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<Qn- DANDY, the OUTCAST. -a@-

he spoke, MT. Andrews stepped boldly on the frozen surface of the water "Weil,' he remarked, looking about him, they seem to have stopped here and tried the strength of their bridge; their tracks are very confusing"
 Charlie, with Dandy at his side, also ventured on the ice. As he did so the combined weight of the boy and man cracked the ice and before they could great sheet, broke up into a hundred pieces, and Charlie and MT. Andrews found themselves struggling in the cold, deep water. Being heavily clad, booted and overcoated, they were as helpless as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-11
LETTER ENIGMA.

My first Is in sick. but not in well; My second is in ask, but not in tell: My third is in new, but not in old; My fourth is in tin, but not in gold; My hfth is in author, but not in book: My seventh is in land, but not in sea; My eighth is in oak, but not in tree: My ninth is in under, but not In on; My tenth Is in sunrise. but not in
 dawn;
 My whole spells the name of dear
 old man;
 Whom the children all love-tell his
 name if you can. Answer given next week.
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The Story of a Tramp Dog.
BY M. II. DAVIS.

all the tenderness of a human being in his great, friendly eyes, and stood ,wag- ging his tail furiously Occasionally he turned his look on Mrs. Andrews, as if he also wished to appeal to her gener- osity.
 s'Well," said Mrs Andrews, her sym pathetic heart won by both her boy and the dog, T cannot promise to let the poor fellow stay, but you may take him warm place on the hay till your papa comes home. After you've put him in the barn come to the kitchen and get something for him to eat.
 Very joyously Charlie ]ok his new
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BEHEADED WORDS.

Behead a verb to perceive by sound and you will leave the noun which re- ceives the sound. Behead a verb meaning joy and you will leave a noun which signifies. youth: A very hard substance and you leave word meaning sound.
 Answers given next week.
 THE JOKING CROCODILE. why do you open your mouth so wider ,aro give you plenty of room inside, The saurian answered with smile. And then he lay in the steaming sand With his mouth wide open an hour or two,
 And a thousand files flew in and down To the kingdom-come of Tipu-Tu.
 PUSH.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-11

The snow was failing thick and white over everything So heavy was 1t that children who were on their way home from school soon looked like snow spec ters. clad in soft, feathery down from head to foot
 I'm glad we've good home to go to out of the storm." said Charlie Andrews to his sister Flossie, as they plowed their warmly clad feet through the great drifts that formed at the sides of fences and around street corners. I'd hate to have to stay out all night in such weather. wouldn't your
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-19
TELEGRAPHic BREvITIEs.

Senator Charles w. Fairbanks left
Indianapolis Sunday for Mackinac,
where he will rest for a fortnight.
E. A.. Nelson, 442 Olive street, st.
Paul, was drowned in Forest lake at
$3.50 Sunday morning while bathing.
At st. Louis, F. w. Braunhold, a
veteran editor, seventy years old, sui
cided by shooting because of ill-health.
The international Commercial Tele-
graphers opened their convention at
the senate chamber of the capitol at
st. Paul Monday.
At Stephensport, KY, Frank Blaise,
a white man, was stabbed in the
throat by an unknown negro and will
die. A mob shot the negro to death.
Archbishop Ireland, assisted by sew
eral of the local pastors, laid the cor
nerstone of st. Luke's Catholic school
on Portland avenue, st. Paul, Sunday.
Jockey George Green, whose skull
was fractured by a fall on the track
at Brighton last Wednesday, died Sun
day of his injuries at the Coney Is
land reception hospital.
Edward Breuss, aged seventy, for
thirty years editor-in-chief of the st.
Louis Amerika, a German Catholic
daily, died at St. Louis Sunday of
debility, after ar illness OF
three years.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-19
RRITIsHoFFIcIALS BELIEvETHAT
FREDERICK KENT LOOMS
WAS MURDERED.
WOUND BEHIND RIGHT EAR
NOW THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN
INFLICTED BEFORE AMERI-
CAN WAS DEAD.

London. July 1S.-Reports to the
Press Association and the Central
News assert that a further examina-
ton of the body of F. Kent LOOMS,
which was found Saturday at Warren
Point, some fifteen miles from Ply
mouth, has given rise to grave suspi-
cious on the part of the local officials
that Mr.. Loomis met with foul play.
The wound behind the right ear is de-
scribed as being circular, large and
clean, and it is thought that it was
inflicted before death. 1t is surmised
that Mr.. LOOMS body fell into the wa
ter near the Eddystone lighthouse.
Joseph G. Stevens, American con-
sui at Plymouth, in response to a tele-
gram sent by the Associated Press
last night asking him If the local re-
ports of foul play had any basis, OF if
he had any grounds for suspicion re-
garding the death of MI. LOOMS, re-
piled:
II regret l cannot make any state
ment prior to the inquest which will
be held tomorrow. The wound on the
head back of the right ear is the size
OF a half dollar. The body Is fairly
preserved, especially about the top
and back of the head, considering the
time it has been in the water"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-19
CAUSES IMMENSE DAMAGE.
Reservoir Breaks and lite Flood De-
stroys Property.

S%cottdale, Pa, July 18.-With the
roar of Niagara the new reservoir of
the Citizens Water company burst at
midnight and more than 300, 900, 900
gallons of water rushed down the val
ley, sweeping all before it and mum
dating crops and wrecking buildings
in it's path. It vas discovered about
9 o'clock that the dam was in danger
of breaking, and messengers ere
hastily sent through the valley to
warn the people of their peril. Hun
dreds Of lives were thus saved, for q
few hours later the whole valley was
under water.
The damage to the machinery and
reservoir alone will amount to at least
$4,000. When the torrent swept
down upon the valley, buildings were
torn from their foundations and car
ried on the crest of the great wave
like so many washtubs. Crops valued
at thousands of dollars were complete
~ wiped out. Bridges were carried
away. In the gorge just below the
dam huge trees were torn out by the
roots and stones weighing tons were
overturned by the flood.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-19
MINNESOTA WHEAT CROP.
Estimated at Almost Seventy Million
Bushels.

Washington, July 18.-The condi-
lions of all crops in Minnesota, with
the exception of corn and rye, is bet
ter than it was a year ago, according
to the July reports to the agricultural
department. The acreage in some
cases, however, is considerably small
er than last years, and unless the
yield this season is phenomenally
large, these crops will be smaller than
those of 1903. The wheat situation is
wholly favorable.
The official estimate of wheat acre.
age in Minnesota this year Is $780,
1876 acres. The 1904 wheat crop may
be estimated at 69,946,074 bushels.
The North Dakota acreage Is esti-
mated as 5 per cent larger than that
of last year. The total wheat area in
South Dakota this year is said to 4
per cent smaller than it was last year.
The indicated yield of North Dako-
ia for this year is $4,000, 900 bushels,
and in South Dakota 45,362,875 BUSH
els.
There is an unusually large acreage
of corr in Minnesota this year, al
though it is smaller than usual in the
two DakOtas.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-19
DETECTIVE WOUNDS TWO MEN,.
A Policeman Then Kills Him Under a
Misrepresentation.

New York. July 18.-After shooting
William Gorricy and Alonzo Dorando
of Manhattan during an attack made
upon him last night by a crowd of
men at Schurer's picnic park, at
Corona, l.. l., Charles Conran, a detec-
tive on duty in citizens clothes,
sought refuge under a dancing plat
form, and was there shot and killed
by Policeman John P. Gerrity.
Conran's fight with the crowd had
caused a call to be sent in for police
reserves and when they arrived several
in the crowd told the officers that the
man who did the shooting was under
the platform. Nothing was said about
Conran being a detective nor of his
having shot in self-defense. Certify
crawled under the platform and order
ed Conran to come out. Receiving
nc answer he fired and Conran was in
stantly killed.
Gorricy and Dorando, who were shot
by Conran, during the attack, were
from this city. Neither was danger
ously wounded.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-19
A RUSSIAN LEGEND.

Divers story of Meeting Father
Alexis on the Petropnvlovsk.
The Moskovski Listok of Russia con-
tains a curious legend contributed by a
correspondent who heard it in the vii
lage of Talitsa.
The story purports to be the expert
ence Of a diver who went down to the
bottom Of the sea to inspect the sunken
Petropavlovsk, says the London Chron-
icle. He saw Admiral Makaroff and
his officers and sailors all standing on
the deck Of the i'll fated b%attleship, to-
gether with Father Alexis, the priest
who went down with her. They were
singing and praying for the czar, cry
ing. Lord have mercy upon thy peo-
pie" Then. they all vanished and the
diver was left alone with Father Alexis,
who drew nearer to him and said:
"Go back to daylight. Be silent for
three days and three nights and then
tell everything you have seen and
heard. Tell them that we are praying
in the wilderness Of the ocean The
Lord will hear u prayer and give
strength to our car. Then the Petro-
pavlovsk, battered and crippled, will
rise from the bed of the e with us
all, and Admiral Makarof will hold a
review Of his feet and command it to
go to the Japanese capital to dictate
peace to the v%anquished foe. And the
whole fleet will sail past the Petro-
-pavlovsk with music, God Save Our
Gar Then when the feet has passed
the Petropavlovsk will sink again
slowly, slowly, with all of us, into the
depth of the sea, this time for all eter-
nal ages"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-19
ASKS FOR AN EARLY AUDIENCE.
Pennsylvania Miners Committee De.
sires to See Roosevelt.

III us 8.r7 tHfsHW a.
Scranton. Pa, July 1S.-Delegates
from the central labor unions ION
Scranton, Carbonate, Wilkesbarre,
Pittston, Plymouth and Nanticoke met
Sunday to hear the report Of the com
mittee which was unsuccesss full In see
ing President Roosevelt to present the
joint petition of the unions in behalf
of the Colorado miners. Much feeling
was shown, according to the report Of
the press committee, over the failure
of the committee to secure an audience
with the president, but after much
talk the decision was reached to send
a telegram to President Roosevelt
asking for an early audience and when
1t is granted, then have the SAINT CON-
mittee call on the pr a:dent IN, pre-
sent the petition.
The telegram was sent las, { en-
ing by John Walsh OF Carbondal,, Who
acted as secretary of the meeting. An
answer is expected today.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-19
but has heard no go.sl Of it. Even q fe-
yer of lethal character has been named

but has heard no go.sl Of it. Even q fe-
yer Of lethal character has been named
after it.
when the French canal officials
wished to find a ~scapegoat,' says DIR.
Stephens, 'for their m~alfeasance in
spending or stealing $260,OOO,O0O and
not digging a canal with it they select
ed the Chagres river and attributed ev-
erything bad to that. 1t washed back
all the earth which they dug out, it
rendered a tide water canal impossible,
1t brought malaria and death to their
labOrers; in fine. theS would have con-
structed the Panama canal by 1892 but
for that awful Chagres river!
II really expected to see a moral
monster of a river there. l was look
ing for something like the Styx. as
described by the classic poets. 1t
would not have surprised me greatly
to see a stream OF miasmatic. green
slime haunted by Chagres fever ghosts.
Instead. what one sees is a pretty lit
tie river of azure water rurling gently
over sandy bars, quite an ideal stream,
with lovely graves. ael pools beneath
green banks, the bare sight of which
makes one think of his fishhook and
line.
But this was the dry season. be-
gan making careful inquiries as to the
wet season. Once. seventeen years ago.
it did rise pretty high. At a place
where the channel is much compress
ed, at Las Cascades. it rose between
thirty and forty feet that year for a
few Eours. I found that at home
amcns it's neighbors, SO to s%peak-the
Chag1es bore a good enough reputa-
ton as rivers go. In the matter of
floods the Chagres is not worse than
the Big Sandy, the French Broad or
the Anlroscoggin in our own country.
But for. the Chagres an interoceanic
canal at Panama during the next quar-
ter of a century would be a physical
impossibility. A tidewater canal at
Panama is impossible except at such
cost as to be practically useless to the
American people. 1t is just here that
the Chagres river comes in. By build
ing Il dam across it and across the ca
laA at 1DOAAO ACoL SCd VA LAO AZ
lantic side, an elevated inland lake
may be formed across the highest por-
ton of the isth1nus, extending through
the Culebra cut. By using the Chagres
to form this lake more than four-ifths
of the excavation necessary for a tide
water canal may be avoided. Were it
not for the Chagres river this lake
could not be formed. The volume Of
water which flows is just about suf6-
Gent to fill the lake and supply water
for the locks. If 1t were much larger
it would give trouble. If less 1t would
be insufficient.
"a ship canal, like that at Panama,
requires a vast amount Of water for
feeding the locks. Nothing less than
a river of considerable size will suffice
for the water supply. This much
mathematical Chagres river is there
fore the right thing in the right place.
It is very fortunate for us that it is
there"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-19
A College ON Christ. Plan.

A college las Christ would have run
it, with the Bible as the chief text
book, is to be established by the edu-
cational board of the Presbyterian
church within a few months at McKin-
ley, Tex, says a Philadelphia dispatch
to the New York American. Rev. Will
liam II. Cleagget of Texas said the 9TH
er day that the charter had been ap-
Piled for and $175,OOO of the necessary
100000 building fund raised. Two
hundred acres have been offered by
the Mckinley authorities.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-19
INTENSELY HOT in CHICAGO.
Three Deaths and a Score Of Prostra-
tions Recorded.

Chicago. July 18.-Sunday was the
hottest day Chicago has experienced
in three years and three deaths and a
score of prostrations a the result,
The maximum temperature of "a de-
grees beats any record in the weather
bureau since July 81, 1901, when a
temperature of 1O3 degrees was re-
corded, since then the mercury has not
risen in Chicago, according to the Off
cial reports, above 90 until Sunday.
In the downtown district the heat vas
several degrees greater than the off,
cial records show.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-19
BASEBALL SCORES.
National League.

National League.
At Cincinnati, 2; Brooklyn, 4.
At st. Louis, s.; Boston, 8.
At Chicago, 9; Philadelphia. 6.
American League.
At New York, 8; Detroit, |.
American Association.
At st. Paul, 4; Toledo, 2.
At Minneapolis, II; Indianapolis. 4.
At Milwaukee. 2; Louisville, 3.
At Kansas City, S; Columbus, 6. Sec
ond game-kansas City, 2; Columbus,
2-called fifth inning to let Columbus
catch train.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-19
ST. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul. July 16.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $5.4O@5.90; common to
fair, $3.50 OATS; good to choice cows
and heifers, $3.5O@4.50; veals, $4,000
4.25. Hogs-$4.80@5.25. SheeprGood
to choice yearling wethers, $4.25@4.50;
good to choice lambs, $5.50@6.OO.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-19
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, July 16.-Cattle-Good to
prime steers, S. O@6.40; poor to me-
dunn, s4.0O@5.25; stockers and feed
ers, $3.50 @4.OO; cows, $1.50@4.5O;
heifers, $2.0O@5.00; calves, $4,000
80. Hogs-Mixed and butchers. $5.25
@5.6O; good to choice heavy, $4,000
SOS; rough heavy $5.10@5.35; light,
s5.25@5.6O. Sheep-Good to choice
wethers, $4.25@5.O0; fair to choice
mixed. $3.50@4.25; native lambs, $500
M7,OO.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-19
WORLDS FAIR ATTENDANCE.

More Than Half a Million People
Visited Exposition Last Week.
st. Louis, July 18.-Despite the rain
Of the early part of last week and the
excessively warm weather that fol-
lowed it, the attendance at the worlds
fair for the past seven days was
500,35a. There vas not a single spe-
cial day to bring the attendance up
and the result is quite satisfactory to
the worlds fair management.
The total attendance for the sixty
nine days the fair has been open is
1908, 585.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-19
A Lazy Day In June.

JUS loungin' in the shade
On the grass.
Watchin' the cloud shadows
AS they pass;
JUS lollin' in a cool,
Cozy nook,
Dozin' here beside the
Rabblin' brook.
Don't care much for f1shin'
Rod or book
Rather JUS keep dozin'
BY the brook.
Feelin' kinder lazy
Like and bum.
Drowsy as the busy
Bees low hum.
Eyes are JUS half open.
Kinder squint;
Dancin' sunbeams fallin'-
How they CLINT
The green fringed medders here!
Never look
Rather JUS keep dozin'
By the brook!
New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-19
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, July 16.-Wheat = July,
96Ac; old. 94Ac; Sept, 87Ac; old,
S8% @S9c; Dec, 86bc; May, S7Ac.
Corn--July, 49Ac; Sept, 49%c; Dec,
45@45Mc; May, 44%c. Oats-July.
3s|c; Sept. 32Mc; Aug, 34kc; Dec,
33Mc; May, 34Mc. Pork-July.
$3.50; Sept, $12.87h; Oct, $12.s7h.
Flax-Cash, Northwestern, $1.2Oh;
Southwestern, $1.15; July, $1.15; Sept.
$1.15. Butter-Creameries, 13@17c;
diaries, 12@15c. Eggs-14h @15Ac.
Poultry-Turkeys, 1O@11c: chickens.
11kc; springs, 14@15c.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-19
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, July 16.-Wheat-to arrive
No. 1 Northern, $1.O2h; No. 2 North
ern, 9Shc. On track-No. l North
ern, SLOPPY; No, 2 Northern, 98kc;
July, SLOPPY; Sept, $3.50. Flax-To
arrive, on track and July, $1.2O; Sept.
and Oct, $1.21.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-19
Heavy Loss by Fire.

Montgomery, Ala, July 18.-Fire
Sunday completely destroyed the plant
of the Alabama Rift Flooring com
pany, entailing a loss Of 5000, 900
partially insured.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-19
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis. July 16.-Wheat-July,
97Mc; Sept, S8Ac; Dec, 85h@S5Ac.
On track-No. / hard, 99Ac; No. |
Northern. $3.50; No. 2 Northern, 94&
@95Ac.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-19
FOUR PERSONS DROWNED.
Their Skiff capsized in the Blue River
River at Sheffield, Mo.

Kansas City, Mo-, July 1S.-Four
persons were drowned Sunday by the
capsizing of a skiff on the Blue river
at Sheffield, near here. They were
Miss Hester Howell. aged twenty, and
Miss Kate Calvert, nineteen, tele-
phone operators; A. r. House, twenty
seven, a railway clerk, and Elmer G..
Guild.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-19

itor has walked and climbed about the
cut for an hour or two he can readily
believe that the task may occupy 5000
men, with machines, for ten years.
The temperature in the cut he de-
scribes as intense. The lofty, bare
sides of the excavation accumulate
heat like the walls Of an oven. The
seething steam boilers add to the Gallo
rife glow. 1t makes the eyeballs ache
md the lungs feel dry and hot.
"It is no place." says DR.. Stephens,
.sfor a white mans unprotected head.
A cork helmet Or a green umbrella, OF
both, are necessary to his safety. 1t
makes me shudder to think of the hui
man suffering implied by ten years of
labor here on the part of 5000 men.
But only at the price Of this toll can
stately vessels steam through the Guile
bra"
The French Canal company has re-
moved much earth here, but vastly
more remains to be taken out. With
arc lights strung along the cutting the
men of the night shift would have by
far the easier days work, for then the
terrible sun rays would be absent and
the cooler night wind would be blowing
through the trench Indeed, If but one
shift of men were employed he thinks
it would be better, after the light plant
was installed, to work them only by
night and have them sleep in daytime.
This observers account of the Cha
! gres river is interesting. The whole
world has heard Of the Chagres river,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-01
Stocks and Bonds.

New York, Tune 3O.-There was
a slight stirring in the sluggish pool
of speculation this morning but the
days total trading is SO small COM
pared with any period of the stock
market as to make comparisons from
day to day quite meaningless. The
general surface of the market was
hard and unyielding and gave an inn
preston of an undertone of conf
dence, even though attempts to put
prices up proved futile. Attempts
were not determined nor Important
and tile characteristic of the market
continued TO be total neglect. Met
ropolitan Street Railway was fea-
tire Of the early dealings in contin
uation of yesterdays advance, which
was sought to be explained by va.
rious surmises The most important
of these was that the guarantee OF
the dividend and the control of the
traffic were to be taken over by tho
subway interests. With q denial o.
this the price slipped off again ant
the uncovered shorts, whose buyini
had been an important factor in tn
rise took courage and refrained fror
accepting their losses. Canadian Pa
Cific was still absorbed, especiall
for London account
The bond market was dull ant
stead. The total sales (par value
$1.SS0,0e0.
Government bonds were unchange
on call.
Total sales 1S5. 800 shares, including
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-01
Ware e. LeIand's
Cotton Letter.

Raleigh, n. c.. June 3O.-Consider
ing the decided change that has ia
ken place lin the tenor of crop news
from the Atlantic States. the market
was very steady during The greater
part of the day. That the change has
been decided can be seen from the
lctual figures of rainfall the last As
hours, some places having as much
is 3 or inches. Owing to the drought
t is undoubtedly true that the cotton
plant in these sections in it's effort
10 obtain moisture extended it's tap
root so far below the surface that
With recent rains the condition of
he crop will be even better than
would have been the case with fire.
uent showers. 1t does look as
hough conditions were shaping
themselves for a bountiful yield as
aims come just before serious dam
zee is done.
While the market was very steady,
his was probably due to the APP
>roaching holiday and the fact that
he government report comes next
tuesday,. There is some uncertainty
yer what that report will be and
raiders did not care to sell short very
Extensively just before the holiday
here was some short covering. and
nth a fairly steady Liverpool the
larket ruled quiet but not weak. Now
hat the rains have fallen there is
'ot very much incentive to buy in
anticipation of higher prices and il