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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
MARQUIS DE MoRE's MuRpERERs
Through Efforts Of Relatives and
Friends Will Be Brought to Trial.

Through Efforts of Relatives and
Friends Will Be Brought to Trial.
Minneapolis journal Special: Ad-
vices have been received by the repre-
s%entatives of the estate Of the Marquis
De Mores in North Dakota that the
rial of the murderers of De Mores
will begin at Tunis in Africa May 2.
De Mores was murdered by members
Of a band of Touaregs in 1896, while
on a military expedition into the in
serior of Africa. Since his death his
relates, particularly his widow, who
a daughter of the millionaire New
York banker, L. Won Hoffman, of so
Wall street, have been endeavoring to
obtain the arrest and punishment of
his murderers with the result that sew
eral of the band have been arrested
and will be brought to trial
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
Wood /. the Newest FOOD.

Heinrich Reh, a Berlin chemist, has
secured a patent upon a form Of ami
NAL fodder which has sawdust al it's
chief ingredient. He argues that ami
mails have a decided liking for young
shoots, roots of shrubs, tree bark and
other heavy food of the same nature,
and, since experiments have proved
that the nutriment contained in such
growth remains in it ven after it has
become wood, he observes that with a
little salt and water added to it the
sawdust will prove to be a highly nour-
ishing diet. He has the statistics to
prove it. Pine, birch, poplar, alder,
acacia, beech and walnut woods and
straw have been analysed chemically
by him, and he finds that the wood
has vastly more albumen, nitrogen and
fatty substance than the straw. The
inventor claims that "a very cheap cat
tie food can be prepared in this
ner, to which may be added potato
Feelings, cornhusks and shells of grain
and the residue from the sugar beet
after the sugar has been extracted"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
THEY MAY RESIST.
Lawyers Not Inclined TO Pay Arrear-
ages Of License.

Lawyers Not Inclined to Pay Arrear-
ages of License.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
Although no concerted action in
that direction has as yet been taken
by them, it is probable that the law
yers of the city will resist collection
Of the occupation tax, or professional
license, for the entire amount which
the county claims from them.
They say that inasmuch as the coun-
~ commissioners have authorized the
treasurer to collect delinquent per-
sonal taxes for the past year only,
instead of for all the years some Of
them are due, the same rule should be
made to apply in the case Of the pro-
f~essional men. Several Of them have
been heard to express themselves on
the subject and were outspoken as to
what they intended to do They say
they have no objections to paying last
years license, but il effort is made
10 collect all the arrearages they pro-
pose to make a fight and will take the
matter into the court OF last resort.
In this connection 1t may not be inn
proper to state that a very consider
able doubt exists in some directions
as to the constitutionality of the tax
and if the lawyers adhere to their de-
termination the question may be de-
cided upon a suit having It's origin in
this county. At the time the law was
enacted imposing the tax considerable
talk was heard among some attorneys,
especially those of Helena and Butte,
about resisting payment should It be
attempted to enforce Its collection.
but the talk gradually subsidized and
the threatened appeal to the courts
was never made.
LN --- ~. - a#- rs
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Those Used in the Philippines Giving
Way to Metric System.

The division of insular affairs of the
var department has prepared a state
ment giving an account of the weights
and measures in use in the Philip
pines. The statement says:
'The extension of commercial in
t%ercourse between the United States
and the islands is attended with great
inconvenience and expense, growing
out of the complicated system of
weights and measures in vogue in the
archipelago. AS compared with the
United States denominations and val
ues, they are difficult to acquire and
still nor so to exercise, either in
transactions or accounts. So far as
recorded history goes, China has ruled
the commercial transactions Of the
oriental world. That empire gave it's
measure of value centuries ago. The
haikwan, or custom-house tael, is the
standard weight and value recognized
in the custom-houses of the IL treaty
ports leach of which has also its own
tael) in all transactions, and is also
used among the Chinese and other
eastern traders and merchants in their
commercial dealings in the Philip
pines"
The statement concludes by noting
that in the pending legislation in cor
gress the metric system is proposed
as the standard for transactions of
commerce and account.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
MARCONI SYSTEM ON TRAINS

Inventor Tells of Its Value In Pre-
venting Railroad Collisions.
II have been working on this prob
EN- OF applying my system to the pre-
yention Of railroad collisions for some
time" Marconi said recently to a rep
resentatjye of Leslee's Weekly. On
deed, we are already pushing forward
the work of equipping the railroads in
Belgium with my devices for just this
purpose.
"You know" he went or that be-
fore we had made certain advances in
tuning messages it was useless to try
to apply the apparatus to railroad
trains, because it is not only necessary
to send different tuned warnings be-
tween trains running i'll opposite direc-
tons, but it is also necessary to have
an apparatus which will work only for
very short distances and no farther,
say a half mile. But now | have reach
ed the point where these difficulties no
longer exist, and it is quite possible
to equip all trains in such a manner
that the engineer may be warned, Ell
ther by a bell right at his ear or a dial
OF light in front of his face, whenever
he approaches within a half mile OF an.
other train. Indeed, we can just as
we'll have an apparatus which will.o
crate directly on the engines lever and
air brakes. slowing the train down
slightly at a half niles distance and
very positively when two trains come
into dangerous proximity"
Then followed his detailed plans.
"For example," he said. suppose we
were to put a transmitter on every
train, In the engineers cab for com
venience, since the aerial wire or other
form of outside receiving apparatus
could be placed just outside and the
earth connection made through the
wheels Of the engine and the rails.
A few battery cells placed under the
seat and a clocklike attachment for
keeping the transmitter in operation
constantly when the train was in mo-
ton would be all the apparatus neces.
sary in addition to the sparkling coil
and local circuit"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
Don't Fail to Try This.

Whenever an honest trial is given
to Electric Bltters for any trouble it
is recommended for a permanent cure
will surely be effected. It never fails
to tone the stomach. regulate the kid
neys and bowels. stimulate the liver,
invigorate the nerves and purify the
blood. It's a wonderful tonic for run
down systems. Electric Bitters posi-
lively cures kidney and liver troubles,
stomach disorders, nervousness, sleep
lessness, rheumatism, neuralgia, and
expels malaria. Satisfaction guaran-
teed by Chapple Drug Co. Only SOC.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11

atOr Foster picked up In orange lying
or Senator Gallinger's desk and tossed
it to him, saying, What can you
change that intoY
The orange vanished the instant it
touched the magician's hands. and in
it's place was a little lemon.
IF you can grow oranges as fast as
you can lemons, l want you down on
my plantations" said Senator Taliafer-
TO of Florida.
After performing several difficult
feats. Malini allowed five senators,
among them Mr.. Joseph r. Hawley, to
select each a card, but he himself did
not see the face of any Of them thus
taken. The senators then returned the
cards to the pack. Senator Hawley
was asked to throw the latter two or
three feet into the air.
Malini made a wild clutch at them
and secured several. He then handed
to each senator the identical card he
had selected. Senator Hawley, howev-
er, was overlooked.
Where is my card?" he asked.
"You did not take any" said Malini.
But l did," e~xpostulated Mr.. Haw.
ley.
GLOW could you have, when l had
only four to give back?" inquired the
magician.
This logic did not appear to appeal to
the Connecticut statesman, who, some
what brusquely, said that whether Ma
lini believed it or not he had taken one
of the cards.
"Well." said the performer. taking
the senator by the hand as if in apollo
gy and turning him so that his back
came into full view Of the audience, II
suppose it was my mistake"
A peal of laughter burst from the
gathering. Senator Hawley's card was
sticking out of his coat collar.
Representative Sulzer appeared year.
ing a derby hat. Malini asked him for
its loan and then borrowed half a dol
lar from Senator Dolliver. He tossed
the half dollar carelessly into the hat
and drew out a whole brick covered
with mortar.
"Ah. Sulzer, Sulzer, you Irish can't
get along without your bricks, / see"
observed Representative Kahn.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
BANTA PAYS a FINE.
Gets of Light for Sending Obscene
Letter Through the Mails.

0clS III II9Hl TOT 0enOIH9 OOSSSUS
Letter Through the Mails.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
In the federal court at Helena. be-
fore Judge Knowles, J A. Banta of
this city, who was held for his appear
ance for sending an obsence letter
through the mails to Miss Mulcare,
also a resident of the city, pleaded
guilty to the charge. He was fined
$3.50, which he paid, and the court
%thereupon ordered his release. The
court sad concerning the case, that he
believed the case was a bad one.
But where a woman is concerned, a
man sometimes makes a fool of him
self"
Banta's attorney asked the court to
be lenient with the prisoner, on the
ground that Banta had a wife and two
children.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
fun IN NATIONS CAPITOL
Senators and Representatives
Amused by Austrian Wizard.
PERFORMED IN COMMITTEE ROOM.

Magician Malini, Asked to Exhibit
His skill, Without Preparations
Turned Oranges Into Lemons and
Plucked Bricks From Hats-Joke
ON Senator Haw1ey of Connecticut
For the first time in its history the
capitol at Washington was recently the
theater for the performance of a magi-
clan, who had an audience composed
exclusively of senators and representa-
tives, says the st. Louis Republic. Ma
lini, an Austrian wizard whose mar
vels have set Washington by the ears,
was the artist who gave his exhibition
under such distinguished surroundings.
He achieved a notable success.
He strolled into the marble room Of
the senate and met Senator Hanna, at
whose house he had entertained. The
senator introduced him to several Of
his colleagues, and the result was that
Senator Gallinger turned over his com
mittee room for the time to the wizard.
In this DON were quickly gathered a
score or more senators and representa-.
tives.
Malini, attired in his ordinary street
dress, had just taken a seat when Sem
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
LOVE AT R SIGHT.
Niece Of Henry Clay to Marry an
English Doctor.

English Doctor.
Announcement is made in Kentucky
of the approaching marriage Of Miss
Sue Clay, daughter of Cassius Mar
cellus Clay, Jr., and niece Of Henry
Clay, the great commoner. to DR.. Good
man Of London, England. The we'd
ding will be solemnized at the man.
sion. "Auvergne," near Paris, on April
20. DR.. Goodman will arrive. there on
April IA. from Cairo, Egypt. where he
is located as corps surgeon in the
English army. While visiting with
friends in England, two years ago.
Miss Clay became i'll. DIR. Goodman
was called in. 1t was a a Of love
at first sight.
ST. JOHNS HEADACHE CURE
win cure your headache. Sold by
Chapnle Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
NOT DISCOURAGED.
National Live Stock Association Will
Continue the Einht.

National Live Stock Association Will
Continue the Fight.
President John W. Springer Of the
National Livestock association, when
interviewed with reference to the pas
sage of the oleomargarine bill in the
senate, said:
THE livestock interests of the Unit
I'D States are not discouraged at the
small vote by which they were beaten
in the senate on the oleomargarine
I'LL. We had hoped to beat the bill in
the senate, and expect to defeat it
before We are done with 1t. It is the
most vicious measure in principle ever
voted on by an American congress,
and we shall contest the matter in
the house, where the bill. now goes,
in conference and before the presi-
dent, and, if forced to- do so. through
the supreme court of the United
States.
IF the senate Of the United States
can, by a narrow margin of eight
votes, enact a law which strikes down
one industry which has been built up
under federal enactment, to directly
benefit the creamery trust Of the Unit
ec States, then any other n industry
can be singled out for destruction, and
it would only be necessary to spend
enough money and threaten enough
congressman and senators with the
farmer vote to completely encompass
the humiliation of any American in
dustry. The livestock people Of the
United States firmly believe that the
supreme court will never uphold such
a principle"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
SEIZED ON
J.. eennett's Property in Hands Of
Sheriff.

Sheriff.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
An action was begun in the district
court sometime ago by g A. Griggs
against w. J. Bennett, the southside
saloon man, to recover an amount
GAINED to be due on a prommissory
Lite and q further sur: alleged to be
ewing the plaintiff 70. rent. AS the
proceedings were in the. nature Of an
attachment, they were not made pub
tic until yesterday afternoon, when
the sherif's Office made return IN the
attachment, not having been able to
secure service before that time.
AS a cause Of action plaintiff alleges
that October Z, 1895, defendant xe-
cuted his prommissory note in which
he obligated himself to pay, latter
date" to plaintiff the sum Of $356.75
and interest at the rate OF 100 per cent.
until paid, with attorney fees and
other costs, should it be necessary to
incur any in the collection OF the prin-
clpal. AS a second Of action the
complaint charges that for the past
seven years the plaintiff Has been the
owner Of an undivided half interest
in lot 8, block 100, original townsite
OF Billings, and that during all this
lime defendant has been a tenant Of
the plaintiff, occupying tile property
described, holding the same under a
verbal contract, and for which he
agreed to pay a monthly rental Of $50,
in advance; that according to the
terms Of such lease defendant is now
Indebted to plaintiff in the sum Of
1870 for rent. Therefore judgment
is asked, first in the sum Of 1856. Is
and interests at the rate Of 1 per cent
per month from October Z, 1895, and
also in the further, sum of $270, alleg-
ed to be due for rent, and for 800 at
torney fees.
To secure these respective amounts.
the plaintiff has caused to be attached
defendants's half interest in lot 8
and all OF lot 10, block 100, original
-townsite OF Billings.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
child,s opinion of Prince Henry.

Chtld's Opinion OF Prince Henry.
The day after Prince Henry's visit to
Washington Archibald Roosevelt dis
cussei the prince with great vigor to
some of his schoolmates, as follows.
says the Baltimore News:
why" he said, che amt like any
prince l ever heard of. He didn't come
up in a chariot drawn by white horses
at all. He rode in a carriage just like
ours. l don't think he's much Of a
prince" the small boy shifted. "He
looks just like any other man-made Of
meat. you know"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
A Deceitfu1 Appearances.

Stage Aspirant-Is the manager inf
Manager-No; he's out.
Stage Aspirant-Why, l was given IL
understand that you were the mans.
ger.
Manager-So l am, but I'm out, all
the same. I'm out about a thousand
dollars on that last play l introduced
Richmond Dispatch.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
EAST FEARS DEFEAT or RIVER
AND HARRoR BILL.
WILL AID IRRIGATION Bill
Selection Of sites for Improvement
Left at Discretion Of Secretary
Of the Interior.

Minneapolis Journal Washington
Special: The irrigation dispute is ap-
~parently settled and on reasonably sat
isfactory lines. The Wyoming inter
ests which had secured control Of the
committees of the two houses learned
from the recent conference with the
president, and by other signs Of oppo-
sition, that it was no use to try to get
such a measure through, since the
speaker, acting under good advice,
would v allow 1t to come up in
the house. They accordingly agreed,
with considerable r%elutance, to the
amendments which the president and
others asked for.
The plan is to drop the house
bill, take the Hansbrough or senate
bill as a basis and amend that SO as to
allow the withdrawal by the govern
ment from sale in advance of their
survey Of lands which it is intended
to irrigate, before the spectators can
ascertain what they are Another sec
ton of the Hansbrough bill is to be
modified so as to protect the present
users Of water in their rights. This
section as it now stands seems to
create two classes of rights, those al
read accrued and those which might
be obtained in the future from state
legislatures.
-E i A ~ f1,,c op1 IN N%1,orc 1a%oi1c
Speaker Henderson is quoted as being
willing to let it come before the house.
An influence tending strongly in this
direction is a fear that the river and
harbor bill will be again in danger
in the senate unless the house pushes
on the irrigation project, and if we
ire to have irrigation most eastern
people prefer it by a direct bill rather
than by a rider forced on the river
and harbor bill, which might be most
Objectionable in its terms.
The compromise plan agreed upon
still leaves the selection of sites for
improvement at the discretion of the
secretary of the interior, which will
make it necessary that a man of very
high integrity should occupy that Of
lice. Some surprise is manifested that
congress is willing to abandon its priv
ilege Of deciding where improvements
shall be made, as it decides in ase of
public buildings and in river and har-
Dor improvements, but, for some rea-
son, it seems inclined to permit this
experiment to be made. This dis
erection will probably rest with the
secretary of the itnerior until, in some
future administration, a huge scandal
breaks out, and then congress will it
self begin to select places for improve
ment.
The present objection to this plan
is that it would produce SO much log
rolling as greatly to increase the cost
of irrigation.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
Mikado,s Gift to king Edward.

The Japanese Emperor Mutsuhito's.
presents to King Edward on the lat
ter's coronation. says a dispatch from
Tokyo to the London Times. include
embroideries and lacquers and notably
a pair of silver vases fifteen inches
high. They are inlaid with gold and
represent seven years work by thirty
Of the best Japanese artists.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
For Sale and Rent.

Land for rent and seed potatoes for
sale. Apply to Thomas McGirl, Bill
ings. Mont. 97-4
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11

Foley's Kidney Cure makes kidneys
and bladder right. Don't delay TAX
ing. Sold by Holmes & Rixon.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11

Pays 5 per cent on savings depos.
Its. interest compounded quarterly.
Pays 6 FER cent on 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 rum
ming from n to ten years, to suit
borrower.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-11
Trustees.

Trustees.
Lee Mantle, president; Chas.
Schatzlein. viee-president; Frank w.
Haskins, treasurer; A. B. Clements,
secretary; Charles r. Leonard, +.
Aug. Heinze, Henry Mueller, James n.
Monteath.
FRED H. FOSTER. Local Aeant.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-04-15
Lucky Runaway

!, n early hour Saturday nom
ins while jin Virgins OF Empire vas
attending the dance al silver Ci5y
someone cut the strap that held his
horse and lie animal s:aIts2 OIL, 81
Empire at q terrific gait, Fortunate
ly. two young Comstocfe.s - Ne.
returning from she dance 4 Carson
heard t:.a approach Of The runag,, -,
so.newh - on he other side 0f Giivol
The drew their busy OF tao road
and one of hem sol out anc managed
to stop the excited animal. Neither
the horse nor INC buzz vas &2r-araC
The -a3e rapid time mo Silver III:
the two rigs. much to tHe relief 0,
Virgins. Wao mad given ne Duff. N
az gore Tor go01-Clrcu.cle.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-04-15
Broke His Leg

DsTias the Gce Sunday afternoon.
Henry Eo-aersiu, who Ne Vor..a.
with the rest Of the fi:emeG, hal tAe
misfortune to break mis- right les b.
low the knee. During the remov&. q.
properly from The burning 14iitils.
sack O. carrots vas dropped OH 5he
Sidewalk. 1ir. FothcrgiI in helping
to drag bose lei backwards over tae
sack ana men picked mp i, was dis
covered that he had broken his Ias
He was taken g he Briggs s!yua-
where 5ae broken member va SGT
ana afterwards removed 10 lis hone
Yesterday The Qa.ieHg vas rysc.us a
comfortably d could be, o--D@c,=l. il
VIII ha sometime. however. before Nh
i3.sg.e-l I'll he able 20 be a5cu-.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-04-15
SUNDAY : IRE.


sunday altorhocu - OF the wo3st
n-es that has ever lard ,4i5 city
III seTeral years 81 erred. The Nv
cry stable CT Do ,enton was tota,
~ destroyed, y leA he fire alarm
vas sounded there was y bike com
Ing from the root OF he barn and be
lore wafer was unGer way The place
vas elvelIped in flames. The ,irat
break vas made tor The horses, and
only Two were founi il tha stable,
these were rescued, the others being
0u1 on hire. Nearly ali Of he harn ass
vas taken cut and all The rig V.Ie
taken beyond the reach If .hn flames
III & lew minutes one ol the hg,tGa.
fires Imaginable was in progress, as
the hay and straw IL inc barn made
, HE place like 3 furDar '@he al,en-
jen,ion Of the Gremen vas called 70
e danger Oil other PLACES taking
fire. and by pror4pt WoEl, The fire was
confined 70 the main barn, TIE resid-
.nre .. nr. Benton, which is situated
. BACK ~ tha BAN y-> .l-s.:had zav-
! .ra, ..a.es. All tin u'aae grow Sc
! s@em jaAs s.a loasaAo:3 goods aa.e
: fnuove3. TIM: is where tue 1Io boys
! .oe-.J t1ai. a~aA WORK. the r>a... nc
/ ..os save. All 10, even tn l4.vz.oa
- .~" r-o. %r.~ damaged, Che c.
t.c-oua-. ia4 a.-4 o. -..a c.- ,"as