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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-21
STILL LOYAL.
Human Encyclopedia Not Influenced b.
Display Of Bunting.

Human Encyclopedia Not Influenced b,
Display Of Bunting.
One Fourth Of July night In London
the Empire Music hall advertised spe
cial attractions to American visitors
All over the auditorium the union jacl
and the stars and stripes infolded on,
another. and at the interludes wer,
heard yankee Doodle" and "Hail
Columbia" while a quartet SAM
"Down Upon the Swanee River"
Then came the turn Of the human
encyclopedia, who advanced to the
front Of the stage and announced him.
self ready to answer, sight unseen, all
questions the audience might pro.
pound.
A volley Of queries was fred at him,
and the encyclopedia breathlessly told
the distance of the earth from Mars
the number Of bones in the human
skeleton. of square miles in the British
empire and other equally important
facts.
There was q brief pause, in which an
American stood up. "What great
event took place July 4, 1892" he pro.
pounded in a loud, glad voice.
The human encyclopedia glared al
him. 'Th' hincident you speak of, air,
was a infamous houtrage."-Every.
body's Magazine.
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TENNIS ~sEMi-FlNALs.

Helena, Mont, Aug. 19.-As . result
of the semi-inals played yesterday in
the state tennis tournament, Karsted
and Burton, both Of Butte, remain to
play for the tournament champion
ship in the singles. This game will be
played tomorrow morning at 1890
O'Clock and the winner Of the game
will be declared the tournament cham
pion and will then meet D. D. Nc
Laughlin, the state champion in the
challenge round tomorrow.
It now looks very favorable for Bur-
ton to win the tennis tournament and
many also predict that he will wrest
from the champion, the state honors,
which the latter won in 1906 and sue
cessfully defended last year.
In the semi-dnals Of the doubles to
day, Agar and Matteson, of Great
Falls, defeated Hilman and Gaines, OF
Helena. Score: 60; SO.
Mosher and Burton Of Butte. defeat.
ed Parker and Miles, of Livingston
Score: 60; Cd.
In the consolation singles today,
Speed, OF Anaconda, won from Strong
of Helena. Dunn of Helena defeated
Burton of Billings; Gaines Of Helena
defaulted to Miles Of Livingston; and
Smith Of Great Falls lost to Parker Of
Livingston.
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mention Of his name by Mayor Law
Ter of st. Paul, the convention STAN
peded for Johnston. A wild demon
stration ensued. Standards were
waved and the delegates, headed by q
brass band, marched through the
hall. A messenger was sent to notify
~ the governor by telephone. The
return Of the messenger was awaited
viii suspense. as the governor prev
iously had stated emphatically that
he would not run again. The con-
ven-ton, however, persisted in ignor-
ing the declaration. AS evidence, OF
the almost unanimity Of feeling for
Johnston, the hall was conspicuous
II decorated with Johnston portraits
and during the excitement these we're
torn down and waved by both spec
tators and delegates.
The demonstration continued for
sixty-four minutes.
At the first mention OF Johnston's
name. the delegates forgot his re-
peatedly expressed objection to be con-
sidered, and went into a frenzy a. on.
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he WANTED TO KNOW.
An Incident That Tanned the lnquisi
tive Man For : Time.

~ "a ~ ] bul00 " fVtt4Uu8y-
tive Man For a Time.
There is not 81 much fun to be got
out of The inquisitive man. He is gen
orally Il mere nuisance, but OCCASION
ally lie furnishes food for merriment.
a certain down east storekeeper was
so Extensively inquisitiye that it was
determined to teach him a lesson.
Among his failings was Il desire to ex-
anime the contents Of every package
which his friends deposited in his store
for safe Keeping. He must see the in.
side if he had to break the package
open. One day ii ma left a stout
leather bag. asking that no one disturb
1t. The proprietor walked around rest.
lessly for awhile and then stopped
near the bag. Apparently no one was
looking. In reality all the store loung.
ers We're in the secret and We're anxs
iolsly awaiting his next move. He
nervously fingered the cord that tied
the top Of the bag for a minute and
then quickly united it. He had no
time to look in before the contents
came forth. They consisted of a score
Of large and spirited hornets. and the
way they lit on all the exposed por-
tons of that inquisitive man was .
caution. He shot out of the store at a
pace that would have done credit to a
sprinter. They say that for a year
afterward he hardly looked into his
own sugar barrel without asking per-
nission.-St. Louis Globe emocrat.
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ing towns to make the trip and on the
first Thursday In September, q delega-
ton Of 100 people at the least, will
probably climb aboard the special.
AS stated in yesterday mornings
Gazette. Friday will be spent in Basin
attending the county fair and it is
very probable that the day will be set
aside by the Fair association as Bill
ings day. Friday night the excursion
lists will visit the coal mines at Kir.
by. under the guidance Of George eros.
by and part OF Saturday will be spent
at Thermopolis and the other part at
Cody. Sunday. those wishing to do
50. will be given an opportunity Of Wis
ting LIE Mars Hot Springs and
the Shoshoni dam.
The return trip Is to be made Sun
day night and the special will arrive
in Billings Monday morning. But two
days will be Lost by the business men,
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NORRIS 4 RoWE's CLOWN is
LEARY or WOMEN OF AN
ATHLETIC BUILD.
LANDS ON HIS JAW
Attempt TO Make His Victim Rldlcu-
Ious by His Attentions Ends Disas-
trously for the Jew-cro~sd Ap-
plaud. While simp Picks Himself Up
and Then esats Il.

MOTIFS q MOVIES SImpS W0O6e au-
vances to young women attending the
circus. aroused the ire Of the girls
and attracted the attention Of every
one in the big tent. will size up his
victims with more care in the future.
He will steer clear Of the girls with
athletic build as a result Of a trounc-
ing he received last night just before
the big show started.
The "simps" plan was to approach
q young woman entering the tent and
insist on walking at her side until
she was seated. r~idiculously attentive
ali the time. II made little difference
with him whether or not the young
woman had an escort, although he
watched the movements Of the escorts
with q good deal Of care.
Last night he approached two young
women, as they were coming in the
main entrance. picked out the smaller
Of the two as his victim and then start
ed working his game. One Of the
young women pushed him aside at first
and the other tried to avoid him. Fin
ally the smaller of the two suddenly
sided toward him and with a short
arm 1ab to the jaw sent him sprawling
In the dust.
The "simp"s picked himself up amid
the plaudits OF the crowd and then
beat" It.
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The aisles and stage were
quickly filled with delegates yelling
like Indians and executing war dances
upon the press tables, all the while
the name Johnston" Ten
minutes, twenty minutes. thirty min
utes passed and there vas no lull in
the tumultuous scene. A photograph
Of Johnston was seized from its place
on the platform and borne aloft BY q
delegate.
Meanwhile khe band had struck up
marching through Georgia" ana
quickly following n line with county
banners waving wildly, q procession
was formed which many dimes en-
circled the hall. Banners were fore
ed Into the hands Of the women
among the spectators On the plat
form and they were forced to Join
the yelling throng. But only be
cause there IL Z limit to exertion OF
lung and Limb. did the demonstration
gradually sfbside.
Owing to the unsettled condition Of
the minds OF the delegates ct the OPP
ening Of the convention regarding the
end, 1t was decided that Z committees
to be composed Of one member from
each judicial district make recon-
mendations for the filling Of all places
on the ticket except that Of Cover.
nor.
The following recommendations
were made by this committee and
adopted:
Lieutenant Governor, Gutles J. Reit'
er, Of Rochester.
Secretary Of State, Richard T.
Lamb. Of Clayton.
State Treasurer, Hcnry P. Nelson
OF Hibbing.
Attorney General. M. G. Matthews
of Marshall.
Railway and warehouse commits
sioners, Sans P. George, OF Ottertail
county; Robert Nee, Of Rice county
State Senator, Ray r. Harrington
of Orloffwlle, was temporary chair
man. He said:
THE platform Of the Republican
nominee for governor in this state
Hike that Of Taft, means absolutely
nothing. The only argument he has
is to lay the extravagance OF a repub
lican house and senate to q democrat
ic governor. He eats pie with a knife
and beefsteak with his fingers"
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WONDERFUL BUILDING IN new YORK

THE largest and most wonderful
building in the world is the terminal
of the Hudson and Manhattan Rail-
way Company In New York" says the
September Popular Mechanics. TT IL
22 stories high, covers 5000 square
feet on the ground and includes 49,
10000 square feet Of floor space,
equivalent to 81 acres.
There are 1900 rooms In the build
ing, with more than 5000 windows and
$500 doors, Of which 5000 have ran
els Of ground glass.
Sixteen million bricks. Il. 100000
pounds of concrete and $4,000 tons Of
steel have been consumed ia its CON
struction. Nearly 1876 miles Of picture
ra,l was tackled on the walls Of the
rooms, 113 miles of electric wiring was
laid and 10000 electric light bulbs
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PROPOSED VISIT 70 WYOMING
TOWNS MEETS WITH APPROVAL.
MAY HAVE COMmISSARY
Cost Of Round Trip Will Be But Little
More Than Fare to Basin and Re-.
turn-Anticipate Big Delegation
viii Go to Visit Wyoming.

General Agent Klippell Of the Bur
llngton was advised yesterday that
the request Of the Billings Chamber OF
Commerce for a special train for the
Northern Wyoming trade excursion
planned by the business men, had been
granted and the promoters of the ex
cursion are interesting the business
men who agreed to send representa-
tives to Basin in the proposed enlarge.
ment Of the scope Of the excursion.
The special will cost 1852 and stand
ard Pullman sleepers will cost $45 a
day from the time Of departure from
Billings until the return on Monday
morning. 1t is estimated that this will
make the round trip fare about $3.50.
The railroad company will furnish a
baggage car free Of charge and plans
are being made to open q commissary
in this for the accommodation Of the
excursionists.
Secretary Decker said yesterday
SA01 AC 0AN AOt tUOUWS OOS Wn0s SSSAy
one OF the seventy odd firms, who
agreed to be represented on the Bas-
in excursion, would send representa-
tives on the excursion as planned. A
canvass of the business men will be
made today and 1t remains with them
whether or not the trip to Basin alone
-a--L-I-- Eg-A~1 A&~~1I~A4 rrfc=
its to Cody, Thermopolis, Kirby and
other Wyoming towns. A large per-
centage of the business men have ex-
pressed themselves IS being in favor
Of the latter trip.
Proposed Itinerary.
Many Of the business houses viii
send more than one representative and
no small number Of the merchants viii
take their wives. An invitation viii be
issued to the residents Of the surround
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AZ the Theatorium.

For the balance OF the week this
popular place Of amusement will pre-
sent four very interesting Aims.
''Twint Love and Duty describes q
lovers quarrel, he going west. and
while "roughing' It falls in love with
an Indian maiden, who shields him
from the bullet Of a gambler. After
their marriage the first love appears
on the scene. but Is rejected. "The
Father is to Blame" by Pathe, 10 an
other interesting love story. Get Me
q stepladder," is q comic. by Vita
graph. Review Of the 50th Regiment
is q pretty picture, showing Russian
soldiers on parade. For variety this
program is ode that cannot be ex-
celled.
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placed on 5000 electroliers and 7,1es
brackets, and even these figures Wall
be enlarged.
There are is miles Of plumbing, %
miles Of steam heating pipe and s6
miles Of conduit. There are 80 che
vators, and mi round trip in an Of
them from the lowest basement 70
the top story represents q journey 81
3h miles.
1T is estimated that 10000 persons
Will be lodged under the roof when.
every once II taken. and that over
half.a million people will enter II
every day. The force Of employees, In
Guiding engineers. Aremen, electric.
ians, elevator boys and 5anitors, will
number 100" Popular Mechanics A.
SO contains a picture Of the struet-
|ure.
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INSIDERS SHAKE
DOWN THE PRICES
BEAR ATTACK CAUSES LOSS AS
MARKET CLOSES.

New York, Aug. 19.-Brief'y sum
married., today's stock market was
dull, marrow and meaningless. Trad
ing was very much curtailed and II
required but a cursory glance at the
list Of buyers and sellers to make
clear the professional character Of the
days operations. In its technical
nature, the market continued to hold
Its strength.
The increased strength of the Har-
riman issues is ascrtbed to further
digeetions Of the annual reports Of
the Union Pacific and Southern Pa
ciic recently established, wherein IT
was manifested that both systems,
have made material reductions in
operating expenses despite the tax
es imposed, which in the case Of the
Southern Pacific seemed well nigh
onerous. A similar showing Is made
in the Baltimore and Ohio road in lite
July statement, which Ms a notable i'm.
provement over previous months.
New York Central was again a
weak feature with a revival Of reduc-
ed dividend talk. The local traction
shares were distinctly heavy.
The metal stocks were pressed for
sale frequently during the day, Amer.
lean Smelling being heavily sold by an
operator recently Unidentified with it's
advance.
Advices from the leading industrial
centers indicate a slow revival Of
operations, but with better prospects.
There was little change in the stock
market during the late session until
the final hour, when a concerted bear
attack caused a general Shaking Of
and a heavy close.
Total sales par value !, 436, 600.
Government bonds held steady and
unchanged.
L LEEZ I'll -HA O.
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THREATENING LETTERS.
Mob Leaders Terrify Men Who Can
Give Evidence.

Springfield, Aug. l9.-Fear and ter
ror prevailed in the homes Of the
Springfield negroes tonight. The de-
parture Of two regiments of infant
ry today and the announcement unat
two more organizations will be sent
away tomorrow caused CONSERVATION
among the colored residents.
The mob will lbe here sure if
those soldiers so away" they said,
and delegations were hastily organized
and sent to the state ana county and
city officials to protest against the re-
moval Of the guard. The authorities
efforts to quiet this feeling were only
partially successful and in many a
humble home there was no sleep be-
fore dawn.
Scores of the terror-stricKen blacks
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Eggs firm, unchanged.
Omaha Cattle Market.

Omaha, Aug. 19.-Cattle: Receipts
5000; market steady; western steers
$3.25@5.40; Texas steers 5000
4.65; range COWS and heifers, $2.50@
4.25; Gamers 81 stockers and
feeders $2.75@4.75; calves $2.50@
5.25; bulls and stays $2.O0@4.o0.:
Hogs: Receipts $500; market loo
lower. Heavy $6.65@6.80:; mixed $500
@6.321h; light $6.20@6.50; pigs $3.50
@6.10; bulk Of sales $6.4O@6.42h.
Sheep: Receipts 10000; market
steady to stronger. Yearlings $4.75
04.s5; westerns $3.9o@4.25; ewes
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ss.oo@4.oo; lambs IS. q
Chicago Cattle Market.

ENK9EEG&s 3Er .fN&l%N EFF3SEHMYE
IL Chicago. Aug. 19.-Cattle: Recsipts
1900. Zoe higher. Beeves 9S.6e@
37.6o; Texans s3.5o@6.7o; westerns
Ite.6007.O0; stocker1 and feeders 3a.5o'
@4.50; cows and heifers 91.7s0s.so;
calves $S6007.60.
Hogs: Receipts about 21yOO0, SC.
iovsf. usnn es.lboe.70: na1sd
9s.2o@6.s5; roughs @e.20@6.R; heavy
Z .ao@s.60; good to choice heavy 3s.45
@s.ss; pigs s5.1o@s.oo; bulk Of sales
$s.5006.75..
Sheep: Receipts about 10000. Zoe
lower. Lambs 32.2504.15; westerns
3e.76@4.16; yearlings $4.2S06.0O;
lambs 33.5o@6.25; westerns 3s.7s@
$50.
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"Niggars Beware"

The place is in the neighborhood
of the Hallam and Ballard homes,
where the negroes Richardson and
James are alleged to have committed
the crimes for which they have been
indicted. The police are searching for
the persons who hung the effigy, the
act being considered as n melting to
riot.
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Chicago Wheat pit.

Chicago, Aug. 19.-Wheat was nrn
all day. but trade was OF slender vol
ume. The September and December
deliveries showed the spea4sst
strength, the May option being de-
pressed to some extent by the excel
lent weather for the harvesting % the
spring sown crop in the northwest.
September opened Il lower to Ne
higher 92N to 92h;; advanced to s3A
.@93h and closed firm at 933hh.
Corn opened Arm at the start, but
considerable selling later in the day
caused some recessions all around.
September opened A@h to 161Ae
higher at 76h to 7617a. held within that
range and closed at 77h.
The close was firm for September
oats and about steady for December
and May. September opened a shade
to A@h higher at 47N@4S, advanc-
ed to 1885 and closed at 483x.
Provisions developed q firm tone
about the middle Of the session after
an easy opening. The close was nrm
with September pork up SC. Lard Sc
higher, and ribs unchanged.
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A young woman who applied at
Southwark, London, for an award UNI
der the workmen's compensation act
for the loss Of three fingers on her
right hand obtained the sum of 1874.
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down the street. Laughing a though
he has just heard q good joke, you
can bet that he has just heard some
Democrat explain how it happened.
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New York Money Market.

New York. Aug. 19.-Money on call
easy 3h@4 per cent; ruling rate /;
closing bid / offered 1 per cent. Time
loans easier on large offerings; sixty
days MOP per cent; 80 days 2h@s
per cent; six months 3h03X per
cent: prime mercantile paper 3V04 per
cent. Sterling exchange steady with
actual business in bankers bills at 4S4
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MALL is INJURED.
f
Horse Frightened BY Thunder a,
STEPS on His Foot.

From Thursdays Daily.
]. p. Nall. while u~nhitching his
team during the recent rains, had his
foot seriously injured by one Of his
horses stepping on it. The horse was
frightened by a heavy clap Of thun-
der and knocked MI. Nall down and
then stepped on him.
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New York Bonds.

New York Bonds.
U. s. Refunding 2s Reg. 1O3%.
U. s. Refnnding % Coupon, 1o4.
U. s. So Reg. 101.
U. s. So Coupon, 1O1.
u. s. New As Reg. 1904.
U. $. New As Coupon, 121A.
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MNMS
dments Of state troops will be left IL
Springfield tomorrow night. At q con.
terence IN the governors ONCE to-
night 1t was decided to release the Sec
ond infantry from riot duty tomorrow
Ia addition 70 the Third and Fifth reg
fments, whose departure has been
scheduled to follow the release Of the
First and Fourth regiments today. The
4roops which Will remain on guard
here will be the Seventh infantry and
eight troops Of the First cavalry. The
conference tonight was between Cen
eral q. G. Young and Governor De-
neen. The former pointed out that
with conditions In their present salts
factory state. the expense Of keeping
the large body OF troops here. is use
less and asserted that one regiment Of
infantry and one Of cavalry can take
care OF any riotous demonstrations
which may arise.
Plans were also completed tonight
for the delivery to the civil authors
ties Of Joseph B. Klein. the Chicago
private Of company A, first infantry,
who stabbed Earl Nelson, at Kanka-
kee while the regiment was enroute
to- Springfield.
The surrender OF Klein will be made
according to military regulations in
such instances, company L. Of the
Third infantry being detailed as an
escort for the prisoner.
Every effort will be made to see
that Klein is not subjected to any In
dignity at Kankakee. Captain Harry
Chamberlain, Of General Young's stan,
has been ordered to accompany the
party to Kankakee as a representative
Of the National Guard and Judge D.
g. Thompson will represent the war
department. He will be escorted to
the jail by the soldiers and turned over
to the civil authorities. As oon as this
has been accomplished, Judge Thomp-
son will move for Klein's release on
bail, Colonel Sanborn of the First reg
iment having begun arrangements for
this step on his arrival in Chicago to-
night. It is the determination Of the
authorities here that Klein shall be
treated only as a member Of the states
forces who has been accused Of a
crime of which he is presumed to be
innocent.
The finding Of the jury empanelled
by Coroner w. Woodruff, to investi-
gate the death Of Scott Burton, the
negro victim Of last Friday nights mob
fails to point to the guilt Of any single
person or persons. The taking Of tes-
timony was commenced Tuesday even
ing, several witnesses were missing
and adjournment was taken to the at
ternoon. For q third time the import
ant witnesses failed to appear and
again adjournment was taken to 8
o'clock tonight. At this adjourned hear
ing there was only n Of the import
ant witnesses on hand. He was close
" questioned by Coroner Woodruff.
but his answers were not %satisfac-
tory and the coroner gave up in dis
gust.
It is thought that fear Of vengeance
at the hands of another mob has
caused the important witnesses to fail
the coroner.
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Gifts from the hand are silver and
gold. but the heart gives that which
neither silver nof gold can buy
Beecher. /,
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Good Advice.

Father (solemnly)-This thrashinx IL
going to hurt me more than you. Napo-
leon. Napoleon (sympathetically)-Wel,
don't be too rough on yourself, dad. I
amt worth it.-London Scraps.
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New York Butter Market.

New York Butter Market.
New York, Aug. 19.-Butter firm;
state dairy, common fine Is to 22c.
Cheese firm, full firm: state full
cream, large colored or white factory
11A.
Eggs firm, unchanged.
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@4s4.O5 for sixty day bills and q
$3.50 for demand; commercial bills
1884.
Bar silver 51h.
Mexican dollars IS.
Government bonds steady; railroad
bonds Irregular.
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Treasury Statement.

Washington, Aug. 19-Today's treas.
ury statement shows: Available cash
balance SOL. 5O6,319. Gold coin and
bullion, $s2,331.6s$. Cold certificates,
$50, 74s,O 900.
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INTERESTING c
A squirrel can. bite deeper than a

American capitalists contemplate
working a concession of 5000 acres
OF hard wood timber in Honduras.
Twenty miles of railway, with spurs,
are to be constructed.
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North Butte ........... ...... q
Butte Coalition ................ q
Nevada ........... ............ 153Md
Calumet and Arizona ....... .120
Arizona Commercial .......... 21A
Greene Cananea ............... In
|Amalgamated ........ ......... tn
Bingham ........ ............. 60
Calumet and Hecla $50
DAILY West ........ ............ 10
Montana Coal and Coke ........ 20
Parrot ..... .................. PIX
United Copper ............ 80. 10N