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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-11
PATRIOTS SAD PLIGHT.

A patriot, a liberator, a statesman,
a hero, who has suffered and dared for
his country, made captive in a treach-
erous name by the enemy whom he
was fighting and then released by that
enemy, fearing to mingle among his
own people and asking protection
against them is the news that reaches
us from Manila. This is Aguinaldo,
the man whom the democrats have
been holding up to the world as the
reincarnation of Washington and the
hero and would be savior ct his ma
ton. Aguinaldo at liberty is not the
contented, happy man he was when
under guard of American soldiers, for
Notwithstanding all he has done for
them, there are some Filipincs who
would desire no greater pleasure in
this life than to introduce their idol
to the sharp edge of a bolo. He
knows this and has made a piteous
plea to General Chaffee to protect
him and save his miserable life. The
special guard he requested was denied
him and he was told that he would
have to take his chances the same
as any other citizen of the islands.
The man who murdered his friend
because he was jealous of him cring-
ing to his late jailer for protection
from fh0co whom hn f0orc will foLo
their own way of avenging the crime
he committed when he considered
himself so powerful that they could
never reach him is the one whom the
American Tagals have been lauding
as the personiication of all that is
noble, manly, patriotic and brave. In
their ~hysterical efforts to belittle the
administration and make adherents
they have not hesitated to go t6 any
extreme, not ever regarding the
sacred lame of Washington, to whom
they compared the miserable little
murderer now haunted by the fear
that he may be made to pay for his
villiany.
Time and events have justified the
bulk Of the American people in their
estimate of the craven and those who
have been singing his praises and
denouncing the brave men who have
had the task of overcoming him must
feel almost as small and Insignificant
as he does. ~
Their Washington is now asking
his Burgoyne to protect him against
the men with whom he fought for lib
erty. Isn't that a spectacle edifying
to an American citizen? u
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-11

Notwithstanding the fierce wal that
has been on between them for some
months, the railroad companies of
Nebraska continue to run their trains
as usual and the Omaha Bee is still
published twice a day. To disinterest-
ed spectators at this distance it would
seem that the participants in the wal
are employing the Chinese method of
fighting. They + great on noise,
but mighty poor on execution.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-11
A QUESTION OF ETHICS.

Tacoma Ledger: Several years ago
a Kansas man secured a divorce from
his wife on the statutory ground that
she had been unfaithful to her mar
riage VOWS. The woman made no
sign of dissent, and the court award
ed to the man the custody of the chill
dren. Since then the man has died,
and the ex-wife has made application
to be appointed to the guardianship
of the minors. To the suggestion that
the record of her divorce stamps her
as a person unfit, she unblushingly
makes reply that the charges brought
in the suit were false. She had agreed
to refrain from opposing them, be-
cause there was a mutual desire for
separation. In other words she was
willing to brand herself as an aban-
doned person, to stand before the
world bereft of reputation and char
acter.
There are at least two views to be
taken of this extraordinary case. 1t
is a question if this shameless woman
is a worthy to be trusted, if she is
telling the truth now, as she would
have been had the charges she now
denounces as perjured been just at the
time they were made. The woman
who would not shrink from the odium
she had not earned assuredly is as
low as the woman who might have
merited on the grounds specified the
odium this wife sought. She would
have better standing now we're she
to confess penitence than she can at
tain by the confession of an unnatural
course which led her to throw away
the hope of being respected, and to
desert her offspring.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-11

Senator Elkins is not deafened by
the tumultuous oar of voices second
ing his motion for Cuban annexation
for which he probably attuned his
ear when he delivered himself of his
now famous speech during the expir-
ing days of the last congressional ses-
sion. So far only one little voice has
been heard in its favor. Representa-
tive Newlands of Nevada believes as
the senator does, but in a modified
form. He thinks annexation is all
right, but believes no pressure should
be exerted by this country to bring it
about.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-11

Somehow, President Roosevelt is
not pleasing the democraticc editors
of the country and they r now charg-
ing him with having done nothing
since he entered the white house, ex-
cept to shape things for a renomina-
ton. While he does not deny pcs
sessing the creditable ambition of
succeeding himself, the rest of the &C.
cusation against him falls fiat. One
of the best proofs that he is making a
good president is furnished Gy the
democrats. To persons at all IA
miliar with the history of that party
and it's notions of good government,
exemplified when it had a representa-
tive in the position now occupied by
Roosevelt, the fact that he does not
do things to the liking of democracy
is one of his strongest recommends
tionsand n which appeals to the peo-
pie above all others. Were he con-
Quoting the affairs of the nation in
a manner to win democratic applause
and commentator his administration
could be set down as an absolute fail
ure. So long as he continues to in
vite criticism from that party and is
abused by it's writer's just so long may
the people have confidence in him and
rest assured that he is giving the
nation a clean, honest, patriotic and
able government.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-11

For some reason a number Of the
newspapers of the state see At to give
great prominence to, the. announce
ment of F. Aug. Heinze that he is a
democrat. Nobody has ever consid-
cred him as being anything else. He
is too shrewd to be a populist and
has never been able to engineer the
republican party in the state, conse-
quently he must be what he proclaims
himself to be. Then there is the rec
ord he made in the last campaign.
That is still too recent a piece Of his
tory to be forgotten. OF course, Mr..
Heinze is a democrat.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-11

It might be interesting to note what
the coming meeting of the pure food
congress may have to say concerning
the democratic legislature of Mon
tana which refused to pass a pure
food law because some of the demo-
cratic dealers of Butte had stocks on
hand which they knew would not
pass muster in the event such legis-
lation was adopted.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-11

AS the man behind the gun Tracy
has given ample proof of the fact that
he is no novice and is commanding
the respect of the webfeet who are
chasing him. Somehow their cam
paign is highly suggestive of that
waged by General Howard against
Chief Joseph. They always seem to
strike Tracy's camp the night after
he has occupied it. Tlcy seem t. pc
no better able to make close connec-
lions than was the general.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-11

In view of the fact that the time is
drawing near when the state board of
equalization will meet to fix the an
nual assessment, The Gazette takes
occasion to call the attention of thai
distinguished body to a statement re-
Gently issued by the Northern Secur-
tiles company. The statement says
the consolidated Northern Pacific and
Great Northern capitalization will be
at the rate of $55,SOO per mile, which
makes the valuation placed on the
same property by the board hereto
fore look like the proverbial fifth of a
dollar. The board may recede from
its W judgment in the premises to
the extent of taking the Northern
Securities company's estimate of the
value of its property in preference to
the combined opinion Of its members
and make the levy accordingly.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-11
GETTING READY TO FIGHT.
President Castro Of Venezuela /:
Barcelona With More Iroons.

President Castro of Venezuela at
Barcelona With More Troops.
Willemstad, Island of Curacao, July
president Castro of Venezuela ar
rived at Barcelona, state of Bermu-
DEE, Venezuela, on board the steam
err Ossun.
The Ossun towed two schooners
loaded with government troops to
Barcelona from LaGuayra, from which
port she left asst Sunday. Barcelona,
which is three miles from the coast,
is partly surrounded by the revolu-
tionists, who are said to be quite nu-
merous. President Castro does not
intend to attack the enemy before
next Sunday.
Hrr 49,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-11

1t having been reported that Presi-
dent Roosevelt was considering the
name of James X. Jones, senator
from Arkansas, for a place en- the
isthmian canal commission, Governor
JEFF Davis of that state has taken oc-
casion to write a letter to the presi-
dent in which he calls attention to the
fact that Jones has been r%epudiated
by the Arkansas democrats and that
they demand his retirement to private
life at the expiration of his present
term. The letter is said to have been
couched in language more noticeable
for its force and vigor than politeness.
II the president heeds the Jones let
ter, provided he has entertained any
such notions as the fiery governor at
tributes to him, it may prove hard on
Jones, but he is not the only one who
is being made to suffer for the sake
Of restoring harmony in the party of
Tilden, Bryan and Cleveland.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-11
THEY KEEP 1T DARK.

Philadelphia Ledger: A man ar
rested at the white house as a crank
declares that he has "the power of
telling where Uncle Sam is being
robbed" There are lots of that kind
of cranks in Washington, but they
are shrewd enough to keep quiet about
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-11

According to all reports the sultan
of Bacalod is preparing to amass a
large and powerful lot of trouble for
himself. If he will take the advice
of some of the either men of the archi-
pelago who have tried it he will do
as Davy Crockett's coon, leave his
perch and quietly submit. They will
be able to give him much wholesome
advice, based upon actual experience.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-11
A O THAT FAILED.

Washington Post: Whether or not
Mr.. Bryan was a bolter when he en-.
tered the Chicago convention Of 1896
is not a matter OF great moment, since
he was a good enough democrat to be
twice nominated for the presidency
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-11

Congressman Boutell formulated an
axiom when he said that the best re-
publican campaign document is the
country's prosperity. 1t is the sort
of document that appeals strongly to
the voters and one that the demo-
Gratis will find hard to overcome.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-11

AS long as the republican party
gives the nation administrations able
to show such comfortable balances in
the treasury as has been shown at the
close of the present fiscal year and
that, too, during a year when the most
extraordinary drains have been made
upon it, the democrats will find it a
difficult task to issue campaign liter
ature to overcome the eloquence of
the story told in plain figures. On the
morning of the first of the present
month there remained a surplus of
1872 1876 900 in the national exchequer.
The national debt was reduced dur
ing the two years preceding to the
extent of SIP, 900, 900, while taxation
vas reduced $40, 900, 900. For the COM
ing year it will be still further reduc-
ed, by the revision of the internal
revenue laws, and a saving of $40, O0O,-
900 will be made for the people. Max
ing allowances for all debts and liza
bilities on the evening of June 80,
the balance of 1858, Stalls remained
in the possession of the national
treasurer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-11

In place of the passe midway, the
managers of the forthcoming st.
Louis exposition have set out to Sc
cure the democratic national onven
ton fer 1904 The gentlemen show
themselves to be possessed of the true
showman's instinct.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-11
Entered at the Billings Postof1ce as Second
Glass Matter.
D JULY II, 1902.

Although very busy with its trials
of dishonest city officials, Minneapolis
still hopes to find time enough to make
it pleasant for the teachers who are
meeting there this week.
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Aguinaldo now being a free man,

Aguinaldo now being a free man, it
is to be hoped that some of his demo-
cratic friends on this side of the Pa
cifc will pass around the hat, I'M
less he still has enough left Of the
money paid him by Spain to defray the
cost of such a journey, and bring him
over They are not the only ones
anxious to see him. The entire u
try would like to get a glimpse of the
man whom the Pattersons, ct al, have
been clarifying and who has been
designated by Admiral Dewey and 9TH
ers as being no better than any other
looter and adventurer. 1t is safe to
say that if that curiosity is gratified
whatever trifing delusion concerning
the little brown fellows personality
still remains will speedily vanish and
Aggie will sink to the level that is
.rightfully his by every consideration.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-11

Some of the democratic newspapers
of the state are still devoting columns
of their space to an exposition of re-
publican perfidy in demonetizing sill
yer and the consequent loss it caused
to a few mine owners In their opin-
ion the silver miners are all that is to
the state, the men engaged in other
pursuits and occupations are mere
ciphers and their existence is simply
tolerated by the men who own holes
in the ground. Because of the change
in the monetary laws Of the nation
the silver miners can no longer sell
their product at high prices, it hav-
ing been deprived of the fictitious
value it once possessed, and their
friends are sore and can never for
give the party which is responsible
for the change. The newspapers that
are their champions consider the in
terests of the handful of mine own
ers of more Importance than all else.
They are blind to the fact that by
placing silver where it belongs ana
enacting other laws protecting Amer
lean industries and American work
men the party legislated for the ben
eft and welfare of the entire nation
and brought to all the greatest pos
Sible measure Of n%rOsneritv
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Quick, reliable shoe repairing. Post
office basement. TAFT
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showman's instinct.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-06
THE ZECKENOORF STORE.
Two Young Children
Killed by Whiskey.

NEW YORK. Jan, 6.-At Yonkers
Norah Hackett, aged years, died
from alcoholic poisoning.
Her mother is dead, and she was
playing with some companions, the
children of neighbors. IT her home.
during the absence of her father. when
she got hold of bottle CT whisky.
She drank some OF the contents and
soon afterward sank into state of
coma. The other children, not much
older than herself, became alarmed
and ran to their homes and told of
the girls condition. A doctor was
summoned but she failed to revive
and died the same night.
Joseph Holt, the little sou of Chris
lopher Holt, a plumber. residing at
Clifton, S. l.. died last night from al
ccoholic poisoning. The boy was ?
years and IL months old. He and his
5-yeap<old sister slept in the same
roow Both were found unconscious
yesterday morning. A bottle OF whis-
Ks had been left in the room. and the
children must have got up during the
night and drunk some OF the con-
| tents, as their breaths smel)ed strong
| ly of liquor.
A physician was summoned and
worked all day over the little ones.
He revived the little girl. and she is
now said to be out of danger. The
| boy. however. never recovered con-
sciousness and died late list night.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-06

CHARLES CONNELL TRIED
ON INSANITY CHARGE

Charles =. Connell the insurance
and mining man. vino resides at l3o
South Stone avenue was arrested Sun
day morning on a charge of insanity,
a compalint was sworn to Before Judge
Purcell today by Emanuel Drachman
and hearing was set for 2;30 this after
noon.
Mr.. Connell, is prominent citizen
having been city recorder here Tor
years. He lives with Ed. Scarborough
and wife. who rent his residence ana
they have noticed that ne has been
acting strangely for some time. Sat
urday night he became violen and
the authorities were notified. This Is
not the first time that he has had
troble of this kind( as he was confinei
in a private asylum in California for
some time about three years ago.
The hearing took place before Judge
Purcell this afternoon with Mrs. Scar
borough, Frank Treat and Frank Rus
sell as witnesses. 1t was brought out
by the evidence that Mr.. Connells
condition came from excessive drink
ing.
Judge Purcell ordered that Connel
be kept under surveillance.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-06
Shaw in Kentucky
Violated Precedent

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. c.
Kentuckians tell a story On the new
Secretary of the Treasury. 1t Is told
that on one occasion Governor Shaw
and Senator Fairbanks were the guests
of a Colonel of the Confederacy In
Kentucky. In showing his guests about
the town the Colonel. at the proper
time. guided them into saloon and
asked what, was their pleasure. Sena-
tor Fairbanks ordered mineral water
and Governor Shaw said he would like
a glass of fresh buttermilk. When the
bartender turned to the Colonel 1t was
noticed that the latter's face wore a
Mortified expression. Recovering. how
ever. he politely informed the bartend~
er that he could not do otherwise than
complete the lunch his friends hac
ordered by taking piece of pie,
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-06
Stood by the COIOrs
On Top Of a rOl /.

GENEVA. N. Y. Jan. 6-Three men
sat on the cross arms at the top OF
a telephone pole, thirty feet above
the pavement. from early morning
until night yesterday during heavy
downpour of rain.
they were members of the fresh
man class of Hobart College, who had
nailed the freshman banner to the
top of le pole and were there to
guard it from the sophomores. The
men wore rubber coats and hats, went
without meals and clung to their wet
perches, all day, drenched
The classes have had long con-
tinued strugglge tor possession of the
banner, and Sunday was the last day
of the battle. The freshmen decided
to take no chances. but kept the
banner in a safe place until after the
hour for hostilities to end,
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-06
.T0fe/ Trviuab

ORNDOkFF HOTEI~Ernest Lange.
City; p. =. Keeler. Philadelphia; F. e.
Hunt, City; Mrs. NJ. 4, Fleming, Flor
ence, Colo; W. G. Maddox. Phoenix;
W. C. Sturgis and vile. Nogales; J.
NJ Young, Astoria, Ore: Mr.. and Mrs.
E. l.. Shaw. City; DR.. H. A. Schell and
wife, City; w. c. Wilson. City; +. +.
thompson and family Denver; Il. II.
Misher, st. Louis.
PARK VIEW L-Hugo
Byrne. W. =. Shaw. City; F. c. Sarter
and wae. Chicago; VIM. Rec. Mexico;
G. P. Emo. City; H. NJ. Henderson. Bis
bee; l.obert Harrison. Los Angeles;
Mr.. shaw, Omaha; A. }. JabosOn; Mrs.
c. Donovan and two children, Oak
land; g. e. Warren, ombstone
SAN XAVIER HOTEL-Inos. ALI
son, Santa Fe; c. E. NJ. Beall. Los
Angeles; Roscoe Conneil. Bowie; Geo.
r. Fleming. Globe: Z. A. Jones. Los
Angeles; c. NJ Kennally, Phoenix; :;
Thomas d. Bennett, Phoenix; c. +.
Cook, Oakland; r. A. Morgan. Bis
bee; F. j. Martin. Fortuna; f. w.
Bradley and wife; Santa Fe; J. NJ.
McDade, Seattle; J. l.. Duclos, Santa
fe: Frank Zwick, Ell Paso; c. 8. Sayne
Buffalo; W. s. Duden, Los Angeles
C. NJ Painter and wife, Cananea; DIR.
j. M McIvorTyndall Lon1'n; Jno.
M. Messenger, Phoenix.
WINDSOR HOIEL--W S. Rogers,
San Francisco; John Hall, Yuma w.
B. Slack. Yuma Louis Dunham. FL
Paso; Henry Edison, Waco; w. p.
George, Denver; E. H. Hoise, San
Fransico; N. Solomon. FL Paso: j.
B. Neville, Phoenix; r. d. Eyens,
Helvetia; Wilfied A. Fiege and wife.
Dragon; c. l.. Fontaine, Ell Paso;
VIM. M. Sheppard. Los Angeles; j.
ONeil, T. DOVE, Prescott; Dr. Alex
ander Mc4vor-Tyndall. London; P. T.
Coleman. Los Angeles; John NJ. Mes
senger, manager, DR.. Tyndall; F. B.
Jacobs and wife, Phoenix Mrs. H. A.
Man, Mrs. R.H. Morris, Wales; c. l..
Douglas, Tombstone.
SAN AUGUSTINE HOTEI-James
Gamble. Jr., Fairbanks; J. o. Jones.
New York; r. l.. Atkinson, st. Louis /;
Mrs. F. Chalnor and son, II. j. Green,
City; l.. r. Henry. Deming; ]. M.
Jones, Kansa City: NJ 7. Miller, Kan
sas City; J. B. Thomas, VIM. Thomp-
son. Chicago; John Payne. Tacoma
H. G. Moss, Shelton; Fl. J. J. Johnson
Los Angeles; DR.. Mclean, San Fran
cisco; J. NJ. Barnes, r. T. Tenter, Mrs
r. T. Tenter. J. Ham, Benson; j. H.
Mcbroom, Mrs. J. H. McBroom, Red
land; c. A. Davis City; w. c. Land
Benson; S. w. Purcell City; j. Bean,
Chicago, E. j. Gates, Naco.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-06
Burton and Hitchcock
Are Much at Outs

TOPEKA. Kan. Jan. 6--The quarrel
between United States Senator J. r..
Burton and Secretary Hitchcock has
reached point where Senator Burton
admits he cannot longer appoint his
friends to Federal positions. In let
ter to a Topeka friend Senator Burton
says:
Il can do nothing more In the way
OF getting my friends positions In the
Indian service and the land depart
ments until Secretary Hitchcock Is
removed from the Cabinet | don't
know how soon that will be. and my
hands are tied In the meantime
The quarrel between Burton and
Hitchcock is three years old and re-
suited from Hitchcock's refusal to let
Burton act as attorney for the Chick
asaw Indians.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-06
DR.. MCIVOr-T r-TyndallS
Startling Feat.

DR.. Alexander j. Mclvor-TyndaH,
who arrived in the city from Phoenix
this morning, took mad drive around
the streets Of the city this afternoon.
A committee consisting OF Judge D.
r. Glidden, w. J. kirkpatrick, Col }.
A. Black, J. Knox Corbett. Geo. Kit.
U. S. Griffith, John T. Hughes and a
lcplrs aatative of The Citizen met Dr.
McIvt r-Tyndall at the Windsor hotel
a. ere O'Clock. Five of the committee
drove around the streets OF the city
winding up at Fred Fleishmans drce
store where a small coin was concealed
in a box of herbs in the back store
il, a box Of herbs in the back stcHe
the committee remained with Dr. lVor-
Tyndall and blindfolded him.
The committee returned to the Wind
sor Hotel by a wide detour and the
doctor blindfolded, mounted the front
seat with Mr.. Kit. He took the relns
and drove madly through the streets
straight over the route taken by the
corcmittee. to Flelshman's drug store.
He was assisted from The carriage 10y
two members of the committee ana leu
them directly to the spot IN the rear
@! the drug store where the coin was
concealed and picked it out OF the box
OF berbS.