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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-02-21

add definitely to negotiations for
peace. The war Office is considerably
alarmed by the new danger threaten
ing the Manchurian army from the
systematic attempts making by Japan.
ese and Crinese bandits to cut the
line of communication back of the
army. According to reports, about
10000 men, split up into bands of sew
eral hundred each, are operating from
Mongolia and are striking at the rail-
road.
A Russian detachment following up
the japanese band which cut the road
below Harbin fell into an ambush OIL
two regularly organized Japanese regl-
ments and was almost cut to pieces,
losing half it's men and one gun.
The fear is that if the bandits move
further north or west they might inter-
rupt communication to such an ex-
tent as to make it impossible to supply
the army. This danger has already
compelled the triple reinforcement of
the railroad guards below Harbin.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-02-21
Colombia Persistent.

Washington, Feb. 19.-Colombia IS
again endeavoring to reopen the Pan
anna question and reach an under
standing with the United States. Mr..
Triana, the Colombian charged, called
ON the president yesterday by an APP
pointment arranged by Secretary Hay
and prNseEted to him a personal letter
from General Reyes, president of Col
ombia. The president did not commit
himself further than to say that he
would be glad to confer with Secretary
Hay and send General Reyes reply
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-02-21
HEIR DoNs ARMY BLUE.
Eldest Son OF irish Land Owner Is
Found a Trooper.

New York, Feb 19.-Arthur Regi-
nald French, eldest son and heir to the
title and estates Of Baron de Freyne,
large land owner in County Roscom-
mon; Ireland, arrived here on the Gun
ard steamer Umbria on january 16,
went to the ST. Denis hotel, and about
three days later disappeared.
Last Thursday Mr.. CliveBayler, the
English consul here, received letter
of inquiry about the young man. 1t
came from Denver and was from Cap
tain William French OF New Mexico
an uncle of the missing man. There
was an exchange of kilograms between
teh consul and Captain French and ca,
the consul and Captain french and ca
Lord de Freyne.
The result was tnat yesterday the
police were notified, general ararm
was sent out, a private detective
engaged, the newspapers told and all
the machinery of a thorough search
for the missing heir to a peerage and
large landed estate put in motion.
All this time Arthur Reginald
French was UP at Fort Slocum, On
David's island, near New Rochelle.
clad in the simple and serviceable
blue uniform Of private in Uncle
Sans army, a regularly enlisted man
in Company "a, Eighth regiment. When
found, he expressed surprise at the
fuss over his disappearance. He just
wanted little rough experience.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-02-21
INVITES THEM TO A WHIPPING
A Woman Calls Reporters to See Her
Apply Lash to Real Estate Man.

A Woman Calls Reporters to See Her
Apply Lash to Real Estate Man.
Minneapolis, Feb. ia sensational
horsewhipping, planned and advertised
with a fanfare of trumpets tha6
would have done justice to French
duel. took place in downtown realty
office, to the great enjoyment OF sew
eral reporters who were present as in
vited guests. A pretty young woman
named Mrs. S. W. Goldstone entered
the private office of w. c. ]. Herman,
a prominent insurance and real estate
man in this city, and struck him sew
eral times with a whip, drawing blood
on his face and hands.
The woman says Herman outrage
ously slandered her and says she via
now bring suit for defamation OF char
acter. The most unusual and system
attic preparations were made to have
the whipping occur in the street In
front of the building in which Her
man has his office, but it failed, an0
Mrs. Goldstone did the next best thing
in betaking herself to the gentleman's
Office. Herman says it is a case on
blackmail.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-02-21
Hoke Smith Comes Back.

Washington, Feb. 19.-In an author-
lied statement given out last night for
mer Secretary of the Interior Hoke
Smith, replying to statement issued
by Secretary Hitchcock regarding the
action of Mr.. Smith in approving an
oil and gas lease made with the Usage
Indians in 1896, severely arraigns Sec
retary Hitchcock as making "base-
less charge"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-02-21
WILL FIGHT FOR THE LAND.
Hot Contest for the Possession Of
Eench Lands.

Lewistown, Feb. 18.-The contest
over what are known as the Rock
creek bench lands, extending from
near Moore, on the Montana railroad.
to we'll up to the Big Snow mountains,
promises to be bitter one. The set
tiers have just perfected their organs
zation for the purpose Of giving each
settler whose right to the land is at
tackled the strength of the entire body.
So far only a few contests have been
started in the LewistoWn land office,
but it is no secret that many others
are to follow.
The ground of the contest is that the
lands are non-desert in character, as
claimed and that crops can be raised
on them without irrigation. The first
case is to come up for hearing Febru-
ary %, and the court house has been
secured for the hearing. 1t is stated
that there are about SO entries of 16o
tcres each liable to the attack. AS
this land is valued at an average OF
about $13 an acre, it will be seen that
the amount involved is large one
The attempt to take the land from Sc :
tiers on this ground has created mucn
feeling, and the result is awaited by
the entire county with the deepest III
fereSt
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-02-21
TALK
is RENEWED
MOSCOW TRAGEDY MAY HAVE
INFLUENCE FOR PEACE.
CHANGES ARE DEMAN0EC
Leading Russian Newspapers for q
Radical Change of Policy by
the Government.
CHANGES ARE DEMANOEG
St, Petersburg, Feb. 19.-According

st. Petersburg, Feb. 19.-According
to reports in circulation, the empress
mother has received threatening let
ter warning her that she will be the
next victim. This is only one of the
many rumors afloat, among which is
one that at a meeting of the grand
dukes last Saturday night it was unan-
imously decided to withdraw all oppo>
sition to the assembling of a zemsky
tabor and to recommend its immediate
summoning by the emperor.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-02-21
New Game for Kansas.

On ufOppluS UulIl II ISdCH6u n CCnIS
a barrel.
New Game for Kansas.
This may have been an old game
through Pennsylvania, but it was
new one for Kansas. The people had
been encouraged to spend their money
sinking wells and developing the terri
tory. When the development had
reached it's limit the Standard Oil
company put down the price, and as
there was no other pipe line and no
other refinery there was no market for
the product
"At this stage of the transaction"
continued the Kansas statesman, "a
bill was introduced into the legislature
providing for state refinery as the
only way of making a market for crude
in order to prevent its passage, the
Standard Oil company resorted to tac-
tics which were disreputable and lille
gal. Because farmers and people de-
pendent upon them asserted their or
dinary rights and asked relief from
the legislation they were boycotted
and blacklisted by the Standard Oil
company.
"Mr. Rockefeller's men have issued
an edict forbidding their agents from
purchasing any Kansas oil. This has
resulted in throwing out of employ
ment not less than 10000 men. Les
sees of fully 4,50O wells will be ruined
! financially unless something is done
to curb the monopoly. Flowing wells
are going to waste, oil is running over
the country, and pumping wells, OF
course, have abandoned operations.
Towns which largely increased in pop
ulation as a result of the discovery of
oil have by mere edict of the Stand
ard Oil company been reduced to q
| condition of commercial prostration
and the people are being thrown upon
| the streets without employment CT
capital"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-02-21
LAW CANNOT
REACH THEM
NO PUNISHMENT FOR ouARAN-
TINE WoLAToRs.
BOARD is WITHOUT POW R
Attorney General Gives His Opinion
In Case of Those Who Went
to Miles City.

No law exists by which the persona
who broke quarantine here and went
to Miles City may be reached. This
is the opinion of the attorney general
and bears out that of County Attorney
Wilson, who recently went to Miles
City to confer with tn authorities OF
that county.
In a letter Attorney General Galen
writes as follows:
"While I am of the opinion that a
fragrant breach of such quarantine
regulations, such as you present,
should not go unpunished, still, under
the law, do not believe conviction
could be had, and l congratulate the
state board of health that it did not
have more serious difficulty in enforc-
ing it's regulations for the protection
of the general nealth of the state dur
ing the recent smallpox epidemic ia
the city of Billings.
No Penalty Attaches.
"The quarantine regulations in QueS-
tion we're promulgated under and nur-
4uant to the provisions of section or
house bill No. 104, laws of 1901, and,
as you will note from the language
Of the section, the board exercised its
authority under very general author
ity of law, to say the least, the only
authority being that provided in said
section 4.
There is no special penalty attach
ad by the law for failure of compii-
ance with such sanitary measures ana
precautions, unless section 35 Of said
act can be construed as applying to
the entire act, and providing for pun
ishment for violation of any of the
provisions of the act, or unless section
! G78 or section 1913 of the penal code
might be construed as controlling
Law Should Be Amended.
"'If the county beard of health haa
| declared the quarantine, under the
provisions of section II of said house
oil No. 104, | should have no hesitah-
cy in directing, and | do not believS
you would have any hesitancy in instI-
tuting prosecution, for such breach or
quarantine.
Il have worked with the present
law sufficiently to give as my opinion
that it's provisions respecting the state
board of health are entirely made
quate, and | believe that it should be
amended in the interest of the public
health. While extensive legislation
is being adopted regulating diseases
among animals, laws concerning the
most important subject of regulation
that is, the health of the people OF the
srate-is being given little thought or
attention.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-02-21

St. Petersburg, Feb. 19.-An extraor-
dinary sitting of the council OF the
empire has been summoned to consid-
er the situation arising from the as.
sassination of Grand Duke Sergius.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-02-21

Toxic, Feb. 19.-The foreign office
pronounces as unfounded the ST. Pc
tersburg report that Japan has unofti-
cially informed Russia Of the terms OF
peace she would be willing to accept
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-02-21

Kishinef, Russia, Feb. 19.-The pre-
feet of police of Kishinef was attacked
yesterday by an unknown man armed
with a club. The officials assailant
was arrested
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-02-21

If you want smooth, clear com
paexion, take HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea this month. Bright eyes ana
red lips follow its use. IS cents Tea
or Tablets. Holmes & Rixon.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-02-21
Peaeocks for sale.

Pair peaceeks. Apply at ranch OF
George Vaughan, near city. swsb's
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-02-21

of 81 barrel. Tank cars disappeared,
the pipe line became indispensable,
and then the price dropped and kept
on dropping until it reached Al cents
barrel
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-29
BUSINESS LOCALS.

Watch Bloms space tomorrow.
Clean rags wanted at the Gazette of
Drink Rainier beer and be in tbs
swim.
Soft finish India head. all prices
Kerr's.
Thanksgiving Day.
Beautiful plain and fancy new rib
bons at Ehlers & Co.'S
over 1000 boys suits opened yester-
day, special value, Kerr's.
Have you tried one of Mrs. Blais
delPs ice cream cornacopias?
Automobile for hire on a moments
notice at the Territory stables.
A fine surrey will be sold this
morning at auction by Will E. Fisher.
Trees in tubs, suitable for Christ
mas trees, at auction by Fisher today
Handsome damask table linen, two
yards wife, 55c. a yard, at Sachs linen
sale.
Henry May & Co. will be closed all
day ThurEaay, it being Thanksgiving
Day
Mrs. Kearns requests orders for jellies
and Jams for the Coast to be sent in
at once.
J. M. Levy & Co received a fresh
shipment of smoked snapper by the
Sonoma.
Furnished rooms with or without
board in a private family can be had
by calling at 1857 Kinau street.
Pure-bred Leghorns and Plymouth
Rock chickens will be sold today at 10
a. m. by Will E. Fisher, at his sales
rooms.
New Japanese employment office at
$50 King street, near Liliha. Help of all
kinds furnished. Their telephone Is
White 1851.
Scientific massage given by 5. Full
mura at 444 King street, Palama. APP
pointments can be made by phone
White 1851.
The saIesrooms- of Will E. Fisher
present the appearance of poultry
show Go this morning before the sale
and see the pure-bred fowls.
The Island Meat Co. will have two
deliveries today-at $50 a. m. and 4
D M. No deliveries on Thanksgiving
Day. Patrons are kindly requested to
send in their orders for Thanksgiving
Day early today
Whitney & Marsh will inaugurate the
holiday season on Friday morning with
a great special bargain in lace hand
kerchiefs Six pretty ones each one
different, elegantly boxed will be sold
for SOC per box. At the same time
their full display of holiday goods will
be made.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-29
WESTMINSTER ABBEY
GLEE AND CONCERT co.

Mr.. Frank G. Robson, advance man
ager for the Westminster Abbey Glee
and Concert party, was a passenger by
the S. :. .SOnoma from Australia. MIR
Robson purposes during the next few
days to call on the public of Honolulu
with a subscription list and if sut1i-
cient inducement is offered this tai
ented company will give two concerts
here about Dec. IA. The party consists
of four boy sopranos, a double male
quartet, Madam Marie Horton, con
tralto, and Mr.. Dudley Canston in
musical sketches. They have already
appeared with great success Sin Africa,
India, China, Australia g visits and
America q visits). The program
consists of glees, madriga1s, part-songs,
catches and solo work, while Mr..
Canston, a well-known society enter
tainer of London, furnishes musical
sketches. a subscription list will also
be opened at Wall, Nichols Co.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-29
Aloha Tooth Powder

For thirteen years this delightful and
! cleansing tooth preparation has held its
popularity. II cleans the teeth, heals
and hardens the gums, sweetens the
breath and by destroying the harmful
bacteria of the mouth really becomes
tooth insurance of the highest order.
FREE.-With each bottle of our
Aloha Tooth preparations we give a
map of the Hawaiian Islands.
Insure your teeth today A CSC bot
tie will insure your teeth for sixty
days. Get our booklet Care of the
Teeth
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-29
Insure Your Tooth

Prudent people insure their lives and
property. Why not take out a policy
for your teeth, securing you against
their loss, decay, toothache and tartar?
Here's the very best tooth insurance
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-29

It's quite a time from
luncheon hour to dinner bell.
A man is apt to arrive home
at the end of the day too fagg-
ed out to enjoy his dinner.
A glass of beer and a bite
to eat at the CRITERION be-
fore going home does a man
good and WhetS his appetite
for the repast that awaits
him in his own house
O. J. MCCARTHY, Proprietor,
Corner Hotel and Bethel Streets.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-29
BAND TONIGHT At
PALAMA B. B. STATION

The Hawaiian band will give con-
cert this evening at the Palama r. r.
station, at 7:30. The program is as
follows:
PART I.
March-"Helen'' ........... Ripley
OVerture-'tPrimrose' -. .BrepSant
Ballad-'TurtIe Dove ........ .LuderS
Rossiter Funny Songs
(new) NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Afford
PART II.
Vocal-Hawaiian Songs. arr. by Berger
Mrs. N Alapai
observation-disclosures" 49,. .Hubbell
Waltz-"El Paso" .......-.... Andrews
Finale-"Tammany' . ..... Edwards
1.-The Star Spangled Banner
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-29

Honolulu Lodge No. 616, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks, invites
its friends to meet at the Hawaiian
Opera House on the afternoon of sun
day. December 8, 1905, on the occasion
of the .'Elks' Memorial Day exercises.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-29

Q. Brewer of the United States Mort
gage & Trust Co, who bought the re-
funding bonds some months ago and
continued his voyage to China on a
honeymoon trip, called on Governor
Carter yesterday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-21

abused the relatives, and particularly
the son who was instrumental in getting
his father away from her. The detec-
tives pushed Duke out of the apartments.
and the next day the bride was asked to
leave the place. For awhile she went
into hiding, but when at last she was To-
Gated she told story in which sentiment
and business was strongly mixed.
Mrs. Duke has all along claimed TO
have large property interests. She is
about SO years of age, perhaps five years
the Junior of her husband For several
years she has figured as promoter of
certain kind Of industrial concern of
more or less magnitude. Her business
correspondence is written on nicely en-
graved stationery, under the heading of
'"The Texas-Cuba Tobacco Company.
of which Alice M. Webb figures as the
president. The offices of the concern are
in the Continental bank building, of Chi
cago and, according to Mrs. Duke. it,
owns a considerable area of tobacco
land in Texas. She is also interested in
the firm of Taylor, Webb & Co.. which
has it's headquarters with the tobacco
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-21

fore the minister with her. 1t is all very
strange"
At Bellevue hospital they said plainly
that Duke was suffering from alcoholic
dementia, and it was even intimated that
his condition might have been brought
about by the use of drugs. Naturally,
Mrs. Alice Webb Duke had quite a diff
ferent story to tell, and her friend, Mrs.
Agnes Desplaines, bore her out in most
of the details. But it happened that pri-
vate detectives employed by the Duke
family and the detectives from District
Attorney Jerome's office had unearthed
enough of the records of the two women
to cast strong suspicion on them, and the
grand jury was put to work investigating
the matrimonial tangle.
For some time the Dukes had not
known where Brodie Duke was. He had
been in the habit of spending good deal
of his time away from his South Caro-
lima home. Last October he dropped out
of sight for an unusually long period.
Then one day he turned up at Durham,
N c., with Miss Alice Webb. Then came
another disappearance, and it was not
until his son, Lawrence Duke, had ar
rived in New York to find out what had
become of his father that the truth was
known. One day late in November Ben
janin N. Duke, a half-brother of BrOdie
Duke, who lives at the Hoffman House,
was called up at the hotel by woman,
who said:
Caught by the Texas Girl.
''This is your new sister-in-law.
called you up to tell you that have mar
ried your brother Brodie. want to tell
you that we are very happy. Mr.. Duke
wants to talk to you himself"
Then Benjamin Duke heard some con-
versation and voice which he recog-
nized as his brothers came over the
phone. 1t said: This little Texas girl
has got me, and got me good"
Benjamin Duke asked his brother if
he was satisfied, or something to that eff
feet, and there was conversation at the
other end of the telephone in which he
heard women's voices Then his brother
said: Eyes, it is alright. / am salts
fed"
A Strange Disappearance.
At that time the Dukes dids't know
where Brodie Duke was. What really
caused them to put private detectives to
work was the knowledge which came to
his family that Brodie Duke9had gone
back to North Carolina and tried to wind
up his affairs there, among other things
asking that about 100000 worth of Sc
curities he held there should be forward
ed to him in New York. On top of that
they discovered that he had given a
check for s.. 200 on bank where he had
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-21

tives will respect you, or have to get on
of it. +"
Mrs. Duke also had much to say abou1
the plans she and her husband had
formed for building church in Durham
N. c., and improving the condition of the
poor people of the great tobacco city.
Denies Drinking Stories.
81 want to deny emphatically." she
said, "all the reports about Mr.. Duke and
me indulging to excess in drinking. and
that we were often in an intoxicated con-
dition together. 1t is all a wicked false
hood, and intended by the members OF
the Duke family who have been persecut-
ing me ever since my marriage to Mr.
Duke to destroy my good name. con-
scented to an early marriage at the urgent
plea of Mr.. Duke. The following day
we went on with our business arrange
ments, but Mr.. Duke contracted severe
cold and his condition became SO serious
that thought it safest to have the doctor
give all of his time to him."
"A Beautiful Marriage.
Mrs. Agnes Desplaines, who has fig
ured as Mrs. Dukes closest friend. has