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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
NEW MAN is implicated
Defense IN FIFE MURDER TRIAL
SPRING A SENSATION.
The State Objects to the Testimony
and Is Sustained BY Courts
Ruling.

Kansas City, Mo, March 19.-A
special to the Star from Savannah,
Mo. says:
In the trial of Stewart Fife for the
murder of Frank w. Richardson, the
defense sprung a sensation today by
bringing the name of George Crowley,
a prominent young man and former
associate of Fife and Richardson, into
short distance from the Richardson
house. went on the stand. The night
of the tragedy, he said, he was stand
ing or the public square and saw a
man pass him going from the direc-
ton of the Richardson home. An OBJ
~jection was offered by the state and
the jury was sent out.
Attorney Boyd, for the defense, Of
fered to prove by the witness that he
had seen George Crowley on the
night of the tragedy, between the time
the alarm was turned in, at
the corner of the square, walking at a
fast gait, with his hat pulled down
and his collar turned up, breathing
as if he had been running; that Cross
spoke to him and that Crowley paid
no attention.
The states objection to the line of
testimony was sustained.
The defense made it's offer which be-
came part of the record. The defense
also offered to present five witnesses
to confederate Cross testimony.
BY Jerry Howard and others the
defense also offered to prove that
Crowley said he killed Richardson,
but one of Flies lawyers explained
that the statement was not made seri-
ously by Crowley.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
LEFT TO AN ARBITRATOR
CLARk-HARRIMAN WAR REFER
RED TO ENGINEER.
Victor c. Rcgue Goes to Nevada to
Adjust Railroad Rieht-of
Nay Dispute.

San Francisco, March 18.-The
Post says: The wal between p. H,
Hartman and United States Senator
w. A. Clark, which has been bitterly
waged in Nevada for right-of-way in
the southwestern part of that state,
gives promise Of being settled very
soon. Although the case was taken
out of the courts of Nevada some
months ago. after every legal re-
course had been exhausted and the
report circulated that the contending
understanding, it has developed the
compromise was not effective For
months the legal advisors of Hartman
and Clark have been trying to patch
UP the existing difficulties, but made
little progress, until a few days ago,
hen the two millionaires decided to
t~-o the matter out of the hands of
tt :. attorneys and abide by the de-
els y Of Victor G. Bogue. a civil en-
gineo".
En~'neer Bogue was chief construc-
tor for the late Jay Gould and also
directed the construction Of the most
important portions of the Northern
Pacific railway. He leaves for Ne
vada tonight and expects to adjust the
difficulties of the two railroad men
within a reasonable length of time.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
PRESIDENT SENDS THEM BACK
TO SENATE.
GIVES GOOD REASONS
Honorable Discharge From the Army
Must Not Be Made
Worthless.

Washington, March 18.-President
Roosevelt today sent to the senate
two veto messages of private bills.
One a bill granting an honorable dis
charge from military service to Chas.
H. Hawley.
OF this case the president says:
"This is a mandatory bill, reversing
an order of dismissal issued SO. years
ago, denying the issuance of an hon
orable discharge from the army to
this man, whom his superior officers,
including Commander-in-chief Abra-
ham Lincoln, held to be unworthy to
serve in the army of the United
States. I do not at this time express
an opinion on the constitutional ques-
lions involved in the bill. I think it
in the highest degree inexpedient to
reverse an order of dismissal nearly
40 years after the event, when it is
out of the question for anyone to pos
sess the knowledge and means of IT.
irving at a judgment which vas pos
sessed by the fellow officers Of the
man, at the time they dismissed him."
Hawley was second lieutenant in
the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers
Infantry.
The other is a bill for the relief Of
James Howell. In returning this bill
the president says: 81 do not at this
time, express al opinion upon the
constitutional question involved in the
bill. 1t i S evident that this man was
found guilty of mutiny and sentenc-
ed to be dishonorably discharged from
the army and confined at hard labor
for a term of years. A portion of the
confinement was RENTED by eXecu
tive clemency. 1t is to the last degree
improbable now, 81 years after the
event, that there is SO coed an oppor-
tunity to pass judgment upon the
facts as was the s. when the fellow
officers Of the offender found him gull
ty of an offense so serious as to call
for the punishment they inflicted.
There is perhaps no other heritage
anv man would so like to leave his
| children. as an honorable discharge
for services well and CALAMITY per-
fromed in the civil war and an honor
| able. discharge thus granted to those
who with blood and toll have earned
it, is cheapened and rendered of little
yrcvth If o1cn y MOD Tho 11nworthyv
brothers who have forfeited their
| right to receive it."
Howell was a member Of Company
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
THE SHIP BRITISH QUEEN is DE-
sTRoYED.
PHOENIX line PIER BURNED
Seven Lighters and Other Vessels and
Piers Caught BY the
Blaze.

New York, March 18.-The pier of
the Phoenix line in Hoboken was de-
stroyed by fire tonight. The steam
ship British Queen was destroyed and
several lighters were burned. The
fire threatened the Campbell stores
and for a time it looked as if the
flames would reach the Holland-Amer-
lean line docks. The Maasdam of the
latter line was towed safely into the
stream. Men who were on the dock
and on the Queen when the fire start
ed say that many lives were lost, but
the latest news is that no lives were
lost. .
The fire started at 8:45 o'clock near
the end of the Phoenix pier among a
lot of cotton bales. The flames ran in
all directions until the whole struc-
ture, which was a wooden one, was
enveloped.
The steamer British Queen, owned
by the Phoenix people, was tied to
the south side of the pier and the
flames quickly leaped to her upper
decks. These decks were covered
with cattle pens, which being built of
light timber were the means of at
once spreading the fire over the
steamer. There was no chance to cut
her loose from her berth until about
II o'clock, when tugs laid hold of her
and got her into mid stream.
From the lighters fire got into the
Barber line pier. The steamer Heath
burn of this line, just in from Hong
Kong with tea, hauled out into the
stream with fire spreading over her.
At II o'clock half a dozen tugs were
pouring water into her in an effort to
put out the blaze. The captain and
his family and crew escaped.
South of the Barber line pier is that
of the Rotterdam line. 1t began to
blaze about 1890 p. m. At it was the
big freighter Maasdam. The captain
had steam up and was soon safely in
mid stream.
At 1870 p. m. the fire on the piers
and on lighters left in slips was under
control.
The first estimates of loss are pier
$300,000; British Queen $400,000; cot
ton and lighters $780, 600. Seven
lighters were more or less damaged.
At midnight rumors were revived
that there had been loss of life in
the fire. These stories came from
mouths of longshoremen, who claimed
to have seen from - to Is men strug-
Cling in the water along the side of
the piers when the fires started.
Whether they got out safely or not
the l~ongshoremen could not learn.
The quartermaster of the British
Queen said some of the crew of that
vessel were asleep in the forecastle
when the fire began and if this is so
they may not have escaped.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
HENRY HITCHCOCK DEAD.
Brother Of Secretary Of Interior Died
at Home in st. Louis.

Brother Of Secretary Of Interior Died
at Home in st. Louis.
St. Louis, March 1S.-Henry Hitch
cock, one Of the leading lawyers Of st.
Louis and well known throughout the
country, died at his home here today
of heart failure. He was II years of
age. Secretary of Interior Hitchcock
was in attendance when his brother
passed away.
Henry Hitchcock was born in 1929,
in Mobile, Ala. He graduated from
the University of Nashville and went
to Yale for two years. In 1848 he
studied law in New York City and
later entered the law office of Judge
VIM. F. Cooper at Nashville, Tenn,
where he stayed until 1851, when he
came to St. Louis. Here he became
assistant editor of the st. Louis In
telligencer, a national publication. At
ter a year as an editor he returned
to the law. He Joined the republican
party and took an active part in the
national canvass of 1860. During the
civil war Henry Hitchcock was as
sistant adjutant general of volunteers
and Judge advocate in Sherman's
army during the Carolina campaign
and march to the sea. Deceased was
the original of "Stephen Brice," in
Churchill's ""The Crisis"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
SENATORS CONSIDERING.
Committee Takes Up Election Of Sen,
ators BY Popular Vote.

Washington, March 1S.-The senate
committee on privileges and elections
today began consideration of house
resolution providing for the election
OF United States senators by direct
vote Of the people, but beyond hearing
the views of several members of the
committee made no progress. The
committee decided to meet regularly
hereafter each week and to continue
the consideration of the question until
a vote is reached.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
SENATE PROGRAMME.
Republican Steering Committee Fix
Order Of Bills.

Washington, March 1S.-The repub-
lican steering committee of the senate
today decided to give the first place
in the order of business in the senate
after disposing of the pending bust
ness to the oleomargarine bill and to
allow the bill to be followed by the
Chinese exclusion bill. The commit
tee discussed the question of giving
the Nicaragua canal bill third place
on calendar but decided not to act
on the question, inasmuch as it. con-
sidered it probable discussion of the
oleomargarine and Chinese bills will
consume some time. The war revenue
repeal bill, like the appropriation bills,
is Of privileged character and can be
taken up any time after being report
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
HEARING POSTPONED.
Peter Powers Anti-Merger Suit Put
Over a Day.

New York, March 1S.-A hearing set
for today before Richard A. Mabey,
special examiner, in the suit of Peter
Power against the Northern Pacific
Railroad company was postponed I'M
til tomorrow. The suit is one of three
actions instituted by Power, repre-
senting the minority stockholders of
the Northern Pacific to overthrow the
merger of the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern in the Northern Sc
curities company. The suit was
brought in Minnesota.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
THE WATER GOT LOW.
Boiler Explosion at a Wisconsin Saw.
Mill.

Wauseau, Wis, March 1S.-Three
men killed. the entire mill wrecked
and one man injured. is the result OF
a boiler explosion today in Wheeler
Gavitt's saw mill near Gallon, a vii
lage eight miles east of here.
The dead: Wheeler Gavitt, pro
prietor of the mill; Chester Goodwin,
John Domahowski.
The cause of the explosion was an
insufficient quantity of water in the
boiler.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
PREFER SHIPS TO FORTS.
Money Sunk in Bricks and Mortar
Badly Spent.

London, March 18.-The status of
Weihaiwei was again discussed in the
house of lords this afternoon when
the Earl of Portsmouth, liberal union
list, urged the necessity of fortifying
the harbor at an expense of at least
tl,75O,OOO, the first lord of the ad-
mlralty, Earl of Selborne, replied that
the government did not intend to
maintain anything at Weihaiwei which
necessities the fertilization. Every
penny said he, lis badly spent, which
Is sunk in brick and mortar when it
might be put into ships"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
Devoid Of Probability.

Paris, March 1S.-The reported res
ignation of Waldeck-Rousseau cabinet,
mentioned today in the National
Eclair, is SO devoid of probability that
it is not even reproduced or discussed
here.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
Slave Traders Lost Heavily.

Mozambique, Portuguese East Ari-
ca. March 1S.-The Portuguese troops
captured 1862 slave dealers and killed
so others at Pembaha recently when
the government forces attacked IL
strongholds of the slave dealers and
liberated 700 slaves.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
Pool

New York, March 18.-In the cham
pionship pool tournament this after
noon, Newton, the cowboy from Wyo-
ming, defeated Patrick H. Walsh of
New York 1875 to "a, and Irving Long
of Nashville, Tenn, defeated H. P.
Stofft of Cleveland 1875 to 62.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
CHINESE
Subcommittee Appointed to Perfect
Details of Bill.

Washington, March 1S.-Chairman
Hit, of the house committee on for
eign affairs, has designated Represent
atives w. H. Smith and Champ S.
Clark to perfect the details of the
Chinese exclusion bill as heretofore
agreed upon in a general way by the
committee. When this work is done
the bill will be reported to the house.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
Guests Of the RooseveIts.

Washington, March 1S.-Hon. Bel
lamy Storer, minister to Spain, now
home on leave of absence, and Mrs.
Storer were guests of President and
Mrs. Roosevelt at dinner at the white
house tonight.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
kitchener's Report.

London, March 1S.-Lord Kitchen
er's weekly report shows that during
the week ending today II Beers were
killed, seven wounded, 15S were made
prisoners and 1875 surrendered.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
Smallpox In Nebraska.

Lincoln, Neb., March 1S.-Following
a meeting of the state board of health
at which it was announced there were
764 smallpox cases in the state, the
secretary of the board was ordered to
communicate with the federal author
tiles as to the best ean of stamping
out the disease.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
Cabinet Meeting.

Washington, March 1S.-The cabi-
net today discussed the cession Of the
Danish West Indies to the United
States. The remainder OF the time
of the meeting was occupied in 60
ing over routine matters.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
PoMP AND CEREMONY.
Mark the Return of Prince Henry to
GERMANY,

Cuxhaven, March 1S.-The return of
Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia to
German soil was safely accomplished
this afternoon amid all the pomp and
ceremony with which the princes i'm
perial brother has e e fit to mark the
successful ending of Prince Henry's
American mission.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
Other MESSAGES.

Capetown, March 18.-Cecil Rhodes
has received messages Of sympathy
from King Edward and Lord Rose
berry.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
APPEAL FOR Ale.
Governor Dockery Asks Assistance for
Farmers of Ozark Country.

Jefferson City. Mo-, March 1S.-Gov-
Dockery today issued an appeal
to the people of the state, for aid for
the farmers in the Ozark country in
the southeastern part of the state, who
lost their crops in last summers
drought. Seed for the spring crop is
most urgently needed and the agricul-
tural department has been requested
to furnish this.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
Movement of German warship.

Brunsbuttel, March 1S.-The Ger
man warship Kaiser Wilhelm II. reach
ed here at S:45 o'clock and tied up
for the night. She will proceed to
Kiel tomorrow.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
None Could HolIer Fire.

Jackson, Miss, March 1S.-The
state institution for the deaf and
dumb located in this city was destroy
ed by fire today. All inmates rescued.
Loss $40, 900.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
Marshal of Arizona.

Washington, March 18.-The senate
today confirmed Myron H. McCord as
marshal Of Arizona.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
Treasury Balances,

Washington, March 1S.-Available
cash balance, $175,O6 Is ,2S1; gold, $780,
1884, 23.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
CECIL RHODES GROWS WEAKER.

Messages Of Sympathy From King and
Queen.
London, March 1S.-Cecil Rhodes is
weaker tonight. Mr.. Rhodes has re-
ceived the following cablegram from
Queen Alexandria: 81 am sorry to
hear of your trying illness and pray
God to restore you to health" Lord
Kitchener has personally telegraphed
a request for daily bulletins concern
ing Mr.. Rhodes health.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21

For sixty years the NETWORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE has
been a national weekly newspaper, read Al ost entirely by farm
ers and ha, enjoyed the confidence and support of the Ameri-
can people to a degree never attained by any similar publica-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-04
CHAFINC
KIPP BROTHERS COW. 81 S. Meridian St.

Hotel after the There were
nearly a thousand invited guests, includ-
ing many of the nobility.
TIL Russian Grand Duke Paul Alexan-
drovitch, an uncle of the Car, has been
dismissed by Emperor William from the
honorary colonelcy of a German cuirassler
regimen stationed at Brandenburg be-
cause of his recent marriage to the
Baroness Pistolkoff, who obtained a divorce
from her husband in order to marry the
grand duk For his marriage TO the
baroness the grand duke was dismissed
from the Russian army. The Car has tele-
ance of the vacant post.
In the event of DIR. Won Holleben's re-
tirement from the post as ambassador at
Washington, which Is considered posi-
BILE within a year, Emperor Williams
choice for his successor is Prince
Henry of Pless. The prince returned from
the United States, where he attended the
opening of the new building of the New
York Chamber of Commerce, keen for the
appointment at Washington. His desire
was conveyed to the Emperor. who APP
proved of il. His Majesty attaches con-
siderable Importance to the social side Of
the embassy at Washington and considers
that the wealthy Prince and Princess of
Pless are especially fitted to dispense Ger
man hospitality at that capital. Prince
Henry of PlesS married in 1891 Miss Daisy
West, one of the daughters of
Mrs. CORVALLIS West, who was a noted
English beauty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-04
Trial at RushviIle Well Under Why
when the Plea Is Made, and Cling
man Receives His Sentence.
HAS A RIDE ON THE WIND
BRAKEMAN's LONG JOURNEY ON THE
ROOF OF A BOX CAR.
More Fraud Alleged in Clay County
Election COntest-westviIle Sus-
poets Free-Aged Printer Dead.
special 70 the Indianapolis Journal.

Special 20 the indianapolis Journal
RUSHVILLE, Ind, Dec. 3.-At II o'clock
noon to-day the trial of Rolla Clingman
came 10 a sudden termination when he en-
tered a plea Of guilty TO the charge or
manslaughtsr- He was Immediately SEN
fenced by Judge Hord for a term of two to
fwenty-one years at the Michigan City
Prison ~Clingman's act of pleading guilty
surprised everybody. The State had al
most finished and there was a short inter-
mission before the noon recess. The jury
was taken out of the courtroom and a
conference was held between the attorneys
and Judge Hord. The lawyers. on behalf
OF Clingman, agreed to a plea of man
slaughter and the plea was accepted by
Judge Hord. Before passing sentence the
Judge asked Clingman If he had anything
10 say TO which he replied in the negative.
Judge Hord then said that the majesty of
the law was upheld in the sentence about
to be passed on Clingman and that the lat
ter was getting an easy punishment where
a value is put on human life. Clingman
viii BE taken to Michigan City in a few
days by the deputy sheriff. The prisoner Is
forty-one years Of age.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-04

Samuel Gompers, president of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, before the Twen-
tieth Century Club in Faneuil Hall, Boston,
last night. During the lecture he dwelt at
length on the reported adverse criticisms
of labor unions by President Eliot, and
particularly on his statement that the
modern strike breaker is a good type OF
an American hero" Gompers said that
if the strike breaker is a hero then all as
ISOLATED effort is wrong, the efforts of the
whole world for social. industrial and re-
Eliot is right" said Mr.. Gompers, then
Benedict Arnold was a patriot and Judas
Iscariot a saint"
In the British House of yester-
day Foreign Under Secretary Sanborn said
that in the opinion of the country the i'm
position of countervailing duties and the
prohibition of the importation OF .bountied
sugar were not inconsistent with the pro-
visions of the most favored nation clause
of the Anglo-Russlan commercial treaty
of 1859. Russia, he added, had been in
formed of this view and an offer was made
to denounce the treaty if Russia did not
agree with it, but no reply had been made.
The statement by the under secretary was
in reply to a question based on the Russian
protest against the intimation thai if Rus
STA did not signify her adherence TO the
terms of the Brussels sugar convention
Great Britain would be compelled to i'm
pose a retaliatory duty on Russian sugar,
providing the international commission de-
cides that Russia pays a bounty on sugar.
A decision was handed down at New
York yesterday by the United states
Circuit Court, Judge Wallace, wherein he
decided a question of Importance to i'm
p~orters, particularly those who store goods
in the bonded warehouses. The plaintiffs
imported sugar from Porto Rico in April,
1899, which was stored in a bonded ware
house. On April 6, 1899, the sugar was
withdrawn for consumption. In the interim
the peace contract between the United
States and Spain had been ratified, and the
sugar was entitled, according TO later
decisions of the United States Supreme
Court, to admission duty free. under the
insular decisions. 1t was to recover Sl,442
duty assessed that the plaintiffs sued.
The government i~nterposed a demurrer,
alleging that the goods were not assess
able at the time they were withdrawn,
but at the time of their Importation. The
for the plaintiff.