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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
I'll HALL OF FAME.

Captain Howard Blackburn Of Glou-
cestcr, Mass, will essay a third trip
across the Atlantic in a boat eighteen
feet in length.
Professor Robert Koch, the eminent
bacteriologist, who has just observed
his sixtieth birthday, is a Hanoverian
and q privy councillor.
DR.. Eduardo Acevado Diaz, the new
" appointed minister from Uruguay to
Washington, is known in South Amer
lea as a novelist Of high repute.
Mrs. Jane Du Bots, who taught Pat
tt, the famous singer, in the only pub
lie school she attended In the United
States, is living at present in Denver.
Judge Jacob Fawcett of the supreme
court of Nebraska was a blacksmith
in early life. During his leisure time
he devoted himself to the study Of law.
Consul Oscar Ekman, a wealthy iron
manufacturer OF Stockholm, has given
a sufficient sum to establish a chair of
Swedish at Augustana college, Moline,
ILL.,, the largest Swedish educational In
stitutiOn in America.
Rev. DR.. Z. p. 1ngersoll, secretary of
the American Bible society, has been
appointed by the organization to rep
resent it at the commemorative exer-
cises Of the British and Foreign socie-
ty in London in March.
B. e. Moore Of Winsted, Conn, has
ordered from the south sea islands
three mule footed hogs. a boar and two
sows, which can live where common
hogs would starve and which weigh
from 600 to 800 pounds.
Rev. @. j.. X. Jones Of a Unitarian
church in Los Angeles, CAL, has chang
ed the order of his ministry. He has
quit the pulpit and proposes to devote
his attention to the study Of the insect
pests that destroy. the fruit trees Of the
Pacific slope.
Carroll D.. Wright, United States
commissioner of labor, intends to re-
sign by the end Of 1904 and then to re-
move to Worcester, Mass. He was
elected to the presidency of Clark uni
versity at that place some time ago,
and he expects to reside there perma-
nently.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
Calling cards at Gazette ONCE.
(First Publication Mar. 4, 1904.-4f)
SHERIFF'S SALE.

Mary Glavin, plaintiff, VS.. Glib. A.
Lane, defendant.
To be sold at sherif's sale on the
26th day of March, 1904, at 10 o'clock
a. M, at the front door of the court
house at Billings, in Yellowstone coun-
ty, Montana, the following described
real estate, to-wit: Lots numbered
five and six in block numbered forty
three, and the west half of lots num-
bered twenty-five, twenty-three and
twenty-four in block numbered ten,
and all the right, title and interest
of said defendant, Glib A. Lane, in and
to lots numbered seven, eight, and
nine in block numbered forty-three;
all of the original town, now city, OF
Billings, in Yellowstone county, Mon
tana, according to the official plat
thereof, on file and Of record in the
office of the county clerk and recorder
of said county; together with all and
singular the tenements, Entertainments
and appurtenances thereunto belong
in.
Witness my hand at Billings, Mon
tana, March 4, 1904.
GEO. w. HUBBARD, Sheriff.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
A New Telescope.

A young Italian optician named Tom
maso Landi has perfected an invention
from which great results are expected
In the field Of astronomy by giving
enormously increased power to the tele-
scope. It is claimed that the Landi
lens enables objects to be magnifled to
the extent Of $4,000 diameters, while
preserving a perfectly distinct picture
Of the object. Landi has been greatly
hampered in his studies by poverty,
but his invention has now reached a
point at which legal protection can be
obtained.-London Globe.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
GENERAL THOMAS DEAD.
Recent Appraiser at Chicago Receives
Sudden Summons.

Chicago, March 17.-General j. r.
Thomas, who was recently ousted as
federal appraiser at the port of Chi
cago, dropped dead today. Heart dis
ease is supposed to be the cause
The removal of General Thomas
from Office a few weeks ago was one
of the most picturesque incidents in
politics here. Seated under the folds
of a United States flag, General Thorn
as remained at his desk, refusing to
give way until dispossessed by the
actual arrival of his successor, Lyman
T. Hoy, who was the manager of the
campaign that resulted in the election
of United States Senator Albert j.
Hopkins.
The reason assigned for the removal
was the desirability of securing a
70 vigorous administration of the
Office, but General Thomas maintain
ed that the motive for the change
was purely political, and that the
affairs of the appraisers office were
being handled with an efficiency above
the average. The issue was made the
subject of an appeal to President
Roosevelt and a controversy with
Secretary Shaw. :.
The death of General Thomas was
as dramatic as his removal. He had
served in the civil war, but had never
made an application for a pension
while in receipt of other incomes. To-
day, after Intellectual efforts to secure
other work, he was in a lawyers OF
flee preparing a pension application.
1t was while thus engaged that Gene
raj Thomas fell dead.
Upon arriving at the lawyers Office
today General Thomas sank into a
chair, painting and out of breath. He
was unable to speak for a moment,
but seemed to recover.
II have come ito inquire about a PEN
siOn," he said at last. His chair was
drawn up to a table and he was about
to speak again when he was seized by
a second fainting spell. His head fell
on the table and a moment later he
was dead. He was 70 years old.
General Thomas was appointed ap
praiser of the port of Chicago by Pres
ident Mckinley seven years ago, and
he served continuously until removed
from the port by President Roosevelt
last Monday. Deceased was adjutant
general under Governor Rrownlow OF
Tennessee during the civil wal and
was subsequently speaker of the ILL
nois Legislature.
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MEMORIAL TABLET.
Design for Pe~rpetuating Memory Of
Montana Soldiers Submitted.

SCSsSs wi SIPSe00euuS ~
Montana Soldiers Submitted.
1t now seems probable that. within
a few months the memorial tablet to
Montana men who lost their lives in
the Philippine campaign or who died
from wounds received or diseases con
tracted in that campaign will be in
place in the rotunda of the capitol,
says the Independent.
At the last session of the legisla-
ture a bill was passed carrying an
appropriation of $4,000 for the con-
struction of such a tablet, and Gov
ernor Joseph K. Toole and Adjutant
General Shirley C. Ashby devoted
some time to securing the names
that are entitled to a place on the
tablet, there being So of these.
Plans and drawings for the pro-
posed tablet have been prepared and
were submitted to Governor Toole by
William Burns, general manager of
the American Bronze Foundry COM
pany of Chicago, who is in Helena
experimenting the iron work on the
federal building, for which his com
pany holds the contract. No decision
has been reached as yet, but the de-
sign has been inspected by several
of the state officials, and the matter
has been taken up with the prospect
of early settlement.
The company submitting the design
is the one that made the bronze tablet
that occupies a place on the west wall
of the rotunda Immediately inside the
main entrance of the capitol, contain
ing the names of the capitol commits
sion and others closely connected with
the building of the structure.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
JssIAN HEADQUARTERS TO BE
REMOVED FROM MukDEN.
COMMANDS BOTH ROADS
~ Position Selected Facilitates
Operations That kuropatkin
Has in Contemplation.

fpFt. Petersburg, March 1.-THE
headquarters of the Manchurian
my after General Kuropatkin's ar
L3a1 will be at Lao Yang, the general
living selected that point instead of
btkden whence to direct the opera
Ikns. Liao Yang is ten miles west of
railroad, being connected with
ES main road by a special line which
lSSl be completed by the time General
|Plropatkin arrives, and which has
my advantages over Mukden, being
Roint whence the telegraph line and
pS Pekin road go to the Yalu river.
Sabther road. not marked on the maps,
ids almOstsApe east to IN extinct
}blcanU, Park Ton San or Mong
Iklhite) mountain, whose crater is a
pired laksSThe road was built by
Chinese, whose emperor formerly
At there to shoot tigers, with which
region is infested. Liao Yang
lNnmands both the roads over which
ops will be sent according to neces.
ses. Liao Yang also has the adj
Mtage OF being to the from
OF China in the event of punitive
AJRsures being required against the
lefnese.
while the Russians are mobilizing
the purpose of working out an
EsWsnsive military problem, they will
scGprepared to- move heavy forces in
direction to meet the Japanese,
pse command of the sea gives them
dat freedom in selecting their points
igsattack. General Kuropatkin will
aSkM on a train, with his staff, and be
pared to move anywhere his pres
sdie is required. If the Japanese land
$slMmfOrce on the coast Of northern
Yea, he will move his headquarters
aaMher north along the railroad.
areat precautions are being taken to
leerd against surprises. The Japa-
have always shown a preference
NJ night attacks, and most rigorous
}Hers have been issued to keep up a
9inuous advance Of scouting par
and to have heavy pickets out at
general Kuropatkin is now near
gT%sk, Siberia. He is making very fast
", averaging over 532 miles a day,
Ehrything being sidetracked to get
ENsSl to Mukden in March, the only
E99s, except to change engines, being
sional inspection of passing troop
NNps.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
THE SONG OF THE sAMuRAl

THE sarnurai were the military class OF
Japan during the continuance of the
feudal system there. including both dali
mics or territorial mobiles and their vas-
sails or military retainers. but more par
ticularly the latter or one Of them. The
samurai were both the soldiers n the
scholars Of Japan.l
The sword Of the Samurai CLEANS still
In the arms Of a new Japan.
Though the knights be dead. there's al
ancient thrill
a comes to the fighting a
Pride of a dauntless nation rings;
Firm is his battle cry;
List to the Nippon host that sings
The song OF the Samurai:
'sThough our thews be small. yet our
hearts are great
And our souls they are souls Of fire,
Here's a sword for love and a sword for
hate
In the war gods hot desire
VIII cares for death when a passion fair
Gives US joy by the blade to die?
For we'll strike to the heart Of the Rus
sian bear
With the sword of the Samurai.
'By that long, smooth edge that our ia
theirs wrought.
On a forge that a gods breath blew;
BY hat ~lacquered hilt that the artists
fraught
With the zeal that the heroes knew,
Let us on where the northern barbarians
fare.
Haunting their banners high,
AND we'll strike to the heart of the RUS
sian bear
With the sword Of the Samurai.
'~Though their ranks. like the ocean. may
flood the plains.
Like breakers nay beat us back,
Here's the blade that shall open our own
warm veins
Ere we faint in their fierce attack.
Rather the boast Of an ancient lord,
BY our own fair steel to die,
Than with shame Of defeat to pollute the
sword,
The sword Of the Samurai." 4
This is the song Of the samurai
In the army Of new Japan, Il
Where the seeds of a world old honor lie
In the soul Of the fighting
Pride OF a dauntless nation rings,
Firm is his battle cry;
List to the Nippon host that sings
The song of the Samurai.
wallace Irwin in New York Globe and
Commercial Advertiser.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18

of the crew were saved. Viceroy
Alexieh confirms the previous account
of the damage done to Port Arthur
during the bombardment Of the 10th.
but says the story Of a great fire there
is a "base fabrication"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18

John D. Rockefeller, Jr., at a ban
quet Of his Sunday school class that
was held recently in New York. says
the New York Tribune, talked about
perseverance. 1t was perseverance
more than anything else, he said, that
caused men to succeed in life. After
he had finished his address Mr.. Rookie
Teller said to of his neighbors:
II regret now that | didn't speak a
good word for tact while l was on my
feet. Without tact, perseverance, aft
er all, won't accomplish much. Years
ago my father had this truth brought
home to him in a little restaurant in
Rochester.
HE entered this restaurant and or
dered some luncheon one day, and aft
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
Cement Walks.

We are now prepared to make you
prices on all kinds of cement work,
cement walks, cement floors, cement
curbs. block walks, etc.
KOCH & COMPANY,
85-tf No. Ill North 23rd St.,
Moffett Phone 227. Billings. Mont.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
Il AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE s11vER y

TAM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SILVER"
er the food was brought he was much
annoyed by the waiter. The waiter
stood right in front Of him, watching
him like a hawk. Except these two,
the waiter and my father, there was
no n in the room. The silence was
intense. -1y father tried to eat, but
every little while he looked up nerv-
ously, and there was the waiter study
ing him with the same profound in
terest you or l would show toward
some strange creature from an I'M
known planet.
waiter said my father.
"'Yes, SIR said the waiter.
81 have-ah-I have everything 1
want
Eyes, sir. Thank you, SIR
"But the man still stood there, still
staring.
waiter, you may retire. said my
father testify.
".But I I'm responsible for the sill
yer, SIR the waiter said in a low, re-
proachful voice.
"a man like that waiter, with all the
perseverance in the world, would
hardly succeed" concluded Mr.. Rookie
Teller.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
LOSE SHIP.

BPfan Torpedo Boat Sunk by I'm
n placed Mine.
4. Petersburg, March 17.-While
FIRING the harbor at Port Arthur
NSerday, March 16, the torpedo boat
Korri struct ON. an un-
ned mine and was blown up. Four
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
Not Sneexing,

HAS your father a bad coldf"
mo, indeed. He is merely reading
the Russian-Japanese war news aloud"
Washington Star.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
Japanese Names.

1t will simplify the understanding Of
Japanese geographical names to bear
in mind that they atiex in many cases
compounds of which me termination is
a descriptive word.
Thus in Fujiyama yama means
mountain. shilna means island. as in
Thushima; saki is cape; NADIA, sea; ko.
lake; hama. shore (Yokohama).
Chamberlain called Japanese the
hardest of all languages for a foreigner
to learn thoroughly. Its syllable alpha
bet comprises seventy-three characters.
AS an example of how words are
formed. j%in-riki-sha means man-power-
carriages.
The Only Way.
Hix-Did you have your baby's pic
ture taken by a photographer?
Dix-No; by a man who runs the ki-
Observation-Disclosures Bulletin.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
The wrone Kind Of Patients.

The Wrong Kind of Patients.
Senator Dolliver of Iowa lived in his
boyhood at Kingwood, w. Va, and a
Kingwood visitor to Washington said
Of him the other day:
"Jonty Dolliver was a shrewd, sharp
lad back in the old Kingwood days. He
always had an answer for everybody.
he was a great joker.
Zone day a crowd Of us boys was
playing near the Kingwood school,
house when a natty team stopped be-
fore us, and a man in a red neckue
said:
"'Boys, I'm looking for q doctor. I
may say I'm looking for the best doctor
hereabouts. They tell me that a better
man than old DR.. Blank can't be found
in Kingwood or Masontown or Whet-
sell or Cuzzart. Has DR.. Blank many
patients, boysy
"'Not alive said young Dolliver,
Winking at u.s."
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
Well Smoked.

II have Travelled all over this coun-
try" said Fred Ross, theatrical man.
ager, to Owen Westford, actor, land I
find that nearly all the tragedians CT
he various road companies invariably
ride in the smoking car"
mo wonder they're called 'hams!'"
chuckled Westford.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-11
War Is On

War has actually begun in the far
east.
Official information was received at
Washington, the 9th instant, confirming
the earlier press reports that three war
ships of the Russian fleet had been dam
aged in an attack in the roads of the
harbor at Port Arthur by Japanese tor
pedo boats. The two battleships dis
abled are the Poleava and Czarevitch.
The disabled armored cruiser Boyarin
and the grounded battleships block the
entrance to the harbor, preventing gun
boats from getting out and cruisers
from going in and getting coal. Beside
this Japan has the Russian gunboats
Variag and Koratz caught at Chemulpo.
The japanese fleet was under the
command of Vice Admiral Togo and
consisted of four fast cruisers, the Chi
tose, Kasagi, Magafago and Yoshino,
which croled outside, drawing the fire
of the Russians. They then joined the
main fleet and all went into attack the
armored cruisers.
The announcement of the sinking of
IL Japanese ships and that Port
Arthur was in flames was given
out in st. Petersburg at 2 80 p. M, the
9th instant, but investigation showed
that the report was untrue.
Hay has addressed an identical note to
a number of European powers to ascer-
tain if they are willing to join in notice
to Russia and Japan that during hostili-
ties and thereafter the neutrality and
integrity of china must be realized.
An official despatch from Petersburg
says: "Our losses in the feet were two
officers wounded, nine men killed and ii
wounded. On the shore batteries one
man was killed and three were wounded
The battleship Poleava and the cruiser
Novik each had a hole knocked in her
side below her water line. The forts
we're slightly damaged"
Dispatches of the 10th instant name
eleven Russian war vessels captured,
destroyed or rendered useless, including
three battleshlps, two armored cruisers,
four cruisers, one gun boat and one
torpedo gun vessel.
China, it is understood, has given
official assurance that she will immedi.
ately issue a declaration of neutrality.
A London dispatch from Toxic dated
the 10th instant, says it is reported that
three transports of the Russian volun-
teer fleet, conveying 1000 troops, have
been captured by the Japanese off the
Korean coast.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-11
TT,ie,s. ano E:DIcs

Bibles are sad by detectives 10 be
more rarely stolen than any other Oh.
jects. This Is not because Bibles are
worthless TO Il thief. but because few
criminals are sufficiently depraYed to
steal the good book A detective said
recently that in an important case
which lie had followed up some years
ago thief bad entered the house
stolen some valuable jewels and left
untouched Bible bound In white
chicken skin and studded with pearls
The detective caught the thief. and the
man who had been robbed a dealer in
curios, visited his dOspoiler in Jail took
an interest IN him because he had not
taken the Bible and eventually reform
ed him and got him good job.
~ knew" the thief said that II
took that Bible IT would do me harm
and If | didn't take 1t it might do me
good. | let 1t alone. and now. thank
heaven, I'm an honest and a righteous
man"
The detective added that In another
case where thief had stolen Bible
the book had been returned. another
thing few thieves will take" he added.
SIS a child's savings bank. Chicago
Tribune
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-11

Snake poison would xiii tic strongest
man II the smallest possible. drop q i.
were injected into his yeln- Or la j O.
a cut finger or ehapped - Blf -
smallest child might drink teaspoon
ful-probably a glassful without suf
fering the least injury Tie SANE r.
true Of most Of The poisons savages IN
iect into their arrows, and yoa can
suck the dangerous wound with III
punity.
Arsenic eaters become 50 accustomed
10 the use Of this drug that one d
them could eat as much Of il in week
as would kill a troop Of cavalry, horses
and all II man took dose u .anar
caustic and his wife dose n hydro
chloric acid they would be subjects FIR
a coroners inquest IN very short tine
But If either the man Or tie woman
took both doses together the result would
hardly be different from Tia ~ taking
so much strawberries and crrsm II
two men each took sinai quantity q
hemlock one might drop dead II he
had a fatty heart, and tie other feel
only a slight Inconvenience Il his heart
was all right
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-11
Probate Business.

The February term Of Probate eoun
began a. the court house. Taesdar
morning Judge Dauforth presiding. 81
which busness Was transacted, a. fol
lows
VI of Margaret Walker # Embder.
Charles " fltIra r s-aphegan, and Bens-
nan baf,le., - ~ P5rtland were PFC
seuted, and II fhe.e Russell Of skowbee1n,
Caroline VI. @s.ser 1f ~ Portland, IAae
l.. 9a.ies II Fitisas.a ..e,e allowed
III ac-4 II, IN the state Il G.rs 2.
Toansen. II Ion was presented AID az
counts In til states II stephen simpson 81
Particle, Ed@ard 2. Meln,re Of Sor-idge
wock, Henry Dagan y sk91hegan, u. II
Patterson Of Athens. Clarence V. Bz5gez a.
Palmyra were allowed.
Petitions FOR administration were PRESENTED
in The estate 4 Cinema 7. W kozA Of
SCION AM Isaa5 Prent.ss of Brighton, and
administration 2as granted n he estates Of
Aot.e +. Rowell II Madison, and George P.
Gilman q Nom gea ,ck
Fred W. salley was appointed adminisrs
to., de bonis non with vii annexed. n thf
estate Of William :. Salley Of Pi,tsdeld
Petition for license l. sell real estate WIZ
presented IN 'he 1ase Il Aranna A. LoouE
1T sko~hegan, IN the estate CT Winthrop
Eldridge, late q Scion.
George ", II. Cooley IF SCION ereseuteS
a petition - nave rs name changed te
George Winfield L-ngles.
Petition FOR appointment Of Z. 7. Foster II
Rene guardian Of Ervn NJ, Roy L. and Iamx
K. Stevens Of smlthhela. MINOR children n
Martin H. Stevens, deceased, presented
Petitions f9f appointment Of guardian foe
Elsie Z. Elliott Of Hartiand Helen 4 Weeks
II Pi,tsaeld were presented.
Charles o. small, Esq, was appointed
guardian Of Abbie 4. 1rtish Of Madison
Commissioners we're appointed n the e.
tate Of Edmund Davis late q Cornyille, req
resented insolvent.
Widows allowance vas granted n the eS
tate Of Lewis II. Lawrence, late u Brighton