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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-21
Friday, August 81, 1908.
LIFE HELD TOO CHEAP.

s--O
Statistics said to be absolutely cor
rect tend ito show that while we have
no such wholesale massacres as C
sionally occur in some of the older
countries to attract the attention OF
Nhe world, yet as a nation we manage
to maintain a high average in the
mortality record where violence is the
contributing ause.
In a recent charge to a grand jury
Judge W. H. Thomas of Alabama in
minated that the national crime is
murder. What is worse, he had fig
ures on hand ito make good ito an ex-
bent ait least his indictment. At all
ayenlts. he showed c~onclusiyely that
as a nation we are careless OF human
life. In three years, he showed, that
the railroads OF the country were
responsible for the killing of 21,S47
persons. During the same length OF
time the; men with reviewers and the
mobs with their fagots and ropes add
ed 1885 more to the list OF persons
who were violently ushered into h
realms beyond. In the Boer war, that
lasted alnst three years, the British
lost. only $4,000 men, counting those
Killed in battle and those who died
from wounds and all other causes.
Such figures are calculated to sur
prise and astound and may we'll lead
to some serious, sober Thought ON
the part OF those who have the well
fare of the nation in all its PARTS at
heart. They certainly constitute a
severe arraignmeIt and are proof POS
itive that somewhere something is
wrong. When the railroads in the
same length of time manage to kill
only about two thirds as many per-
sons as are killed wilfully by individ-
uals, and THAT, too, considering the
reputation of the railroads for care
lessness and recklessness, it must be
taken as evidencing the need of some
agency to cause a ~reawakening OF the
public conscience TO tine necessity OF
q greater and more earnest regard
of the individual for public duty. An
archy has been too long permitted to
20 unrepressed and daily we are given
new proof of the contempt OF the in
dividual for the laws and The courts
made. to enforce them. Mobs and he
individual have undertaken to redress
communal and personal grievances
and WRONGS, and constituted authority
i& defied.- That only contempt is felt
for. institutions supposed to be sacred
is manifest every day. Whether, as
has been repeatedly charged OF late
this is due to the many bubbles and
technicalities that have been invented
by shrewd men to better enable guilty
ones ito. escape the punishment they
Reserve or whether we as a nation
have. come to hold human life too
cheap and are too prone to assert our
individuality are questions ito be de-
eided. Whatever the cause, certain
It is THAT "a cure lis needed. The laws
must be maintained and respect for
them and the agencies created for
their enforcement must be instilled in
the minds of individuals and COM
munities. Unless the homocidal mania
with which we seem to have been
seized is checked the future is one
ma pleasant of contemplation. But
there- Is hope. The very fact that
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Don't Forqet Me.

When you are placing your insur-
ance. My companies and rates can
not be excelled. Edgar. B. Camp, First
National bank building. 154-tf
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Lumber Yard for Sale.

Best paying proposition in Carbon
county. Call on or address Roy H.
Nutting, Bridger, Mont. 32-tf
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Apprentices wanted at M. Kron's
Millinery store.
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PAY UP

Aif those receiving notice Of
their subscriptions to the pa
per expiring are requested to
make their r%emittances without
delay. The amount due from
the Individual is small, but the
total runs into many hundred
dollars. Therefore, we request
a settlement.
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Calling cards at The Gazette Office.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11

custom to the place. The similar case OF
Metzler Is yet to be tried. but his prelim-
mary trial in Police Court showed him to
be just vile and dangerous a monster as
Griswold. His trial should be set as early
as possible. and the quicker he is behind the
bars the better. In the Griswold case the
prosecutor did very thorough piece OF
work. thus giving the best possible answer
to the charge that the party in control of
the city and county governments was not
sincere in its efforts TO close such dives
The great mass OF the Republican party
was never more sincere than in the present
determination that winerooms, dives and
similar drinking resorts shall be eliminated
and the liquor business confined within de-
cent bounds. 1t may take time to work
the fruition of this determination, but it will
come. The party does not stand for prohi-
bition for the official regulation of pri-
vate life, but 1t does stand for decency and
enforcement of law.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11

Recent Developments in the Turkish sit
uation have been distinctly favorable TO
the United States. When the administra-
ton, acting on the erroneous report that
the American vice consul at Beirut had
been assassinated, ordered two warships to
that point. the action was criticised in some
quarters as premature. European diplo-
mats laughed at 1t as another instance OF
Americans ''going of haIf-cocked" and pre-
dicted that it would complicate the situa-
ton and make bad matters worse. They
are talking very differently now. 1t is true
the discovery that the American vice con-
sui had not been injured was a source of
momentary embarrassment to the admins
tration. and the charge of premature action
might have lain against 1t had not subse-
quent events justified it. But from the day
of the arrival of the American warships
at Beirut their presence there has been
shown to be important and European pow
ers have profited by 1t. Admiral Cotton's
daily dispatches to the State Department
ton regarding the situation. In the abb
sence of other warships the European con-
suls and ministers In Beirut have depended
on Admiral Cotton for protection If it be-
came necessary. A dispatch in yesterday s
Journal said: Great Britain has not as
yet sent any vessels to Beirut, relying upon
the American warships to protect the con-
sulates." An Associated Press dispatch
says: "The arrival of the American cruis-
ers Brooklyn and San Francisco was oppor-
tune" Another press dispatch from Beirut
to Berlin, and repeated from the latter city,
says that "At a meeting Of the consular
corps il was decided to call on Admiral Cot
ton for eventual protection of the foreign
consuiates, which he later agreed to fur
nish" These and other dispatches of sim
liar tenor show that representatives of all
the powers were depending on Admiral Cot
ton for protection in the last resort and
were gratified by his assurance that he
could land 500 men IL II should become nee
essary. Thus the course of events and the
increasing criticainess of the situation at
Beirut have fully justified the dispatching
of American warships to that point. With
out inquiring what the result might have
been had the developments been different
1t is evident they have been such as to add
to American prestige.
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THE OPENING GUN.
CONCLUDED FRoM FIRST PAGEl

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.)
shouts of laughter and cheers. Again he
said that he did not expect the News TO
print his speech in full, as il would I'M
doubtedly garble it as it garbled in its
Wednesdays issue the address issued by
the friends of George Hitz, the Prohibition
candidate for mayor, and this was SINH
larly applauded. AT another point, in as
sorting that the News had garbled and
misrepresented the public records in its
efforts to cast discredit on the administra-
ton. he declared that employees of the
News had confessed to him that they had
been sent TO those records with specific in
structions TO distort and twist them in
any manner in order to evolve matter that
would be derogatory TO the administra-
ton. Incidentally the mayor paid his re-
spects to Jacob z. Dunn. formerly an edi-
torial writer on the Sentinel, and now a
free lance in a new field of fiction, wholly
original with himself, but he dismissed
Mr.. Dunn as agreeable man personally
who enjoys the reputation among business
men and politicians of being very schol-
arly author, while among the literary cult
he is regarded as a very able financier.
From curtain to curtain, as the dramatic
critic sometimes says when he is well
pleased, there was not a dull moment in
last nights meeting. Mayor Bookwalter
unquestionably made the hit of his life
and dozens of men went away from the
hall expressing the hope that they will
have another opportunity to hear him de-
liver the same speech in a larger hall,
where he can have an audience such as he
should have
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11

No person is better qualified to defend the
himself. and in his speech of last night
he did 1t in a very thorough and aggres-
sive manner. Whatever else the mayors
critics or opponents may say of him, they
cannot deny that he is a forceful man of
strong personality, and that he possesses
being hard hitter. With Mr.. Bookwalter's
personal quarrels the Journal has nothing
to do. He is abundantly able to defend
himself and events may prove, as they
sometimes have before. that unjust and
malignant attacks on a candidate for Office
may react In his favor. For the rest, his
speech was strong defense and vindica-
ton Of the main acts of his administration
and especially Of its financial manage
ment. On this point Mr.. Bookwalter's
critics have had very little to say and have
confined themselves to other lines of at
tack. The most violent of them must adj
NIT that the city finances have been far
better managed under his administration
than they were under those of his pre-
decessor. He has put stop to the ruinous
policy of temporary loans, which his pre-
decessor carried to such a dangerous ex-
tent, and has made valuable improvements
out of current revenues His pledge that
from "a to 70 cents shows that he is oper-
ating on business lines. Other parts Of
the speech will repay careful perusal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11
ENGLISH wORKMEN AND FREE
TRADE.

1t may be confidently expected that free
trade orators and newspapers will make
much of the vote of the British Trades
Union Congress condemning the fiscal pro-
posals of Mr.. Chamberlain loking toward
a protective policy for the British Empire,
on the theory that. since organized labor
in England believes in free trade. the Amer
lean workman should also believe in it.
Free trade in the United States would be
a fine thing for the English manufacturer
and his workmen. and free trade in Eng
land is also good thing for them.
But il does not by any means follow that
free trade would be good thing for the
free trade in England rests is that it means
cheaper food for those engaged in mining
and manufacturing. England is i'm
porter of agricultural products and food
stuffs and an exporter of manufactures.
CT course 1t has some imports of manu-
features and some exports of food prod
ucts, but both are comparatively insig-
nificant and the general proposition holds
good as stated. On the other hand the
United States is the greatest exporter of
foodstuffs in the world, and free trade
would make practically no difference in the
cost of the average mans food. On the
other hand the United States Is a great
importer Of manufactured goods. and, if the
bars were down the American workman
would find himself in very much the same
boat as the American sailor-who has no
boat at all. except in the navy. where he
is kept by legal requirements; but on the
high seas. in merchant ships, where he
comes in competition with the labor of the
world, he is driven out by the fact that
those dependent on him in America could
not live on the wages he could get.
In mining and in few lines of manufac-
ture the workman would not Immediately
feel the competition OF foreign-made prod
ucts, but wages, like interest retes, tend
toward common level, and it would not
be long until these industries would feel
the pressure free trade would bring upon
the others
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11

Arboriculture for September is a notable
number, containing, as 1t does, twenty full
page half-tone illustrations. Many of these
are from photographs taken in Mexico by
the editor. Mr.. John p. Brown. during his
recent tour Of that country, undertaken at
the request of the Mexican government
Arboriculture. which is the official organ of
the International Society of Forestry, is
now published in Indianapolis. in which
city the society had Its beginning five years
ago, the late ex-President Harrison having
been a charter member. 1t now has MEN,
bers in all parts OF the world Among the
articles OF interest in the current issue is
one setting forth the value of the ordinarily
unappreciated honey locust tree. There Is
also a descriptive article on the subject
of the indianapolis waterwoTks. in which
this particular paragraph occurs:
."rhe editor of Arboriculture in the -capac-
ity of a civil engineer has sundry times
been called upon to examine sources of
several occasions assembled Pixies Peak and
visited the reservoirs where the pure snow
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11

The vanderburg Circuit Court at Evans
Vile has begun the trials OF eight men
said to have participated in the recent riot
Mr.. Clark. attorney for the first OF them,
. man Of some prominence at the Evans
vile bar and In the politics OF the county,
began the timeworn tactics of delay by first
demanding change OF venue. This was
very promptly arranged by the appoint
ment OF a special Judge, and the next de-
mand was for a continuance. And when
this was denied. Clark Immediately
grew angry and declined to have anything
further to do with the case. II Is the policy
Of legal delay that gives the participants
In mob violence the only shadow of excuse
for their conduct. 1t is well to have Clark
out OF the case. and 1t would be much bet
ter II lawyers that can put up no better
nsht than an effort to wear out the State
were out of the criminal practice alto
gether
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11

II there Is even a modicum of truth in the
assertions of the Macedonian insurgents as
to the methods pursued by the Turkish army
IN ''pacifying" the disturbed districts 1t is
the Immediate duty of the powers of Europe
- drive the whole Turkish outfit back into
Asia The Spanish cruelties in Cuba were
mere playfulness as compared with the I'M
speakable atrocities and Wholesale slaugh-
ter OF defenseless people by the Turkish SOL
diery. Nothing in history exceeds it. and
very few stories OF even the worst OF the
ancient wars can compare with it. 1t makes
one wonder whether this is really the twen-
tieth century or the era of Attila or Genghis
Khan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11

Lynchehaun case the action Of the British
authorities teaches a lesson in the enforce
nent of law While public sympathy is
naturally with the fugitive, yet If one looks
ut the matter from British point of view
the authorities are simply doing their duty
by relentlessly pursuing one whom they re-
gard simply as convicted criminal They
could not have pursued Lynchehaun more
relentlessly IL there had been millions of
dollars at stake on his capture. whereas
there rs not cent-nothing but principle.
That Is lesson which is worth learning by
American authorities.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11

Senator Beveridges assurance that there
viii be no radical legislation on the cur
rency question was in harmony with Presi-
dent Rooseveit's statement in his Labor
day speech that whatever is advisable in
the way Of remedial or corrective currency
1egislation-and nothing revolutionary is adj
yisabie under present conditions-must be
undertaken only from the standpoint of the
business community as a whole"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11

the condition of once a workman always
a workman. Labor unions have done
nothing to break down those barriers in
England, and the fact that they do not
exist in this country is due to causes en-
tirely outside of labor unions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11

water is collected and furnished to Colo
RADIO Springs and vicinity at one time pass
ing through the tunnel under Pixies Peak.
There are few cities which possess
water system of such magnitude with
water OF great purity and in such abund-
ance as has the city of indianapolis, Ind.
equaling as IL does that of the melting
snow of the Rocky mountains
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11

Mr.. Touchy tannoyed)-But. my dear can't
why you squandered ali that money in buy
ing mission furniture.
Mrs Touchy tpetulantly)-That's just like you
men, bought it to help the heathen-so therel
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11

From all accounts the quicker the mine cp-
orators of Colorado and Idaho replace m en-
bers Of the Western Federation of Miners
with members of the conservatively led
United Mine Workers the better it will be
for alcopcerned- These rival organizations
Of miners exhibit in striking contrast the
worst and the best features of labor organi-
"a rim
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11
Consolation.

Baltimore News.
The West Baltmore-street man was indignant.
He fairly Tuning with rage
What's the natter" asked his friend
Matter, Matter enough, That man Biseums
told me cheat, liar and a horse thief,
That's what's the natter
''Oh. well.' said his friend consolingly you
mustn't believe everything you hear old chap.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11

Senator Beverages assurance to the In
diana bankers that there wiz be no radical
prevail. The bankers of Indiana are intelli-
gent and conservative. and they are almost
unanimously of opinion that our present
currency system is good enough to last
long time without tinkering
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11
What He Bought.

Washington Star.
Hiram" said Mrs. Corntossel. did you buy
anything when you to town.
Yes"
Didn't get mixed up In no deceptions.'
We'll. won't say positive that didn't OF
course, didn't invest in no gold bricks. but I
got lot of canned vegetables to work Off ON
the summer boarders.''
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11

Only an a11-night schedule should be con-
sidered In the next city lighting contract. A
moonlight schedule is an invitation to crime
and subjects the city to humiliating criti-
cism by strangers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11

The demand of the United States minister
IT Constantinople for the removal of the
yaH, or local Governor. of Beirut is very
unusual proceeding. Compliance with such
a demand by the Sultan would be an act of
international comfy. but could not be en-
forced
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11

If it really comes to a sharp war between
the Typographical Union and the Catholic
Church over the form of the union oath it
is quite likely that the latter will be modi-
fed. The more civilized men become the
less awe do they have for the deadly oaths
that were so common during the middle
ages
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11

Running an interurban car at full speed
into a saloon, as was done at Alexandria,
may be effective way of Gripping sa-
looms. but it is rather too expensive to come
into general use.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11
One Way.

New York Weekly.
Mr.. Farwest-There was a Teller at the Board
of Tracs last night with the durndest ideas any
body ever heard Of
twife-what the meeting about?
ITO devise ways an means to boom the town"
well what did the stranger propose?"
The foolishest thing! You'd never guess. He
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11

The local Democratic organ refers TO the
supporters OF Hoffman as "men who are
fired with the zeal Of righteous cause"
Holy Moses!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11
Altruistie.

Chicago Record-Herald.
Your husband" said Mrs. oldcastle 'seems
to be so altruistic.'
Yes 1 know 1t. But Josiah always was a
great hand to overeat and think that must be
what gives 1t to him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11
Not Eligible.

Automobile Magazine
What did they blackball Fergus for In the
Scorcher's Club?'
He couldn't prove he had ever run over any
one."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11

The Criminal Court jury made short work
OF the case of Griswold. the monster who
kept vile drinking and wineroom resort on
limit Of the law IL was shown that he had
enficed young girls into the place and had
I'D them % distribute his cards aud draw
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11

The w1neroom evil existed during all of
Mayor Taggsrt's three administrations
without any eisc-t to abate IL.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11

Berlin appears to be blest with more fool
newspapers than the whole German en-
pre is Justly entitled to.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11
In BOstOnese.

Philadelphia Ledger.
Listen to that girls peculiar laugh
THAT isn't laugh"
''No?"
mo; she's Boston girl. That's cachinna-
tion."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11

After Captain Wringe becomes citizen
Of the United States he may develop into
q first-class sailor.
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THE HUMORISTS.
Not n Fly.

New York Evening Sun.
He goes the pace that kills."
"A fly by night?"
"Oh, no; an auto by day."
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Charitably Inclined.

got up and said. says he: The best way to boom
a town. says he, is to make it fit to live in %
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DENVER. Col.-Louthain & Jackson Fifteenth
and Lawrence streets, and A. Smith, 1851
Champa s<s<ef.
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DAY TON. OIL. V. wilkie. 60 South jefferson
street.
COLUMBUS, o.-viaduct News Stand. $50 High
street.
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WASHINGTON. ID. C.-Riggs House, Ebbitt
House. Fairfax Hotel, Willard Hotel
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LOuISNILLE-C. T. Deering, northwest corner
OF Third and Jefferson streets, and Bluefeld
Bros AZ West Market street
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