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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24
WILLIAM N. sHlPP TAKES HIS
OWN LIFE.
FIRED BULLET INTO HEART
Suicide of a Young Man Residing
With Parents on Ranch
Near Conway.

What was considered as a possible
murder near Conway yesterday turn
ed out to have been a suicide. Late
yesterday afternoon Doctor Rinehart
received a telegram from junction
requesting him to go to Conway to
hold. an inquest on the body of Will
liam M. Shipp, who it was said had
been. shot near there.
Last night the doctor went to the
place indicated and found the re-
mains Of a young man in a bunk
house of the Shipp ranch, opposite
Conway. 1t was late when the doctor
arrived and found a number of per-
sons 1T the place. A jury was sum-
moned and an inquest held. Only
two witnesses were examined, the
mother and brother of the dead man.
They both testified that they knew
of no reason for the deed, as the de-
ceased had been in his accustomed
good spirits Immediately before ne
killed himself and had been
heard to make any threats, nor was he
known to have had trouble with any
one. He had been about he mouse
as usual and without speaking to any
member of the family had gone into
the bunk house. A few moments after
ward. the witnesses testified, a shot
had been heard coming from the
bunk house and some of the family
had gone to see what had caused it.
Upon entering the room the body OF
the dead man had been discovered
living on one of the hunks, a revolver
in the left hand.
This was about all they knew OF the
matter and as none of the other mem
bers of the family seemed to know
more. the doctor thought it unneces'
sary to examine any of them.
A verdict of suicide was returned
The deceased was William M.
Shipp. son of John Shipp, and was
about 25 years of age. 1t is said ina
about two years ago a younger prom
er was accidentally drowned n TINS
caused William to be respondent a
times. as he was strongly attached te
the dead boy, who was about 8 years
old. 1t is considered that possibly
this might have had something u
do with the suicide, as William nevel
fully recovered from the blow tn
death of his favorite brother was tt
him.
, The weapon used by the suicide
was a 3S-calibre Colts revolver, witt
a 45-calibre frame. The bullet enter
ed the heart and after passing through
that organ plowed it's way through
the intervening flesh and lodged a
| rectly under the skin of the back Tn
point pressing against the skin unit
the latter protruded. 1t was remoN
/ ed by Doctor Rinehart.
The funeral took place today, Tn
body having been taken to Junctlo
for burial.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24
1.-THE TWO
AcceptabIy Rendered by Kate CIaxton
and Her Company.

A+ lob
From Saturdays Daily Gazette.
Kate Claxton, whose name is
synonymous with Louise, the blind
girl in the 1.-TWO Orphans" was the
attraction at the opera house last
night. Although the many years that
have passed since Miss Claxton first
captivated the country with her i'm
personation of .the little, unfortunate
Normandese have left their impress
on her, she is still possessed of the
charm and personality that gave her
instant fame. when she first assumed
the part. She may have lost some of
the youthful grace and righteousness
that characterized her acting of earli-
er years, but for all that she is still
the blind girl and throughout the
seven acts that punctuate the play
continues to hold the attention and
sympathy of her audience.
The drama itself is So familiar to
theatre-goers that nothing need be
said of it. Old as it is, the story it
tells of love devotion, a%ristocratic
pride and intrigue has lost none OF
it's charms and the villainy Of the
marquis de PRESSES, the grosser and
more brutal villiany of La Frochard
and her rascally son, Jacques, still
stir the audience and make it long
for the denoument, when virtue and
love shall triumph and the wicked
and vile are punished. AS presented
last night the play was acceptable.
The support given the star was good,
exceptionally so in some instances.
and was married only by the very poor
acting of the man who essayed the
part of the captain of the guard. AL
though one of the minor characters
it could not have been performed poor
er or more unsatisfactory than by
James Donnellon, who is evidently a
tyro and who has yet to ecove from
the peculiar sensation that comes
from appearing before an audience
His was a bad case of stage fright
| whenever he was compelled to ap
pear. To the annoyance caused by
constant prompting, was coupled
voice childishly weak and a nervous
ness that at times was really pitable
His acting was made to show ever
greater weakness because of tn
strong contrast afforded by the reall!
excellent work of Fred M. Till
ish, the Chevalier de Vaudrey, ant
Frank Mcdonald, whose jacques wa
about all that could be desired. An
other very good and pleasing perform
err was Arthur Berthelet, whose con
ception and representation OF Pierr'
were marked by genuine artistic mel
it. The same also applies to Mis-
Palmer, who as Henriette shared hor
ors with the star. y
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24
Biq Schooner Stranded.

Norfolk, Va, Feb. ia messenger
from the north Carolina coast brought
from a Cape Henry life saving sta
ton Yesterday news of the stranding
of the big three-masted schooner
William Schubert, coal laden from
Philadelphia, bound for Cuba. Capt
Hegarty and the crew of the Schuber'
were rescued by the Boyd's life-sav
ers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24
Billings Business College.

Mathematics and bookkeeping,
stenography and typewriting, penman-
ship and English branches, tele-
graphy and music Vocal and instru-
mental). Experienced teachers,
Terms moderate. Enroll at once,
Pupils prepared for civil service and
mercantile positions. Over Gazetts
office. S4-t1
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24
VISITING BASKET BALL PLAYERS
ARE DEFEATED.
RESULT OF MORE TRAINING
Red Lodge Young Ladies Unable to
Overcome Superior Tactics
Of Local Misses.

Inc basket pail game Tue
Red Lodge and Billings high school
girls took place at the gymnasium Of
the new southside school last night,
and resulted in a victory for the home
team with a score of 10 to 4. The
lineup of the two teams was as fol-
lows:
Red Lodge-Center, Anna secoia;
right forward, Isabelle Orr; left for
ward, Alice Smith; right guard,
Agnes Criger; left guard, Mamie Ker-
rigan. Substitutes, Jessie Torryson
and Ella Fisher.
Billings-Center, Orilla Whitney;
right forward, Lulu Railsback; left
forward, Winnie Burton; right guard,
Edyth Lavigne; left guard, Katherin
Williams. Substitutes, Neva Todd,
Ida Lord and Ethel Mcbride.
Anna Kane acted as mascot for the
Billings team.
The officials of the game were Pro
lessor Kay and Miss Quaw of Red
Lodge and Professor Daniels and Miss
Straub of Billings.
While the game in it's entirety
showed the home team to be the SUI
periors on the court, the Red Lodge
team nevertheless deserve a great
edal of praise for the way they play
ed throughout the entire game. Ev
ery point made was fought for and II
was only on account of a thorough
training and knowledge of the game
that Billings won.
A large number of the faculty and
students of the Red Lodge school &C
companied the team and as a result
a great deal of enthusiasm was mani
! tested. A large and appreciatlve
audience was in attendance, whlcf
encouraged the girls of both teams te
work harder for victory.
After the game the two teams am
the faculties of the two high schools
were invited to the home of Miss Orll
la Whitney, where a banquet was CIV
en- in honor of the visiting team. Pro
lessor Daniels acted as toastmaste1
and between the courses of tn
sumptuous feast appropriate re
sponses we're made by Professor Kay
Misses Quaw, Brady and Crlger o
Red Lodge, and Miss Banks, Straub
Williams, Burton and Mr.. aBnniste
of Billings. Excellent music was rem
dered by different parties and a yer!
enjoyable evening was spent Ey al
present.
The visiting girls are being enter
tanned at the homes of the hlgI
school girls and will remain in Bill
ings until tomorrow.
1t is expected that the Billings tear
will play a return game at Red sLodg
within the next few weeks.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24
SMOKED OUT and KILLED

EUs.E
New Orleans. Feb. 20.-After hold
ing half a hundred blue coats at bay
for several hours, during which a
number of shots were exchanged, La
Fayette Sims, a desperate negro, was
killed by the police early today in a
negro boarding house situated on
South Rampant street. The room in
which he was beseiged had to be set
on fire, and the fire department called
out before Sims could be driven from
his post. AS he attempted to escape,
still carrying his gun, he was shot
down.
The origin of the trouble was trivial.
Sims occupied a room in a boarding
house in which there were sever beds.
On retiring last night he locked the
door and when the landlord early this
morning asked him to open it, so that
another ledger might be admitted.
Sims refused. Then the landlord
sent for the police.
Hole Smashed in Door.
Efforts to persuade Sims to open the
door failed and a hole was smashed
in it. Through the aperture Sims.
shot a pistol out of one hand and a
lantern out of the other of Officer Win
stein, who tried to enter. Thereupon
additional police were sent for and
the house surrounded.
After the additional police had ar
rived the landlord and an officer again
went to the room and pleaded with
| Sims to come out and surrender.
mo, l WON'T" he answered with an
oath. "Ill shoot if you don't go away.
l am not going to leave here. They'll
burn me in oil. They'll fry me-"
Sims had piled some of the furni-
| ture in the room against the door and
was prepared to fight for his life. AS
the landlord and the officer retreated
the desperate fired at them, without
doing any damage. All efforts to in
duce the prisoner to surrender having
proved abortive, Superintendent OF
Police Journee decided that there was
nothing to be done but to smoke the
negro out. An alarm was turned in
and a portion of the fire department
brought to the scene.
A quantity of cotton, oil and sui
phur was sent for, the cotton rolled
into balls and saturated with Oil, a
match applied and the blazing sub
stance hurled into the room, every
avenue of escape being now guarded.
The furniture in the room caught
quickly, filling the place with smoke
and flames.
Makes Dash for Liberty.
Sims hung on until he was nearly
suffocated and then made a break
to escape AS ne appeared at the
door Patrolman Smith fred at him
The negro staggered, mortally wound
ed. Instantly another policeman free
at him. He had scarcely fallen to the
floor when he was dead. The fireme1
ran a line of hose into the building
and extinguished the flames and tn
body was dragged out and driver
, through a lane Of excited negroes tt
the police station. Examination o
, the room following the tragedy shows
that Sims had gotten possession o
, officer W%enstein's revolver afte1
shooting it from his hands.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24

ST, lORN'S HEADACHE CURE
vii, cure your headache. Sold by
Chapnle Drug &C,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24
AGAINST Alaska Commercial.

Seattle, Wash, Feb. 19.-The Unit
ed States court at Juneau has render
ed a $4,000 judgment against the Alas
ka Commercial company of San Fran.
cisco for negligence in the matter OF
the loss of the schooner Dora B, off
@Lituya Bay, in 1900.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24
For 100000 Ties.

Denver, Feb. 19.-The Colorado
Utah Construction company, which is
building the Denver, Northwestern q
Pacific. the new Moffat road, has let
contracts for about 100000 ties for
that portion of the line which will
be constructed during the present sea-
son.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24

Professor John Kay, principal of the
Red Lodge schools, was among those
who came down from the coal camp
last evening to witness the basket
ball game.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24

See shoemaker under iegen Bros.
Savings bank. Good work; prices
right. '
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24
WILL STUDY INSECTS
OF BRITISH COLUN BIA
Party of National Museum Experts
Going to the Far North.

H. G. Dyar, of the National Museum.
has gone TO Kalso, British Columbia,
where he will stay until September 1.
Mr.. Dyar was accompanied by A. ".
CaudeIl and r. P. Currie, OF the Museum
forces
Mr.. Dyar will make study of the in
sect life of the region around Kalso and
Will devote special attention to raising
the larvae of butterflies and moths. The
country TO lie visited has several pecu-
Iiarities caused by it's geographical po-
sition. 1t borders on Lake Kootemay,
with the Rocky Mountains on one side
and the SeIkrk Range on the other. Ice
and snow keep the temperature down so
that the timber line is 5000 feet instead
of 10000 to y, 600 feet, as in Colorado.
It's rainfall is greater than that of the
Rocky Mountain country, but Is not as
great as that of the lands along the
coast
Few entomologists have worked in
the country which will receive the at
tention Of the party from the Museum,
and Mr.. Dyar is hopeful of finding many
hitherto unknown species. The mosqui-
toes there are different from those ia
miliar 10 WashingtOnians. except In
their biting and annoying powers. and
Mr.. Dyar viii give them close study.
While Mr.. Dyar is raising larvae and
studying mosquitoes Messrs. Caudell and
Currie will make a general collection
of insects 10 be examined at leisure
when the party returns to Washington.
Foreign material for the National Mu-
seum's chronological exhibit at the st.
Louis Exposition is beginning to arrive.
Yesterday Mr. Dyar received the first
boxes of a large collection ordered from
q firm in Germany. The order was for
$50 specimens. The boxes will not be
opened until Mr. Dyar returns from his
trip TO Kalso.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24
OUTPUT OF ANTHONY,
BIShUTH, AND GRAPHITE
Statistical Report by the Geological
Survey On the Production.

Joseph Struthers, of the Geological
Survey, has complied reports on the
output of graphite. bismuth, and anti
mony in 1902 These reports have been
published by the survey.
The production OF crystalline graphite
in the United States during the year
1902 amounted to 4176,824 pounds, val
ued at 1888. 147. as compared with 1861
6l2 pounds, valued at $135. 914, in 1901
The mines at Ticonderoga, n. Y, con-
tributed the greater part Of this output.
Exploration work was done during the
year on the graphite properties eight
miles southwest of Ration, New Mexico
and an output of sixty-five short tons
OF high grade amorphous graphite was
shipped from there.
The production of amorphous- graphite
in the United States during 1902 was
1903 short tons, valued at $40, 764, as
compared with 500 short tons, valued at
$31 800, in 1901 The bulk of the best
grades of crystalline graphite continues
TO be derived from Ceylon, which fur
nishes at present about so per cent of
the total consumption of graphite in the
United States.
The production of bismuth ore in the
United States amounted to 375 short
tons, as compared with 3l8.6 short tons
in 1901. The entire production during
1852 was obtained from Ballard Mine
Colorado.
The total quantity OF anthony pro-
duced in the United States during the
past year, was 1861 short tons, valued
at 1924 SOC. The quantity produced from
hard lead was 1904 short tons, and
that produced from foreign and domea-
tic ores 657 short tons, exclusive of for
eign ores imported and re-eXported.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24
Will Brook No Interference.

OF course, everything that is calcu-
lated to interfere with this policy of
Great Britain TO establish herself
as the protector of Arabia will
meet with strenuous opposition on her
part Her foreign minister, Lord Lans-
downe, announced the ether day in par
lament at Westminster, that under no
circumstances would England permit
any other power than herself to estab
lish fortified naval stations or military
strongholds on the shores of the Per
sian Gulf, either on Persian. Arab, or
Turkish territory. and for the same
reason she is obstructing the construc-
ton of the railroad which is 10 con-
meet the Mediterranean with a port on
the Persian Gulf The utility of this
railroad. indeed. is not very apparent,
and it is doubtful if from an economic
point OF view il could ever be rendered
remunerative unless constructed in con-
nection' with the restoration of the an
cient irrigation works of Chaldea Tigris,
which in olden times rendered the val
ley of the Tfgris most fertile and the
richest spot in the world. n fact, the
entire country. known in oIden times as
| Chaldea, is intersected with hundreds
of canals, many Of them cut through
living. rock, and which, if repaired,
might in conjunction with a railroad
render the valley of the Tigris and of
the Euphrates a second Egypt. But
England will be no party to the revival
OF the prosperity of Chaldea, to the con-
struction of the railroad to the Persian
Gulf, or to the repair OF the irrigation
works in the valley OF the Tigris until
she has secured control of Arabia and is
able to undertake the works in question
on her own account.
EX-ATTACHE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24
Englan6's Influence in Arabia.

Slowly but surely England is extend
ing her influence among the various
Arab tribes that inhabit the peninsula,
has taken a number of them both in the
southwestern corner near Alden, and on
the shores of the Persian Gulf, under
her protection, declining to permit their
oppression or even subsection by the
Turkish Sultan, and is gradually winning
their confidence and their good will in
the same degree that the English gov
eminent enjoys on the part of the Mo
hammedans in India. In fact Great
Britain. which already controls the Fer
sian Gulf and the Red Sea. and has Sc
cured foothoIds on the southwestern and
southeastern corners of the peninsula,
is in a fair way to becoming the princi-
pal friend, the recognized protector and
the predominant power in Arabia. a
country which as stated above contains
the holy places of Islam. and which is
inhabited by most remarkable race,
which for several centuries played an
important part in the worlds history,
advancing in a career of victory to found
great dominions in Africa, Asia, and
Europe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24
Islam's Chief Caliph.

Since this discovery England's policy
has been not to protect the Sultan or TO
champion his cause, but to develop the
power and the prestige of the grand
sheriff of Mecca as the principal de-
scendant of the prophet, and, therefore,
as chief caIiph of Islam. Some time ago
when she invested a Mohammedan sheik
with the administration of Koranic law
at Zeilah, which, with the surrounding
country. is almost entirely populated
with Mohammedans, she addressed TO the
grand sheriff of Mecca letter request
ing him TO give his approval to the ap-
pointment in his capacity as head of the
Mohammedan church throughout the
world. And it is 20 longer any secret
that the English government has in view
the proclamation of Mecca, of Medina,
and, in fact. of all that portion of Ara
bia in which the holy cities OF Islam are
situated, as the property of the
grand sherihate, assuring to the lat
ter the revenues of the holy cities. entire
independence from the Sultan of Turkey
as well as freedom from interference on
the part of any other foreign power.
The whole of the Arabian Peninsula
in which the holy places of Islam are
situated, constitutes theoretically a
Turkish province under the direction of
Turkish governor, who, making his
headquarters at Sanaah, maintains gar
risons at Mecca, Medina and at the Red
Sea port of Jeddah. for the purpose OF
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24

extorting money, which would otherwise
flow into the Golfers of the grand sheriff
from the pockets of the pilgrims who
flock each year in countless thousands
to the holy cities from all quarters of the
Mohammedan world-no less than 20 per
cent of the entire number coming from
British India alone. The authority Of
the Sultan and of the Turkish governor
is restricted only to those spots actually
occupied by the Ottoman troops, and the
remainder of Arabia is in a state of
permanent insurrection against the SUP
lime Porte.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24
ENGLAND IN ARABIA.
Her Policy With Regard the Bagdad Railroad Project and
GuIf-Ancient Chaldeas Prosperity May Be Revived

ter careful inquiry, in which the most
learned members of the Mohammedan
Church in India took part. came to the
conclusion that his claims were IN
founded. and based wholly on usurpa-
tion, and on false assertions.
Not a Descendant of the Prophet.
The Koran, or, rather. the Khadis-
sci sheriff portion thereof, strictly and
implicitly provides that the caliph of
the Mohammedan church-its supreme
pontiff-must be a lineaI descendant of
the prophet who founded the faith. Now
the grand sheriff of Mecca fulflIs the
genealogical requirements. being a Hneal
descendent Of Hassan. the grandson of
the prophet. Abdul Hamid, on the other
hand, has none of these qualifications
his ancestors having belonged to a tribe
distinguished for its enmity to the
prophet. He cannot be considered as be-
ing even in the remotest degree descend
ed from Mohammed, and the only founda-
ticn on which he bases his claim TO the
Caliphate is an alleged cession Of the
dignity to Sultan Selim, the conqueror
of Egypt by the last Fatimite Caliph at
Cairo, in 1916
This Fatimite Caliph, so called because
descended from Mohammed's daughter
Fatimeh. had no authority whatsoever
to beQueath the title. least OF all to one
who was by race and ancestry legally
and theologically disqualified. That Sui
tan Selims successors did not attach
any Importance TO this alleged cession
of the title of caliph on the part of the
Fatimite Caliph of Cairo is best shown
by the fact that none of them dreamed of
including it among his dignities until
the present Sultan who, with the object
of strengthening his claim thereto, had
actually the audacity to eliminate from
the copies of the Koran published in
| Turkey those Khadissei sheriffs which
contain the inspired Injunction regard
| ing the caliDhate. sacrilege which has
excited horror even among the eccle-
siastical authorities at Constantinople,
where numbers of Ulemas have been
banished for denouncing the indignity
thus done to their Holy Book