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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13

pole. Now he lifts himself up, higher,
little more, and he is on the top OF
the box; a word from the trainer, the
pole is thrown in the air. and the
fish comes down into its destined
place-between the jaws of the sea-
lion.
1.-THE Seal-Skin Band" is another
of their wonderful acts. Every ami
NAL is equipped with some instru-
ment, and at signal each one at
tempts to outvie the others in noise
making. With drums, cymbals, horns
and bells they unite to make music"
and If the melody is Of rather doubt
full character, they certainly make up
in vigor for what they lack in har-
mony.
The variety and excellence of their
feats are amazing. They are SEEM
ingly capable of performing all the
tricks accomplished by other trained
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13
olyinx Trust. a Broad Hint

The beef trust does not seem to
nave been shaken much by the injunc-
ton against 1t in Chicago. But the
injunction may serve the purpose of
the administration into fooling stupid
people into believing that it's war"
on the trusts is anything but false pre-
tense. These proceedings are likely
to be dragged out until after the con-
gressional elections and then in all
probability they will end in fiasco,
as some similar wars" have done
incidentally the president may sue
coed in convincing the trusts that if
they do not want to run up against
the real thing they would better make
quick decision in his favor as against
the willy Hanna.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13

with other animals; viz. they must
be taught by kindness and not by
fear
They are great eaters, consuming
about seventy-five pounds of fish per
day. At the conclusion Of every trick
successfully performed they receive n
small piece Of fish, for, like most Of
us, they do their best when tangible
reward Is in sight.
1t is hardly within the bounds Of
possibility that now seals intelli-
gence is made known, they will ever
be adopted as household pets. Ex-
cepting to those persons with large
aquarium they will hardly appeal in
this capacity. But it is now proven
beyond the possibility Of doubt that
they have far larger degree of intel
ligence than any of our domestic an
imals. Until, however, they are
trained to the point where they can
live entirely out of the water, and can
also eat such food as is general to
the ordinary household they have but
small chances of being adopted as fire.
side companions. The most we can
do at present is to read Rudyard Kip
ling's white Seal with better ap-
probation, and the knowledge that
what he did was entirely within the
capacity Of every seal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13

The opponents of direct election
of United States senators are willing
to agree to any change except the one
the people want. Senator Hoar, for
example, suggests that in order to
prevent deadlocks a plurality of the
legislature should be sufficient to
elect a senator. This would surely
reduce the character of the United
States senate to a lower level and
would make the senators more indie
pendent than ever of the people. A
corruptionist could. under this plan,
buy up little more than so per cent
of the majority side in the legislature
and be elected-a saving of time and
trouble, perhaps, but nothing else
could be said in it's favor.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13

70 most people seal is a rather
stupid cross between an animal and a
fish. whose only vafde is to provide the
material for very expensive raiment.
When the fact Of seal being used
in a public performance Is brought for
ward, the mind instantly flies to
thoughts of tank of water in which
a few seals listlessly swim around and
perfunctorily go through number OF
minor tricks. 1t is only within the
past few years that seals and sea lions
have been seen on the stages of the
leading vaudeville theaters, giving per-
formances which have put to shame
the best efforts Of the many troupes
of monkeys, dogs and other animals
whose exhibitions We are all familiar
with.
For many weeks troupe of seals
and sea lions appeared at leading
vaudeville house in New York City,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13

The people have long ago accurately
sized up the trust situation. They
know that the great combinations in
restraint of trade are menace Of the
gravest import to the general good.
They have seen these organizations
created md fostered by Republican
policies. In every important political
campaign they find the trusts aligned
solidly on the Republican side, con-
tributing heavy sums to the Republic
can campaign slush funds and using
all their influence to compel their EN-
ployes to vote the Republican ticket
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13
TRUTH COMING OUT
eAoTS RECORDED IN DISPATCH
FROM GEN. CHAFFEE.
American People Have Right to Know
II Tales of Cruelty and Ruthless
slaughter OF Natives Are True-Win
Not Countenance Dsspotism.

Secretary Root has graciously per-
mitted the publication of the dispatch
from Gen. Chaffee expressing regret
that thrty-fve Moro prisoners, who
were disarmed. were shot down while
attempting to escape. s
Gen. Chaffee quotes dispatch from
Gen. Davis stating that eighty-four
Moro prisoners who were sitting on
an open hilltop surrounded by
strong guard suddenly sprang up and
rushed down the hill. when the guard
and one company opened fire without
orders and killed thirty-five OF the
number. The others, excepting nine
who were recaptured, escaped.
The noteworthy thing about this is
that Secretary Root has been so good
as to give all this to the public with
out waiting to have 1t extracted by
the main strength of resolution from
one house or the other of congress.
For this burst of confidence in the
American people on the part OF the
despotic secretary of war we have to
thank the Democratic minority in the
senate and a few indignant Republi-
cans in both houses.
The administration and it's support
ers in congress and the Republican
newspapers with some honorable ex-
ceptions have been proceeding on the
theory that the American people have
no right to know what is being done
in their name to the natives OF islands
some ten thousand miles away, and
that it is not only impertinent but I'M
ton.
They have assumed that If whole
sale slaughter, cruel torture and many
other things contrary to the accepted
laws of civilized warfare were perpe-
trated in their name and in pursuance
of orders nobody but the men who
gave the orders and executed them
have any right to know the facts.
The minority in congress is en-
titled to credit for insisting on adher-
ence to the time-honored principles
and practices of the republic.
1t is entitled to credit for dragging
to light the secrets of war department
despotism.
1t is entitled to credit for disclosing
the fact that there are secrets in this
Philippine business not at all credita-
BILE to the country.
1t is entitled to credit for frightening
the administration into disclosure of
some of the ugly facts which prove
that an irresponsible despotism is ex-
ercised in the name of the American
people over millions of human beings
by men who prefer to conceal their
facts from those in whose name they
exercise their despotic power.
How much more remains to be dis
closed can only be ,conjectured. We
may infer a good deal from the state.
ment of Senator Lodge, spokesman for
the administration, that over 300 Of
ficers and men have been tried by
court-martial recently for cruelty to
the natives of the islands, but TIE
whole truth, which the people have a
right to know, will never be brought
to light until we have a Democratic
congress and administration.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13

and by courtesy of the management,
facilities were granted to the writer
to interview the trainer Of the troupe
and to secure photographs of the
animals during their performance.
It must be admitted that the per-
Torrance given by these animals is
little less than marvellous. 1t Is no
exaggeration to say that they show
an almost human appreciation of what
they are doing. Watch one of them as
the trainer advances with a long pole,
something like billiard cue, on the
end of which reposes a small fish. The
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13
,nr.p,ou, w.adlnx PRESENT.

An ingenious wedding present was
received recently by French bride
from one of her relatives, who Is q
geographer. The present was silver
bowl in the design Of terrestrial
globe, the upper hemisphere forming
the cover. The map of the earth was
deliberately engraved on the outside.
and the route taken by the newly we'd
ded pair was indicated by a line OF
lapis-lazuli, the names Of the towns at
which stay was made being inserted
in enamel
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13

and the sea-lion travels across the
stage to his station, balancing them
as he did the pole. He mounts his
box and gives his head a toss, with
the result that the whole structure
collapses, and, as the articles fall to
the stage, he catches the ball on his
nose, holds Il for few minutes. and
finally losses 1t to his trainer.
Training these animals Is far from
easy work. They vary in intelligence
as do humans. and there is big ham
dicap in the fact that they are out OF
their natural surroundings. Their
confidence has to be gained, and the
same fact holds true with them as
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13

ANIMALS. and surpass them in many
instances. 1t is in the balancing acts
they show their superiority. A large
ball is tossed in the air and caught,
spinning, on the nose of one Of the
sea-lions. Then 1t is passed from
one to another, bouncing up in the
air, caught, passed, and repassed, new
er being allowed to drop to the floor.
A game of ball takes place; one seal
losses the ball from his nose to the
batsman, who strikes at it, and as
it whirls across the stage another
sea-lion catches it in mid-air and bal
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13

lief from such exactions by the simple
process Of abolishing such protective
duties as are plainly used to maintain
oppressive monopolies. And If con-
gress, which is controlled by the re-
publican party, should not only dis
appoint them in this matter. but
should refuse to do justice to Cuba
and neglect to provide markets for our
own products by allowing the recipro-
city treaties to fail, then the people
may be expected to revolt at the next
congressional election and prepare the
way for an administration opposed to
trusts.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13

Oxford, destroyed the tombs of the
Scalmers, former possessors OF the
place, and one Of the unhappy lcdies
Of this family; finding no rest, Is said
to still haunt the churchyard, always
searching for the remains Of her rela-
lions. To mollify her Uneasy spirit
every Earl Of Oxford at his burial is
driven in his hearse three time round
the church before be is laid to his rest
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13

An important discovery of silver
coins is reported from Travancore. In
dia. The coins. 3O6 In number, were
found in an urn, and we're forwarded
by the government of India to DIR.
Thurston of the Madras museum, who
has identified most of the pieces as
being certainly current In the time OF
Buddha-that is, in the sixth century
before the Christian era-and prob
ably even as far back as 1000 B. G.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13

In the course Of recent explorations
in some caves near Grimaldi. the
property of the Prince Of Monaco. the
remains OF several prehistoric animals
have been found, as well as some
skeletons Of human beings of enor-
nous height. The remains are sup
posed to belong to the diluvial period
and are of the greatest scientific Inn
portance,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13
Hanna Getting Votes and Money.

To the trusts, which he so strenu-
ously upholds both in and out Of Con-
gress, he turns for the necessary cam
paign funds; to the laborers he turns
for votes. This sort Of political poll
icy has been sometimes called by scott
ers carrying water on both shoulders.
Whether this can be done successfully
can be better known Ammo Domini
1904.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13

The chief fault of the trust system,
aside from its crushing of small COM
petitors. lis the selfishness Of it's
magnates. Their sole purpose, as
shown in the annual report of the steel
trust, is to swell profits and conse-
quent dividends to the utmost. The
men whose labor piles up the profits
and the people who buy the products
are left entirely out of the account.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13
The ship Subsidy Indlg nifty.

If the government can give sub
sidy to a SID. ,essaers ~ should also =,
pursuits. ybeif. nights to dip their
hands into the treasury to-, advance
their private interests rests on las SOL
i'd ground. as THE grabbing purpose of
the ship builders.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13

ances 1t until the batter is declared
"out!" The final one of the balancing
tricks is one of the most surprising.
A hat is placed on the tip of the ami
mails nose, upon 1t are balanced six
large wooden bricks, upon them is an
iron frame somewhat like a three
legged stool upside down. and in the
center Of this stool IN large ball.
They make q tower of about four feet.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13
The Coal Trust. E,tortions.

The attorney general would find
no difficulty in procuring plenty of evil
dence to prove the extortions Of the
coal trust. They exist in every city
which is. a coal distributing center,
and almost every large user of coal
can furnish plenty Of testimony which
would convict the coal trust.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13
viii End tn. War Ono. Again.

President Roosevelt is announced
for tour of the south some months
later The war between the north
and the south has been over for a
good many years, but Of course the
settlement will be clinched again
when the chief executive goes over
the field of carnage.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13
wise In His Generation.

Col. Henry Watterson is wise poll.
tician. He proposes to ascertain the
precise dimensions and proportions OF
his presidential boom before he places
it on exhibition. And then he may con-
clude to keep it as family relic.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13

The conseience-stricken man who
has paid a railroad for stolen rides
will wait long time for the railroad
to pay him for the money 1t has taken
from him in excess Of what 1t honestly
earned In carrying him or his goods-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13

Secretary Long is rather ridiculous
in pretending to believe that Abraham
Lincoln, if living to-day would approve
the Philippine folly. Mr.. Lincoln dis
tinctly declared that no man is good
enough to govern another man with
out the other mans consent.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13
Earl of oxfora.s Family Ghost.

It is interesting to note, in connec-
ton with the late earl's burial, that
his coffin when brought from London,
where he died, was not driven three
times round the church at Wolterton,
although this is the first time the for
mality had been omitted. The tradi-
ton held that Horatio, second Earl OF
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13

Subsidies Have Failed Everywhere.
The plan proposed by the Hanna
Pay.e or the Fryef shipping subsidy
bill is one borrowed from the French
and Italian practices Of the past, a
practice that in both of these countries
has proved absolutely ineffective for
the attainment of the desired end.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-06-13
n. R.vo,. Against tho Trusts.

The people have been stirred up as
rever before on the subject of trusts,
and especially of such trusts as derive
their power from tariff duties that are
trohibitive and produce no revenue.
they expect congress to give them re-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-10
FERGUS COUNTY FAIR.
Association Arranging Program 70,
Exhibition and Races,

sN. st&SV0s f4r.tsSSN
The trustees Of the Fergus County
Fair association held a meeting at the
Office Of Cook & Hilger. Saturday at
ternoon to make the preliminary ar
rangements to hold the annual fair
this fall. The abundant resources of
the county will furnish many credita-
BILE features for a fair and stock ex-
hibit and it is proposed to make this
one the best of any yet held in the
county. It vas decided to offer liberal
premiums for racing contests, togeth-
err with suitable prizes for baseball
and rock-drilling contests. The pres
ident appointed a committee Of three
on finance, composed Of Messrs. Cook,
Eldridge and Symmes. A committee
on program and arrangements was
also appointed, composed Of Messrs.
Hilger, Crowley and Belden. Many
needed improvements will be made in
the way Of Strengthening the grand
stand, building new fences and put
ting the track in firstclass condition.
The association owns a fine k~ite-shap-
ed mile track and horsemen who have
raced over 1t pronounce it Of the
best to be found in the northwest. So
far the officers are meeting with much
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-10

age and but q partial yield is reported.
In addition to this q large sum Of
money, aggregating 5000, 900, belong
ing to the tribal fund, has been ex-
pended in an irrigating ditch scheme
en- the Big Horn river which in these
days OF modern ideas seems to be an
impracticable proposition. AS one In
dian expressed it some time ago, "the
man who started the ditch seemed to
think he was put in charge for the
purpose Of shooting rocks out OF the
canyon Of the river like a boy with a
toy gun"
As stated, the foregoing sum of mon
.ey belonging to the Indians as q tribe
has been expended in what appears to
be a visionary scheme. or il ever sue
cessful it will be at a cost far above
a sum warranted by the value OF the
lands brought under irrigation. The
failure of the bill in congress this
Session, therefore, will work a double
hafdship.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-10
GETS HER REWARD.
Northern Pacific Remembers Custer
County Little Heroine.

Northern Pacific Remembers Custer
County Little Heroine.
Some corporations may be thank
less, but the Northern Pacific Railroad
company is not one of those, thinks
little Miss Julia Penden of Miles City.
1t will be remembered that a few
weeks ago the newspapers contained
an account Of Miss Julia's wild ride in
to Miles City to- give warning of the
burning of a bridge a few miles below
that town and thereby saved an east
bound passenger train from possible
disaster. She has just received her
reward for her bravery and thought
fulness. In a letter from the com
pany's headquarters at st. Paul she
has been given her choice Of 500 in.
gold or a pass, good in Montana, for
the rest of the year.
The time required for her to arrive
at a decision was brief. She took the
gold. She said she had no desire to
ride or the cars, beside occasions re-
quiring her to go further than she
could be carried by her faithful little
broncho were SO rare that she really
had no 8 for transportation Of the
sort rendered her.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-10
COMING TO MONTANA.
Princeton Geological Party viii Hunt
for Fossils.


Princeton. N. j., June 6.-Professor
Marcus s. Farr Of the geological de-
partment in the university, announc-
ed today that arrangements had been
made for a geological expedition to
Montana, which will leave here June
Is.
The party, which includes Professor
Farr and eight students, will go direct
ly to Big Timber, Mont, and encamp
neal Fish creek.
Investigations will be made in the
j%urassic locality at Fort Pierre, a for
nation in which there are many fos-
sils Of the c%retaceous period, and at
Fort Union.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-10
LILLIAN FILES ANSWER TO SUES
COMPLAINT.
HAS NEVER BEEN UNTRUE
White Wife Of Chinese Haberdasher
Gives Her Side Of Their
Trouble.
From Fridays Daily Gazette.

1t is the evident intention Of Lillian
to- make her spouse sing in a minor
key before she gets through withfhim,
in his efforts to secure a divorceyfron&
her, no matter what key he attempted
when Sue Sung his little ditty that re
suited in the filing of the complaint
now with the clerk of the district
court. The tune the defendant sings
is entirely different and puts Sue to
the proof. Mrs. Sung has made her
answer to his allegations and in it
denies everything charged by her hus-
band, except that he and she were
intermarried on the date named by
him and the place stated, and that
since June 2, 1902, he has not lived
She alleges that he abandoned her
and that, too, without cause, reason,
xcu or ~provocation and against her
will and without her consent. Not
only that, but she charges that he
put her out of his house and then re
moved her from his bed and board
her to- live with him and still refuses
to permit her to assume her rightful
place as his wife and sharer of his
joys and sorrows. She has always
been, she declares, a good and low
ing wife, ever true to her marriage
VOWS and obligations.
The plaintiff, according to her al
legations, is possessed of personal
property reasonably worth $4,000 and
also has an interest in a clothing store
or tailor shop at Helena, from which
he derives a good income, is the own
er of the Chinese lottery in this city
and on top of all this has several
thousand dollars on deposit in one of
the local banks, the exact amount of
which, however, she does not know.
AS for herself, she AYERS she is abso-
lutely destitute and possessed of no
property or means and is wholly de-
pendent upon the charity of her
friends and unable to provide for her
approaching confinement.
On the strength of her showing in
this regard she thinks the court should
make IN order allowing her $50 a
month, pending outcome of the action,
and $3.50 for attorney fees and costs.
Upon final decision of the suit she
asks the court to grant her alimony
of $50 a month, as the plaintiff, she
says, is well able to pay that amount
without distressing himself in any
name
G. L. Harris is the attorney for the
defendant.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-10
FOUND NO
Chief Of Police Goes on Tour Of In.
vestigation.

}RAEEG
To satisfy himself as to whether
the law has been fractured to the ex-
tent claimed, Chief Calhoun made a
tour of the places this afternoon where
it was reasonable to suppose gambling
would be found if any was going on in
the city. His investigation was fruit
full of nothing more than the silent
evidence of past toying with Dame
Fortune through the medium of some
Of the devices so well known to the
men who like to take an occasional
whirl at the sport. The wheels, lay
out and other instruments showed no
signs Of recent use, and not being
endowed with the power of speech
Interrogation of them was useless. OF
course, no arrests were made and no
material results accrued as a conse-
quence of the little saunter the chief
took.
In all places he visited word was
left that no matter what had been
done in the past, whether secretly or
by reason of any tactic understand
ing or agreement, no more gambling
would be permitted in any form in
the future. The law will be enforced
so far as it lies within the power of
the police to do so and those
who take delight in the pastime Of
twisting the tigers tail or backing
their judgment on the order in which
the cards come out of the little box
will have to find places beyond the
reach of the laws minions in whicf
to indulge in it.