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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
WITH STRING ATTACHED
Extent of Cuban Constitutional
Convention Concessions to
United States.

Havana, Feb. 23-The constitutional
conventions commission on relations
between the United States and Cuba
had a long consultation this morning,
afterwards comforting with delegates
to the convention. At a private meet
ing of the commission it was unani-
mously agreed that some form of reso-
lutions should be drawn up showing
the gratitude of Cuba to the United
States, but these resolutions it was
also admitted must be in conformity
with the views Of the people of Cuba
and such as not to endanger the SOW
ereignty of the republic.
The right Of the United States to
intervene for the preservation of peace
and the establishment and mainten-
ance of naval stations by the United
States were considered dangerous to
Cuban sovereignty and on these ques-
tions the difficulty hinges.
The commission agrees to the ac-
ceptance of the provisions of the treaty
of Paris with reference to the clause
giving the United States the right to
intervene only, however, when the
republics sovereignty is endangered
and the government is incompetent to
preserve the peace.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
BOTHA ASKS TERMS
Boer General Requests Meeting to
Arrange for General
Surrender.

London, Feb. 23-The Weekly Dis.
patch says it learns on good authority
that a special cabinet council was sum-
moned today to consider a telegram
from Lord Kitchener to the effect that
General Botha bad sent an emissary
to admit that he was out maneouvered
and asking for a meeting with a view
to arranging a general surrender.
The position of DeWet as a free booter
was the consideration Of Lord Kitch-
ener. who wired for clear instructions
regarding the terms of settlement.
Is General Kitchener sent General
Botha's officer back fixing 2 p. m to.
morrow as the date for a meeting.
Meanwhile the British commander is
completing operations by which he
hopes to catch DeWet.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
ONLY A STARTER
Postal Official Predicts Ultimate
Outcome Of Rural Free
Delivery.

Kansas, Feb. 23-Charles Hedges of
Washington, D. O.. assistant supe1in-
tendent of rural free delivery, ad-
dressed the annual convention of the
Missouri postmaster association to-
day Mr.. Hedges in the curse Of his
remarks gave assurances that rural free
delivery as an adjunct to the postal
service in the United States has come
to stay. cit is no longer an expert
ment," " said he. 1.-THE practical bene-
fits of the system have been SO we'll
demonstrated that 1t will be extended
and will become, not only a pe,ma-
nent, but one of the most important
features of the postal service"
Mr.. Hedges also predicted that in
carrying out the idea of rural free de-
livery, 1t would open the way for the
establishment of three other great pro-
jects connected with the postal service.
These are the postal telegraph, parcels
post and postal savings bank.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
ODDS AND ENDS
House Devotes Day to Disposing
of Various Minor
Matters.

Washington, Feb. 22-The house
devoted today to odds and ends of leg
islation. With the approach of the
end of the session members with small
bills Of various kinds have been be-
sieging Speaker Henderson for recog-
milton. For the past 10 days the pres
sure has grown steadily greater. To-
day, under an arrangement entered
into yesterday, a large number Of these
smaller bills in which members are
individually interested were passed.
An hour was devoted to unanimous
consent legislation and two hours and
a half each to the passage of private
claims, bills and private pension bills.
Nine bills were passed by unanimous
consent and 20 claim bills and 80 pen
sions were passed. Among the latter
was the senate bill to pension the
widow of the late General Henry w.
Lawton, who was killed in the Philip
pines. As the bill passed the senate it
carried 500 a month. The house cut
the amount down to $50 upon the rep
resentation that Mrs. Lawton enjoyed
a comfortable income.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
HAS NOT REPORTED
Wood Gives No Notification Con.
corning Receipt of Cuban
Constitution.

Washington, Feb. 22-The war de-
partment has not yet heard from Cen
eral Wood of the reception by him Of
the Cuban constitution, as reported
from Havana. It is not expected that
he will send it to Washington i'm
mediately. unless he can transmit
along with it some resolution. by the
constitutional convention defining the
relations that are to exist between the
United States and Cuba. The state
ment is made positively that it would
be idle and purposeless to transmit the
constitution as it stands and without
any provision for the hereafter, as be-
tween the two countries. 1t is now
manifest that it would be a physical
impossibility for the present congress
to act upon the subject of Cuba.
It has been decided that Secretary
Roots letter to the general outlining
the points of a proposition touching
the relation between the United States
and Cuba which he thinks would be
acceptable to this government will not
be given out for publication here. 1t
is said to have been communicated by
General Wood to the members of the
committee appointed by the constitu-
tional convention to deal with this
subject, but is regarded as confidential
at present.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
MORGAN SPRINGS SURPRISE
ON SENATE.
GETS CANAL BILL ON TOP
Succeeds in Temporarily Having
Measure Advanced as I'm
finished Business.

Washington, Feb. 23-The senate to-
day passed the bill which releases the
appropriation of S., 900, 900 for the
Louisiana purchase exposition at st.
Louis in 1908. It was amended by
providing IN appropriation OF $780,
600 fora government exhibit at the
Charleston exposition, to be held next
December. Before the bill passed
amendments were adopted closing
both expositions Sundays.
By a skillful parliamentary move
Senator Morgan forced the Nicaraguan
canal bill to the consideration of the
senate after that measure had been
sleeping for many weeks. By a close
reading of the proceedings yesterday
Morgan discovered that the oleomar-
garine bill had lost it's position as the
unfinished business of the senate, and
with the calendar thus cleared, the
Nicaraguan bill regained the status it
held owe two months ago as the I'M
finished business Of the senate. Nor
gan's discovery created something OF
a sensation and this was heightened
when the presiding officer sustained
his position and laid the canal bill be-
fore the senate.
Morgan's success was short lived,
however, as the fortifcation bill was
taken up, thus displacing the canal
bill, which with the oleomargarine
bill and the shipping bill takes it's
place on the calendar.
The day vas given to the fortified
ton and the army appropriation bills,
the former being passed. Considerable
personality wa INDUCED in during the
debates. Butler, North Carolina,
attacking the proposed purchase Of
Cushing's island in Portland, Me-,
harbor, as a ''job' and Pettigrew
criticising the appointment of sons and
nephews of senators and represent
atives as officers in the army.
The day closed with the euologies
of the late representatives Hoffecker
Of Delaware, Wise of Virginia and
Daily of New Jersey.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
SERIOUS COLLEGE ROW
Feud Between Rival Factions of
Students Leads to Shoot
ing Scrape.

Springfield, o., Feb. 22-The fued
between fraternity and nop-fraternity
students at Wittenberg college broke
out afresh early this morning and re-
suited in a sensational shooting
scrape. Harold Kopps of Richmond,
Ind, Roy Scherer of Nokomisa, Ills,
Geo. Myers OF this city, and other fra
ternity students tried to break into the
room of George H. McCord of Litch-
field, Ills, a non-fraternity man, to
''stock it." McCord fred through the
door, the bullet striking George Myers
in the leg, inficting only a flesh
wound. D..
Feeling runs high at the college to-
night and the faculty is investigating
the shooting.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
FACTS SLIGHTLY MIXED
Arrest of American Murderer by
Cuban Officers in South
Africa.

Naples, Feb. 23.-All the news.
papers of this city today print an item
to the effect that William Lloyd
Darrell" described as a former soldier
belonging to the Pennsylvania in
fantry and who is said to have killed
his captain and robbed him of $500
and then fled to the Transvaal, left
here Thursday on board the North
German LLOYD steamer Hohenzollern,
for New York in charge of a man,
who is described at Lieutenant W.
o. Deputy" Deputy is said to have
followed the prisoner, disguised as a
workman, and TO have caused his
arrest at Durham, Natal. 1t is further
asserted that on their arrival at
Naples. Deputy received q gift Or q re-
ward Of So, 900 from the United States.
Inquiries by the Associated Press at
Washington, Philadelphia and Harris
burg show that the man referred to in
the dispatch from Naples may pos
sibly be Lou Darrell, a first sergeant
Of the Seventh cavalry, charged with
the murder of Henry l.. Crouch, a
private of the same troop in Cuba, last
fall or summer. He fled to South
Africa, was found at Beira, Portuguese
East Africa, and vas surrendered by
the authorities there last October to
representatives of the Cuban govern
ment.
No reward is known to have been
offered for his capture, but there
might have been a reward offered
without the knowledge Of the Wash
ington officials.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
HARSH ON BRlST0W
Rathbone Charges Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General with
SURPRISING Facts.

Washington, Feb. 23-Two volumes
Of the testimony and exhibits in the
Cuban postal investigation were re-
ported to the senate today. They con
tain a statement by ex-Director Gene
raj Rathbone and E. P. Thompson,
postmaster Of Havana.
In reply to Fourth Assistant Post
master General Bristow's criticism
Rathbone says: "No opportunity was
given TO me to defend myself, or the
service which I had created, until the
second day before Bristow's depar-
ture. The scanty time then available
was devoted by Bristow almost ex-
clusively in the effort to find some in
eliminating evidence against Perry S.
Heath, first assistant postmaster gene
raj, or myself
He asserts that P. S. Bristow,
chief clerk in the Havana office, signed
warrant No. 7,O87 for $412, 900, which
General Bristow charged him, Rath-
bone, with signing. Another transac-
tion charged as a dereliction against
him, is, he says, c%hargeable to j. W.
Irwin, a subordinate of General Bris-
tow.
He says that Auditor Lawshe and
not Perry s. Heath was responsible
for the appointment of DR.. W. Ii.
Reeves to a place in the Cuban service.
He charges Bristow with suppress.
sing important parts of his, Rath
bones testimony.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
MAKING IT NATIONAL
Chicago Anti Cigarette League Is
Working for a Larger
Organization.

Chicago, Feb. 23-The Chicago anti
cigarette league has taken the initial
i've in the formation Of a national
organization, through which it is
hoped that prohibitive bills now pend
ing before state legislatures may be
aided to final passage. A meeting of
all who favor this object has been
called to be held at the Palmer house,
Thursday, February 80, and Friday,
March |, when it is hoped such an
organization will be perfected.
A banquet will be held Thursday
evening for which a number of prom
iDent workers have been invited to
speak. Among these are, Willis Moore,
head Of the United States weather
bureau; Andrew j. Hit, general SUI
pe~rintendent of the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific Railway company;
Doctor Nicholas Sem and Reverend P.
S. Hensen of the First Baptist church
Of this city. 1t is also expected that
John Wannamaker of Philadelphia and
others of equal prominence will give
their views and moral support to the
undertaking.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
sCHEMED FOR FREEDOM.

Lincoln, Feb. 23-Search of the con-
vict's cell at the state ~penitentiary
revals, according to a statement made
tonight by prison off clals, a plot for
wholesale delivery of convicts. Saws.
fashioned from tools in the shops,
chisels, keys to fit locks and a revolver
with cartridges were found secreted
in different cells, most of them i'll
quarters occupied by A. Beard, a bank
robber under a six year sentence,
whom Warden Davis regarded as the
leader. Unusual privileges to con-
victs, the recent change of wardens
and guards permitted the making and
s%ecreting of the implements.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
HANNA AT DOVER.

Philadelphia, Feb. 22-The Evening
Telegraph says: United States Sena-
tor Hanna arrived at Broad street sta.
tion this afternoon, en- route to Dover.
He intends to take a hand in the sena-
torial fight now pending in Delaware.
Senator Hanna's departure from
Washington vas hurried by the sensa-
tional bribery charges, and also by the
fact that. if the deadlock is allowed
toremain unbroken the legislature
will adjourn without a choice. He re-
fused to discuss his visit.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
ENEMIES HAVE ADOPTED NEW
COURSE.
TRY TO REACH PRESIDENT
Both Houses Flooded with Copies
Of Decision in Nc
Kenzie Case.

Minneapolis, Feb. 23-A Journal
special from Washington says. Judge
Geary of San Francisco and @. A.
Severance of st. Paul, counsel for
Alex. Mckenzie, reached Washington
yesterday evening and they are busy
today drawing up the necessary papers
to be filed in the supreme court Mon
day for a writ of habeas corpus in the
Mckenzie case. s
Brewster, son-in-law of Judge Lacey
Of Iowa. is very busy for the anti
Noyes and anti-McKenzie people, and
has been seeing leading members in
the interest of Noyes' peremptory dis
missal from the bench. He has had a
long interview with Senator Hanna
and Perry S. Heath, chairman and
secretary, respectively, of the republi-
can national committee, hoping
through them to reach President Nc
Kinley.
The anti-Noyes people in this city
have been distributing among mem
bers of congress copies of the opinion
of the San Francisco court of appeals
in the Mckenzie case and for fear that
the members may overlook the ''red
hot" sections of the decision in which
Noyes is held up to condemnation,
these sections are published separately
on little sticke1s, which are pasted on
the front page Of the cover of the de-
cision.
The printed copies carrying the
stickers were distributed in the house
and the senate yesterday.
The copies of the decision were
issued in San Francisco by order OF
the court.
Mckenzie has been charged with all
costs Of the contempt proceedings,
which means he must pay this print
ing bill.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
RIOTING FOR BREAD.

Rome, Feb. 23-As a result Of poor
crops and heavy snow fall great mis-
cry, exists in the Apula districts.
Thousands of persons are without shelf
er or bread. Two thousand persons
attacked the local authorities, assail-
ing them with stones and other
missiles and troops were sent to the
scene to preserve order and at the
same time to render whatever assist
ance they could. It is feared that
trouble is imminent, similar to that
which occurred two years ago when
the inhabitants invaded a number of
estates to work without consent of the
owners.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
HIS OLD SELF.
Edwards Appearance in Public Creates
Much Enthusiasm.

Much Enthusiasm.
London, Feb. 23-King Edward
boarded a train at Charring Gross sta
ton at l o'clock tonight for Port
Elizabeth, where he will embark on
the royal yacht Victoria and Albert
for Flushing, en- route for Cronburg,
where he goes topay a visit to Dow
ager Empress Frederick. His majesty
wore the service uniform of an adj
mira1 Of the feet. He was accom-
danied only by Sir Francls Laking,
Captain Ponsonby and Captain Watch,
formerly commander OF the royal
yacht.
Though the drive from Marlborough
house to the station was made without
an escort, the route was lined with
people who cheered vociferously. For
the first time since his accession, his
majesty seemed himself, bowling and
smiling on either side, Many of the
spectators exclaimed, "The same old
PRINCE" as his majesty's appearance
once more appealed to the crowds as
the jovial prince of former years.
The royal yacht is under orders to
sail at + O'Clock tomorrow morning.
She will be escorted by the cruisers
Australia and Severn. No guard Of
honor will be mounted, o will any
salutes be fred upon her departure
from Port Elizabeth.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
GOVERNOR DEMANDS VETER-
ANS PENSION pITTANCE.
vETOEs BILL FOR RELIEF
Says to Repeal Present Law
Would Be Treating State
Unfairly.

Special to The Daily Gazette.
Helena, Feb. 23-Governor Toole
announced his first veto today by dis
approving of house bill No. 10, which
prohibits the management of the state
soldiers home from using any part of
the pensions received by inmates of
the institution at Columbia Falls.
The governor in a message addressed
to the house took occasion to give q
eason for his veto. Under the present
rules, two-thirds of all pensions re-
ceived by inmates is paid to the home
management, provided that in no case
shall the pensioner be left with less
than 81 a month. The board of man
ayers of the home opposed the bill,
and Governor Toole says that he be-
lieves the measure would have been
unfair to the state
Some of the &. A. R. costs of the
state urged the governor to veto the
bill, which was evidently introduced
in the interest OF Columbia Falls mer-
chants and saloon keepers.
The senate by the decisive vote of
II to 5 defeated the bill introduced by
Mahon, which sought to repeal the
famous house bill No. 1874 of the last
session, relating to injunction.
Other proceedings Of the senate
were embarrassing.
The house did little beyond hearing
some committee reports. Both bodies
adjourned till Monday after the joint
ballot, which was held early to per-
NIT many of the members to 60 home.
Frank gained one vote today in B.
J. Fine, who has been voting for Mac
Ginnis.
The sentiment is that dissolution Of
the deadlock seems as far away as
ever, although many predict an cleo
tion early next week. Claims of this
sort have been current every Saturday
night and no one attaches much i'm
portance to them.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
SUBSTITUTE MINING BILL.

Washington, Feb. Ex-senator
Ste wart, from the committee on mines
and mining, today reported a substi-
tute for the mining bill heretofore in
troduced by himself. The substitute
prohibits any person from locating a
mining claim, lode OF placer for any
other person, corporation or %associa-
tion. The substitute also authorizes
the purchase from the government of
land believed to be oil land at the
price of "a. so per acre.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
CHINESE ATTACK GERMANS.

Tien Tsen, Feb. 23.-Several hum
dred imperial Chinese troops attacked
so Germans, west Of Pao Ting Flu,
February 81. The Germans were
hard pressed and fought a real guard
action, and eventually drove the
Chinese back. The Germans had one
killed ard seven wounded. It is es-
timated that the Chinese lost 200 in
killed and wounded.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26

consular appropriation bills, were
passed by the senate today. During
the greater part of the session a prop
osition to discontinue the a%ppropria-
tions for fast mail facilities from New
York to New Orleans via Atlanta, and
from Kansas City, Mo-, to Newton,
Kans., was under discussion. While
the debate was ~protracted, it was not
particularly lively. BY a decisive
vote the senate continued the approri-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
TIME TABLE,
Billings, Mont.
|2iE9laR
KANSAS CITY,
ST.. LOUIS,
SAN
OMAHA,
CHICAGO.
ST. JOSEPH,


SALT LAKE,
and all points east. south and west.
TRAINS ARRIVE AND DEPART AS Follow
No ~. Passenger, daily, Chicago, st.
Louis, Kansas CITY, st. Jo-
seph, Atchison, Omaha, Lin
coin. Denver, California, Col
orado and Texas points.
Leave 1l:50 2. m
No. Al. Passenger, daily from above
points. Arrive ........... ISIS am
No. ~. Freight. daily, Sheridan and
intermediate points. Leave, : 1000 am.
No. Is. Freight, daily, from Sheridan
and intermediate points.
Sleeping. dining and reclining chair
cars (seats free) on through trains
Tickets sold and baggage checked tc
any point in the United States or Can
ada.
For information, maps, tables and tick.
cts call on or address J.. L. Harrington,
Agent, H. B. Segur, General Agent, Bill
ings, Mont. or J. Francis, General Pas.
senger Agent. Omaha. Neb.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
YOUTHFUL HERO.

Versailles, Ind, Feb. 23.-George
James and his four young daughters
were burned to death in their farm
house, four miles from Versailles,
early today. Mrs. James and another
daughter were. away from home. A
son 10 years old made a desperate
effort to get his father and sisters
from the burning house, but failed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
MRS. N

Washington, Feb. 22-Mrs. Charles
W. Fairbanks, wife of the senior sena-
tor from Indiana, has been elected
president general of the national soci-
ETY. of the Daughters of the Revolu-
ton. The balloting for national Off
GERS occurred yesterday, but the result
was not announced till this morning.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
CoNFEREEs WILL AGREE.

Washington, Feb. 22-The conferees
on the Wal revenue reduction bill put
in q good days work and at the close
Of the conference, while unwilling to
make any statement, let the fact be
known that danger of the failure of
the bill had gone by and that an agree
mont was being brought about slowly.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
CONGER TO. RETURN.

Washington, Feb. .23. = Minister
Conger will leave Pekin Immediately
for this country on a 60 days leave
OF absence. Commissioner Rookhill
will have full power to conduct the
negotiations now in progress. Con-
ger returns on his own initiative.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
sLEIGHING PARTY KILLED.

Goshen, Ind, Feb. 23-Three per-
SOM were instantly killed here this
evening and several injured by a Wa
bash westbound passenger train run
ming into a sleigh filed with people.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
TWO GREAT BILLS PASSED.

Washington, Feb. 22-Two of the
great supply bills Of the government,
the postofioe and the diplomatic and
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
MACGINNIS rs SHY.

Helena, Feb 23..-The vote on sena-
tor today YVES: Mantle, %; Frank,
80; MacGinnis, 20; Cooper, z; Toole,
4; Conrad, 1; Clements, l..
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
STATESMAN IN DISGRACE.

New York, Feb. 22-Ex-State Sena-
tor Whiteman. formerly of Duluth,
has been arrested here on the charge
of grand larceny.