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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-12
JAPANESE PEOPLE DESPAIR OF A
PEACEFUL SOLUTION or FAR
EASTERN QUESTION.
SENDS WARNING 10 CHINA
RUSSIA THREATENS TO OCCUPY
PEkINc If cELEsT.ALs JOIN
FORCES WITH JAPAN.

London, Jan. 1.-THE Toxic CORE
spondent Of the Times cables that
pourparlers still continue, but that
public opinion despairs OF any salts
factory issue Of the difficulties be-
tween Japan and Russia.
The Tientsin correspondent of the
Daily Mail says that the Russian gov
eminent has sent to the Chinese gov
eminent a threat that Russia would
Immediately occupy Picking should
China Join forces with Japan. AS a
result the grand council has advised
the throne to adopt q policy of neu-
trality.
It is learned on the highest author
ity that it has been decided in the
event of war between Russia and
Japan that Germany will maintain a
strict neutrality and that other mem
bers of the dreibund will observe a
similar attitude.
The Importance of this decision,
which probably will soon be announced
In some official manner in Berlin, can
not be easily Overestimated. It will
In a measure insure that hostilities
will be confined to the two powers
concerned and it will be. certain to give
q great stimulus to the efforts which
France and Great Britain are making
In St. Petersburg and Toxic, respec-
lively, in favor of peace.
Warships Return to viadivostock.
The %reassurtng news that the Rus
sian warships which recently left Vlad-
livestock heve returned there is con
firmed in a V%ladivostock dispatch re
ceived at st. Petersburg.
Special dispatches from Toxic are
very warlike, but add little or nothing
to the knowledge of the situation.
They reiterate that Japan has no idea
OF sending an ultimatum to Russia.
The Daily Nails Toxic correspond
emit says the negotiations between
Russia and Japan have passed beyond
diplomacy and states that several Ko-
rean officials have appealed to the
American legation at Seoul for pro-
lection, but that Minister Allen up
braided them for thinking of their per.
sonal safety at such a juncture.
A severe gale in the Mediterranean
is greatly discommoding the Russian
warships. The cruisers Nicholas /.
and Nicholas Ii. entered Ferrol for
safety, and two Russian battleships
and torpedoboat d%estroyers have
been detained at Suda bay since Faa-.
day, unable to proceed to the Far East
on account of the weather.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-12
CRIPPLE BREAKS OUT OF JAIL.
Remarkable Escape Of an Alleged
SWind4er.

Springfield. Mass, Jan. 11.-William
J. Reid, alias l.. o. Hoffman, who is
charged with swindling thirty-two ho-
tells of about $4,000 from the Atlantic
to the Pacific in 1902, and is now I'M
der sentences a~ggregating ten years for
these otfenses, broke Jail here Sunday
under remarkable circumstances and
is still at large.
To accomplish his escape he un-
locked nine doors and sawed through
three chains, visited six different
room Of the county jail, passed in
front of several guards and finally
climbed an ei~ghteen-foot wall. All this
was done about 3 o'clock Sunday morn
ing, yet he was not missed until Z
o'clock. He was supposedly too weak
to move without the use of a crutch,
and had been practically bedridden for
three months.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-12
GENERAL GORDON DEAL.
Distinguished C ,nfederate Veteran Elk.
pires In Florida.

Distinguished G Snfederate Veteran Elk.
pires In Florida.
Miami, Fla, Ian. 11.-General John
b. Gordon, n of the foremost leaders
OF the ~Confederacy and with one ex-
ceptton the last of the Confederate
major generals, died Saturday night at
his home, Biscayne, seven miles north
of this city.
The cause of his death was conges-
ton Of the stomach and liver, follow.
Ing m acute attack of Indigestion on
Wednesday.
General Gordon was born in .Upson
county, Ca, July s, 1882, Of Scotch
ancestry.
Early in 1861 he enlisted in the vol
unteer Confederate service and was
elected captain OF his company. He
participated in the struggle in the
Peninsula and in the battle at Malvern
Hill and was commissioned brigadier
general in November, 1862. He was in
command at Charlottesville and in
the Pennsylvania campaign. He was
at the battle Of the Wilderness and at
Spottsylvania Courthouse. III May,
1864, he was promo Ell to lie major
general and took part in the important
battles which marked the closing
scenes of the Civil war.
When hostilities ended he advised
the men to go home in peace, obey the
laws and rebuild the wasted country.
In 1879 he was elected to the United
States senate. In 1886 and 1888 he
was elected governor of Georgia and
in 1890 he entered the United States
senate again for a full term.
Since the organization of the United
Confederate Veterans he had held the
position of commander-in-chief.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-12
SECOND BIG SUPPLY MEASURE
House Expected to Pass Legislative
Appropriation Bill.

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE house
during the present week will pass the
legislative, executive and judicial ap.
preparation bill. thus d%isposing of the
second of the big supply measures.
The committee on appropriations ex-
poets to report the bill to the house
today and to call it up Tuesday. It is
expected that the debate will not take
a wide range and it may be disposed
OF within a couple of days. The indi-
cations now are that the urgent def
cheney bill, the next to follow, will be
reported to the house the last of this
week or the first Of the coming week.
1t is desired to get some of the appro-
prfation bills over to the senate as
rapidly as possible. There are a few
minor measures about ripe for action,
but unless the appropriations commit
tee shall be ready to report the ur.
gent deficiency bill by Thursday the
house may be in session only five days
this week.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-12
coNFEssEs TO MURDER.
Salt Lake City Man Admits Killing
Two Street Car Men,

WO otVSSg Oar MSns
Salt Lake City, Jan. Holm M.
Shockley has made a full confession
OF the murder of Motorman Gleason
and Conductor Brighton, who were
shot and killed by a lone highwayman
who attempted to rob their car late
Wednesday night.
In his confession Shockley declares
he had no intention of killing his vic
TINS, but they put up such a vigorous
fight when he attempted to rob them
that he was compelled to shoot them
In se~lf-defense. After the tragedy he
tried to commit suicide, but his nerve
failed him when he put the pistol to
his head. Shockley says he is heir to
considerable property and he wants to
sign this over without to aid
the families of his victims.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-12
NEW THEATER ORDINANCE.
Chicago PIayhouses May Open by Com
plying With Its Provisions.

plying WIKI 1LS HrOvI8lon8s
Chicago, Jan. 11.-A special commits
sion of aldermen and building experts
appointed by Mayor. Harrison to revise
the ordinances regulating the construc-
ton and operation of playhouses as a
result of the Iroquois theater fire has
completed a new theater ordinance
and agreed on the provisions which
will be applied to existing theaters.
It's report will be submitted to the
city council and if that body concurs
in the recommendations of the special
commission Chicago theaters, with the
possible exception of three of them,
probably will open their doors within
a week or ten days. The three thea
tiers may not be permitted to open be-
aus their stages and auditoriums are
more than fifteen feet above the street
level.
The Iheaters that agree to conform
to the new regulations will be permit
ted to open under certain restrictions
and with the understanding that they
comply with every provision Of the
new law regulations before Oct. 1.
In the meantime the galleries that
have inadequate exit facilities will be
closed and two to four firemen detailed
on the stage. The new ordinance will
require that every stage be made alb
sOlutely fireproof back of the prosce-
mum arch, by requiring fireproof walls,
steel curtains, steel gridiron and rig
ging lofts, steel frames for the stage
and the installation of automatic
sprinkling systems. This will mean
the practical reconstruction of every
stage in the city.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-12
BUSINESS IN THE SENATE.
Resolutions for investigation Of Post
Office Irregularities Considered.

Resolutions for Investigation Of Post
Office Irregularities Considered.
Washington, Jan. 11.-At the begin
ming OF the days. session the senate
resumed consideration Of the Penrose
and Carmack resolutions for an in.
vestigation of irregularities in the
p%ostcf1ce department. There are still
some Democratic senators who desire
to be heard on this matter and Sena
tor Spooner has intimated his inten
ton to make a more extended reply
to Senator Carmacl1's charge that Post,
master General Payne had been luke.
warm in the prosecution OF frauds in
his department. The understanding
is that this question will not be al
lowed to retain it's place before the
senate In it's present shape for a great
length of time as Senator German, the
leader of the Democratic senators, has
expressed q willingness to have the
resolution referred to the postofice
committee and there is no doubt that
1t will be so referred when the dis
cussion ONE to an END.
the nomination of Mr.. Buchanan to
be minister to Panama remains unact.
ed upon and discussion of 1t will be
resumed at the next executive session
of the senate.
Other questions are expected to be
taken up during the week, including a
bill providing for a forestry reserva.
ton in the Southern Appalachian noun.
tains and the resolution pertaining to
to good roads.
It is considered probable that there
will be more or less speechmaking on
the various resolutions pertaining to
the Panama canal question.
The Republican leaders intend to
urge the p%ro1nptest possible considera.
ton of the treaty after it is reported
to the senate and will try to keep it
before the senate constantly to the ex-
clusion of all other business.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-12
DYING WITH HIccoueHs.
Minnesota Man Driven From Camp by
His Companions.

Duluth, Jan. 11.-John Kodiak, an
employee of a lumber camp near Du-
luth, was driven from the place by his
companions Sunday because he was
afflicted with hiccoughs and he is now
dying at q Duluth hospital. Kollak
had been hiccoughing for ten days be-
fore he came to this city, and was so
weak he could scarcely walk to the
railroad station. His companions com.
planned that he kept them awake at
night. The patient hiccoughs twenty
time a minute, and If he undertakes
to talk the trouble is increased to a
succession Of gasps. Physicians say
the hiccoughing is due to irritation of
the pneumogastric nerve and is a cer-
tain form of dyspepsia.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-12
SECRETARY HAY REPLIES 70 A
SECOND PROTEST FROM GEN.
ERAL RAFAEL REYES.
PANAMA QUESTION CLOSED
COLOMBIAN ENVOY Is INFORMED
THAT THE. UNITED sTATns
WILL NOT REOPEN IT,

Washington, Jan. 11.-Secretary Hay
mas sent another communication to
General Rafael Reyes, the Colombian
envoy. in response to his protest
against the action of the United States
regarding affairs on the Isthmus OF
Panama. While state department of.
ficials decline to make any specific
statement as to it's nature it is under.
O that in a general way it follows
the lines laid down in the reply to
General Reyes first note, which prac.
tically declines to reopen the Panama
question.
General Reyes second note differed
In some important respects from that
Of the first sem by him to the state
department. The first contained a
general statement Of the grievances
important and minor, which Colombia
asserts she has suffered as a result OF
the Interpretation placed by the Unit.
ed States on the treaty Of 1886. This
note also, while not specifically max.
ing a protest, by it's very nature in.
volved the presentation Of one later
on.
The second communication, to which
eAA ~AAoW01 was 1OCulAGu OdLuTudy,
dealt with considerable detail on Ger.
tain specific points regarded as highly
important and meriting special con.
sideration and presented an
Emphatic Formal Protest
against the action of the United States
In Panama matters. Secretary Hays
answer, it is said, follows the lines
OF the recent message of President
Roosevelt to congress on the Panama
question justifying the steps taken by
h United States on the subject. The
s~ecretary's reply does not discuss with
General Reyes n matter which he
urged in his second note, namely, the
transmission to the senate of the cor.
respondence which has passed be.
tween himself and the state depart.
ment.
It is known that the Off cials of the
state department resented the sugges.
ton OF General Reyes as highly i'm.
proper, and for this reason it's answer
does not discuss this request. The
matter of sending the correspondence
with General Reyes to the senate has
not yet been determined by the pres.
iIent.
General Reyes last note also con.
tained some reference to the submis.
sion of
Disputed Points to Arbitration,
but state department officials say there
is nothing in the present situation fol
The Hague tribunal, if any reference
to that court was intended.
General Reyes may leave the city at
any time for Colombia, where his per.
sonal and political interests require
his attention.
The suggestion has been made that
possibly he might remain and make an
effort to open diplomatic relations with
the republic OF Panama through its
representative here for the adjustment
of such questions as the assumption
by Panama of a portion of the exterior
debt of Colombia.
Some suggestion also has been
made, although not officially, of a re.
union of the two governments under
the name of the republic of Colombia, |
to have an autonomous gov.
eminent with absolute authority to
deal with all questions relating to the
OF canal matters.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-12
Old steamboat Man suicides.

san Francisco, Jan. 11.-Captain
Ri.hard Fairchild, one of the oldest
steamboat men in the world, commit
ted suicide at the home of his son
with a butcher knife. Captain Fair
child wss sixty-one years old. Dur
ing the Civil war he was in the Fed
eral service as engineer on transports.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-12
Struck by a FREIGHT Train.

I4atrobe, Pa, Jan. 11.-Charles Cap.
atoni was instantly killed and his wife
probably fatally injured at the Braden-
vile crossing of the Pennsylvania rail
road. The couple were sleighriding
and while crossing the tracks a freight
train struck the sleigh.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-12
e A SMALL RIOT.
Three Mer Disturb a Religious Meet
ing at Pittsburq.

ing at Plttsburg.
Pittsburg. Jan. 11.-Three men Gre
ated a small sized riot Sunday in the
st. Casimirs Lithuanian Roman church
by making the declaration that Sisters
OF Charity were not good women. The
men were denounced by the pastor.
Rev. Father John s. Sutkeitis, as an
archists, and he boldly declared that
they were implicated in the plot to
assassinate President Mckinley. The
men were allowed to depart in peace
upon the pastors plea to his enraged
congregation.
Father Sutkeitis told the police Of
flcials that he was convinced that an
archists were preparing to take his
life and his residence is being strongly
guarded by officers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-12
Message AnxiousIy Awaited.

Tuesday and it is %anxiously awaited
as it is expected to indicate President
Roosevelt's policy in the island
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-12
euLeARiANs LOSE HEAVILY.

One Hundred Reported Killed in Fight
With Turks.
Salonica, Jan. IA force of troops
has been sent. to Kumanova, sixteen
miles northeast Of Uskub, where a
strong Bulgarian band has invaded
Turkish territory.
Fighting is reported to have oc-
CURED at Kochana, fifty miles south:
east of Uskub. the Bulgarians losing
100 killed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-12
Woman Commits Suicide.

st. Paul, Jan. 11.-Mrs. Alice Os-
Borne of Casselton, N. D., committed
suicide Sunday morning at ST.. Luke's
hospital, where she was under treat
ment for a mental affection. She
leaped down the v%entilating shaft
from a fire escape on the second floor
and was crushed to death on the ce-
ment floor of the basement below.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-12
WISCONSIN YOUTH SUICIDES.
Blows Out His Heart With a Heavily
Charged Shotgun.

La Crosse. Wis, Jan. 11.-Discon-
ISOLATE because of the death of his
twin brother. Arthur M. Reichert.
aged nineteen, Sunday placed a heav-
lily charged shotgun to his right side,
pushed the trigger with a cane and
blew out his heart. The force of the
shot tore out his entire left side.
Three years ago his twin brother died,
since which time he has been in q pit
liable frame of mind from grief.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-12
Chinese to Fight British.

London. Jan. 1.-THE Shanghai
correspondent of the Daily Mail says
that a Chinese resident of Lhassa is
raising troops in the province of SEE
chuan for service in Thibet against the
British advance.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-12
Fire Captain Killed.

Plymouth, Mass, Jan. 11.-Fire Sum
day destroyed Odd Fellows block with
q loss on the buildings and to the ten
ants of more than $4,000. Fire Cap
tain Eddy was killed while fighting the
fire in the basement. where it started.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-12
Emperor Approves Treaties.

Peking, Jan. 1.-THE Chinese en-
peror has ratified the American and
Japanese treaties Of commerce with
China.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-12
sHADowlNe JAPANESE SHIPS.
Russian Warships Following Two New
Cruisers.

NUSS'dH WaToHIPS TUItOWIu9 IWU NeW
Cruisers.
Rome, Jan. LITTLE Italia says that
Russian warships sighted between
Genoa and Spezzia Saturday are be-
lieved to be spying on and following
the Japanese cruisers Niasin and Ka-
saga, which left Genoa Saturday.
1t became known Sunday that some
unknown persons had attempted to
set the Niasin on fire by tampering
with the electrical appliances. The
police authorities have begun an in
Quiry into the matter.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-12

Naples, Jan. 1.-THE Japanese
cruisers Niasin and Kasaga arrived at
Pozzuoli Sunday and embarked heavy
artilledy and four torpedo tubes. The
warships then sailed for an unknown
destination.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-12

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-30
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Negroes Afraid of Ghosts.

Negroes are inherently afraid of ghosts and from the days when their ancestors worshiped the first fetleh in darkest Af- rica they have been swayed by supersti- tion," said a gentleman yesterday. AS result of the negros well known aver sion to spiritual visitors many amusing as well as hair-raising stories have been told, but 1t must be confessed that most of them bear a close resemblance to that form of narrative which Is always asso- ciated with the hshermans return. Yet there are exceptions to all rules and I have heard Of negroes showing dis regard for things uncanny that could not be equalled by white people, however, much they might boast of their superior ity over 'spooks. For instance there were cases reported during the war of negroes running away from their southern mas ters or fleeing from the Yankee soldiers and living for days in those quaint tombs that are to be found In old burying grounds in the south.
 T heard once of negro who escaped from plantation just prior to the war, and for a week his whereabouts was mystery, although the country was being secured for him and 1t was known that he could not have gone far, because he had no horse. Tn a few days the negroes on the place were terrorized by an al- legged ghost that had been seen issuing from grave in the cemtery nearby, at about the hour of dusk. Several white men made an investigation and captured the runaway negro. He had been living a week in a tomb. leaving his retreat dur ing the night to search for something to eat and sleeping there during the day. It was one of those old fashioned tomDs, made by placing a marble slab on a brick foundation three or four feet high There was ample space between the ground and the slab to accommodate the fugitive and when he wanted to come out he mreely pushed the stone aside It was not very desirable refugee cer- tainly. but was entirely safe. if thenegro had exercised more caution in issuing forth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-30
MACBETH A TONGUE TIER.

From the New York Times.
 One of the funniest instances of poetry misquoting I ever heard occurred during a performance of Macbeth" said Robert Peyton Carter. Tt was somewhat be- fuddled actor in the Modjeska company who was guilty You remember the beau tiful passage in Macbeth: The Heavens breath Smells woolngly here; no jutty, frieze, Buttress. nor cogn of vantage, but this
 bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant
 cradle: Where they most breed and haunt, have
 observed The air is delicate.
 'Well, that is a pretty good mouthful, and it was practically impossible for the actor, whose tongue was somewhat thick from overndugence. He started well enough, but ended with the amazing statement
 |" No juttress. buttress, or cutlass butts full of birds
 Ut nearly broke up the performance, for the rest of the company was con vulsed'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-30
Sweeping the Streets.

'"rhs is my third or fourth visit to Bir- mingham and I see that the street sweep ing forces continues to make life miser- able for pedestrians at night" said a gentleman from the east who has large real estate interests here. Before, I had not noticed how very early the men be- gin work and the other night I was sur prised to be confronted by several sweep CTS coming down the street by the town s most prominent hotel before darkness had comfortably settled down. Now this is a nuisance that ought to be abated It Is bad enough to begin sweeping about Il o'clock and sti1e all the theatre crowds, but when the work Is started at or g o'clock a large number of people are seriously inconvenienced. In town that is at all wide awake-and I believe Bir- mngham Is one-the streets are always crowded with people until o'clock at the earliest and these unfortunates get the full benefit of the sweepers."