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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-18
A POOR REM EDY.

Fergus County Argus: The Utopia
chaser of Helena Independent, en-
~deavoring to enlighten the woolgrow-
'ers assembled in Helena last week,
said: eff the woolgrowers wish to
kill the shoddy industry let them make
the first move by asking congress to
take the tariff off wool and manufac-
lures of wool"
This was rather strange advice to
give several hundred intelligent men
after their experience with free wool
under Grover Cleveland's last admin
istration, but it vas a fair sample of
Eglestonian philosophy and demo-
cratic sophistry. AS a matter of fact
it was during Cleveland's administra-
ton that the introduction of shoddy
in this country received it's greatest
impetus. If cheap wool will keep out
shoddy why didn't it do it then? No
doubt the use Of shoddy has been on
the increase in the past few years,
but this is largely due to the discovery
of new methods of substitution which
has made it very difficult of detection
in the fabric.
AS to free wool, the American grow
ers, and especially those in the west,
are not sufficiently recovered from the
last affiction to invite another assault
upon their industry. Under the Will
son free wool act the importations the
first year were more than 200, 900, 900
pounds. AS a result of this legisla-
tive folly wool fell nearly so per cent
in value. Ohio fleece wool, medium,
dropped from 33 cents per pound in
1892 to 10 cents in 1896, but increas-
ed to 20 cents in 1897, Immediately fol-
lowing the restoration of the Dingley
tariff law. and to 1875 cents in the
month of October, 1899. The number
of sheep in 1898 was Apt $50, and
their value 1925, 909, 264. BY 1896 the
number had fallen to 3S,29S, 1888 and
the value to $65 ,167, 1855, the actual
value having been reduced about one
half, or a loss in sheep alone of near
ly $50, 0OO. 900. And this only shows a
part Of the losses sustained by wool
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-18

subject of'routes had not been thor
oughly investigated by unbiased ex-
pert engineers. Is congress going to
order another commission on routes
and keep canal construction a barren
ideality or will it accept the recon-
mendation of it's own commission of
experts and arrange for the construc-
ton of the ship canal at as early a
day as possible? The nation has been
dillydallying over this subject for
nearly or fully half a century, and,
just as we get the report of a. thor
oughly competent commission, which
has examined every conceivable route,
carrying a strong recommendation Of
the Panama route, the question of
routes is declared to be an open one!
Verify, if this congress fails to pass
a ship canal bill, it will deserve the
condemnation Of the whole country.
The proposed compromise canal bill,
which would throw the decision of
route upon the president, is a pitiful
movement for evasion of it's obvious
duty by congress. The president
should not be compelled to take the
responsibility. The experts he ap-
pointed to investigate routes and
bring in a decision have done their
duty and it is a very petty business
for congress to attempt to shirk its
duty.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-18
KEEP THE DOOR OPEN.

Although this nation is not a party
to the treaty entered into between
Japan and England, it can but approve
the purpose of that compact. AS Civ
en to the world the object of the en-
tente is to carry out the policy of Sec
rotary Hay as enuniciated in his note
TO the powers in 1900 and maintain
he open door, in the orient. The
agreement recites that the two nations
signatory seek only to obtain in China
and Corea equal opportunities for the
commerce Of all nations and to that
end declare in favor of maintaining
the political integrity of the Chinese
empire, another policy to which the
United States has stood committed
since the first trouble arose in China
and which finally ended by an invasion
Of the empire by the armies of the
powers.
Whether Russia will accept the
declaration with a friendly spirit re-
mains to be seen, although there is
nc lack of assurances from the Bear
that he will do nothing calculated to
affect the interests of any other ma
tons in Manchuria. While nominallv
still a part of China and under control
OF that empire, Manchuria is practical
ly a dependency CT Russia and domi-
mated by that power in all of it's more
important affairs, both as regards to
domestic matters and it's relations
with the outside world. AS yet this
nation has no cause of complaint
against Russia. Not only has she
steadfastly protested her friendship
for us, but has given u~nmistakable evil
dence of that friendship thus far. The
door in Manchuria has been held open
by her for our trade and since her lat
est treaty with China in regard to
Manchuria she has assured us that
she will do nothing to close that door
and as long as she continues her pres
ent friendly attitude we have moth
ing to tear.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-18

If the president will take the advice
of the Lewistown Democrat he will not
permit Miss Alice to attend the II
onation. In the opinion of that dis
tinguished journal the girl is entirely
too young to go away from home with
out her mama, beside she might have
her youthful head turned by being
hailed as an "Amercian Princess"
of which possibilities fill the Dem
ocrat with undisguised horror and
dismay.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-18
Do It Now!
HUNT !A,is,gy'::,an
New Styles and Prices
Notice of Meeting Of the Stockholders
of the Big Ditch Company.

Notice of Meeting Of the Stockholders
of the Big Ditch Company.
Notice is hereby given that a meet
ing of the stockholders of the Big
Ditch company will be held at 10
o'clock a. M. on Tuesday, the 18th
day of April, 1902, at the court house,
in the city of Billings, county of Vel
lowstone, state of Montana, for the
purpose of voting upon the following
proposition:
THAT the capital stock Of the
Big Ditch company be increased
to an amount sufficient to furnish
~neededwater to all land along the
present line of it's canal capable
of being irrigated therefrom to
the extent that sufficient water
has not already been provided
therefor"
And for the purpose of taking ac-
ton upon such other propositions as
may then bbe presented with a view
to protecting either of both the pres
ent and prospective holdings in said
company in all rights appertaining
to the property thereof.
By order of the Trustees.
E. B. HASTINGS, Secretary
Big Ditch Company.
February 1S, 1902. 86!6t
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-18

The women Of the state should get
up a testimonial to Judge Henry of
Livingston. That jurist has just fined
a brute named Joe Stanley 2, 1000 for
engaging in the pastime of knocking
down and abusing his wife. The best
part Of it is that the fellow had the
money with which to pay the fine and
that it was in a position where the
court was able to fasten onto it.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-18
NOT A STAR PERFORMER,

Anaconda Standards: When the pen
sion bill was under discussion, yester-
day, in the house, Mr.. Wheeler of Ken
lucky felt moved to toss off a TRADE
at kings, c~oronations, kaisers, kaisers'
brothers, flunkies, foreign and home
made, ambassadors, Britons, and so
through the list. He denounced the
English from the days Of Yorktown
down; he sneered at the shoulder
strapped, gold-laced noodles who in
June are going from this country to
king; he denounced the Boer war; he
took a fall Il of P~auncefote, because
of the light in which recently-exposed
Spanish-American war correspondence
has put hat f~unctionary; he lauded
the old-time isolation hat was the
trait of the republic prior to the era
of imperialism; he expressed the hope
that the president will insist on detain-
ing his daughter from the coronation
flummery; he styled Prince Henry the
little Dutchman."
Mr.. Wheeler was born on a farm;
he is SO ear old; he is serving his
third term as Kentucky's First-district
member in the house. His speech may
not have been a witless TRADE, but,
really, the press report Of it reads that
way. They may admire that sort of
thing down in Paducah, but this Ken
tuckian's talk. ii the dispatches sum
marie it Wen, won't saw much wood
anywhere within his district or out
side. 1t takes a mighty clever man
to entertain this country's public with
invective, or sarcasm, or satire, or
ridicule. Mr.. Wheeler's diction ap-
pears to be not well suited to that sort
of thing-for n thing, the epithets
he reels off have too much Of the com
monplace about them. He did the best
he could. but apparently that was not
very good. except in the estimate Of
Mr.. Wheeler himself.
This country lends itself readily to a
certain morbid curiosity about emf
'nent foreigners. The fact is that we
see very few of them. In their way
they are a novelty before the eyes of
our kind of people. To our apprehen-
sion they are as well worth seeing as
a ~three-ring circus and. truth to tell,
we are apt to make fools of ourselves
in our chasing after them. In this
newspapers opinion the Americans
who long to loiter in the presence of
the crown-jewel clique at London or
Berlin or in Siam or anywhere else,
are ~long-eared ninnie3. lut that does
not signify that a member of congress
should show that he doesn't know the
STA; nor does it imply thai a visitor
coming to lis from a foreign shore
should not be met with courtesy.
There are tuft-hunting Americans
who need to learn wholesome lessons
in warning against making high-tow-
ering asses of themselves in their
quest for association with Europe's
titled prigs. 1t is the gratifying truth.
however, that these Americans are not
a numerous body. If they are to be
disciplined by making them targets
for the shafts of ridicule, the thing
to be well done must be lone in good
style: and Mr.. Wheeler doesn't appear
to have done it that way.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-18

Like his immediate predecessor,
Secretary Shaw has declined to issue
an order modifying the effects of the
Dingley law in so far as it pertains
to the searching of returning tour
lists baggage for contraband articles.
'The we'll known society m of
Washington and elsewhere, who OBJ
ject to the defilement of their lingerie
by having it come in contact with the
vulgar hands of customs inspectors
will be forced to submit to the indig-
mites of a republican law and be hon
est the same as less favored mortals
are. The limitation will also be al
lowed to stand, Notwithstanding that
500 is a decidedly Deggarly sum to
which to restrict a fashionable woman
in replenishing her wardrobe in Paris
or London, the secretary holding that
women who can afford to go abroad to
buy their things" can also afford to
pay the duty on them, the same as the
n who stays at home and wears i'm
ported dresses or those made from
imported material.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-18

Now that Japan has the backing
of England, it is predicted that the
government of that country will not
long delay in starting the wal with
Russia, which only fear of the French
navy has prevented for the last two
years.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-18

The editor of the Great Falls Trib-
n wants a vacation. He is out in a
plaintive query as to the existence of
the Montana Press association and
wants to know why it's officers, if it
still has any, are not arranging for an
excursion of some sort.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-18
THE BILLINGS GAZETTE.

going to make a try for a seat in con
while Bryan is getting in condition
for another attempt to reach the big
ger persimmon and is piling up a plat
that he thinks will be about high
enough when the time arrives.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-18

Having amassed a considerable
amount of the filthy lucre and thus
qualified himself for a nomination on
ticket, Charlie Towne is
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-18

While "Amerindo' may find favor
with the bureau Of ethnology, the pop
ularity of plain "Injun" and coffee
cooler is in no immediate danger of
waning on this side of the Missouri.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-18

The gamblers may as we'll pre-
pare themselves for another stirring
up. The supreme court has lust got
through sitting down on the attorney
general and now a great Falls court
decides that he charged a woman an
eXorbitant professional fee and Or
ders him to make restitution.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-18
CL>.1->1I>- Employment
MICK we'll = Bureau.
26o7H Mont. Az

" (
Help Wanted.
Girl for general house work, city.
Two mattresses for hotel. city.
Waitress for Red Lodge.
Miscellaneous.
For sale-Small heating stove.
If 0 want to buy, sell or trade,
call and see what / have to offer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-18

Mrs. Gait may be all her admirers
claim for her in disposition and anna
bility of manners, but her name is a
handicap. 1t is too suggestive of
scratching and midnight concerts to
attract any but the most enthusiastic
to the cause for which she is laboring.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-18

Whatever their other lack of quail
tications may be, the artistic manner
in which the Filipinos have shown
themselves capable of stuffing ballot
boxes. in the eyes of the democratic
party makes them decidedly accepta-
BILE material for American citizens.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-10-22

UNITED STATES WILL
KICK VIGOROUSLY
Will Refuse to Accept Any Ruling That
Will Prevent Protection to Americans
in Foreign Countries During Riot
ing or Revolution.
WILL PAY DAMAGES ASSESSED
IN THE SAMOA AFFAIR

Washington. oct. 22.--An intimation
has been received here that King Oscar
of Sweden. who is acting as arbitrator
in the issues between the United
States, Germany and Great t3ritan,
growing out Of the Samoan rebellion of
1880 viii decide that facts presented to
him in the briefs of the counsel, which
have been pending for nearly year,
warrant him in proceeding to assess
tha damages sustained by the i1I~ign
landing of IA combined force Of Amer-
can and British sailors and marines,
and tbs destruction of the property in
cident to the ensuing fight with the
rebels BY the terms of treaty under
which the three powers agreed 20 sub
init these claims to arbitration, The ar
bitrator was first TO declare whether
the American and British were at all
liable for damages, and if so he was
to determine tine amount of that liza
bility He has. it is understood. con-
cluded to decide the first question in
the affirmative, though it is stated here
that no official notice to that effect has
yet been conveyed to our government.
1t is not the amount Of money involved
in this approaching decision Of the ar
bitrator that concerns the government
of the United States, but rather the
enunciation of principle which, if ac-
cepted as precedent, would be unpa1-
atable and would so seriously restrict
the assertion of American rights in
foreign countries in case of revolution
or rioting, jeopardizinz the lives and
property of our citizens, that it would
amount to a total withdrawal of pro-
lection. This can never be admitted
and so it may be positively stated that
while the United States government
will accept the arbitration Loyalty and
pay any damages assessed against it,
it will utterly refuse to be bound by
such principle or to recognize it as es-
precedent
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-10-22
ADVISES COMMERCIAL UNION.
Carnegie Thinks Emperor william Should Lead Move
nent for tha United States Of EurQna.

st. Andres, Scotland, Oct. 22.-An-
drew Carnegie was today formally re-
installed as rector of st. Andrews Uni
versity in the presence of large and
brilliant assemblage, over which Prfn-
cipal Donaldson presided. Mr.. Carne-
gies rectorial address consisted of a
lengthy study of the comparative
growth Of nations in the paths Of in
dustrial ascendency with striking
commentary on their future. His
speech was replete with notable statis-
tics and important economic prophe-
sizes. Perhaps the most remarkable
feature was an appeal to Emperor Will
liam to use his influence toward the
eventual creation of the united states
in Europe under the form of a political
and industrial union. In this way
alone, Mr.. Carnegie declared, can Eu-
rope conquer the foreign markets or
repel the American invasion.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-10-22

efficient and true worker in Masonry
ever since. During his residence in
Socorro he affiliated with the Masonic
lodge there and was it's first master
under its charter. Upon taking up his
residence in Ration he affiliated with
the Royal Arch Chapter in that town.
The orders of Masonic Nnighthood
were conferred upon him in Pilgrim
Commandery No. 8 at Albuquerque in
1885. He is a charter member of Aztec
Commandery No. 6 at Ration and was
it's first eminent commander under the
charter He was elected to several i'm
portant stations in the grand lodge of
New Mexico and in 1856 was honored
with the grand mastership, which he
filled in a manner that was beneficial
to the craft and an honor to himself.
northern and central New Mexico,
where he has resided since coming tn
this territory and is universally es-
teemed for his many admirable quail
ties, as an honorable mand and true
and conscientious Free Mason. Mr.,
Blackwell is the deputy grand COM
mander of the Grand Commandery of
Knights Templar of the territory and
will in the regular annual conclave
that will meet here tomorrow be cleo
ted grand commander an honor Which
will be well and worthily bestowed up
on Masonc Knight in every way
qualified for it.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-10-22
THE EASTERN STAR.
Second Annual Communication Of the Grand Chapter Of
New Mexico Opened This Afternoon.

The Grand Chapter of New Mexico
of the Order of the Eastern Star met
this afternoon at o'clock in Masonic
hall in its second annual communica-
ton, which was opened in ample form
by Grand Matron Elizabeth Warren of
Silver City. The several subordinate
chapters are represented. Offers of
the grand chapter are: Grand matron,
Mrs. Elizabeth Warren, Silver City;
associate grand matron, Mrs. Jennie
Boomer Ration; grand patron, Rev.
George Selby, East Las Vegas; asso-
ciate grand patron, r. II. Aver; grand
secretary, Mrs. Minnie Miller, Albu-
querque; acting grand treasurer, Mrs.
Lizzie Harsch, Albuquerque; grand
conductress, Mrs. Lizzie Griffith, Socor-
70; associate grand conductress, Mrs.
Jennie Williams, Las Vegas; grand
Adah, Emma Benedict Las Vegas;
grand Ruth, Mrs. Anna Evertt, Albu-
querque; grand Esther, Mrs. Mary
Bartlett Socorro; grand Electa, Mrs.
Alice Mausard, Albuquerque; grand or
ganist, Mrs. Minnie Mckee, Albuquer-
que.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-10-22

Christopher Neal Blackwell is a ma
tive of Carroll county, Mo, and was
born in 1S47. His family was anlong
the early settlers of that Part of the
state. He was educated in the public
and high schools of his native county
training. He went to Colorado in 1873
and arrived in New Mexico in 1873 His
first employment in the west was with
the great commission and forwarding
then at Kit Carson in the State of
Colorado, and he continued with the
firm, which is now known as the
Browne and Manzanares Company for
nineteen years, rising successfully to
more important and lucrative posi-
tions. In 1892 ne resigned from the
firm and removed to Raton where he
organized the First National Bank and
position he still holds. He is d saga
cious and prudent business man and
financier and the First National Bank
of Ration is classed as a safe, strong
and reliable institution.
Mr. Blackwell received the Ancient
Craft degrees of Free Masonry in
lodge in Carrolton, Mo-, Of which lodge
his father was charter member. The
degrees of Royal Arch Masonry were
also conferred upon him in that town.
He was made a Master Mason about
80 years ago and has been a constant.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-10-22
five PERSONS ARE
KNOWN TO Be DEAD
Seventeen More Are Unacoounted for as
the Result of a Big Fire in Chicago
Last Night Which Destroyed Prop
erty Valued at $400,000.
THREE ESCAPED DOWN THE WATER PIPE

Chicago, Oct. 17.-Five persons are
known to be dead, while II are unac-
counted for as the result of a fire which
destroyed the plant of the Corn Pro-
duce Company at West Taylor street
and the river last night -Four of those
unaccounted for are thought to be
alive as three men We're seen escaping
down the water pipe during the pro-
gress of the fire and one was seen to
Jump into the river The known dead
are: Otto Trapp, Edward Steinke uni
Identified body; two unidentified bodies
of victims who died this morning.
Frank Rothenburg, the foreman of the
plant, who was reported as dead last
night, was not in the building at the
time of the fire. The loss to the build
ing will be in the neighborhood Of
100000.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-10-22
POLITICAL POINTERS.

The street has it that Antonio Ortiz
y Salazar of this city, will be a candi-
date for the position of probate clerk
upon the Republican ticket.
Victoriano Casados of San Ildefonso,
is announced as candidate for MEM
Der of the house of representatives on
the Republican ticket. Bartolome Sam
chez of Espanola, will also be cardi-
date for the same position
Henry Grant, the Abiquiu merchant,
received a dispatch yesterday from the
chairman of the Democratic county
convention of Rio Arriba county at
Chama, offering and urging him to ac-
cept the nomination either for the
council or for treasurer and ex-officio
collector on the Democratic ticket. Mr.
Grant replied that it was impossible
for him to accept either nomination.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-10-22
MARKET REPORT.
MONEY AND METAL.

New York, Oct 22.--Money on call
nominal at 81 per cent. Silver, 5Oss.
New York, Oct. 22.-Lead quiet,
$4.1219; copper dull, $1,000
GRAIN.
Chicago, Oct. 22.-Close. Wheat, De-
cember, T24 @ 729s; May, 1924 @ TAX.
Corn, October, Sc; November, SIS.
Oats, October. 81 &: December, 3139.
PORK, LARD, RIBS.
Pork, October, $1,000; January,
Sl5,671a
Lard, October, 5000; November,
Ribs, October, SLIGO; January,
$s.2715.
STOCKS.
Kansas City, M, Oct. 2s.-Cattle, re-
ceipts, 10000, including 1900 Texans;
market steady to lower.
Native beef steers, $4.65 q $7.75; Tex
as and Indian steers $3.O5 "a 81. .35;
Texas cows, $3.50 @ SO. ISL native cows
and heifers, s1,s5 q S4.25; stockers and
feeders, SO. 90 q $465; bulls, $1.75 @
So. ;25 calves, So. 25 q 5000.
Sheep, receipts 10000; market strong.
Muttons $500 q 81. 10; lambs, $4.0O q
IS. 80; range wethers $500 "a SO. s5;
ewes $500 q $3.S5.
Chicago, Oct. 2a.-Cattle, receipts,
$1,000, including 1000 westerns; market
slow.
Good to prime steers, SIPS @ S5s95;
poor to medium, $3.75 q &c. 80; stockers
and feeders, s.. 2.25 q 81. 90; cows 81. 40 q
$3.50; heifers, $s.s5 @ $500; Gamers,
81.4O a $3.50; bulls, $2.25 q $3.50;
calves, $3.75 q $7.52; Texas fed steers,
50. 90 q $4.a6; western steers, SO rs q
5000.
Sheep, receipts, $4,000; sheep steady,
lambs lower.
Good to choice wethers, s3. so q 80. "a;
fair to choice mixed, $3.50 a $3.50;
western sheep $500 q $3.T5; native
lambs, $3.50 a $5.75; western lambs,
83.75 q IS. 90.