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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-22
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ers in human life. BY their greed
and disregard for the sanctity of hui
man life they have taken away from
countless poor the only medicine that
in instances innumerable may be said
to stand between death and the little
ones dependent upon them. To that
extent they are no less murderers
than the iend who Yields bludgeon or
knife. Every child of INDECENT pa
rents that dies in consequence of the
advanced price of anti-toxine is a
victim to the rapacity of a few con-
scienceless monsters. They have
made "a monopoly of the production of
one of the greatest blessings that
science has bestowed in recent years
and by making impossible it's appli-
cation by the poor all over the land
they have deliberately conspired to
wipe out youthful lives, and although
they may attempt to escape RESPONSE
bility therefor, they are responsible
to the same degree as though they
had in cold blood administered poison
of used "a deadly weapon in their de-
struction. ~.
When the efficacy of anti-toxine as
a cure for dil Liberia had been dem
onstrated to a certainey, the larger Of
the municipalities of the land added
the remedy to the list of other medi-
cines administered free to the indi-
gent and at once the death rate among
children in those places began to de-
crease to an astonishing degree. But
it is mot only among the really indi-
gent that the effects of the sinful
combination will make themselves
apparent, for already there is talk
of municipal laboratories for the pro-
duction of the remedy. Upon the
self-respecting, self-supporting poor a
burden has been placed almost be-
yond their power to bear.
If there is any law by which the
,scoundrels can be reached it should
be invoked at once. If no such law
is in existence it seems that one
could be easily framed that would
apply to them and it should be as
drastic in it's provisions as lis despic-
able the cause calling for it's enact
ment.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-22

ton will not be as heavy at any one
time as Is the case in the present vari-
ETY.. Such a strawberry would be Of
great value for the home garden. Even
now, by planting four or five varieties
ranging from very early to very late, it
is possible for the gardener to almost
double the length Of his strawberry
season over that Of the old time gar
dener of twenty-five years ago.
A Primitive Thrashing Machine.
A common sight in the agricultural
districts of Hungary is two women
treading out grain by means Of a
beam. The woman seated on the
ground takes a bundle of grain and
puts it under one end Of the beam.
When the grain is in place the woman
leaning on the pole, for support takes
a step backward, which has the effect
of raising the broad, fiat end of the
beam and making the other end fall
in a hole made for that purpose. Then
a quick step forward, with some little
pressure, brings the thick end Of the
beam down on the wheat and f1attens
II out so ~effectually as to separate the
grain from the husks.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-22
AM Ever Benrinx strawberry,

One of the hybridizing experts of the
department of agriculture is working
upon the production of an ever bearing
strawberry-that is, one which will
bear during the growing season. It is
believed that it will be possible to pro-
duce a strawberry which will bear a
continuous crop of six or eight weeks
duration though. of course. the produc-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-22

On her wedding day the women Of
Roumania gave the crown princess a
sum of money with which she was to
buy a present. That was ten years ago,
and now the money thus received
amounts to 100000. With this sum the
princess has just bought an estate at
Jassy, where will be opened a school Of
household economy.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-22
MONEY POWER WITH DEMOS.

Although he has taken to wearing
socks, Jerry Simpson still keeps his
finger where it may be easily applied
to the public pulse, and he is not at
all backward in expressing the opin-
ion he forms thereon. He was in
terviewed at Portland a few days ago,
having been among the Webfeet as a
delegate to the stockmen's conven-
tion, and gave his idea of the politi-
cal situation, which he regarded as
decidedly favorable to the democrats.
He gave as his reason for his belief
the fact that the money power is op-
posed to Roosevelt, because as presi-
dent he has shown neither fear nor
favor and is proof against either
threats or entreaties. If the demo-
Gratis nominated a "safe' man, one to
it's liking as probably easily to be
swayed by it, Simpson said the money
power of the east would rush to his
support and if possible elect him.
Being asked whether he believed
Cleveland had amy show, the Kansas
statesman replied that he did not
think so, for while Cleveland's views
ON the money question might meet the
approval of the money power, he was
too unpopular generally to make a
good candidate. In reply to the pos
sibility of Bryan being a candidate
cnce more Simpson, said:
"The money power of the east has
started in to do Mr.. Roosevelt up.
Money is getting tighter every day.
Wages are being reduced all over the
country, and in my opinion that is part
of the scheme to cause labor to be-
come dissatisfied. Once cause labor
to become dissatisfied and they
blame the party in power. The money
power knows that, and has begun to
tighten the strings that will cause the
trouble. Should that action u a
panic, Bryan might be called upon as
the Moses ito lead the people to the
promised land. If there is no panic,
l don't believe Bryan will be the nomi-
nee"
When asked as to the likelihood OF
being a candidate himself for any.
thing the erstwhile sockless one
laughed loudly and walked off.
Piano For Sale.
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OUTRAGEOUS AND AHHoRENr.

OUTRAGEOUS AND ABHoRENT.
As between the beef trust and the
anti-toxine TRUST it is hard to decide
which is the more abhorent, as both
have for their purpose the withhold
Ding Of things essential to human life
and it's preservation. The packing
house lords have combined to further
enrich themselves by raising the price
OF an article of food so as to place
1t beyond the reach of almost all, ex-
cept the rich and those in moderate
circumstances. For this reason their
action is criminal and they should
h reprobated by every right minded
person. The other men have taken
|odvantage OF their position to advance
price Of . remedy to prohibitive
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-22
Friday, January %, 1904.
GEOGRAPHICALLY INCONSISTENT

Partisan prejudice prevents them
from ~perceiving the absurdity of their
position, but it is really remarkable,
when o come to think of it, that
the democratic editors pretend their
opposition to President Roosevelt is
based upon his personality, the salient
qualities of his character, when they
have canonized and hold yearly cele.
brations in commemoration of a man
who may be said to have been almost
the exact counterpart of Roosevelt.
Andrew jackson was impetuous, i'm
pnlsive and totally indifferent to the
wishes and desires of politicians, but
he had the confidence of the people
and they trusted him implicitly in all
Things. Jackson was energy and un-
finching courage personified and as a
war first brought him out for political
honors, so did a war place Roosevelt
In real prominence before the nation.
Also as Jackson owed little, if amy
thing, to the politicians for his first
election, so does Roosevelt.
The striking individuality, daring
and umQuestionable honesty of the
two men are remarkable in their SINH
larity, and as jackson captivated the
people because of his individuality
and energy, so has Theodore Roose-
Welt captured the people of the present
time. Jackson was truthful, candid
an6 frank, and so is Roosevelt, and
as jackson ignored the politicians and
wire pullers and took the public into
his confidence, %preferring to trust the
people, so has Roosevelt done and is
continually doing. The purity and
integrity of their public and private
lives are also strikingly alike, while
i'm the matter of true patriotism, pat
riOtism not limited by sectional lines
or influenced by party considerations
they are as much alike as it is posi-
BILE for two beings to be. AS Jack
son was a man of action, strong will
ed and determined, so lis Roosevelt,
and both will go down into history
as democratic, warm hearted. men,
whose sympathies were with the peo-
pie and constantly at wal with what
they believed to be wrong.
Only for political reasons do the
democrats pretend to be frightened
at the prospect of a continuation of
Roosevelt as president, while the op-
position to him from those Within his
own party is limited ito the men who
believe in the formation of "holding'
companies and other forms of trusts.
OUTRAGEOUS AND ABHORENT.
LIf 49, -,
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Piano For Sale.

Baby Grand Steinway, nearly new,
for sale at a bargain. Address box
178, Billings. 1853
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-22

One Year Ago, at the Zenith OF His
Power, Morgan Was Regarded as
the Marvel Of the Age, Heart, Soul
and Body OF the New Finance
which Was to Control the Worlds
Northumberland Financially
Ruined by His Enterprises.
The Bourbon news., 1904-06-14
WOMEN "BUCK THE TIGER"
How the Dealers in Montana Gam
bling Resort Get the Work
ing Girl's Wages.

In Butte, Mont, there is gambling
house where the patronage of ladies
is the special feature of the manage
ment, and where all kinds of women
play the good old game of faro, perfectly
at home and without fear of interrupt
ton. The entrance is from an alley near
Broadway, and the house is luXuriously
furnished. Carpets are laid on the
floors, sOftened lights shine over the
players, courteous attendants deal and
shuttle the cards and pay bets or take
winnings without the slightest sugges-
tion of the incongruity of the situation,
says the Denver Republican
Here many fashionably gowned wom-
en- of Butte's elite come in parties or in
pairs with escorts, to quietly venture sill
yer or goldpieces coined from copper By
their husbands, who busy themselves in
Butte's continuous political war.
Women of the business world keep
track of the game, and both dealer and
player usually maintain a rigid silence.
Money is passed out for chips with the
simple word, five or ten. "and con-
versatiOn is economical to a minimum.
And there are schemes to inveigle the
unsuspecting that only the initiated un-
derstand. Many women of the middle
classes are among the most regular pa
irons Of the place. A waiter girl was re-
Gently observed playing her weeks
wages with phenomenal luck. With SIS
she had won $50 and had cashed in her
chips with charming GOODNESS prepared
to go home winner" The dealer paid
her without comment. He counted out
the money-two twenty-dollar bills, one
ten, one five, four dollars in silver, two
half-dollars. She picked up the money,
put the bills in her purse and laid a
half dollar on. the ace. 1t lost. She laid
down dollar. 1t won. Another few
moments and she had lost the silver. Re-
luctantly she drew out fve-dollar note
and began to play again In few deals
she was playing heavily again. In half
an hour she was broke It was a simple
trick which has won the bank many mil.
lions of dollars after the player cashed
in-the manner of payment One is re-
luctant to break bill, but silver is con-
venient to lay down on card, and most
gamblers will do it. Before they know it
they are again drawn in to the game.
They sometimes win, it is true, for the
games are on the square, but one cannot
win always, and the chance on a second
round is in favor of the tiger"
The Bourbon news., 1904-06-14

transmitted By cable throughout the
grounds 70 the electric railways. the
machinery in operation in the exDosi-
ti0r buildings the pumps supplying
water to the cascades and fountains,
the refrigerating plant and for other
purposes The total horsepower used
at Chicago did not exceed u 000 and at
the Pan-American not over 5000, in
comparison with the 10000 to $4,000
here.
Electricity had only five and one
half acres at Chicago, while at st. Louis
nine acres are given to the same de-
partment, besides a large display Of
electrical generators in the Palace Of
Machinery.
No one should be deferred from visit
ing the worlds fair because of the fear
that living expenses in st. Louis are too
high. If anyone has this notion it is
high time that it be dispeIled. There is
absolutely no doubt of the fact that one
can find excellent living accommOda-
tions in St Louis now at rates not ex-
ceeding the charges this same month in
New York, Chicago or any other great
American city.
No one need pay more than one dollar
day for good room That is an aver
age rate, though many accommodations
of excellent character may be had for
less. There are many unrented rooms
at five dollars a week, advertised every
day in the newspapers. Hundreds Of
restaurants serve meals or give short
order service at the same rates
that prevailed before the exposition
opened.
1t is suggested that the stranger in
st. Louis, who wishes to find reasonable
clearinghouse rates, make inquiry at
a grocery store or meat market in the
vicinity where he desires to stop The
grocers and butchers know nearly all
the boarding houses in their neighbor-
hoods, and they are quite willing to
oblige the stranger by directing him to
a place to suit his purse and his tastes
The want" columns of the daily news
papers also contain columns of small
advertisements for boarders or dodgers.
The Bourbon news., 1904-06-14

remote corner of earth are engaged TO
reproduce the life Of 25 different peoples
Fifteen hundred animals are required to
LEND reality to the varied scenes. Two
shows III the list of 40 represent an out
lay of S1,4O0 COO Twenty of them cost
not less than 100000 apiece. and hardly
an attraction less than $50 ,000
Some idea of what there is to be seen
of Pike features may be had from list
of the educational amusement features
which this section of the fair contains:
Alaska and Esquimaux Village; An
cient Rome and Hawaiian Volcano; Bat
tie Abbey; Bohemia; Crystal Palace;
Cliff DWellers; Chinese Village; Colorado
Gold Mine; Creation; Coal Breaker;
Cairo; Constantinople; Fighting
Exhibition; Glass Weaving, Spinning;
German Tyrolean Alps; Golden Chariot;
Grants Log Cabin; Galveston Flood;
Haunted Castle; Hereafter; Hunting in
the Ozarks; Infant Incubators; Indian
Congress and Wild West; Irish Village;
japanese Village; Jerusalem; Jim Key
Educated Horse); LincOln's Log Cabin;
Moorish Palace; Model Playground; ;
Miniature Railway; Magic Whirlpool;
Morocco; Mysterious Asia; Naval Ex-
hibition; Old Plantation; Old ST Louis,
Mo; Old Cahokia Court House; Old
Virginia Homestead; Observation
Wheel; Palais Du Costume; Pottery;
Weller; Paris and France; Scenic Rail-
way; South African Boer Exhibits;
Streets of Seville; Statisticum; Sub
marine Diving; New York to the North
Pole; Trained and Wild Animals; Under
and Over the Sea; Upper Mississippi
Views Water Chutes; Wireless Teleg-
raphy
What runs in all; what supplies the
power that makes the countless wheels
go round? The majority Of visitors are
intensely interested in the mechanical
motive force of this greatest of eXposi-
tiOns, and we'll they may be. One of
the most striking features is the power
The Bourbon news., 1904-06-14
FESTIVAL HALL AND THE CASCADES.

plant Never before at an exposition
has there been even half as much
power developed as supplied from the
various prime movers in the Palace of
Machinery. In a large boiler house
standing west Of the Machinery build
ing, filled with the latest and best pro-
ductions of skilled boiler manufactures,
steam is generated to supply 10000
horsepower to the various engines in
the Machinery building. In addition
to this about 10000 horsepower is re-
ceived by electric cable from power sta
tions in the city of st. Louis But the
greatest interest is in the engines them
selves rather than in the large capacity
of the exhibit, for among them is
giant turbine or rotary engine develop
ing 1000 horsepower, besides others of
a similar type of smaller capacity. This
is the first display of turbine engines
at a large exposition, as its develop
ment is a very recent achievement of
mechanical engineering and invention.
At the Chicago Exposition the larg-
est gas engine developed only ten
horsepower; the visitor to st. Louis
may see a gas engine with the capacity
of 800 times larger than the Chicago
engine. The 5000 horsepower gas en-
CINE is the largest engine of its char
acter ever built Many other gas en-
gines of various types developing from
900 to .75O horsepower complete this
feature of the exhibit and there are
many of the more familiar reciprocal
ing engines of the latest pattern and
highest efficiency.
OF the total number of prime movers
in the Palace of Machinery about one
half are comprised in what is known as
the Exposition power plant. the other
half being exhibitors engines. Nearly
all these engines are connected with
electrical generators and the power is
The Bourbon news., 1904-06-14
THE WONDERS OF THE
WORLD AT ST. LOUIS.
They Are to Be Found in the Great Palaces and Along
"The Pike"

St. Louis. Early visitors to the Louis
lana Purchase exposition have found
at ST. Louis an exposition so nearly COM
plete that they have in no way missed
the few minor details that were unfn-
ished on the opening day, and which
have since been completed In fact in
an exposition Of such proportions as
this it would be impossible to discover
a thousand little details that might lack
completion
Weather conditions were against the
exposition management for few days
preceding the opening. Now every
thing is favorable, and the great fair
is entirely complete, a completeness, we
must repeat, that is so enormous that
it is all but impossible to comprehend
wha: it has meant to the builders. The
last vestige Of scaffolding that for a
few days surrounded some of the less i'm
portant buildings has been torn away;
the last wagon load of refuse hauled
from the grounds; every flower and
shrub the landscape gardeners included
in their scheme of decoration growing
under the benign influence of a spring
sun, and the exposition stands forth a
completed giant, beautiful in cOncep-
ton, wonderful in execution, stupendOus
in size, by far the masterpiece Of the
worlds expositions.
StupendOUs size does not half express
it. This worlds fair has many sur
prises for the visitor, but its immense
sise is the greatest astonisher of all.
Amazement at the extent Of the fair is
heard from every visitor
1t has been interesting to watch the
visitors these first days of the fair. In
teresting to see what would appeal to
then strongest. but after one has studied
the mass of humanity in their quest for
TIE wonders it is hard to select any one
feature that could be designated as a
general faVOrite with all Of course all
visitors are enthusiastic over the general
picture, the grand en- semble, which has
The Bourbon news., 1904-06-14

beeu created, and for the first hour or
more of their stay inside the grounds
but few get further than the point from
which they catch their first view of this
grand picture.
1T almost takes my breath away,
exclaimed one woman near whom l was
standing as she caught her first glimpse
of the beauty of the cascades and the
magnifcence of the grand exposition
palaces. Such is the general verdict.
For beauty, for magnifcence, for extent,
st. Louis has beat the world.
There is another feature. or rather
collection of features, which seemingly
appeals to every visitor, and with good
reason, and that is THE Pike" The
fair management do not wish to appeal
to the public with side-show. They
built an exposition which should stand
forth to the world on its merits as an
educator. as a monument to the worlds
progress. but realizing that an amuse-
ment feature was necessary they set to
work to provide the biggest and best in
this line that has ever been known. That
they have succeeded in this is eVloenI
10 every visitor who travels ''The Pike. F"
Nor is this great amusement feature
lacking in educational interest. Here
one may study the architectural fancles
OF the world: here he may study the
nations of the world, their methods OF
life. their surroundings, their customs.
He sees realistic pictures of the Esqul-
maGx ia their snow and ice bound homes
in ole ruinute. and the next is trans
ported to The jungles OF tropical Africa.
Tine Pike. is not an aggregation of fat
women and the skeleton men, in nc
sense a circus side-show, but realistic
picture Of the world upon which hye
millions Of dollars has been spent
Six thousand performers from foreign
eouDtrieg, an6 busy artisans from every
The Bourbon news., 1904-06-14
Mas. ELIAS GOES FEES.
Acquitted of the Charge Of B:soknaiI-
iag Millionaire John r. PIatt.

New York, June 11.-Mrs. Hannah
Elias, the Negro woman who was ar
rested and charged with obtaining
nearly $500, 900 from Millionaire John
&. Platt, was discharged Tuesday after
noon on motion of Assistant District
Attorney Rand, acting for District At
! tOrney Jerome, at the conclusion of the
/ testimony of John r. Platt S5 years
old, the millionaire, who caused he-
arrest for extortiOn. Mr. Platt proved
a disappointing witness. To questions
bearing directly on the charges on
which the wOman's arrest was made
/ he answered repeatedly Il don't know"
/ His helplessness and his apparently
unreliable memory surprised those who
attended his examination He did not
remember whether he had given Mrs
| Elias large sums of money during the
| past ten years, as charged, and did
not remember signing certain of the
! papers in connection with his charges
! against her. The ordeal was a trying
/ one for the aged man and his replies
! became scarcely audible toward the
last. AS soon as he had left the wit
ness chair Assistant District Attorney
Rand said:
Your honor, l think the parties to
this miserable scandal ought to be al
! lowed to stew in their own grease.
There is no evidence before you that
will possibly serve to hold this WON
an on a charge Of extortion. I recon-
mend that she be discharged"
The magistrate thereupon discharg-
ed the woman Immediately afterward
Mrs. Elias was rearrested on writ in
the civil suit originally brought against
her by Mr.. Platt to recover $685., 600.
! She was released a few minutes later
on $4,000 bail and was escorted by
detectives through the crowded corri-
dOrs of the criminal courts building
to the street. where her carriage was
waiting. Several thousand persons,
among them hundreds of Negroes, at
tracted by the case, thronged the build
ing and stood crowded in the streets
outside.
When Mr.. Platt, feeble and trem-
bling and apparently dazed, was help
ed out of the building, the crowd hoot-
ed and hissed
Mrs. Elias said Friday night that
she did not know Andrew H. Green,
who was murdered some time ago by
Negro admirer of the woman, and
had never heard of him UP to the time
Of his death.
Il absolutely exonerate his name and
1 am exceedingly sorry that he met so
untimely a fate through the fault of
another man." She added.
She also declared that she had no
charges to make against any million
aires and that there will be no further
sensational charges made against her
by Mr. Platt Washington Brauns, her
counsel, who was present when this
statement was made, added that there
was no foundation for the assertion
/ that Mrs Elias had been blackmailed
/ by a physician and a lawyer ard that
Mrs Mrs. Elias would not take the
initiative in any legal proceedings
growing out of the case against her.