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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-26
Trustees.

Trustees.
Lee Mantle, president; Chas.
Schatzlein, viee-president; Frank W.
Haskins, treasurer; A. B. Clements,
secretary; Charles R. Leonard, F.
Aug. Heinze, Henry Mueller, James H.
Monteath.
FRED H. FOSTER, Local A. ant.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
SPRING ELECTIONS.
New officers Chosen Mt the Polls in
Many Towns and Cities
in Illinois.

Chicago, April 17.-Elections for mu-
nicipal officers were held in many
cities and towns in this state Tuesday
Republican mayors were elected as
follows: At Charleston, Litchfield
Jacksonville, Vienna, Paris, Taylor
vile, Lincoln, Bloomington, Centralia
Danville, Freeport. In the following
towns democratic mayors were cho-
sen: Pana, Havana, Carlinville, Kan
kakee. Nonpartisan tickets were
chosen as follows: Athens, Clinton,
Petersburg, Ottawa, Alton, Monmouth,
Rockford. License carried in the fol
lowing towns: Petersburg, Virginia
and Dewitt; anti-liccnse, Clinton, Rose
vile, Farmer City and Wapclla.
Sioux City, Ia, April 1.-THE city
and town elections in South Dakota
Tuesday were for members of coun-
ellis and school boards, and the re-
suits are without political signifi-
canoe. In nearly every town where
the license question was up, the peo-
pie voted for license.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
REACHES NEW YORK.
Minister LO0mis Arrives from Vcne-
zucla-DccIincs to BE In
tcrvieyVcd.

New York, April 17.-Hon. F. B.
LOOMS, United States minister to
Venezuela, is Il passenger on the Red
ed" line steamer Caracas, which ar
rived Tuesday night from San Juan.
When seen on board the vessel Mr..
LOOMS refused to say anything re-
garding Venezuelan matters except
that President Castro seemed to be
firmly seated when he left Venezuela.
When asked If he intended to return
to Venezuela he said he did not know,
as he had not given the matter a
thought. Mr.. Lnnmis, however, in
reply to questions, said that it WAS
untrue that he bad expressed himself
regarding Gen. Castro's attitude to-
ward Americans, nor had he said any
thing about Gen. Andrade. Mr. Loomis
will remain in New York city for n
few days and will then go to Wash
ington.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
MORGAN IS NOT WORRIED.
Grent Financier Does Not Think
Strike ut Mckeesport Will As-
sumo Serious Proportions.

London, April 17.-Mr. j. Pierpont
Morgan informed representative of
the press Tuesday that he has not re-
ceived any word regarding the strike
at NfcKeesport and does not believe it
is likely to assume serious proper
lions.
Several of the English papers Tues
day morning prominently printed an
item giving the idea that the strike
will become general throughout the
steel combination plants.
Mr.. Morgan characterized as absurd
the cabled report that he is working
for the reestablishmcnt of the gold
standard in Mexico.
Pittsburgh, Pa. April 1.-THE
strike at the w. Devices wood plant
of the American Sheet Steel company
ut McKeesport is still on. The mill is
being operated in a crippled condition
with about the same number of men
working as Monday. The strikers are
patrolling the streets for the purpose
of inducing the worllmen to remain
away from the mill, but they are keep
my OIL tne comp nvS property, ana
no trouble has occurred.
Samuel J. Cooper, general manager
of the wood plant. is opposed to the
recognition of the Amalgamated asso-
citation. In an interview he said:
'Tfis mill will never recognize the union.
The wood mill has been opposed to the
Amalsamated association for over Al
years, and the men vt the head of the mill
Eow are just as much opposed to the asso-
citation as the forme proprietors were.
have received word from headquarters that
the company will never recognize the
union.'
If the plans now contemplated by
the Amalagmated association are car
ried out, the result will be a suspen.
sion of operations at all the union
plants of the American Sheet Stee,
company before the close of the
week.
President Shatfer. of the Amalga
mated association, says the McKees
port strike will be extended to al
plants of the American Sheet Stec
company, and il necessary TO all mills
operated by the United States Stce
corporation. He says the men arc
| fighting an order to abandon labor or
| carnations
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
LUCK OF A VETERAN.
u Large Fortune by IA Crate
full Woman.

Dayton, O., April II. - Henry n.
awthorn, one of the invalid soldiers
in the soldiers home here. has just
received notice that he has been made
the beneficiary to the amount of from
100000 to $500, 900, left him by wom-
an out of gratitude for having saved
her life many years ago. The woman
is Mrs. Josephine Fairfax, who recent
ly died in the south of France. Haw-
thorn was born in England and came
TO the United States when boy. Later
he went to England on visit. While
at Kent bathing in the sea he saw a
woman and her son in boat, which
capsized. Hawthorn, being an expert
swimmer, succeeded in rescuing the
woman, but the son was drowned. He
returned to the United States and
served in the army during the civil
war. A few years ago he met Mrs.
Fairfax in England and refused re-
ward which she urged him to take. He
',card nothing more from her until
b. was informed of the bequest left
TO him.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
JAPANESE FINAL C IS.
Greatly M'arric,, Over th;.
Situation.

l Washington, April l7.--The financial
condition of Japan at present is far
from encouraging, and her bankers,
statesmen and business men :l"r Merit
ing every e!Tor, to avert Il pending
panic. This statement is conveyed to
he state department in Il cum,munica-
ion from United States CONSUL Gem
era! Bellows, at Yokohama. / he silu-
alton, as analysed by the s!,rewCest
tiiancier!; and statesmen of HE en-
pire. shows 1h;t, The Chinese i6drm-
nifty secured Al the close of tin Japnn-
China war. together With large ma
!ional loans, led to the eNpl iing of
many public and private undertakings
which caused money to be unusually
plentiful among the roolie or tahurit,g
classes. This induced cNttavunant
methods OF living, and is assigned as
Il potent factor in the large increase of
imports. The amount OF Indemnity
paid by China proved insufficient for
the enterprises projected, and many
millions were diverted from the GUS
tomary channels OF trade to carry for
ward the undertakings referred to.
The interruption of the Chinese trade
brought a falling off in exports also
during the past year. In 1900 the re-
lation of Japan's exports to her i'm
ports stood at the ratio of five to six,
and $24,9oo,ooo passed out of the coun-
try to settle Japan's trade balance.
Foreign capital, it is stated, declines to
enter the Japanese market, although
tempted by fiattering rates of interest.
Living expenses have increased dur
ing the past few years over rs per
cent, which causes the scarcity of
money for commercial and industrial
| purposes to be all the more kecnly felt.
The consul general closes his report
by saying: "The closeness of the
money market, combined With the dull
ness of trade and violent fuctua-
tions of prices, is causing much alarm
among merchants, manufacturers and
bankers, and more failures are immi.
| nent.o
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
TO ACT AS ARBITRATOR.
King Oscar to Adjust Claims in Samoa
of United States, Great Britain
and Germany.

Washington, April liking Oscar
of Norway and Sweden has accepted
the post of arbitrator on the Samoan
claims of the United States, Great
Britain and Germany, although it has
been made known that his illness thus
far has prevented his giving active
consideration to the subject. The
German case has been made up and is
now at Stockholm. The United States
case is about completed. The British
claims probably are in Stockholm by
this time, although definite word has
not come as to that. King Oscar will
have general charge not only of the
determination of the amount of the
claims, but also will have the more inn
portant determination of what claims
arose as a necessary result of the mill
itary operations during the last upris-
ing in Samoa.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
GIVEN TO HUNGARY'S POOR.
Count John Pnlny'n PrInccly Estate
Dedicated to Charitable
Purposes.

Count John Palfly has just made
over his vast possessions, yielding an
income of $500, 600 Il year, to the Hun
garinn government for charitable pur-
poses, merely stipulnting that he
should enjoy the use thereof until his
death, and that the state, when once
placed in possession of his fortune,
should devote it. to phIanthropic pur-
poses without regard to creed, says
the Washington Post. One of the
finest palaces in Vienna belongs to
him, and among it's features is
marvellous collection Of Chinese and
Japanese curlos, and on entire rai.
lery Of portraits Of his favorite race
horses, each Of them painted by the
famous horse painter, Won Blaas, the
gallery being all that remains to re-
mind him Of his former connection
with the turf. Strangely enough, he
never inhabits this palace, and when
he visits Vienna invariably takes up
his residence at the Hotel Sncher.
close by. The last occasion on which
it was opened was at the time of the
to Countess lIoyos, when he placed it
at the disposal of the old chancellor,
the honors being done by his sister,
Countess Gabriel Andrassy. lie is u
bachelor, and las remained unrnar-
ricd owing to some unfortunate love
affair in his younger days.
The object of the count in making
this gift to the Hungarian govern
ment willie still alive is to avoid the
legal proceedings which would almost
inevitably have been instituted by his
knfok to upset his will had he left
the property to the state in the form
of a post-mortcn request. Inc duke of
Aumalc took idcnticalIy the same pre-
cautions with regard TO the palace and
collections of Chantilly, which he
decided to the academy during his life
time, solely with the object OF pre-
venting his relatives from raising any
legal Obstacles to the branch of the
great prnccly house of acquisition of
the property by the academy had he
left it in the form of q bequest.
Count John Palffy has not an alto.
gethcr undcserved reputation for his
cccentricity, which would doubtless
have been exaggerated into proofs of
dcmcntia by his relatives in order to
upset his will. He is the last of the
so-called John Paltry Erody, which be-
longs to the Hungarian uradel-that
is. to that portion of the aristocracy
who were already great mobiles at the
beginning of history. One of it's mem-
bers, q young Count Paltfy, blew his
brains out on the Havemeyer estates
in New Jersey where he was en-
ployed as gamekeeper, having been
cut adrift by his family in conse.
quence of his marriage to an estimabla
Swiss woman of humble birth. No
motive was given for the counts sui.
eide at the time.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
Russian Student. Shot.

St. Petersburg, April 15.-The hopes
of reform which attended the ap-
pointmcnt of Gen. Vannosky as minis
ter of public instruction have been
blasted by the first act under the new
administrati ton. Two students in
Kieff university, named Piratov and
Podgoretzvi, having been sent to the
military barracks for discipline on ac-
count of some act obnoxious to the
university authorities, protested
against the punishment and refused
to obey orders. They were at once
tried by a summary court-martial.
condemned to death and shot, two
hours later. on the same afternoon
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
CHANGED ITS MIND.
Cuban Convention KccOnNiIers Its
Rejection OF tn" Plutt Amendment
for The Time being

Havana, April l:,.-rhr Cuban con-
stitutional convention las rcconsid-
cred its rejection of the Plntt amend
mcnt and decided neither to approve
nor reject ii until Il commission goes
to Washington 10 reach the best pos
kinlcy and reports back to Havana.
Chicago, April ia Tribune special
says many senators and representa-
tives declare if the Cuban convention
remains firm in the rejection of the
platt amendment il will mean anncNa-
ton of the island, Fridays action at
Havana may be withdrawn when the
islanders find the United States will
not modify he terms. The president
is unable to change the present pro-
posals.
Havana, April 1G.-At Mondays ses-
sion of the Cuban constitutional con-
vcntion five delegates, Seniors Diego
Tamayo, Cnpotr, I'rrrel, Portuondo
and Lorentc, were appointed u com
mission to go to Washington to lay
before President Mckinley the de.
sircs, of the convention regarding the
future relations between Cuba and
| the United States. The commission
was instructed To confer with Gov
Gen. Wood regarding the date of de.
parturc and the best conditions for
an interview with The president.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
WILL AFFORD RELIEF.
Official Order Issued Permitting Lett
ter Carriers to Wear shirt
Waists.

Washington, April 1.-THE follow
ing order, drafted by Superintendent
Machen, of the free delivery service
with a view to relieving letter carriers
throughout the country of wearing the
heavy uniform coats and vests during
the summer, was signed Tuesday by
Postmaster General Smith:
"Ordered. that section 631 of the amend
ed postal laws and regulations in relation
to the free delivery service be and the
same hereby is amended by adding the fol-
lowing:
"shirt Waist. During the heated term
postmasters may permit letter carriers to
wear a neat shirt waist or loose fitting
blouse. instead Of coat and vest, the same
to be made of light gray chambray ging-
ham. light gray cheviot or other light gray
washable material. to be worn with turn
down collar, dark tie and neat belt; all
10 be uniform at each Office"
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
Surrendered,

Manila, April 1.-THE chief of staff
Of the insur@cnt general Mascardo
has surrendered at he town Of Mari
wales. in l.ntnan province, Luzon. He
said that MaScnrdo's band of follow
ers, now greatly diminished, are in a
bad way. II is impossible for hem to
cludc the Americans; they are unable
TO obtain food and want to Surrrn-
der. 1t is expected that Cen. Mascar-
do himself will surrender shortly 1t
is minated that an official an
nounr"mcnt regarding he disposition
of Aguinaldo will soon be made
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
EDWARDS CORONATION.
This Interesting Ceremony to Occur
In Westminster Abbey at the
END of June, 1902,

London, April 1.-THE coronation
of King Edward will take place at the
end of June, 1902. Westminster alb
hey, according to Truth, will be en-
tirely closed to the public for four
months prior to the event, and all serv-
ices will be suspended in order to pre-
pare the interior for the ceremony.
The details of the ceremonial will be
settled next week by committee Of
the privy council.
Washington, April 17.-It is prob
able that Maj. Gen. Corbin, adjutant
general. viii be named to represent
the United States at the coronation
of King Edward VII.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
EIrAl CMlIle l{nlhcd.

New York, April l".-Acconrpanicd
by the scrceching of whistles and the
cheering of thousands Of spectators on
both sides of the East river, the first
cable Of the new East river bridge was
raised from he bed OF the river Thurs
day and drawn tnut by Il powerful en-
CINE until it was l2O feet above the
surface of the water. Thousands
viewed the raising Of The cable from
the shores, while many tug boats,
yachts and craft of all kinds ran up
near enough so that those on board
could witness the work.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
THE BOER OUTLOOK.
Capt. HnsScll Says II Is Hri3htcrrhan
That of the EneliSh-Frcnch
Reported Taken.

New York, April lG.--A special to
the World from Washington SAYS:
Capt. John a. llassell. who COM
manded The American scouts in the
l'o"r army in the first part OF the
war, hut is now here. SAYS:
ole Go,r cause. while it cannot be said
TO l.e hright. is brighter than that of the
British. The Doors Eave Just good a
chance 10 Mn now Us the Americans had
before tn sudG,u tagn OF good luck which
resulted III the surrender of CORVALLIS.
fhe W EtCr season has just begun in
South Ati!cl and from now until Septem-
btr the British soldiers will have a hard
:iTe
''The BoarS are nak,Ne, their winter quar-
tiers in the lyGvuhur, range wh,re the Eng
lish Will Not dare tackle them. Tor they
would have To cross the low. mavshy coun-
try tn get the"r, and they have to import
every POUND of fodder for their horses
I'll problem is rot only one nt sustaining
the lives ~ th,ir men il! the na,shy vcldt
whtre Chi!is ard mars& fever wind up in
deadly pneumonia. but it is a problem OF
sustaining horse flesh
81 Lived l&N'afs in South Africa and know
all the country II, tier than any liocr did be-
iore IN" War broke out. my business, that
OF engineer. carrying me over all of 1t.
ut is hard Tor the Bocrs to get recruits,
but in spite of E.ngiand's precautions re-
cruits, and valuable ones, are getting In
every day. For every Boer killed by the
! English nowadays half dozen recruits
straSGle i'll from this country and else
where.
"'The Eocrs do not propose to fight any
big. pitched battle AT present. They will
simply wurry the enemy everywhere they
can. and about August and September you
may look for a resumption OF general ac-
ton on a large scale"
London, April l6.--lt is said that /,
private telegram has been received
mere TO the effect that Gen. French,
with 80, British troops. has been caps
turrd by he Beers while his force
WAS rnvclnpcd in Il INST ON the hills.
The war office here knows nothing
about the rnmorcd capture of Gen.
French and entirely discrcdits the re-
port.
Hlocmfontein, April 15.--It is re-
ported that the health of former
President Stcyn has broken down. 1T
is also said that he has advised all
Beers on commando to surrender i'm
mcdiaicly.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
LinhiIiticn Arc High.

New York. April 10. = William T..
Coffin, of this city, who was Il for
mer partner in the banking house of
Coffin a. Stanton, which made Il grner-
al assignment in 1891, filed II petition
in bankruptcy in the United States
district court Friday. lie schedules
his liabilities at Si,150,907 and assets
at $25, which IS cash in bank. The Sc
cured claims amount to $2,9SG, 172.
The largest creditors who hold no
security are the city of Santa Cruz,
$332,oOO, and the city OF lronwood,
Mich, for SIZE, 1000, these sums being
due the respective municipalities on
contracts for bonds purchased.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
plnrue MT Canton.

Picking. April 12.-Robert M. Nc
Wade, United States consul at Canton,
China, reports that 10000 deaths
from the plague have occurred there
during the past six weeks and that
there are 10 cases of smallpox on board
the United States monitor Monterey.
Only one death has resulted on the
Monterey and other cases of small
pox are progressing favorably. The
meetings of the foreign ministers at
Picking have been postponed at the re-
quest Of NJ. de Giers on account of the
Easter HOLIDAYS.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
Flood in Kansas.

Wichita, Kan, April 13.-The Arkan-
sas river is out of it's banks. Police
men are guarding the ends of every
bridge to keep people from crossing.
Two bridges are under water, the APP
proaches to two have been washed
away, an island went under water aft
er it's inhabitants escaped, and the
night force at the waterworks are
imprisoned in the middle of nearly a
mile of flood. For five days rain has
been falling continually, and hun
dreds of thousands of acres of farm
lands are under water.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
SCORED BY A WOMAN.
Colonial Secretary. Joseph Chamber
lain, Denounced by the Wife of
His Brother Richard.

London, April Embarrassing the
South African war at meeting held
at Canning town Monday night Mrs.
Richard Chamberlain made IL lively at
tack on the colonial secretary, Mr..
Joseph Chamberlain.
at is all very WE'LL" she said. "for men
like my brn.herin-iaw Joe to say that
farm burning is all right, but how can he
know about farms or farming? Who was
his father? He was n little Scre Wmaker,
very respectable profession. but it does
not teach much about farms. 1t is no good
sending out screw-nakers or ANYTHING of
that sort. The war was not made Tor Eng
land, but for Johannesburg capitalists who
could not speak English
Mrs. Richard Chamberlain went to
South Africa early in the war and re-
turned to England towards the end of
last summer.
London, April ia special dis
patch from Cape Town, under Tues
days date, says 40 Beers recently met
at Boshof and solemnly reelected Mr..
Steyn president Of the Orange Free
State.
New York, April 17.-The war in
South Africa, says the London cor
respondent of the Tribune, has al
ready lasted nearly as long and has
cost more than that against Russia
which was waged at the outset of the
period of expansion such as England
never experienced before, and it was
II years after the cessation of hos.
tilites of the Crimea before the treas.
ury, even with the aid of Mr.. Glad
stones financial courage, was able to
obliterate the effects of The crisis.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
LusHes OF Tive Stock.

Cheyenne. Wyo., April lG.-It is re.
ported hat the Swan Land d Cattle
company, which ranges large herds
of cattle in eastern Wyoming and
western Nebraska has lost more
than $500 head OF cattle during the
severe storm of the past ten days
Some Of the animals were driven over
high bluffs and others were smoth-
cred in snow drifts. Jack Edwards,
n large owner of sheep in Wyoming
and Oregon, lost 1000 head of sheep
near KimbalI, Ncb., out of a band of
$4,000
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

Washington, April 1G.~-rhc state
department has been advised through
the American ambassador at Rome
and the Italian foreign Office that
Baron Fava will be succeeded as am
bassador from italy to this country
by Marquis Obizzo Malispina di
Carbonara, at present minister for
Italy at the Argentine republic. The
marquis has had widespread diplo.
matte experience and served in Wash.
ington as one of the attaches of the
Italian legation about ten years ago.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
Decision on Divorce

Washington, April 1G.-Thc' United
States supreme court Monday dccid-
ed a number Of eases involving the
validity in one state of divorce de-
crcrs granted in other states. The
court held practically that in cases
i'm which the decree is granted in
states where the husband and wife
have made their legal residence it is
valid in any part of the United States
but that in other cases in which
there is no legal residence in the
state in which the decree is granted
thcN arc invnIid.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

Kansas City, Mo-, April 16.-Mrs.
Carrie Nation, who was arrested
Sunday charged with obstructing the
street, was arraigned before Police
Judge McAuley Monday morning,
fined $500 and given until six o'clock
in the evening to leave the city. The
judge warned Mrs. Nation if she was
found in the city after that hour she
would be arrested and placed in Jail.
She agreed to leave town, and Is
minutes later boarded a street car
for Kansas City, Kan.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
Gave Up the Fight.

Albany, N. y, April 1.-THE $780,
100000 canal improvement bill was Of
ficially abandoned Tuesday night
when, after two hours conference
with Gov. OdcIl, the canal adhcrents
and republican leaders concluded that
the measure would be swampcd if it
came up for vote. 1t will therefore
be allowed to die in the committee Of
the aScpmh1y
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
Drainage canal Flow Cut Down.

Chicago, April 12.-Federal author
tiles have ordered the flow in the Chi
cago river reduced from 100000 to
100000 cubic feet a minute. Word to
this effect came from Washington to
the sanitary commission Thursday.
The board will act Immediately upon
receipt of the official order and The
current will not be increased before
the channel has been widened and
deepened and existing distractions to
navigation have been removed.
The Irish standard., 1901-04-20

Fort Dodge, Ia, April 17.-Traffic
by road is practically at standstill
in this vicinity on account of the mud.
The farmers are unable to get into
the city. and butter, eggs and pota-
toes are almost unobtainable. The
roads for miles every way from Fort
Dodge are dotted with abandoned
bnggies, which are stuck in the,mud
and will be left by their owners un-
til better weather sets in.