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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-08
A TOTAL FAILURE.
Livingston Bankrupt Who Is Absolute
Iy Without Assets.

Referee Firth has has received the
papers in a bankruptcy proceedings
originating at Livingston, termination
of which should prove to be speedy
and without trouble. The bankrupt
is c. A. Nachbar, who took advan-
tage Of the law to begin anew and
with a clean slate.
The liabilities are scheduled as
totaling $873.6S, with the column for
listing assets left blank. Nachbar
certifies that he has no property what
ever, either personal or real, and
makes no claims of exemptions.
April 18 has been fixed as the date
on which to hold the first meeting OF
creditors, when the bankrupt may be
examined and appraisers and a trus.
tee are to be appointed. In view
of the %bankrupt's statement, it is not
likely that the usual appointments
mill be made.
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A WINNER EITHER WAY.

Probably by the time it is prepared
to hand down it's decision in his case,
John Turner, anarchist, will care little
whether the United States supreme
court says he must return to England
or may remain. With the thrift pro-
verbal of his nation he is making a
tour of the principal cities of the
country and is accorded large audi
ences wherever he speaks. John finds
"the laws delay OF undoubted profit
to himself in several ways-he is maxi
ing money, while 1t the same time
has unlimited opportunity to preach
his doctrine of assassination, vio-
lence and rapine. If the court should
ultimately decide that he must leave
he will have his pockets lined with
good American coin and also have &C.
complished the object of his mission.
In the ve%rnacular, Mr.. Burns Stands
to VIM either way.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-08
Friday, April 8, 1904.
GOOD CROP TO RAISE.

Acting on the faith that is within
him, Senator Gibson not only advises
all others owning land in Montana
where the cereal may be grown to ad-
vantage to seed every acre possible
to wheat, but has given instructions
that on his own farm as much as
possible of the grain shall be sowed.
The senator has arrived at the con-
clusion that of the many crops that
may be successfully grown in Mon
tana none promises to be as profitable
this year as wheat. Others are OF
the same mind. The great wal now
Waging in the far east, although only
in its first stages, it may be said,
has already caused a marked advance
in breadstuffs and other farm pro.
ducts, but in none has the effect been
more sharply felt than in wheat. Even
should the present war be at an end
before the new crop can be harvested,
the benefit will still remain. The
immense Withdrawals of grain and
flour from the markets of the world
are bound to create a scarcity, and
rho cJ1rnJ1IS q orr h yfn hnnp+ rSorooyNd
demand will arise for new supplies.
Therefore it is but the part OF good
reasoning and the exercise OF ordi-
nary judgment to anticipate a IN
tinuance of the present high prices
for a long time to come.
While it might be inadvisable to
cease cultivation of other crops in
proportion to the call tor them that
may always be expected, still the
ranchers of the state will undoubtedly
find wheat a profitable and quick NOV
ing crop this year. Here in the Vel
lowstone valley only little attention
has been paid during recent years
to the cultivation of wheat for the
market. With the present good pros
poets for increased demand and con-
sequently enhanced prices, the usual
order of things will undoubtedly be
changed and many will grow wheat
that in the past have grown none
or at the most only sufficient for
feed.
AS a close and shrewd observer OF
events Senator Gibson has the right
idea and those who follow his ex-
ample will undoubtedly have reason
later for congratulating themselves
on having done so.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-08
AT BUTTE.

Those who have made a study or
political events as they have tran.
spired at Butte during the last year
or two are likely to accept the view
advanced by the Anaconda Standard
as regards the meaning of the ma
jority given the men elected there
last Monday. And this with all due
regard for the esteemed Miners opin.
ion and judgment in the case. 1t was
2 declaration in favor OF the policy
Of Mayor Mullins, and it will be seen
before long that his honor will put
this construction upon it.
Probably for the sake of the good
Impression a different interpretation
might create outside, the Miner val
iantly insists that instead of rebuk-
ing the "solid eleven" for their in
reference with the mayors policy,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-08
Chance for the Farmer.

~ will present to the Yellowstone
county farmer who will this year
raise the best five bushels OF sugar
peets, to be sent to the Worlds fair.
the sum OF twenty-five dollars (s25.OO
Beets to be delivered at my store and
judged by three di~sinterested persons.
Millions OF capital is now crowding
the state OF Wisconsin to get locations
for sugar plants and l feel certain q
good display of the product will in.
terest capital toward Montana.
JOHN D. LOSEKAMp.
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the voters sat down upon them for
the way they arbitrarily refused to
confirm the mayors appointments.
The Standard is published in another
town., consequently it is but natural
that it should be less jealous OF the
good name and fame of Butte than the
Miner. This difference OF location
also makes the Standard possibly a
little careful of the truth.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-08
NEW SHEEP DISEASE.
Makes Its Appearance in FIocks of
Cascade County.

W9
During the earlier part OF the week
Doctor M. e. Knowles, state veterin-
arian, visited Great Falls in the inter
est of his department, and was inter-
viewed on the new sheep disease that
has made it's appearance in some
portions of the northern part of Mon
tana. He is quoted as ~confessing that
the malady is something entirely diff
ferent than any before dealt with by
him, in fact nothing like it has ever
been known to appear IN this or any
other Of the western states. 1t is an
affection of the lips and legs of the
animal, but if attended to in time is
not regarded as dangerous.
Doctor Knowles and the %veterinar-
ians across the Canadian border and
those OF adjoining states have been
engaged for some time in investigat-
ing the strange malady. Their report
is that thus far it has not manifested
itself outside of Valley county, to
which it seems to be peculiar. Diff
ferent remedies in it's treatment have
been tried and one has been discover
ed that has proved successful in every
instance. This consists of a compound
of nitric acia and water in the pro-
portions of one part of acid to from
five to eight parts of water. The solu-
tion must be applied with a wooden
rag to the parts affected.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-08

Political and other reasons making
it impossible for him to secure the
nomination on the only ticket that
it is admitted will win, and still be-
ing anxious to be named for pres1-
dent, General Miles very sensibly
seems to have decided that as long
as he must be a loser the cheapest
route to defeat is the one to choose.
He is willing to be the candidate OF
the prohibitionists.
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Mr.. Hartman wishes to inform Mr..
Hill that his efforts to induce him
to accept something "just as good
will not succeed, not if he can pre-.
vent it. and he thinks he can. Great
Northern stock may be as valuable
as that issued by the Northern Pacific.
but for his particular purpose Mr.. Har-
riman prefers Northern Pacific.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-08

The following rules have been adopt
ed by the party for the government
of the conventions:
First-Delegates and alternate del
egates shall be elected to the conven-
ton and in the event of a failure of
any delegate to attend, the alternate
delegate shall cast the vote of the
delegate whom he represents.
Second-In the absence of any del
egate and his alternate, a majority
of the delegation from that county
shall cast the vote of the absentee.
Third-In the absence of all the
delegates and alternate delegates
from any county, no vote shall be
cast from said county.
Fourth-In the county in which the
state convention is held, no vote shall
be cast for an absent delegate and
alternate delegate.
Fifth-Delegates and alternate del
egates must be republicans and resi-
dents of the county which they rep
resent.
Sixth-A1l notices of contests shall
be submitted in writing, accompanied
by a statement setting forth the
grounds of contest, which shall be
filed with the secretary Of the state
central committee at least one day
prior to the meeting of the convention.
Contests will be acted on by the state
central committee and reported to the
convention for approval.
WILLIAM LINDSAY,
J. B. COLLINS, Chairman.
Secretary.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-08
Teachers Examination.

The regular teachers examination
will be held in the court room, Bill
ings, beginning Friday, April 20, at
9. a. M, and continuing Saturday,
April 80, 1904.
MARGUERITE M. STRANG,
97-8 County Supt. Schools.
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Reward.

We, the undersigned, will pay $500
reward for the apprehension and CON
viction of the murderer of Dong Quay.
a Chinese woman, at her home in
this city, on the night Of February "a.
YEE SAM LEE.
HEE KEE & co,
YEE QUONG LEE & co.
February 26, 1904. k-m1
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I. c. ARMlTAGE.
FIELDING WILHITE.
r. w. CLARKE.
AUGUST LISA.
FAIRBURN BROS.
JOSEPH A. PARQUE.
G. R. DAVENPORT.
9S-2 PAT. LOTUS.
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Milk Prices.

We, the undersigned dairymen OF
Billings, agree to maintain the follow
ing prices on milk and cream on and
after April Is:
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To Exchange

To Exchange.
Four houses and lots in Butte and
adjoining towns to exchange for ranch.
Give particulars. No agents. 97-2
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NOTICE.

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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-08
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION


In accordance with established Gus
toms, the republican state central
committee directs that a state conven-
ton Of delegated representatives of
the republican party tie held at the
city of Helena, in the state of Mon
tana, at IL o'clock noon
Tuesday, April II, 1904,
for the purpose Of electing six dele
gates and six alternate delegates to
attend the republican national cOnven-
ton to be held at Chicago, Illinois,
on Tuesday, June 81, 1904, and for
the transaction Of such other business
as may come before the convention.
The republican electors of the several
counties and all other electors, with
out regard to past political affiliations,
who believe in the principles Of the
republican party and endorse it's poll
cies, are cordially invited to unite
under this call in the holding of party
primaries and conventions for the pur-
pose Of electing delegates and alter
mates to said convention. Said state
convention shall consist Of the fol-
lowing number of delegates for the
several counties:
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-08
Lambing Grounds Vented.

The undersigned desires to rel,s
sheds and ground on which to lamb
two bands of sheep. Address G. H.
Perrine, R. F. D., Billings. 97-2
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MILK.

Plnts Or quarts, IL tickets. .S1.0O
Two or 3 quarts daily, IA tickets. LOO
Single gallons and up to 2 gal
Ions, per gallon .............. rs
Two gallons and more, per gallon 20
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-11
PERSONAL.

Alfred Akerman, of Macon, Ga, has been appoint
ed forester of Massachusetts He took q two years
in forestry at Yale and an instructor in
that study at the New-Haven institution He was
named by Governor Bates of Massachusetts. and
will have his headquarters in the state House
r. Peacock an Egyptian railroad man from AS
Stout. is visiting this country. He Is locomotive
superintendent of the Egyptian state railways and
has come here, at the request of his government to
inspect the American railways. with view to in
Producing some of the modern American methoos
of transportation into his country.
, Caleb Powers, the former Secretary Of State OF
Kentucky. who is at present in jail, condemned to
death for the murder Of Governor Goebel has about
finished his book on his personal experiences dur
troll of Kentucky.
Theodore N Ely. c. E.. Rensselaer, Polytechnic
Institute. and chief OF motive power of the Penn
sylvania Railroad. has been made q doctor OF sci
enCe by Hamilton College
Professor Koch. the bacteriologist. has been
elected TO succeed the late Professor Virchow as
member of the Berlin Academy Of Science.
Nine. severne. well known throughout France as
a journalist received from the Paris Society for
the Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals gold medal
for the biography of her dog-a stray street dos
whose omniyorous appetite was the cause Of her
constant and well deserved her tribute
When Arthur Stanley. Dean of Westminster. re-
turned home from America. he was asked the pro-
verbal question What the thing which most
impressed you in American Without moment s
hesitation Dean Stanley replied. Ny own igno-
rance"
DR.. Elias P. Lyon. of the department OF medicine
at the University of Chicago has been elected to
the chair of physiology in Washington University,
St. Louis.
Mrs Henry Whitman the artist who recently
died in Boston. left 100000 TO Radcliffe College.
$4,000 to Tuskegee Institute and $4,000 more to
charity.
Senator Joseph r. Hawley is much improved in
health and has leased housebOat upon which he
will spend July on Chesapeake Bay. Later he will
take his boat into Long Island Sound
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-11
BRITISH ELECTORAL Tendencies.

Mr.. Balfour declares that if his colleagues
stand by him be will not dissolve Parliament
until next year-presunably in the fall of next
year. There is every reason to suppose they
will stand by him. and it seems probable he will
continue 10 command a sufficient ma jority in
the House. In that case the Parliament will be
prolonged to the five years span which is now
regarded as a full term Of life What the re-
suit Of the appeal to the electorate then will be
is interesting matter for conjecture There is
an abundance of data for estimates and fore
casts, but the trouble is that the items are by
means uniform in their indication Besides,
a good deal may happen in the next twelve
months.
British celebrates are not as fixed and con-
slant in their party predictions as are most Of
those in this country, and fluctuations of ma
jorties are more marked and frequent In the
last five Parliaments, including the present the
Irish vote has remained constant, while the
Liberal has ranged from III TO $50, and the
Unionist from 232 to 402 1t IS to be observed.
however, that the Liberals have never had a
clear majority over the Unionists and Irish,
while in three of the five the UniOnists have had
a clear and strong ma iOrty over the Liberals
and Irish. The most that can reasonably be
hoped for the Liberals next year is. then that
they will be SO numerous as to FORM in alliance
UnioEists. No Liberal probably is so sanguine
as 10 look for n clear majority over all
Whether an Irish alliance, making government
stability dependent upon compliance with Ma
tionalist demands, would prove satisfactory or
profitable is an interesting question.
England viii, OF course. be the chief battle
ground, since there Is no prospect of material
change in Ireland and little in Scotland or
Wales Row, in 1900 the popular majority Of
the Unlonists in England was only 120,294, upon
the strength of which they got $50 members in
England TO only 1876 Of the Opposition, and
total Of 402 out OF the go from the whole
United Kingdom. But the bye-eections since
1890 have shown n general decline in the Union
ist vote In England amounting TO less than ,
per cent That is not a great decline but when
we remember that IN 1900 10 fewer than II
seats were won by Unionists by majorities of
less than 900, and GO more by majoritieS of less
than 1900 It is evident tlat such loss, If sus-
tained in the general election, might prove dis
astrous On the other hand, the Liberal gain
has been much greater, amounting to more than
30 per cent. which If maintained in the general
election should give them handsome majority.
1t is recEoned that if the gains and losses in
the general election are the same as those at
the predictions from 1901 to 1904. the Unionist
majority OF 120,i94 IN England in 1900 will next
year be changed to Liberal majority of 342.-
1886; and computation by the rule OF three will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-11
STEEL RAILWAY TIES

Railroad men became convinced long ago that
the growing scarcity of wood and the steady
cheapening of steel would ultimately result in
the substitution Of the latter material for the
former in the construction of ties. The Iron
Trade Review mentions several facts which
lead ii to think that the change will soon be
practicable. Tests made By the Bessener and
Lake Erie road Indicate that it NAV not be
necessary 10 PIT more than $50 pounds Of metal
into tie, and that slight reduction in the
number of ties required for mile OF track is
possible. For every wooden tie that is dis
placed, therefore, it may be sufficient to allow
129 pounds Of steel. and this might be supplied
for little more than cent 4 pound The period
icai just named says that In view of the great
er durability Of metal, "a steel tie costing only
twice as much rs 4 wooden one is an attra active
proposition
Before the proposed improvement develops
much popularity other questions than those Of
expense must he answered 1t is not yet GER
tain that the best conceivable design has been
found. At present the fayorite shane has =
cross section like an inverted T. the narrow
fauge at the top furnishing both support for
the rail and means for bolting the rail. or.
rather, the clips which cOnfne the raiI-to
the tie. Doubts IRE expressed however. by
THE Iron Trade Review about the efficacy Of
49, P%N'-S@S- '-'t'it ~ l'AFN tllL Il IHIlGllNil0al
shifting Of position by the tie and the adapta-
bility o. given pattern to carry rails Of ,lif
ferent weights.
Experiments like those here referred 10 have
been undertaken frequently in this country ana
Europe for Of least twenty-five years That
steel viii last cauch longer than wood which
has been chemically treated 70 prevent rot ia
beyond dispute. Hence. when the price Of the
stcel dc is low enough, considerations Of econ-
only will dictate tie use of il on Il iarca
scale. such stimulus would then be giycn 10
inventive genius that satiSfa ctory model
should be available in Il short time IT, indeed
it is not already in sight. No doubt. with time
the steel tie will undergo an evolution ike that
OF the rail. The notifications which have becn
made IN the latter were not confined to thn
early periods OF railway construction. Still
builders did not wait for perfection They sim
ply used the best patterns which they could
find ar the time, and afterward p7ofted by ex-
perience. The same sensible practice WIFI Drob-
ably be followed with the steel tie.
In addition 10 tie advantages which are gen
orally expected 20 yesult from the adopt;oo Of
metal, Others may we'll be discovered whom
Il has been in actual service q few years. "rhe
Iron Trade Review" suggests, for instance that
the steel tie may render feasible a change in
the distribution Of the metal in a rail Loss
material may be needed ia the base. and # may
prove 5Icicious TO put more IN the head where
the principal wear comes. If the life of a rail
could be prolonged without adding TO its weight
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-11
THE NEGRO AND TIE CENSUS.

To the Editor % The Tribune.
Sir: IN to-day's Issue % The Tribune The Negro
ard the Census wos the heading OF thoughtfrl
editorial But The Tribune recAOns without It's host
when u thinks the high death rate OF the negro
will counterhaIance the higher birth rate YOuns
negroes in the schools colleges and seninaries ara
receiving hysicEic instructions. Hence when these
colored boys and girls form horne relations. they
VIII be better able 10 understand the laws or ny
gieEe and to save the baby IN addition. there are
negro trained nurses and negrO physicians sra-e
ally settling IN the South and black belt as
tricts OF the big cities. Under their influence to
rising generation of negroes are becoming hio.s s
Intelligent and know better how TO observe 'N
laws OF health Ii The Tribune viii eliminate froni
consideration of the total white population IN -
United States all foreign white immigrants W
their descendants who have come into this S5l
try since the Civil War. and compare the OF. vii
white American with the slave population ~ ""
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-11

show that IL on the former majority the Union
should get a much more overwhelming one
Such reckoning is scarcely trustworthy. how
ever, for two major reasons. One is that the
Unionist losses and Liberal gains are not being
maintained. Thus in 1901-'02 and the early part
of 1903 the UniOnist losses were from 80 to
1858 per cent, while in 10000, excepting one
single division, they have been replaced by a
been maintained. but they have not increased
of late as they did in 1901 and 1902. The other
reason is that bye-elections do not provide a
trustworthy forecast of q general election
Local and special issues usually prevail in the
former, and the third party" cuts no figure in
them, while in the latter the issues are general
and the third party" puts in its work Thus
the great Liberal gains in bye-elections have
meant that the labor and socialist votes have
gone to that side instead Of to independent can
ddates as In 1900. But next year the indie
pendent candidates will be running again, and
those votes will be lost to the Liberals.
The outlook down to date is, then, for some
what closer contest in 1905 than in 1900; which
may result in decreased but still safe Union
ist majority, or a majority for Liberal and
Irish coalition. In the former case Mr.. Cham
berlain would have q free hand to fulfil his
policy In the latter case, the career OF The
coalition, with Mr. Chamberlain leading the OPP
position, would probably be a short one, with
another general election, with different results,
at the end of it.