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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-03
DOCTRINE MAY BE
BROUGHT INTO QUESTION.
IMPORTANT STRATECICALLY
Margurita Island Has One of
Finest Harbors in South
America,

Washington, May 2.-Although the
state department, the navy department
has been closely watching happenings
at Margeurita island near the coast
of Venezuela which have given rise
to the report that a German coaling
station is to be established there. The
facts have been reported to the de-
partment by United States naval Off
GERS who commanded vessels which
have cruised in those waters recently.
Last year government warships spent
three weeks in looking into the ques-
ton of Margeurita island and this
fact led to an examination on our
part which developed the presence of
this important strategic point, at one
of the finest harbors in South Ameri-
ca, the possession of whish would at
ford the United states, or any other
nation with a navy, practical control
of the Panama canal from the east
side. Aside from this some Of the
best naval authorities hold that the
Gulf of Carisco, on the north coast
of Venezuela offers by far the most
advantageous site for a coaling sta
tion if one is to We located in that part
Of the world. In view OF the reported
German surveys in that quarter, naval
authorities here are showing unusual
interest in the points available for
American use. The state department
has never been called upon s%peciical-
ly to construe the Monroe doctrine
as it might relate to an attempt by
any European government to secure a
coaling station in the Gulf of Mexico
or the Caribbean Sea.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-03
u" STRONG MEN.
Minnesota Ends Competitive. Tests
With Remarkable Showing.

HUrH.E .a|EHs"
Minneapolis, April 3O.-The com
petitive strength tests Tor places on
the university strong mems Fifty
We're finished up today and the records
made out to send east. The records
show a great increase over those of
last year. Forty-four men made over
1000 Kilograms, DR.. Savings test, as
against rs last year. The total of
the SO is 56,160.4 kilos, 1929 kilos
under last years intercollegiate re-
cord, made by Columbia, and 3,671.l
above Minnesota's record, which
gave her third place.
So far as known R. w. Allis now
holds the intercollegiate record for
strength N the United States. He
has raised his record to 1,94O.9 kilos,
131 kilos greater than Cochem's first
place record for last year.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-03
FARMERS OPPOSE LEASING.
Central Washington Residents Up in
Arms.

Central Washington Residents Up in
The farmers of central Washington
and especially those districts in the
irrigated country about Yakima, are
up in arms against the practice of
leasing government lands for grazing,
thereby threatening the grazing of
100000 sheep this eason and possibly
the future of the industry in that
state. The claim is made that the
sheep destroy the water sheds, eat
ing the arid grasses and destroying
all manner Of vegetation.
A delegation representing 80 per
cent of the farmers Of Yakima county
is laboring with d. B. Shellar, super
intendent of the forest reserve of the
Cascades, to have grazing contracts
annulled for this season. Formal
leases covering the grazing of a quar-
ter of a million of sheep there have
been made out and forwarded to
Washington city for approval. The
farmers are circulating petitions to
have them set aside. Under the
leases the grazing lasts three months
from July 1.
The farmers submit reports from
every creek in central Washington,
showing that for the past eight years
the descent of water for irrigation
purposes has decreased, thus bringing
on litigation over irrigation rights.
They blame this condition to the
growth of the sheep industry, saying
that each year grasses on the hills
give place to sand. At the same
time the rainfall grows smaller, the
two forces acting for the death of the
agriculture, even under irrigation.
The petitions in circulation state
that if the water sheds are protected
by the abolition of grazing that the
population throughout Washington
might be increased 100, 900 in ten
years, while with the present system
no new farms may be added and many
will have to be abandoned. The de-
yastation of the country is said to be
great in the fertile valleys of the
Wenas, Ahtanum and Cowiche creeks,
certain ruin facing the farmers in
that great stretch of country.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-03
New York Money.

New York, May money on call
firm at 4@6 per cent; last loan, s per
cent; ruling rate, Az @5 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 3A @4k
per cent.
Silver certificates, coo.
Bar silver, 59hc.
Mexican dollars, 48Rc.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-03
Now Senator Dietrich.

Lincoln, Neb., May 1.-Governor
Dietrich this morning resigned and
was succeeded by Ezra F. Savage.
The resignation was sent to the secre-
tary of state and Immediately accept
ed. Governor Savage then took his
seat and his first oflcial act was the
signing of the senatorial commission
for Senator Dietrich.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-03
ROMANCE OF BUTTE MAN.
Strikes 1t Rich and Makes Several
Persons Happy.

Pittston, Pa, April 3O.-John Hoy,
of Butte, Mont, the other day returned
to Pittston from the far west with a
fortune, and he was at once married
to Kate McNulty, his early love. Hoy
left here for the west is years ago as
a p~rospector, and only recently made
a rich strike in the gold mines of Mon
tana. He had determined never to
return until he had amassed a for
tune. A few days ago he appeared in
Pittston and presented to his parents
one of the most valuable residences
here. and claimed his bride.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-03
Typhoid Epidemic.

Berlin, May Am epidemic of ty-
phoid fever has broken out in sever
al of the towns and villages in the
neighborhood of Metz. The Eighth
Bavarian regiment has alone lost ff-
teen men from the disease and has
281 men sick.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-03
DOWNING STREET .PERTuReEp
Various Causes Of Uneasiness to Lord
Salisbury.

London, May 1.-The Sun today. in
a double-leaded item, describes Lord
Salisbury as perturbed by certain rev.
Citations which the financial advisor
OF Lord Kitchener has un~earthed."
The premier is also pictured by the
Sun as not in SO good health as recent
announcements have led the public
to believe.
1t is also alleged that there is fric-
ton between Lord Salisbury and Lord
minister Of foreign affairs.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-03
POINT FOR PROSECUTION.
Testimony in Eastman Case Goes
Against Defendant.

Cambridge, Mass, April 30.-The
pendulum Of evidence out of the
Eastman murder trial today swung
slightly over to the governments
side, through a favorable decision in
the morning and unexpected testi-
mony later in the day, tending to
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-03
Played With Fire.

Hawarden, a., April 3O.-Jay and
Joy, the 3-year-old twin children of
Mrs. Layton Hubbard were burned to
death in a stable today. The children
were playing in the barn and set fire
to some papers. The charred remains
were found after the parn had been
completely destroyed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-03
AS TO TowNLEY.

Lieutenant Must Explain Connections
With Commissary Scandals.
Washington, April 30.-The navy de.
partment has decided to take steps
Immediately to ascertain the facts
about the connection of Lieutenant
Townley with the army scandals in
Manila, developed by his testimony
before the court martial yesterday.
Admiral Remey being absent from
the station, an order will go forward
to Admiral Kempff directing a report
and probably a court Of inquiry i'm
mediately.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-03

a total Of 3,577,O 600, against a total
of ~3,281,O00 for the previous week and
a total of 1,571,O0O for the correspon-
ding week last yea The sales since
January l amount to 70, 200, 900 pounds,
against 53.6SO,900 pounds for the cor
responding time last year
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-03
His Relatives, Too.

Manila, April 30.-Baldermo Aguin-
aldo and Emilio Aguinaldo, relatives
of General Emilio Aguinaldo, and five
other insurgent leaders, have surren-
dered.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-03

The Bridger company was recently
reorganized with a new manager from
st. Paul, succeeding T. p. Mcdonald,
who resigned.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-04

II strikes the writer of the swine
editorials that the Jreeder OF ed hogs
is we'll deserving of a word OF not
sympathy but praise and encourage
ment at our hands. He seems to have
little to say for himself but he may
here take notice that we shall be glad
to have him come to the front and
say something in his own behalf
through these columns. We thought
OF the red hog man last week when
visiting upon large stock farm down
in the fiat lands of western Indiana
where the big bitches have made it
possible to grow good crops of corn
and grass instead OF the crops OF frogs
which were at one time the main de-
pendence of the residents for a living
(They didn't personally eat the frogs
but got a good price for them in the
Chicago Market) Here we found up
on the same farm large herds OF both
PolandChinas and Duroc-Jerseys and
both varieties were OF good blood and
form. II was a chance TO compare
notes as to the difference between the
two lots OF hogs and we do not intend
to tell all that was said because there
was no red hog man there to make a
professional statement" for his
friends. But after all what did trans
pire was to the credit of the red hog
breeder and we rather imagine that
his PC rival would take exception TO
some OF the remarks made on behalf
Of the warm tinted swine. Our own
opinion was that comparing the two
breeds the red hogs had the advantage
in size Of frame and length OF body
but appeared somewhat coarse and
loosely built. Is this a correct esti-
mate? Interviewed, the breeder said
that what he found to be especially IN
favor OF the red SOW is that she brings
forth more pigs THAI her PC sister.
His annual average shows eight pigs
per SOW for the red breed against five
;or the PC and he tells us that the
red pigs are great hustlers after feeo
from birth and seem TO be less su3'
ceptible to the ailments OF young pigs
than are the others. Also as they
grow towards maturity they grow
heavier than the black pigs and make
growth faster on the same amount o
food and. at killing time weigh will
him 100 pounds more than the mark
etable PCS. Is this correct, Mr.. D.,
breeder? But then there was an al
legged draw back to all of this fin
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-04

Trade relations between the United
States and Spain have resumed the
conditions existing prior to the war
between the two countries. The ex-
ports from the U. s. to Spain In the
fiscal year just ended were larger than
in any preceding year with a single
exception, 1888, and show an increase
OF 6 million dollars over 1899; while
our imports from Spain also show a
marked increase over 1899. In the 7
months ending July 1901, our imports
from Spain were y3,l10,.l8, against
$2,S75,S40 in the corresponding period
OF the preceding year, while during the
same period our exports to Spain in
creased from sS.1S9,288 to sS,9S8, $40.
Raw materials form the most import
ant feature OF our exports to Spain.
and fruits ard iron ore the principal
articles of importation. The total
value OF our imports from Spain in
the fiscal year 1901 was IS. .409. .S01. and
in 1900. s5,950.047. The details Of the
1901 importations are not available,
but those OF the year 1900 show:
fruits, over one and a half million dol
lars. nuts. 51S thousand dollars; wines
6SS thousand. and ircn ore. $50 thous-
and dollars in value. Turning to the
export side. raw materials prove to be
the chief feature OF our export trade
with Spain. Our total exports to Spain
in the fiscal year 1901 were $15.4s4 ,73s
against $13 ,3e9, $50 n 1000 OF the lar
ter total, cotton was valued at s9.6lS.
$50; mineral oil, sSSS.011; shocks anc
slaves, sS50.295; tobacco. s661. .S42
boards and planks, s426.3s7; bread
stuffs, $2S6,353; iron and steel manu-
factures. $162.738.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-04
PET DOGS ARE TATTooED.
Fashionable Fad That VIII Doubtless
Be Extensively Followed.

decidedly novel occupation which
has OF late been noticed is that of
tattooing the names OF their owners
upon dogs. says the Baltimore Ameri-
can. Several months ago there ap-
peared in northwest Baltimore a young
man who is engaged in that pursuit
and during the time he remained mere
he did good business. Among the
dogs which underwent the operation
Is a pretty little fox terrier belonging
to Charles +. Wohrna. which rejoices
in the name OF Booze. and fine bred
bull terrier. Jip. the property OF the
Chesapeake Brewing Company Both
animals bear upon their breasts,
where the hair grows thinnest. the
names OF their respective owners.
Contrary to the belief of some that
the operation Is cruel. painful one.
those who have seen II performed de
clare that the animals apparently ex-
perienced very little pain. The Oper-
alton lasts about iifteen minutes. The
animal is usually held by two men.
one having hold OF the hind legs.
while the other holds the front paws.
With set OF very fine needles the op-
orator then goes to work. deity prick
ing the letters into the skin. just deep
enough to draw few drops of blood.
Then he pours the Indian ink all over
the wounds. or. rather scratches. and
the operation is over In a few weeks
the sores are completely healed and
the animal bears during the remain
der Of its existence an unmistaka BILE
mark of Identification. The price of
the operation is so cents.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-04
THEATRICAL BUSINESS.
Ingenious Devices Resorted TO by Dra-
matte Managers.

Ingenious Devices Resorted 60 by ORA
matte Managers.
The business of the claque has been
subdivided into many branches. all OF
which are controlled by one man or
group of men. The applauders-even
the lady in the box who faints. and the
man who Kisses at a good part in or
der to arouse the indignant enthusi-
asm of the audience were all provd-
ed for so many tickets a performance.
to be sold by agents to the public. So
carefully were the plans of campaign
thought out that the Whiteley of ap-
plause used to provide a man or wo-
man. dressed in provincial style. to
jump up and scream out. There's the
villain hiding behind that tree" or
the like. We also hear of cowboys in
the far west pulling out their revolvers
and peppering the melodramatic vii
lain. On one occasion in a London
theater the business instinct came out
In the same way. A relative of the
lessee was enacting the part of an in
dignant father. whose son had got into
the hands of the money lenders. In
the Interview with the money lender
the father severely lectured him, and
then demanded his sons bill. There.
SIR he said, 'is my check for one
thousand pounds" The money lender
was Just reaching out for the check
when voice came out from the pit:
Don't you take 1t, old chap. i've got
one OF his now for six pound ten. and
he's asked me TO hold it for a fort
niRht. 10 Chamh hers' InnrnnI
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-04
A DREAM OF TREASURE.
Small Boys Dream Locates Money which
Is Really There.

Small Boys Dream Locates Money which
Is Really There.
Dreams are often unaccountable, and
perhaps what am about to relate may
interest your readers. When quite
young was only years old then-I
lived with my parents at villa In
Trieste. Austria. For weeks and weeks
| had the same dream, although not
nightly-namely. that in the night
time | found myself at the bottom OF
the garden in my nightgown, scratch
ing at little heap OF earth, and found
copper. silver, and gold coins. and sud
denly looking up. found before me.
and watching me. the sister OF the
landlord Of the villa, an old, haggard
woman. Having dreamed this so often,
| naturally related it to my mother.
friends. who were uf superstitious
nature. tried to induce my father to
buy the plot of ground in question, but
he would not listen to such absurdity
rs he was an unbeliever in spiritual
ism. Well, some years later the land
lord had occasion to build a lodge at
the bottom OF the garden, and while
digging for the foundation a large
SUM OF money in copper. silver and
gold coins was discovered. How Is II
that a mere boy of 7. without any
knowledge OF the place or of the his
tory of the owners of the said grounds,
should have such a dream, which turn
ed ont true e?-SpectatOr
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-04

The idea that the business OF a cler-
gyman is to maintain and spread belief
In a particular religion which he be-
lieves to have been revealed, and Of a
bishop to see that he does 1t. is slowly
dying away, until there is doubt
whether learning is of any use, and the
man who prossesses 1t, especially il il
be of the older kind, is regarded often
with kindness no doubt, and some
times with admiration, but usually
with a pity from which contempt is
not entirely absent. What could you
expect?" said country town magnate
few years ago when told that the
largest parish was failing into disor-
der. why E. (the rector) is a He
brew scholar London Spectator.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-04
Affected Them Differently.

Recently the German Crown Prince
called the Kaiser's attention to the fact
that the teachers In certain colleges
gave their pupils some extraordinary
subjects on which to write essays.
Whatever the subjects were. IT is
known that the Kaiser was displeased,
while his heir could see only the comic
side OF the matter. Ii leaked out that
a teacher in a college for girls of l2
TO 10 years of age gave the following
as a subject for an essay; What Was
the Idea of the Egyptian King Amasis
About God, and What do We Chris
tians Think About It?" This incident
explains both the Crown Princes hi
larlty and the Emperors annoyance.
Berlin Correspondence London Iele-
graph.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-04

showing. The breeder alleged that the
red hog may be the best hog for the
farmer but said that the packer does
not especially admire him. Why Is
this, IL 1t is fact? We presume that
1t Is entirely owing TO the large size
and heavy weight CT the red hog added
TO the well known fact that the pack
ers are nowadays alter a medium, well
fed and finished hog that will cut a
good percentage of carcass to live
weight. II this is not the reason then
II may be that the Pc bears more
lard and that lard Is more profitable
compared with extra large sides and
hams OF mixed meat and bacon. II Is
certainly a great thing in favor OF the
red hog that the SOW Is so prolific and
that she has an abundant supply of
milk for her pigs. but there are lot
OF things we want TO know from the
red hog breeder before we form n
"fully matured" estimate OF the value
OF his big breed Experiments at hand
do not furnish much information about
Duroc-Jersey swine. in some Ontario
experiments made in 1896 two Duroc-
Jerseys fed the same way as two Pc
hogs (pure bred) made a daily gain
OF Lie lbs. compared with 1.03 lbs.
made by the latter. Al the close Of the
experiment the DIS weighed 1879 lbs.
and the PCS 100 lbs. The former
dressed 772l per cent dressed carcass,
and the latter 77.1s per cent. Al the
commencement OF the experiment the
DIS weighed an average OF So lbs,
and the pcs an average OF SO lbs.
To make n gain OF 100 lbs. the DIS
required $50 lbs. of food and the PCS
b07 lbs. OF food. In similar expert
ments carried out at the Michigan Eek.
Station, the pcs made a daily gain
o' l.20 lbs. and the DIS a daily gain
Of l.47 lbs. At start Of experiment the
pcs weighed an average Of 81 lbs.
and the DIS SO lbs. At the close OF
the experiment the pcs weighed 26i
lbs. had used 514 lbs. OF food for 100
lbs. OF grain and dressed SAT- per cent.
The DIS weighed at close of expert
ment 800 lbs. had used 467 lbs. OF food
per 100 pounds of grain and dressed
s3.2 per cent. This will give our
readers chance to figure out exactly
which is the best hog. II also relieves
us OF the responsibility of judging in
the matter.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-04
REVIVAL OF ROAD HOUSES.
Rural Taverns Doing "a Good business
at Present Time.

Rural Taverns Doing "a Good business
at Present Time.
There are certain old country inv
erns here and there, up toward West
chester and down beyond BROOKLYN
and over on Staten Island-not only
those which everybody knows. like the
Hermitage in the Bronx and Garrison's
over by the fort at Willetts Point bnt
remote ones which have not vet been
exploited in plays or books. and which
still have fine old flavor with faded
prints OF Dexter and Maud $. and
much earlier favorites in the barroom
In some cases, to be sure, though still
situated at country crossroads. with
green fields all about. they are now
used for Tammany headquarters. with
pictures OF the new candidate for sher-
IN In the old-fashioned windows-but
most OF them would have gone out of
existence entirely after the death of
the stage coach, II II had no. been for
the approach of the city, and the side
whiskered New Workers of a previous
generation who drove fast horses. II
the ghosts of these men ever drive
back to lament the good Old days to-
gether, they must be somewhat sur
prised, possibly disappointed. to find
these rural roadhouses doing better
business than ever in their day. The
bicycle revived the roadhouse. and
though the bicycle has since been
abandoned by those who prefer fash
ion to exercise, the places that the
wheel disclosed are not forgotten.
They are visited now in automobiles.
Scrihnar's
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-04
AN ODD TALE OF THE SEA.
Rolling Copper Rivet wears Through
Bottom of Vessel.


Some years ago vessel loaded with
guano worth several thousand dollars
caught fire in the south Pacific and
was abandoned by the captain and
crew, who came ashore In the small
boats and reported the disaster. One
OF the consignees thought the cargo
could be saved. as be knew that guano
would not burn, and II was his idea
that the hulk OF the ship might be
found floating somewhere at sea He
chartered a small English tramp yes
sci that happened to be at Callao
Peru. and started out To search for
the derellct. After cruising for two or
three weeks. he found her. the wood
work burned to the waters edge. but
the hulk sound as dollar and the
cargo all right They started to tow
her to Callao. but the day before
reaching that harbor the tramp vessel
they had chartered began to fill rap
idly and the upNps could soarosly
keep her afioat. They narrowly es-
capped sinking with all on board The
leak VAS mystery. They managed
to get her to Callao only by the
greatest exertion. When the ship went
into the dock and was examined II
was found that one of the plates about
the center had worn through. Fur
ther investigation demonstrated that
the damage had been done by a little
copper rivet. which had been accident
ally left in the bottom and had rolled
back and forth over the same spot so
often and so long that the iron plate
had been worn thin and the pressure
OF the water had broken through
Chicago News.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-04
Charities mamma missed small no

Charles mamma missed small pot
of jam one day, and as she noticed
some tell-tale evidences about Charles
mouth and hands, she asked him II he
had seen or eaten the Jam. Charles
insisted that he had not even seen the
Jam. Papa thereupon was called in,
and Charles was punished severely
Drawing Charles close to her, and wip-
ing the tears from his eyes. mamma
eaid: when l was your age. my boy
never told falsehood." How old
were you before you DeganY' asked
Charles between sobs.