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PROBABLY AS
IN OKLAHOMA
HOW cEDED CROW LANDS WILL
BE DISPOSED.
REGISTER AND DRAW LOTS
Plan Devised by Present comnis-
sioner Of General Land Office
Proved. Successful.

Now that it is assured almost be
yond question Of doubt that the sen
ate will pass the Grow reservation
segregation bill at the present ses-
sion Of congress, some speculation is
being INDUCED in as to the form the
president will prescribe for settlers
I to enter upon me lands widespread
interest IS being taken hT people
within several hunared miles Of the 4
reservation who look with longing
eyes for the time when they viii be.
( permitted to enter upon the lands.
Policy Of General Land onice.
The policy Of the general land Of
fea at washington where tha plans
are us4allgt formalatea 1ar the H,al
opening af Indian reservations. ii re
cent years i'll almost every instance
! has been 70 pernit settlement Of Sc
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here made,
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HesolTed' phat lha re2ahlloala
st1le een1Fal ce'fflEl1lplee oI montana
hAs learned WlBA pfoloana soffoN ol
tAe deafh @ the honofaole Marcus
4. t1anaa ehairlnan II .the fepaolleah
lla4llollaI e2l3Rzlil etsss, Wn4ch occurred -
lhe eltS y Waanl2lston on ths lseh
instant.
Resolved, That through his death
the nation has lost an aol9i davoted
and patriotic servant, aad the rapubli-
can party has. fean deprived Of the
aid and counsel CT a leader OF match
less ABILITY ana QaswerTing loyalty so
he organization aad aalple \ 1Ae.
party
Resolvad. rhat the heartfelt syn
patly of the committee be extended
tD The surviving widow and family Of
our departed friend.
aReso1vea THAT the secretary he d..
sa+ss y =, i anaraszsa = cow
of tbaea ,.aaal17t;ans ~ tho baraava5
viflow II oar deceased leader. and
also a ooDv sfo the Honorable IT. g.
Toayne acfina opairr7an If tba rappb.
lican national committee
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Some of the counties were here by
/ proxy. These who were IN attendance
/ We're:
Beayernead, j. ID. Morse of. Dillon.
E,roadrW2ser. FI. Berg OF Townsend
Carbon, Stata Senator w. f,, Meyer
( OF Red Lodge.
Dawson, William Lindsay of Glen
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for aid IN fprtherance Of The request
here rtA1e.''
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Without exception the members of
the central committee present express
ed the belief that the prospects for a
sweeping republican victory in Mon
tana were never better tnan they are
this year. William Lindsay, chair
man of the committee, seemed to ex-
press the general opinion when he
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y ! ANA, l y L0DA / I LDhU
said that all The signs Of the times
pointed TO republican success.
'The party is harmonious" he
said, "and that with the other things
that viii have an influence in the COM
ing campaign make republican success
assured In my opinion. the party in
Montana was never more united than
at present. Without q doubt, that is,
in every human probahility Mr. Rsose-
welt will be nominate 5g Eh ago
convention, and with air2 tie head
Of the ticket, the republicans should
aep the state. l look for big repub-
lan gains in every. county, and I see
n hing now that will serve to cheat
us Of victory"
g. b. Collins, secretary Of the com
mittee, is also confident that the re-
publicans Of Montana will make great
gains this year.
1--WE look for great gains in every
county, he said. sThe fact that many
new settlers came to Montana last
year viii aid the republican party.
Many Of those settlers came from
Iowa and other republican states,
and the greater portion Of them are
( republicans, Democracy is not har-
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Card of Thanks.

We desire to express our heartfelt
thanks to our friends and neighbors,
who by word and deed conveyed to
grief-stricken parents the feeling and
sympathy at the time OF our sorrows;
also to friends in Billings, and mem
bers OF the Elks, who SO kindly as
sisted and provided beautiful flowers,
which dia so much to ease the blow
in the deprture of our darling little
daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred. w. Handel.
Musselshell, Mont, Feb. 20, 1904
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WENT nolWN TO Defeat.
Billings Bowiina Team Beaten :
Miles City.

Excuses might be offered, but they
would not change the results end the
Facts would remain unaAered, conse-
auaatig the nea who resumed f1onl
Miles CITY this morning haye little to-
say except that the Aileslans peat
them, and that they had d gpod time
and were treated in a royal manner.
The Hillings trio that now knows
that Miles has three men VINO are no
58vices at the game of bowling is
oenposed Of Williams, Riehstein and
Sherman. The men who defeated them
arb Elliot afcCaanell and Keenan,.
,Ihis is the way il was done:
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Ranch For Sale.

Desirable ranch for SALE near Big
ditch; running water, good feed yards,
orchard in bearing. Address G. H.,
care Gazette. S5-9
For Sale or Rent.
Three-room house, Thirtysecond and
Fourth avenue, north. Apply to Lon
w. Chapple. II Belknap block. 85r2t
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na, Teb. 22.-Billings gets the

745
honor OF the second, or nomlnaans
republican state convention u this
oeaTeatton, aas in the other, al dele
Gates will be entitled to seats.
TO Helena has been given the first
convention, The one 70 name delegates
ta 'ae national convention that meets
at#'S-aaicago June a, 70 name q presl-
Dental ticket.
This Is the decision that was ar-
rived at today by the state central
committee.
Tbe date fer the nominating con
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TiJE APPQETloMM E l-F-.
Number Of Delegates Each County Is
Entitled To.

The subioined table shows the ap-
portioamant by counties agreed upon
by the committee. 1t applies to both
conventions:
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For Sale.

Purebred Buff Plymouth Rock eggs.
Is from pen No. l, s1.50; from pen
No. 2, 81. M. R. Howard, Absarokee,
Mort. S4-9
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-04
Keeping the Bishop Humb1e.

Bishop E. S. Lines of Newark while
a guest Of the Church club Of New
York told this story TO illustrate, as he
said, the effort on the part of the clergy
to keep the bishops humble
Il was over in New York the other
day" said the bishop land met on the
street a young clergyman whom l had
known in New England some time ago.
a most estimable young man. but one
who is inclined to take life very seri-
Ously. How do you do, J.P said l. I
am very glad to see you. Where are
you located now?
4 am in the Tombs, replied J.
"'How fortunate it is that they let
you out for day so that l could have
the pleasure of seeing you!
oh, not exactly that, you know. l
had the choice of the chaplaincy Of the
Tombs or parish in Newark, and /
chose the Tombs.' New York Times.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-04
THE MAN WHO WAS NOT.
Strange story Concerning Powder
Magazine Explosion.

Cope Whitehouse, the authority on
Egyptology and other branches Of sci
ence. discussing the recent explosion at
Woolwich in the Newport Herald, re-
lates the following story, which, he
says. was told by Sir Benjamin Baker
at a dinner of the Smeatonian club, an
association of British civil engineers,
which was attended by Mr.. White
house:
There were two mixing houses at
Waltham abbey, separated by a con-
siderable space and fully protected by
banks of earth. Two men were pass
ing between these houses when both
exploded. They said that the one on
the right went off first but it was sup
posed that this was an inference affect
ing the memory. They could not un-
derstand the simultaneous explosions
and therefore supposed that one must
have preceded the other by a sensible
period of time. But the scientific ad-
visers of the government were of the
opinion that the stability of the com
pound was disturbed through some
sympathetic action.
These men also said that they
threw themselves on the ground to
avoid the falling fragments As
prone position was the worst possible
their nerves were evidently shaken.
They had observed before the eX
plOsiOn a workman approaching the
door Of one of these houses. When
they rose to their feet their first
thought was for him, and they looked
around to see where he was. But al
though they looked and looked they
found no body or part of it. He was
not, for the air took him. According
to the scientific explanation his atoms
had received a jar which had shaken
them to pieces of about the billiOnth
of an inch in diameter or less.
"As would be said now, he became a
collection of antagonistic electrons.
They found part of an empty stocking
and the heel of a boot. That was all.
1t must be remembered that there
would have been no inorganic matter
about him, no metal or hard substance.
Therefore as the mysterious processes
Of life had built him up, so also they
had built the material of his clothes.
The fragments which escaped anni-
hilation were apparently due to one of
those electrical freaks common In
thunderstOrms"
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-04
MAY PROSECUTE
The BEEF TRUST
House Has Resolution Ordering Action
by Commerce Department
HOW INJUNCTION IS VIOLATED
~ a ~, sc'l..'.7 8 ~ =

Washington, March 2.-Whether the
beef trust is violating the injunction
resting against it is to be made the
subject of official investigation by the
department Of commerce and labor, ac-
cording to a resolution ordered report
ed favorably to the house by the COM
mittee on interstate and foreign COM
merce. Should the house take favor
able action on the resolution, which is
to be called up at the earliest possible
moment by Chairman Hepburn, it will
constitute the first instructions from
congress to the new department to ex-
ercise the powers given it under the
law to investigate the operation of in
dustrial institutions.
The resolution was introduced in the
house February 4, by Representative
Martin, of South Dakota. Mr.. Martin
was given an extended hearing by the
committee, in which he made the as
sertiOn that the beef trust" was vio-
lating the spirit of the injunction, if
not its letter. The resolution was
amended so as to provide that the re-
port of the investigation should go to
the president as provided in the law
creating the new department, instead
of to congress.
Should the investigation show viola
tions of the injunction the matter will
undoubtedly be referred by the presi-
dent to the department of justice, and
the trust" proceeded against for con-
tempt of court
To illustrate how he believed the in
junction against the beef trust" was
being evaded by that combination,
which, he stated. consisted of seven
concerns, Mr.. Martin said he was told
by a stockman that he had Just sold
train load of fat steers in Chicago.
When he arrived in that city he sought
bids for his stock. He went to the
various concerns. but could secure a
bid from only one, He finally accept
ed this bid. His curiosity had been
aroused, and he resolved to see what
the reason was for this condition. That
night the steers were separated into
seven equal lots and sent to the seven
different concerns. Explaining further,
Mr. Martin said that before the in
junction was issued it was the custom
Of these firms to agree the night before
on the price they would bid the next
day for beef on the hoof.
To illustrate the profit that he as
serted was being made by the beef
trust, J." Mr.. Martin said that on Febru-
airy l, 1902, the price of good to extra
steers" WIS $3.50 per hundredweight,
and the price of good to extra beef
sides" was $S.S71a; on August l, 1903,
the price of beef sides was the same as
on February 1. but the price of live
beef had dropped to S5.17 per hundred
weight. During the month of August
$4,000 steers were sold on the Chicago
market making, according to Mr.. Mar
tin, an additional profit to the 'trust''
for the month of s3,SS2, ,263. This sum.
he declared, would permit of the pay
ment of $4,000 per day fine by the seven
companies for violation of the injunc-
ton and leave a handsome profit re-
sulting from the control of the price
of beef.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-04
Rearets Vlckeburq Ineident.

st. Petersburg, March 1.-THE state
ment Of the commander of the United
States gunboat Vicksburg regarding
the Chemulpo affair was communicat-
ed to the foreign Office by The Asso-
ciated Press correspondent and was
received as a complete and satisfac-
tory explanation. Regrets were ex-
pressed that the incident had created
so much feeling here.
1--WE had no official advices on the
subject" said an official, but as the
incident was attracting much atten-
ton here it is a source Of qualification
to learn the statements were not only
untrue. but that the Vicksburg was the
first to render aid. We desire to pre-
serve the most amicable relations with
the American republic and when the
truth is generally known it will doubt
less 90 far to allay the irritation
caused by the original report"
When the government receives an
official report of the aid rendered by
the Vicksburg to the Russian wounded
it will express to the United States
its formal thanks, as in the case of
the British, French and Italian. war
ships.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-04
MopERN RACING GRAFT.
Made Four Thousand Years Ago, ns
shown by EEypCs ships.

shown by EgypCs ships.
The truth of the old saying that there
is nothing new under the sun has been
once more demonstrated by the discov-
cry of a model boat at least 1000 years
ed which resembles in many respects
the racing craft OF the present days,
says Golden Penny THIS model boat
was discovered in an Egyptian tomb.
Although the boat is only Il toy, it af-
fords proof of the fact that the racing
boats Of 600 years ago were certainly
modelled on the lines of the latest rae
.ng yachts. The model is obviously that
of pleasure boat, for the hull has
been so cut down for the sake of speed
that il would be quite useless as a
cargo or passenger boat The most
modern rowing boats made have not
such q deep keel as that from which
tie model was copied.
There Las been a good deal of dis
cUssion at one time or another as TO
whether England or America invented
the 'Gn kee" Cor racing boats. There
Is nc question that the nonor belongs to
neither country, since both have uncon-
sciously copied the idea from Egypt.
Cnti a few years ago boat builders
mad never constructed boat with
line PROV equal to that seen on the lit
tie model just unearthed. Racing
yachts of twenty years ago had no
such lines
In some respects. at least, we have
improved on the boats of 1000 years
ago The stern of the model is not so
good as would be the stern of a model
Of a modern racing yacht. Consider
able improvements have also been made
In the steering gear. However, to all
intents and purposes the boats used
by river enthusiasts on the Nile 1000
years ago were very much like the
modern racers of today from the point
Of view of appearance. In the matter
of speed the modern boat would be
their superior Philadelphia Ledger
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-04
nIh LnI.es pnnnInr-

1T must he very discouraging to the
men who write comedy, and especially
to the men who write librettOs Of the
musical comedies. to realize that the
old Jokes are the ones that invariably
get the laugh" said the veteran theater
goer. II have frequently observed this
state Of affairs. The original humor
that the author places in the mouths Of
bis characters never seems to appeal
to the audience like the moss grown
tests that are evidently interpolated.
In fact. the older a joke is the more
welcome it seems to be- I suppose it's
on the principle that old friends are
best. attended a performance the
other evening that was full Of laughs,
and most of the lines were original,
but the thing that struck the audience
as being the funniest bit in the show
was when the principal comedian
drinks champagne for the first time,
makes a grimace and says, 1t feels
just like your foot was asleep Then
the people howled and nearly fell out
of their seats from sheer force of mer-
riment And yet I'll venture TO say the
joke if you can call it joke, is at
least twenty years old 1t just goes
to show that familiarity doesn't always
breed contempt "-PhiladClphia Record.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-04
Japs Steal March On Russians.

Japs Steal March On Russians.
Lao Yang Manchuria, March 2-The
Japanese have occupied Ichio Yang,
Korea, and are now fortifying the walls
of the town. This was the objective
point of General Mishtchenko, who,
with a detachment of mounted Co.'S
sacks, had reached Kansaja, Korea,
and was expected to arrive at Ichio
Yang Monday A detachment Of Rus
sian troops is in the neighhorhood of
Ichio Yang. The Koreans are averse
to giving the Russians information re-
gsrding the movements OF the Japa-
nese.
The Chinese troops around Liau Che
are being reinforced. Yuan Shi Kai
the Chinese commander-in-chief, has
10000 men near Junipin Flu, while 15,-
900 men are with General Ma. Fresh
troops axe arriving in the province Of
Chilli
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-04
The Sunday schools.

The fact is brought out by the Edu-
catiOnal Review that over 100000
persons are enrolled in the Sunday
schools Of this country In the public
schools the enrolment is nearly 49,
100000, or only 100000 more. The
accusation that the religious education
of children is neglected in America,
with the consequence of inevitable NOR
al degeneration in our society, as al
legged by the Rev. Mr.. Geer, is not sus-
tained by these statistics. More atten-
ton seems to be given. to the religious
training Of children in this country by
churches and in schools and by home
instruction than in any other Of Chris
tendon.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-04
.RussIa obIeets tto New cabIe.

ST Petersburg, March If an az
tempt is made to lay cable from the
Island of Guam t. Japan during the
continuance of hostilities it will be re-
garded as contraband of war under the
proclamation promulgated Sunday. AS
pointed out to the Associated Press
correspondent, the proclamation is spe-
cific on this question, and it is not be-
Iieaed here that the United States Will
undertake or authorize such a cable
now. as it would constitute a breach
of neutrality, according to the Rus
sian view.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-04
Tho uouse Thermometer.

Every one ought to make constant
use Of a thermometer. Get a good ther-
mometer They don't cost much. Hang
one in your sleeping room. Hang an
other in the living room. Note what
temperature is an agreeable one. We
presume that 40 +. will be found agree
able to most people. Sixty-fve would
perhaps be better. At any rate. note
what temperature furnishes sufficient
heat so as to produce comfortable liv-
ing rooms Get posted on this subject
for yourself. Don't wait for somebody
10 tell you what the temperature Of
your living room ought to be. Find
out for yourself You can note for
yourself what temperature is the most
agreeable one. One practical good will
be accomplished by watching your ther-
mOmeter-you will note how variable
the heat Is in the house. Sometimes it
is go. sometimes so and even above.
This ought not to be allowed An
equitable temperature should be main
tained and can be just as well as not
A thermometer intelligently used is
worth its weight in gold. - Medical
Talk
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-04
Russian rroops In Korea.

Seoul, Korea, March 2--Advices from
the north report that 400 Russians are
at Chnng-Ju, 500 at Kusong and so al
Anju. These forces probably are only
feelers sent out to l0aate the position
of the Japanese.
All the Americans formerly at Sun
Chun, with the exception of one fam
lily. have arrived at Ping Yang.
The emperor of Korea has dissolved
the organization of the peddlers' guild,
which has been a disturbing factor in
the situation.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-04
Wonlt Be a sac Hanuman.

Trenton, N. J.. Feb. 20. - Head
Keeper George o. Osborne. of the
state prison, declares he will resign
If the bill to have all hangings in this
state take place at that institution be-
comes a law. Mr.. Osborne said he
would not become a state hangman.
Besides, he said that the executions
could not take place without the pris-
oners knowing about them. This, he
was satisfied, would upset the prison
discipline.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-04
The Rest Einhtr Yenr.

81 would not live in any other period
Of the worlds history than In the
eighty years in which it has been my
good fortune to live" said the Rev Or.
Henry G. Weston. the venerable head
Of Grocer Theological seminary, to a
newspaper friend who had called.
when l began life everything was
done practically as it had been done
for centuries before, only a little bet
ter. News was carried by the post
rider, as it was in the days of Alex
ander the Great; transportation was
the same as in the period of the great
Macedonian warrior, and it took just
rs long TO reach places as it did in the
days of the ancient Greeks. But
have seen the coming of all the great
cst things in mechanics, science and
ger eral progress the world has. 1t has
been the greatest eighty years in the
history Of this globe, and l would not
begin my life again if could. ."-Phila-
delphia Record.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-04
READY To ADvANcE IN KoREA

All Jap Forces There and Russians
Have a Surprise In Store.
Paris, March 2.-The correspondent
OF the Associated Press is informed
that authoritative advises have been
received in Paris to the effect that the
japanese general staff le,t Japan for
Chemulpo, Korea. LIS l.. accepted as
showing that all the troops necessary
for the forward movement have been
landed in Korea, and it IS eEDectcd that
the movement of troops VIII begin the
last of this week. With respect to the
Russian force which will contest the
way, it is said that there will be some
surprise manifested at the strength the
Russians are able to dispose of.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-04
Russia Accepts u. S. Attaches.

Washington, March 1.-The Russian
army formally has granted the request
of the United States that certain offi-
GERS of the American army be permit
ted DO accompany the Russian troops
and witness their operations in the war
with Japan. Ambassador Mccormick,
in a cablegram Informing Secretary
Hay Of this fact, states that the officers
cannot join the Russian army before
April Is of the Russian calendar.