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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-29

qualifiedly believe him guilty. So
strong is this belief alleged to be that
the defendant says even though the
court to instruct the jury to &C
quit him he would be lynched.
Petition 10 Denied.
The matter was taken up this morn
ing by the presentation of another
petition. In the last an order Of court
is asked for subpoenas for a large
number Of witnesses, to be taken from
different parts Of the county, to show
the existing condition of the pubic
mind as against the defendant.
Resistance to the original motion
was made by County Attorney Harris
and o. F. Goddard, who has been re-
tanned to assist in the prosecution.
They maintained that the petition for
a change of venue had not been drawn
in accordance with the requirements
of the statute.
The court held to the same view and
denied the petition. The second, how
ever, was granted and leave was given
for the subpoenaing of 40 witnesses
to prove prejudice.
Hearing of testimony in behalf of
the petition for a change of venue will
take place on the date first set.
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G. AND

From Fridays Daily.
Misses Ruth Hoffman and Mabel
Tours of Miles City and Lieutenant
Mrs. T. s. Linton of Fromberg
spent Thanksgiving with friends in
the city.
F. G. STUDY, master mechanic of the
Burlington, was up from Sheridan this
morning.
Doctor Oftedal and wife are in the
city from Gillette, Wyo., guests at the
Northern hotel.
McCabe and Walter Riegel Of Fort
Keogh were the guests yesterday OF
Miss Fay Logan.
Sheriff George w. Hubbard left this
morning for Lewistown, where he has
been ~subpoenaed as a witness before
teh district court.
- Doctor B. B. Kelly, who a number of
years ago practiced medicine in the
city, has arrived here and will re-ens
gage in practice.
Tomorrow the district court will re-
convent for the term, when the trial
jurors are expected to report and the
hearing of civil cases will be taken up.
Mr.. and Mrs. George F. Bartlett of
Hector, Mimi, are in the city with a
view to becoming permanent citizens
of atown the fame of which is contin-
WITS spreading.
NYesterday's game of football be-
TAeen the Billings high school team
Sand the team Of K troop, Sixth cav
airy, proved too one-sided to be very
interesting or exciting. The troopers
failed to score, while the local play
ers had 20 to their credit at the end OF
the last half.
Stock Inspector Webb departed
early this morning for Livingston to
! bring back two men who were arrests
ed there on the charge of horse steal
ing. The prisoners are named KEEL
sey and Went and are accused Of hav.
ing stolen a horse from a rancher in
Pease bottom.
kAnother Grady rumor was in circu-
lation about the city today. 1t was
reported one Of the murderers of Ser
geant Hannah had been shot and
killed in Colorado. When run down it
was found that the story had its orr
gin through a confusion of names. A
a FAMED Brady was the one shot
a4A4is shooting occurred in Idaho.
MkIooding has been begun of the
tract Of the Edward O'Donnell rancf(
where the government is experiment
ing with undertakings to free the
soil of alkali. This will be continued
as long as the weather will permit
and it is expected that by ext sum-
mer the land will show an appreci-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-29
"JlM" GRADY ASKS FOR CHANGE
OF VENUE.
ALL believe HIM GUILTY
Because Of Belief In His Guilt Would
Suffer From Mob, Even
it Acquitted.

O0AAO0 ~ vi oOy anu ulVS dIGOl lCyS .,
Hathhorn & Groves, are of the opinion
that it is impossible for him to secure
a fair and impartial trial in Yellow
stone county. In pursuance of this
belief they are making vigorous eff.
fort to have the case sent to some
other county.
Some days ago a petition was filed
with the clerk of the district cour.
praying Judge Loud to grant a change
OF venue to Grady, who has been in
formed against for the crime of rob-
berry. December 8 was set as the date
for hearing the matter.
In the petition it is set forth that
September 26, 1904, an information
vas filed with the courts charging
the defendant with the crime Of rob-
berry; that the acts alleged were d.
rectly committed by Samuel e. Grady
and Oliver o. Mosier, and that they
killed Robert T. Hannah while at
tempting to escape; that Hannah was
well known and exceedingly popular
with the citizens of Yellowstone
county, and that on learning of his
death and the circumstances thereof
the citizens became greatly enraged
and threatened to lynch the defendant
and the other two.
Officers Were Afraid Of Mob.
Continuing, the petition recites the
fact of the arrest of Mosier in Wyom-
ing, July 4, and the arrest of Samuel
e. Grady two days later nea the city,
and says that because of the intense
bitter feeling" against the two prison
ers last arrested they we're not con-
fined in the county jail of Yellowstone
county, but were aiken to the jail OF
Carbon county, at Red Lodge. 1t is
furthermore alleged that the petitioner
is a brother of Samuel e. Grady and
was arrested after the offense charged
vas committed and lodged in the
county Jail of Yellowstone county,
where he has remained ever since.
Because of the fear entertained by the
officers tnat violence might be done
the defendants, owing to the alleged
feeling of the citizens against them,
it is charged that they were not ar
raigned until in August.
The escape from Jail by Mosier and
Sam" Grady is recited, to which is
coupled the statement that when it
became known several citizens again
declared themselves in favor of lynch
ing the defendant, and that the same
feeling against him still exists.
Would Be Lynched.
1t is further recited in the petition
that detailed statements of the offense
charged have been published in the
newspapers and that by reason of the
publicity given to the affair by such
publication and the statements made
by witnesses VINO saw its commission.
the citizens of Yellowstone county un-
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THE BILLINGS GAZETTE.

pany, died Wednesday evening. The
body was shipped to their former
home, Huntington, Ind, for interment.
Mr.. McFarren is employed by the
company and with his family came
here something over a year ago.
Mrs. Katie Roth, residing on the
south side, ~telephoned to the police
court this morning that she was the
victim Of thieves. Sometime during
the night some one entered her house
and stole a small iron savings bank.
containing something like 81, and
carried it of. This morning the bank
was discovered in the rear Of Yegen
Bros warehouse, broken open and its
contents gone.
TWork has been begun on an addi-
ton to the buildings of the Billings
Brewing company. The new structure
will stand to the west of the main
building and will be used as an Office.
It it to be n story, but highly orna-
mental in design. Bearing in mind
the experience of last May, the CON-
pany will include a massive burglar
and freproof vault in connection with
the improvement.
Among others who have been inter.
ested by H. P. Vermilye in his recent
trip east for the purpose of selling
rand belonging to the Billings Land
and Irrigation company are a colony
Of Dunkards at Astoria, Ind. J. G.
Gruber, who is acting as agent for
The colonists, accompanied Mr.. Yer
milye on his return to Investigate con.
ditions here with a view to securing
a location for a colony of his sect.
A company, known as the Yoemen
Block company, has been organized
for the purpose of erecting a modern
business structure at the orne OF
North Twenty-eighth street and Sec
ond avenue The capital stock of the
corporation is $4,000. E. B. Camp,
Doctor James Chapple, A. Goetchius,
Phillip Wesch, A. Beaudette. Edward
Smith and e. o. Blais are the direc-
tors. The building it is proposed to
erect will be begun as 500 next spring
as the weather permits.
xLast night Judge Mann held a spe.
ciaf session Of his court to hear the
Of q couple of families e.
sNing on the south side, who had be-
come involved in a neighborhood quar-
vel. It developed that one of the
women had chastised a boy belonging
to the other for throwing stones at
her hopeful. AS neither side seemed
to be absolutely free of guilt, his
honor dismissed the action and gave
the contestants a little disinterested
advice, in which he dwelt upon the
beauties of peace and amity between
neighbors.
Frank Mum, employed on a stock
ranch at Painted Robe, was brought
to the city last night to be treated
for two gunshot wounds, sustained ac-
c%identally. He attempted to pick up a
large revolver lying on a bed and
took hold of the weapon by the muz-
zle. In some unaccountable name
the pistol vas discharged and the bull
let cut a deep cash in the palm of the
right hand. Thence it passed into the
left fore arm and ranged upwards,
emerging above the elbow. Although
suffering much, Mum is able to walk
about town.
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We've noticed an unusually large
number of people patronizing our
fruit department. Fact is, W. have
a tempting display. Oranges, lemons,
bananas, figs, dates, and lots o at
prices so low that to see is to buy.
BAYERD & LUKE.
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From Saturdays Daily.
j. c. Orrick of Junction is a visitor
in the city today.
Mrs. Lilies Willett of Park City is
| visiting Billings friends today.
C. C. Huyck of Red Lodge was an
arrival on last nights belated branch
train.
Daniel Weller of Meeteetse, Wyo.
is in the city, en- route home from a
trip to st. Louis. He intends to re-
mainA few days visiting relatives.
is being delivered for the
building the Rocky Mountain Tele'
phone company has arranged to erect
Immediately north of The Gazette
block. =
Judge C. H. Loud and Stenographer
F. w. Kreidler arrived from Miles
City last night and will remain until
the end of the present term of district
court.
Jesse Marsh, who resides on a ranch
several miles up the valley, is prepar'
ing to build a city home. He and his
two sons yesterday negotiated for 10
lots in the West Side addition.
yNA freight locomotive on the Red
dodge branch became derailed last
evening a short distance beyond Jol-
let. No damage was done further than
to delay traffic and cause the passen-
ger train, due at 6 o'clock last even
ing, to arrive about 2 this morning
No one vas injured. 7
j. K. Svennes died yesterday at his
home, 1O3 South T%hirty-first street,
aged 70 years. The deceased had been
a patient sufferer for many years. He
leaves a wife and four children, all
grown. One of them, Mrs. H. p. Mel
son, resides in this city. The funeral
took place this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
November 30 an examination will
be held under the directions of the
local representatives of the civil SER
vice board of those who may wish to
enter the railway mail service. The
examination is open to all male citi-
zens of the state between 10 and IS
years of age and of sound physical
health.
bN addition to the other buildings
|knat are to be built in North Twenty.
eighth street the coming spring, Doc
tor White Of Virginia City, who was
in Billings a few days ago, has ar.
ranged for the erection of a block on
the east side of the street, between
First and Second avenues.
Mrs. George McFarren, who has
been residing with her husband near
the power house of. the water com
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Calling cards at The Gazette office.
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Read The Gazette and keep posted
on the local happenings.
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able decrease in the amount of the
salt it now carries.
Two prisoners faced his honor this
morning as a result of the activity OF
the police last night. Both were dis.
charged. One was a woman and was
arrested for making herself offensive
at one of the variety shows; the other
was "Scotty," a sheepherder. He ad-
mitted that his gratefulness had
caused him to celebrate a trifie too
much and was not exactly clear as to
what he did after a certain stage had
been reached. He said he would leave
the city at once and return to his
sheep and dogs.
One of the first official acts II
Bishop Lehman of the new diocese on
Great Falls, of which Billings COM
prises a part, will undoubtedly be re-
ceived with much regret by the con
gregation of St. Joachim and the citi-
zens generally. He has transferred
the Reverend Father Van Clarenback
from this city to the church at Lewis
town. Next Sunday at 1920 Father
Van," as he has become a~ffectionately
known, will preach his farewell SER
mon, and on the following Saturday
will leave for his new charge.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-03-04

to vote the saloons out Of Macon, At
lanta or Savannah, than to undertake
to vote the dispensary out Of Athens
or Rome. l have not only got to fight
the liquor, but I have got to fight the
profits Of liquor that come to each
taxpayer Of the county, and when you
touch the average fellows pocket, you
have hit a vital spot.
If any town in Georgia or other
state contemplates inaugurating a dis
pensary, let them send a committee Of
three honest men to Charleston or Co
lumbia. and take in also some Of the
smaller towns, and see the thing as 1t
Is. That committee will come back
and report unfavorably. Keep your
saloons until you can vote them out,
but don't ever compromise by swap
ping your saloons for the dispensary.
A saloon Is the smallpox, a dispensary
is the measles. l, for one, had rather
have the smallpox, and get we'll than
have the measles, forever. I am fire.
luently asked, which would you choose
saloons or dispensary or blind-tigers?
I reply, why don't you ask me which
I had rather have smallpox, yellow
fever or measles? BY the grace of
God, I don't want either one Of the
three in mine, and am not going to
have them If can help it.
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The Customs o. the Country.
TO BE CONTINUED.

There was once Newfoundland fish
erman-he chanced to be Catholic
who in old age came to die. lie had
lived in debt all his life ard, no doubt,
had never once given his whole catch
to the dealer who supplied him. but
had wrongfully slipped many a quintal
over the side Of a rival schooner and
traded it out on the spot.
Send for Fawther Rafferty," he
said. "Send immediate"
He wanted to confess his sins, to
be shriven and to depart in peace, but
his old priest had been transferred to
Trinity Bay. A young man. just back
from Rome, was now the spiritual
head of the parish.
"Sure, it's Fawther Goblin" they
told him.
"Noa, noaw the old man protested.
"Fawther Codlin's fine young man
a clever young man, doubt me not,
but tits old Fawther Rafferty, l wants
t. hear me confession"
"An' why" they asked.
"Sure," the dying man gasped, che
knows the customs O. the country
Norman Duncan in Worlds Work.
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A DRY LUNCH.
Impossible to Eat Twenty Crackers
Without Water.

A company Of sports were taking
supper together the other evening In
Mexico City as the guest OF some
what notorious gambler, who Is a man
past middle life and Is always prom
inent figure on the streets because OF
the great length Of his waistband. The
repast was served in well-known res
taurant and the host, who Is huent
talker, entertained his guests WIN
some marvellous stories Of feats he had
witnessed, including one about man
who had eaten ten dozen Of eggs, an
other who had devoured twenty-five
pound fish, another who had disposed
of 10 dozen broiled quail and many
more of like tenor.
The guests listened in wonder. but
without protest. then he gave them
poser by repeating that he had seen q
man eat eight pounds Of cheese ana
four pounds Of crackers without TAX
ing a mouthful Of liquid Of any kind:
The assertion caused one OF the
guests to wake up, and he said to the
host: II will bet you $40 that you can
not eat forty crackers without taking
something to drink while doing So"
The bet was declined, but the guest
made another attempt and said: Il
will bet you $40 that you cannot eat
twenty crackers without taking drink
Of some kind"
The host is a man who does not care
to be bluffed, and responded by putting
up the money. 1t was done. The
crackers produced and carefully count
ed, the guests all laid down their knives
and forks and the host began to try to
win the money most vigorously. He
ate rapidly, but when six crackers had
been disposed Of his jaws showed evil
dent signs of WEAKNESS. He struggled
gamely with the seventh and got 1t
down.
When he took up the eighth he nib
bled at it for a while, put 1t on the 'ta-
BILE but half eaten, and in broad, rich
Irish tones said: "Pll ate no more"
And the bet was paid.-Mexican Her
aid j
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EXPENSES OF THE RAILROAD.
Lots of Drains Of Which tho Public
Knows Nothing.

The annual expenditures Of railroad
companies for purposes concerning
which the public takes little thought
are enormous. One Of the items Of
large expenses is the softening Of wa
ter used in locomotives, experience hav-
ing demonstrated that 1t Is cheaper to
install water softeners than supply
these locomotives with raw water.
On the middle division Of the At
Gibson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
system the sum Of $27,375 Is expend-
ed annually for this purpose, the soft
ener being used at twenty-nine water
stations where the water has been
found unsuitable for boiler purposes.
The locomotives passing these stations
use, on an average, about $4,000 gal
Ions Of water daily. The water from
nearly all these sources contains in
crusting constituents-that Is, the sui
pilates and carbonates Of lime and
magnesium, and in many cases, cor
rosive substances, such as chloride OF
calcium and magnesium, are present In
troublesome amounts
The incrusting solids contained In
$4,000 gallons Of water used each day
in the year amount to over $500
pounds, or, in the course Of year $50
tons. This amount Of incrusting ma
terial deposited in the boiler would, In
the first place, damage the boiler
plates and cause an enormous Increase
in the consumption Of coal. The re-
moval of this scale would cost proba-
bly, from to 10 cents per mile Of dis
.ance run.
At these twenty-nine water stations
water softeners have been erected at
great initial expense. The mainten-
ance Of these softeners requires the
expenditure Of about ST a day for
chemicals and an additional charge OF
about $5S a day for services Of attend
ants, making a total Of $75 day, or
s27,375 a year. The cost Of construc-
ton Of these water softeners was not
made public, but If the cost Of main
tenance represents per cent on the
investment, the total amount expended
for water softeners Is nearly 100000.
The same experience holds true OF
other railroads. At ten water sta
tions along the Union Pacific 27sO
pounds of solids are removed fro-' the
water each day, almost as much as Is
removed from the water Of twenty-nine
stations along the Santa Fe system. al
though at the ten Union Pacific sta
tions they use about so per cent more
water than at the Santa Fe stations.
The chemical survey Of natural wat
ers which Is being made by the hydro
economic experts Of the geological sur
vey, is directed, in part, toward the
location of available waters which may
be used for boiler purposes without
treatment. If discovered and their To-
cation made known, the saving OF a
tremendous amount Of money will be
effected. In the case Of railroads the
cost Of such great losses, as above
mentioned, Is due largely to lack OF
information concerning the sources OF
water suitable for boilers, and they
will become the greatest beneficiaries
of this phase Of the work Of the gov
ernment.-New York Sun.
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ny in China. These Jews are engaged
almost entirely in gold and silver
working and in money lending.
The city Is on the right bank of
the Hoang river and has suffered ter
ribly from the inundations of that
treacherous stream. In 1641 most OF
the inhabitants signed their own death
warrant by tearing down the embank-
ments in the attempt to drown a rebel
army that was besieging them. The
rebels, however escaped, while nearly
all the people Of the town were drown
ed.
We are not informed as to the rea-
sons given to the Chinese public for
the departure Of the Empress from the
capital. When she and the emperor
took refuge in Siam the people were
not told that they had left Pekin be-
cause it was about to be occupied by
the allied forces. The journey was
due, it was said, to the fact that the
emperor desired to travel through his
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dominions. study the condition of the
people and worship in the temples.
The American, Nichols, who Travelled
to Siam later, said that no one int-
mated to him that the royal party had
fled from Pekin. The revered rulers
created the impression everywhere
that it was only their good pleasure
to travel to Siam: and to this day the
farmers speak Of the imperial wander
ers as if they had conveyed lasting
honor on the old land by travelling
through it.
If the Empress Dowager is making
her present progress by rail there will
be no opportunity for exciting incidents
similar to those that marked the land
Journey to Siam. At that time she
had made up her mind that the Boxer
movement was a sad failure; and
when. on the journey. man in Boxer
regalia rushed into the road, knelt be-
side her chair and began a eulogistlc
address on her efforts to eXterminate
the foreign DEVILS" she merely mo-
toned to one of her body-guard, who
quietly walked up behind the Boxer
and with one stroke Of his sword cut
off his oration and his head at the
same time, and she degraded the man.
DARN who had permitted the man to
make this demonstration under the
mistaken impression that it would be
pleasing to the empress.
When the lady was informed that a
Manchu of high rank in her party was
making a handsome squeeze in hiring
carts to carry the luggage, she at
once caused his head to roll in the
dust of the road.
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A considerable number Of decapita-
tions, in fact, relieved the journey of
monotony; and these incidents did not
tend to make the Empress Dowager
less popular with her subjects. For
eigners who have spent much time
among the common people in China
say that they almost worship her, and
that her faults and cruelties are vir-
tues in their eyes. and the more intel
ligent classes have a great admiration
and respect for her character and un-
bounded confidence in her ability
New York Sun.
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She fastened her rose In place of the
7BhitP one

She (ustened her rose In place of the
lDhite one.
speech, perhaps q little lady Of King
Louis court wandering down the years
from Fontainebleau and appearing to
r!urlsy mortals sometimes Of summer
nighl when the moon was in their
heads.
But today she was Of the daintiest
color, a pretty girl whose gray eyes
twinkled to his in gay companionship.
He marked how the sunshine danced
across the shadows of her fair hair
and seemed itself to catch a luster
rather than impart it, and the light of
the June day drifted through the gauzy
hat to her face. touching it with deli
cate and tender flush that came and
went like the vibrating pink Of early
dawn. SHE had the divinest straight
nose, tip tilted faint, alluring tritie.
and dimple cleft her chin. "the dead
lest maelstrom in the worldn' He
thrilled through and through. He had
been only vaguely conscious Of the
dimple in the night 1t was not until
he saw her by daylight that he really
knew it was there.
The village hummed with life before
them. They walked through simmer
ing airs. sweeter to breathe than nectar
is to drink. She caught butterfly
basking on a jimson weed, and before
she let it go held it out to him in her
hand. 1t was white butterfly. He
asked which was the butterfly.
"Bravo!" she said. tossing the captive
craft above their heads and watching
the small sails catch the breeze. And
so you can make little batteries in the
morning too. 1t Is another courtesy