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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03
HINT TO WILHELM.

The suggestion that as long as we
have entered upon an era of statuary
construction and the erection of ef-
figies to- the memory of dead and gone
heroes and great men we might do a
little in that line toward paying artis-
tic and material tribute to the memory
of Baron Steuben is a good and time
ly one. AS Steuben was a Prussian
and aide to Frederick the Great it
might be an exhition of that Yankee
acumen and shrewdness that has be-
come proverbial to drop a hint to the
kaiser that if he really insists on send
ing us something in the way of a
statue that would be really welcome
and duly appreciated, he should sub
stitute an image of the baron for that
of the man whom he served in the sew
en-years war. The statue would be
all the more welcome because it would
be that of a man whose services to the
country when most needed are still
we'll remembered and whose name is
deeply graved in the hearts of the
people. Beside, the people know
more OF him and having rendered eff
ficient help in laying the foundation
for a republic and that republic our
own "a statue of him would appeal
more to us than one of a king whose
very nature, ideas and training were
inimcal to such a form of government.
On top of all this Wilhelm would still
have the pleasure of giving us a statue
OF a German, a Prussian at that.
1t is possible that the kaiser has
never thought of this, or else is not
much given to making presents of
statues of men who left the water
land and died in a republic, for unlike
Rochambeau Steuben was content to
remain in the country whose freedom
he helped to achieve.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03
SHILLING CONSCIENCE.

Anaconda Standard: While trust
worthy statistics of horse expectations
from Montana, for use by the British
army, r not at hand it is estimated
by conservative men that Is, 0 Mon
tana bred mounts have left the state
fer South Africa in recent months.
There is no reason to doubt that the
number was more than this. Fifteen
thousand, at the excellent prices that
have been paid, mean the placing of
considerable money in circulation in
the state, a fact that is pleasing to
all concerned, though the object for
which the horses were purchased is
not one that commends Itself to the
fair-minded American.
For all that and for ali the criti.
cism the national government has
brought upon itself by letting Great
Britain ship mounts from this country,
who is to say that the Beers have not
profited quite as much as the British
by reason of the British army's extern
sive purchases in this country? The
British pay for the animals and pay
the freight on top of that, but the en-
terprising Beers, if their action in
the brush with Methuen is to- be TAX
EN- as a sample of their work, are the
ultimate beneficiaries-they get the
horses. Certainly the Beers have need
ed remounts during the war-almost
as badly as the British needed them
but no n hears of the Beers buy
ing remounts. Why should they?
England has been furnishing the sup
ply.
And so Montana's conscience need
not trouble her overmuch for having
sold horses to the o%ppressor. If the
Montana range bronco has helped
England wage an unjust war, he also
has helped the Beers in their
struggle for freedom-and he didn't
cost the Beers a cent.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03
HENRI WANTS PIE,

Louisville Courier-Journal: Let
none of us be too critical and fastidi-
GUS about platforms. There were par
ties before platforms. Nothing should
&c into the platform which would
tend to drive any one from the party
who supported it in 1896" Nor should
anything go into it tending to drive
off the thousands whose votes are in
~dispensable to victory.
To those democrats who cling to the
idea that we are under some obliga-
ton in the interest Of consistency to
repeat the admitted mistakes of other
campaigns, let us say that there is
nothing sacred either about platforms
or about consistency. Each presi-
Dental campaign at least must stand
as each has always stood, upon it's
own bottom. So, in the main, must
each state campaign. In public life
men must often do as they can rather
than as they would; in practical at
fairs, both public and private, the
rule that circumstances alter cases is
above all law. He is the best leader
who, to the J~effersonian requisites
of %capability and fitness, unites and
exemplifies the genius for success; be-
cause in politics, hardly less than in
war, success is the ultimate standard
of measurement.
Why should we agitate ourselves
over the platforms Of 1896 and 1900,
On which we lost two successive pres
idential battles? If it be insisted that
we turn back for a platform, why not
that of 1892, on which we won our last
presidential battle? The truth is, we
should retrace no footsteps, saddle
ourselves with on handicaps, but,
turning our backs upon the past, our
faces to the future and the foe, we
should gather the ample shelter, of the
old democratic %campground and re-
kindle the fires that once blazed there,
saying to ourselves and to one an
other-saying in reverence and not
in acknowledgements shall be by
gones-by the eternal and through the
grace of God-bygones shall be by
cones!
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03

1t is but charitable to say that force
of habit is responsible for the outcry
now going up from certain democratic
newspapers in reference to the bill
passed by the house last Thursday
having for it's purpose increase of the
subsidiary coinage. They have be-
come so accustomed to say something
whenever the matter of silver is men
toned that they could not keep still
on this occasion. They say it is an
other "blow at the white metal"
Probably it is, but one ct kindness.
The standard dollars, silver, are to be
recoined and transformed into frac-
tions of their former value. In this
shape they will circulate more freely
than in their old, cumberson form.
Many persons who do not want the
"cartwheels" as such will accept them
in their new shapes and the amount
of silver in actual circulation will be
greater than now. 1t will in nowise
depreciate what little value as legal
tender silver may still have. The
nation is committed to the single
standard and the sooner it does away
with whatever vestige still remains
of the silver standard the better it
will be for everybody. The success
of the single standard has been DEM
onstrated and the people are satisfied.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03
IT SHINES FAR.

Baltimore American: If Diogenes
were living he would have a hurry call
to New Jersey, where a man has Civ
en- UP his entire fortune to secure the
interests of poor depositors in an as
ISOLATION with which he is connected,
although not personally responsible
for the error imperiling these inter
ests. This good deed shines far in a
naughty world in which the corner
ing of the peoples food supply is Just
now the prominent exhibit.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03

than the president Of the United
States and instead of the governor
seeking the president, the president
should go to the governor.
When he left his native state, New
York, in 1854 had he elected to go
south instead of west he probably
would have been a rank se%cessionist.
for he was an extremist in the. mat.
ter OF states rights as he was in ey-
e%rything. 1t was his belief in the doc
trine which led up to the civil war
that caused him to ignore and defy
federal authority as far as he dared.
1t was this belief that caused him to
snub President Harrison and later
to show his contempt for Cleveland
by fixing by proclamation another
date for Thanksgiving day than that
set in Cleveland's proclamation, and
also to send an insolent message to
Cleveland to mind his own business.
when the president, through the sec.
rotary of state, asked him to see that
the laws were enforced for the pro-
lection of the Chinese at the time the
exclusion act went into effect.
Pennoyer was rude and egotistical,
but not picturesque. He was Of the
same school as Waite and Llewellyn.
They were never accused of being
picturesque or even interesting.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03
SMALL PER CENT.

Boston Transcript: In the. course
Of our occupation Of the Philippines
we have had at times as many as r.
900 officers and men in the islands.
The proportion of officers and
soldiers who have been guilty Of
crimes or charged with them is to the
whole number so small that it would
require a string of decimals to ex-
press it's percentage of the whole.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03
GOOD HEAD TO HONOR.

Portland Oregonian: At last a wo-
mans head is to adorn a United States
postage stamp. Very properly this will
be the head of Martha Washington,
the first mistress of the republican
court" Upon the new Scent stamp
soon to be issued will appear in pro-
file the benign features of this grand
colonial dame-the wife of Washing
ton.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03
BOYS LEAVE REFORM SCHOOL
Being Pursued and Doubtless Will Be
Captured.

~. z-uE...H- oil w
Miles City, June 1.-Stanton and
Hammered, two reform school boys,
got away about 8 o'clock this after
noon. Their flight was discovered
about three-Quarters of an hour after
ward and j. B. Hawkins and Superin-
tendent Dickinson started in pursuit
on horseback. After inquiries. it was
found they had taken the railroad and
were going toward B~latchford, east
OF Miles City. At 6 O'Clock it was
learned from railroad men that the
boys were about three miles ahead of
their pursuers. They have not yet
been captured. The boys were both
TRUSTEES and would have been paroled
in a few weeks. This escape, il they
are captured, as doubtless they will
be, will set them back a year.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03
Prominent wooIorower Dead.

Lewistown, June Nv. H. Coder.
the well-known sheepman OF Alpine,
died at his ranch last evening after
a long illness from rheumatism.
Death is supposed to have been caus-
ed by rheumatic trouble reaching his
heart. Mr.. Cooler was so years old
and never had been married. He was
one Of the prominent woolgrowers Of
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03
And now a learned SCIENTIST make

And now a learned scientiest makes
the announcement that Montana will
be the next to holo the attention of
the audience while it gives a little
performance in the volcano line. He
has underlined the Bitter Root range
as the holder of the center of the
stage when the turn" comes on. I'm
fortunately he declines to fix any
dates fer the exhibition and conse-
quently the railroads are prevented
from announcing excursion rates to
the show.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03

In view of the alleged cause of Lord
Pauncefote's death it would seem that
a parliamentary inquiry as to any as
given by Great Britain to
the United States regarding the Eng
lish policy in reference to our late
war with Spain is entirely unneces-
sary at this time. Beside, the showing
made by Germany a short time ago
should of itself be sufficient to sat
isfy any gentleman of the English par
lament that there was no such an I'M
derstanding as was limited at in the
inquiry.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03
Battle on the Desert.

Algiers, June IA small detach-
ment of Arabs. commanded by a
French lieutenant. while returning to
Ain Salah, an OASIS in the Sahara.
after Furnishing a raiding band of
Tuaregs, was attacked by 500 Tuaregs
near Deilesses. The Tuaregs were
routed and left II dead on the field.
The French force had three men kill
ed and 10 wounded.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03
STILL HE LIKED IT.

Chicago Tribune: Notwithstanding
the hardships OF the presidential job,
Of which Mr.. Cleveland writes SO feel
ingly, it will be recalled that he hustl-
ed for it three times.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03
AGILE or FooT.

Washington Post: The gentlemen
who write resolutions at the demo-
cratic congressional conventions are
showing remarkable unanimity in
skating around the Chicago and Kan
sas City platforms.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03

Unlike the late MI. Phineas T.
Barnum, he of pleasant memory, Mr..
Albert Edward Victim will restrict his
effort toward achievement of the
browning event" of his life to a single
attempt, differing materially in this
respect from the old Snowman, who
made it an annual performance. =
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03
JUST a TRIFLE.

Chicago Post: Is it not a trife Pc
culiar that the democrats who are
so roundly criticising the republican
conduct of the war in the Philippines
are usually silent when some southern
mob lynches a negro or burns him at
the stake?
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03
SUMMER

Chicago Chronicle: We are now
approaching the period Of the year
when it becomes a question whether
it is better to be suffocated with dust
or to pay for being inundated by the
vehicle humorously called a "sprink-
ling cart"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03
A PoRTENTous G

Washington Star: Great import
ance is attached by English. military
people to the fact that General
Kitchener has smiled. The RESPONSE
bilities of an English officer are in
deed grave when his facial expression
is endowed with so much significance.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03
a TRIBUTE TO HANNA.

Indianapolis Journal: After all the
abuse that has been poured out upon
him, it is a striking evidence of the
great confidence of the public in SEN
ator Hanna that he is appealed to in
every industrial crisis ais the most up
right and most powerful arbiter in
the country.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03
A CONCEDED TRUTH.

Indianapolis Journal: Senator Hoar
made one statement in his recent
speech that contained more truth than
all the rest of it. He said: "You are
fighting for sovereignty" That tells
the whole story and is q complete
justification Of the administration pol
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03

As a declaration Of principles and
confession of faith the platform adopt
ed by the republicans of Ohio does
not appeal very strongly to the demo-
Gratis. In this respect it suits those
for whom it was adopted all the bet
ter. +;
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03

AS an "issoo'' Corporal O'Brien will
prove a failure for the democrats. The
gay corporal and still gayer p~revari-
Gator is to be prosecuted for perjury
committed in his statements to the
senate Philippine committee.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03

While its friends may declare that
it is not dead the condition Of the 1eas-
ing bill is certainly such as to justify
the liberal application of embalming
fluid.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03
A CLASS BY THEMSELVES.

Chicago Post: Every man who
loves the Stars and Stripes and who
hcnors the Union blue will be gratifi-
ed to e that Waller and Day have
been placed in a class by themselves.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03

Missouri need not quite despair.
a character to make it conclusive that
the mule has gone out Of business
there.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03
Valuable Picture Missinq,

Paris, June In. Chaudon. the
picture agent and expert at No. 20
Rue Chalgrin, who bought and ship
ped for Converse the Picture by Zeim.
and the American Express authorities
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-03
just ABOUT.

Philadelphia Ledger: President
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-11-08
ROBBERS RICH HAUL.

Disguised as Indians, Three White
Men Plumber a Rich Indian.
Helena, Mont, Nov. "a Missoula
special says: Word has reached here
that Michel, the wealthiest full-blood
Indian on the Flathead reservation,
had been robbed of $4,000 Saturday
night. During Michel's absence three
men, dressed as Indians, one as a
squaw, visited Michel's home on
Camas prairie, and while the one
dressed as a squaw interested Mich
els wife in conversation, the other
two went into an outbuilding in which
Michel had an old trunk, in which he
had stored the money, in 500 bills and
500 gold pieces, and carried away the
trunk with it's contents. Michels wife
became suspicious and discovered the
other two waking away with the treas
ure, and gave the alarm, but it was too
late, as the three jumped on horses
and bore the treasure away with them
in the darkness. A posse of young In
dams was formed to try and capture
the robbers, but without result.
Michel owns the largest herds of cat
tie and horses on the reservation, and
was afraid to trust his money in any
bank. . - u.f. i
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-11-08

HIS LOVE OR HIS LIFE.
minneapolis cir, Does Some shoo

Minneapolis Girl Does Some Shoot
ing.
Minneapolis, Nov. s. - Angered by
the refusal of Roy Williams, q packer
at the Palisade -four mill, to marry
her, May Smith, a pretty young wo-
man, last night: fred several shots at
him from a revolver which she had &C.
creted in her clothes, and seriously
wounded him in the abdomen. Will
Jams was taken to the city hospital,
but later was removed to his home, AZ
the wound was pronounced not very
serious, and unless blood poisoning
sets in his chances for a rapid recov-
cry are good. The woman and q COM
panion who witnessed the shooting
were arrested after b chase of three
blocks by a number of other mill en-
ployes, during which the Smith girl
reloaded her gun and emptied its con.
tents at her pursuers. She was locked
up at the police station, where she
was very defiant and would say very
little, exclaiming, however, when she
heard that her bullet had not been ia
tai, ooh. that 1 could only get another
shot at him! He deserves to die and
I am sorry that l didn't kill him!"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-11-08
IN N WITH CASEY.
Gen. Perdomo, Says Affairs on 18th.
mus Are Working Smoothly

Gen. Perdomo, Says Affairs on 18th.
mus Are Working Smoothly.
Panama, Nov. 5-Gen. Perdoma sent
q. Geographic message yesterday to
the authorities at Bogota as follows:
Troops and var material are at
present transported across the istrmus
on trains furnished by the railroad
company. We r working in perfect
harmony with Admiral Casey"
Yesterday afternoon Gen. Perdomo
received the following message from
President Marroquin at Bogota:
at is believed necessary, with re-
spect to the obligations you may have
contracted, to extend the amnesty un.
til Nov. Is"
This extension of time is presume
bly, given Gen. Vargas-Santos, military
director Of the Colombian revolution
lists, who is expected here Nov. s, an
opportunity to confer with the gov
eminent authorities at Panama.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-11-08
HRu,N GOES VISITING.
Bears Are Plentiful in the Black Hills
Reqion.

Bears Are Plentiful in the Black Hills
Region.
Lead, S. d.. Nov. 5.-Bear are quite
plentiful and bold in the Black Hills
this year, and a number have been
seen near Lead recently. One visited
the Puma mine in the outskirts OF
Lead during the past week and Gre
ated CONSERVATION among the en-
ployes above ground. The animal ap-
peared late in the evening. The men
heard him granting and smiling
around the outside Of the building,
and were considerably alarmed when
he thrust his head and shoulder partly
through the door into the engine
room. The men promptly Skinned to
the top of the boilers and after they
had thrown several Jumps of coal at
the bear it %retreated. Ambling of a
few yards it lay down under an cleo
trio light and was quiet for several
minutes, as If resting. It then got up
and disappeared into the thick brush.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-11-08
BRIDEGROOM IN PRISON.

Stole Money for Expenses Of Wedding
and honeymoon Trip.
Iowa Falls, Iowa, Nov. s. - Ed,
Shaffer Of this city has been sentenced.
to the penitcntiary for one year. He
Is the young man who pleaded guilty
to the Indictment Of grand larceny
which was returned on the claim that
Shaffer stole a $50 bill from his en-
ployer last August, the prisoner ad-
hitting he wanted the money to de-
fray the expenses of his wedding and
honeymoon trip. He was arrested
the same. week he was married, and
the preliminary examination ad.
Mitted he committed the crime for
which ne has just been sentenced to
pay the penalty.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-11-08
DESERVE RE LAsH.
scions Of Proudest Families In Great,
Britain Sentenced.

ScIons OF Proudest Fa!ntItes In Great
Britain Sentenced. =
London. Nov. 8. - The excitement
Sunday over the reported flight of q
peer to the continent was heightened
yesterday by the announcement that a
well known London society man,
Bernard Frazer, had been sentenced.
at the Norwich assizes to ten years'
penal servitude. With him WAS also
sentenced Arthur Thorold, the son Of
g clergyman, connected, az liz Frazer,
with one Of the oldest and proudest
families insthe United Kingdom. The
prisoners were charged with carrying
on 2 regular campaign to deprave the
morals of youths all over the country.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-11-08
General.

0SuSG0Is
Gov. Yates Of Illinois is very i'll with
typhoid fever.
The semi-annual statement of Iowa
state banks shows over $5,000,000 sur.
plus.
A party of citizens of Alaska called
upon President Roosevelt recently and
presented him with q magnificent
moose head.
Belfeld Walcott of Boston received
the decision over Jimmy Handler of
Newark in the ninth round. Handler
made a poor showing.
The Pacific Mail company's new
steiner, Korea, has arrived at San
Francisco ten days from Yokohama,
breaking the record across the Pacific.
The proposed $110, 000, 900 soft coal
merger will probably not be accom-
plished before spring, as Wall street is
not in a position to finance the under.
taking now.
Four hundred and fifty cigar and to
bacco dealers have formed a branch of
the Retail Cigar Dealers association
at Omaha, and will make q fight on
trust-made goods. 49,,
Mrs. Fannie McKane, widow Of the
former political leader in the old town
Of Grayesend. John 7. McKane, is dead
at her home on Long Island. She
leaves an estate valued at $500, 900.
It is understood from good authority
that arrangements are being made by
New York financial interests to ship
gold to Europe in considerable sums
within the next month or six weeks.
Peter Maher and PHILADELPHIA JacA
O,Rrien Shared siY rounds IN Phila.
delphia with even honors. The men
were in fne condition and the bout
was q determined n from start to
finish.
Negotiations are under way for q
merging of the Pittsburg Coal .compa-
ny and the Monongahela River Con-
solidated Coal and Coke company, with
a. 40 nnn ~ a a.uo.. Z. :, on noe 90 q, AA
ooo'ooo anu aseete g 4Av'Voo'o0
President. Roosevelt mas promiseo
President Wheeler; OF the University
OF CALIFORNIA, that ne would Vlsit tnat
state next spring: NO : was SET
1or the tr1p, wnicn VIII -include vlsits
to practically every western STATE.
- No.