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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
THE VENEZUELAN SQUABBLE.

Although the relations existing be-
tween this government and Venezuele
are somewhat less friendly than usual,
they cannot have said to have reached
the point usually described as
Strained or even to have reached
the stage where they may be referred
to as describing a tension" It is
true that the minister representing
the United States at the Venezuelan
capital has started for home, having
been recalled by the state department,
but his recall is not to be taken as
meaning a severance of diplomatic re-
lations with that country. He is want
ed at Washington in order that the
administration may better acquaint
itself with the conditions existing in
Venezuela and to talk the matter
over with him, as the scanty cable
communications do not afford the
means of acquiring the information
the government thinks it should have
on all points in controversy. Mr..
LOOMS has the full approval of the
government so far in everything he has
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
First publication April 5, 1901.--4f
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of Mary J. Sanders, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed administrator with the will an
nexed Of the estate Of Mary ]. Sand
ers, deceased, to the creditors of and
all persons having claims against the
said deceased, to exhibit them, with
the necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication of
this notice, to F. H. Hathhorn, Esq,
attorney for the said administrator
with the will annexed, at his Office in
First National bank block in tho city
of Billings, in the county Of Yellow
stone, state of Montana.
Dated at Billings, Mont, April 4,
1901. CHARLES l.. SMITH,
Administrator with the will annexed
of the estate Of Mary j. Sanders,
, deceased.
F. 81. Hathhorn, Esq, Attorney.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05

sure us that those two gentlemen
have evolved a scheme by which they
expect to obtain control of the Pana-
ma canal and have been sounding the
administration as to the likelihood of
government action in case they sue
coed. The Associated Press says they
have talked the matter over with the
president and endeavored to secure a
promise from him that in the event
they succeed in obtaining the Panama
canal he will use his efforts in the d.
rection of an abandonment of the Mic
araguan canal by government con-
struotion. The president is quoted as
having assured them that if they were
successful and became the absolute
owners of the partially completed
French ditch, it and the proposed Mic
araguan canal would be considered
on an equal basis. This assurance
seems to have satisfied them, as Nor
gan sailed yesterday for France, pre-
sumably to close the deal with the
Frenchmen.
The government has steadfastly de-
clined to deal with the French syndi-
cate, but with the franchises and
property owned absolutely by Ameri-
cans the proposition q a differ
ent aspect and the way seems to be
open for the construction and man.
tenance Of a canal by America and
that without having to secure the con-
sent of anybody or nation.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
A KENTUCKY ROMANCE
President of Female Seminary and
His Shotgun Prevent Whole
sale Opponents.

Chicago, April "A special to the
Chronicle from Greensboro, KY, says:
A sensation that happened in Bowl
ing Green last Saturday night held
the undivided attention of the grand
jury today and became public proper
ty, despite the utmost %endeavors of
many people of influence to have the
details kept secret. The affair COM
prehends the Interrupted elopment
of five young ONE from Potter col
lege, Bowling Green, one of the prom
inent seminaries for young women in
the south.
About midnight five young men,
all members of wealthy families,
drove in carriages to the college and
with ladders aided four young women
to leave the building by climbing
through second story windows. While
assisting the fifth to reach the ground,
the young men made so much noise
that President Cabell was aroused.
Selzing a shotgun, the president began
shooting at the young men, who re-
turned his fire.
Two of the young men were wound
ed, but the president was not hurt.
The girls screamed, out returned to
their rooms and their SWANS went
away without them.
The girls are members of the best
families in Kentucky and several in
dictments will be found. Il is proba-
BILE they will have to appear as wit
nesses at the trial.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05

Being unable to reach the Standard
Oil octopus through the medium of its
courts, Texas turns around and dis
covers oil within it's own limits in
quantities sufficient that promise to
render it forever independent of it's
arch enemy. Should the reported dis
coveries of oil in this state prove to be
true the fusion press would find itself
in hard straights for material with
which to keep up its fight against the
republican party.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
With the assistance of an ohlie

With the assistance of an obliging
judge, Mr.. Heinze still continues min
ing by injunction on his originally
stupendous scale and if the supply Of
blanks holds ont he may be expected
to extend his field of operations until
he becomes the greatest mining
operator in the northwest. While
the output that he maintains does not
seem to be so large as that Of some of
the other companies. he has the salts
faction of knowing that his payrolls
aren't SO big, either.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
LIE CLINCHED A

While insisting that the official re.
ports of the government are untrue
and adhering to the statement, often
d~isproved, that the conflict in the
Philippines was forced on the ''poor''
Filipinos, the antis will hardly have
the hardihood to repudiate a statement
sustaining the government made by
DIG of their own kind. The Philip
pine Information society of Boston,
always a strong supporter of Agui-
naldo, has recently published a tract
at variance with those which hereto
fore have been issued under it's direc-
tion in which it admits the truthful
ness of the governments reports. The
Boston association has published a
large number of pamphlets and tracts
purporting to give the exact truth
about all the occurrences in the
islands. Its publications have all un-
disguisedly been pro-Filipino, onse-
quently the admission contained in it's
latest issue must be accepted as being
the truth. In this number of its
tracts it has assembled all the evil
dence, documentary and Of other ma
lures obtainable, for the purpose of
establishing the identity of the ag-
gressor in the opening events of the
i~nsurrection. It announces this as it's
conclusion:
The editors would say that after
careful study Of all the accessible evil
denoe, they find that, according to the
most authoritative statements, the out
break occurred as the result of a tres
pass by four armed Filipinos on terri
tory admitted by the PHILIPPINE in
command to be within the jurisdiction
of the United States. The action Of
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05

the Filipino trespassers seems to have
been an instance of bad discipline in
the insurgent army. Certainly it was
not ordered on that date by the insur-
gent leaders, although the indications
are that the leaders had planned to at
tack in a few days. The claim that
cur forces instigated the attack for
the purpose of securing the votes nee
essary to ratify the treaty is absolute
~ unsupported by any evidence which
has come to the attention of the edi-
tors.
This admission by a confessed
friend of the rebels and an enemy Of
the government most effectively dis
poses of the lie to which the Ameri-
can Tagals have been sticking for over
two years past and should forever
shut their mouths. This testimony
was not needed to convince the reason
able, thinking people of the country
Of the falsehood the antis have been
SO industriously and persistently circu-
A00l1lS OVoI S1uC0 llle luSuCTCCtlOu W.
gan, and it is reproduced here only for
the purpose OF worse confuting the
authors and abettors of the lie. Ac-
cording to their misrepresentation
President Mckinley was but little, if
any better than a murderer by order
ing an attack on the innocent ma.
tives and their illustrious chief, Agui-
naldo. The admission of the Boston
body that the evidence on which it's
conclusion is based is of the most au-
thoritative" kind should satisfy those
who may have been taken in by the
lies of the ants of the falslty of the
disreputable and villainous report the
Atkinsons, Pettigrews and others of
the American Tagalogs have given
circulation to since the first shot was
fired that opened the wal between
their brethren in the Philippines and
the United States.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
REco11 IS LIKELY.

Unless Senator McComas and some
good republicans of Maryland mis-
understand the station created in that
state by the success of German in dis
f%ranchising by wholesale black and
white votes, a revulslon is likely to
set in that will 90 the great democrat
and his party more harm than the
possible good they expected would &C.
crue to them from the amendment of
the election law which has deprived
SO many of the might to exercise the
right of franchise, as guaranteed by
the constitution. The new law has
had one result already that the
G%ormanites did not look for. It has
solicited the republican party as it
was never solidified before. 1t has
also had the result Of causing the
colored men to crowd the churches
and night schools to acquire the rudi-
ments of an education sufficient to en-
able them to read the ballots, so that
they may vote. On the other hand,
the whites DISTINGUISHED, of whom
there are about 1S, 900, are angered at
being classed with negroes and con
victs and are content to rest under the
distinction placed upon them by the
law. They are making no efforts to
qualify themselves to vote and their
strength is gone, so far as the demo-
cratic party is concerned. Judging
from present indications the republi-
can managers of the state believe that
three-fourths of the colored men dis
franchised by the law are qualifying
themselves to vote at the next election.
But this is not all. Many of the best
democrats of the state are opposed to
the law to such an extent that they
have declared themselves as being
from now allied with the republican
party to defeat the schemes of the
democratic managers at the polls.
McComas expresses surprise at the
general confidence which exists that
the democrats will be defeated at the
next election. He declares the law to
be unconstitutional and thinks it will
be 81 declared by the courts. For
every republican white disfranchised
under the odious law he declares the
party will gain two white democrats,
who will vote to rebuke their old
party. I'm my state" he says, "the
%so-called democrats are the foes Of
democracy. We have commenced the
campaign. We will not rest until we
restore our fair election to the whole
people,"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05

Not being able to fight them from
their own ground, some of the English
manufacturers Of steel products are
take q whirl at the Americans on this
side of the ocean. A day. or two ago
the managing director of one Of the
largest steel works at Sheffield ar
rived at New York for the purpose of
recurring a location for the erection of
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
SURPRISING DISPLAY OF SPINE.

The suspense is over. China has
formally notified Russia that it will
not sign the Manchuria convention,
and the other powers are accordingly
happy. But, as intimated in the dis
patches, the refusal to sign does not
end the matter, not by a great deal.
Russia is still in Manchuria and likely
to remain there for some time, at all
events until it pleases her to with
draw, an eventuality that will prob
ably not take place within the next
few days, much as China and the pow
ers may dislike it. Of the allies,
Japan seems to be the only one that
really thinks of using force to compel
evacuation of the province and is in
dulging in some loud threats, but
whether it will do more than threaten
is a question difficult to answer. At
all events, Russia does not appear to
feel alarmed and proposes to hold on
to what she has.
Ii Hung Chang is the one who, next
to the Chinese empire, seems to have
come out of the thing the worst. His
friendship for the Bear has got him
into disrepute with the emperor and
he has left Pekin, it is said, never to
return. With the country and those
on the peace commission with him
opposing the conventions, he continued
to hold out for Russia until the en-
peror conclued that the safety of the
nation demanded his removal from the
position he occupied and he has been
shorn Of his authority, at least so far
as being an envoy is concerned.
Doctor Morrison, the able English
correspondent, who is at Pekin, sees i'll
the stand taken by the emperor an OPP
%portunity for the powers to do some
good work, both for themselves and
for China, and urges that the ENJOYS
quicken their pace and take advantage
Of the surprising vitality exhibited by
tho empire and modify their course Of
negotiations. The doctor seems to
think the refusal to sign was prompt
ed by an awakening of a national
spirit, while at Washington it is held
to the view that the emperor's sudden
exhibition of spinal rigidity was
caused by assurance from some of the
powers of support. Whatever the
cause, the convention was not signed,
but Russia still has possession of Man
churia.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05

Helena is a disgrace to the state. 1t
actually admits that gambling is go
ing on within its limits and is endeav-
oring to put a stop to it. 1t should
follow the example of-Butte, for in
stance, and hide it's sins under the
owe of silence. How does the CAPT.
tai expect to induce immigration when
it advertises itself as being SO wicked
that some Of its people actually gam
BILE and play nickle-in-the-slot ma
chimes?
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
B0ER INJUNCTION CASE.

The injunction proceedings at
New Orleans instituted by represent
atives of the South African republic
to enjoin further shipments of mules
and horses by British agents for the
use of the English army in the Trans
vaal and Orange Free State will be
watched with much interest What
the outcome will be is, of course, i'm
possible to state at the present time.
The court before which the proceed
ings have been instituted may hold the
opposite opinion OF the state depart
menu and enjoin the agents of the Brit
ish government from shipping mules
OF other articles for war purposes from
that port. In case such an order is
made the question will not by any
means be settled. The courts juris-
diction is limited to the district in
which it has its sittings and an order
from it carries no authority with it
as far as applying to persons and cor
porations outside of that district,
neither can it be said to have any bear
ing on other courts, except in SO far
as it establishes a precedent. Then
there is the right of appeal, and it
may be taken for granted that no mat
ter what the decision may be, the case
will not be permitted to rest with the
court in which the initiative was
taken. Pending final decision on ap-
peal, there seems to be nothing to
hinder the agents of the English gov
ernment from making their shipments
from other ports in the United States,
of which there are so many that the
Boe1 representatives will find it al
most an impossible task to institute
similar proceedings in courts sufficient
to bring them all within the jurisdic-
tion of a restraining order
The probability is that the case was
begun more for the purpose of having
the supreme court ultimately pass
upon the ruling of the state depart
ment in reference to the issue at ques-
ton than with the hope of obtaining
any immediate benefits from such
judgment as the court before whom
the case is nov pending may render.
AS is remembered, the state depart
ment, when the matter was called to
its attention, ruled that to permit the
expectation of mules or horses by
British agents was not in violation of
the laws of neutrality, as the right of
contiscation was not denied the Beers
and that such shipments were at the
risk of the owners or agents having
them in charge. The department. also
ruled that SO long as no shipments Of
arms Or ammunition were made it
could not interfere, holding that mules
and horses were not actual munitions
of wal as defined by international
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05

a plant. He said the matter Of a duty
of $50 per ton on the manufactured
article and the high cost of fuel in
England had practically shut the Amer
lean market to them and they were 60
ing to remove to this side. The con-
Germ is possessed of ample capital and
proposes to enter into active competi-
tion with it's American competitors for
the trade of the country.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
HIT BYSTANDERS.

San Francisco, April 1.-Two men
were fatally shot and one seriously
wounded in a Pacific street saloon
early today. Kosph Cordes shot at a
wo'ma acquaintance but missed, the
bullet striking three innocent bystand-
ers, all being sailors. John Carlson
died after reaching the hospital, Peter
Spogren cannot recover, but A. J.
Stanley has a chance for recovery.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
KRUGER WEAKENING.

London, April "A statement from
Brussels is that Kruger thinks the oc-
cupation of Z~outpansberg will finally
break down the Boer defence. The
place is understood to be in imminent
danger, as a result of Kitchener's
northern campaign. Prisoners who
recently arrived at Pretoria, however,
expressed the opinion that the war
will last three Yeas longer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
NEW N

It would seem that J. Pierpont Nor
gan and J. J. Hill have not been SO
busy with their railroad schemes of
late Al to have no time for thought in
the direction of turning an honest
penny by engaging in some other en-
terprise. Washington dispatches as
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
POOR MARKSMAN.

London, April "A Vienna special
says a report is published there that
an officer of the guards entered the
czar's study yesterday and fired at
him with a revolver. His majesty
was not hit and the officer suicided.
The story is doubted
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05
SNOW IN DAKOTA.

Aberdeen, S. D., April "A driving
northeast storm began at noon
today. Several inches of snow have
fallen. The storm still prevails.
Stock will suffer to some extent, but
farm and grass lands are greatly bene-
flied. The storm is general in the
northern part of the state.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-05

that direction, Corbin is down for a
continuation of the roasting the press
recently gave to Sampson and before
it is finished he will be done to a crisp
brown and steaming hot.
The broad ax., 1901-06-08

A recent fssne 81 8 muslc1l 1ournAl
published ct Lsipsic. Germany con-
tained tie following curious advertise
ment. Wanted-A skilled musician,
who can compose before warm WeatheE
begins 8 tragic opera n one act- TIE
author a tie Ibretto Will placs q ne
disposal q TIE composer q house
which Is furnished with 9 pian9 ana
which Is rituatsd near the sea q g
most idyIilc and romantic ccunfryi
turthermors ne conposer VII be Lea
and Euprliod With al Necessary mel
A poof but lled artist ought e -
able t. make h1 lornne ID 8 place
Ike this and under conditions
ss ara hsrs ne1possd Ihoss Eho Apply
Tor tie c1 are rEgue-.el - sel4
biosrarl noticc8 q t1curelfes y
tie oGce g lhls rape
The broad ax., 1901-06-08

Whss Hiosrapa = Dsys 81 aossr.
IN Uould fTav. rl.v-.l.s.

What Biotrnph n Dayu % Goorro
IN Would Have Rsrsalsd.
Let us think for q moment what we
should see e the -blograph" or -clne-
matograph" or living pictures.s or
whatever the wonder Of the day may be
called, had been IN existence when
Hogarth and the Kings painter and
the author of The Beggar's Opera"
visited Jack Sheppard On NeWgate. Col
let IN your fancy al the old Dutch.
Flemish and German houses you have
seen IN your travels, with bits Of old
Bristol, Chester and the timbered
buildings Of the Midland towns. Plant
them around Wyeh street, Newcastle
street. HolyWell street (noW the disap-
pearing Bookseller row. and the
Strand with q row Of traitors heads on
Temple Bar. Add to this arehitsctural
and imperial panorama q miscellane-
Gus pedestrian crowd Of picturesque
tatterdemalions, broken Life Guards
men, lawyers from the Temple. mer-
chants, students and the "beauteous
slatterns.' the PhyTnes and Aspasias,
OF the Fleet street Athens, and their
paint and patches, and their black
visor masks, and their organ-pipe
headdresses, their low stomachers an
their bigh-heeled shoes, beggars, cut
pursss, sWindlers, tavern biksrs. for
eign counts, native highWaymen and
some poor unfortunates, the victims
Of draoonic Law Of debtor and credit
or" 70 quote Sala's delightful history
% HoEarth, and what q picture We
should havel Furthermore, imagine
the narrow roadWays contested for
precedence BY chariot-like coaches, tall
covered wagons and other cumbersome
vehicles, mostly without springs and
heavily horsed: on the unpaVed side
walk, within the posts Of the cutters,
sedan chairs lurching along among the
foot passengers; at shop doors Ten
frances 10 gabled houses from the top
windows Of which the Inhabitants
could shake hands with each other
across the street,, apprentices calling
attention to their masters wares; all
IN such quaint costumes as you have
only seen in some stage play illustra-
tive Of the period or in pictures Of the
time; at night dimly lighted by fam
beaus and talloW candles. but In the
day By the true sun that we now dis
guise with myriads Of soft coal fires
and the smoke Of engine houses
Newcastle Chronicle.