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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-28
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, July 25.-Cattle-Good to
prime steers, $5.25@5.6O; poor to me-
dunn, $4.25@5.25; stockers and feed
ers, $2.50@4.40; cows, 81. q
heifers, $2.25@4.75; calves, $4,000
$50. Hogs-Mixed and butchers, $40
@5.75; good to choice heavy, $3.50
$40; rough heavy, s5.25@5.50; light.
SIS. 40@5.S2k. Sheep-Good to choice,
S375@4.00; Western, $3.25@4.00; ma
tive lambs, $3.25M6.25; Western, s5.40
66.O0.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-28
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, July 25.-Wheat-In store
No. 1 hard, 87hc; No. l Northern.
s5kc; No. 2 Northern, Sac. To arrive
No. l hard, 83Ac; No. l Northern.
S2Ac; No. 2 Northern, 80Ac; July.
S5he; Sept, 7Ac; Dec, 75h @75hc.
Flax-ln store. to arrive. on track and
July, 97Ac; Sept, CSC; Oct. and Nov,
Q2lAc
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-28
PAY UP.

All those receiving notice OF
their subscriptions to the pa
per expiring are requested to
make their remittances without
delay. The amount due from
the individual is small, but the
total runs into many hundred
dollars. Therefore, we request
a settlement.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-28
A Hard Task For Him.

"Your fingers seem pretty we'll twist
ed and bruised" we write on the pad
which forms the medium of c%onversa-
ton with tho deaf and dumb youth.
Are you on the ball team at your in
stitution?"
mo. sir" he writes in reply to our
question. Il have taken up a course in
Russian.''-JUdge.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-28
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

ST. Paul, July 25.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $4.25@5.O0; common to
fair, $3.00@4.0O; good to choice cows
and heifers, $3.25@400; veals, $3.50
@5.00. Hogs-$5.0 90 $3.50. Sheep
Good to choice, $4.00@4.25: lambs,
$5.50m5.85.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-28
BASEBALL SCORES.

National League. ....
At Chicago. 9: st. Louis. I.
AT Cincinnati. .: Pittsburg, 5.
American League.
At Chicago. o: Detroit. /. Second
game-Chicago. 4; Detroit. 2.
At St Louis, 5: Cleveland, g..
American Association.
At Minneapolis. IL; Indianapolis, 10.
AT Milwaukee. 2; Toledo, l..
At Kansas City. 2: Columbus. l.
Second gane-Kansas City, S; Co.
lumbus, 3.
At ST. Paul, s; Louisville. T..
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-28
CATHOLICS IN CONVENTION.
Organize a State Federation Of So
cieties in Wisconsin.

UFgar'ze a STATE Fedsrat'on Of So
cieties in Wisconsin.
Milwaukee, July 27.-The Wiscon-
sin State Federation of Catholic So
cieties was organized in Milwaukee
Sunday. The feature of the new IN.
vention was an address by Bishop
Messmer of Green Bay. The follow
ing officers We're selected: President.
G. T. Moehkes, Outagamie: first vice
president. Otto P. Seifrez, Milwaukee;
second vice president, Daniel H. Mar
tin, Brown; secretary, Joseph H. Car
ney. Milwaukee; treasurer. NJ. A.
Jacobs, Dodge: marshal, Charles B.
Miller, La Crosse.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-28
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, July 25.-Wheat = July,
76ac; old, 76Ac; Sept, T@77hc;
old, T&c; Dec, TA @77&c; old.
77kc; May, 79Ac. Corn-July, 51$c;
Sept, 50@501sc; Dec. 52hc; May,
$3.50. Oats-July. 41Ac; Sept. 33Ac;
Dec, s4Ac; May, 36A @36hc. Pork
July. $13.55; Sept, $3.50; Dec,
$13.75. Flax-Cash, Northwestern
96c: Southwestern. 92c; July. soc:
Sept. 93c: Dec. 93kc. Butter
Creameries. 1t@19hc; Aries. 100
lie. Eggs-11@13c. Poultry-TIr.
keys. 12c: chickens, 12hc.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-28
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat.

Minneapolis. July 25.-Wheat-Cash.
86Ac; July. 86kc; Sept, 75h @75%c;
Dec, 74Ac. On track-No. / hard,
STAG; No. l Northern, 86Ac; No. 2
Northern, SAY @S5c: No. 8 Northern.
Bic.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-28

Notwithstanding the order concern
ing which the democratic editors have
had so much to say, the process OF
turning out the rascals in the postal
department seems to be working regu-
lar hours and not slipping a cog. De-
velopments of the last few days should
be taken as meaning that publicity
Of the brass band kind is not absolute
ly necessary to make an unqualified
cce of the task the administration
has laid itself out to accomplish and
that whenever the occasion warrants
there is no nesitancy in making va
cancies in the department. So far as
can be seen, the good of the service
is not neglected, even though there is
less outside show of activity in that
direction.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-28
No Mere Figure Of speech.

slime fies!! exclaimed the man who
had been up late the night before as
he threw the alarm clock through the
window.-Chicago Record Herald.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-28

: The Line of Least Resistance
"Well, l see that famous authoress
married, after all"
Eyes, it proved easier to find an at
finity than a publisher. l fancy."-De.
troit Free Press.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-28
higher Authority

H1Kher
Caller-Are you sure your mistress is
not in?
Bridget-Oi am not, but she sames to
be, so tits not fur the loikes o. me to
doubt it.-Philadelphia Press.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-28

In view of the statements published
in the journals devoting themselves
to the interest of the wool trade that
much trickery is just now practiced
by the makers of cloth in the substl-
tuition of shoddy for genuine wool,
the matter OF the passage OF a law
requiring the proper marking of cloths
containing substitutes for wool is
once more a timely subject for discus
sion. In this connection it may be
well to call the attention OF the wool
of Montana to the efforts now
being put forth by the National Live
stock association to secure Legislation
OF that kind. A law like that would
inure to the benefit of the men who
grow the wool, as we'll as protect the
public against fraud and deceit.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-28

Legal proceedings are threatened
that will interest the entire nation.
If the city councils of Philadelphia
attempt again to send the old Liberty
bell on any more junketing excursions
something will be doing. The lineal
heirs Of John Wiltbank say they will
ask for an injunction. They say that
the historic relic, contrary to accepted
belief, is individual property and does
not belong to the city of Philadelphia,
the state of Pennsylvania or even the
nation; that it is theirs by every legal
and moral right, having been taken
by their forebear as part payment OF
a debt the city of Philadelphia owed
him. What is more, their attorneys
claim to have documentary proof to
substantiate the claim. 1t is now St.
Louis turn to do something if it de-
sires to have the original proclaimer
of liberty to all people as n OF its
star attractions next year.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02

Client. It has been abors OF love with
him, and he has devoted himself en-
Enthusiastically to the developme nt Of the
interests Of the country.
Everything else connected with the gov
eminent IS Of secondary interest to him.
He had rather father the discovery Of the
secret Of the superiority Of Havana to-
bacco over the American product than he
would to stand sponsor for the most sue
.cessful diplomatic stroke of the admin
istration. It is his ambition to see the
United States produce the best Of every
thing on its own soil. He will not admit
that thereis anything inherently impos-
sible in producing the best Of every
product OF the temperate zone righthere.
and he has scientists at work for him
who have devoted their lives to special
branches of that inquiry. .ss b..
Heis subject to disappointment some
times, however. He had one not long
ago. The department had in its employ
the only man in the world who had made
profound study Of the secret Of raising
tobacco. He was on the search for the
germ which made the flavor Of Havana
tobacco superior to that of Connecticut
which gave the value to the weed. The
department was paying him $4,000 year.
Japan came along with an offer Of 81, 900
year and he was lost to us. There is not
an expert in the department who has not
received flattering offers from other gov
ernments, but most of them remain loyal,
In spite of all temptation.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02


married foreigners; since 1900 America
has Tailed two duchesses and countess
or two.
Miss Goelet will be the fifth American
duchess in Great Britain, not to speak Of
duchesses and several ladies wearing
the higher title of princess on the con-
tinent. The first to 60 was the Miss
Yznaga, Of New York. though of Cuban
descent, who became. the duchess Of
Manchester and still wears the title as
dowager. She is the mother of the
young duke who recently married Miss
Zimmerman, of Cincinnati, after vainly
trying to get Miss Goelet.
The Marlborough name has also been
borne by two Americans. Mrs. Hamers-
ley, of Troy, married the late duke very
quietly in the mayors Office in the city
of New York. She has since abandoned
the title to wed Lord Beresford, and is
no more a duchess. It was her step-son
who married Consuelo Vanderbilt, now
the most prominent socially Of all
American titled women. So Miss Goe-
let will make the fifth, though only four
OF the five may now properly be ad-
dressed as "Your grace"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02
The Marriage Broks1.


to O'Brien's story, he promised them 4
fee of $4,000 il successful. The offer Of
the agents was laid before Mrs. Goelet by
two women high IN London society, no
doubt acting under promise Of contin-
gent fee. One OF these ladies reported
that Mrs Goelet thought her daughter
too young to marryzand that the matter
could not be considered until the appli-
.cantNas shown. The 81 between added
that she thought Miss Goelet would
marry for love. anyhow ..z;..=
Hohenlohe, who came to New York,
later TO go into q Wall street banking
house as q clerk, did not care to show
himself then, as he wasoyer SO years old;
this when Mrs. oeietslearned Of 1t was
q fatal obJection While III this coun-,
try, Hohsnlohe was ,neverthe less. enter-
tained by the Goslets "a Newport: The
story Of the marriage brokersWou1 new.
ser have come out had not IIohenIo for
gotten to yap them tribe Of 35O, pre-
5sumably Tor expenses, and they sued him
In Germany for the money The case.
made quite . scandal until . maiden aunt
of Hohenlohe paid the bill to quiet Il.
OWEN LANGDoN.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02

Capt. Charles Holt, the representa-
tive of the New York syndicate which
has just secured the Popocatedpetl vol
cano, in Mexico, is on his way to New
York to arrange the details of the
plans for building cogwheel railroad
to the summit of the mountain and for
installing extensive mining equipment
for getting the sulphur out of the era.
ter of the volcano. The syndicate has
made it's first payment Of 100000 on
the purchase price to Gen. Sanchez
Ochoa, from whom it purchased the
volcano.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02
Although otherwise qualified for pub

Although otherwise qualified for pub
lie occupation, the civil service COM
mission has rejected the application
of Lee w. Wright, known as 'the liu-
man ostrich" for a position in the
post office at Mobile, Ala. 1t was the
opinion of the members Of the board
that diet of glass, tacks, brass watch
chains, frogs, soap, collar buttons, wire
nails, broken china and belt buckles
renders man unfit to hold a govern
ment situation, and Mr.. Wright's
name was stricken from the eligible
list.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02

The agricultural department is in
quiring into the statement of Consul
General Richard Guenther that a new
plant has been discovered in South
America which promises to supplant
the sugar cane and the sugar beet.
Scientifically the plant is known as
the Eupatorium rebandium, and it con-
tains large amount of saccharine mat
ter and high percentage of natural
sugar properties which are easy to ex-
tract. According to Mr.. Guenther. a
lump the size of a pea will sufficiently
sWeeten a cup of coffee
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02

limit through pur- "
chasing officials standing in with deal
ers. 1t was learned, for one thing, that
the District had been paying more than
double the price for typewriter ribbons
paid by departments which invited bids,
and that there was similar extravaganza
all along the line.
To be sure there mas been no develop
ment as yet of actual dishonesty, but it
is not the fault of the system that there
has not been thieving, and it may turn
out that such is the case In the mean
time Commissioner West is determined
that there shall be no further temptation
and he has ordered that hereafter all sup
plies for the District be bought only after
competitive bidding. The reform is GER
tain to save the District thousands of
dollars year.
The astonishing thing is that such lax
ness should have gone on for SO many
years before any high official caught on
to 1t; but the people of Washington have
become so accustomed to hear about the
perfection of their District government
that they accepted it as a matter of
course.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02

ucuI al LuuA WHICH
he succeeded Garfield there would be a
clean slate by this time, and most of the
cabinet officers would have been changed
months ago. AS it is, we still have vii.
son, Hay, Knox and Hitchcock-e exactly
one half And of these who retired, Root,
Smith and Long left only after repeated
solicitation from the president to stay.
There is no other case on record where
the policies of one administration have
been continued through another so con-
sistently, and where even the men Sc
lected by one president have kept on
under another chief the work originally
planned by them.
When Mckinley was shot he was sur
rounded by only three of the advisers
whom he had with him at the beginning
of his administration-Long, Gage and
Wilson. He had seen more changes in
the makeup of his own cabinet, than
Roosevelt has seen since the assassina-
ton. And in addition Roosevelt has
made q cabinet minister out of McKin-
ley's private secretary just as Mckinley
had planned for him. =,
Since Mckinley became president
there have been three secretaries Of
state, two secretaries Of war, two secre-
taries of the navy, two secretaries of the
treasury, three attorneys general, two
secretaries at the interior, three post
masters general and one secretary of ag-
riculture.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02

Eleven hundred and thirty-eight
trains arrive daily in the city of Chi
cago upon % railways, carrying an
average of 100000 passengers. OF
these trains 1913 are for through traf-
fic and S04 for suburban business. The
% railways combined have a mileage
of more than $1,000 miles, which is
more than one-third of the total mile
age OF the United States, and within
10000 miles of the entire mileage Of
the United Kingdom, Germany and
France.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02

A French scientist has made: some
very interesting observations as to the
love of different wild animals for the
sea. The Polar bear is the only one
that takes to the sea, and is quite jolly
when aboard ship. All others violently
resent a trip on water, and vocifer-
ously give vent to their feelings until
sea,sickness' brings ilence: Fhe tiger
suffers most of all. The mere sight
Of ship makes him uncomfortable.
and when On board he whiness tifuliy,aa
bis eyes water continually. Horses are
very bad sailors, and often perish on q
seA voyage. 81;
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02

Time has laid siege to the tomb and
mansion of George Washington at
Mt. Vernon, and efforts on the part of
those in charge are being made to
save these national relics from fur
ther destruction. A force of working
men was put to work treating the
limestone, of which the tomb is built,
with volcanizing process to make it
waterproof and imperishable. The
stones of the old tomb, built by
George Washington, and in which his
body and that of his wife rested un-
til some 30 years ago, are crumbling.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02

9 thousand years the rivalry 81 the Co.'S
onnas and The Orsinis Y6r the primacy
has made Roman history. The Colon.
mas. by the way, are supposed to have;
taken their name from the triunphal
column of 81 Roman emperor which
their fortress-like palace on the orso
overlooks But, however noble Colonna
might have been, he was not noble
enough to avoid ill-treating his wife,
who had to leave him. til. + :. .<s.ssj.
Princess Hatzfeldt was not I the
daughter, as commonly stated, of Coils
+. huntington but his adopted daugh-
ter. She is one Of the many American
ladies Of title who have.become SO rooted
In their new homes as =scarcely@to be,
heard Of again at home. Miss .Julia,D
Grant, granddaughter Of the general,
wed the title Sof princess, - too, with
Cantacuzene. but in Russia the equiva-
lent OF this stately title means rather
less than baron" would elsewhere.
There are other American girls who
have welded brains rather than. titles
abroad, though common title might or
might not be thrown in. Joseph Cham
pertains American wife may yet oc-
cupy still prouder position in Britain:
old Levi Letters daughter is only a bar
oness In England, but in India she is
vice queen and takes precedence over
princesses Of all ranks. The aged Coun-
tess Won Waldersee, who is now in this
country after many years abroad, had
IN her husband a powerful factor in
European politics, as had also the late
Madame Washington, wife of a former
french minister in London, and St. Pc
tersburg.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02

Rev. G. Andrews, rector of st. Paul's
Episcopal church, Of Oshkosh, wanted
to run a restaurant in order that he
might utilize the surplus of his chick
en- farm and grocery to advantage.
Bishop Grafton forbade the enterprise
and now Mr.. Andrews has withdrawn
from the church. Mr.. Andrews has been
an extreme ritualist. He drew no
salary from the church, insisting upon
the right to support himself by his
business undertakings.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02
Ml![.1NNESO JEWS.
Cllmate and Cfop Bulletin.

Sat
The rains q the previous week con
,tinlied 81 the 18th and 18th, but they
were light; they were followed by .
day or two Of cloudy weather, and then
clear weather from the 18th or 18th to
the end Of the week. The mornings
OF the. 18th, 10th, nth and 18th were
cold, with temperatures below the
freezing point in northern and western
portions Of the state. Frosts were re-
ported in eastern portions on the morn
ings Of the 18th and 18th, but the in
jury was confined to the most tender
vegetation. In northern counties the
late fax and immature corn was badly
frozen, but farther south the cloudy
weather seems to have prevented very
serious injury. ssst-. Il ..:5 r.
In Kittson county shock threshing
and Stacking were carried on from
three to Ave days, but elsewhere,
though threshing was resumed about
the 18th, the work was seriously de-
layed by the damp condition of the
grain in shock and the difficulty of
moving threshing machines because of
the softness of the ground. Consider
able corn has been cut, and good deal
is safe from frost.
. A great deal of wild hay, both in.
stack and recently cut, in the Mime
sofa valley and other low lands, has
been injured by high water.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02

OF all the foreign born population
In the United States 52.9 per cent. are
of the English-Teutonic stock and 20 80
per cent. are Celts. Thus practically
three-fourths of the foreign born in the
United States are of English Teutonic
and Celtic stocks. Hence, bearing in
mind that the English people was cre-
ated by the amalgamation of Teutonic
and Celtic blood, it is inconceivable
that the American people will ever be
anything but essentially English,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02

The United States government no
longer counts among it's subjects the
sultan of Sulu, with his six wives, his
retinue of slaves and the Respondent
dattos who make up his cabinet. The
ruler of a picturesque corner of the
Orient has removed to Singapore. AL
though young man in years, the Sui
tan is said to be total physical wreck
and has but short time to enjoy the
pension given him by the government
and the income derived from his pearl
fisheries.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02
Imprisoned by Parents.

Imprisoned in a pen made of ceder
posts in the corner of her home at
Proctor, not six miles from Duluth,
Miss Louise Leaf, "a years old, and
stark mad, was discovered BY Humane
Agent Winthrow. She was deserted
by a man to whom she was engaged
and now she is maniac. Months ago
her mind was affected in mild degree
and she was sent to the hospital at
Fergus Falls. A short time, ago her
parents secured her release. She soon
became violent and her brother built
the pen, and she was placed in it.
There is q wicket in the pen through
which food is passed. The screams of
the girl reached the ears Of passers-by,
and the marshal of Proctor investi-
gated and reported the case to the Du-
luth authorities. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02

articles on political and historical sub
jects; but even those who admired his
ability hardly suspected that he had in
him the making of a reform executive
as he is demonstrating to-day.
When he went into the District gov
eminent all the wheels seemed to be
running smoothly. 1t was the habit to
talk about the District of Columbia as
the best governed municipality in the
world. The government had the repu-
tation of being clean, efficient and alto
gether above reproach. Then all of a
sudden came the discovery that a trusted
employe had been stealing the District
money for years and that he had made
away with over $4,000 Of it before he
was caught. West was as startled as
everybody else.
He was only one of three commission
ers, but he went to work without min
ute's delay to investigate the system
which would permit such defalcation,
and it was not long before he had un-
earthed laxness of administration
which was simply appalling. Men who
had been officers of the District for al
most generation handling the taxes
and disbursements were found not to be
bonded properly, so that any deficiency
In their departments must have been a
complete loss to the taxpayers. It was
discovered that the accounts Of some Of
the disbursing officials had not been
audited in Is years and that there was
actually no way to find out whether there
had been misdoing or not.
West began at once to make changes
In his Office personnel, and one man who
had held position of trust for 30 years
was retired because it was found that
he had ood-,naturedly allowed scores of
opportunities for plumber without taking
any steps to safeguard the government.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02

interest much like
a lottery. 1t may
be conceded that
NJ | IS Vanderbilt
got good, value for
her money, as such
things 60. The
title of duchess of
Marlborough and
princess of Mindel-.
h e / m-wherever
that may be-is
not to be sneezed
at. Similarly, Miss
GOelet'S mamma,
who Is one of the
marrying Will
sons" has shrewd-
ly managed her
d q u g h t er's ar
ranpementS SeCur.