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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-31

The frequency with which the state
ment is made that President Kruger
will visit the United States is only
equalled by the number of times Miss
Stone is located and released. 1t is
now given out, "authoritatively," of
course, that the distinguished old gen.
tleman has made up his mind to no
longer resist the many invitations he
is receiving from this side of the
ocean and will positively make his
appearance "in our midst" sometime
next April. Unless Dom Paul makes
good some of the many promises of
that individual and really comes over
he will have to secure a new press
agent or instruct his present one in
the art of successful advertising. The
people are growing tired of waiting
for a show that never comes.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-31
DEAL FELL
Illinois and Indiana Coal Combine
Fails tt MateriaIize.

Indianapolis, Jan. 3O.-Tne giant
coal combine to control Indiana and
formation to this effect was contained
in a private telegram received in In
dianapolis tonight from John S. Bays
Of Sullivan, who has been in charge
OF the promotion Of the enterprise.
The failure is attributed to the prices
demanded by the Illinois operators,
and the combination of the two states
seems to have been made an impossi-
bility, and it is improbable that the
mines of Indiana will enter a COM
bination alone.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-31
THE BILLINGS

know something about the reserves
and the manner in which they should
be managed will heartily agree with
him on that proposition.
But this is o the only matter in
which some of the old time strenuous
ness comes to the surface. The presi-
dent has an opinion of his own anent
the necessity for the construction of
an isthmian canal at the very earliest
possible moment. He wants to see a
canal and wants to see it within the
lifetime of some of the people now
on earth. For this reason he is be-
coming decidedly warm at the dilatory
t tactics employed by some of the
august members of the upper house of
congress and unless they manifest a
disposition to do something more than
talk and talk only for the purpose of
obstructing definite action they are
likely to hear from him very soon.
A usually well informed Washington
correspondent writes to his paper
that the president proposes in a short
time to "call down" those senators
who are suspected of being in league
prevent definite action. Without be.
ing committed to either Of the pro-
posed routes, he says this government
must build a canal and build it 1T the
earliest practicable moment. He
knows the people demand this and if
in his power their wishes shall be
respected. Should he see it necessary
to say something it will, rest assured.
be in the same vigorous. Roosevelt
tan language that has in the past
caused some decidedly lively moving
about by different persons.
The opportunity for this say seems
to be at hand and is afforded in the
resolution of Scott of West Virginia
for the appointment of a commission
to investigate the feasibility of the
Darien tunnel project and to report
thereon. The purpose of the PROPOSE
ton is very apparent. The senator
is merely seeking to cause more de-
lay. He knows that such a commits
sion could not hope to complete it's re-
port in less than several years and if
his resolution should be adopted it
would mean suspension of effort in all
other directions. But the chances are
that the Scott scheme will never get
beyond the committee room and that
the last has been heard of it. The
Roosevelt dander is up and the presi-
dent is getting ready to say some very
lively and interesting things to some
Of the senators.
The country will find that the same
strenuous, plain spoken, energetic and
positive gentleman is still occupying
the chair at the white house that
formerly occupied the one in tho state
house at Albany and later was made
vice president of the United States,
to be made it's president by a calam-
ity that befell the nation. n
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-31
THE PROPOSED PORTFOLIO.

Butte Miner: 1t was said by one
of old that Of making books there
was no end, and from the action re-
Gently taken by the senate it would
seem that there is 10 overwhelming
desire to cripple the industry of cabs
met making.
With the growth and progress of the
country it has been necessary from
time to time to enlarge the immediate
official family Of the president, to the
end that all interests might receive
their due need of attention.
In comparatively recent years the
bureau of agriculture was created to
conserve the farming interests of the
republic, and the rural citizen and
brother has been carefully educated
at government expense in the various
kinds of hayseed most becoming TO
him when he has his agricultural hab-
it's on straight.
The agricultural portfolio, like all
the other members of the cabinet fam
lily, quickly adjusted itself to the work
in hand and has doubtless been very
useful in dispensing information and
seeds to the bone and sinew of the
American republic.
1t has been long apparent to those
who have given careful thought to a
rational division of the duties resting
upon cabinet officers, that three new
portfolios might with propriety be
created-commerce, labor and mining.
1t has been deemed proper to com
bine commerce and labor, with a de-
partment for manufactures and other
interests heretofore classified other
wise, presumably for the purpose of
keeping the cabinet officer busy when
not doing his chores.
In the creation of this portfolio
more closely identify the interests OF
the manufacturer, the tradesman and
the laborer. by associating their con
Germs under one general head in the
affairs of state.
No doubt this arrangement, if each
department receives it's proper atten
ton and profits accordingly, may bar
monte many interests heretofore con
flicting, and largely do away with the
vexatious misunderstanding hat toe
often arise between labor and capital
The. new portfolio, if created, viii
enable the government to consider
problems arising in manufacturing
and trade circles in connection will
labor, and if conducted along fair ant
impartial lines conserve the interest:
of all concerned.
If it be the purpose to endow the
new department with the powers out
lined in the telegraphic advices from
Washington, it's creation will serve ;
wholesome purpose, and bring the at
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-31
READY TO BE SWORN IN.
Ex-Governor Shaw Arrives In WASH
ington.

Washington, Jan. 3O.-Ex-Governor
NJ. L. Shaw, the next secretary of the
treasury, arrived here with Mrs. Shaw
and went at once to the Arlington
hotel. Their train was delayed three
hours by snow storms. Mr.. Shaw will
call on the president tomorrow morn-
ing when the time of his taking the
oath of office to succeed Mr.. Gage
will be determined.
Mr.. Shaw said tonight that he ex-
pected to be sworn in as secretary Of
the treasury next Saturday morning,
in accordance with the understanding
reached with Secretary Gage before
he went back to Iowa to close his af-
fairs there.
@rAu re -Ln@II~h
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-31
ARE NO LONGER ONE.

There is war, fierce, bloody n de-
vastating wal on between a certain
fac. i.n of the fusion forces at Butte.
C. w. Clark, one of the men who con-
tributed much to the success of the
freak which carried the state a year
ago last rail-, has had a falling out
with the county attorney Of Silver
Bow county and in his fathers news
paper calls that distinguished gentle
man a liar. Not only that, but goes
so far as to cast serious reflections on
his ability as a lawyer and intimates
that his morals are not of the high
standard he would have the public
believe.
The trouble between the two origi-
mates in a nasty divorce suit in which
the county attorney appeared as one
of the lawyers for the plain
tiff and which had as one
of it's sensational features the arrest
of several men on the charge of per-
jury. Now it happens that the alleg-
ed perjury was committed for the
benefit of Mr.. Breen's client and when
arrests were made he ordered the dis
missal If some of the parties. Mr..
Clark's sympathies were en- the side
of the defense and he was anxious
that the men be prosecuted. To that
end he called on the county attorney
and asked him to step aside and al
low attorneys employed for that pur-
pose to conduct the prosecutions.
This request vas refused and Mr..
Clark was informed by the public
prosecutor that he proposed to dis
pose of the cases as he saw fit.
Subsequently the attorney general
Quilted in," to use the expressive if
inelegant language of the Silver Bow
prosecutor, and sem one of his as
sistants over to Butte to see that
things were done regularly. This
gave offense to Mr.. Breen and he re-
scented what he termed the W
ranted interference and reflection on
his official honesty and ability. 1t
was while giving voice to his indigna-
ton that he charged Mr.. Clark with
having made threats to have him re-
moved from Office unless he harked
to him and stepped down and permit
ted the case to be prosecuted by those
whom the friends of the defendant in
the divorce proceedings had employed
for that purpose.
Mr.. Clark deals the following part
ing blow to Mr.. Breen:
$50 far as I am concerned I wish to
state that n further discussion of
this matter between Mr.. Breen and
myself is at an end, as l do not care
to discuss law and order points with
any man, who, in my belief. knows
SO little about law or anything, and
yet, as I understand, in his ignorant
way. poses as a county attorney fit
to handle the affairs Of Silver Bow
county and has an idea that he can,
by taking a high moral ground, which
1 do not believe he possesses and
has possessed, secure for him
self the nomination and election as
a district judge of this county, or as
attorney general of the state of Mon
tana."
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-31

In the selection of a reception COM
mittee Mayor Low has shown great
discrimination and regard for the pos
Henry. The list of names submitted
to the country contains. those of men
who are capable of giving the young
may want.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-31

Whatever the outcome of his az
peal to the president may be, Schley
has C%hicago's heartiest assurance of
full and profound sympathy and
though the decision may be that
Sampson was the man who did it all,
the big town on the shores of Lake
Michigan will raise it's voice with the
rest of the country and say, like
Kelly did
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-31

California has scored first in the
matter of the failure of the peach crop
and gained a decided lead over the
rest of the country given over to the
cultivation of the luscious fruit. Mich
igan and New Jersey were caught nap
ping for once.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-31
Better Than Evpr...
HUNT l,ssss,s.,lr
New Styles and Prices
TIME TABLE,
Billings, Mont.
KANSAS CITY,
ST. LOUIS.
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OMAHA,
CHICAGO,

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and all points east. south and weet.
TRAINS ARRIVE AND DEPART AS Follow
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seph, Atchison. Omaha, Lin
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Leave 1l:5o p. III
No. Al. Passenger, daily from above
points. Arrive. l:55 am
No. 49,. Freight, daily, Sheridan and
intermediate points. Leave. 1890 am.
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.
For information, maps, tables, and
tickets call on or address ]. L. Har-
rington, agent, H. B. Segur, general
agent, Billings, Mont, OF J. Francis.
general passenger agent, Omaha, Neb.
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Era stst,onar.

The Gazette Is prepared to I'LL on
short notice any order tor engraved
or embossed stationery. For all
kinds OF fine printing this Office as.
sures its patrons the best workman
ship and a superior grede OF stock II
every Instance :15
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-31

If the Berlin dispatches tell the
truth it should not be very difficult to
locate the point of origin of the cold
wave which has been sweeping over
this country during the past few days.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-31

ST. JOHNS HEADACHE CURE
will cure your headache. Sold Ivy Chap
ole Drug Co
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-31

With a real prince to lay the cor
ner stone of one of it's exposition
buildings, st. Louis is willing to take
chances On the rest of it's big show.
Such a feat would be even more than
Chicago was able to lay claim to when
it engaged in the entertainment bust
ness.
The Yale expositor., 1902-08-08
A Mexican Paradife.

People AZ the federal capital have
been grooming about what they are
pleased TO call the "calor excessive. 4"
or tremendous heat. Here In happy
Tabasco we have a constant heat. get
used 90 H. and live as merrlly as the
gamboling monkeys in the jungle.
And we are healthier here than PEG.
pie are up in the City OF Mexico.
where men chase the rolling peso TO
keep In funds To meet the demands OF
a society which worries them while
pretending To amuse Here full dress
Is n neglige shirt. as negllge as you
please. pair OF light trousers Garter
Is wearing yellow nankeen this sum.
mcr). and n smile OF contentment.
The up-country plantations report
good times. salaries are on the far
east schedule. champagne is no lux.
ury. but daily comfort. and mission.
airy effort is unknown.-Tabasco
(Mexico) Tageblatt.
The Yale expositor., 1902-08-08

artists and art lovers Of the world
certainly must find this an effort
worthy OF their support.
Tho campanile was one Of the
glories OF Venice. like the cathedral
and the ducal palace. the Rialto and
tho Lions.
The campanile was 325 feet high
and ~ feet square at the base. II
was built OF brick and the belfry that
topped II OF marble Upon the belfry
stood an angel. clad in golden plates.
laid on core OF wood.
One thousand years ago its iounda.
tons were laid by the Doge Pietro
Tribune. and II was completed 23i
years after in 1871 A. ID. The belfry
was added in the first year OF the
sixteenth century and was the work
OF Bartolomeo Buouo. The gallery at
tho top was reached by n series OF
inclined planes instead OF by stairs.
and there were no windows in tho
tower, only clefts for light
The Yale expositor., 1902-08-08
chlnaman Wlna Yaln Aonora.

Bartlett G. Young. this years presI.
dent of the Yale University Banjo
club. is OF Chinese parentage. though
born In this country His father DR..
Young Wing. graduated from Yale In
1854 and later married n Miss Kel.
logg. member OF a prominent Connec.
ticut family and n famous beauty In
her day. lie lived In Hartford for
many years. being on intimate terms
with Mark Twain. Charles Dudley
Warner and other notable literary
persons. and only returned TO his ma.
tive country on the death OF his wife
few years ago. At the time OF his
boys birth DR.. Young was n special
envoy Of China in Washington, and
therefore the young man is held to
be a Chinese. though born In th!s
country.
The Yale expositor., 1902-08-08

ing. Their campanile was their eye.
their dial. their pivot. about which the
whole life OF the city swept. Besides.
II was beautiful. and II survived TO
them out OF past OF glory and power.
A Waterman In the gallery night
and day for hundreds OF years swept
the sea with his eye for the approach
OF the argosies that made Venice rich.
or the raid OF the enemies that want.
ed her destruction. For hundreds o.
years the bells OF the tower. far up
In the air. had chimed the hour. or.
like tocsin. sounded the alarm. had
rung out in Joy for the victories OF
Venice. had sent down munied sounds
to tell Venice To mourn. Even now.
in this modern day. the base OF the
tower was the center OF activity. and
the million doves OF Venice were fed
there every evening by the bounty OF
tho municipality.
Till the fourteenth century Venice
continued TO adhere 10 the old Byzan.
tine style OF sculpture. In the early
part OF the fourteenth century Floren.
tine influence rapidly gained ground.
and many sculptors from Florence
The Yale expositor., 1902-08-08
Formation Of swamps.

John Clifford. In a book on Practical
Forestry says Vast areas of fertile
land consist almost exclusively OF the
detrltus OF the forest. Vegetable
matter. In the form of humus. result
ing from the decomposition OF the
litter on the forest floor. has formed
In many places several feet In thick
ness. The acreage OF swamp lands
that have been formed In this way Is
immense. In addition TO large patch
es OF swamps here and there, there
are many miles OF swamp or river for
est along our southern rivers. The
process OF soil formation by the an
nual addition OF vegetable matter may
be seen TO good advantage In the Dis
nal and Okcefeenokee swamp of the
South. by digging through thu vege
table accumulation OF the Dismal
swamp for several feet. one reaches
sand containing shells This indi
Gates that the depression In which the
swamp was formed was once an arm
Of the sea. '. began. no doubt. rs a
salt marsh; later few trees that
could endure such conditions found
foothold and now Il Is covered with
n dense forest growth OF many spe-
cies. Little by little the forest de-
tritus has increased in thickness I'M
I'll the swamp has reached an eleva'
ton higher than the surrounding land
In fact. elevated swamps are common
in many parts OF this country. A
swamp is usually defined as n tract
OF land with or without trees lower
than the surrounding country. and so
saturated with water as 10 be UNIT
for cultivation. The term swamp"
in the South usually refers 10 wood.
cd region that is higher than the sur
rounding land. and. when cleared and
drained forms excellent farm land.
The Yale expositor., 1902-08-08
Living for the Future

Would Il not ennoblc our daily ex.
istence n We more wildly realized.
than we do customarily. that our hu.
man life is not ultimate even I'm this
sphere. not limited by its extent and
duration. but has an immortal pro.
longation even in this world. even
when pursued for personal ends? It
is true that no man liyeth 10 himself
or dieth 60 himself. for life and death
through personal experiences. have n
more OF less remote projection upon
tho race. The energy. force and men.
tai aud moral power set free must
have certain continuance. God
will not be put of or relegated TO
some other time and place. He Is
hero at your elbow. and at mine. tell
ing us TO use the day wisely. cheer.
fully. Justly. TO enjoy. to love. to
worship. TO act now; for In this day
The Yale expositor., 1902-08-08
How Planta use Carbon.

a bulletin OF the Virginia station
says: During the hours OF sunshine
all growing plants which feed directly
upon soil and air must have their as.
similating chloropiyll-bearing cells
continually In contact with a chang.
ing volume OF air. IN order that the
carbon. which makes mp so large a
part OF their dry weight. mar be OBJ
tanned In sufficient quantity from the
carbonic acid gas In the atmosphere.
But the more recent analyses OF air
show that on the average Il contains
but one part OF carbonic acid by
weight in 1000 parts. Now. how
much air must n field OF clover breath
In order that IL may produce two tons
OF hay per acre? Let us see.
BoussIngault found by analysis that
$500 pounds OF clover hay harvested
from an acre of ground contained no
less than / $50 pounds OF carbon. and
as this was derived almost wholly
from the carbonic acid in the air. II
must have decomposed 6.l60 pounds
OF carbonic acid in order to procure
IL. But as there Is only one pound
OF carbonic acid In 1000 OF air. IL
follows that 12.320.O0O pounds OK air
must have yielded up the whole OF It's
carbonic acid gas in order to supply
the needed amount OF carbon. Now,
one cubic foot Of air at a pressure OF
29.922 inches and ut a temperature OF
62 degrees +. weighs .0S072S pounds.
and this being true. not less than
152 600. 600 cubic feet of air must have
been required TO meet the demands or
this clover field for carbonic acid.
This amount OF air would cover the
acre to a depth OF 3.bOs feet. having
n uniform normal density.
The Yale expositor., 1902-08-08
Escapes Autograph Hunters.

Gabrielle D'Annunzio. the dlstln.
guished Italian writer. has been re.
ceiving during the last few months SO
many requests for his autograph
from collectors and admirers not only
In Italy. but throughout Europe. tina;
he has Mt last grown tired OF signing
his name and has adopted novel
method OF notifying the public that
he is unable To comply with any such
requests in future. In the hotel at
Bologna where he is staying this no.
tlce may now be read: Gabrielle
D'Annunzio's right hand is injured
and therefore he regrets to say tina;
he cannot write his name In albums
or on postal cards" etc.
The Yale expositor., 1902-08-08
FLAGS ON PRIVATE YACHTS.
Black an Unpopular Color Among
Amateur Sailors.

Black an Unpopular Color Among
Amateur Sailors.
No one has the courage 10 ny a
black flag as n private yacht signal,
and even black In combination with
other colors is extremely rare. Orange
and black are occasionally seen to-
gether, the owners being Princeton
men. A grewsome flag Is on tho
Fedalma. the steam yacht OF Augustus
c. Tyler OF New London; a pointed
black flag with a red Maltese cross in
the center. New Workers are familiar
with William X. Vanderbilts colors,
white with n black stripe-the same
on the turf as on the water II. G.
Roome's flag Is more than half black
with blue cross in the center. Sec
rotary Cormack's penrant IS in equal
portions white and black. vertically
divided. Tho most striking combina
ton OF black and white IL John Taylor
Lords p.nnant You have seen II at
the main truck OF the Queen Nab
black ground. with a perforated white
Maltese cross in the center Here Is
the cross without the skull and bones
New York Press.
The Yale expositor., 1902-08-08
not rrLz DURING ILLNEss.
kentucky Housewife With Sharp Eye
for Business.

tor bublucbo.
From kentucky comes the solution
OF the problem. How Shall ! Avoid
Loss OF Time While lll?" A Mr.. Fill
son. farmer residing near Eminence.
in that state. was bedfast of n fever.
Upon him depended the support Of
n large family. Sickness In his case
was worse than n luxury: IL was a
sin. To overcome the loss OF labor as
much as possible his good wife col
lected all the eggs on the farm, Dor
rowed as many as she could from the
neighbors. and tucked them carefully
about her feverlsh husband. Then
she resumed the concocting of grucls
and awaited developments. Results
justified the experiment The hus'
band was as good as a hen. His fever
having no ague complications, he did
not shake and crack the eggs. but
now there is n large brood OF spring
broilers going to the market from
that little home. Furthermore, Mr..
Filson's health is restored. lie not
only comes off his nest conyalescent,
but he has no financial loss or worry
TO occupy his mind and throw him
into a relapse
The Yale expositor., 1902-08-08
Beauty and Truth
of Life with Christ

environment. he need not trouble
about avoiding the wors,. The good
drives out the bad. There are two
ways of lighting a dark room. One is
to attack the darkness with candles.
The other is to open the shutters and
let in the light. When light comes.
darkness goes. There are two ways
OF forming character. One Is TO con-
quer our sins. the other is 20 cultivate
the opposite virtues. The latter plan
Is best. because IL Is surest-the vir-
tue replaces the sin. Christianity is
not a drill IL is life. full. free. radi.
ant and rejoicing. What a young man
should do is not TO vex himself about
his imperfections. but to fix his mind
on the bright image OF perfection: not
to weary his soul with rules. but TO
live with Christ as one liveth, with a
friend. There Is one way 20 complete
manhood and that Is. fellowship with
Jesus Christ-John Watson.