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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-11
OIL Case Transferred.

c. w. Titles suit against w. e. Brice
and others, in which 100000 damages are
demanded for alleged fraudulent manipu-
lation of Texas oil properties, has been
transferred to st. Paul and will be tried
there
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-11

MRS. GRACE sTARKEY, wife of "A. d.
Starkey of this city, died at st. Joseph's
hospital, st. Paul, Tuesday morning. Fu-
neral at Central Park church. Exchange
and Cedar streets. St. Paul, Thursday at
2;30 p. m.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-11
BIG FLOUR SHIPMENTS
The Local Mills Shipped out 1o7,7es Bar
rels Yesterday.

Railroads entering Minneapolis got a
good haul yesterday, taking out the. big
total Of 107,799 barrels, This is not a new
high mark but is close to the record for
one day, and is a figure reached only at
rare intervals. The mills ground on
Sunday and some of this flour loaded out
of the mills Monday was not cleared until
Tuesday morning, which swelled the total.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-11

The New Fur Pelerines and StoIes.
Plymouth Furs at the plymouth
Corner.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-11

Reliable Furs and Fur Garments.
Best at The Plymouth Clothing
House. 49,. nj ss~.fr
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-11
Furs Of Distinctive Elegance.

Made in the, plymouth Fur
Workrooms
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-18
3 BILL N
PASSAGE of Measure Gives Rise to I'm
portant Question.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 1.-THE
president signed the Cuban reciproc-
ity bill a few minutes before l o'clock
this afternoon.
Now that the bill has become a law,
a question of great interest has aris-
en-, namely the effect of the reduction
of the duty on Cuban sugar upon the
Importation of sugar from other coun-
tries. The British government has
served formal notice upon the state
department that under the favored
nation clause it expects that British
sugar from the West Indies shall be
admitted into the United States on
equal terms with Cuban sugar, and
it is not doubted that Germany.
France, Austria and the other great
beet sugar producing countries will dc
likewise.
An old holding of Attorney Genera,
Olney, under President Cleveland's
administration, was adverse to sucf
demands, but the question promises tx
be reopened with vigor.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-18
N Buffers.

Lord R~avenscourt's butler, who died
the other day, leaving a fortune of f3O,-
600, was by no e a unique instance
Of a gentleman's gentleman amassing a
great fortune. There is a well known
Conservative member of parliament
who in his early days was a butler IN
Lord Salisbury's household. The mon
ey he saved from his salary and tips he
invested in a hotel in South Kensing-
ton, which he disposed of some fifteen
years later 1T an enormous profit.
Samuel Waugh. who left more than
$4,000 when he died six weeks back,
had beer a butler in the Maclay fam
lily for over sixty years. A butler IN a
decent house may, speaking roughly,
count on receiving e. in tips for every
FL OF his salary. In addition to tips,
however, an important perquisite Is the
commission he receives from trades
men.-London Taller.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-18
. MISCELLANY
Deaf Mutes Never Giddy.

According to a Germantown doctor
who sees much Of the children in the
Pennsylvania Institution For the Deaf
and Dumb at Mount Airy, a deaf mute
can whirl around interminably without
seeming to suffer in any way from YER
tigo. II have seen them do it repeat
edly," he said, land their performances
bear out a theory OF DR.. William
James, the Harvard psychologist-the
brother, you know, Of Henry James,
the novelist. There is a certain tube
connected with the ear that is the seat.
according to William James, of u SEN
sations of dizziness or vertigo. In deaf
mutes this tube is deranged. There
fore, according to james theofT, deaf
mutes should be incapable Of s1.--cf.a.
vertigo. The psychologist experiment
| ed on this matter at Harvard. He had
hundreds of deaf and normal persons
spinning round like these children for
him, and the result of the experiment
bore him out. Out of a large number
of mutes most were proof against YER
tigo, and the balance only suffered il
slightly. OF 200 Harvard students sub
mitted to the same test all but one
showed vertigo in a very marked form
Thus James proved that the deaf are
Immune to dizziness. The boys at the
Mount Airy institution prove the same
thing."-Philadelphia Record.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-18
BILL OPENING
CROW LANDS
NEW MEASURE INTRODUCED By
REPRESENTATIVE DIXON.
TO Be H0MESTEADED ONLY
Act Drawn Meets Objections Hitherto
Raised by Cannon and Others
Its Provisions.

Washington, D. c., Dec. *
gresham Dixon of Montana has intro
duced a bill for the opening OF the
Grow reservation. The bill as intro
duced follows the same general lines
as the bills heretofore prepared, but
placing the valuation at So an acre
on farming land, to be thrown open to
homestead settlers only.
Timber and stone entries are not
to be permitted. Homestead entry
men must pay so cents an acre when
the filing is made, and SO cents an
acre a year until full payment has
been made.
At the end OF four years all lands
remaining unsold will be offered for
sale to the highest bidder in tracts
of 800 acres each at a minimum price
of $1.25 an acre
This new bill has been framed .tc
meet the objections heretofore urged
by Speaker Cannon.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-18
The Terrible American child.

The Terrible American Ch11O.
The process of evolution still fails to
civilize the American child. Miss Flo
retta vining, a newspaper proprietor
in Massachusetts, proposes to assist
the process with the birch. The Amer
lean child, she says. needs "thrashing."
Miss Vining has dined at a house where
a little girl was allowed to read a novel
at table and to disregard the maternal
order to "stop reading and eat your
dinner" When the meat came round
the child ''crumbled bread into the
gravy, reading all the time" II was SO
madv' says Miss Vining. Her desire to
spank that little girl will awaken gen.
eral sympathy. But destiny may have
something worse in store for the Amer
lean child. If Mr.. Roosevelt's forebod-
ings over' the birth rate are well
founded there will soon be no more
American children. They will all be
foreigners.-London Chronicle.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-18
DATE is FIXED.
Committee Investigating Wood Case
Will Vote January 4.

Will vOIS VdIlOduy
Washington, D. c., Dec. 17.-The
committee that is investigating the
Wood Ease has decided to close the
introduction of testimony and will
take a vote January 4, although a few
members of the committee were in
favor of voting today and urged in
favor of this course.
1t was declared that to vote today
would lead to the inference on the
part of the public that the case had
been pre-judged. 1t is said the un-
animity OF action in closing the in
quiry did not have any direct bear
ing on the vote for confirmation.
Senator Scott made the protest
against reporting on the nomination
| today, claiming that the committee
as jurors should read and weigh the
evidence. He expressed the opinion
| that any attempt to railroad the nom
ination through the committee and
the senate would confirm the opinion
that the matter had been pre-judged
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-18
salaries Of British Colonial Governor.

Salaries ofBritishC o1onia1G Governors
The question Of the proper salary for
the governor general Of Australia has,
we fancy, been settled by a speech
from Lord Tennyson, who is now act
ing in that capacity. He has declared
that 100000 a year is ample to main
tain the fitting dignity of the great
post, though not of course sufficient
to keep up a court Of oriental magnit-
cence. The Australians, like the Cana
dams and the South Africans, wish the
head of their world to be a great gen
tleman not intent OF petty economies.
But they have little reverence for a
splendor which any millionaire can it
he pleases Guido. In South Africa
100000 a year is barely sufficient owing
to the preposterous price Of everything,
but that will pass away. The only ex-
pense in the free colonies which should
not be thrown on the governors or
viceroys is the keeping up of their resi-
| dences, which should be stately and
remain the property Of the colonies
London Spectator.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-18
HUMAN SACRIFICES.
killing of Children ON Affairs Threat
ened by New sect In Oregon.

killing of Children ON Affairs Threat
ened by New Sect In
There is grave danger that the Holy
Roller" a new religious sect which Is
exciting Corvallis. Ore. will sacrifice
human life on the altar. says the Chi
cage Inter Ocean.
"If God SO wills his command will be
obeyed," is the answer of the leaders
when approached. 1t was rumored re-
Gently that a child had already been
offered up in sacrifice, but the officers
on investigation found the girl still
alive.
The professors of the new religion
say that they have withdrawn entirely
from the earthly sphere and give 1t out
as their purpose to have nothing what
ever to do with the world. They burn
ed pet animals and most of the furni'
ture of the. headquarters to "sancti'
fy'' it.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-18
IN FAVOR OF WOOD
SENATE COMMITTEE ON MILL
TARY AFFAIRS TO RECON-.
MEND PROMOTION.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE senate
committee on military affairs last
night concluded it's investigation Of
charges against General Leonard
Wood, filed for the purpose of prevent
ing his confirmation as major general.
Secretary Root was the only witness
Wednesday. He was on the stand for
two and a half hours at the forenoon
session and occupied the attention of
the committee at night from 8 o'clock
until H., The committee will meet to-
day to prepare it's report. 1t is under
stood that confirmation will be recon-
mended by a vote of 8 to 3. A mi
nority report will be made by the OPP
posing members of the committee.
Tho testimony of Secretary Root is
practically the only defense that has
been made of General Wood in the
hearing which has extended since
about the beginning of the extraordi-
nary session of congress. This testl-
lsmony, however, covered the entire
range of the evidence produced against
General Wood and was supported In
many instances with correspondence
and other data taken from records at
the war department covering the
period of General Woods administra'
ton as governor general of Cuba.
Secretary Root undertook to as
sumo the whole responsibility for the
orders issued by General Wood affect
ing the judicial system in Cuba and
concerning the concession granted te
the Jai Alai company at Havana. HI
justified the acceptance by Genera
Wood of the present of the silver Sc
from the Jai Alai company.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-18
selling LIQUID Air.

LIQUID air is now sold at Berlin for
35 cents for two litres. The receptacles
are made of glass with double walls,
the space between the walls being filled
with an insulating material, the walls
being silvered to prevent radiation OF
heat and the whole enveloped in an In
sulating material. They retain their
temperature for fourteen days. Several
drops in a glass of water produce freez-
ing, and it is intended for such uses as
refreshing drinks and improving the
condition of the air in sick rooms.-Ex
change.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-18
THEIR FIRST SNOWFALL.
Cuban Boys Thrilled by a FURRY of
"tle Beautiful"

A half dozen Cubans and Porto Ri
cans who are attending the Blooms
burg (Pa.) normal school recently en-
loved their first snowfall, and. though
it was not enough to give them any
real idea of what a Pennsylvania win
ter really is. the few drifting flakes
were the first snow they had ever seen.
They were out on the campus early
in the morning when the news reached
them that a snow furry was coming
over the mountains, and as they saw
it sweep over the town they were thrill
ed and much interested.
American students who have built
bobsleds and been in countless SNOWFALL
fights promise the southern school
mates a genuine winter experience be-
fore long and tell them they Will see
more snow than they ever dreamed
about.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-18
BANK Ro1BERs CAPTURED.
Iowa Sheriff Corners Them While
Searching for Postoffice Burglars.

Iowa Sheriff Corners Them Wh''e
Searching for Postoffice Burglars.
Sioux City. Ia, Dec. 17.-Robbers
blew open the safe of the Citizens
Saving hank at Quimby Wednesday
and secured $4,000 in cash. Burglars
blew the door from the safe of the
p~ostoaice at Paulina and secured
$235.
While in search of the men who
committed the latter robbery Sheriff
Price of O'Brien county captured two
Of the Quimby bank robbers. When
cornered by the sheriff and his depu-
ties the men attempted to save their
Doodle by throwing it on the ground,
but it was recovered to the amount of
$1,43o. The money was wrapped in
parcels bearing the name of the bank
in printed letters. The two other
men engaged in the Quimby robbery
! stole a team of horses and were seen
: driving through Otoe. Thus far they
| have not been captured.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-18
TWO DEATHS FROM FEVER.
Responses to Buffers Appeal for Aid
Coming in Rapidly.

Butler, Pa, Dec. 1.-TWO deaths
and five new cases make UP the record
of the typhoid fever scourge for
Wednesday. Responses to the relief
committees cali for aid are coming in
rapidly. The total for the day ex-
ceeds $4,000.
Clara Barton, president of the Red
Cross society, has issued an appeal
from Washington to the people OF the
United States for assistance for the
unfortunate inhabitants Of Butler.
It is announced that Andrew Carne-
gle has donated $4,000 to the typhoid
fever aid fund.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-18
Humor.

A man who puts a joke into his will
is certainly in a position to laugh last.
The police commissioner Of a small
town in the department Of Seine-et-
Disc, France, has just been the victim
Of this sort Of posthumous humor. A
few days ago he was summoned to
make the necessary legal investigation
in the case of the suicide of a retired
railway servant who had the reputa-
ton of being a very original charac-
ter. On a, table he found a large en-
velope bearing the words, "This is my
last will and testament" which he
transmitted to the proper quarter.
Two days later the commissary was
informed that he was sole legatee.
When an inventory of the estate was
made, however, it was found that the
liabilities just about balanced the as
sets and that consequently after pay
ing the funeral expenses the commits
sary's legacy would consist of debts.
He may refuse the legacy, but a fee
has to be paid in such cases., and he
will be out of pocket whether he ac-
| cepts or refuses.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-18
PROHIBITION CONVENTION.
Will Be Held in Kansas City on
Wednesday, June 20.

Chicago, Dec. 1.-THE next national
convention OF the Prohibition party
will be held in Kansas City, Wednes-
day. June 90. Eight cities-Los An
geles, indianapolis, Minneapolis, Kan
sas City, Buffalo, Milwaukee and Co
lumbus, O.-put in bids for the con-
vention when the national committee
Of the party met here Wednesday,
but after listening for several hours
to the arguments of the rival dele
gates, Kansas City was given the con
vention by q large majority.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-18
WHERE TO WORSHIP.

Services in the First Congregational
caurch as usual next Sunday. Preach
ing service at IL O'Clock; Sunday
school at noon; Junior Endeavor at 3
o'clock; Senior Endeavor at $50;
preaching service at 1880. in the
mpl ming the pastor will preach the
third sermon in the series on "The
:~'ersD4a.ity of Christ" In the evening
the meme will be "a Typical Search
Miss Elizabeth A. Moler, represent
ing the D%eaconess hospital of Great
Falls, will speak in the Methodist
church Sunday morning at II o'clock.
Evening service at 1880; Sunday
school at 1915; Epworth leagle at
$3.50. Miss Moler, who is n of the
officers of the State Epworth league.
will also talk to the league during q
portion of the devotional hour. AL
are invited to attend the services o:
this church.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-18
A Frightened Horse,

Running like mad down the street,
dumping the occupants, or a hundred
other accidents, are every day occur
rences. It behooves everybody to have
a reliable salve handy and there's
none as good as Bucklen's Arnica
Salve. Burns, cuts. sores, eczema and
piles disappear quickly under it's sooth'
ing effect. Csc at Chapple's drug store.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-18

You are not buying dirt and clikers
when you buy Gebo coal. Grant Lam
port, agent. 66-z
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-18

Practice economy in your fuel bills.
Gebo coal is the cheapest in the long
66-2
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-18

Call on Grant Lamport for Gebo
coal. Free from clinkers and dirt. 66-2
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-18

First Church of Christ, Scientist,
Elk's hall. Sunday services, II a. m.
Subject, "Christian Science" Sunday
school, - m. All are cordially invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-03
ALL GOES TO THE STATE.
Long-Continued Controversy Over tn
Florida Everglades.

IAo1Aud GVeTS1aoeS.
Practically the final step in the settle
ment of the long drawn-out contention be-
tween the United States and the state of
Florida over the ownership of the lands
included In the portion of the state of
FLORIDA known as the Everglades has been
taken by Commissioner Richards of the
land office.
lists or the lands of the state authorities
The lands all lie south of Lake Okeecho-
pee. Inc cert1fication made covers not
only the entire area of the Everglades. but
also the lands included in Mangroye
swamp, which lies still beyond the
Everglade region. The entire list includes
about three million acres. all Of which
tract goes to the state in fee simple and
Will be at its disposal.
The controversy over the lands began in
1880 and has been in progress ever since.
In order to settle the disputed point as to
whether the country Is swampy and there
fore the. property of the state under the
swamp-land act of 1850 a survey was
made. The result of of the survey was IA
vorable to the contention of the state. and
in 1897 the Secretary of the Interior ap-
proved certification of the lands to the
state.
But before the patents could be issued
friends of the Seminole Indians interviewed,
alleging that the remnants of that tribe of
aborigines who still remained upon the
Everglades their original home, would be
dispossessed. This complaint resulted in
another investigation and a special survey,
and in the end small tracts of the lands
were withdrawn for the Indians remaining.
The lands all w4kfrfn the frostless
belt, and it is believed that with drainage
they will soon become very valuable for
fruit growing purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-03
IMPORTATION FORBIDDEN
Official Summary Of German Prohibi-
tory Regulations.

The Post Office Department has received
from the German government AN official
summary Of the prohibitory regulations and
limitations governing the importation of
articles into Germany. These do not apply
to articles in transit through Germany I'M
less so specifically stated. The importation
Of the following is prohibited:
Grape vines potatoes from America, in
Guiding the peel and other parts, and re-
ceptacles for packing and storing them. etc.
line plants and fresh parts of plants from
America and from Japan, also receptacles
for them: fresh fruit and parts thereof
from America and Japan, as well as the
materials used for packing 1T, in case it
appears from an examination at the port
of importation that the fruit or its recep-
tacles is infected with the San Jose scale.
Plants with the root, however. not coming
under the category of grape vines Except
live plants from America and Japan are
admitted in Germany, subject to the pro-
visions of the international phyloxera con-
vention of November 3, 1881. and the regu-
lation for its execution, If such plants
originate in the states which signed that
convention. and II originating IN other
states subject to various regulations de-
signed to keep out infected articles and to
make shippers Of such responsible for ex-
penses incurred on account Of infected
plants. Products OF the soil Of every kind
are allowed to pass in transit through Ger
many If sent in bond
There are also excluded from importation
into Germany all sweet substances or ar
ticles of food or. luxury containing sweet
substances, sweet substances being defined
as ''all artiicially prepared substances
serving for sweetening, and containing
greater degree OF sweetness than refined
cane or beet sugar, but not such a value as
articles of food"
The following regulations apply to the
importation of the meat of warm FLOODED
animals. except game, warm booded
oyriy nd h11f in Or
reindeer and wild boars.
Prohibited from importation:
l. Meat in alright cans or similar re-
ceptacles, sausages and other preparations
Of chopped meats.
g Meat cured by boric acid and its salts,
orulaldehyde hydro-oxi1eS and carbonates
of allaH; sulphurdc acid, hydro-fiuoric acids
and its salts, salicylic acid, coloring mat
ter. except for coloring margarin. and sau-
sage skins.
4. Fresh meats, II not consisting of whole
bodies of animals containing the inner
organs and parts Of the body necessary for
sanitary examination. Cattle Except calves)
and hogs are permitted to be cut into
halves
5. Fresh horsemeat. which Is not SO la
beled in German.
6, Corned (salr) meat. in pieces weighing
less than four Kilograms, except ham, ba-
con and tripe. Prepared meat which has
undergone some process for preserving it,
but which in all essential points has re-
taarred the quality of fresh meat or NAV be
restored as ouch, b considered fresh meat,
Unless meat Is specifically excluded 1t Is
subject to an official examination, and Is
sent to custom house.