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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-26
VIC Elephant,s REVENGE,

A painter wanted to draw an ele-
plant which was kept in the menag-
erie at Versailles in an uncommon at
titude--namely, that of holding his
trunk up in the air with his mouth
open. In order to keep the animal in
this position the painters boy threw
fruit into his mouth, but IS the boy
often deceived him and only pretend
ed to throw the fruit the elephant
grew angry, and, as If he knew that
the painters wish to draw him was
the cause Of the insult, he took up a
quantity of water in his trunk and
threw it on the paper upon which the
painter was drawing and spoiled 1t.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-26
N FOR FARMERS
Tile or Open Ditchess

OE OVGN OAtS0SBJ tE4~~H
A Clay county (Kan.) correspondent
writes us that he has a swamp Of
about an acre on to which flows the
water from five acres. He wishes to
know whether he should use a tile +
open drain, and II tile how much fall
will be needed, what size of tile should
be used and how he should fix the
head end Of the tile, having to 60 but
15O feet to find an outlet. This CORE
spondent has always lived on rolling
land and does not like the idea Of a
mudhole in his field.
We would by all means tile. An
open ditch Is a nuisance and should
be avoided wherever possible. AS to
fall, we would get all we could-a foot
per 100 feet II possible-but would not
give up the project II we had only an
inch.
The size of the tile depends on the
amount Of water that drains into the
pond and also upon the amount Of
fall. A three inch tile would probably
do provided there was a fall of six
inches per 100 feet. We would, how
ever, not take any chances, as it Is
probable that the water from a good
deal more than the five acres gets into
that mudhole.
We would fix the end of the tile by
making a catch basin in the center Of
the pond about a foot or two. deeper
than the tile, would brick this up and
cover it over, run the main tile into
1t, and If we were obliged to use any
laterals we would also them
through the brick, taking care that as
little sediment as possible gets in. II
we did not have brick, we would use a
barrel, boring holes into it to admit
the tile, leaving the head Sc we could
take it.out when necessary to clean out
the sediment which will settle in be-
low the tile.-Wallace's Farmer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-26
The Parcels o

The postal service was more than a
hundred years old before the rural de-
livery idea prevailed and became an
established fact. There were some to
obstruct, but the public service was
finally put ahead Of private interests.
The parcels post will soon be a reality.
This will permit the farmer to receive
at his door parcels as though shipped
by express The rates will be less
than the rates now paid on such par
cells between towns. Only the express
companies now organized and the sup
porting railroad corporations stand be-
tween the people and the parcels post
system.-Farm and Ranch.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-26
TRAVIS AT THE TOT OF HIS SWING.

TRAVIS AT THE o OF HIS SWING.
have no difficulty in winning in every
tournament in which he enters on this
side.
Travis is to play in the American
amateur championship contest. He al
ready holds the title, which, by the
way, he has captured NJ less than
three times.
In the amateur tourney Travis will
meet his old time rivals, Eben NJ.
Byers Of Pittsburg, the Egans of Chi
cago, Findlay s. Douglas, G. B. Mac
Donald and others.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-26
Country ana city WAGES.

Wages Of 1925 per working day
would look pretty big to a good many
young men in the country. Yet q Chi
cago bank has just issued an order to
the effect that no employee who gets
less than $1,000 per nnu shall marry
without permission of his employers.
A great deal of sport has been made Of
this rule, but the fact is that 1t is good
business sense. The bank takes the
position that a married man with an
income of less than $1,000 a year in a
great city can too easily live beyond
his means, in which case he may sue
cumb to temptation, as many have
done. All this illustrates the truth that
the cost of living in cities is, as we
have often said, getting to a point
where good salaries are necessary to
comfort. The limit may vary, we do
not say that it should be fixed at
$1,000, but the fact remains that wages
which look big in the country are bare
" sufficient for a living in the city.
This is a matter that should be better
understood by people who are tempted
by city wages to leave comfortable
homes in the country or in villages.
''Things are not what they seem" to
the man who is ignorant of the cost of
living in town.-Stockman and Farmer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-26
saw Them or.

II / had a peach orchard two years
old, of large, healthy trees, recently
frozen, I would saw them off, provided,
Of course, they were not frozen below
where they e budded in the nurs-
cry. I see no reason why they should
not put forth healthy sprouts, which in
time would make good trees. A few
years ago a corner Of n Of my or
chards was badly damaged by cattle.
The trees were %yearlings. The next
spring we sawed the trees of a few
inches above the bud. With the excep-
ton Of one OF two trees, which sprout-
ed below the bud, they put forth shoots
which made profitable trees. From
my experience with these trees I would
be willing to treat frozen trees in the
same manner.-A. e. Rutherford In
Rural New Yorker.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-26
EAe O


Walter J. Travis, the worlds anna
teur champion golfer, is now back in
the United States looking for more
scalps. His feat in winning the anna
teur championship title of Great Brit
ain is unprecedented, and Travis should
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-26
Close bali Games

It is probable that the st. Louis
team of the National league has play
ed more close games than any team in
the league. Few Of its games have
been won or lost by margins Of more
than two runs.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-26
Baseball IL Uncertain,

The uncertainty Of baseball is dem
onstrated in the showing Of the Column
bus (O.) team. None but the Senator'S
most ardent admirers conceded them
4 chance for the pennant, but soon they
forged to the head Of the league by a
very respectable margin.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-26
The Foul strike rule.

Tim Murnane says the foul strike
rule is destined to kill off the popu-
larity Of league ball, as it is becoming
too hard for the batters to hit the best
pitchers. He cites the fact that the
Boston Americans are easily in first
place with only one batter on the team
hitting over 800.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-26
Garden.

It is about hopeless to urge that
farmers pay more attention to a kitch-
en- garden If the garden must be culti-
waited with a hoe. But this is not nee
essary. Most garden crops can be
planted In rows and a horse implement
used for stirring the soil and keeping
down the weeds. Strange as it may
seem, many farms do not have a good
variety Of small fruits or even vegeta-
bles. These can be had without much
trouble If the planning is done before
the busy season opens.-American Az
eiculturist.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-26
seeIev Lower. Course Mark.

G. II. Seeley, the Connecticut amateur
golf champion, recently made eighteen
holes on the Woburn links, Stanford.
Conn, in sixty-eight, which is a new
record for the course.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-26
The yieilant.

The old cup defender, the vigilant,
which for the past couple of seasons
has carried a jigger mast, is being
fitted out for the season at City Island,
N. r.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-26
Dale Gear.

Dale Gear is certainly an '.in and
out" pitcher. He is prone to the most
surprising reversals Of form. Some
time ago he pitched a game in which
the opposing side made twenty hits In
five innings, while not long afterward
he held the Milwaukee sluggers down
to five hits in ten innings.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-26
Well Filled Races.

It is a matter for congratulation that
the two $4,000 grand circuit purses
opened by the Empire City IN. " and
Brighton Beach IN. " management
have filled in such a liberal manner
In both stakes the number Of entries
is the same, sixteen, but there is a diff
ference in the horses, SO hat n race
will not be an exact repetition of the
first. Four of the horses named for
the Empire City event are missing
when the list for Brighton Beach is
scanned, and it is possible that the
four horses added to the Brighton
Beach purse may be in such form by
the time the race is decided that one
Of them will be able to defeat the vic
tor at the former track.
For the purpose of maintaining in
terest in both events nothing happier
could have occurred. A royal lot of
trotters have been named in each
event, and at the present time it looks
as though they would not only be open
races so far as picking the winner is
concerned. but that they will both be
very evenly contested, making them
two of the star trotting events of the
year.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-26
outaelder. who Began In the Boz.

O~utaelders Who Began In the Box.
Many of the most prominent outtield-
ers in baseball today and in the past
formerly were pitchers. Every out
fielder on the Cincinnati team today
was once a pitcher, three of them, Sey-
mour, Donlin and Dolan, having worked
on the rubber in the big league, while
Odwell and Kerwin were minor league
twirlers of some note before they final
" took to the outield for regular work.
Manager Kelley of Cincinnati Is an
other pitcher who developed into an
outielder, and one might go down the
line of other teams and find any num-
Der Of players who gave up the work
on the slab for the steadier and more
lasting position of guardian of the out
er gardens.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-26

lore Colors Used In All Of the De-
signs Than Ever-Water Fireworks
Greatly Improved-MeteOr Candles
and Co1Ored BOmbshe ellis Electric
Niagara Waterfall a Novelty In
Fountains.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-17


Springfield May deadlock unbroken end with le pros
Of Illinois
evening O'Clock
morning wentyn,rth call the which
approximately strength had
when he entered convention
proceedings comparatively t'day
only during any great
occurred gec platform sing Uncle
join himself TAX
na commanding position platform beating CAV
e a Whon the echo OF the chorus died
ttusiaem owpt the hall
cminuion attaching
the convention high anxiety
threatened queng
on the gathering. maintained
A number Of progress tonight
BROUGHT about by attempting
select an outside
ri and Today
tempted agree Congressman they
get o
nate candidate
people claiming tongh: &ern0
postmastors parts &c. away
charged county
from r. NJ
sha~neetown,
people purpose
strengthening alliance wh designed prevent
influences from stampeding
any Hopkins away
today Hopkins struggle
although get
atters Yoaes will be o
midnight appears
ference
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-17
ct. PETERSBURG REPORTS.


81 Petersburg, May ic.- The gen.
2ral staff received the fllowing from
Lieut. General Sakaroff. tKuropat.
kins chief of staff dated My 15;
May IA ! was informed that Chinese
bandits had appeared in villages six~
teen kilometres west of Lao Yang.
anl | sent a dasaehnent of riaeman,
mounted and on foo. and company
u infantry. No bandits were found
in the village and the inhabitants ok
which answered evagiyely. AS the
force was returning from the village
Of Shantanaidg1, twelve kilometres
west of Lao Yang, a considerable
number Of the bandits were Discovers
cd al a spot where they had been
concealed by the villagers, The rifle
men attacked the bandits, who occil-
pied the outskirts of the village. from
which they were dislodged They left
twenty dead and number of rifles
AMI many cartridges Our loas was
two soldiers killed and three wound
ed.
The Japanese have reoccupied
Kaundianh Sian .sA
The following dispatch rom Major
General Plug. dated w. Is. has been
received at the war ministry: "Accor-
Ting to informatI9i received up to
May Is. the enfmy's advance from
Fcng Wang Chcyg towards Liao Yang
is characterized by inlIcision 1t Is
o be supposs the objective of the
principal Japanese forces is point
beyond Hal eheng or Haitjoou tkai
lhau)
A1Jthef Important group OF there
orces is concentrating Ia the district
northwest Of Takushan
Several skirmishes have occurred
with Chinese bandits in which three
Cossacks were killed and four ara
reported missing
The Japanese evidently are deter.
mined that there shall not be any
further rail communication between
Gen. Kuropatkin and Port Arthur. OF.
acisl adyices received today by the
general staff say the Japanese have
destroyed 80 miles Of the railroad
north of Kin-Chou
Experts who discussed the military
ituatan today expressed the opinion
hat Gen Kuropatkin will not remain
d Lao Yang Their view seems 10
10 borne ont by reports from Lao
aug announcing the departure Of
Russian families from that point.
u Is said that Gen Kuropatkln Is
not al ali discouraged by the advance
ol the japanese. kilograms received
aere today from Lao Yang report
Aim as being perfectly satisfied
with the ofiiGok
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-17
RICH COUNTESS
WEOS COACHMAN
Countess OF RayenswOrih Start.
les London By Her Action.
BRIDE IS NEARLY SIXTY
WHILE GROOM Is ONLY TWENTY.
EIGHT-CouNTEsS is LEADER
or ONE or THE MOST Ex-
elusive SETS.

London, May lG -Georsiana. Dowa-
ger Countess OF Ravcnsworh, has
startled society by marrying her
coachman, James Wadsworth. The
bride is nearly Go years Of age, a
granle dame, a leader Of one of the
most exclusive sets. ana regarded as
one Of the staunchest defenders OF
position.
she is daughter of the RI Hon
Richard Denman, and married in
1872 Major Oswm c. Baker-Cresswell,
AMI sec; ndly in 1902. the earl of Ra.
yenswor,h, who died in 1903, leaving
the widow an estate amounting TO
nearly million dollars Little Is
known Of thc fortunate coach,nan
He is the son of real estate dealer
handsome, and only % years of age
Walswcrth had been in the ser
vice Of the countess four months
when they were married The vel
ding was aecrct one, celebrated at
ST. Georges Hanover Square A GU
rate otficlated and only two Witnesses
we're present
For a week after the welding he
lived az The stables behind the conn
tess mansion in Grosvenor street
performing his duties as Though moth.
ing hal occurred to change his posi-.
uon in the world
None Of the great establishments In
,ro8yennr knew of the marriage dur
ing that time and wher they visited
he countess to investigate It was
found tha couple had gone int the
country and are now spending their
honeymoon On the RavGnsworth ea.
..4asc, where they are closely guarded
fby rdtainers aul where sll call6rs arc
icnied
II has hcan learned thW on the day
If the wedding the countess wac driv
N away with Walsw0rh On the boX
ana it was believed that she had
merely gone out upon some Of her
social duties.
The coach was driven 70 Hanover
Square whore The countess was lett
while Wadsworlh drove off ana chang
I'd his clothes. returning in short
time inside the carriage with a friend
Irving him
After the wedding he chlcc1 his
clothes and drove the countess back
% her town house, taking the car
riase back to the coach house and
Dlacing the horses in the stable
where hc continued TO live for week
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-17
YATES MAY COLLAPSE.

Springfield, H., May lG.--After ~
hours recess, the Republican conyon.
ton reassembled at 2 O'Clock this at
tefnoon and resumed its balloiine.
There is no sign of break in the
ranks Of the delegates. though ru
mor8 are aa0at that a combine viii
be made soon between Yates and De
neen for Deneen's nomination The
Yates men repudiate this story anG
il is generally discrediteL
There is also talk Of dropping al
Ter each ballot the lowest man. thus
insuring a nomination soon. It is he
licycd 10 be within the power OF t.e
convention to do this. anil. as Yates
an1 Lowden, the two leaders, acte1
together ia organizing the couyen
tion, il is probable they can get IT,
gethcr ON this point, and they have
THO strength to DO IT, Such action
win be uniteily fought By the canGI
dates with the smaller following1
Another scheme Is TO call the roll
il reverse order. in the hope that =
stampede may be started this way
The efforts to side-track Yates have
been mighty, Cannon. CHIIom and 9th.
ers going 50 far as to promise him
the ambassajorshIp TO Mexico. Yates.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-17
BEDFORD CASE
NOW ON TRIAL
Alleged Slayer OF Pretty Miss
Shaier Arrai med for Murder.
THE EVIDENCE is WEAK
AGAINST TEAMsTER MCDONALD
AND PUBLIC Will BE SUR
PRisED GREATLY IF HE
Is CONVICTED.

Bedford, Ind. May l6. The case OF
James Mcdonald. charged with tie
murder Of Sarah Katherine Shafcr. a
pretty school teacher whose del1
body was Coun3 in a carriage house
here, was called for trial today.
If Mcdonald is convicted, the pu0.
lie viii be surprised, as the evidence
against him has seemed weak from
the beginning The officials. who
have the case in charge, insist. how
ever That they have strong testimony
which they will keep secret until call.
ed on to reveal IT,
The question Of motive will he the
hardest for the state to solve. So far
as Is known, Mcdonald hardly knew
the pretty Latin teacher by sight He
had done. some work at the school
building whore she was employed
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-17

however wouldn't consider the prop
ositon ana declared he was in tn
fight to stay.
Some Of the delegates who speu
iAc Sabbath in Springfield obtaine
much needed rest ana are as vigoroa
oday as they were when they arrive
IN last Monday and Tuesday. OH
arF chiefly those who spent the i.
tereening hours Of the recess travel
ng on railroad trains in order
make a short visit to their home
and get back. are worse physcll
han when tie convention took tire
sun lay recess.
Few Of the Chicago and norhtrar
illinois delegates remained in Spring
field. Late Saturday night train
ook them home and early morning
rains brought them back
While probably one-third Of the de
egates left Springfield orer Sun az
The candidates all remained. Low
len. D5neea. Hamiia. saerman. War
1eT sud Iferea sDeD the day in theil
-0ons in the Leland Hotel and about
the corridors All kept open house
in their headquarters II The hote!
and furnished fresh supplies o,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-17

but haI never spoken to her so far as
IS known
The greatest interest in the caso
cones from the fact that it is De.
level that something will be deye;
opa1 from the great mass of evidence
that may leaI to some solution @.
what win be otherwise one OF the
greatest murder mysteries of The cen
tury
The feeling has never changed her
that some one much higher in life
than the lowly mechanic committed
The crime No explanation has ever
been made Of the letters which Mis-
5chafer received almost daily and cc
troyei as soon as they were read
No solution has ever been found for
tha mystery contained in her state
ncnts 0fteH made % her friends thar
he was in trouble
The nature Of the trouble has nov
er been ascertain FL. Whcther il was
, love affair. business matter or
what, no one has ever been able to
tell
Her roommate. Miss Eva Love. VINO
perhaps knows more Of the dead
Erl's Immediate life than any ot1er
woman in BE forl. SAYS she knows
nothing which can shed any light en-
the terrible mystery. Taat there va
any secret in her own life which
might have become known TO nj s
Schafer which resrlted in her DEAN
Miss Love laughs to seorn. Her tes-
iiHeny before the gsaai jury pre-
duced nothing thar the newspaper
(ConcIllIed ON Second pagel
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-17
SUPREME COURT
AGAINST TURNER
Sustains Immigration Authorities
and Orders Deportation.
is NOT OF OUR PEOPLE
AND CAN CLAIM NO CONSTlTU.
TtONAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
CHiSTS NOT WANTEp-CHlEF
JUSTICES OPINION.
BY the Associated Press.

Washington, May lG In delivering
the United States supreme court de-
cision sustaining the action of the
migration authorities of New York
IN ordering the transportation Of the
Englishman, Turner alleged to be
arr anarchist Chief Justice Fuller
negatiyel the contention of Turner's
counsel that the immigration law is
unconstitutional
Tho chief justice expressed SIR.
prise Of the court that exception
should be taken TO the law on ground
it is obnoXi us 10 the constitutional
provision prohibiting the abridee.
mont Of freedom of speech, exercised
in religious privileges, etc He de-
MED the law was attempting to es
tahish religion or prohibit the free
erercise thereof Nor does II abfiige
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-17

OEriea told 10 move on" from
lis customary loafing place. was wan
erng aimles3ly u9 Third avenue Or
be opposite side OF the street he saw
wo ot the fo1r little Eyl chill iren at
window on the third do8r. Running
cross the street he tried TO get 70
hem by rushing past Chasl2s Bit
r who knew nothing Of the fire
nd tried TO stop O'Brian, who is a.
X-prize fighter
Obrien fought his way past Bi.tkef
nj going 10 the third a or OF the
ouse, clambefed ont Of a window to
ledge So narrow that he hal difficult
y in obtaining q fCothold.
Without hesitancy he balanced him
Elf and. Jumping 10 the ledge of the
indow at which The children we're
5yed himself lr m falling by grab
ing The coping He swung irto TIC
noke and fanefillad room. and TAX
ag 4 year old Esther Eyl IN his arms
ndertook 10 return By way of th
anucrOns window Iadees.
Wait a minute" Fireman Weber
f Engine company - shouted as HI
ame rushing 10 the rescue.
Holding ;he child at arms length
fsr as possible from the heat Of
10 flames Il ! the sitting smoke
)'Brien sai.ed Until Weber arriyef
the winow of he ADJOINING li9rsc
Te then psssei the child 70 him an
eturnius into the room. reappaaFa
i:h Sam. the infant son IN yoaas
ster was thrown over 10 Weber. and
O'Brien vent back into the room.
lie was some - l14g taat the Gfe-
men feared be had been overcome
{ Concluaeu On second page)
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-17

freedom OF speech tr the press nor
rah Of petition. II i5 of course. true
IL an alien Is not permitted 10 enter
thc country or having entered con.
trary to law. is expelled, he is cut Off
from constitutional privileges because
of his exclusi n. He is not one of
tho people 20 whom these things are
secured
Discussing tho plea that the law
should not ba applicable 10 Turner
because he was not an active anaF-
chist the chief Justice said Even
If Turner. though ne did not 50 state
to the immigration board of inquiry.
that he only regarded the absence #
government as a political ideal. yc;.
when he sought to attain IL by ddvo-
eating. not simply for benefit Of work
it men. who are justly entitled to
repel the charge Of desiring the de.
structi0n Of laW and order. hut n any
rate as an anarchist" the universal
strike which he referred. and by
diacouTses on what he called "the lc-
gal murder of 1857, referring to Sp'cs
and by addressing a mass mee.iFg on
that subject in aasocia ion with Most.
We cannot say that the inference wss
unjusufable. either that ~ con:cm
PLATED the ultimate realization of his
IDEAL by the use Of force or that his
speech vas an incitemeat to tlat enl
Concluding. the chief justice said:
We are MOI f. be understood as denying
The freedom Of speech and Of The
press. CT suggesting the futile limt1-
tions Of spirit OF liberty in itself IN
Hquorabie. bps this case does not
involve those considerations. The
[ Concluded On second mage j