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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-31
WOULD sE muaFD ''i's' ATT4cks
GENERAL BUCKLEY WELLS.
IS 4 FAILURE
House e Made Mass 81 Debris, But
the Intended Victim Escaped With
Only Scratches and Bruises and I'M
paired Hearing.

Telluride, Colo, March 28.-Eluding
the night guard stationed at the
Smuggler-Union mine at Pandora, two
miles south Of Telluride, and the
searchlight which Is constantly thrown
about the premises during the night
from the high tower mill a. q precauL-s8
tionary measure. IN unknown person
gained ccess to the residence OF Gem
eral Buckley Wells. general manager
Of the Smuggler-U Union Mining COM
pany, last night and planted . dyna-
mite bomb under his bed.
The dynamite was exploded ~ &.
hitting q fuse in the outside Of the
building about 3 o'clock this morning,
when the intended victim was asleep.
He was hurled against the ceiling and
alighted under q mass Of debris but
escaped with some scratches and
bruises and impaired hearing.
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ANOTHER PLEA FOR
CHESTER GILLETTE
PARENTS TRY WITH NEW Evi.
DENcE TO GER RETRIEVE.

.Lr .( +g4- -FIaN.-z -
Albany. March 28.-Once more the
life Of Chester Gillette lies in the
hands OF Governor Hughes.
What is claimed to be newly discov-
cred evidence was submitted to the
governor today and between now and
tomorrow night he will decide wheth-
er or not he will reprieve the young
man who, without his interference,
would die in the electric chair at Au-
burn prison probably in the dawn Of
next Monday morning.
The only testimony given in public
was that OF three employees in the
shirt factory at CORTLAND, where Gill
1lette and Grace Brown worked. They
merely verified orally their anadavits
to the effect that Grace Brown had
"spasms" which YER 4 matter Of
common knowledge In the factory.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank 8. Gillette, par.
ents OF the condemned young man,
and Miss Catherine Gillette. his aunt.
were present at both sessions.
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AGREEMENT
WILL Be ENDORSED
THIRD READING IN HoL-
LANDS LEGISLATURE.

ECeN#r.f NET2 M+8SGE aEN&1
Washington. March 2s.-Ministe--
David Jane Hill at The Hague today
cabled the state department that the
commercial agreement between the
and Holland governments,
negotiated in accordance with the
third section Of the Dingley tarin law.
had passed a third reading by the up
per legislative body Of that country.
This is taken by omcials here to
mean that the agreement will be for.
mally endorsed. The agreement is
based on tariff reductions on some ar.
ticles of commerce between the two
countries, the reduction being Unite.
to q maximum Of 20 per cent.
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EVANS
GOES TO SPRING
COMES NORTH ON coNNEcTIcur
70 TAKE TREATMENT.

H8A EER & 8Es l
Washington, March 28.-Admiral
Evans. commanding the Atlantic feet,
is on his way from Magdalena bay to
San Francisco aboard the Connecticut.
Arriving at San Francisco he will
proceed at once to San Luis Obispo
by rail. there to take treatment at q
mineral springs resort. The Connects
cut will return to 1F,gdalena bay at
once. stopping at San Diego on her
way. She will Join the feet, which
will come up the coast under com
mand Of Rear Admiral Thomas.
This Information was received at
the navy department late today by
wireless telegraph. Rear Admiral
Evans will assume command Of the
feet when It reaches San Diego.
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REPORT CAUSES WORRY.
Feared Admiral Evans Health May
ee Worse Than Reported.

BE Worse Than Reported.
San Diego, Cal. March 2S.-The
news that the flagship Connecticut
had been detached from the feet at
Magdalena bay to bring Admiral Ev-
ans to San Francisco for q course Of
treatment at San Luis Obispo was re-
ceived here with considerable appre-
hension. Reassuring reports regard
ing the admiral's health have been
coming from Magdalena bay during
the past 10 days, but the fact that It
is deemed necessary to bring him
north two weeks In advance Of the
fleet Is taken to indicate that his CON
dition Is not all that could be wished
for.
Elaborate plans for the entertain
ment Of Admiral Evans and the ON
GERS and men Of the feet have been.
made here and at Los Angeles. Santa
Barbara, Santa Cruz and San Fran
cisco, and II the admiral IL not able
to participate in some degree at least
In the shore entertainments there will
be much disappointment along the
coast.
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HELM WAS
49,
THREATENED
LETTERS WERE SENT TO SOUTH
ERN CONGRESSMAN.

Washington, March 2S.-Represent-
alive Thomas Hefin Of Alabama, in
a statement today regarding last
nights shooting on Pennsylvania,
says:
Il am glad to say I have not yet
reached the point where l will see a
negro and a white man either take a
drink in the presence of a lady with
out saying something to him. l did
only what any other gentleman placed
In similar circumstances would have
DONE"
In the police court today 1t was
agreed between Representative Clay
ton Of Alabama, who appeared for
Mr.. Helm. and Assistant United
States Attorney Given that the cause
should not be called until q further
date.
Makes Public Letters.
Mr.. Helm later gave out for pub.
location copies Of several anonymous
letters received by him since his un-
successful efforts on February % to
incorporate a Jim Crow car amend
ment to a local street railroad track
age bill. Among there were the fol
lowing:
Prepare to meet your God; 60
guarded day and night from now on
until your death. Fear and tremble.
There Is not a step between you and
death. vile wretch. Every person who
fears God and loves justice is against
you because you desire to add oppres-
sion to the already unjustly: op-
pressed. Go guarded and well armed.
Patience has ceased to be q virtue.
The south is the property OF the col.
ored race"
Another letter reads:
"Assuredly as you attempt to inter
fere with the harmonious relations
now existing in this District Of Co.
lumbia. az certainly win your life pay
for the privilege.
This is applicable to all southern
members likely to crave for glory and
q halo. It is IS easy to remove an
Objectionable Of your stamp in this
capital as a grand duke in st. Peters.
burg.
"You will be warned no more. Re.
member Caesar made light OF the
swords soon to be reeklng with his
blood and an eye has been on you all
session in anticipation of such out.
break. (signed)
Zone for All and All for One" h
A third letter read:
"Yet you and your friends some
fine afternoon in a crowded street
car arise and give q bevy of colored
ladies. your seats. not forgetting to
proclaim who you are and II there
should be any colored gentleman "a
the car, he will follow your magnani.
nous example," N
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PHoNoGRAPH AND MOVING PIC
TuRE COMPANIES MUST PAY.
COMPROMISE EFFECTED
Senate and House Committees on L.
brary Decide TO Recommend Act
Protecting Authors Of Plays and
Music From Reproduction.

Washington, March est was pre-
dicted tonight by members Of the SEN
ate and house library committees that
q compromise will be reached which
will settle the, controversy between
the manufacturers and purveyors Of
mechanical music producing machines
and moving pictures machines on one
side and composers, playwrights and
theatrical managers on the other.
The basis Of the compromise, 1t Is
said, will be the payment Of q per
centage by the mechanical device PEG
pie to authors and composers when
their works are reproduced. the me.
chanical interests to be given a II.
cense in consideration Of the per
centage.
This committee promise is to be
perfected OF q meeting Of the interests
involved &c be held In the near future.
The basis Of the settlement was
reached after three days Of argument
before the senate and house commit
tees Of library In Joint session.
Had to Be Stopped.
Mignon Johnson, as representative
OF the allied theatrical managers and
dramatic authors, opened the argu-
ment before the committee on copy
right today with a representation Of
the claims Of the managers and au-
thors.
William A. Brady, the veteran the
alter manager, told tie committee that
the situation was becoming desperate
and that IF the thing Is not stopped
it means the ~ruination Of us and the
man who writes for the STAGE"
Mr.. Brady stated that one Of his
companies had been forced of the
road owing to the fact that the play
1t was presenting was being produced
throughout the United States by the
aid Of moving pictures with phono-
graphic attachments. The manuscript
had been stolen, he said.
Harry p. Mawson, representing the
American Dramatist club, and Daniel
Frohman endorsed what Mr.. Brady
had said.
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AMERICAN MACHINE
ON THE HIGH SEAS
OTHER AUTOMOBILES ARE TRY
ING TO REACH COAST.

ogden. March 2s.-The week end in
the New York to Paris automobile
race finds the Italian car at Cold
field, New, the French car nearing
Cobre, New. and the German "a on
board a freight train coming to Og-
den for repairs from Rock Springs,
|Wyo. The American machine is trav-
cling by steamer from San Francisco
to Seattle.
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CLUB Dimes ROOSEVELT.

Washington, March 2s.-President
Roosevelt wa q guest tonight at q
dinner Of the Boone and Crockett
club, given in his honor in the ban
quet rooms OF the Metropolitan club.
Thirty covers we're laid and the
dinner was replete with interesting
"reminiscences of the characters az
usual at the annual dinner of this
hunting club.
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ARRIVE
AT JUNEAU ALASKA
SENT TO PREVENT pls-
55. ORDER IN COUNTRY.

Seattle, March ga special cable
to the Post-Intelligeneer from Juneau,
Alaska. says:
At 4 o'clock this morning Company
F Of the Tenth infantry arrived at
Treadwell on the army steamer Peter
son with orders from General Brush
at Vancouver to aid the local mar.
shals.
The arrival Of troops was unexpect-
ed. There is no disorder here.1 a
number Of arrests Of miners for carry
ing concealed weapons have been
made. A peace committee Of the
union is keeping . strict patrol Of the
town and there is little II any drunk.
enness. Superintendent Kinzie stated
that 10 cases OF powder were stolen
from the Treadwell mine. This Is en-
phatically denied by the union lead
ers. Kinzie admitted that AZ yet there
had been no trouble. The troops have
been brought az = preventative meas
IRE Kinzie claims a full surface
crew and all the mills are running
with the exception Of the Seven Hun
dred, which Is On half time. Seventy
four men arrived on the last two
boats, according to Kinzie. The union
leaders claim nearly the entire work
ing force is out and only so men are
working.
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PRESIDENT SENDS
FLORAL TRIBUTE
TO BE LAID ON COFFIN or VICTIM.
Or KOREAN ASSASSIN.

Washington, March 2s.-As q mark
of his sympathy President Roosevelt
will send q wreath Of flowers to be
laid on the coffin OF Durham W. Stew
ems who died in San Francisco at the
hands OF a Korean assassin.
Inquiry was made Of the Japanese
embassy here today on behalf-of the
president regarding the arrangements
for the funeral Of Mr.. Stevens.
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STOPS LIQUOR a +

Guthrie, Okla, March 2s-Attorney
General West today handed down IN
opinion In which he construes the pro
hibition Law to prohibit liquor being
shipped into the state to individual
purchasers.
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souTH BEND REFoRMs

Al Qusseienabis Rssorts cisssd II
Indians Town.
South Bend, lad, March &.-Norced
to action BY . committee Of so promi-
nent citizens, the common council
last night ordered all questionable
resorts. including gambling houses
and all saloons, Immediately closed.
During the last year South Bend has
been the only vide open city In n
diana.
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BETWEEN FIFTY AND EIGHTY BE-
LlEvED 70 HAVE BEEN KILL.
ED IN WYOMING MINE.
RESCUERS PERISH
Twenty Miners In Coal Mine at Hanna,
wyos, Killed by Explosion Of Gas
While They Were Fighting Fire
Second Explosion Caught Between
80 and SO Rescuers.

Cheyenne. Wyo., March ga spe-
.cial from Hanna, wyo., says q second
explosion occurred at the Hanna
mine at 1890 this evening. when
from 80 to so rescue men YER in the
mine. It is feared that all were killed,
including State Mine Inspector Elias
Of Rock Springs. who was engaged
with the rescue party.
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STATEMENT or GENERAL WELL.
Was Rendered Unconscious 81 force
Of the Explosion.

Of the Explosion.
Denver, March 28.--Tne following
statement was given out to the As
sociated Press over the long distance
phone this afternoon by General
Wells. regarding the attempt to as
s~assinate him at Pandora, near Tel
luride this morning:
"An attempt to kill me was made
shortly after 2 o'clock this morning az
I lay sleeping in my bed on the open
sleeping porch directly above the din
ing room In the large frame building
of the Smuggler-Union mine at Pan
dora used for Offices and living quar-
tiers for myself and family. That II
was not killed was due to the fact
that the force Of the dynamite was
mostly downward instead OF upward,
the door beneath the bed Offering but
little resistance. II
The. explosion wrecked the bed, tore
the mattress and bed clothing to
shreds and hurled me fully is feet
across the porch rendering me tenn
porarily unconscious and deaf as we'll
as decorating my face and head. The
charge also tore a hole three feet In
diameter through the floor Of the
sleeping porch and the ceiling Of the
dining room beneath.
"As soon as l recovered conscious
ness / hurried to the telephone in the
main once on the first floor Of the
building and notified the sheriff at
Telluride Of what had happened.
II believe I know who the response
be parties are. I have received many
anonymous letters threatening my
life since the arrest and trial Of viii
liam D. Haywood and George Petit
bone and since Steve Adams was
brought hack to Telluride to answer
for the murder Of Arthur I. Collins,
my predecessor here. my friends have
warned me to be careful"
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GEORGES SQUAD vlcroRs.
Defeats Other Team IN Basketbai
and Pole Climbing.

Capt. Georges aggregation Of bas-
ketbal players proved to be more
skilled than either Haggerman's or
Haythorne's teams in their contests
played during the week at the z. M.
G. A. gymnasium. The basketball
season is drawing to q close and the
final struggle for the championship Of
the Junior class is drawing near.
In the pole climbing contest, the
squads were very evenly matched,
but owing to their superior strength
Georges team finally came out first.
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TALKING AGRICULTURE.

washington, March 2s.-But little
progress was made in the house today
in considering the agricultural bill.
The discussion dwelt mainly upon the
proposed establishment OF federal
standards Of cotton grades and teder-
al inspection OF grains. Considers
ton Of the bill had not been conclud-
ed when at 1870. the house adjourned.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-31
F 9 r SALE
II0 Head Of Heavy Draft Brood
Mares, in foal to an -
Imported belxian Stallion

Having purchased q steam traction engine and blowing outfit We
are offering to sell fifty head of well broken brood mares weighing
from 1850 to 1000.
These mares have all been bred to The Imp. Belgian Stallion.
Azore, that took the blue ribbon in his class q year and under
years. at the Chicago international Fat Stock show FIVE years ago
He weighed 1900 at the time and now weighs a ton and wears a collar
every day, could easily be fed up to 2400.
If any of the mares should not prove to be in foal they may b
for the season free. The mares may be seen at my Broad
view ranch, ~thirty-ive miles north of Billings on the Iavina stage
road, as also a lot of yearlngs from the same horse.
The mares will be sold at private sale, singly or in pairs, on terms
to suit purchasers, provided good bankable paper is presented; 81
discount for cash. Now is your chance to get as good = pair OF mares
as can be found anywhere and raise the best team in YELLOWSTONE
County: Apply to
w. X. SUDDUTH
MONTANA
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CONGRESSMAN PRAY WRITES 70
CHAMBER or COMMERCE.
WORKS FOR BUILDING
Montana's Representative Ia National
Congress Says He viii Make an.
Effort 70 Get Public Building Tor
slilines This Year.

the coded portion of the Grow Indian
reservation to mortgage their land for
the construction Of irrigation works,
Secretary Decker Of the Chamber Of
Immediately wrote to Con
gresham Pray urging him to secure.
Il possible, passage Of the bill In tho
house. Responsive to his letter. Mr..
Decker has received the following
from MI. Pray. dated March 30:
II acknowledge the receipt Of your
letter Of the 18th inst. in reference
to the bill introduced In the senate
by Senator Dixon allowing settlers ON
the coded Crow Indian lands to mort
gage their holdings for the construc-
ton Of irrigation works. I expect to
get this bill favorably reported from
the committee In q short time. It
will, no doubt, receive favorable re
port at the next general meeting Of
the public lands committee"
In his letter to MI. Pray. MT. Deck,
er took. occasion to again thank him
for the interest he has manifested IN
respect Of securing an appropriation
for a public building at Billings. On
this subject Mr.. Pray writes:
II am very much interested In the
hill for the erection az q muhlfc huild.
ing at Billings. and shall make every
effort to secure the passage Of thia
measure ct the present session"
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Especial to The aazstts.)

Butte, March E8.--A 6peClal 10 inc
Miner from Hanna, Wyo.. says:
This camp was visited by another
big holocaust today and the lives Of
20 men were snuned out by an ex-
plosion Of gas In Mine No. l Of the
Union Pacific Coal company.
The known dead are:
ALEXANDER BRIGGS, superin.
tendent.
JOSEPH BURTON, mine foreman.
JAMES KNOX.
ALFRED DODDs.
GUS RANEY, colored.
P. A. BOYD, colored.
JOHN EVANS.
ROBERT HEBRON.
HARRY LYONS.
JOHN RIMMER.
WILLIAM PASCO.
ROBERT WARBURTON.
BENJAMIN PERRY.
THOMAS FLINT.
CAPPA LAHTI.
EMIL soLFv1AsT.
JOHN YAKNNN.
THREE UNKNOWN MEN.
All we're married and leave widows
with large families. Special trains
are coming from neighboring mining
towns of Rock Springs. Almy. sunder-
land and Kemmerer, and gangs Of
workmen miners and experienced IRE
fighters to assist In the work. OF rescue.
Victims Fought Flames.
A fire has been raging below the
tenth level since last Saturday and
the force Of 200 miners had been laid
OF for the day through fear that trou-
BILE might occur.
Superintendent Briggs and Fore
man Burton, Alfred Dodds and James
Knox with q crew Of 16 or II men,
all experienced miners, with gasmen
and ire fighters. went down into the
workings early this morning to light
the confiagration, which was rapidly
eating its way through the workings.
At I o'clock several gas men and
fire bosses changed watches and the
dre fighters rested and lunched.
At 2 o'clock Charles Harris. q gas
man. came out. being relieved BY r.
A. Boyd. Harris was the last man to
leave the colliery.
Terrible Explosion.
At 8 o'clock the men above the
workings. the idle miners IN their
homes and about town were startled
by an awful roar followed by = heavy
boom. and the shaking Of the earth
and trembling Of the buildings. All
knew what had happened and there
was q rush to the mine. Both entries
had caved In and mine timbers had
been blown great distances about the
outside workings. Relief parties at
once went to work, but there is not
the slightest chance that they have es-
capped death. Their bodies cannot be
reached for many days.
On June 80, 1903. an explosion Of
gas snuffed out the lives Of 160 miners
in this same mine. Few bodies were
recovered at the time, and the major.
ity were not recovered for six months.
Early tonight the body Of James
Burton and Peter Munson. Robert
Warburton and James Knox were re
covered from the mine.
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Latest styles n lob printing at Ms
Gazette once.
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TO BURY s,ckFouRD MONDAY

viii 20 Inferred In potter's Field o.
silllnss csmstery.
The body Of William G. Bickfourd.
the murderer Of Sheriff Webb, will be
buried in the potter's neld Of the Blil
ings cemetery tomorrow morning It
the eYrense Of the county. So far -
knovn Bickfourd hs. no relatives IA
this section of the const,y
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Calling Cards q The Gazstts Ones.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-20
Flower chateisine Mirrors,

A quaint little ornament for a girls
chatelaine is the little flower mirror
which IS now being shown at one Of
the exclusive shops. These tiny mir.
rcrs are made in the shape Of flowers.
and they have handles made like tbs
flower stems. The little mirror 1,
slipped from beneath the flower petals
and then slipped back again after
using The mirrors. Or rather their
cases, are made In gold and enamel
the natural colors OF the flowers being
Reproduced In the enamel The
handles are green and gold enamel.
The pansy mirror Is one OF the ppetti.
est of these charming trffies, and the
pansy mirror is not larger than the
naturaf BLOSSOM and the petals are all
spread out and the mirror slips easily
UNDER them, There are yellow and
purple pansy mirrors. In the end Of
the stem IL the tixsp by which tI,ev
Ars fastened 70 he cAAtslaine.
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Genuine Comfort in the Styles 1ha
Are Being Worn.

Separate halfiitting coats, short
half-pony jackets, and long garments
loose, wide-shouldered, with deep col.
lars, or with long shoulders embroid.
cred with soutache, or with velvet mo.
tifs or bands, are the wraps designed
for the girls use. and they are exactly
the style In which girls take most
genuine comfort. The majority OF
them are furnished with deep orna.
mental but capacious pockets. They
come with and without storm collars
and are to be made In every variety
of double-faced tweed. covert and
broadcioth.
Serges. tweeds, velvets, velveteens
and cotduroys are the materials in
which the earlier tailored dress mod.
els are shown Practically all the
varieties Of plated skirts worn by
women will be repeated in the styles
provided for girls, though perhaps
with less fullness Immediately around
the foot. The proper length for girls
skirts IS to the shoe tops for girls OF
from IL to 49, and from that age to Is
years they are to be finished two
inches from the 'groands However,
all rules are elastic, where growing
girls are concerned. and the length,
after ALL must be determined accord
Ing to the development OF the eiri.A-
Special Autamn Fashion Number Of
Harper's Bazaar.