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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-30
HLIBokA MUST HANG.
District Court Affirmed in Refusing
New Trial.

Helena, Dec. 26.-George Hliboka,
who last spring murdered his friend,
George Sedalik, on the lonely trail be-
tween Sand Coulee and Stockett, in
Cascade county, must pay the penalty
for his crime. The supreme court Sat
urday handed down a decision in
which the appeal from an order OF the
district court refusing a new trial is
denied and the judgment of the lower
court affirmed. This emoves the last
hope of judicial interference and it
only remains for the district court to
r%esentence Hliboka and the execution
will then be carried out.
In the opinion it is stated that the
only error argued by counsel for Hill
boka is that the information under
which the defendant was convicted
does not charge any greater crime
than that Of murder in the second de-
gree. 1t is argued that the informa-
ton does not charge murder in the
first degree because the word "delib-
erately" is not included in the charg-
ing words. The question was discuss
ed at length in the opinion. The opin-
ion is by Commissioner Galloway, and
all of the justices concur in it.
1t will be remembered that after
committing the murder and robbing
his victim Hliboka went on to Great
Falls and then took a train east. He
was followed by Sheriff Benner, who
caught his man at Grand Forks, N. D.,
and returned with him to Montana.
The trial resulted in a conviction OF
murder in the first degree, the evi.
dence being entirely conclusive of the
defendants guilt, and in addition to
that, he admitted it, but tried to show
that the crime was the result of a
quarrel on the trail.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-30
FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURS ON
THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
BLAMED FOR IT
The Train From St. Louis Crashes
Hean on Into One From
Louisville.

Louisville, Dec. 26.-The passenger
train which left st. Louis at 9 o'clock
Sunday night on the Southern railway
collided headon with the train leaving
Louisville neal Mauds station, ILL.,,
yesterday. One passenger and six en-
ployes were killed and two passengers
and six employees injured. The dead
are: +.
Charles Schmidt, Centralia ILL.,; En-
gineer Bowen, Princeton, Ind; Fire
man Charles HUT, Princeton, Ind;
Mail Clerk H. D. Hogan, Georgetown,
Ind; Section Foreman Underwood,
Princeton, Ind; Employe Henry Os-
ken, Tennison, Ind; Employe John
Hudson.
The injured:
Albert McNelly, Princeton, Ind,
bruised; Albert Osken, Tennison, Ind,
ankle sprained; Express Messenger
c.. D. Minton, broken leg; Employe
Eugene Carlton, Dale, Ind, internally;
Conductor w. H.. Beatty, shoulder dis
located; Mail Clerk McMitchell, st.
Louis, hip injured; Flagman Joseph
Lowe; Section Foreman Henry Austin.
The st. Louis-L Louisville and the st.
Louis-Knoxville sleepers were drawn
by both trains, but none of the pas
sengers in these four cars were injur-
ed. Both engines were badly damaged
and four coaches destroyed.
The collision occurred between Mt.
Carmel, Hill, and Princeton, Ind, and
according to the Southern railway of
f1cials was caused by the failure of the
operator at Browns, ILL.,, to deliver to
the e%astbound train an order naming
the meeting point for the trains.
All of the employees, with the ex-
ception of the trainmen, were in the
combination baggage and express car.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-30
SUBMARINE
One Of the Novelties Of the Lewis and
Clarke Exposition.

Portland, Dec. 26.-Among the o
elites of the electrical illumination
scheme designed for the Lewis and
Clarke exposition is the submarine
lighting of Gould's lake. Electrical
Engineer Thompson of the exposition
company today submitted plans which
complete this system of about 1880
lights on Columbia court, the shore
of the lank and alongside the Bridge
of Nations. This lake is the largest
body of water ever Enclosed in expo
sition grounds, being more than 200
acres in extent, and the arrangements
being carried will transform the grand
basin into a blaze OF glory. The
lights will be so candle power and in
closed in air-tight and water-tight re-
c%eptacles. A submarine illumination
will also give the effect of dancing
flames of fire at a distance in the
night.
In conjunction with other plans the
Mazamas, a mountain climbing club OF
this city, are arranging for the illumi-
nation of the top of Mt. Hood, the
highest peak in Oregon, by signal
fires at intervals during June and July.
The mountain is easily observable
from any point on the grounds.
In the center of the lake an i'm
mense geyser will play, rift with vari-
Gus colored lights, and a big Columbia
| river fish wheel will be in operation
for the e%dification of the visitors who
have not the time to go up the river
and see the business of landing the
| ried on in earnest.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-30
IN GOOD L WAY.
Billings Observes Christmas and Is
Merry as Usual.

From Tuesdays Daily.
Although yesterday was a legal holt
day and all business was suspended,
Christmas was observed by Billings
or the date and day given to it by the
calendar. The fact that it happened
to fall on Sunday was not permitted
to make any difference as regards n
joyment of it's pleasures. 1t vas all
we'll enough for the law to make the
succeeding day n to be observed in
business affairs. Santa Claus was too
busy and found it too cold to postpone
his part of the programme. Any way,
a Christmas a day late is to no ones
liking.
Billings paid heed to the day in the
good old fashion. There was feasting
and rejoicing in many households Int
gifts were exchanged between friends
and members OF families. The
churches had the usual special SER
| vices and remembrance of the younger
portion of their congregations. Liv.
ing up to the traditions and customs
of the day, those who were so fortu-
nate as to have homes and house.
holds invited the less fortunate ones
to share with them the many good
things bounteously provided. In con-
sequence boarding house tables show
ed many vacant chairs.
The day itself was clear and brac-
ing, with the thermometer showing a
weakness for the bottom of the tube.
Snow fell and those who had been
fearing a "green one" found them
selves happily disappointed. Yester-
day, the legal Christmas, was even
colder. Nineteen below was the story
told by the government instrument.
Because of the nipping wind that
blew from the northeast many sup
posed it to be much colder. During
the day there was a marked rise in
the temperature, but toward evening
] the mercury began to decline again
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-30
ARROW DOES WELL AT HOME
BALDWlN'S AIRSHIP MAKES 4
SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT.
Makes Headway Against Strong Wind
and Responds Readily to
Rudder.

Los Angeles, Dec. 26.-Captain
Baldwin's airship California Arrow
driven by Roy Knabenshu, who made
several successful flights in the same
machine from the Worlds fair
grounds at st. Louis, was given its
first trial in California yesterday and
was successful with the single excep-
ton of it's failure to land at the start.
ing point. A landing was effected
half a mile away without damage to
the machine and it was safely towed
back to it's anchorage.
The Arrow started from Chutes
park baseball grounds, in the south
eastern part of the city, at 3:17 p. m,
sailed with the wind no~rthwestward
for a distance of between eight and 10
miles, thence eastward for two miles
and returned in the face of a 12-m.le
gale ito a point directly above the
starting point, but owing to the sup
ply of gasoline running short was un-
able to effect a landing at exactly the
desired spot. From the time the air.
ship arose from the baseball grounds
until it was safely anchored at Pico
and Stanford streets, it was in fight
an hour and IL minutes, and in that
time sailed a distance of 20 miles.
When flying with the wind the Arrow
travelled at a speed of 20, miles an
hour, and in returning directly in the
face Of the strong southeastern gale
was able to make a rate of speed reck-
oned at between six and eight miles
an hour.
The airship was Unanswered by
Knabenshu in every direction, re-
spending readily to it's rudder, turning
and circling in either direction, sailing
directly in the face of the wind or at
any angle, and rising and dipping as
the operator directed. The Arrow rose
at times to a height of probably 5000
feet or more, with Knabenshue regu
lating the height by shifting his
weight and raising or lowering the
bow of the craft as he desired to as
cend or descend.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-30
PLACES FROM WHICH TO SOUND
FIRE ALARM.
MUST BREAK The GLASS
Few Simple Direction for Guidance
Of Those Who Use the
System.
From Tuesdays Daily.

All of the boxes for the fire alarm
telegraph system have been put in
place and connections are now being
made with the apparatus at the fire
station, a job that will be completed
ir a few days, when the plant will be
subjected to the usual tests. For the
present only ~ boxes will be used.
They have been placed in the more
densely settled portions OF the city.
From time to time, as occasion re-
quires,p others will be added, as the
system is capable of being enlarged
almost ad libitum.
Following r the numbers OF the
different boxes and wnere they are To-
Gated:
South Side.
No. .35-Corner of Twenty-seventh
street and Minnesota
No. 36-Corner of Twenty-eighth
street and Third avenue.
No. 37-Corner of Twenty-ninth
SCICtC anu OCCOuu dVSIu0.
No. 3S-Corner of Thirty-second
street and Secand avenue.
North Side.
No. 44-Corner Twenty-fifth street
and Montana avenu
No. 45-Corner of Tw~enty-sixth
street and Third avenue
No. 46-Corner of Twenty-seventh
street and First avenue.
No. 47-Corner of Twenty-eighth
street and Montana avenue. On tele-
graph pole opposite Donovan-McCor-
mick store.
No. 48-Corner of Thirtieth street
and Fourth venue
No. 49-Corner of Thirty-second
street and Second avenue.
How to Send an Alarm.
To turn in an alarm it is only neces
sary to break the glass OF the small
box fastened to the door OF the box
itself. In the small one is a key.
llllS ulllOChS UuC uCOI VI @LuC HILL
box and gives access to a knob which
travels in a segment Of a circle. All
now needed is to pull down ON the
knob and the number of the box is
recorded automatically at the station
and also strikes it ON the big bell.
Alarms should be sent in only from
the box nearest to the fire, and it is
particularly requested that the person
sending an alarm remain at the box
until the arrival of the firemen, in or
der to direct them at once to the fire
so that no time may be lost.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-30
ACCUSED OF KILLING WARD.
.oriet and Meter Bound Over to Dis.
trict Court.

trict Court.
Helena, Dec. 26.-Alexander Oriet OF
Neihart and another man named Met
ger, who were recently arrested near
Neihart on the charge. of killing Ho-
mer Ward, a young rancnman, who
was found murdered in his cabin,
where he lived alone, ~ miles from
White Sulphur Strings, will have to
answer in the district court. Both
have been bound over after a prelimi-
nary hearing before Justice of the
Peace Hatfield of White Sulphur
Springs. Major James Freeman OF
Great Falls, who has been retained to
defend Oriet, returned to Helena Fri
day night from White Sulphur
Springs, where he attended the pre-
liminary hearing Wednesday.
although my client was held to the
district court, I have little doubt of be-
ing able to clear him when the case
is tried" said MI. Freeman, who
seems of the opinion that the state
has no case against his client.
The murder of Ward was one of the
most cold-blooded ever committed in
Montana. He was shot through the
head, apparently as he sat at his table
eating his solitary meal, for he was a
bachelor. Then, in an effort to hide
evidences of the awful crime, the per-
son or persons who nred the shot car
ried the body to the bed, covered it
with the bed clothing, and, saturating
the latter with kerosene, applied the
match. The body vas partly burned
when found, the fire having gone out.
A hole through the window glass, in
a line with the table, upon which were
partly used ulshes, indicated that
Ward had been shot as he sat at the
table. Some of his personal effects
were missing from the cabin. His
barn was burned the same day, indi-
eating that the persons who fired the
fatal shot had a grudge against him.
County Attorney Pease of Gallatin
county, a brother-in-law of Ward, hired
Major Keown to work on the case, and
the latter, assisted by a deputhy sher-
if, arrested Oriet and Meter for the
crime, claiming they had in their pos
session some of Wards effects. The
motive back of the murder, If not
robbery, is believed to have been re-
venge, because Ward had taken a
piece of land coveted by another
ranchman, whose connection with the
crime has not been established up to
date.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-30
Drunken Row will Result Fatally,

Sault Lake City, Dec. 26.-Private
Henry Hackett is fatally and Corporal
Riley dangerously wounded as the re-
suit of a drunken brawl which occur
ed at Fort Douglas. The two men,
who belong to the Twenty-ninth in
fanty, %quarreled with Silas Smith, a
former soldier, employed as teamster
at the fort. The quarrel eliminated
just as the men left the street car at
the fort, and Smith drew a revolver
and shot Hackett and Riley. Smith
was placed in the military guard
house, where he made a plea of self.
defense.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-30

but not to such depth as the night be-
fore. Seven below was the coolest it
got at any time between sunset and
sunrise. With the wind shifting to
the west the weather began to mod
crate this forenoon and predictions OF
a chinook were made by those who
profess to be we'll up in such matters.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-24
For Growing Girls.

West Pembroke, Me-, March 21-
Mrs. A. L. Smith of this place, says
that Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best
remedy for growing girls. Mrs.
Smith emphasizes her recommends
ton by the following experiences:
my daughter was thirteen years
old last November and it is now two
years since she was first taken with
Crazy Spells that would last a week
and would then pass off. In a month
she would have the spells again. At
these times she would eat very little
and was very yellow, even the whites
of her eyes would be yellow.
"The doctors gave us no encour-
agement, they all said they could not
help her. After taking one box of
Dodd's Kidney Pills, she has not had
one bad spell, OF course, we contin-
ued the treatment until she had used
in all about a dozen boxes, and we
still give them to her occasionally.
when she is not feeling well. Dodd's
Kidney Pills are certainly the best
medicine for growing girls"
Mothers should heed the advice of
Mrs. Smith, for by so doing they may
save their daughters much pain and
sickness and insure a healthy, happy
future for them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-24
T III T. FIR S T
BY MILFORD w. rosHAY
copyrighted 1909 by The authors Publishing coupanv

You don't love mel You know you
don't love me, and that's the reason
we aren't happy"
1T is clearly demonstrated, then,
that we aren't happy?"
"Of course It Is. You used to be
with me every evening, and we read
poetry and discussed literature, and
and"
Loved each other?"
Yes; and that's exactly what peo-
pie ought to do all their lives. You
used to say that l was exceptionally
well read, and that 1t was interesting
to talk with me; but you haven't said
so for ever so long, and it's just be-
cause you don't love me, and that's
the very reason we aren't happy any
more"
1T looks as If this conversation
might become as interesting as any
we ever had. | always like to give at
tention to first causes, and you seem
to be getting down to the foundation
Of our relationship"
well, think it is time to look for
a first cause, and it's certainly not my
fault if am forced to the conclusion
have given"
mo; you are without fault, as l
have told you very often. But, err
may be permitted to inquire whose
the fault is?"
yes; you have told me often
enough that l am without fault, and
that you loved me; but that's what
you used to say We have been mar
ried three months, and you haven't
told me anything of the kind .for--for
weeks"
Really, haven't seen the occasion
for It,"
"Then you admit that my conclusion
is correct?"
ooh, | simply meant that l have
proved my former assertions, and
there is now less need for repeating
them"
Proved them?"
Certainly"
"How?"
by marrying you"
"And having done that gracious
deed, there is now no occasion for
further lover"
"If have failed to say so. 1t is not
because you have ceased to prompt
me to-"
"I?"
"Assuredly. think you will admit
that you have been making the state
ment to me In the most positive way,
for at least six weeks, that I do not
love you. Now, If it hasn't been to
get me to agree with you, pray what
has it been for?"
"And you viii admit that have had
reason for saying so?"
Excuse me, my dear (please notice
the term) but cannot admit that /
have gone any further in this direction
than you have insisted that ought to
CO."
Your term is perfectly correct, and
1t Is also perfectly cold. i am sorry
that ! cannot be sufficiently conven.
tional to return it, but am in earnest,
not iron'c. l am very much mortified
to think that am so dense as to have
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-24

'N@'NNNf ~ fACPJ JOha
do not wish me to assert that do not
believe what you say?"
Then may i ask you a few ques-
tions from a different standpoint"
With all my heart"
For what do you go to the bank
meetings?"
Because l am director, and it is
necessary for me to look after its in
terests, so that l can make money
fo2 you to spend"
"And why do you go to the lodge?"
Because I'carry heavy insurance
in the order, and it is needful for me
to see that 1t is managed properly, so
that If anything should happen to me,
you will be certain to get the insur-
ance."
'But-but the chamber OF com
merce doesn't help you to do anything
for me. does it?"
II have number of investments,
the value of which depends on the
amount of business done in the city.
and the chamber of commerce is for
the purpose of keeping business in a
good condition. OF course, / assist in
looking after things, so that my in
come will be larger"
"And the really, truly reason for
your being out so many evenings is
that may have more money!
This is the really, truly reason"
"Then yen do love ME as much as
You used to?"
Certainly"
20, you dear good, bad cold, warm.
hearted old hubby, you! To think
that I was the first cause for your
being out so many evenings, and |
didn't know It! I'm going to put my
arms right around your neck and give
you a dozen kisses. There, now! You
do love me. know you do. oh, am
so happy!"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-24
The pally Press.

The daily press, as l look at IT.,
is a wonderful detective. I. can run
down public opinion and report it mar
velously. In this respect it has an
overwhelming outlook AS a news
gatherer, its facilities perpetually as
tonish me. The weapon of publicity 1t
often Yields with undoubted power.
But. when all is said, it is much more
than gigantic reporter? Does It real
~ instruct and guide? Or does it sim
ply furnish by the myriad page the
stuff out of which the people con.
struct their own independent judg-
ment? confess that newspapers
seem to me more and more to exem-
plify Gladstones definition of the ora.
tor-they receive from the public as
mist what they give back as shower"
From Rollo Ogden's "The Making
of Public Opinion" in the Century.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-24
AN ORGAN WITHOUT sroPs.

At Least Owner Of instrument Never
Knew Them.
There is a man living In an Elev-
enth street fiat who has no music in
his soul, and there Is a man on the
lower floor whose soul is full of It.
The lower-floor man not long ago add
ed a four-lung parlor organ to his
lares and penates, and two healthy
daughters Of his began to practice on
1t. Several nights later a friend paid
a visit to the first man. and as soon
as he got inside the apartment he
heard the parlor organ on the lower
floor
Fine toned istrument, that" he
said. because he, too. had some music
in his soul.
The musicless man grunted.
Whose make is it?" the visitor
asked.
Don't know" was the ungracious
answer.
How many stops has it?"
The host pulled himself. up for q
powerful effort We'll" he replied
ITS been in the house for about a
week now, and in that time It hasn't
had any that l have been able to dis.
cover.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-24
DOCTOR DID IT.
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| formerly did not enjoy the best of
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only weighed 119 pounds, At this
time l was living in the Ohio Valley
and began to think had about seen
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ago had an opportunity to try Grape
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