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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-02-15
DAY OF ORATORY IN The MONTANA HOUSE
Bill to Prohibit Pool Selling Causes Floods Of Eoquence TO
be Opened.-!Speakers Manifest Considerable Warmth.

appropriation for the state bureau Of
immigration was cut by the committee
from s25,OOO per year to $4,000.
Bills were introduced in the house
today from No. 327 to 329, inclusive,
among them being by Scallon, valuing
railroads for taxation; Marshall, es-
tablishing a board Of fire insurance
commissioners; Blake, by request, reg
ulating barbering; Gray, division Of
various counties into commissioner
districts; Cummings, payment Of ex-
penses Of state and county officers;
Morgan, limiting incorporated cities
liabilities for personal injuries. No.
tices of bills:
Shaw, compiling taxation laws; ap-
preparation for brick sidewalks at the
capitol and justices fees. Campbell,
paying inspectors of milk and meat
for two years; Allen, preventing re
moval Of dead killed violently until
the coroner is first notified; Marshall,
state bank commission; Cameron, col
Election Of personal taxes; Brownlee
gathering and sale of estrays; Seid
ller, publishing legislative enactments;
Boorman, permitting seining in St
Mary,s lake; Marshall, regulating pool
selling.
These bills passed the house:
Hospital for soldiers home; building
at experimental station; preventing
passage of "phony" money; regulat
mig procedure in criminal actions; ex
tending the right of eminent domain
to foreign corporations; state board ol
health measure; filing court pro
4 cesses; state bond issue; bills of ex
ecution: state expenses; appeals tt
supreme courtS: milk and meat in
spection deficiency.
1t is expected that both houses vii
adjourn early tomorrow as man!
members want to go to Missoula to in
spect the university.
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EXPECT TO FORCE TERMS
Butte Publishers After Local uniOns---NO
Newspapers for Some Time.

matrix matter without being com
PEELED to pay the Typographical un-
ion for the space consumed or for hav-
ing the plate reading matter set after
It has appeared in print, to, be thrown
away without use. 81 IA
The publishers state in emphatic
terms in their announcement to the
allied printing crafts that until the
unions see fit to accede to the de-
mands of the printing companies there
will be no publication of any papers
in Butte or Anaconda.
The wage scale demanded prevails
at Helena and Anaconda. The Ana
conda Standard, in an appended state.
ment to the Typographical union,
states that it has decided to cease
|publication until the demands of the
| Butte newspapers have been entirely
satisfied. E,tss IA.
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resentatives and Carbon two.
Five bills were beaten by senate
standing committees. These were
house bill No. 50, relating to the re-
demption Of unused railway tickets;
house bill No. 16, for printing the
state treasurer's report; senate bill
No. 80, preventing Wholesale liquor Ii
censes in small towns; senate bill No.
81, taxing mortgages; senate bill No.
s6, parties to actions to quiet title.
The house bill appropriating nearly
81, 900 for milk and meat inspection
was cut in two.
Bills introduced:
Mclean, validating acts of county
commissioners in establishing free
county high schools; Martien, raising
the salary Of the state treasurer and
prohibiting his receiving money from
banks; Romney, vacating parks in
unincorporated cities; Everett, pub.
fishing estray notices; Cowgirl. giving
more deputies than law allows; Nc
Gone, amending the state fair act
Ninety-nine bills have been intro
duced to date in the senate.
On third reading the senate passed
Miles's water appropriation bill;
Longs, selecting indemnity lands;
Mattien's amendment to the constitu
ton as to the state treasurer: Ev
eret's memorial for opening the Black
foot reservation, and concurred in the
house bills.
Speaker King today appointed Mil
Ter of Park, Allen, Corby, Potter ane
Swindlehurst as the house end of tht
steering committee that will takt
charge of all bills in accordance witt
DOMAINS joint resolution. The senate
committee will be announced tonnor
row. s
/ Many committee reports were made
in the house, and q lot Of bills consid
i cred III committee of the whole. TIL,
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Mail. CARRIERS TO QUIT
designations of All the Butte Force
Have Been Accepted - Impossible
to Live Under Present Salary Con
ditions.
Especial TO The Gazette.)

Butte, Mont, Feb. 14.-The mail
carriers of Butte will quit work in a
body, March /, advices having been
received from Washington to the eff
feet that the increase in salaries
asked by the carriers is impossible
to concede, and the designations arc
accepted.
The Butte carriers two weeks ago
rendered their designations to Post
master George Irwin, stating they de
sired to resign March /, unless the
government saw fit to raise their pay
as under the present wage they were
unable to make living. The sala
ries for carriers in Butte range from
$500 to 5000. the latter figure being
the maximum, obtainable only aftel
q number Of years. service.
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STRIKE BREAKERS I'M But Il
Women Brought From South to Operate
Bell Telephone Exchange.

Butte people generally sympathize&
with the striking telephone operators.
They have been receiving $50
month for a nine hour workday ana
working every other Sunday
The girls argue this Is barely q liv-s
Inc wage in Butte. They ask for 500 n
a month and an eight hour day and
for more than month have made
every effort to obtain the new scale.
by arbitration. The company would
concede only 23 cents an hour and
grant the operators the privilege 20
working as many hours day as they
desired. The union refused TO ac-55
cept these terms. III
The strike ties up local business to#
a large extent and has cut Butte off
from long distance telephone conlnu-
nication.
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majority of the members are ignorant
OF the intentions Of the cabinet and
the leaders who have been taken into
the governments confidence are pied
ged to secrecy.
" Speaking in the house this even
ing, Mr.. Birrell said the question OF
the restoration Of evicted tenants to
their homes was OF primary impor-
tance and brooked no delay. In con
clusion, the chief secretary for Ire.
land pledged the government to take
effeetive measures to secure the re-
instatement Of evicted tenants.
The house then discussed an
amendment Id favor Of reinstatfng
tenants who had been evicted. Mr.
Birrell spoke against and promised
measures satisfactory to the Irish
party He then made the actuai M an-s
nouncement OF his intention TO in
trodu.e bill to deprive Lord Clanf.
carde Of the management of his Irisl1 IRIS !.
estates, on the ground of his lord
ships incompetency, and to hand
over the management to q commits
sion appointed especially for that psli'-
pose, which would act for the best
interests Of ti,es-l dlord, the e'1 ten /,
ants and ireland itself.
MIR. Birrell used the strongest Ian an
guage in describing Lord Clanri-
carde's mismanagement, declaring IL,
among other things, to be "shock- ''n 81
ing"
Walter Hume Long, speaking on be
half Of the Irish unionists, approved
Mr.. Birrell's attitude and said he Y
hoped it would induce Lord Clanrl-
carde to bestir himself and obviafe
the need Of such a special measure.
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Helena, Mont, Feb. 14.-If the bill
passed by the house in committee Of
the whole today becomes law, pool
selling will soon be thing of the past
in Montana.
After a red-hot debate participated
in by some of the best takers on the
floor, during which several impas-
stoned speeches were delivered, the
house decided to amend house bill
No. 100, by Marshall, that proposes to
prohibit pool selling, except at the
state fair and county fairs under Ii
cense from the state auditor, by strik-
ing out the license feature entirely
and absolutely prohibiting the selling
Of pools anywhere.
Miller of Park, Duncan, Weed and
several others fought the bill, on the
ground that it was class legislation,
while Scallon, Marshall and Others
eloquently pleaded with the house to
pass the bill as a partial step in the
right direction, and a measure that
would not harm the state and county
fairs. Several speakers got pretty
well warmed up, to the delight of the
crowded galleries. Finally compro-
mise was reached that the bill be
passed prohibiting all pool selling, and
if the senate does not concur, Mar.
shall's original measure will 60
through. To keep things moving Mar.
shall then gave notice of introducing
the original bill Friday.
The senate also had some interest
| ing proceedings, Sanders apportion
men; bill stirring up some feeling in
cor .mittee of the whole, but the meas
ure prevailed, after Everett and An
min took occasion to score the repre-
sentatives of the older counties fol
J not giving the smaller counties better
representation.
The bill gives Yellowstone two rep
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SUICIDE OR ACCIDENT.

Chicago Merchant Found Dead With
Revolver by His Side.
Chicago, Feb. 14.-B. Kuppenheimer,
manager of the firm of B. Kuppen-
heimer & Co., was today found uneon-
scious in his residence with bullet
wound in his head. A revolver lay be-
side him. Kuppenheimer died before
a physician arrived.
1t is not known whether the shoot
ing was accidental or suicide.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-02-15
JERSEY TOWN SHAKEN
Explosion Of Huge Oil Tank at Con
stable Hook Causes Considerable
Damage to Buildings and Injuries
Three Men.

New York, Feb. 14.-With roar
that was plainly heard above the street
noise Of the city, a hug oil tank in the
Standard Oil company's storage yards
at Constable Hook, N. J., exploded to
day. So great was the concussion that
windows more than a mile distant
we're shattered and buildings many
miles away were shaken SO severely
that many believed an earthquake had
occurred.
AS the tank which exploded was an
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-02-15
REVE:l. ARE AMAZING
DISCRIMINATION, lncapacity, and lnsub-
ordination Counts i'm Indictment.

General Bilderling's tactics at Lao
Yang are severely criticised. His
troops are described as raw, inexperi
enced and untrustworthy, and they
met with constant failure.
General Orloffs force of $4,000 men
simply bolted the field in wild dis
order and a splendid position was
lost.
During the fights on the sSha river
the senior commanders, Stackberg and
Bilderling, were responsible only for
their own taste, and acted entirely in.
dependently.
Regarding the incapabilities Of the
Trans-Siberian railroad, Kuropatkin
declares that although the minister of
war said it could carry 10 pairs of
trains daily, this number was not
reached up to the end OF the war. At
ter the fall of Port Arthur, Kuropatkin
describes his plan for a great turning
movement, and the blame for its fail
ure is thrown on Gen. Grippenberg.
1T is regretable," says Kuropatkin,
chat a fortnight before the COM
mencement of our advance the chances
of success were overturned by Ger.
tain orders Of Grippenberg which re-
vealed to the enemy the nature of our
intended movement" .5#
sIt was impossible that it could
have ended otherwise, in view Of the
absolute unprepared of the attack.
The environs and Notifications of that
village had not been studied, and no
| sketches of the ground had been pre-
pared for the troops. AS a result, the
artillery fired for a whole day against
Baitaiz, instead of Sandepu. The
Fourteenth division attacked Baotadze,
west Of Sandepu. and having occupied
| that village, the commander thought
he was occupying Sandepu and so re.
ported to me. sandepu's outer wall
was even mistaken by the Fourteenth
division for the redoubt inside ol
Sandepu, and not supposing itsel1
A strong enough to take this redoubt, the
division retired to it's former posi-
II tions.
"Stackelberg, noticing that Sandepu
4 was not taken, in spite of the order
\ twice given by Gen. Grippenberg, die
], | not find it possible to obey, and aftel
q very hard battle took the greater
y part of Sandepu toward the evening
hut at dawn he was attacked by su
perior forces and forced to retire"
Continuing his description and crit
!, cisms of the operations, Kuropatkil
! again complains of Grippenberg 70
failing to report and confer with hin
at the critical juncture, though b
: had telephoned to his command, ad
: ding, however:
t Personally, Grippenberg could no
i talk to me on account of his deal
ness.
E "Thus ended our first attempt t
4 adopt the offensive. 1t cost about 10
i 900 men. OF the causes of the failur
the belief was, Of course, negligenc
/ in failing seriously to prepare fo
+ storming Sandepu, indicating an al
d sence of deserved respect for our r.
r sourceful enemy. Such disregard fo
), the enemy was notable throughout th
d whole war on the part of all Of th
r. higher officers on their arrival at th
g front, but after the first collision tn
It contempt was unfortunately change
to almost equally over estimation"
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isolated one, only three persons were
slightly injured. Those were work
men who were fighting a fire Whicn3
had started near the tank. They lad
fought the flames for more than a.zl
hour, and succeeded in holding them
back from the big tank, which con
tanned 400 barrels of kerosene. but the
Gil ignited in some ssnannnr, and sud
denly there was a tremendous report
and the great tank was torn TO frag,
ments.
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CASE IS Still ON. Z i

San Antonio, Texas, Feb. ~ "A ~
or Coombs Of Brownsville was again
cross-examined at the Penroae cotrt
martial today, Col. Glenn. who repre-
sents Major Penrose. endeayorlng 8 ~
chow that prejudice against the nogro
soldiers existed at Brownsville before
the raid.
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st. Petersburg, Feb. 14.-Gen. Ku-
ropatkin's history of the Russo-Japan-
ese war, which was confiscated by the
Russian government, has at last be-
come accessible, despite the most ex-
treme precautions to prevent this gall
ing official indictment from publica-
tion. The work is remarkable for
its historic value as the closing chap
ter Of the war from the pen of the
commander-in-chief, and for the mer-
ciless criticism of the men and meas
ures which, in Kuropatkin's estima-
tion, swept Russia and it's army to
defeat.
The work consists of three bulky
volumes, respectively, devoted to the
battle of Liao Yang, of the Sha river
and Of Mukden. The voluminous
general orders, statistics, reports and
other documentary matter with the
Conclusions" constitute most amaz-
ing revelations of disorganization and
incapacity and even Of disobedience Of
specific and urgent orders by certain
general officers entrusted with high
commands in the field, notably Gen.
Kaulbars, against whom a formidable
Indictment is framed saddling upon
him the entire responsibility for de-
feat at Mukden.
Kufopatkin's reasons for the failure
of the war are based chiefly on a
comparison of the warlike spirit Of
the Japanese, their preparedness and
valor, which he says had never been
seen in any previous war, and their
ability to maintain the numerical su
periority necessary to assume the Of
fensive, with the disadvantages Of
Russia, owing to the inadequecy Of
the single-track railway from Europe
with commanding officers disobeyine
orders and in hopeless state Of con
fusion and cross purposes, with low
state of morals and confidence among
the troops, and continuance of news
from home Of internal troubles ant
Of insults and reproaches against tht
army.
The general pathetically conclude
that if Russia had been united ant
ready to make the sacrifices necessar.
to safeguard her dignity and integrit'
the valiant Russian army would hav
striven till the foe was subdued.'
The Mukden volume opens with
sketch Of the early events Of wal
showing divided counsel from the ou1
set.
Kuropatkin says that in reviewin
the Russian troops he noticed the sit
nificant lack Of strength, and espt
cially in officers among the reservist'
many Of whom were old and the MI
iority heavy, clumsy or undersized
The narrative is a dismal retrospet
Of unpreparedness disorganization an
cross purposes.
Regarding the general causes of th
retreat of the Manchurian army, he,
reporting to the emperor, summe
them up as follows:
sThe preponderance of the Japa
ese forces, incomparably prepared Il
action in a mountainous country ar
in hot weather, greater youth, Light
equipment and plentiful pack train
extreme patriotic spirit, energetic al
capable, finally the insufficient wa
like spirit of our own troops beir
the obscurity surrounding the obje
and cause of the war. 4
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A HARRISON DEAD
Grandson of 4Tippecanoe" Dies Ripe
with Years at Kansas Homes
Leaves Son Residing al Helena.

Mound City, Kan, Feb. IA. a.-Colonei
James Findlay Harrison, q grandson
of President William Henry Harrison,
died at his home here today Of old age,
aged SO. He was born in Cincinnati
and had lived in this county since 1866.
He was graduate of West Point. and
up to recently has engaged in his pro-
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fession Of civil engineering.
Among the children who survive
him are j. S. Harrison, and A. R.
Harrison, Of Helena, Mont.
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MONTANA WEATHER.

Fair Friday and Saturday.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-02-15
TRIUMPH, THE COMING COTTON

A distinct new prolific variety Of great value, planted
almost exclusively by u. S. Government test farms in this
state. with phenomenal results. A large boil, medium sized
seed, strong fiber, or bender: as early as King, holds in boil
better, quick growing, heavy fruiting. some tests record
ing $1,000 lint per acre. Every planter should get a start in
this new variety. will give early pickings. We have some
seed selected out of first ~pickingS by a planter who grows
no other, grows his own cotton. in northwest part of cotton
belt outside OF storm area. 10 pounds more lint per acre
pays for the difference in price of seed. Select stock limit
ed. Order early.
Half rf' s. . 1s"" J. F. Mckay,
s, o, n, Ss $50 $50 Jackson, Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-02-15
Hanging Shelves

II the kitchen is large and
roomy. broad shelves may be
hinged 10 the wall SO that when
not in use they may hang fla.
against the wall. add when re-
quired may be hsld up by a
swinging bracket. If covered
with white oilcloth tackled on
with brass headed lacks they
will no: be unsigh,ly and will
prove \ great convenience IN
many ways, especially when OK.
ira cooking and serving need
TO be done.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-02-15
Scorchcd Lard

IIor~gnoG En-. GAZETTE:
DO you know anything ! can
do TO remove the scorched taste
from lard /, is scorchcd
enough 10 taste a little aud is
dark. Ma. II r. DArg,
Macon, Miss.
Answer BY household editor
Not being able 10 give the de-
sired infor nation that will be
reliable under all conditions. !
turn this question over for
readers OF the Gazette 10
answer. Who knows how?
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-02-15

When risen, this amount should
nearly fill a gallon vessel. DO
not add any more milk or water,
but just enough flour 10 make
stiff as for other kinds Of loaf
bread aud one tablespoonful OF
lard we'll worked in with the
-four. knead thoroughly, form
into loaves. let rise. then bake in
a rather quick wen.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-02-15
Duck Eggs

Duck eggs are better for pies
than hen eggs, since they make
a 6rmcr filing. Three eggs
will make n large pic. liea,
thoroughly in a deep bowl; have
, pint of boiling milk ready and
pour over the beaten eggs, stir
ring swiftly As il IL poured.
Stir in n salt spoon OF salt and
thrcc.fourths cup sugar. Use
any favoring desired. Have A
deep pie tin lined with crust and
pour the custard into it and
bake in n hot oven. Serve either
hot or cold a. preferred.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-02-15
Salt Rising Bread

Mix one pint Of boiling water
and one pint of morning. milk
with a teaspoonful OF salt; stir in
-four to a good batter. cover
tightly and put in a vessel OF
warm water; keep at an even
temperature, stir often till it be-
gins 20 rise, then leave il alone.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-02-15
Little Helps

A piece Of an old kid glove
sewed on the band of a skirt
where the hooks and eyes are TO
be placed will prevent the band
from tearing out.
\ low room will look higher
IL the window curtains are al.
lowed to hang to the floor
Short curtains will make a room
look lower than II Is.
Turpcntinc will kill ali bugs,
reaches and other insect pests.
Take a small paint brush and
go over the woodwork. cracks,
creyices. and doors.
IF lemons are used freely they
will keep Of b~illiousness. A
spoonful Of lemon Juice in a cup
of strong coffee will stop an at
tack of bilious headache.
If your pantry shelves are
dingy. instead OF covering the
dinginess with shelf paper. put
on two coats of white enamel
paint. They can then be washed
with clear cold water and always
look fresh aud clean.
/, is i'm portant where you keep
flour. II absorbs doors almos,
as readily As butter. DO not
keep it where il will absorb the
odors OF vegetables or ia a damp
place. but IN a cool. dry. airy
room. Always silt lust before
using.
Place a small basket meas the
ironing board while ironing. and
az the articles needing repair
are ironed lay them i'll II. BY
following this rule nothing need
ing the little stitch IN time"
will be missed and time for
hunting them will be saved.
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Won Ribbons

Under this head free announce
mcn,a W i'll bc made o. the winningsof
Gazette advertisers OH poultry and
live stock At fairs and shows. but the
adser,tscrA mus, promptly rcror,
auch winnings.
W. 5. Pope, Shannon. Miss,
won al Aberdeen on w. Rocks
OK. /; hn, !, >; pit. |, ,; pm. /: on
NJ. b. Turkeys, yearling tom |;
pr. /, =. Editorial note; Mr..
Pope says Mr.. Jones did not
win lst on pullct as reported,
and the Gazette is not in posi-.
ton to say wherein the differ
ence lies since the winnings are
reported as stated by exhib.
TORS
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-02-15
HOME DEPARTMENT..

Questions pertaining to the household will be gladly answered in
this department. and contributions by practical women arc cspec-
tally desired. Address all communications TO Household Editor,
Southern Farm G actte, Starkvillc, Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-02-15
HAWKINS COTTON SEED

Is bushel Hawkins Extra Pro-
life cotton seed. 81 per bushel.
Seed direct from b. w. Hawkins
last season.
4. J. Brown, Sails, Miss.