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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12
Defenses Of Mexico.

Mexico is thinking about a new navy,
is taking some Of the preliminary steps
and is also laying out quite extended
plans of fertilization to be carried on
through a period of years as her
finances will afford it. Her engineers
are preparing plans for a modern for
tress on San Juan de Ulloa island, just
outside of Vera Cruz harbor, a site now
occupied by the old military prison,
and it is expected that the work will
be begun this year. Defenses for 9TH
er ports on the gulf and Pacific coasts
are also in contemplation and will be
begun later, not because Of any urgent
present need of them, but to be ready
and fitted up with all modern improve
ments in case they shonld at any time
be wanted.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12
FUSION IN
Democrats and PopuIists Unite to
Form State Ticket.

A TUT" 0IoSS IICNCG J..
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 11.-An agree.
ment looking to fusion on the state
ticket was effected early Thursday
morning by Nebraska Democrats and
Populists in their state conventions
after many hours Of conferences be-
tween committees representing the
two parties and at times acrimonious
debates in the separate conventions
A strong Populist minority opposed
fusion on any basis except Democratic
endorsement Of the Watson and Tib'
bles electors. but this was met with
an emphatic refusal from the Demo
Gratis and a counter proposal for an
equitable division of the state off,
GERS and this was finally accepted.
The Populists thereupon nominated
George w. Berge Of Lincoln for gov
ernor.
The Democrats, at 1850 a. M, en-
dorsed the nomination OF Berge.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12
The English starting.

Well informed ornithologists say
that an extensive increase in the num-
Der Of English starlings brought to
this country would not only afford de-
light to eyes and ears, but would be
highly beneficial In lessening the raw
ages of many destructive insects which
become a prey to these birds. By all
means, then, hurry over the starlings.
A lamentable error was committed
when those quarrelsome English spar
rows were imported. These little fel-
lows have been productive of much
more harm than good in this country.
The startling would probably be a much
more useful importation.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12
DETERMINED EFFORT IS BEING
MADE TO SETTLE PACKING.
HOUSE TROUBLE.
BUSINESS MEN ARE At WORK
ENDEAvoRlNG TO BRING ABOUT
A CONFERENCE BETWEEN
THE DisPuTANTs.

OAlSoSOs Nu6s - DGV0A III IL
forts are o being made to settle the
stockyards strike by mediation. Ne.
gotiations between the Retail Butch
ers and Grocers' association and rep
resentatives Of several labor unions,
which would undoubtedly be involved
in the strike should it be prolonged
much longer, resulted last night in the
appointment of a committee composed
of those who attended the meeting to
negotiate with the packers today in
an attempt to bring about a joint
meeting between the employers and
the striking unions. 1t was the senti.
ment of all who attended the ION.
ference that should the meeting be
arranged between the two opposing
interests, a settlement satisfactory to
both sides could be reached. Mean.
time Samuel Gompers, president OF
the American Federation of Labor, has
been summoned from New York to
come to Chicago and see II he cannot
accomplish something through media
ton. Mr.. Gompers will arrive here
Sunday morning.
Wednesdays meeting with the
union leaders was called at the In
stance of the Butchers and Grocers'
association because of the difficulty
and inconvenience which would be
caused the members of the associa.
ton should the strike be spread to the
Ice Wagon Drivers and Meat Wagon
Drivers unions.
Meeting Of Business Men.
It was primarily q meeting Of bust.
ness men whose interests are not dt.
rectly affected by the strike and Of the
representatives of the unions which
would be drawn into the issue be-
tween the packers and the strikers
should the order declaring a boycott
against the meat markets that are
buying directly from the packers be
Endorsed by the teamsters' joint coun.
Gil.
When the packers were told of the
intended visit of the intermediary
committee, all of them declined to
make any comment on what. if any,
success might be expected from the
meeting. M.G
I'VE cannot very we'll discuss this
matter" said one of the packers rep.
resentatives, until we have had some
official notification as to what is ex-
pected of us at the meeting. We now
have our affairs in a better condition
than at any time since this strike was
declared and as for myself Inn un-
able to see just on what grounds we
could meet the strikers, as the strug-
gle has reached the stage where we
can get along very we'll, should the
strikers never decide to surrender"
Under the direction of Mayor Har-
rison. who was urged to take steps
by a committee of labor leaders and
several aldermen, an investigation in
to the sanitary condition of the various
packing plants where strike breakers
are being housed vas begun Wednes-
day. Several of the plants were
visited but no fragrant violations OF
the law were found.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12
TELEeRAPHlc eREvlrlEs.

Frederick Ratzel, professor of
geography at Leipsic, Germany, is
dead.
George Kimmel, seven years old,
was killed by a train at st. Paul
Wednesday.
The biennial convention Of the Wo
mems Catholic Order of Forresters
opened at Minneapolis Wednesday.
Canada's foreign trade for the fiscal
year up to July totals $473, 000, 900, an
increase of 5 6 5000, 900 over the previous
year.
Thomas Burns. a telegrapher, sui
cided by hanging himself with his
suspenders at Fargo, N. D. It vas his
third attempt at self-destruction.
Milwaukee was selected as the
place of meeting next year at the final
session of the National Harness Manu-
facturers and Dealers Protective as
ISOLATION at st. Louis.
John Pleva, aged fifteen, died at the
Minneapolis city hospital Wednesday
night, the victim of a revolver bullet
in his head, accidentally fred by
Glynn Philips, twelve years I'D.
Sherman M. Booth, n of the origi-
nal abolitionists of the middle West
and the oldest graduate of Yale uni
versity in Illinois, died at Chicago
Wednesday at the age of ninety-two.
Mother Mary Veronica, head and
founder Of the Sisterhood of the ii
vine Compassion, died at the convent
of the order at White Plains, N. Y,
Wednesday. She was sixty-four years
of age.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12
BIG CROWD WILL ATTRACT uN.
DESIRABLE ELEMENT.
CITY SHOULD Be PREPARED
Government officials Will Cooperate
in Protecting the Honest
Homeseeker.

With the near approach of the an
nouncement of the opening of the
northern part of the Crow Indian res
rrvation to settlement, people are be-
ginning to direct their steps toward
this city, which wiM be the headquar-
ters for the army of land seekers
to invade this part of Montana next
year. .
With the army of homeseekers, rum
ming up to $4,000 or more, will also
come the usual contingent of graft
ers'-that class of individuals who
make the public a victim to their cum
ming. This latter class have follow
ed every Indian reservation opening
that has taken place during the past
decade and it is certain that Billings
and vicinity will not be overlooked
by this element.
Already some speculation is going
on as to the probable amount of money
that can be raked in by those who
have authority to use a notariall seal.
Under the rules prescribed by the
general land office in the opening of
all Indian reservations all persons
registering for a claim, except honor
ably discharged sailors or soldiers of
this country, will be obliged to sub.
scribe to a certain oath prescribed
by the government. Soldiers and sail
ors are allowed to register by filing a
copy of their discharge certificates.
At all recent openings of Indian
reservations the officials of the gen.
eral land office have taken every pre-.
caution to throw safeguards around
intending settlers and prevent as far
as possible the perpetrating of fraud
upon the innocent. Every man who
carries the seal of a notary is obliged
to sign an agreement with the depart
ment official in charge of registration
that he will charge no more than rs
cents for administering an oath and
L -"
filling out certain papers, which are
furnished free on the ground by the
government.
The government officials aim to CO.
operate with the citizens of the town
when registration for lands is in pro-
gress, i'm order to protect as much
as possible those who invade the com.
munity with an honest purpose, and
with this end in view the city should
take steps months before the drawing
begins to rid the community of the
undesirable characters who have been
making 1T the practice to prey upon
the public at the opening of Indian
reservations.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12
FIREMEN ORDERED OUT.

Will Join Striking Butchers in New
York City.
Washington, Aug. 11.-President
Timothy Healy Of the International
Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen
has ordered a sympathetic strike of
firemen in the New York packing.
houses. About e~ighty-five will go out
under this order.
The butchers of the so-called trust
plants are already out.
In New York 200 strike-breakers des-
tined for the plant of SchwarZchild &
Sulzberger, were attacked by a num-
Der of beef workers and completely
routed, several of them being badly
beaten ard others jumped into East
river, from which they were rescued
with difficulty.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12
CHICAGO Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Aug. 1O.-Wheat-Sept.,
31.O1; old, $1.O2A; Dec, 99Rc@$l.Oo;
May, $1.o1. Corn-Aag. e2Ac; Sept
53hc; Dec, 5OAc; May, 49A @4912c.
Oats-Aug.. $3.50; Sept, $3.50; Dec,
34N @34Mc; May. 36Ac. Pork-Sept:,
S12.15; Oct, $l2.22h; jan, $3.50.
Flax-Cash. Northwestern. $1.25h;
southwestern, $1.1S; Aug, $1.18; Sept,
S1.1S. Butter-Creameries, 13017c;
diaries, 12@15c. Eggs - 12h @13c.
Poultry-Turkeys. 10@11c; chickens,
11@11hc: springs, 1871 014c.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12
Society Woman Killed.

Chicago, Aug. 11.-Miss Grace Greg.
DRY, a young society woman Il
daughter Of Robert B.. Gregory. a
prominent business man. was killed
in the suburb of Lake Forest by being
thrown from her horse when the ami
nal SHE'D at q passing train.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12
HULL OF STEAMSHIP FOUND.
Nome Liner Discovery Was Wrecked
Near Valdez.

Seattle, Wash, Aug. 1.-THE hull
Of the Nome steamship Discovery is
lying on the inner side of Middleton
island near Valdez. On a recent
cruise In northern waters, the steam.
er tender Pacific, of the Alaska Pack
ers' association, cruised close to Mid.
dleton island and there saw the hull
Of the Discovery. The officers report
ed at Valdez that the hull is high up
above the ordiary water line and was
no doubt landed there in a heavy
storm. When the steamship Discov'
cry went down in November, 1903, be
tween twenty-five and forty persons
met death.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12
sHERiFFs TO MEET IN ST. PAUL

Next Convention Of Their Association
Will Be Held in Sanity City.
st. Louis, Aug. 11.-Interstate Sher.
IFS association adjourned Wednes.
day after deciding upon st. Paul,
Mimi. as the place for the next con.
vention and electing the following off.
GERS:
President, ]. W. Dreger, Minneapo-
lis. MIMI: vice president, Joseph H,
Francis. Morris, Ill.,; secretary-treas.
urer, Frank Trumbo, Ottawa, Ill.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12
Autos Reach St. Louis.

St. Louis, Aug. 1.-THE army OF
Automobiles coming from the East
to visit the worlds fair, arrived
Wednesday. Among the first to ride
over the Eads bridge was a car from
PhilaGelphia in which were W. B.
Saunders and ]. J. Laghney, who had
been on the way two weeks,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, Aug. 1O.-Cattle-Good to
prime steers, $5.2O@6.25; poor to me
dunn, $4.OO@5.O0; stockers and feed
ers, S2.OO@4.10; cows, $1.25@4.25;
heifers, $2.OO@5.O0; calves. $2.50@
$50. Hogs-Mixed and butchers, $3.50
@5.65; good to choice heavy. $1,000
$50; rough heavy. $4.90@5.30; light,
S.. 4O@5.7O Sheep-Good to choice
wethers, $3.75@4.15; Western sheep,
50. so @4.15; native lambs, $3.75@6.5O;
Western, $3.75@6.25.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12
german Law Regardine Dentists.

Gef1non LEW 1SeSaEUA1B DensAesss
The supreme court of Germany has
rendered an opinion that the title of
doctor conferred by American dental
colleges is not to be recognized in Ger
many, constituting a violation of the
German law against unfair competi-
ton, and is therefore prohibited to be
used. Three hundred and twenty
dentists In Germany who heretofore
held the title of doctor from American
colleges are affected by this decision.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12
New City Hall for Lewistou,

L~ewistown, Mont, Aug. 1O.-A con
tract has been let to Mcdonald Bros.
of this place to put up the new CITY
hall at a cost of $5,475, the building
20 be completed in four months from
the time work is begun. The new
building will be a two-story stone
structure and will provide room for
the city oficials, fire department and
police station.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12
sEvENTy.EIeHT ARE DEAD.
Many More Missing as a Result Of
Colorado Wreck.

Pueblo, Colo, Aug. 1.-Two more
missing bodies were recovered
Wednesday by the searching party
which is at work seeking the remain
ing victims Of the wreck at Eden Sta
ton last Sunday night. The bodies
have been identified as those of Min
cola Davis, nineteen years old, and
Miss Margaret Kelly, both of Pueblo.
Rumors reached this city late in the
afternoon that some bodies had been
found under the wreckage, but they
could not be verified. This brings
the total number of identified dead to
seventy-seven. unidentified one, known
missing twenty, and the reported
missing twelve.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12
nuluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Aug. 1O.-Wheat-To arrive
No. 1 Northern, $1.12A; No. 2 North
ern, $1.O9A. On track-No. 1 North
ern, $1.13A; No. 2 Northern, $1.1OA;
Sept, s1.O3A; Deca 98hc. Flax-On
track and to arrive, $1.24A; Sept,
$1.25H; Oct, $1.25A; Nov. $1.25A;
Dec. $1.25A.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12
stage for North.

Leaves Sundays, Tuesdays and
Thursdays at 6 g. n. for Musselshell,
Fatwillow. Grass Range, Gilt Edge
and Lewistown. Inquire Of N. P. ex-
press aeent. II
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12
BASEBALL SCORES
National League.

National League.
At Philadelphia, 3; Pittsburg, 6.
American League.
At Detroit, 4; Washington, l.
At st. Louis, 8; Boston, 4.
At Chicago, s; New York, /.
American Association.
At Columbus, 6; Milwaukee, 4.
At Louisville, /; Minneapolis, Z.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12
st. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul. Aug. 10.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $5.15@5.65; common to
fair, $3.50@4.50; cows and heifers,
$2.15@4.O0; veals, 81. 50@4.75. Hogs
-$4.85@5.4O. Sheep-Good to choice
yearling wethers. $3.50@4.OO; native
lambs, $5.25@5.6O.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12
Son Of wealthy Man suicides.

Chicago, Aug. 11.-Despondent be-
cause he believed himself the victim
Of an incurable disease, william r.
MANI. son of the wealthy president
of the J. Manz Engraving company.
swallowed poison and died an hour
afterward.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, Aug. TO- Wheat
Sept, $1.02; Dec, 98Ac; May, $1.O0&.
On track-No. 1 hard, $1.09; No. ]
Northern, $1.O7; No. 2 Northern, $1.O5.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12
THE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN.
Formally Opened in Vermont b
Speaker Cannon.

Burlington, VT, Aug. 1.-THE Re-
publican campaign was formally open.
ed in Vermont Wednesday with an
open air rally in City Hall park with
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon of the ma
tional house of representatives as the
principal speaker.
Congressman Littlefield of Maine
and Senators Proctor and Dillingham;
also spoke.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12

Map OF. Coded Reservation.
Map Of coded part Of Crow Indian
reservation will be mailed to any adj
dress by The Gazette on receipt Of
10 cents.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12

EMPLOYMENT
OFFICE
zoos Montana Ave.

Hay hands. 4
Dishwasher.
Girl wanted, city.
Man and wife for ranch.
Man for ranch work.
Horses for sale.
Cows bought and sold.
Wagons for sale.
Pasture for horses and stock cattle.
House to rent.
Small ranch near city, improved,
$3.50.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06
New Registration Unnecessary.

In the absence of Attorney General
Gilmer, F. M. Simmons, chairman OF
the State Democratic Executive Com
mittee requested an opinion from Pou
G. Fuller, regarding the operation OF
the rew election law. They made a
report to the effect that a new general
registration is not necessary this year,
that the registration books Of 1902
should be revised, and the names OF
voters who have died since that time.
removed to other precincts or who have
otherwise become eligible, should be
stricken from the list and all remain
ing transcribed by the registrar on the
new books, to which new registrations
should be made. Where new precincts
have been formed, new registrations
are necessary in the new precincts and
In all old ones from which the new pre-
cincts were taken.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Ring Edward VII. goes to church
reguiarly.
DR.. Jameson. the rann Of Good Hope
Premier. is now in London.
Justice Wills. Of Great Britain, Is
said 10 contemplate retirement.
Edward II. Hartman went to Wall
Street as a broker while in his teens.
Friends Of Lord CurZon predict that
he will yet be the Grand Lama OF IT,
bet.
Admiral Gearge Dewey recently com.
plpted tifty years active service IL the
United States Navy.
Captain \. S. Rowan. who carried
the message to Garcia, is soon to wed
Mrs. Josephine Deg eayer, OF San
Francisco.
Old Mother Smilns-at-WOe. the oldest
member of the Winnebago tribe. Is liv-
ing with her people on a reservation
in Nebraska.
The veteran Norwegian author, Jo-
mas lie. intends to leave Paris, where
he has lived for many years, and abide
for the future in Norway.
Thomas W. Porter, suDerintendent or
the Indian school at Chemaw, Ore,
has been married to q quarter-blood
Digger girl. pupil at the school.
Chcng Vow Tong. former secretary
of the Chinese Commission to the ST.
Louis Fair, has published volume or
poems relating. In the main, to the
United States.
Mgr. GuidI, Apostolic Delegate to the
Philippines, whose death at Manila at
the age Of fifty-two has been noted,
WAS supposed to be one of the Cardln'
ais reserved "in petto" by Plus <.
Undoubtedly the oldest living poet Is
Colm Wallace. who lives at Ougbter-
ard. Ireland. He was born in 1916, and
consequently is los years old. A new
collection of his poems has just been
published by the Gaelic League OF
nnLlin
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06
END OF A FAMOUS CASE
The State Declines to Prosecute the
Defendants in Conspiracy Matter.

In the Wake Superior Court Satur-
lay morning a nCl pros was entered
oy order of Judge Ferguson in the crl-
minal proceeding against Capt. V. +.
McBee and x. S. Finch, charging them
with conspiracy against the State IN
heir litigation for the appointment or
receiver for the Atlantic & Nortn
Carolina Railroad. The case was some
lays ago continued for the term on
account of the continued illness or
Capt. W. H. Day, of counsel for the
defendants, but this morning MI.
Frank l. Osborne, also OF coun-
sci for the defendants. appeared be-
fore the court and moved for the mol
pros. So this is the order the court
had entered on the record: by re-
,uest Of the Governor Of the State and
counsel CT the defendants the solicitor
SAYS he will not further prosecute this
case and therefore it is ordered that
4 nolle prossequi be entered herein
and a nolle prossequi is so entered.
This brings final close to one OF the
most sensational litigations that have
figured in State or Federal courts OF
North Carolina in years.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06
NEWSY GLEANlNGS.

Iocusis have become . plague In
Spain.
British coal is now shipped to Jeru-
salem.
The war has already cost Japan
S3GO,O00.000
Many people were killed this year in
gathering edclweiss on the Alps.
Ex-senator W. e. Chandler broke an
arm trying TO start his automobile at
Warner, \ II.
In an impromptu duel at Middleboro.
Ky. Max Wolf was Killed and Jeffer-
son Etter seriously wounded.
In fit Of melancholia Mrs. Bessie
Peck drowned her three-y ear-o!d
daughter and herself at Kausas City,
Mo.
The two GOLFERS authorized by Con.
gress for The navy will he built In the
Government yards at New York Ciiy
and Mare Island.
BY the explosion Of alcohol in the
Marion Qnd.) Hospital Burr Wallace.
an cmnloye, was killed and several OH.
ers were injured.
Fruit and vegetable growers in Flor
ida, Alabama. Georgia and Mississippi
met at Jacksonville to organize to Sc
cure better markets.
Four persons were killed by freight
train on the Wheeling and Lake Erie
railroad running down q two-horse
wagon near Chagrin Falls, 0.
Dcrailea by cows on the track. q
Michigan Central train was thrown
into the ditch at Iinwood. Mich, and
Engineer Thomas Rae was killed.
A Biunrton nnd1 man has filed a
bankruptcy petition, in which he
claims to have been ruined by an auto-
mobile which originally cost only $500
Two hundred children IN the Long-
fellow school Mt Chicago went on strike
because q popular principal was re-
moved. but the mothers ended the
walk-out. -
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06
Lynched for Attempted Assault.

Greenwood, Special.-James Calvert
Stuart. a negro about % years old. was
Ivnched by Laurens county citizt rs
shortly after midnight Friday night
after being brought just across the
river into Greenwood county. The
crime for which Stuart was lynched
was the usual one, in attempting a
criminal assault upon the 14-year-old
daughter of Mr.. Doc Hughes, a well
known white farmer who lives In tho
Fork" between Saluda and Recdy
rivers.
The first news of the lynching was
brought here Saturday morning by a
gentleman who was MAXIM the trip
from Greenville to Greenwood by pri-
yate conveyance through the country.
He reported that just after crossing
Smiths bridge over Saluda river he
came upon the dead body OF a negro
living on the side of the road. The ne
eros hands were tied behind his back
and he was lying with his fac cup
turned and with his knees bent under
him, position indicating to the gen.
tleman that he had been shot while in
a kneeling posture When the body was
examined at the coroner's inquest it
was found that only one bullet wound
had been inflicted upon the negro. This
was pistol ball which entered the
body under the left arm.
The body was turned over to the ne
gros father.
From reliable reports it appears that
the dead negro, James Stuart, had been
living with Mr.. Hughes about two
years, his release from the Laurens
county chaingang having been secured
by Mr.. Hughes; the negro had ever
since been making his home on his
place.