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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-12-27
FRIDAY, DECEMBER ~, 1901.
VALE

At last the clamor of the, American
people has been needed. Historian
Maclay no longer draws pay from the
treasury of the nation that he has in
suited and outraged. Declining to take
advantage of the opportunity, to with
draw in a manner by which he could
have retained a semblance of his self
respect, he waited until the wares of
the presidential boot maker and his
own tailor had been formally introduce
ed to each other and he found himself
out in the cold, cold world, elected
from the navy department at the end
of Roosevelt's brogan. To this pro-
ceeding the people of the nation say
'amen" and it proves one of the most
acceptable Christmas presents that the
head of the nation could have given
them. .
Since the verdict OF the majority Of
the court OF inquiry has been announc-
ed Maclay, nor than eve made him
self offensive to the people. He
boosted of the verdict as a personal
v%indication of himself and persisted
in declaring it to be a substantiation
of his charges of cowardice against
Schley, Notwithstanding that both
Ramsay and Benham declared in the
had not shown himself a coward and
that of his personal bravery there
could be no question. In refusing to
resign Maclay rendered the nation a
signal service, as he thereby made
the opportunity for making his dis
grace complete. He has been kicked
first. "
Maclay has been disposed of, but the
controversy which his writings have
brought, about threatens to continue
for a long time to come. The presi-
dent and the secretary of the navy,
aided by the secretary Of the war de-
partment, will find that they have I'M
dertaken a huge task when they make
effort to shut off further discussion
and agitation of the Schley-sampson
mess. They may be able to close the
mouths of their subordinates tn those
branches of the government, but they
cannot compel silence on the part of
the plain, ordinary citizens and mem
bers of congress and the thing will
continue to bob to the surface in vari-
GUS forms. Threats to veto resolu-
lions of confidence and others of
thanks and expressions of displeasure
at Investigations will probably have
no effect. The feeling which divides
the partisans of the two men most in
terested has grown too strong to be
easily overcome or disposed of and it
would be strange, indeed, if the matter
were to be suddenly permitted to die
out. =
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~PREMATURELY SCARED.

Oppressed by doubt and torn by
fears as they have been for a long
time, it is not to be wondered at that
the people of the Alaskan territory
have worked themselves up to such a
frame of mind that they become alarm
ed at every report of an unwelcome
nature that may reach them. For that
reason they should not be blamed for
believing the story that they who live
in the territory bordering on the Chill
kat river and Pyramid harbor have
been traded off by the United States
to Canada. The fact that the power
to cede territory of the United States
is not vested in the state department
and that before one foot of the soil
of the United States can be coded to
any foreign power it must have the
sanction of the legislative department,
as we'll as the executive or any of it's
branches, seems to have escaped the
memory of the SkagWayans, or they
would not be prepared to so readily be-
live the story which now disturbs their
peace Of mind and fills their thoughts
with pictures of living where the union
jack floats as an emblem of authority.
Even though, as they claim to be-
lieve is the case, the people of the
head of the Lynn canal are right when
they say that some sort of a deal is
now on between representatives of the
two governments, that deal will be
found to be still far from a consumma-
ton, no matter how much those repre-
4 ;sss .Saay desire to see it closed.
wreques'e-F.sss heard from in
Cure. did SO andss
able to go to work agaa. a1e say
tirely WELL" Holmes ~ ~
81 as a
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-12-27
THE BILLINGS GAZETTE.

but in the opinion of the people he
still stands where he stood before the
trial. The bar of public opinion holds
him guilty and all the biased verdicts
that can cumber the records of the
courts of the community in which he
resides will not free him of the con-
demnation under which he now rests.
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continuation of the friendly feeling
and good will that now marks the re-
lations between the two countries may
be DESIRED, it is hard to believe that
congress or any part of it will be
found willing to pay the price intimat-
ed by the Vancouver dispatch for a
maintenance of those very pleasant
conditions.
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to estimate, the national development,
especially through agriculture and IT.
rigation, which these forest reserves
will assist in bringing about, or to cal
culate the great increase in popula-
ton, property values and business .ac-
tivities destined in time to result from
them,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-12-27
In the Geography Glass.

The teacher was slightly deaf, and
the bad boy known as Dick Bunkus
meanly took advantage Of the fact.
"Richafd," she asked, what is the
shape Of the earthY"
Like a cocoanut," said Dick; same
as your head"
Correct, Richard" she said, "but
speak q little louder, please"
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made on both sides to write this Of
fetal record and thus it is that Gen
eral Miles gets into difficulty be being
quoted as endorsing Dewey's obiter
dictum.
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Wheat.

Chicago, Dec. 26.-December 79Ac;
January 79Ac; July $3.50.
Minneapolis, Dec. 26.-Cash 7Sc;
May 1855 @78%c; on track, No. / hard,
8O%c; No. / northern 77%c; No. 2
northern 76hc; No. 8 spring 71Ac.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-12-27
in THE MARTs OF AIDE
Record Showing Days Commercial
and Financial Fluctuations.
New York Money.

New York, Dec. 26.-Money on call
firm at 4@7 per cent; closed bids and
offered 4@6h per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 4@5h per
cent.
Bar silver 55Ac.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-12-27

Elected to his present exalted posi-
ton when "vindication" was the issue,
Montana's lieutenant governor seems
to contiue in line whenever there is
need for more of the same thing. AL
though he admitted having been a
party to a cowardly and brutal assault
upon three men, all of whom were
strangers to him, and thereby brought
disgrace upon the entire state by his
open disregard and contempt for the
law, a jury Of his peers acquitted him
of the charge when he was placed on
trial for his offense. BY it's verdict
the jury freed him sc far as his re-
sponsibility to the law is concerned,
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AGAIN COMES WEST.

Following the example of his pre-
decessors who have given the nation
the best secretaries of the treasury
it has had, President Roosevelt has
come west for a nan to fill that i'm
portant position about to be made
vacant by the retirement of Secre-
tary Gage. While Governor Shaw,
the man said to have been offered the
portfolio, is not prominent because
of his connection with financial insti-
buttons or because Of any emminence
he has gained as a writer on finances,
he is known as an able and con-
scientious man who has with excep-
tional ability filled the various official
positions with which the people of
his state have at different times en-
trusted him. The fact that he has
been selected by the president to sue
coed a man who has proved himself
to be exceptionally we'll qualified for
the position in rising equal to all of
the many p%erplexing emergencies
that arose during his incumbency may
be accepted as proof of the presi-
dents confidence in him and in his
ability to successfully grasp any sit
uation that may arise and to con-
duct the office with the same signal
success that marks the record of the
retiring secretary. In coming west
instead of going to the east for a Sec
rotary of the treasury shows that
President Roosevelt believes with the
New York Times that the study of
the science of finance is more stead
lily and vigorously pursued in the
west than in the east, the supposed
financial center of the country. 1t
is a graceful acknowledgment of the
virility and intelligence of the west.
ern mind and it's ability to intelligent
ly comprehend the future and the
needs and requirements it is likely
to bring about.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21
AN AMATEUR CHEMIST.
Saloon Keeper Goes Into Mixing Un-
known Fluids.

Shawnee, o. T, JuN 2O.-The Democrat
says:
Nearly everybody in Shawnee knows L.
A. Hathcock. but by some hocus pocus
he has been nicknamed "Gugenheimer."
Now "Gugenheimer'' has long cherished
the idea that by some kind of a mix
ture Of chemicals, rain could be produced
and this idea came very near being the
cause Of "Gugies" undoing.
He is connected with the Turf saloon,
and for a long time Lige, the porter at the
place, says he has noticed some queer
actions on the part Of "Gugenheimer." He
says he saw him mixing up things in bot
ties and that he was all the time '1eary''
that something would happen. and sure
enough it came about. for on the fateful
day while he was monkeying with com
bustibles one Of the Jars exploded and a
piece OF the glass struck "Gugenheimer'
square on the forehead and knocked him
down.
Since that time he has been busy max
ing explanations as to how 1t happened,
but it never leaked out until yesterday
that he was trying 10 make it rain.
Gugenheimer admits the explosion
''jarred" him a little. but he is still work
ing on the thing, and yet believes that he
win be able to bring a little moisture to
chau-ree
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BAR ASSOCIATION 10 MEET
Annual Meeting VIII be Held at Dem



Denver. Colo. July 2o.-Tha twenty
fourth annual meeting ~ the American
Bar Association VIII be held - Denver
August p. and q ard =. The president's
address VIII be delivered by Edmund
Wetmore. of New York Papers wGI be
read by Richard @. Dale, ~ Phnadsiphia.
Charles J. Hughes Jr.. Denver. Henri ..
Estabrook. Chicago and Flatt Rogers.
of Denver.
Thc annual address wiz - delivered BY
Charles r Iittlefeld. II Maine. Sessions
of the section 5f legal education IN con-
uectiou V1rh TIE association ~ American
law schools. alec sessions 81 tie SECTION
cf patent trademark and cqpvTizar iar
All be held The annual 5inaer vll -
given az the Brown Palace hstel ~ tae
session of TIE section - lesal e1acat-oEs.
paperH vlu be resd by FIaFrv 3 Notch
lrs. Aua Ar5cr- Nathan Aleott. Lelara
Stanford. JuntoT u1iTeTHtT. ClareH-s =
Ashley. New Earg anirrrsifF F-slclsh g.
8lsnor Tr.versitT - Tlrelnia- Earrv
sanger Richards. Iovz STATE rniVers
and Wtiau r. Rogers. Iudisus srafs
T-niVersity. The joins c1arnittes cn e--
tertaluraent and zrrs4uEaLeIts O. 1ehsIf
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HAD TO FIGHT FIRE.
Women Ride Along Line Supplying
Water to Men.

Women Ride Along Line Supplying
Water to Men.
Wakita, o. T.. July 20.-The following
account of fire fighting is given by the
Herald:
A II. Berlin went to the Loomis farm
mile south Of town to NOW hay. At
about nine o'clock the weather became so
warm that he thought 10 rest until II
should call off a little, and had been sit
ting in the shade for half an hour or
more when d fire sprang up where the
mower an team stood The fire soon got
beyond control, and burned up about 40
acres Of good grass Had It not been for
the active assistance of from % TO 30 men
it would have burned 60 acres OF excel
lent wheat that stands in the shock on
the place A strip of corn had been
planted just north of the grass. and as
the wind was in the south it enabled the
men to circle from this corn around the
fire and stop it.
It is remarkable what a large num-
Der OF men gathered 10 the rescue Of the
threatened property in so short a time.
Just an hour from the time the fire was
seen from town il was coralled and
extinguished. Many did generous deeds
Of exertion in the intense heat OF a very
hot day, intensified by a raging prairie
fire. for which We wish to express our
sincere gratitude. Generous deeds were
not confined to the men alone, either for
several ladies were there and carried
water to slake the thirst Of the men who
were fighting the fire. II. L. Boyle's aunt
was the first 10 reach the field with this
very necessary adjunct She was soon re-
inforced by Mrs. Ireland. who rode along
the me on horseback, carrying a jug Of
water from the well.
It was a short, sharp battle. in which all
did rnhIu
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21
TO LEASE
SCHOOL
LANDS
Advice Is Given Concerning
the New Lands.
OPENING COMES FIRST
Secretary Tells Exact COndi-
ton of Affairs.
OPENING COMES FIRST

Guthrie. o. T. July 2o-secretary Hous-
ton has issued the following. with ref
erence to school lands. in the shape Of a
letter to an inquiring friend:
Replying to your recent inquiry con-
corning the leasing of school lands in the
Kiowa. Comanche and wichita Indian
reservations. I have to advise you:
The school lands viii not be for lease
until after the country is opened for
settlement and the land sappraised. Four
sections OF land. viz: Sections 16 and sc
and 13 and 80 in each congressional town
ship wiz be for lease unless allotted 10
Indians or reserved for public purposes
by the president. Where any of said
lands have been reserved, indemnity lands
have been selected IN lieu thereof. list of
which can be had upon application to this
Office.
East of the range line. between ranges
- and a. only one quarter section will be
leased TO one person; west OF said line
in any quantity deemed advisable by the
board for leasing school lands.
mo rules have been made by the board
III tuS INST lSsasiiiS' DNt Nu1 AVllSe VIII
be given of the time and method in the
press Of the territory in ample time to
give everybody an opportunity to maks
application to lease the land. Until such
public notice IS given no applications
Will be considered.
mo person viii acquire any rights by
settlement upon any Of said school lands
and the law of this territory makes it
a misdemeanor for any person otheJ
than a lessee to use or occupy any OF
said lands
''The school land Is not for sale and
win not be for sale until after Oklahoma
becomes a state and can only be sold az
ter that by legislative enactment"
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Poruna Is the tonic for run down, de-
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Ohio.
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TO WAIT IN JAIL
Asa sharp Is Detained While Com
pIetiOn Is Making Appeal,

Guthrie, 0. T., July 2o-Asa Sharp, ex-
agent Of the Ponca, Otoe and Missouri
Indians, was brought to this city yester-
day morning by Deputy Marshal c. B.
Hunt, to he placed in the federal Jail dur
ing the completion Of making an appeal
and filing a case made in the Oklahoma
supreme court.
A jury having found Sharpe guilty on
two bribery accounts. one for accepting
s. 600 and the other for accepting $2,O90,
the sentence Of Judge Burweu has been
made public, giving him two years penal
servitude on each count and fined 81. 600.
Judge r. G. c. Beirer made an argu-
nent before the court for a new trial,
but was refused. Fifteen days were how
ever granted, in which to file an appeak
Under the federal statutes a person can
not give bond until an appeal has been
completed and a. case made filed in the
higher court. This being the law Sharpe
was brought to Guthrie and placed in GUS
tody. During the Gay, in company with
a deputy marshal and Attorneys S H.
Harris Of Perry, and a. G. C. Beirer, he
was busy preparing the appeal, which viii
likely be completed within the next few
days. he was incarcerated last evening.
Judge Sam Harris returned to Perry
last evening but VIII be in Guthrie again
today to complete his work On the appea
papers.
This has been one OF the most bite ,
fought eases ever tried before the Okla
homa courts. United States Attorney
Horace Speed, with his able assistants,
has fought the battle for the government
with unrelaxing vigor. on the other hand
Judge A. c. Scott Of New York, Judge A
G. c. Bierer, of Guthrie, and Judge 6.
H. Harris, of Perry. have not left
stone unturned in behalf Of the defense.
1t is quite certain that an appeal viii
he taken If necessary to win for the de-
fense 10 the United States supreme
court
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21
20 YEAR CHA8TER ISSUED
KiOwa stone and Timber Assocfat on
sn Hasfsees

Guthrie O. IT, July 22.-secretar,-
Grimes issued tweuty year charter 10
the K1owa Coal. Stone and Timber ass7-
citation. The capital stock IS ssasa
United States Alarshay Thompson. Chier
Deputy Ned Sisson q Guthrie. ana t.
W. Bohaunon u c. Coakias. W H.
Crswforj ~ Enid are the incorpo-ators
which make very strong company. The
intention IS 20 lease, purchase ana de-
veiop stone. timber. oi and ullBeral land.
IN the southwest part az Oklahoma.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21
MONEY IN cANTALoUPEs.
They Make the Best DrV Weather
Crop In Oklahoma.

Crop In Oklahoma.
Chandler, o. T., July 20.-The News
discussing the cultivation Of the eante-
loupe crop in this county, says that W
H. Bennett. Of st. Louis, the representa-
tive of the Western Poultry and Game
company. is here looking after the pack
ing and shipping Of canteloupes. IN an
interview with the News he said that
the crop here would be somewhat short
on account of the unusually dry and hot
season, but that every farmer who plant
ed and properly tended his crop would
realize from $40 to SO an acre on 1t with
much less work and expense than is re-
quired by a crop of corn or cotton. This
year a great many of those who planted
canteloupes regarded it as a sort OF ex-
pertinent, and feeling that 1t was uncer-
tain as to what the crop woul amount TO,
devoted most of their time TO the care Of
other crops and let their canteIoupes go
without cultivation. This left them in
bau shape when the dry weather set in.
and yet the results have been highly sat
isfactory, considering the season. Many
of those who have tried them say that
canteloupes are the best dry weather crop
that they .Anow of. Mr.. Bennett thinks
that in an ordinary season, such as we
have had nearly every season since the
country opened this section of the coun-
try would beat the world on this crop.
The first melons that were shipped from
here were picked a little too ripe and yet
in the st. Louis market they sold for 25
to 50 cents a crate more than the other
kinds. Some big shipments are being
made from here this week and there IS
no doubt but that nearly everyone who
tried canteloupes this year viii plant
more next year, and many who were too
skepticaI this season win take hold of the
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deputy and by the action OF Marshal Ham
uler ard OGlcer Deputy Eos sendorsing
his conduct
The people here are greatly wrought up
oH5er the occurrence and have started a
town take up the matter, and assist them
in defeating Hammer fer the marshal
ship.
Copies OF the resolution win be for
warded to the national committeeman
Of the Republican party in the Indian
territory, TO the president of the Unit
ed States and TO the papers Of the south
ern district
IN the meeting much indignation was
given vent to and several speeches were
made by prominent men attacking Ham
mer's private as well as public life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21
ca ozTA.
MADE CLEAN JOB
Robbery IS Committed at Ravia in
GhichnsaW Naflon

Caddo. L T., July 2o.-word has just
been received Of a burglary at Ravia in
the Chicl1asaw nation that occurred We'd
nesday night The cash drawer OF the
grocery store of C.'E- Tynes was rob,
led Of its contents, SlI.60. The robber is
supposed to have secreted himself in the
store before it was closed.
The watch repairing shop OF Jim wilt
ford was also broken into ard twelve
watches, which were IN the shop for
repair. were taken.
1t is supposed that both Of these rob
berries were the work OF the same party.
The officers have no clue as to who the
robber or robbers are.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21
SPANISH SOLDIER oHoT.
chahoman's Fight Over Taking
Water From Tank

Water From snk-
TonkaTa. o. T.. july 2a.-Ihe Journal
records that W l. Eyres. who ven;
through the spanishAmeflcan var ana
was in the Philippines Tor quite aWhl.e.
aud was not injured OF shot any tire
during enlistment. vas shot Monday
morning lsy RALPH Frankenaeid. ere big
foreman of Bu Gums ranch because De
vas taking water froru tank izsteaa Il
COINS 20 the rivsr 5sst rale away.
Evrss SAYS that the foreman ~ the
GolnEs threshlng crew wita which ~
vas working. told him % SET eaoagh va
ter from thetenk 70 run TIRE engine uutl
a wagon cauiG ~ sent 70 TIE rive-
rauEeassld ordered Rim away from me
tank. tat The orsere vas net heeeee ard
II looked IKE usg aght woui1 p r.
a1ser. i.st E,-auksnfie.d wsnt o. tee Ao-4se
ana secarsd bss cots t4-calisFe ~
va-Fer aud commenced shooting - re-
s1ltaa - q Gesh wesud nader tte .e-t
a7ra. ard although not f1tai. MAS ID
dangerous nslE.lssTEoss1
F-s-kenhs.d took 70 The eorn ds-d and
has uoS heez sesz o. he2r1 q s-1ee