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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-23

ooh. you're too lame" Kent said,
decidedly. Change horses with me,
major, and I'll try to get through my
self"
And be missing when your wedding
day comes!" said the major. NO
Wen draw for it. What do you say,
Ridgley?"
"As you please" replied the third.
The majors hat was used as lottery
box, while he rode to the top of the hill
to look out for pursuit. When he got
half way down again the others joined
him and kent handed him the hat.
"Ridgely's drawn it," he said.
Kent's pretty fiancee was holding her
usual court on the veranda when the
major hobbled up the steps.
1.-The doctors put Kent to bed,
though he has only a scratch, Miss
Louie" he said, land l am come to
make his excuses"
Lets see the marks they left on
you" said the colonel, taking the old
felt from his hand. 1.-TWO holes in the
brim, by Jove!-What's this sticking
inside?"
THE lots that weren't drawn.
guess said the major, putting up his
glasses.
But" said the colonel, "Ridgley's
names written on both"
There was a startled silence.
Kent put the same name on them
all" the colonel said in a suppressed
voice. at was a cowardly trick 2"
And the girl beside his chair looked
down at the strips of paper with a
colorless face.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-23
The Man of Importance.

Once upon a time there was a man who
was exceedingly grave. and who tried to
impress his acquaintance with his serious.
ness. His sedateness naturally caused re-
marks, and his evident feeling of impor-
lance brought smile to many lips.
He apparently feels that the world re-
wolves around him." said one of his
friends.
Moral.-A man is sometimes serious
enough to suppose that he is the center of
gravity.-N y. Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-23

Edison says electricity will have SUI
Derseded steam entirely as a motive
power 30 years hence, says the Chicago
Tribune. He has put the date so far
in the future that he will probably be
out of the reach of the I-told-you-so
fiend by that time if his prophecy fails.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-23
Criticism of American NAVY

French naval critics say American
warships are too large. Lets sect
says the Chicago Record-Herald, what
was the criticism the Spanish naval
critics had to make of American wal
ships-before the WARP
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-23

Lady Battersea has consented to
preside at the conference of the Ma
tional Union of Women Workers,
which is to he held at Edinburgh on
the last four days of October. In her
address she will discuss the subject
Of public house trusts.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-23

Charles T. Yerkes is said to claim
that men are merely in their appren.
ticeship until they are 40 and that sc
is the ripe age of the business man.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-23

It's mistake to imagine that itching piles
can't be cured; mistake to suffer a day
longer than you can help. Doan's Ointment
brings instant relief and permanent cure
At any drug store, so cents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-23

One trouble with white lies is that thew
require too much whitewashing Chicago
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-23
Thought He Remembered

Society Beauty fear you have forgot
ten me, colonel
Social Lion-Indeed. no, madam We
met, if | mistake not, at that monkey party
in
"Sir. Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-23

Is it ourn? Use DR.. Thomas Electric
Oil. A cut? Use DR.. Thomas Electric Oh.
At your druggists.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-05
MANY OLD SOLDIERS HAVE
YOUNG WIVES.
TO INHERIT PENSIONS
Scheme That Is Being Worked to
Keep Pension Roll at High
Figure.

Washington, Dec. 3.-Pension Com
missioner Ware is almost daily re-
ceiving letters from veterans which
disclose a most unfortunate state OF
affairs. Old soldiers throughout the
country are being made the victims
OF designing men who persuade them
that unless they take wives they will
lose their pensions. Within a few
days the commissioner received a
letter from an old pensioner in Kan
sas, in which, after explaining that he
had lost his first wife, he had receiv-
ed assurances from friends that unless
he remarked at once his pension of
SIS a month would be discontinued.
Il don't want to marry" the old
soldier wrote. 81 got enough of mar
riage in my first venture. l don't
same time l don't want to lose that
pension. 1t amt much, but it helps a
heap and if it's a case of losing it or
getting married, why I'll get married.
Please let me know if l have to get
married"
Commissioner Ware replied to the
old pensioner hat he was the victim
of a practical joke or of a conspiracy
and assured him that he was in no
danger of losing his pension whether
he remained single or got married.
Investigations conducted by the
pension bureau have disclosed a most
extraordinary state of affairs in o
nection with old pensioners and new
wives. Thousands of soldiers of the
al Of the rebellion are married to
women young enough to be their
granddaughters.
The women, almost without excep-
ton, became wives for the single
purpose of falling heir to the pensions
of their husbands. In this way the
pension roll of the government is be-
ing perpetuated and held up to high
figures. All attempts to. break up the
practice has been unsuccessful and
will continue to be unsuccessful until
congress passes a law. which will de-
prive young widows enjoying the ben
efits of their husbands pensions.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-05
MATES OF WRECKED STEAMER
SAVED THE CREW,
PERIL0US TRIP A IN SKlFF
Men on Shore Arrive in Time to AS
sist in Life Saving
Work.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, Dec. 3.-The
crew of the lost steamer Hebafd was
rescued Sunday night and pulled
ashore in a "boatswain's chair be-
tween the hours OF 3 and S a. M, when
the steamer vas pounding to pieces on
the rocks 200 yards Off Mamaise
Point, 60 miles north of the 500.
The vessel went on the rocks bow
on in a binding snowstorm, shortly
after midnight. The crew could just
distinguish the outlines of the rocky
shore, and it looked as though no
small boat could possibly live in the
raging sea hat was washing over the
ships decks. Volunteers to make the
attempt to carry a line ashore were
found in First Mate Burrell and Sec
ond Mate Jackson. The ships yawl
had been stove in by the sea and moth
but a little skiff. Twice the frail
craft was hurled back by the waves
when they had all but reached the
goal, but the third time the boat spill
ed them out just inside the line Of
safety. C~lambering up the rocks
clinging tightly to the line upon
which hung the lives of their COM
rades aboard the ship, the two men,
bruised and bleeding from head to
foot, fell exhausted on the shore.
Oscar CARLSON, who lives near by,
came upon the scene with his sons in
time to help bring the crew to the
shore.
1t was 10 o'clock in the morning
when all were safely on shore.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-05
WILL BE RESTRICTED.
Department to Cut Down Officers
Leaves of Absence.

Washington. Dec. 3.-Owing to the
numerous applications from officers
serving in the Philippines for leave of
absence, and transfers to the United
States, Major General Davis COM
handing the division has established
a series of rules to govern in such
cases. Permission to visit the Unit
ed States will not be granted except
under very extraordinary circum-
stances, unless the applicant has
been in the islands three years of
which time the two years immediate
ly preceding the application shall
have been continuous and in such
cases only when the officer can be
spared and conditions warrant. At
ter two years continuous service an
officer whose services can be spared
may be granted leave to travel in the
orient, the leave to begin and end
in Manila. Officers in poor health
may be sent to San Francisco for
treatment, provided the medical board
report that such change of climate is
necessary.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-05
AMOUNT OF GERMAN CLAIM
VENEZUELA WILLING TO SETTLE
ON INSTALLMENT PLAN,
Two Instead Of Fifteen Million DOL
lars Said to Be the Sum
Total.

Berlin, Dec. 3.-The published state
ment hat Germany's claims against
Venezuela amount. to SIS, 900, 900 is,
the correspondent Of the Associated
Press is officially informed, incorrect.
While the German government is not
yet ready to publish the details of it's
demands, persons who have seen the
papers say that the total is about
$4,000, 0OO.
President Castro represents to Ger
many that Venezuela has little credit
abroad, that the country is just
emerging from active war, during
which planting and other Industries
were partially ruined, and that, there
fore mo matter how much Venezuela
may desire to satisfy Immediately
the claims against her, it is obvious
ly impossible.
Hence, an agreement on the sub
ject must provide for deferred pay
ments. The seizure of the customs
house, thereby depriving the govern
ment Of an important means to ad-
minister the country, would add to
the internal distress and disorder.
While President Castro's proposals
are not disclosed, there is reason to
believe that they include the ennis
sion of bonds at a moderately high
rate of interest, with some sort of a
guarantee that if the interest or the
installments of the principal are de-
faulted certain Venezuelan customs
houses may be taken over by Ger
many.
There is no disposition here to pro-
coed with harsh measures toward Ven
ezuela las milder ones will suffice to
exact satisfaction, but the German
government is fully committed to the
intention to obtain ample satisfaction.
The claimants are constantly urg-
ing the government to press the col
lection of the amounts due them, not
only because Of the, sums involved,
but, it is represented, in view of the
fact that the long delay has rendered
the position Of Germans in Venezuela
more and more vexatious. There
fore, it is claimed that the govern
ment must strike and strike hard in
order to properly assert the rights of
Germans.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-05
SUMNER is PITTED AGAINST
HIGGlNSON.
RELATIVE STRENGTH
Smaller Fleet Must Sieze and Fortify
Port Before Discovered by
Larger.

United States Flagship Iowa, Port
of Spain, Island of Trinidad, Dec. g.
Despite the superiority of Admiral
Higginson's squadron over that of
Admiral Sumner, the latter is conf
dent that he will be able, during the
coming naval war game, to seize with
out disaster the port to form a base
of operations against Cuba and the
American coast. AS a result Of the
conferences between Admirals Sum-
ner and Crowinshield, and the COM
handing officers of the vessels under
their command, most of whom have
taken part in the naval college war
games with the Caribbean sea as the
scene of operations, a plan has been
adopted which, it is asserted by those
who know, is practically certain of
success.
The problem presented requires Adj
miral Sumner to fortify a port with
mines and guns, to do which he is
allowed six hours. Should Admiral
Higginson appear with a superior
force before the expiration of that
time, Admiral Sumner will be con-
sidered as defeated. To determine
the strength of the opposing squad
rons, the department has given the
battleship the value of 20 points, a
heavily protected cruiser eight points,
a small protected cruiser five points,
a gunboat three points and a torpedo
boat of tender one point each. 1t is
etimated that Admiral Higginson has
1875 points and Admiral Sumner Sc
points.
If the estimate is correct it is
claimed it would be folly for Admiral
Higginson to divide his %battleship
squadron. numbering 80 points, and
that they must act together, so that
on hearing of the arrival of Admiral
Summers squadron, he a hasten to
attack it. Some officers believe Adj
miral Higginson will separate his bat
tleships into two divisions, and form
a division of fast cruisers which will
hold the balance of power and rein
force the battleships.
It is believed here that Admiral
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-05

Higginson has arranged with the
United States consuls and weather
observers in the West Indies to re-
port the appearance of Admiral Sum-
ner's vessels and has made tele-
phonic and Geographic arrangements
in Porto Rico, so that if a port of that
island is attacked he will be imme-
diately advised. The distance from
Trinidad to the nearest base is $40
miles in a straight line, and 700 miles
by the outside course.
Leaving Trinidad on Friday morn
ing Admiral Sumner cannot possibly
reach his destination before Sunday
morning, and he may proceed slowly
and arrive Monday and W. later.
All lights will be out at night except
a red lamp aft to serve as a guide
for vessels following. 1t is permissi-
BILE to hoist neutral colors in order
to deceive the scouts of Admiral Hig-
ginson's squadron. Admiral Sumner
is allowed to drop his slow ships,
though he sacrifices points by so do
ing, and as his squadron is inferior
to that of Admiral Higginson, Ad-
miral Sumner possibly will prefer to
hold his vessels together as long as
possible, and be prepared to detach
them on any attempt being made to
entice them away on Admiral Higgin-
sons scouts sighting him. e
The squadron is constantly engag-
a record off Culebra island.
The Iowa will have finished coal
ing tomorrow, and then the squadron
will be ready to sail.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-05
Carrie Almist Mobbed.

Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 3.-Mrs. Car
RE Nation barely escaped being mob
bed at the First Methodist church
yesterday afternoon. She denounced
Mckinley in the most slanderous
words, declaring he put less brains
into his work than any other presi-
dent. and called him the brewers
president"
Don't defame our beloved presi,
dent" a man in the audience shout
ed.
Hes no beloved president of
mine,' Mrs. Nation retorted and abus-
ed McKinley's memory the more.
The crowd would have dragged her
from the pulpit had not Evangelist
English, sitting on the platform, come
to her rescue.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-05
JAP ~DYNAMiTERS.
Police Frustrate Plot to Blow Up the
Emperor.

Victoria, B. c., Dec. 3.-The steam
er Kaga Maru, which arrived today
from the Orient, brought news of an
attempt on the life of the emperor of
Japan when the imperial train was en-
route to the scene of the maneuvers
OF Kinshin. A number of conspira-
tors had gone to Otaka, a station west
of Hiroshima, and arranged to blow
up the emperor's train, but the po-
lice authorities learned of the plot
and the woul-be dynamiters fled. The
imperial train did not proceed until
after an engine had been sent over
the line to test the safety of the
track. The plotters were not cap.
tured.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-05

In the District Court of the Seventh
Judicial District of the State of
Montana.
In the Matter of the Terms of Court
in and for the Seventh Judicial Dis
trict of the State of Montana.
ORDER.
1t is hereby ordered, that the terms
of the District Court of the Seventh
Judicial District of the State Of Mon.
tana, for the year A.. D. 1903, be held
at the county seats of the respective
counties composing the Seventh Judi
clal District, to-wit:
Yellowstone, Rosebud, Dawson and
Custer, at nine o'clock A. M. of the
following days, to-wit:
Yellowstone cOunty-January 5,
March 2, August 81, November 2.
Rosebud county-January g., March
5, May 4, November 5.
Dawson county-February 2, April
6. September 8, November 80.
Custer county-February 9, April
81, June l, October 5.
Done in chambers at Miles City,
Montana, this second day of Decem-
Der, 1902.
G. H. LOUD, Judge.
First Publication Dec. 5, 1902.-3f
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-05

oD1C 1oOS1 LIZ 1l1ulu Aou III III
ing back"
While Uncle Sam is a good pro-
WIDER and always intends that those
who serve him shall be we'll taken care
Of especially if they wear his fighting
uniform, occasionally those who are
entrusted by the old gentleman with
the duty of carrying out the details
attached to the management of his
multitudinous family make mistakes
and somebody is Inconvenience there
by. This morning a dozen or more
soldiers of the Thirteenth cavalry ar
rived over the Burlington on their
way from Fort Meade, S. D., to Fort
Keogh. In supplying them with trav-
cling rations and coffee money, the
quartermaster at the South Dakota
post evidently failed to previously
acquaint himself with the route and
length of time necessary to make the
journey, for when the troopers got
here they were without rations and
money. To add to their distress their
transportation was only to Fort
Keogh, one Of the points along the
road where the North Coast Limited
does not stop.
Agent Hoyt was appealed to and in
terested himself in behalf of the
stranded soldiers to the extent of
wiring to the superintendent at Glen
dive for an order to the conductor to
take the troopers and stop for them
at the post. The superintendent prob
ably had never found himself in a po-
sition where a 'two bit" meal was
only to be thought of in connection
with the impossibilities, for he de-
clined to accede to the request and
also refused to permit the soldiers to
be carried to Miles City, two miles
beyond the fort, unless the addition
al 6 cents for each were paid. AS
the fare of one was more than the
combined capital of the squad, there
was nothing for the troopers to do
but remain and wait until tonight at
II o'clock, when No. 4 is due and
when they may resume their journey.
In the meantime they are walking
about the city and have drawn their
cartridge belts to the last notch.
'"Did you ever observe that when
a. person walking along the street
stubs his or her toes against some
obstruction he or she invariably
stops and looks back to see what
caused the sudden pain to pedal e
tremities?" said the observing man
this morning to The Gazette. The
remark was caused by the fact that
in propelling himself along a cow
boy, in his mincing, abbreviated
steps, had suddenly damned his toes
against the cap of a water connection
projecting above the sidewalk just
high enough to trip the unwary. The
Gazette had never noticed it, of
course, but a few minutes of watching
was rewarded by seeing no less than
a half dozen persons run afoul of the
same obstruction and each one of them
did as the cowboy had done, while
not a few uttered remarks calculated
to shock the nerves of the sensitive.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-05
A Timely Topic.

At this season of coughs and colds,
it is well to know that Foley's Honey
and Tar is the greatest throat and
lung remedy. It cures quickly and
prevents serious results from a cold.
Sold by Holmes & Rixon.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-05
5s?s:$;
26O7h Mont. Az
Phone No. 89A.
Mo Charne for Male Hahn

No Charge for Male Help.
Help Wanted.
Two painters.
Waitress, restaurant, city.
Girls for general house work, city
and ranch.
Men for railroad construction, N.
D.; ship every day.
For Rent.
Store room.
Four rooms suitable for offices or
sleeping rooms.
Three rooms, furnished, on ground
1oor; $40 per month.
Position Wanted.
By mar and wife; capable of fill
ing any position in city or On ranch.
Good references.
By young man to. work for board
and go to school.
BY girl 10 years old.
Wanted to Rent.
Ranch, with buildings, of 200 acres
or upwards for a term of years. Hay
ranch preferred.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-05

able rober and murderer had in COM
ing back"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-06
For Ads Too Late for Classifica-
tor, See Page Two, Part Three.
NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT.
Surplus Is $2,649,525, n Decrease of
. S4,318,O3O.

ISOLATED asS f Banks A pr the Se week s endea io.ds az 81. Shows ss:
bsposits' s:sats ii. SO: iH Increase. $50 iiiss. IS.
GiIsHiasion; .i' s5s- 80: decrease: SIS; -; 70 oo
Specie. siss.sd. ~: decrease. a.is.ke,
Reserves: vas. o.,leS; decrease. A.4ss. 500.
surplus. 81 4s. is; decrease. A.sls go.
New York. April 5.-rhe New York Financier
The statement Of the New York Associated
cash. OF which 81. 12s. 500 consisted Of specie. The
estimates of the cash movement for the week in
the difference between the TINA and the
actual loss may be accounted for either by the
men. Of money. The loans were increased 81
u; go: indicating a n;sw sO n; ,Ea 1an,; on the part Of
serves. and also of expected requirements for
s7ss,co. or ss15.eoo less than the difference be-
tween the loss OF cash and the increase of loans.
cash, leaves A.sls:o5O. representing the loss OF
525. against S. 1855 at the corresponding date
a year ago. The inter-bank movement OF money
esssss to Of have ssssi Sssn o iarrei Thi 5Ts mt but this ap-
moyemen, having about subsidized.
been retarded at the West because OF 20 un nsse
sonahle weather. and this fact may account fo-
from n sha, s ssaana THIS .Sh inquiry inquiry G q. sSxe sns r s.ix
aertpIsd; ana II may be expected to become i'm
eeetIons ., I April interest s9as'''8 from m aSe eov rns s9',
were notably tardy last week. and the checks
for this interest probably all will be presenter
during the current week, so that the operatinn.
of the Subtreasury will most likely result in =
smaller drain from the banks than was obse-,.
able last week. Moreover. part Of the gain Nv
that office was due to payments by the hank.
on account OF retiring circulation. which Vii
probably be small for the remainder Of he
month The fact appears. however. that the
that there is small prospect of its liberal IA.
trioution. This absorption Of money by the Treas
ury and the high rates for exchange wbich
threaten gold exports. seem to make II improb.
dDle IHaI vnpTe Will ha an = -.
son. - IN spring sea-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-06
STOCKHOLDERS, MEETINGS.


STOCKHOLDERS Mecting-EIcction Notice
The annual meeting OF the stockholders Of Pub
lishers: George Knapp & Company for TIC cleo
ton OF nve directors to serve during tn. ensuing
year will be held At the Office of the compeiy on
Monday. April !. 1902. The meeting will be con-
CHARLES W. KNAPP. President.
W. b. Carr. Secretary.
sTocKHoLDERs' M~EET1NG-The annual
meeting Of the stockholders OF the American
Central Insurance Company. for the election of
years. will be held at the office Of the company.
northeast corner Broadway and Locust streets.
81 Louis; Mo, on Tuesday. the 18th day Of
until i: noon. GEO. T. CRAM. President.
John II, Adams. Secretary.
ST. Louis. April 5. 1902.
STOCKHOLDERS Meeting-Cfhce of Montana
Water. Electric Power and Mining Company.
The annual meeting OF the stockholders 81 this
company viii be held at the office Of the conf
PAW. room f22 Security tuildIGg. southwest GER
ner Fourth and Locust SITS, in thu city Of St.
Louis. Missouri, on Wednesday. April 2, 1902.
at . o'clock a. m. for the purpose Of elec;iLg
I'VE directors 10 serve during the year begin
ming April 10. it1a. Polls open from Q O'clock
a. m. to l. m. Books for the transfer OF stock
Will close at 3 o'clock p. m, Apr! . 1902. to
prepare list Of stockholders entitled TO vote at
said meeting and election. and will be opened
afnin at 10 a. m. on April II, 1902.
Dated this tweEty-si1th day Of March. A. D.,
1909 PAUL A. FUSE. President.
Geo. s. Zehnder, Secretary.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-06
SISTERS.

AEGIs TEMPLE. NOS. RATHBoNE SIS
tiers. meets every second and fourth Monday
night. at Shoemaker's Hall. northwest corner
Twenty-second and franklin; Visiting sisters
Mrs. S. G. King. II. Of r. & c.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-06
SALARlEp
OUR STOCK is MONEY.

VtH TVCN IS MONEN.
We will give YOU credit cheaper than others. in
amounts from TEN to TEN THOU
SAND. why not go to the cheapest place,
where no objectionable inquiries are made and
your business is strictly confidential? Do YOU
know what this means? Call or write.
Tel. Main $50. iii Century building.