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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
CROWS NEST ROAD
Bill Granting Hill Canadian Rail-
road Franchise Passes
Second Reading.

Winnipeg, April g. The Crows
Nest Southern railway bill. in which
J. j. Hill and his company are inter-
ested, has passed its second reading in
the provincial legislature unopposed.
The Canadian Pacific railway partly
came to terms, by withdrawing oppo-
sition and also partly hesitated to
press things to an extreme, in view of
the growing popular feeling in favor
Of the bill. The Crows Nest company
district will thus get direct connection
with the United States.
The Canadian Pacific Railway
company is now concentrating all it's
energy on an endeavor to make it i'm
possible for any other railway COM
pany to get provincial government aid
for a coast railway. The Dunsmuir
government, though alarmed by the
growing popular opinion in favor of a
competing Vancouver and Kootenay
line having eastern and United States
connections, seems to be imposing con-
ditions on the grant of provincial aid
which will either shelve the project
or place it in the grip of the Canadian
Pacific Railway company. Three of
every four British Columbians desire a
competing transcontinental railway
system, made by a coalition Of the
Grand Trunk railway, Mackenzie &
Manitoba railway and the Great
Northern Of the United States. Pre-
mier Dunsmuir, it is said, prefers
the Canadian Pacific system, regard
less of the monopoly which it practi-
cally has at present in Pacific Canada.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
STORM DOES GREAT DAMAGE
IN PITTSBURG.
OTHER TOWNS ALSO SUFFER
Telegraph and Telephone Companies
Heaviest Losers with Street
Cars Second.

Pittsburg, April 3-Pittsburg was
today the center of a nov storm that
began early in the morning and con.
tinued with great fury in the after
noon, doing thousands of dollars worth
of damage and rendered practically
useless for the time every electric
wire in the city, suspended all street
car travel and in the early hours iso-
lated the city from the outside world.
A heavy rain fell before the storm
came and all reports from up river
points tell of rising streams, which
may bring a light food here and be-
low.
The losses cannot be fixed tonight,
but conservative estimates place the
amount at between $3.50, 900 and $780,
900. Telegraph and telephone ON
panies are the heaviest losers by
reason of the fact that their lines
reach every part of the storm district.
Early in the morning heavy, wet
snow began falling. It chung. ten
aciously to everything it touched,
and by 9 O'Clock every wire in the
city was coated with snow. The
trunk lines of the central district were
the first to give away and most all of
the other troubles that followed are
attributed to failure of this service.
The poles were heavily laden, carry
ing $50 telephone wires and two
cables. Wherever a pole gave way,
long stretches of poles went with it,
falling over into the street, break
ing trolly and electric light wires as
though they were threads. The city
street car service was practically at a
standstill all morning. By dint Of
hard work with a large force of men,
street car travel was resumed on the
Fifth avenue line at / 80 D. m., other
branches following rapidly until the
Ellsworth street lines were opened by
5 p. m.
The telephone company has a large
force at work and will be in operation
Within a day or two. Tonight, how
ever, at least one-half Of its telephones
are out Of communication. The Pitts
burg and Allegheny Telephone com
pany suffered but slightly because it's
wires are mostly under ground.
The storm passed eastward and all
of the suburban towns in that direction
suffered proportionately with this
city. Williamsburg, Braddock, Home
stead, Duquesne and McKeesport, all
repOrt brsiness at a standst;l1 for a
portion Of the day caused by prostra-
tion Of the wires. Allegheny escaped
with comparatively light damage, a
landslide at the head of Federal
street, which brought lots Of earth to
the street, covering Car tracks to a
depth of five feet, being the worst hap
pening.
Mount Washington and other hill
tops suffered severely.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
DECLINES TO ~INTERCEDE.
Ohio Pardon Board Has No Mercy for
Murderer,

Columbus, O., April 2-The state
board of pardons has refused to recon
mend that the governor interfere in
the case of Edwin Ruthven, who was
convicted of numbering Officer Shipp,
in Cleveland, the night of May 6,
1900. During the trial Of Ruthven he
was confined in an iron cage in the
court room, which it was claimed
tended to prejudice the jury. Ruth
ven has always proclaimed his inno-
cenoe Of the crime and the evidence
against him was largely circumstan-
tial.
He is sentenced to be el%ectrocuted
on the morning of April -.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
DEFECTIVE AMMUNITION.

Washington, April ga second ex-
plosion of a 13-inch shell in the bore
OF a naval gun is having the effect of
causing some anxiety as to the safety
OF this type of ammunition. The &C
cident happened aboard the Kentucky,
about six weeks ago. The ordnance
officers are very reluctant to talk about
these mishaps, but assert that in this
case the projectile burst just as it left
the gun, doing little damage.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
T ROW.

Denver, April "A fight occurred
tonight among horsemen at Overland
park. Pistols were drawn and one
mar was killed and another fatally
injured. The police have been mott
fed and are after the murderer. The
trouble arose over an election argu-
ment. The men shot were both horse
men, employed in training for the
summer aces The police have not
yet learned the names Of any of the
men.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
NEW MONEY ORDER RATE.
Postofice Department Concludes Important
Arrangement with Canada.

Washington, April 3-An arrange
ment has just been concluded between
the United States and Canada under
which all postal moneys sent between
this country and Canada will go at the
domestic rate of Three tenths of one
per cent, instead of the international
rate of n per cent, as at present.
This concession is regarded as more
important to the money order bust
Dess than any action taken since the
inception of the system.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
MINERS GIVE IN.

Terre Haute, Ind, April 3-At a
final meeting tonight between repre-
sentatlves of the 5000 miners in the
Indiana bituminous fields and the
operators, the miners surrendered to
the operators on the claims for the
purchase of powder and the threat.
ened strike is averted. The mines
will resume at once.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
T I NOT KNOWN.

Marion, Ind, April 3-Victor
Schultz, a mail carrier, aged So, to-
night shot and instantly killed his
wife and fatally wounded WA. Eiken-
berry, a boarder in the family, who
attempted to interfere. He then cut
his own throat from ear to ear with a
Shultz and Eikenberry will
die. No motive is known.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
WANT OF

Chicago, April 2-Stanislaus Sterin-
six, a Bohemian laborer, shot and
killed his wife tonight and then sent
9 bullet through his own head. De-
spondency over inability to procure
work Is said to have been the cause Of
the murder.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
OFFICIALS DENY 1T.

New York, April 3-The Herald
will say tomorrow that President CAL
loway and President Oliphant and
numerous officials of both roads unite
in declaring there is not a word Of
foundation in the reports Of the leas-
ing OF acquiring of the Delaware &
Hudson.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
THE WHOLE THING.

Copenhagen, April 3-The elections
to the folkething have resulted in q
sweeping victory for the opposition
and al overwhelming defeat for the
government.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
COAL MINERS IDLE.

Ierre Haute, Ind, April "A gen.
oral suspension of work took place to-
day IN the coal fields of Indiana and
several thousand men are idle as a re-
suit OF the operators and miners in
convention here failing to agree on
the wage scale for the
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
GREEKS ATTACK JEWS,

London, April 3-The Morning
Leader publishes the following dis
patch from Vienna: SAT Smyrna, on
the assumption that some Jews had
murdered a Greek lad for ritualistic
purposes, 10, 900 Infatuated Greeks
stormed the Ghetto. Turkish troops
charged the mob with bayonets, one
person being killed and IA wounded >
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05

MORGAN SAILS TODAY.
New York, April AT the Office Of
j.. P. Morgan & Co, it was announced
this morning that Mr.. Morgan would
sail for Europe tomorrow.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
PLAGUE AT CAPETOWN.

Capetown, April 3-Several plague
corpses have been found in the streets
and houses, indicating efforts to con-
ceal contact with the disease. The
total number of deaths from the
plague is 107, including 20 Europeans.
There have been 315 cases of the
plauge.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
BOs ton Wool Market.

Boston, Aprils 9-The American
Wool and Cotton Reporter will say Of
the wool trade tomorrow: The week
just past has been remarkable. Not
only because of the large sales Which
have been made, but that these sales
have been made with no quotable
effect upon prices. There is felt to be
a certain amount of hesitation on the
part OF sellers to make any great con.
c%ession, but, on the other hand, there
is a determination on the part of the
buyer not to pay any more for wool
than he has been giving for the past
few weeks. The bulk of buyings for
the past week have come from
worsted mills and they have confined
themselves pretty exclusively to fine
medium territory. Buyers have in
cluded such concerns as the American
Wooden company, which has been a
large buyer, the Arlington. mills, Pa
cifc mills and Wankusk company.
They have bought largely, but careful
~, with an eye to quality as we'll as
price.
The sales for the week in Boston
amounted to H., 1876, 600 pounds domes-
tic and 100, 600 pounds foreign, max
ing a total Of 1885, O0O,, against a
total Of 6,997, 900 for the previous
week and a total Of AHA, 900 for the
corresponding week last year. Sales
since January l amount to 65, 1876, 900
pounds, against 43, 729, 900 pounds for
the corresponding time last year.
Boston, April 2-With a much bet
ter demand and larger sales, the wool
market here had a better tone this
week than for a year past. The mar
ket appears to have settled down to a
firm basis and there is a feeling that
values cannot be forced any lower.
Holders Of woods are not as anxious to
sell as they were some weeks ago, but
buyers have not got to the point where
they are prepared to pay any advance.
The bulk Of the trading was in three
grades and these woods are in good
demand For fine medium and fine
secured staple, 40 to al cents is asked,
while the strictly staple lots call for
45 to 46 cents. Fleece woods are
meeting with a slow sale and prices
are nonli,'al in the absence of bus1-
ness.
Following are the quotations for
leading descriptions:
Ohio and Pennsylvania feeces Xxx
and Xxx above ~; delaine 20 to 80;
No. l combing ~; No. 2 and three
eighths blood ~; coarse and braid
washed % to 26.
Michigan, Wisconsin, ETC., x Michi-
gan 81; No. l Michigan 25 to 90;
No.s2 Michigan 20 to &c; coarse and
braid washad %; fine delaine 25.
Unwashed medium, etc., Kentucky
and Indiana quarter blood combing
20; three-eighths blood 30; Missouri
quarter blood combing 90; three
eighths blood %; Territory, secured
basis, Montana fine medium and fine
IA to 10; secured AZ to 43; staple As
to 46; Utah, Wyoming and Idaho fine
medium and fine 10 to IA; secured 40,
to AZ; staple A to 46.
Australia secured basis, spot prices
combing superfine nominal. Good GA
to Go; average 60 to 63.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
Beers CAPTURED.

Bloemfontein. April 2-By a night
surprise the British captured a lager
Of 80 Beers near Boschberg, between
Rrandfort and Saltpan. Orange River
colony.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
LUMBER JACKS GUARANTEED

Hudson, Wis, April 3-William
sauntry, a we'll known lumberman,
with 400 men has been forcibly de-
tanned in a smallpox quarantine here,
while en- route home from his camps.
Eight men who broke the quarantine
nave been arrested at Saltwater.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
FOR PRIMARY ELECTIONS.

St. Paul, April 3-By a vote of IS
to ~ the senate today passed the house
primary election bill. The bill APP
plies to all candidates, except state
officers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
HAS L

New York, April 81. Pierpont
Morgan sailed for Europe today on the
steamship Teuton.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-31
HUMAN SKELETONS FOUND.
Workmen Dig iii What Was For
merly Cellar of Sanitarium.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
tons Were dug up Friday by workElen who
are eXcaVating Tor the cellar OF q nr.. apart
Elent-hCuse at No. so v est NineJy-SeNeItb
street. Fifteen years ago eight other skei.-
tons were unea,thed OH tire same property
and it is believed that more Will be discUv-
cred before the wOrkElen are Trough.
Frederick v. Oster:loff or k,dgewater, L. J..
OWES the property. a two-story frame
house, which was torn dcwa about six
months ago. was built by a Doctor Hatfeii.
According to old residents of the EeighDor-
hood, he used to run Il sort OF sanitaTiur,
and it Is believed that he buried his dead
patients in his yard and in his cellar. He
d,cd in 1888. and in 1884 air. Oste-hoif bought
the property and lived in the house until
shortly before it was torn down. The place
bore the reputation in the neighborhood OF
being "hauuted."
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-31
AUTOCAR SERVICE
ESTABLISHED IN LONDON.

SPECIAL BY CABLE.
London. March 3J-The new service OF
public autocars, which are to ply between
Streatham and Ciapham Junction. was in
augurated March 13.
The route to be taken covers four miles.
three of which are entirely unproviJed with
omnibus or other services, while railway
stations are also iHconyeniently remote.
TIE new cars are snaart-looking wagon
cites. painted a delicate straw color, with
transparent zyionite windows aud Il canopy
which can be removed IL desired.
Scotland Yard tested those windows very
carefully. TO see that tlere was no risk of
their catching fire and narrowing rural resi-
dents with the spectacle Of al auto da fe on
wheels.
The fare will be 4 pence al! the way. with
intermediate penny fares.
There are no hills on the route. and the
seven-horse-power motors with which ti:r
cars are provided are amply powerful
enough TO carry a fun complement of Ten
passengers at a uniform pace of twelve
miles in hour.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-31
SPECIAL BY Z

~ III
London, March 3~o.-(Copyright, 1901. by
The New York Herald Company.)-The
French. by way of a play on words. have
dubbed this spring "au four" Here It is
called plain fiost.'
Never was spring time so abused. 1t has
not been SO cold at this period in eleven
years, and. what is worse. the meteorolo-
gists give no hopeful forecast of change.
1t is becoming quite monotonous upon en-
tering the club each morning to find the
understanding dial pointing east. with lust
a trife Of Inclination TO the north. The
needle seems as though 1t wore simply
glued there. while each night there are 10
degrees of frost.
We could stand the cold alone. but added
to II is the awful wind.
From all quarters 1 hear Of illness, the
beautiful and philanthropic Lady Warwick
being the latest victim.
Never do / remember seeing so much
straw down. telling of the great extent of
illness.
When I come to make inquiries I find
that all the cases are in the nature of lung
trouble. influenza, pneumonia and kindred
diseases.
Curiously enough. there are people who
say that Lord Salisbury's illness. which 1
believe to be an undoubted case of in
fluenza. may be merely diplomatic, and that
he is initiating the example of Ii Hung
Chang. and adopting his policy of gaining
time. thus letting touchy matters blow
over. 1t is specially stated that during the
week his lordship. being feverish. could not
do any work, but diplomatists put their
heads on one side and talked significantly
about China. for In spite of his so-called
retirement. the whole Government to-day
depends iipon him.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-31
BY PAUL.

SPECIAL BY CABLE.
London, March 3O.-(Copyright, 1901. by
the New York Herald Ccmpany.)-The re.
lection by General Rotha of the terms
which tie Government offered undoubtedly
strcr gthened the Governments case. II
may easily be argued, and it is true, that
Lord kitchener's proposals were seriously
altered to the disadvantage of the Beers.
The Chamberlain mar in the street will not
go into that. He sees that the Beers have
rejected something short of unconditional
surrender and curses their imprudence, just
as If he would not do the same.
There is. however. 1t Is only fair to add.
n large lumber Of persons who sympathize
with Beer patriotism and admire Boer
courage but at the same time feel that the
honor of the country is pledged and that
We mus. go CT. That is the view which
he Government have, for the present.
adopted.
They have determined to be masters,
conquerors, as Lord Salisbury put it, Of the
Transy aal and the Orange Free State-after
that the deluge.
l think it quite clear that the Government
have gained some support by offering terms.
PecI lie who dete.ted the lingo cry of uncOn-
citional surrender say now:
well. if the Beers are absolutely uncom-
promising. there is TO choice. We must
fight it out"
Mr.. Chamberlain has played a good card.
He has let his moderation be known to all
men,
He can point triumphantly to General
Botha's letter and say: What a hopeless
people to deal with. We labor for peace;
they make them ready for battle
Sir Edward Clarke has seized the oppor-
tun;ty of rejoining the Conservative party.
4 greater man than Sir Edward Clarke
has also declared against the Beers.
air. Goodwin Smith. that veteran Liberal,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-31
Local and Federal Authorities
Agree to Cooperate in Stamp
ing Out Disease.
REPORT MADE BY COMMISSION.
Thirty or Forty Cinnamon Have
Died, Fatality Following
Every Attack of
the Scourge.
SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington, March 3o.-The presence Of
the bubonic plague in San Francisco has
been confirmed by the report of the Govern.
ment commission consisting of Professo!
Flexner of the University Of Pennsylvania
Professor Barker of the Chicago Univer.
sity, and Professor Novey of Ann Arbor
University.
The report will not be given our for some
days. 1t is quite lengthy. giving details OF
each case Of the plague, establishing its
character beyond doubt.
Professor Flexner and Professor Barker
are both experienced psychologists. and
! have also the advantage Of personal OBJ
servation of the plague in all parts of the
I world, having mace it a study in China,
India and other tropical countries. Their
opinion. which also receives complete in
dorsement from their colleagues on the
commission. is not to be questioned. The
report. while II goes into much technical
detail. does not make any predictions as
to the future, nor does it announce any
a plain. emphatic way.
Vigorous Measures Nccessitafed.
There were twenty-five cases OF the
plague in San Francisco between last
March and December. They were all Chi
namen. and all proved fatal. Since the LIST
of January no official publications con-
plague have appeared. although Other
deaths are known to n occurred, max
ing a total of thirty of forty.
While no reason for alarm exists. the sit
uation Is serious enough to warrant visor-
Gus measures. To this end a thorough CO.
operation has hesn established between the
representative of the Marine Hospital Serv-
ice in San Francisco. Doctor White, who
went from Washington to take charge of
the work, and the local authorities. All the
necessary funds will be subscribed for an
examination of Chinatown. in order to dis
cover whether any more cases are Turk
ing there.
Discasc Hard to Discover.
The trouble with the plague Is that II Is
jnsidious and Is not often discovered until
the victim diss. So far 1t has been confined
to the Chinese. nor has it appeared in any
other city than San Francisco. although
GERS of all the principal cities of the coIn-
town are not favorable to the spread OF the
in the main well-clothed and well-fed. 1t so
happens, too, that the San Francisco
weather when hot is dry and when cold is
moist. The plague thrives best under eN-
actly opposite conditions of combined heat
and moisture.
1t is expected that Surgeon General Wy
man will, in a few days. issue a formal
statement concerning the presence of the
plague on the Pacific Coast. Professor
FleXner of the commission was in WASH
ington yesterday, comforting with Doctor
Wyman concerning the, report and elaborat-
ing in personal conversation some of its
features.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-31
FLYING MACHINE HAS
cot TO LONDON.

People discuss much the recent aerial ma
chine Sent up in the Crysta! Palace. The
balloon, which Is cigar-shaped. scared up in
a spiral course like a pigeon preparatory
to its straight flight. 1t was navigated in the
large concert hall by a series of short tacks.
going off at a sharp tangent on an oblique
or spiral course whenever required. and
in short, was a most obedient model.
The completed machine will be 100 feet
long by 80 in diameter. inflated with hydro
gen. Il lifting power of 1893 pounds. 1t
will take a crew of five men. a captain
and four motormen in still weather. 4
speed Of thirty-five miles an hour is guar
anteed for the i%nvetion. which is that Of
NJ. Gaudron. a Frenchman.
Its screws. four In number. are suspended
from a bar, which is hung on the