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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-15
E SENTENCED.
Commandment Letter With Other Cap
tured Cape Rebels.

Middle5urg, Cape Colony, Oct. II.
Sentence of death has been passed
upon Commandant Lotter, Cape rebel,
whose commando, composed almost.
wholly Of rebels, was captured by
Major Scobel, south Of Petersburg
early last month. Lord Kitchener has
confirmed the sentence. Five of Lot
ter's comrades have been sentenced
to the penitentiary for life. One, a
youth, has been sentenced to twenty
strokes of the rod to be followed by
imprisonment until the close of the
war.
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JOHN BLACK DIES UNDER SUS-
P1CIoUs CIRCUMSTANCES.
The VICTIM Of POISON
Mrs. Black and Man Named Angel
in Jail Charged with Ad-
ministering the Drug.

Standard Bozeman Special: AS a
sad sequel to the poisoning case
which happened on Camp Creek last
Friday, John Black, one of the vic
Tins and a rich rancher, is cold in
death and his wife and Fred Angel
are in the county Jail, being held on
suspicion of having murdered him.
The facts surrounding the affair, as
far as can be a~scertained until the
c%oroner's inquest is held, are as fol-
lows: John Black and his wife and
Ira Delong went up to Blacks ranch,
near Camp Creek, last Friday. Among
other things they took with them was
canned OK tail, which Mrs. Black made
into soup. After eating of the soup
the two men, Black and belong, were
seized with a deathly sickness and
vomiting. Black became so ill that he
was brought to town, where DIR.
Chambliss attended him. belong is
still sick.
Feeling much better, Mr.. Black re-
turned to his home near S~alesville
Sunday afternoon. Tuesday DR.. Cham
bliss was sent for. When he saw Mr..
Black the doctor was suspicious some
thing was not just right, as Black
was very sick. Yesterday morning
the doctor went out again very early
in the morning and reached the Black
home when not expected.
Upon entering the house he found
Mrs. Black and Angel in. one room
and John Black in bed in another.
Black was breathing about eigth
times to the minute, and was evident
ly suffering from the effects Of NOR
phine. Mrs. Black made the remark,
ooh, doctor, Mr.. Black is so much
better this morning"
When he viewed his patient he saw
that Mrs. Black was wrong. The doc
tor gave Black attention and then
went out for Andy Anderson, a farm
hand, and told him to attend to Black
while he went to Salesville to see an
other patient. He went to Alexander
Black, Johns brother, and told him
his suspicious, and the two came
back.
In the meantime Mrs. Black and
Angel had sent Anderson out of the
house, and it is thought gave John
Black another dose of morphine. After
some resistance on the part of Mrs.
Black the sick man was taken to town
by his seemingly loving wife, arriving
here late in the evening.
Instead of taking him to n of the
hospitals, as directed by DR.. Cham
bliss, she took him to the Central
beer hall, a common lodging house,
and then sent for DR.. Safely, who,
when he came, discovered Black was
evidently close to DEATH DR.. Safely
ordered Black taken to DR.. Chambliss'
sanitarium, where he died about IL
o'clock last night.
After Black had been removed to
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-15
PROF. VIRCHOW'S AND PAUL
KRUGER'S.
ATTRACT PUBLIC ATTENTION
German Papers Comment with Sym
pathy on the Two Years Strug-
gle in South Africa.

Berlin, Oct. 1.-THE name of Prof.
Virchow was on all lips today, the
civilized world paid homage to him,
and the papers were full of comments
on his life and achievements. The
Vossische Zeitung says:
Capital prepares holidays which
are seldom celebrated, but delegates
from all countries will be here Sun
day to congratulate Prof. Virchow, the
octogenarian, sound in body and
mind. (Virchow was born October 10,
1929 There is no ration and no
city which has not mentioned admir-
ingly and thankfully his accomplish
ments for the glory of Germany and
the benefit of mankind. All fields of
medical science have been influenced
by him and all physicians on both
sides Of the ocean are his disciples
His name is second to none. There
fore, the dignitaries of science gather
and honor themselves in honoring
their we'll deserving leader"
The climax of the celebration will
be the congratulatory ceremonies
this evening in the hall of the lower
diet. They will last until midnight.
Most of the newspapers here re-
ferred feelingly to Mr.. Kruger's birth
day. The papers also comment with
sympathy on the two years war,
pointing out that the remarks of the
British war secretary, Mr.. Broderick,
and the chancellor of the exchequer,
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, furnish
proof of the desperate situation of
the British and shows there is still
hope for the Beers. The Dutesche
Zeitung closes an article on the sub
ject as follows: "The whole civiliz-
ed world thinks of the Beers with
pride and hopes for intercession. Our
hearts greeting and our thoughts are
with the aged Kruger, who has lost
his wife and favorite son., and with
the iron willed Steyne and Botha and
the other heroic fighters"
The Kreuze Zeitung %eulogizes the
heroism of the Beers in the following
words: Consider the moral momen-
tum of the desperate struggle of the
pastoral tribes with the great power.
Even the struggle of Netherlands
against Spain can not be compared
with it. They (the Spaniards) were
never ten to one as is the case in
South Africa"
Though England wastes millions
and sends armies against them, the
Beers resist and in fact, they gain
ground. The question is raised be.
yond the channel how will it end?
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JEWELRY AND BONDS STOLE.
Car Inspector Arrested-Most Of Prop
erty Recovered.

Ithaca, N. Y, Oct 11.-Charles Nor
ris, car inspector for the Lehigh Val
ley railroad, was arrested today charg-
ed with theft of bonds, jewelry and
other property valued at $4,000, be-
longing to Mrs. Denman Thompson
and Mrs. Franklin Thompson of the
Old Homestead company. Arrest
was made while Norris was acting as
Inspector in an election booth. Most
of the property including 100000
worth of bonds, has been recovered.
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PROVE TO BE BETTER THAN
EXPECTED.
GENERAL WOODS REPORT
Conduct Of Troops in Cuba Excel
lent-Few Compliments
Are Heard.

Washington, Oct. 12-The wal de-
partment has made public the annual
report of Major General Leonard
Wood, commanding the department of
Cuba, for the last fiscal year.
A preceding report treated of the
civil administration of the island.
This report deals with military af-
fairs entirely.
General Wood says the general con-
duct of the American troops in Cuba
continues to be excellent, and, as
heretofore, complaints against them
from civil authorities and individuals
are extremely rare.
The total number of deaths of Of
ficers and enlisted men during the
yea was 81, a percentage of less than
1.25.
Yellow fever has been almost driv-
en- from the island, owing to the en-
ergetic war upon the mosquitoes and
the sanitary precautions adopted.
However, during the past summer
five officers of General Woods staff
were taken i'll with yellow fever, and
three of them died. Among the head
quarters employees there were 4S VIC
Tins to yellow fever, with II deaths.
General Wood devotes a good part
of his report to a statement of the
results attending the tests of the artil-
lery in Notifications left by the Span
ish, and summarizing these he says:
"The behavior of the guns and car
-riages was rather better than was ex-
pected by the artillery officers"
The old canteen issue is revived in
this report through a sub-report furn-
ished by the inspector-general. He
says "the canteen was a great COM
fort to the soldiers in Cuba. who were
deprived Of many Of the comforts af-
forded him at home. The elimina-
ton of beer from the exchange has
worked a hardship on the soldier and
has been detrimental to good order
and military discipline"
Colonel Burton has some interesting
concentrations to submit, based
upon the experience of the Ameri-
can soldier in Cuba. For instance,
: he says the cavalry pistol is too small
in calibre, it has no stopping power,
though it carries unnecessarily far.
The generals recommendation is that
the calibre be increased above As
rather than decreased, and given a
range of IS or 100 yards for effective
work. Except for it's shock action
the pistol is of little service. The
Gle enamel, as should also other met
al parts Of the equipment to resist
rust, which rapidly destroys steel and
iron in Cuba.
The cavalry boot is stunned by all
soldiers, and it is recommended that
it be abandoned. The khaki leggings
are unsatisfactory; they bunch at the
ankle, and are not durable, and must
be laced too tight. If a Logging is to
be worn at all it should be an English
leather Logging. The campaign hat
has no proper place in the army
in tropical climates. At any rate it
should be made of much better mater.
ial and lighter. Finally, Colonel Bur.
ton recommends a complete revision
of the cavalry drill regulations, which
are severely criticised.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-15
RUSSIAN SUGAR.
Collector Stone Upheld in Amount of
Tariff Collected.

Baltimore, Oct. 12-Judge Morris of
the United States circuit court today
sian sugar bounty case, UNFOLDING the
action of Collector Stone in levying
an extra tariff duty of 20 cents a hun
dred pounds on sugar imported to
this country from Russia by Robert
e. Downs, a commission merchant of
this city.
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Monument Unveiled.

Chicago, Oct. PA monument to
Lief Erickson, the intrepid Norwegian
navigator, was unveiled today in HUM
boldt park. Notwithstanding a driz-
cling rain, thousands of sons and
daughters Of Norway attended the
ceremony and Joined in singing the
national songs of the ~fatherland.
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Passes Will Be Good.

Chicago, Oct. 11.-Railway passes
will not be abolished December 81
next. The plan to wipe out of exist
ance vas killed at a meeting here
today of the executive officials of west
ern roads.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-15
Acquitted.

Denver, Oct. 11-Ernest Seton.
Thompson, the noted writer on wild
animals and John Golf, guide, who
were arrested by Game Warden Rush
in Rio Blanco county, charged with
violating the game laws were acquit-
ted on trial of the case at Meeker.
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Anniversary Presents.

Hilversum, Netherlands, Oct. IL
Kruger today received many gifts and
anniversary of the declaration of war
in South Africa.
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are negotiated, and that meanwhile
the Chinese shall collect an. octroi
equivalent to the thansit dues Of 81
per cent on goods not paying the lat
ter.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21
EXPOSED BY A MOUSE.
Woman Who Claimed to Be Blind
Suddenly Yelled,

Just why some women stand In NOR
tai terror OF q harmless little mouse,
though ready TO face suffering and real
danger with calmness and fortitude not
often found IN members Of the other
sex, Is mystery which IL likely TO
retain all Of It's present-day impenetra-
billy A certain oculist In town has
given a good deal of study Of this and
other unaccountable ways OF women.
Not long ago he had splendid chance
TO see how easily a woman can be
thrown from her poise at sight Of the
little rodent named A young woman
wearing colored glasses and accom-
panied by her mother called To consult
him. They wanted from him a certih-
cate of total blindness, frankly declar-
ing that such a document would secure
for the daughter certain aids and adj
vontages not otherwise procurablc.
They came to him, they said because
OF his professional prominence,
The oculst examined the girls eyes
closely but could find no indication Of
defect. That might be 80 and blind
ness elll exist, however, so tests of
The strongest light were brought into
use, but the girl declared she was alb
oblutely unable TO distinguish between
llght and darkness. Other tests, some OF
them quite painful, were also tried, but
all were borne with patience. Thu
doctor was puzzled To all appearances
the girl was blind, but he could not find
where the defect lay However, he was
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DEsERnr EVENING NEWS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9l 1901.

and arbitrary exercise Of power respect
Ing water rights and rates have made
irrigation ia some states difficult and
have given rise 70 legal and even physi-
cal contests, but that Is largely because
no general attempt has been made to
secure q large and permanent supply
Exactly how comfy between states IL
TO be secured Win depend on Congress,
II may be needful TO revise the Constl-
tuition before we can reclaim the desert,
Then let II be- revised No Issue before
the nation Is 80 Important
We cannot say IN our oasy, scornful
fashion that these are matters that
concern only pOsterl'y Ppstenty Is our
own flesh and blood, ANA he WhO would
c0nsign that TO any diAadYantage " a
barbarian, The moral and material
prosperity and political power Of the
American people depend on its dis
placement from foul dense oenters OF
population and lts easier diffusion Owe,
healthul spaces Of country with the
arid regions of the West under control
and IN process OF reclamation, we shan
be able TO offer home TO every lacking
citizen ana add Immensely to our hue
man resources. We shall moreover be
doing that which It Is providence
Of this republic TO do, and that rs to
show to other nations the way 20 a
larger wcSlth, larger health and a
manler state,
a patriot. man Of genius, man Of
eastern culture and Of western expert
once Is President of the United States
lie could slgnallze hts administration
IN no greater and In no more excellent
way than by Identifying it with the
beginnings Of the great work and Of
the great duty Of retaining the West
on the lines the Eagle sets forth today.
brooklyn Eagle
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21
FRlrKS MUSHROOMS.
MlllOnoire's Beds supply His own
Table aud His Friends.

Henry G, FHck, millionaire ronmas-
tor who once told some Of the secrets
OF the Carnegie company that excited
popular sympathy a9 demonstrating
how difficult It ig 70 make both ends
meet IN iron ana 8t2el making Is q
great lover Of mushrooms, ana o high
ly successful cultiyator OF them, 100.
Nor does be eat himself all that he
raises. Last Saturday about forty
pounds OF The edible fungi from his
beds in the Homestead district were
distributed by Mr. FrIck among his
friends, a dinner consignment or two
reaching the tahlcg OF New Workers
one OF these said last night up at the
Metropolitan club that these mush-
rooms were the first fine yield Of this
season from the Frick bod8 and that
they were simply "out-of-sight"
These mushroom beds Of Mr., Frick.
explained his friend. "huye been built
as lower hunks In wing Of the new
annex to his Homestead conseryatoriea.
The hunks are shut out from Wow by
closely buttoned Zap OF black oil
cloth dependent from the frame. The
upper frame Is filled with plants that
thrive IN the mushroom temperature
such as cyclamcn, lilies and roses WIS.,
itois at the conservatorles never dream,
as they wander down this wing admir-
ing the bloom, that concealed by the
strong black curtain are the mushroom
clusters In all stages Of development" %,
In charge, as head gardener Is David
Frazier, while an assistant OF his named
Mccall Is the special caretaker Of the
mushrooms. For more than thirty years
Mccall was a successful mushroom
grower for the English markets
The Prick cultures are separated into
three seasons one crop sown two
months ago has been yielding mush-
rooms for ten or fifteen days past; a
second crop will be ready for mldwln-
ter, and a third will appear FOR con-
sumption In March After that the cul-
ture is abandoned, owing to the pres
ence OF slugs and grub-worms,
There are three feet or so Of SOIL
loan and compost-in the hunks, Tho
temperature OF the bed Is kept at about
100 degrees at the time Of sowing the
Spawn" as the thread-lke plant Is
called This spawn comes from Eng
land in compressed bricks and Is torn
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half disposed TO grant the desired cer-
tilcate when something In the girls
manner-a slight relaxation In ngld-
ity of the facial eyprcssNcn- caused him
TO try one more experiment. He dis
missed the patient with instructions 10
can ON Che following day, giving him
time TO prepare hls plan.
when the glrl arrived at The time an.
pointed the doctor had her securely
blindfolded with u heavy bnndagc
Theu he held up live mouse by the lail
about foot from her face and told his
assistant TO remove the bandage The
moment tho obstruction Was removed
the girl screamed with fright ot the
wriRglng rodent and splang 10 the
other side OF the ROOM completely
thrown of her guard ana exposed as a
would be sWindltr The doctor was so
much pleased with the success of his
experiment. that he allowed her to 60
without police cacort-Chlcago Chronl.
ole
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Americas high destiny justices the
extension of its principles over new
lands; 1t justlhes the accesslons Of
alien territory and the preachment to
strange peoples Of doctrines which VIII
lift them out Of baTbarism and idle
ness; but, surely, II calls for the re-
demption Of her own territory before
any other thing, OF our country but
a small part is inhabited Nearly a
third of It on the farther side Of tho
Missouri is so thinly settled that whole
states do not compare In population
with single cities in the'east, and vast
areas are not habitabe under present
conditions. We can add hundreds OF
thousands OF square miles to our hab-
table domain by converting the arid
region to fertility. And albeit there
was time when proposition of that
sort would have been as awe inspiring
as the turning OF the Atlantic into the
Sahara. the experiences of the past
score of years have shown 1t to be en-
tirely feasible,
We have on our tables every sum-
mer Colorado melons They are the
present standard Of excellence, They
were grown in a region In which, ac-
cordng 10 an old government report,
no human being could long exist, save
the Indian who lived by hunting ami
mails that have since disappeared.
There Is an immense significance In
that fact II gows that the desert is
not all desert; that much Of II can be
reclaimed as the farms OF Colorado
have been reclaimed from the sur
rounding waste of alkali, sand and
sage brush. Even the desert Of the
southwest, the most forbiddlng corner
Of the earth has yielded Itself TO the
gracious influence Of water, and In
spots where once the winds caught up
the sands and whirled them IN ghostly
yet sitting columns across the race OF
the earth, the grass grows high roses
bloom and stately palms mingle their
shade with that Of declduous trees In
the east we are sweeping away our
forests, mile on mile, DISCRIMINATING
the spruce. the pine and poplar, to feed
the saw and pulp mills, and are thereby
exposing the soil TO the blaze OF lhe
sun, destroying the vegetable mold,
converting the hills to eminences OF
rock that are washed bare by rains
instead of storing them and causing
the country to suffer from extremes OF
drouth In summer and from floods In
spring, But Il is hopeful Of he future
OF the country that while this d2yasta-
ton goes on in the older states the
newer ones are applying the scientific
correction Of these evils aud are even
aiding nature in planting. Eastern
rivers are shrinking and western ones
will gain. Parts of New England are
threatened with desertion, while the
West grows. The men OF the West
had TO confront the conditions that we
are slowly creating in the East,a they
proyed themselves equal TO the TASK
In overcoming the difficulties they de-
yeloped a splendid race. II has peen
n matter OF surprise TO the investiga-
TORS TO find that arid land was the best
land. The desert has not parted with
rs stores Of nutritious matter, aug
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h-,.,,A HE Danish West Indies have
come into public notice ON ac-
count Of the negotiations now
acutey being carried On be-
IA tween the United States and
the Danish government by
which the three islands st Thomas,
81. John and ST. Croix-a likely 10 be-
come the possessions Of the United
states at lower price than this coun-
try was willing to pay for them many
years ago.
The islands cover about l27 square
miles, and the population is estimated
at about 10000 Denmark has been the
possessor Of the islands since 1911, but
they have never been great source OF
revenue. and for many years II has cost
Denmark much money in excess Of the
revenue to maintain them. A former
resident of Charlotte Amalle, the larg-
est place on the island Of st. Thomas,
in speaking Of the sentiment Of the poo.
people as TO annexation, said
"The white population and nearly all
the sugar producers are in favor of an
nexatlon, but the blacks are opposed to
the scheme There are comparatively
few whites on the islands, not more
than Is per cent Of the population. The
blacks are OF q superior class, ana nav
ing the same rights and privileges as
the whites, they naturally fear that
their condition would suffer If they be-
came American citizens. There is no
such thing as color line there. Educa-
ton is compulsory and all the children
white and black, go TO school between
the ages Of Z and 70. In the churches
there Is also an absence Of all dlstno-
ton as TO color, and there is certainly
no line drawn In business. The Dane
recognizes man for his worth, and
never thinks of excluding his neghbor
from social, business or religious funo-
lions because Of his color In the COLI
onial council at ST. Crolx there are two
black men, and they i'll the places with
credit TO themselves and to the salts
faction of their associates lntermar-
liage between natives and whites Is
nothing unusual. and clergymen Of the
various denominations never refuse to
perform the marriage ceremony be-
tween white ana black men and women.
"There seems to be a misunderstand-
ing in the United States as to the lan-
guage used by the people In the Danish
West Indies. The fact is that everybody
speaks English and although the oill-
cial language Is Danish, English Is used
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they would be preferable to the birds
I'm more than one way lnasmuch as
they could hardly be intercepted, and Ii
would certainly be out OF the question
for the most shllful marksman to hit
such carrier OF intelligence
As for their size ana small carrying
power a bee could transport a good
deal of freight I'm the shape NJ docn-
mcnts, II the latter were transferred by
mlcro-photography TO a minute piece of
paper
This piece Of paper might be fastened
to the Insects back and on the arrival
of the little messenger at It's destina-
tion the writing could easily be en-
largcd.
The homing instinct Of the bee Is az
strong as that OF a pigeon, and Its
method OF finding its way TO It's hive
Is the same as that whereby the bird
gets back to It's cote from great dis
tance. Buffalo Courier