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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-21
CHICAGO A FRENCH CENTER
Partisan Annex Promised For DR..
IIarper's University.

On1VeT8ltys
Chicago will be the future French
center Of America. We will be closer
to Paris than New York. and we will
have the Paris atmosphere in chunks"
So spoke Charles Henrotin of the
Alliance Francois. which has succeed
ed in bringing a French school to Chi
cago. This school is to be affiliated
with the Chicago university and is to
be started off with $1.OOO.OOO by NJ.
Robert Lebaudy Of Paris. who conducts
the French sugar trust. 7-.'
eve are highly pleased over the Sc
lection Of Chicago" said President
Harper of the Chicago university to a
reporter of the New York World. "The
school is just what we want. M. Lee
bardy has been deeply impressed with
the business acumen of the Americans
Our commercial expansion set him
thinking. The result is that he has de-
cided to establish a school here where
'oung Frenchmen, while pursuing their
studies. can absorb some of the ener-
gy and ideas Of Americans
M. Emil Ridel, who was sent to make
the selection Of the site, said Chicago
was the most American city. The mis-
sion of NJ. Lazarre WELLER. who has
been sent to the United States by the
French minister Of commerce. is to
study the conditions here and deter
mine as nearly as possible the curric-
ulum and line of study to be followed
by the French students. NJ. WELLER
also expects that his visit will aid him
in deciding from which classes of soci-
ETY. the government should select the
students.
Sixty scholarships will be provided
by the French government, and all ex-
penses of students will be paid. A
French library Of 10000 volumes is to
be part of the equipment.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-21
OF JEWELRY SALESMAN.
WANTED ONLY C0STLYCEMS
Watches and Ordinary Jewelry Not
Molested-One Man Arrested
On Suspicion.

One of the boldest robberies ever
perpetrated in Montana took place
Saturday at Glendive between 1 and
5 a. m. at the Northern Pacific COM
pany's depot. Two iron-bound trunks
belonging to C. B. Clausen, travelling
salesman for S. S. Clausen & Co.,
wholesale manufacturing jewelers. of
Minneapolis, Mimi, who arrived in
Glendive from the east the evening
before at Z o'clock, were removed
from the baggage room through a
window. They were dropped to the
ground about five feet below the plat
form, broken open and riffed of their
most valuable contents. A bag Of
unmounted diamonds and between
three and four hundred mounted rings
in solid gold settings were the articles
of value missed by Mr.. Clausen, who,
from a hasty inventory, stated that
the loss would run from ten to twenty
thousand dollars. The robbers over
looked a tray containing 81 diamonds
in one of the trunks and took nothing
else, leaving all the watches and other
contents, but tossed them about pro-
miscuously when in search of the dia-
mOnds.
The robbery was an unusually bold
one, when it is considered that in THE
second story of the station there we're
three dispatchers and one operator at
work, and the express agent, D. H.
Driscoll, slept in an adjoining room,
within Is feet of the truck on which
the trunks we're left. The robbers
forced the window of the baggage
room with a pinch bar, or similar in
strument, and removed the trunks to
the porch adjoining the station. There,
after the robbery, they were seen by
the porter of the station, John Saddler,
who noticed them while looking out
of the second story window at Z
o'clock. He informed the express
agent, and together they went and ex-
amined the trunks and removed them
to the express Office.
The robbery was undoubtedly COM
mltted as the westbound train was in
the depot at 4 o'clock, as at that hour
the express agent is busy attending
the train and is absent from his. office
for at least 20 minutes. That the rob-
berry was committed by professionals
is evident from the fact that they
knew which trunks contained the
jewelry, and it is also evident that
more than n nan was concerned in
the act, as the trunks weighed $50
pounds apiece. Sheriff John Kennedy
and Deputy George Twible have ar
rested Jimmy McCarty, a prize fighter,
who has been acting su%spiciously.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-21
THE RAILROAD MERGER.
President Hill Not Disturbed Bv On.
position.

President Hill Not Disturbed BY Op-
New York, Jan. 20.-James ]. Hill
arrived here today from an extended
trip through the west. He said he
was not at all disturbed over the op-
position developed against the forma-
ton OF the Northern Securities COM
pany and was satisfied with the de-
clslon OF the supreme court to hear
the case. Asked if he had found any
change in the sentiment in the west
toward the merger of the Northern
Pacific and the Great Northern COM
panies he replied: discussion of the
project has rendered a clearer notion
to many of those who were at fil,st.
violently opposed to the formation of
the holding company. AS the people
discussed 1t, much of the doubt re-
garding it's benefit to the west was
removed.
II am content to leave the verdict
to the people. I have always found
that when there was a question of
right and wrong to be decided, or a
question of the results of a certain.
action between a benefit or a future
detriment determined, the majority
will always be right,
Mr.. Hill referred to the story of a
great steamship merger in which his
name was mentioned with that of ].
P. Morgan.
1T. is, news to me-" he said, "for I
have never discussed it nor had I
heard of the consolidation until l read
about It. The story as it was printed
appeared to me to be so ridiculous
that | did not pay any attention to it."
#HMhHa
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-21
WILL OBEY SUPOENAS.
Railroad Magnates Will Appear Be.
fore Commission.

Chicago, Jan. 20.-James ]. Hill and
=. H.. Hartman have decided to obey
the %subpoenas of the interstate COM
merce commission to be present at
the hearing which will begin here next
Friday, with a view to ascertaining
what effect the community of inter-
ests is having upon rates.
The commission sprung a surprise
today by placing with Marshal Ames
a bundle of supoenas directed against
railroad traffic managers and grain
men, several of the papers were serv-
ed today.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-21
CUBAN POSTAL FRAUD CASE

Havana, JAM. 1.-THE cross exam
ination of Estes G.. Rathbone, eHdi-
rector of posts of Cuba, at today's
session of the court which is trying
the charges growing out of the Cuban
postoffice frauds, brought out no new
facts. c. F. w. Neeley was called and
examined by the fiscal. Medley said
that he received his appointment from
Washington and that Rathbone had
made him chief of the finance bureau
of the Cuban posts department after
the organization of the Cuban postal
service, he said that when stamps
were burned, a certain amount was re-
served for collectors but that he did
not know how many, and that after
the sales to collectors fell off he gave
the surcharged stamps to Senior Moya,
a Cuban stamp clerk in the Havana
p%ostofice, instructing Moya to sell
them. He asserted he took the money
arising from these sales and put it
in the vault. Medley made no record
of these stamps, o did Moya make
out a requisition for them.
Medley denied having any interest
in the Cowan Printing company of
Muncie, Indiana, and said that he had
not received $4,000 as commission
from the lock box company that put
in the lock boxes in the Havana post
office. He explained that this COM
pany al the lowest bidder for that
work.
Medley was confronted with Reeves
who reiterated his statement that
Medley gave him $4,000 before 1eav-
ing to make the books tally. Neeley
answered that this was not so and
said that he was with an employee of
the p%ostofice at the hour named by
Reeves in his statement. At the re-
quest of Neeley's counsel this en-
ploye will be summoned to testify.
Havana, Jan. 1S.-When the trial of
the cases resulting in the Cuban post
office fraud was resumed in the Au-
dencia court today the cross examina-
ton of G. F. w. Neeley, ex-chief of
the bureau of finance, was continued.
Medley said that his COX" on bills
under miscellaneous account only
signified that the goods had been re
ceived. None of Rathbone's private
bills for receptions given at Ell Cerro,
Havana, the witness said, were paid
from the postal funds. Medley denied
telling c. M. Rich, his first assistant,
that he (Neeley) had saved Rathbone
$4,000 by including his private ac-
counts in those of the postal depart
ment. He also denied that he had
entered into conspiracy with Reeves
and Rathbone to defraud by issuing
duplicate warrants. He said that all
the warrants were drawn on Reeves
office. They might have been cashed
in the postofice or in a bank.
Medley was confronted with Reeves
three times. He maintained perfect
composure and evaded no questions,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-21
NO WORD FROM CONDOR.
Missing British SIoop of War Long
Overdue,

Victoria, B. c., Jan. 20.-Alarm is
now felt for the warship Condor, for
yesterdays mail advices received at
San Francisco from Honolulu and
thence telegraphed to the naval office
here by the British consul, contained
no word of the missing Warship at
the islands up to January 10, 80 days
from the time the sloop. of war sail
ed from Esquimalt bound to Homo
lulu at which point she was due &C.
cording to her schedule, on Deem
Der IS.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-21
Strayed Or Stolen.

From the Conway ranch, four miles
from Billings, three horses branded
thus: x on lefe shoulder; also one bay
mare branded thus on right
shoulder. A reward ~ of five dol
lars each will be paid fer said horses
delivered at my ranch on Clarke's
Fork, three miles from Laurel.
1873 Il. T.. CRAIG.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-21
explaining all the transactions clear
~ and giving Reeves the lie direct.
Will Accept the Ransom.

Constantinople, Jan. 20.-United
states Minister John G.. A. Laishman
says the brigands who abducted Miss
Ellen M. Stone and Nine. Tsilka. Sen
tember 3, 1901, have agreed to accent
'he amount OF ransom raised by sub
scription. The place of payment is
now the only question.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-21
Priest and Converts Murdered.

Pek1n, Jan. 20.-A French priest
named Julien and two Chinese con-
verts have been murdered at a vii
lage In the North of Kwang ST prov
nce. Chinese officials assert the MUIR
ders were committed by robbers and
were not a result of anti-Christian
demonstration.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-21
ANOTHER MERGER.
Four Roads Will Try Community of
Interest" Plan.

Chicago, Jan. 20.-The Inter-Ocean
tomorrow will say: Negotiations are
in progress for the operation under a
community of interest plan of the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Evans
vile & Terra Haute; Chicago, Indian
apolis & Louisville (Monon route) and
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
railroads. Ultimately a consolidation
of the companies is planned, but for
a time all four will retain their cor
poration identity.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-21
Many Buried in Ruins.

Belfast, Jan. 20.-smithfeld FAX
mills collapsed today, burying many
A~QperAtiyes. Ten bodies have peer
M from the ruins already.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-21

Cut Bone For Poultry.
Green cut bone is the greatest egg
producer and stimulant known. Never
8 moldy or sou bones. and feed
moderately
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-21
Weather Forecast.

Washington, Jan. 2O.-Montana
Fair Tuesday and Wednesday; varia.
BILE winds,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-21
crazy rroressOr.

An unusual incident occurred the 9TH
err day at the University of Budapest.
A confirmed lunatic from the local
asylum appeared in charge of his keep
er and asked to be allowed to pass his
examination. He found examination
work quite c%ongenial, passed very sue
cessfully and returned to his asylum
again with his diploma as a professor.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-21

UsllinE cards 1t aasstts ONCE.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-07-07
GUERRiLLAS AND TRUSTS.

Two Boer scouts have written little
volume cutitled, The Mobile Bocr."
IN which he undertakes TO tell what
II few hundred we'll armed men could
do in Uncle Sans domain. According
10 their suggestion:
give hundred desperate men.
armed with rides using the
snms, ammunition as the govern.
ment placed In Colorado, with two
machine guns, and led by men know.
Ing ouch warfare and country, could
cause the mobilization OF the Amen-
can army, form the inhabitants into
posses, terrorize the whole West. in.
flict millions OF dollars damage in life
and railroad property, ana finally. II
necessary, escape over one OF the
borders without capture. TO return
when those slower moving states. with
their moro limited resources, pressed
them"
The imaginative Beers may be right
IN their conclusions, but have they
ever heard what Americas five hun
dred or more trusts are doing in the
wsy Of running the country to sui,
themselves?
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-07-07

Mr.. Miguel Enscnat, the Spanish
teacher, who came to Akron upon in
vltation of Mr.. H. c. Corson, last Oc-
tober, to teach the young men of the
South End Athletic club and others,
left Monday for Cincinnati, where be
has accepted position with a large
manufacturing concern. During Mr..
Ensenat's residence in Akron he has
studied and learned shorthand, and
Miss Effie Foltz. Of the Actual Busi-
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-07-07
'"THEY ARE KIND
AND HELPFUL .
Porto Rican, Upon Leaving Here,
PAYS This Tribute to Akron People.

ness College, his teacher. says he was
very apt pupil. Mr.. Ensenat is a
native of Porto Rico. Among those
whom he gave Spanish lessons in Ak.
ron is Mr.. Henry Robinson, who has
become proficient in the language.
Mr., Ensenat said upon leaving that he
had found Akron people very pleasant
and helpful, and requested the Demo
crat to express his thanks to all who
have been SO good to him.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-07-07


ton taken by Congress, concerning
them, 1t details no less than 35 sub
jects, ofwhich Congress has given him
partial satisfaction in six, has given
on II the quiet go-by, and has con-
temptuously set aside or evaded a
dozen more. And then the Transcript
continues
IF Mr.. Roosevelt had fully realized
what he had undertaken, ne would
probably not have been so diffuse,
but would have concentrated the at
tention OF Congress on 4 few import
ant measures, and kept hammering
at those as opportunity offered dur
ing the session. The effect Of his
great list when contrasted with the
result OF the sessions accomplishment,
and within sound OF the din Congress
has made over every recommendation
backed by bill. is to make the Pres
ident appear to have been very hardly
treated. One big failure, that Of
Cuban reciprocity, counts for more
than multitude of successes with
those who would like to show that
he has made ducks and brakes of his
opportunities. To no slight extent the
two Houses have aimed to ignore the
Presidents share in their legislative
activities. The pure food bill, the bill
to admit the three territories, the
Fill Subsidiary Silver bill. the resolu
tion changing the mode of electini
Senators, etc, have gone through one
house ana entered the other without
any Presidential suggestion or Ell
couragement. The oleomnrgarine bill
and that repeating the war taxes, have
become laws in like manner,-the
Presidents only share being his sig
nature after Congress had acted"
The Rooseveltian reputation for do
ing things will have to be braced VI
materially within the next two year,
| II II Is to be much of factor In tn,
next national convention.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-07-07

ed in some very aged manuscripts and
have remained hidden because of the
profound learning necessary to recog-
nize and translate them.
These newly discovered hymns,
which are unquestionably of Solomon's
time, exceed in excellence any more
recent compositions and furnish evil
dence of high attainments OF the
Jews of cid. The key to the songs
consists of an arrangement Of accents
about the letters of the text and its
discovery is highly important one.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-07-07
Wants to Pro-
ceed With Plans.
Affairs Of E. & M.
Syndicate Look Better.
And There; Is TaIk Of an Early
!, Reorganization,

Mr.. Henry A. Everett, at the head
of the Everett-Moore Street Railway
syndicate, has returned from a three.
weeks vacation spent at Yellowstone
park. and is talking Of reorganiza-
tion Of the affairs Of the syndicate.
A meeting will be held at
which a definite understanding will be
ren ched as to when the bankers COM
mittee will relinquish control of the
Everett-Moore affairs 1t has been sug
gested that the possibilities of mer-
ger that would result In establishing
big electric railway line. extending
from Pittsburg through Northern Ohio,
into the heart of Michigan, still exist.
Such a railway has been Mr.. Everett's
dream for years. It is said that in all
the sales carried through up to the
present time, agreements have been
signed giving the syndicate the right
to use the tracks of the lines should
1t desire to use them as connecting
links for Everett-Moore railways.
Whether the links of this big chain
can be picked up when the time comes
is something that remains to be seen.
One Of the first things to receive Mr..
Everett's consideration will be the
Lake Shore Electric railway. This is
at present in the hands Of receiver.
1t has never been properly financed.
The first steps toward placing this
railway on a strong financial footing
| have been taken. The property With
| its connecting links, will receive az
thorough inspection. #
The reorganization of the Detroit g.
| Toledo Shore line will also be, begun
at once. A meeting of the persons in
terested was held Monday in Cleve-
land. 1t is stated that considerable
English capital will be invested, in
these enterprises. and that party Of
Englishmen has consented to under
write the securities.
Telephone matters will also receive
attention at the hands Of the syndicate.
Detroit capitalists have been figuring
on proposition for the purchase of the
Peoples Telephone company in that
city, and the transaction is likely to
be consummated at any time. Other
telephone negotiations that have been
hanging fire for some time will be
wound up this week, it is believed.
| With these matters out Of the way
the syndicate will be In a position to
take up propositions that were under
considera ton last fall. One Of these
affects the Central Illinois Traction
company. The syndicate has not de-
cided whether to carry forward its
plans in this direction and build an
Illinois electric railway system. or to
sell its franchises and right Of way to
street railway men who have made
bids for them.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-07-07
iDIoTlsMs.

Singular, isn't It, and 1t seems a
contradiction In terms that it rains 90
easy when it rains so hard.
BY the way the papers say they
have found Noah's ark out West; II
this thing continues we better have 1t
brought to Northern Ohio
Come TO think Of it, the ark was
made OF Gopher wood, wasn't it?
Wonder II there is where the gophers
started from, in the West.
You may have to so far to find an
answer. M
A neishbering careful housewife SAYS
berries have come down today so
she Is putting them up.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-07-07
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IN THE COUNTRY.
He went into the country

He went into the country
10 live life Of ease;
To watch the cows a-grazing,
To see the busy bees.
His farmer landlord met him
At the station and explained
The beauties OF the scenery
For that he was we'll trained.
-.
A week was all he needed
To open up his eyes
To the fact that in the country
You can get good surprise,
For the buffers marked "oleo";
The cream, condensed, was blue;
The honeycomb made by machine)
Was filled with sweetcned glue.
The meat came from Chicago.
And the bread was bakers bread.
While the mosquitoes, fat ana iuicy,
Hailed from Jersey. 1t was said!
He came back TO the city
In buz2ing 'lectric car,
While the farmers in their autos,
Waved him goodhy. from afaf.
And now, when others ask him
Does he really think II pays,
"If you can eat good scenery,
II Is all right, surer he says.
Cincinnati Commercial.
t.t Is si. frA
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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-07-07
A CONGRESSIONAL sNuB.

Tho Washington Transcript one Of
tho warmest supporters of President
Roosevelt, has catalogued the subjects
which the President has recommend.
ed TO Congress for action and the nc.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-07-07
AKRON PEOPLE
Who Will Attend Y. P. U.
Convention.

Rev. Edward G. Mason, pastor of
the Universalist church, and several
members Of the congregation left Mon
day afternoon for Portland, Maine,
to attend the annual convention of the
Young Peoples Union. In the party
are Rev. Mr.. Mason and his mother,
Rev. A. B. Church, Messrs. Forester
and Frederika Crispin, Miss Mary
Alexander and Mrs. Reever.
A mans nature runs either to herbs
or weeds; therefore let him seasona-
bly, water the one and destroy the
other. Bacon.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-07-07
REELEcTIONs, OF A BACHELOR.

Unless sweet sixteen gets married,
1t turns sour, just like milk,
" A girl who likes to wear bathing
suit can aways show her reason for 1t.
Very few men understand women
well enough not to try to understand
them.
Nothing makes n woman, 50 suspi,
cious Of what her husband is doing
away from it as to have him quit fnd-
ing fault at home.
New York Press.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-07-07
!: Wise and END
Otherwise

-
Council this evening at T:3o.
But the soda fountain men say never
q word.
A yellow streak is good thing---in
a wheat field.
The amateur swimming teacher is
again in his glory.
The naughty ice baron is again an
awe-inspiring figure.
Who does not yearn for a few days
Of low pressure existence?
Only two more days until the City
officials picnic. Strike up the band!
Now, what If the police or the fire.
men should decide to hold a picnic?
Who would not gladly have title
these days to sell to an heiress?
These are days when the police are
not so proud OF those big heavy
blouses.
Talk about life being a burden
while watermelons are in market. Ri
diculous!
City employees are not the only per.
sons who "swent for their money
these days.
BARRIERS are in favor Of this kind OF
weather. Real close haircuts are
fashionable.
There doesn't seem to be a great
deal of denial, now, about the sale OF
the Buchtel, ...sts nj
The modern war, general has big
ger fight after he gets home than he
hai at the front
-.
OF course, Editor !. g. Paxton. of th,
Courier, was on hnnd to cheer for the
Kent team, Hc, always is.
Ice cold lemonade may not be tn,
"foxlest' drink that's out--but it Il
not far from being tho best.
Well, what do you expect? II Il
were cold during July, you'd complain
worse than ever.
Tho Vigilance committee is on th
keen Jump after the party who wrote
Sweet Summer. Come Again"
Policemen differ from other men Il
that they put on their coats when the!
go to work, while other men take their
OF.
There are many who wonder II tn
men employed Ia breweries realize
this weather, how many blessings the,
enjoy.
To the farmer with hay crop jus
In and a wheat crop. ready, talk abou
the poetry Of life on the farm is
hollow nioekery.
Beautiful patterns IN dark colors. o
the shoulders OF fashionable youn
ladies, tell that they have been weal
ing peckaboo waists
= Z 4
News the time for Prohibitionist
10 secure converts. Drinks are he,
producers, and temperance crusac
J would hevo more numerous chanc,