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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-04
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APPLEs- Fhncy eyaporated Jolb boxes,
lOHNl0@e; lib cartons, fancy l0AMllc;
cAltons, ch rire, 10&Wl0l4c choice evapo-
rated. a9,mlNc; sun dgicd. Gi5c.
APRlC0TS-Per ID. loose, i0zd11e.
ClTKON-In lob boxes, 14c.
CIRItANTS-2J-ih boxes cleaned, bulk,
sMUec' 1lh cartons. aM6n1e.
DATES-1.lb packages, Tk6sc: FArd
dates &c; Nalicwei. huiE, cobb boxes, 90
dc.
Imported. 12lsefi5c.
PEACHES-Choice new stock, oGl9kc.
AISiNS--Califofnia. 3-erown, l., H..
boxes, Slc5Qf-75; l4-b boxes, L. ~ raisins,
U0uT0c; 2.crown, l.. Al. raislns, 5o-ib boxes,
71sGT&e; 3-crown, L. NJ, T9t1Sc.
PRUNES-california, 9o-lo0s, &c; so9os.
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AlETALs.
DRUGS AND CHEMTcALs.

Quinine. a6aAOc per ounce bottle; NOR.
phlpe. s2.2J42. 90 per ounce; cocaine. s5.25
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-04
FRUITB.

APPLEs--Ren Davis, 50. 5oaG co. better
grades, 81 .oO6fT 30
BANANAs-Loose, 81 5oGl 65; packed.
81. 1872 90; per pound, 2&c.
C0COANUTS-Pe sack. S3,75.
EMONSMcsginas, S3.95fI350.
khNGES--Califotpia nasels, s3.5O03. 10,
Mediterranean sweets. So. 10.
STRAWBERRIES Crate. % quarts
81 35G1 20. according to quality.
ACkRERRlHS--Ie bucket 10000
ctatcs, Si.25Gi 10. according 20 quality.
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3. 3. Morris & Cols Lelter.

pool is due to be unchanged on
y. Csrgill q Richardson.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-02
"TOM" OCHITREE.

BY the passing of Colonel Thomas
Ochiltree a decidedly picturesque per-
sonage is removed from American life.
His career was as varied as it was
unique and one that could have been
possible in nc other land save his
own. While not really great him
self, he was privileged to associate
with greatness and because Of his
personality was much sought by those
who believe in making life cheerful
and pleasant. He was a famous story
teller and because of his ready wit
and talent as a recounter found a well
come wherever he went. A true son
of bohemia, he was as much at home
when in the society of titled nobility
Of foreign countries as when in the
company Of some congenial spirits in
his own. Once he served as cen
gresham from Texas and under Gen
eral Grant filled the office of United
States marshal in the same state and
a close friend of the general. AL
though a lawyer, he took an occasion
al turn at other lines Of business and
at n time was the publisher of a
newspaper. Because of his friendship
for Ochiltree the late John w. Mackey'
the bonanza king, placed him in a po-
sition where he did not want for the
good things of life that he knew SO
we'll how to enjoy and the "Redhead-
ed Rooster of the Rio Grande" died
surrounded by all the comforts and
luXuries of a wealthy man.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-02
JUST LIKE HIM.

1t is safe to say that the letter of
President Roosevelt to the gentleman
from Charleston in reply to the OBJ
lection made by him to the appoint
ment of a negro to a public office of
responsibility and Importance sur
prised no one Had it been otherwise
than it was then there would have
been ground for surprise and disap-
pointment. The stand taken by the
president is both honorable and hon
est, and truly American. Ability.
probity and all other essentials being
equal it would be manifestly wrong
for, the president to permit himself
to be swayed by the question of color
in the matter of an appointment to
Office. While pretending to desire the
elevation and advancement of the ne
gro, men of the kind as the one to
whom President Roosevelt address
himself, would close against him
every door of hope, every avenue
leading to that very goal for the at
tainment of which they pretend a de-
sire to assist him. By reason of their
numbers and in recognition of those
among them of marked ability and
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-02
MOST UNIQUE TRUST YET.

Cleveland Leader: The trust move
Minnesota, where the saloonkeepers
of two adjoining towns have pooled
their interests. Just like the big
trusts, this little combination is de-
signed to cut down operating ex-
penses and increase the profits.
There were formerly six saloons in
the two towns. The proprietors got
together and concluded that two sa-
looms could supply all the liquid re-
freshments required by the people
one in each town. Four of the sa-
looms are, therefore, to be closed. 1t
is estimated that two thousand dol
lars will be saved, to begin with, in
licenses. There will also be a
ing in rent, light and fuel. Then the
six saloonkeepers will take turns
about in working, and the services of
bartenders will be dispensed with.
The men in the trust figure that they
will sell just as much liquor in the
two saloons as they formerly sold in
the six, and the profits of each will
be larger. The only way in which
this trust differs from the big indus
trial combinations is in the fact that
there is no "rakeoff" for a promoter
and no watered stock to be sold to I'M
%suspecting investors.
Now, however, since the saloon
keepers have formed a trusts and have
concluded that two saloons can do
the business of six, the temperance
people of those towns should form an
opposition trust on the supposition
that if two saloons are better than
six, no saloons would be better than
two, and wipe out what are left. That
would be a new and interesting phase
of the trust question.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-02
LONG Mfr.

Springfield Republican,: 1t is a pic
turesque announcement that diplo-
matte relations between Greece and
Persia are about to be resumed after
an interval of non-intercourse extend
ing owe 1888 years. The last diplo-
matte relations between the two pow
ers, it is said, was when Darius, in
491 B. c., sent heralds to Athens to
demand the submission of the Greeks
to Persia. The immortal defense Of
the pass at Thermopylae by Leonidas
against the Persian host was in $50
B. G. The sending of heralds to
Athens by Darius was not equivalent
to the modern conception of continued
diplomatic intercourse, but the cpl
sode perhaps will serve in the way it
is now used in order to connect the
Persia and Greece Of today with their
mighty predecessors of the ancient
world. If the two countries were en-
bodied somehow in spirit and had
kept their faculties all these years
they might now sit down and have an
interesting talk over their experiences
since the days of Darius, Xerxes and
Alexander.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-02
EDWARD SMITH A FREE MAN.
Second Trial Of Alleged Street Car
Hold-up Ends.

Helena, Nov. 3O.-After two hard
fought trials within two weeks on the
charge of highway robbery, Edward
A. Smith is now a free man. 1t took
the second jury, which heard the case
before Judge Henry c. Smith of the
district court, less than an hour and
a half to arrive at a verdict of not
guilty this afternoon, When the ver-
dict was read Smith leaned back in
his chair and smiled.
In some respects the two trials diff
fer from any other of the criminal
cases in the county. The defendant
was made to don the garb of a high
wayman and to face the jury with a
pair of large %revolvers. This was to
show the impossibility of such identi-
fication as that given by some of the
witnesses for the state. This rather
spectacular proceeding was gone
through at each of the trials.
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against permitting him to be seated
in case Of his election to the senate.
He denies that he is a polygamist and
the ministerial association of Salt
the lawful number of wives and in
other ways deports himself as a good
and loyal citizen should. If such is
the case it is hard to be seen why his
belief that JOSEPH Smith was really
a prophet of the Lord and that Brig
ham Young was truly inspired should
be permitted to weigh against him so
far as his civil rights are concerned.
1t cannot be said against him as was
said against Roberts that he is living
in open defiance of the laws of the
land which as a senator he must swear
to uphold and protect. He is acknowl-
edgedly a monogamist, while Roberts
was and still is a polygamist. There
is where they differ.
So long as men conform to it's laws
the United States must take it's
chances and receive them into it's
lawmaking bodies, provided, always,
of course, that they are citizens and
in other ways qualified. No distinc-
lions should be made because Of the
religious beliefs that those aspiring
for Office may entertain.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-02
MUST TAKE HEED.

New York Commercial Advertiser:
1t is reasonable to suppose that when
the present congress assemblies it will
be in a chastened frame of mind, and
will be prepared to act in accordance
with the clearly defined wishes of the
country. These are for conservative
legislation of the kind mapped out
by the president. While the elections
chow that the people are not in favor
of the Bryan way OF dealing with the
trusts, they by no means show that
the people are opposed to all trust
legislation whatever. They have sim
ply taken the presidents word for it
that he will do what is wise and just
in the matter, and they will look TO
congress to carry his views into eff
feet. In other words, the result OF
yesterday in the country at large is
a Roosevelt victory, a vote of unshak-
en- confidence in him, and the repub-
lican majority in congress cannot be
so obtuse as not to perceive it.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-02
II PUBLIC LANDS.

Minneapolis Journal: The annual
report of the secretary Of the interior
shows that of the original public land
area of 1900, 530,S40 acres, 500, 1885,.
476 acres remained undisposed of,
ISL ,161 ,63S remain as reserves and
TAG, 422,7 26 have been disposed of. 1t
will be seen from these figures that
more than 1000, O0O, 900 acres of land
still remain as reserves or unappro-
priated. Most of this land lies in
mountainous or arid regions, but prob
ably 100, 200, 900 acres of the arid
lands can be irrigated, much of the
mountainous land is valuable for it's
timber and irrigation will give value
to much arid land that cannot itself
be watered.
1t should be the purpose of the gov
eminent and of congress and the spec
ial duty of western members to see
that what is left of the public lands
shall be conserved in every possible
way for the benefit of the masses OF
the people instead of a few individ-
uals or corporations.
The secretary makes it very plain
that the plan to withdraw large areas
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-02
HOCH DER HAHN ERICH!

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: 1t is
now said that the man after whom
America was named was a German,
and his name was Haimerich, Italian
lied into Amerigo. We never fancied
being discovered or named by a Latin.
We always imagined him sailing up
and down our shore in a banana cart.
But Haimerich is a different PROPOSE
ton. We are kindly disposed toward
him. We know that the hold OF his
ship was stocked not with spaghetti,
but with pretzels and our favorite
brew. internationally we have ga
along rendered homage to Haimerich.
Unknowingly we have built monu-
ments to him in our breWeries. This
~-scovery explains u seeming preju-
dice against the Latins. Now we bear
them no i'll will, but they must cease
to taunt us with the fact that Il
continent is named for them. This
is Haimericha. NIGHT wahr? Then
let the mans be changed. Hoch '"~
crosse Haimerich!
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-02
is HARDLY FAIR.

Those ministers of the gospel and
the editors who have already array
ed themselves against the candidacy
of Apostle Reed Smoot seem to over
look the fact that in the United States
vorced. The mere fact that he sub
scribes to a form of religion o which
they cannot give their support be-
cause of it's plainly human origin can
not be considered az a valid argument
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-02
THE WEATHER QUESTION.

At first glance the order of the
weather bureau disseminating the
transmission of forecasts to this city
may be regarded by many as unim-
p%ortant and not worthy of considera-
ton. But for all that it is really i'm
portant, especially to the stockmen.
Because of the excellent system Of
telephone communication which the
city has with the surrounding coun-
try iii every direction it has been an
easy matter to take advantage of the
forecasts and to warn the people in
distant parts whenever a storm Of
more than ordinary severity was pre-
dicted. By this means it is believed
that losses to stock have been pre-
vented that otherwise would assuredly
have occurred.
While the service was maintained
but little heed was paid to it, but since
bulletins are no longer posted many
who hitherto have seemingly been
ignorant of the fact that such informa-
ton was given out have been heard to
express themselves in a way that
leaves no doubt as to the manner in
which they have regarded the service.
The suggestion has been made that
steps should be taken not only to have
the bulletins forwarded again. but to
petition the agricultural department
to install a regular station at this
point in charge of a paid member of
the weather bureau so that the full
limit of the benefits of the service
might be obtained. No matter how
the weather mar may have been re-
garded in years gone by, the efficiency
which now marks his department of
the government and the reliability of
the information he gives have caused
him to occupy a different position in
the public mind than formerly. The
people have learned that while not
always i%nfalible, the number of truth
full forecasts he makes largely out
weighs those wherein he misses. This
is evidenced by the way in which his
predictions are acted upon at seaports
and other shipping centers by the
mariners. If it is proper that sailors
should be warned Of approaching
storms, it is equally right that the
man who has herds on the prairies
should be notified of impending
storms, especially during the in
clement months of winter when such
forewarnings may enable him to make
provisions to save himself from
heavy loss.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-02

fitness are the negroes of the south
ern states entitled to some consider
alton by the president. But further
discussion Of the matter would be use
less. Everybody knows Theodore
Roosevelt not to be the sort of man
who will permit race prejudice to
stand between himself and what he
considers to be right and what he re-
CARDS as a performance of duty.
The last of the football games of
the year having been played it is to
be hoped that the young gentlemen
whose fathers are striving to give
them the benefits afforded by attend
ance at the various institutions OF
learning will not be offended if they
are reminded of the real purpose for
which they are there.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-02

While there seems to be a consid-
cradle difference Of opinion among
the newspapers of the state concern
ing the ACCESSIBILITY of continuing the
sale of state lands, about all are
agreed that the board of land com
missionors should not cease leasing
those lands Whenever possible. They
think the commissioners can afford to
take chances on finding some salts
factory n of investing the mon
ey derived from the leases, or that
at all events they can trust to the leg
islature to come to their rescue by
framing a law which will enable them
to put the money to some use more
profitable than the narrow limit OF
investment to which they are now con-
fined. It is a peculiar condition, that
which impels retirement from a mon
ey making business simply because
no ready avenue for the investment
of that money appears at hand.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-02
THE GRANDFATHER CLAUSE

St. Paul Dispatch: Following the
lead of Louisiana those southern
states which have remodeled their
constitution to give legal sanction to
the illegal methods of excluding the
black voter, have all inserted a pro-
viso, termed the grandfather clause"
which exempts from educational. test
veterans of the Civil wal and their
descendants, a dodge intended to re-
tain the vote of the illiterate whites.
The validity Of this proviso, when
guaged by the federal constitution, is
to be tested. A negro in Alabama
brought action against the election
officers who denied him the right to
cast his ballot, before Judge Jones,
whose appointment, on the recon-
mendation of Booker Washington,
caused so much comment. Instead of
dawdling along with a trial, Judge
Jones at once certified the question to
the supreme court. In Virginia, a SIM
liar action is brought.
There can be no question that the
supreme court will sustain the right
of a state to prescribe qualifications
for voters and to make education one
of them. There should be as little
doubt that it will also hold that there
can be no distinction among citizens
in applying the restriction. Even if it
should be held that service in the
army might be so exceptional a ser
vice as to entitle those serving to e
ception from the rule of uniformity,
still to extend that exemption to their
descendants is so palpable an eva
sion as to lose in that aspect it's gro
tesqueness. Divine justice may visit
the sins Of the fathers upon the chill
dren for generations, but ven the
puissance of legislatures and consti-
tutional conventions cannot visit the
virtues of the fathers upon genera
lions of their descendants.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-02
100000. This is about 5 per cent Of

000,0 This is about 5 per cent OF
the worlds total inhabitants, accord
ing to it's highest estimate. This 5
per cent of the worlds population has
at present taken possession of about
rs per cent of all the cultivated area
of the earth, namely, 407, 400, 900 acres
out of 1929, SOC, 900 acres.
OF the worlds wheat crop for the
five years, 1896 to 1900, the United
States produced 2O.7 per cen and in
1901 rs per cent.
OF the worlds corn crop for the six
years, 1895 to 1900, inclusive, the Unit
ed States produced IS per cent.
For the years 1896 to 1900 the Unit
ed States produced rs per cent of
the oats crop of the world.
OF the iron ore output of the world,
the United States produced in 1901
1913 per cent; in 1900, AZ per cent of
the worlds product of steel.
Our 5 per cent of population of the
world produces SIS per cent of all the
worlds copper.
Of the worlds output of lead, the
United States produced in 1900 29.6
per cent.
OF quicksilver, our product is SO per
cent of the entire worlds supply.
In the production of gold and sill
yer for the years 1900 and 1901 the
share of the United States was 81
per cent of the former and 80 per
cent of the latter.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-02
AMERICA THE ENCHANTED,

Minneapolis Journal: Hon. Lud-
wig Max Goldberger, royal privy coun-
cillor of commerce and member of the
Imperial German Consultative Board
for Commercial Measures, has prepar-
ed a series of articles under the title
of "The Land of Unbounded POSSIBLE
ities," which will be republished by
the United States treasury bureau Of
statistics. In the article Mr.. Gold
berger, our German observer, speaks
of the United States as an enchanted
garden of ma~rvelously productive
soil, from which have been brought
forth the splendid results of human
ingenuity. The thing that causes
most wonder, he says, is that the con-
%centrated intelligence which, intend
ing to replace human factors by ma
chinery, has, in working toward its
aim, given to constantly growing num-
bers of workmen an opportunity to
support themselves and become pro-
ductive factors. The joy at the size
of their own land, he says, encourages
each individual. 1t makes him COM
municative and friendly to foreigners
who are seeking information. 1t
seems as if every n were filled with
the idea: THE stranger shall see
how great and strong America isl
Here are some calculations which
Mr.. Goldberger has figured out show
ing the relative Importance of the
United States in the worlds work.
The inhabitants of the United States
including Porto Rico, Hawaii and the
Philippine Islands, number about 8S,-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-02

of the public land from settlement
and lease them to cattle raisers is
inimical to the best interests of the
country. 1t is a difficult task to say
just what land cannot be used by the
small rancher and what is fit only for
grazing. To withdraw the areas the
cattlemen wish to lease is sure to
put an end to the taking of govern
ment homesteads within the limits Of
the United States proper. In this
very region there were filed last year
1864 original homestead entries and
27,9O4 final homestead entries, aggre-
eating an area of l. 1000, 900 acres. If
$4,000 persons have recently found
desirable homes in this grazing coun-
try there is no telling how many
more will find them in the 525, OOO,-
600 acres that remain. Right under
III eyes here in the northwest we are
seeing thousands of settlers pushing
into North Dakota and taking up land
far west of the 1O1st meridian, with
very fair prospects of making good"
In Montana it is well known that
there are many millions of acres of
bench lands, on which cereals can be
raised without irrigation.
Then again the grazing lease
scheme, by cutting off the disposal of
public lands in the arid and semi-arid
states, would put an end to the fund
from which it is proposed to draw
for the expenses of turning water on
to those public lands which only re-
quire water to be as fruitful or more
fruitful than any other lands in the
republic.
The better way is to let the cattle
mar range his herds On the public
land he occupies will not be coveted
and holnesteaded by the rancher and
leave the latter free to take possession
whenever he feels like it.
The secretary takes strong ground
not only in favor of holding the land
for the people, but also the timber.
He wants to introduce a system of
care and protection for all timber on
unreserved public lands, and the land
commission recommends the abolition
of the stone-and-timber method of dis
posing of public lands.
Henceforth every care should be
taken to see that government land
passes only to actual settlers and
users and that it shall afford no foot
hold for monopolies and great cor
corporations.
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Had he not at one time owned a
trotting animal that bore the initials
of his name, it is probable that j. /.
Case, whose approaching death has
been telegraphed. would have gone
to his end with not much more than
a handful of persons knowing what
his inventive genius accomplished for
the benefit of the farmer and his son
who less than a lifetime ago were
compelled to swing a fail and thresh
their grain on the hard floor of a
granery. The fact that he invented a
threshing machine that lessened the
labors of thousands is overshadowed
by the fact that he owned a horse
known as Jay Eye See. But this is
a popularity of the present genera
ton.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-02

1t is probably because of the com
pany in which it would find itself were
division made an actuality that the
Muscular takes it's pen in hand to
enter a protest against the PROPOSE
ton. Were it not for the very OBJ
stacles of which it speaks, the Mis-
soulian would arouse from it's slum-
bers some morning to find itself no
longer in the same state as the cities
on this side of the main range for
which it processes to entertain SO high
a regard. While the division scheme
may be no more than what the Mis-
soulian characterizes tia splendid
phantom"-it is a spectre that many
in this part of the state still hope
to some day see develop into a real
ity. Although dwelling in peace and
unity, as the Muscular says, some
Of the counties and cities are still
81 the opinion that they could get
along in a manner much more salts
'actory to themselves We're they per-
nitted to cut loose from the old home
establish n of their own.