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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-16
An DesOwDU,

"Too bAd, old man, about your wife
running away,v WV
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wonder lhat slo did not TAXA mo 0lOng
W look afieg bav Trunks" indianapolis
Press,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-16
sWedeB's King III,

stockholm, OCT lb--King Oscar Nv
confined w his bNd with bronchial
mtnrrh, eompIinatNd by aeeUtiOD nj
phlegm IN Tho right luDg,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17

risk involved proceeding. nations collect
debts in that way The of might be more
than the debt that figure. Sultans sub
jecs committed missionaries ard
burned plumber missions which agreed
to pay $4,000 Ninety thousand very small
thing for Uncle Sam It wouldn't keep him in pocket
money two hours. But the It IS
the supercilious way in which
mands for payment. Knowing that the United States
is engaged in settling the troubles China
for the China and the world than
in her interest, and believing the Philippine
really worrying u.s. this Of Arab fouts
suggestions that he good his obligation. If
American warships should him call, while on
their way back the Pacific he doubtless
$4,000 with urbanity imaginable and
the admiral only waited his
arrival the exalted honor complying through
request his magnificent pussant
friend. the President of the United States before whom
sun, down. etc, ETC.,
urging suggestion disposition
brother Bryan. He is already great strain But
wholesome effects proceeding would be
lost peoples potentates Of large
while it prove good Fez-headed
Of he Bosporus.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17
He Simply Wants to be President.

Bryans campaign one of complaints and
criticisms. Those of readers from day to day
what he has transmitted by
Press failed notice absence Of hope of
promise in his speeches carps and rets and scolds
but in finding fault offers remedies the promise
He complains of imperialism" then grows
grouty because his hearers refuse imperialism"
seriously. He thinks thinks, that we ought
give the Philippines same time guarantee
Aguinaldo protection against any the powers
Such would necessitate keeping the army
just where is and keeping army Philippines
imperialism" by Bryan's reckoning. complains of
mlitarsm, but has reduce the size of the
army? Not bit Of it. Nowhere he make such
promise He only ntimates that will SUBJ
regular of the people than an army
of volunteers? He complains trusts but has he
proposed remedy for that evil? No. A year ago he
favored constitutional giving congress power
TO deal with the subject but simply says he will
appoint attorney who existing laws
and he will the enactment of new ones-Uhat
single remedy for the does not now exist
and there is nothing in his favoritsm TO the
trust and the lead trust silence regarding the
cotton bale trust and apology the Tammany ice
trust which indicates that able to suggest
remedy apply it when suggested.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17
rIark Hanna a Labor Union nan.

The Democratic have tgged out Senator Hanna
with horns and hoofs. They cartoon him daily with
bestal face tapered off into pimpIe for head and
the speakers of the opposition spontaneously howl in con-
cert at the simple mention name But there is one
thing that is unending puzzle these defaers and
that is Mark Hanna's influence with workingmen and
their organizations employer of labor in mine and
factory he strike and his employees have been
and still numbered by thousand If these opposi
ton would to look the matter I'm thew
would Mark Hanna has been great friend If +b
iaborng man. not only but that believes in and advo
the part of his he only to them personally
but recognized with the officers Of their
unions He believes that combinations of labor unions
the working more than equal to any MONOPOLY.
Mark Hanna in his speech day before yesterday at Mad
ison, Wisconsin, in reply badgering question from
Democrat Of how about coal mines? declared that
the coal miners in the right and that the strike
would be settled within week AS a contemporary per
tenty suggests Where were the Bryan while Mark
Hanna in New trying to compose the strike Of
the coal miners? Was them heard from in confer
ence with operators operatives? Did one of them make
the slightest effort to obtain concessions for the men? If
So the newspaper correspondents suppressed the in
formation Mark Hanna was the only one who had both
the courage and the sympathy to go to the relief of the
miners.
Chairman Jones Of Darkest Arkansaw stockhoder
in the great combine, which he declares is no trust
but which everybody knows monopoly Richard Croker
boss of the New York ice trust; William R Hearst am
bilious to control the newspaper business John P Atged
head of the conversation trust all of whom could have
done something for the miners stood in the back
ground to let the struggle 50 oaous sympathy for
the miners hoping only their idol as the
frutage of the strike.
What has Mr. Bryan to adjust the differences be-
tween the rival forces? solitary thing but deror
the existence of evils which knows very little about
Where are suzer, Timan Lentz Cochran Mclean olnsy
sohurz. Boutwell,, Clark Towne Teller Petugrew Cam
pau and the lesser satellites which revoIve about the Peer
less One? sympathizing with The Fp+nos-rsading
the Declaration Of Independence and denounelnr as dan
gerous to the republic motley collection OF political
myths
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17
Another Smart ouilp Disposed OF.

When Mr. Bryan was addressing audience in one of
the western cities, inqusve auditor question
in regard to the suppression of the coIored
south Mr. Bryan quickly retorted when you read the
Sulu treaty recognizing slavery posses
Sion you will about North Carolina"
This regarded by Mr. Bryan's friends a very
smart retort perhaps The Suu sultan
little island his harem half-civzed cervans are
taking very much Of the time attention of
Kinley administration General Bates made agreement
with the little brown potentae yellow seas more
than a year ago President Mckinley had announced
through official writing which promptly conveyed
to the Joo sultan, that slavery permitted
United States possession Mr. Bryans question
fact been officially answered in Mr. Nickel
john with superauous sarcasm says Mr. Bryan, is
probably unnecessary your fact that
in the absence of the approval of the president
possible for to have the Suu treaty any other
treaty may expected the chivalrous Bryan will
promptly apologize to President Mckinley gratu-
itous SANDER which his ignorance public affairs
duced him to give currency
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17
It Has Been a Very Hot summer.

The summer been record breaker for heat
has been unusually hot in the occi-
and the orient Even yet the streams, springs
Of the Atlantic state low. The
Delaware river forbade and the Susquehanna but
dribbling brook The Ohio unnavigable the Missouri
succession holes rifles and the Arkansas but
moist streak
seville's hottest day August II, with tempera-
III degrees in the shade Thousands OF birds fell
the weather record the Spanish
city broken.
According to Sioux Indian weather prophet it is
going winter predictions based
that the buffalo grass shows heavy crop of
seeds which, the redskins declare is sure sign of
winter and deep snow.
August last the hottest record in New York
and Philadelphia, according to the weather records The
mean temperature in New York was II degrees while in
Philadelphia the latter city days in the
month had a temperature Of 80.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17
Daity gaole
The Republicans to Steal the Election.
III. NJ. MURDOCH. Editor.

Inc Republicans TO StedI the ELECTION.
The Democrat bosses of Kansas are accusing the Re
publican party of connecting
ton, does way It looked that way night
before Dunsmore Bald Hornet of the Neo-
sho. got up before Republican audience
thousand, in Wichita Democratic
trying steal the Peoples party body and
breeches a Peoples party leader of force
and prominence These Democratic popers leaders
not amusing the Republican party stealing
If the Republican party stolen Dunsmore
the kind stealing INDUCED in by the aged
of the fatted calf when his prodga
back to his and home While it no doubt looks
to the Democratic bosses case of theft
is probably far party concerned
STILL after ALL it stampede Of honest men
for safe retreat a threatened enguhng by very
murky No doubt the the poll books
will indicate abstraction but the other side of
the sheet will show became of the deficit 1t viii
be safely anchored in the protective the great
party of patriotism prosperity party of the old
flag expansion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17
Outlines Of Oklahoma

As it is turning out the cotton cror
is showing yield beyond all expecta-
tons.
/ An educated indian at Arapahoe IN
stead of taking the oath in court mp.y
| affirmed.
one editor In oklahoma calls on a
candidate to back pedal on his taII-
heating Imagination
Next week Sapulpa gives a big stree.
fair, midway, dams du ventre, fylng
lady, snake-eating show
/ Senator Doom's letter in favor Of Flynn
IS q wonderfully written document and
| should be read by everybo4y ~.
| Reverend JOB Ingram OF Kingfsher re-
! mains the only Republican in the terri
/ tory VINO has come out for Nen
The people out in western Oklahoma
| who viii present Dennis Flynn with a
| silk flag are doing the proper thing.
! Doc Ashby. who was tried an1 con
v.cted at Arapahoe last week, was sen
! fenced to ten years in the penisentiary.
IN none of his speeches has Flynn
either abused or made fun OF Robert
NeT All NeT's speech is an attack on
Flynn.
If" says the Arapahoe Bee sorrow
fully. Oklahoma were a state we would
have the choice Of twelve presidential
candidates
The Hardesty Herald Indignantly de-
MES that Hardesty has but twelve pso-
pie. The population of Hadresty Is
twenty-four.
The Pawnee Democrat gets the best
hit of the campaign off on Neff. 1t
says: Great is Neff of the Efusion-"
It's a classical pun.
George Howenstine of Arapahoe is 50
oil u
Ohio, and it is said he would walk a
mile to get a newspaper article about
Mckinley.
The Hadresty Herald doesn't think that
the Liberal extension of the Rock Is
land looks any nearer than Il did in
1890. But it is. The Rock Island will
extend
There is no man In the country who
is as conscientious in his service to his
constituents as Flynn. Flynn never asks
a mans politics when the man asks a
favor of him.
There IS one thing the voters are not
rgetting-election by big majorities does
not swell Dennis Flynns head 1t makes
him work harder than ever TO deserve
the faith the people have in him.
The campaign in Washita county is
now so hot that George Brace. who
ticket in his life, came in from the
farm to Arapahoe the ether day and re-
manned a whole week.
A Democratic candidate in Washita
county denies the charge that he said
that the ladies of the northern Method
list church would put their arms around
the neck of a negro and pull him into
the church, and also denies that he ever
said he wished that the whole United
States army would sink in the Pacific.
Enid Wave: Uncle George Misner is
sinking a prospect hole into the bowels
of the earth near Billings, IN the hopes
of finding coal. He came IN last week
all sweaty with excitement over the
prospects of finding large vein of coal
He says the drill has passed through
two feet of as fine coal blossom rock
as was ever found in the world. The
business men of the city have taken III
eral slices of stock in the enteTp
No doubt there is coal in the Red RCe1
valley. All that is necessary is the ex-
penditure of a little cash TO find it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17
same Ola story.
CFrom London A1swe-s.l


They had Just got married, and we
starting on their honeymoon Tire bri .
mad get tAa man she loved, and she
DIDN'T care who saw her put her head
on his shoulder Tho Bridegroom had
got farm WITH rs wife. and 4 .
wanted u squeezs her hand Or feed ke-
with sweets, vhose business was Il? \
little old man sat opposite the coupIe
and he looked AZ them so often that
the young husband finally explained:
We've JUST got married
I knexed Il all the time" caUcklez
the other.
And W. can't help it, yol know.
Nc. y-u can't; I'll De biowed il yol
can
4 presume x al seems very silly 70
an CID man ike you
Does - Docs it2' cack1ed TIE old
fellow We'll. I can tel vou & soss
not. then- i've besn tEere TREE tirues
over. and now In on Hy way 20 marry
8 fourth. Sjly2 Why children, It's par
z6ise Boiled down"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17
Fastening Their Own Doom.

In the face of the demand of the people suppress
sion of the trust evils the wire the price
wire nails to S44 ton which $31 more
per ton than the cost of pig iron The New York Com
merca authority such matters that
difference between the price of iron nails only per
ton, the manufacturers able to business while
with difference of SIS their profits big BY such
extoron this Fastening their own doom
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17
The Fez-Hsaded Boss of the Bos,o-o,,.

Because the Eagle little time since. advocated
the policy Of forcing the sultan of Turkey to pay that deb
by sending half dozen our new batteshps as
the campaign imperialism shan have bean
closed and Bryan home several eastern papers com
mented the editorial in glee one New York
paper INDUCED in the nsnuation that understood
that prohibition state implying thereby
been slightly on We can not see any
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17

Bryan thinks this nation get along without war
What about the Of 1912? What about California?
What about the Confederate States Of America What
about 1776? And what Bryan now bidding for?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17

T'ro-n thz Caicaxo Newsp
Are yos an Insurance agent"
Yes. sr"
'H.H you insure me-
Not on year HE
''Uhv notf
Because an q FIRE insu- ancs agent. "
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17

The New York Evening Post which is against Nc
Kiney says that in Washington Democrats and Repub-
cans quietly themselves that Bryan
defeated than in 1896 The fight lower house
Of congress which, Comedies may very close
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17

Bryan in the White House be GictatoriaI vain
glorious and egotstical. within year the who
would be the sckest of him would who voted
for him
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17

The Republican party this nation believes that the
privilege of suffrage, which is the this nations
liberty, should be extended to all regardless color
The Brantes do not That is the Bryanites oppose
expansion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17

Cast your vote for America for larger America the
America which is to the philanthropy form Of
government TO the fuIthernost parts of the world
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17

Democratic Chairman says that the cotton trust
to which belongs not trust Croker win vet bob
up and declare that the Tau1nsny trust
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17

The Republicans have dispeIed the apathy 1t nc
longer exists among Rapubcars Throughout New York
state the registration IS unusually heavy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17

Shall he responsible for the Philippines or shall
elect Bryan and be responsible Agunado and his
crazy tyrannical and irresponsible actions?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17

You going to vote in favor Of policy which means
that the IN cur history We are going e
back haul down ths flag and retreat2
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17

Il afraid af growth for this nation afraid that
its principles widely YOU should cling
TO Bryan. That IS his idea
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17

All Hanna is making q campaign tour for IS to show
whole lot Of Nissourians that he really does not wea
clothes with dollar marks on en-.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17

Occasionally whele passes without any Denocra
Roosevelt IS very duh
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17

When IS matter Of interruption Hanna Is pretty
good at coming back himself.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17

Bryan Is sarpsng or the consent q ths governed
Why doesn't he explain about North Carolina?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17
A Winsome Widow.

| Unless you cap dream in crowd all day
| On the absent face that fixed you,
| Unless you can love as the angels may
With the breadth Of heaven betwixt you
e. b. Browning
! Clare Carruth was nearest the door
when the carette stopped to let her in.
! He saw a woman at the step. He aid
not notice whether she was old or young
fair or ugly. With the natural and un-
| considered courtesy of a gentleman he
| sprang down TO help her into give her
| his seat if necessary, for the carette
was well-hlIed He observed that she
was in Notwithstanding more. Ind ed.
| even as he assisted her his attention was
distracted by d disturbance on the street.
4 horse had fallen. Men were trying
to lift it, The carette was moving when
he placed his foot on the step-swung
into his seat
He opened his afternoon paper-5egan
to read. For man on whom many wo-
men had looked with admiration he was
peculiarly Indifferent TO femininity In gen
eral-absurdly modest. Not that he wss
timid His record in the Philippines re-
futed any such supposition as that. But
as boy he had placed woman on a
pinnacle, and he had never had the cour-
age to place sacrilegious hands upon her
and pull her down to what he would
may have accounted for the reserve
which his friends had in vain endeavorei
TO make him break. Anyhow, his heart
had never beaten the faster for the sight
OF any face until a sudden lurch at Ad-
ans street sent the carette careening,
jerked his paper down, and left him
looking into the ioveliest-the most mys-
teal eyes he had ever beheld!
A young widow-assuredly a young
widow! The costume left no doubt OF
that. The enveloping black gown-the
small pointed bonnet of crape-the back
ward flung veil! And the face these
formed was one of such angelic gentle
ness-such exquisite spirituality A mere
child And to be left alone in the world
all the chivalrous soul of the man rose
in Guixotic revolt
But-there was nothing to say. Moth
ing TO do, save to recover the fallen pa
per, to glance over it furtively-to won
der, and-alas! what else?
Carruth didn't know. He had never
been guilty Of the vulgarity of a street
car Irritation. And even had he been
there was something in the absolute If
indefinable refinement of the face oppo-
site him which would have awed-with-
held him.
Only-when she left the carette at the
corner of Canal and Adams street-ha
left also. It was about time. he told
himself, that he should go to the south
ern suburb and see the Benners. They
had been nice to him. And he was neg
lecting Besnard shamefullyl He did not
distinctly recollect when the trains ran
it was so long since he had been out
there He could find out, though Bes-
nard Benner was rafting good fellow,
and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-17

| And just then he saw Besnard Benner
taking off his hat with a reverential
| obeisance to the lady in mourning ahsad
Of him-noticed their brief and smiling
conversation. He hurried-when had
easy-going Clare Carruth hurried before?
He fairly bumped into Benner. It took
the latter weeks to understand why h s
onslaught was so abrupt-his greeting 50
ELUSIVE.
Just on my way out to your place
old boy! Haven't seen you for an age
How is Mrs. Benner? And the babis s.?
Well? That's good! Hope l won't in
truder
Not a bit. Well met. Pot luck, you
know. Come along!''
Carruth went along. But it was not
until after Mrs. Benner had received him
with a, cordially which she affected and
a surprise which she concealed-not In
deed until-dinner over-he and Benner
were having a quiet smoke that he sum
moned up pluck to ask about the lady
to whom his friend had bowed and spo-
ken on the sidewalk at the Union depot
''She-er-she was in black-in deep
mourning. She was IA young widowr'
"A widow Benner wriggled with
delight. 30, Lord, This is too good to
keep! If only the press boys get hold
of it. A widowi'
well. she was dressed like one!'
His tone was a bit sullxy.
''She was-bless your innocent soul,
she was! She is every night in the week
not every day, though Today was an
exception, as she was explaining when
you came tearing along. A widow! o,
Lordr
Then he howled again until his wife
came in ting he should not wake
the baby
During the week that followed Carruth
made himself what Benner picturesQuely
called "a brass-knuckl nuisance"
There came a day when this patient
suburban friend rose in his wrath and
despair.
Come along" she cried "she's at
home this afternoon-and If you bother
me any moreno, a contented and placid
married man-about your fascinating
young widows-Tll break your head,
will!'
Then-the interval doesn't matter
Carruth found himself in room where
there was rosy light, and a lot of
flowers, and the tinkie of a distant man
dolin, and the smell of Ceylon, and
hum Of conversation. And he was bowling
to a girl IN white gown-the most 6e-
mure kind OF white gown-a girl with
a lot of forget-me-nots at her bosom
He looked closely to be sure of the
latter fact when he saw that The amused
eyes bent on him were these Of the
young widow Of the carette
How good you were to me the other
day." said the famous young actress
Il was in such a rush out Of town 1
had no time to change the stage costume
wear in the last act of "A Broken
Butterfly" The creakIng old carette
seemed for once better than waiting for
a cab. The Benners are old friends Of
mine-and Besnard tells me you thought
me a widowi" Her happy laugh rang
out with joyous spontaneity. as It to
my supposed bereavement I an to credit
your courtesy?'
What Claro Carruth's lips said was
one thing. What his eyes said was an
othar-and his heart
Talking Of hearts they do say that
that Of the stage beauty has been finally
captured-and by the soldier-hnancier
from the Philippines.
But then people say so many silly
things, Only
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-08-14
Ia POBLACION DE- MANILA

4 . s Z. i
Segdn el censo de poblaci6n hecho
por Ell Ouerpo sanitario de Manila, hay
en- esta capital, sin incluir suburbios,
conventos, seminarios Iii poblaci6n que
vive en- casas fotantes, 10000 unos
habitantes.
El censo es defectuoso, debido a la
mala voluntad con que los indfgenas
Sc han prestado q inscribirse, igual
que los chinos. Estos Sc estima que no
bajen de $4,000 y, sin embargo, solo
aparecen 1852. La poblaci6n inscrip.
ia consta de 61,945 varones adultos,
43.085 mujeres iderl, 29,933 ninos y
4.0S7 personals ancianas, sin contar los
chinos. Hay en- Manila 20.609 edif :
clos con 42,57O habitaciones. El ba-
rrio de Tondo tiene 25,423 habiantes,
Binondo l, ,935, Santa Cruz 1920 y
San Nicolas q, ,974.