnity." said the official. who is
close to the president. There Is but
one indemnity which they car give
Il people, and that is a monetary in
demnity to the families of their
American victims. For every one of
these, China must pay a sufficient sum
to keep their families from want dur.
ing their lives.
Will Exact Assurance.
This government will exact assu..
ances of a satisfactory character tina.
such a state of affairs as now exists
in China shall not again occur. The
nature of these assurances will be de-
termined later. The collection of in
demnity may prove difficult, and it
may be decided-although so far the
proposition has not been considered
to station warships in the harbors of
the principal cities and officials within
the cities to watch the and
protect the interests of the United
States, if need be, by taking charge
of such revenues and reserving some
portion of them to apply to the in
delnnity.
Necessary Precautions.
I'm addition to requiring assurances
of a restoration of order and the
strictest precautions to prevent a
similar state of affairs in the future, II
small body of troops may be neces.
sary to protect the officials stationed
at these ports. If this plan should
be adopted the different allies doubt
less will cooperate.
To Seek Out the Guilty.
Effort will be made, of course, to
trace the responsibility for the recent
outrages. but it will be a difficult
task, as there will be little DISPOSE.
ton among the Chinese to tell thu
truth. especially when it would impli-
cate one of their number. The Chi.
nese can not be punished indiscrimi-
nately for the atrocities. but where.
ever such offenSe is fixed on an indi-
vidual, high or low, his punishment
will be required.
No Exception Will he Made.
If it can be shown that orders for
the hostilities were issued by the
empress dowager or the emperor.
their deposition is certain, and an.
other government will be set up. If
Tuan is proved to have ordered thu.
outrages. the seyerest punishment
may be accorded him."
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-08-18
PRODUCED SCARCELY A RIPPLE
The Dead MaGnate's Property was
in No Uncertain Shape.

The Dead M~aKnate's Property was
in No Uncertain Shape.
New York, Aug. 15.-Mr. Hunting
toms death had little effect on the
general stock market. Even his own
stocks, chief among which was South
ern Pacific, was hardly disturbed.
Some large lots of Southern Pacific
came out in the initial transactions,
but they we're promptly taken by
banking interests known to represent
the late millionaire, and as a result
the price of Southern Pacific soon rail-
lied from its one point decline. . 1t
seemed to be the general opinion of
those conversant with Mr.. Hunting
toms affairs that he had left his
properties in such shape as to permit
of easy handling by others.
Wall street estimates the fortune
of Mr.. Huntington at from $4O,OOO,OO0
20 $50, 900. 900. -,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-08-18
COuEtcrfeitera at Work.

A great quantity of spurious silver
coin has been put in circulation in the
Missouri-Kansas zinc fields recently,
and all efforts to apprchnd the coun-
terfeiters have so far failed. The sill
ten Mexican coins, and the work is so
well done that detection is almost i'm
possible. The stamp and milling are
said to be the best yet brought to the
notice of experts. Even the banks
have beer taken in by these counter
feits.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-08-18

A dispatch received from Minister
Conger, on the 10th, says: The
tsung Ii yamen states to the diplo-
matte body that the various foreign
governments have repeatedly asked.
through the respective Chinese min
listers, that we Immediately depart
from Pekin under suitable escort. The
yamen asks US to fix a date for our
departure, and to make the necessary
arrangements to do So" This is a
Q falsehood made out of whole cloth.
and intended, doubtless, to compass
the death of the legationers under
conditions that would make it appear
ss the consequence of their W act.