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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-11-27
RESERVOIR R

Athens, Ga, Nov 26-As a result
of heavy rains the reservoir near
Chauncey burst today and flooded the
town, a mile away. The reservoir
covered three acres and was 20 feet
deep. A hundred yards of railroad
track was washed out and nearly all
the residences in Ohauncey were food
ed. The hill DETECTING the coarse of
the water saved the Chauncey mine,
where 100 men we've at work.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-11-27

Golden Cereal Reaches New Mark.
Light Decline at Close Of
Days Trading.

Chicago, Nov. 26-In the ascending
scale of prices made for November
corn by belated shorts, a new mark
was touched today, the price going to
SO cents, an advance of 5 cents from
the close Saturday and of 3 cents
from the best previous price.
The close was l cent lower, Phil
lips bidding 40 cents. The action of
the appeals committee in turning down
as below contract grade two cargoes
rendered Phillips by Counselman,
Bartlett & Frazier had the expected
effect of strengthening the position
Of the bull leader and adding further
worry to the troubles already heaped
upon the shoulders of the shorts.
For the first time in several days
Phillips took an active hand in the
game as an open bidder for small and
large pots. The opening price vas 46
cents and there was a general advance
to 4s4, Phillips taking most of the
offerings. The first bid of SO cents
was by Carr for 5000. bushels and it
brought some stop loss orders in the
market. Phillips filling one Of SO, 900
bushels for Logan and making a nun
Der of smaller sales, his sales exceed
ing his purchases by about 60, 900
bushels. While November gained 4
cents, December was also strong on
covering by shorts and the bull trade.
The man with the corner in the hol-
low Of his hand is apparently not
ready to let it get away from him. He
has watched the speculative careers
of other men with corners and belle yes
that most of them lost because of
their greed to extort the last penny.
All morning the little corn king stood
on the edge of the pit and watched the
ebb and flow OF the battle. Whenever
clamorous "shorts'' howled up the
price in the face of unresponsive takers
he pushed to the front of the line and
let out more corn. Some of the deal
ers thought the juvenile looking spec
ulator was in straits and was trying to
wind up his string. They jumped on
the market and tried to sell corn at
III. Phillips turned instantly from
seller to buyer, from bear to bull and
snapped up every man who was offer
ing to shade the price that he was
making. The decline stopped at once.
Phillips showed to the corn pit that
he was its master; that he could
regulate it at will.
The fellows who tried to get some
Of the ORR kings money in the delu-
sion that he was weakening, are nov
wondering where they will get off on
Friday. The closing price was 40
cents, a reaction due to Phillips buy
ing. II was significant to some trad
ers that the firms who are reputed to
be at the mercy Of Phillips have not
given any sign of extreme worry.
They have not shown their hands in
the pit. They are watching affairs as
closely as the king of the golden
cereal. There is still some talk of
special trains coming from. the country
with corr enough to make good the
toboggans to Phillips. To the out
slider there is no sign Of this predicted
movement.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-11-27
MORE HIGH T

Charleston, W. Va, Nov. 26-Con-
tinuous rain fall of the past 48 hours
has caused a rapid rise in all streams
in this section of the state. The
Kanawha has almost reached the
danger line here and the people in the
lowlands are already moving out.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-11-27
Paul and the Methuens.

Lord Methuen has a Partially for
President Kruger anu all because OF
the Paul they bear in common for their
Christian names. This Partially of the
Methuens for the name Of Paul is a
matter Of heredity. Lord Methuen's
father bore the name. SO did his grand
father. SO does his brother. and SO do
his W three sons. the eldest owning
1t as his first name, the two younger
as their second
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-11-27
Big Earnings of a Fighter.

While a crowd of sports were recent
" discussing the question as to who
was the wealthiest fighter Sam Harris,
manager of Terry McGovern. spoke up
and said: "Well, l can't say who has
the most money, but l know n thing.
McGovern can sit right down at this
present moment and write out his
check for $4,000. I don't think there
are many of them who can do that"
And McGovern has made this amount
in less than three years.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-11-27
FLOODS IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Sudden Rise in River Causes Much
Damage.

Guyandotte, w. Va, Nov. 26-Con-
tinuous rain for the past 48 hours has
produced unprecedented floods in the
G~uyandotte valley.
The river and it's tributaries are
overfowing their banks and are tear
ing away quantities Of cross ties, lum-
Der and other property. Some 5000
logs have gone out, and with them the
false works Of two new Guyandotte
Valley railroad bridges south of Bar
louisville.
The loss is estimated at $40, 900 to
$25, 600. The track of the new Guy
andotte Valley road, just completed to
Salt Rock, a distance of IS miles, has
been almost ruined. The river is ris-
ing above and still more damage is ex-
pected.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-11-27
Baseball Talk.

There are renewed expressions Of be-
lief in all quarters that the attempt of
the American Baseball league to get
into Washington and Baltimore will be
a success. Some experts go so far as
to say that President Brush of the Gin
cinnati team. who is at the head Of the
eastward movement. will take on Lou
isville as well in the face Of the Ma
tional leagues opposition. And there
are several facts in favor Of the opin-
ion. 1t will be remembered that when
the National league reduced the num-
Der Of cities in it's circuit to eight by
dropping Louisville. Cleveland. Bait,
more and Washington the magnates
expected a great boom in baseball. but
it did not come. Instead these worthy
magnates lost a lot of money, and they
have been sitting on their heels for the
need of chairs eve since.
The theory that these cities would
not support minor league teams, which
was evolved at the time of the reduc-
ton Of the circuit, has been exploded
this season by the success of the Cleve-
land team of the Western league. This
has caused the capitalists to believe in
Brush's scheme, and his chances Of
success are greatly improved. 1t is
true that the grounds at these four cit
les are still under the control of the
National league, but the minor league
teams will still have playing room
there, for with capital Brush can Sc
cure other grounds, and besides that
the National league a hardly afford
to increase it's circuit to the original
II clubs.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-11-27
The r

Antonio Panagi Coutalianos, the
Creek strong man and wrestler. is
in .lew York and is ready to meet
all. conlers il the weight lifting line
and is especially anxious to arrange a
Greco-Roman wrestling bout with
Ernest Roeber for the worlds cham
pionship.
Coutalianos is q native of Athens and
has travelled in almost every country
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-11-27
Intercollexiate Ba.ket Ba1l.

The colleges have taken up basket
ball. and an intercollegiate league is
about to be formed. 1t will include
Yale. Harvard. Cornell and Dartmouth.
The season of the new league will open
on Dec. 1. after the officers have been
elected and the winter schedule made
out. The Yale team will visit Chicago
aud Minneapolis for a series of games
In each city In the Christmas holidays.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-11-27
QUEEN w-.LHELMINA.

lenburg- Schwerin. Queen Wilhelmina
is 20 years of age. and her future hus-
band is "a. He is a handsome nan of
military bearing and is a lieutenant in
the Prussian guard.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-11-27
She Has Decided.

After many reported ~betrothals the
interesting young queen Of Holland at
last owns up to an engagement. The
lucky man is Duke Henry Won Neck
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30

John Burns, representative of the la
boring classes in the British parliament,
recently addressed a meeting of 5000
in Battersea Park, London, on the
South African war. "Why," he asked,
Should Englishmen leave old England
to become South African Legrees driv-
ing niggers for Jews?" IT am here to
warn you," he shouted, "that he who
lives by the sword perishes by the sword,
and that he who denies freedom to 9TH
ers takes it from himself" He was
threatened that his action would lose
him his seat. He didn't believe it, but
better lose his seat than his conscience.
He never had votes OF the. Rhodesians
and the lingo imperialists and could
spare them now. He only wanted the
votes of free men. Too bad there are
not many Englishmen like John Burns.
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30

ton time. The platform makes no men
ton OF the "pauper labor of Europe" as
in the past.
On the Boer war there is very little
said in the platform, and not word Of
sympathy for the two sister republics.
1t claims that America, under the Nc
Kinley regime, is the only country
which has offered its friendly Offices in
the cause of peace between England and
the Transvaal. The hope is expressed
that the republic will emerge from the
struggle pretty soon in one shape or
another, but, of course, with the British
on top, though that is not said for OBJ
vious reasons.
There is not word about imperial
ism in the clumsily-constructed plat
form. Something is said of expansion,
and the administration is praised for
bringing the Spanish-American war to a
successful termination. Reference is
made to the responsibilities assumed in
the government OF our recently acquired
islands, but it is vague and indefinite
The Democratic party does not es-
cape terrific castigation from the plat
form builders for opposing the policy
of the Hanna Mckinley patriots. The
superhuman wisdom of the Republican
party is extolled in very bad English.
A promise is made to build up Ameri-
can shipping in the foreign trade, but
nothing is said OF the Hanna-Payne
subsidy bill, and no mention is made
of bounties. But this is enough about the
platform. 1t is a shifty, evasive and
tricky declaration OF principles and is
worthy of the party OF the plutocracy
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30

Major George K. Shaw, the able edi-
tor of the Minneapolis Tribune. is a
shrewd Yankee with level head on his
shoulders. In an editorial on the famine
in India he says: We must confess that
this kind of famine does not appeal to
us as strongly as an actual food famine
would. If there was an actual scarcity
of food ip India we should advise send
ing grain by the shipload to relieve it.
But it appears that a portion OF the
people of India have got hold of the
grain, have locked it up, and will look
on calmly and see other portions starve
by the thousands in front of their store
houses because they have no money to
pay the grain monopolists. And we are
asked to send money to India to fill the
pockets and vaults of these greedy grain
merchants.
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30
The Canadians and Australians are
merely fustian British-they have no
virile national pride.

An American newspaper called "Ma-
Mia Freedom" but whose true name
should be manila Slavery" comes out
in recent issue and vehemently denies
that there are 400 saloons in the prin-
cipal city OF the Philippine Islands run
on the American plan. The editor of
the Yankee sheet abuses the ministers
of the gospel who reported to the Unit
ed States that the city of Manila is given
over to drunkenness and RIGHTEOUSNESS
of the most degrading character. Prob
ably the Washington authorities desired
the manila Freedom" editor to deny
emphatically the stories told by those
who have returned to this country.
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30
TIE SOUTH AFRICAN SITUATION.

The news from South Africa since 60
ing to press last week is of the most
meager character, but enough has
escaped the British censors to convince
the outside world that Roberts has a
difficult task to subjugate the republic
ans of the Transvaal and Orange Free
State. 1t now appears that the British
eommander-in-chief acted prematurely
in proclaiming the downfall of Steyn's
republic and its Transformation into a
British colony. Guerilla warfare is 60
ing on there at great rate, the plan
OF the Beers being to cut off Roberts
communications and prevent him from
concentrating his forces in Paul Kru-
gers republic.
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30

Rev. Justin D. Fulton, the notorious
Boston bigot of the Baptist persuasion,
recently addressed meeting of relig-
ious fanatics at the Hub and condemned
the Congregational club for entertain
ing Mgr. Conaty of the Catholic uni
versity as its guest. He also asked the
Almighty to save the country, not from
the Jesuits, but from the Paulists, be-
cause Father Doyle, the eminent Paulist,
was giving a mission to non-Catholics
in the City of Notions. Poor filthy
Fulton!
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30

The charge of plagiarism recently
made against P. H. Rahilly reminds us
that DR.. Matthews, man of literary
repute, which Rahilly is not, was &C
cused of purloining his famous essay
entitled care We Anglo-Saxons" from
the writings of the late Joseph Medill,
the editor of the Chicago Tribune. We
listened here in Minneapolis to bonn
bastic speaker who repeated in elocu-
tionary style the finest passages from
William H. Stewards great Grafton on
the death of Daniel O'Connell, and dur
ing his delivery he made not the slight
est reference to the Irish 1iberator or
his eulogist. What is the use of blam-
ing the Mid-road Populist for using
Dougherty's speech when he claims to
have employed quotation marks in his
address?
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30

The Catholic Total Abstinence Union
OF the archdiocese of St. Paul held its
goth annual convention in Minneapolis
on Tuesday and Wednesday of this
week. The proceedings of this grand
body of men and women are given in
full on another page. 1t is a gratifying
fact that this organization, whose basic
principle is self-denial, exhibits so much
vitality after the lapse of so many years.
Archbishop ireland, Bishop McGolrick,
Bishop Cotter and their faithful priests
in the North Star State are entitled to
the gratitude of the Irish race for the
influence exerted by this noble band OF
temperance workers.
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30
James Creelman, the noted newspa

James Creelman, the noted newspa-
per correspondent, tells why the Phila-
delphia convention was dull. He says he
neverattendeda national gathering where
such stubborn apathy was manifested by
the delegates, and he thinks the inert,
passionless spirit of the assemblage
was prophetic of defeat "The immortal
part of the Republican party died." he
says, when the Mckinley administra-
ton in cold blood declared itself by its
deeds to be on the side of trusts and a
colony-owning empire defended by
rifles" He says the sound of money
jingled through every speech and
marked every utterance of the platform.
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30

We publish elsewhere communica-
ton from MIR. Edmond O'Brien Ken
nedy, alias Timothy Featherstone, who
spent sixteen years in the prisons OF her
gracious majesty, the Queen of Great
Britain and Ireland and Empress OF
Starving India. Mr.. Kennedy is deliv-
ering lectures on his prison life through
out the principal cities OF the United
States. and we bespeak for him cordial
reception in Minnesota. He has suf-
fered in the cause of Ireland, and that
fact is passport OF his patriotism
among his countrymen wherever he
goes.
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30
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The Irish standard., 1900-06-30

Says the Catholic Standard and Times
of Philadelphia. Admiral Dewey has
now formally withdrawn his candidacy,
and notifies the same to all whom it
may concern. He has found out for
himself what Blaine and other aspirants
who had Catholic affiliations discovered,
that the motto of Bandon Bridge, if not
sculptured above the portals Of the
White House, is craven deep in the
hearts of all who control the selection
of its occupants:
TURK, Jew or Atheist
Is welcome here, but never Papist"
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30

Martin ]. Russell, editor of the Chicago
Chronicle, died at Mackinaw last Mon
day in the 55th year of his age. He
was one of the leading journalists of the
country and product of the Christian
Brothers school Of Chicago. He was
collector Of customs during Cleveland's
second administration No man was
held in higher esteem in all Chicago
circles than the deceased editor. May
his soul rest in peace.
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30

Earl Cranston, the Methodist bishop
Of Portland, Ore, said in recent in
terview at Denver: 1T is worth any
cost in bloodshed if we can make the
millions of Chinese true and intelligent
Christians. would cut all of the red
tape in the world and break all the
treaties ever made to place the armies
Of the United States in the fore next to
Great Britain. The open door must be
maintained for Christianity as we'll as
for commerce" This sanguinary pre-
late is . legitimate disciple Of John Wes-
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30

Teddy Roosevelt, the candidate OF
Mark Hanna for the vice-presidency, is
great admirer of the English regicidc,
Oliver Cromwell, who butchered old
men, women and children, and non
combatants at Drogheda and Wexford.
Teddy in his life of the British monster
in the Century Magazine predicts that
the time is near when justice will be
done to him. Justice was done to him
when his dishonored remains were ex-
humed by the British people and hanged
on a gibbet. Teddy feebly initiated
Cromwell in Cuba and boasts about it.
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30

In recent address on the visit of the
Cuban lady teachers to Cambridge,
Mass, Superintendent Frye naively
said: eve shall certainly shock these
Cubans by some of Our manners and
customs. This cannot be helped, SO
great is the contrast between us. For
instance, they are utterly unaccustomed
to the sight of drunkenness. The man.
ners of our boys will certainly appear
strange to them. We must try to soften
our Cambridge boys for the time"
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30

The Chicago Chronicle facetiously
says: 1t is to be hoped that Marcus
will see the advisability OF wearing gum
shoes in wet weather and flannel next
to his skin in all weathers. As an ardent
admirer trrthfully says, the safety of
the republic is now dependent upon
Marcus health. If he fail to land Will
lam in the White House red ruin and
anarchy will descend upon us like Kan
sas grasshoppers. Another considera-
ton is that the demise of Marcus would
leave the genus statesman as extinct as
the dodo. He must take care of him
self.
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30

Prof. Goodwin Smith, of Toronto
University, is strongly opposed to the
war in South Africa and courageously
condemns it in the very hotbed of Ca
madam Orangeism. He laughs to scorn
the pretensions of Anglo -Saxons and
says there are but few Anglo-Saxons
in the mother country" and her col
onies.
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30

+ Commenting on a recent address by
Lord Russell, the chief justice of Eng
land, on the revival of the Irish Ian
guage, John F. Finerty says: America
today is in danger Of losing her ma
tionality, simply because she has Eng
fish for her language. ireland suffers
in the same way-only about one-ffth
Of her population speaking Gaelic.
Scottish nationality is utterly destroyed.
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30

Richard Croker says that Mayor Van
Wyck of New York should be removed
from Office by Gov Roosevelt if he
has been guilty of corruption in con-
nection with the ice trust. Teddy will
find no Tammany man to defend Goth
ANS chief magistrate from prosecution
Croker declares that the Democratic
party is right to fight the criminal trusts
this year. 1T is the great issue of the
day." he says, "and the issue that will
elect Bryan and defeat Mckinley"
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30

The Boston Republic may legitimately
claim to have nipped in the bud the high
aspirations OF John D. Long, the
Secretary OF the Navy, for running mate
of William l OF the Philippine Islands
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30

Gen. Macarthur is sending home a
heavy death list from the Philippines.
In order to subdue the native fighters
within five years the Americans will re-
quire an army of at least 100000 men.
An amnesty proclamation has been is
sued by Macarthur, pursuant to in
structions from Emperor Mckinley, but
the natives pay no attention to it. Let
freedom be proclaimed for the Filipinos
and the war will end at once.
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30

A real, live prince will attend the
Kansas City convention as delegate.
He is Prince David Kawanakoa from
the Territory OF Hawaii. There will be
no delegate from either Porto Rico or
the Philippines, as they are not terri
tories but colonies on the British plan.
And yet Porto Ricans and Filipinos are
as intelligent as Hawaiians. ,q
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30

William ]. Bryan considers the Re-
publican national platform a tissue OF
deceit and evasion. II have read care
fully the so-called Boer plank" he says,
land no one can tell from reading it
whether the Republican party sympa-
thizes with the English or the Beers"
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30

The New York Herald, of which
James Gordon Bennett is proprietor, is
opposed to Mckinley imperialism and
says: Imperialism is military, not a
commercial ambition, and is one that
by strange fatality destroys those that
cherish it. The republics Of history lie
buried in the ashes of empire. Is the
United States getting all ready to be
added to the heap?"
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30

Mark Hanna says the Republicans
will carry Kentucky, "Goebel law or no
Goebel law" The fact is that "old
Kaintuck" will go Overwhelmingly
Democratic. Hanna corruption or no
Hanna corruption.
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30

Though the Republicans held their
convention in the cradle of liberty yet
the remotest reference was not made in
the platform and speeches to the i'm
mortal Declaration of Independence.
Not one of Hanna's automatons had the
temerity to say that "a government of
the people, by the people, and for the
people shall not perish from the earth -
The Irish standard., 1900-06-30

One of the officers of the New York
militia who served in the Spanish
American war describes Teddy Roose-
welt as "a gutter and a peacock in
Cuba and coward and moral assassin
at home" He accuses the lingo candi-
date for vice president of unnecessarily
killing Spaniard and of growing over
the murder in disgusting manner.