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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-03-27

Nous voulons qu'elle progresse
sous le rapport spirituel, aussi
sous le rapport tempOrel. Pour at

l - -
teindre ce but, nous y mettron
toutes les forces don't Dieu nous
!dou6s. Dams un avenir assez rap
proch6, nous ouvrirons des Cooler
Oh vos enfants recevront une ins
truction solide qui en- fera plu
tard des citoyens utilea. Nous ba
tirons une 6glise don't vous sere'
fers. Veuillez nous continuer vo
tre precieux concours CONNIE vou'
l'avez fa1t avec tant de g6n6rosi
t6 depuis notre arriv6e au milier
de vous. Tout largent que nous
recevrons, de quelque mani6re que
ce soft, sera pour vous. L'Obla
fait vmu de pauvret6. Quand i
quite une place, il n'emporte avet
lui que son br6viaire."
LIE r. p. Lacasse fut prize pal
pauditoire nombreux de faire une
petite causerie ct il er
fit une ltngue a la gran
de satisfaction de tous. Plusi.
eurs doivent avoir NAL aux machoi.
res, cette semaine, pour avoir troI
ri, dimanche soir, le % mars. LIE
r. P. Lacasse est un causeur spi
rituel
Un richie programme musical
await 6te prepare. D'exellents mu.
sio;ens devaient y prendre part,
tells que les fr6res NORM, Miles
NORM, Field, Cord6lia Deslau-
riers, Clara Brissette ct autres, ,mais
on s'apereut q la derniere minute
que le piano de la paroisse s'oopo.
salt q la f6te must Gale. On await
beau poser sur le clavier, deuz
marteaux s'6taient mis- en- greve ct
peut- etre aussi par tendresse, ces
deux satan6s marteaux refusaient
6nergiquement de battre leurs fills,
meme quand lis 6taient presses
par les dolgts roses des gentillee
musiciennes. On Va prendre de sui
to les lnoyens de ramener q la raj
son ce piano r6ca]citrant ct il est q
esperer que nos musiciens YOU.
dront bien nous donner leur con-
cert, prochainement. LIE r. P. La
casse s'est bien moqu6 toutefois
des d6ra gements du piano; il a
chant6 pendant la soiree une bar.
carol]e, Dissent les uns, une roman
ce, dissent les autres, un chant tou-
tefois appris alors quill parcourait
le Labradore CONNIE missionnaire;
il etc applaudi avec force. LIE r.
P. Lacasse await, ce soir Ia, une
vo1x qui SO faisait entendre jusque
dams le fond de la sale.
LIE r. P. z. Lacasse part lie %
mars pour aller precher deux re-
traites a Minneapolis, la premiere
dams la parolsse du r. P. Andre,
pautre dams la paroisse du r. T.
Richard. II sera de retour q Du-
luth q .Paques.
Charles Duchene ct Xavier
More, tailleurs de pierres, sont
parts avec leurs families pour al
Ter demeurer a St Paul. Georges
Darveau, tailleur de pierre, est
parti pour Winnipeg.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-03-27

D'aprAs le dernier recensement
fait en- Chine, CO waste empire rem.
ferme une population de 426, All,
| 900 Ames.
C'est presque un tiers de Ia po-
pulation totale du globe
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-03-27

Oh! la femme, le vase fragile de
l'incomparable albatre ou brnle la
lampe de Dleu, II, faut bien le me-
nager, le porter dune main pieuse
ou le garder ou plus pres dams Ia
chaleur de son sein!-J. Michelet.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-03-27
Entire beau-pAre ct gendre.

THtIe D0du-p616 eC g6nu1e.
-Beau-pere, je suis toujours
mecontent de votre file: ellie est
acariatre, paresseuse, coquette, de-
pensiere....
-Vous avez raison, mon gen.
DIRE, ct, 81 ellie ne s'amende pas, 81
3elle vous met encore dams la ne
cessit6 de venlr vous plaindre d
moi
Eth bien?
Ell bien, Je vous promets de
la d6sh6riter!
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-03-27

On Demande, une jeune file de
IA ou Is ans pour alder au menage
dams une famille de 4 personnes.
S'adresser 824-6 Ave n. Flat 5.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-03-27

TARIF DES ANNONCES

Avis-Ohaque insertion 10 cts par ltgne
Tariff SPECIAL pour los annonces au mos'
ct l'annee.
Demandes d'emplol-demandes de d.
mestiques on employees pour
chambre ~. rension-annonces pour OBJ
Jets perdus ou trOuv6s.
Au taux UN OENTIN par met
Nous enverrons un numero du journa
q toute personne qul en- fera la deman
de.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-27

ST. JOHNS COUGH CURE win
:ure -oUr cough. Sold by Chapple
Drug o.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-27
OF UNTOLD vALu
The Information Contained in This
GentIeman's Statement Is Priceless

The Information Contained in This
G~entleman's Statement Is Priceless
The hale, the hearty, the strong can
afford to toss this paper to one side
impatiently when they read the fol-
lowing, but any sufferer in Billings
who has suffered hours Of torture
caused by kidney complaint will stand
in his own light if he does not follow
the valuabel advice offered here.
Frank Sites, bricklayer, Of 1850
Thirty-third avenue, Denver, Colo.
says: 1T is over three year since
l recommended Doan's kidney pills
through our Denver papers. At that
time they stopped pain in my back
and through the sides which al
though v severe enough to lay me
up was sufficient to cause more an
noyance than anyone could endure
when Doan's Kidney Pills can so cas-
lily be procured. If I had not receiv-
ed positive benefit when that remedy
first came to my notice l would be
the last man in Denver to publicly en-
dorse the medicine, and if the results
obtained from the treatment with
Doan's Kidney Pills had not been
permanent nothing could induce me
to re-endorse this medicine. The mer-
it's of Doan's Kidney Pills should be
universally known"
just such emphatic endorsements
"a be had right here in Billings.
Drop into the Chapple Drug Co.'S
store and ask what their customers
report.
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.
Y, sole agents for the u. S.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other. 4
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-27

pense of officers in a uniform only a
few months after it's adoption is in
considerable and unfair. Many corpo-
rations employing large numbers of
men give each man his first or sec
ond uniform either free or pay part
of the cost of it, and the emulation
of their example by Uncle Sam would
be an eminently creditable proceeding.
Major General Corbin and others who
contend that young officers should not
marry unless possessed of resources
in addition to their army pay or until
they have advanced to the rank of
captain or major may find the uni
form problem an aid to the general
adoption of their views. The young
lieutenant who is required to plank
down some hundreds Of dollars for a
uniform outfit without knowing how
soon he may be compelled to hand
over additional cash for changes in
his toggery may pause to consider
oAuO1 CAO0O SAANuAAoColNOo
and with his slender pay, he has real
ly any right to contract an alliance
that will still further increase his
annual outlay for clothing.
Another point in the regulations to
which objection is made, AID we think
justly, is that they have taken away
the distinctive letters "U. S." from the
collar of the uniform coat. In place
of them appears the national coat Of
arms, which is all right in it's way,
but is not nearly as distinctive of
the regular service as the letters gu.
S." Several officers have written to
urge that the letters be restored, and
we heartily concur in their views.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-27
SUFFERING IN SWEDEN
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE sTRick.
EN- BY FAMINE.
Are Compelled to Eat Rootss, Bark
and Mosses-Make Desperate
Fight for Life.

London, Jan. -v-Telegrams from
Stockholm confirm the distressing
accounts of famine in northern Swe
den as given in these dispatches.
About 10000 people are affected by
this famine, which extends from the
61st to the 9th degree north lati.
tude and from the Gulf of Bothnia
and the Russian border far into the
interior. The starving people are eat.
ing pine bark, which is dried, ground
to powder, mixed with stewed Iceland
moss and made into a kind of famine
bread.
Coincident with the failure of the
crop in the extreme scarcity of fish.
The fishermen return from their ex-
petitions sempty-handed. Even ptar-
migan, usually found in great num-
bers in the stricken district, have
almost completely disappeared.
1t is estimated that the expenditure
of about 100000 will be necessary
to save the population from decima-
ton. Thus far about 5000, 900 has
been subscribed, of which sum over
$4,000 was sent by Swedes in the
United States.
The peasants are making pathetic
sacrifices to avert the determination
of the hardy northern cattle. In pre-
vious times of scarcity, good fodder
was o%btainable by mixing reindeer
moss and aspenbark. Now this is
not available and finely chopped twigs
of birch, willow and ash are substi-
tuted.
The mixture is boiled and fed to
the cattle warm, but it is found that
the milk of the cattle thus fed leads
to typhoid fever. The situation
threatens a repetition of the terrible
famine of 1867, when thousands died
of starvation and typhoid.
A special commissioner of the Swed-
ish government, who has just returned
from the scene of the distresss, en-
phas.zes the necessity for the adop-
ton OF immediate plans to abate
the distress.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-27
AGAINST THE NEW UNIFORM.
Regular Army Officers Have Several
Grounds Of Complaint.

There are further complaints, some
OF them well grounded, from army Of
ficers regarding the new uniform reg
ulations, says the Army and Navy
journal. In many cases the heavy
outlay required by the recent change
has been a positive hardship, which
would be still further increased by
the additional notifications which
have been proposed. 1t is true that
these proposed notifications are not
extensive, but they would involve an
aggregate outlay of large proportions
from officers who have already been
compelled to spend large sums under
the new regulations. Whether the
suggested changes are desirable is
not the question at all. The point
We urge is that any change which
involves expense to officers who have
SO recently been required to expend
large sums for uniforms is unjust.
1t would be only fair to %stipulate when
a radical change, like the recent one,
is made in uniform, that a clothing
allowance should be granted to cover
the cost of any notifications ordered
within a period of say two or three
years. This is far better than any
attempt to underbid the tailors by
providing a portion of the uniform
through the quartermaster's depart
ment.
To insist upon changes at the ex-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-27
DisIocated Her Shoulder.

Mrs. Johanna Soderholm of Fergus
Falls, Mimi, fell and dislocated her
shoulder. She had a surgeon get it
back in place as soon as possible, but
it was quite sore and panied her very
much. Her son mentioned that he
had seen Chamberlain's Pain Balm ad-
vertised for sprains and soreness, and
she asked him to buy her a bottle of
it, which he did. 1t quickly relieved
her and enabled her to sleep which
she had not done for several days.
The son was so much pleased with the
relief it gave his mother that he has
since recommended it to many 9th
ers. For sale by all druggists.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-27

ident George Estes of the United
Brotherhood of Railway Employees at
San Francisco asking for a charter
of afiliation. There is no doubt, says
Mcdonald, that the American Labor
union will grant this charter at an
early date. The accession of the
brotherhood will swell the number of
membes of the American Labor union
to something over 100000.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-27
LOSES SUIT AND MUST PAY DAM
AGES.
BOTH LAY CLAIM TO her
Ryan Brothers Cattle Company Suinu
Stuart Polk to Recover VAL
liable Mare.
From Saturdays Daily Gazette.

LIOM SATURDAY 3 DdlJy GdZGJCG.
T. W. Adkins was a surprised man
this morning when he heard the YER
dict returned by the jury which tried
the suit he brought against Mrs.
Orilla Whitney on foreclosure OF a
mechanics lien he filed last summer
on her dwelling at the corner of First
avenue north and T~hirty-frst street.
He made a number of alterations and
improvements in the building and
claimed that by a of extras
there was due him the sum of $244,
above what had been paid to him.
Mrs. Whitney resisted payment on
he ground that he had failed to com.
ply with the terms of the contract
M submitted a counter claim for
damages sustained through failure of
plaintiff to have the work done with.
in the time agreed upon.
In addition to a general verdict,
the jury was also asked to return
a number of special findings, "a in all,
submitted by the plaintiff and defen-
dant. In nearly. every instance the
findings were favorable to the defen-
dant, while the general verdict award.
ed her damages in the sum of $64,
the mount of a months rem she
claimed. to have lost by reason of the
building not having been rendered fit
for occupancy within the time agreed
upon between her and the plaintiff.
Suing for a Horse.
After the jury in the suit of Adkins
VS.. Whitney had been excused the
court called the case of the Ryan
Brothers Cattle company VS.. Stuart
Polk, an action to recover a running
mare which the company claims the
defendant secured in a wrongful man
ner. Folks defense is that he traded
for the mare with a former foreman
OF the company, who represented that
he had the authority to dispose of any
OF the horse stock owned by the plain
tiff. The company denies the posses
sion of such authority and also sets
up another defense in which a lease
executed by Jepp Ryan in favor of
the defendant for a couple of horses
enters. Much of the testimony, par
t~icularly for the plaintiff, is in the
nature of dispositions.
The jury trying the cast is com
posed of John Stems, Alfred Swan
son, James Phillips, d. A.. Benedict,
b, G. Summers, N. l. Algeo, w. l..
G. unger, ]. w. Appleman, w. l.. c..
Mitchell, J NJ Moots, Levi Colgrove,
Thomas F. Moore.
Appointed Administrator.
The petition of ROLAND Potter to be
appointed administrator OF the es-
tate of Sarah N. Fuller, deceased,
came up for hearing this morning.
Stuart Polk and o. d. Hogue, both
of whom had filed like petitions,
withdrew their applications and no
opposition developed to the prayer of
Potter. The court made an order ap-
pointing him administrator of the es-
tate and fixed his bond in the sum of
$4,000.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-27
A Nearly Fatal Runaway.

Started a horrible u;cer on the leg
of J.. B. sOrner, Franklin Grove, Ill
which defied doctors and all remedies
for four years. Then Bucklen's Ar.
MICA Salve cured him. Just as good
for boils, burns, bruises. cuts, corns,
scalds. skin eruptions and piles. 25c
at Chapple Drug Co. S.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-27
WANT TO JOIN.

Railway Employees Ask for Charter in
American Labor Union.
Butte, Jan. 23.-President Daniel
Mcdonald of the American Labor
union announced today that he has re-
ceived a formal application from Pres
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-27
For Trans-Andine Railway.

. Santiago de Chile, Jan. 22.-The
Chilean congress has approved the
bill authorizing the government to
invite tenders for the construction of
a trals-Andine railroad on the basis
of a government guarantee of 5 per
cent interest on the cost of the work.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-27

CLIFF LINDSEY, N. D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
Special attention given to Surgery
and Diseases Of Women. Of1ce-Front
Room over w. B. TenEyck's Harness
Establishment on Montana avenue.
Telephone 120. Residence 210 N.
Thirty-frst street. Telephone No. 4.
CHARLES L. HARRIS,
Attorney-at-Law.
Prompt and Careful Attention Given
Land Matters.
Land Scrip Bought and Sold.
Room 26. Gruwell Block. Billings, Mont
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-27
HEADS BATTING LIST WITH ALL.
AMERICANS.
SOMETHING OF A SPRINTER
Fastest Man on His Feet in the Amer.
lean League-PIays Field
When Not in Box,

DeIlOiI, Jdu. Mercer
made his bebut as a professional base.
ball player with Dover, N. H., in 1893.
He was then but 10 years old. So phe-
nomenal was his work that he was
drafted into the National league the
next season and played with the
washington team until the National
league deserted that city along with
the reduction of it's circuit from IL
to eight clubs. Mercer then played =
year on Freedman's New York team.
with rather poor success, and went
back to Washington when the Ameri-
can league entered that city in 1901.
Here he pitched and played at third
base. In 1902 the high salary which
he commanded led to his transfer
to Detroit, the team being more in
need of his services than Washington.
and his last year in baseball harness
must be conceded to have been his
best.
With the Detroit team Mercer pitch
in and out of turn all the season, and
rarely gave anything but a first-class
exhibition of baseball. Had it not
been for Callahan's feat for Chicago
in shutting Detroit out without a hit,
Mercer would have had the pitching
record of the season, he having let
his old team of Washington down
with but one hit in a game at Bennett
park, the n single being made by
Jimmie Ryan in the ninth inning of
a shut-out game.
In the box Mercer earned for him
self the right to the sobriquet of the
c~hessplayer of the diamond. He never
delivered the ball without a deliberate
intention of playing to the weakness
of the opposing batsman, and no one
kept closer track of the batter's weak
points than he.
Outstanding his effort~using but
medium speed with men on bases,
and steaming them along like meteors
when first base was occupied by a
runner, he was as good in an extra
inning game as when called on to fin
ish up a close contest, in which the
pitcher who had started for the home
team had given out under the strain.
No man in the ranks of either lea
que had a control of the opposing
runners to a better degree than Mer-
Ger. Such men as Fultz, Davis and
Hartsel of the Athletics dared not
venture off first base beyond the dis
lance that was in easy reach. Stolen
bases off MERGERS delivery were few
and far between.
Last year MERGERS batting was
much below the average set by the
in other years. 1t may have
oeen because Of the anxiety he felt
the losing streak of the team.
out at any rate the weakness disap-
oeared when the Detroiter struck the
Pacific coast this winter with the ALL
American tourists, of which he was
,o-manager with Tip O'Neill, and
treasurer. There Mercer batted SO
we'll that, on days when he was not
he was used in the field, in
leading off in the batting
list.
Second only to MERGERS skill as a
was his leetness of foot. Of
en-, carrying his heavy baseball uni
orm, he has turned the 100 yards in
0 rs. In this respect he is without
|oubt the fastest mar in the Ameri-
an league.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-27
PROFESSIONAL CARDS..
J. cHAPPLE, N. D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
Both Telephones.

Office over Chapple's Drug storeL
Billings, Mont.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-27

H. e. ARMSTRONG. N. D,
Physician and Surgeon.
Belknap Block, Billings, Mont.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-27
Eli WEEKS
SOCIAL N

lAI DOIlNOo 3
gramme was well rendered. Mrs,
Bird has good material to work on,
and her pupils acquitted themselves
in a manner to reflect great credit
upon their teacher. Those of her pu-
pills who took part in the recital were
the Misses Blanche Smith. Dolores
Parker, little Miss Frances Rinehart,
and Messrs. Frank Young and B. G..
Downs.
Mrs. j. B. Elliot, who had issued
invitations for a Kensington to taxi
place at her home last Tuesday after
noon in honor of Mrs. c.. H. Barstow,
recalled them because of the serious
complications which sea in in the case
OF Mr.. James Carwile, who is ill at
st. V%incent's hospital.
WI AAOo SOAl1CCCCu Will Lu9
different churches of the city met as
usual Wednesday afternoon. The
Baptists met with Mrs. R. ]. Lord
on the south side. The Congregation
alists with Mrs. A. Hirsch, also on
the south side; the Methodists in the
basement of the church. ST. Luke'a
guild met with Mrs. L. H. Parker on
the south side. Refreshments, con-
sisting of creamed chicken, olives, hot
biscuits and coffee we're served. The
guild made arrangements to give an
oyster supper on the evening of Sat-
urday, January 81.
A lumber of young people drove
out to the Allison ranch, up the val
ley. Thursday evening and enjoyed
a genuine, old time country dance.
An abundant and delicious supper
was served.
The Misses Panton entertained a
few friends at tea Wednesday e
ing in honor of Mrs. G. H. Barstow.
The evening was pleasantly spent
with music and conversation.
Mrs. Barstow, with her daughter,
Miss Elizabeth, will leave Billings
next week on a visit to the Grow
agency. They may spend a few days
in this city upon their return and
may also visit Mrs. Dana, Mrs. Bars
tow's cousin, on her ranch near Sher-
idan, Wyo., before going back to their
own ranch home at Absarokee.
The dance given thursday evening
by the B. P. O. E. was we'll attended
and thoroughly enjoyed. Excellent
chestra.
Mis-. B. G. Shorey, with her little
daughter and Miss Patti Buchanan,
intend going next week to spend a
week or two at the ranch home of the
latter near Glendive.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. w. Spar, with
their little son, left on the east-bound
Northern Pacific train yesterday
morning. They were accompanied
by Mrs, Sparr's cousin, Miss Steele,
who has been visiting in the western
part of the state for some months.
Mrs. Spar will visit at her old home
in Iowa, while her husband goes to
New York.
Mrs. Frank Morse, who has been
visiting her husbands parents, Mr..
and Mrs. S. F. Morse, for the past
ten days, returned to her home in
Great Falls Monday.
Mrs. George Lamport Of Red Lodge
las been the guest of Mrs. w. b.
.hrysler all the week.
X X X
The Misses Inez and Irene Elliot,
Who have been detained in Billings
the holidays because of wash
'uts in Washington, took their depar
ure Thursday for Tacoma, where
hey attend the Annie Wright semi
larry.
Mrs. NJ Fl. TOmnkinS is for the
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-29
CHICAGO GRAIN
ARMoUR's SELLING CHECKS THE OPENING
RISE IN PRICES.

RISE IN PRICES.
Chicago, April 29.-Wheat opened steady to-day
at 76Ac to Tic and July hc higher at 717Ac.
On buying by commission houses, Influenced by
Nnfavorable weather west and northwest May
advanced to 77hc and ;Julyato 71H @T2c@ Liberal
selling By, Armour almost immediately after the
opening. however. caused the market to weak
en-, May. selling of to 1910. July declining to
Il 1ac. Minneapolis and Duluth, reported re-
ceipts of 1O1 cars, which, with local receipts of
81 cars, four Of contract grade. made > total
receipts for the three points Of 152 cars against
119 cars last week and 13e gear ago,aa4 !
The market continued dull thruout the session
and prices showed little variations Navy closing
lRA XXX lower 1 :. at 7sN @7eTc. July was shade
71Ac: September. 6e%c; cash Wheat No. 2 red.
Ne; T No. red s,75f Se: hard winter ~
No. spring. 7i@7ec 't''-'s' ''eS ~
Corn opened steady with May unchanged, to
lower to shade higher at 44Sc to 44Nc. Free
offerings in May soon resulted in decline to
1870. and July eased off in sympathy to 44hc
better demand at the decline brought about
rally and the early loss was all regained
Local receipts were 50 cars with one Of contract
grade.
The close was fair. with May 1ac higher, at
4tae Ge.e and July hsheE at NJ ~ Cts
44M @45c; September. 411ac. 5| ''
Cash Corn--No. 2, 441a @45c: No 3, ,4304s1hc.
There was strong opening in oats on covering
by shorts. who were somewhat disturbed BY the
rather bullsh crop bulletin. both May and July
being unchanged to Nc higher at $3.50 to 1880
and 81 15c to 31Xc. The advance did not hold
however, and May declined to 33c, with July
back to the opening price and with not much
demand at the lower figures. Local receipts were
ia cars. - = -
., S1sss ostsLApsy; sg; $50 sss Nay ssAe, July,
81 I've; sePtembep S's @29c Cash @Oats-No. 2.