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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-11
DISCUSS GENERAL BRlsToW's RE.
PORT AND VIGOROUSLY AS
SAIL THE AUTHOR.
INVESTIGATION is PROBABLE
HOUSE MAY ASK FOR COMPLETE
INQUIRY INTO THE PosToF-
FIcE DEPARTMENT..

Washington, March 1O.-That an In
vestigation of the p%ostofice depart
ment by the house Of representatives
will result from the publication of the
report involving members of congress
In that connection, was indicated by
every expression possible short of a
vote in that body Wednesday. With
q whirlwind of protest the report was
taken up by indignant members, their
personal connection with it explained,
and epithets hurled at Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster General Bristow.
'The Bristow report al conceived
in iniquity, horn in sin and has travel
ed its course until it has struck the
public of the United States as a great
attack on a body of men as free from
wrong doing, corruption, crime and IT.
regularity as any equal number of men
on the face of the earth" This was
the parting shot Of Representative
Grosvenor Of Ohio in paying his tribute
to the report.
"That document is the production
Of a liar and a s%ooundrel," shouted
Representative Hill of Connecticut, in
making an explanation of his connec-
ton with certain leases. He added
that he would vote both to investigate
himself and also the fourth assistant
postmaster general.
Overstreet Against Investigation.
There is nothing in any of it to i'm
pugn any improper motive or conduct
upon any member Of the house." said
Chairman Overstreet Of the commit
tee, who combatted the idea of an in
vestigation.
Mr.. Williams, the Democratic lead
er, urged a complete investigation of
the whole postofice department and
received the hearty applause Of both
sides of the house and the galleries.
It soon was found that the two hours
which had been allotted to the subject
was not going to be near enough time
for the personal explanations which
members were demanding the right
to make and a motion to extend the
debate until 4 o'clock Thursday was
carried.
Some other congressman used strong
terms in speaking of Mr.. Brostow,
even declaring that he was trying to
blackmail congress into silence for
partisan purposes.
Mr. Cooper (Wis.) said that he had
been informed by another member of
the house that General Bristow,
trembling from Illness" told that
member that he (Bristow) had never
seen the report as it was now printed.
Therefore said Mr.. Cooper, II think
the abuse of him ought to STOP"
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Descent of the Family Hat In Korea.
A Philadelphia who has been in
Korea, over which the Russians and
Japs are at war, long enough to grow
familiar with it's customs says in the
Philadelphia Record, that one of the
most unique and picturesque of them
il the family hat that descends from fa-
Their to eldest son The hat, made from
the hair of the family ancestors, is a
priceless possession and SO carefully
handled that it never wears out.
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Mountain Climbins In an Auto

Mountain Climbing In an Automobile
Inspired by the success Of Captain
Deasy in a Martini automobile in max
ing the ascent of a Swiss mountain last
fall, Harvey Du eros, Jr., a well known
English automobilist, recently attempt
ed the ascent Of Mount Snowden in a
fifteen horsepower Ariel, following the
line Of a mountain railway, says the
New York Herald. The distance IL
five miles, and the grade averages one
In five. More than three-fourths Of the
climb was made when huge snowdrifts
prevented further progress. The car
was specially geared for the trial.
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A Hard Winter ON the Farmers.

There is little doubt that many Of
the residents of the rural communities
Of Vermont are enduring h%ardships as
the result of the unusually severe win
ter, says the Rutland (Vt.) News. An
evidence of this fact is the report that
fewer cattle are being shipped from
Vermont than for many years as the
result9of the extreme difficulty in get
ting the cattle from the remote places
to the railroads. AS many farmers de-
pend to a large extent for their winter
revenue upon the sale Of cattle, espe-
cially calves, the fact that they are
unable to get them to market must
make a scarcity of money in many
families.
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APPEAL FOR AID ISSUED.
Homeless People cf Middletown, Pa
in Need of Assistance.

Homeless People CT MidoletoWn, Pa,
in Need of Assistance.
Harrisburg, Pa, March 10.-After-
math flood conditions are so serious in
this vicinity that Burgess Whistler of
Middletown has asked aid of this city
for the relief of the people who have
been rendered homeless. Over half
a mile Of the town is covered with
ice and silt from two feet to fifteen
feet. Between 500 and 800 houses are
surrounded and can be reached only
by entering the second-story windows.
Many houses have been entirely ruin
ed while others have been lifted from
their foundations and their contents
lost.
In Harrisburg conditions are improv-
ing rapidly. Nearly all the people
forced to leave their homes have re-
turned and all Industrial plants were
running today. The river il reced-
ing rapidly at this point and is now
far below the danger line. Many mar
row escapes are reported.
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"Radium sirup.,,

A practical joke now common among
Parisians is to go into a drug store and
nsk for 3 cents worth of radium. At
first the chemists took it good humored-
", but latterly 1t has become quite a
nuisance. One chemist in the Rue de
Rivoli has just hit upon a way of get
ting even with the would be jokers.
He has made up a connection which he
calls "radium sirup," and when the
practical joker arrives gravely hands
out a small quantity, charging an extra
2 cents for the bottle.
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ANOTHER FAMILY TRAGEDY.
German Commercial Traveller Kills
His Wife, Son and Himself.

German Commercial Traveller Kills
His Wife, Son and Himself.
Berlin, March 10.-Another family
tragedy similar to the Beseke case
occurred Wednesday at Pankow, a
suburb of Berlin.
Theodore Brambach, a commercial
traveller, took his wife and son to the
circus on Tuesday evening and after
returning home the family sat down
to a supper. When his wife and o
had gone to bed, Brambach turned on
the gas, but the rooms were too well
ventilated and his plan of death failed.
Wednesday morning Brambach shot
his 0 and his wife and then himself,
having previously sent a servant to a
friend with a letter explaining his act.
Brambach, like Lieutenant Beseke,
had lived for beyond his means, and
had become involved in financial diff
1lculties.
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U FOR WHITE PAGERS.
Concerted Plan OF Utah Ranchmen to
Capture Famous Horses.

Concerted Plan OF t Ranchmen to
Capture Famous Horses.
The strangest of all equine bands,
the white pacers'' of the southern
range, are doomed to captivity or ex-
termination, according to a Salt Lake
dispatch. The ranchmen of southern
Utah, western Nevada and a strip Of
Arizona have passed sentence on this
remarkable aggregation Of a hundred
wild horses that for seven years have
Knocked every effort at capture.
The stockmen of the border country
engaged a few weeks ago in a wild
horse hunt, a raid on the wild mus
tangs that have become a pest of the
range. Many animals were killed, but
the white PAGERS" were not met. Even
II the opportunity had presented itself
no attempt to kill them would have
been made.
The ranchmen have for years cher
lshed the hope Of some day capturing
some Of the beautiful animals, and SO
none have ever been shot. Individual
attempts to take them, however, have
always failed, and now an organized
and determined effort is in project.
Plans have been made with a full
knowledge of the habits Of the quarry
and the nature of the country, and it
Is hoped that a dozen Or more of the
coveted equines will be taken. If nee
essary, several Of the horses will be
0i1lo7 10 ,oo1>o %h1 yu,o,1y ne oorfy1rinr
the others easier.
The much desired animals are of
magnificent build. They are all white
and have long names and tails of the
same color. In speed they easily out
strip the ranch horses. A strange fea-
ture is that the animals are all PAGERS.
Very seldom have they been known to
break into a run and them only for a
short distance, soon relapsing into b
long, swift stride that appears to be
their natural gait. The ranchmen be-
lieve that some of these animals can
be trained to become great race horses.
A great stallion, Of splendid proper
tons, is the leader of this equine fam
lily. At the head Of the band this stall
lion has led his followers in wild DASH
es over hills when pursued by the
ranchers, and the pace was SO rapid
that the hunters were soon compelled
to desist. These horses are reported to
be ranging along the Colorado river.
In the summer they come up into
Utah.
It is planned to effect their capture
by having several parties act in con-
cert and drive the horses into a trap,
probably into a box canyon.
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IN FAVOR OF SMOOT
FORMER BISHOP HARMER OF THE
MORMON CHURCH SUBMITS
SOME EVIDENCE.

Washington, March 10.-Several Off
GERS of the Mormon church Wednes-
day testified in the Senator Smoot
case before the committee on privi-
leges and elections that they had
plural wives and had continued to prac-
tice polygamous cohabitation since the
manifesto of 1890. Just before adj
journment for the day the committee
held an executive session for the pur-
pose of having read the u%nprintable
testimony in the Teasdale divorce case.
The prosecution stated that it had no
more witnesses ready to put on the
stand, on account of the failure of sew
eral summoned officials of the Mormon
church to appear. President Joseph
F. Smith was asked to use his influence
with the witnesses and promised to
get into communication with them if
it was possible to do so.
Loren Harmer, formerly a bishop Of
the Mormon church, gave the first tes-
timony in favor of the defense that has
been offered thus far in the eight days
of the hearing. He said he was con-
victed of the crime of adultery and
that he believed Reed Smoot was re-
SpOuSlDl0 lOF HIS arrest. luo charge
against Harmer was unlawful cohabi-
tation with a woman who was not his
wife; it was not a prosecution on &C.
count Of cohabitation with his plural
wives. -@
President Joseph F. Smith and a
number of officials of the church who
had been witnesses in the case
Wednesday were excused from further
attendance and they will return to
Utah.
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TEMPERANCE UNION ACTIVE.
Would Amend Federal Constitution "a
Prohibit Plural Marriages.

Chicago, March 10.-The investiga-
tion in Washington of the case of
United States Senator Smoot of Utah
has stirred the Women's Temperance
union to action and the organization
will make a united effort to have po-
lygamy placed on the list of crimes
against the Constitution of the Unit
ed States. To bring about the desired
result Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens, ma
tional president of the w. c. T. u, has
prepared a circular letter which is be-
ing sent out broadcast from the ma
tional headquarters in Evanston urging
submission of an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States pro
hibiting plural marriages.
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BIG Fros Farm ON swamp Ian,

Big NfO8 FoPm ON SvVomQ Lana.
A Marshall (Mich.) man will engage
In frog farming, starting with about
800 acres Of swamp as an experiment,
rays the Detroit Tribune. II, L. Conk-
lin is the man. He figures that by
feeding the batrachians SO as to get
them fat in the fall just before they
bury themselves in the mud for their
winter nap they can be dug up and
marketed during cold weather at re-
munerative prices. Michigan has some
splendid froggeries, and II Conklin sue
ceeds to any great extent it will be a
long Jump in the direction of cheaper
meats.
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PROPERTY LOSS IS HEAVY.
High Water Does Great Damage "
Pennsylvania. @

High Water Does Great Damage IN
Pennsylvania.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, March 10.-The
city Of W%ilkesbarre and the Wyoming
valley was in a turmoil Wednesday.
The water spread all about it, sweep
ing in it's path whatever there was to
invade.
Industries along the entire stream
from Pittston to Nanticoke are closed
down, in many places water is flowing
into the mines. In the central portion
of Wilkesbarre business was crippled.
At Plymouth the entire business
section Of the town is under water.
The. water backed up so rapidly that
many families found it impossible to
leave their homes, and are now living
on the upper floors. The principal
churches of the town r flooded.
Communication by railroads has been
cut off.
Over 100000 worth of property
has been destroyed in the Wyoming
valley and over 1000 families render
ed homeless.
Though the river is falling at
Wflkesbarre, towns in the vicinity of
Bloomsbury are experiencing the
worst flood in their history.
Mill street at Danville, the business
thoroughfare of that city, is under wa
ter for it's whole length, Q than a
mile. Two hundred families have
been forced to leave their homes.
At Espy the water has covered
every street in the village.
At 10 o'clock p. m. a report came
from Sayre. Pa, that the ice broke
there at 8 O'Clock and that a 96-mile
gorge was on its way down the stream.
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IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Contested Appointment Of Genera
Wood Comes Up in Senate.

Washington, March 1O.-The con-
tested appointment of General Leon
ard Wood to be major general of the
army was taken up in executive SEES
sion of the senate and after listening
to a brief prepared by Senator Hanna
summing up the testimony which had
been given in the hearing before the
committee on military affairs and sew
eral afidavits obtained since the hear
ing closed, the senate adjourned.
Senator Foraker announced that he
would move to take up the case at
every possible opportunity.
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N REPUBLICANS.

Nominate . State Ticket Headed by
Edward w. Hoch.
wichita, Kan, March 10.-The Re-
publican state convention nominated
the following ticket:
Governor. Edward w. Hoch; lieu.
tenant governor. David w. Hanna;
secretary Of state. J. r. Burrows; audi
tor, Seth G. Wells; attorney general,
c. g. Coleman; treasurer. Thomas T.
Kelly.
Nj. Hoch's nomination was made by
reclamation. His name was present
"a by F. Dumont Smith.
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SENATOR BACON PROTESTS.
Does Not Favor Accepting Statue Of
Frederick the Great.

~ GINOCIiVN, IuS 0uSoG
Washington, March 10.-During con-
sideration of the army appropriation
bill in the senate Wednesday Mr.. Ba-
con protested against the acceptance
of the statue of Frederick the Great
of Germany, rendered by Emperor
William, on the ground that the former
German king was not in sympathy
with American institutions. Mr.. Stew
art defended Frederick against what
he characterized as Mr.. Bacon's
gross misrepresentation.
The army appropriation bill was
passed. The senate passed the Philip
pine shipping bill, after speeches in
opposition by Messrs. Culberson and
Patterson.
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North Dakota Republicans.

Forge, N. D., March 1O.-Chairman
Hanna has issued the call for a meet
ing of the Republican state committee
in this city Tuesday, March Is. to fix
dates for conventions and basis OF
representation.
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FEDERAL OFFICIALS WARNED.
Must Retire From Corporations II
They Would Retain Office.

Washington, March 10.-The secre-
tary of the interior has sent letters to
all the federal officials involved in the
Bonaparte-Woodruff report on Indian
Territory affairs formally calling at
tention to the findings and recommen-
dations of that report, and warning
them that II they retain public office
they must separate themselves from
the private corporate connections they
are accused of holding.
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.RUSSIA'S WEAK RAILWAY
Transsiberian Lines Failings
Described by a Traveller.
sA1DToB BE MINED IN MANY PLACES

h11ene, Customs
or-Rails OF Railroad Light and
Ties Too Far Apart For Heavy
TRAFFIC. r
Japan could seriously injure the
Transsiberian railway in a very few
hours" said Charles Kliene. an Eng
lishman, twenty years in the Chinese
customs service, who arrived at New
York recently on the Ivernia Of the
Cunard line, says the New York Her
aid.
"From Port Arthur to Lake Baikal,
somewhere in the neighborhood of
1000 miles," continued Mr.. Kliene,
the road is believed to he mined in
various places. At a given signal, or
what is easier, at a specified time, the
road could be damaged and connection
tically cut off," a.
Mr.. Kliene recently Travelled over the
Transsiberian route on his way to
England. He is now on his way back
to his post at Shanghai.
Japan began to prepare for war
long ago." continued Mr.. Kliene. For
months spies have swarmed ove Man
churia and eastern Siberia, getting in
formation and making preparations.
Everything that could be learned they
have learned, and they r in a po-
sition to act. In every section gang
Of Chinese coolies along the railway
there have been Japanese, who had no
difficulty in Disgusting themselves, and
they have quietly employed their spare
time in distributing explosives along
the track, ready to be set off at the
proper time. Many Of them had
worked upon the line when it was
building. Others were skilled engineers,
who used their eyes and ears as well
as their hands. The blowing up Of
the railroad bridge the other day is
evidence of the truth of my assertion.
"Oficial corruption was responsible
for the road being improperly con-
structed at the start. Instead of being
a well built, safe and ~serviceable track
from st. Petersburg to the far east,
the greater part of the T~ranssiberiar
railway is a cheap and dangerous
makeshift.
1.-THE rails are light and the ties too
far apart to bear heavy traffic. The
former are twenty feet long and usual
~ rest on three ties, one in the middle
and one at each end. In laying the
ties the workmen simply cut down
trees as they went along, splitting the
logs and laying the round side upper
most. The rails are insecurity fas-
tened to the ties and to each other, not
half the requisite number of rivets be-
ing used at the ends. H.
ITO attempt to convey a large body
Of troops over the railway in a hurry
would be attempting an impossibility.
In the first place, the trains cannot con-
sist Of more than four or five cars. be-
cause of the character Of the track.
Then, partly for the same reason, a
speed of much more than twenty miles
an hour is not a%ttainable. Likewise the
transportation of heavy guns would be
attended with vexatious delays.
The Chinese all along the road are in
thorough sympathy with the Japanese.
All i'll feeling engendered by the Chino
Japanese war has died out, and Jap
anese spies will not lack support from
the people among whom they work." =
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IL

"Good-by, Mr.. Spy" she said. when you report
to your master please assure him that the girl will prove
as stubborn a foe as the old man."
1t doesn't seem to have occurred to you, said Barr
slowly, as she walked away, " that Vent takes the land
even though you win the suit"
Why, pray?" she asked, hating and looking back
over her shoulder.
Our engagement still eXists-and I shall insist on
your keeping your promise"
She whirled about, and for a moment stared at
him, wide-eyed; then she tugged seriously at her
glove.
All" she cried. AS though you, yourself, had
not broken it when you left, without a word of eNplana-
ton. three years ago! l understand now why you are
in that mans employment. Thanks for the revela-
tion-it isn't the first time you have been too hasty.
I've no doubt you'll deny it; but | break the engage
ment now, at my first opportunity
She twisted a ring from her finger, tossed it to his
feet, and swept down the slope. When she reached
the f~oot-log he was there, barring her passage.
You have worn this ring all these years." he said
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P@ake

You'll not say a word to anybody about twill your"
You'd better tell me first"
Not until you promise"
We'll, then, | promise"
He kissed her again. I'm going to be your SON.
in-law, he whispered solemnly.
She gazed at him, speeches.. Now, what you
must do he continued, without yielding her time to
say a word, is to set Lucy ready for the glad surprise.
Tell her that | have come to take her driving, and she
will dress up for the occasion. And while she is at it,
III go for the license, the preacher, the best man and
the friends" He smiled at her confidently AID
proudly.
"Warrie Wood, you are crazy!' said Mother Butler.
In love, yes he added quickly. Its this way,
Mother Butler. I'm a member of the firm. AT an
hours notice | am sent off to Europe to open agencies.
Just think of it for a honeymoon Members of the
firm know all about my getting married, and think
I'm doing a wise thing. l came right to you because
Father Butler is a bit slow: ut"-this with
in time for the ceremony, and-but time is running
like a mill-race, and we must catch the two o'clock
train. Now, you do as | say, and I'll have everything
and everybody here within forty minutes"
He rushed to the surrey.
Honest, Mars Warren, Use goin' to lose my place.
Use"
Here's the dollar for that other eye, Zeb, and
Drive to the courthouse"
The little gathering in the clerks office was curious
and inquisitive; but Warren Wood wrote on a slip
of paper what he wanted. He replied to all questions
briefly: Just down for a little court business"
Then to the minister's, with Zeb's expostulations
along the way. Dare goes de whistle of de doctah's
train!' he moaned.
Never mindl" commanded the young man. He
may not be on it. People often forget to take the
right train from Chicago"
1t required less than three minutes to explain to
the clergyman, and he tripped down the steps. with
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE 70, JUNE 10. 1904

hoarsely. Let me put it back. I was too hasty."
Let me pass!' she commanded without looking up.
He did not move. She sprang by him and upon the
log, slipped, and fell back into his arms. Before she
could prevent he had drawn her tightly to him and
kissed her. For a moment she struggled, then lay
quite still, looking up into his eloquent eyes.
Let me 60, Dick, please" she murmured, and he
released her.
Won't you forgive me, Miller" he pleaded. Il
love you-have always loved you. Won't you believe
mel"
Il believe you, Dick; but l can't-Oh! 1t isn't the
land-it isn't the will" her voice broke with a sob,
and tears welled from her lustrous eyes.
IF it isn't the will, why don't you take this back"
"Because-because-Oh! Dick. haven't l suffered,
too, for three years? And now you're fighting me
with that man Vent"
Which shall it be, Mile, l or the land?"
Promise me. first"
(Which shall it be-" he insisted.
Her eyes fell before his gaze; she was trembling
from head to foot. She held out her hand, and he