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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-15
Tie Loves Burke's .PeeraEe."

One of Andrew C~arnegie's friends
made the apparently contradictory
statement that the steel king has no
use for lords and yet loves Burke's
'Peerage' more than any other book in
his library" Then he explained. 1t
seems that Mr.. Carnegie was always
and is still an ardent admirer of James
G. Blaine, with whom n summer he
took a coaching trip through England.
AS a souvenir of this vacation the
American statesman presented the mil
%lionaire with an deliberately bound and
very handsome copy of the famous
book, in which are recorded the his
toric and heraldic facts about all the
noble families of Great Britain and Ire
land.
"Mr. Carnegie has read and studied
that book by the hour" continued his
friend, "and while thus renewing his
memories of a a he SO admired has
accumulated a remarkable knowledge
of peerage history. especially that
which pertains to the Scottish nobiliA
ty."-Philadelphia Press.
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A star

Rutherfurd ~Stuyvesant's return to
America always gives an air of hustle
to the old fashioned locality Of Stuyve-
SAINT square. and the lights cleaning in
the great mansion give this neighbor-
hood Of other days once more a festive
appearance. Rutherfurd S%tuyvesant
is really S%tuyyesant Rutherford. He
changed his name in order to benefit
by an Inheritance from his Stuyvesant
relatives. He is a brother Of Winthrop
Rutherfurd and Mrs. Henry White. the
wife of the charge d%'affaires at the
court of st. James. Mr.. S~tuyyesant has
many ideas of another day, and one of
these is the employment of a barber,
who comes each day to shave him.
Now Wallets are supposed TO perform
this service, but, in former years Mr..
S~tuyvesant always went to a certain
barber's in the vicinity. and his advent
in this country brings great joy to the
shop. as he is the star customer.-New
York Times.
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OVER THE OCEAN.

A Brussels publisher has felt justified
in starting a periodical devoted wholly
to the scientific study of milk.
The total number of medical prac-
titioners in Great Britain and Ireland
is 36.7ss, an increase of 404 within a
year.
Poppy cultivation is driving out
wheat growing round Fuchau. in Chi
ma. Opium producing pays very much
better.
In return for the monument of Goethe
which Emperor William has presented
to Rome the city council at a recent
meeting proposed to present to the city
of Berlin a monument of Dante.
A German lieutenant, Won Eichel
Streiber, of the Third uhlans. wagered
that he could drink a bottle of brandy
in ten minutes. He did so and was
buried with full military honors.
The city Of Leeds, England. has &C..
652 penny in the slot gas meters, from
which between f17.OOO and f1S,OO(
a year is collected, and ut times near
" 5000 in pennies is locked up in
them.
The attempt of tie Russian govern
ment to compel the people to buy theil
vodka in sealed packages and take Il
home to drink has proved a failure
The purchasers prefer to drink in TIN
streets rather than wait until they cal
! return home.
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travelling Savings Bank,

A travelling savings bank has beef
inaugurated by the authorities in the
French provinces. 1t is a motor car,
with seats for driver. two clerks and a
cashier. A table is arranged so that
persons on the road can place their
money on it without entering the vehi-
Gle, and under the table is a safe into
which the money drops through a slot
A proper receipt is given and an entry
made in Il book. This is to encourage
thrift by making deposits easy.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-15
WINTER LAKE NAVIGATION
NEW INVENTION OF CAPTAIN
BYERN B.. lNMAN.
KeeIs to Be Laid for Ice Crushing
Craft for Lakes and st.
Lawrence River.

E...TE .r.HsE#H. I-WsN .-.EM -a.1
Milwaukee, April 10.-Within two
years a fleet of ~ice-crushing vessels,
designed after a model invented by
Captain Byern B. Inman Of this city
in charge Of the Pittsburg Steamship
company's vessels, will be in opera
ton all winter from Milwaukee and
Chicago to Buffalo, If the plans of the
company being organized are car
ried out.
The keels of three steel ships of
5000 tons will be laid this summer,
and contracts have also been made
with Oscar N. Nordin of Paris to con-
struct, two steamers OF 10000 tons
each in England to run from ports in
Norway and Sweden to Montreal.
These boats will be able to crush
their way through the ice on the st:
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DYES WALLER VERY BLACK
RECORD OF THE LIEUTENANT
ANYTHING BUT ENvIABLE.
Manila Paper Says the Man Now Be.
ing C~ourtmartia1ed Is a
JekyIl-Hyde Character.

Victoria. B.. c., April lO.-Copies of
a Manila paper received here give de-
tails of the murder and torture of the
natives of Samar by Lieutenant w. T.
Waller, of the United States marine
corps, and tell Of his strange CDR.
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" career in the
orient. After recounting the tortures
and murders as have been cabled, the
Manila Times says:
Mayor Waller was before a court
of inquiry upon a previous occasion
while stationed at Cavite about a year
ago. He was accused of conduct I'M
becoming an officer and a gentleman
but was exonerated. When he went
to Samar in command of the marine
ord. He was of the opinion that all
that was necessary vas to form a
chain of posts across the islands and
drive and bag the instructors like
rabbits. His. plan was a failure and 20
men lost their lives, while others came
out of a nightmare experience in hos
pital with marks that they will bear to
their dying day. It was his failure
that irritated him and caused him
to resort to such drastic measures.
"Major Walters career in the ma
rine corps has been a picturesque
blending of DR.. Jekyll and Mr..
Hyde IN his varying moods he has
been at times a prince bountiful to
his brother officers and others. At
| other times his soldiers, subalterns
and even fellow citizens feared to rap-
proach him on legitimate business.
He eNemplified both sides of his ma
ture in the China campaign two years
ago. His undaunted courage and devil
may-care made him popular
with certain of the soldiers, but others
told dark tales. Among other things,
it was said that on the advance from
Tong Ku to Tientsin, where an Ameri-
can and a Russian battalion were
enfiladed, Major Waller gave orders
to abandon two wounded men, and
had it not been for the nerve of a lit
tie medical officer and lieutenant, who
stoutly protested they would never
leave the field as long as a wounded
man remained behind, that order
would have been obeyed. This mat
ter was hushed up, but those who
witnessed it allowed it to be inferred
that had not the order been counter
Imanded a tragedy such as seldom oc-
ours in the. American service would
have occurred.
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Going to Extremes.

Some labor delegates III Chicago
complained bitterly the other day that
a mar over forty-ive is not wanted
for employment. The idea of young
blood is an excellent n but there is
such a thing as going to extremes in
youth. and if Chicago is going to reject
men in the prime of life she cannot
complain if she finds such crude ma.
terial and immature work in her re.
suits. Perhaps the west is growing toe
rapidly for it's wi streEgth.-Balti
more American.
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Q Fl CHILDREN
Mimic snowbirds,

Many seeds are scattered by the win
ter storms, ard forest planting goes on
in the woods long before we dream of
gardening.
When the logs are hauled in from the
woods, many Of our country boys and
girls have noticed, small brown specks
clinging to the snowy sticks. Exam
inc Il brown bit, and you will find it a
veritable miniature "snowbird,' in
shape at least. Head. wings and tai?
are all there.
Ii you wish to know where this
strange little brown flock came from,
follow the sled back to the snowy
woods, where the nell are chOpping.
and somewhere near you will surely
find a white birch tree hung with
dark brown cones, the fruited catkins
Of last spring.
Shake one Of the cone bearing
branches, and thousands of brown
specks like those brought home to the
woodpile will sail over the nov
These specks are the small scales
| when cover the little seeds of the
birch tree. The tiny yellow seeds are
harder to find than their birdlike COW
erings, for they are lighter and are
borne away on their wings. Some of
the cones on the branches have lost
part of their seeds and have stiff.
straight ends. Pinch the bottom of d
perfect cone and you will soon dis
cover a method of scattering seeds as
| marvellous as that CT the witch hazel.
In ripening the rows of seeds, with
their birdlike coverings, have loosened
from the stem of the cone and are now
held together by the contact and pres
sure. The one hard scale at the end
unlocks the secret. Touch that and
the whole flock of seeds takes flight
as if we had unlocked the door of a
cage and real birds were gladly es.
Gaping from their captivity.-St. Mich
olas.
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SHOT THE BARTENDER.
Drunken Man Becomes Furious at Be-
ing Elected From Saloon.

E.ETE -t.HarH~. -GE U@M. NlEtLEZ i.
Helena, April 10.-Thomas Crystal,
bartender in the Milwaukee beer hall.
was shot three times by J. s. Keerl,
the well-known civil engineer, about
2:35 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and
will probably die as a result of his
wounds. Keerl was drunk and had
become furious vt an attempt of
Crystal to put him out of the saloon.
He went up Main street, pawned his
silver watch and gold chain for a re-
~volver, returned to the saloon and
deliberately opened fire on Crystal, as
the latter stood behind the bar. Keerl
then surrendered himself at the city
Jail and was afterwards removed to
the county Jail.
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ARTIFICIAL Clay.

Artificial clay, according to German
papers. is receiving increased attention
abroad. The ceramic novelty which is
used for the manufacture of artificial
stone. tiles. cutters. etc. is composed
of sand. chalk. cement, liquid glue and
petroleum. The substances are mixed
in certain quantities and a claylike
mass results. which can be formed at
pleasure and acquires an excellent de
gree of hardness by being subjected to
heat.
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impressed that he sought and learned
the name of her designer. Finally the
emperor purchased &he Yampa, which
he renamed Iduna and presented to
the Empress Frederick. and the yacht
has since been used as a sort of train
ing ship for the royal family. When
the kaiser decided to build a new royal
yacht. be sent the head naval con-
structor Of the German navy to Amer
lea to look over designers and builders.
and he was not disappointed when
that expert reported in favor of Mr..
Smith. So the latter received the or
der. and the Meteor, recently launched
at tho yards of Townsend & Downey,
at Sho oter's island. is the result.
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pe.igner 81 tine Meteor.

A. Cary Smith. designer of the Ger
man emperor's yacht Meteor, whose
launching was the fixed occasion Of
Prince Henry's visit to this country,
is one of the leading nautical designers
Of America. Mr.. Smith designed the
Yampa. a steel keel schooner, which
r. Snydam Palmer took to Europe. At
the opening of the Kiel canal the kai-
ser saw the Yampa and was so much
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a mixture Of Chinese and Filipino
stock, ard has been an irreconcilable
from the first. He had various fast
nesses in the mountains of Samar,
from which he would descend upon
the coast owns. and he appeared to
have the entire population of the is
land completely under his control.
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PEOPLE or THE DAY
An important Capture.

The capture OF General Lucban on
the. island Of Samar is considered by
the war department the most iIlsor-
tant military event in the Philippines
since AguiE.ldc's capture. General
Lucban is one of the most energetic
and fiercest fighters among the, Fill
pinos. He is said to be a half breed,
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OTHER NATIONS ARE INVOLVED
AT PORT cHALMETTE.
HINGES oNPENDINC INQUIRY
If Neutrality Is Being Violated by
England a Roar Will Come
From Europe.

New Orleans, April 11.-Informa-
ton, secretly secured is being for
warded from here to the state and wal
departments at Washington as to the
exact condition attending the British
stock camp at Port Chalmette. Secret
service men are hard at work. Chief
John Wilkie was here for a few hours.
Official adivces from Washington
indicate the war department original
ly intended to employ secret surveil-
to take open steps when the facts we're
in hand. Premature announcement
of the investigation plan has spoiled
that idea. To inquiries from Wash
ington word was sent that, under the
conditions nov raised, only a public
inquiry can be of avail.
New fuel was added by the return
of two transports from Cape Town
during the night and morning. Of
ficers in this service have raised the
claim that action On the part of the
United States will likely involve Rus
STA, Austria and Spain. In these three
countries England is maintaining
stock depots and shipping out thou
sands Of mules and horses. Should
the United States, as the result Of the
present inquiry, hold that the neutral
ity laws. are violated, then, it is con-
tended, the European nations, which
watch the international laws with
jealousy, will take action.
England's representatives here from
the local consul to the lowest ranking
officer in charge of shipments, insist
that they desire a searching, careful
that the British government has been
buyin ghorses and mules in the United
States for the South African service
they show that $25, 100000 has been
paid into American trade and indus
trial channels. Charges of neutrality
violation, they point out, have been
made only after this traffic has gone
on for two years.
extremely CAUTIOUS. u.
To prevent any entanglements with
the United States government, it is
contended the most extreme precau-
tions have been taken. Said one Brit
ish official:
1--WE have had English citizens co,ae
here in numbers and REQUEST that they
be allowed to enlist. They resided at
points in the United States and in
Canada. To each and every n the
fiat statement was made that they
could not enlist, nor be sent over from
here, under any circumstances. They
were told to 60 to the enlisting
egencies in Canada. We did this with
the view that no shadow of suspicion
should be cast on our trade here"
The Boer side of the case will be
more vigorously represented here dur
ing the latter days of the week. Gen
eral Pearson is scheduled to reach
her Saturday from Washington. Com,
mandant Jan Kiege will lecture to
morrow night, urging that if shipment
of American mules is cut off the wal
will be ended. d
Today there will be 1000 less mules
in the camp, for the transport Hon
oriteus will sail in the afternoon fol
Cape Town. Three big transports
the Mount Temple. Patrician and Tenn
p~ican--have just arrived.
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Lawrence river and the icebound ports
of the two European countries.
The result of this innovation in YES
sci building on the great lakes will
mean, according to Milwaukee navi-
gators, the ability to run all winter
through the Straits Of Mackinaw.
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Three Beautiful Dolls.

Three dolls representing different
aspects of Paris fashions have been
presented the three daughters of the
empress of Russia. the Grand Ouch
esses Olga, Tatiana and Xeria ia. The
dolls were the gift of a famous Paris
dressmaker, who lent all his skill to
making their attire beautiful and eff
fective. One doll is dressed for an
evening party in a gown of wheat col
ored mousseline de sole trimmed with
lace of a sage green shade. The man
tie is Of beige colored cloth lined
throughout with white satin. White
embroidery covers the lapels. A white
gauze toque adorned with feathers and
diamonds completes the costume. The
second doll is dressed as a yachtswo-
man. the costume being made OF white
cloth, A small sweater and golf cape
complete the effect. For the third doll
a dress of the time of Louis XIV. was
selected. The gown is made of white
satin. with %garlands of flowers fes-
TONED around the bottom of the skirt
by combination Of ribbon. On the cor
sage flowers are attached by velvet
bows. and mechlin lace gives an airy
| effect to the costume. A large picture
hat is %garlanded with pompon roses,
| and the flower effect is carried out even
to the white leather shoes, which have
! tiny bouquets attached instead of jew
| eled buckles. Albany Argus.
A WORKING Boys Club In Chicago.
A Working Boys club has been open
ed at SIT West Adams street, Chicago.
where kind friends of the working boys
have leased a house and furnished 1t.
1t is established in connection with the
Champlin Home For Boys, which &C.
lupias the house next door to the one
leased for the club. The Working Boys
club, however. is to be an independent
and self supporting institution, with
Rev. John Chatlin in charge. Its pur-
pose is to furnish a good home for boys
who are working. but earn small
wages, the expenses to the boy being
from $3.50 to $3.50 a week. Study class
es, musicales, lectures and other enter
tainments will be planned. The club
begins with a membership of twelve.
The house is furnished with a dozen
beds and bedding, and other furniture
is promised.
Hundreds of boys go to Chicago from
the country every year to earn their
livelihood. They know little Of city
life. They do not realize how hard it is
| to live on So or So a week, nor do they
know how to choose their entertain
ments. In a word. these boys need care
where somebody will be responsible for
their welfare. In the Working Boys
club they will find entertainment and
society-in fact. will become members
Of a big, happy family.
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Billings Chapter No. s, r. a. NJ.
Meets first Wednesday in each
month at Masonic hall.
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Ashlar Lodge No. 20, A. f. G A. M.
Meets first and third Thursday in
each month at Masonic hall.
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Edna Chapter No. IS, Q. e. S.-Meets
second and fourth Tuesday in each
month at Masonic hall.
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Billings Lodge No. 1894, 3. p. Q. E.
Meets second and fourth Wednesday
in each month at Masonic hall.
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Wonderful Little Insects.

There is q certain little fly that was
observed to run three inches and make
in doing it 40 steps, all in one-half a
second of time. To equal this, in pro-
portion to his size, a man would have
to run at the rate of twenty miles a
minute.
The common flea leaps 200 times its
own length. To show like agility a
man six feet tall would have to leap
a distance Of 1900 feet. The cheese
mite is about ~one-Quarter Of an inch
in length, yet it has been seen to take
the tip Of it's tail in its mouth and
then, letting go with a jerk, to leap out
Of a vessel six inches in depth. To
equal this a man would have to jump
out Of a well from a depth Of IA feet.
New Way of Spelling.
Around the garden Johnnie strolled
AS happy as you please;
He saw the pretty flowers and heard
HI humming Of the B B B B B B.
He watched the busy insects and
Grew holder by degrees.
"In Just catch one.'' said he at last; 4
THAT big one I will G c c."
He made grab, n then his screams
Were borne upon the breeze;
He had been stung, which served him
right, @
That horrid little T TTTTT.
Indoors he rushed. and there he stood.
With tears and shaking knees;
His mother tied his finger up,
Which quickly gave him EE E = ZEE.
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Eureka Lodge No. 50, !. O. o. r.
Meets every Friday in Williams
hall.
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Billings Star Lodge No. ~, |. o. o. F.
Meets every Monday in Smiths hall.
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SECRET SOCIETIES.

Alderman commandery No. s, X. y.
Meets second Thursday in each
month at Masonic hall
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Zelda Lodge No. u, 5. of R.-Meets
second and fourth Tuesday in each
month at Smith hall.
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Billings Camp, No. $3.50, N. w. A.
Meets every Tuesday at Williams
hall.
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Rathbone Lodge No. %, X. Of p.
Meets every Friday at Smith hall.
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Little Horn Encampment Nc. II, |. o.
o. F.-Meets second and fourth Sat
urday in each month at Smith hall.
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Made by Electric Power. When you
build consider the use Of brick and
the saving in insurance and painting.
It only requires about $50 worth
Of brick for any ordinary dwelling.
All contractors will gladly give you
estimates.
Office, Real Estate Block.
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BARRIERS Protective Union No. 1877.
Meets every Wednesday st $3.50 p.
N. at o. K. barber shop.
Amador ledger., 1902-10-03
Republican Club Organized.

A republican club with over 80 mem
bers was organized in Sutter Creek
last Monday evening. DR.. Herrick,
chairman of the county central COM
mittee, and president of the Jackson
republican club, and Jas. J. Wright,
secretary of the club, went over from
Jackson on the occasion. The repub-
licans of Sutter Greek are awake, and
determined to give good account of
themselves at the coming election.
o. E. Martin of Amador City, was
elected temporary chairman, and T..
D. Calkins temporary secretary. Per-
manent officers were elected as follows:
Fred Werner, president; W. H. Green
halgh. secretary; Jackson Dennis,
treasurer. The club was named the
Sutter Creek and Amador Republican
Club. A number of republicans from
Amador City are enrolled as mem bers.
The enrolment on organization footed
up SO, and it is expected that at least
$50 names will be on the list at the
next meeting, which is fixed for Sat-
urday night.
Amador ledger., 1902-10-03
Obituary Notice.

John 81. McFadden. an old and high
ly respected resident of Amador couu-
ty, died at his home near Pine Grove
on Monday evening last He had been
sick for a long time with liver COM
plant, the disease assuming an alarm
ing form about week prior to his
death, necessitating his taking to his
bed. In spite of careful nursing and
medical skill, the vital forces ebbed
slowly away, the end coming as above
stated. The funeral took place on
Tuesday, the greater portion of the
population of the district attending to
pay the final tribute of respect to the
memory of the departed. The re-
mains were Inferred at Aqueduct ceme-
terry.
Deceased leaves wife, one son, J.
M. McFadden, of Pine Grove, and one
married daughter, Mrs. ]. H. Thomp-
son, of Calaveras county. He was one
of the pioneer settlers of the eastern
portion of the county. For period of
45 years was employed a a tender of
the Volcano canal, or Mclaughlin
ditch, which position he held up to the
time of his death