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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-23
Situation Relieved.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-The Vene-
zuelan situation is tonight apparently
relieved of it's most serious aspects,
and the differences between that
country and the allies seem to be
placed in a fair way toward speedy ad-
justment, according to advices receiv-
ed here. Dispatches from Caracas say
that President Castro has accepted
the conditions imposed by the British
and German ultimatums of December
Z and that he has named Minister
Bowen as arbitrator. This is constru-
ed here as meaning that Castro has
selected Bowen to represent Vene-
zuela on a mixed commission as pro-
vided for in the ultimatums.
The ultimatums provide for the pay
ment Immediately of certain claims
to Great Britain and the adjustment
OF others and all debts due Germany
through a mixed commission. The &C
ceptance of the conditions imposed in
Ndicates that President Castro is pre-
pared to pay the claims specified and
agrees to leave all other demands to
the commission. 1t was the rejection
Of the ultimatums containing the con
ditions as now accepted that led to the
aggressive action by the allied fleet
n hence it is thought by officials
here that the present acceptance
clears the way for an immediate ces-
sation Of the existing hostile attitude
and arrangements for the adjudica-
ton of the differences by the mixed
commission delegated.
Premier Balfour's declaration in the
house of commons today that a state
OF war exists in Venezuela also as
sists in clearing the situation and re-
moves the possibility Of some, danger
u contingencies suggested by the
determination of the allies to conduct
a pacific blockade, which this govern
ment maintained could not be done
and for a definition of which Secretary
Hay had asked Great Britain and Ger
many. The United States is willing
to recognize a blockade if war ex-
lists. The only stipulation is that the
blockade must be constant and effec-
tive and must cover certain ports.
1t is not believed here that all Vene-
zuelan ports can be effectively block
AIDED, because the allied fleet is not
sufficiently strong for that.
The United States will insist that
vessels now en- route to Venezuelan
ports shall be permitted to pass the
blockade, whether pacific or hostile.
Officials here are greatly encouraged
by the dispatches that President Cas-
tro has accepted the conditions impos-
ed by the. ultimatums. 1t is hoped
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-23
RAPIDLY LAYING TIE cf-l-E.
Ship Silvertown Now Reported $50
Miles on Her Way.

"''sSS oh ssSS way .-
San Francisco, Dec. 1s.-Steady
progress is being made by the cable
ship silverton in laying the new ca
BILE to Honolulu. The following mes
sage was received from the Silverton.
December II, noon-Four hundred
and fifty-five' knots from shore and
proceeding at a speed of eight knots.
The terrific seas that had swept the
deck for "a hours subsidized consider
ably at midnight.
"There is a heavy swell on today,
but the weather is partly clear and
pleasant. The indications are for bet
ter weather and calmer seas"
Beers to Settle in America.
Denver, Col, Dec. 1.-THE Iimes
today says:
Nearly 5000 Beers are preparing to
"trek" to America and will settle in
Colorado, New Mexico and Texas.
is General Samuel Persons, late quar-
termaster general of the South Afri-
a republic, whose headquarters are
in New York. Colorado friends of
the Beers have been in communica-
ton with the general in regard to suit.
able lands for the new settlers, and
General M. Delivers is now looking
over these lands, and has already ex
pressed himself as very favorably i'm
pressed with this state.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-23
JOCKEY REIFF WINS SUIT.
Was Accused. Of Pulling Saint saulge
in a Race.

in a Race.
Paris, Dec. Isl. Reiff, the Ameri-
can jockey, today was awarded 5000
damages by the ninth correctional tri-
bunal in his case against the Vie au
Grand Air, arising from that papers
charges that the jockey pulled Saint
Saulge.
A number Of owners and trainers
testified that they had employed Reiff
as a jockey. They said they had ex-
amined his English references before
doing so and had found them to be
excellent. They never had cause to
complain of Reiff's riding and said
they did not believe he had pulled the
horse in question. The trainer of
Saint Saulge declared the horse to be
unreliable and said he never trusted
him. He ran very badly the day of
the race because he was ill. Saint
Saulge had been raced against the
advice of the trainer, who testified
that he could not understand how
Reiff could be accused of pulling the
horse las he had ridden him energet-
ically and according to orders.
The owner of Saint Saulge said he
was surprised that the horse had lost.
as he believed he had a good chance
of winning and he had been ridden by
the best jockey in France. The own.
err said he had investigated the rea-
son why the horse lost and had come
to the conclusion that Reiff had rid
den him too hard at the start and had
used the whip too much. He testified
also that he did not think Saint Saulge
had been pulled up, and that Reiff had
ridden for him subsequently.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-23
Sale of Bio Ditch Lumber.

On Tuesday, December %, the Big
Ditch Co. will sell the lumber in the
Canyon creek fume to the highest
bidder. Also on the following day,
Wednesday, December "a. a lot of
lumber at Valley creek will be sold.
The sales will commence at 2 p. m.
The ditch company reserves the right
to use the old flume at Canyon Creek
for the purpose of driving the piles for
the new f1ume. Terms cash.
66-2 E. P. SEARLS. Supt.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-23
Heads Should Never Ache.

Never endure this trouble. Use at
once the remedy that stopped it for
Mrs. N. A. Webster, of Winnie, Va !,
she writes CDR. Kings New Life Pills
wholly cured me of sick headaches, I
had suffered from for two years." Cure
headache j, constipation, biliousness.
25c at Chaple Drug Co.'s.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-23
He Found q Cure.

r. H. Foster, 31S S. I'd Street, Salt
Lake City, writes: 81 have been
bothered with dyspepsia or indiges-
ton for 81 years, have tried many
doctors without relief, but l have
found a cure in Herbine. I recon-.
mend it to all my friends, who are
afflicted that way, and it is curing
them, too. soc at Holmes & Rixon's.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-23
PROPOSALS

The Big Ditch Co.. will receive seal
ed bids for the building of a fiume
crossing Canyon creek. Plans and
specifications will be sent on apply to
e. P. SEARLS, Supt.
66-4 Parry City, Mont.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-23

ST. lOHN's HEADACHE CURE
viii cure your headache. Sold by
Chapnle Drug &C.
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66-4
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-07
Borrowers and
B0rp0,!.QQ2S

AM moved to point out, as the preach
| ers say, finally, which, in their case,
usually means half way through, that
/ borrowing is likely to end in sin
against the books themselves. Can you
conceive the feeling of a book which does
not belong to the submerged tenth.'' but
has lived in respectable. circumstances,
when it finds itself in certain thought
less and uncivilized hands? The hands OF
these who borrow and will not buy. Can
that book expect, will not say courtesy
can it expect even decency from such
people? They have no idea Of the re-
spect due to a book, nor the considera-g
ton which it deserves. If it be not cut
up they will perform this most delicate
operation with anything-a steel knife, a
railway ticket, or, on emergency, thell
own fingers. They will mark the place
where they stopped reading by turning
down half a dozen leaves Or by pressing
the open book face down against the
table; they will make insane notes on the
margin. and, in extreme cases, will even
extra-illustrate the book. They will use
the book as a fire screen to keep the heat
from their faces, or as a pillow on which
to sleep, or pedestal on which to stand
flower pot, or as a block of wood ia
keep a door open. Any place and any use
is good enough for a book when it Is sold
into slavery among the barbarians. It Is,
indeed, one of the last acts Of trust you
can put in person to lend him well
printed and well bound book. There are
not many worthy of such confidence,
and it is a question whether any book
man should ever allow his fine editions
to go out, or whether any other bookmen
should ever wish to have the responsible
ity of their charge. It is a pleasant
sight, when it does happen, to see the
care with which the one book lover will
receive the cherished volume from the
other, as if it were the charge Of a child
which he was taking. And the anxiety
with which he will wrap up the calf OF
morocco that neither rain nor dust may
touch 1t, and the vigilance with which be
will watch over it in his own study, and
then the flush Of gratitude with which,
at the end of the appointed time, for a
period will be fixed for the visit of this
child, he will restore it to It's parent, and
proudly demand a full quittance because
he has brought it back without, spot or
wrinkle or any such thing.-Ian Maclaren.
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( Es Z I q Il ( 4 - r. pQ
from the White House al Washington.
Special services were held at the tomb
Of Grant at Riverside Park, New Y ork.
and at Lincoln monument at Springfield,
III. ss
The feature Of the Decoration day ex-
ercises in Philadelphia was the unveiling
Of the memorial bronze bust and, ped
estal erected to the memory Of President
Mckinley by the Philadelphia Letter
Carriers and Post Office employees.
The first Confederate monument ever
erected in Kansas City was unveiled by
the Daughters of the confederacy.
In Cuba, the Philippines and in every
country where Americans are located
there were services of some description.
In the Northwest the day was generally
observed. 81
Gov. Van SAINT was the speaker Of the
day at Mortified. S.
The President Speaks.
Special services were held at the vari-
Gus cemeteries in W ashington. An inn
mense throng was present at Arlington.
where President Roosevelt and Gen. Ell
Torrance, commander-in-chief Of the
G. "A. r. delivered addresses, Fhe
president spoke as follows:
1t is a good custom for our country to have
certain solemn holidays in commemorative Of
our greatest men and Of the greatest crises
in our history There should be but few
such holidays. no increase their number is
to cheaper them Washington and Lincoln
the man who did most to- found the Union,
and the man who did most tof preserve it,
stand head and shoulders above all orr other
public men, and have by common consent won
the right to this pre- eminence Among the
holidays which commemorate the turning
points in American history, Thanksgiving has
significance peculiarly its owr On July s
we celebrate the birth Of the nation: on this
day, the Both OF May. we call te mind the
: live, who swagered all that life holds dear
for the great prize Of death In battle. who
poured out their blood like water in order
that the mighty national structure raised by
the far-seeing patriotism Of Washington,
Franklin. Marshall, Hamilton. and the other
great leaders OF the Revolution, great trainers
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-07
RETURNING; HOME.

the defeat irretrievable. Upon your success
depended an the future of the people on this
continent. and much Ct the future of mankind
as whole. 5555 IS
You left us q reunited country. You left
us the right OF Brotherhood with the men In
gray, who with such courage, and such 1eyo-l
ton for what they deemed the right, fought
against you. But you left us much more even
than your achievement. for you left us the
memory of how 1t was achieved. ygSu, who
made good by your valor and patriotism the
sstatesm anship OF Lincoln and the soldiershlp
of Grant, have set as the standards Tor our
efforts in the future both the way you did your
war was over you turned again to the work
4 of peace In war and in peace alike your
example will stand as the wisest of lessons
{ to US and our children and our chhdrens chill
&dren. 4
Just at this moment the army Of the United
States. led by men who served among you
in the great war Is carrying TO comp1et1on q
small but peculiarly trying and difficult war
in which is involved not only the honor OF
the lag but the triumph Of civilization over
forces which stand for the black. chaos OF
4 sayagerys and barbarfsm. The task has HOT
been as difficult or as important as yours,
but, oh, my comrades, the men In the uniform
of the United States who have for the iass
tire. years patiently and uncornpla inIngly
championed the American cause IN the .isnH-
ippine islands, are your younger prothers,
your sons. They have shown themselves noa
unworthy Of you and they are entitled to the
support Of all men who are proud OF VIA.
you did. $.
These younger comrades OF yours nave iouBni
under terrible difficulties and have received
terrible prpvocation from a very cruel ana
very trsacherous enemy. Under the strain OF
these provocations deeply deplore to say
that some among than have 90 far iorgotien
themselves as 20 counsel and commit, n re-
4 taliation, acts Of cruelty. The fact that for
every guilty act committed BY enc OF our
troops hundred acts Of fat greater atroslly
& have been committed by the hos tile natives
. NM mon our troops, OF upon the peaeeable and
iaw-abiding natives who are friendly TO u.s..
cannot be held to 55s4zss 49,
m Sour side. Determined and answering
Y seffnrt 9mnst be made and Is being made. to
and ont every instance of barba1ity on the
part Of our troops to punish those guilty OF It
and to take, f possi bic. even slTonger meas
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condemn the eeea, ana it is wen also 10 re-
fraln from including both guilty and innocent
5 In the same sweeping condemnation
3s IN every community there are people who
. commit acts Of Weil-ngh inconceivable horror
and baseness. II we fix our eyes only upon
tlnese individuals and upon their acts, and II
we forget the far more numerous citizens OF
upright and honest life and blind ourselves to
z their countless deeds of wisdom and Justice
Z ana ph n anthropy, It is easy enough to con-
denim the community. There Is not a city in
. this land which we could not thus condemn #
s We liked our eyes purely upon its police rec
ora and refused to look at what 1t had accom-
spilshed Tor decencys and justice and charity.
Yet this is exactly the attitude which has
& been taken by too many men with reference to
4 titude !. 5ss 80 as -
Both Absurd and Cruelty Unjust.
The rules of warfare which have been pro-
mulgated by the war department and accepted
as the basis of conduct by our troops in the
& ne ID are the rules laid down by Abraham Linz
S coin When you, my hearers. were fighting for
theEUnton These rules provide, of course. for
L the just severity necessary in war. The most
destructive of all forms of cruelty would be to
show weakness where sternness is demanded
by iron need. But all cruelty is forbidden
and all haTsh1ess beyond what is called for
! BY need Our enemies in the Philippines have
not merely violated every rule Of war. but
have made of these violations their only meth
Cd of carrying on the war. We would have
been justified by Abraham Lincoln's rules OF
war in infinitely greater severity than has
been shown The fact really is that our war
Z fare in the Philippines has been carried on
Win singular humanity For every act of
cruelty by our men there have been inI1t1mer-
able acts of forbearance, magnanimity and
generous kindness. These are the qualities
Which have characterized the war as whole.
The cruelties have been wholly exceptional,
on our part. AS "a d,
So The guilty are to be punished; but In pun
8 ishing them. let those who sit at ease at home.
who walk delicately and live II the soft places
OF the earth, remember also to do them com
eff Less aY,df os11f1.
6 tempted rail overmuch at strong men who
With blood and sweat face years Of toll and
days and nights Of agony, and at need lay
down their lives In remote tropic tungles tc
bring the light of civilization into the world.
dark places The warfare that has extended
! the bounS les Of civilization at the expense
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tributes TO the memory OF those VINO
rave up their lives for the love Of the
Union were yesterday paid by the pa
3riotic people who are living to enjoy the
blessings of a reunited country.
< Those who fell fighting for the flag. in
The Spanish American and Philippine
vars were not forgotten in the distribu-
don Of floral tokens Of love. ~
The day was perhaps more generally
observed, North and South, than on any
previous Decoration day.
In the South the graves Of thousands
IF Federal soldiers in the national ceme-
leries were decorated, including the
graves Of veterans of the Spanish-A
lean waE. Grand Army posts, Union
Veterans legion, Sons of Veterans, Span
sh war and Philippine Island veterans,
The Women's Relief Corps, Daughters Of
Veterans. the Ladies' Union Veterans
legion, the Lovejoy Aid society and the
Elks participated. z. NJ
Many beautiful floral offerings were
placed upon the tomb Of tho late Presi-
dent Mckinley at Canton Ohio. They in
Guided largo crate of choice flowers
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-07

You whom address to-day and your CONF
rsdes who wore the blue beside you in the
perilous years during which strong, sad, pa
tient Lincoln bore the crushing load Of nation
al leadership, performed the one feat the
failure to perform which would have meant
destruction to everything which makes the
name America a symbol Of hope among the
nations OF mankind. You did the greatest and
most necessary task which has ever fallen to
the lot of any men this Western herni-
sphere. Nearly three centuries have passed
since the waters OF our coasts were first fur
rowed by the keels Of the men whose children's
children were to inherit this fair land Over
a century and half OF colonial growth fol-
lowed the settlement; and now for over CEN
fury and a quarter we have been ma ton.
F.; A Reunited Country.
During our four generations of national life.
we have had to do many tasks, and some OF.
them Of far-reaching Importance; but the only.
really vital task was the ssone1 YOU did, the
task of saving the Union. There were other
crises in which to have gone wrong would
have meant disaster; but this was the one:
crisis in which to have gone wrong would have
meant not merely disaster but annihlation
For failure at any other point atonement could
have been made; but had you failed in the
tran daus tho laas zniitd haus haar- irrenarahle.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-07
SCARCITY OF PLATINUM.
Production Has Decreased and til
Ilr.dx

f.r1Ce Has Risen. sssE
) The history of platinum, which was discoy-
cred about the middle of the eighteenth CEN
fury, differs frcm that of other rare metals In
ethe increased demand has not been met
by repeated discoveries Of new deposits. Hence
the price of platinum has risen enormously. IN
1922 platinum was worth 81 coo d pound; in
1910, SEQ. this slight decrease being due to
me discovery Of the Ura1 deposits in 1922 In
1880 the price per pound had risen to 81 700,
and in December Of last year to 81, 800 sPlati-
num was first found In South America and re-
sardei: as variety of silver. Hence the
name, from the Spanish plata, silver. 1t oc-
4Aurs as Dlatinunts dust in Colombia Brazil
Haiti and also in Borneo, but the UraI region
- the chief source OF supply. The annual out
,ut of the sUral mines is about 5000 pounds.
While the rest of the world furnishes only about
300 pounds. The mining OF platinum has,
therefore,, been developed almost entirely in
iussla, and a suspicion has arisen that the
atput is restricted purpcsely, in order to en-
ance the price. but this suspicion seems TO be
Y ithout foundation. The Russian government.
ldeed, Is said 70 be contemplating the recall
&s coins minted before 1850. which contain
s Iatinnrn, for the purpose OF reclaiming the
saetal Most of these coins, however, disap-
cared from circulation long ago, having been
cited by chemists and echnicians In search
- platinum Il no new source is discovered
scarcity of platintlzn WIN soon be felt sseri-
tnsly in many astrfes. -Ppblic Opinion.
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older than most st the european nations
Of to-day. From mere scenic point Of
view the picture will be. one Of unparal-
leled magnifcence. Every royal house in
Europe will be represented by princes
and princesses of the highest rank, am
bassadors from distant lands will swell
the brilliant throng Of Britain's vast
amy or ermined peers and jewel-cove red
peeresses, her great officers of state, her
viceroys and governors, her jurists and
her 1awgivers, her generals and her adj
mirals, the potentates of her commerce,
Of her universities, in word, the repre-
sentatives of all that makes England
mighty as a nation. In no other land
could 50 Wondrous and magnificent pa
gent be produced But what a curious as
sembly it is that he at whose feet all this
obesiance is laid, this homage paid, this
loyalty pledged, has less power outside
the Walls Of his palaces and parks than
have three-fourths of the men around
him. He dare not attempt to influence
the legislative action Of his lords and COM
mons. To make a political address would
t1nperil his crown. His speeches from
the throne are written for him, often by
a, minister he detests, but = he cannot
change syllable He can neither declare
war nor make peace. With the formation
Of treaties he has naught to do except
sign his name. Possessed of a veto on
legislation. he dare not exercise 1t. And,
because Of all this it is that England
loves her king, scatters flowers in his
pathway and spends her blood and treas
ure in his defense. If all this is not kins
worship, what is it.? ~. - r. ~
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- - - -,
The Seal and the Hear

The seal does not stop his search for food
until he has completely satisfied his excellent
appetite; then he takes good nap, lying upon
the very edge OF the ice, or as close as possible
to- his breathing hole The slightest sound
will awaken him, and, without waiting to find
out the source or direction, he rolls into the
water. He can~stay under for only thirty-five
miEutes. but where he will come up none can
tell This no one knows better than the bear;
and If the bear realizes that It is impossible TO
steal up on the leeward side of the seal, hay-
ing his black nose covered with his paw and
his bloodshot eyes closed. when the seal has
mis- open and on the watch, he looks about for
a favorable point OF departure, dives under
the ice. and if he rightly judges the distance
and direction, he comes up at the very spot
where the seal has expected to go down. The
seals fate is thus settled and the bears
shrewdness earns its reward.-st. Nicholas.
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A PING-PoNG PARODY,

i cannot ping the old pongs.
+ pung SIX months ago.
For Tendosynovitis has
90 erwnelmed me with its woe,
To serve all cannot, and it fills me with such
pain
II cannot ping the old .pongs,
Perhaps may not ping again Z
Iscannot ping the old pongs,
But visions come again 8 -
OF bisque balls swiftly ,fyiES, "a,
3 OF friends almost insane. ~ ~
Who, when these earthly letters shall have set
their spirits free,
VIII sit on the clouds ping pongiag to all
eternity
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