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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-12
TO STAMP OUT DISEASE.
Department Of Agriculture Wants an
Emergency Appropriation.

Washington, Dec. 10.-The depart
ment of agriculture has appealed to
the house committee on agriculture
to aid the department in stamping
out the foot and mouth disease which
has appeared among cattle in New
England, (asking that an emergency
appropriation of $500, 900 or $1,OOO,-
900 be made.
The committee is advised that
there are about 100 herds which in
the opinion of the department must
be slaughtered. Dr.. Salmon, chief of
the bureau of animal industry, has
reported that the price per head fix
ed for one herd slaughtered in New
Hampshire was $4S of which the de-
partment agreed with the state au-
thorities to pay 70 per cent and this
he thinks will be the average price.
The committee is also advised that
the disease was transmitted through
hay shipped from abroad.
The department is anxious to take
the most vigorous measures n the
committee on agriculture is disposed
to give every possible aid. The kill
ing of the diseased cattle and the
thorough disinfection of the infected
quarters is demanded.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-12
THE ALDERMEN'S PLEA,
Argument the D%enverites Propose to
Take to the Supreme Court.

Denver, Col, Dec. 1O.-Attorneys
for Mayor Wright and all the II mem
bers of the board of aldermen, who
have been sentenced to four months
in the county Jail by Judge Mullins for
contempt of our in disobeying his
injunction restraining them from pass
ing a tramway ordinance, have de-
cided upon the grounds on which
they will appeal to the supreme court
tC save themselves from confinement.
The supreme court will be asked to
set aside the sentence on the ground
that the council is a legislative body,
that it is required by the statutes to
perform certain prescribed duties at
stated times and that the action of
Judge Mullins is such as to prevent
it from performing those duties. There
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-12

presented by Ranft, maintaining that
the land has already been patented
under the sanction of the land de-
partment. He will give his decision
in a few days w%hereupon contestants
will have 80 days to file an appeal
with the department at Washington.
In all probability a great legal battle
will be the result of the controversy,
as there is much law on each side of
the original question.
Value Of the Land.
1t is maintained by some that the
land in question is outside of the
original presumption boundaries.
These 5000 acres are very desirable
for the reason that they hold some
thing like 50,O0O,OOO feet Of valuable
and are estimated to be worth
no less than 100000.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-12
PEOPLE WERE UNPREPARED
NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND
SHIvERING.
Fall in Temperature Came Suddenly
Scarcity Of Coal Adds
to Suffering.

New York, Dec. 10.-New York anC
New England have experienced dur
ing the past "a hours the coolest
weather for many years. In this city
it was the coolest December 8 in 2f
years, the thermometer registering, as
it did in that year, s above zero. The
severity of the cold was intensified
by the fact that the people YER moi
perpared for it, the cold wave hav
ing descended upon the country sud
denly and without warning. Then
too, the scarcity of coal caused much
suffering among the poorer classes
Every effort is being put forth to al
lev1ate the suffering, charitable or.
CARNATIONS having taken steps tc
supply the poor. and the board of
aldermen having voted 100000 to
help along the good cause. During
the day the rivers were covered with
a heavy mist, showing the great diff
SASASS liz SCAiApCl VI
the air and the water.
The cold in the city was mild com.
pared with that prevailing in the
northern sections of the state and in
New England. At Albany the mercury
fell to 10 below zero, and in some
nearby districts it went down to 20.
The river is frozen over at Albany.
putting an end to navigation. Ballston
reported 80 below, the lowest regis
tration sine 1861, and Saratoga felt
the grasp of weather 80 below. In
the Adirondack region and along the
Champlain valley the thermometer
registered between II and 26 below.
Throughout Maine and Connecticut
the thermometer registered from s
to 20 below, a fall in some places of
40 degrees in - hours. Norwalk,
Conn. reported a temperature of %
degrees below zero, the coolest in
years.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-12
TO DEATH.
Awful Death of Fireman in St. Paul
Railroad Yards.

st. Paul, Dec. 1O.-Vincent Strom-
men, a fireman on a Northwestern
switch engine, was scalded to death
in sight of his wife and a score of
workmen, who were unable to save
him. He was pinioned beneath an
overturned switch engine, and a
broken steam pipe discharged scald-
ing steam upon his body, literally
cooking him to pieces. w. j. White,
the engineer and Albert Ritz, a brake
man, were both seriously injured in
the accident.
The switch engine was ordered
from the East Side yards to the levee
yards on the West Side yesterday at
ternoon, and while making the trip,
the rails spread and the engine was
precipitated into the ditch. White
and Ritz jumped and were saved, but
Strommen, being on the wrong side
of the cab, was unable to escape. He
called for aid, but seeing that the
wOrkmen were unable to release him
from his place of torture, he begged
them to kill him and thus put an end
to his misery. He died after suffer
ing intense agong for an hour. .
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-12
Calling cards at Gazette oflce.
Assessment Notice Bio Ditch compan

assessment NOTICE Big Ditch Company
Notice is hereby given that at the
meeting of the trustees of the Big
Ditch company held on Monday, the
Sth day of December, 1902, an assess
ment of. 60 five per cent per share
was levied upon the capital stock of
the corporation, payable on or before
Monday, the I'd day of February, 1903,
to the secretary at his ranch or by
mail at Billings, Montana.
Any stock upon which the assess
ment shall remain unpaid on Monday,
the I'd day of February, 1908, will be
delinquent and advertised for sale at
public auction and unless payment is
made before will be sold on Friday,
the goth day of February, 1903, to pay
the delinquent assessment, together
with the cost of advertising and ex-
penses of said sale.
E. B. HASTINGS, Secretary.
Ranch one mile south of Canyon
Creek on ditch.
First Publication Dec. II, 1903.-4f
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-12
VALUABLE TIMBER LANDS ARE
IN DISPUTE.
The PATENTS ARE INVALID
Is the Claim Set Up by the Man Who
Started the Con-
test.

Missoula, Dec. 10.-Action was be
gun in the United States land office
here today which seeks to invalidate
patents that have been granted tt
5000 acres of timber land in Bite,
Root valley, in the vicinity of Darby
and Florence. The contest was in
stituted by William @. Rant, who
was formerly connected with the Mis-
soula land Office as receiver.
Rant sought to file IS entries tc
the land in question under the spec.
ial presumption act, maintaining that
the timber and stone filings to the
land on which patents were granted
were illegal. In support of his posi-.
ton, Ranft points to the treaty OF
1872 with Chief Charlotts, of the Flat.
head Indians, which specified that
Bitter Root lands from which the In.
dams were moved, should be sold for
slips per acre and the proceeds were
to be given to the Indians, as a re.
ward for going on the Flathead reser.
walton. In 1874, congress amplified
this act by extending homestead pro-
visions to Bitter Root valley. Never.
theless, timber and stone filings were
admitted on the land as early as 1893,
and patents were granted as late as
1899.
At that time the land department
decided that since the Bitter Root
valley was unfit for agricultural pur-
poses, it should be subject to timber
n stone entry. Two years later
the ruling vas revised, but patents
already granted were to be maintain
ed without invalidation. In the mean
time the original locators have dis
posed of their interests in the lands
and the records of Ravalli county
show that all of the lands belong to
the Anaconda Copper Mining COM
pany and the Missoula Lumber COM
pany. When these corporations II
chased the lands, the titles were ex-
amined and pronounced good and
safe.
In view of these facts, Register
Daniel Arms, of the local land office,
has refused to file the IS applications
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-12

can probably assemble by the first
of June.
President Palma will sign the treaty
which General Bliss has been making
at Havana, but will not submit it to
the Cuban congress until after it has
been ratified by the senate of the
United States. The Cuban congress-
men have been acting in an unfriend-
ly manner, but they have had good
reason because of the. Indifference
and opposition shown by our govern
ment toward their interests and it
is believed that their mood will change
when we show a little generosity.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-12
TO BEGIN THE B
Officials in Frisco to Witness Layinu
of Pacific Cable.

San Francisco, Dec. S.-Clarence
Mackay, president of the Postal Tele-
graph company. Vice President Baker
and Vice President Ward of the Com
mercial Gable company, arrived here
tonight. They stated that they came
&c witness the beginning of the laying
or the cable to Honolulu and expected
that event to take place the latter
part of this week. Mr.. Mackay said
he believed the branch from Honolulu
to Yokohama. via Guam, would be in
working order July 1, 1903. A con-
ference will be held tomorrow with
local telegraph officials in the matter
OF e%xpediting the work.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-12
SHEEPMAN LOSES BIG ROLL.
Stopped to Feed His Sheep and Drops
Thirteen Hundred Dollars.

Livingston, Dec. 1O.-J. H. Harvat
has returned from Chicago, where he
went two weeks ago with a trainload
OF sheep. He did we'll with them,
realizing a good price.
He reports that j. w. Jameson of
Hunters Hot Springs sustained a
serious loss at Kirkland, ILL.,, where he
stopped to feed his stock. He had
$1,000 in his pocket when he left the
caboose to unload his sheep, and
missed the money shortly aftefward.
He returned to the caboose and made
search for the missing money, but
without success. OF the amount lost
$500 was in a draft and the balance in
currency.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-12
DYNAMITE e A FIRE,
Head of italian Laborer Blown OFF and
Trunk Shattered.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, Dec. TO-
Toni PERI, an Italian laborer, was
instantly killed this morning by an
explosion of dynamite while work
ing on the bank of the waterpower
canal. The top of his head was
blown off and his body shattered in a
horrible manner Parts of his body
were picked up a hundred feet away.
He was thawing the dynamite near a
stove when the accident occurred.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-12
NO DOUBT ABOUT RATIFICATION
OF CANAL TREATY.
A HUNDRED YEAR LEASE
; With Privilege of Renewal for An
other Century Will Be
Granted.

Chicago, Dec. 10.-William E. Cur
tbs, in a Washington special to the
Record-Herald, says: Secretary Hay
will go on making treaties with Cuba
n Colombia, regardless of the
threatening attitude OF tae Cuban
congress and the fact that Colombia
has no congress at all, and is not like.
ly to have n until midsummer, for
that is no bushes of ours. The
treaties will be concluded and Sign
ed and submitted for the ratification
of the senate.
The charge daffairs Of Colombia,
Mr.. Herran, is a reasonable and in
telligent gentleman, with practical
ideas and progressive disposition. He
was educated in the United States
and has spent a good part of his life
in Germany and this country, so that
he knows what is best for his country.
Further, his instructions permit him
to accept the terms offered by Col.
Hay and rejected by Senior Concha,
the late minister, who has gone home
in a huff.
The question Of sovereignty will be
solved without violence to the Colon
bian cons, tuition by giving the Unit
ed States a lease for a hundred years
to the territory required for the canal.
with an option for a renewal of an
other 100 years and by that time Sec
rotary Hay thinks it would be safe
to negotiate another treaty.
The financial question is also set
tied. Colombia is to receive 81, OOO. 900
in cash as a bonus and $1OO, 600 a year
for the tolls collected from shipping.
The bonus is very much needed by
the Colombian government. It has
not been able to collect any taxes for
several years and has been trying to
run on Fat money, without much sue
cess. There has been plenty of it,
for paper and ink are cheap and print.
ing presses are plenty, but it is not
worth much. Exchange is something
like 999 per cent, and the money
could no be worth much less. It is
about as useless as Confederate bills
were in April, 1865. 1t is difficult to
get anybody to take it, and when it
is accepted in trade a pair of boots
cost $4,000 or $4,000 and a plate of
pork and beans $500. Under these cir
cumstances a windfall of $1,000, 900
WilI come in mighty handy.
The congress of Colombia will have
to ratify the treaty to make it good
but there is no danger of it's refusal
to do SO with 100000 awaiting it's
action. The congress has not met
for -FOUR years, but the president has
promised to order an election as soon
rs arrangements can be made, and it
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-12

is no one deputized to perform the
duties of the members of the board,
as there is in the case Of the mayor
or county clerk. They must be per-
formed by the members themselves
or remain undone. 1t will be con
tended that, such being the case, the
sentence is excessive and unreason-
able, and therefore ought not to stand.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-12
Ex-congressman Drops Dead.

Doylestown, Pa, Dec. 1O.-Hon.
b NJ. Yardley, a prominent
member of the Bucks county bar,
dropped dead in his office here today.
He represented the Seventh dis
trict in the Fiftieth and Fifty-frst
congresses.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-12

Don't be imposed upon by taking sub
stitutes offered for Foley's Honey and
Tar. Sold bv Holmes e. Rixon,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-12

Greater in leavening% strength, a spoon
full raises moro dough, or goes further.
Working uniformly and perfectly, it
makes the bread and cake always light
and beautiful, and there is never a waste
of good flour, sugar, butter and eggs.
While it actually costs less to make a
batch Of biscuit with the Price Baking
Powder than with the so-called cheap
powders, there is the additional advan~
tage Of better and moro healthful food.
Observation-Disclosures, No1E.-Alum powders should not be
T""'eo AMNs "oeHS used, n matter how cheap they are.
S7oAs" They induce dyspepsia, liver complaint
and kidney trouble.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-02
A NEW VIRGINIA TOWN.
Lacrosse is Growing Fast aud Making Subs
sian.ial improvements.
Especial Dispatch to The Times.)


LA CROSSE. VA, Feb 1.-The Iittle
town of La Crosse is situated at the
junction OF the Southern and Seaboard
Air Line Railways, in the eastern portion
of Mecklenburg county, in the midst OF a
splendid tobacco and cotton country.
Upon all sides are evidences of prosper
ity, the farmers are realizing good prices
for their tobacco and cotton and the
town is receiving her Just share OF this
prosperity.
In all there are ten stores, two coed
hotels, two railway stations, two cotton
gins, one heel and tap factory and quite
a number of residences. La Crosse is
on the eve of building loom. In addition
10 the splendid cotton market, business
men are now getting ready to launch a
tobacco market for the coming season.
Subscriptions have been received for
the erection OF large tobacco Ware
house, and another will be forthcoming.
There is no better place for a tobacco
market than La Crosse, enjoying as 1t
does such exceptional shipping facilities
as is afforded tY the Southern and Sea-
board Air Line Railways. The tobacco
grown in this locality is both Of the
dark and bright grades
The La Crosse Institute with other
buildings for the professors and students
will be ready for occupancy the next
school term affording most excellent ed
ucational advantages
The school is to be non-sectarian.
a bank is teing erected. quite num-
Der of stores and residences have oeeh
contracted for and are only awaiting
tha ouauIn1 * tha snsins whan INA
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-02

were uncert ain. was at once put into es *
ecution. Taking with him only a. grip
containing some important papers he,
with his cabinet and stan. ooa1deu.ss g
train, which had been hastily made up.
for Greensboro. He left as 1t happened
none too soon, as party of Federal
soldiers who had been sent to- cut the
road arrived at strestle a few miles
south of the city Just after the train
carrying the President had passed over.
After the President lad gone to the
depot, Mr.. Memminger, who had been
confined to his bed for several days WIN
a severe attack of neuralgia. and from
whom the bad news had been carefully
kept, accidentally learning of what had
happened. got up and dressed at once
and insisted on going to the depot There
being no other conveyance available. the
carriage being at the depot. he and his
wife rode there in a farm wagon. The
entire party left all OF their heavier
baggage III DanviIle, only taking those
things that could be carried in grips and
valises.
Tue last capital or the Con1cderacy
had then been vacated by the government
and from thence 1.-THE bonny hue nag
that bears a single star ceased to rep
resent a nation. borrower. from ms
time the Confederate Government was no
longer a government but only the scat
tered and broken head of a disorSanlZed
and demoralzed resistance TO the re-
esta blishment in the Southern States OF
the authoriy OF the United States Gov
5 erment.
Danville, Va.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-02

Tho Legislature will reconvene here
on Wednesday. February 18th, at noon,
after recess since the Christmas holt
DAYS The body will have the major
part OF the work OF the session TO dis
pose of. for but little of II was done be-
fore the recess 1t will not take it long
10 get down TO business, as all The. COM
,nittees have been appointed and matters
are in shape TO so forward with The wor.
without delay. Just how long the ses-
sion will last is a question. 1t is safe
10 say that the convention will not have
completed its work for several months, SO
the Legislature Will proceed as jf there
sgere no convention, and rely upon being
called together next winter 20 put the
new Constitution into operation The
regular session of the Legislature will
expire by limitation or the 4th Of next
March BY three-fifths vote of the
members elected 10 both branches, the
session may be extended for thirty days,
but without pay to the members Should
there be an extension the body Mil be
hero until April 4th, and that would seem
TO give time enough for the completion
OF all matters that are pressing for set
Siement It Is not unlikely that the
convention will secure another hall in
Legislature returns, as the meeting of
two bodies daily in the same hall caused
a great deal Of confusion at the short
eessicn of the General Assembly.
The Legislature has a great deal of inn
fpprtant work before it. and some lively
HINES are anticipated. One thing that
will cause a great fight will be the bin
(which has ALREADY been offered by Hon
Eeorge Y. Hunley, of Mathews. reappro-
eortioning the State into Legislative and
congressional districts. Much politics is
Expected to crop out III the discussion over
che bill in committee and in the two
aousas. and 1t will take a great deal of
Zine to dispose of it
Another matter which will be the sub
Sect of a long and bitter controversy will
be the contest for seat In the House from
Norfolk city. Both the contestants are
Democrats and represent rival factions of
The party down by the sea The sitting
members are Hon. John Whitehead and
c. A. Woodward, and they represent what
IS known as the Trehv faction. Messrs.
S. S. Lambeth, Jr., and ". Lindsay Bib
are the contestants and are leaders in the
Dey faction. The evidence. which has been
ordered printed. is volurinous. and the
case will doubtless consume a great deal
Of time. The only other contest is that
Of Fulton DemocraD VS. Hibbetts Gre
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-02

Rave believed us less able to endure
misfortune with forttude than to en-
counter danger with courage.
I'VE have now entered upon a new
phase of the struggle. Relieved from
the necessity OF guarding a particular
point our army will be free to move
from point to point, to strike the enemy
IN detail far from his base. Let US but
will it. and we are free.
Animated by that confidence in your
spirit and fortitude which never yet
failed me, 1 announce to you, fellow
countrymen, that it is my purpose to
maintain your cause with my whole
heart and soul; that 1 will-never con-
sent to abandon to the enemy one foot
of the soil Of any of the States of the
Confederacy; that Virginia, noble State.
whose ancient renOwn has been ecllpSed
by her still more glorious recent history;
whose bosom has been Dared to receive
the main shock Of this war; whose sons
and daughters have exhibited heroism
SO sublime as to render her illustrious
in all time to come-that Virginia, with
the help of the people and by the bless
ing of Providence, shall be held and de-
Tended, and no peace ever made with
the infamous invaders of her territory.
If, by the stress OF numbers, we
should be compelled to temporary with
drawal from her limits or those of any
other border State we will return until
the batt1ed and exhausted enemy Shall
abandon in despair his endless and inn
possible task of making slaves OF
people born to be free.
Let u.s. then, not despond, my coun-.
trymen, but, relying on Gou, meet the
foe with fresh defiance and with uncon-
uuered and unconquerable hearts.
.JEFFERSONs DAVIS
VALUED RELIC.
The foregoing last proclamation
Of the President of the Confederate
States is not often seen, therefore, it is
given in its entirety. Inc table on
which this proclamation was written is
now in the possession of Mrs. -.
Sutherln, relict of the late Major Suth-55
erlin. It is of unusual design, with
curved legs, being made OF heavyS ma ma
hogany. 1t has upon it a beautiful slab
about two and one-half feet by i've IN
size OF mottled Egyptian marble This
table, Twas informed, has been repeat
edly sought for by those having control
of the Confederate Museum at Richmond,
but naturally the family are reluctant
to relinuuish possession Of SO valuable
souvenir.
Mr.. Davis and the capitol of the Con-
federacy. were at the Sutherlin mansion
for a. week. On the morning of April
the 10th, President Davis. accompanied
by Major Sutheriln, went down-Iown.
While there they were unofhc1ally in
formed of Lees surrender on the previous
day At first. although the probability
of such an event taking place had been
suggested to them by existing circum-s
stances, the news seemed incredible. Sew
eral hours subsequently,, however, OFF,
cial confirmation Of the tidlngs was af-
forded them
Under the conditions then existing. the
only possible course of action left for the
ecnsid era ton of the Presiden t&Swas for
him to Immediately without any delay
what soever, proceed farther South. This
course Of action, the results Of which