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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-19

IDAHO

1t begins to look as though the pan
handle of Idaho were again doomed to
be the seem of murder and lawless-
ness. "A few nights ago a couple of
deputy sheriffs were ambushed and
one o. them wounded, near Mullen,
the center of the trouble of a few
years ago when the authorities found
it necessary to proclaim martial law
and the aid of federal troops was re-
quired to suppress the reign of ter
ror lnaugurated by the striking min
ers. Fortunately the officers were en-
abled to kill one of their assailants.
The AMBUSH and attempted murder
OF the deputies was the first of a SER
les OF similar events when are ex-
pected to occur there within the next
few months, as the edict has gone
forth that a number of men are
marked and will be killed at the first
opportunity. The offense of which the
deputies are guilty consists of their
having helped during the troublesome
days of 1899 to maintain law and order.
A few days ago the governor of Idaho,
abolished martial law, which had been
in effect since the riots which culmi-
mated in the blowing up of a concen-
traitor and the murder of several in
nocent persons. =
Immediately following the revoca-
ton of the order establishing military
rule threats fwere made that all men
would be done up who had served
as officers during the strike. The very
evident intention of those making the
threas to carry them into execution is
made apparent by the assault on the
deputies, and it seems likely that the
disgraceful scenes and incidents of
three years ago are again TO be en-
acted, and it is possible that the same
governor who has abolished military
law may be forced to put it into oper-
alton again.
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HEAPING 1T ONTO HElNzE.

Ii n man in this great state of
Montana has good cause to inveigh
against the fickleness of his fellows
and moralize on the evanescence of
political friendships, that man is Mr..
f. Aug. Henze of Butte and New York.
only last fall he gave his powerful
aid and support to a man for no other
purpose than to aid the people to
break the power of a cruel and vicious
trust. That man was elected and Mr..
Heinze, according to all moral laws,
had reason to expect that mis- services
would be recognized and rewarded in
proportion to the great assistance he
mad rendered his friend and fellow
champion of the oppressed. But like
many another who has championed the
of the weaker, he did so only
to find himself cast aside and the erst-
while weak Haunting their success in
his face and the champions of the
wicked.
First his late ally takes steps to
release himself from the legal obliga-
tions he assumed toward him, and
then rustles around to make his down
fall all the harder by becoming a mem
Der of the very organization which
they fought together last fall. AS
outlined in the news from the east,
and more lately from Europe, Mr..
Clark is now, or soon will be, a mem
Der of the Amalgamated company,
which will control every producing
copper mine of the United States, *
cept those controlled by his late polit-
ical and social companion. Since last
fall many things have happened.
Among them was the dawning of light
upon the hitherto befogged Mr.. Clark.
According to the news cabled from
London in a recent interview in that
city, the senator gave his reasons for
joining the trust. He is credited with
saying that under the existing condi-
tons the output of copper is not only
irregular, but inadequate to the in
creasing ~emand, and that this will
be remedied through the operations of
practically AL the copper mines under
one intelligent management. In other
words, Mr.. Clark finds it is better to
be on the inside and make increased
profits, even if it is necessary to sever
a Quixotic friendship, than to remain
out and see the other fellows rake in
the shekels by the handful. The Bos-
ton & Montana and the Butte & Bos-
ton companies asking to be taken in
and the Amalgamated company's ap-
parent willingness to afford the asked
for relief, leaves Mr.. Heinze alone and
the fight he will now have to make, I'M
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-19
YIELDS TO TEMPTATION,

Whether it be fear, cupidity. or the
irresistible Establishments oil the gen
tlemen who have been for several years
trying to induce him to join their lit
tie combine that have finally prevailed
is not known, but the fact is so often
repeated that w. A. Clark is at
last going to affiliate with the cop
per trust that it cannot we'll be doubt
ed. Having apparently concluded after
all these years of adamantine firm
ness to yield, Mr.. Clark is cred
tied with going the originators of the
combine n better and showing them
secure the membership of the men
who own the famous Rio Tinto copper
mines of Spain. Without them the
trust will be unable to control all
the copper output of the world and
will be helpless in the direction of
achieving it's very laudable ambition
of making every pound of the red met
al produced and sold pay tribute to
the concern. Mr.. Clark has the mon
ey and the chances are that if he has
really gone after the Rio Tinto fell
lows he will land them.
Should the rumors now so thick
prove true, they will be a sad blow
to the admirers of Montana's junior
senator, and cause them to lose faith
in their fellows. 1t was the gentle
mans opposition and undying hatred
of everything suggestive of a COM
bine or trust, and particularly the
copper trust, that caused him to be
the idol of the patriots who last fall
assumed charge of the political desti-
ny of the state, and with him one of
the detested monopQlists, a. member
of the strongest combine in the world,
it will be mighty hard work to ex-
plain to the 'boys" why w. A. Clark
is not now just as true a friend of the
working man and champion of the
poor as he was during the days when
a United States s%enatorship was at
stake.
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Millions in wealth and the supposedly
supreme %autocrat of many millions Of
SUBJECTS, he must perforce lead a., life
or the utmost s%eclusion ana in con-
slant fear of assassination, in reality
having less freedom than the lowest
of his unwilling subjects. Fearing
and suspecting everybody, he moves
in constant dread of unseen and re-
morseless enemies who are ever plot
ting against his life and seeking to
destroy his existence. While the dread
of regicidal violence is said to be the
heritage of monarchs, Nicholas II.
seems to have more than his share of
that legacy:
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AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.

Rioting and other manifestations of
popular enmity to the organized gov
eminent continue to be reported from
Russia, and the police and Cossacks
are kept busy making arrests by the
wholesale in the affected localities.
While the students and working men
are the mes principally engaged in
the outbreaks, another element is try
ing to secure relief from the wrongs
and expressions claimed to be prac-
ticed upon the people and which are
responsible for the continued disor-
der in SO many cities and provinces.
The merchants and land have
taken up the matter of securing a
constitutional government and are
preparing a monster petition to the
car setting forth their requests.
For years the struggle for a consti-
tutional, representative form of gov
eminent has been going on in Russia,
but w with any degree of success
Only onc in the history of that ma
ton may it be said that the hopes of
the reformers were near a realiza-
ton. 1t was during the reign of Alex
ander H., who was killed by the nihi-
lists, in 1885. In 1862 the murdered
monarch showed his modern symna-
thies and ideas by freeing the serts
and instituting other reforms calcu-
lated to improve the conditions of his
subjects. He had about decided to
give the climax to his reign of liberali-
ty and advancement when he fell a
victim to the assassin's bomb, and
the hopes of the more progressive and
intelligent Russians were blasted, for
it is known that he had intended to
grant a constitution to the nation,
modelled along the Ines of those adopt
ed by the other m~onarchies of Europe.
While the present zar is a progress
i've and liberal minded man, he does
not possess the will power of mis- pre-
decessor on the throne and while NOM
inally the sole head and power of the
Russian government, it is we'll known
that in reality the ministry and the
~aristocracy are the dominant and rul-
ing element and that he is largely
guided and swayed by them. AS they
are opposed to any modification in the
form of government, as it would de-
prive them of the power and infu-
ence they now possess, Nicholas may
turn a deaf ear to the petition and
allow himself to be ruled by their
wishes and desires. In the meantime
by Withholding that which he could
bestow he continues to place himself
in Jeopardy, and although possessed Of
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uting the business of the roads which
he controls, knowing that discrimina-
ton can be practiced on both sides.
However, he intimates that his CON-
pany has taken the precaution to
place itself in a position where it can
protect it's interests, should such a
love become necessary at any time
in the future, ever to the extent of
building an extension into the terri
tory now practically controlled by the
Hill-Morgan combine.
Hills own statements, made a few
days ago at Chicago and St. Paul,
seem to bear out the Miller theory.
The great combiner said that it is no
part of his purpose to use the Bur-
lington as an exclusive outlet for his
two Pacific roads between their east
ern terminus. St. Paul-an. Chicago
There are six roads in operation be-
tween those two cities, and all bring
business to the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific. and it is the desire
of the latter to fairly distribute their
%eastbound business between them. In
announcing the success of his scheme
of consolidation, Hill for the first time
gave out the object he sought to ac-
complish when he began negotiations
for the Burlington. That object was
to secure southern connection, a line
that would place his two northern
roads in communication with the cot
ton and yellow pine belt of the south.
This connection he 10Y has, and the
talk of a transcontinental trunk line
with the Erie as it's eastern terminus
will probably moi be heard again. The
fact is, Hill is no longer interested
in the latter road, having sold his
holdings in that company and also
in the Baltimore & Ohio, realizing a
large profit OF the investment, max
ing, it is estimated, several million
dollars on the transaction.
Much as it may disappoint them, it
.oes not now seem at all probable
that the people of the regions this side
O. the Missouri will see the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul road construct
ed into their midst for a long time.
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VS.. FRANK.

Not being familiar with the speci-
hcatlons and v having made an
examination of the actual work of
construction, The Gazette is not pre-.
pared to say whether the contractors
who are building the state capitol
have complied with all the require
ments of their contract, or whether
they have, as P. j. DonohGe charges,
shirked their work and are erecting a
structure that falls far short of what
the contract calls for. But being fairly
well acquainted with the gentlemen on
both sides of the controversy which
has arisen over the building through
the charges made by Mr.. Donohoe, this
newspaper is inclined to give the ben
eft of lne doubt to the contractors.
The standing of H. l.. Frank, .one Of
the principal owners in the company
which has the contract, is such as to
be a fair guarantee to we people of
the state that they are receiving all
they are paying for. In The long and
honorable career as a business man
which ne enjoys in the state this is
the first time that he has been
charged w4.n dishonesty or deceit in
matters of business, and it is the first
time hat he has been ccused of at
tempting TO evade any obligation that
he mas assumed. Unfortunately for
Tie gentleman who makes -.e charges
a comparison between himself anu
Mr.. Frank as to reliability and stand
ing, either as a business man or pri-
vate citizen, would result as compari-
sons are often likely to prove-odious.
AS an architect his reputation in places
Were ne has followed his profession
is not such as to cause him to be re-
gardea either as an authority or as
n whose opinion is always honest
and without bias. IN fact, in this com
munity, where he is tolerably we'll
known, it cannot be honestly and
truthfully said that his rating is
A NO. l. For that reason Inc Gazette
asks the people of the state not to
place too much re.4ance on anything
he may have to say concerning the
work of Mr.. Frank and his associates
in the contract. On other occasions
than this Mr.. Donono. as SHOWN a
disposition to criticise and find fault
with the work of o.1ers,. and if The
Gazette remembers rightly with no
cause or reason to ,ustl1y such a
course on his part, he simply in
dulglng himself in a weakness he mas
lcr such things.
Ii the governor or anyone else hav-
ing the necessary authority has reason
Tor believing that anything is wrong
VIII me work being or by the con-
tractors, and that it Is not in accord
ance with the specifications and pans,
it is proper that an investigation
should be made, and a thorough one
at that, put a man possessing greater
competency and ability, not to men
ton other qualifications, than Mr..
Donohoe should be selected to conduct
chat Investigation.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-19

If Oberlin NJ. Carter, late captain
of United States engineers, is still of
the opinion that he would rather be
free than do enforced service for his
country in the military prison at
L~eavenworth he will probably have to
try again. His last effort in that
direction is not likely to. prove as
~hambouyant a success as did his ef-
forts in the direction of robbing the
government when he was bossing a
levee job down south. The brief
filed by Solicitor General Richards in
opposition to Carter's application to
be admitted to bail is a scorcher. The
brief is now among the papers of the
United States supreme court. 1t re-
cites that Carter is not sick, either
mentally or physically, as he alleges
in his application, but on the con-
trary is a very healthy man in both
respects, and able, physically and
mentally to serve out the sentence inf
posed by the court before which he
was tried. General Richards also
calls attention to the fact that Carter
received a fair and impartial trial and
that the sentence imposed is neither
unjust nor excessive, and objects
strenuously to the granting of the pc
tition, saying that inasmuch as Car
ter received one-third of the money
stolen from the government through
his dishonesty, amounting to some
thing over two million dollars, he
could easily so fix matters that botn
mis- bondsmen and himself could get
out of the country and forever place
themselves outside the jurisdiction of
the courts.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-19

The hint to mind their own business
which the members of the Ohio So
ciety OF San Francisco have given to
the women of their W state when
the latter entered a formal protest
against serving wine at the proposed
reception to Mrs. Mckinley upon her
visit to the California city was couched
in about as diplomatic, yet unmistak-
able language as any similar docu-
ment that has eve passed through
the mails. The ladies of the Golden
Gate are of the opinion that Mrs. Nc
Kinley a attained her majority and
that she and themselves will moi so far
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-19
NEW EXPOSITION SCHEME.

IN these avs or combines n
amalgamations having for their OBJ
jects the exclusive control of some
commodity or necessity, it is refresh
ing to read of a scheme of capitaliza-
ton that has for it's purpose some
other result than the enrichment of
a few individuals at the expense of
the public. O. E. Austin is a promoter
OF this kind. Mr.. Austin is the head
of the bureau of statistics of Wash
ington and he is endeavoring to en-
list the cooperation of large manufac-
turers and dealers in a scheme which
has not only the element of originate
ty, but also the essence of success to
recommend it. His scheme is a sim
PIE one, but if carried out will no
doubt be fruitful of good results.
Instead of inviting foreign purchas-
ers to come to us and see our wares
he proposes to take the wares to them
and let them inspect them at their
own doors and without any expense
to themselves, or at most only a mod
icum OF expense. His plan is to have
men engaged in the exporting business
unite in ch%artering a ship, or more if
one should prove inadequate, in which
each of the contributors to the plan
is to store such Of his goods as he
may desire to exhibit abroad, space
to be allotted in proportion to the re
spective amounts contributed. Agents
are to accompany the vessel to ex-
hibit the ares and negotiate sales.
AS the lower holds of the ship will not
be suitable for exhibition purposes, he
proposes that they be utilized for
carrying limited stocks of goods for
immediate delivery when sales are
made.
The ship would sail down the east
cast of South America, up the west
coast, then acrss the Pacific to China
and Japan and possibly Australia. the
ports of India, and then home by way
Of the Suez canal and the Mediterran-
can, stopping al the principal ports
of Europe. 1t is estimated that the
time required to make the voyage
would be two years, during which
time thousands of persons who may
never have seen American goods, or
at least not be familiar with American
methods and the advantages which
American trade offers could be made
familiar with Il wares and thus new
venue Of trade opened.
The plan appeals SO strongly to
some of the exhibitors at the Buffalo
exposition that they purpose OF put it
into execution, but on a smaller scale.
Immediately after the closing of the
fair they intend to load their exhibits
on a vessel and make a tour of Next
co, the Central American states and
the West Indies, including Bermuda.
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THEY THEN STRIKE.
Employees of Towing company De-
mand More Pay.

Cleveland, April 1S.-A strike of all
the firemen and linemen employed on
the harbor tugs controlled by the
Great Lakes Towing company at
Cleveland, Erie, Conneaut, Fair Port,
Lorain, Huron and Ashtabula has been
ordered to take effect Immediately.
The Grea. Lakes rowing company
own practically all the tugs operated
at the ports named.
The strike was decided upon as a
result of the refusal Of the company
to grant an increase in wages of IS
per month. The men now get $50 per
month.
AS but comparatively few tugs have
thus far gone into commission. not to
exceed 200 men are directly affected.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-19

The fool killer certainly has not
passed through Illinois for some time
OF he would have taken care of the
idiot in that state who is writing
ireateling letters to the editor of a
.untry weekly demanding blackmail
on penalty of death. The amount
asked is of itself proof of the fellows
l ter imbecility. He want $4,000.
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quits, W. be harder than any of those
in which he has yet engaged. 1t is
doubtful whether even the assistance
a complacent judge can sometimes
render will be of much avail to him
from now on,
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forget their sex as to imbibe of the
making themselves fit subjects for the
consideration of a police court or to
qualify themselves for the position
of posing as an awful example. The
chances are that not only will wine
be served at the spread. but that the
first lady of the land will be asked to
partake of it.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-02
A RArrLEsNAKEs WISDOM.

The writer Of this rode bronchos an,
punched" cattle on the ranges OF
Montana and Wyoming twenty years
ago, and mad an ample opportunity to
study the habits Of rattlesnakes. He
knows how they went into their holes
then and it is doubtful If any improve
ment has since been made in their
method They start in head first, and
one would promptly come to the con-
olusion that they reach the bottom Of
their holes in this manner; but Mr.
Snake is too willy to keep his head
where he cannot have an eye on the
rest of his body. Therefore, as soon
as he enters the hole a few inches
he makes a half turn which brings
his head to the entrance again and
then permits the remainder of his
length to glide down out of sight. A
very simple performance. you win sec,
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-02
Chnnre.1rnkinr Nrnchinos.

Machines that handle coins in a won
derful way, counting them and actu-
ally giving change automatically, are
now coming on the market They are
new inventions, and have just been
patented. One OF them has pieces Of
money arranged in separate compart-
ments in trays, and on top is a series
Of keys. A purchase Of thirty-fve
cents, say, being made, the key num-
bered thirty-iive is struck, instantly
the apparatus throws out siXty-hve
cents in change (supposing that a dol
lar has been received from the buyer),
Il tablet with the number thirty-fve
being uplifted at the same instant, and
thirty.fve cents added on the register
inside
A cashier is in charge OF the ma
chine, but the latter does all the
thinking In another contrivance Of
the kind there is a separate receptacle
for each denomination Of coin up to a
dollar. The placing of a coin in its
proper place sets the mechanism, so
that, when a key Is pressed CORE
spending to the amount Of the pur-
chase, the difference is thrown out.
There Is no bother about counting the
change, which is always right.
Other machines, which are much
more simple, are for the sorting of
coins, and are intended to be used
where a stream of small change is
continually flowing in. The pieces of
money are thrown indiscrimlnately
into a kind Of hopper and sort them.
selyes-a performance that saves the
cashier an immense deal Of trouble. In
one or two cases the mechanism for
automatically giving change is COM
bined with the sorting device reducing
the labor Of the person in charge very
materially, and at the same time do.
ing away with all possibility OF mis-
takes in reckoning.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-02
FAMOUS TLpEs oF FuNpY.
Placid Waters Suddenly Turned Into q
Raging and Perilous Torrent.

Raging and Perilous Torrent.
Brief reference Is made in nearly all
school books to the Bay of Fundy and
its remarkable tides but in none is
Justice done to the most remarkable
manifestation of it's kind in the world
Most notable of all it's features is the
reversible falls Of the st. John river
near St. john, N. B. Imagine a per-
fectly placid surface of water, so placid
that it mirrors all the surrounding
shores, suddenly converted into a rag
ing torrent and tumbing waterfall
The st. John river, or, rather the
harbor, contracts here to a beautiful
rocky gorge, spanned by two handsome
suspending bridges. Above this gorge
the river broadens out again. But dur
ing the "a hours there are only four in
tervals Of 20 minutes each when ship
ping can pass through the gorge On
each change of tide there is at slack
water a period Of 20 minutes during
which the water in the gorge is on a
level with that Of the harbor and the
river and perfectly placid During
those 20 minutes the shipping hurrles
through.
Suddenly, without the slightest
warning, without so much as a trem-
bic or culver of the surface, q streak Of
white flashes across it and a second
later a roaring waterfall and a catar-
act Is pitching headlong into the har-
Dor from under the BRIDGES If the tide
be running out, and into the river
above If the tide be on the food. Such
are the reversing falls Of the St. John
river. It is doubtful If a more dra-
matte change occurs with such un-
varying regularity anywhere else in
nature. 1t is made all the more i'm
pressive by the beauty of the land
scape. The suddenness with which the
landscape, as reflected in the placid
water, disappears is like the ruthless
smashing of a mirror