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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-04-25
Paper Read Before the Chautauqud Circle.


TIME word monopoly is defined
as "grant or license by the
crown to a subject of the ex-
elusive privilege of buying,
selling, making, working or using Of
anything" In political economy this
term is given still broader application
and includes trusts and combinations.
Referring to monopoly in all it's COM
prehensiveness, would append to said
definition that it is one of the personal
desires which we incline to abominate
when possessed by a class and Iaud
when held by the public. We deem it
a blessing or curse according to
where the exclusiveness resides; and
while we are ready to protest against
its power IN the possession of second
parties, we are ever eager TO bring it
within our own control and use.
In primeval days monopolies were,
with few exceptions, such as we would
designate as of the artificial class
special and exclusive privileges granted
to certain parties by the government or
ruler. Favored persons then were
often given the exclusive right to
follow certain trade or business en-
bracing many of the comforts and
necessaries of life. This practice was
pursued until the general protest de-
manded and forced limitation. Par
lament in England abolished the prac-
tice of making arbitrary grants, save
such as were necessary to the public
welfare, in 1924.
In this age the federal government
grants a monopoly In patentright and
in copyright. But there is twofoId
object in vesting such privileges in
Individuals First. to give in reward
the exclusive privilege of manufacture
and sale for limited time, to whom
soever contributes something to the
public welfare which no one else has
effected; and second, to encourage
thought and action to progress.
The federal government, state legis-
latures and cities, where the public
need demands it, occasionally create
monopolies in quasi-public corpora
tions. Richard t. Ely designates
these as the "NationaI Monopolis" :"
They are those which because of their
composite qualities must always exist,
for they cannot be suppressed, and in
their very properties constitute that
way more or less exclusive. Among
such we find docks, railways, telegraph,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-04-25

L I1A ' T. D00u favored III CQ0
\N/ past with numerous papers
Y Y having Abraham Lincoln
for their subject, but as no
two persons see anything exactly alike,
so perhaps no exposition of the life of
Lincoln has or will fully meet the ap-
probation of all. Perhaps too much
stress has been placed on certain events,
while characteristics treasured as
equally important by the listener have
only been slightly touched on or per-
haps it was vice versa. With your
permission shall attempt to show you
my conception of Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln was emphatically man of
the people. Born and reared amid the
humblest surroundings, compelled at
an early age to earn his living by the
sweat, of his brow, he acquired that
which could not have been gained in
any other station in life; thorough
knowledge and appreciation of his
fellow man. And it was that knowl-
edge more than anything else that
stood him in such good stead in time
Of national peril, enabling him to serve
his country and posterity so nobly.
Marvellous as was Lincoln's career, l do
not wish to lay too much stress on his
humble origin, for, believe that fate
or providence-cal it what you will
had kept in store for him that heritage,
granted to the chosen few, and that ne
would have been great man regardless
of his early environments.
Was Lincoln learned man? No,
not if we regard knowledge Of books
as learning. But if we accept that
greatest of all teachers, experience, he
was certainly most learned man, for
it was from the actuality of his early
life that he imbibed the ability to judge
for his fellows so wisely and so well.
Another side of Lincoln which we
Americans ought and perhaps do ap-
preciate, was his rich store of wit and
variety, but Of the good old spice found
only in the corner grocery of the back
wood regions. He ever had on hand a
story to illustrate and point moral to
any matter presented to him, and the
stories were invariably apt and to the
point. And his ability to joke and be
joked with sets forth another side of
his character, the opposite extreme of
merriment and fun: huge sense of
sympathy. Which of all our great
men had such large and sympathetic
heart as Lincoln? Who can imagine
deeper, richer sense of feeling than that
which flowed from him for distressed
fellow being? Lincoln was lawyer,
but was also an honest man; he was a
politician and was honest in that pro-
fession.
1 nave seen it stated that Lincoln
was all agnostic, if not an atheist, but
anyone who has read the works of
Lincoln and has felt that all-pervading
spirit of Creator and God, and yet
says that Lincoln was an atheist, is of
little depth of mind. To be sure
Lincoln was member of no church,
but must man belong to some sect
or creed in order to have deep religious
beliefs and instincts? I think not.
Notwithstanding the ungainly ap-
pearance of the great president, he pos
sessed that magnetic influence which
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-04-25
THE MANY=SIDED
LINCOLN.

w TE HAVE been favored in the
N/ past with numerous papers
Y having Abraham Lincoln
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-13
The Big Ditch Company. Assessment

The Big Ditch Company. Assessment
Notice.
e. B Hastings, secretary, ranch one
mile south Of Canyon Greek on ditch,
postofice, Billings, Montana.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the trustees Of the Big
Ditch company, held on the 7th day of
September, 1901, an assessment of
5 per cent per share was levied upon
the capital stock of the corporation,
payable on or before the 18th day of
October, 1901, to the secretary, at his
ranch or by mail at Billings, Montana.
Any stock upon which the assess
ment shall remain unpaid on the said
18th day of October, 1901, will be de
linquent and advertised for sale at
public auction, and unless payment is
made before will be sold on the 31st
day of October, 1901, to pay the de
linquent assessment together with
costs of advertising and expenses OF
sale
E.-B. HASTINGS,
41-4f Secretary.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-13
Medical Terms in Use in the Presi-
dents Case.

4rHM+.t Wt &
The following medical terms are
made clear to the lay mind because Of
the frequent use being made of them
by the physicians in attendance on
the president:
sEPTICAEMIA OR SEPTIC POIs-
ONING-An internal condition pro-
duced in this case by a wound and re-
sulting in possible blood poisoning. In
every wound substances r produced
which are absorbed into the blood and
which when sufficiently active mani
fest their action by high fever and
ton. Blood poisoning, usually devel-
oping, if at all, three or four days at
ter a wound is received, generally
ends fatally. The term septic poison
ing indicates absence of assesses;
pyaemia indicates the presence of alb
scesses. In the septic form the tenn
perature may reach 103 or more, and
the fever be Preventative. In pyaemia
blood clots form. The substances de-
veloping from blood poisoning may be
heterogeneous capable of multiply
ing in the blood, or they may be chem
ical substances, which are produced
by the bacteria OF by d~egenerative
processes. When blood poisoning has
developed it's duration until death
comes depends largely on the consti-
tuition of the patient and his condition
at the time Of injury. The character
of his medical attendance has also
much to do with his chances for sur
yiving.
PERITONITIS- Inflammation Of
| the peritoneum, a membrane covering
the viscera of the abdomen. The pop
ular designation is inflammation OF
the bowels" What is called traumatic
peritonitis is the result of wounds,
bruises or surgical operations. When
peritonitis is acutely developed, from
three to five days after the injury
there is painful breathing, great .abdo
minal pain and great suffering. Per
itonitis often results from wounds
owing to either imperfect surgical at
tendance or introduction by the wounc
of foreign substances into the system
High temperature follows and a quick
ened qulse. When the pulse is abou'
1870 or 14O in the case of a patient i
is supposed to indicate p%eritoniti:
symptoms. When it reaches 100 ant
1870 death generally follows.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-13

Chicago Chronicle: The %socalistic
brethren had a fine time at Steinway
hall the other night.
Mr.. Vrooman, founder of the Ruskin
hall system, was there to urge his
particular socialistic sure cure, the
same being a scheme by which work
ingmen would be put in a position
where they might at all times control
their means of life"
AS other socialists were present it
follows as a matters of course that
DR.. Vrooman's prescription did not
please them. 'If you want to uplift
workingmen," shrieked n gentle
man, 'swhy don't you come into the
socialist party The quick reply,
(Which one?" brought fighting repre-
s%entatives of the various socialistic
cults to their feet %instanter, all speak
ing at once.
In the course of time a gentleman
who assumed to stand for the straight
out SOCldllSLS, Sdlu. lou Cdu l0dCu
everything in the socialist party that
you expect to teach" A moment later
the various shades of i%nnocuous Soc
ialism having been heard from, a
deep bass voice in the rea of the hall
, exclaimed: Socialism is the creed
Of pigs! Join the anarchist party and
you will get what you want"
The uproar at this point became so
great that Mr.. Vrooman concluded
that his modification of socialism had
been lost beyond recovery for that
occasion, and he adjourned the meet
ing before the representative Of the
hell-for-sartin party, who had gained
| the floor, could make himself heard.
The moral of all this appears to be
that the mar who comes to Chicago
| to preach some mild form of social
ism should try it on somebody besides
socialists
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-13
DENIED. THE PRIVILEGE.
Shippers Cannot Select Route East Of
St. Paul.

One of the latest developments in
the consolidation of the Great North
ern, Northern Pacific and Burlington
railroads is to be found in the e
regulations governing the shipment Of
cattle from Montana points, says the
Benton River Press. The new rules
took effect Wednesday and under
them shippers are no longer at lib
erty to route their stock as they
choose. From st. Paul to Chicago
there are six competing railroad routes
but three of them, the Chicago &
Northwestern, the Burlington and the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul, do
practically all the business. All three
are practically the same length,
all give the same service and
all have the same rates, but the Mil
waukee has for several years hauled
about so per cent of the cattle from
Great Northern points in Montana to
Chicago. TheBurlington up to five
or six years ago did about the same
proportion of the business, but the
Milwaukee's stock solicitor, Capt.
Marley Nicholson, is very popular
with shippers and it is also alleged
that the road has made a practice of
giving a rebate of $3.50 to $40 a car
on shipments routed over their line.
Now this is all changed, the solic-
itors of the three roads have been
withdrawn, and all Great Northern
stock shipments are to be divided
equally between the st. Paul-Chicago
roads. On Wednesday J. w. Searls,
the livestock agent of the Great North
ern compelled the Bear Paw pool to
| split the billing Of two trains of their
cattle which would otherwise have
gone in over the Milwaukee and the
Benton&St. Louis Cattle Co. was
compelled to change the routing OF
two trains the same day.
The Great Northern and Northern
Pacific now control the Burlington and
have guaranteed 8 per cent interest
on its stock, so that this new rule is
supposed to be an attempt to throw
business to that line. It could all be
given to the Burlington, but such q
move might lead the Milwaukee tc
build into Montana in search of traffic
and that is a contingency Mr.. Hill
would like to avoid.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-13
WILL ATTEMPT TO START.
Effort to Be Made to Resume Work
at Joliet Mill.

Joliet, Ills, Sept. 11-An attempt
will be made to reopen the Illinois
Steel mills here Friday morning.
September 10, either with or without
consent Of the Amalgamated asso-
citation. This fact was made plain at
a protracted meeting of the strikers
this afternoon.
Two of the head superintendent Of
the mills were permitted to address
the session. A speech also was made
by Vice President Davis of Chicago.
The mel finally decided to adjourn
until tomorrow, when a decisive step
will be taken on the question of re
turning to work. The company is
summoning men to report for duty
Friday and fires are already to be
lighted.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-13

Boston Wool.

Boston, Sept. 10-The wool market
here shows a falling off Of sales this
week, but values show no signs Of
weakening. The market for territory
woods continues strong and buyers
in need of supplies are paying full
former rates. The secured basis OF
sales on strictly fine woods continues
at about 44@45 with fine medium at
42@43. Fleece woods are in quiet de-
mand and prices are more or less
nominal. There is a quiet tone to
Australian woods but some moderate
lots are being taken. The following
are the quotations for leading descrip-
tons:
Ohio and Pennsylvania feeces x
and X and above 23@24; Xxx and Xxx
and above 26@27; delaine 28@29;
No. l combing 25@26; No. 2 and
t~hree-eighths blood 35; coarse and
braid washed 23@24.
Michigan and Wisconsin, etc.:
Michigan 81; No. 1 Michigan combing
24@25; No. 2 Michigan 24@25; coarse
and braid washed 23@24; fine delaine
24@25.
Territory-scoured basis-Montana,
fine 14@16; secured 44@46; fine me-
dium 14@16; secured 42@43; staple
1871. Utah, Wyoming and Idaho,
fine 13k@15; secured 44@45; fine
medium 1904; secured 40@43; sta
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-13
RECOVERED THE BODIES
RESCUE PARTY FIND REMAINS
OF ENToMBED MINERS.
Have Been in Mine Since June 10
and Are Beyond Hope Of
Recognition.

Connellsville, Pa, Sept. 11--Long
continued efforts of the daring rescue
party at Port Royal we're crowned
with success today. Seven of the 10
bodies that have been entombed
since June 10, when the explosion in
the coal mine of the P%ittsburg Coal
company took place, were recovered
and brought to the bottom Of No. 1
shaft. There is little doubt but that
the remaining six bodies will be
reached tomorrow.
The rescue party was headed by
Inspector Charlton Dixon. The party
proceeded down No. 20 entry which
they found free from gas, except in
one place, where a pocket had col
lected neal the arched roof. Here
the brave men crawled on their hands
and knees. Deaths chamber was at
last opened and the secret kept clos
ed for three months was brought to
light. The spectacle was a gruesome
one. Side by side were the first two
bodies. White fungi Of mines, daz-
| zling in it's brilliancy, which attaches
to any object that gives out moisture,
covered the exposed portions of the
dead. Another body was found about
50 feet further on, more than 100 feet
beyond this man, four others were
found in a group. They had evident
ly all fallen at the same time fol
their bodies were quite close together
In the hand Of each was a safety
lamp.
At the end of the room gas was
encountered and the men returned
Not one of the bodies could be recog
nized by face or form, decomposition
having destroyed all features. This
only hope is the contents of the
pockets.
Late tonight the work of preparing
the bodies for burial was begun. /
is probable that seven caskets will
be brought to the top of the shat
some time tonight, but none of then
will be opened.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-13

Grand Jury Said to Have Found In
dictments.

Grand Jury Said to Have Found In
dictments.
New York, Sept. 1.-THE guarded
statement of Assistant States Attor-
ney Baldwin that no warrants had
been issued for any officers of the
Seventh National bank and that the
grand jury had not finished it's DELHI
erations in the matter, did not set
at rest the story hat indictments
against someone connected with the
bank had been found. According to
information obtained late tonight
the grand jury handed down three in
dictments in the Seventh National
case. According to same information
no arraignment of the persons named
in the indictments would be made for
several days.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-13
Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Big Ditch company
will be held at the court house, at
Billings, Montana on Monday, October
14th, 1901, at 10 O'Clock a. M, for the
purpose of electing sever trustees
and to consider the proposition of en-
larging the ditch, and to transact any
other business that may come before
the meeting
E. B. HASTINGS,
41-4f Secretary.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-13

and say it. is the best thing FOR throat and
lung troubles they ever saw. Mrs. III. q
yer, one of our prominent townsmel, says
Acker's English Remedy is tie only medi-
cine hat helped his chronic cough Of many
now, after taking q. few bottles, he is wholly
cured. / buy it by the gross at a time,
and my sales are larger on this one medicine
than on any other in my store. 1t is a great
pleasure for me to feel THAT while am prosper
ing l am also doing so much good to the COM.
.(signed R. r. DOUGLAS, Westield, n. Y
Sold at Csc. SOC. and 81 a bottle, throughout
the United States and Canada; and in Eng
land, at Is. Cd, Is. 3D., 4s.6d. If you arenot
satisfied after buying, return the bottle TO
your druggist, and get your money back.
We a%uLhorise the ,uboue guarantee.
". Il. HOOKER q CO.. Propraetors, Ne10 York.
For sale. by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-13
Fire in Cotton Warehouse.

New York, Sept. 11-Fire late to-
night in the Red Hook storage build
ing in Brooklyn, owned by the New
York Storage company, has already
done damage to the estimated extent
of 100000 and property worth $780,
900 or more is still in danger Of be-
ing destroyed. The building is filled
with cotton and may burn for hours.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-13
DIED OF HEART DISEASE
S. S. HUNTLEY PASSES AWAY
IN YELLOWSTONE PARK.
Organized and Operated the First
Stage Line Between Helena
and Fort Benton.

a. -&A-~
ST. Paul, Sept. 11-A special to the
Pioneer Pres from Helena, Mont,
says: S. S. Huntley, president and
general manager Of the Yellowstone
Park Transportation company, died
suddenly today of heart disease at
Mammoth Hot Springs in the park.
He. was 70 years old and a native of
New York.
After serving with distinction
through the civil war Mr.. Huntley
came to Montana and organized the
first stage line between Helena and
Fort Benton in 1867. He afterwards
operated lines between Helena and
Salt Lake City, by way of Boise,
Idaho, and to Walla Walla and The
Dalles, being the longest stage line
in the United States, and carrying
the first United States mail between
Helena and Tongue river. The firm
of Huntley & Co., of which he was
senior member ALSO owned lines in
California and Oregon. and was at one
time the largest owners of stage
lines in the country. They carried on
the business until 1882. Since then
Mr.. Huntley has been engaged in
stock raising on a large scale and
lately organized the Yellowstone
Park Transportation company, which
acquired the hotel business of the
park.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-13
Say. He Was Tortured.

II have suffered such pain from
corns l could hardly walk" writes H.
Robinson, Hillsborough, ILL.,, "but
cured them" Acts like magis on
sprains, bruises. cuts, sores, scalds.
burns, boils, ulcers. Perfect healer
Of skin diseases and piles. Cure guar
anteed by Chapple Drug Co. 25c.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-13
\ Fireman's Close Call.

81 stuck to my engine, although
every joint ached and every nerve
was racked with PAIN" writes G. w.
Bellamy, a locomotive fireman of Bur
lington, Iowa. 81 a weak and pale,
without any appetite and all Il down
AS l was about to give up, | got a bot
tie of Electric Bitters and, after TAX
ing it, I felt as well as I ever did in
my life" Weak, sickly, u down
people always gain new life, strength
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-13
For Sale.

Blacksmith shop on South Twenty
seventh street; also six-room resi-
dence and four corner lots on South
Thirty-second street. Apply to H. W.
Schwanz. 37-9
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-13
Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets

are sold on a positive guarantee.
Cures heartburn, raising of food, dis
tress after eating or any form of
dyspepsia. One little tablet gives
immediate relief. 25c and soc. For
sale by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-13
Card Of Thanks.

Mrs. D. M. Parker desires to public
~ express her thanks to the many
kind friends who turned out last Sun
day in the search for her son, Willie
Parker.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-13
UNDER STATE SUPERVISION.

Pays 5 per cent on savings depos.
it's. interest compounded quarterly.
Pays 6 Ier cent on time certificates
of deposit, not subject to check.
Issues savings certificates on build
ing and loan plan with definite time
of maturity and definite payments.
Loans money on real estate to be
repaid on monthly installments rum
ming from nj to ten years, to suit
borrower.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-13
Trustees.

Lee Mantle, president; Chas.
schatzlein, viee-president; Frank w.
Haskins, treasurer; A. B. Clements,
secretary; Charles r. Leonard, F.
Aug. Heinze, Henry Mueller, James III.
Monteath.
FRED H. FOSTER. Local A. snt.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-13
To Rent on First Floor

Two furnished rooms. Electric
light and bath. 315 North 2sth street.
2-1 sw-1
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-13

5 UNI ptlO
From the
moment l
began hand
sold
rapidly,and
t Ii e c s
keep grow
ing all the
time as fast
as people
fl II d 0 u t
what a re-
m ri 4 BILE
preparation
it is. The
satisfaction
i t gives is
univ
Our best cit
liens use il
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-13
Advice Of a
Druggist

" 1T is proper, I think, to let Others know
about the popularity and virtues Of Acker's
English Remedy for Coughs, Colds and Con.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-13

Wanted.-The address of John
Diefenbacher. Russ & Heppenheim-
er, Hoboken, N. ]. 1878
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-13
Troubles of the Socialists.

41-4f
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-11-02

1t was sheer vanity that kept Gran,
F1nlay from giving the world the bene
efit OF his invention Of the total aboli-
ton of smoke. He evolved a simple
system by which any fire or light
could be made to consume its own car
bon; and though he demonstrated the
usefulness of the invention manv
times, obstinately refused to put II on
the market or sell the secret of IL
His own house, just outside Glasgow
was fitted with his system. which did
not cost him 30 shillings for the entire
building, and not a jot of smoke was
ever emitted there. All his fires con-
sumed their own smoke. and he was
fond OF showing the efficacy of his in
vention to guests, but never would he
explain the working of 1t; and he
lied two years ago, carrying his secret
with him to the grave. A week be-
ore his death he had all the "anti-
smoke apparatus stripped from his
house and Observation-Disclosures.