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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02

Omaha Bee: The Canadian claim
regarding the Alaskan boundary has
repeatedly been shown to be utterly
g%roundless, yet it is persisted in. not
withstanding the fact that it NAV
cause serious trouble between the
United States and Great Britain be-
fore a final settlement is reached
In a letter to the New York Tri-
bune, Mr.. Frederick w. Seward, son Of
William H. Seward, who when secre-
tary of state negotiated the purchase
of Alaska, says that Great Britain
had no more claim to a port on the
Lynn canal than she has to Boston
harbor.. .1sssssa
THE treaties are clears and ex-
plicit," says Mr.. Seward. s.The bound
airy named in them is a natural and
well defined one. 1t is a line run
ming along the SUBMITS of the noun.
tain chain, ten marine leagues from
the coast, The pretense that the
mountains sink down just there, leav-
ing no well defined ridge, is nonsense.
They r gigantic, precipitous cliffs,
from 5000 TO 5000 feet high. The
White Pass itself, chosen. as the low
est available point of passage, is lit
orally a railway through the clouds"
It is impossible to say whether the
British government will continue to
back up Canada in the preposterous
claim to Alaskan territory the Amer
lean title to which has been question
ed only within the last few years.
but in the interest Of peace and good
relations that claim should be aban-
doned, for it will certainly never be
conceded by the United States.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02

ygueaneauesro Cne Iengtn or their "
pleasure and desire and that the peo-
pie are not alive to the danger that
may come to them if regulative meas
ures are not adopted. To those who
oppose them he declares that it would
be folly to expect 10 cure the evils
they complain of in a single day and
that whatever measures are adopted
must be the result of serious, earnest
and deep thought. He does not set
himself ups as do some of the loud
mouthed demagogues who are oppos-
ing him, as being the possessor of a
remedy that will bring instantaneous
and lasting relief. He shows his wis
dom by calling attention to the evil
and leaves it to the lei who make
the laws to devise some measure cal
culated to effect the cure. He realizes
the magnitude OF the diseaseSand con
tents himself by declaring In a gen.
eral way that the only effective rem
edy lies in governmental control. If
the power necessary to do so is not
granted congress under the consti-
tuition, then, he says, the constitution
should be SO amended as to confer
that power. BY doing his utmost I'M
der a defective law to accord the re-
lief for which the people call he has
shown what may be expected of him
under a more fa%r-reaching and effec-
tive law.
1t is noticeable that he does not
share in the fear of President Rose
of the lawyers national organization
if the power he declares shall
be vested in the national government
were so vested that it would signify
the Inauguration of an era of cor
ruption and d%ebauchery unparalleled
in the history of the nation. He has
more confidence in the people and
their representatives. He believes
if amended as recommended by
him the constitution would be enforc-
ed, or rather that the laws enacted
under the amendment would be in
accordance with the provisions of the
amendment and that the will Of the
people would be so Enthusiastically ex-
pressed at the polls that those whose
luty it would be to enact the new leg
Station would not care to go contrary
their wishes. In other words, he
las confidence in the honesty of the
and trusts them.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
OF THE DAY
An Honored Old Age.

Abram s. Hewitt, ex-mayor of New
York city and the man whom Andrew
Carnegie calls Americas foremost
private citizen" celebrated his eighth
eth birthday at his summer home at
Bar Harbor, Me-, or July 81. The ven
cradle gentleman passed this milestone
of an active career in excellent health
and spirits. Few men have had better
opportunities to accumulate wisdom
with years than Abram s. Hewitt.
Gifted by nature, well trained, well
placed and universally trusted, he has
had about every sort of profitable pub
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
Underwooa as a Mapmaker:

T.. l.. Underwood of New York, who
is arranging the sixty million dollar
cotton mill combination in the south to
be known as the Southern Cotton Yarn
company, came from Cha1leston, s. G..
1t is told of him that when as a lad in
school he was asked TO draw aSmap of
the world Underwood drew a dot about
as big as Il pea to represent the world.
Around that he drew a circle as large
MS a dine to represent the state of
South Carolina, and outside of that he
drew Il circle as large rs Il quarter Of a
dollar to represent tle city of Charles
ton
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
Prairie Fire.

Great Fails, Aug. 29.-Meager par
ticulars We're received in the city last
evening of "a big prairie fire in the
vicinity of Hayre, north of the river.
A wind with a velocity of 35 miles an
hour was tanning the flames, and it
was feared the fire would overtake
many bands of sheep and destroy a
great quantity of stacked hay and
much range.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
ARRkM S. HEWITT.

lie and business experience that any
mar could have. He is not in har-
mony with either of the political par
ties now %contending in New York, bur
lie does not for that reason imagine
that the country is going to the dem
milton bowwows. He retains his OPP
timism and declares that there are
good times coming to the people of
America.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
A NOVEL ENGINE.
Baltimore and Ohio Has a Machine
That Carries P~assengers.


Baltimore and Ohio Has a Machine
That Carrie Passengers.
A unique engine has recently been
completed by the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad at it's Mount Clair shops in
Baltimore. 1t is designed for the use
of officials in making inspection trips.
Though called an inspection engine,
it really Answers the purpose Of a
whole train. The engine has a small
passenger coach constructed on top of
the boiler back of the smokestack. The
boiler is heavily covered with asbestus
and the floor of the car with brussels
carpet.
The seats in the coach are arranged
in amphitheater style, SO as to give
every one in the car a full view of the
track and surrounding country. Pas
sengers enter the car by winding stairs
IN either side of the front pilot. The
engine may be readily ruin in either di-
rection.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1902.
GRADUATED SOCIALISM,.

Notwithstanding the adoption of thu
rider attached to the resolution which
prevailed at the meeting of the trades
and labor council at Livingston a
few days ago, and by which it was
believed that the attempt to tie labor
organizations in the state to the so
cialist party had failed, it would
seem that the council is not wholly
free of socialistic ideas and tenden-
cies. The council has adopted fur
ther resolutions and these are dis
tinctly expressive of socialistic be-
liefs. One of them declares in IA
Q of the establishment of a state
smelter. This certainly is in line
with the demands of the socialists.
Another asks the passage of a law
by which the state will be required
to assist wage workers to collect
their pay, where institution OF a law
suit is necessary. If the demand of
the council is complied with then it
will become the duty of every county
in the state to furnish counsel in the
collection of such claims, provided
the cost Of the same does not exceed
$50.
If 1t is proper for the state to erect
and operate a smelter, why is it not
equally right and proper to demand
that it shall build, equip and operate
Touring mills, tanneries, tailor shops
or any of the other institutions that
give employment to labor and con-
tribute to the needs and requirements
Of its people. Why necessary to draw
the line at shelters? Did the council
in it's wisdom consider that only the
mining industry, through it's attend
ant industry, the reduction of ores,
was of such Importance to the people
of the state that 1t should be conduct
ed under state control and at state
expense? Or was it possibly because
the largest number of delegates of
the council happened to be represent
alive of subordinate bodies the mem
bers of which are engaged in occupa-
tons that directly have their origin in
the extraction of ores from the
depths of the earth?
Such distinction in favor Of one
particular industry or the men follow
ing it as a means of livelihood is man
ifestly unfair to the many other per-
son in the state who. are dependent
upon labor in one form or another as
a mea Of existence. If it is the
proper thing for the state to manage
a smelter itwould not be less proper
for it to conduct a ranch or a stock
farm. If socialism is to be adopted
and communal ownership of the
source of wealth and it's distribution
are to obtain, why not, then, adopt
the cult of it's entirety. Let the state
not stop at shelters, but take over
every source Of wealth and employ
ment, for if socialism is COON in one
thing it, ought to be good in all. If
we are to have a Utopia, let us have
it whole. not on the installment plan.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
- IN -"0-- -"- N
HE'LL NEVER GET LET.

Brooklyn Eagle: Russell Sage is
afraid that there are too many trusts,
and there will be a grand collapse
some morning, when Morgan isn't
looking. Uncle Russell believes, ap-
parently, that there is going to be a
brokers trust. But he need not fear.
lie will be in it..
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
he Holloway Trio of high-wi

The Holloway Trio of high-wire
acrobats, who are engaged with, Ring
ling Brothers Worlds Greatest Shows
this season, were the reigning sensa-
ton of London last winter. These
great artists perform acrobatic feats
in mid-air, and upon thin wire, that
many celver acrobats hesitate to at
tempt IN the solid ground. There is
no other act like it in the world.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
Lines Through a Hat.

My panama! Ny cherished hat,
Which l SO heartily admire,
With crown so high and brim SO fiat,
What grim reflections 0 inspire!
The roses bloom and fade away;
The present joy is turned to gloom;
The banquet hall, once bright and gay,
becomes q chill. deserted room.
The nation once extolled with fear
Now dumbly plods. with glory fled:
The star that once shone forth SO clear
Reels onward, lusterless and lead.
And I reflect. with grief profound,
That GU, my treasured panama,
Before another June rolls round
VIII simSly be q last years straw.
-Washtngton STAR
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
N MILD

Saturday Evening Post: Beef went
up on account of the scarcity of beef.
Coal went up because of the scarcity
of coal. The only surprising thing
is that ice did not go up or account
of the scarcity of water.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
The Long and short Of It.

The tallest man in the present con-
gress is Representative Cyrus Sullo-
way of New Hampshire. The shortest
member is Samuel S. Smith of Michi-
gan. Strange to say, Sulloway and
Smith are great chums and have many
confidential remarks to make to each
other, although Smith has to stand on
his tiptoes and Sulloway has to double
himself up like a jackknife when these
heart to heart communications take
place. BY the members who know of
this intimacy Sulloway is referred to
as .'the majority" while Mr.. Smith is
called "the minority" The latter is
only .the minority so far as stature
goes, for he is a very decided majority
as regards his name. There are six
Smiths in the house of representatives.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
cUBANS ON.

Chicago Chronicle: President Pal
ma of Cuba is now beginning to taste
the joys of his exalted position. The
Havana editors have started in to
"arraign" him. When they begin to
brand" him he will be due to an
nounc his candidacy for a second
term.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
CAUSE OF THANkFuLhEss.

Kansas City Journal: One Of the
gratifying things about the naval en-
counter between. Captain Pillsbury
and Admiral Higginson is the fact that
it does not saddle the country with
an additional pension roll.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
SLOW BUT SURE.

New York Tribune: American di-
plomacy with the porte sometimes has
to move slowly, but it generally gets
there, all the same.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
WINSTON

Caryel' anG .'The Crisis are i'm
mensely liked in New England. Mr..
Churchill is now at work On a his
torical romance dealing with the times
of the Louisiana purchase.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
A Pretty sure Sign

"Does she sing as if she had had her
voice cultiyated!" !,
.Oh, yes. l couldn't understand a
word she said ."-Philadelphia Bulle-
tin.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
Cl..I.n,~ employment
.NbCk WHI Bureau.
Phone No. 'S9A.
No Charge for Male Help.

Help Wanted.
One man for dairy. e.
Man to run harvester.
Waitress for hotel, city.
Waitress for restaurant, city.
Girls for general house work, city
and ranch.
Woman cook in boarding house;
Livingston, $40.
Men for railroad construction, NJ
D.; ship every day.
Miscellaneous.
For Rent-Room furnished for
housekeeping; 81 per week.
Notwithstanding house in good To-
cation-furnished.
Wanted-To rent, 3 or 4 room house.
For Sale-Eight-room board and
rooming house, good location; a bar
gain. Electric light and water. y
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02

Churchill n Legislative Candidate.
Winston Churchill. the popular novel
s twho has just come out as a candidate
for the legislature in New Hampshire,
lives at Cornish, N. III. He was born
in st. Louis Nov. 10. 1871, and his
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-02
GREAT BATTLE IN
THE SIXTH TO-DAY
Voters to Choose a Nominee for
Congress.
GLASS APPARENTLY LEADS
All the Candidate, However, Are Strong
and Popular Men-v.va Voce Sss>
tenn of voting-Quick Returns
Expected-Both Terms.

The Democratic Congressional battle
in the Sixth District has been fought out
on the stump and the voting will take
place to-day.
The candidates are all high men and
Will each have a strong following. They
are State Senator Carter Glass. of Lynch
burg. and Graham Claytor, of Bedford,
and Delegate a. NJ: Bowman. of Salem !;
SC whoever shall win the Legislature Of
Virginia will lose a valuable member
and the district will be fifty represented
in Congress. The nominee of the primary
to-day Will be indeed fortunate man
from a political point of view; for tie Will
not only have before him a full term CT
two years in Congress from March 4th,
1903, but he will be likewise the nominee
OF his party TO fill out the unexpired
term of the lamented Peter J. Otey,
which will end the day before the long
term begins Governor Montague Will
shortly after the primary issue a writ
ordering that the uneXpired term be filled
at the regular election in November
AMPLE TINE FOR ALL.
The hours within which the voting VIII
be done in all the counties and cities OF
the Sixth District to-day will be from S
o'clock A NJ to o'clock z M, and the
viva voce system Of voting will be used.
Chairman D. G. EgGleston lett for ms
home in Charlotte yesterday and VIII
give much personal attention to the hsht
to the end that there may be full, tree
and fair expression of the voters.
While the district is a large one, some
portions Of it are far removed from the
railroads, vet it is believed that enough
returns will be in by tonight to indicate
who is nominated beyond question 1t is
certain that there will beaao repetition Of
The proceedings which took place in the
Fourth District. and which kept the re-
suit in doubt for more than week
LOOKS LIKE GLASS.
While it has been said all the candi-
dates in the Sixth are popular and Will
poll a strong vote. yet on account Of his
long and brilliant career in the public ser
vice. it was from the first thought by
good judges of politics that Senator
Glass had the inside track and they still
predict that he will win out to-day.
The district is composed OF the counties
of Charlotte, Campbell. Halifax. Mont
gomery. Roanoke. and the cities Of Roam
oke. Lynchburg and Radford. Senators
Glass and Clayton both closed their cam
paigns in Lynchburg. the former having
had his final rally on Thursday night
and the latter last night. Colonel Bow
mans entire canvass has been on the
order of a still hunt for votes.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-02
Determined Effort to Ascer.
tain Those implicated.
LEADERS NAMES GIVEN
Scott Bradley, All Agree, Les
the Mob.
COL. WHITES TESTIMONY
It. WHITES TEsTIMoN,
Nothing Short of Firing on the Moi
Would Have Stopped Them, and
Such an Act Would Have Been
the Worst Time in Leesburg
Since the War-Rector
Valuable Witness.
Special Dispatch to The Times. J


LEESRURG. VA. August 1.-The storm
burg and Loudoun county for the last
five days has not subsidized. The climas
was reached to-day in the lynching o.
the negro. but the denouemen. Is not
yet. The representative citizens of Lees
burg are condemning In unmeasured
terms the resort te' mob violence, and
there is continuing determinations to
bring ene leaders of the mob TO Justice.
The greatest obstacle the authoritiea
are meeting with is that the great masf
of the mob and a number of the leader{
were from Fairfax county and the exc
treme lower part cf Loudoun. and con.
sequently not known Iii Leesburg. Still
considerable progress has been made.
and there seems little doubt but ;has
evidence sufficient to secure the tnd!ct.
ment of at least FIVE has been So Ired.
CoRONER's JURY,
The coroner's jury, compos OF W.
w Chambln, .Johu g. :. B.
Harrison. John A. Ririler, Z. T. itlnei
Henry Sellman, met promptly at ter
O'Clock. and the coroner, Captain Fl. O.
Clagett. with that nervous energy 50
characteristic of him. went to work in
earnest to disclose. if possible. the names
of the men responsible for the lynchins
of Craven.
Sheriff H P. Russell was first sworn.
but knew no one concerned in the lynch
ing, and could only say that he thought
the officers had done everything they
could to prevent it without resort to-
firearms. The veteran Colonel e. "
White was called early. and made one
OF the most interesting witnesses of the
day. In the first rush on the Jail. the
Colonel had been seen to push four men
at c'nce from the platform. and he cer-
tainly fought vaifantly for law and or
der. On the stand Colonel White said:
Il did everything I could morally and
physically. and when I found out could
not prevent the lynchins I went home
Continued on Tenth Paseo
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-02
CONDITIONS UNCHANGED IN THE
PENNSYL WANNA STRIKE CENTERS
President Mitchell Addresses Great Meeting of Strikers Scan
ton and Urges Them to Stand Firr-Ihere is No Further
C1o,o
Trouble at Shenandoah,

death last night of Joseph Beddall. as
result Of injuries received in the riot Of
Wednesday night. He was we'll known IN
the business commun,s. His funeral Will
take place on Mond.# afternoon, and he
will be buried with Masonic honors. Kew
". H. Stewart, OF the William Penn
Methodist Church, said to-day that Bed
DALI on his death bed, had denied that
he was carrying ammunition to his bro
thcr Thomas. the deputy sheriff. who
was beseged in the railroad station
where the trouble occurred. 1t had been
reported by some unknown person that
he had several boxes of pistol cartridges
in his pocket when he was trying to reach
his brother. and that as result OF TINS
the crowd attacked him. The injured man
said he did not so there to protect his
brother, but that his only thouSht was
for his brothers safety.
The inquest on the death OF Beddali
was begun to-day, and after four witness
es had been examined. the further taking
of evidence was postponed untli next
Thursday. According to the testimony OF
Dr. BidGle, of the Miners Hospital, Bed
dali received terrible beating at the
hands of the mob. The direct cause OF
Death was a cash Of the skull. four inches
lcrg and one inch wide. Two witnesses
told the story of the riot. It was brought
out that Deputy Sheriff Thomas Beddail
who was escorting the workmen from the
cclliery, did not use his pistol until after
he had been assaled several times by
shower of rocks and bricks His first
shot was fired into the air and his second
into the ground. There were more than
a hundred men in the crowd, and many
CT them carried clubs.
Brigadier-General Goblin said tonight
th.t while everything IS quiet, there is
feeling of unrest among the great army
Of idle men and boys The General will
NOT talk about the length of the stay OF
the troops but it is believed It brigade
headquarters that the soldiers will stay
in the field fer some time, or probably to
the. end Of the strike