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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
A FUSION FEAT.

The Gazette offers it's sincere apollo
gies to the late fusion aggregation at
Helena and publicly acknowledges
having wronged the gentlemen COM
posing it by Understanding their
ability and worth as statesmen. This
exhibition of abject humility is
prompted by knowledge which has
just come to hand. The discovery has
been made that a bill which never
passed received the signature of the
lieutenant governor and was duly
passed onto the governor and by him
approved. Consequently it is a law,
even if it did not originate in the
usual and accepted manner. A feat
of that kind can only be accomplished
by Legislators of more than ordinary
ability, and again The Gazette apollo
gizes and stakes it back"
The bill which enjoys the distinction
mentioned is known as house bill No.
rs and was introduced by Representa-
tive Lehman and extends the statute
of Limitation in reference to open &C.
counts from three to five years, and
makes various other changes in the
same statute. The house passed the
bill during the last day Of the session
and it was sent to the senate. The
judiciary committee of the upper
house reported it back for indefinite
postponement. When next heard of
it is on the journal, which shows it
to have been properly engrossed and
signed by the president Of the senate,
although nowhere does the record
seem to show that it was passed over
the committee s report.
If that isn't craftsmanship The Ga.
zette misses its guess by a wide
margin.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22

AS a purely disinterested party, it
is the opinion of The Gazette that,
no matter what the newspapers n
individuals of that organization may
say or think, H. L. Frank is about the
biggest man in the democratic party
of Montana today. He may not have
been quite SO successful in achieving
personal success in the scramble for
political preferment and may not have
as much money as some others whose
names are continually paraded before
the people of the state, but when 1t
comes to a place in the affections OF
the real democrats he stands head and
shoulders above all. Unless the party
wishes to be stamped as an migrate IL
will certainly bear him in mind the
next time and give him such support
as no man ever got from it.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22

cal entity were about numbered and
the grab game had fairly commenced.
America can do no more than protest
and insist upon due respect for its
treaty rights and the safety of the
lives Of its citizens who may find
themselves i'll that part of the world
when the final act is contaminated.
But whether treaty rights will receive
recognition from a power that has
shown utter. disregard and contempt
for solemn pledges made upon national
honor is extremely doubtful. 1t may
yet be necessary for this government
to make a show of force for the preser-
walton of what it has secured in the
far east through honorable and legiti-
mate sources.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
SIXTH DAY.

Billings, Mont, March 10, 1901.
The board met pursuant to adjourn
ment at 10 O'Clock a. M; there were
present Pat Lavelle and W. o. Parker.
Mr.. Lavelle was chosen acting chair
man. A telegram was received from
Mr.. Amin stating that he was unwell
and, not able to attend the session Of
the board.
Messrs. Lavelle and Parker decided
that they would visit the several
camps on the Burlington grade for
the purpose of learning the true con-
dition Of these camps regarding small
pox. Clerk Carwile was requested to
accompany the board. The board adj
journed until March Is, at 10 a. M,
to take up the smallpox question and
other important county business.
Attest: Nat. G. Ca1wile,
County Clerk.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
UNCLE SAM AS COLLECTOR.

Because of German interference the
sultan has been unable to pay the
amount of the indemnities demanded
by this government for outrages per-
petrated upon its citizens III Turkey,
and another effort will be made to
enforce collection. Some time ago it
was announced that under the guise of
a contract with the Cramps for a new
cruiser the Turkish government would
pay the amount of the claim sup
posed to have been adjusted. Just
as everything seemed settled, in steps
Germany and informs the sultan that
if he has money to invest in new war
ships he should be able to pay for
some of the old ones he owns and in.
sisted that before the contract with
the Cramps was entered into he must
pay the amount he owes a German
firm of shipbuilders for one of the
vessels belonging to the Turkish navy.
This the sultan was not prepared to do
and the arrangement with the United
States fell through. Uncle Sam, how
ever, has not abandoned all ideas of
securing a settlement with the dis
honest Turk and has sem a warship
providing around over there. While
he is about it, the old gentleman will
also jog the memory of the sultan of
Morocco and remind him of a little
bill that remains unsettled. The rest
of the world having claims against
those two worthless will no doubt
watch the experiment with interest
and should it prove to be successful a
procession of bill collectors may be ex-
pected to haunt the shores of Turkey
and Morocco.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
DAY.

Billings, Mont, March Is, 1901.
The board met pursuant to adjourn
ment at 10 O'Clock a. M; there were
present Pat Lavelle, acting chairman,
and w. O. Parker.
The board reported that the several
camps had been visited and that no
smallpox had been discovered, but it
was evident that several camps had
been more or less exposed and in order
to protect the City Of Billings and
community it was decided to establish
a pest house in the Pryor creek
canyon. All camps on the grade were
notified to send any person or persons
who may have smallpox to the Pryor
pest house, that no patients would be
allowed to enter Billings.
Mr.. A. A. Campbell was directed to
see that all tents and bedding at the
old quarantined camp of Ira Gibson
were taken to the Pryor pest house.
Arrangements were made with DR.. N.
Goldsworthy to assume charge at q
salary of 1850 per month; Mr.. S. G.
Berrie, a professional nurse, was en-
ployed in the dual capacity Of nurse
and cook at a salary of $75 per month;
it is understood that DR.. Goldsworthy
shall furnish all medicines and medi-
cal supplies at his own cost; it is also
understood by DR.. Goldsworthy and
the board that all patients from the
following camps shall be supplied
with clothing upon discharge without
cost to the county: McShane's camps
Nos. / and Q; Timothy's; Heokert's;
O'Connor's and Ryan's. The county
to furnish outfits to patients from the
other camps.
Arrangements were made with the
F. B. Connolly store at Pryor for sup
plies for the pest house.
In the matter of the management Of
the pest house at Billings:
There having been numerous COM
plants made to the members Of the
board regarding the pest house physi-
cian being allowed to mingle with the
citizens of Billings and such physician
having refused to isolate himself, it
was decided that a change of physi-
clans be made.
DIR. j. E. Free was appointed to sue
oeed DR.. Townsend as such pest house
] physician, to assume charge on the
| 10th of March. 1901.
The clerk was directed to notify DR..
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
CARNEGIE'S GENEROSITY.

While Carnegie may not die a poor
man, he certainly gives evidence Of
the sincerity of his assertions that no
man of more than ordinary wealth
has the right TIC use that wealth with
out regard for the welfare and COM
fort of those less fortunate in hat re-
spect than himself. Some people are
of the opinion that he might do a great
deal more good than by instituting
libraries all over the country, but that
is a mere difference Of opinion and
does not detract from the philanthropy
of his motives. That he has regard
for those to whom fortune has not
been as kind as to himself is shown by
the unparalleled generosity by which
he has provided for those who were
formerly in his employ. The gift Of
the endowment fund for the benefit of
the employees of the Carnegie company
is the largest public benefaction Of
the kind recorded in history and shows
that he is not Indifferent to the wants
Of the men who contributed so largely
to his success and wealth. In fact, he
makes public acknowledgement of his
obligations to them in that respect and
SAYS that he feels it his duty to re-
member that obligation. Had he given
nothing else, this one act would
alone stand forever as a lasting monu-
ment to the generosity and philan-
thropy of Andrew Carnegie. The
good, hard sense which has ever been
his chief characteristic is shown by
the man in that he makes his dona-
tions while still alive and when no one
can try to prevent him from carrying
out his wishes and desires. Wills, no
matter how clearly drawn, are often
broken and in making his endowments
while still in the flesh, Carnegie knows
that their provisions will be carried
out and that no heirs will undertake
to Illustrate his wishes. He is the
canny Scot all the way through.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22

Those who believe in the law of
compensation can find strong argument
in favor of their theory in the work
Of the recent legislative session. Bills
that were supposed to have been killed
turn up bearing the signatures Of the
presiding officers and some that were
supposed to have passed turn up en-
rolled, but not properly signed and all
the governor can do is to consign
them TO the w~astebasket, unless he
desires to keep them as mementoes of
the session. One OF the bills found to
be in that condition is that of Repre-
sentative Stull of this county, for the
greater protection Of motormen OF
street cars. The bill was a popular
one and extra efforts are said to have
been made to insure it's passage, but III
the hurry and confusion of the closing
days of the session it failed to receive
the signatures of the officers needed to
make it valid. Mr.. Stull will 10
doubt feel badly owe the way i'll
which his measure Jared, but he must
bear the chagrin Ut defeat and store it
with his other MISUNDERSTANDING
been found in the company he was
compelled to keep while acting as one
of the states lawmakers last winter.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
FIGHT OR BACK DOWN.

1t would seem that as an arbitrator
Count Won Waldersee is not the
signal success he imagined he would
be when he undertook to settle the
little matter in controversy between
Great Britain and Russia. The trou-
BILE is that he had no way of enforcing
his decision, and Russia refuses to
abide by it, no matter how we'll it may
have suited the English. Russia's re-
fusal to be bound by his ruling forces
England into a position that must be
anything but pleasant to the proud
BrltoD. She must either withdraw
and let the czar have his way, or else
make a show of force that nay lead
to a war that she confessedly wants to
avoid for the reason that she does not
feel herself able to undertake a con.
tlct at this time. The fact, however,
that she backs up the officer in COM
mand of her forces at Tien Tsin and
is hurrying reinforcements to his as
sistance would make it appear that she
does not intend to back down until
absolutely forced to do so. 1t is true
that the number of men sent to the
aid OF General Barrow is ridiculousIy
small when considered as a fighting
force, but considered as an evidence of
her Intentions the purpose and effect
are the same as though they numbered
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
NOTICE OF

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
Seventh Judicial District of the
State of Montana, in and for the Coun-
ty of Yellowstone.
In the Matter of the Estate Of Mary j..
Sanders, Deceased.
Notice Of Time Of Hearing for Probate
of Will and for Letters Testamentary
and Of Administration with the Will
Annexed.
Notice is hereby given that Charles
L. Smith has filed with the clerk of
this court a petition praying for the
probate of what purports to be the last
will and testament Of Mary J. Sanders,
deceased, and praying for letters
documentary and of administration
with the will annexed of the estate of
Mary j. Sanders, deceased, and that
Wednesday the third (3rd) day of
April, A. D., 1901, at 10 O'Clock in the
forenoon Of said day, that being a day
of the regular April term, 1901, at the
court room, in the court house, in the
city Of Billings, Yellowstone county,
Montana, has been set as the time and
place for hearing said petition when
and where any person interested may
appear and show cause why said will
should not be admitted to probate and
why said petition should not be grant
ed. Dated this 22nl day of March,
A. D. 1901.
r. A. WILLIAMS,
Clerk of said Court.
F. H. Hathhorn, Esq.
Attorney for Petitioner. 96-4
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
Stanford university seems boun,

Stanford university seems bound to
keep the public eye in a manner not
calculated to please its friends and
patron, Mrs. Leland Stanford.
Scarcely has the last been heard of
the Ross case when up comes another
little affair that promises to revive
talk and interest in the first. Professor
Fetter, who was looked upon as the sue
cessor Of Ross as supervising instructor
of the branch devoted to the incubation
of knowledge of political economy,
has rendered his resignation The
mere fact that Professor Fetter has
seen fit to resign of itself is not so i'm
portant a matter, but the reason he
gives for the act lends it interest it
would not otherwise have. Professor
Fetter was one of the adhe1ents of
Ross and took the latte1's enforced
resignation much to heart. After
studying the matter for some time he
has arrived at the conclusion that he
does not care to be connected with an
institution that denies the right Of
free speech and says so in plain Ian
guage. Of course, his resignation will
be seized upon by those who cham
pioned the cause of Ross as another
excuse for some caustic criticisms of
the institution, and the country is
threatened with another installment
of more or less interesting literature
in. which Stanford university will
figure conspicuously.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22

thousands instead of tho mere handful
the cable say were M Then, too,
there is the fact that others are being
sent. Possibly to veil the real purpose
for which the reinforcements are sent
is made the excuse that it is on
sidered necessary to have troops on
hand to maintain order at Tien Tsin.
The enmity Of the French toward
the English crops out prominently
and SO great is the fear that they may
precipitate trouble between the two
~contending factions that the Austrians
have seen fit to place a guard around
the settlement and keep the French
soldiers out. Altogether, the situa-
ton at TienS Tsin, as far as can be
judged from his distance, is not of the
most reassuring kind and the war
cloud which now seems to hover so
closely to the ground in that part Of
the world may not blow away so east
ly and quickly as some of those which
during the past year or SO occasionally
overshadowed Europe. 1t is not to be
wondered that the Beers took heart
and declined the terms offered by the
English. There is no telling what
may be the outcome, notwithstand-
ing England's dis%inclination to engage
in a conflict with the Russians.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
OFFICIAL
Of the Board of County Commissioners,
Yellowstone County.
BOARD OF HEALTH.

Billings, Montana, March 8, 1901.
The board Of health met this day
at 10 O'Clock a. m. there were present
J. B. Amin, W. O. Parker, Pat La
velle and DR.. j.. H. Rinehart.
After carefully considering the
smallpox situation in. this community,
it was ordered that the Northern Pa
cific railroad bridge east of Billings
and the Billings wagon bridge shall be
under quarantine until further order
of the board. The following persons
were employed as guards to enforce
such quarantine:
Frank Brown and w. McBroom to
be stationed at the railroad bridge.
N. Van Tassel and A. d. Williams
to be stationed at the Billings wagon
bridge.
1t was ordered that said quarantine
shall not apply to the actual settlers
on Blue creek and in school district
No. 26; it was further ordered that
all such settlers shall be provided with
passes issued under the seal of the
county and no person unless he shall
have an official pass shall be allowed
to cross either of the bridges into Bill
ings.
L.. A. Belden was employed as a
special guard for the pest house with
full authority to arrest all persons at
tempting to leave the pest house until
such person may have been, finally
discharged by the physician in charge.
Such officer is instructed to see that
the physician in charge shall thorough
ly disinfect himself at each visit to
the pest house prior to his return to
the city and not to allow such physi-
clan to leave the pest house premises
until he has complied with the fore
going instructions.
The board adjourned.
Attest: Nat. G. Carwile,
County Clerk and Clerk of said Board.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22

Billings, Mont, March 8, 1901.
The board Of county commissioners
met in special session for the purpose
of discussing the advise bility Of erect.
ing a pest house Oh the reservation
there were present J. r. Amin, chair
man; W. 0. Parker and Pat Lavelle.
1t was decided that the members of
the board will visit, on Monday the
18th, the affected district on the res
ervation and arrange for the construc-
tion of q pest house, if deemed advisa-
BILE. ~.
The board adjourned until Monday,
March IL.
Attest: Nat. G. Carwile,
WA County Clerk.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
PROUD ALBION HUMBLED.

To those who have accustomed
themselves to the belief in British in
vincibility the acknowledgment cabled
from London that England is helpless
to check Russia's schemes for terri
torial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT must come as a
shock hard to recover from. To read
this frank confession of impotence and
compare it with the boasts that for
centuries have emanated from English
writers and the English government
itslef relative to Britania's ability to
compel world wide obedience to its
will forcifnlly imp1esses the mind
that boasting is not the peculiarly
Yankee characteristic that our cousins
of the island kingdom have tried to
make it appear. It also makes it very
apparent that a difference exists be-
tween American and British boasting.
While we may at times talk loud, it is
also a fact that we are always ready
to back up that talk, if need be, some
thing the other nations have learned
and consequently whenever Uncle
Sam raises his voice he is accorded a
respectful hearing.
But, seriously speaking, the confess
sion of English helplessness at this
time can only cause regret to Ameri.
cans, for it is a confession that will
have bearings on other questions than
the one which directly forced it. Not
only in the present instance will
Russia be permitted to have her way,
but events are likely to arise in the
future when the knowledge of the
weakness SO, candidly admitted may
prompt the Russians Or other powers tc
advance their lines and acquire terri.
torial rights calculated to injure not
only England, but the United States
as we'll. With England unable tc
check Russian aggression in Manchuria
it is needless to expect her to do any.
thing should the bear decide to annex
more OF China's territory, or ever make
the long threatened move in the direc.
ton OF e~ncroachment upon territory
which Great Britain regards as he,
own, or over which she exercises Ger
tain rights of sovereignty. Ono,
started, it is hard to tell what tn,
Russians may not attempt to do an,
II permitted to go unchecked ma,
close many of the doors now open il
the orient to the trade of this ant
other countries. And it is in this re-
spect that the United States is likel,
to find itself injured because of Eng
lands self-confessed weakness.
With Japan almost a bankrupt, Eng
land confessedly unable to do anv
thing, France in full accord wit,
Russian schemes and Germany strong
y inclined the same way, it begins t,
appear ass though the days of China
existence a a politlcai ana geograph,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-11-01

accompanied by other K. of r. gran lodge officers, of Little Rock, IS in the city. and Will meet with Imperial lodge tonight Several new members will be initiated, refreshments will pc served and a grand time had.
 MT. sam katzenstein appeared on the streets Thursday in one of the most attractive delivery wagons yet seen in Pine Bluff It was made by the Elkhalt Carriage company, of Elkhart, Ind, but the lettering, which is very fine, was done by Bert Al wers, of this city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-11-01
PERSONAL POINTS.
Comings and Goings of Home People
 and Visitors.

Mr. Ralph Jones. of Warren is in the city.
 MT. J. |. Altschul, of Little Rock, $ in the city.
 MT. w. A. Wltsell is recent arrival from Little Rock.
 Dr. J. M. Reynolds. of Redtield. was in the city Thursday.
 Mr and Mrs. Thos. Collier, ct Alt helmer. are in the city.
 Mrs. Chas Bloom is visiting her son, John, in Fayetteville.
 Capt. M. W. Ware, of Linwood. IS registered at the TrulocK.
 Mr. J. G. Swanson, of Rison. was T visitor in the city Thursday.
 Mr. J. II Robertson, of Star City, was a recent guest of the Arlington.
 Chief of Police Vim. Craig has :a- turned from Texas, where he was sum- moned to attend court as witness.
 Mr Julius Schloss, who is now travelling out of New York city. IS in the city with his family and rela- tives
 Miss Flora Sanders. who has been visiting Misses Flora Silbernagle and Fannie Kaufman. has returned to her home at Little Rock.
 Mr. Paul R I.itZke, one of the most enthusiastic sportsmen in the state. Is in the city. He is travelling for the Peters Cartridge company.
 Miss kell, who has been the guest of MT. and Mrs. Marshall Trulock tor several days, will return to her home at Fayetteville Saturday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-11-01
Daily Graphic,
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

The carrier routes of the Datiy Graphic have eeen divided up and made smaller, so as to insure a more rapid delivery of the paper to it's largely increased list of subscribers. Several new carriers have been put on, and they are not yet well acqualnt- ed with the routes, and several sub scribers may be missed daily, and all who are should notify MT. A. D. Me Donald, circulation manager, by either phone at Graphic office, so that the irregularities may be corrected. It Is bv the assistance of the subscribers in this matter that the delivery system can be made perfect.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-11-01
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