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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
CHINA IMPORTING ARMS.
Immense Quantities Being Ordered u
Austria and Germany.

Austria and Germany.
washington, March II -B. H. War
ner, Jr.. consul at I4iepsic, Germany
writes to the state department that ar
Austrian company has just received
an order for SO large a number Of
small arms for the Chinese govern
ment that it will take the company
several years to fill the order, even
with additional forces of men.
This is only n Of many reports
that have come to the state depart
ment within the past six months that
both in Germany and Austria the arms
markers have been busy supplying the
Chinese modern arms and ammuni-
ton. The fact has attracted attention
here because it was provided in the
treaty of Picking which closed the
Boxer troubles that for a term of sis
years the importation of arms into
China should he stopped absolutely
The purpose was to reduce the ca
.pacity Of the Chinese ~peasantry fol
mischief through lsVless upr1sings
against foreigners, and as the danger
is now believed to be no less than il
was at the end Of the Boxer troubles
the officials here view with regret thts
laxity in the enforcement of the treaty
provision by the signatory powers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
SENATE COMMITTEE AUTHORIZES
FAVORABLE REPORT ON SEN
AToR ouARLEs' BILL.
THE TIMBER AND STONE ACT
MEASURE WILL REPEAL IT AND
WILL PROVIDE FOR THE SALE
OF TIMBER RIGHTS.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE senate
committee on public lands, after a con-
test extending over two years in which
an attempt was made to repeal all OF
the general land laws Of the country,
has authorized a favorable report on
Senator Quarles' bly, to repeal the
timber and stone act. AS reported the
bill has a provision authorizing the
secretary Of the interior to sell at pub
lie sale or otherwise the right to cut
timber on government lands. The bill
was amended to provide that the o
eys derived from the sale Of these
rights should be converted into the re-
clamation fund for irrigation purposes
and is now identical with n intro
duced two months ago by Senator
HansbrOugh, chairman Of the commit
tee.
Last year the Quarles bill was re-
ported over the head Of Chairman
Hansbrough, but it died with congress.
This year a majority of M was in
favor of reporting it. Chairman Hans
brough declined to put the motion for
reporting the bill without having a
chance to be heard in opposition to the
measure. He was charged with fill
clustering, but remained steadfast.
That was at the meeting last week and
the committee was compelled to adj
journ without taking action. Chair
man Hansbrough talked to members
of the committee individually and gave
as his view that the bill ii passed
would upset the land laws Of the en-
tire country and turn to Canada the
| great stream of immigration that was
now building up the West. He de
| clared the homestead law vital to the
interests Of the unimproved West and
suggested to the friends of the bill
that a measure be introduced for the
repeal of the timber and stone act
only. He won Senator Nelson to the
same view and the bill was introduced
by Senator Quarles and approved by
the committee.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
WILL FORM A COMBINATION.
Fire Insurance Companies Of the cour
try to Organize.

Fire Insurance Companies OF the Coun'
try to Organize.
Philadelphia, March 1.-THE In
Quirer says that the National Board of
Fire Insurance underwriters at a meet
ing held in New York Wednesday
came to an agreement with a commit
tee of twenty, representing various in
surance companies, by which all fire
insurance companies in this country
and all foreign companies represented
here will form a combination.
Uniform rates, the Inquirer says, are
to be fixed for the same class OF risks
in all cities, uniform legislation in all
states and cities is to be advocated,
and all technical work of all the com
panies is hereafter to be done by a
central board instead of local state or
city boards, as has been the custom.
Old insurance men state that this is
the first time the companies have been
able to agree upon plans, although the
subject has been frequently proposed,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
THREE LIVES D

Two Accidental Deaths and a Suicide
at Minneapolis.
Minneapolis, March 17.-Mrs. Mary
B. Nelson. eighteen years old, by mis-
take drank carbolic acid yesterday
which she had purchased to extermi-
nate vermin, and died four hours
later in terrible agony.
George l.. Reck, IN old soldier and
an inmate Of the soldiers home, vic
tim of the morphine habit, took an
overdose of his favorite drug yester-
day with fatal results.
Fred P. Eckert, No. 423 Ninth street
south, killed himself at 4 o'clock yes
terday morning by firing two shots in
to his breast. Dependency, due to
Illness, was the cause Of his act.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
HUSBAND SHOOTS HIS WIFE
Imagined She Was Trying to Have
Him Arrested for Insanity.

Pittsburg, March Hilary I. Nc
Alpine, local agent for the "Opens,
Smith & Wieman Tea company of New
York, shot his wife three times last
night, and. thinking she was dead,
tried to kill himself by cutting his
throat with a piece of glass, followed
by taking bichlorode of mercury tab
let's. McAlpiHe has a slight chance
for recovery and his wife is not in a
serious condition. It is said that Nc
Alpine for some time has been labor
ing under the impression that his wife
wanted to place him in an insane asy-
lum, and when Mrs. McAlpine started
for 2 drug store he thought she was
going for an officer and to stop her
McAlpine used his revolver.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
OCCUPIES NORTHERN KOREA.

Japanese Army OF Seventy Thousand
Men Under General kuroki.
Paris, March 1.-THE Toxic CORE
spondent of the Matin sends this in
formation, which he says comes from
reliable authority, concerning the
japanese military situation up to
March 10:
"The first army Of 10000 troops, I'M
der General Kuroki. occupies Northern
Korea. The brigade landed at Cen
q forms part of a second army OF
similar strength. The mobilization OF
the latter has been completed and the
troops will sail shortly for an unknown
destination. The mobilization OF q
third army began on March Z.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
SMALL BODIES OF TROOPS RE-
MAIN TO GUARD VARIOUS
POINTS ON RIVER.
PORT ARTHUR NOW UNSAFE
RECENT COMMANDMENT BY THE
JAPs PLAYED HAVOC WITH
RUSSIAN FORTRESS.

Yinkow. March ia c~reditable ma
tive arrived here Wednesday bringing
q report as late as March ~ from
Songhuangcheng to the effect that the
main body of the concentrated Rus
sian forces had crossed the Yalu.
leaving small bodies of troops at An
tung and other points to guard the
river. 81
A fortnight ago a few spies visited
Antung, but since then no Japanese
have been seer west of the Yalu.
The continued attacks Of the Japa-
nese have compelled the steady occu-
patton Of the I.iaotung peninsula. The
last bombardment of Port Arthur rem
dered every part of the fortress of
Port Arthur unsafe. Residents assert
that fragments of Japanese shells fell
everywhere, and that some railway
coaches and buildings were destroyed,
though most of the damage on the
shore was unimportant.
The chief movement on the Fung-
huangcheng military road is the dis
patch of riders to and from the. Rus
cian advance forces.
The only reliable reports at the pres
ent moment from the main Manchu'
,rian cities show a quiet movement
along the railway, and such cities as
Mukden, which are off the main line
are undisturbed. The people here are
not in possession of definite news Of
outside events. .f&
Foreigners choosing to remain in the
interior must now sign an agreement
restricting their movements and stipu
lating that a special pass is necessary
when leaving their bounds.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
DISCUSSES NEGRO QUESTION.
Mr.. spight Says President Roosevelt
Infiamed Passions Of Colored Man.

Mr.. Splght Says President HooseVeit
Infiamed Passions Of Colored Man.
Washington, March 17.-In the house
Wednesday during the discussion of
the postofice appropriation bill, Mr..
Spight of Mississippi discussed the ne
gro question and declared unjust the
attacks on the people of the South
who have been charged with brutality
and barbarism toward the colored race.
Comparing the lynchings and burnings
at the stake which had occurred in the
South with those in the North, he said
that the people of the South, in melting
out punishment to the negro who had
committed a fiendish crime, never fol
lowed it up with the violence toward
defenseless women and children as
had been done in the North. He de-
| clared that President Roosevelt by in
viting Booker T. Washington to dine
at the White House had done more to
inflame the passions of the negro and
to give him. a prevented idea or his i'm
| portance and his near approach to So
| cial equality than has been done for
| the past ten years.
Subsidies to railroads for special
mail facilities came in for consider.
able criticism by Mr.. Robinson Of In
| diana and Mr. Gaines of Tennessee,
the latter characterizing them as a
"legalized steal" Rural mail delivery
carriers found many friends on the
floor, who advocated increased pay fol
them and the privilege Of acting as
agents for newspapers and trades PEG
pie.
Mr.. Flood Of Virginia denied thai
Perry S. Heath was entitled to credit
for inaugurating rural free delivery
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
POISONED SWORD STORY A FAKE
Arose From a Clever Jap Scheme to
Stampede Russians.

st. Petersburg, March 1.-THE talk
Of "pyroxiline" %(poisoned) swords hav-
ing been left behind by the fleeing
Japanese is based on the mistransla-
ton of a Russian technical term. Cen
eral Zahlinski, chief of staff to Vice
roy Alexieff, in q telegram said that
pyroxiline had been found in the form
of disc-shaped ~torpedoes, six inches In
diameter, which the Japanese intend
ed to use in bestrewing the road over
which the Russians were expected to
pass in order that the explosions re-
sulting from the impact Of the horses
hoofs might a stampede. AS
the road between ANU and Pingyang
is very narrow the hoofs of the horses
Of the Russian cavalry and artillery
and the wheels of the wagons would
have been certain to have exploded
the torpedoes, thereby causing great
confusion.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
ADMIRAL STARK RELIEVED.

Vice Admiral Makaroff Will Act az
Squadron Commander.
st. Petersburg, March 17.-Offcial
orders were published Wednesday re-
lieving Vice Admiral Stark from he
command Of the Port Arthur division
of the navy, ostensibly on account of
illness. No will be appoint
ed, Vice Admiral Makarof having de-
termined to serve as squadron COM
mander as well as commandments
of the entire Russian naval force In
the far East.
Captain Shtchensnovitch, command
er of the battleship Retvizan, has been
decorated with the cross of st. George
for repelling the last Japanese torpedo
attack and sinking the Japanese fire
ships.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
EARTHQUAKES At SEATTLE.
Cause Small Panic in a Church Con
qregation.

Seattle, Wash, March 1.-Two
earthquake shocks were felt here at
8:1S O'Clock last night, the first of five
seconds and the seconds of fifteen
seconds duration. A vibration from
east to west, severe CROUCH to rattle
dishes, move chairs and shake up the
higher buildings, occurred. In the
Church Of the Immaculate Conception
a big congregation vas assembled and
q small panic was caused by the earth
quake.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
VATICAN FAvoRs JAPAN.
Missionaries Instructed to Secretly
Give Financial Aid.

Paris, March 1.-THE Rome CORE
spondent of the Jaurnal says that the
pope has decided to recall Monsignore
Lorenzelli, the nuncio at Paris, but
that in order to show that the action
is not connected with the question OF
President Loubet's visit to Rome, the
decision will not be announced for q
time.
It is asserted, according to this cor
respondent, that the congregation OF
the propaganda has ordered the mis-
~sionaries in Japan to secretly give
Japan financial aid in its conflict with
Russia. The French chief Of the mis-
sion has refused to obey this order on
the ground Of patriotism and because
| Of his friendship for Russia.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
Bad Fire at Aberdeen.

Aberdeen, s. D., March 1.-THE
transfer and storage warehouse of
John Macarthur and Son was burned
wednesday. The Acme Harvester
company lost $1,000 worth of stock,
and other firms suffered losses that
bring the aggregate up to nearly $780,.
900. The fire is believed to be of in.
cendiary origin.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
0 K IN THE DARK.
Unadvised Regarding Naval Move-
ments Of the Russians.

ments OF the Russians.
Toxic, March 17.-Tokio is unad-
vised regarding the naval plans and
movements of the Russians, and Is In
doubt whether the remnant OF their
feet is still at Port Arthur or is en-
route to Vladivostok.
Late Wednesday afternoon a tele-
gram reached the navy department
saying that seven Russian ships have
been reported as passing Fort Laza-
ref. The report was not circum-
stantial. It did not give the character
OF the ships or the direction in which
they were sailing. It is anticipated
that the Japanese by their activity will
speedily determine the whereabouts
and Intentions Of the Russians.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
PROJECT DEEMED TOO RISKY

Russian Baltic Squadron Not Going to
Far East by Northeast Passage.
Paris, March IT, The Echo de
Paris publishes a dispatch from Its st.
Petersburg correspondent which says
that the idea of the Russian Baltic
squadron going to the far East by the
Northeast passage has been given up
az too risky. The feet will probably
start in July and go by way of the
Cape Of Good Hope.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
ARMOUR CLOSES BIG DEAL.
Believed to Have Made Four Million
Dollars in Wheat.

Chicago, March 17.-With the clos
ing out OF a line of 100000 bushels
of May wheat Wednesday the Armour
people brought to a close the most re-
markable wheat deal on record. Four
million dollars, a million for each
month the deal was pending, is the
lowest estimate of the profits that &C:
crued to the big packer and his lieu
tenants. Several careful calculators
believe the amount was $5,000,0O
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
FARMER KILLS HIS WIFE.
Wealthy Young kansan Then Com
mits Suicide.

Chapman, Kan, March 17.-Robert
Kenney, a wealthy young farmer, shot
and killed his wife. Alice Kenney, at
their home here Wednesday and then
killed himself. Two years ago Kenney
was sued for breach of promise by the
woman he killed and a judgment OF
$4,000 was rendered against him. He
compromised the suit by marrying her.
but recently she sued him for divorce,
alleging cruelty.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
THIRTY GIRLS IN A PANIC.
Terrific Explosion Wrecks Buffalo
Plant Of a Biscuit Company.

Plant Of a BISCUIT Company.
Buffalo, N. Y, March 17.-Thirty
girls employed at the Ontario Biscuit
works were thrown into a panic when
a terrific explosion wrecked the plant.
The walls OF the building bulged out
ward and the floors sagged. Fortunate
" the stairway remained intact, and
the girls escaped. Superintendent Ed
ward D. Howe, was SO badly burned
that it is expected he will die. An
other man may lose his eyesight. 1t
is believed the explosion was caused
by a leakage of natural gas used as
fuel in the plant. The loss on the
building is $4,000.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
Sharp Shock at Victoria.

Victoria, B. c., March 17.-At 8:18
last night the sharpest shock of earth
quake felt in Victoria for twenty
years shook the city. Clocks were
stopped and invalids screamed with
terror. .e5
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
FROM wIJU TO cHANeToNc.

Russian Forces Occupy an Area Forty
Miles In Extent.
London, March 17.-The Toxic o r
respondent of the Times cables that
the latest report says the Russians are
occupying an area having q 4O-mile
base from Win to Changtong and ex-
tending south to the Pakchon river.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
CONSIDERS KOREA BELLIeEREN7
Russia Gives Notice That She vii!
Act Accordingly.

Seoul, March 17.-The Korean
superintendent of trade at Kyong-
hung, on the Tumen river, has receiv-
ed a note from the general in command
at Vladivostok saying that since Korea
has Joined Japan, Russia considers
Korea as belligerent and will act &C
cordingly.
Two thousand Korean troops now at
Seoul will be sent north next week.
The Japanese a~scertained definitely
that a strong force Of Russian artil-
lery is on the north bank of the Yalu
river and that earthworks have been
thrown up. Advices from Chonju, q
town northeast Of ANU, say that the
people are in a state Of panic, owing
to the treatment Of women and the
Selling of grain by the Russians.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
LARGE FORCE AT AsHANcHENc
Russians Hold an l~nvulnerable Strate-
ojcaD Point.

gicaI Point.
Yinkow, March lit is authentical-
" reported that for a week past there
has been only a small and changing
military garrison at Haicheng, but
that a large force has been stationed
at the invuinerably fortified and strate-
gical town of Ashancheng, where the
Japanese army concluded it's advance
during the war between China and
japan.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-18
REPORT is uNcoNFlRMED.
One Correspondent Denies That Rus
slams Are Advancing.

London, March 17.-No further news
Of the progress of hostilities in the
far East has been received here. There
Is much interest manifested in the re-
port that the Russian main advance is
crossing the Yalu. but this is not yet
confirmed, and, according to the Daily
Chronicles Pingyang correspondent.
all the Russian troops have left North
Korea, 10000 of them being concen-
trated at Kulioncheng, north Of the
Yalu river. in Manchuria.
The Daily T~'elegraph's S%ebastopol
correspondent says it is semi-offcially
announced that Russia has abandoned
the idea of sending her Baltic squad
ron to the far East by the way of
Behring straits as impracticable.
A Port Arthur dispatch avs that Ad-
miral Wittsoeft has been appointed
chief of Viceroy Alexieff's naval staff
and has gone to Mulkden. c8
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-02
MISSOURI POLITICS.
Mr.. Burrows Thinks President Roose-
welt May Garry the State.

Mr. Thomas Burrows formerly a prom
inent figure in railroad circles here, but
now in charge of the railway terminals
lires at St Louis, Mo-. is in the city Mr..
Burrows trip is one of business, but while
here he will also visit his parents He
gives glowing account of the general
prosperity of that section of the country.
In speaking of the approaching presiden
tial and state campaigns, in conversation
with a Star reporter, he stated it as his be-
lief that the outcome of the elections this
fall looked very discouraging for the DEM
ocratic party. In speaking of the contests
for supremacy in the state of Missouri from
a local as we'll as national standpoint, MIR.
Burrows thinks the republican party is
gwen a rare opportunity to reverse the or
der of things and reap success at the polls
in November. President Roosevelt said
he, lis becoming more firmly intrenched in
the hearts of the western people every day
and l find that the highly prosperous con-
dition of affairs there at this time very
greatly strengthens their confidence in the
present chief executive. The reason for
such feeling, he continued lis due to
their worn-out patience with broken-down
issues and policies and also to the fact
that they are unable to reason out a con-
cluson that there exists in the democratic
party at the present time a man sufficiently
strong to lead the widely divided factions
of the party. Missouri does not look with
favor upon Senator Germans candidacy"
Mr.. burrows stated. Mr.. Bryan is essen
TALLY weak with the masses and Mr.. Par
ker is known to an overwhelmingly small
extent in that state"
Mr.. Burrows advanced a further and a
more potent reason for republican success.
In the coming state contests for CONTROL
said he, .'the democratic party will prob
ably accept Mr.. JOS. w. Folk as it's leader.
and the opinion that is generally accepted
that he is universally popular is very mis-
guided because of his alleged breaks in
conducting the recent bribery cases in ST.
Louis. He gained the enmity of VIM. But
Ter. who was finally acquitted of the
charges against him and who has Joined
the republican forces and working jealous
ly in its ranks. Butler has wonderful
following in the city of st. Louis alone and
it is said that his personal adherants in
that city will more than counterbalance the
diminished majorities of the democrats
which in the last election amounted to only
5000 in the entire state
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-02
MOURN LOSS OF CLIMBERS.
Firemen in Sorrow Over Death OF
Mascot

"Cinders." the little thoroughbred Irish
terrier. which for several years has been
the mascot of Truck Company A of the
fire department, will no more make life
a burden to the rats that have been wont
to infest the truck house and the build
ings in the neighborhood of Truck Com
pany A. The little terrier is no more He
has gone to a place from whose precincts
rats are excluded. and the members of
Truck Company A are mourning their loss.
"Cinder's" little life was crushed out of
his body yesterday while the company was
responding to an alarm of fire The dog
responded as usual with the truck when
the alarm sounded and was running gaily
along beside the wagon. When the truck
common street dog attracted the attention
attention to duty the little terrier SHE'D
front wheels.
The fremen were obliged to continue on
their way to the fire and consequently to
leave their injured pet lying in the street
quivering in the agonies of DEATH When
they returned from the conflagration Gin
ders was breathing his last
The little dog was great favorite with
the fire fighters of Truck A. He was ex-
ceptionally intelligent and seemed to real
ize the meaning of the fire gong for when
ever an alarm was sounded he always re-
sponded with the company and on arriving
at the burning building would rush into it
with the members of the COMPANY defying
the smoke and flames.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-02
ON THE RIVER FRONT
CHIEF ENGINEER MOORE GETS
UNEXPECTED BATH.
Sailing Vessels Preparing for Early
Resumption of Business-General
Activity Promised.

Chief Engineer VIM. A. Moore of the
Randall line received cold bath yes
terday morning that was to say the least
uncomfortable. Mr.. Moore had placed
plank on the rim of the paddle wheels of
the steamer Kent, which is lying at Alex
andria- in order to make an examination of
the hull of The steamer and was lying at
full length on the plank only a few inches
above the surface of the water. Intent
upon his Investigations, Mr.. Moore was sud-
denly startled by wave of icy cold water
sweeping over him, and he scrambled from
his position with more speed than grace
Then he saw the naval tug Tecumseh
speeding up the river, and 1t was swell
from her wheel that had ducked him. The
next time the chief takes a bath in the
river, he says. 1t will be warmer weather.
The receipts of fish from the Potomac in
this vicinity in the past twenty-four hours
have been larger than any day during the
winter, but the demand was large and all
grades of fish sold well. The supply from
the fisheries about Norfolk was small.
Prices range at the following figures: For
pan rock. 12c. per pound: medium rock lie
to zoe. per pound: boiling rock. 2Oc per
pound; sheepshead, &c. to Sc. per pound;
white perch, 10c. to 15c. per pound; black