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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-18
Work OF the Senate.

In the senate today Senator Cock
rell Of Missouri reported from the COM
mlttee on military affairs the result Of
the Heistand inquiry hat was con
Quoted under the Pettigrew resolution
of the last session. No action was ia
ken on the report, which casts no re-
Election or any officers of the govern
ment whose names are mentioned in
connection with the case.
The house bill appropriating $780, 900
for furnishing transcripts OF the rec
ords of the general land office was
passed.
After q brief executive session the
senate adjourned.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-18

Brooklyn, y. Y, Jan. ia very timely
md practical suggestion comes from n ply
slclan Of this city. He says: TAKE Car
field Tea, the Herb Medicine. 1t Is especial
ly needed at this season, when the system
Is apt 10 be out Of order from eating rich
food. This wonderful remedy ~clcanscs the
system and regulates the liver, kidneys,
stomach and bowels. 1t Is simple, pure and
effective, and Is good for young and old"
According to DR.. Sidney Jones, 16, 900
consumptives are moving about Aus
tralia annually.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-18

ALI goods are alike to PUTNAM
FADELESS DYES, as they color all
ibers at one boiling. Sold by druggists.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-18

Use the famous Red Cross Ball Blue.
Large 2-oz. package 5 cents. The Russ
company, South Bend, Ind.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-18
Different Now.

Mrs. Winslow's SOOTHING SYRUP for children
lays pain. cures wind collie. % cents q bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-18

About forty bartenders attended SER
vices In a Cleveland church on a re.
cent Sunday. by invitation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-18

We use Piso's Cure for Consumption Ia
preference TO any other cough medicine
Mrs. S. Il. Borden, 442 p street, Wash
ington, ID. c., May %, 1901.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-18
Why His Genius Rests,

Omaha Worli-Eerald: Miss G~ushovc:-
Oh, Mr.. Branewrest, do you know l think
you have such a fine mind! And why
don't you go to writing poetry. or phil
osophy so that others may AVE the bene-
fit of your thoughts. Men of superior
mental endowments ought not to keer
their meditations selfishly to themselves.
MIR. Branewrest-I have, indeed, thought
of that, but my fear is that, since the
world is so full of books, 1t would be
found when my work was published thai
l had u~nknowingly but gone over the
ground already gone over by others, and
so | would be criticised for plagiarism.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-18

Quite so per cent of the property OF
England Is insured.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-18

until l took PERUNA. Three bottles
not only cured me completely, but 1t
left my system in n fine condition, and
| feel better than / have for years.
You have a host of friends In Mem
phis.-Mlss Lou Cetchum."
Miss Beatrice Brown, No. 500 Walnut
ST, Memphis, Tenn, writes:-"This
fall became very much run down, be-
ing overtaxed with social and domestic
duties. l caught n hard cold, and. my
system being in a weakened condition.
| found 1t impossible to shake off the
cold. / was advised by a nelghbor to
try PERUNA and bought n bottle, and
am only sorry now that l did not know
of ii before. as II would have saved me
SO much suffering. | shall not be with
out 1t again, as 1t effected n speedy
cure"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-18
One Sian Of Old ACE.

Detroit Free Press: Henry-How can q
man tell when he begins to get old2
John-Well, a man has begun to get old
when he finds out that he would rather
sit by the fire than go sleigh riding.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-18

Don't forget n large 2-oz. package Red
Cross Ball Blue, only 5 cents. The Russ
company, South Bend, Ind.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-18

Mrs. Geo. Kalb, Hot Springs, Ark,
writes: Systemic catarrh has troubled
me for nine years. l read in the papers
of the cures effected by the use OF Pc
runa, and | decided to give it n trial.
l had tried many good doctors but with
out avail. | took two bottles Of peruna
and felt so much improved that | kept on
taking it until had used twelve bottles,
and am now completely cured of the
dread disease"
Miss Nellie Crow, No. TIA Edith
place, Memphis, Tenn, writes:
LAS | was cured from n chronic case
of catarrh of the head, | am only too glad
to recommend Peruna. | have had more
or less catarrh ever since | can remem-
Der, and have tried numerous remedies
and doctors prescriptions, and while
some things would help me for the time
being, it is TO Peruna that | owe a per-
feet cure. 1t was recommended to me
10y n friend who had been cured through
its use, so ! gave it n trial ana it not only
cured the catarrh but toned up the entire
system."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-18
Capsicum vase!ine
Put Up in CoIIapslble Tubes.

A Substitute for and Superior To Mustard or any
other plaster, and will not blister the most delicate
skin. The pain allayine and curative qualities OF
this article are wonderful. IL will stop he tooth.
ache at once, and relieve headache and ~sciatica.
We IL as the best an / safest external
ounter-irritant KIN wn, also as AN external RENEE
dy for pains In the chest ana stomach aud all
rheumatic, neuralgia and equity complaints.
A trial will prove what we claim for IL. and ID
will be found TO he invaluable in the household.
Many people say 1T Is tire Lest Of al your prepa-
rations."
Price IS cents. at all druggists, or other dealers,
or by sending this amount to us In postage stamps
we will send you n tube by mail.
No article should be accepted by the public un-
less the same carries our label, as otherwise Il IL
not genuine.
ChEESEBR0UGH MANUFACTURING CO..
II State Street. New York City.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-14
LONG E OUT.

No matter what others may think,
Secretary Long is evidently of the
opinion that the Schley controversy
is a closed incident. He has formally
rendered his resignation as secretary
of the navy department, an act he
had under contemplation for a long
time, but which he would not carry
into effect until, as he announced,
and definitely disposed of, not wish
ing to earn the reputation of having
quit under fire. The fact that he has
now quit must therefore be accepted
as signifying his belief that the thing
is over, NJ matter what some of the
admiral's congressional friends may
intend to do in the premises.
AS Mr.. Longs successor the presi-
dent has selected Representative Will
liam L. Moody of Massachusetts,, thus
causing some disappointment as we'll
as surprise in certain quarters. In
picking out Mr.. Moody for the posi-
ton the president is said to have had
two easons. The first of these is
that he knows and likes the man and
considers him eminently qualified for
the place. Then, it is said, Roosevelt
wanted at least n man in his cabinet
with legislative experience, SO as. to
give to his official family a connecting
link between the executive and legis-
lative branches of the government.
The advantages this will afford are
readily to be seen and SO obvious as to
need no explanation.
The change is to be made May /.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-14
WILL DEMAND JUSTICE.

When next that amiable body
known as the state board of equaliza.
ton neets it will find itself confront
ed by a body of very earnest ana de-
termined men, the chairmen of the diff
ferent boards of county commission
ers of the state. They will be there
not merely in the capacity Of interest
ed spectators, but as men represent
ing the people of the counties upon
whom falls the burden Of supporting
the state government and state insti-
tutions. They will make a demand for
greater justice to their constituents
and cessation of the unreasonable and
disgraceful favoritism which the rail
roads have enjoyed ever since the or
ganization of the state. They will
tell the honorable board of equalizers
that the time has come when the rail
roads should be made to bear at least
a semblance of the load that others
owning property in the state are COM
PEELED to- carry. When they tell this
they will be fortified with figures that
the board cannot afford to ignore with
out deliberately laying itself open to
the charge of being the servant of the
railroads and the enemy of those who
elected it. To do this they will only
have to quote the figures the railroads
themselves have supplied-the valua-
tions placed per mile upon their road
beds by the companies when the
scheme of merging was undertaken,
and the valuation placed on them
by the board of equalization. The dis
.crepancy that will appear will be SO
great that even the board will be COM
PEELED to admit it's existence.
Whether the board will be governed
by the showing the chairmen of the
boards of county commissioners and
its own sense of right and justice, of
course, remains to be seen, but should
it continue recreant to it's duties the
people may be depended upon to take
steps to right the wrong at the first
opportunity.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-14
~DISPROVED ONCE MORE.

So often has the democratic lie of
deceit practiced on the Filipinos by
Dewey and other American officers by
promising them independence and
then ruthlessly b%utchering them and
seeking to enslave them as vassals of
this nation been d%isproved that to dis
prove it again is but piling Ossa on
Peleon. still the attention of the oppo-
sition is respectfully called to the
testimony of General Funston. The
general states positively and without
equivocation that A%guinaldo himself
told him that neither Dewey nor any
one else had made such promise to
him. General Funston is also giving
further testimony to the treachery
and bloodthirstiness of the gentleman
whom Senator Patterson and some
of his party would hold up to the
country as a reincarnation of Wash
ington and all the other patriots
whose names a nation holds in rever-
ence aAd respect. Not content with
ordering the murder of Americans,
this patron saint of the ants gave
directions to assassinate an officer of
his swn army because he suspected
him Of designs against his schemes
of a dictatorship and with harboring
ideas of placing himself in power.
His own countrymen he robbed and
oppressed and showed himself to be
the william and traitor he has SO often
been charged with being.
One would think they would event.
ually tire Of their efforts to make pc.
liticai capital, OF the Philippine ques.
ton, but the democrats and their al.
lies incapable of learning and
SO may be depended upon to founder
along and pull themselves deeper into
the slough into which they have plung.
ed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-14
A FAIR SAMPLE.

Representative Ray Of New York is
a good specimen of the small bore
statesman. Like many others of his
kind he is doing all in his power to
give force to the adage that all the
men bereft Of common, ordinary sense
are not dead, He also is living proof
of the narrowness of mind character
istic of the people of, the east, his part
of the east. He opposes national aid
to irrigation or the ground that as a
nation we have enough agricultural
lands already without adding to. them.
He says to increase the area of tilla-
BILE land in the west would be working
an injury to the east and south be-
cause it would decrease the value of
the land in those sections. He seems
to be blind to the fact that the popula-
ton of the country is constantly and
rapidly increasing and that with that
increase arises a demand for more
land; that the expansion of population
is westward, not in the direction of
the sections whose self-constituted
champion he is In his blindness and
prejudice he would erect a barrier to
retard the growth of the west and
force all to remain in the east or
south, there to huddle in the over
crowded cities or exc out a miserable
existence on the barren, rocky hill
sides of his own state or toll in the
thankless soil of the south.
1t is unfortunate that men of his
calibre should ever arise to the prom
inence of being permitted to l~egislate
on matter in which national interests
are involved. But under our system of
government such men have always
found it possible to be elected to Of
flee and probably always will. The
fact that they do not possess the quail
i%fications required of legislators does
not seem to cut much figure in the
opinion of those who elect them. That
they may be better fitted to perform
the duties of country road supervisors
than to undertake the task of legislat-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-14
Entered at the Billings Postot1ice as Second
Glass Matter.
FRIDAY, MARCH II, 1902.
JOHN p. ALTGELD.

In the death of John P. Altgeld
Illinois loses one of it's most unique
perscnages and the Bryan wing of the
democratic party one of it's strongest
supporters. Rising by leaps and
bounds from obscurity to a position OF
the creates prominence, Altgeld prov
ed an example of the fluctuations con-
stantly going on in the political life
of the country. Like many more who
had never been heard of outside Of
the narrow circles in which they NOV
ed, he was carried into Office by. the
great landslide of 1892 which resulted
in giving the nation the second demo
cratic president it had since the war
of the rebellion. One of his first acts
as an executive was to pardon the
convicted anarchists confined in the
p%enitentiary of his state for participa-
tion in a crime that had aroused the
entire land because of it's ferocity and
well planned attack OF the very in
situations of the land Sitself. Again
when in 1894 he resisted federal au-
thority by refusing to assist in the
suppression of the riots in Chicago
another wave of condemnation swept
over him from all parts and all peo-
pie.
Held UP by his friends as honest and
sincere in all he did, he was regarded
as a demagogue and dangerous man
by those who were opposed to him.
Always defiant of public opinion and
never so happy as when arrayed
against the current of popular thought,
he was the embodiment of the pc
culiar element in his own party which
is to be depended upon for antagonism
to existing conditions and prevailing
ideas. Whatever his motives, by his
vindictiveness and utter lack of tact
and diplomacy he destroyed any pow
er or influence for good he may have
possessed. His death will result in
no political changes in his own party,
nor will it have any influence on the
politics of his state. With his retire
ment as governor his power in every
direction ceased and he passes with
out a sincere mourner, save the mem
bers of his own family and the anarch-
lists. who saw in him their friend if
not one of their own number. AS his
life was one of turmoil and strife, so
may his rest be peaceful and calm.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-14
@ DRYING UP.

Springfield Republican,: The west
ern railroad traffic pool is going to
pieces through the withdrawal of the
Northwestern road. 1t is an illegal
institution, but whether the roads
mind that fact or not is doubtful. Pos
sibly the increased activity of the
interstate commerce commission has
something to do with the breakup.
The Southwestern Passenger associa.
ton is also crumbling, but nobody
seems to be daring enough to suppose
that this is due to any growing dis
position on the part of the roads to
mind the law.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-14
A SYMPTOM.

st. Louis Mirror: Champ Clark has
referred to the election OF Mr.. Cleve-
land to the presidency as "the great
est calamity that has befallen man
kind since the fall Of Adam" That
piece of Missouri persihage in con-
gress would amount to nothing if it
were not indicative of the attitude
of the whole Bryan wing Of the demo-
cratic party towards the men who
held with Cleveland on the finances.
Clark's speech indicates that there
is no serious intention upon the part
of the Bryanites to patch up party
differences. To men like Champ Clark,
Tillman, Altgeld ct al, Cleveland full
fills the prophecies of the Beast in the
Apocalypse, and, the divine ratio is
still a party fetch to be disguised in
other issues like expansion. There
is nc chance of the democratic party
getting together if the spirit display
ed by Champ Clark, even though half
jestingly, is to- prevail. The gold dem
ocrats may flop back to the Bryan
crowd on the question Of the Philip
pines or the tariff, but the Bryanites
still hold a mental reservation in ia
vor of free silver and the intimation
that the currency issue is to be dropped
is only part of the policy of the opos-
sum. When Champ Clark holds such
an opinion concerning Cleveland as
he expressed in congress last Tuesday,
n wonders what must be the opinion
of Clark's brethren concerning Mr..
Shepard, whom the New York demo-
Gratis are grooming for the presidency.
The fact is plain that the silverites
are irreconciable and that the only
compromise they will listen to is a
public acceptance of the free silver
doctrine by those who refused to sup
port it in the last two presidential
campaigns. Whatever the great edi-
tors and high politicians may say to
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-14

those who accept them as truth, and
who come west in the expectation of
securing homes or employment"
So far as the statement regarding
working people-presuming he means
those who work for days wages-is
concerned, the Tribune has no fault to
find. They will come when there is
opportunity for them, and there is no
great opportunity for any large num-
Der of them at the present time.
But when Mr.. Mcdonald states that
there is no opportunity for settlers
who wish to develop the lands of these
western states he states what is absurd
ly false, and the statement can be ex-
cused only or the ground of ignorance
of the real conditions.
The Tribune desires to speak pri-
marily of the lands in the region sur
rounding Great Falls, extending north
and south of this city, along the foot
hlles and extending out on the
benches. Thousands of acres in that
region have been taken up by poor
men, and better crops raised on them
than can be raised on land further
east. Many of the men who took up
that land had not a dollar when they
started and are now prosperous and
rapidly gaining independence.
A short time ago the Great North
ern railway issued a bulletin relat-
ing to the farming regions of Cascade
county. The bulletin was not pre-
but by men in this county who are
interested in it's upbuilding. In it
are contained statements from so
farmers, located in various portions of
Cascade county, giving their actual
I experience in the matter of raising
crops on the lands which Mr.. Melon
aid says are worthless to any but the
man of wealth.
Mr.. Mcdonald says that men who
make such statements should be con
sidered as criminals, and in saying
so he is making no charge against the
railway company, but against these
so farmers, many of whom are former
members of unions, who have found
that they could do better on these
lands than they could working for
days wages. Some of these state
ments were first published in the
Tribune, and they have all been repub-
lished from the Great Northern bulle-
tin, and the Tribune knows that they
give facts. So does everyone else,
for that matter, who is informed as
to the conditions here.
We do not believe that Mr.. NC
Donald desires to accuse these men.
who have no direct interest in encour-
aging others to come here, Of making
statements with the knowledge that
! they will lead to years of hardship,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-14
AN ABSURD STATEMENT.

Great Falls Tribune: There has ap-
peared in the press of the state a cir
cular letter from the pen of Daniel
Mcdonald, president of the Western
Labor union, and also signed by the
secretary Of that organization, urging
that settlers shall not come to the
west as there is no opportunity for
them. In that letter occurs the fol-
lowing remarkable statement:
"If the plain truth were known there
would be no incentive for settlers,
homeseekers or working people to
come west to improve their conditions.
There is not a desirable tract of un-
taken land in the northwest that will
not require hundreds, and in most
cases thousands, of dollars to make It
productive. The statement that the
northwest is a boundless tract of rich,
productive and fruitful land open for
settlement, and only awaiting the
magic touch of the poverty-stricken
farmer from the east to make it yield
forth in abundance all the best pro-
ducts of the farm is just as false as
it is we'll sounding. If the railroad Of
fcials who make these statements and
advertise them were given their just
deserts they would be considered as
criminals and treated as such. Their
advertisements will bring years OF
hardship, privation and suffering to
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-14

privation and Distress" But he should
have more knowledge of the facts be-
fore he makes such sweeping asser-
tons; especially as that knowledge
could be SO easily gained from anyone
here, members of labor unions as we'll
as others, who have had actual eXper-
fence with the conditions.
In making statements of that sort
not only is Mr.. Mcdonald h%indering
the development of the country, but he
is working a serious injury upon those
settlers who may be stopped from
coming here by the publication of such
accusations against the men who are
doing what homeseekers are invited
to come and do-because such home
seekers would undoubtedly be bene-
fitted by the change to the productive
lands in this part of Montana.
Further than that, he is working
an injury to the very men he claims
to represent, because the development
of the country is sure to benefit tho
working men in proportion as it bene-
fits Others; and just as his statements
hinder that development so is he in
juring the wage earners.
We do not apprehend that there
will be serious result from the letter
in question, because the word of n
who has no personal knowledge of the
conditions cannot be expected to
stand against the words of hundreds
Of men who have that knowledge;
but such outrageous statements are
nevertheless to be regretted.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-14

If Secretary Root succeeds in hav.
ing his new army bill accepted by
congress the United States will cease
to be an anomalyamong the nations that
keep a war establishment. The com.
mander of the army will then be it's
real head and men selected to perform
clerical duties will be compelled to
keep in their place. 1t may prove a
sever blow to the Corbins, but the
country will probably survive.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-14
DID THEIR BEST.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Lord
Kitchener telegraphs that when a
British convoy was wiped out last
week the mules "romping all over the
country gave the alarm to reinforce
ments, but too late" Nevertheless,
the Missouri animal did it's level best
and was the first to be heard from un-
der the circumstances.