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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-25
NEW BANK NOTES.
Series Of 1902 Differ Greatly in De-
sian From Preceding issues.

|Series OF 1902 Differ Greatly In De-
sign From Preceding Issues.
Washington, March 21.-Comptrol-
Ter Ridgely has received from the bu-
reau of engraving and printing and
has issued the first delivery Of the new
national bank notes, known as the
series of 1902. These notes will be
issued only to new banks organized
since January l, 1902, and those ex-
tending or ~re-extending their charters.
Only the denominations of $40 and
$40 are yet ready for issue. Later,
fives, fifties and n hundreds will be
issued.
These notes are a radical departure
in design form bank notes heretofore
issuer and r considered a great i'm
provement. The backs have only one
plate printing, which is an artistic
vignette, printed in green. The faces
all bear portraits of prominent de-
ceased officials of the government,
these being President Harrison for
the IS note, President Mckinley for
the $40, Secretary Mccullough for the
$40, Secretary Sherman for the $50,
and Comptroller of the Currency John
J.. Knox for the 500.
To facilitate the asserting of cur
rency in the redemption agency of
the treasury department the charter
numbers, with a system of letters in
broad-faced type designate the geo
graphical division in which the bank
is located, hereafter will be placed
upon obth ends of the face of all the
notes printed, including the new
series, as follows: Letter N, New
England states; P, Pacific states; E,
Eastern states; M, Middle states; s.,
Southern states, and w, Western
states. These are the geographical
divisions heretofore used in the de-
partment under which statistical mat
ter has been reported.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-25
ATTORNEY HAS SUSPICIOUS
BELIEVES MRS. FRENCH MAY
HAVE BEEN MURDERED.

Boston, March 21-Robert L. Morse
and Harrison Durham, who have acted
as counsel for Mrs. Julia French, who
was found dead in her Back. Bay home
yesterday afternoon, declared it as
their belief that she died intestate, in
this case the estate, valued at $40, 900,
will be divided between two sons.
Mr.. Durham has suspicious about
his clients death. "The last time I
saw her, about two weeks ago." said
he, ''she told me that she felt she
would be murdered in her home, as
she had dreamed that she had been
killed by being thrown into the ele-
vator we'll and asked if she did meet
her death in the way described in the
dream, that I would investigate care
fully. feel that I ought to take some
steps in the matter. How to go at
it, I hardly know, at present. The
fact that a wrench was found on the
floor from which Mrs. French is
thought to have fallen seems to me
suspicious. It is a we'll established
fact that people falling grip tightly
anything that they may have in their
hands at the time of their falling. Had
Mrs. French been using this when she
fell I think the wrench would have
been found in her hand or beside her
hodv in the elevator well instead Of
on the upper floor"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-25
EXTRACTION DIFFICULT.
international Controversy May Arise
Over Man Arrested in Mexico.

Over Man Arrested in Mexico.
Ell Paso, Texas, March 21.-An in
ternational controversy is likely to
arsie over the %evtradition of Charles
Gilbert Webb, captured Wednesday
morning in Mexico, who has been
wanted for eight years on the charge
of robbing a mail coach in Idaho.
Webb is now in Jail in Parrol. Accord
ing to Mexican Consul Mellon of this
city, the man cannot be extradited
unless this government makes an es-
pecial requisition on Mexico and
agrees to deliver to the Mexican gov
eminent all Mexican criminals or sus-
poets arrested under like circum-
stances in this country.
The difficulty arises through the
fact that the treaty existing at the
time the crime was commit
ted and at the time the ex-
tradition papers were signed
has since been annulled by the gov-
eminent of Mexico. A new treaty is
now in effect and criminals extradit-
able under the old one cannot be deliv-
cred yer by the government under
the treaty of today.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-25
WILL MAKE NO FIGHT,
Railroad Attorneys Consult and Agree
on Plan

Chicago, March 21.-Attorneys for
various railroads that it is sought to
enjoin from secretly cutting rates,
held a conference this afternoon and.
it is said. agreed to make mo fight
against the action of the government.
This step was decided to be advisable
on the ground that a contest would be
q practical admission that the trans
p~ortation interests desired the injunc-
tions dissolved in order, that, secret
manipulation might be carried on.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-25
Liner LONG OVER DUE.
Shipping Circles Believe Steamer
Huronjan Lost,

Shipping Circles Believe Steamer
Huronian Lost.
St. Johns, March 21.-Incoming ship
ping brings no report of the Allen
Line steamer Huronian, Captain
Brodie, from Glasgow, February II,
for st. Johns, and now about one
month " due. 1t is generally be-
lieved in maritime circles here that
the Huronian foundered with all hands
Or that she sank as the result of col
liding with an iceberg in the North
Atlantic.
There is a bare possibility that she
has been caught in ice foes and that
her crew has been rescued by some
sealing steamer, as happened in the
case of another steamer a few years
ago., this. however, is thought to be
very unlikely.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-25
SUBPOENA SERVED ON MAGNATE
At HIS HOME.
STATEMENTS BY COUNSEL
Merger Lawyers Say Their Client Was
Willing to Appear-Others
Had Suspicious.

New York, March 22.-Concerning
the service of a subpoena on J. Pier.
pont Morgan, in the suit Of Peter
Power against the Northern Pacific
Railway company, Francis Lynde
Stetson, counsel for Mr.. Morgan, to.
day made the following statement:
I'm several of the newspapers of
this morning appeared an item sug.
costing that the counsel representing
Mr.. Peter Power in his suit against
the Northern Pacific Railway com.
pany had found or anticipated some
difficulty in securing the attendance
as a witness of either Mr.. J. P. Nor
gan or some member of his firm.
"Any such suggestion, whether or
not so intended, is in defiance of the
facts and without any justification
whatever. Mr.. Perkins of the firm has
already appeared and been examined.
MI. Steele of the firm was ready to
appear yesterday afternoon at the
time appointed but his examination
was postponed, not at his request,
but at the request of Judge Lancaster
for the plaintiff.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Morgan
returned to the city, from which he
had been absent during the tendency
of these proceedings of which he
knew nothing until Thursday, at Wash
ington. Upon learning Of the desire
for his examination, he instructed me
to advise Mr.. Powers counsel that he
would attend at any time without a
subpoena. At once I so advised the
counsel, who answered that this would
be entirely satisfactory, and accord
ingly we arranged for Mr.. Morgan's
voluntary appearance next week. Ap-
parently because of the inability of
the counsel to reach his process serv-
ers, for which miscarriage he has writ
ten to me expressing his regret, Mr..
Morgan was served last evening with
a subpoena by a messenger who OBJ
tanned admission to his house upon
the understanding of Mr.. Morgan that
the messenger had come from my
ofice-a statement for which Mr.. Pow
er's counsel disclaims any RESPONSE
bility and express regret if any such
statement was made"
Statement by Powers Lawyer.
George Alfred Lamb nj counsel for
Peter Power, made the following state
ment tonight: 81 accept the full re-
sponsibility for the service made upon
Mr.. Morgan and the manner in which
it was made. !. had full reason to be-
lieve that Mr.. Morgan would not will
ingly accpet service, and in making
the service in the manner in which he
did the process serve employed by
me merely fulfilled his duty as a pro-
lei server"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-25
MISSOURI IS ICE coRCED
RIVER SIX MILES WIDE IN SOME
PLACES.

Chamberlain, S. D., March 21.-An
ice gorge which has been forming in
the Missouri rive at this place for
some time has reached a point which
has caused the river to overflow the
lowlands for 40 miles up the river.
The channel has reached a width OF
six miles in some places. The ice
is packed so tight that the bed Of the
river below the gorge for several
miles is almost dry.
Snow in the uppervalley is beginning
to melt and fears are entertained of a
serious flood, if the gorge is not
broken. Dynamite is being used, but
without effect up to the present time.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-25
IT WAS AN
Police Say Mrs. Julia French Was
Not Murdered,

Boston, March 22.-Police officials
here state that there are no reasons
to believe that Mrs. Julia B. French,
the elevator of her home on Newbury
street on Thursday, was murdered.
Medical Examiner Draper has stated
positively that her death was the re-
suit of an accident and the police have
not been able to find anything that
would c%ontrovert the medical exam
iner's report.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-25
ERkSYAR TIME TABLE,,
;d1{1j Billings, Mont.
LINCOLN, KANSAS CITY,
OMAHA, ST.. LOUIS,
CHICAGO, SAN Frs NCISCQ
ST. JOSEPH, DENVER,

~ Liz ~ VAlAV9
SALT LAKE. "..'
and all points east. south and wet.
TRAINS ARRIVE AND DEPART AS FOLLOW
No. ~. Passenger, daily, Chicago, st.
Louis, Kansas City. st. Jo-
seph, Atchison, Omaha, Lin
coin, Denver, California, Col
orado and Texas points.
No. Al. Passenger. daily from above
points. Arrive. ............ l:55 am
No. 40. Freight daily, Sheridan and
intermediate points. Leave. 1860 AIN.
No. IS. Freight, daily, from Sheridan
and intermediate points.
Sleeping, dining and reclining chair
cars (seats free) on through trains.
Tickets sold and baggage checked to
any point in the United States or Can.
ada.
Fol information, maps, tables, and
tickets call on or address ]. l.. Har-
rington, agent, H. B. Segur, general
agent. Billings, Mont. or J. Francis.
general passenger agent. Omaha. Neb.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-25
ARRANGING DETAILS.
cor Relinquishing American Control
in Island Of Cuba.

Washington, March 22.-General
God arrived today to arrange with
r'le president and secretary of wal for
tie transfer of active control of af-
'H'rs in Cuba to the Cuban republic.
The principal arrangement can be
de quickly. Before returning to
'f"~ana Governor Wood will confer
h President-elec1 Palma upon a
IN nroeramme of action. Palma
Ill he in%augurated Nav /. and Ameri-
can control terminate on that date.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-25
LOOKING FOR SUBSTITUTE.
Century Club Wants Sharky to Take
Fitzsimmons' Place.

Los Angeles, March 21.-The Cen
fury Athletic club today wired Tom
Sharkey, the pugilist, asking under
what terms he would take Fitzsim-
mons place and fight Jeffries in this
city during the first week in May. The
club has not heard from Fitzsimmons
and refuses to accede to his demands
for a larger purse and percentage
than they originally offered.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-25
TEST OF
Unique Experiments Adopted by the
German School Authorities,

Berlin, March 21.-An interesting
series of experiments has been tried
by the school authorities in South
Germany to test the faculty Of obser-
walton as it is exercised by boys and
girls.
A man dressed as an ordinary work
man and with ordinary features was
placed in a room by himself. Glasses
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-25

Cecil Rhodes Restless and Weaker.
Cape Town, March 21-The wealth
err here is cooler and rainy. Last night
Cecil Rhodes was breathing better and
took nourishment, but his heart was
weaker. According to the latest re-
port, issued at midnight last night,
the patient was restless and decidedly
weaker.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-25
DANGER Is Passed.

Chamberlain, S. D., March 21:-At
II o'clock tonight the water in the
Missouri remains at about the same
stage as this morning. The gorge has
formed between Chamberlain and
American island, the ice being packed
solidly to the bottom of the river for
a distance of four miles. This has di.
verified the channel to the west side
of the island where a heavy run OF
ice is passing freely. This is likely
to leave the channel permanently on
that side of the island, as it will open
the channel there, and no pressure
exists to clear out the gorge on the
east side. It is believed that the crit
ical stage has been passed and nc
further trouble is anticipated, as the
water is running out gradually and the
river is still far from the danger mark.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-25
TRnUp, RprAve n,,T ANEW
STREET CAR STRIKERS TAKE
PcSsre"IoN OF PohD.

Norfolk ~oroh % -~+~;ke s-mna.
thiZers owned he c'ro-A ~,r line after
11:2O O'CLOCK tonight =, Atlantic Civ
as car No ~ with - paesonpers
aboard was being r',n o"t covnral pis-
tO1 shots --cro. fred ono ef ,hn-o po-
ing th"""~'7 h from end Of the car
within . fo' If the m~otorman's head.
AS the ~ "rNan shu" off the current
and ~sT 10 car eieht men jumped
ah'"~' he crew ran the pas
semen e"Nm the car and took IT to
the o." - line where it was found
afte" '70f@ht with the trollev
broker
~ was on Church s+ree'
i"e '.5,Etrikers adjourned f-~~' 2
~oo Tho strikers OWNED c'soa~l
tho hnat the motn~-ar ,n1 On
duo'nr. r-re'ro them ~ toxic -cfr~a
under a seat and chased +ha on1- ror
senger out Of the car ond tool rr~
session. Thew ran it savare1 N'~oke
down the street took o# the ~o'1>~
pole and left the car in " ''r~--~"
condition. Another cor Sc ~rs"-'r-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-25
SLATER BRICK COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
Front, Ornamental and Common
B R c <

Made by Electric Power. When you
build consider the use of brick and
The saving in insurance and painting.
1t only requires about $3.50 worth
of brick for any ordinary dwelling.
MI contractors will gladly give you.
astimates.
Office, Real Estate Block.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-25

from IL o'clock and, no trace has yet
been found of it. The police are &C.
tive and have arrested two persons in
connection with the Atlantic City af-
fair. More trouble is expected.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-25
CLARK BUYS STREET RAILWAY.
Montant Senator Reported to Have
Purchased Los Angeles Line.

Los Angeles, March 21.-It is stat
States Senator William A. Clark has
acquired control of the Los Angeles
Traction company, which is the only
street railway system in this city in
competition with the Huntington lines.
Thomas Gibbon, general counsel for
the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt
Lake road, has returned from Wash
ington where it is said he completed
arrangements for the transfer Of the
Traction property to Senator Clark.
No details of the deal have been
given out. .,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-25
Shannon Lass Won.

Liverpool. March 21.-Shannon Lass
won the great national s.eeple chase,
Matthew second, Manifesto third.
Twentv-one horses an.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-25
ACCIDENT AvERTED BY SPEED
OF SWITCH ENGINE.
DISPATCHER WAS AT FAULT
But Discovered His Mistake and Sent
Wild Locomotive to Overtake
The Train.

Indianapolis, March PA mad
race with a switch engine after a fast
freight train which had been given
the right-of-way and was drawing
closer every moment upon another
train, which was advancing under
similar order, is the method utilized
to prevent a wreck on the Baltimore
& Onion Southwestern railroad. The
dispatcher at Washington gave the
fast freight at Shoals the right of way
over another fast freight which was
at Washington east bound.
The order put both trains on the
main line with the right of way. A
few moments after the east bound
train pulled out the dispatcher dis
covered his mistake and, abandoning
his instruments flew to the railroad
yards and demanded an engine. One
was standing on the track, and in a
moment it was switched to the main
track, the throttle thrown open and
the race began, to overtake the rap
Oily moving train. 1t happended to be
a long and exceedingly heavy train
and 10 miles out from Washington
the red lights on the caboose were
distinguished. Every available pound
Of steam was crowded on, and the en-
CINE came up behind the train just
before it reached a way station where
it was run in on a switch. The loss
of another minute would have brought
the two trains together.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-25
MAINE FLOODS.
Saw Mills and Logs in Danger Of Be
ing Swept Away.

Bangor, Me-, March 21.-Flood news
of an alarming nature comes tonight
from Ariostook, Machias and Union
rivers. On Ariostook, it is reported
that the new mill Of the Ashland man.
ufacturing company, at Ashland, and
$1,000, 900 feet of logs are in danger
of being carried away. Should this
occur the loss will be from $4,000
to $4OO, 900.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-26
BASEBALL
COLTS LOSE AGAIN
Played Good Ball but Fate Was
Against Them.
SENATOR'S CLEVER FIELDING
1t spoils n .Homer. for wiImot-A
Collision in Miller
Outfield.

) ~
Better and better gets the article of ball
put ro BY Wilmot's colts They are
working with "a determination and vim
that will be-in to count very soon. CO..
;lnmbus fans and writer's are full az adj
miration for the pluck of the millers
While they marvel at the rough deal that
fortune Is dealing out to them.
The way they hit the ball ought to have
Won them the game yesterday. They
punched their drives to good advantage
and while dad" Clarke had more hits
against him than the senatorial twirlers.
they were scattered Ordinarily the mill
lcrs should have had two more and the
senators two less runs than the official
score gives them.
> The hit which Wilmot made in the ninth
was labeled a home run, only Meany
backed up against fence and pulled it in
with ore hand, A collision between Nc
Farlan and Carlisle after the latter had
gobbled nice fly sent in two unearned
runs for the senator's. Il McFarlan
knocked tie ball far afield and the home
team naturally improved the opportunity.
The score. ~. sHT. n
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-26
CUP FOR The AUTO RACE.
! VERY HANDSOME $50 PRIZE
1t Will BE Given by the Elks MT
Carnivnl-New Features Dee
cided Upon.

Edgar w. Rowe ofzPortland, Ore, who
has been giving the Minneapolis Elks
pointe on the big carnival, will leave
for home this evening: Mr.. Rowe speaks
enthusiastically of the. progress of the
carnival plans and predicts that, the car
nfval will be a great success. Nowhere
else, he said, have the Elks had the cour-
age to go ahead with such big under
taking without asking the business men.
of the city for single cent &5
W. L. Harris Of the New England Furnf-l
ture and Carpet company is one Of Min
neapolis represent alive business men
who have been quick to appreciate the
business benefits which will accrue from
the carnival He says:
You may count onkthe New England to- co.
operate to theslimit, and believe every re-
ail$merchant in the city feels the same way
There is every reason why we should z in the
first place, the Elks order is a magnificent
organization, and deserves the heartiest sup
port of every business man of Minneapolis
on any proposition it desires to work OUT
Then, again, tits just the kind Of an affair
that people are ready to respond to-a breezy.
wide-awake, fun-giving carnival, and one that
will attract a host Of people to the city.
am particularly gratif1ed at the assurance
given mean entirely unnecessary! assurance,
Judging from the personnel Of the gentlemen
having the matter@in charge-that, while
everything is to be bright, interesting and
%origina there are to be none of those ques-s
Z tionable features which have, in connection
with some shows, left nnfaxorable impress,
SONS. IS <..S Il Z h "a 60 81 s.
\ AT meeting of the general carnival
committee yesterday $50 was appropri-.
ated for a. silver cup to be awarded the
winner of the automobile ace.from st :.
Paul to Minneapolis, which Is to be
feature of the opening day, June 2.
Harry Rendell, chairman of the special
features committee, is planning to secure
a lot Of jin-riki-shas, or wheel chairs,
with Chinese attendant is, which will trun-
die tired people from any place down town
to- the doors of the big show. Before the
fair opens every down town corner will. be
provided with a dummy pointing toward
the carnival ground and placarded thus:
TO the Elks Carnival" Minneapolis
firemen will give a special drill at the
carnival. One of their exhibitions will be
that Of rescuing a man from burning
building. A big4civic military and circus
parade will precede the opening Of the
gates on the first day of the carnival
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-26
The First Sleeping Car.

The first sleeping car was devised by
Theodore T. Woodruff in 1854 His first
patents were for Improvement In rail-
road car seats and couches," issued Dec.
ment in America was in it's infancy, but
the tremendous advance which has since
taken place in this. the greatest of any
one interest in this country, has no par
alleI in history. The evolution OF the
sleeping car from Woodruff's primitive
design to the ,sleepers. for instance, com
posing the Pioneer Limited trains Of the
Milwaukee road, is wonderful in the ex-
IRENE. 1t would certainly seem that the
very perfection of car constructions, in
point of beauty. combined with .Substan-
tial comfort, had been reached when this
splendid train was produced by that
progressive company.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-26
FOUGHT BEFORE EAGLES
..Hot'' Mills PuIlca on Under
Shadow OF City Hall.

Two knock-outs and draw were the
net results of the lively series of bouts
pulled off last night by the Minneapolis
:aerie of Eagles at its lodge room on MIC
hall.
The main attraction was the go between
Eddie Gardner, Of this city, brother of
Oscar Gardner, the Omaha Kid" and Ole
Oleson of Chicago. Oleson started in to
smother his man and for a while tSlooked
as though he had Gardner going. But it
looked different when the Minneapolis
boy got line in his man and com
menced some terrific. in sighting He
landed wallop after wallop on the Chica-
goans ribs, forcing him to the corner, and
compelling him to lead, and repaying him
with a fierce tattoo which kept him gasp
ing for breath Gardner adopted the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-26

crouching Jeffries style Of fighting.
throughout. He didn't bother about his
head or face; his sole aim in addition to
administering punishment, was to protect
his body. Oleson made several ineffect-,
.ual attempts to :upper-cut Gardner. The
men fought ten rounds to a draw, but
Gardner had the best Of it and was the
fresher at the finish 4 q NJ. $,z
Billy Potts Of Minneapolis; bumped
kid" Mason, colored, into dreamland in
the second Of what was to- have been
four-round fight. =
Billy Houck put Joe Aker to the bad
in the second round of their set-to, when
the latter took the entire account. Aker
is said to be the son of city official, who
travels under a different name.
large delegation of st. Paul: Eagles
helped swell the attendance.