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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-13
GRANT SPLITS BELLS ARMY.
Left Wing Of the Latter's Force Ia Cut
in Two. |

.Cb ~ ~
in Two.
Gainesville. Va, Sept. 8.-The first
maneuver problem closed at noon
Wednesday with General Grants force
pushed through the left wing of Gen-
eral Bells army. This put the !
force within two miles of Thorough
fare Gap, the objective point. How
ever, General Bell had Smiths bril-
gade on the right and Barry's brigade
on the left of this breach in his n
and Colonel Wagner, chief umpire,
draws no conclusion as to what might
happen had not hostilities ceased un-
der the command previously issued by
General Corbin to cease hostilities at
noon so that the tired troops might
be given relief. Previous to this at.
tack on the part OF the blue force
there had been severe fighting on the
line to which General Bell had fallen
back during the night. This line, the
Antioch road, was within two miles of
the western limit of the maneuver zone
and extended the five miles of the
/ width of the zone. While General
Bell was falling back to the new line
| General Grant, between midnight and
daylight, concentrated his forces for
an attack on the brown left. He with
drew all of his cavalry from the south
ern portion of his line, their position
on the first day, and threw two full
brigades and sixteen guns to the point
indicated. His artillery was so well
placed that it had unobstructed play
for an hour on the brown line. The
effect of this fire was not taken into
account by a decision rendered by the
umpire on the field early in the battle
when the blue force was required tc
fall back, but was taken into account
later and credit given accordingly.
Every spectacular feature of a bat
tie in full progress was produced II
the maneuvers and the field was
viewed from near and far by many
spectators.
Some of the militia troops ate theil
two days rations the first day ant
went hungry Wednesday,.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-13
SWEET PEAS KILL FLIES.
Druggist Says the Flower Attracts
and Then Poisons Them.

Druggist Says the Flower Attracts
and Then Poisons Them.
A local druggist has found a new
agent for the destruction of flies that
for activity and effectiveness discounts
anything heretofore offered for that
purpose. And not only is it harmless.
but it is Il thing of beauty as well.
After selling annually thousands Of
sheets of fly paper Of the sticky and
poisoned varieties and a ton more or
less Of insect powder the new antidOte
for the pest bids fair to supersede all
previous methods with him and those
Of his friends who are in on the secret.
For several days the druggist, who is
a lover of flowers, has had upon his
front cases punches of sweet peas Of II
variety grown originally in California
and but recently cultivated in this Sec
ton Of the country. Each morning
after opening up the store he has found
collected around the base of the vessel
containing the peas quite an accumu-
lation of dead flies.
For the first day or SO he regarded
the mass Of defunct dipterous insects
as an accidental gathering in the neigh
borhood Of the flowers. but curiosity
prompted him later to watch the con-
duct Of the few flies left III the store.
1t was observed when the peas We're
freshly picked that Immediately after
being placed in the vases those flies in
the vicinity swarmed upon the petals
and proceeded to fasten themselves
there. Shortly afterward they fell from
their positions dead.
1t is presumed that the odor OF the
peas attracted them first and that aft
erward they absorbed some poisonous
exudation that the flowers possess and
died in consequence. So far as known
the peas possess no toxic effect upol
the human being.-Springfield Journal.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-13
Russian Students.

A Russian named Iyanhoff has writ
ter a book on the students of the Uni
ve"sity of Moscow. He asserts that
NEST of them are dolts and good for
no hings. The average amount each
one has to spend is $13 a month; IL
per zen have no income at all and de-
pend on charity or help themselves
along by giving lessons at $3.50 a
month or reading proofs in printing
Offices or serving as choristers in the
theaters.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-13
CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT
WILL VISIT BILLINGS.
Will TALK TO THE PEOPLE
Stops to Be Made at Principal Towns
Of Eastern Montana During
the Trip.

Senator Carter sent the following
telegram from Chicago today to The
Gazette:
Senator Fairbanks and Senator
Dolliver will speak at Billings on
the evening of September rs. During
the day preceding the vice .presiden'
tial candidate will address the peo'
pie at Glendive, Miles City and For
syth."
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-13
LATE LOCAL AND PERSONAL
B. T. Warner OF Gardiner is in tn

B. T. Warner of Gardiner is in the
city.
Mrs. A. H. Barth will depart to-
morrow for st. Louis.
J.. G.. Orrick of Junction is among
today's visitors in the city.
George Welcome Of Jardine was a
visitor in the city yesterday.
H. B. Drum of Lavina is spending q
few days in the city On business.
A marriage license was issued yes
terday to Frank A. Alderman Of Ana
conda, this state, and Lily T. Alling-
ton Of Sheridan, Wyo.
Mrs. E. w. Keene and children took
their departure this morning for an
extended visit to different points in
Missouri, including st. Louis.
Pierre Wibaux passed through Bill
ings yesterday on his way to Miles
City from a trip to the Black Hills,
where he has valuable mining inter
- EEaIW IT..
ests. Fe
An order was made yesterday by E.
w. Dunno, deputy clerk OF the dis
trict court, appointing George Math
er administrator of the estate of A. M
Hall, who died at Musselshell a few
months ago.
NSam Coca, state manager for ope
of the big life insurance companion
and who does a little missionary work
for the republican party as a side
line, took his departure for Helena
this morning. Sam is an enthusias
tic Lindsay man.
Because of the inability of PROBES
sor J. M. Hamilton to be present the
teachers institute, which was to have
been held here September 20, 20 ant
80, has been indefinitely postponed
Professor Hamilton has been electe'
president of the state agriculture
college, vice Doctor James Reid, re
signed, and entered upon the discharg'
of his new duties today.
1t is now expected that the TUNE
of the Billings Land and Irrigation
company will be completed sometim'
next week. The completion of tn
canal will follow Don thereafter. Thi
event will be ittingly observed, prepa
rations to the end Of which have al
ready begun. October II is the dat
set for the celebration, when the pres
ident of the company, John Schran
will be here. 1t was intended to hav
the affair n day earlier, but postpone
ment was made necessary because (
the inability of Mr.. Schram to arriv
at Billings before the later date. H
is president of the Seattle chambe
\ of commerce, a body that will tax
a conspicuous part in the ceremonie
attendant upon the launching OF tn
ship Nebraska, constructed by
Seattle firm, and which will slip frol
the ways October z.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-13
PARKER TO MAKE A SPEECH.
Democratic Candidate Will Address
Visiting Editors.

Esopus, N. Y, Sept. 8.-Alton B.
Parker will make his first speech
since his formal acceptance of the
Democratic nomination at Rosemount
today in the presence of the visiting
editors of Democratic newspapers. 1t
will take the form of a reply to an adj
dress of greeting to be made by
Charles W. Knapp of st. Louis.
The editors are expected to arrive
from New York before noon.
Judge Parker will speak from the
veranda at Rosemount and with the
exception of the brief speeches there
will be nothing formal about the oc'
casiOn,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-13
MURDER AND SUICIDE.

kentuckian Kills His Wife and Ends
His Own Life.
Louisville, KY, Sept. 8.-William e.
Neal, under indictment for the muir
der last winter of Assistant Common
wealth Attorney James K. Spreader,
Wednesday shot and killed his wife,
! Nellie Robinson Neal, and then ended
his own life. The tragedy occurred
in a clearinghouse on West Broad
way, where Neal and his wife had been
living since Sunday as Mr. and Mrs.
Johnson of Nashville, Tenn.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-13
MOB LYNcHEs A NEGRO.
Smokes Him Out Of the Jail and Their
Hangs Him.

STnUKcS MN OUC OF e7I6 UdII 0U0 THU
Hangs Him.
Huntsville, Ala, Sept. 8.-After set.
ting fire to the Jail and smoking out
the prisoner while the fire department
was held at bay with guns and the
sheriff, his deputies and the soldiers
were outwitted, a mob of 1000 persons
last night lynched Horace Naples, a
negro, accused of numbering John
Waldrop. Naples was hanged on q
tree on the courthouse lawn.
This action of the mob was taken
Notwithstanding strong protests made
by Solicitor Erie Pettus and H. Wal.
lace, Jr., in stirring speeches in which
law and order were pleaded.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-13
FOR ANOTHER STAND.
kuropatkin Prepares to Fight at Tie
Pass,

" V'9'ps az
Pass.
London, Sept. 1.-THE Daily Mails
Sinmintin correspondent, cabling un-
der date of September II, says: Gen
eral Kuropatkin has returned to u
den after inspecting the Notifications
at Tie pass, work on which is o well
advanced, but which will be hurried
along. At the same time dangerous
and costly efforts to delay the Japa-
nese advance are being made. 19earn
from a Russian source that this is the
outcome of the emperor's orders and
that the emperor even peremptorlly
commanded Kuropatkin to retake Lao
Yang. :
Retreat Of the Russians.
teThere is no abatement in the re-
treat of the Russian troops northward.
The noise of a fierce artillery engage
ment was heard south of Mukden on
Friday night. The whole line OF re-
treating Russians, when within five
miles southeast OF MuKden, were at
tackled by Japanese marksmen, who
were invisible amid the millet.
1.-THE Russian troops sent to TAPPING
shen ~retreated with heavy loss. Chi
nese bandits are swarming the dis
trict and have stopped traffic between
Sinmintin and Mukden, shooting and
torturing to death Russian patrols"
With kuroki's Army.
The Morning Posts correspondent
in the field with General Kuroki de-
scribes the operations against Lilac
Yang as IL days of the hardest posi-
bile fighting and marching on short
rations with a temperature of lou
degrees in the shade and frequent
falls OF rain. All OF this, he says, was
borne %splendidly, though the men were
worn out after the tense struggle.
Read The Gazette and keep posted
$500 ~o e-.. " -
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-13
ELENA's ARRIVAL At SAN FRAN
CISCO NOT WELCOME.
VESSEL MAY Be DETAINED
Navy Department Will Not Permit
Her Departure to Prey on
American Commerce.

Washington, Sept. l2.-Aomlral
Goodrich's report of the presence OF
he Russian cruiser Lena in the har-
bor OF San Francisco caused a great
stir in official circles here. The entry
Of the ship was entirely unexpected
and was a ~disagreeable event, for 1T
had been hoped by the officials that
America would escape being drawn
into the necessity of making close
decisions regarding the rights OF
belligerents in our ports.
It is probable that the government
here will follow closely the course
pursued by Germany, France and
China in cases where Russian naval
vessels sought shelter in their har-
bors. The first thing to be done is
to find out the exact condition of the
Lena. and whether or not there ac-
tually exists need for repairs.
Must Put to Sea.
If it should appear that the vessel
is really seaworthy, she must go to
sea at once, or at least within "a hours
OF notice to our officials of her ar
rival in port. She may take on q
supply Of coal, but only sufficient to
o her to the nearest home port,
and it will be part of the understand
ing upon which this coal is furnished
that it is to be used for ne other pur-
pose. and American ports must not be
made the base of hostilities by either
b%elligerent.
V%ladivostok and Port Arthur are the
nearest Russian ports to San Francis
co, hut it is possible that u govern
ment would recognize the fact that
they are absolutely closed by blockade
to the Lena and thus sanction the de
parture of a ship for Russia southwark
by way of the west coast of South
America, Cape Horn and the Atlantic
ocean.
In the event that repairs are found
to be actually needed, time will be al
lowed for them, which will be fixed by
our government experts, and wher
they are completed-though it is I'm
derstood they must not proceed be
yond a point just sufficient to make
the vessel seaworthy-she will be al
lowed to depart for Russia, if SHE
takes coal at San Francisco, or whence
she pleases if she goes out under hel
own coal supply.
Ship May Be Tied Up.
It is believed at the navy depart
ment that the conditions will not b.
allowed to shape themselves so tina
the Lena can go out of San Francisco
harbor to prey on American commerce
even though this is carried in Japa
nese bottoms. In fact, the impress
sion prevails that the Lena will b
tied up at San Francisco until tn
end Of the war, the rew remaining OF
board if the Japanese government
does not object, and this is not likel
in view of the precedent establishe
recently in the case of the Askold
or they may be favorably Quartere
at the training station on Yerba Buen
in the middle of the harbor. 1t is b.
lieved that the Russian captain wi
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-13
Uncooked Vegetables.

We all feel pretty sure that eating
vegetables growing in or lei the
ground and uncooked may give rise to
tetanus from their being contaminated
with earth containing the germ of that
disease. To Judge from a ase recently
reported to the Paris Hospital Medical
society, multiple neuritis may occasion
ally be due to the same cause.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-13

(ElTSC HuOl1CdLlOu AuS. lC, lCOf.- wv
CONSOLIDATED NOTICE FOR PUB
LEGATION.
Notice is hereby given that the
following named settlers have filed no
tice of intention to make final proof
on their respective claims before I.
A. Williams, clerk of court, in his Of
fee at Billings, Montana, on Tuesday,
the 4th day of October, 1904, viz:
a. LEONHARD LUTHER,
of Busted, Sweet Grass county, Mon
tana, on desert land application No.
1891. for the lots 2, 8 and 4, section
4, township 2 north, range 20 east,
M. P. M.
Witnesses: John Luther of Busted,
Montana; H. O. Woods, of Busteed,
Montana; Kennedy Henry, o. Busted,
Montana; Charles Pitman, Of Colum.
bus, Montana.
(2) MARY LUTHER,
of Busted, Sweet Grass county, Mon
tana, on desert land application No.
1910, for the Sh NEA, lot l, SEA
NWA section 4, township 2 north,
range 20 east, M. P. M.
Witnesses: Leonhard Luther of Bus
teed, Montana; H. o. Woods, of Bus
teed, Montana; John Luther, of Bus
teed, Montana; Charles Pitman, OF
Columbus, Montana.
M. R. WILSON, Register.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-13

Omaha Strikers Return to Work.
Omaha, Sept. 8.-Two hundred
clearinghouse strikers returned to
work Wednesday as a result Of the
vote taken Tuesday on the question
of disseminating the strike.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-13
CA..l.Tl3. Employment
MINER well Bureau.
0sOAA" 16o7h Mont. Az
Beu Phone sea; Moffett Phone 1s1.
No Charge for Male Help.

No Charge for Male Help.
Wanted-To Rent.
-Four or five room house in north
east part Of city.
For Rent.
Rooms and houses, furnished and
unfinished, in all parts Of the city.
Four-room house, furnished; barn
and chicken house; south side; $40.
Two rooms furnished for house.
keeping, 28th street south; SIS.
Three-room house; north side; good
location; $13.
Six-room house; four lots good barn,
all in fine shape, at a bargain; north
side.
Position Wanted.
AS private teacher in private home
during winter.
Help Wanted.
Waitress, city.
Man for dairy.
Farm hand.
Waitress, $35 per month, board and
room.
Girls for general h~ousework, city
and ranch.
Hay hands.
Hands for threshing.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-13

Map Of Coded Reservation.
Map of coded part of Grow Indian
reservation will be mailed to any ad-
dress by The Gazette On receipt of
10 cents.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-13

Read The Gazette and keep posted
on the local happenings.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-07-14
t-SSF7-'s
! How Her Consent Was Won !

70 ONWARD ASHBil How absurd
JnI She. hireling. Iow-born, the
~ daughter OF blacksmith No.
never will consent. Rather let our
race die out with US than the fair
name OF Ashby be sullie.i by such a
unionr' exclaimed Mrs. Ashby. looking
at her son in dignlfied manner.
The sweet notes OF a joyous canary
bird flooded the room with melody. but
the naughty woman needed II not.
You wrong her; you wrong me. you
even wrong yourself. mother" said her
son. you have not seen her. In In
tellect. in culture. Miss Watson Is our
equal. That she Is OF humble parent
age Is true. but that she should edu-
cate herself. become proficient at teleg-
raphy. and. by her own zeal. should
rise from obscurity TO a position OF
responsibility Is highly oommendable."
Howard. why by so persistent. 80
lrrationall Ny ambition has been that
you should marry we'll Since your
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-07-14
"BRAlN FAC" A MYTH.
It II Eye Strain that Causes the Con-
dition Com plnined of.

1t IL Eye Strain that Causes the Con-
dition Complained of.
The so-called brain flag" Is silly
myth. The brain does not tire; intel
lectual work does not hurt under nor
NAL conditions. 1t is eye strain that
causes all the brain flag which the
newspapers have been exploiting Of
late. Spencer learned this lesson and
escaped the tragedy OF Nietzche and
Carlyle by debating his writings. get
ting others to do his research work for
him, and by being willing to go with
out vast realms Of accurate knowI-
edge. Parkman was driven to similar
expedients- But all the rest groaned
and suffered even while they wrote
little notes and postal cards instead of
letters to their best friends.
The result in suffering was Incalcul-
able and horrible There are biog-
raphies Of these people which do not
allude to 1t; physicians and medical
editors have been known who smiled
vivid imaginations;" and there are
numberless fools who think they are
excused from all sympathy with Car
lyle or Nietzsche. They do not know
that the misery OF the pain of one at
tack Of the nausea OF sick headache
has not been equaled except In some
medieval or oriental torture chamber.
When for some profound reason the
dominant and oldest instinct OF the Or
ganism-that for food and nutrition
Is violently reversed, IL should be plain
even to the stupldest mind that the
deepest wrong exists and that the very
springs Of life are being drained. Add
to this another symptom almost equal
ly terrible, intense pain In the brain,
the organ controlling both character
and life processes, and what disease
could be more desperate? How many
Of our patients had sick headache II is
to tell, owing to the dis
inclination. especially In letters and
to speak OF vomiting. |
Probably most OF them did suffer from |
It more or less.-Booklovers Maya
zine.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-07-14
HIS DEAR CHILDREN.

LOOK AZ ms hands, they are knottedi
Sec now MS shoulders are oent;
In toiiing and gathering riches
All OF his years have been spent;
STRIVING FOR gain has derormed him,
But great Is the wealth he has won
To leave to dis eare-free daughter
And give To his polished son.
And they blush Tor shame ut the manner
In which their father began,
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-07-14

boyhood I have looked forward proud
ly to the day when you would brinl
home a bride worthy the name OF Ash
by. and you have made love to a cir
almost a pauper because you were
enamored OF her pretty facer'
Mrs. Ashby sank lower Into her rock.
err. her jeweled fingers stroking the
chair arm impatiently/
II have not made love to her. moth
er. have sought your approval be-
fore mentioning love to her. l
have"
Howard. let us dismiss this dis
tasteful subject. I canot be reconcilcd
to your marrying so far beneath you.
Why did you speak OF this matter to
day7 Why thrust this hateful theme
upon me to haunt my loneliness during
your absence? Have you forgotten
that you must start for Detroit to
day:"
NAL express this evening" replied the
young man.
Howard Ashby had but faint rec
objection OF the stern. naughty father
who died when he was child. The
Ashby estate was a fair domain, and
the boys slightest wish had been graf
lied by the indulgent mother. Howard
had taken a years course at the Tenn
pleton business college. While Mt
Templeton he. foil in love with Nay
Watson. who was employed as tcle-
graph operator there. Mrs. Ashby's
OPPOSITION to this love was the first
shadow that came into the young
mans life. He could not disregard the
wishes OF his me Their who had been so
much to him. While she lived he
must control the passionate yearning
I'm his heart, and It was with somber
thoughts that be began his journey to
Detroit
May Watson was temporarily filling
the post In the telegraph and switch
Ing station at Templeton. IL was n
position that would have tried the en-
durance Of man. which required all
her senses to be on the alert. A mis-
take might mea1 instant disaster and
death to hundreds.
She had to know every order passed
down the lines by the dispatcher. The
orders to her station had to be obeyed
promptly. There could be no delay, no
On a certain day the clicking key
told her that the night express was ap-
at forty miles an hour. She
must have the track clear for the pass
age of the train The ssmaphore had
been removed a few minutes before to
send a long freight train onto the sid
InR. II must be swung back to let the
sxpress 60 by. otherwise the great YES
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:za'a|k1|}fg4pr:y

received. 1 viii now pause for TO
ply"
The factory was p. d. Ferguson'r
chair factory in Crown Point. Ind.
got caught in the stripper that didn't
have any guard bit I've got good
case and plenty OF witnesses. II you're
lawyer and you want TO take it I'll
give you half OF the damages"
Il am a DOCTOR" said the house
holder. And that arm of yours doesn't
appear to have been broken very re-
Gently"
IF you'd like ts look at 1t you'll find
I'm not stringing you" said the woe
begone man readily. Its compound
fracture above the elbow. and the
fourth and fifth ribs are broke"
We'll. we won't mind about that
now" said the householder, with a
shade Of embarrassment in his man.
ner. TELL me- confidentially. how
much you make at this gamer"
THE card says that | find myself
for the first time in my life compelled
TO appeal TO the charity OF my fellow
man. said the woebegone person.
This amt my trade. I'm on my way
TO my native village. and all / want
is enough to carry me on"
II notice you have capital enough TO
patronize printing establishment"
Il went into a printshop and one OF
the boys set this up and struck the
cards of for me-" explained the man.
They're good-hearted boys, them
printers, mostly. You bet they didn't
charge me nothing for EN-"
The householder seemed TO be posed. |
He handed the card back to the man.
Il believe you are a first-class liar,
but here's nickel for you" he said.
Thank you. SIR" said the woebe-
gone man. He took the coin and dip
ped 1t In the air with his finger and
thumb. caught and pocketed IT. 1--WE
earned this, all right" he said.-Chi-
,ago Daily News.