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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-11
is LITERALLY INTERPRETED.
Interior Department Rules on Desert
Land Law.

A ruling has been received at the
Great Falls land office from the secre-
tary OF the Interior, in which a new
Interpretation is placed on the desert
land law and in effect is a direct re-
versal of former rules on the same
subject.
Following former decisions of the
commissioner of the ganarel land of
flee, the Great Falls Office has rejected
all entries Of desert lands when the
proof offered did not furnish direct
evidence OF practical cultivation OF
the land. The fact that the entryman
had caused grass to grow more heavily
where nature was niggardly in that
respect was held not to constitute
actual cultivation. Evidence had to
be submitted showing that no less than
one-eighth of the land entered had
been plowed before the proof would
be admitted to stand.
Recently a ruling along this line
was made and the entryman took an
appeal to the interior department. In
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-11
WORLDS FAIR r

A unique collection Of 100 paintings
by Adolf Won Mcneil will De a feature
of the German section.
A life sized copper statue Of Maude
Adams. the noted actress, is a proposed
feature for Utah's copper display.
Ten air ship builders have announced
their intention TO compete for the $780,
DOO prize offered for aerial cars at the
exposition.
A model school for the deaf and the
blind will be Il feature of the depart
ment OF education. How the afflicted
are taught to read and write will be
practically shown for the benefit of Wis
itors.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-11
FARMING FACTS.

1t requires the labor of about ten
millions of men and rome for nine
months of the year to harvest all the
crops of the world.
The farms of the Omitted States cover
"a. 100000 acres and employ nearly
$500, 900 people.
Manitoba is the greatest wheat rails
ing country in the world. 1t yields
twenty-five bushels to the acre. North
Dakota yields only thirteen.
The total income of all American
farmers last year was about five and
one-half billion dollars.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-11
FAIR NEXT WEEK.
Horsemen Hold Meeting and Decide
to Remain.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday OF
next week another effort will he made
to close the fair.
A meeting of the horsemen having
entries was held today and they voted
to remain and see the thing to a finish.
In accordance with this resolution, the
of the fair agreed to resume
the fair next Thursday and close Sat
urday.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-11
SNYDER SECURES A WRIT OF
HABEAs CORPUS.
FREE ONLY TEN MINUTES
Immediately Rearrested On Warrent
From Local Justices Court
and Jailed Again.

For a very few minutes last night
Carey P. Snyder, alias George w.
Savage" was at liberty, having been
ordered discharged from custody by
Judge Loud. Before he could realize
the full import of the order, he was
placed under arrest again and taken
back to a cell in the city Jail.
Yesterday morning a telegram was
received from Snyder's father and
also a Geographic money order, with
the request that the money be used
to pay the immediate expenses OF his
son. The dispatch also said that an
attorney would leave Kansas City that
evening for Billings to see that the
sons rights were duly protected. 1t
furthermore stated that the demand
for a requisition made on the governor
of Missouri had been honored and that
the instrument would be forwarded
the same time as the letter.
All this was communicated to the
prisoner and he decided to employ
counsel and petition for a writ OF ha-
beas corpus. He accordingly secured
the services of w. M. Johnston, and
that gentleman yesterday afternoon
petitioned Judge Loud for a writ OF
habeas corpus. The prayer was grant
ed and ordered S. F. Morse, constable,
who had the custody of the prisoner,
to produce Snyder in court. The hour
for hearing was fixed at 8 O'Clock.
Mr.. Morse made answer by alleging
that he was not unlawfully depriving
the petitioner of his liberty, but was
holding him under a warrant ssued
by a competent court of the state OF
Missouri, in which the petitioner was
charged with having committed the
crime of highway robbery, in that on
or about May 1, 1902, he had by force
and violence robbed one, o. H. Stew
ems, of Kansas City, Mo-, of diamonds
valued at about $4,000. .A
The court held that the nswer made
was not sufficient and that the re-
spondent was not possessed OF the
right to longer deprive the petitioner
of his liberty, the warrant on which
he alleged to hold him having been
issued by a court of another state and
that no offense was charged against
him in any court of this state. Ac.
cordingly he ordered the release OF
Snyder.
In anticipation of the probable de
cision of the court, John b. DWyer, ON
of the detectives that came after Sny.
der, had filed a complaint in Justice
Mann's court charging Snyder with be
ing a fugitive from justice and alleg
ing that a warrant for his arrest had
been issued by a Missouri court an6
that steps had been taken for the pris
oner's removal to within the jurisdic
tion of the court issuing the origina
warrant. He furthermore deposed tina.
a requisition for Snyder had been is
sued by the governor of Missouri OF
the governor of Montana and that thu
demand for his surrender to officers o
the first named state would be made
on the governor of this state SOM
time during the week ending Septem
Der Is, 1903.
On this complaint a warrant was is
sued and as oon as Snyder had beer
released on the order of Judge Lout
he was re-arrested and taken back t,
Jail.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-11
Ills Future.

Father-Well. how did ron come out
In the bean guessing contest?
Dull Boy guessed there was 100
beans in the jar. and there was $500.
Father (sadly)-I'm afraid you'll nev-
err be fit for anything but a weather bu-
reau chief.-Youth.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-11
All He Could Say,

The Tar-Yer knows the difference
atween windward an leeward, don't
yer?
Egbert-Why, l believe-aw-wind-
ward is where the wind comes from,
but I~-aw-don't just know what comes
from leeward.-Puck.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-11
Ranch For Lease or Sale.

Ranch For Lease or Sale.
Good range for 5000 or 1000 sheep.
Good sheep sheds and corrals. Hay
furnished. For particulars address
E. H. MESSENGER,
1874 Alpine, Mont.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-11

Tickets will be given away free
on the SIS pattern hat next week.
M. KRON.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-11
EXPOSITION COMMISSION ExEcu.
TIVE COMMITTEE MEETS.
ONLY THREE ARE RECEIVED
No Award Made-ProposaIs In Excess
Of Limit Fixed BY the
Commissioners.

Unfamiliarity with conditions OBJ
tanning in their line there is probably
the reason that prevented Montana
builders from participating in the
competition for construction OF the
Montana state building at the St. Louis
exposition. At any rate, none OF them
saw fit to submit a proposal to the
commission and the work will have to
20 to a firm outside OF the state.
In Difference to the secretary of the
commission, the Honorable Paul Nc
Cormick Of this city, the executive
committee of the commission decided
to come to Billings to hold it's meet
ing, at which to open bids for the
building. Accordingly William Seal.
Ion, H. L. Frank, j. B. Leggatt, assist
ant secretary, and G. w. Hoffman came
down this morning in MI. Scallon's
private car, which was attached to the
Burlington train. Shortly after their
arrival the gentlemen met in the
rooms of the Billings club and the bids
were opened.
It was found that only three had
been submitted, all from st. louis.
1T was also found that all were in ex-
cess of the limit fixed by the commits
sion-s18,O OO. The bids were as fol.
lows: |I.
Smith & Eastman company, $19,714.
John Calligan & Co, $19,87,5.
Lueke & Oellien, $21,500.
The bid of Calligan & Co. was not
accompanied by the certified check
required in the call for proposals, and
consequently was not considered
Lueke & Oellien's bid was so high
that it came in for only a little atten'
ton. This left the bid of the Smith
& Eastman company the only one Wor
thy of consideration. Although it was
| the lowest, no award was made ano
it was decided to wire the firm ano
ask if it we're willing to accept the
contract for $18, 900 flat.
Tomorrow the committee will mee'
at Butte, at which time a reply is ex
pected to Secretary McCormick's dis
patch. when, if the offer of the commit
tee has been accepted, the award vii
be made.
May Obtain Concessions.
The matter of concessions from th'
different railway companies in the wa.
of special rates for exhibits was dis
cussed at the meeting. 1t was statet
that the Union Pacific and Oregon
Short Line had promised to aid thu
commission in that direction, and tina
the Great Northern had made repl.
to an inquiry which was regarded a
encouraging. Nothing has been hear
from the Northern Pacific or Burling
ton, although it is hoped that they vii
follow the example of the Hartman
roads and do something.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-28
WOODBRIDGE.
BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Miss Margaret Houser Entertained Man
Friends Monday Night.

"A birthday party took place at TIL
home of Miss Margaret Houser, il
Fulton street, Monday night. All bal
a fine time. John Letter brought
phonograDh which entertained greatll
and games were played.
Those present were: Misses Kati
Campion, Rose Kelly, Kathryn Nd
Mann, Elizabeth Kuhn, Helen Camp
ion, Fannie Deter, Mary Sullivan
Margaret Houser, Mary and Susi
Kamuf, from South River, Margare
Shannon, Ida Kuhn, Katie CANNING
ham, Katie Houser, Anna Sullivan
Mary Shannon and Messrs. Edwar
Flanagan, Robert Fullerton, Rober
Finn, Harry Render, John Housel
John Sullivan, John Letter. JAG
Leffler, Harry Humphreys, Josep
Jacobs, Michael Coffey, Francis Mt
Loud, Patrick Hughes, william
Houser, George and Michael Housel
John and Louis Kuhn and Thoms
Shannon Clarence Deter and job
Cunningham.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-28

Marriages of Many American Girls of
Wealth to Titled Foreigners
Turn Out Unfortunately.

The marriage CT many American
girls Of wealth to titled Foreigners Is
just now receiving more than uSual
attention. The disclosures regarding
the post-wedding experience Of some
of the brides who have left their
homes and native land to become the
wives of real or bogus noblelnen OF
Europe are in many cases humiliating
and distressing.
Margaret Van Etten in a cabled ar
ticle from Vienna gives a few of the
nanes Of American women who have
come to grief by such foreign alliances.
Thepc arc thirteen on her list, and the
number might be increased by a thor
ough study of the newspaper files. Ey-
cry woman mentioned married q title.
and most, II not all OF them, were
subjects OF extensive newspaper notice
when their weddings occurred. Their
triumph was In the blaze OF publicity;
their humiliation and suffering have
been chiefly in private. In every case
cited these women have eit3er secured
divorces or are living apart from their
husbands.
Some OF the daughters Of Americans
Of wealth, says the Rochester Demo
crat and Chronicle. have contracted
happy marriages with Foreigners and
by their subsequent lives have reflect
ed honor upon their native land IN
their new homes. There is no reason
why an English nObleman should not
fall in love with a rich American girl
and marry her. precisely as he might
have loved and married a poor Eng
lish girl. 1t Is not such cases which
are open to criticism. but the numer-
Il alliances which are clearly the pro-
duct of fortune-hunting negotiators.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-28
THE MODERN INDIAN.
Charges White Man an Admission Fee
II He Wants to See MOki
Snake Dance.

The Indians are rapidly Catching
On" to the ways of the white man. The
Moki snake dance for 1903 at Wolpi,
Arizona, on the Santa Fe, Is q good
example Of how the modern CONNER
cial spirit is spreading. Until now Wis.,
itors have been permitted to witness
this spectacle without money and with
out price, the Indiana being content
with what they could pick up from the
camera nends for posing, and from the
tourists generally for baskets, pottery
and blankets. This year each visitor
was charged a dollar, with a sliding
scale OF special favors like going down
into the kiva where the snakes are
kept.
The dance was Just as weird ms ever
and the spectators more than got the
worth OF their money; but the old-tim-
ers sadly viewed the change and pre-
dict that the dance will be discon-
tinued before many seasons have
passed. You would better go to the
next one, or 1t may be too late to see
this most remarkable pagan ceremony.
The Santa Fe has on exhibition In
its Chicago Office a notable painting
by Cross OF a snake dancer. based on a
sketch made by him while in Mokiland
in 1858. The difference between then
and to-day is quite evident in minor
details Of costume, but the main fea-
lures are much the same.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-28
SOUTH AMBOY
NEWS ITEMS.

Mrs. Charles Pearce and. Mrs. Pres
ton King, of John street, were New
Brunswick visitors Monday.
A Union social of the Baptist
Brotherhood and the Christian En-
deavor Society, Of the Baptist church,
will be held in the lecture room OF
the church tonight.
Miss Libbie King was delighted
with the notes of sympathy and flow
ers sent by her young playmates dur
ing her illness with diptheria.
Mrs. Fred Isely Is having two OF
hor houses, on David street, newly
painted.
Miss Carrie Martin has returned to
her home in Brooklyn.
AL Davis, of Freehold, is substitut-
ing for Leon Eler, conductor on the
line between this borough and Cam
den, while Mr.. Eler is enjoying a
vacation.
Mrs. George Durham ard daughter
Olive, of Browntown, are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Mundy, OF
Broad way.
John Kelly, Of Brooklyn, spent Sun.
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard, Of
David street.
James Carberry is timing the root
of Algalr's new building and store in
Mechaniosvllle, and also McCloud's
new building, on Broadway.
Chris Rehfuss and the McCloud
Brothers are going to have metal cell
ings in-their new stores.
MI. and Mrs. Grant Lott and sor
Milton, of Asbury Park, were visiting
relatives on Church street, Thursday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-28
q "SPEED MANIA"
velop characteristics Foreign to
Them Whe I'm Normal state.

The conviction Is gaining ground
among scientific men that indulgence
in extraordinary speeds Of transition
voluntarily controlled breeds in the
human species a form of disease ca
pable of development to the degree OF
delirium, says a London exchange.
The disease is generally referred TO az
the speed craze or speed mania. by
a rather strange coincidence a dis
cussion on this subject took place at
the Societe de Hydrologic ct do Psy-
chologte, in Paris, only a few daga
before tho tragic death of Zborowski.
Ono Of the speakers, a DR.. Kaleidoscope
let, maintained that persons IN pc
sit,on 10 increase their speed OF
transition at will are simply carried
away by the consciousness thereof.
They have no longer control of them
selves; they are intoxicated. They then
develop characteristics which are for
eIgn to them when in the normal state
b~oastfuiness, combativeness, Grabbed
ness, hatred. mischievousness and vio-
lence. These characteristics vary in
form and degree. but may attain a maxi
mum in the cyclist and antomobNst.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-28
OLD PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
Anglo-snxon Kings Founded Many
Before Norman Invasion of Eng
Iand-BOOls WeRo Costly Then.

Though 1t is the popular idea that pub
lie libraries are of modern origin, there
is proof that the Anglo-Saxon kings Of
England were disposed to erect them,
and works we're brought from Ireland,
where sciences had been much earlier
cultivated than in Great Britain. But
the invasion of the Normans, says the
Chicago Daily News, stopped the spread
of libraries and the first In England after
kthe conquest was established at Oxford.
Durham (now Trinity college, in the
ht6gNh century by Richard dc Bury,
archased from 80 to 40 volumes
Pabbot of st. Adams for 80 pounds
hit of silver. Before that time books
e kept in chests and not In a room
led a library. At the end Of the seven
Zenith century there were only six public
.braries In Great Britain. The first cir
5culating library was founded by Allan
Ramsay in 1913, whence he diffused
plays and works Of fiction among the
people OF Edinburgh. So successful were
Ramsay's efforts, that 1t ia said that
within 70 years nearly every town and
large village possessed q library. The
first In London was started by Botho, a
bookseller, In 1740. Birmingham OBJ
tanned Its first circulating library in 1851.
The next step was the free library, Man.
chester possessing the first in 1850, being
quickly followed by Liverpool, Birming-
ham and other large towns.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-28
ESCAPING GAS WAS
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Eva Robinson Dead in Bed-hM
Gone from this Place to
Brooklyn.

Eva Robinson, twenty years old,
colored, living in Butler avenue,
Tottcnviile, lift that place yesterday
morning to 60 to Brooklyn to accept a
position with a family of that place.
This morning she was found dead in
bed. When she did not appear G
O'Clock to get breakfast for the family,
an investigation was made. The doc
tor, who was called, said she was kill
ed by escaping gas. Her parents, in
Tottenville, have been notified II the
body has been brought here.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-28
THE HUNTERS MONTH.
Londs of Large Game Being shipped
to the Extraordinarily Cameras
Protect wild Life.

For q great part of the country the
hunting season has opened. In o little
while one will begin to see in the papers
figures setting forth the amount OF
game shipped from each station on GER
tain railroads which reach the big
woods.
To sensitive persons, says the Youths
Companion, the numbers are appalling,
and the sights in the baggage cars would
be still more repugnant. The carcases
of deer and of an occasional moose are
piled one above another almost to the
roof, and among them are many does
and fawns. Yet before the passage OF
adequate game laws the conditions were
worse. Deer were shipped by the
schooner load from Maine to Boston, and
birds by the barrel. There are still too
many-far TOO many-Eilled. but the
number Is lessening.
Nature study in the schools and the
manufacture of good cameras. which
can be sold at a low price, have done
much to protect the lives Of animals.
Those stories Of the woods which give
wild animals the attributes and feelings
of human beings may be, doubtless are,
poor science, but they are not bad NOR
ais. They do at least foster sympathy
and encourage an altruistic magma
ton. To know the woodchuck intimate
ly robs one of the desire to make a tar
get Of him, and q stump or en- empty can
does duty instead. The camera gratifles
that love Of the chase which Is inherent
in healthy young boys and men, and
fosters it without tho pain Of killing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-28
NEWS ITEMS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest II. Boyntof
and Master Ernest are spending sever
al weeks with Mrs. Boynton e parents
Mr.. and Mrs. S.. B. Hinsdalo, of Bar
rem avenue.
Miss Helen L. Brewster spent Satur
day in New York.
Mrs. A. M. Blue, of Washington
d. c., and Mrs. L. Wyack, are visit
ing at the home of Mrs. r. H. Bar
tholemew.
Mr.. Ernest H. Boynton is confines
to his home with illness.
Miss H. v. Harding spent Saturla.
in New York.
Mr.. Lorraine T. Peck was in towr
on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherer, of Sewaren
expect to 20 to New York this weeI
for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitlock have gone Il
Europe for several months. Theil
five children are boarding at thu
Homestead" in Sewaren.
Miss Elsie Kelly is taking violil
lessons from DIR. Klein, of Railway
and Mr.. Ralph Kelly is taking pian'
lessons.
Miss Edith A. Whitney spent Tues
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-28
MISS BARR MARRIED.

Miss Barr, whom very many will
remember as O former mIlliner with
Parisen s. jackson, was married re-
Gently to Mr.. Wesley Wood, of Mime
sofa, and remembering her old friends,
the bride and groom have been spend
ing part of their wedding trip at the
homes of the Misses Parisen & Jack
son. They have just returned to their
home in Minnesota.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-28
Peer ClncEmAnnr

Lord G~rimthorpe, the designer of
Big Ben" though nearly 30, still re-
tains his skill as g scientific horolo-
gist. A chimney clock designed by his
lordship is being erected on the tower
OF the parish church at Rockingham.
lei GainsborCuRh.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-28
TO HAVE TRUCK PAINTED.

The fremen of Rossville are highly
elsted to think that the New York
Fire Department will allow them tile
expense of having the. truck painted
ana repaired. The work is now being
done by Lawrence Harris.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-28

81 <1AAA
Miss Katherine RaI SATURDAY.
MIR. and Mrs. Me- Sewaren,
will occupy MrsJN. Boynton s
house November l.
Miss Cornish spent Sunday at her
homo in Milington.
Mr.. M. A. Brown is having gas in
troduced into his store on Main street.
Miss Edith Hinsdale spent Sunday
with her parents OF Barron avenu
Woodbridge will soon have a fine
ball team, for practice makes perfect.
Miss Mary A. Seamans spent Sun
day with friends in Brooklyn.
The people of this town want to
watch for a notice to be given some
time next week or this, about q candy
sale to be held in the High School.
Miss Estelle Dixon spent Sunday
with her parents on Main street.
Master Billee Demarest is on the
sick list.
Miss Madaline Spencer is fast re-
covering from her recent accident.
Mrs. Harry Eddy, of Sewaren, was
in town on Monday.
"Orpheus",'met as usual on Monday
night.
Mrs. F. 1. Perry was in Newark Oh
Monday.
Mr.. John Kohover captured one of
five men who were found stealing
apples from his farm. The fellow re-
ceived a severe pounding.
Mrs. Engel, formerly Mrs. Henry
Hllsdorf, has moved to Woodbridge.
Mrs. Meracrroll, Of Blauvelt, n. Y,
is visiting DR.. and Mrs. j. M Me-
Nulty.
Miss j. E. Allstyn is the guest Of
Mrs. Martha Freeman.
On account of the furnace, tho
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-28
X IMPROVEMENTS.

John Conlogue is rebuilding and
Improving his honse on the upper par
of Main street. He is having q large
porch built and two new gables, which
will make four gables on the house
after the work is finished. He is
having a metal cornice on the front,
and tho house is receiving o coat OF
paint. The house will look fine after
it is finished.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-28
REPORTED HORSE FOUND.

4 The horse, which was stolen from
Rossville, belongs to Captain DriggS
a retired naval officer. A report was
telephoned to Rossville yesterday That
the horse mad been found, but the
fellow who answered the call was so
excited that when lie rang off he dis
covered that he had failed to ask
where the place was and the operator
could not tell him.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-28
LIKES THE EVENING NEWS.

Mrs. Frank Rue, Of Church street,
p ars to think the "Perth Amboy
Evening News a good medium for
Advertising, as she claims to have
gotten q great many hands for the
work she is giving out, after only one
adj in the paper and that she is doing
fine with the work at the present
timo.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-28
WILL POSTPONE FAIR.

The Ladies Aid Society, of Bethel
NJ. E. Church, Amboy avenue, have
decided to postpone the Japanese fair
which they intended to hold on
November Z and s, until February z
and 8. The society will meet at the
homo of Mrs. L. a. Fink at 2 O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon. They will talk
over plans and several other church
affairs,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-28
Ono AdvnntaEe.

$50 you think it is an advantage to
a boy to be reared in the country"
ITO be sure" answered Farmer Corn
tossel. "A boy has a heap better chance
in the country. For instance. when a
boy Is surrounded By orchards and
melon patches, he can have a stomach
ache without the doctor jumpin' to the
conclusion that he's got 'pendicitis."-
Washington Star.