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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-14
THREE woRkmEN KILLED.
Big Draught Bell Instantly crushes
Out Their Lives.

Cleveland, Aug. 13.-The Cleveland
Furnace company's plant, just COM
pleted at a cost of nearly a million
dollars, was the scene of an accident
In which three mems lives were in
ttantly crushed out. The dead men
are: Frank Virone, George Peters and
Michael Krecji.
The first blowing in of the Q blast
furnace was to nave taken place to-
night and the three men were inside
the stack laying the last course of ma
sterial, when without an instant's
warning the six-ton draught bell at
the top of the stack, seventy-ive feet
above where the men were at work.
crushed down upon them. All must
have been killed instantly.
The financial loss cannot as yet be
estimated, but the beginning OF
operations at the plant will be delayed
for scme time.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-14
DEATH LIST IS LARGE
FIFTY PEOPLE PERISH IN THE
HURRICANE ON ISLAND OF
JAMAICA.

Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. l3.-The
effects of the hurricane on the island
Of Jamaica were greater than at first
believed. Port Antonio, on the north
coast, was overwhelmed. Only six
houses were left standing there. The
United Fruit company's wharves, Of
fees, hotel and plantations were ut
terly demolished. Five of the com
pany's steamers were driven ashore,
but are lying in easy positions. Port
Maria, another town on the north
coast, also suffered severely. The
sailing vessels.
The entire eastern end of the island
has been devastated. Villages have
been wiped out and public buildings
and churches demolished. Thousands
of the %peasantry, rendered homeless
and destitute, are wandering about
seeking food. and shelter. The de-
struction of the banana plantations
has been complete and the fruit trade
is palalyzed for the next twelve
months. Hundreds of prosperous fruit
growers have been brought to bank
ruptcy and ruin.
The western end of the island, which
it was at first supposed had escaped,
also suffered considerably, though not
to the extent which the eastern did.
New banana plantations planted there
were partly destroyed and the orange
and coffee crops were also injured.
The Norwegian steamer Salvatore
di Giorgii was driven ashore at An
notta cay and lies in a dangerous po-
sition. Several sailing vessels were
wrecked on the north side. 1t is still
| stormy and threatening and there are
fears that there may be a renewal of
the storm. Torrential rains have in
creased the misery of the poor and
homeless. Thousands of houses in
Kingston were damaged, the wharves
were battered and several ~coasting
vessels were SUM in the harbor.
Trade is practically at a standstill.
The southeastern portions of the is
land has been denuded of crops, the
rivers are flooded and many men have
been carried out to sea and drowned.
Considering damage to property dur
ing the hurricane. the loss of life was
comparatively small. though the pres
ent estimate now is that the death list
will reach fifty. Hundreds of persons
were injured. The property loss Is
$4,000 600.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-14
EAT E A
Fifty Persons Taken Violently III at
Luncheon OF Senator Stewart.

Fifty Persons Taken Violently III at
Luncheon Of Senator Stewart.
Washington. Aug. ia remark
able case of ptomaine poisoning is re-
ported from Ashburn, Va, some TWEEN
ty miles outside of Washington. A
large number Of persons had gathered
to attend the sale of the dairy farm
owned by Senator Stewart of Nevada.
The senator served to the prospective
buyers a light luncheon, consisting of
coffee, ham and beef sandwiches.
Shortly afterwards at least fifty per-
sons were taken violently i'll, suffering
from ptomaine poisoning. One after
another they fell to the ground. with
ing in agony. Horsemen were dis
patched in all directions for doctors
and a number responded and prompt
measures We're taken to relieve the
sufferers.
In a statement issued at II o'clock
last night, the doctors said their pa
TENTS were out of danger. although
many still are quite i'll. An investi-
cation developed the fact that the
beef. which had been purchased in
| Washington and kept in cold storage
on the farm for several days, was the
| cause of the trouble.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-14
TO RECLAIM ARID LAND.
Award Of Big !rrigating Canal. Con.
tract Approved.

Washington, Aug. 13.--The secre.
tary Of the interior has approved the
award Of contract for the construc-
ton Of an irrigating canal to connect
the Truckee and Carson rivers in Ne.
vada, to Charles A. Warren & Co. Of
San Francisco, and E. B. & A. l..
Stone Co. Of Oakland, Cal, at an ag.
gregate cost Of $942,437. This is the
first definite action taken by the de-
partment looking to actual construc-
ton under the reclamation act. The
proposed canal will be thirty miles in
length. It's main purpose is to carry
the waters of the Truckee river to a
reservoir to be constructed in the val
ley of Carson river. incidentally
about 5000 acres of land under the
canal will be irrigated by it. Ulti-
mately the project is expected to re-
claim about 100000 acres of arid lands
in Western Nevada and Eastern Cali
f%ornia, including the old Forty-mile
desert,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-14
HOTEL MAN BuNcoED.
Traded His Chicago Hosiery for a
Worthless Deed.

Clinton, Ind, Aug. 13.-B. F. Zell
of Eugene purchased the Collett farm
of TOT acres last May for $42, 900. He
shortly afterward sold it to Lorenzo
Plat Of Chicago, taking in part pay
ment the Alabama hotel of that city
for s25,O OO. A few days ago g man
offered to trade Zell 5000 acres of
farm land in Eastern Tennessee for
the hotel. After the deal had been
completed Zell went south to look at
his farm. but when he got there he
was surprised to find it covered by
the town of Huntsville and that his
deed was worthless. The hotel. how
ever. had in the meantime been sold
again and the owner has a clear title.
ZeIl has been made almost penniless.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-14
V FROM A MOB.
Texas Negro Rescued After Being
Strung Up.

% -- .. eNl-NrH1- a
Whitesboro, Tex, Aug. 13.-An at
tempted assault Wednesday on Mrs.
Hart caused the arrest of eight me-
groes, seven of whom we're released.
The other was held for Identification.
Last night a mob took possession of
him and hanged him to a limb Of a
tree. He was not unconscious when
officers arrived from Sherman and,
making their way. through the mob
with a rush, cut the negro down. They
hurried the prisoner to Sherman, but
there is talk of going there to take
him from the Jail. .
After the negro had been forcibly
taken from the mob. it's members be-
gan to, terrify the colored inhabitants
of the town. Guns we're. fired promis-
cously in the negro quarters and the
terror-stricken negroes were ordered
to leave town at once. AS a result
outgoing trains on all roads were filled
with negroes.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-14
FIGHT IN A BOX CAR.
Masked Men Hold Up Six Laborers
and Two of the Latter Are Killed.

Glendive, Mont, Aug. 1S.-Three
masked men attempted to hold up in
a Northern Pacific freight car early
Wednesday six laborers en- route to the
wheat fields of the Dakotas. The Ia
borers resisted the demands of the
robbers and a general fight ensued,
resulting in the killing of Thomas Nc
Gowan of Philadelphia, who a shot
through the right lung, and an III
known man whose body was found in
the car later in the day. w. r. Men,
shing of Perham, Mimi, was shot
through the neck and perhaps will die,
The robbers escaped uninjured, but
two of them were arrested last night.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-14
VESSEL FIRED UPON.
A CANADIAN REVENUE CUTTER
BoMBARDs AMERICAN Fish
ING BOAT.

Erie, Pa, Aug. 13.-The Silver
Spray, a fishing boat owned here,
came into port Wednesday afternoon
in a badly battered condition, due to.
an encounter in midlake at noon with
the Canadian venue cutter Petrol.
The Canadian authorities have had
trouble with American fishermen for
years, who were poaching on their
side of the lake and the Petrol is kept
constantly on the lookout for them.
At noon she came upon the Silver
Spray on the Canadian side of the
lake, and at once ordered Captain
Chris Chau to stop. The Petrol is a
strong steel craft, and il. is said at
tempted to ram the American boat be-
fore she could comply with the Pet
rel's order. Captain Chau, remember
ing the fate of several other boats from
this side, which had been captured and
confiscated,, two from Erie, only last
season, decided to try to escape and
started ahead at full speed.
The captain of the Petrol. when he
saw that the Silver Spray was trying
to get away, opened fire with all the
guns he had on board, and before he
ceased firing some twenty shots had
struck her. One passed through the
smokestack into the pilothouse, in
which Captain Chau stood at the
wheel, and two more struck the pilot
house, one of which came within a
few inches of Chau, scattering splin-
ters around his head.
Vessel Riddied With Shot.
Two shots entered the water closet,
two pierced the cabin, two split the
roof, three swept the after hurricane
deck, while others hit various parts of
the boat.
The chase was kept up for some
time and Captain Chau was nearly in
despair. as his cold water pump re-
| fused to work and he feared that his
boat might be struck below the water
line. He finally crossed the inter
| national line and the Petrol gave up
the pursuit.
The Silver Spray is a double-decker
and for twelve years was in service at
Buffalo as a Pleasure steamer.
Captain Chau will report the affair
to the state department at Washing
ton. as he say he was only looking fo1
some of his nets, which had drifted
from this side toward the Canadian
shore.
A large number OF American fishing
tugs have. been confiscated by the
Canadian government, one however
belonging at Dunkirk, was a few days
ago ordered returned by Secretary Of
State Hay.
The only man injured on the Silver
Spray was Frederick Culver, who was
hit in the leg by a shot. He is now il
the hospital. The fishermen say the
Petrol used her small deck cannon.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-14
NEGOTIATIONS COMPLETED.
New interests Identified With Sea.
boar, Air Line.

New York, Aug. 13.-Ladenburg,
Thalman & Co that they
have completed negotiations whereby
new and important interests have be-
ON identified with the Seaboard Air
Line Railroad company. B.. F. Yoa-
KUN and H. Clay Pierce and B. F.
Guinness of Ladenburg, Thalman & Co.
and Oakleigh Thorne. president of the
North American Trust company, have
been elected voting trustees of the
Seaboard Air Line railway. President
John Shelton Williams also announces
that B. p. Yoakum, H. Clay Pierce and
S. B. Van Worst have been elected di-
rectors of the Seaboard Air Line rail-
way.
Mr., Yoakum is president of the st.
Louis and San Francisco railroad.
The official announcement of the
deal also said: "The change of per.
sonnet of voting trustees of the stock
Of the Seaboard Air line company
does not mean the purchase Of the
company by Rock Island Of T'fiseo in.
t~erests, although tho Frisco lines ex,
tend into Birmingham, and are a part
of the Southern situation. 1t does
however. emphasize the fact that all
the great railway systems are carrying
out the policy Of more closely cement
ing the railway transportation inter
ests 3of the country, which will great
ly retard and it is hoped entirely pre-
vent Decentralization of the rate situa
ton or the unnecessary construction
and duplication of property"
The Seabord Air Line Railway com
pany operates 2,611 miles of road.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-14
DULUTH MAN ADMITS EMBEz.
FLING FoRTY-FIvE THOU.
SAND DOLLARS.
HAD sPEculATED IN STOCKS
COVERED HIS POPULATIONS FOR
EIGHT MONTHS By MANIPu-
LATINO BOOKS.

Duluth, Aug. l3.-4 H.. JonnSoh'
bookkeeper for the Commercial Bank
ing company Of this city, was arrest
ed here last evening or a warrant
charging him with the embezzlement
of $45,O 900 of the banks money.
When placed in Jail johnson ad-
mitted his guilt and claimed that he
populations had extended owe a pc
Rod of eight months and that he had
been able. to deceive his employers by
a manipulation of the books.
Asked as to what he had done with
so much money he declared that he
had s~guandered it in stock specula-
tions and that not a dollar Of the
amount was saved.
President Charles F. Leland of the
Commercial Banking company said
last evening that he had hoped to tide
owe the affairs of the bank so that 1T
could continue doing business, but
found that this was impossible and
the institution therefore will not be
open for business.
II am a ruined man." said he, "and
the efforts of years have been wiped
out by the embeZzlement. l trusted
Johnson as l would one Of my own
sons, and when the truth dawned upon
ME that he had taken the money it
was all that I could do to believe it,
Johnson is twenty-eight years old,
unmarried and the Sol of J.. P. John
son, clerk of the court of St. Louis
county, and an old and much respect
ed citizen.
The Commercial Banking company
is a small private institution with a
capital stock of only s25, 1000. Mr.. LIE
land was not prepared to make a state
ment last night as to how the de
positors would fare.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-14
G. A. 4. EXCURSION RATES.

National Encampment Of the G. A. r.
at San Francisco, Aug. II to 22.
For the above occasion the North
ern Pacific Railway company will sell
round trip tickets, Billings to San
Francisco and return, at $4,000; Bill
ings to Los Angeles and return, at
$1,000. Tickets on sale Aug. & to Is,
inclusive. For further particulars in
quire at the N. P. ticket office.
2O-8 M. L. HOYT, Agent.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-14
NARROW ESCAPE FOR FAMILY.
H%ouseboat Sunk by Raft Of Logs at
La Crosse. Wis.

La Crosse, Wis, Aug. 13.-The
steamer Saturn and a heavy raft Of
logs Wednesday crashed into a launch
and house boat occupied by Emil Ru-
precht and family of six, and stove two
holes in the craft, which went to the
bottom of the river and p%recipitated
the occupants into the Mississippi.
The houseboat was ground to pieces
by the raft, and the family narrowly
escaped being drowned before the eyes
of the crew of the boat. Rescuers
were sest u sk;ffs, and the struggling
people we're taken from the water.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-14
Physician and Druggists.

Ford & Sturgeon a prominent drug
firm at Rocky Hill Station, KY, write:
were requested by DR.. G. B. Snig-
ley to send for Herbine for the bene-
fit of our customers. We ordered three
dozen in December, and we " glad
to say, Herbine has given such great
satisfaction that we have duplicated
this order three times, and today we
gave your salesman another order,
We beg to say DR.. G. B. Snigley takes
pleasure in recommending Herbine.'
SOC bottle at Holmes & Rixon's.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-14
STRIKERS RESUME WORK.

Russian Laborers Satisfied With Con-
cessions at Odessa.
London. Aug. 13.-Dispatches from
Kieff, Russia. to the Times, say that
the leaders of the strike at Odessa in
dnced the bulk of the men to resume
work and that on the whole they are
satisfied with the concessions granted.
In many instances, the employers
agreed to increase wages or reduce
the hours of labor. Cargo leaders in
the harbor secured a so per cent in
crease in their wages, but without a
change in the hours of labor. Their
lenders are highly satisfied. The
military has been almost entirely
withdrawn and trade is resuming its
ao7Nisi CO0rsc.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-14
Blinded by Lime Dust.

st. Paul, Aug. 13.-After riding for
twelve hours locked in an unloaded
box car filled with the dust and sift-
ings of market lime. James WEIGH, a
tramp, who claims Batavia. N. Y, as
his home. was helped from his prison
yesterday morning by employees of the
Great Western. Unconscious, blinded
and helpless the man was cared for
and may o his sight. His skin
is now bleached and is as white and
soft. as that of a woman.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-14
rrusted ErapIoye MISSING.

St. Paul, Aug. 13.-J. A. Ennis, book
keeper and cashier for the LOTUS
Hubbard Elevator company, is missing
and, an examination of his books by an
expert accountant is said to have
brought to light a shortage OF $1,000.
Ennis had been in the employ OF the
firm for w three years and enjoyed
the full confidence of his employers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-14
FOUR GIRLS INJURED.
Explosion in a Government Arsenal
Causes a Panic.

Philadelphia, Aug. 13.-An explosion
Wednesday at the United States ar
senal at Frankfort, a suburb, caused
a panic in which four girls we're in
jured. The girls, Bessie Mills, Annie
Little. Pauline Branson. Florence Eos
ter, with about seventy-five others en-
ployed at the arsenal, leaped from the
windows down a f~ifteen-foot embank'
ment.
The explosion occurred in the cart
ridge loading department and was
caused by friction. The building was
sli Chilly damaged.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-14
ON LAKE MEDDYBEMPs.
Former President Cleveland Will
Build a Camp Next Season.

PASSPORT, Me-. Aug. 13.-Former
President Cleveland, who is a guest
at the camp of Joseph Jefferson, on
Moss Island, Lake Meddybemps, has
declared his intention of building a
camp next season on one of the thirty
three islands that dot this sheet of
water.
Mr.. Cleveland has been invited to
visit Minnesota on a hunting trip in
October. and has signifed his inten-
ton to accept the invitation.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-14
Taft Refuses to Talk.

Manila, Aug. 13.-Governor General
William H. Taft refuses to discuss his
probable appointment as secretary of
war when Elihu Root r~etires, saying
he has not yet been offered the ap-
pointment. 1t is generally believed
here that Governor Taft does not wish
to leave the Philippines until numer-
Gus problems now pending are. solved.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-14
HIGH WINDS IN CUBA.
No Damage of Any Importance Net
Reported.

Havana, Aug. 13.-While high winds
and threatening conditions prevail in
all the provinces of Cuba. there have
been no reports up to date OF any inn
portant damage. There was some de-
struction OF crops and small buildings
in the province of Pinar del Rio where
the wind appears to have been strong
est.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-14
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE SUB.
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE VISIT
THE PRESIDENT.
TO ASCERTAIN HIS OPINION
DESIRE TO EMBoDY HIS VIEWS,
If POSSIBLE, IN PROPOSED
CURRENCY BILL.

Roosevelt has as his guests at Saga
more Fill the members of the sub
committee of the senate committee on
finance that is engaged in drafting a
currency measure to be submitted to
congress next fall. The subcomm1t-
tee consists of Senators Aldrich OF
Rhode Island, chairman; Platt OF Con-
necticutt, Allison of Iowa and Spooner
OF Wisconsin.
Prior to tire adjournment of con-
gress last spring this subcommittee
was appointed and authorized to sit
during the recess of congress to study
the financial situation and prepare a
to meet the requirements OF
ii, for introduction when the senate
should On this work the
committee, some times as individuals,
part of the time as a body. has en-
gagged during the latter part Of the
summer. For a day or two the mem
bers have been the guests Of Senator
Aldrick at his Warwick residence near
Providence. They are preparing now
to put into concrete form the results
of their Investigation and labor.
Desiring to consult with President
Roosevelt regarding the work, the sub
committee came to Oyster Bay late
Wednesday afternoon.
1t could not be ascertained definite
ly whether a draft of a currency
measure had been made and was to
be discussed tonight or not; but, as
the senators have been engaged for
y % days at Warwick with their clerks
and stenographers, 1t is reasonably
certain that some progress had been
made toward the preparation of a II
rency bill.
To Ascertain RooseveIt's Views.
The object of the committee is to
ascertain the views of President
Roosevelt with definiteness in order,
II possible. to meet them in the framing
of the measure. 1t is understood to
be the desire of all, including the
president, that the bill should be ready
session which the president has an
nounced he will call for Monday,
Nov. q.
Prior to that time the subcommit-
tee will submit it's draft of the pro-
posed measure to the full Republican
membership of the senate committee
on finance and probably to such other
Republican senators as may be ac-
cessible. 1t is hoped that a measure
may be drawn that will meet the ap-
prevail Of all Republican senators SO
that when it is introduced it may have
the undivided party support.
1t can be said that the president is
not welded to any particular plan OF
currency reform, so-called, but de-
sires, simply that a practicable scheme
be evolved and put into the form OF
legislation at an early date that will
render the currency system of the
country the more elastic and the less
likely4to be affected by the fluctuations
of values or the demands for money at
crop moving seasons.
" It is stated to be unlikely that any
definite information concerning the
work of the subcommittee already &C
complished will be given to the pub
lie at this time.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-14

Take advantage of the opportunity te
see the Mining town and its busy streets
it's great park, its trees and flowers, Its
shady hooks, and the warm welcome
awaiting you, and you can
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-14
Cattle For Sale.

VattJe fOT 0dTe.
Six hundred head of grade Hereford
cows, two year old heifers, and year
ling heifers and steers for sale.
15-tf HENRY KOLLAR,
2O2 Hall Bldg, Kansas City, Mo.
w. M. Johnston, Billings, Mont.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-14
Have the Time of Your Life.

The Elks have prepared to make it
pleasant for you. The program for the
two days will eclipse anything ever seer
in the state of Montana before. 1t vii
inclued a grand parade that will make a
three-ring circus outfit look insignificant
an Elks ball game between Helena and
Butte for the state championship; a min
strel show by the Anaconda Elks trouI
at the Broadway Theatere, evening O
August 10; Business meeting of the state
Elks August ID; social session in the
afternoon. Grand State Ball at The
famous Columbia Gardens in the evening
of August IA.
There Will Be Prizes for Contests
Prizes for the handsomest lodge in tht
parade: for the homliest man; the pretti
est girl; the tallest mar and the shortest
man, the fat man and theliving skeleton
the broadest smile, and for the man who
does not admit that he is having the
best time in his life,
Go to Butte and Be in 1t.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-14
co TO BUTTE
WITH The ELKS
First Annual Meeting of the Montana Elks
State Association, Butte, August
10 and IA

Low Rates on All the Railroads for Every
body-One Fare and a Third for the
Round Trip-Tickets Good for Five
Days-Children Half Fare.