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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-22
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards

Chicago, April 2O.-Cattle-Good to
hrime steers, s5.OO@5.65; poor to me-
dinm. s3.5O@4.90; stockers and feed
arc sS.75@4.3O; cows, $1.50@4.25;
heifers, s2.O0@4.6O; calves. $4,000
AGO. Hogs-Mixed n butchers, sS.VO
m5.2O: good to choice heavy. $3.50
BOB: rough heavy, $4.95@5.10; light,
"a. S0@5.1O Sheep-Good to choice
wethers, $5.O0@5.65; Western sheep,
81 25M5.45: native lambs, $4.50@5.75;
Western, wooded. s6.00@6.z5; Western.
clipped. $4.75G5.75.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-22
IRRIGATION in THE WEST.
Boards Of Consulting Engineers Con-
sidering Various Projects.

BoaTds OF CUHsuTtIHg EH9t'S oo"
sidering Various Projects.
Washington. April 21.-Two boards
OF consulting engineers of the United
States reclamation service are now IN
the West considering the preliminary
plans and surveys of the district en-
;gineers in the several arid states. The
first board is composed OF Messrs.'
George Y. Wisner, M. Hall and A. r.
Davis, who will examine the projects
at Fort Buford, N. D.; Belle Fourche,
s.. D.; North Platte, Wyo.; Hondo, N:
NJ, and Gunnison, Colo. The second
board, consisting of H. N. Savage, J:
Fl. Quinston and w. H. Saunders, VIII
examine the projects at Reno, New;
shoshqne, Wyo.; Milk River, Mont;
Sun River, Mont, and Umatilla and
Malheur, Ore.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-22
MAKE A RICH HAUL.
Four Armed Men Rob a Mail Car OF
VajuabIes Worth $4,000.

Tiais, April 21.-A train on the
Transcaucasian railway was held up
between Novo-Zenaki and Abascha, by
four armed men who entered the mail
car and after binding the officials es-
capped with registered letters n
valuables worth $50, 900.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-22
BASEBALL SCORES.
National League.

National League.
At Cincinnati, 6; Pittsburg, 4.
American League.
At Chicago, a; Detroit, 8.
American Association.
At Toledo, A; Minneapolis, 5.
At Louisville, 8; Milwaukee, l.
At Columbus, L; st. Paul, Z.
At indianapolis, 6; Kansas City, 3.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-22
Elections in Georgia.

Atlanta, Ca, April 21.-Returns
from every section Of the statesln
Wednesdays Democratic primary as.
sure the overwhelming reelection OF
Chief Justice Thomas J. Simmons OF
the supreme court, and Chairman Tur-
aer of the state prison commission and
the entire state ticket headed by 10
seph M. Terrell.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-22
Heavy Snow in Indiana.

Evansville, Ind, April 21.-The
heaviest snowfall in thirty years has
y-eSRockport the fall of snow vas four
~ The snow storm prevailed
and eficie over Southern Indiana
hereby conn
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-22
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, April 20 Wheat
May, 91Hc; July, 91k @91ssc; Sept
81h @S1Mc. On track-No. hard,
93Mc: No. 1 Northern, 92Ac; NO. q
Northern. 1890.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-22
REPUBLICANS OF VERMONT.
Instruct Their Delegates to Vote fol
Nomination Of Roosevelt.

Burlington, VT, April 21.-The Re
nublican state convention here
"Wednesday elected four delegates to
the national convention at Chicago
and instructed them to vote for the
nomination Of President Roosevelt.
The national delegates are Senator
Dillingham;, DR.. Seward Webb, H., N.
Turner and H. s. Bingham.
The platform adopted strongly en-
dorsed the administration. h orator
of the day was Senator Foraker OF
ohio. who said the Republican party
would continue ito stand pal" on all
its fundamental policies.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-22
BURIED BY AN AVALANCHE.
one Hundred Miners Imprisoned Near
An Italian Village.

Turin, Italy, April 21.-About 100
miners have been buried by an i'm
mense avalanche near the village OF
Pragelato. A violent storm is sweep.
ing over that locality and it is feared
that other a%valanches may result.
The whole population of the village
and a detachment of forty soldiers
ave gone to the scene of the disaster,
hoping to save some of the buried
miners. -
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-22
Land For Rent.

Hay and grain land o rent, mich
COWS for sale. Address Thomas Nc
Girl, Billings. 1904
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-22
MusKRArs lMPERlL MINERS.

BurroW Around a smart anu N'se'
Floods the Mine.
Carbondale, ILL.,, April 21.-The Old
Equality coal mine was f1ooded
Wednesday by muskrats burroW1ng
around the shaft and the bank OF the
Saline river and 100 miners had q mar
row escape from drowning. BY the
time the last men were AXE out they
were standing in water up to their
necks.
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MRS. S. E. CLINE.

The above refers to the newly dis.
covered Fulton Compounds, the first
cures the world has. ever seen for
Bright's Disease and Diabetes. We are
the sole agents. Ask for pamphlet.
CHAPPLE DRUG Co. Billings.
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Bright's Disease and
Diabetes News.
1887 Broadway, San Francisco,

1877 Broadway, San Francisco,
March Is, 1904.
To the church women of Billings:
It is so hard for people to believe
that Bright's Disease and Diabetes are
now durable that I am asked to permit
reference to my own s l shrink
from it but there are too many dying
TO remain silent. To be brief ! had
both Bright's Disease and Diabetes for
over five years. Usual Dropsy, nails
came off, and the case was SO hopeless
thai the physicians told us there was
no need to diet and to give me any
thing l craved. I heard that people
were being cured in this city and pro-
cured the treatment. In a few months
the nails came back, dropsy disap-
peared and in a year I was well. To
show how well, will say that several
years after. my recovery stood q
| capital operation at the Waldeck SAM
tarium in the presence Of six phys
clans. Many friends, including DR..
| Markell of Cicverdale and Judge Il. B.
Cutler of Pine street, are fully cogni-
zant of my recovery from Brights
Disease and Diabetes. In fact Judge
Cutler is himself now recovering from
Diabetes under the same treatment
Let the cure. be proclaimed to the
world.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-22

M. R. WILSON Register.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-10
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
soIaoe for the Man Who Can't Tell
Story Found I'm Compromises" by Az
mes ReppIIer, and Thrust at the Cir
cuIatIng NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of Nine.
Du Barry Soon to Be Published.

A book to ramble in, that is, book
that does not require the arduous expen-
diture Of brain cells and yet takes the
reader far atield, is Compromises, book
Of essays, by Agnes Repplier, LTD. It
is book whose table Of contents at
| Luxury Of Conversation" One of the
gems in that for the man who cannot
tell story, Is this:
Perhaps the saddest proof Of intellectual iner-
Tia OF our failure to meet one another with ease
conversation by story telling
Possibly the storyteller will argue that
If he has no gift Of conversation, he had
better tell stories. No, he had better
cultivate the gift of conversation, how
ever difficult the breaking of his mental
prairie may prove. Surely there is enough
to talk about. So that conversation is
largely matter Of keeping oneself in
formed. ...,.@
Miss Repplier says in another essay
that novelists are bad matchmakers. She
chides them for marrying their characters
and then turning them adrift on the
world. She wonders why novelists should
hang their tales almost exclusively or
love and natrimony. She believes tina
love IS not taking up enough time in the
world to warrant such devotion to it as 6
theme in matchmaking. Perhaps the an
swer to her implied question may b.
found in the fact that love is the subjec
about which novelists feel most competen
, to write. OF that they may speak from
! experience and, therefore, with some au
, thority, and there may be an unwilling
ness to disclose the results. T.
=. The circulating library comes in 70
comment by Miss Reppl1er. Or, perhaps
it is the patron of the circulating library
See this:
, He or she (the circulating library's patron) de
ponds for intellectual sustenance upon tina
happy lottery system which has been devise
by circulating libraries-a system which en-
ables to put in a request for Darwin's "Ori
gin of Species" and draw out the Rev. W. Pro
? feit's "Creation Of Natter; to put in a reques
for Lady Roses Daughter and draw out 9TH
, Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come 1t is eviden
that reading conducted this basis is sure
e path to cultivation a roulette table is
8 wealth. .-.
This Is enough to show that Miss Rep
Q pliers little book Of essays is good on
r to ran1ble in; or, at least, that one ca
t ramble therein.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-10
AT THE THEATERS
of the Highway"

BlJou-"Queen Of the Highway"
A far western melodrama, in which ap-
pear educated horses, a pack of real
man-eating wolves" Indians, cowboys
and a bandit queen, Is holding the boards
and the hearts Of the people at the Bijou
theater this week. 1t is called "Queen
Of the Highway" and among those men
toned on the program are Leo Herten-
stein, animal keeper" and George Odell,
in charge Of Stock
Charles A. Taylor's conception Of what
might have happened in the days Of Cal
1fornia's forty-niners is placed before ar
appreciative audience with a wealth OF
scenery, amid which a mildly competent
cast comes on and goes off the stage ut.
terfng such lines as: "Stand back!
Remember, she is a woman!' You lie!'
brandishing the while q well assorted
armament. It Is the sort Of thing tina
almost drives the audience into hysteria
With a strong cast, carefully trained
and conscientiously entering into thei
work, Queen Of the Highway could b.
made production Of greater merit thar
it is. For there are at least two Of. thu
seven scenes which are excellent!
nounted-that showing Echo canyon
where the pony express rider is rescued
from the ravenous wolves, and that pic
turing Hells Kitchen and the stage
| coach descending the mountain road t.
the scene of the fatal hold-up.
George w. Park in the role Of the gov
eminent detective masquerading as al
extreme type Of British tourist, is one o
the few in the cast showing evidence o
histrionic ability. He knows how to rea
his lines, understands the value of repres
sion and has an authoritative personal
ity. In the stellar role Evelyn Wood in
| II nd O ffy
spite Of lack of temperament, carrie
we'll the better scenes. Frank Kilday i
acceptable in the role Of the villainou
Matt Rowley, mining expert.
Having gone in SO heavily for excite
ment, trained animals and scenery,
would seem as if the management Nigh
have selected the others in the cast wit
| greater care and expense.
Earl G. May.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-10

teen hours march made by Japanese
regiment in the battle Of Kwan-sui-ten,
in which $500 men, with their guns and
heavy knapsacks, a battery Of mountain
artillery, and all the necessary ammuni-
ton therefor on a hundred led pack
horses, with sixty more led animals carry
Ing small arm ammunition for the SOL
diers, marched into the high-angled hills,
away from all roads. and away, even.
from footpaths. 1t was marvellous
performance, and one which, at first
blush, seems impossible, for 1t necessita-
ted travelling beneath the crests of the
mountains, in order to be screened from
the enemy; but they marched
forward briskly and with no display of
exhaustion, and were still keen to fight. "
A Camera In the Form Of Book.-1n
the Scientific American for Oct. 8 appears
an account of a device invented by a
Frenchman. It is a camera in book form.
BY it's use one can catch a subject In
natural pose. The subject, of course.
would think the person with the "book
was reading, when, In fact, he would be
fixing his subject with his finder.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-10
Monday Evening,

tofore has been the complete isolation
of that point, mails not being obtain
able at intervals Of less than month,
sometimes six weeks. It is good deal
like living on another planet to be cut
off in this way from communication with
the outside world from the middle Of
October until the 10th Of June, and life
will be much better worth living if the
Nome newspapers are able to obtain a
little news occasionally from the. out
side world and thus keep in touch with
the rest of mankind.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-10
A HOME RULE CHARTER
Provisions of the Law With Regard t
Amendment.

The adoption Of the proposed charter
will place Minneapolis in line with st.
Paul and Duluth as home rule cities.
They. adopted their own charters some
years ago and are now operating there
under. If amendment Of their charter
seems desirable such amendment is sub
mitted to a. vote Of their own people for
adoption. The people of other cities are
not consulted, nor is the state legislature,
composed largely Of representatives from
country districts, called upon to decide
whether or not the proposed changes
should be adopted. The people of the
city are their own masters and within
the limits prescribed by the constitution
and enabling act control their own mu-
nicipal affairs. II
If the new charter for. Minneapolis is
adopted, there will be no further need tt
obtain from the legislature purely loca
legislation under the guise of genera
laws, which In almost every case must be
| interpreted by the courts before they be-
come operative. q - - I'd
The method provided for securing
| amendment to the home rule charter
after it's adoption is simple. The charter
commission is composed Of fifteen free
holders, appointed by the district cour
for term of four years. The commits
sion is a permanent body, for the sam
/ appointive power, the district court
which named the present commission, i
required to fill all4vacancies and main
tain the commission with its full com
| plement Of fifteen members. "
If the proposed charter be adopted tn
present commission may submit amend
ments thereto which will become opera
tive after their adoption at genera
| or special election by a three-f1fths vot
of all qualified voters, voting at sucl
election. These amendments are to b
4 submitted separately so that the vote
may express his approval or disapprova
j Of each.
Amendment Of the charter. however
does not depend wholly upon the readi
/. ness Of the commission to submit amend
ments. An initiative power is given t
the people by the constitution and upo
petition Of five per cent Of the legal vot
ers Of the CITY, asking for the submissio
i Of an amendment set forth in such peti
i ton, the commission is required to sub
NIT such proposed change to the peopl
at the next election. ,ss. 8. -
There is one exception to- the rule re
curing a three-ffths vote to adopt a
amendment, and that is the special re
quirement that a sthree-fourths vote {
all voting at the election shall be neces
sary in order to adopt any amendmer
making any change in the patrol limit:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-10

The Author of 1.-THE Real New York. ~
Rupert Hughes story, The Real New
York, Is said to be proving a real justif-
cation Of that old phrase about filling a
long-felt want" New York as it actually
is, in all its colors and shadings, in all
it's thousand aspects, in all Its wealth OF
hidden tragedy and comedy, has never
found any one capable Of doing 1t Justice
in the pages of a book until Mr.. Hughes
western-born, and Hy. Mayer, foreign
born united to produce the text and illus-
trations Of a volume as amusing and en-
PERTAINING as it is permanently valuable
The Scribners announce theMemoIrs
of Mime. Du Barry, by H. Noel Williams
author Of memoirs of Nine. de Pom
padour" and Memoirs Of Nine. de
Montespan." The book will be uniform
with those beautiful volumes and will be
illustrated with sixteen photographers.
The Uneasy Chair.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-10
What Will Oyama Do?

Japan IS immediate purpose in her war
with Russia should be disclosed with
in the next few days if Kuropatkin
his intention. Kuropatkin declared his
intention to take the offensive, and fol-
lowed up his declaration with action,
pushing his forces southwark against
the Japanese center, forcing a with
drawal from Ben-tsia- pu-tse, and, &C.
cording to some reports, retreat to Lao
yang. The Japanese center seems to
have offered little resistance.
At the same time, General Kuroki,
who has been holding Da pass and other
positions north Of n-tsia-pu-tse, is
not reported to have left those posi-
lions, and General Fushimi with a
force Of two divisions is reported to be
moving northward along the Liao river
on the west. - ~.@-sC -
According to all advices, then, Kuro-
patkin seems to be sending his force
into the point Of V made up by the
Japanese armies with Kuroki on the
extreme right, Oku and Nodzu around
the point, and Fushimi on the extreme
left. Should Kuropatkin press for
ward on the Japanese center, therefore
the purpose Of the Japanese must quick
ly become apparent.
The situation suggests two possibili
ties: Either that the Japanese with
drawal at their center is a feint tx
draw Kuropatkin southwark between
the wings Of the Japanese armies anc
} let the wings cut in from both east
and west and catch Kuropatkin in {
gigantic trap; or else. that the Japanese
intend to fall back on the Tai-tse river
establish line Of defense and let thu
Russians do the offensive fighting here
after, the Japanese devoting their at
tention to holding what they already
have.
If the situation is as outlined abov'
from all dispatches up to today, j
would look very much as tho the Jap
anese were playing to cut Kuropatkin'
communications and surround him
The readiness with which the Japan
csc center fell back also gives color t.
this view. On the other hand, the tax
ing Of Ben-tsia-pu-tse by the Russian
would seem to indicate that Kuroki
communications might be cut. How
ever, Kuroki, according to maps at hand
has line Of retreat to the southeas
which would be difficult for the Rus
slams to reach. Fushimi seems to b
in no danger on the west. So, in 50 ia
as can be seen from dispatches from tn
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-10
Lyceum-"Carmen."

Dramatized tor stock company purpo-
ses, that ford Andalusan love tale,
Carmen was told to the patrons of the
Lyceum theater last night by a cast al
together happy in the roles assigned The
success Of the opening of this rather pre-
tentious engagement Of the Ferris Stock
company was enhanced by the unusually
good scenic environment.
Played to the accompaniment Of much
Of the familiar music of the popular opera,
made attractive by the brilliant coors
and the picturesque costumes of the pc
Rod, the play gave Dick Ferris and Miss
Grace Hayward excellent opportunity to
exploit their undoubted talents.
The version used Is rich in strong lines
and In striking situations; but the most
startling feature Of the performance is
the introduction in the last act Of a real
bullhght-at least, the pictures of one
thrown upon screen by a moving picture
machine.
Lucas Mcndez tears himself from Car
mems arms and enters the arena amid
the plaudits Of the multitude. The lights
In the house go out. white drop Is low
cred and for five minutes the audience
sees the hero making mad the bull he
would fain destroy. The bullfighter's
ambition realized, the drop is raised, the
lights are flashed on and Lucas reap
pears-victor and triumphant lover. The
Interpolation may not be entirely convinc-
ing, but it is something new in Carmen"
Dick Ferris does nothing better than
Don Jose; Miss Hayward is in her ia
vorite role of the passionate but irrespon-
sible cigarette maker and snuggler. Lewis
Stone as the toreador is convincing: Clau-
Ola Lucas makes q wholly sweet Dolores
and Leila Shaw a sufficiently revengefu]
Teresa. Ben Johnson's priest was val
liable 'tbit."
| AS on many Lyceum first nights the &C.
| ton was occasionally delayed by hating
business demanded by the situations
but these faults will be remedied by re.
hearsa1. Earl G. May.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-10

The New York World is strong Par
ker paper, but it 'has its doubts of his
election. In a recent issue that paper
printed sensational story with big head
lines, beginning Roosevelt Rule May
Strike Snag After Election" The basis
for this was Washington dispatch to
the effect that the leaders Of the senate
had formed a strong coalition against
President Roosevelt to prevent usurpa-
| ton of the senate's power.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-10
That corporations are not entirely SOUL

That corporations are not entirely SOUL
less Is shown in the case of Samuel Lane,
ST., of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Mr.. Lane Is
now II years Of age and Is hale and Wig
orous. He has had in all his life but one
employer, the New York Central rail-
road. He has been In the service Of the
road for fifty-three years, has never cost
the company a cent by reason Of neglect
or carelessness, and has never figured In
an accident. He now enjoys the privil-
eye of being the first pensioner of the
road under It's new pension system.
From now on, Mr.. Lane will draw $40 q
month. And why not? He has pract1-
cally given his life to its service.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-10
BOOKS RECEIVED

COMPROMISES. BY Agnes Repplier, LTD.
Boston, Houghton Mifhin Co. Minneapolis:
Nathaniel Mccarthy: Price $1:10 net.
Hazelton Wade. illustrated by L. ]. Bridg-
man. story book for little folk which ac-
quires personal interest thru the character
of Bertha, very charming German cousin.
Boston: L. c. Page & Co. Minneapolis: The
Powers Mercantile company Price 60 cents.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-10
BUFFALO AND MINNEAPOLIS
Chicago Post.

Another prosperous and progressive
American city is now exposed to the
world as the victim Of official corruption
It is pretty widely understood and we are
often enough convinced that our munich
palities are suffering from unwholesome
political conditions varying from the ap-
palling state disclosed in Minneapolis
under the Ames regime to mere general
civic indifference more widely prevailing.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-10

front, neither plan is impossible Of at
tempt. The question is: What will
Oyama dos The situation is one
fraught with possibilities and almost
sure to bring the campaign to crisis
within q few DAYS.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-10

Kansas City boasts the Epperson Meg
aphone minstrels-a local amateur organ
ization which built a public bathhouse
with the money it made. That would be
a good joke to work on this city. Who
are the funny men to do it?