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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-11
DISCUSSES RAILROAD TARIFFS.
James j.. Hill Says Wages Must Be
Reduced or Rates Advanced.

Chicago, Dec. 10.-"There are not
five men in the world who could make
railroad tariffs for this entire country
that would be just and equitable. Long
before they had completed a single
tariff they all would have died and
commercial conditions would have So
changed as to make their work utter
Nv without avail" fgg
This is the reply which James ~.
Hill, president of the Great Northern
railroad, made to a question regard
ing his views on giving the interstate
commerce commission the power to
make rates subject to the revision OF
the courts, as provided in the bill
which Congressman Cooper has intro
duced.
"The question Of railway rates has
reached the point where they must
necessarily be advanced unless the
railway arrangements can discover
new methods of economy in transpor-
tation," Mr.. Hill continued.
He said that wages would have to
be reduced or freight rates advanced,
the only alternative being an increase
in tonnage. which could only be
brought about by the creation of new
markets for our products.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-11
More Than Five Senses.

Many of our scientists until quite re-
Gently have been reluctant to admit
that a number of the lower animals
possibly possess other senses than ours
So much new and undeniably afirma-
tory evidence is, however, now being
offered on this point that there can be
no longer any substantial reason for
doubling that the five senses man Inn
perfectly exercises are by no means
all that are possible to sentient crea-
lures.
One such sense not possessed by hui
man beings, but to a greater or less de-
gree almost universally present in
mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and in
sects, is what perhaps may be called
the sense of lo%calization. 1t enables
it's possessor. apparently by it's sole
use. to find a desired spot. 1t is evil
IDENTIFY closely connected with an in
stinctive and perfect memory Of dis
lance and direction.
Examples of insects that possess an
X ray sense not only among European
but or own hymenoptera can be null
tiplied indefinitely. Only one or two
Of the senses peculiar to the lower ami
mails are here noticed. Lubbock sug-
gests thai there may be fifty of them"
Scientific American.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-11
CHAMBERS PREVAILS THERE.
Disease Appears Among Horses Of
Fergus County.

BY way of Lewistown comes the
report of the existence of CHAMBERS
among the horses Of Fergus county
and several animals have been killed
by the state authorities.
On the ranch of Rufus Thampson,
at Highfield, DIR. E. D. Nash, deputy
state veterinarian, discovered four
glandered horses and killed them. On
the Cruise ranch another lot was dis
covered that had been exposed to the
disease and they were quarantined,
pending further developments.
In other localities in the same coun-
ty evidence of the existence of the
scourge was found and drastic meas
Tres have been taken to stamp it out
before it assume too large proper
lions.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-11

He has just finished q sentence in
the jail at Red Lodge, where he was
convicted of driving stock from it's
customary range. The pony that he
is charged with having stolen was
one Of the number that taken
from Van Hoose during the summer.
Sometime ago it was discovered In a
pasture, where it had evidently been
left by the supposed thief. Watch
was kept and when Nelson came along
and claimed it as his own he was ar
rested. It is said that a number OF
witnesses are prepared to testify to
the ownership of the animal, all, 1t is
claimed, being willing to swear that
it belongs to Van Hose and not to
Nelson.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-11
SENATE COMMITTEE MEETING
CALLED FOR TOMORROW.
WILL Be DONE THOROUGHLY
Nature Of Mormon Obligation as Re-
CARDS Senator's Attitude Toward
Government to Be A~scertained.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 10.-Chair-
man Burrows of the senate committee
on privileges and elections has called
a meeting Of the committee for Satur-
day to consider whether any action
shall be taken on the protests and
petitions for the expulsion OF Senator
Reed Smoot of Utah. There is an
immense mass of petitions coming
from 40 different states.
Congressional callers at the White
house are manifesting increased in
terest in the case involving the seat OF
Smoot, and the indications are now
that the contest is certain to result
in political agitations which will rival
in Importance and in earnestness the
case of Brigham H. Roberts. before
the house of representatives a few
years e In the Smoot case NJ effort
is being made on either side to draw
him into the controversy, the realiza-
tion being general that it involves a
question which the senate must deter
mine for itself.
That a thorough investigation OF the
subject will be made by the senate
committee on privileges and elections
now appear beyond doubt BY those
who are pressing the investigation 1t
is said it will be more comprehensive
z-1 ooroI,;ro thorn onv ,cimi1Qp in.
curry ever held. An effort will be
made to ascertain accurately the atti-
tude of the Mormon church toward the
government of the United States and
to learn whether or not a member
of that organization is bound by any
pledge or oath, the taking OF which is
incompatible with his oath as a sena-
tor of the United States.
1t is believed by some at least OF
those who are opposing Senator Smoot
that any effort made to prove he is a
polygamist would result in failure, and
while that point canont be said to
have been abandoned absolutely, it is
quite certain the OpOSlIlOH VIII coA'
c%entrate it's endeavors to prove that
the position he holds in the Norman
church is incompatible with the oath
of allegiance he has taken to the
United States. That proof must be
ample, in the opinion OF senator's
before he can he unseated.
AS to the ability of the opposition tic
Senator Smoot to establish such
proposition, there is a wide divergence
of opinion among the senators, but
there is a pretty general agreement
that if it should be established, its
result would be the %unseating Of the
/. Utah senator.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-11
THREE DEATHS FROM FEVER
AND TWELVE NEW CASES
At BUTLER, PA.
GENERAL APPEAL FOR AID
AMERICAN PUBLIC ASKED FOR
FUNDS WITH WHICH TO END
THE EPIDEMIC.

Butler. Pa, Dec. 1O.-The fever sit
uation seems more dis%couraging in
Butler than 1t has been during the
past four or five days. Three deaths
occurred and twelve new cases were
reported. A new feature and n
which is causing great alarm among
those who have knowledge Of it, is
the report that there are four or five
cases of typhoid fever at Greece City,
ten miles north of Butler, on that
branch Of the creek on which the
Boydston storage dam is located. The
state board of health officers will in
v~estigate and If there is n posi-
bility of future pollution from this
source, the danger will be promptly
removed and heroic methods will be
used If necessary. The Thorn Run
dam, which now supplies the city, is
on a different branch of the creek and
will not be affected by Greece City
cases.
DR.. Salem Heilman, the supreme
medical examiner of the Protected
Home Circle, has issued his report
concerning the fever epidemic here.
The Protected Home Circle has 800
members in Butler. and a number of
them are-fever victims. DR.. Heilman
does not hesitate to announce that
the conditions are d%eplorable, that he
is firm in the belief that the infection
has not reached its worst stage. But
ler's only hope, he says, lies In a
complete disinfection.
Burgess William Kennedy has is
sued a general appeal to the American
public for aid. He wants 500, 000
more to stamp out the epidemic and
earnestly urges the support of the
people Of the United States. The
burgess has issued this appeal after
holding the matter under advisement
for several days.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-11
HEARD ON Il BEA>
Taught Young Women Swimming
Without Getting. wet.

Taught Young Women Swimming
without Getting. wet.
"Why, certainly. Miss -,iauae; GER
tainly l will teach you to swim. Now
before we go into the water let lis get
the positions. Just observe mi n mo-
ment. Place your hands in front. thus.
palms OUT
"Palms o~ut--yes? All, that is easy!'
Certainly. Then your body straight
thus"
"Ny-body th~us-yes."
"Hold your head thus"
"Yes-thus-my head'-
mo, no-not that way! Let me show
you. Turn your chin up a bit-there!
Now
"Ouch! You beast, you made me bite
my tonguew
'Can't help little accidents like that.
You must be more observant. Now you
have it! Bravo! Now when we get in,
to the water remember the position.
The first thing will be to learn float
Ing"
"Oh, l adore floating"
"Of course you do-who doesn't? You
will lie on your back while l place my
right arm under your waist, thus
"But, Mr.. Flanders, we are not In the
water, sir"
81 know, Miss Maude. This is hypo-
| thetical water. as it were. l place my
right arm under your waist and take
your right hand with my left, thus
eyes? Oh, that's very nice. really.
but
zone minute, Miss Maude-you must
be patient. Lean a little back In the
hammock, please-it makes the idea OF
floating more realistic. That's right.
Now, having placed my right arm un-
der your waist and taken your right
hand in my left thus, r.
"Why-ah!-you brute. you kissed
mel!
"Did 1? Heavens"
"You did. sir! But
"Welly"
swell! Why don't you go on with the
with the lesson Y'-Baltimore News.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-11
WINTER ONCE MORE.
Visitor from Dakota Sweeps Over
Eastern Montana.

HInatN..
Once more winter has set in and
the prospects for a period OF cold
and stormy weather are very bright.
During the latter part Of the night
a snowstorm began and continued the
greater part of the day, accompanied
by a driving wind from the northeast.
Although the thermometer did not
register more than the freezing point,
because of the wind and cutting snow
outdoor life was anything but pleasant.
AS yet little apprehension is felt by
stockmen, who say the snow came at
the right time, as the range was prac-
tically bare and moisture was needed
for the stock.
The storm seems to be a continue
ton of ONE that originated in the east
ern part of the state a few days ago,
as reports of snow and blustery
weather have been received from that
direction since early in the week.
Should it cease within a reasonable
time and be followed by the usual
warm days, the grass on the prairie,
which made a perceptible start in
the last couple of weeks, will take on
considerable growth and thus increase
the quantity of feed, but whether it
will also improve the quality at the
same time is another matter.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-11
CHOICE MISCELLANY
An odd comn,

A German who died in Missouri re-
Gently was buried in a remarkable cof-
fin. He was a very eccentric old fell
low. Some time ago he fenced off a
piece Of ground on his farm just large
enough for two graves. and he request
ed that here the bodies of his wife and
himself be laid. 1T was truly char
acteristic Of the old gentleman who
made it and now rests in it." says the
Lamar Democrat. 1T was made Of
hard oak. finely finished and vanished
a jet black. 1t was a long. plain box,
not rudely constructed, but simply
made. 1t had no handles. but was
nicely lined inside. The covering for
this coffin was really a miniature
house roof. Not only was it shaped
like a house roof, with a comb, caves
and covnices, but it was made of shin
giles. The cover, or roof, Of this quaint
habitation for the body Of this man
was neatly put together. The shingles
were made to fit very closely, and Mr..
Glampee displayed much skill in build
ing it. The cover was vanished the
same as the balance Of the coffin.
When the time came for putting the
mortal frame Of Mr.. Glampee into his
self made home it was found that the
coffin was several inches too short.
but it was recalled that that was the
way its builder had intended it should
be. And in accordance with his re-
quest his body was placed in the cot
fin with his feet protruding out at the
bottom end"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-11
FIRED UPON FROM AMBUSH.
Colorado Deputies and Clerks Battle
With. a Hidden Party.

Trinidad, Colo, Dec. 10.-While a
number Of deputies and clerks. were
driving from Derwind to Tobasco
Wednesday they were fired upon by
several men hidden behind rocks and
brush. The deputies and clerks
jumped from the wagon and returned
the fire. The shooting continued at
intervals for thirty minutes, though
no one was injured. Reinforcements
Of guards arrived from Tobasco and
the ambush party fled. No arrests
were made. The trouble is said to
have originated in the morning when
a miner came into the mine Office at
Berwind and became very abusive.
He was kicked out by a deputy and 1t
is thought that he stirred up his
friends to start the difficulty.
The relations between the miners
and guards at Segundo are still
strained.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-11
GENERAL STRIKE ExPEoTsL.

Three Illinois Concerns Issue Ultima.
tum to Employees.
Chicago, Dec. 10.-Ten hours a day
and no union agreements or no work
for an indifinite period is the ultima
tum issued by three more big manu-
featuring concerns, members Of the
Fox River Valley Manufacturers AS
s~ociation Of Northern Illinois. The
three are located at Batavia,
ILL.,, and they have $4,000 union en-
ployes. A general strike is expected
Monday.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-11
PLEADS NOT Z
Hans Nelson Denies That He Stole
Van HOSES cayuse. j.

Hans Nelson, alleged Ito be one OF
the quartette that is accused of hav-
ing done a wholesale business in the
horse stealing lime during the summer,
was arraigned before Justice Fraser
last Wednesday on the complaint OF
j. P. Van Hoose, who charges him
with having stolen a certain pinto
pony from him. Nelson entered a plea
of not guilty and in default of bonds
was remanded for preliminary hearing
Eext Monday, December IA.
The prisoner is said to be a member
of the gang. composed OF himself.
-Hove Mickenheim and Pearl, that
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-11
Soldier DANGEROUSLY Wounded.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 10.-Thomas
Burton, a private in Company E, Sec
ond infantry, was shot and dangerous
" wounded here Wednesday by Fri
yate George Hood. Burton was
dressed in citizens clothes and is
said to have heen attempting to es-
cape, The men were personal friends.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-11
New Medicine For Flirts.

Miss Lizzie Burgess Of Evanston, ILL.,,
has used a new method Of dealing with
the man who firts. May I see you
homes" asked a stranger the other
evening. Certainly" said the young
woman. Instead of going home she
started in the opposite direction and
stopped in front Of the Evanston po-
lice station. The man waited outside
while she went in to see a friend. "She
stated the case to the sergeant In
charge, and the undesirable escort
spent the remainder Of the night in a
cell.
The World Of the West.
What know We, who dwell at our EASTERN
most verge,
Where on the Atlantic some pygmy states
merge.
stretch,
Where jagged horizons the
peaks etch
In purple and silver? What know you. I
say
Who live on the edge of the dawning OF
. day,
OF westerly countries unpillaged Of pelf?
Know you that the west is a world In it.
self?
''West',-what does 1t mean when you
think of the word?
With mirth unprovoked you have prob
ably heard
The country that lies on this side of the
stream
That good old De Soto discerned In a
dream;
You've heard people speak Of the land
that lies there
Az "west." Oh, you ignorant one, have a
care!
Were east blotted out it could live on
rhe west with a sea. earth and sky all Its
own.
somewhere in the unending reaches that
lie
Beyond where the father Of waters glides
The west has beginning {of end there Is
none);
And onward it swings with the sweep Of
the sun.
Its valleys unmeasured. its mountains UNI
named,
It's rivers unfettered. it's forests unframed.
Its deserts untrod save by pixy or elf
The west Is a whole wondrous world IN
itself.
to you take
Some coin from your hoard and a Pilgrim
age make
Out in that land nat your fancy has
drawn
Az something 'twould make a good, roomy
back lawn.
Ride day after day-aye. and night after
night
Where unexplored wonder worlds surfeit
the sight
Then hide your old notions way back on
a shelf
And own that the west is a world in it.
Baltimore American.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-11
FIRST ANNUAL REPORT.
Secretary cortelyou Discusses Work
of His Department.

of His Department.
Washington, Dec. 10.-The first an
nual report of George B. Cortelyou,
the secretary of commerce and labor,
gives a full account Of the progress
made in the organization of the de-
partment, discusses the work Of the
various bureaus, complies with the
several provisions Of law relating to
statements of moneys received and
disbursed, and makes such comments
and recommendations in regard to
commercial and industrial affairs as
appear to be warranted by existing
conditions.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-11
WISCONSIN Teacher Arrested.

Barron. Wis, Dec. 10.-The ten
year-old son of John Ligonier is al
legged to have died of internal injuries
sustained while at school h. sse'ng
thrown twice across the room by the
teas her. The teacher, Mr.. Hanson. is
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-11
rx,aence. os.Richea.

"Isn't her display of diamonds mag
~nifcent?"
ut is undeniably lavish" replied
Miss Cayenne, land in SO much better
taste than it would be to ornament
herself with real money and govern
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-11

Big discount on all millinery at
ID. Kron's.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-06-13
New Blasting Powder.

The Mining and Scientific Press reports
a patent just taken out in Belgium for a
simple method OF making blasting powder
from spent tan bark. The price of this
powder is less than that of gun powder
and it takes but one-seventeenth part
as much TO produce the same effect. 1t
is composed of fifty-two and half
pounds of waste tan bark, and twenty
pounds OF pulverized sulphur. The
nitrate of soda is dissolved in sufficient
quantity of boiling water. and the tan
bark added in manner to completely
impregnate it with the solution, after
which the sulphur is added in the same
way. The mixture is taken from the
fire and thoroughly dried, when it is
ready for use. If it is wet, it does not
permanently injure it, but on being dried
again Is as good as eyer. If fred in the
open air, it causes no explosion, but is
very efficient for blasting when confined
in the usual manner. 1t is not suitable
for use in guns or cannon.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-06-13

The mortgage is sometimes regarded az
a signal OF distress. Yet this view is not
supported by the above figures. Gener-
ally speaking, it can be said that where
agricultural prosperity is the greatest in
the United States there the percentage
OF mortgaged farms is the highest. IT
will be noted that Iowa, which is con-
ceded TO stand near the head OF the agri-
cultural list, has the largest percentage OF
mortgaged farms. The southern and
eastern States are lowest in percentage OF
mortgaged farms. 1t is also significant
that the southern States, which have had
agricultural progress between 1890 and
1900, more than n'doubled their mortgage
percentage.
The prevalence of mortgages may be
regarded rather as an evidence of enter
prise than as proof OF distress. Mortgages
are numerous where land sales are COM
mon, for seldom it is that purchaser
pays all cash. They also often repre-
sent investments elsewhere by the owner.
Not few grow out OF estate settlements.
Others represent improvements on the
farm or the purchase Of fine or feeding
stock. Many farmer has found that he
could borrow money on his farm at or
81 per cent, whereas he would be COM
PEELED to pay per cent on his note, and
has prudently taken the cheaper money
to carry on business transactions. 1t is
likely that in the Western country,
where home is hardly home without a
mortgage, that not more than two per
cent OF the membranes represent dis
tress.
Yet the time is approaching when pru-
dence will require the liquidation of these
mortgage obligations. 1t has been well
said that no business in the world can
permanently beat 6 per cent. There is
nothing that marches on so steadily, pro-
crossing with a step that never knows
faltering, as interest, and there is no
considerable business in this country, in
the long run. which averages a return
equal to per cent per annum on the in
vestment.-The Homestead.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-06-13
worst of All Experiences.

Can any thing be worse than to feel that
every minute will be your last? Such was
the experience Of Mrs. s. H. Newson. De.
catur, Ala. "For three years." she writes.
"I endured insufferable pain from indiges.
tion, stomach and bowel trouble. Death
seemed inevitable when doctors and oil
remedies failed. At length was induced
to try Electric Bitters and the result was
miraculous. improved at once and now
I'm completely recovered" For Liver,
Kidney, Stomach and Bowel troubles
Electric Bitters is the only medicine. Only
SOC. It's guaranteed by Mrs. Il. NJ. Schnei.
der. druggist.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-06-13
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

P. L. Flanagan will install filtering
plant to purify Reno's water supply.
A test Is being made of the lime reef
near White Plains, Churchill county.
A Tuscarora case will test the new
law against carrying concealed weapons.
The Hobart Mills and timber tract
deal, reported contaminated, has fallen
through.
Ex-United States Senator j. P. Jones
is now in Mexico looking after his mining
interests.
Hugh Monroe, Constable of Lovelock,
died recently in Oakland, California,
where he had gone for medical treat
ment.
Wadsworth property was assessed the
same this year as last, despite the fact
that the town will soon be off the main
line OF the railroad.
At the State Christian Endeaver meet
ing at Carson City, O. +. Cults OF
Carson was reelected President; Reno
was selected as the place for next years
convention.
Reno's new Mayor will receive $500 a
year; Councilmen, 5000; Clerk, $500
Attorney. 5000; Auditor. $500; Chief OF
Police and Fire Department, 81 800; As
sistant Chief. $1,000; Police Judge, ST.
900; Treasurer, $500.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-06-13
GRAIN TO COWS ON GRASS.

There is q good deal OF difference of
opinion among diarymen as to whether
or not 1t is advisable 10 feed grain to cows
while they are on pasture. A cores
pondent in a recent issue OF the Farm
ers' Review, makes the statement that
for many years he bas found it profitable
to feed grain to his cows during the en-
tire year. He gave it as his opinion that
q grain ration never pays better than
when the COWS are on pasture, even
though the pasture is of the best quality.
Where cows have bsen fed heavily on
grain during the Winter it will undoubt-
edly pay to continue feeding the grain
until the grass becomes nutritious. 1t
not infrequently happens that COWS fall
off in their milk during the first two or
three weeks on pasture.
The grain ration while cows are on
grass need not be large, three or four
pounds OF . mixture composed of bran
and corn daily being enough to influence
the yield. There is no question but what
it will pay to feed grain when pastures
begin to dry up during the Summer
months. Not only will it pay to feed
grain, but provision should be made in
some way for supplying green fodder at
such time. The same law applies in the
feeding of dairy cows as in fattening ami
mails, namely, that they at all times
should be kept at the full capacity that
the constitution will allow.