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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-17

Clerk .tickerts of the supreme court
Las refused to accept as good and
sufficient the bond 4or $4,000 fur
nished by the Delaware Surety COM
pany for Heinze in one of his numer-
GUS mining suits. Investigation con-
WINGED the clerk that the bond was
not as good as it pretended and that
in case an attempt were made to col
lect on it difficulty might be expected.
In other words, he was not satisfied
with the responsibility Of the CON-
pany and thought it was too closely
related to the man who offered it, as
it appears to be made up of men who
in some way or another sustain per
sonal relations to the principal. Re-
search revealed the fact that though
authorized under the laws of the state
OF Delaware, the company has no
property in the state, and while it's
authorized capital is a million dollars,
only about two thousand dollars are
recorded as having been paid in. AS
Mr.. Heinze has shown himself to be
a very resourceful gentleman, the lit
tie setback he has received will prob
ably not prevent him from making
another effort to secure the needed
bona to prosecute his litigation
against the Boston & Montana COM
pany.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-17
BRYAN is ~"PECULIAR."

Senator Vest has announced his re-
tirement from politics at the conclu-
sion of his present senatorial term.
He say he will be 73 years old when
that time comes and feels that he is
entitled to a little rest and respite
from public life and it's exactions. In
the same statement announcing his
determination to retire he also mad
some others pertaining to men of his
party now more or less prominently
before the people of the nation. He
said Arthur P. German and Carter H.
Harrison were his choice for demo-
cratic nominees for president and vice.
president respectively. While men,
tioning Harrison as his preference for
the vice-presidential nomination, the
senator did not seem to overlook the
fact that other people have different
ideas and notions, for he said that if
the next democratic convention were
to be held at the present time he felt
certain the second place on the tick
ct would go to Olney. The mention
of Francis and Bailey was character
lied as nonsense. There would be no
politics in nominating men from sure
democratic states, he said, although
he conceded that Francis is a strong
man.
AS to Bryan and Hill the old gentle
man was plain and outspoken in his
depreciation Of the idea of consider
ing them as available candidates. He
declared that the New Yorker could
not carry his own state. Tammany
would never support him. Bryan he
simply considered out of the question
as the nominee for 1904. To state it
mildly and give as little offense as
possible to the relatives of the dead,
the M%issourian here checked himself
and contented himself by simply re-
marking that Bryan is "a peculiar
nam The next sentence was lot so
considerate, for Vest declared that it
was hard work for him to swallow the
AVN ohoA Ill LOVU. L1C1S Guy luL1u1dI-
ing that a future attempt to force the
same morsel down his throat might
meet with resistance of the hardest
kind and an absolute refusal to comply
with the party's third demand that he
immediate himself to the danger of
eternally impairing his digestion and
forever ruin his cfonach
The following is probably intend,
ed as an explanation of what Vest
considers as constituting Bryan a "pe-
culiar' man. He said: 81 think a
nan should not always under all con-
ditions, stand for a certain policy
merely because he has once been in
favor of it," Vest gives evidence of
his sincerity in advocating a change
of policy when the times and condi-
lions are such that the old policy Is
no longer adapted to the changes that
time and conditions work. He has
renowned many of the things and
principles for which he once contend
ed and for that reason is no longer in
accord with Bryan and the element of
the party which still accepts it's poll.
tics from the eminent Nebraskan.
The difference between the two is that
Vest is progressive, while the others
are retrogressive and rea%ctionary.
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-17

The dispatch Sent out a few nights
ago from Helena that all gambling
had ceased in the state suggests two
possibilities: Either the sender is
possessed of a wonderful amount Of
credulity, or the Mole st. Nicholas
liar has concluded to spend the sum-
in the bracing atmosphere Of
Montana's capital.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-17

and his party realize that the presi-
dents first duty unoer the circum-
stances is to his wife and they honor
him all the more for showing that
while president he is still more the
husband and protector of her whom
he selected as his lifelong companion.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-17
PARTIALLY BLINDED,
Governor Nash Suffering from Effects
Of Poison Oak,

governor Nash Suffering from Effects
Of Poison Oak.
San Francisco, May 16.-The pro-
grammes for the entertainment of
Governor Nash and the Ohio visitors
were declared Off tonight on account
OF the illness of Governor Nash.
While attending the christening of one
OF the big trees In LAS honor near
Santa Cruz on Monday he was pois-
oned with poison oak. He was par
TALLY blinded and suffered very much
while addressing the Union League
last night. Today he has not been
out OF bed and is attended constantly
by a physicians and nurses. While
his affection is not serious it prevents
him from participating in any. Of the
functions that had been arranged in
his honor.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-17

Too much reliance should not be
placed on the cable reports of the re-
suits of the trial race between Sham
rock 1. and Shamrock II. 1T may be
true that the old boat beat the new
one as badly as the news agencies say,
and then again it may not be. 1t must
be remembered that Sir Thomas was
in America before he made his s'pile,"
selling tea and that he is not as guile
less as he would like to have it ap-
pear. While we all hope that his new
boat may prove no better than report
ed, or at least not good enough to
lift the cup when she comes over
to make the effort, it will not do to
take too much on mere assertion and
the managers who are responsible
for the boat that is to meet the chal-
lenger are probably not relaxing one
jot in their efforts to have a ''cracka-
jack" ready when the time comes for
the Milesian gentlemen to line up
against it.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-17

The Missoula man who sat down
on a railroad track to rest got what
he wanted in this world. Let us hope
that he is enjoying a %protracted per-
of luxurious idleness In the other.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-17
The spirit of fairness displayed by

The spirit of fairness displayed by
some of the democratic newspapers,
which, when the reports of trouble be-
tween Governor Dole and the Hawai-
ian legislature were first received,
took occasion to severely criticise the
executive of the islands in now tax
ing the 'other view of the case and
justifying him in his refusal to grant
an extension of the legislative session
is really refreshing and also COM
mendable. At first blush and without
waiting to hear all the facts, some of
the anti-administratlon publications
turned their batteries on the governor
and accused him of a shameful usur-
patton of p~rerogative and a manifest
desire to act the role of dictator. Now
that the other side of the controversy
is heard some of them are honest and
admit that the governor acted for the
best interests of the islands and that
a strong hand is needed at the helm
to prevent the native party from bank
rupting them. They are beginning
to recognize the fact that Governor
Dole knew what he was doing when
he refused to permit the legislature to
extend the tenure of it's session be-
yound the time for which it was con-
vened under the law.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20
HOMEGROWN MACARONI.

Macaroni is to become another home
product II the plans of the United
States government succeed as they
promise to do. At present We import
100000 pounds of macaroni each
year, because its manufacture demands
special class of flour made from a
wheat that never had been grown here.
Government experts were sent abroad
two years ago and they brought back
with them quantity of this macaroni
wheat. Experiments showed that it
was well adapted to wide territory
in the west and northwest and that
land sown with it yielded from one
third to one-half more than other land
sowed with other wheat. And, better
still, the new wheat was found to be
wonderfully resistant to drought, and
in the Dakotas. where other wheats
were total failures, the new variety
produced an excellent yield. Domestic
Of macaroni, who had
been handicapped by lack of proper
-four, are demanding all that can be
produced now, and it's introduction has
already opened new field to American
as it will open a new field to
American bakers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20
"ARIsroCRArs- IN AMERICA.

AS an evidence of the aristocratic
tendency which is manifesting itself in
some parts of the country, attention is
called to a College of Heraldry which
has recently been established. The
reason given fer this college is 1.-The
increasing interest of families of dis
tinction in tracing their ancestry to the
earliest known settlers in the United
States and their connection with those
who had their origin in the British
Isles or on the continent of Europe"
1t is stated that by far the majority
of these families are founa to have
borne coats Of arms" Families Of
distinction" are encouraged by the as
surance that 1.-The researches indicated
are usually found to establish the ped
igree of applicants, often giving con-
elusive evidence of the arms borne by
ancestors and lost in obscurity in con-
sequence of the prejudice which for
merly existed in this country against
the use of armorial bearings"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20
TARIFF ON MEN.

At least one American woman enter
tains original ideas concerning the
manner in which the surplus female
population should be treated. Writing
to the Directory newspaper at Tor
quay, England,-a town in which fe-
males outnumber males in total pop
ulation of $4,000 by 7,000-she remarks
that if matters continue at this rate
men will become scarcer and scarcer,
and that soon the specimen English
man" will be SO rare that the women
folk of the next, and presumably final,
generation, will flock to the museums
and ZOOS to see him, stuffed or alive!
1.-THE step to take is that which rules
all laws of supply and demand, by pre-
serving the men who supply the de-
mand. You preserve your game by
strict laws; preserve your men by keep
ing them at home. If l were the Board
of Agriculture-which l gather Is the
department that regulates the comings
in and goings out of stock-I should
prohibit the embarkatiOn Of gentle-
man under the penalty of heavy fine,
while women imported should pay
duty"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20
RESULT OF IMPERIALISM.

A reader of The Commoner asks why
the newspapers do not say as much
against our war in the Philippines as
against the English war in South At
RIGA against the Beers. The fact is
that nearly all the papers that oppose
England's policy in South Africa also
oppose war Of conquest in the Phil
ippines. The Republican papers that
support the administrations policy OF
imperialism are in a position where
their readers would recognize the in
consistency If the papers had much to
say in favor of the Beers. This is one
of the disastrous results of imperial
ism. If it does not paralyze the con-
science of the American people it pre-
vents them from expressing sympathy
with any people who are fighting for
liberty.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

The production of several kinds OF
tea in the United States is now an as
sured fact, and in addition to this 1t
is encouraging to be able to announce
that experts who have examined the
tea produced here this year pronounce
It equal in flavor and aroma to the
best imported teas. The profit in this
crop averages from $50 to $40 per acre
net During the year DR.. Charles U.
Shepard of Summerville, S. c., has
been in charge of the government
work, conducting 1t in connection with
his large tea gardens at the place men
toned. This year DR.. Shepard pro-
duced about $500 pounds of high
grade tea, for all of which a ready
market was found in the north. Dur
ing the year Dr. Shepard perfected a
machine for the manufacture Of green
tea, and has generously placed this
under the control of the agriculture de-
partment Of the United States, so that
those wishing to use it may do so with
out paying royalty.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20
AS THE WORLD.
REVOLVES 4
ANIMALS. THAT WEEP.

Do animals weep? Explorers say
they do. Lady Burton says that she
has seen horses in the Syrian desert
cry from thirst, mule cry from pain.
of an injured foot and a camel shed.
tears in streams. Gordon Cummings.
declares that he has observed tears in.
the eyes Of dying elephant, and DR..
Livingstone used to have a pet ape
that cried when the explorer would,
not take 1t in his arms. Wounded apes.
have died crying, and apes have wept
over their young ones slain by hunt
ers. Sea lions are said to cry for the
loss of their young, and giraffe that.
had been injured by the rifle of a
hunter began to cry. Another explorer
tells of a chimpanzee that had been
trained to carry water jugs. 1t let
one fall and break and in its sorrow
set a-crying. There seems to be little-
doubt that animals do sometimes cry
from pain, sorrow or annoyance, but,
as rule, we cannot catch the watch
dog in tears or the family cat, having.
good cry"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20
TELEPHONE LIMITATIONS.

Ine postal authorities at Liverpool
have Just completed series of expert
ments with the telephone to determine
its value for long-distance converse
lions. 1t has been found possible to
carry on telephone communication
with Paris, distance of 4S9 miles, or
more than half way from New York 10
Chicago.
Further south than Paris the speaker
could only be heard in Liverpool under
exceptionally favorable conditions. One
result of these experiments has been
the abandonment of the scheme to at
Tempt telephone connections between
London, Turin and Milan. These cities
have been found too far apart to be
embraced in telephone circuit.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20
DANGER In WALL PAPER.

British sanitary inspectors have just
made the discovery that in the matter
of hygienic regulations they are far be-
hind the United States. Their atten-
ton has been forcibly called to this
by the widely different conditions I'M
der which the poorer classes Of Eng
land and this country exist.
America for years has enacted laws
which compel all painters to remove
cd wall paper before hanging the new.
No such regulation exists on the Brit
ish Isles, and where the tenant is so
poor that his protest carries no weight,
the new wall paper is invariably placed
over the old.
The greatest danger to be appre-
hended from this comes from gas,
deleterious to health, which is gener-
ated from old and decayed paste and
size, dirt and smoke. Possibly pa
tients inflicted with contagious dis
eases have occupied some of these
rooms, and the fact that instead Of
being disinfected or removed the wall
paper is still there, although hidden
from sight beneath one or two more
layers, may account for many out
breaks of contagious diseases the orr
gin of which had appeared mystery
to the British health officials.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20
WORK OF COUNTRY PAPERS.

With very few exceptions, there is nc
longer any individuality or citizenship
connected with the great dailies. They
are corporations, and reflect corpora
ton views. They possess no warm
blooded humanity 1t is the country
papers alone that speak as men speak
and as men used to speak in all the pa
pers. Whether it is because they must
reflect the sentiment dominant among
the masses, or because Of an honest en-
deavor to disseminate the democracy
of the common people, it is true that
the country papers are, and for several
years have been, the patient privates
who comprise the vanguard OF democ-
racy's grand army.-Rockville Qnd.)
Tribune.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20
THE WEEKLY
PANORAMA
THINKS WE SHALL FLY.

Mr.. Hiram Maxim, the inventor OF
guns and other things. in paper
which he read before the Aeronautical
society at London, said that so far as
balloons were concerned he did not
think 1t possible to improve what the
Brazilian, M. Santos Dumont, had ac-
complished.
On the other hand those seeking to
navigate the air with machines heavier
than the air had not even started. All
kinds Of flying machines heavier than
the air depended entirely upon the de-
velopment Of dynamic energy. Petro-
leum motors had already been devel-
oped sufficiently light to propel ma
chimes which flew in the manner Of a
bird. He thought people should be
able to fly whenever it was ascertained
how this power might be advanta-
geously employed.
The only question now was of time
and money in the matter of an actual
flight. In time, flying machines were
not only possible but practicable. Mr..
Maxim pointed out the necessity Of
practice in the art of managing ma
chine and compared this work to that
Of learning how to ride bicycle or to
skate.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

coined silver of the world. There Is
very little bullion silver, and the mo-
ment our minis were opened 1t could
be brought here, and because 1t could
he brought here it would be worth
abroad the American price less the cost
of transportation, and as 1t could be
exchanged at that price there would
be no necessity of its being brought
here. The chances are that very little
of It would come. Europe and Asia do
not produce as much silver as they use
every year. The United States and
Central and South America produce al
most all of the silver, and we would
export silver from the western hemi-
sphere, even under free and unlimited
coinage. Many people have been
frightened about the flooding Of this
country with silver, but there has never
been any danger Of the flood and is not
now.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20
RESULT OF FREE SILVER.

The free coinage of silver would not
mood this country with the white metal
because the only silver that could come
here would be silver coin or silver bull
lion. Coin is worth more in Europe
than it would be worth here and there
fore would not come. For instance,
France has about as much silver as we
have, and i circulates at the ratio of
15h to 1, while our silver circulates at
the ratio Of 1e to l. French silver
would, therefore lose three cents on
the dollar If it was brought here, and
:he same is true Of almost all of the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20


agriculture, but the chances are that 1t
will not remain secret long.
The trouble is that the navel oran-
ges, just as they are about to ripen, be-
gin splitting at the navel" or end.
which continues until by the time the
fruit is ready for market it is split in
three or four sections, from end to-
stem, and is consequently worthless.
Colonel Bracket has thus far been
unable to determine whether this split
ting (Which is altogether unprecedent-
ed, having never occurred in the past
nor in the entire history of orange cul-
ture) is due to the ravages of an in
sect, or whether it is the result Of some
unusual condition of soil or climate,
but at all events he proposes to con-
tinue investigating until he obtains q
solution Of the evil and recommends q
remedy to the anxious Californians.
This splitting disease has not,
strange to say, made its appearance in
Florida, where the crop is healthy and
normal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20
Largest Alaskan Nugget.

The largest nugget ever found in
Alaska is the one picked up by Ed
ward Johnson of Tshpeming, Mich,
while working on Discovery, Anvil
creek, about four miles from Nome. on
a claim belonging to the Pioneer Min
ing Company. 1t weighs ninety-seven
ounces and is valued at $1,552. John
son was working on the night gang
and found the great nugget early in the
morning OF Sept. IA while putting a
post under the sluice box. He was
alone at the time and could. 1t is
claimed. easily have kept the rich find.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

The accompanying blur is repro
duction of a column in a newspaper
after the Russian censors had got
through with it. The paper was sent
last summer, securely wrapped, to DR..
Nicholas Sem of Chicago, who was
then in Russian dominions on his way
around the world. The servants of the
Gear tore off the wrapping. blotted out
the Objectionable article. re-wrapped it,
and forwarded it on to the addressee.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

A New Yorker has promised job t
Johan Beck, the man who crossed tn
ocean in box in the hold of the Han
burg-American steamer Palatia in tn
hope Of finding work here. Beck ha
been in the box about fifteen days whe
he was discovered and was nearly dea
from cold, hunger and terror. A ma
who has the nerve and tie enduranc
to survive such an ordeal should Ger
tainly be taken care Of.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

If some of these city wise ones who
are so glib in asserting that the silver
issue is dead will spend a few days
talking to western country voters, they
will change their opinions. Principles
among these are more than coat deep,
and they do not off with the old and
on with the new at the behest Of every
opinionated boss who presumes to give
them Observation-Disclosures City
(Mo.) Press.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

Miss Mabel Northorp of Sterling.
Kan, has been elected by popular vote
as the handsomest woman in the state,
and will be selected to represent Kan
sas in beauty contest at the st. Louis
Worlds fair. The contest will be to
select the most beautiful women in the
Louisiana purchase, and Miss North
orp's friends confidently expect her to
receive that great honor.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

Edward John Eyre, who died recent
ly in London unknown to current fame
was the largest figure in British poll
tics thirty-fve years ago. John Stual
Mill leading one side and Thomas Car
lyle the other. fierce and prolongec
national contest was fought over tn
question whether Eyre, as governor 0
Jamaica, had not suppressed negr
insurrection in that island with need
less and shameful cruelties. Eyre wa,
formally exonerated, but retired Al
once and forever from public life.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20
GREED OF MONEY POWER.

The old United States bank scheme,
that Jackson throttled so successfully
nearly three score and ten years ago,
is again bobbing UP its head serenely
The money power will never be salts.
fled until it has complete and undisput-
ed control of the government.-Jack-
sonville Qll.) Courier.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

1t has again been demonstrated that
two such substantial bodies as steam
locomotives cannot safely pass
through the same section Of space al
the same time.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20
ORANGE CROP THREATENED.

Colonel Bracket, chief pomoiogist.
Of the department Of agriculture, is.
seeking to ascertain the cause, and to-
discover remedy, for disease that
threatens the entire naval orange crop
of California.
Thus far little is known in regard to.
the matter outside the department Of