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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-02
COST OF A BIG STRIKE.
The Building Trades In Chicago
Have Lost Many Millions.

The Building Trades In Chicago
Have Lost Many Millions.
The awful cost OF strikes is nowhere
more clearly portrayed than In the Chi
Gag } building trades strike, which was
a year old on Feb. s.. Any approx
mate figure Of what it has cost the
unions is hard to estimate, although
some efforts have been made to do SO.
Reports from Chicago are to the eff.
feet tina, in the conflict the workmen
lost in wages more than $5O.OOO,OOO.
the building contractors lost over $75.
100000 in profits and the material sup
ply men another $75,OOO,OOO through
material unsold. In addition the re-
tail business of the city has been at a.
standstill for the past year.
The strike was declared by the
Building Trades Council. which at that
time had 26.5OO members. Other labor
unions in the building trades outside
the council had a membership of v e
$4,000. In addition there were over
5000 u~norganized men.
There was some trouble between the
Building Trades Council and the Build
ing CONTRACTORS COuncll. Huu, us ucI-
Their side was willing to yield. a strike
followed. The value OF the building in
progress at the time of the strike was
$1O,OOO.O0O. In three months this
shrunk to S33.5OO.OOO. and the amount
Of building work planned, but stopped
ON account or the strike. vas $50,O0O,-
600. During the progress of the strike
5 persons have beer killed and 221 as
saulted and more or less seriously in
jured. 1t is estimated that nearly "a
600 persons have left Chicago for other
cities as a direct result of the strike.
AS to the cos t. labor and capital of
the strike. the following is given as the
approximate figures:
Loss to workmen in wages. ........... $52, 200,0o0
Loss to contractors in profits. .......... 75.0O0,00
Loss to real estate. merchants. etc..... O,000,00O
Value OF building operations suspended
during 1900 on account Of the strike
(estimated) 12s, 100000
AS present the individual unions in
the building trades are making their
own contracts with the contractors
and are resuming work; but not n
of the questions for which the strike
was declared has been settled.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-02
Man Propoaes-so Does Woman,

THE twentieth century will have the greatest,
lumber OF leap years that a century can have
.cho.I
Oh. sigh no more. neglected maid,
Who never had a single offer.
The time is coming. SO it's said.
When you your love can freely profferi
No lingering day by day in doubt.
Trying to fathom his intentions;
No long drawn sigh. no angry pout,
Because he never marriage mentions.
Drown all your dread and deep fears
In the coming stream of leap years.
Oh. deem not your enhancing smile
A thing OF nature lost forever.
In that it never did beguile
A single man or your enteayor
To coax from man a word Of praise
On your profound attainilents mental
Or grieve that false he thought your ways,
AS also -FOUR arrangements dental!
Perish all your maidhood's deep fears
In the coming sea OF leap years.
As year on year rolled Ger your head
And took from youth some winning grace,
You quite %despaired Of being wed.
Time stole the fortune from your face.
How was your heart beset by fears
When silver hairs you first did spy!
When man came not. but only years,
You positively thought you'd dye.
Spinster. calm your dread and deep fears
In the many coming leap years!
The secret Of your years You thought
Too hollow for Q human breast:
You followed every manly sport
In bifurcated glofy drest.
Unwed-the awful. grisly cupboard
Skeleton vnu thought yourself
A species Of unmarried Hubbard,
aeposing quietly on the shelf.
Aaidens. up: your harvest reapi Here's
Success to you in coming leap yearsi
Punch.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-02
WATTERsON is INDIGNANT.

Louisville, March 29-s-The Courier
Journal tomorrow will say: The Ken
lucky Distilleries and Warehouse
company made a sensational ad-
vance in the prices of whiskey yes
terday. The price on every brand
held by the company is advanced sew
eral cents, the smallest advance being
az cents per gallon, and the highest
35 cents. 4
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-02
MANILANS GLAD AGUINALDO
IS CAPTURED.
ADVISE HIS DEPORTATION
Mistrust Him and Believe Peace
Would Speedier Follow Re-
moval from Islands.

VNhu1lus MdICu OO-1u COA4pnuJ
with Colonel Vellia, his chief Of staff,
and DR.. Barcelona, e~x-treasurer of the
Filipino government, Aguinaldo oc-
cupies one Of the incest apartments
of the M%alacanan palace. He is closely
guarded and c~Ourteously treated.
Captain Francis j. Herman of the
Second infantry; Captain F. L. Henry
Of the First artillery, member of Cen
eral MncArthur's staff; Captain Ben
jamin H. Randolph and Lieutenant
Gilbert A. Youngbird of the Third
artillery, with five guards are watch
ing him.
Aguinaldo nervously PAGES the floor
and deeply thinking, thrusts his hands
through his hair. He smokes many
cigars and cigarettes and has a hearty
appetite. He speaks only a few words
of English. He is conscious of his
dignity, but tries to talk pleasantly
with his guards. He often praises
the skill and audacity Of General
Funston in effecting his capture, say
ing that only by strategy could he
have been captured.
It is said that Aguinaldo is very
strongly adverse to receding from his
former attitude, but insists that he
must regard the best interests of the
Filipino people. Sisters of DR.. BARGE
Iona have called upon him with a plen-
tiful supply of wine. He is we'll sup
piled with wine and is we'll supplied
with clothing. He is careful of his
personal appearance. He celebrated
his Sand birthday the day before he
was captured. The birthday festivi-
ties were prolonged and only termi-
mated upon the arrival of Funston.
Aguinaldo tries to read the daily
newspapers and tries to learn the
opinion of the people of the United
States concerning the Filipinos. His
future intentions have not been an
nounced. He spends much time seated
by the barred window, watching peo-
pie passing up and down.
This morning Aguinaldo was recog-
nized by a crowd of natives going up
the river in a lighter. The natives
gazed at him a while in silence and
then began to jeer, calling him Emilio
and vile names in the Tagalog Ian
guage. The guards Quilted the distur-
bance and Aguinaldo left the window
in disgust.
The natives in Manila are indiffer-
ent at ~Aguinaldo's capture and it is
difficult to ascertain what a majority
Of them really think. 1t is certain
that Aguinaldo's influence is less
strong than formerly, though it is still
great.
A reporter for the Associated Press
has interviewed many Filipinos; call.
ing on both business and private mel
in Manila, as we'll as representatives Of
the lower class and former insurgents
on the capture of Aguinaldo. A ma.
jority of those see were undoubtedly
glad that Aguinaldo was captured and
said the worst obstacle TO a speedy
%pacifcation Of the islands had beer
removed. Some natives mistrus,
Aguinaldo and advise his immediate
deportation. Others believe that he
can accomplish much good by advis
ing his countrymen to yield to Ameri
IA authority. All agree that the
out look is much brighter.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-02
India. Decreased Population.

The census returns show the city Of
Bombay has 10000 inhabitants. q de-
crease Of over $1,000 in ten years,
mainly due to the exodus of the last
two months on o Of the plague.
Partial returns from the rural districts
show terrible decreases in population
through famine. The population Of
Mahikantha has declined 10000; BIZ
jopore, 61.OOO. and Poona. 7.4O0.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-02
Memorial Of Victoria.

The memorial TO Queen Victoria sug
gested by the committee OF ministers
and former ministers and approved by
King Edward is to be a monument. the
most prominent feature of which will
be a statue of the queen, to be erected
near Westminster abbey or Bucking-
ham palace.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-02

Minneapolis, March 29-General
W. D. Washburn has decided to extend
the line Of the Bismarck, Washburn
& Great Falls railway as far as Wash
burn this season.. The distance is II
miles and the new line will be COM
pleted in time to handle the crop.
The senator will also establish a free
ferry across the river at Washburn.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-02
o r BoER

London, March 30-A special dis
patch from Standerton says the im-
perial light horse have captured Com
mandant Prinzloo and a convoy of 20
wagons. Commandant Englebretcht,
the dispatch says, has surrendered.
The British are sweeping eastern
Transvaal clear of Beers. All stand
ing crops have been destroyed, but
women and children are being cared
for. Five hundred of Them nave
been conveyed to Utrecht, where their
wants r we'll attended to.
ROLAND REED DEAD.
New York, March 3O-Roland
Reed, the actor, died here today.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-02

1.-THE twentieth century will have the create
number Of leap years that a century can have.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-11-07
Troubles of a I ady Lecturer.

A certain lady lecturer tells two
good stories against herself. Il was
on tour through the provinces" she
says. "One night, as l appeared on
the platform in a small town, the
chairman introduced me to my audi
ence in the following way: You have
heard of Mr.. Gladstone, the grand old
man. Let me introduce to you
the grand old woman This was in
tended as a sincere compliment. On
another occasion a bluff old farmer,
who boosted of his ability to look on
all sides of a question, announced me
as follows: This lady's come here to
talk about her rights he said. She's
hired the hall, and so she's got a
right to be here, and If any of you
don't like what she's got to say, you've
got an equal right to walk out in the
middle ont"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-11-07
In Round Figures.

Not long ago a lady was giving a
lecture, says the London Answers.
Her subject was the human figure, and
the requirements in the way OF pro-
portion, for beauty. She herself was
of generous-one may say unwieldly
size, and her manner was supercil-
ious and lofty. She was trying to dem
onstrate the relative sizes of the limbs
as they really ought to be. For ex-
ample" she said, twice round my
thumb"-she held 1t up-"once round
NV wrist; twice round my wrist. once
round my neck; twice round my neck,
once round my waist" Here she
paused, and a shrill voice from the
audience exclaimed: Twice round
your waist, once round Hyde park
The lecturer hastily passed on to an
other branch of the subject.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-11-07
PADDY MEALS IN LONDON.

hl""er Breakfasts" q POPULAR Form n,
Entertainment In London.
he lad OF flower breakfasts" which
threatened to become a popular form
Vi entertainment in London. is said to
nave tailed of popular approval among
'ne SaSsity' people, and so probably
Will not trouble Us on this side of the
water. For three seasons a certain
set has been trying to make them
60 Inc hrst season they were popu-
lar the next less so. and the past sea-
sun hardly were heard OF. THESE break
IaStS consisted of dishes made entirely
OF flowers. Salad made from the BIOS
SUMS or the nasturtium a~lternated with
caper Jelly and myrtle flower SOUP at
'lese repaStS. Usually the flowers of a
peculiar species of pumpkin vine con-
stltuted the principal dish. They were
yelIoW In color, fleshy and about the
SIZE or a silver dollar. These edible
blossoms were picked before the petals
were fully opened. baked or stewed in
fresh milk and favored with cloves,
which, as every one knows or should
know, are the uneXpanded flowers of
an evergreen plant growing in the East
indian archipelago. The feast was
finished off with a plentiful supply Of
canuied rose leaves, ~violets, etc. 1t was
an extremely aesthetic sort of meal,
but not filling enough to meet with
popular approval. After one of these
breakfasts the guests generally went
out and got something to eat.
Dinners Of sauces have met with
more favor than the flower breakfasts
and are not ~infrequently given by cpl
cures searching for new gastronomic
sensations. One of the most success
full OF these dinners was given
by a member of a swell London club
not long ago. The soup was repre-
scented by gravy sauce, and in lieu Of
fish, oyster and lobster sauces were
handed around. Then came egg sauce
n bread sauce, and for dessert there
was brandy sauce. This last course is
probably what saved the lives of the
| guests and host, for they all survived
and pronounced the dinner a success
1t really seems as If the giver of the
dinner should have included in his bill
Of fare Worcestershire, tomato catsup
and tabasco. A dinner was given at
the Hotel Cecil in LONDON the other
Jay at which everything served began
with &C" There were clear" soup
chickens, chops, claret, champagne,
coffee, outlets, carrots, %custards, cham
pignons, curry, currants and cucum-
bers, besides many more articles OF
food beginning with "c."-New York
Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-11-07

ai department Of Agriculture hos A.
voted much attention to II Trndon -.
olrectlon of the department q corns
OF experts is kept constantly IN Tho
held with the idea of helping +bo IT,.
rigation farmer. One expert for in
stance is kept busy experimnntino
with pumps and e~ndeavorine ~ do
'ermlne what style is best for tho
or irrigation. Another av,or.
drives over the arid country and do
termlnes the depth from the surface 70
wafer IN various places and also what
IS the nature of the water sIInn,v An
the results Of the experiments and
tests are printed in pamphlet form NV
the Agricultural department and are
sen free of charge to any one who
may be interested.
On" OF the great benefits Of irriga-
uon Is often lost sight of. Not only
doeS the irrigation of a considerahle
section OF land reduce the probability
OF crop failure in that district TO .
minimum, but 1t also has a beneficial
influence on other fertile lands which
lie contiguous to it. The intensely
not winds which blow across the
leagues of barren and heated desert
nave a pad effect on the crops of the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-11-07

fresher and more fertile lands beyond,
as was shown by the partial destruc-
ton of the Kansas corn crop during
the recent summer by the hot winds
blowing from the west. When a desert
region Is redeemed through irrigation
the winds which blow over it lose their
sting and are tempered to the grow
ing crops. In this way a desert does
harm far beyond its own limits and an
irrigated district scatters blessings out
side its own boundaries.
OF the hundred million acres of arid
land still remaining in the west the
government experts have made a thor
ough survey, and they report that a
sufficient water supply Is easily avail
able to redeem 95 per cent Of it. Gov
eminent lands open for free settlement
are becoming scarcer, but this enor-
nous tract still remains practically un-
touched, and simply waiting for the
touch of water to blossom. 1t is said
by those competent to judge that forty
acres of properly irrigated land in
Kansas or Colorado will furnish a
surer and a larger competency than
100 acres in the east.
The experience Of thousands of irri-
cation farmers has been practically
the same. They pay perhaps Sl25 or
So, or perhaps even S. an acre for their
land in an arid and entirely unpro-
ductive state. At an average cost OF
not more than 500 each of them puts
I'D a tower sixty feet in height and
surmCunted by a ~sixteen-fOot wind
mill. This windmill works an eight
or ten inch pump in a well twenty feet
deem. The water brought to the sur
face Is stored in a reservoir about sew
entv-fye feet in diameter, n winch
will cost another 800 to bNild. with
such a plant a man can irrlgate thor
oughlv at least ten acres Of land. II
he plants ten acres with alfalfa he Will
have water enough for twenty acres
in all. for the alfalfa needs to be lrrl-
gated onlv in the winter time, for its
long tap roots run down so deep below
the surface that they will find a suffi-
Gent supply of moisture even when the
surface Of the ground Is Il
hot.
In this way, with an expenditure Of
rot more than $3.50 for an ~irrtgating
nlant a man may raise the value OF
bic land from 81 or SO to $40 an acre,
this being a conservative average OF
tho value OF irrigated farming lands
along the Zines of railroad.
A few years ago there was a dig
hoom in the formation of huge lrriga-
ton companies. Many Of these ON
NAMES failed because the plants 'ney
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-11-07

There is more CGtarrh in this section OF the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed TO be
incurable. For o great many years doctors pro-
nounced ii a local disease, and prescribed local
remedieG, and by constantly failing TO cure
with local treatment, pronounced 1t incuraple
Science has proven catarrh TO be a eonstitu-
tional disease and therefore requires consu'
%tutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, man
ufacturedb by +. J. Cheney d Co, Toledo. ohio
is the only constitutional cure on the market
IL is taken internally In doses from 10 drops x
a teaspoonful II acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system They onel
one hundred dollars for any case IL fails TO cure
Send for circulars and testimonials. Address
f. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-11-07
The Car Had His Bath.

Apropos of the cars recent visit to
France, it is related hat only the pres
ence of mind of Nine. Loubet, wife of
the president of France, prevented a
sad contretemps. The imperial party
was staying at a country villa, and
when the hour for the cars morning
bath arrived the servants started to
prepare the tub. But the hot water
would not come. The servants twisted
the faucets this way and that, and
pounded on the pipes, but all to no pur-
rose. Finally, Nine. Loubet heard OF
the difficulty. She called several mer
servants, and hot water was sent from
the kitchen to the imperial tub in
buckets.-New York Commercial Ad-
y6rtiser. .
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-11-07
The Joys of AutomobiIiag.

Hail the new and dainty divinity thai
sits aloft: the Twentieth Century Char
ioteer! She has one DOT on the gong
one hand controls the steering gear, the
other moves the ever that starts OF
backs the auto. Her keen eyes scar tho
avenue for impediments; yet, withal
she has a witching glance for acquaint-
ances on foot or madam in her cob
drawn landau, and her airy persiiage
nevsr flags as her seat-mate interjects
remarks of admiration or wonder at the
psychic force that sets the whole en-
semble in motion.-Collier's Weekly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-11-07

anu Irrigation alone, has raised the
aiue VI some lands from 81 an acre to
pS many thousands OF dollars an acre.
W., ~ districts where rainfall is nor
na II IS declared that a modified sys-
tenn OF irrigation would be Immensely
rIoN'"oIe' because it would enable the
Inner 10 avoid the effects of the pro-
,olsgu oroughts and other abnormal
weather conditions.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-11-07
/, uERRY-GO-ROUND WIND
ENGINE.

,n.h has been accomplished al
/ i rtab and southern California
d their greatness as agricultural
r~,r,ries to the irrigation ditch. and
dozen places in Colorado great
.as Of land have been redeemed
, I'm the desert and made most pro-
svtiye farms. These great plants are
! rule controlled by large companies
.beb have invested Thousands in
hiding bitches and reservoirs and
4 I,heh furnish water to a multitude or
b,mers as gas Is furnished elsewhere.
1 \ western Kansas individual farmers
lave largely built their own irriga-
An plants. and in one corner Of the
Snaower State there are more than
Zoo windmill irrigation plants owned
II Individuals. But after all is said
bout the wonders which irrigation
las accomplished, the fact remains
tat the work still remaining is in
hitely greater. Roughly speaking,
Is said that there are now not much
more than 5000, 900 acres under irri-
alton, while the total area which it
/ estimated may be profitably brought
tnder irrigation, and which will not
Ne productive without it, is estimated
10 be over one hundred million acres.
As a fair example of what irriga-
ion viii do for a country and its peo-
lh, Rocky Ford, in the Arkansaw val
ky Of Colorado, may be cited. Men
Ell young have hunted buffaloes over
he site Of one of the greatest sugar
beet factories in the world. and in a
sngle year Rocky Ford sends TO mar
let 100000 sheep and 500 carloads of
melons. All this is due to irrigation,
and as a result land has increased in
value from S25 to $3.50 an acre.
In eastern Colorado, near the Kan
ss state line, the largest irrigation
system in the country has just been
tonpleted. 1t will furnish sufficient
water for 200. 900 acres of land, and
more than a million dollars has been
spent In It's construction. The system
consists Of five great reservoirs, cover
ing $4,000 acres of land. and provided
Win seven great canals and a number
q subsidiary bitches, with a total
ingth of more than 500 miles.
But even this irrigation system is
saurely dwarfed by the colossal work
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-11-07
The Cleansing Ball.

The following is an excellent cleans
ing ball to prepare for use on clothes
and woollen fabrics generally, says
What to Eat" Dissolve a bot of white
soap the size of an egg in enough 2lco-
hol to cover 1t. Mix in the yoilIs of
three eggs and a tablespoonful of oil Of
turpentine. Work in Fuller's earth Til
it becomes stiff enough to form into
balls and let them dry. When you
wish to remove a stain, moisten the
fabric with a little water, rub the ball
we'll in, let it dry and brush off the
powder. There are three classes OF
stains these balls cannot remove-ink,
iron rust and fruit stains. For ink,
pour over milk, and as it becomes dis
Colored absorb it with plotting paper.
Then wash out we'll with tepid water
and CASTLE soap. If on white goods,
lemon puice and common salt, often
renewed, and placed in the sun, are
most efficient.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-11-07

huiIt were built in the most expensive
wov nossible, because they were not
n]roperly planned and managed. and
aoauso thew failed to secure for resi-
dents ON their irrigated lands reSp i,
sible and intelligent farmers ana iru''
growers. largo irriga-
launched, most of them building ATTN. at the
sams time a great beet sugar factory,
whera the product of their irrigated
lands might find a quick and profitable
mnrsat The Rocky Ford factory pro-
ni MAJ last wear more than $4,000 tons
Of sugar, and every year increases 80
capacity. irrigation,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-11-07
The Nudity Cure.

There is a village in Austria, near the
Ardiatic, where the nudity cure is prac-
ticed. The debil!tated Inconsistencies,
the tired. etc, can so there, and, in the
costumes of Adam, expose themselves
to the air, the suns rays or the rain,
Thickets are carefully arranged to as
to cut off all view of the patients; a hat
and short trunk only are allowed. The
sexes are separated. Baths, massage,
gymnastics and games are INDUCED in,
and a strict vegetarian diet completes
the treatment.-Gazette Hopitaux.