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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-09

take the word of the buyer. The
latter, as events Of the past few days
go to show, do not practice the same
secrecy among themselves. The OPP
posite seems to be the fact. While
there are probably more than a dozen
of them on the market, competition
appears to have been eliminated as
II of the factors governing the
market. Instances occurred during
the past week where large clips were
offered, yet, despite the many buyers
who are supposed to be on the market
bids were limited to two or three and
the difference between them was so
little as to almost warrant the belief
which obtains among some growers
that a pool had been formed. For
this condition of affairs the growers
are, in a large measure, responsible.
By %consenting to sell, terms private
the buyers have everything pretty
much their own way and prices will
be kept down below a scale that would
rule were the business of buying done
openly and above board. Some of the
growers have learned this and refuse
to be bound by any pledges the buy
ers may wish to impose and do not
hesitate to inform the public through
the newspapers as to the prices they
obtained. They realize that to give the
publicity is to benefit the mar
by informing those who may not
yet have sold and thus enable them
form by comparison an opinion as
the value of their own clips.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-09

The fact that the internal revenues
of the island are sufficient to pay the
expenses of the, government and that
the assembly has adopted a resolution
asking for free trade with the United
States must be accepted as tolerably
strong evidence that the conditions in
Porto Rico are much better than have
been represented by the little Amer
leans, who by every means, fair and
otherwise, are continually striving to
belittle the administration and all it's
acts. The resolution adopted by the
Porto Rican assembly was not passed
for the purpose of helping the admin
istration, even though some of the
ants may be small enoughto endeavor
to make the contrary appear to be the
case. A vast improvement has taken
place in the affairs Of the island and
with free trade established with this
country the future in store for the
islanders certainly must appear
brighter and better than even the
most sanguine advocates of the pol.
icy which the government has adopt
ed concerning the island dreamed of
when the Foraker and HoIlander acts
were passed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-09
A POSTAL REFORM.

At last Postmaster General Smith
has decided upon a reform in the
postal service which should have
ben inaugurated long ago.. Next week
he will issue an order prohibiting from
the mails as second class matter the
large class of publications which de.
pend largely upon gift enterprises,
guessing contests, and nominal sub
scription rates for their circulation.
Most Of the alleged periodicals are
of the kind usually designated as
flakes" and which form the princi-
pal burden of the second class mat
ter. By being permitted to the mails
as legimate publications, these
fakes" have caused the second class
matter annually carried by the gov
eminent to assume such vast proper
tions that the cost of it's transporta-
ton is out of all reason when COM
pared with the revenue it affords.
The second class matter now carried
in the mails constitutes three-fourths
of the entire weight of all the mail
handled, while it returns a ven
of less than $4,000, 900 out of the en-
tire postal receipts of $11O, 900, 900.
To handle and carry the second class
matter costs the government fully
100000, 900 a year above what it re-
ceives as postage from the publish
ers.
The new order will not interfere
with legitimate newspapers and sim
liar periodicals. but will cut off the
abuse by which the publi-
cations depending upon tricks and
fraudulent devices for their existence
have been loading down the mails.
Neither will it cause a hardship to the
public, on the contrary, it promises to
be a measure for good, as it will no
doubt result in the suspension of
many of the publications which are
affected by the order and thus pro-
tect the public against fraud and
deception. By reducing the cost of
maintaining the department to the
extent that the new order will reduce
it, the vast deficiency which now an
uanlly exists will be proportionately
lessened and one of the drains on the
treasury will be materially decreased.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-09

Although he is leading him a pretty
lively race, 3. H. Hartman deos not
seem able to scare Senator Clark off
the track. The latter says that not
only will he build his road from lower
California to Salt Lake, but threatens
to go further by extending it to Den
yer and eventually to the Missouri
river. Should the senator carry out
his threat he will prove a dangerous
rival to the Union Pacific and its al
lies, for with an outlet to the Missouri
would be independent of the Harri-
mans and allied interests, as he could
easily enter into traffic arrangements
with some Of the trunk lines which
have their termini at the eastern
bank of the Big Muddy.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-09
DISCUSSING PLATFORM
Ohio Democrats Wrangling Over
Planks to Be Adopted at
State Convention.

Columbus, o., July Solicitations
at a late hour tonight are that the
democratic state convention will to-
morrow nominate Col. Jas. Kilbourne
for governor and Anthony Howells
for lieutenant governor. The plat
form will be conservative. John l..
Zimmerman is being urged to with
draw his name and move that Col.
Kilbourne be nominated by accla-
nation.
Zimmerman has refused to accept
the second place on the ticket and to-
night it was practically settled that
Anthony Howells, who was formerly
state treasurer and consul to Cardiff
under President Cleveland. would be
nominated for lieutenant governor.
One OF Col. Kilbourne's opponents for
governor earlier in the contest was
John c. Welty, who comes from Pres
ident McKinley's home in Stark coun-
ty. Mr.. Howells, however, secured
the delegation of that county for Kill
bourne and himself. Howells is also
a resident of Stark county. Two op-
posing conferences are tonight in
session on the question of platform.
In the conference of the conserve
tives, former Attorney General j.
Hammond, Harlem Cleveland and
others are explaining their platform.
The other conference is conducted by
Temporary Chairman Chas. P. Salem,
as he emerged from the Carnegie
men who came from Cleveland to-
day to urge what is known as the
Cuyahoga County Convention plat
form. In the discussion among these
conferees tonight the Cleveland dele
gates insisted to the last on their
plank on taxation, but they were no
longer pressing other new depar-
lures" There will be no definite ac-
ton taken on the taxation plank till
tomorrow night, but the platform of
the conservatives on the other is
sues is considered sure OF. adoption.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-09

While the farmers OF Minnesota,
the Dakotas and others of the agri-
cultural states of the west are clam
oring for men to secure their crops,
the cities continue to hold many idle
men who are finding fault with the
government because they claim to be
unable to secure work. What the
facinations of city labor are that it
should hold men in idleness in the
congested centers Of population and
cause annually many more to leave
the country and flock to the cities
is hard to understand. The advan-
tages the laboring a of the city
enjoys over those of the country are
certainly not SO many or great that
they should cause him to remain
where work is not to be obtained
when by a simple shift of location he
could secure employment all the year
around and at fair wages. Socially
the standing of the man who labors
for hire in the country is higher and
the respect he commands much great
er than that of his brother Of the
city, where the lines are closely
drawn and prejudice a wall that
he may not hope to scale. OF the
two the laborer of the country is by
far the better situated and his lot
the more enviable.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-09
WILL BUILD THIS YEAR.

A short time ago The Gazette had
occasion to call attention to the COM
munication of Senator Paris Gibson
which appeared in the Great Falls
Tribune concerning the prospects
of the completion of the long talked
of line of railroad from Billings to
Great Falls. The senator is now at
home, having returned to Great Falls
a few days ago. In an interview
published in the Tribune he not only
repeats his assertion that the road
will be constructed, but goes so far as
to state that work on it will be
commenced during the present year.
The senator says he has his informa-
ton from a very high source and that
it is to be relied upon.
AS The Gazette has previously
said, Senator Gibson, perhaps, enjoys
the confidence of President Hill to
a greater exten than any other
man in the state and what
he says concerning the prospects for
a speedy completion of the much de-
sired outlet to the north may be ac-
copied as being eminently true. He
explains the change of conditions
which has been brought about by the
practical consolidation of the three
great railroad systems of the north
west as the reason for the confidence
he feels in the construction of the
line. Before the merger was effected
the Great Northern, the senator says,
prevented the Burlington from ex-
tending its line into Great Falls. Now
that a community of interests"
binds the two roads together that OPP
position is withdrawn and the Great
Northern finds it necessary to have
q southern outlet and is DESTROYS of
tapping the Judith stock raising and
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-09
The gloom which has been hanging

The gloom which has been hanging
over Great Britain ever since the
Americans beat them shooting and
won their money by sending over
horses faster than their own has in
a measure been dissipated by the
defeat of the rowing crew of the
University of Pennsylvania. The vic
tory of the Leanders, although close,
has helped to revive English spirits
and put enough life into Johnny Bull
to cause him to make preparations
to meet us again. The fact that
"Pennsy" failed to win the cup at
Henley demonstrates the effects OF
English climatic conditions on ath-
letes from this side. The Pennsyl-
vanians were undoubtedly the strong
est lot of oarsmen the United States
has ever sent across the ocean and
with their defeat it is almost impos-
sible to hope that the cup will ever
find its way to these shores. Still
this should not permit to act as a bar
to future attempts in the same
direction, for by keeping at it long
enough there is no telling what may
happen. At all events, the English
crew knew 1t had been in a ace when
the two boats finally stopped and &C.
cording to all reports could not have
gone much further when it crossed the
line ahead Of the Yankees. The
sportsman like conduct OF the Amer
leans made them many friends and de.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-09
TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1901.
SPAIN FINALLY YIELDS.

After vainly and persistently at
tempting to induce the United States
to assume liability for the Cuban and
Philippine bonds which she f1oated
during the years when she sought to
s%ubjugate the people of those islands,
Spain seems at last to have arrived
at the conclusion that she herself
must pay them. From Madrid comes
the news that the Spanish government
is contemplating the conversion of
the bonds into some other and more
regular form of security with the in
tention of meeting them at some flu
ture time. This announcement may
be accepted as a final collapse of the
efforts of the holders of the bonds to
induce the Cuban government to rec
ognize and assume the securities in
the Ease Of Cuba and by the United
States, or, perhaps, by the insular
government in the case of the Phil
ippines.
When the peace commission met at
Paris the Spanish representatives
made desperate efforts to have the
United States assume liability for
these bonds. They failed in this and
then sought to have the matter left in
such shape SO that another attempt in
the same direction might be made
later on. This proposition was also
rejected and the American commits
sioners refused fatty to permit any
thing to go into the treaty of peace,
directly or indirectly, tending to
recognize any obligation on the part
of this government for those bonds.
The principal holders of the bonds
are Germans, French and English and
naturally those governments felt a
strong. interest in having the United
States assume the obligation of their
payment. One of these governments
actually presented a long list of hold
ers of the bonds, citizens of the
nation presenting the list, but Secre-
tary Hay refused to be served with
these papers and the holders then
began to look to Spain for relief.
With these bonds eliminated as possi-
BILE liabilities of Cuba and the Philip
pines the actual outstanding indebted
ness of the former is reduced to the
bonds issued by the insurgent govern
ment before American Intervention
and some municipal Indebtedness,
while in the case of the Philippines
the amount is confined to debts of
some cities and small subsidies.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-09

Porto Rico celebrated the Fourth
by taking steps to remove the exist
ing embargo on trade between the
island and the United States. In &C.
cordance with the Hollander act the
assembly met in joint session and
adopted a resolution for free trade
between the island and this nation.
The resolution was adopted unanf-
and a copy submitted to Governor
Allen with the request that he for
ward it to the president. The assembly
requests that the proclamation nee
essary to put in force the provisions
of the actunder which the resolution
was adopted b. issued by the president,
July 25, as that date has been estab-
lished as a legal holiday by the Porto
Ricans in cOmmemOration of the date
when the American flag was raised
over the island. By adopting a sys-
TEN of local taxation to meet the ex-
penses of the insular government, the
assembly complied with the require
ments Of the act under which free
trade with the United States is now
asked by the islanders. Governor AL
len signed the resolution as soon as
adopted and the announcement that
he had done so was received by cheer
ing and other manifestations of pleas
Jure on the part of the crowds which
had assembled about the assembly
hall.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-09
FOURTH AT MANILA.

Civil government in the Philippines
is now an actuality, having been in
a%ugurated last Thursday under the
most favorable auspices. The mill.
tary arm of the government, which
has ruled the islands since the date
OF their acquisition, now occupies the
same position in the archipelago that
it does in this country, subordinate to
the civil department and to be used
only as a last resort to maintain order
and peace. The people of the islands
for the first time in their history,
are given a voice in the government
and have taken the first step in the
path that leads to liberty and. freedom
such as they dreamed of in the
days when they were held in a condi-
ton of bondage by their Spanish op-
p%ressors. Governor Taft, as a part of
his inaugural address, announced to
the Filipinos that they are to be given
even a greater share in directing
the affairs of the islands than they
now enjoy. September 1, of this
year.the commission which now has
charge will be increased by the addi-
ton of three members, natives to be
appointed, who have already been sell
ected and whose names we're made
public by him. Before that date the
C0ynrnnonnf of fhn sc1orl~N will -
divided into four departments, each
with it's head and appropriate func.
lions who will have supervision of
the matters directly connected with
their respective departments. The
departments to be organized are:
Interior, Worcester; and
police, Wright; justice and finance,
Ide; public instruction, Moses.
The financial affairs of the islands
are in a very satisfactory condition,
there being an unexpended balance in
the insular treasury of 300, 900,
while the annual income is 100000
900. President Taft assured the ma
tives that there was a reasonable
prospect that congress would provide
a tariff suitable for the islands, one
that would assist in the development
of the Philippines, instead of an APP
plication of the United States tariff.
This everybody on this side of the
ocean believes and hopes and also
hopes that by wise legislation the
government will cause the Filipinos
be grateful for the acquisition of
the islands by this nation and cause
a strong and lasting bond of peace
and good will to link the two together
and bring them closer together and
with better understanding of one an
other.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-09

After the talk OF looting by Ameri-
"a marines at Tien Tsin has been
sifted down to the bare facts it de-
velops that the property taken by
them consisted of rice and coal. The
rice was given to the starving Chi
nese and the coal was used by the
navy as a military necessity. Thus it
will be seen that the marines, as well
as the other branches of the soldiery
which this nation had in China dur
ing the boxer uprisings, exercised
strict regard for property rights of
the people whose country they iii
vaded and did nothing to suIly the
good name they have won for them
selves in every land on which they
have ever set foot. When the stories
first started of the thievery of
the marines the American people
were slow in believing them and now
that Official testimony relieves the
marine of the charges made against
him the people feel that their dis
trust of the reports was we'll founded.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-09
SWEPT BY WINDS.
Hayti and San Domingo Experiencing
Unusually Severe Storm.

Port Au Prince, July 8-A violent
storm has been raging for three days
past over the southern part of Hayti
and San Domingo. Five persons were
killed at Jacmel and nine people lost
their lives at Les Cages. Several
sailing vessels have been wrecked.
The region between Couti and La
Vega and the City Of Santo Domingo
has been inundated. Telegraphic com
m%unication is completely interrupted
with Santo Domingo. Rivers have
overf1owed. High wind continues as
this dispatch is sent. r
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-09
HURTS II MARKET.

For reasons easily to be under
sood the men who are acting as buy.
ers on the local wool market are
averse to having the prices they pay
for the staple made public. 1t is to
their interest to keep those who have
wool to sell as much as possible in
ignorance as to the ruling rates, for
upon that ignorance depends their
ability to pick up clips at rates much
less than their actual values warrant.
But why the men who have wool to
sell should be willing to become
parties to the arrangement is not SO
easily understood, as they have moth
ing to gain thereby. On the contrary,
they help the buyers in depressing the
market by keeping back information
that may be of benefit to those who
have not yet disposed of their clips.
The wool market is supposed to be
open and ruling prices are supposed
to be a matter of public information
and interest. but instead the market
as conducted here and at other places
in the state is yelled by the same
secrecy as the doings of some secret
fraternal organization. Clips are sold
and transfers are made and if the
seeker after information makes in
quiry he is met by the answer, terms
private" Why it should be neces-
sary to do business in this manner
is not plain to those on the outside.
The mes responsible for this condi-
ton are the buyers, who are shrewd
enough to realize the benefit secrecy
often is to them.
Were the sellers to look at the
question in the same selfish manner
as do the buyers they would not con-
sent to any such arrangement. A mar
coming from q long distance with his
clip is not supposed to know the mar
ket prices and with his neighbors
who may have disposed OF theirs
sworn to secrecy, he is unable to gain
an idea q to what he should receive
or HI product and a necessity must
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-09
Dream Becomes Reality.

Vienna, July s-The Post, in its
issue today, AYERS that the projected
European commercial combination
against the United States, which has
until lately been but a vague idea has
been constituted the subject Of prac-
tical negotiations between Russia,
Austria and Germany. The Post
also asserts that the rumored visit
Of Count Won Buelow to st. Peters
burg IL in connection with this COM
binaticn.s
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-09

Larger and more spectacular pa
rades were witnessed on the Fourth
than that which wound its way
through the streets of Billings and
more. lavish displays Of fireworks
were seen than that made in this
city, but nowhere. it is safe to say,
was the nations natal day observed
with more enthusiasm and nowhere
vas the outburst Of patriotism deep
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-09

Special Epworth League Excursion.
The Northern Pacific Railway COM
pany will sell special excursion tick
cts Billings to San Francisco and re-
turn at $4,000. Tickets on sale July
7th to 18th inclusive; limited to Aug
ust 31st, 1901. Stopovers will be al
lowed within limits.
d-sw-td H. N. KENNEDY, Agt.
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Notice to Creditors.
Estate Of William j. Reifenrath, dc

Estate Of William ]. Reifenrath, de.
ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned Administrative of the
Estate Of William J. Reifenrath, de.
ceased, to the creditors of all persons
having claims against the said de-
ceased, to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication OF
this notice, tothe said attorney for ad-
ministratrix at First National Bank
block II Billings, in the County OF
Yellowstone, State Of Montana.
Dated at Billings, Mont, July 2,
1901.
ELIZA A. REIFENRATH,
Administrative for the Estate of
William J. Reifenrath, deceased.
BY FRED II. HATHHORN,
33A Attorney for Administrative.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-09
monstrated that they z : graceful
losers when they know that their de-
feat is the result Of superior execu-
ton on the part of their opponents.

Should Americas cup form a part
of the return cargo of Shamrock II
the sorrow felt by the American peo-
pie will be much more sincere than
it would probably have been had not
Independence been given an oppor-
tunity to show in competition with
the defender her capabilities as a
racer. The behavior Of Independence
was a surprise and disappointment,
no doubt, but it has satisfied the peo-
pie that in weather Of the kind which
prevailed when the three cracks
together she would make a poor
showing against the Englishman. The
people demanded that the Boston
craft be given a show. She has had
1t and they are satisfied. Had she,
however, been denied the privilege
of trying conclusions with Constitu-
ton and Columbia and Upton had
won the cup there would always have
been a feeling Of dissatisfaction and
doubt that nothing could have dis
PEELED. This is now avoided and
should Constitution lose it will be
with the knowledge that the fastest
yacht in the United States was not
fast enough for the challenger and
that the best boat won.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-09
New York Money,

New York, July s-Money on call
steady at 2@S per cent; last loan q;
ruling rate 6 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 4@4h.
Silver certificates nominally 60.
Bar silver 52A.