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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-30
Gard Of Thanks.

We desire to express our most
heartfelt thanks to the friends and
neighbors for aid and sympathy *
tended during the terrible calamity
that befell us in the accidental death
Of our little son
Mr.. and Mrs. George Spenddif.
Musselshell, Mont August %, 1904.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-30
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EDEEMABLE
..LAS PALMAS" Bands

..lAS PAlMAS" Bands
Mail fifty and receive a hand
some combination memorandum
book, purse and card case.
s. LAS Palmas" Cigar and Tobacco
factory, asa {. 18th ST., New York.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-30
For Sale.

Four-room cottage on corner, one
block from new court house; also one
parlor mirror. call at 2511 Third ave.
nue., north. k-s1
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-30
Wanted.

To let so acres of blowing.
1874 T. G. ARMITAGE.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-03-18
Uchida, and insisted on seeing him

Uchida, and insisted on seeing him
personally.
When she was taken before him she
explained that she had brought papers
of some sort from Port Arthur, briefly
detailing how she secured them. A
few minutes later when they were
handed to him the minister saw at a
glance the great Importance Of the
girls prize.
In the words Of Miss Ando, "the hon.
orable minister was much pleased with
me and said the papers would be Of
much service. He also said for me to
go to Japan before the Russians got
after me, and he looked after me and
put me on a ship. am glad that
have been Of some value to the ma
tion."
Miss Ando Is now in Toxic, where
the papers preceded her and where her
parents live. She is "in great honor.
and received by everybody" to quote
Japanese account. Indeed. her pa
rents modest home Is sort of patri-
otic Mecca for all conditions Of her
cnuntrymen.
Miss Ando takes her new found hon.
ors calmly.
Il am glad I have been Of some
value to the nation" she tells her Wis
itors.-New York Sun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-03-18
Picture Of Eaqle.

A. L. NJ. Gottschalk. the American
consul at Guayaquil. Ecuador, tells a
good story about the difficulties he has
had to keep a monkey on the consulate
premises because Of the depredations
of the boa constructors. The big rep
tiles have a failing for monkeys. and
these agile little pets must keep a con-
slant lookout for them. If Jocko drops
into doze he is likely TO wake up
dead"
On the occasion with which the story
deals Il monkeys life was saved by
the picture of an American eagle.
The consulate sign all the world over
is fine reproduction of the king Of
birds. in full color, and with outspread
wings. A new sign had just been re-
ceived and was sitting on chair in
side the room. A big boa constructor
chased the house monkey across the
yard and through the open window.
Jocko was making a good race, but a
losing one. He was in the corner,
quaking with fear. and very near to
deaths door, when his pursuer con-
fronted the picture of the eagle in its
menacing attitude. A snake fears ca
giles even more than it Graves monkeys,
and that particular reptile turned tail
and went out of the window as quickly
as If the devil was after 1t. That mon
key n smart monkey. and now
whenever 1T wants to take a nap 1t
goes to roost over the picture of the
eagle.-Chicago Chronicle.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-03-18

out Oh the road the lashing dust
came stinging him like thousand net
Ties. 1t smothered him and beat him
SO that he covered his face with his
sleeve and fought into the storm shoul-
der foremost, dimly glad Of its uproar,
vet almost unconscious Of 1t. keeping
westward on his way to nowhere.
West or east, north or south, it was oil
one to him. The few heavy drops that
fell boiling into the dust ceased to
come; the rain withheld while the wind
kings rode on earth. On he went in
spite Of them. On and on, running
blindly when he could run at all. At
least the wind kings were company.
He had been so long alone. There was
no one who belonged to him or to whom
he belong d. For day his dreams
had found in q girls eyes the precious
thing that is called home. Oh, the wild
fancy! He laughed aloud.
There was startling answer-a
lance of fire hurled from the sky, irving
the fields before his eyes, while crash
on crash numbed his ears. With that
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-03-18
Conclusions of Fifty Scientists After a
Study of Ten Years.

Conclusions of Fifty Scientists After a
Study of Ten Years.
The committee of fifty scientists
which has for ten years been studying
the liquor question has issued its
fourth preliminary report in two VOL
umes. The following are the main
conclusions drawn. Effects of moder-
ate or occasional use Of alcoholic
drinks differ with individuals, age. oc-
cupation and climate. With the ma
jority Of occasional moderate drinkers
no special effect upon health seems
to be observed by themselves or their
physicians. In some such cases drink
ing is harmful in a few it Is thought
TO be beneficial. Eighty per cent of
the leading brain-workers of the Unit
ed States use alcoholic drinks occa-
sionally or regularly or in moderation.
The use of such drinks to stimulate
mental effort gives, on the whole, bad
results. Even occasional or moderate
use is likely to be harmful to young
persons mainly because of the danger
of it's leading to excess. Among dis
eased or infirm persons over fifty years
of age, alcoholic beverages, while
sometimes useful. should be taken, if
at all. with the last meal of the day.
Fine old whiskies" and fine old
brandies" are nearly as likely to pro-
duce injurious effects as are the
cheaper sorts. If taken in the same
quantities.
In moderate quantities, beer. wine
and diluted whisky have a certain
food value. but they are seldom used
for food purposes-rather for their ef-
feet on the brain. In large quantities,
and for some persons even in moderate
quantities, they are poison. Alcoholic
drinks in moderate quantities may he
useful as restoratives in fatigue af-
ter work Is done, but they often pro-
duce depression and harmful results
when used just before and during la
Dor, physical or mental.-Harper's
Magazine
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-03-18

hoor beats grew louder. coming out
from the town, coming faster and
faster, coming here. There was a
FLASHING and trampling in front Of the
house and sharp Whoa" In the
dim light of first dawn she made out
a man on a foam 6ecked horse. he
drew up at the gate.
A window to the right Of hers went
screeching up. She heard the Judge
clear his throat before he spoke.
"What Is It? That's you, isn't 1t,
Wiley? What is it?" He took q good
deal of time and coughed between the
sentences. His voice was more than
ordinarily quiet. and it sounded husky.
"What Is it, Wiley?'
"Judge. what time did Mr.. Harkless
leave here last night, and which way
did be go?"
There was silence. The Judge turn
ed away from the window. Minnie
was standing just outside his door.
1T must have been about half past 8,
wasn't it, fatherT she called in a
choked voice. "And-you know-Helen
thought he went west
"Wileyw The old man leaned from
the sill again.
EYES," answered the man on horse
back.
"Wiley, he left about half past O.
Just before the storm. They think he
went west"
much obliged. Willetts is so upset
he isn't sure Of anything"
"Wileyw The old mans voice shook.
Minnie began to cry aloud. The horse
man wheeled about and turned his anil
mails head toward town. wiley"
"Yes."
"Wiley. they haven't-you don't think
they've got him?"
Said the man on horseback. Judge.
I'm afraid they have"
mn
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-03-18

THE HOG AS WEATHER PROPHET
Two Nevada negroes were overheard
talking the other day about the wealth
err. One of them mentioned a brand
new sure sign" Of an approaching
cold spell. Il told my old woman Sun
day to look out" said he. Says l. l
saw one of dem hogs down in de lot
wifi a cob in hits mouf. cuttin' up an
tics. an you can jis set it down ebery
time dat hog picks up cob in hits
mouf and goes to cuttin' didoes dat we
Is gwine to hab a cold SPELL De hogs
knows more about a storm dan all de
niggers and half de white men in Ne
vada."
Oats so," said the other darkey.-
Kansas City Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-03-18


his common sense awoke, and he look
ed about him. He was two miles from
town. The nearest house was the Bris-
Goes, far down the road. He knew the
rain would come now. There was big
oak near him at the roadside, and he
stepped under its sheltering branches
and leaned against the great trunk,
wiping the perspiration and dust from
his face. 4 moment Of stunned quiet
had succeeded the peal of thunder. 1t
was followed by several moments Of in
cessant lightning that played along
the road and the fields. From that in
tolerable brightness he turned his head
and saw, standing against the fence,
five feet away. a man, leaning over the
top rail and looking at him.
The same fash swept brilliantly be-
fore Helen's eyes as she crouched
against the back steps of the brick
house. 1t revealed q picture like a
marine of big waves, the tossing tops
Of the orchard trees, for in that second
the full fury of the storm was loosed,
wind and rain and hail. 1t drove her
against the kitchen door with cruel
force. The latch lifted, the door blew
open violently. and she struggled to
close it in vain. The house seemed to
rock. A candle fiickered toward her
from the inner doorway and was blown
out.
Helen! Helen!' came Minnie's voice
anxiously. rs that you? We were
coming to look for you. Did you get
wet?'
Mr.. Willetts threw his weight against
the door and managed to close it. Then
Minnie found her friends hand and
led her through the dark hall to the
parlor, where the judge sat placidly
reading by student lamp.
Lige chuciled as they left the kitch-
en-. Il guess you didn't try too hard
to shut that door, Harkless," he said,
and. then when they came into the
lighted room. why, where is Hark-
less?" he asked. Didn't he come with
us from the kitchenW
NO" answered Helen family. Hes
gone" She sank upon the sofa and
put her hand over her eyes as if to
shade them from too sudden light.
"Gone!" The judge dropped his book
and sat staring across the table at the
girl. Gone. WhenY
'.Ten minutes-tive-half an hour-l
ctr
menced."
OH The old gentleman appeared
to be reassured. Probably he had
work to do and wanted to get in before
the rain"
But Lige Willetts was turning pale
(Which way did he go? He didn't
come around the house. We were out
there till the storm broke"
"He went by the orchard gate. When
he got to the road he turned that way
She pointed to the west.
"He must have been crazyw eXclaim
cd the Judge. what possessed the fel
low?"
81 couldn't stop him. I didn't know
how" She looked at her three com
panions. slowly and with growing ter
ror. from one face to another. Min
MES eyes were wide, and she had un
consciously grasped Lige's arm. The
young man was staring straight before
him. The judge got up and walked
nervously back and forth. Helen ros'
to her feet and went toward the ole
man. her hands pressed to her bosom.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-03-18
USE OF ALCOHOLIC DRINKS.

TO BE CONTINUED.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
WISCONSIN DEMOCRATS.
State Convention dominates George
W. Peck for Governor by Ac-
clamation-The Platform.

Oshkosh, Wis, Sept. 2.-Former Gov.
George w. Peck, of Milwaukee, was
chosen as the standard bearer Of the
democrats of Wisconsin, having received
the nomination for governor by accla-
nation in the state convention amid
great enthusiasm. Other candidates for
state offices named are as follows: Lieu
tenant governor, DR.. H. A. Lathrop,
Marshfield; secretary of state, James P.
Nolan, Manitowoc; treasurer, Andrew
Jensen, Edgerton; attorney general,
William F. Wolf, La Crosse; railroad
commissioner, Edward L. Hanton.
Superior; insurance commissioner,
Henry Fetzer, Sturgeon Bay.
The platform upon which the nomi-
nos will stand cordially approved the
principles declared by the last demo-
cratic convention at st. Louis and the
nomination of Hon. Alton Parker for
president and Hon. Henry G. Davis for
vice president. The platform favors
the creation of a commissioner to regu-
late all public service corporations, ia
vors law compelling railway companies
operating railroads in Wisconsin to sell
mileage books at a fiat rate of two cents
per mile. The primary election law
passed by the last legislature is strongly
opposed and the present state admins
tratfon is roundly scored.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
AMERICAN WINS EVENT.
Thomas J. Hicks Captures Celebrated
Marathon Race from Big
Field at st. Louis.

st. Louis, Aug. 31.-The Olympic
Marathon race, the third foot race con-
test of the kind ever held and the first
ever held on American soil. participated
in by 81 men classed among the feetest
runners of the world, was won Tues
day by Thomas J. Hicks, of Cambridge,
Mass, who is the first American to win
this event celebrated in the revival of
Olympic games. Albert ]. Corey, of
Chicago, native-born Frenchman,
crossed the goal line second, and A. L.
Newton, of New York city, crossed third.
The distance OF the race was 40 kilome-
tiers. equal to "a miles and 1.5OO yards.
This distance was run by Hicks in the
officially announced time of 3 hours, %
minutes and So seconds; Corey. hours,
"a minutes and 16 seconds; Newton. 3
hours, AZ minutes and SO seconds.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
PACKERS SAY FINAL. NO.
Refuse Application for Conference
with Unions-Declare They Have
All the Men They Need.

Chicago, Aug. 30.-Application was
made Monday by the stockyards strikers
for conference for the purpose of bring
ing about peace in the industrial conflict
waging at Packingtown. It was re-
fused by the packers.
Following the refusal of the packers
to grant a conference with the unions
the former issued this statement:
''The packers have a larger number
of men working for them in Chicago
this (Monday) morning than at any time
during the strike. All western plants
are running to their normal capacity.
1t will be their policy to retain all men
now in their employ and to hire former
employees to the extent that they may
need them and as fast as possible"
Chicago, Sept. before the end OF
the week there will be real meat fam
inc in Chicago. The butcher workmen
in the Independent plants which have
been supplying the local markets are
ordered out on strike, thus cutting off
the only source of the fresh
meat supply Of the city. The in
dependent packers have been sup
plying practically all the local mar
kets since the teamsters employed by
the big packers Joined the strike.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
ILLINOIS PoPULIsTs.
State Ticket Nominated and Platform
Adopted at Convention in
Springfield.

Springfield, ILL.,, Sept. 2. = The state
convention of the peoples party nomi-
mated the following ticket: Governor,
James Hogan, Chicago; lieutenant gov
ernor, William Hess, Milton; secretary
of state, N. G. Hoff, Salem; auditor of
public accounts, M. w. Greer, Rushville;
state treasurer, CT Fenton, Danville; at
torney general, to be filled in by commit
tee; university trustees, Westy Gullett,
Marietta; John Tate, Blackburn; Miss
Alma Brauscher, Lincoln; presidential
electors-at-large, Joseph Routt, Loami:
D. H. WEIGH, Winchester; A. d. Schaef-
er, Peoria; o. A. Garfield, Chicago
The platform demands the initiative
and referendum; an eight-hour law for
all factories, workshops and mines; the
abolition of child labor, and thesuppres-
sion of sweatshops; opposes convict Ia
Dor, denounces government by injunc-
tion," and favors free distribution of
uniform textbooks to schools by the
state.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
FORMER SULTAN DEAD.
Deposed Brother Of Turkeys Ruler
Passes Away in Confinement
at Constantinople.

Constantinople, Aug. 31.-Former Sui
tan Murad v. died Monday of dia-
betes, from which he had long suffered.
The remains of former Sultan Murad
were inferred Tuesday in the Yenid-
jami mausoleum at STEAMBOAT, where
his mother is buried.
Murad v. was born in 1910 and as
cended the throne after the murder of
Sultan Abdul Aziz, May, 1876. In July
Of that year Murad was placed under
the regency of his brother, the present
sultan, Abdul-Hammid H., and on Au-
gust 81 he was dethroned. Outwardly
this act was performed legally by the
council of ministers on the ground that
he was insane.
The confinement of Murad has been
of the cruelest character. Only his
jailers were allowed to see him, and
every precaution was taken to prevent
any intelligence of what was going on
in the outside world from reaching
him. Although Murad is announced TO
have died from diabetes, 1t had gen.
orally been understood, according to
the palace reports, that he was suf-
fering from tuberculosis.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08

AS a Bavarian electrician was expe-
rimenting on the drying of an ingot
mold in the ground by means of the
electric current, he noticed that worms
issued from the ground near by, with
ing as if in pain and seeming in a
great hurry to get away. Following
this up, he has devised an apparatus
to rid soil of worms and noxious in
sects, by means of which, by planting
numerous brass electrodes in the
earth at proper intervals, he has sue
ceeded in driving all crawling things
from considerable space in very
brief time. These experiments are
expected to result in much practical
benefit.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
Sunday School Statistics.

st. Louis, Sept. 2.-The report
compiled and just issued by w. J..
Semelroth, of st. Louis. chief secretary
for the worlds fourth Sunday school con-
vention, held at Jerusalem in April of
this year, shows total of 26O. 1896 Pro-
testant Sabbath schools, 2,414,75 teach
ers and 23,442.998 scholars in Europe,
Asia, Africa, North and South America
and the islands of the seas. The United
States leads with 139, S17 Sunday schools.
LAS, S07 teachers and II ,493. 591 enrolled
scholars. Greece. the lowest On the list.
has only four schools, seven teachers
and $50 scholars.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
Clash OF TRAINS
DUE TO NEGLECT
CREW FAILS TO OBEY ORDERS
AND DISASTER FOLLOWS ON
GRAND TRUNK ROAD.
Collision on Curve Near Rich
mond, Quebec-Nine Persons Are
Killed and Twenty-Three Others
Are Injured.

Montreal, Que, Sept. Mime persons
were killed and % others injured in
a head-on collision on the Grand Trunk
railway near Richmond, Que, Wednes-
day. Trains involved were a special ex.
cursion from Montreal bound for Sher-
brooke and passenger train No. 5, rum
ming between Island Pond, VT, and Mon
treal. The collision, it is claimed.
was due to neglect to obey orders on the
part of the train crew of the excursion
train. which left Richmond without
awaiting the arrival Of the passenger
train.
The Dead.
Following is the official list of those
killed: ]. B. Blanchett, M. p, St.
Hyacinthe; Fred Bowring, South Dur
ham; T. H. Hackett, Montreal; I'M
known man from Beloeil, p: o.; w. T..
Mountain, of Montreal; boy named Dub
ford, from Athabaska; Ephraim Gaud-
cite, st. Theodore de Acton; Charles A.
Sanford, ST. Hyacinth, and A. Theodore
Richard, Lisgar, Que.
The excursion train was running az
the first section of the regular Grand
Trunk Portland express. which usually
crosses the Island Pond train at Rich
mond, and was running on its time. This
makes it all the more inexplicable why
Conductor Atkinson, in charge of the ex-
cursion train, did not wait to make the
usual crossing. Atkinson disappeared
shortly after the wreck occurred.
Met on a Curve.
The excursion train. made up of ter
coaches and a baggage car. carried about
1000 persons bound for the exhibition
at Sherbrooke. The Island Pond trair
was composed of five coaches and bag.
gage car and had only small number
of passengers. The excursion train had
barely cleared the Richmond yard when
rounding curve, it met the Island Pon6
train running at high rate of speed
The engineers reversed and. with their
firemen. jumped and escaped with minor
injuries. The shock of the collision
was plainly heard in Richmond, more
than mile away.
Both engines were locked firmly to-.
gether. The baggage car of theexcursion
train was picked up and dropped on top
Of the car following it, a smoker, and
it was in these two cars that the create.
number of fatalities occurred.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08

The project of the Seine in Paris
has fixed the rates for the hire of au-
tomobiles, which are furnished with
cyclometers and also with Lora kilo.
metric machines. The price during the
daytime, whether inside or outside the
Notifications, is, for carriages with
two places, one kilometer (about three
fifths Of mile), Is cents; each fol-
lowing hlometer, 10 cents. So two
persons can travel six miles for $1.25.
Carriages with four places are per-
mitted to charge 80 cents for the first
hlometer and IL cents for each follow
ing one.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08

A new equipment for the carrying
Of rations is now being experimental
with at Port Leavenworth, Kans., by
the United States troops. It is made
of canvas and contains three pocket
compartments. 1t is held by hooks to
the belt and fitted to the soldier by
shoulder straps designated to destrib-
ute the weight equally on the hips.
There is a large pocket for cavalry
and mounted officers which fits on one
side Of the saddle, and the two small
ones on the other. The tins carry
three days ordinary rations and two
extra emergency rations.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
D. B. HILL TO QUIT
active POLITICS
DECLARES HE WILL RETIRE
FROM ARENA WITH THE
CLOSE OF THE YEAR.
Former New York Senator Says Result
Of Coming Campaign Will Not
Alter His Decision Although He
Will Work for Parker.

Albany, N. Y, Aug. 29.-David B. Hill,
in conversation with friends here Sun
day, announced that he intends toTetire
from politics January 1, next, and that
no matter what the result of the coming
campaign may be, state or national, he
will relinquish the leadership of the
democratic party in New York.
He added that in the event of demo-
cratic success this fallShe would not ac-
cept any position under the national or
state democratic administration or
again become a candidate for election
to any Office whatever.
Former, Senator Hill made these state
ments on the eve of his birthday ami
,versary, which was Monday. He was
born August 20, 1S43.
Makes Partial Explanation.
In partial explanation he said that
he had intended. to take such action a.
year ago, but was persuaded by some
close personal friends to defer doing so
until after the presidential election this
year. Having been engaged in active
politics since his youth and having
served as city attorney, alderman and
mayor of Elmira. member of the legis-
lature, lieutenant governor, governor
for seven years and United States sena-
tor for six years, he feels that he has
been sufficiently honored by his party,
and that he has rendered political serv-
ice during a period of years sufficient to
entitle him to be relieved of further ac-
tive political effort. He desires to de-
vote more time to his personal affairs
and professional duties than he has in
the past.
Mr.. Hill will continue his work in the
present campaign, and to his friends
said that he would always maintain his
interest in democratic success, but only
as 4 private citizen.