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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-01

firemen had. been forced back by the
heat and were compelled to abandon
three big gray horses that stood where
the wall had broken out just beside
the engine and the heat was unbeara-
BILE. The hair on their backs was seen
to burn to brownish color and some
firemen threw their overcoats over
their heads and ran in and cut the
traces. The horses plunged madly
into First avenue, but became en-
tangled in post and could get ho
further. The firemen secured lot Of
overcoats, ran to the horses, threw the
coats over their backs and cut the
lines that held them to post, and
started them away. The horses ian
for some distance and then were taken
to livery stable.
One of the horses was burned SO
badly that he had to be shot. The
others will recover.
The walls of the factory had fallen
one by one and there only remained
standing the big chimney and south
wall. The building in the rear and
extending into Thirty-second street
was Quilted. It was occupied on the
top floor by the Wicke company; on
the fourth floor by the Innovation
Trunk company; on the second and
third floors by the J. B. Cott COM
pany, manufacturers Of gas tanks, and
on the first floor by Miller & Peters,
manufacturers of cigar boxes.
When this building was burning a
ladder on the south wall on which
was Fireman Peter Coyle, was seen
to be on fire. Shouts of warning noti-
fed Coyle of his danger and he started
to descend. Before he was half way
down the wall fell and took the lad
der with it. Coyle was thrown to the
street and had both ankles broken.
Water tower No. 8, attached to hook
and ladder company No. 40, had sta
toned itself Oh Thirty first street, in
the middle of the block. The heat
was so intense that the horses had to
be taken off and the men were com.
PEELED to abandon the tower. In a
few minutes it was mass of ruins
from the heat, which melted the parts
like rubber.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-01
Mid-Winter
Clear ing Sale!
A Great Slaughter Of
Winter Suits and 0vercoats.
Ladies' and Mems Mackintoshes
at.HaIf Regular Prices.
Small Lots Of Shoes Way Below Cost.
A Great Opportunity for
Small Merchants.
We Bid Adieu to Profits and in Many In
stances Cut Deep into Cost.

A S proper and becoming windup of
"A successful seasons business we
now throw our stock upon the
mercy of the people and offer the smart
buyers the greatest opportunity they
have known. We shall smash dollars
into pennies during this sale
Mems 5000 Suits and Overcoats, all
that areleft; come while your OK m
size is here-sale price. QO.UU
Mems $3.50 Suits and Overcoats, every
style and material, every one well
made and we'll trimmed; 07 En
SAFE VI WV
Mems $500 Suits and Overcoats, as
handsome an assortment as any man
would want. to choose NI0 En
from; sale price. VI Z.OU
$50 prs Mems Trousers, $3.50 90 En.
to $500; sale price............. VZ.OU
200 prs Mems Trousers, $1.25 0I nm
to 81 so; sale price,. VIsUU
Entire stock of Boys and Children's
Suits and Overcoats at Great lEC.
Reduction. Boys Knee Pants. 10
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-01
The INAUGURATION
Promise That It Will Eclipse
All Which Have Pre-
ceded It.

Washington, Jan. 31-The commit
tee in charge of the preparations for
President MoKinley's second inaug-
uration are making progress and say
the event promises to eclipse any pre-
ceding inauguration in display and at
tendance.
The arrangements for the inaugura-
tion ball have been nearly completed.
The Marine band will supply the
music for the reception and together
with an orchestra of 1876 pieces will
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-01
AN OVERTURNED LAMP.
Responsible for Destructive Fire in North
Dakota.

Dakota.
Minneapolis, Jan. 31-A Times
special from Fargo, N. D., says. The
entire business portion of A Abercrombie,
N. D., is reported destroyed. Tele-
graph and telephone wires are down
from this end.
At midnight messages from adj
jacent towns reported the fire under
control, after burning II buildings,
including the bank, postoffice, Mil
waukee depot, two implement ware
houses, three general stores, drug
store and the telephone exchange. All
business houses on the south side of
Main street were destroyed.
The loss is between $50, 600 and
800, 900; insurance about $40, 900. The
fire is thought to have started from an
overturned lamp. There was no fire
departmen and zero weather prevent
ed volunteers from doing much work
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-01

MRS. BANKS DEAD.
Waltham, Mass, Jan. 31-Mrs.
Banks, widow of General Nathaniel
P. Banks, is dead.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-17
New York Produce Market.
New York. Sept.

New York. Sept. Il.
LOtR-ReCeiptS. S.1c6 bbls.: exports,
il,26l bbls.. sales. ll.50u pkgs.; quiet but
steady: winter patent. 3.50n3Sn; winter
straight. 2..0Gt3.i5; MINI. patent. ASA
800; Writer extras. 2.JoGi2.SD; MINI. bak-
s 40 -S''''i'' winter Il" F''o'' -''0''
WhEAT-neceipts. 21S.f00 bush: eX-
ports. $500 bush; sales. l,Sb5.0eo bush.
futures. 1850 bush. spot: spot firm No
red, l6i3 b atioat: No, red, 1ta
elevator: No. northern Duluth. 1888 o b
atioat: No. ! hard Duluth nominal
CORN-RecCipts;. 1880 bush; exports.
s9.462 bush: sales, 900 bush futures
spot firm; No. :. cps elevator and 6ifs
o h ahoat.
OATS-Reocipts. .97 .51n bush: exrorts.
sos bush; spot firmer; No. >. IS ~: No. 8.
IS; No. white. fC-: No. 5 white, S9si
track mixed western, 3SdS9i.; track white,
396f47
HAY-SteadN
BEEF-Steady; family, 1l.50a12.Oo.
l.ARp-Firm; western steamed. 9.S5; re-
fined, firm; continent, 1o15: S. A.. 10S5,
compound, 1lsM.4.
PORK-Firm; family. l.: short clear,
Is. $50 1925; mess. 10. 15616.15.
BUTTER-Steady: creamery. 15i2n2U5
factory, June packed. 1iql5l2; state dairy,
1im1S1a.
CHEESE-Steady.
EGGS-Steady; state and Penna.. 1918.
POTATOES-Quiet; Jersey, 1.75G2.50.
SUGAR-Raw. steady: fair refining, )
steady: No. 8, i..o; No I. AGO; No. s, 4.5o;
No. ., 40: No. 10, 4.S5: No. H. 4.3O; No.
Il. 4.3o; No l3 4.20; No. II, 40: standard
5.05: confectioners', sos: mould. $50; cut
loaf. 5..5; crushed 5.75: powdered. 5.35;
graduated, 5.25: cubes. $50.
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Famous foreigners.

The x-Emprcss Eugene ms b cH
grcitly benefited By her nip in H..
yaCht. thc Thistle. ana her tour through
the Western Highlands. she is now
- yeats old and in better health than
tar several years past.
Thomas !iardy says in a recent in
tcryIrly that he gets his inspiration for
bis est work while walking through
the country H. writes Of. He spends
his summers there. and Il regarded by
the native rustics as one OF them
selves.
tn. King ana Queen of Roumania
are about 20 establish little theaters in
all the rural communes Of their king
dom. In these small rlayhouses the
Villages viii EiVe. once or twice a week.
plays having for their object the incu}-
cation Of religious and social preCepts.
Nicholas H. is a voraoious reader.
He and the Czarina get q great deal
of pleasure from discussing new works
together. Unlike Alexander Ill. the
present Car is most catholic in his
tastes. and is acquainted with thu lit
crary stars of all Climes. Jules Verne,
Scott. Kipling and Stevenson are his
favorites among the foreign writer's.
According to King Edward, Lady
Beatrice Butler who recently married
General Polc-Carew. is quite the PREF
test woman in Ireland" Lady Carew
is !. blonde. with deep blue eyes and
Givinely tall and most diyinely fair
she is the descendant u hundred
carls. has literary and artistic talent,
and has an income Of about $4,000 Il
year.
1t is said Of the King Of the Belgians
that he is the most scholarly monarch
in Europe. His tastes are of the sim
plest. He prefers a favorite briar pipe
to the best cigar manufactured. and
every morning a quaint tobacco-Jar IN
the shape of an elephant. which stands
or the mantelshelf of his smoking
room al Laellen, is filed with certain
brand Of English bird's-eye tobacco,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-17
A Nation Plunged in Grlei.

AS in those dark Ap!il days Of 1868
and again in the September of 1881 he
American people mourn with heavy
hearts the loss. by the foul hand of
ASA ssination. of a beloved President.
-As widespread as they are sincere are
the evidences of the Nations grief.
The public press is filled with tributes
to life and services of the illustrious
dead. In interviews our leading men
express the deep sense of the great loss
we have sustained. From the pulpit
comes the Christian tribute to the
Christian character of the dead.
Everywhere the flags are half mast cd,
public business suspended social
plans cancelled and everywhere men
with the hushed voices that come from
sorrow laden hearts speak of the Ma
tons loss as though it We're a pers onal
bereavement.
Today, the body of the dead Presi-
dent will lie in state at the Nations
Capitol and the people of Washington
and the public men of the land will do
honor to the memory of the great
leader they loved so well. How differ
ent was that journey to Washington
from what had been expected after the
vacation at Canton and the visits to
the exposition and the reunion of the
veterans had been completed. How
impressive u every patriotic heart
was the story of those simple Sunday
cervices in the Milburn house as re-
ported in our news columns, and what
.trii;ing evidences of the Nations sor
.ow in the sad journey of yesterday
from Buffalo to Washington. Tonight
begins another journey. the last of all
on earth the journey to the old Ohio
home where the great men of the
country with the Canton neighbors will
lay the mortal dust away under the
cemetery trees, beside the two little
graves Of the dead children. Thursday
will be the funeral day. and by a
strange coincidence it will be the Goth
annivel sary of the day when the mar
tyred Garfield died. on that day pub
lie and private business will be sus-
pended throughout the land, memorial
services will he held. and the striker
republic will bow it's head in prayer
and mourning. Maine will not fail to
observe the day in tie spirit of Gov
Crnor Hills proclamation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-17
MARKET REPORTS.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features Of the Days Dealings in All the Lead
ing Stocks.

New York. Sept. 1G.-A rampant bull
stock market on the first day Of trading
following the death by assassination OF
me President Of The United States. Bald
~ stated that IS what occurred, today
Tncre ar" grounds for explanation Of the
iaradox, but the fact remains that no
one, oven the most sanEilnc. was prepa >
en fsr tn" action of the market. today
Auch WIS heard Saturday, and has been
Published since. Of the length to which
the lame ntable outcome Of the preSi-
cent hurt had already been discounted
~ ne operations Of last week and ospec-
ially those Of Friday. ThOsc VINO made
the assertions sincerely probably sup
ppSed merely that decentralization would
be checked and the market he abls 10 re-
gist violent losses.
III" days 'vents, however. seemed to
demonstrate . strong underlying conf
dtHfc ~ il.g iLtur. Of business ana Tn.
cotifinIanc" ~ TIE culntrys prospcrity
pow r!ul mIniDC,atiCE 1voWcdIy had It's
part ~ the G2y'S rise In prices. especially
ut me opening, which was designed u
nt.ntd2tr the speculative bear clement
i not only had that effect but caused a
acfArnnle 70 cover On the part Of the I'M
covered .Eorts Who looked for -tirtner
decline. The assurance given BY the new
PRESIDENT - his purpose to maintain the
continuity NJ the governmental policie4
was a relief ~ capitals conservative
DE I'd Of change.
the bank statement Of Saturday en-
courdE'd the hope that the treasury y
measures Of relief for the money market
would prove effective against money
st1in2eaoy.
Large dividend payments today. lrcIud-
ing distribution of $s|JfJJ to Standard
on Stockholders made Themselves felt in
tnA money market.
Except III speculative is.Ies which wgr.
active and buoyau. the price movement
~ railroad bonds and the amount Of
SALE par vaIre. s3771.eD United States
HsN - advanced ] per cent on the last
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-17
United STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT.

A terrible bereavement has hefalen our
people. The President of the United
States has been struck down; a crime
committed not only against the Chief
Magistrate. but against every EiN-aDId-
ing and liborty-loVing citizen.
President Mckinley crowned Il life Of
largest love for his fellow men. of NEST
earnest endeaVor for their welfare, W a
death OF Christian fortt:de. and b1th
the way in which he lived his life and the
way in which, III the supreme hour OF
trial. he met his death will remain fO,-
ever a precious heritage of our peOp.e.
1t is meet that We as a nation express
our abiding love and reverence for his
life, our deep sorrow for his unt:mciH
death
Now. therefore, |, Theodore Roosevelt.
ca. do appoint Thursday next. Sept. ~.
the day on which the body of the dead
President will be laid in its last earthly
resting place. as day of mourning ana
prayer throughout the United States. /
earnestly recommend all the people to as
semble on that day in their respective
places Of Divine worship there TO bow
down in submission 10 the will of Al
mighty God and to pay out of full heaIt~
their homage of love and reverence to tht
great and good President whose death
has smitten the nation with bitter grief.
In witness whereof | have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal Of the Unit :
cd States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington. the
18th day of September. a. ID. One Thous-
and Nine Hundred and One. and of the
independence OF the United States the
one Hundred and Twenty-siXth.
tSeaD THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
BY the President:
JOHN HAY. Secretary of State.
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What text was given the clergy.
Sunday. in those dying words Of the
President: 1T is Gods way; let his
will. not ours, he done IS there a
more sublime example in modern his
tory of a conquest over Death? What
"A beautiful Remuneration that was,
To no man could life be swectcr than
to him: his great battles Were fought
and the victories were won: he had
love. honors and friends as seldom
ever ruler had them: yet obedian:iy IS
a little child he put aside these great
est prizes of earth and with simple
faith answered the call from beyond
the veil The words were said rcvcr-
entity ana sincerely and came from his
heart. not in answer to any priestly
demand that ne prepare t. meet his
Maker. They show the greatness and
grandeur of the man. Well may the
pulpit hold up those words to The young
of these and coming years.
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Pointed Paragraphs.

Some people laugh at old jokes becals1
they know they are jokes.
Just 50 it is wedding trip, a woman
isn't particular as to the route.
Most of the songs sung on the stage y
request are at the request of the singer
Every time two girls kiss each other in
pablo they imagine the men are envious.
A man would doubtless he Just as II
ritablc as sitting hen were he placed IN
Il similar position.
Look not upon the high ball" for ii
stingeth like an adder and biteth like a
lightning calculator.
Fewer actors would be out of work If
there were not SO many people on the
stage who are not actors.
Why doesn some shrewd boarding
house laudhadY suddenly acquire a for
tune by advertising her place as a SAN
itarum for the cure Of obesity?
Chicago News.
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There Are Times.-

when affiiction carries the suggestion Of
good fortune.
When one wants to do great things to
make some one else happy.
When the merest chance makes a big
change in lifes current
When one wants to forget words spoken
without thought.
When opportunity is thrown away to
satisfy Incidence
When the heart is made to feel the
sting of undeserved censure
When words OF condemna ton bring only
elf-condemnation
When the lie is passed without intention
to do wrong.
When q harmless jest causes lifelong
enmites.
When gentle rebukc carries more
weight than severe censurp
l-Philadelphia Bulletin:
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than it was in iSS2. As the advocates
of anarchiSm in this country have in
creased in about the same proportion
to assert that the increase has been
caused by the growth in the immigfa-
chists and nihilists are the most nu-
merous. These facts should impress
Congress with the need Of a change in
the immigration laws that will make
provision fer a more rigid sitting OF the
immigrants seeking this country. This
is only one phase of the problem. but ii
is an important phase.
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Per cent. OF

The lesson this table teaches can be
giants this country has ever received
have come from England, Scotland.
Ireland, Germany. Sweden and Nor
way, Denmark and the Netherlands.
But the immigration from every one OF
these countries shows q marked decline
in the fiscal year of 1901 as compared
with 1882. On the other hand the least
desirable class of immigrants this
country has received from Europe has
come from Austro-Hungary, Italy
and Russia. 1t is in the last
two of these three count. les tn II
largest number of advocates and have
been preached most pers istently. And
1t is a significant fact that the immi-
grafton from each enc Of these coun-
tries shows q large and rapid increase.
There is only sound reason then in the
conclusion of the Press that the in
crease in the number Of anarchists and
nihilists in this country is due to the
increase in the immigration from these
countries where the adherents of these
doctrines are the strongest. This fact
can be made palmer by grouping the
immigration from these countries by
itself and showing its increase This
is done in the following table:
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A friend Of the journal in Winthrop
writes 70 point out an error in some
figures quoted by US, last week. from
the Boston Journal relative to the al
legged decline in the number of Ftien $
in this country. He says that the Ce-
nomination is steadily growing and not
decreasing in numbers. Its present
American membership, by its latest
returns, is 81 Sos. instead If Sl.COJ as
given by our Boston contemporary, and
thiS is an increase Of 40 per cent. IN the
past % years. We are glad to make
this correction for the denomination
in question is an excellent religious
BODY far famed for its sincerity, It's
simple piety and its high morality.
May l. growth and prosperity con-
time.
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The Source OF Anarchy.

Whence come the anarchists who
have grown so much more numel Gus
in our country in the past decade or
TWO? No doubt some OF them. like
Czolgosz are American born. but such
are few in number in comparison with
those who seek in our country Il refuge
from the stern hand of the law in Eu
rope 1t is safe to say that there are
few anarchists with any considerable
strain of American blood in their veins.
Practically all come here as sewerage
from certain parts of Europe. and once
here mistake our liberty for license
and get an encouragement in yellow
journalism to an activity that leads
even to assassination. Native born
Americans of the second or third gen.
not be converted to the doctrines Of
anarchy. The putrid stream of anar-
chy is fed by immigration.
The Philadelphia Press presents q
significant comparison Of the official
immigration figures to show the source
of the anarchy that is being preached
so much more widely in this country.
The following table shows the changes
in the character Of immigration from
1882 to 1901. the gain or loss per cent.
in the number Of immigrants from the
different countries being given in the
last two cclumes:
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Chicago Markets.

Chicago, Sept. 16-
Strength in the stock list was "A potent
factor in firm though quiet markets on
the. Board OF Trade. today. December
wheat closed asMR, Dec. corn Il and Dec.
oats asMf2 higher Provisions closed ~
as higher for January delivery.
The leading futures closed follows:
WHEAT-Sept., 6S5s; Dec. 10A: May,
7iA-
CORN-Sept.. sc: Dee. 51an?s; May,
.9ss
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ii stall lie my aim to continue at
solut.ly Unhroken ;he policy OF Presi-
den Mckinley for the peace and pros
perity and honor Of our beloved
country" says President Roosevelt
and with grateful hearts the Ameri-
can people hear the words The new
mtnt of his high office
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-17
Reflections OF A Bachelor.

Money can't buy happiness, but it can
bay Il iirst-ciass imitation CT II.
Also the sins Of the second and third
generations are visited on the first.
We repent so as to he able to do the
same thing over again with a clear con-
science
1t Is a wise man that never praises the
beauty of another woman to his own
wife.
In taking a hand in Strengthening out
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Theodore Roosevelt is the first Har-
ward graduate to attain the Pres idency
since tie two Adamses Yale has
never yet graduated a student who be-
came President. Sixteen of the Presi
dents have been college men.
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BY THE GOVERNOR.
PROCLAMATION.

The death of that illustTious statesman
and patriot, President Mckinley. has
overwhelmed the nation with grief and
sorrow. BY his brilliant public service.
his wise and conservative direction of ma
tional affairs and his; noble and eXempla-
~ life, he won the admiration and love
of his countrymcn.
As a tribute of respect to the memory
of him whose whole life was given to
the service of his country and his fellow
men, the national Colors will be displayed
at half-mast On the public buildings Of
the State for a period of 80 days and the
capitol will be draped in mourning. And
| recommend that on the occasion of the
funeral obsequies on Thursday, the 18th
instant, the people of the State refrain
from their accustomed pursuits as far as
possible and that the day be observed as
a time of mourning and prayer.
Given at the Executive Chamber at
Augusta, this fourteenth day of Sep
TENDER, in the Year of Our Lord. one
thousand nine hundred and one, and
of the independence of the United
States Of America, the one hundre
and twcnty-tfth.
JOHN f. HILL.
By the Governor,
BYRON BOYD Secretary of State
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How much smaller seems the world
and how much nearer together the
races and the nations when a great
grief like this brings out the sympathy
of all civilized men.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-17

The tenderest sympathy of the
brave little woman who is bearing Il
greater sorrow than the tragedy has
brought to any other heart
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H notiee whatever will BE- taken Of
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be he'd r<spOn-
ssble for the preser walton o. return Of
rejected communications.
Address al comm nicati0ns relating
to subscriptions and Advertisements to
DURLEIGH L FLINT. Publishers
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-17

May the new century never have
sadder days in store for the United
States than these following the trag-
edy at Buffalo.
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VOICES or THE PRESS.
We Are the Americans.
tRoSton Journal.

The Toronto Globe remarks, re-
gretfully. Our neighbors are Ameri-
cans. We are Canadians" This may
seem inequitable, but we imagine that
the posse Ssicn Of the continental name
by thu people of the United States will
be more ana more firmly established
as time goes on