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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-18
TELEGRAPHlc BREvlTlEs.

The eruption of Vesuvius somewhat
increased Sunday.
Chicago capitalists are trying to cor.
ner Brazilian diamonds.
The Marquis of Salisbury was re.
ported to be slightly better Sunday.
A new set of Chinese regulations are
being distributed by the officials at
Washington.
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie NJ.
Shaw is visiting at the home of his
mother. Mrs. G. o. Shaw. at Morrison.
Vile. Vt.
Cities of the Isthmus of Panama
have sent petitions to Bogota. praying
for the ratification of the Hay-Herran
canal treaty.
The third annual tennis champion
ship contest for the Middle West, to
continue five days, will begin on the
courts of the Omaha Field club today
Fire Sunday destroyed the large
compress and warehouses of Ritchie
& Co. and Reeves & Son, and two 9th
er business houses at Camden. Ark
Loss. 100000.
An international exhibition of Amer
lean horses has been decided on fol
the week of Sept. % to Oct. 8. 1903, IL
Louisville, Ky. A total OF $4,000 has
been appropriated for prizes.
The last and deciding game of Thu
seasons series of lacrosse games be
tween St. Paul and the Calumets o
Chicago was played at Chicago Sun
day and ended in a victory for tn
Chicago team by a score OF 10 to 2.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-18
SERIOUS CLASH OCCURS.
Striking Machinists and Nonunion
Men Fight at Riverside, w. Va.

WSU TiSuI at ntVSISl0SS W. VS. f
Wheeling, w. Va, Aug. IA
clash occurred early Sunday morning
between the striking machinists and
about twenty-five nonunion men who
took their places in the Riverside
plant of the United States Steel cor-
poration. The battle was initiated
Saturday night and despite the fact
that over 1000 shots were fired In the
clash, there were nc fatalities and
only a few persons were wounded.
The machinists have been out on
strike for several weeks and the sit
uation was becoming desperate for the
corporation until they imported about
twenty men to take the places of the
strikers. The strikers congregated
about the boarding houses of the
nonunionists Saturday night fully
armed and began an attack upon the
places. The houses were heavily bar
ricaded and many volleys were fired
into the structures. Finally a we'll
directed shot from within the house
wounded n of the strikers, and he
was carried to a hospital. Clay
Hoover. a spectator, was also shot in
the left knee, but not seriously. A
number Of other people who were In
the building with the nonunionists re-
ceived wounds. About 300 unionists
participated in the riot and a fresh
outbreak is feared at my moment.
Sunday night the strikers. who are
| lying in the hills, fired upon Peter
Silatek, who was passing that point
He was seriously wounded. The
strikers ~mistook him for a spy. 5.e.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-18
GENERAL STEWART ARRIVES.
Grand Army Encampment at San Fran
cisco Practically Onened.


cisco Practically Opened.
San Francisco, Aug. 17.-While the
formal exercises of the national re-
union of the Grand Army of the Re-
public do net begin until today, the
encampment was to all intent and
purpose opened Sunday with the ar
rival of General Thomas Stewart, com.
ma~nder-in-chief, on a special train
bearing 365 members of the different
Pennsylvania posts. Other distin-
giished arrivals were General Nelson
4. Miles and General John G. Black.
who is most prominently spoken OF
IS the n"st crmmander-in-chisf of the
G A. n. Trains arrived all day and
late at night bringing manv members
and veterans. The registration blu.
reau and Information booths were
th'cngeh all day.
II will be Tuesday before all incom.
ing trains will have arrived and on
"Wednesday, the day set for the pa
ra'e it is estimated that there will
be full $4,000 visitors in tho city.
Tonight tha local posts win inaugr-
rate the "e'rnpmeat with receptions
to the veterans.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-18
SUPPOSED roueLe DROWNING

Wealthy c%hiearcan Searching for His
Son ard a Fricrd in Wisconsin.
Fish Creek. Wis Aug. 1.-THE sup.
posed double drowning OF 70 boys
sons Of wealth. Chicagoans. became
known Sunday when R. II. Parkson of
Chie"go engc rel a tug to seek the
bodies Of his sixteen-year-old son, Jel-
SOM. and a friend named Montgomery.
The boys went sailing Sunday last
and have not been seen since. Tues
day the boat drifted ashore contain
ing only young Parkson's clothing. in
which was a letter from his father.
The finding of the clothing in the boat
Is considered sufficient evidence that
the boat did not capsize, and the man
ner in which the accident occurred Is
4 mystery,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-18
NO INTENTIONAL DISHONESTY
But Commissioner Jones Favors Indian
Office investigation.


Office Investigation.
Washington, Aug. 17.-Speaking Of
the charges made affecting Indian de-
partment officials, Indian Commission
err Jones said:
"It is impossible for any government
official connected with a land COM
pany dealing in Indian lands to be en-
tirely impartial in his decisions when
he is deciding questions which may
affect his own welfare. do not think
any officials whose names appear as
stockholders or directors in the In
dian territory land companies had any
intention OF acting dishonesty, but l
must say that I think it vas in ex-
tremely bad taste for them to allow
themselves to be connected with the
companies.
~. believe the Indian office should
at once undertake a thorough investi-
cation of the conditions in the Indian
territory and prepare a report. and
then, if congress considers further in
ivestigation desirable. there will be
material upon which to work"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-18
AN AUTOPSY ORDERED.
Harsh Treatment Said to Have Caused
Orloff to Commit Suicide.

Orloff to Commit Suicide.
Butte, Mont, Aug. lion the
strength of a signed statement made
by Edward Dorval, chief operator of
the Western Telegraph company here,
to the effect that he was an eye wit
ness to a terrible beating administered
to Frank Orloff, the Wyoming stage
robber who led the Jail break several
days ago. Coroner Egan has ordered
an autopsy performed on Orloff's body.
Dorval alleges he saw Orloff kicked
in the stomach repeatedly in an eff
fort to make him divulge the name of
the person who gave him the gun used
in the break. until the mans frantic
cries for mercy were hushed by in
sensibility. Orlof's body was found
hanging in his cell Saturday. and it is
alleged the prisoner was driven to sui
eide by the treatment at the hands of
| the %iailers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-18
NUNS AND INDIANS HURT.
Horses Dash Over a Steep Embank-
ment and Overturn the Wagon.

Great Falls, Mont, Aug. 17.-By the
overturning of a picnic wagon from
st. Peters mission. a party of nuns
and Indian girls were dashed many
feet down the side Of a hill Sunday.
Sister L'Annunciate was fatally in
jured, and Mary Reed, a halfbreed In
dian girl, vas seriously hurt. Another
nun and several Indian girls were bad.
ly bruised and lacerated. The acct
dent occurred during. a heavy electric
storm. a flash of lightning frightening
the horses and causing them to dash
over a steep embankment.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-18
DELIVERS PRINCIPAL. ADDRESS.
President Roosevelt Talks Upon De.
cency OF Speech ard Conduct.

President Roosevelt Talks Upon De-.
cency OF Speech ard Conduct.
Oyster Bay. N. Y, Aug. 17.-Presi.
dent Roosevelt delivered the principal
address at the quarterly meeting OF
the Society of the Holy Name, OF
Brooklyn and Long Island, held here
Sunday. Decency of speech and con-
duct constituted the theme Of his ad.
dress, which raj enthusiastically ap.
plauded by an audience of more than
1000 persons. chiefly men.
After the audience had sung Amer
ica," Father Powers, rector of st.
Dominic's, introduced the president in
a felicitious speech.
When President Z oosevelt rose to
speak. he was greeted with cheers,
and it was quite a minute before he
was able to proceed. Among other
things he said:
II desire to see in this country the
decent men strong and the strong men
decent, and until we get that combina-
tion in pretty good shape we are not
going to be by any means as success
full as we should be. There is always
a tendency among very strong men
and among boys who are not quite
young men as yet, to think that to be
wicked Is rather smart; 1t shows that
they are men. Oh, how often you see
some young fellow who boasts that he
is going to see life, meaning by that,
that he is going to see that part Of life
which 1t is a4thousand fold better ii
1t remains unseen. I ask that every
man here constitute himself his
brothers. keeper by setting an example
to that younger brother which will
prevent him from getting such a false
estimate of life as that. Example is
the most potent Of all things. II any
one Of you in the presence of younger
boys, and especially the younger peo-
pie of your own family, misbehaves
yourself, II you use coars and bias.
phemous language before them, you
can be sure that thess younger people
will follow your example and not your
precept. 1t is no use to preach tc
them If you do not act decently your
self. You have got to feel that the
most effective way in which you can
preach is by your practice"
President Roosevelt and his family
attended divine services on the battle
ship Kearsarge in the morning.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-18
MuTlLATEo BODY FOUND.

Walter Anderson Charged With Muir
der Of a Boy.
Stevensville, Mont, Aug. 1.-THE
body Of the s~ix-year-old boy named
Buck, who, 1t was believed, was abb
Quoted by a stranger two days ago,
was discovered near here Sunday by
a searching party. His body had been
shockingly mutilated with a knife.
Later the coroner's jury returned a
verdict that the boy had been murder
ed and charged Walter Anderson of
Missoula with being responsible. An
derson is now in Jail at Hamilton.
Citizens of Stevensville are highly
wrought up over the affair and it is
said are preparing to lynch Anderson.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-18
THREATENED AN OFFICER.
Frank konshaiI Of st. Pau! Probably
Fatally Wounded.

Danyille, H.. Aug. 17.-Frank Kon-
shall Of st. Paul, Mimi, employed on
the Frisco road, near Sidney. ILL.,, was
probably fatally shot last evening by
Special Officer Briggs. of the Wabash
Railway company. Both were on a
Decatur excursion train which left this
city at $50. Between Danville and
Tilton a drunken row occurred in one
of the coaches and Officer Briggs at
tempted to quiet the combatants,
when, it is claimed, Konshall drew a
knife and threatened to cut him.
Briggs fired twice, n tullet s,Anxing
Konshall in the neck and the other
passing through his body near the
naval. Konshall is in a hospital and II
thought to be mortally wounded.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-18
GUNS INTO AN OPEN SWITCH.
Erie Flyer Wrecked and Several Per.
sons Injured.

Cleveland. O., Aug. 17.-Shortly af-
ter leaving here Sunday afternoon. the
Cleveland and New York Flyer" ok
press on the Erie road was wrecked
at the Liberty street crossing in the
eastern part Of the city by running
into an open switch.
The train was running slowly at the
time and in consequence no m was
killed. though six persons from Cleve-
land were injured.
Engineer John Roser and Fireman
Albert Hartman were badly shaken
up. Engineer Burns of the switch en-.
CINE and his fireman also were hurt.
The flyer carried about 100 passen'
gers, many OF whom were cut by fly
ing glass.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-18
PURCHASES BATTERIES.
Ottoman Government Obtains Guns
From the krupp Works.

OklOH.oU s1tiSuNe ~~'O
From the krupp Works.
Constantinople, Aug. 1.-THE Of
toman government has concluded ne
gotiations with the Krupp works for
the supply of thirty-two batteries of
quiok-fire field artillery. each consist
ing of six guns.
The officials here affect ignorance
of the news that Russia is sending a
SQUADRON to Turkish waters.
Oficial reports assert that the insur-
gents when they occupied the town OF
krushevo, massacred all the Turkish
f~unctionaries.
In the fighting around Perlep 1870
insurgents were killed and according
to official information, the inhabitants
of 100 Bulgarian villages have surrend'
! cred their arms and have been par
doned.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-18
Trust Buys Standard Mine.

Spokane, Wash. Aug. IA. B.
Campbell, a millionaire Occur d'Alens
mine owner, has received a telegram
from New York informing him that
the sale of the Standard mine to the
Federal Mining and Smelling com.
pany. a new $50, 200. 900 corporation
backed by the Rockefellers and Goulds,
has been completed. The price paid
for the Standard is about So. 1000, 900.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-18
CHAIRMAN OF DAWES COMMITS.
SION is NOT INTERESTED IN
lNDlAH LAND.
NO GROUNDS FOR SUSPICION
BELIEVES CONDUCT OF OTHER
OFFICIALS HAS NOT BEEN
t. IMPROPER.

st. Paul, Aug. 17.-Tams Bixby,
wired the following communication to
the Globe yesterday:
Red Wing. Mimi, Aug. 16.-"I have
never been interested directly or in
directly in the purchase Of an acre of
Indian land and never expect to be.
Neither am l interested as a stock
holder or officer in any firm or corpo-
ration organized for the purpose Of
buying or selling such lands. It is
true that l am president of one trust
company, director of another trust
company and a director of a national
bank at Muskogee, but each of these
institutions is purely a banking and
loaning company. Up to the day
when l was last in the territory neith-
er of these companies. so far as l am
advised. had purchased a single piece
OF Indian property.
"But If such we're the cas- | take
1t the transaction would be perfectly
legitimate. No Indian lands can now
be sold in Indian Territory except up
on approval of the deed by the secre-
tary of the interior and. while this
business is something that our COM
mission has no connection with, l am
informed that all sales have been made
by open public bids.
"The secretary maintains in Musko-
gee a special personal representative
with many assistants especially
charged with the duty Of supervising
all sales of lands by Indians. If these
duties are honestly administered,
| which l have no doubt is the case,
there can be no possible opportunity
for fraud.
"As to the other government Off
Gals involved in these seemingly SEN
sational reports from Washington, in
my opinion there is absolutely no
foundation for suspicion of improper
conduct respecting the handling of
these lands on the part Of any federal
employee in the territory"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-18
TROLLEY CARS COLLIDE.
Dozen People Injured ip an Accident
at Kansas City, Mo.

Kansas City. Mo-, Aug, 17.-By a
rearend collision of two trolley cars
last night on the Observation-Disclosures
City line, Eric Cobb and Willie Wood
were fatally injured. four other per-
sons seriously hurt and half a dozen
others sustained minor bruises and
cuts.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-18
Allison and Cannon Confer.

Chicago, Aug. 17.-Senator William
b. Allison of Iowa and Congressman
Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois. slated as
speaker OF the next house, held a coz
ference at the Auditorium Annex last
night. hut neither statesman would
discuss the meeting.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-18
CHICAGO WILL CELEBRATE.

Hundredth Anniversary Of Her Settle.
ment to Be COMMUNICATED.
Chicago, Aug. 17.-Today is the n
hundredth anniversary Of the perma-
nent settlement of Chicago. Aug. II.
1903, Lieutenant Swearingen OF the
United States army landed with a
colony Of troops on the lake front and
began the construction Of Fort Dear
born. Chicago will celebrate the an.
niversary in a small way today. but
the real jubilee will take place Sept.
2 to Oct. /.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-18
remnorary BRIDGES Endangered.

Kansas City, Aug. 17.-Trafic be-
tween the two Kansas Citys is prac-
tically suspended. all the temporary
pile bridges erected after the great
flood in June having been endangered
by q rise in the Kansas river.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-18
INDIAN TRIBAL A
Witchcraft Causing Trouble Among the
ChiikatS,

Chiikats.
Vancouver, B. c., Aug. 1.-THE
steamer Princess May, from Skagway,
brings word of a tribal war among the
Ckilkat Indians Of the Klukwan tribe.
Witchcraft, which generally prevails
among these Indians, is said to have
been at the bottom Of the trouble. One
Indian is reported killed and many
badly injured.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-18
SITUATION IN MACEDONIA.
British Ambassador Brings 1t to tn
Attention of the Porte.

Constantinople, Aug. 1.-THE Brit
ish ambassador has called the atten-
ton of the porte to the serious sltua-
ton in Macedonia. He pointed out
that grave consequences may attend
fresh murders of cOnsuls or foreign
subjects.
The ambassador had an audience
with the sultan on Friday.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-18
MOTION IS ovERRuLED.
Court Refuses New Tria, for Jett and
White.

Cynthiana, KY, Aug. l7.-Judge Os-
borne has overruled the motion for a
new trial for Curtis Jet and Thomas
White, convicted and given life SEN
fences for the assassination of j. B.
Marcum. Attorneys for the defense
filed notice of an appeal. accompanied
by a bill of exceptions.
Preparations are already being made
for the trial Of Jet for the assassina,
ton of Thomas Cockerill.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-18

Shock Lasts Several Seconds and Is
Felt in All Parts of the CITY.

teIt IN All fartS OF the City.
St. Louis, Aug. 17.-An earthquake
shock which lasted for several Sec
onds was distinctly felt in all parts
of ST. Louis early Sunday morning.
So marked was the seismic disturb
ance that many slumbering residents
of the city jumped from their beds in
fright and waited tremblingly for
| other and greater shocks, but they did
not materialize. According to those
who felt the disturbance the shock
took place at seven minutes before
four. All agree that it was a jar rather
than a trembling Of the earth, but so
violent vas its nature that houses
shook at their foundations as if they
would ~momentarily totter and fall.
No damage has been reported.
Alton. ILL.,. Aug. 17.-An earthquake
shock was felt here at 1854 o'clock
Sunday morning. The majority of
the residents of Alton were awakened,
The shock shook a quantity of plaster
ing loose In the main auditorium OF
the M. +. church.
At East Alton bricks were shaken
from several chimneys and glass
broken in several windows. The
shock lasted nearly eight seconds.
The daily tribune., 1903-04-02
For Alderman End Ward.

THOMAS BLUNT, Democratic and
Independent Address, Florence, Colo;
residence, 502 n. Pike Peak Ave; place
of business, over los S. Pixies Peak Ave.
WILLIAM EYNON. Citizens'-Ad
dress Florence, Colo; residence 10T W.
Sixth; place of business, Lewis and Yost
store, 1872 w. Main.
MATT n. LINES. Union and Cit
zcns'- Address, Florence. Colo; resi-
dence, Ia w. Fourth; place of business,
+. & G c. r. Il. Co. locomotive engineer.
GEORGE WILSON. Union, Demo
cratic and independent Address, Flor
ence. Colo; residence. lis w. Fifth;
place Of business. l3l W. Main.
The daily tribune., 1903-04-02
One More Victim.

1t is n growing an old story-these
young men that 90 wrong because of
the gaming table. Each week chron-
icles new victim. The details very
little. The young man has held a
position of responsibility. He has
become infatuated with the roulette
wheel or the card table. He loses all
his own money. In the hope OF re-
gaining what he has worse than
thrown away he steals from his EN-
ployer. This goes also. More is
takeu-and lost. For a few weeks or
months the miserable play goes on.
Then discovery, followed by fight,
suicide or the Jail. A hearbroken
wife. ruined career, another derelict
on the sea of life, to drift, drift God
knows whittier but at last mercifully
to be swallowed from the sight OF
men u lhiluIe.
Readers of the papers are familiar
with the tale. 1t seems almost a
weariness to retell 1t. But it must
be retold, so long as there is any soul
that fails to learn the lesson.
Yesterday it was O. w. Wright,
city salesman for A. II. Lewis & Son.
For eight years he had been the
firms employ, trusted aud popular
He was also treasurer for secret
society His'friends believed in his
honesty. But for the whirl of mar.
BILE aronnd green and red board he
forgot honor, position, friends, wife,
everything.
1t always ends in pretty much the
same way Yet men will not learn
that "A buzz-saw Is buzz saw till they
lose nand.
The average man who gets next to
gambling device plays with the
dice loaded against him. Nine-tenhts
of the games are dishonest, and even
if not the man on the inside i,
The daily tribune., 1903-04-02
Protection for Editors.

A bill has been introduced in the
Illinois Legislature making it i'm
possible for anyone to compel an edi-
tor. reporter or correspondent of a
newspaper to divulge his source of in
formation regarding Ii matter of news,
either before grand jury or in a
court Another bill in the interests
of publishers was also introduced max
ing it misdemeanor for anyone to
misinform an editor, reporter or cor
respondent regarding piece of news,
making the penalty a fine from $40 to
$500.
The daily tribune., 1903-04-02
The Car as a Reformer.

/
| The czar of Russia, like the kaiser
of Germany. is an impulsive young
ruler and treats the world to an oc.
casional surprise The first was The
Hague convention, the outcome of n
peace proposition by the head of the
most warlike and aggressive of the
great powers. The second was his
recent generous provision, by an ex-
tensive system of public works, for
the starving Firms. His government.
whether with or without his knowl
edge, had been cruelty repressing these
yinces, and taking away, one by one,
their cherished liberties. Additional
penalties were decreed only few
weeks before his measures of relief
were announced. Evidently the
cazr has heart which makes itself
known, now aud then, despite the
horrld, continuous grind of the
machine called government, says the
World Wide Missions.
His third surprise for his own sub
ject millions and for the world is a
decree proclaiming freedom of reli
gion in all the Russias, reforms in
rural laws, and more local self govern
ment Many find in this ukase the
seed of constitutional government,
and hail it MS the most important pub
lie document 81 nee the declaration of
the freedom of the serfs
Probably too much may he inferred
from the sentences granting TO all our
subjects of other religions and to all
foreign persuasious freedom of creed
and worship in accordance with their
| rites The decree speaks of the
Orthodox Church as the ruling one. "
Those who are born and reared
within its pale would hardly be allow
ed. one imagines, to leave it for other
o0mmunions. The state church will
take care that no other propagandism
reaches its population. Tie decree
is evidently one of tolerance rather
than of full liberty; but it is of nc
small Importance, nevertheless.
Great amelioration will doubtless
come through the ukase to the lot
of the Russian peasant. He will now
be at liberty to leave his native
village and seek employment else.
where, and will feel less keenly the
pressure of the gives of tyranny. -
| Harper's S Weekly.