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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-18
"A GOOD THING"
Postal Authorities Stop the Working
Of a Confidence Game.

Of a Confidence Game.
Washington, March 14.-The post
master general has issued an order
DENYING the use of the mails to the
Central Agency Pawnbrokers, Chi
cago. People all ove the United
States have been receiving letters
written with a pen on notepaper and
reading:
"My Friend of Long Ago: My ring
deserves a better fate than that to
which 1t seems to be doomed, and
rather than have those horrid Jews
keep it, I send the ticket to you. So
get it out if you care to and keep it as
a lasting memory of dear old times
and of
"a Grateful Friend"
Enclosed in the letter was what
appeared to be a pawn ticket showing
that $22,50 had been loaned on a dia-
mond ring deposited with. the Cen
trail Agency Pawnbrokers. In many
cases the recipients of the letters, be-
lieving that some forgotten act OF
kindness was about to be rewarded,
made haste to send the pawn ticket
and $3.50 plus interest to the Central
agency, expecting to receive in return
a diamond ring valued at not less than
$50. They received in return, how
ever, a flash" diamond in a brass
setting, worth about 81 a gross,
wholesale.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-18
Accident II Tornedo Factory

Cleveland, March 15.-A powder ex-
plosion at F7irmount factory, which
makes railroad t%orpedoes, today killed
Anna Fritz, aged II, seriously injuring
seven others, some perhaps fatally.
Cause unknown. The front of the
building was blown out and the plant
consumed by fire. Pecuniary loss
$1,000
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-18

Pays 5 per cent on savings depos.
its. interest compounded quarterly.
Pays 6 FER cent or time certificates
of deposit, not subject to check.
Issues savings certificates on build
ing and loan plan with definite time
of maturity and definite payments.
Loans money on real estate to be
repaid on monthly installments run
ming from one to ten years, to suit
borrower.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-18

Lowell Operatives Demand a Raise.
Lowell, Mass, March 15.-At a re-
cent meeting of the Lowell textile
council, it was voted to demand an
increase of 10 per cent for all textile
workers in the Lowell mills. This
moves as a result of the action
of the Fall River operatives.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-18
ONE HUNDRED AND THREE.
Remarkable anniversary Celebrated
BY Mrs. Eunlice.

Chippewa Falls. Wis. March 15.-
Mrs. Julia Duplice yesterday celebrat-
ed her 1920 birthday. No special fes-
t~ivities marked the event, she Deing
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
George Dunarse, six miles in the
country. Mrs. Du7lice is hale and
hearty and is surrounded b. four gen
erations. She lived in three cen
turtles.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-18
SOuDfN RAIDS.
MeneIik's Troops Give Trouble on the
Frontier.

Cairo, March l5.-Conditions on the
Abvssinian frontier are highly unsat-
isfactorv. The troops Of King Meme
Xix have been raiding Soud9n terri
'ory. The Soudonese have led to the
noun aims in terror. Al Jehel, Gum
Cum, the Ab~ssinians killed eight Sou
ianese ard took II prisoners.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-18
New Rear Admiral.

Washington, March 15-President
Roosevelt today nominated Captain
CrowinshieM to be rear admiral.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-18
Trustees.

Lee Mantle, president; ChaS,
Schat2lein, viee-president; Frank w,
Haskins, treasurer; A. B. Clements.
secretary: Charles r. Leonard, r.
Ang. Heinze, Henry Mueller, James H.
Monteath.
FRED H. FOSTER. Local A~ent.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-18
BicAMY CHARGED.
Woman Said to Have More Husbands
Than the Law Allows.

Huron, S. D., March 15.-Stella Nc.
Carthy was arrested in Hitchcock
this morning by Sheriff Keer OF this
city, by direction of the officers of
Wayne county, Nebraska. The wo-
man is charged with bigamy, it is al
legged she is the wife of Eugene Hart
of Gettysburg, S. D., and Fred Kim
ball of Wayne, Neb. She is in Jail
awaiting the arrival Of Nebraska Of
ficers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-18

ST. JOHNS COUGH CURE will
cure your cough. Sold by Chapple
Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-18
Ere In Ornhan keNIurn.

Denver, March 15.-st. Vincent
orphan asvlum, situated in tha north
ern part of the CITY. was badlv aanaag-
de by fire this afternoon. There warc
200 orphans in the i~nstitntio1 al
were rescued unframed. Tho as~lurl
is conducted by Catho1io c''ar of
Charity.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-18

sT. lcHN'e u~tnh
will >crre vn1fr ha~7eoz" Sod
Chapnle DrUE Co.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-17
Amer,c.n. at Rome Indignan-.

LONDON, July 17.-The Daily Chron- icle's Rome correspondent referring to the closing of Judge Taft's negotia- tions, says great indignation is felt among the Americans i'll Rome, who are astounded at the utter want of ap- preciation the Vatican has shown for American courtesy. The correspondent reports an interview with an American prelate. in which the latter is quoted as saying: "The Vatican has befooled us and has missed the greatest chance offered to her for prestige for a cen tury. The treatment meted out to our representatives and the exposure of the unbusinesslike methods of Rome is an incident in our history which Ameri- cans will never forget"
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-17
AN EQUAL.

Horace Porter once told in an after dinner speech of young American woman who returned to New. York, her native city, after several years spent among some we'll connected and high-toned relatives in England. She came back with a well developed pose of dislike for everything and every body American, and talked incessant- ly of the superior natural and social advantages of England as a place of residence. A phlegmatic old-school American gentleman was introduced to her, and was greeted with:
 s'Isn't everything dreadfully com- mon here in America as compared with England?"
 'Well, I can't say that" he replied, respectfully.
 "Oh. dear, yesn' she insisted. While there stopped at the most beautiful country house of a member of the nobility. On the grounds was nina ture lake, inclosed with pretty rustic wall; and the spot was called ''The Earl's Oath,' in sentimental memory of an old love affair. Surely, there is nothing so romantic here in New York as the "Earl's Oath?"
 "Oh, yes, indeed there is,'' replied the old man. there's McComb's Damn Philadelphia Times.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-17
PLAGAR1sr AND PERJURER.

Among Edmond Rostand's many IL tles to distinction, according to the re- cent judgment of United States cir cuit court. is that of being "a plagarlst and by inference perJurer. IL IS, to he sure. not altogether clear that, ID spite of so weighty decision, the cpl fhets are just; for the suit was not contested by the defendant, and, as far as one is able to judge from tne nuhlishad report. the similarities be- tween Cyrano de Bergerac and the Merchant Prince of Corny1lle are not so remarkable as to place the Juus
 ment in doubt. Let us suppose tlal MT Rostrand of Marseilles ana Farls, took from MT Gross Of Gross Park md Chicago. the idea or a courtshlp carried on beneath balcony by such a team as the witty but noisy " rano'' and the sandsome but stupid .Christian., What does the fact sig nifvp It signifies that out of play Thai had been hawked about over two continents and at last produced ob- scurely and without success, M. Ros- tand fashioned play that bids falr 10 become one of the worlds master
 uieces of dramatic poetry. Tnefe IS certain something about this achieve
 ment that would go far to reconclle
 many men to being legally adJuogeu plagarists. ,..
 The idea of the sanctity of literars
 nronerties has been carried very far of late. There are those who would, if they could, copyright their commas and their semi-colons. When AIhey discover identities between two auth ors they bounce upon them as an eyl- dence of guilt. Have these peopfe eyer looked far into the methods OF fhe worlds great creative artists!
 William Shakespeare took an old play hy Thomas Kyde and out of it fash toned 4Hamlet;;'' he took another from l 9 nameIess author and out of it fash l toned sT<ing Lear' In all but one or his nublished works he is known to have been seriously indebted to pre- dacessors. And yet most of the plays l were nublished. under his name 1n hlS lifetime. Is not Shakespeare pIag- 1iarist and by inference perJurer! l Sheridan owed a similar debt to Mol pre He is also a plagiarist and by inference a perjurer. Moliere, as he himself admitted, took his goods where he found them, and among other things borrowed the celebrated pas sage as to the gallery in "Scapln"
 from a play by this very Cyrano de Bergerac. The debts of musicians to one another are notorious, and as for the great painters, they elevated ap- propriation into a system.
 This is a point on which scientists have the advantage of men of letters. As soon as discovery is made or an IilAention completed the whole world
 of workers takes notice, and makes use
 of the new datum in every possible
 way. eIaborating it i'll itself and em- pioying it as a point of departure for striking out into new paths of inyen- tion The patent laws of literature,
 unfortunately, stand squarely in the
 way of such progress. However bad lIy an idea is worked out, no one may
 touch it. though he has got the power to transmuta it into spiritual gold.--
 New: York Times.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-17
Rhoae.,. nrenm to cone True.l

WASHINGTON, July 1T.-Before many years the world may be aston fshed to find that the long fostered dream of the late Cecil Rhodes for the opening up of the Dark Continent has become reality and that consecu- tive line of steel rails stretches from Cairo to Cape Town. The state de- partment has made public an interest ing report on railroad development 1n Africa from United States Consul Ravndal, at Beirut, bearing date or May 10. The consul says that by an agreement signed at Brussels the pre- vious month by Robert Williams with the king of the Belgians the German route was abandoned and the railway from Cairo. to the ICape Is Nto be car ried through the Kongo Free~State 10 the upper waters of the Nile. From Stanley Falls, on the upper kongo, railway is to be built to Mahagi, on Lake Albert Nyanza, and this connec- ton will supply the missing link be tween the Cape and Egyptian rail- ways.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-17
SUBURBAN DEPARTMENT
NAUGATUGK NUGGETS

A slight disturbance was created aL the merry go-round on Water street last evening by a number of boys who bothered the fireman employed there so much that his anger got the best of him and he rushed into the crowd striking right and left. In the lan- guage of the small boy hettook as much as he gave. The policeman stationed there soon quelled the disturbance. It took the man who runs the merry-go- round nearly an hour to get enough steam to run the affair.
 The Rev Mir Chapman, formerly in charge of St Michaels church of this town, but who now resides in North field, is visiting friends in town.
 Several of the owners of fast horses who reside in this borough and also several who do not reside here have a habit of speeding their horses along tue macadam road on Main street. One accident, occurred on this street but short time ago and to avoid more of 8 like nature horse owners should be made aware of the fact that such work as racing their horses on Main street is dangerous and must be stopped. Fast horses are all right, but a street where traffic is as heavy as dn Main street is not the place for their owners to show their, speed.
 Health Officer Smith lifted the quar- antine at the home of MT Olsen on North Water street yesterday after noon. MT Smith was accompanied by a MT Gasken, who represents Chicago firm manufacturing certain kind of formaldehyde. MT Gasken used his preparation in fumigating the Olsen house and the health officer stat ed last evening that in his opinion the preparation sold by Mir Gasken is far superior to that now used by the bor- ough in fumigating, it being easier and quicker to handle. It will undoubt- edly be used in the future in place of the old kind as it is much cheaper and does better work.
 St NIichaers lawn fete was opened to-day and this afternoon was well at tended. The different booths present a handsome appearance and there is not a doubt but that the fete will be a grand success. An orchestra will furnish music for the fete this even ing from to 10.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-17
HAVE SEEN CENTURIES PASS.

The visitor to Oxford in England sees many structures that have long his tory but he may not have his attention called to the mills which are said to be inc most ancient surviving institutions in Oxford, far older than the colleges, older than the churches with perhaps a single exception. Indeed, not only III Oxford. but in other places in England the water mills are reputed to be the oldest link between town and country life.e c. I. Cornish. F. z. S., writer of a charming book. "The Naturalist on fbe Thames says of these Oxforc. mills: "For thousand years the corn grown on the hills beyond the ThauleS meadows has been drawn to their doors. Saxon churls dragged wheat
 there on s1edges. Danes rowed. up 4he river to Oseney and stole the flour when they sacked the Abbey How many water wheels have worn out anil been replaced? one wonders. How many times have the mill stones been recut and reset. and how often have 4hiclx new ones been put in the places 0f those worn thin? Somehow these old mills. with their venerable service .of common human want have very tender. if lowly, claim to respe1r. scarcely inferior to that of more pre- fentious structures Herald.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-17
PRISON. WIT. AND WISDOM

The current issue of the Monthly Record, the paper published at the Con neeticut state prison, was distributed to the convicts Sunday. It is Fourth of July number and it is printed i'll red, white and blue. Many of the articles refer to Independence Day. One of the convicts, a life prisoner, writes a poem on the Glorious Fourth. Another one writes these rather striking verses, en- titled The Mystery
 A fair, sweet rose bloamed in a prison
 cell,
 Ever it leaned to. the close-barred
 pane,
 And yearned, and died unsatfsfied,
 For touch of the sun and rain. The pale lips of the inmate kissed It,
 dead,
 And the slow tears stung his hand; But how he, too, it's secret knew;
 An, who but a brother may under
 stand?
 The flower that died, the heart that
 mourned,
 Were each of Gods great scheme, And we who know not how twas plan
 ned
 Can only judge them as they seem.
 The editor discusses the Fourth of July in couple of articles. Another editorial is entitled True Courage" ]" and as 1t follows :
 .sThere is no quality the convict so much needs to cultivate as courage. True courage will help him to pass his prison life with credit to himself and make his relations with the officials satisfactory both to them and to him. self The lack of courage to face 1ife's problems and by courag ge we mean, of course, moral courage, is attested by the very fact of our being here. If We needed this quality when we had the respect and confidence of the com munities in which we lived, how much more shall we need it when we go out tainted with shadow of crime?
 When you were boy did you ever fly a kite2 You know how every ad- verse wind made the kite fly higher and higher and soar more proudly. Ii is thus with courage. If we have the courage to stand by the truth, to re fuse to do any unmanly thing, then the adverse winds of criticism, suspicion and scorn will but aid us to rise. Ii might almost be said courage is truth and truth courage: All-liars are cow ards, and all towards liars.
 stIt may not be possible for many of us to accomplish great things, but we can all, if we will, have the respect o1 everyone whose respect is worth hay ing, and that by simply demonstrating that we can be depended upon to speak and act the truth under all conditions and circumstances"
 The contributed articles cover wide range of topics from a summer yaca. 1 tion in the Maine woods to a voyage 1T the Artic ocean The corn-fed philos opher, who is a life convict from Fair. 1 field county, contributes his customary Ecolumn of fun. Here is a specimen o1 his philosophy ::
 "A man who shutters, naturally fav ors free speech. Never trust a trus until a trust trusts you. Beer. fills many bottle and the bottle many : bier. It is what a man pays, not wha1 he owes, that keeps him poor. Int ancients said Atlas supported the world on his shoulders, but neglected to stat' who supported Atlas. We presume he married a rich wife"
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-17
,+.om Prtson ro Good Position.

TRENTON, N. J., July 17.-Charles Filler, burglar in state prison, who was sentenced to serve ten years from May. 1896, and was pardoned yester-. day. becomes superintendent of the Perfection Blind and Lockstitch Sew ing Machine company, which was chartered here with $1,000,O0o capital. Filler. who is machinist, invented a dropstitch for sewing machine which sews seams in cloth without showing on the other side, The invention is decided success and has been in use in the prison workshops for three years.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-17
PAY OF REPORTERS.

The Editor and Publisher, a New York weekly publication devoted to newspaper news, says that reporters ln the metropolis get all the way from $15 to $60 or $70 a week. The average is probably about $25. The best raen work s:or space and the average space man makes much more than the average salaried man, though his bills vary materially.
 At space rates the New York Herald pays $S column; the World, $7.50; Sun. $S; Tribune, $6; Journal, S7.5O; Press, $5; Times, $6; the evening pa .pers pay practically uniform rate of s a column. The average column IS about 1.500 words; that of the Herald and Tribune requiring the largest num- Der and that of the Press probably tha smallest.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-17
WATERTOWN J0TTINGS.

A concert was given last evening at Buell. Heminwat's. The lawn was lighted np by numerous Japanese Ian terms and everyone present enjoyed the concert very much.
 Joseph Collins is on the sick list.
 The adjourned meeting concerning the Watertown trolley extension was held ill Hartford to-day. It is to De hoped that some definite arrangement will be reached so that we may some time have trolley here.
 R. N. DeLand and family left to- day for a two weeks vacation in Bos- ton and vicinity.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-17

 TORTURE
How it has Been Revived
 in Modern Times.

An ancient method of poisoning criminals was to force them to swal- low quantities of bulls blood. Bulls blood is really no poison at all. Yet the prisoner usually died in agony, caused by the coagulation or harden ing of the bulls blood in the stom- ach. The pressure of this solid mass on the vital organs almost always re- suited fatally.
 That's like indigestion. If your food doesn't digest it remains in a hard lump in the stomach. Gases form which crowd other organs. Many cases of supposed heart disease are due to indigestion.
 This trouble is removed by the use of such, 8 preparat tion as KOdOl JDys- pepsia. Cure, ,Wdich gives the stomach perfect rest by digesting what you. eat without the stomach's aid. The food builds up the body. The rest restores the stomach to health. You don't have to diet.
 "During the last few years my stom- ach was in such condition that | couldn't retain the food I ate," writes Henry Williams of Boonville, Mo. s'TWo months ago commenced taking Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. A few bottles have cured me entirely l can now eat and enjoy anything want"
 Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
 Cures all Stomach Troubles. Prepared only by E. c. DEWITT & Co. Chicago. The $1 bottle contains 21s times the soc. size.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-17
srreet Car strike at RichmonA-.

RICHMOND, Va, July 17.-Rich- mond's first big street railway strike is on. Practically no cars are running, and owners of all sorts and conditions of vehicles are using at ten cent fares all their wagons, carriages, buggies and busses. A committee representing the local street car mems union after two conferences with President Sitter ding of the Virginia Passenger and Power company, which now owns the whole Richmond system, at which they were unable to get together on the wage question, ordered the men on the cars out.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-17
r+av.an Kings Russian Visit

KRONSTADT, Russia, July IT, Emperor Nicholas II. yesterday paid a ceremonious visit to King Victor Em- manuel on< board the Italian flagship Carlo Alberto amid much firing of sa- lutes. All the vessels ill the roadstead were gayly decorated. The emperor evinced great interest in the wireless telegraphic apparatus on the flagship, which was explained to him by Signor Masconf. After an inspection of the shin had been made by them King Victor Emmanuel and the czar went to Admiral Mirabello's cabin, where cha mpa gne was served.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-17
Mirrion. For Railroad Improvements.

PHILADELPHIA July 17.-It IS an nounced that the Baltimore and ono railroad will spend $25,OO0,0O0 ln 1m- movements during the next two years. Much of the work has already been contracted for. The yards in this city, Baltimore. Glenwood, Pittsburg and other points will be greatly enlarged Rridges will be strengthened all over the system. Grades will be reduced between Washington and Cumberland and on the Pittsburg and Western. More than S2,O0O,O0O will be spent on cars and engines. ~.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-17
Nonunion steam spurned.

SANDY HILL, N. Y., July 17.-The firemen employed by the Union Bag and Papev company here have struck for an eight hour day and an increase of 15 to 9 cents an hour. The works shut down at noon. The paper makers refused to work with steam furnished by nonunion men.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-17
mi,he,mina to Return Home.

THE HAGUE, July 17.-Queen Will he1mina, who has been conyalescing at Castle Schaumberg, near the Rhine, IS so far restored to health that she will return home on Saturday win he4 Husband.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-17
c.rnegie,s ofrer to Clarlr.

< WORCESTER, Mass, July 17.-Ans drew Carnegie has promised to give Clark university $100,0OO toward $25O,- GOO needed to secure a bequest of S50o,0OO under the will of Jonas c. Clark.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-17
A Bad Enterprfse.

SARATOGA. N, T., July 17.-James Enterprise of Buffalo is under arrea., nharged with being implicated i'll the nobbery Of the possyl-1t u i-a--. ssl Sunction. Saratoga county.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-17
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 Remember, we call for and deliver all garments stored with us.
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