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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-04
sHEEPMEN MEET.
Gathering. Held in Helena Yesterday
to Pledge Wool.
Especial to The Gazette

Especial to The Gazette.)
HELENA, Mont, Dec. montana
sheepmen, including the members of
the state board of sheep commission
ers met here today in conference
with representatives OF the Chicago
association of commerce respecting
the building in that city Of a wool
warehouse to cost 100000. Very lib.
eral terms have been offered, and
while no definite action was taken at
this afternoons meeting, the project
is generally f%avorably received. The
sheep commission announces that It
has no important recommendations
to make to the legislature.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-04
HAHN E~xoNERATED.
He is Not Blamed for the Killing al
Townsend.
Especial to The .Gazette.

Especial to The Gazette.)
HELENA. Mont, Dec. "A special
to the Record from Townsend states
that the coroner's jury has exonerat.
ed young Hume Hahn OF Helena for
the alleged killing of Mark Ansden.
q farm hand with whom he engaged
In q quarrel Sunday night. The jury
was unable to determine whether
.Ansden met death by incineration in
the burning Of the Hahn house or
whether due to the bullet wound in.
hicted by Hahn, and accepted the lat
ter's version that It was a case of
self-defense.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-04
JENKINS NOT GUILTY.

NEW YORK. Dec. John ]. Jenk.
ms, Jr., formerly president Of the
Jenkins Trust company of Brooklyn.
was found not guilty Of the larceny
of $4,000 of the funds of that COM
pany by a Brooklyn jury today.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-04
Pine BLUFF IN DANGER
High Water in the Arkansas River
Threatens the Place, and Govern.
ment viii Not Permit Making a
New Channel to Protect Il.

PINE BLUFF, Dec. Following
an all night struggle against the en-
croachment of the Arkansas river
citizens Of Pine BLUM renewed the ap-
parently hopeless struggle today.
The fate Of property aggregating S.
100000 is in the balance. Unless
they check the waters force, the JET.
terson hotel, the court house and 9TH
er buildings are almost sure Of de-
struction when the crest of the flood
reaches this point.
Several warehouses along the banks
which have been partly wrecked are
tottering. The entire river front is
cracked and unsafe even for pedes-
TRANS. Secretary Of War Wright has
been appealed to by the citizens of
Pine Bluff asking for permission to
change the course of the river.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-04
P BY I'LL COLD.
Work on Certain Section. Of the Nil
waukee suspend..
Especial to The Gazette

V0PC010h " Tue UdZeLI6.J
BUTTE. Dec. 2.-As a result OF the
cold weather which has prevailed for
the past several days, making further
work impracticable. team work on the
coast extension Of the st. Paul road
east of Butte has been suspended for
the winter. About 200 men will be
affected. The gravel work along the
line will soon cease also for the win
ter.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-04

When a woman's husband Is unusu-
ally kind to her she always thinks he
mas been up to some mischief.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-04

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. IA mes.
sage from the war department re-
fused permission to citizens Of Pine
Bluff to cut a new channel for the
river and property owners must rely
upon brush fastenings to protect the
river banks.
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while the Kaiser is either talking 10 those
beside him or else standing stlh and mute
facing the passing foreigners, from time
10 time slkhtly bending his head.
Only afterWard. when he comes 10 speak
q few words 10 the Ambassador, do the
latter get q chance Of introducing their
charges individually 10 him. Then II
transplres that the Kaiser knows very
well Who each foreigner To- the explanation
being that the Ambassadors have had 70
send In q List OF them 10 the chief court
marshal some days before.
The KAlser's private audiences 10 privi-
legged foreigners, and especially 10 AmeF-
cans, are usually free and easy affairs.
Men who are 10 have an audience dress
themselves In evening clothes and carry
white kid glovea
On arrival At the castle they are uShsred
into the antechAmbor 70 the KAissFs writ
Ing cabinet, and on entsring the latter are
welcomed by the Kaiser With a cordial
hAndshAke and are as often az not invited
10 sit beside him on a sofa or any chair
that may be at hand. Americans who
have thus met him are invariably charmed
by hls ahability and ease Of manner. AZ a
rule the Emperor asks - many questions
- nouapapor interviewOr.
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Rice listened with delight TO the darky
for several days and finally went to him
and paid him 10 sing it over until he learned
it, The manager Of the theatre, n. NJ.
Ludlow, was bringing out a new play en-
titled The Kentucky Rifle in which Rice
was cast to play a comfeld negro, and
when the piece was produced he requested
/ the manager to allow him to sing his newly
acquired song Of Jim Crow" which was
reluctantly consented 70. The result was
that the song saved the piece and Rice
went to Cincinnati on a starring tour.
This version Of the origin Of the famous
song has the advantage Of one authentic
fact Rice was conn ected with Ludlow's
theatre in Louisville and there sang negro
songs. A far more circumstantial account
Of the origin OF Jim Crow was told In the
pages Of the Atlantic Monthly forty years
ago, and there are reasons to believe that
it is nearer the truth than any other,
While he was in Cincinnati, according
to the writer in the Atlantic Monthly, Rice
was one day sauntering along one Of the
main thoroughiares when his attention
was suddenly arrested by voice ringing
full and clear above the noises Of the street
and giving utterancs in an unmistakable
dialect ID the refrain
Turn about an wheel about an do jis so,
An ebery time ! turn about jump Jim Grow.
The singer was a negro stage driver
whom Rice saw lolling lazily on the box
Of his vehicle, and the lingering quality
Of the words Immediately caught the fancy
Of the actor, who saw in them the possi-
bilties Of new act At the time, accord
ing TO the writer quoted, Rice. who was
almost at the end Of his Cincinnati en-
gagement, decided to postpone his new
feature
II 10 just possible that ne had not suf-
fcienty figured out exactly what to do
with this new ditty. However he soon
left the Crescent City and went 10 Pitts
burg. Here he appeared at the old theatre
in Fifth street.
Not far from the playhouse, on Wood
street was negro porter named Jim Gun,
who in addition TO carrying trunks for
persons visiting the hotel, also, for a con-
sideration, allowed boys to throw oentS
into his capacious mouth When Rice
saw Cuff, ii is said. he believed his scheme
was complete.
He already had the song, and hsrs he
had the figure. a clumsy. ungainly, good
for nothing darky. CUFFS wearing ap-
psrel seems to have been the principal
attraction for the actor, He was deter
mined to possess Il. A little money and
some persuasion induced the negro 10
accompany Rice to the theatre.
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their predecessors In this respect the
Emperor s all things to all foreigners, and
is, particularly with Americans. an demo-
cratic to them az he ia sternly Prussian
toward his own people.
Even with regard TO his own people he
is different when away from court. and
every year is accompanied on his sea trip
to the coast Of Norway by specially eelected
representatives Of science. art, learning
and even commerce; as for example, Herr
Ballin Of the Hamburg Line,
chosen from the middle classes.
Court etiquette has developed into q sol
ence OF rigid respectability. Everything is
now regulated down 70 the smallest de(ail,
and the result is that the spirit Of gayety
is crushed out Of everything and the merri-
ment proper TO festivity hardly dsrea 20
Rhow itself, Nowadays the recipient OF an
invitation to function at German court
is more apt 10 greet it with q Sigh than
with a smile.
One thing that has hardly at all changed
is the protocol directing what uniforms
the Kaiser shall wear on different occasions.
At the annual festivals Of the various orders
Black Eagle, Red Eagle, &o.-the Kaiser
is bound to put on the uniform Of Generals
The sun., 1908-05-10

and recognized him at once as an old
acquaintance. When | was manager oi
the circus called one evening at the Park
Theatre during the performance OF 'Bom-
bastes Furioso' and was greatly amused
at the eccentricities OF one Of the super
numeraries. and the more 90 as | could
see 1t annoyed Hilson and Barnes
Simpson was with me and we had a
hearty laugh at the expense Of the come
dians, for they we're all in the bill, and this
man without a name was the only person
the audience appeared TO notice, and the
next day Simpson told me that Hilson,
Barnes and Placide had made a formal
complaint against this e1temporaneous
jester and insisted on his not being again
employed His name, found, was Rice,
and not long after he
Turn'd about, and wheel'd about,
And iump'd Jim Crow
TO his own profit and the wonder and de-
light Of all admirers Of intellectual agility
Three cities contend for the honor OF
having been the birthplace Of Jim Grow
These are Louisville, Ky; Cincinnati and
Pittsburg. At this distance from the scene.
vista Of almost eighty years, il lie somewhat
difficult to straighten out the facts and
arrange them In a harmonious manner,
The claims OF Louisville. which have been
briefly stated by several writers, among
them Sol Smith and Edmon s. Conner
seem TO be based upon a phase thus alluded
to by Col T. Allston Brown in his History
Of the American Stage In the article on
Rice Col. Brown says
He was in Mr.. Ludlow's company as a
member Of the stock company, playing
inferior characters. but he was an excellent
imitator Of the negro in their peculiaritles
and eccentricities and especially could he
initiate the negro song. Accordingly, be-
tween the play and farce. Mr., Rice was often
announced and put forward to sing a negro
song, This song, as remember was
called 'Kltty-co-dink- -a-ho-dink! oh, oh,
roley-boley-Good morning, ladies' all, and
this was the chorus Of the song
While with Ludlow at the Louisville
AniphitheatTs It is ssid he frat made his
appearance as Jim Grow and sang the IA
nous song. During q rehearsal one day,
according 10 the Louisville version, Rice
was standing at the back door Of the stage,
for the piece under consideration was one
in which he was not cast.
The stage door overlooked a stable yard
where a very black and clumsy negro used
to clean and rub down horses. While he
lounged at the open door, Rice was attracted
by the olearneSs and melody Of the neRro's
voice and caught the words and music
Of The song. II was the negro version Of
Jim Crow
The sun., 1908-05-10

at the first court ball the red coat Of the
Bodyguard (Garde du Corpsl, At the second
that Of the CIIrassiers. at ambassadorial
dinners and balls the uniform Of the regi-
ment in the country the Ambassador rep
resents Of which the Emperor is in homo
rsry command; and :: private halls and
dinners the uniform OF the regiment TO
which the hosi belongs.
OF all foreign uniforms the Emperor's
favorte 10 that Of Admiral Of the British
navy. and II becomes him, There are nearly
200 uniforms In the imperial wardrobe,
with a special functIonary and q crowd Of
servants 10 look after them The Kaiser
hhs often 70 alter HE dress four times In the
day. % he 10 Somethlns Of q lightning change
artist.
During the presentation Of foreigners,
which generally oocura at the so-cAiled
Dthlir-coaT. aspiEants for the imperial
Acquaintance are pot introduced 70 the
impartial couple. The Kaiser and KAisern
stand on q dala with crowd Of German
princes 10 the left and Of pnncestea 10 the
right IN the form Of half circle. Those
70 be presented 60 past at about Ave yards
distance from the daia. and In going by
the imperial pair stop, turn 10 the daiG and
make bow Or 0oufteSy, soa'stnes two,
The sun., 1908-05-10

middle classes at least. more exclusive
than ever before. This may be due to the
KRiSers notion Of the dignity that should
surround a Hoh0nzollern. or from the N.
spect for personal morality he lays much
stress on; but whatever be the reason. he
has endeavored TO keep 1t the cleanest
court in Europe.
II lie not a lively oourt-are courts ever
lively noWadays' II is In fact a strictly
domestic ocurt, almost certain, Il would
seem, to become patriarohAl In time.
Two Of the Kaiser's sons, the Crown
Prince and Prince Eitel Friedrich, are mar
ried; third, Prince Adalbert. is shortly TO
be engaged, and in four or Ave years the
only daughter, Princess Victoria. Ia likely
TO be a wife. The result will be that
in q decade or 30 the German imperial
family will be almost large enough TO form
a small court by itself
The modern imperial eIolusiveness only
holds good within the court and Berlin,
for the Kaiser and Kaiserin show far greater
hospitality 70 foreigners than did any Of
The sun., 1908-05-10

70 Rland' For long period nearly ten
years, he was the rage, and Jim Crow was
sahR and hummed and whistled and jumped
By enthusiastic admirers in two heml-
sphOres.
No previous speciality act on the stage
achieved the popularity Of Jim Grow, for
Rioe introduced that character in the days
whom character sketches were a novelty
and the negro was an unfamiliar figure in
theatrical representations. There was an
impression that Rice was the first actor 70
represent the negro character on the stage,
but e. 10 now very we'll known this is a mis-
TAKEN view But II is true that none of his
predecessors caught the fancy OF the people
to the same extent that young Rice did with
hia Jim Grow.
Although Rice has been dead forty
eiRht years and Jim Grow was first heard
in IeSl the name is just as familiar to the
prsasut generation as is that Of Pickwick.
Perhaps even moro so, for the name has
baan applied to various articles and seems
20 suggest to the small mind certain sense
o. rcutSnsss" and to hold out to the in
fantile intellect that promise OF delight
Always present In candy stores and toy
ihop6 1t is accepted as descriptive term
when applied to things which otherwise
aIS ind6smibable. And in certain parts OF
the country things or apartments eKcu-
sivaly for negro use are In the vernacular
referred 10 ~ Jim Grow,
ID the early SOs Jim Grow was on every
onsta tSneue. II had achieved the celebrity
Of becoming a nuisance. Conseq uently its
author arose from obscurity TO fame almost
At a bound
His greatest success and his largest re-
esipas were obtained in England, There
the negro character was almost unknown,
and Mce's Jim Grow was accepted as the
etpuins American darIy by a people who
Seldom sAw one,
In this country the sketch was regarded "a
amazing and as being a fairly accurate
dtlineation Of the Southern darky, As a
matter Of fact. the Jim Grow first seen
hAr0 was q different character from that
which afterward became the rage in London
about the time Of the late Queen Vctoria's
accession
IKE that Of many OF the popular songs
Of the past the history Of Jim Grow may
W had in several versions In parts each
Of them 10 correct and the reason for the
apparent discrepancy is TO be found in the
iAci hat tho majority Of the nar-ators
have not attempted to At the paris TO-
kSthG and weave an ineligible and con-
ASGtsd narrative.
fAcpas D. Rice was born in the old
atsoAth ward OF New York city on May 20,
iao0. After he had finished his schooling
10 uaB apprentoed 10 carver, and Ike
1nany another apprentice Of the period
hh soon became more infatuated with the
GAGs than with his trade. In the evenings,
aitor Ais days work was finished, he was
accustomed 10 90 on at the old Park Theatre
a = alpenumorary,
joe, Covell In his Thirty Years Passed
Among the Players" recopnts an incident
auausgtod Uith Rioe's appearances as a
plecS Of animated stage furniture at the
ht8k. cowell had gone TO Cincinnati in
i1e. and At the modest theatre found 10 the
chnpsny familiar faces. He had been in
vitsd - witness the performance.
"Aa ths end Of the play, he says, 'a,tall
6erambiing looking man with a sepuhhral
tAlsstt0 voice Gang Giles scroggin's Ghost
The sun., 1908-05-10
BY ADMIRAL COGHLAN.

stoFy Of the Farmers, Each With q Clean
shirt and o. Bill. at the Cclsbratlon.
Rear Admiral Joseph B. Coehlan tells
how when the head Of a @. A. R. reception
committee at q country celebration was
asked II he was not pleased at the large
attendance replied in the negative.
Il should think you'd be delighted with
this turnout the city visitor commented.
they'll leave lots Of money in town
Lota OF money hell, was the grouchy
reply. Those farmers have each got 4
clean Shlrt and two dollar bill and neither
has been changed yet
The sun., 1908-05-10
Boil DeraIIed an Engine.

FToW Ne LONDON StdHddrd
While the Andaluslan express was travelling
at the rate Of twenty miles an hour a
bull suddenly appeared on the line near the
village OF RabonAles
Before the driver could pull up the bull
rushed at the express with lowered head. and
the impact was 20 terrific that the engine
was derailed. The driver applied the brakes
Just In time to prevent the eptire train from
falling over an EN- bankment A fresh engine
secured, the express proceeded.
The sun., 1908-05-10
"IKCROV" "RICESCENTENARY
TIE SONG THAT WAS FOR TEN
WARS THE RAGE.

y Vas Sung Everywhere In England -
WeIl ~ Here and Added New Deserip-
i've TeFm-Rice = New York Lad
-Three cities Claim Jim crows Birth.
= Although the centenary Of the birth Of
Thomas D. Rice, better known to fame as
jim Grow Rioe, falls on May 20 Of this
yoar. II h likely that the event, II II may
b thus dignihed, viii pass mnotioed, Yet
Rice In his best days was the most notable
figure on the stage in this country and
The sun., 1908-05-10
FEE KAISER IN HIS COURT.
ntSld Etiquette fer Prusslans, Democratic
.. GFOetihEs for FOrelgners.

AIIu Eaquotte Ier TTuoelNnS, uoUOcFuuc
Greetings for FOrelgper.
BNaLm. April 7s.--Time has changed
the relations Of the German court TO the
eEdihAFy middle classes of Berlin a good
deal, and there Ia now but little Of the sort
6fiststoOiESe that used TO be allowable
h tAs days Of the earlier Prussian kings
IN thoat dsys oourtier and burgher often
SGmS together socially, though generally
u WaS q some public festival.
Aaa bah IN one Of the then best hotels
Z well known tailor found himself standing
baside Z certain Prince Of Pless. The
PrRea entered ahably into oonverSation,
and h TIE course Of Il the tailor remarked
- - vOFy miIed character Of the as. d.
genhey.
'VtSy true replied the Prince, 1t Ia
AiEsd; but then you know he continued
~ cannot ell be tailort.'
The dayS q such assemblies are over,
and Tie DeriiH court h, Tor the German
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-14
PETITIONS IA FEET LONG.
People Protest Against
Pinchot's Policies.

Petition measuring over IA feet in
length and containing over $4,000
names Of residents in Wyoming, and
all surrounding western states, have
been gathered in by Secretary George
S. Walker of the National Wool
Growers association, ano will be
sent to Congressman Frank W. Mon
dell. says the Cheyenne Tribune.
over 400 names contained in the pc
titions are citizens Of Cheyenne.
The substance of the petition is
that the signers view with alarm the
so-called Pinchot policies. which they
believe will retard the growth of the
young state, and handicap the work
of irrigation, restrict and destroy the
home market for the small ranch
man. dry farmer and settler.
Further. that the policy will keep
out the homeseeker and restrict i'm
migration, curtail the product OF
mines, and cause a reduction IN wages
among skilled and unskilled laborers
and the petitioners declare they are
opposed to the fencing and leasing OF
the public domain as proposed by the
Pinchot policies.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-14

A. A. Gust Of La Grande, passed
through the city last evening on his
way to Seattle to close the sale OF
about 10000 acres OF yellow pine
timber land held in pool by o. r. &
n. employees at La Grande in the
southern part Of Umatilla and the
northern part of Grant county.
The negotiations for the sale OF the
land have been in progress for sew
eral weeks and 1t is now thought that
deal will be closed in a few days
with the Pacific Coast & Michigan
Lumber company, through the Seattle
agent OF the firm. for the entire tract.
The land was entered several
months ago by employees of the o. r,
& N. and a few business men OF La
Grande and comprises one of the
finest remaining bodies Of yellow
pine in eastern Oregon.
The timber has been cruised by
agents for several lumber firms and
1t is now thought that a sale will be
effected as the cruise made by this
company showed that an immense
quantity of excellent saw timber can
be secured from the land.
The land in the pool is tributary to
Ukiah, largely, and will be easily
reached by any southwark extension
of the Pilot Rock branch Of the o..
R. & N,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-14
HAVE GOOD TIME IN JAIL.
Federal Court Says Too Easy for In
dian Offenders Here,

The following from the Oregon
Daily Journal will be read with in
terest by Pendleton people:
The Umatilla county jail at Pen
dleton is good place for bad In
dian to have good time, says the
Journal. When any of the red men
are confined there for acts contrary
to the laws of the United States, II is
alleged that they are visited by their
friends, the other Indians, feasted,
and that their term in jail is in re-
ality but read good time at the ex>
pense of Uncle Sam.
But in the future Indians arraigned
in the United States court are to be
sent to the Multnomah county Jail
to serve their time. This is to be
done not only to. save the government
several dollars but to prevent the
Indians from having the good time
they have been accustomed to at Pen
dleton.
Simon Whitney, a full-bloodea. In
dian, who was charged with carry
ing liquor onto the Umatilla reserva-
tlon, was fined $25 and sentenced to
spend 60 days in the Multnomah
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-14

Streeter as director the feature
should make such a hit as has never
been seen here before.
The following young ladies are in
the chorus; Edith johnson, Norma
Alloway. Genevieve Clark. Paralee
HALEY, Lavelle Florence, Rena Fer
guson. Pearl. Hoch. Ivy Hill, Edna
Thompson, Ermal Mann. Ethel Tenn
pie. Pauline La Fountain, Hazel Ra-
der, Lucille RAIDER, Laura Wyrick,
Pansy Ireland, Gussie Sawtelle, Nell
lie Annibal and Gertrude Jordan.
Rehearsals for the extravaganza
are now being held every evening,
commencing at Z o'clock. The re-
hearsal tonight will be between and
S O'clock. so as to permit those in
the cast to attend the basketball
game. A full rehearsal will be held
at the theater Sunday and a dress
rehearsal on the stage Monday night.