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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
Special to The Gazette.)

HELENA, Dec. q. twenty cent
wool at the minimum is the prediction
of Montana fiockmasters for this.
states clip for 1909, providing that
congress does not molest the tariff.
A score Of prominent flockmasters
have already determined that they
will not dispose Of their fleece at a
less figure and it IS expected that
smaller sheepmen will adopt the same
policy. Mutton is in great demand,
Coast buyers for the past two weeks
have been securing the great feeding
3centers Of the state in an effort to
secure mutton sheep for slaughter.
buy have been able to secure only a
few carloads, The scarcity Of fat
mutton has seldom been 50 great as
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
BODY 81: FOUND IN ICE.

MIssoULA. Mont, Dec. 21.--Coro.
1ner Marsh returned this evening from
Bonita with the body, identifei as
that Of George Canary, which was
found yesterday firmly imbedded in
the Ice IN the Hell Gate river four
miles west OF that place. Canary was
working in railroad construction
camp and had been missing since
September 81. At that time he had
been Ill with. fever and it is thought
that while delirious he wandered into
the river and was drowned.
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CARNEGIE KNOCKS PROPS
FROM UNDER STEEL men
Protective Tariff no Longer Needed to
Aid the Industry, lie Declares.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Andrew
Carnegie famous for the millions he
made II the steel business and his
views On economic questions, was an
entertaining, il not instructive witness
before the house ways and means tar
tff hearing today. An article on the
tariff especially relating to the steel
schedule written by Mr.. Carnegie ap-
peared In a monthly magazine.
Owing to the statements made in
that article, it became the basis for
the questions asked by the members
Of the committee at hearings on the
steel schedule.
AS the testimony of various steel
manufacturers was at variance with
the statements made by Mr.. Carnegie,
the committee invited him to give any
Information the committee could use.
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PUEBLO FIREMAN NOT IN l-T
Nj WITH oLoRED FIGHTER.
PUT INTO DREAMLAND
Colorado Fighter Is Knocked lnsensi-
bic II TWO Minutes ~ Lansford
Monte Atteli and Jimn,y Walsh
Fight ! Clever Draw.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 81. sam
Langford the colored middlewetght,
making his first appearance n local
ring, made good and incidentally made
short work Of Jim Flynn Of Pueblo.
Langford knocked out his man III the
first round after two minutes Of flght.
ing. #
From the outset it was plainly ap-
parent that Flynn did not have q
chance. Langford lost no time Ia get
ting into action. No sooner had the
men shaken hands than the colored
boy went after the Pueblo fireman,
hammer and tongs. He swung hard
right to the body and i moment later
scored with his left to the face. He
gave Flynn no chance. Flynn rushed
to close quarters but found no shelter
Langford followed his advantage BY
sending his right and left to the body
with great force.
After two minutes Of fighting Lang
ford feinted with his right. Like
flash he brought his left flush to the
fireman's Jaw with an impact that was
heard all over the house. Flynn
dropped as il hit with q log, his face
turned purple and he rolled on his
back until the pain from the blow
caused him to turn. The count Of ten
was called of but Flynn was too far
gone to even hear the count. He was
insensible for five minutes.
Langford was q 8 to | tavorite In
the betting
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
WIDOW RELATES
MURDER ] | ! ] /: STORY
WIFE OF ANNls ON The STAND
YESTERDAY
TELLS ! Of TIE KILLING
Severely cross-Examined by the De
Tense, ii an Effort 10 Break ,Por-
tion of Her Testimony Which Prose-
cution Regards as Important.

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III, =,
q Il - q no'n'en 1enklns rams
reacned climax OF dramatic n intensity
today when Mrs. Helen q. Annis, wild
How OF William E Annis. ii 4 de1iher
ate raci+a, ,astin. for -. n, 4hnoo
/,
n = y ps44 - A't1ne = - nus
1' pAnd g ne SAT az me tlAer of ms boat
~ captain $. =. Hams, ". Mrs. Annis
nearly e's 1aln1ed q few minutes g before
ner examination ass y ended, but quickly re
covefed.
Y was 9 hafd DAY for. the defense
ana me counsel was exhausted IN the
. 9 p oss-exam1nat1on. fa1. Thornton Hains
lost mucn @. ' the easy manner that has
cnaTspcterlzed5 MN n crossrexamina;
1lon. ~ When zen led from the court by two
oeputles, q y t the prisoner appeared de.
Jected and careWorn.
MFs. Annls made an impressive fig
ure on me witness stand, as she told
y qu1et tones her story OF August Is,
at tne Bay Side Yacht club.
several new points added dramatic
interest % the trial. When en- Annts' boat
came alongside me hoat. the widow
testlned Inornton Hams beckoned to
nis orotner ana led the way down the
runway. The shooting took place in a
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
WOOL WILL Sell.
FOR 20 CENTS THIS YEAR
flockmasters Say That Figure Will be the
Minimum Price for 1909 Clip.

it is at present and consequently
such sheep are bringing royal prices.
The scarcity is accounted TOR by
sheepmen because Of the tight mon
5ey market early in the season. which
prevented many sheepmen from max
ing arrangements to feed.
Next to prime mutton stock lambs
are IN demand and are held At high
figures. Animals which brought 81
in October and the first part o. No
vember now bring $3.50 and they are
scare at the price.
The present winter has been IDEAL
for the Montana growers. There have
been practically no losses, the range
has been in fine shape and present In
dications are that the focks win come
Through the winter in better shape
than for many years past.
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As Mr.. Carnegie declined to accept
the invitation, he was subpoenaed,
Mr.. Carnegie was to have been heard
nearly two weeks ago, but he asked
for a postponement evidently for the
purpose Of having the committee Sc
cure the testimony Of other steel mag;
mates first. r
Although he was on the stand for
nearly 8 hours, Mr.. Carnegie laughed
and joked good naturedly throughout.
He exasperated several of the "stand.
patters," with his epigrammatio re.
plies; praised the genius of Charles NJ.
schwab. urged the committee to ac-
cept the testimony Of Judge e. H.
Gary as conclusive and told several
funny stories.
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OF NIGHT RIDERS Ex-
POSED eY WITNESSES.
MEN, WOMEN BEATEN
One Witness Tells with Great Regard
for Detail the Names Of the Men
Present at the Times outrages
Were Perpetrated BY Outlaw Band.

UNION CITY, Tenn, Dec. 2l.The
state practically completed Its case
today against the eight alleged night
riders on trial for the murder of Cap
tain Rankin, when it drew from Frank
Fehringer, a member of the band, q
detailed statement, not only of the
Rankin tragedy, but of a score OF
more of other outrages. 1t also called
Mrs. Johnson, one of the two women
said to have been whipped by the
band, and had her tell her story.
The startling testimony of Frank
Fehringer involving the men as act
ual participants in the murder OF
Captain Rankin was given with an
exactitude OF detail that was amazing.
AS Mrs. Johnson's name was called
a murmur Of satisfaction arose.
Nearly everyone knew that she had
been whipped, but no one except the
grand jury and prosecuting officer had
heard her story.
Mrs. Johnson had married Joe John
son, 9 man 80 years older than she
and lived with him for four years,
when child was born. Last August
she sued him for divorce, charging
cruelty and asking maintenance.
Early in September the night rid.
ers visited her fathers home, and
left word that she must withdraw the
suit. She failed to do so, and on a
second visit her father was whipped.
On both occasion she was at her
sisters home.
The night riders seem to have
realized this, for on September 80,
about ii o'clock at night they went
to the sisters house. Mrs. Johnson
woke to find her bedroom filed with
masked men. A man whom she said
she recognized as Fred Pinion, one OF
the defendants was standing 50 ciose
that she could touch him.
I'VE have come 70 toll you for T.
last time time that you must dismiss
that divorce suit" Pinion Is charged
with saying.
Il will not withdraw It," she re-
piled.
You will before we get through
with you" came the response. If
you dismiss it now we will see that
he supports the child. but you must
not touch his property
Mrs. Johnson obstinately insisted
that she would press the case. Then
the men filed out into the yard to
consult. In few minutes they re-.
turned. Pinion, she said, stepped
over to the bed and said:
Come with u.s.
Two others OF the band seized her,
dragged her roughly from the bed
and hurried her about $50 yards away.
They threw her on a log in the woods
and one OF them beat her across the
shoulders with a strap.
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BOY CRUSHED TO DEATH.

I CHICAGO. Dec. 21.Pushed by
crowds Of shoppers, Elmer Bidrseye,
the z year old son Of Charles BiMseye,
of Seattle, Wash, was crushed to
death in m elevator In the Boston
store here tonight. The boy was be-
ing taken by his grandmother, Mrs.
Emma Birdseye. to see the toys. The
elevator operator was arrested pend
ing coroner's- inquest.
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w. n. CLARKE FOUND DEAD In.
HIS DOORWAY.
HAD MONEY IN CABIN
Authorities Unable to Find His Little
Z store Of Wealth One Man Arrested
Who, However, Denies That He had
Anything to do With clarke's Death.
Especial to The Gazette.)

BUTTE, Mont, Dec. 2l.W. I.
Clarke, the aged prospector who was
found dead across the threshold OF
his cabin on Fish creek, IS miles
south Of here yesterday, was proba-
bly, murdered for his money He was
known to keep between $4,000 and
$4,000 in gold in his shack. There IS
no clew to the murderer.
Con- Walsh who was seen with
the murdered man last week, and
later seen about the cabin, was ar
rested late this afternoon. He de-
MES his guilt.
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PRELIMINARY WAS "A DRAW
Atteli Lead At the Start Of eattis 81,
Walsh Came BACK Strong.

Atteli Lead It the start Of eattie blt
Walsh Came Back Strong. NJ
RINGsIDE, SAN FRANCISCO. Dec.
II. Jimmy Walsh Of Boston and
Monte Attell Of San Francisco, bantam
weights, fought fifteen rounds to
DRAWN preliminary to the Laneford-
Flynn contest.
Up to the eleventh round Aktsn -
peared to hold q safe lead. Hs landed.
oftener and harder II very spirited
exhibition. The tables were turned
however. In the twelfth round. In thia
round Walsh battered his man wiittl
rights and lefts TO the body ana head
and .Attell was much disturbed whom
he went to his corner. He fought hack
vigorously. however, IN tho three hnal.
rounds, but Walsh clearly outtoushts
him. At the end Of the fifteenth round
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QUITE BAD MAN is GUILTY OF
BURGLARY.
IS TWENTY YEARS
Man Who Has Twice Escaped convic.
!. tion on Charge Of Murder, who
ts : Notorious Bad Actor, Will BE
Sentenced Next Monday.
Especial to The Gazette.)

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BUTTE, Mont, Dec. 21.-Paddy
Rogers, who has twice escaped con.
viction for murder, who attempted to
hold up a drug store last September
and assaulted the proprietor, and tw
Of his brothers, was today found gull
ty Of burglary.
Sentence will be passed Monday.
The limit is twenty years.
A charge OF assault in the first de-
gree remains.
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
STATE LAND OFFICE DECISION.
Especial to The Gazette J

HELENA, Dec. 21.-The officials of
the Helena land Office rendered a de
cision in the case of the government
against Ole B. verwig of White Sui
phur Springs in favor of Mr.. Verwig.
The case was tried last fall in Meagher
county. &
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
GARFIELD NOT CANDIDATE.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 81 1.-secretary
Garfield tonight denied that he will be
run as dark horse In the New York
senatorial contest.
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troll would take place tomorrow.
President Trlnbull Of the Colorado
and Southern says the transaction is
advantageous for both roads. He de-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
CASTR0'S GOVERNMENT IS OVERTHROW

men who represent various factions Of
the state, and who have figured promi-
nently in various ways ii the coun-
try's political history Not only has
Or. Joseph De Jesus disappeared from
the councils Of the nation, but Dr. Bal
do, who is now travelling in Castro's
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clared that he looked forward with sat
isfaction to an early temporary retire
ment from active business.
Mr.. Hawley stated that the Burling
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, ton purchased practically all Of the
common stock Of the Colorado and
Southern, which he and his associates
had held. It was understood that Mr.
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Hawley continues to hold Colorado and
Southern first and second preferred
stock and President Trumbull resigns.
his interest in that property.
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Quincy railroad company.
Edwin Hawley, the principal stock
holder Of the Colorado and Southern
stated that the actual transfer OF con
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
COLORADO 4 SOUTHERN SALE TO THE BURL LINGT0N R R
RATIFIED AT A meet OF IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK. Dec. 21-Directors Of
the Colorado and Southern railroad
company today ratified the sale Of the
road to the Chicago, Burlington and
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PORT OF SPAIN, Dec 21.-vice
President j. Vincento Gomez to whom
General Cipriano Castro handed over
the presidency on his departure for
Europe, has established a new govern
ment in Venezuela. He has replaced
the old ministry with new body of
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The actual transfer Of the Colorado
& Southern Railroad, when the con
.trol will pass to the Burlington road. u
occurs tomorrow (Tuesday).
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suite abroad, also has been removed
from his official position as minister
of education
General Ferrne, the minister Of war,
has been superseded by General Re
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CONTINUED on Fifth Page.)
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CONTINUED on Fourth Pase.l
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Continued on Fourth Page.)
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-04-15
HIS WHEAT WENT q
BUSHELS TO The ACRE.
HE REALIZED $18 PER ACRE FROM
IT, WHILE OATS GAVE HIM
$17 AN ACRE.

Moose Jaw, Sask, Nov. 18th, 1907.
Writing from Moose Jaw, Saskatche.
wan, Mr.. s. X. Rathwall says:
Il have much pleasure in saying
that on my farm this year 1 had 500
acres in wheat, and 1870 acres in oats.
My wheat averaged about % bushels
per acre, and 1 had 200 acres cut be-
fore the frost, which I sold at IS
cents per bushel, thus realizing on
that wheat $500 per acre, not count.
ing cost of Irvine, seed and labor. With
regard to the other 800 acres of wheat,
it got touched with frost but is worth
60 cents per bushel. 1t will net me
$500 per acre. but I do not intend
to sell it at that price, as I can make
more money by feeding it to hogs.
my oats turned out about so bushels
to the acre, and at 35 cents per bushel
will give me $500 to the acre, not
counting seed, Irvine and labor.
"On account of the late spring,
percentage Of the grain was touched
with frost, but on account of good
prices, farmers will realize a fair
profit on their farms even this year.
We are as usual up against a short.
age OF cars to get our grain removed"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-04-15

tlng plants with a peg is a surprise
to the boyioe. I have had men peg
in 20 plants to the minute or 1900 in
an hour. Steel pegs are for sale, but
wooden one costs nothing and is far
better. AS plants are of different
kinds and sizes, l find different sizes
and shapes of pegs necessary, so l
white the pegs to suit the kind of
plants | am setting.
The right use, and the rapid use,
of the peg will gradually be learned
by practice. If the ground is too wet,
dirt will stick to the peg; if too dry,
will fall back into the hole when the
peg is removed. In either case, this
can be avoided BY giving the peg a
twill as it is removed from the hole
Sometimes the hole is too small to
admit the plant. This can be over
come by wabbling the peg while ma
king the hole.
When the plant is inserted, con-
tinues the writer in Farm and Home,
the dirt should be pressed firmly about
1t with the peg. This is done by
movement of the wrist, in which the
peg is thrown from an upright posi-
ton to sharp slant, so that while the
point of the peg has pressed the dirt
on the far side of the plant, the side
OF the peg, by semi-circu'ar move
ment Of the hand, has pressed the
dirt on the right and on the side next
to you. This movement is not easily
learned.
To gain rapid movement practice
by counting four. When you say one,
pick up the plant with the left hand;
two. make the hole with the right;
three, insert plant with the left; four
press the dirt about the plant with
the right. Begin very slowly and in
crease the movement until you are
planting as fast as you can count.
You will be surprised how quickly you
attain this speed.
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books, but there are also soldiers ir
picturesque variety of uniform, priests
wearing their black draperies in the
classic folds which recall the toga
shepherds from the Campagna, beard
ed and wild-eyed in their sheepskins;
pilgrims from far countries with the
fixed visionary gaze of those who look
on their sacred places after long de
sire.
Sacred indeed is the spot to those
who hold the faith of Rome. In front
of the high altar with it's baldacchinc
the twisted bronze columns tower
ing up superbly, yet dwarfed by the
armament of the dome above-burn
the golden, never-dying lamps which
mark the resting place, so tradition
says, of the apostle.
But on Palm Sunday the attention
is fixed on the altar in the Cappella
Giulia, and the pressure of the eager
people increases cruelty as the has
kets of palms are set down by the
altar stairs and the canons slowly
move to their places. The priests are
in violet. the Lenten color. The deep
hue frightened by wonderful inter-
weaving of gold and silver, and the
crucifiX on the altar is also violet
yelled. There is no organ music, and
the deep notes of the chanting swell
with a strange solemnity through the
echoing vaults.
At last the solemn final word and
gesture of blessing have been given,
and one by one the priests lift and
bear away the palm branches. Then
the olive, which is given in their
stead to the people, is brought for
ward in great sheaves, and a priest in
sold-embroidered violet robe holds out
the silvery branches to the hands
which reach and clutch for them, till
all the nearest of the throng have re.
ceived their portion and pass on twigs
to those behind. Peace and blessing
is that olive to bring to those who
reverenly receive the cleaning leaves
The distribution completed, the cardi
nal and canons with their attendant
train move in stately procession down
the church, out into the portico, and
so back to the altar They bear aloft,
with the tall tapers and the shrouded
crucifiX. the golden palm branches;
not simple boughs such as were cast
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Held III Old st. prtpr's
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lneXhaustible in it's mystic signifi
canoe, the Holy Week in Rome, how
ever familiar to the memory or I'M
agination, stirs always renewed
wonder in those who witness it.
Above all else Rome is city OF
memories. The walls and arches oil
imperial days, the Renaissance pal
aces, and the churches which mari,
every step in the long march from
primitive Christianity to papal SUI
Dremacy-these stamp themselves on
the mind. The incongruous modern
elements are as transitory in their
impression as is the whiring dust
from a motor car blown past the
tombs on the Appian Way.
The walls of Aurelian, the statue of
Marcus Aurelius, benignant on the
capitol, the august disarray of the
Forum-these are actual and imperish.
able. So, too, is the spacious splen-
dor of st. Peters, with it's solemn
sequence of ritual in which, as the
Holy Week advances, SO mystic and
superb drama of divinity is en-
acted.
There are many moods in which
to approach the great Easter services
in the great papal city. from that of
the devote to whom the ever-burning
lamps round the apostles tomb mark
a spot only less sacred than that of
the holy sepulcher itself, to that of
the casual sight-seer, who flutters his
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full mystery of the mass Perhaps
those do not see least of the signifi-
canoe who look on the magnificent
ceremonies with a haunting conscious.
ness of Romes twofold greatness, and
who never quite lose sight of the city
OF the Caesars in the city of the
saints.
1t is impossible even to approach
st. Peters, where most of us choose
to see the services, in spite of the ri.
val claims of the Lateran, mother of
churches-it is impossible to reach
the curving colonnades and mighty
front without passing by memorials of
an earlier, hostile life and creed. Per-
haps in driving thither the wanderer
may catch a glimpse Of the immortal
pair. the Great Twin Brethren, who
guard in stone the stairs to the CAPT.
toll. Or, it may be. the shattered, ma
jestic columns of the temple of Mars
Ultor have lifted for moment their
stern memorial of Caesars death and
Augustus vengeance.
Once within st. Peters, however,
conflicting memories fall away, lost,
as is all sense of minor faults in the
building itself, in the impression of
vastness, of an all-enfolding and all
reconciling hospitality. That hospital.
ity is taxed by the crowds which
gather for the services of Holy Week.
Palm Sunday initiates the series of
elaborate ceremonies with it's beauti
full rite of blessing the palms. A mot
ley throng it Is which streams up the
wide steps and gathers about the altar
above which CLOVIS in a golden halo
the holy dove. There are the foreign
sight-seers, of course, made evident
by their camp-stools and red guide.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-04-15
SKIN TROUBLES CURED,
First Had Itching Rash-Threatened
Later With BIood-Poison in Leg
Relied on Cuticura Remedies.

"About twelve or fifteen years ago
had a breaking out, and it itched,
and stung so badly that l could not
have any peace because of it. Three
doctors did not help me. Then l used
some Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Oint.
ment, and Cuticura Resolvent and
began to get better right away. They
cured me and l have not been bothered
with the itching since, to amount to
anything. About two years ago l
had la grippe and pneumonia which
left me with a pain in my side Treat
ment ran it into my leg, which then
swelled and began to break out. The
doctor was afraid it would turn to
blood-poison. used his medicine
but it did no good, then l used the
Cuticura Remedies three times and
cured the breakins-out on my leg. ]. F.
Hennen, Milan, Mo-, May -, 1907"