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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-21
ASSUMES THE OFFENSIVE.
Russians Hopeful Since kuropatkin
Has Gone Forward.

Russians Hopeful Since K~uropatkln
Has Gone Forward.
Liaoyang, June 2O.-For the first
time since the beginning of the war
General Kuropatkin has taken person
al direction OF: the operations and in
consequence OF his having assumed
the offensive results very different
from those following recent events
are anticipated.
The tactics of the japanese are adj
mired here, but their strategy is
criticised, especially with regard to
the battle of Vafangow, June a. which
may truthfully be called an artillery
engagement. During that battle the
infantry extended over the field further
than the eye could reach, n division
covering six miles.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-21
The Real Thing.

Miss Ethel Barrymore, the young
American actress, tells the following
story of Sir Henry Irving. in whose
support she appeared when he pro-
duced the play Peter the Great:'
1t appears that at a rehearsal of the
play in question at the Lyceum thea
ter, London, a wonderful climax had
been reached, which was to be height.
ened by the effective use of the usual
thunder and lightning. The stage car
penter was given the order. The words
were spoken. and instantly a noise
which resembled a succession of pistol
shots was heard off the wings. What
on earth are you doing. men" shouted
Sir Henry. rushing behind the scenes.
do you call that thunder? It's not a
bit like it."
lawfully sorry, sir" responded the
carpenter, but the fact is, sir, l
couldn't hear you because of the storm.
That was ret. thunder. sirv'-Lippin-
colts Magazine.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-21
JAP REGIMENT GONE
SAID TO HAVE BEEN SUNK ON
THE ILl-FATED TRANSPORTS
HlTAcHl AND SADO.

st. Petersburg. June 20.-A dispatch
from Mukden says that according to
trustworthy advice received there an
entire infantry regiment with it's com
mander was sunk in the transports
Hitachi and SadO.
The same dispatch says that &C
cording to Chinese statements attacks
made by the Japanese on Port Arthur
have been repulsed with heavy losses.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-21
Practical Value.

Eyes, Silas says the bunko men are
getting more conscientious every day"
"Ain't they still dealing in sawdust!"
mo; the last one gave him a satchel
full Of lead nickels, and he'll have
enough sinkers to slip on his fishing
lines for five years to come."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-21
Survivors Reach japan.

Nagasaki, June 20.-Three boatloads
of survivors of the japanese transport
Izumi, which vas sunk by the Russian
squadron off Oshimi on the morning of
June Is. have arrived at Hakata.
Twenty-Five other survivors have land:
ed at Mizu-i.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-21

Those who have used Hygeno in
the past will use no other dip. En-
dorsed by leading wool growers OF the
state. ka1
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-21
JAPs LOSE A THOUSAND MEN IN
TAKING AN INNER FORT AT
PORT ARTHUR.
ENTIRE REGIMENT DROWNED
s,NKING OF TRANSPORTS SAID
TO HAVE BEEN A COSTLY AT.
FAIR TO JAPS.

Chefoo, June 2O.-There is current
here a Chinese rumor that the Japa-
nese have captured one of the inner
forts at Port Arthur, losing 1000 men
in the engagement. 1t cannot, how
ever. be confirmed,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-21
lmnortant-Do IL Now!

For the next 60 days l will contract
to paint any roof in this city with the
~five-year guarantee grade OF the Att
lantic Refining company's Elastic Car
bon paint. Satisfaction guaranteed
or no pay. F. D. DERBY, Agent.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-21

Elastic Carbon paint makes a roof,
be it metal, canvas, wood, felt or
shingle, impervious to- water. ka1
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-21
Disposition of Russian Forces.

General Kuroki's Headquarters in
the Field, via Fusan, June 20.-Ffve
thousand or 5000 Russians occupied
Tsaimaki June II. A considerable
force is at Siahata, about fifteen miles
to the southeast of Tsahichao. which
is about twenty miles .of Newchwang.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-21

All orders for weddings and funer-
ais promptly filled at Miss 'Panton's.
Bell phone 62f. Montana ave., 3O19.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-21

You can patch any leak or hole
from the size of a pin head to two feet
square with Elastic Carbon paint.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-21

Elastic Carbon paint will make an
old leaky roof practically as good as
new. ka1
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-21
ELUDED JAP VESSELS
RUSSIAN vLADiVOSTOK SQUAD
RON GETS AWAY FROM KAN.
IMuRA'S FLEET.

Toxic, June 20.-Vice Admiral
Kamimura returned to his base Sunday
without having discovered the Russian
VladivOstok fleet.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-21

Hygeno will keep your flocks heal
thy, which means wool ard bet
ter wool. kal
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-21

Hygeno is a preventive agalns
scab. kal
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-21
e is MONEY IN 1T.
Nicotine Solution and Elastic Roof
Paint.

Woolgrowers, now is the time to
place your orders for sheep dip. Hy-
geno is guaranteed to you as the best
di%sinfectant, and sure tick killer on
the market. F. D. DERBY, Agent,
kal Billings, Montana.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-21
Nlr ny Employment
NMKWH Bureau.
0sSAAV ga 76ozh Nom. Az
Beu Phone ssa; Monett Phone 1s1.
No Charge for Male Help.

Help Wanted.
Men for haying.
Dishwasher.
Waitress, city.
Waitress, Red Lodge.
Waitress, Miles City.
Man and wife on ranch; cottage
furnished; no objection to one child.
Hand shearers.
General farm hands.
Girls for h~ousework, city and ranch.
For Rent.
Small rooming house furnished, or
furniture for sale.
Two rooms nicely furnished for light
housekeeping.
Dining room and kitchen in board
and rooming house; good location;
terms reasonable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29
BIrmInuham,s Pubic BuIIdInu

Inspector Holmes of the supervising architects office has reported that q larger public building is needed in this town, and he discourages any attempts at patching the present building. He has certainly reported the truth. He has taken in at one view the situation. No extension to the rear, nor upwards, will prove satisfactory, and any such extension would prove a loss to the government, for a new building will be imperatively needed in the course of the next five years.
 Representative Underwood takes the right view of the matter. No pub lie buildings bill is to be passed during the present session. For political reasons the republicans who control both branches of congress have so decreed. Nothing can therefore be done this year towards the securing of new building, and in the mean while MT. Underwood proposes to con suit his constituents in this town, and get ready to demand next winter an appropriation for, probably, million dollar building If the government builds for the future, even for a single generation, it will have to spend that amount in this city.
 It is plain in any event that the patching of the present building Is foolish in the extreme. No money should be wasted on it. It should be sold to the city and turned into a High school, or else it should be torn down. It does not fit this districts business and population. It is out grown, and the government should not waste any money on it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29
LONDON A CITY OF MIRE.

From the London Tatler
 Although London is still far behind most of the continental and provincial cities in the matter of cleansing the streets after snow fall the municipal authorities cannot as rule be reproached with lack of efficiency in dealing with mud. Since Christmas week, however, the state of London streets would be a disgrace to the meanest village in the empire. The murky weather of Christ mas week left all the principal thorough fares coated with a mass of slime and mud which no attempt was made to re- move A few frosty days last week hard ened this dangerous coating into con- dition of temporary safety only to be- come infinitely more dangerous than ever with the advent of the thaw on Friday night During Saturday, Sunday and Monday the municipal authorities might have been dead for all the efforts made to remove a fortnight's accumulation of mire and slime from the streets of the first city in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29
MODERN JONAH WHO WAS
 SWALLOWED BY A WHALE

huge mouth from closing sufficiently to crush the imperlled whaler, and before the whale could change that situation Sal mon sprang from it's mouth into tbe sea.
 By this time another boat in which was Mate Salmon's brother James, came up, and the mate succeeded In reaching 1t and was lifted into it. But his escape from the furious whale was of but short duration. The leviathan attacked the second boat as it had the first and hurled it high in the air, emptying its crew into the sea.
 Mate Salmon again fell close to the whale, and 1t engulfed him as 1t had 6one before This time Salmon had no oar to stay the monsters jaws. and they closed upon him like some mighty trap. The whale instantly went down out of sight, and none of the crew ever saw it or Mate Salmon again
 James B. Salmon returned to Honesdale after the Arabella's cruise was ended, a year or so later with the first news of that sea tragedy, and 1t and the memory of it's luckless victim were perpetuated by the setting up of the inscribed gravestone at the tenantless grave. James Salmon quit the sea and became an engineer on the New York and Erie railroad. At his death he was the oldest engineer in the world in continuous service on one rai,- road
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29
The Elevators.

We do not fully realize the conven- fence of thing until we are deprived of 1t said a business man" The Woodward elevators were blocked for few minutes this afternoon and the thought of climb ing eight or nine flights of stairs was positively appalling. Some people waited around in the hope that the elevators would resume running, while others de- ferred their business engagements in the building until later hour. Those more courageous, or more in earnest about their affairs, started bravely up the stairs, but I noticed that most of them were bound for the second or third floors. was among those who tried walking up but was desisted after reaching the third floor. I was bound for the eighth and was already tired out.
 After all is said and done, elevators are the most convenient contrivances elat the business man enjoys. Without them skyscrapers would be practically out of the question, for no man, unless he were something of an athlete, would run up and down ten or fifteen flights of stairs half dozen times a day"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29
RlrmInnham,s Snow.

T was surprised to see snow scraper going along the street just now" said a gentleman yesterday. "I had no idea there was such thing in the state. It was rather rusty and certainly had not been put in service very often These contrivances are invaluable in clearing the streets for traffic in. larger cities up north but on account of the comparatively mild climate down here they are seldom in demand.
 'The snow caught Birmingham with out sleighs. also, and the man who was so fortunate as to possess one was adored by the ladies. Parties were organized bright and early to enjoy a trip before the snow melted, as everyone felt 1t was too good to last. There were few real sleighs. but they were very scarce and most people had to content them selves with makeshifts. One gentleman of my acquaintance had very fine sleigh which he bought to take a ride in some years ago and had to wait four years for snow to fall. He used it yesterday for the second time and the vehicle was kept we'll filled with ladies and young girls all day. The tinkle of sleigh bells had a pleasing and rather unusual sound to most people, while the snow itself was something of surprise"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29
Enemies of American Cotton.

Great Britain, France and Germany have formed an alliance ostensibly against American cotton speculators, but really against American cotton farmers. They want cheap cotton again. They are willing to take Amer ican cotton at about seven cents, but when twice that price or more is de- manded then they get together and talk about textile independence
 But it is all talk, or nearly so. Eng land does, 1t is true, grow no little cot ton in India and Egypt, and the Egyp' tian crop will perhaps be increased, but neither the cotton from the East Indies nor from Egypt gives them in- dependence. The Egyptian cotton Is too good and India needs all the cot ton it can make.
 The growng of cotton in East Africa or any other Africa is all moonshine. The sun shines too hot, the labor is un- stable, and moisture is lacking on the high table lands. No considerable quantity of cotton will come from Al rica, except, of course, that which Egypt grows on irrigated lands.
 The production of commercial cot ton will continue to be confined to America, where heat and moisture are mingled in proper proportions, and where no destructive pests had ap- peared until the boil weevil crossed the Rio Grande in 1893. We need not fear the efforts that England, France and Germany are making in Africa. Our sole danger lies in the steady march of the boil weevil, and if we are smart enough to drive out that pest our position as the cotton growers of the world is secure and assured. The boil weevil is more powerful and threatening than any European alli- ance, and we should laugh at the lat ter while we get ready to fight the former in every way that promises any good results whatever. We are an overmatch for Africa but it re- mains to be ascertained how we will come out in a tussle with the insect that started in Central America and that has steadily advanced until it has reached the easterly bounds of Texas, and will soon be looking wistfully at bolls in Louisiana cotton fields.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

dean of the University law school and prominent candidate for the associate justice of the supreme court. is at the Florence.
 Frank N. Julian left yesterday for Mo- bile to look after some business interests.
 J. F. Pope of wilsonville is at the Morris.
 John g. Pollard of Selma is stopping at the St. Nicholas.
 The Hon. ". F. Dent of Waverley, for merly member of the legislature, is at the Metropolitan.
 pr. James K Power of Florence, for merly president of the university and one of the most prominent educational men in the south, is at the lillian.
 M 2. Davie, a well known young busi- ness man of Blocton, Is at the Metro politan.
 Aaron Cohen of Nashville is stopping at the Hillman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29
CIRCULATING THE BIBLE.

From the New York Sun.
 An appeal by the American Bible society for contributions of money to enable it to continue undimnished its circulation of Bibles is signed, among others. by Pres ident Roosevelt ex-President Cleveland, justices of the United States supreme court and members of the cabinet and of congress. This special appeal is made now because the society is fin serious danger of being crippled from lack of funds" probably on account of the finan- cial disturbances of last year, and to some extent, perhaps by reason of the critical attitude now so generally assumed to- ward the Scriptures
 In London also, we observe, much em- phasis is to be laid on the need of circu- lating the Bible. On the 9th of March a special service Is to be held at St. Paurs Cathedral in connection with the anniver- sary of the British and Foreign Bible so- ciety. at which will attend the king and queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and where the lord mayor and sheriffs will be on hand in state. No report of any such threatened deficiency In funds as the American society sends out is made public, but probably 1t may be assumed that the same causes which require unu- sual efforts to get means to keep up the circulation of the Bible are operative in England also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29
An Old Question.

What is billion?" has arisen again, and it may supplant that other question, How old is Ann?" The former is more easily explained, and is fully as useful as the latter.
 The mother land clings to etymology and still says in its dictionaries that a billion is a million million, but in Con tinental Europe especially in France, they say billion is a thousand mil lion, and American accepts the Conti- mental method of numeratlon. We have indeed officially accepted it, for not long ago Secretary Shaw, that dis Iowa, officially said, not to the govern or of South Carolina, but to the speak. CT of the house of representatives that our imports in the last fiscal year fad passed the billion dollar line He meant to say in the classic language of Iowa that our imports in the fiscal
 
 year exceeded a thousand millions. If this does not settle the billion prob lem, then Iowa cannot settle it.
 It would be cruel to require the good MT. Rockefeller to make a million mil lions before he could attain his ambi- tion of becoming Americas first bill fonaire. Besides 1t would be onerous on the rest of us who are consuming MT Rockefeller's unequalled oil. If he must earn million millions he may have to reduce the fire test as we'll as to advance the gallon price, and we protest against either.
 By and large we had better stand by the Continental method and reject the numeration of the mother land Old England is no respecter of persons in her courts, but in her arithmetic she calls for too many millions when she wants to make up billion. Our own Rockefeller is not equal to the task, and our own Jowan secretary has said that thousand millions make bill lion, and there is no appeal from Iowa arithmetic or Iowa literature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29
Whitaker Wriuht.

Whitaker Wright was a promoter who dealt in millions and who had among his dummy directors lords, earls and what not without end. He stood as high as a promoter and cap tain of finance as J. P Morgan or the only Schwab ever did in this country.
 What did he do? He simply did what all great promoters do-he issued false and misleading statements of the earnings or standing of the companies he was engaged in promoting. That was all. If there is promoter any where who has not done likewise the public would pay money to see him. He does not and never has existed
 And yet when Whitaker Wright was brought before the court, despite the fact that two noble lords were impll- cated in the particular case, despite the fact that the government con LTOiicu Dy tnc toiy party uiu hot uo ltS part. yet Judge Martin and the jury faced the case and decided it strictly on the evidence and the law, and the prisoner was found guilty and sen fenced to seven years of penal servi- tude-the extreme punishment of the law in such cases.
 This fine example of English justice and English civilization should not go unfelt in this country, where public sentiment Is so unsound that judges are led to excuse crime and jurors do not hesitate to perjure themselves The result is plain-in England life is secure, here it is insecure; in England law is supreme. here anarchy thinly disguised runs riot.
 The Whitaker Wright case could not possibly have taken place in any part of this country This is plain language, and it may be considered un- patriotic Nevertheless it is truth. In no part of this country could Whit aker Wright be convicted for issuing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

The grave has no occupant. and never had one. That there was a, occasion for a grave or for headstone such as that which bears this inscription was not known until more than year after the date on the headstone, when James B. Salmon, brother of Jonathan Salmon. returned to Honesdale with the story of his brothers fate. This story is now re- called by old residents of Honesdale as follows:
 The whaling ship Arabella sailed from Sag Harbor on August 5. 1S47, on one of her cruises. Jonathan Salmon, who, with his brother James, had left Honesdale to become whalers some years before, was her second mate, his brother heinz one of the crew The Arabella fell in with q school of sperm whales off the southwest coast of South America on December 5 following. The boats of the Arabella had December s, the boat commanded by Sec ond Mate Salmon started in pursuit of a fourth.
 The boat got close enough to the whale for the harpooner to launch his weapon successfully at it. but before the crew could pull away the wounded monster struck the boat an upward blow with it's iuke. The boat was lifted out of the wat CT several feet; so high, in fact. that 1t turned completely over In the air. The men dropped from 1t into the water. Mate Salmon fell near the furious whale, still retaining his oar in his hands.
 The whale rushed upon him, it's tre- mendous jaws wide open, and engulfed both Salmon and his oar within them. It was the oar that saved Salmon from in stant death, for it stuck out on each side of the whales jaws so far back toward the hinges of the jaw that when they came together upon 1t the oar kept the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29
Snow-bound Trains.

''It is a rare instance that trains run ming so far south as in the states of Ala bama and Mississippi are snow-bound and it much interests me that the Frisco should be detained on Mississippi soil," remarked waiting northern passenger yesterday. You southerners certainly have right to boast of your diversity of climate, soil and production. There is nothing like 1t in all the universe. In these states you produce coal, cotton, wheat oats rye and even oranges and verily believe your soil and climate will produce all the semi-tropical fruits. Much surprised and greatly amused was l at seeing slelghs running through the slush of today's snow. and I could not but think to myself: It is straining point
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29
Mardi Gras.

''The railroads will carry a larger num- Der of people to Mobile and New Orleans next month than any previous mardi gras occasion" said a passenger official.
 Americans have a passion for travelling and now that money is plentiful the pas senger business is especially brisk While New Orleans is the greatest mardl gras city outside of Rome, Mobile gets up very attractive carnivals and the one announc- ed for. next month is to be notably bril- liant"
 Mardi gras Is the day before Ash We'd nesday and falls this year on February 16. Easter falls on April g.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
A Night scene

'I witnessed pretty sight while going home last night" said a gentleman yes terday. Tt was after the ground was well Ncovered with a white mantel of snow when I was astonished to see a wonderful pink glow creeping over it's surface. At once saw that it was the reflection of the light from the furnaces. The lowering clouds and gleaming white avenues, unblemished by wagon wheels or the footsteps of pedestrians, gave a strilxingly pretty effect and the whole world seemed to be ablaze with color. The furnace illuminations are very strik- ing under ordinary conditions, but in snow storm they make a picture well worth staying up late at night to see"