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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-12
Notwithstanding that the institu.

Notwithstanding that the institu-
ton is under more or less obligation
I to the distinguished gentleman, the
students at Chicago university have
b assurance of the president, Doc
tor Harper, that this in nowise limits
their right of free speech and that
they may criticise Mr.. Rockefeller
as much as they please. The same
freedom of speech is also to apply to
the professors. But in spite of this
assurance it is safe to say that only
the thoughtless will permit themselves
TO speak without counting at least
three, particularly in any matter in
vcqving the great coil oil benefter of
education.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-12

In the awful calamity which has
befallen it, the city of Baltimore has
the sympathy of the entire nation.
Should call be made for something
more substantial in the way of ex-
pressing popular feeling, the same
nation stands ready and anxious to re-
spond and shower relief upon those
who through misfortune have been
placed in a position where they must
temporarily accept assistance.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-12

AS there is seemingly no possibility
of the United States being embroiled,
Tillman, German and the others will
content themselves with combining
their attacks on the government to
the senate chamber during the pro-
gress of the little affair in the far
east.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-12

When about everybody had forgot
ten the incident and the individual
who gave rise to it, along comes the
announcement that the United States
supreme court is expected to give a
decision shortly in the matter of the
constitutionality of the order of de-
portation issued against the English
anarchist, John Turner. The most
of us had believed that the fellow
was sent back long ago.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-12
Stockholders Meetinu.

Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting Of the stockholders OF
the Old Mill Ditch company will be
held at the Trewin hotel in Park City.
on the -5tn day of February, 1904, Tor
the purpose of electing a board OF
trustees for the ensuing year and for
the transaction of any other business
that may lawfully come before the
meeting. 8O-2r
c. c. DOMINICK, Secretary.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-12
DIscREDIr Mr.. BROWNE.

When David G.. Browne told the
Bostonians that the people of the west,
extending even as far eastward as
Illinois, had lost confidence in Roose-
welt and were afraid to trust him
with the presidency, the erstwhile
collector of internal revenue was un-
doubtedly talking to make himself
popular in a certain direction. This
seems all the more so when it is taken
into consideration that in the same
breath he declared that either Cleve-
land or Olney could carry Montana
and all the other states he alleged
we're dissatisfied with the service rem
dered by President Roosevelt. AS to
Bryan, the one time idol of western
democrats-well, in Mr.. Browns firm
opinion the distinguished Nebraskan
is but little better than a corpse, so
far advanced toward final decay as
to have become offensive to his for
mer worshippers and they do not want
to hear his name mentioned.
For this and the other remarks
the gentleman who held office under
Cleveland has been taken to task by
several of the democratic newspapers
of the state. While they do not open
ly accuse him of mendacity, they in
innate in no unmistakable terms that
he failed to adhere to the truth as
it exists, whether wilfully or because
of inorance of the facts. They are
willing to admit that no uproarious
demand will go up from Montana for
a third nomination of MI. Bryan, but
will not agree to Mr.. Brownies assev-
GRAFTON that the rank and file of the
party have turned completely on him
and prefer even Cleveland, were
the situation to assume such a form
that they would be obliged to choose
between the two. For the informa-
ton of the Bostonians and all others
who may be misguided by Mr..
Brownies remarks they want it dis
tinctly understood that mo- only is
Cleveland persona non grata to the
democrats of Montana, but the prin-
ciples for which he stands are abhor-
ent to them. In addition they also
want the fact to drill itself upon the
eastern mind that under nc set OF
circumstances may Cleveland hope to
carry the state, no matter who may he
nominated in opposition to him.
In his very CONNIE ndable effort to
speak a kind word for the man who
gave him a good, fat job, one that he
was enabled to retain long after a
loy3l republican should have been ap
pointed in his place, Mr.. Browne ar.
parently allowed his Judgment to
take leave and give way to his wishes,
At all events, he has prepared the
way for a reception upon his home
coming that may prove awkward and
annoying to him, not to say anything
about the loss of standing as an acute
and wise politician he has suffered in
consequence of his Boston interview
A VOTE FOR BILLINGS.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-12

But what a volume of arguments
the Baltimore fire supplies the doc
trinarians of prohibition. Had it not
been for that explosion of whisky the
fire might not have assumed the pro-
portions it did. On the other hand,
it may be said that whisky has never
been highly recommended as an ex-
tinguisher of anything but thirst.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-12
Great Removal Sale.

Be sure to call and see the cut price
sale. We are offering trimmed and
street hats. velvets, ribbons, etc., to
close ou: before moving to new loca-
ton in Northern building March 1.
M. KRON.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-12
Arrivals at The Elk.

M. w. Gaylord, Chicago; M. D.
Flynn, Red Lodge; Wm.Reed, Omaha;
J. r. Wiltract,, Houston Tex; ]. w.
Eddy, Jr., e. H. Grimes, Helena; G.
M. D~anielson, Butte; S. Aitkin, bud.
ley Kellar, A. N. johnson, r. Lee Al
len, Marie Wainwright company, New
Nork.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-12

Even though Japan was the first to
break off diplomatic relations, Rus
sia's reputation as the worlds cham
pion liar and deceiver has not been
made to suffer and the cars govern
ment still has undisputed possession
of the belt.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-12
Watch Lost.

Small open-face gold watch with
initials, IN. R." engraved on back
Finder will be rewarded if left at this
Office.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-12
Friday, February ~, 1904.
Another man, his name is Wall and

he lives in Wisconsin, has given evil
dence of a reckless disregard of fate.
He himself willing to &C
cept the democratic nomination for
president.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-12

Calling cards at The Gazette Office.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-12

OF course. America will observe the
strictest neutrality and implicitly OBJ.
serve the laws Of nations as they
py1sn Il the case OF war between
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-12

Read The Gazette and keep posted
on local happenings.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-12

Of the belt.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-12

president.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-30

known by that name throughout the
South ever since, at the time she re
fused the title and wrote the refusa
TO Mrs. Davis.
She is still first with the southern
soldiers, however, and has been spon
sOr at their various reunions for four
teen years. Two years ago, at Dallas
Texas, she was sponsor for the entire
Confederacy, and last year at New
Orleans she had sixteen maids OF
honor, selected as the prettiest girls
Of Virginia. The Third corps, Army
OF Northern Virginia, of which divis,
ion her father was lieutenant general,
has presented Miss Hill with four dia
mond medals of great value, and they
have erected monument to her
father that is a landmark of the
South.
The marriage Of the generals
daughter to the generals friend will
take place some time in November at
Petersburg, Va, where her father was
killed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-30
EVILS THAT FOLLOW DIVORCE.
Truancy and Waywardness of Child
rem as Shown in CHICAGO.

Divorce is the root of crime and
truancy among the juvenile delin,
quents of Chicago. This conclusion
has been reached by w. Lester Bo,
dine, superintendent of compulsory
education, after investigations eX-
tending over year.
Arrests made by the truant officers
and court records, Supt. BOdne de-
clares, shows that great majority
of the boys and girls who go wrong
are the children of divorced parents.
By testimony taken in his Office and
in court, these children have shown,
he says, that they first lose respect
for their quarelsome parents, and
when the parents separate the child
has only the influence of one.
Supt. Bodine, after collecting sta
tistics from court records and other
sources, declares that there are $4,000
divorced women in Chicago and near
ly as many divorced men. A major
ity OF these divorced people had child
rem, he has found On his estimate of
two children for each couple, the num-
Der of children of divorced people in
Chicago would be nearly 10000.
The superintendent quotes statistics
to show that many of the boys COM
mitted to the parental school, the
John Worthy school, the Jail, and
other corrective and charity institu-
tions, are half orphans through di-
vorce DEGREES. The same holds true,
he says, OF the girls committed to the
various industrial schools and institu
tons for hayward girls.
Other statistics collected by Supt,
Bodine show, he says, that marriages
and births are increasing and divorces
decreasing among the large and grow
ing foreign-born population, while
marriages and births are decreasing
and divorces are increasing among
the Americanborn population.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-30
Miss Lucy Lee Hill.

Miss Lucy Lee Hill, daughter of
the famous Gen. Ambrose Powell Hill
| Of Virginia, and herself loved daugh-
ter Of the South. after a few years of
standing face to face with the prOsaic
business world Of Chicago, is about
to come into her own, like the Prin-
cess in the fairy tale Her marriage
to Gen. James E. Magill, a wealthy
planter of Pulaski. Va. will take her
back to her own country, where up in
the Alleghennies she will be mistress
of Cleremont, Gen. Magills old home.
In Chicago she has been examiner
for the civil service.
Gen. Magill is a division command
er of the Virginia Confederate Vet
Grams association, and was well
known officer in the army of Gen.
Lee.
Miss Hill went TO Chicago from her
home at Petersburg, Va, during the
Worlds Fair in 1898 in the capacity of
lady commissioner to the worlds
Fair. Her mother and her sister, Mrs.
Russell Hill Hale, then went to Chi
cago and Miss Hill took the position
in the city hall
Shortly after this, and upon the
death OF Miss Winnie Davis jefferson
Davis daughter, Miss Hill was offer
ed the title of Daughter of the Con-
federacy,' and although she has been
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-30
Are Americans Popular in England I?

| nio <Aheiicans TOpulaf In England?
AS matter of fact, no English poll.
t1cian ever thinks of mentioning the
United States in the speech without
some complimentary adjective, and the
British public, which has long ceased
TO be the most stolid public in Europe,
and become instead, thanks to cheap
reading, one Of the most hysterical and
sentimental, always cheers heartily
any allusion to "Our cousins beyond
the sea-" and agrees rapturously with
the speaker that blood is thicker than
water" An American who tries to
persuade himself that his country has
political foe in England had better
stay IN America if he wants to keep
his faith whole. It would hardly sur
Vive a fortnight in England itself
Englishmen bear no grudges. They
are as proud of Washington as Amer
leans themselves; most of them are not
even aware that there was such q
thlng as the War of 1912; while they
quite cheerfully admit that all through
the Civil War and the Alabama bust
ness they were in the wrong, and were
rightly made to pay for it. In the Wis.
ltors' room at the Reform Club on
Fan Mall you will find over the mantle.
piece facsimile of the Declaration of
Independence, and above it medallions
OF washington, Lincoln and Grant.
Ihere is something rather fine in neo
pie that can thus candidly publish and
acknowledge two of the greatest blum.
ders in their history. But the British
nave grown into big habit Of ALWAYS
exempting Americans from the ordi
nary divisions of nationality. Ceci,
Rhodes was far from being the on}y
Englishman whose patriotism went he
yond the empire, and included the
race. The least imaginative LonCooci
reels himself and his country in very
special degree united to America. Il
IS the nation of all others he would
most like his own to be on Friendly anf
even intimate terms with.-Sydne,
Brooks in Harper's Weekly.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-30
Fifty Years q Clerk.

A few weeks ago a Wall street bank
clerk celebrated the completion of the
tiftieth year Of his service in the en-
ploy Of single bank, and the papers
singled it out as matter Of note that
an American had been content to serve
one master for fifty years. And it
was 4 matter of note. We printed
some little time ago a striking little
article Oh "Americans as Cutters"
Those were men Ct brains and energy
who quit when their job was done in
order 10 50 higher rp and Go a better
job, better still. But most of us are
more fitted to clerk it than to organize
and what is energy in adler men is CT
ten just plain restIesSness among the
rank and file. To serve one master
well for: fifty years is an achievement.
1t ought 10 be made diStinctivcly an
American one.-Leslics Magazine.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-30
A Good Shot.

The foreman Of The Minnie Healy
nike. at Butte. Mont. noticed an ap-
parcltly suspicious nan standing day
by Cay near the shaft house silently
gazing eastward where the Great
Northern Railroad tunnel pierces the
main divide Of the Rocky Mountains.
Approaching hiE2 one day, he said:
My man. wat are yOr doing here"
Faith, Jack Kane answered the
man, Il have been here iviry day for
the last thirty days watchin' them
enjines anG cars go into that hole in
the mountain, and, be gobs, not one of
them missed tic hole yct."-W. /. Lip
pincott, in Lippincott's.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-30
Celebrations Abroad.

OF course, wherever there is an
American Embassy there will be an Of
fetal Thanksgiving dinner. which is
made more or less cosmopolitan by the
presence of foreign guests.
In London. where the American col
ony is very large. a big banquet will
be given at one OF the leading hotels,
IN which 800 or more Americans and
their guests will participate.
This banquet is always the scene of
much speech making and the exchange
of elaborate compliments between rep
resentative Britishers and Americans.
This year there is sure to be a great
deal of mutual congratulations going
on, for there Las Iot been a time since
the Civil War when the understanding
between the two countries was so cor
dial. Ambassador ChOate is not likely
to let the good feeling anguish, and
there is every reason to believe that
the banquet will prove to be a most
felicitOus occasion.
Berlin ranks next 10 London in re-
spect to the celebration of the day and
the present entente between the An
SlO-SaXOn nations is favorable to al
more than usually cordial celebration
in that city.
Nice is one Of the great headquarters
Tor Americans On the continent. and
there is always an elaborate banquet
provided by Americans there for the
occasion. The day will be we'll cele-
DRAFTED there this year.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-30
DUTCH RULE IN JAVA,
Elaborate System of Etiquette In
sisted on by Conouerors


The government clerks in Java are
probably the best educated civil ser
wants IN the world. They are all
Dutch, OF course, for Java is owned
and governed by Holland, and every
mothers son of them is and must by
law be a graduate of the University
at Delft.
SPECIAL courses are maintained
there for those who expect to go ont
to Java in the government service,
and hone can crafty the ambition to
do so unless he has mastered French,
German, English and at least two of
the four languages spoken in Java,
one OF which must be Malay. The
higher officials and the judges must
speak three of the native tongues.
1t is forbidden to native to speak
Dutch, or high" Javanese, to a supe-
rlor, and no superior would think of
using anything but Glow" Javanese to
an inferior Servants must always
appear before their masters with
covered heads. Javanese, except of
high rank, may not smoke in the pres.
ence OF any European. The Dutch say
that If they did not insist on native
recognition of their superiority they
would not be able to attain their all,
thority at all. The etiquette of rank
as insisted upon among the Javanese
themselves is ever more severe than
that imposed by the Dutch upon the
natives.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-30
Persia's Ruler Decorates American

A. A. Rutis, manager of the foreign
department of the Iron City Trust
Company OF Pittshurg, has received
notice from the Persian government
that the shah has bestowed upon him
the Order of the Comradeship of the
Lion and the Sun, said to be one of
Persia's highest orders. Mr.. Rutis has
been instrumental in increasing i'm
ports OF rugs and carpets from Persia.
He has sent many buyers to Persia
with letters to the Persian authorities
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-30
Noted EnuIish Journalist

William Maxwell, now in the far
East as war correspondent for one of
the big London dailies, is perhaps the
best all-around journalist that London
possesses to-day. Maxwell was with
Kitchener to Khartoum and has the
medal with clasp for Omdurman. He
went to South Africa and was present
at all the preliminary fighting, in
Guiding Elardslaagte and Lombard
kop. He was in Ladysmith during the
siege
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-30

! saws ohrSity +, = unrvous disordn,
! caused bv = form Of dySprpsia.
II is believed that French nr,nf
growers use ylvrcrilp 10 Give their
dried frui, its peculiar "listeping an
poarancr
For several years a record has been
kept Of ,hc wear 81 Locomotives wheels
on the Danish State RAILWAYS, The
single drivers are found 70 RIM hottie,
than tour-coupIcI inc latter hatto,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-30
Origin Of the Lathe.

Nature, as we'll as necessity, moth
cred the invention of the lathe, the
first of machine tools. 1t was built
originally etween two adjacent large
tr' IS near which grew springy sap
ling. Lathes like it are used to-day in
some Of the Asiatic countries.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-30
New York Woman Wears Monocle

new YORK woman Wears Monocle.
The woman with a monocle has
made her appearance in New York,
creating quite a sensation on Broad,
way the other afternoon. She was
dressed in English-made costume, but
evidently was an American. She didn't
seem to care that nine out of every
ten persons she passed turned to get
second look at her eye gear; in fact,
she appeared to enjoy the attention
she attracted. One woman observer
offered a ray of hope. 1T may be
smart" said she, "but, really, doubt
if many women in New York will
wear monocles."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-30

1t is believed that French pwme
growers use glyceriAo 10 give their
dried fruit its peculiar glistening ap
pearanCe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-14
YOUNG BRITISH SOLDIER
SEEKS HIS LOST SISTER
Gerald Delaney Carries the Worn
Picture of Beautiful Girl in
His Bosom.
LORD ROBERTS'S ORDERLY

With the worn picture of his long lost
sister guarded closely in his bosom, Gerald
Delaney. of Manchester, England. an or
derly of Lord Roberts in the late Boer war.
called at the office of Mayor Hoffman yes
terday, appealing for aid to reach the Brit
ish consul at Chicago. where he will seek
passage back TO England. Delaney is a
small man, but carries himself with SOL
dierly erectness. He said he had been sick
was without a cent or any means of making
money as he is still too weak TO work. De-
laney said he had come to America to hunt
his sister who had left home ten years ago
and who had ceased writing two years ago
Delaneys affection for his sister was pa
thetic. Her picture. showing her a beau
tiful young girl, he carried all through the
Boer war He showed il with touch of
pride mingled with sorrow. The young
orderly was wounded at Bloemfontein. and
declares that the picture is stained with his
blood IF | should lose that" he said with
his clear English accent. 81 should want
TO lose my life" He says he thinks his
sister is in Pennsylvania.
During the Boer war Delaney went by
the name of his mother, "McManuS. He
came to indianapolis some time ago from
Cincinnati He landed in New Orleans nine
months ago, but: owing TO an accident. lost
the little sum of money with which he in
in indianapolis he has spent part OF the
time in the City Hospital.
Mayor Hoffman was not in his Office
when Delaney called. and tie young Briton
found no relief from his destitute circum-
stances.