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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-24
POSSE HOT ON TRAIl,
OF SLAYER IN HILLS
After Having Been Disarmed ". c. Bick-
ford, the Murderer, Went TO Wagon
to Get Ills Clothes and Securing Rifle
\. A Murdered Sheriff James I, Webb.

N I ~
MINES ii. Webb, sheriff of yellow.
stone county, was shot and instantly
killed at 6 o'clock this morning on
the Hood ranch in the northern part
OF the county. by William G. sickford,
an alleged horsethief from northern
Wyoming.
Sheriff Webb left here yesterday 10
so to the Voolfolk and Richardson
ranch, where 1iekford was employed,
to arrest him and bring him back to
Billings. = reward of $50 having been
offered by Wyoming authorities for
hIs arrest. He apprshended eIekford
on the ranch anas arrested him, d.
armino him. taking revolver. 5iek-
ford q said 10 have mads anf excuse
for returning TO wagon, where his
belongings were, and shsrlff Webb
permitted himSto 90. When hssreach.
Cd the wagon 10 took 4 rifle from Y
and catching the sherlff OF his guard,
shot him through the neck, killing him
Instantly. Tho murderer i then said
Is have left the ranch Ia an effort to
escape. ;5s
The only man present at the shoot.
inn wa james Rtchardsos,. Mr.. Rich
Ardsen had accompanied Sheriff Webb
20 arrest Blckford, but the sheriff had
taken the man In custody hlmsslf.
Rlehardson was only short distance
away cut % sight. Whom he heard the
shot nred, ~ turned around and sa~'
Webb fall. The Hrst shot fired by the
prlsensr had bssn sfsSetlvs.
Under Sheriff George Hubbard and
Coroner Smith wsrs Immediately
notified Of the murder over the tsls.
phone, while posse started out In
pursuit Of the murderer. Arrange
ments were Immediately made to send
several posses out from eIllinss. An
automobile was engaged and the first
posse left hsrs at $3.50 o'clock. sIt
was composed Of Charles Newman,
chairman 81 the board o. county com.
mIsslonsrs, Jamss Lavslls, police o.
ncsr. and =. 9. Hsrsord. Arrange
snssts wore made to havs other posses
ieavs before moor, and L Z estimated
that at least 50 msn viii g securing
the country In search ~ Bieksord %
tors nssn. .:4. .8,.5is,
Diekterd has abss't an hesv's 1 star' I!
ef Tho pssss which lsft the ranch y
pursuit q him. Hs II sald. p be on
feet, se,nswhsrs IN tho Bvle meuntalna
and ths authorities have sysry con.
s,dsnss that they wiilybs abls 10 cap'
h ID y Il +
turs him IL
elekford and sheep hsrdsr In the
employ Of Tom snidow were arrested
BY the local police on March IS and .
i charge o. disturbing the peace waa
preferred against them. Both pleaded
guilty and were given 4 nominal fine
Shortly after they were ressased on
payment Of their fine, the local OF
flcsrs received word from Basin City
Wyoming, that Blekford was wanted
At that place for horse stealing.
When elelssord was first arrested 4
was alleged that hs had stolen rifls
Of .s2 calibsr from the shssp herdsl
who Nss alse taksn In custody, but
aftsr County Attorney Wilson had
made an Investigation q the eass, Z
was dssmsd inadvIsabls q; plaes .
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-24

missioner Lane. from the figures
available to the commission, however,
1t does not appear that. taking the
country asia whole, the revenues Of
the railroads have. fallen OF to tie
extent that generally is believed. The
Interstate commerce commission nov
calls upon the carriers subject ID the
act to regulate commerce for monthly
reports ofs their revenues and operat.
ing expenses. Such reports began
with the month of July last, ana i
have the figures compiled by Prof.
Henry q. Adams, our tatistician, al
to q number Of systems which may: be
taken as representative OF the rail.
road systems Of. the entire country.
These systems are: ss m! a Ssss II
New York; New Haven & Hart
ford. B..sss5 HI " I'M. NJ
New York Central.
Baltimore & Ohio.
Pennsylvania, east and west sol
Pittsburg.
Southern Railway.
Louisville & Nashville.
Rock Island. n
"Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe.
y Chicago. Milwaukee & 81. Paul.
= Northwestern. W
"a @sSoEshern Pacific. IA "
"Great Northern. .
Northern Pacific. Nj
Small Decrease.
During the three months Of July.
August and September the total op
erating| revenues Of these roads
amounted to $s9s, 900. 900: for the
panic months Of October, November
and December tia total revenue was
ss16. 900, 900. Ths freight revenues 81
the systems named were, tor the flrst
quarter, $2e4,00O,o 900. and Tor the SEQ.
ond quarter, 3259,Doo 900.
The freight revenues for November
were larger than. those for July, o.
September. 81 s;S 81 IN
These systems during the last six
months Of 1907 received from passen-
ger and freight revenues grand to-
I'll of $775. 100000, which is 354. 900.
900 more than they received for the
same period n the preceding year
1906; and their net income from op-
GRAFTON IN 1907 was $4,000, 900 more
than In 1906. These figures certainly
do not indicate that. either owing to
legislation or the panic. the railroads
OF the country AZ q whole have been
put ii financial jeopardy. It 10 true
that during 1907 there was great In
crease IN operating expenses owing
to general increases "a wages: but,
allowing for such increase. the larger
volume Of tramc and greater revenue
derived therefrom yielded ! larger net
return to the railroads. &
Wsst Not Affected.
IA study Of these figures shows
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-24

opinion as an era making enc In the
history 81 the court, ana said It had
the Young case. He characterized the
the enect Of closing the courts of q
state against the state itself, and pre-
dicted that the result would be disas-
trous. 3slsS u
The two cases wereSso similar that
both practically were decided ii one
opinion. The principal announce
ment was made n the Minnesota
ease.
HIstory Of cass.
The proceeding Ii Young's case
grew out OF an eftort BY the Mime
sofa federal court ON May 81, last to
restrain Mr., Young and other state
3otncials. from executing or attempting
TO execute the rate Law. Certain
stockholders of the Northern Pacific
Railroad company sflsd d suit at the
time, asking for IN Injunction to pro
hibit the state ohicials. from carrying
the law into effect on the ground that
the rate fixed was sos low as to- make
impossible returns III the company on
Its investment. The injunction waa
granted on September 2s, ON the
ground that the law was confscatory,
and its PRONUNCIATION was immediate
" followed bys the commencement 81
an action BY Attorney General Young
In the Ramsey county state district
court n which that court was asked
to direct the issuance of "a writ Of
mandamus commanding the Northern
Pacific company to comply with the
rate law. The state court immediate
" issued the writ inscompliance with.
Mr.. Youns's petition. and this pro
ceeding precipitated, q sharp conflict
between the federal and the state
courts. |, h s.,ss;;
Flnsd sfor Contempt.
Nj, Young was summoned before
the formernto givs IN account Of his
defiance Of the court y sin3unct ction, and,
9alAn8 B 8t0rn&kea4 DAa1afA Act0ry explanar
tion, he was subjected to q sflne, OF 800
TOR contempt of court and at the same
time ordered to dismiss the case ~
the state court. ssss< q (. " s
Refusing either tospay the flne or to
dismiss the case, Mr. Young imme-
diately brought the ease to the su-
Spreme court OF the United States on a
writ Of habeas corpus. He based his
petition upon the grounds that the
United States court was without ju.
Irisdiction IN the original proceedings
because there was no diverse citizen
ship ana that the suit Instituted
against him % attorney general was
~ etfect : suit against the state and
not against him. S
Carolina case.
Tho North Carolina case. that OF
Sheriff Hunter Of Buncombe county
70. Agent Wood OF the Southern rail-
way, attracted much attention during
the greater part Of last summer and
was for . time the cause Of sharp con
-.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-24
3 -
Lane Al Ks
'P'R'O|S|P||' RI|l''Y
WESTERN MEMBER 81 THE CON,
MERGE COMMISSION SAYS
SLUMP g / NOT GREAT. !: !. y
InIlnTEc EicllDEc Y
QUOTES FIGURES
Shows That Western Roads Have Had
Almost No Failing on ii Gross
Earnings, While Earnings 81 East.
ern Roads sliavs Dropped Very Lii
tle-o Outlook i Hopeful.

Washington, p. G.. March 23. F1y
cry indication points to an improve
ment generally In the railroad and Ii
dnstrial situation OF the country &C
cording to reports made BY the grea1
railway systems Of America to the in
terstate commerce commission. These
reports are to the eject that, while
the railroads suffered to some extent
by what has come to he referred to a
the October panic the loss was 81
no means 50 seriona as generally has
been supposed. 3 @
& II appears from the reports atha,
the enect wtvas felt particularly by the
eastern lines and by the lines I'M the
sohth stern partsof the country, .
fews of Whichsswere embarrassed moi
only ,bysas falling On OF revenues, but
by their iAshilitys toso obtain ready cash
with which to- carry on improvements
which they had begun, while the
western lines and the transcontinent
al roads have not suffered materially
from the financial depression. The
figures available to the interstate
commerce commission indicate also
that the general condition ii the
country is improving materially. With
q prospect that It soon Will be normal
or botter.
ss Lanes Anaiysls.
Franklin x. Lane. Pacific coast
member OF the interstate commerce
commission, has made careful analy.
sis Of the figures submitted BY the
railroads themselves to the commits.
sion. Mr.. Lane was asked what loss
tho railroads of America had sus.
tained from the 4 October panic.' AZ
replied that the railroad situation the
country over is not imminently . Ger
ious one at the present time.
There are no figures accessible 81
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-24
ILLFljL DlPL q MAT ] n
Stevens Had ssen connsetsd syltt n
the Japanese Embaasy

washington, March -. Durham
white stevsns, Who was sAot today
by Koresns "A San Francisco, q Z
well known American diplomatist
Who Aas3 plays . oon1p1e poua pase -
Japanese o1acial lie. M. stsyss H. -
Igan III Diplomatic service y tAs ~
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tContinued d FIFTH Pase.)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-21

RACE TALKED OF

There is some talk of a twenty-five
mile race round Kapiolani Park be-
tween J. NJ Dowsett's Stearns and
Bert Servers famous Haynes Wander
bilt racer. It is said that there is a
large wager on the subject and that
the race will surely be run in the near
future.
With unbanked turns, the track at
the park would be a hard place to
make anything like good time. It is
impossible to say which is the faster
car, but it is equally certain that the
Stearns can not hold tires round those
turns for twenty-five miles.
The last important races in which
a Stearns was entered on track were
at Los Angeles in ffty-mile and a
hundred mile Derby round a circular
track In both races the Stearns was
ahead after twenty miles, but had
to stop for tires before the twenty
fifth lap was called.
The Continental people had station
for the Stearns with ready inflated
tires, which were changed in marvel
ously short time, but there were so
many calls for tires that the Frank
lin gained two or three laps and won
both races. In the hundred-mile race
the Stearns right rear tire exploded
and sent the car into the fence; the
turned over and pinned
& Fiery" Dan Kuhl underneath, but
both he and the mechanic escaped
with minor injuries.
The Haynes is light car and can
probably make the twenty-five miles
without stopping for tires. If this
race is really as seriously thought of
as the Pacific Weekly makes out, it
would be well for the Stearns people
to stick out for a road course or for
a shorter distance. Powerful as it is,
and with speed possibilities that are
not appreciated by competitors, the
Stearns has weight that no tire yet
moulded can carry round Kapiolani
Park at ffty-mile gait for more than
fifteen miles.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-21
WALK CONTEST
PAKE NEW YEAR

Here is a new one that shows what
the trend of sentiment is with regard
to public athletic events. Sam Hop
started something at a recent Chinese
New Years celebration meeting in the
line of walking race for Cinnamon,
and his proposition was received with
loud applause and was Immediately
taken up.
January "a will be the date, and the
races will come off at the boys field
on Nuuanu street. There will be fat
mems races, thin mems races, old
mems races and young men s races.
Already large number of entries have
been received, and Sam says that it is
going to be as great an event among
the Chinese as was the recent big pub
lie walking match
Sam is one of the coterie of live ones
who keep things going in Chinese cir
cles, and anything he goes after turns
out a success. He and Tin Ch0ng will
collaborate on the event, and will take
care that the public is kept served with
interesting dope on the subject through
the columns of the Advertiser.
Tt sure will be sight to watch
dozen fat merchants from Pakeville
doing their best to make time round
the track, and there are hidden posi-
bilities to the event that these two
hustlers may be depended on to bring
to light.
The C. A. C. athletic sports viii take
place the same day on the same field,
and there will be an entertainment as
unique and interesting as it win be
keen1y contested in every event.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-21
ACTORS BRING
RAIN TO AALA
P0stp0nement of Games at AaIa
Park Debited to Rain
From HiIo.
By w. Tin Chong.

The secret is explained. Everybody
was asking everybody yesterday at
Aala Park about the hoodoo that
brought down the showers which pre-
vented the ball games from taking
place as scheduled. There was no one
who could furnish worthy explana-
tion, until, finally, an old fan, who was
for some time a resident of the Rainy
City, got up on the bandstand and an
nouneed to all those present that the
troup of Hawaiian actors from Hilo
who recently arrived to give few en-
tertainments at the Orpneum Theater,
have brought the rain with them. At
first there was talk of boyeotting
among the fans and players, but at last
Will Prestidge pointed out the unwise
decision they were making, as every
player should live up to the record of
the Cupid League as true and good
sportsmen.
The absence of several of the promi-
nent fans was noticeable. Although
no word was passed during the day that
the games were to be postponed owing
10 the rain, these wise ones did not put
in an appearance. Among them were
A K, L. Mon Tai, probably the only
Chinese fan in this town who never
! misses a baseball game at Aala Park;
big Barney Joy, RObt. Asam, who was
the latest recipient of Christmas gift
from the teams of the Riverside
League, and many others. Then there
were those who were present as usual,
although the rain was pouring down. In
this latter list were included Eddie
Fernandez, the umpire; Bill Prestidge,
M t. Marshall, the Twilight manager;
Johnny Motley, of Nippon fame; Chi
Bui, Sing ChOng and Others just as well
known.
Both the teams that were to have
participated in the first contest were
on hand.
NJ T. Marshall, Jr., the big manager
of the Twilight aggregation, was on
hand with happy smile on his face.
With MIN were six big soldiers in base
Jall uniforms, wearing white socks, and
ready TO do or die for the Twilight
team. This had been allowed at a reg
ular meeting of the Cupid League a
few days ago. With their help the
Twilights may not have to stay at the
tail-end of the league. From the show
ing they made while out practicing, it
looks pretty good for Marshall.
The pOstponement of these two
games will not interfere with the sched-
ule as it has been arranged. Both of
the games will be played off at the end
of the season.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-21
MUCH RAIN AT
COUNTRY CLUB

Old J. Pluvius worked overtime at
the Country Club yesterday afternoon.
The rain poured and poured and then
poured little bit more. The golfers
in the last tournament of the season
stayed with it manfully, however, and
several of them finished the course.
H. A. Walker carried off the prize
for the best net score, and Harold Gift
fard captured the best gross ditto.
The game was no criterion of form,
as everything was horribly wet. Put
ting was gamble, and driving was
guess. The winners have a whole
lot of credit coming to them for the.
clever way in which they took advan-
tage of wind lulls and ignored the
possibility of wetness affecting their
putting.
Andy MeLaren was not at the links,
and there was a considerable amount
of guessing as to whether he really
intended to start round the island this
morning on his walking trip. Up to
late hour last night he was not To-
Gated, and nobody seems to know
whether he is really going after the
record or not. The general sentiment
among the golfers seemed to be that,
if he started, he would come pretty
near to getting what he was after, as
he is a marvel at hiking over the long
distances.
The following were the official
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-21
LITTLE SPACE
FOR BASEBALL

The Mique Fisher aggregation is
winning games with monotonous regu-
larity in Japan. The funny part of the
whole thing is the accounts of the
games as printed in the japanese
English papers. Each game that would
bring forth at least two columns of
space in any American publication is
showed off in a little squib on the cor
ner of the sports page.
If they had a cricket game over
there they would have fourteen British
experts reporting the event and about
four pages of account with pictures of
the crowd, the players and the various
umpires; but "that beastly American
game of baseball, oh, | say, old chap,
makes me think of FOUNDERS, doncher-
know
One account of a game takes up near
ly half a column and, at first, one sur
misses that some American reporter
must have butted in and handed out a
little bunch of live dope. Not so, how
ever. On reading it one finds that more
than ninety per cent. of the story is
devoted to a speech made by Mr. Nit
Mayor of Yokohama. Baseball
seems to be taking a great hold in
Japan, but it has not much chance to
grow very quickly in favor with the
Englishmen there until the
British journalists get hold of live
one or two who can hand out the right
line of talk and get the typical slang
The results, as gathered from these
journalistic efforts, are: November %
Americans ), Waseda College 0. No
vember 23-Americans 10, Toxic l, in
The morning; Americans 3, Keios 0, in
The afternoon. November 25-Ameri-
cans Il, Yokohama Cricket and Ath-
etic Club l. November 26-Americans
), KeiOs O. December 3-Americans 10,
Waseda, 0, in the morning; Americans
;, All-Japan 0, in the afternoon.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-21
KlDLETS TURN
OUT AND PLAY

There was not so much rain at At
kinson park as higher up on the land
yesterday afternoon and so the kidlet
league managed to pull off one game.
The Pauoas forfeited to the Eagles.
The latter were there in full force
but the boys from up Punchbowl way
evidently thought there would be no
games and so failed to turn up and
lost by it.
The Young Ala MOanas took the
Bulletins into camp to the tune of -
to 9 and this is quite a setback for
the youthful journalists who were tied
with the Giants before. The latter
team was not out as it had day off
and so still keeps the lead.
En- Sue, official umpire of the league,
was out to perform his duties for the
first time and made a hit with players
and fans alike by the quickness and
correctness of his decisions. This
speedy player has made good with fol-
lowers of the league and there won't
be any kicking while he holds the in,
dicator.
The following is the standing of the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-21
WRIGHT MEDAL
FUND BOOSTED

Charles Eakin draws attention to a
clipping from the Scientific American
which states that the Aero Club of
America is starting to raise a fund to
present each of the Wright brothers
with a thOusand-dOilar medal.
81 think this is very good idea, q,
said Mr.. Eakin. Honolulu has al
ways been very much to the fore where
new inventions were concerned. The
telephone and wireless telegraph have
both received plenty of encouragement
from the people of the Islands, and we
should not be backward when it comes
to aeronautics, even if no airship has
as yet perched on PunchbOwl.
The people on the mainland should
be made to hear that we are still as
progressive as ever, and l think that
this movement would be helped along if
the people of Honolulu were told of it.
Should a subscription list be started
here you may put me down for five dol
lars right away
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-21

c. Kimball, II. Wilder, JAS. FenWick,
II. G. Spencer. F. Armstrong and DR..
High did not finish.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-21

With the exception of the golf tour
nament and one Kidlet League base
ball game, all sports were called off
on account of the rain yesterday.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-21

: A handsome Christmas present is
\ one of our shoe orders. Good at any
time. Manufacturers Shoe Co., Ltd.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-21
BRUNER FEELS
QUITE AT HOME

HILO, Hawaii, December 17.-Every
one of the thirty-three stalls at Hoo
lulu Park was occupied by horses yes
terday, preparing for the great events
of January / and ?, 1909. There are
now more horses on the track than
have ever been there.
The Honolulu eontingents for. the big
Merchants stake have arrived by the
Mauna Kea, Bruner and Indigo at once
feeling quite at home on the scene of
their many victories. Among the big
ones the Maui favorite, Adion, is cred
tied with a mile at Wailuku in 1:49.
Old Bruner has mile in 1:484, and
Indigo in 1:52b to their credit The
two Hilo horses have been timed for
a mile and an eighth, Frolic in 2:05
all out, and Banonica in 2:10 under
wraps. Yolo Girl has not been in good
form. The Maui forces are expected
by the Claudine on Sunday.
Among the Hawaiian breds, the Hor-
ner ranch has Major Collier, Monsarrat
has Breakwater and Laulee, and Anata,
a japanese hackman, has favorite
with the half-mile record of 3d. But
Dickie Davis proposes to skin them all
with a Hawaiian bred from Maui show
ing a half mile in so seconds.
Interest in the pacing race is grow
ing every day, and Monsarrat- expects
to take the purse home with him as the
work of Waldo J. with a 2:0612 record.
He was worked right off the boat when
he landed here a couple of weeks ago,
doing threequarters in 1:23b. Charlie
David took Brughelli s W. r. Hearst
over the track in 2:40 when he arrived
from the Coast, but Felix has his record
of 2:14H. Parnell will try to take the
honors for Maui, his timetable showing
2:l31a, while Billy Lucas is said to
have a dark one from Honolulu.
Jockeys Willis and Clarence will
wear the 0 'ROurke colors, while Me
Auliffe from Maui says he will have to
pull his mounts back to keep them any
where near the old plugs he has to rum
against. There are five japanese horses
in training and they can be ridden by
any old jockey. The horses are all
well while the track is in good
shape, not so heavy since the rain let
up a few days ago Campbell will be |
starter and John T. Moir responsible |
for decisions.
Young Sam Parker has been in town |
within the week and has his eve on
Frolic, having made good offer for
the stud, so it is said. for immediate |
delivery. But O'Rourke wants to keep
him until after the races. The crowd |
will be here all right, while John
o 'Rourke and Felix Brughelli may be |
seen any day with lips moving in |
prayer for sunshine till Monday. Jan
uary +, 1909.