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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
PIRACY INCREASING.

Pekin, March 2s-Robert MoWade,
United States consul at Canton, re-
ports a great increase in piracy on the
West river. Ships are attacked by the
pirates in sight of Canton and their
cargoes are stolen. Three pirates were
captured and beheaded in the presence
of the foreign consuls, and at the same
time a ship was being robbed within
three miles of the city and q steam
launch belonging, to the Dutch consul
was stolen.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
A FAMILY'S
Two Burn to Death and Others Seriously
Injured.

Davenport, Ia, March 22-Two
children were burned to death and six
other members of his family are III a
hospital as a result of the burning of
the home Of John Holland near Milan,
Ills, about five miles from here this
morning.
The house caught fire from a de-
fective aue and the flames made rapid
progress before they were discovered.
Hollands father, wife and six chill
dren were penned in bed rooms. All
jumped from second story windows,
but Willie and Edward, aged five and
three years. Their bodies are in the
ashes of the home. The others were
burned and bruised, except Holland
and a 1~6-year-old son, but will prob
ably recover 81
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
ZENAs EVANS DEAD.

Helena, March 22-Zenas E. Evans,
father of Mrs. Marcus DAILY and Mrs.
J. Ross Clark, wife of the brother of
Senator WA. CLARK, is dead at Ana
conda. He was 70 years old and came
to Montana in the early sixties, from
Pennsylvania.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
WHEREABOUTS OF CHAMBER.
After Escaping Is Supposed to Have Left
for Europe. !

for Europe.
New York, March 22-The Tribune
tomorrow will say: 1t is now firmly
believed that John Armstrong Chan
Ter, former husband of Amelie Rives,
now Princess Troubettsky, sailed for
Europe shortly after his escape from
Bloomingdale asylum at White Plains,
Thanksgiving day, last. 1t has been
learned that on the day Chanler dis
appeared he mailed a letter to London.
Chanler, it is said, when he left the
asylum boarded a trolley a and rode
to Mamaroneck. There he purchased
several stamps to mail letters. and a
ticket for New York. One of the let
tiers, which was addressed to London,
England, he kept and said he would
mail it in New York.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
VERSION.

st. Petersburg, March ga dis
patch from Pekin giving the Russia
version Of the Tien Tsin affair says:
The British authorities have acknowl-
edged that the territory was at the
time under protection Of the Russian
detachment and that three Russian
boundary posts had been removed
without their knowing.
The difficulty will now be carefully
settled by judicial Investigations.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
SETTLE THEIR TROUBLE.

Chicago, March 23-It is officially
announced today that the fight be-
tween the board of trade and the tele-
graph companies over the distribution
of quotations has been settled. An
effort will be made by tile companies
to resume service, Monday.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
FOR PRIMARY ELECTIONS.

Madison, Wis. March as-By a
vote of 81 to 48 the assembly passed
a primary election bill today and it
goes to the senate.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
MURDER AND SUICIDE.

Cass City, Mich, March 23-Mrs.
Nathan Townsend, near her, poisoned
herself and two children with laud-
anum. All three died this morning.
Family trouble is believed to be the
cause.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
DATE IS FIXED.
Russo-Chinese Treaty Will Be Signed
Next Thursday.

Shanghai, March 22-The North
China News states that a Chinese tele-
gram has been received from the north
asserting that the Russo-C Chinese
treaty will be signed March %, with
not a single word changed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
GROWING MORE SERIOUS
Strike Troubles at Marseilles Prom
Uses to Assume Greater
Proportions.

Marseilles, March 22-Late this
afternoon the strikers attacked and
wrecked two street cars on the Came
biere. The engineer and conductor
were roughly handled. A detachment
of gendarmes and hussars succeeded in
rescuing the engineer and conductor
from the hooting and stone-throwing
of the crowd.
Yesterdays decision Of the council
Of labor science and the labor ex-
change in favor of a general strike and
their issuance of an order to at once
cease work has increased the gravity
of the situation. The cabinet workers,
the locksmiths, the caulke1s, the oil
workers, the millers and the bakers
unions have either struck already or
will do SO shortly.
A corps of military bakers from
n%eighboring garrisons is being organ
lied to replace the bakers on strike.
The mayor of Marseilles has oonvoked
a meeting at.the Marseilles town hall
tomorrow to consider the situation.
TROOPS FOR MARSEILLES.
London, March ga special dis
patch from Marseilles represents the
situation there as very serious. The
Daily Mails correspondent says: The
radicals talk Of revenge. Ten thou
sand troops will be here Saturday and
a state of siege will probably be pro-
o1o;rnol ...-. ..... . a...
New-York tribune., 1901-11-10
LATIN QUARTER LANDn4RKs GOING

Paris correspondence of The Pail Mall Gazette.
The Latin Quarter is fast surrendering its
characteristic attractions TO MOntmartre. Al
ready the left bank from the St Michel Foun-
tain to the Rue d'ASSas has become propriety
eXempliied. This change is being accumulated
by the gradual diSapp aarance of many land
marks familiar to countless generations of stu
dents Little Billee would find the Quarter
sadly altered could he step from the pages OF
"Trilby-" The latest landmark doomed is the
famous CloSerie deS LilaS. where artists and
authors have met from time immemorial. \
six story apartment house will arise on the
site at the corner of the Boulevard Montpar-
nasse and the Avenue de rObservatoire The
famous corridor at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.
where students going up for the "concourS"
caricatured each other. will also shortly have
lost Its attraction. for the paintings are to Be
removed from the walls
New-York tribune., 1901-11-10

Arizona" will begf- the last week Of its sue
cessful run at the Academy of Music tomorrow
night. Next week the rural play Way Down
East" will be revived at this theatre 1t has
already had engagement here and another
at a theatre further uptown The company
playing it will again be headed by Miss Phoebe
Davies.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-10

time tomorrow evening. Mrs Fiske and her
company have in rehearsal new play by Mrs
Burton Harrison. which will be produced within
a few weeks. This new drama deals with New
York life and is entitled The Unwelccme Mrs
Hatch" 1t will require the full strength of the
Manhattan company, as well several addi-
tional actors who have been engaged for it.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-10
MAUDE ADAMS RETURNS.
70 BE SEEN IN J. NJ. BARRIES NEW
PLAY.
co1-rt4rpE PLAY AT THE THEATRE RE-
PUBLIC-"THE BONNIE BRlER BUSH
MOVES TO HARI.EM-

Sir Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Terry nave
finished their short New-York visit and have
gone on their way The Knickerbocker Iheatre'
where they have been playing. will be occupied
this week by Miss Maude Adams. who mao
long enga cement at the same house last season
New-York tribune., 1901-11-10
JANE OAKER.

in "I,AieIon.". She comes now with play
written for her by J. Nj Barrie. the author OF
The Little Minster.' which Miss Adams played
for two seasons 1t has had few weeks per
formances in some OF the smaller cities. The
title of the new play is Quality Street" Other
plays will he ready for production in the course
OF Miss Adamss engagement II 1t IS found ad-
visable to change the bill
Miss Grace George Will reappear Tuesday
New-York tribune., 1901-11-10
ELEANOR GIST.

night at the Theatre Republic, in a new play
called Under Southern Skies" 1t is written
by Lottie Blair Parker. the author of Way
Down East"
New-York tribune., 1901-11-10
GRACE GEORGE

reach the New-York record but it has better
chance Of doing eventually than any otneS
production has had in a long time.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-10

J. H. Stoddart and his company. who have
been playing The Bonnie Rrier Bush at the
Theatre Republic. will so this week 10 the Har-
lem opera House and next week they will be-
gin their more extended travels. During It's
stay in New York the play has found an appre-
citation which can hardly fail to follow it through
the country and to make it one of the most at
tractive features Of the dramatic season.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-10

The rural play "New-England Folks" is con-
tinued at the Fourteenth Street Theatre. and
still prospers. Tomorrow night. for the first
New-York tribune., 1901-11-10

time, the leading part will be played by Miss
Dorothy Donnelly. formerly q member of the
stock company of the Murray Hill Theatre. and
the daughter of II. V. Donnelly. the manager of
that house.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-10

The run of THE Second in Command played
by John Drew and his company. continues at
the Empire Theatre without special incident
The play will remain on the stage till the COM
ing OF the Empire Theatre company for its reGu-
lar season, which will begin with II. V. Es-
mond's play The Wilderness"
New-York tribune., 1901-11-10

"Florodora" goes steadily at the New-York
Theatre. with a yea 8 run to its credit. and the
public shows no sign Of getting tired OF It, 1t
has q long time to run still before 1t viii
New-York tribune., 1901-11-10

James X Hackett will play Don Cnsar's Re
turn at Waack's Theatre for only one week
longer after which he will make extensive
tour with this play presenting il in the principal
cities OF the country. The stage of Wallacks $
will be occupied next week by Augustus Thorn
ass new play. Colorado"
Miranda Of the Balcony" continues steadily
n the Manhattan meeting the approval Of its
audiences. and will be performed for the hftieth
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-30

the South are the narrow minded, short
sighted politicians who fail to compre-
mend the change in our industrial rela-
tons to the world. ,These men, of whom
McLaurin is ant exponent, would close
Foreign markets to, our products by in
citing retaltatory tariff measures; they
would confne the new ambitions Of the
South to the mercy Of the trusts in COM
petition for an overstocked home mar
ket Happily the South Is not to be
hoodwinked by the $ ale arguments Of
the old-time protectionists. The condt-
lions under which the New England
manufactures built up their fortunes
with the aid of a tax on English i'm
portations have passed away. The
South has nothing to fear from Eng
land, France or Germany. It's only
competitors in the markets OF this coun-
try, at least, are the sister states
against whom no tariff barrier can be
raised
If the Republican party intends to
break UP the solid South it will have to
attempt it with some other weapon than
its old club, high tariff.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-30
CHOATE'S ORATORY.
Senator Hoard in scribner's.

Senator Hoard in Scribner's.
l heard Rufus Choate a great many
times. 1 heard nearly all the speeches
given in Browns Life" and I heard
him great many times at the bar both
before juries and the full court He is
the only advocate l ever heard who had
the imperial power which would subdue
an unwilling and hostile jury. His power
over them seemed like the fascination OF
bird by a snake.
Choate's method was pure persuasion.
He never appealed to hase motives nor
tried to awake coarse prejudices or
stormy passions He INDUCED in no IN
vective. His wit and sarcasm and ridi-
cule amused the victim almost as much
as 1t amused the bystander. He had the
suaviloquentia which Cicero attributes to
Cornelius. There was never a harsh
note in his speech
He had a voice without any gruff or
any shrill tones 1t was like a sweet,
yet powerful flute. He never strained it
or seemed to exert it to it's fullest ca
pacity. 1 do not know any other public
speaker whose style resembled his in the
least. Perhaps Jeremy Taylor was his
model, If he had any model. The phrase
ology with which he clothed some com
monplace or mean thought or fact when
he was compelled to use commonplace
arguments, or to tel some conomn story,
kept his aud tors ever alert and ex-
pectant. An Irishman who had killed
his wife, threw away the ak with which
Choate claimed the deed was done, when
he heard somebody coming. This, in
ChOates language. was the sudden and
frantic ejaculation of the AK" Indeed
his speech was a perpetual surprise.
Whether you liked him or disliked him
you gave him your ears. erect and in
tent. He used manuscript a great deal,
even in speaking to juries. When a trial
was on. lasting days or weeks, he kept
pen, ink and paper at hand in his bed
room. and would often get up In the mid
die of the night to write down thoughts
that came to him as he lay in bed He
was always careful to keep warm. 1t
was said he prepared for a great jury
argument by taking of eight great coats
and drinking eight cups Of green tea.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-30
THE END OF BOHEMIA.
Scribner's Magazine.

Scribner's Magazine.
The lament that, among other p1ctur-
esgue things, picturesque Bohemia is
passing away appears to be we'll found
cd. Forces nave been in operation in
the modern social fabric that have af-
ected the solidarity of Bohem.ans They
constituted a more distinct group apart
when the Observation-Disclosures of the com
mercial and the artistic standards Of ex-
ceIlence was accepted-though perhaps
unconsciously-as an axiom. For 1t is on
this irreconc1lableness that the most of
Bohemianism really rests. 1t is a state
Of mind into which many persons come
who, having the artistic standard in re-
spect of the thing which they may hap
pen to DO and believing that it conflicts
with the standards of work Of the prac-
teal world, would like to avoid the dis
comfort growing out of this antagonism
by going just in the opposite direction
from the practical man. That is the es-
sence; the free-and-easiness of b.
hemianism is only incidental, deriva-
tive.
But the newer idea is gaining ground
that the practical and the artistic
standards of excellence are not neces-
sally antagonistic. The world increas-
ingly believes that there is no call to
separate, either as to demands made or
as to rewards given, those whose labor5
are idealisttc from the practical work
ers. On the one side all idealistic folk
are expected more and more to conduct
themselves In as orderly and decentIy
conventional a manner as other members
Of society; on the other side the feeling
is growing that there is no good reason
why the pursuers of practical affairs
should have money returns proportionate
to the energy expended, and idealistic
laborers only huctueting returns in no
demonstrable ratio to the work DONE
The medieval poets complaint of the
empty purse may still be sung; but while
the old-time wrfter-or actor, or painter
had perforce to be content Cunless he
were the chance protege of princes) with
that purse, his successor objects more
decidedly to it's emptiness and POUNDS
himself on his rights in so doing
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-30


sessed them Of the idea that their liberty
OF personal conduct shall in no direction
be restrained by the other sex, and that
they af9> in all respects, save in voting
alone, coequal with men before the law.
Yet in the teeth Ct such declarations of
established public policy, one occupation
IS selected into which, at least in Tennes-
see, they cannot enter
We ought to either return to the older
conceptions of woman's relation toward
society and to her male companion or
Tennessee court decision erects against
woman Many of the closest observers
of the social operation of the enlarged
sphere of action guaranteed woman by
the public policy dominant for now near
ly fifty years, especially in the United
States, are convinced that a fatal mis-
take has been made, and that it would
be better for men and women alike. more
preservative of the gentler and more do
mestic qualities of woman could a re-
turn be made to the conditions which
recognized the limitations distinctly
placed by nature on their activities. This
view of the subject, however strongly
it may force itself on the general judg-
ment by the progress of events, is utter
ly inconsistent, however, with the pre-
vailing policy of society as expressed in
legal enactnents regarding woman, and
as indicated by her appearance in the
different occupations from which she was
excluded up to within twenty years.
Women have precisely the same right,
if not a higher right, to practice law
than they have to practice medicine.
There is no reason whatever why woman
should not succeed in many of the de-
partments of the law. Not all lawyers are
court advocates. But a small proportion
Of practicing attorneys is ever heard
of in court. The infinite capacity for
taking pains, and for detail work in itself,
gives to the feminine nature special
adaptabNity to certain lines of law prae-
tice. Why any woman intellectually ca
pable of graduating from the academic
department of the state university for
instance. and afterwards undergoing the
law course of instruction and passing the
necessary examination, should be excIud-
ed under existing conditions of law and
public policy from practicing the profess
sion for which she had expressly fitted
herself does not appear at all plain
The spirit of this decision is the same
as that which has struggled to keep the
practice of law a privileged calling from
which the mass of the people were to
be excluded, and the knowledge of the
principles of which should be confined 10
the few. Woman will no doubt make but
poor Kind of lawyer at best; but her
right to make a fool of herself by pdr-
suing a calling for which she has quail
fed in all the educational requirements,
even though she is ill-adapted to it,
should be as sacred as her recognized
right in many other directions.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-30


to him, which he haG agreed to do. This
enterprising witness wGs committed 10
jail for perjury, where he now Ian
guishes.
name Of Thompson admitted on the stand
that he too had signed a statement of
the circumstances Of the accident which
was the subject matter of the law suit,
which statement was untrue; that he
had done so on promise of the payment
of $500 in case he was successful in his
assault on the particular monopoly, but
that after considering the situation for
some time he decided that his proposed
investment with Mr.. Olson was an I'M
safe and undesirable one, and so stated
on the witness stand
These were Mr. Olson's principal wit
nesses. They succeeded in showing Mr..
Olson in a very dubious character, prov
ing his lawsuit to be speculative I'M
dertaking pure and simple. At least the
average mortal would accept them as
possessing such signifcance-provided Of
course, that he was not trying to sustain
the character of an intelligent juryman.
But the evidence of these witnesses
went for naught.naught for the monop-
oily and everything for Olson. 1t must
be that that intelligent jury must nave
concluded that gentleman of the fine
genius for speculation and with the broad
and far-reach.ng imagination which Mr..
Olson had exhibited was entitled to be
compensated for his virtues They &C
corded him just SIS, 900 damagesI
The G o b e has ventured to suggest
that Olson's case will become celebrat-
ed one-celebrated throughout the length
and breadth Of the land, especially with
that meritorious class which is ever on
the alert to lessen the plethoric condition
Of the funds of the railroad corporations.
AS between Olson and the 500 road,
it is a case with the public of Hobson's
choice. But unfortunately there is some
thing involved in this celebrated case be-
sides the interests of the individual or
the corporation. Large public interests
are at stake; and the agencies of justice
are being repudiated, if this transaction
IS carried out. The courts of last resort
will no doubt secure between the parties
substantial justice before this litigation
is ended. In the meantime the members
Of that jury have to settle this thing
with their own consciences; and the public
prosecutors ought to see to it that so
barefaced an attempt to prostitute JUS
tice shall not pass UNPUBLISHED.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-30
oUR ENoRsaoUs PENSION LIST.
Leslie's Weekly.

Les1ie's Weekly.
The pension list is larger by 1000 names
than 1t was a year ago in spite Of all
the death losses, and the appropriation
of $f45, 100000 for pension payments dur
needed to meet all demands by at least
$4,000. But the most significant sta te-
ment in the report is that 1854 claims
have been filed at the department on &C
count Of the war with Spain These fig
ures seem almost Incredible when IL IS
remembered that the war actually last
ed only thirty days, and that the num-
Der of men engaged in hostile action on
land and sea was only a few thousands
1t does not follow, of course, that all the
claims filed VIII be granted and prob
ably a large proportion of them will fail
for good and sufficient reasons. During
the eleven months ending June 80. 2.3G9
pensions were granted to invalids COM
ing out of the war, and to 1156 Spanish
war widows and orphans. But the .enor-
nous number OF claims fled shows an
inclination on the part of the persons
who served their country in that war
period not altogether pleasing to corten-
plate. 1t looks very much as If patriot
ism was not an inspiring motive in many
cases so much as a desire to get chance
for steady pull at the cash drawer Of
Uncle Sam. Fortunately the pension de-
partmept. as now administered. may he
depended on to make proper discrimina-
ton between the unworthy and the
worthy applicants for national bounty,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-30
DAWN AT VENICE.

One FURNISHED cloud first turned jig
ged PROV
The conscious water nestled deep
among
Her murky gondolas, that. bow on bow.
Freighted with shadows at the molo
swung.
Soon palace and canal paled into sight,
Painting as watchers whose long vigil
wanes;
Till Dawn's approach across the waves OF
night
Flushed the rose blood in sleeping
Venice's veins.
Then up the dazzling steps that lead to
One radiant sunbeam and a lone white
dove,
Santa Maria's holy threshold trod-
A shrine of morning lit by Light and
Love!
Loud warned the chime to mass Ger quay
and home
Calling soft focks Of doves to meet the
day,
Mid seuiptured saints and angels round
the dome.
While market women followed in to
Martha Gilbert Dickinson in July
Scribner's.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-30

Seventh National Bank Of New York he
is not as responsive to the blandish-
ments of boomers as ne ought to be. It
is as much as mans reputation fer
sanity is worth to boom such man as
much for his temerity Of course Perry
had nothing to lose and everything to
gain, yet he took certain risk. A
man, however luney, does not want to
convict himself of insanity before the
whole people. And. besides. Perry has
lucid intervals.