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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-30
TAFT SENDS TROOPS.
War Department. Hesds Msx'co's Re-
!. quest for American AssIstanee.

War Department. Hesds Msxlco's Re-
]. quest for American Assistance.
Washington, June By direction
of President Roosevelt. Secretary of
War Taft has issued orders to the
commanding general Of the depart
ment OF Texas at San Antonio, to
send a suflcient number Of troops to
Del Rio 81 Paso, and other points in
Texas to aid. the civil authorities In
preserving order. This action was
decided upon 40 result Of the re-
quest from the Mexican government
that the United States do its utmost
to prevent any violation Of the neu-
'trality laws. .is
4 Heeds Msxloo's. Request.
The request Of the Mexican govern
ment was referred to the attorney
general BY the state department. and
sthe governor of Texas II the mean
time was asked to aid IN compelling
obedience TO the laws. The ordsr 81
the president sending troops 70 the
i border 10 underst tood % have been
made upon the recommend ndation Of the
attorney general
Brigadier General Meyer. In com.
mand Of the department. Of Texas, 10
authorised to ASCERTAIN the number Of
troops necessary at Del Rio and 81
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-30
OPEN LlsRARY scHlooL

Asbury Park. N. j.. June q. sum
mer school for library training. .
permanent inshtution 81 this sseort,
was opened today and VIII last until
July 81.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-30
DYNAMITE BELIEVED 70 HAVE
BEEN USED in FRISCO.
FOUR PERSONS KILLED
No cIew TO the Possible Rerpetrator,
Of Catastrophe sy Which !PsoPlst
Ars Killed and Property L Destroy
cd III san Francisco.

San Francisco, June ga myster-
ious explosion, followed by . fire.
which occurred at an early hour at
Diamond and Chenery streets, caused
the death of four persons, seriously
injuring four others and completely
destroying two buildings. causing q
loss OF $4,000. The dead:
JOHN SWEENEY, aged So.
MRS. JIIoN SWEENEY. aged so.
ELLEN SWEENEY, aged IL.
ANTOINE DIsSMEYER, aged Q.
The injured: Mrs. Mary Dissmeyer.
aged %; Frederick Sweeney, aged
"a; Diedrfch Dissmeyer. aged al;
Thomas Hart, fireman.
Buildings Were Closed.
The explosion took place In the
building occupied as q grocery store
and saloon BY John Sweeney and H.
+. Johnson. Both were closed at the
time Of the disaster. The sweeneys
lived just above the grocery store and
the Dissmeyer family resided IN an
upper fat. All the victims were IN
bed at the time. The elder Sweeney,
his wife and daughter and little one
Dissmeyer were instantly killed. The
ibaby's body was blown through q
window and was found in q tree.
Fred Sweeney was hurled through 9
window and terribly bruised. Died.
rich Dissmeyer made his escape, but
rushed back into the burning house
and carried his wife out through the
flames, both being badly burned.
The cause Of the explosion, as well
as the motive for the crime. Is un.
known. The stories that coal oil
kept in the grocery, or q leak in the
gas main might have wrecked the
structures proved to be untenable
and 1t Is now the belief Of the police
that dynamite was used.
Revenge Probable Motive.
johnson, the saloon keeper, says
there was . fight in the place last
night, and he thinks that some one
involved in the trouble was the author
of the outrage. The fact that 1 maj
named 7. j. Gallagher held . 1oin'
lease of the saloon With Johnson let
to the rumor that the building be
longed to; former supervisor James
=. Gallagher, the principal Hitnes'
for the graft prosecution who's,
houses In Oakland we're recently d.
namited. but this proved untrue n
former supervisor has . brother Q
the same name % the lessee of th,
saloon. who u No relation, and ~
tectiveS Burns thinks that the ma,
who caused the explosion may hav
confused the men. This II admitted
However. to be merely = surmiss. N
the crime still remains mystery.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-30
HENRY MUELLER
DIED IN But Re
WEALTHY BREWER succuMRs
TO KIDNEY TROUBLE.
WAS FORMERLY MAYOR
one Of Butte's Most Prominent and
Highly Respected Citizens, Who
Was Well Known In Billings An
4 swers Final Call.
Especial to. The Gazette.)

IE5
Butte, June 29.-Henry Mueller,
former mayor Of Butte, head Of the
Centennial Brewing company Of this
city and one Of Montana b most prom
inent, wealthiest and influential citi-
zens, died at 11:40 o'clock this morn
ing, at his home, 225 South Washing
ton street. He was IS years old. His
death was caused by complete exhaus-
ton as the result Of chronic dis
ease of the Kidneys, OF which he had
been q victim Tor several years past.
Death Was Expected.
Mr.. Mueller's death was not unex-
pected, and he knew himself the end
was approaching, but with the de-
termination which characterized his
actions during all Of his life, he fought
on his last hours, that he might once
more see his daughter, Mrs. Albert
Rochester, who was speeding from the
east 40 fast as steam and iron rails
could bring her, and who arrived n
time to spend several hours with him
before his death. -s
All the members Of Mr.. Mueller's
immediate family were present at his
death bed, as were his aged mother.
who arrived from her home at Mena-
sha, Wis, Saturday.
IN 1899, Mr.. Mueller was elected
member Of the board Of school trus-
tees In Butte and served two terms In
that ONCE as chairman Of the board.
He was the creator Of the Mueller
.declamatory contest, an annual event
In the Butte high schools, the winner
oof which received = $40 gold piece
OF the same date as the year In which
the contest takes place, made into
the form Of a medal.
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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-18
Uncle Joe Here.

The band and a goodly crowd OF
citizens met the afternoon Santa Fe
train at the station Wednesday and
listened to rear platform talk from
the grizzled old statesman.
Years are telling on the old man.
His hands tremble and his form is
bent, yet his eye snaps as of old.
His talk was all right and to the
point.
Mr.. Cannon has seen many years
of public service and been foremos
in many fierce political conflict,
but he cannot maintain his place a.
car of the house much longer. He
will have to give way to younger
and more vigorous man.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-18
That Park.

Again the park project is spring.
ing into notice. 1t is strange a
young growing city like Chanute
has not long ago made provisions
for one or more parks. We have
let our best opportunities 60 by and
it is now high time that the best
available site be selected and that a
sum of money be set aside each
year for its improvement.
A city without park or at least
natural grove that is accessible at
alrtimes is about as bad as a duck
farm without pond.
We understand the north portion
OF the fair ground can be bought
and at present 1t is the most avail
able place on account of the trees
already grown. 1t Is very much to
one side and is low and undesirable
in wet weather, but it is much better
than nothing and should be bought
at once if it can be secured at a
fair price, and Improvements begun.
1t IS probable that the Dunham
tract on w Main could also be
bought.
That could be made very at
tractive place in course of time and
these two pieces of grounl would
probably serve the city for parks
better than any other now available.
We believe the people of the city
would be glad of the opportunity OF
spending little money in the way
of securing parks and pleasure
grounds that would be a source OF
great pleasure aud satisfaction to
our citizens in the years to come.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-18
and Carriage Paints Phone $685. Street No. iii W. MAR
McCune Drug Store, Wall Paper House, Barn and Carr
Our School Work.

The High school pupils have got
down to business in good earnest.
Prof. Myers with his able assistants
had things so well organized that the
work moved off from the first almo ost
like there had been no vacation.
This city is very badly in need of
better facilities for the high school
work. The old building is not
large enough and lacks a great deal
of being up to date. When the city
gets a little over its craze for street
improvement it would be entirely
proper to look a little into our
school interests and see if some
thing cannot be done 10 pull US out
of the rut in which we have fallen
in educational matters.
The grade schools will start next
Monday, then things will hum
around the old buildings. Young
America will be strictly in evidence
and all the sidewalk on Highland
and most of the street from Main to
Fourth, about a o'clock, will neceS
sarily be given up to the young
hopefuls. The old town will take OIL
new life and the young student will
he the main push.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-18
Information
For pupils and patrons of the publ

For pupils and patrons of the public
schools:
The schools will open Monday
September 81 at o'clock.
Pupils are expected to secure the
necessary books before the opening
of school and to come prepared fol
study the first day. Lists of books
and supplies needed for each gIade
can be had from the book dealers.
Those who were In the school the
past year will bring their promotion
cards with them. Those who have
never attended school will report al
the primary school indicated in the
assignment below. Children past six
years old or who will be six before
n Jvember 1st will be Admitted. An
other class will be formed the secono
term for those who are now tso young
TO enter. Pupils coming from other
schools will re, ort at the Superintend-
ent's Office for assignment. The
Superintendent may be found in his
office, corner Highland and Fifth
every school day morning from 500 tU
$50 and in the afternoon from 400 to
500.
The following boundaries have been
fixed for attendance at the various
schools. This arrangement is based
upon the promotions made at the
close Of last year, 1t may be necessary
10 make some changes after school is
opened aud the attendance at each
school known.
Members of the SA class living eat t
of Allen avenue and south Of Main
will attend the Cross school. A IL
others, the Alcott school.
Members of the SB living north Of
Main will report at the Alcott school,;
south of Main and west Of the Santa
Fe railroad, the Murray Hill school,;
south Of Main aud east of the railroad,
the Cross school.
IA: All east OF the railroad, the
Cross; all west Of the railroad, the
Murray Hill.
7B: South of Main and west of the
railroad, Murray Hill; east of the rail
road and south OF Chestnut, Cross;
east OF the railroad ana north Of
Chestnut, also west Of the railroad
aud north OF Main, Alcott.
Below the seventh grade, those west
of the railroad and north OF Main will
attend the Alcott school; west Of the
railroad and south of Main, the Muir
ray Hill.
The western boundary OF the Webs
ter district will be the railroad; the
southern boundaries for the different
grades are as follows:
Ga, Sixth street; 6B, Sixth; ga,
Third; 5B, Main; "A, Eighth; Alb.
Ninth; ga, Sixth; 3B, Eighth; "a,
Eighth; 2B and all OF the first grade,
Main.
The Pioneer High school buildingl
will take children 10 the 2B living
east of the railroad and between Main
aud Eighth; 10 the first grade, east of
the railroad and between Main and
Tenth.
The western boundary of the Cross
district, for grades below the seventh,
is the Santa Fs railroad; the nurtheru
boundaries as follows. ga, Six b
street; 6B, Sixth; 5A, Third; 5B, Main;
"A, Eighth; 4B, Ninth; "a, Sixth;
3B, Eighth; "a, Eighth; 2B, Tenth;
First Grade, Tenth: those 10 5A south
of Tenth and in 5B south Of EleyentR
will report at AcCabe Chapel, corLer
Of Highland and Fifteenth.
DOuhtless some will find this ar
rangement lnconvenient. But 10 is
believed to be tue very best that can
be made for all the schools.
SUPERINTENDENT.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-18
Jurors for the Oct. Term

Following IS the list OF perst
drawn to serve as jurors at the Oc
Der term of Neosho county distr
COURT
j. A. Gouvlon, ST. Paul.
W. A. Burnett, St, Paul.
j. B. Peterson, Galesburg.
L. d. Coneal, Walnut.
E s. Myers, Walnut.
s s. Wheatley, Chanute,
f. z. Liant, Parsons.
George Taylor, Chanute.
II. M. Turner, Ch2nute.
A. N. Turner, ST. Paul.
D. h. Pike, Erie.
A. e. Baxter, Thsyer.
W. E. Sharp, Thayer.
J. B. Young, Chanute.
J. II. Amos, st. Paul.
W. z. Harris, Parsons.
r. II. Ditto, St. Paul.
james Miller, Erie.
AL Myers, Chanute.
]. T. Hart, Galesburg,
]. e. Knight, Shaw.
Charles Bowles, st. Paul.
John Briley, Eirlton.
A. A. Castle, Gales5Qrg-
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-18
ASST SHOULD BE.

Gov. Hughes of New York was
renominated on the first ballot at
the Saratoga convention the 18TH,
by an Overwhelming majority. Thus
the Republican party of the great
state of New York has taken no
backward step.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-18

w. R. Stubs says the attempt OF
the railroads to beat Bristow for the
senate will greatly strengthen him
with the Kansas voters, and we think
Stubbs is right on this proposition
as on most others.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-18
BOUTELL on BRYAN

Congressman Henry Sherman
Boutell, of Chicago, commenting
on Mr.. Bryan's speech in Iowa says;
Mr.. Bryan's question, "Shall the
people rule?" implies that some
where in this country the people do
not rule. The only states where the
people do not rule are the states that
are expected to give overwhelming
maiorities for the Democ.atlc ticket :.
Perhaps Mr.. Bryan thinks that his
question is purely "a local Issue. "
If he is sincere, l challenge him to
make a speech in Vicksburg, Miss,
on "Government by the people. "
Let him repeat one of his famous
auti-imperalist speeches, simply
changing three words, substituting
mississippi" for "Fhillppines" and
"black brothers" for "brown broth
ers." Let him suggest that we have
as chairman of his meeting John
Sharp Williams, leader of the Demo
Gratis in Congress, and as vice chair
men the other members of the con
gressional delegation from Mississ
ippi.
And after he has made his speech
in Vicksburg, if he shall have escaped
the rule of the people in that COM
munity, dare Mr.. Bryan to repeat
his oration on popular government
in Charleston, S. c., with Senator
Tilman as chairman of his meeting.
Mr.. Bryan's sentiments have purely
geographical sincerity. His epi
grams and startling conundrums are
especially designed to meet local
demands. Of this nature are all of
his views on tariff and taxation.
Mr.. Bryan's proposition that every
time a trust is formed tariff sched
u,e should be repealed, and every
time a trust is dissolved a new duty
should be added, is teo funny even
for comic opera.
If ON March 4 next Mr.. B:yaa
should become President, with a
Democratic congress in both houses,
and should actually place upon the
statute books the financial and
economic vagaries delivered by him
in his speech of last Friday, it would
plunge the nation into bankruptcy
and bring on industrial chaos. If
he should begin by repeating the
duty on sugar to punish the sugar
trust. he would upset the national
finances by losing 500, 900, 900 a
year In revenues, and would stir up
a revelation in Louisiana, Utah,
Colerad and Michigan. Then, if
he should repeal the duty on cotton
goods, because some hustliag manu-
facturer of New England or the
Carolinas were dumping goods in
Chana in rivalry with England and
GERMANY. he would divert other
millions r. IN tie treasury and In
vite still further industrial ruin
But, of course, Mr.. Bryan would
do none of these things, any more
than he will invade the solid south
and summon The coharts of Democ-
racy to the defense of the Constitu-
ton with the battle cry "Shall the
People Rule2" Mr.. Bryan simply
does not mean what he says. What
he utters with Chadbandian unction
in the N.rth he repudiates with
Pecksnifian duplicity in the South.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-04-15
A Lithuanian Funeral,

On Sunday morning strange funer.
al cortege passed through the Mission
streets. The hearse was followed by
procession of women walking In the
middle of the street. They wore dark
skirts trimmed with bands of lace,
embroidery, or colored strips, and all
wore aprons, some of black silk or
cloth, but more of sheer white en-
broidered corners. and fringed shawls
were over their shoulders. 1t was not
a uniform, but more In the nature of
holiday attire such as one sees in
Italy and France on carnival occasions
or fete days. The men In the process.
sion wore conventional dress, but their
bearded faces were not American. In.
quiring as to the nationality OF these
odd figures who made such a strange
picture In San Francisco, l found they
were Lithuanians, and that there Is a
large colony Of them here, mostly EN-.
ployed at laundry over toward the
Potrero.-San Francisco Call.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-04-15
Drivino a Good BARGAIN.

The BARRIERS small son was in the
habit OF playing around his fathers
shop, and he was always keenly in.
terested in the patrons. Many a
stray penny found its way into the
little chubby hand, and sticks of gum
were dropped In quite as though by
accident. Judge Williams drifted into
the shop the other afternoon for a
hair cut. The lad recognized the fact
that the Judge was a new patron, and
so was more than ordinarily inter.
ested in him. He hung at the foot
OF the chair and looked musingly at
the judges bald head. Then he
walked slowly to the back of the
chair and surveyed the, scanty fringe
OF hair from that point of vantage.
He could contain himself no longer
and burst out incredulously: Father,
do-you-get quarter for cutting
at?"ALippincotts.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-04-15
The "One.Dress" Season,

1t Is curious to note the influence
of fashion upon the spread of so es.
sentially an questionable thing az
the recent currency stringency.
1t was rich mans panic;" there.
fore 1t is now sign of richness to be
poor. Many household which Is
abundantly able to keep its style OF
living on an exact level with the
standard of last winter is looping of
familiar luxuries, simply because the
great social leaders have found It ex-
pedient to do SO. They call 1t "one.
dress season on Fifth avenue, and
Fifth avenues imitators are prepar.
Ing to make a hard times party" as
chic a form of entertainment as It was
in Richmond during the civil war
BY and large the phenomenon is a
beneficial feature Of the situation. We
have learned that the pace must be
eased of bit, and we can yield to
the inevitable far more easily II 1t is
officially recognized as the fashiona BILE
thing to do.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-04-15
GAVE PLUG HATS BAD JOLT.
Undesirable Citizens First Wore Them
at Junction City.


George w. Martin, the veracious
secretary of the Kansas State His.
torical society, tells the following
story OF the first plug" hats in juno
ton City: 1T was In the year 1870,
when John A. Anderson was pastor
and l was leading pillar of church
In Junction City. Charles X. Carver,
who then conducted famous gents
furnishing house, came into the land
office one day, and said that mum.
Der of the boys wanted plug hats. He
could not afford to send for them un.
less he had orders for eighteen. / in.
sisted would not wear such thing,
but he badgered until he got an order
from me and from Anderson. The
hats came and were delivered Satur.
day afternoon. A beautiful Sabbath
day followed, and Anderson and my.
self ventured to church wearing plug
hats. Then We found the other 16 be.
longed to gamblers, and they marched
into church. single file, down the west
aisle, carrying those hats most grace.
fully. and filled all the available front
seats. They knocked Anderson silly
for that service, and 1t was sad blow
to the plug hat in Junction kansas
City Star.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-04-15
HiQh Honor Worthjly Won.

To command great ocean steam.
ship is one of the highest honors that
can befall a seaman. Capt. Pritchard,
the commander Of the mammoth Gun.
arder Mauretania, has well earned the
position which he now holds. He came
to 1t by steps Of well.merited promo.
ton from humble beginning. A ma.
tive OF Wales, he was left an orphan
when a lad, and, obeying his mothers
last wish, set out to become a sailor.
At first he acted as cook on a small
sailing vessel, but in couple of years
he entered the maritime service prop.
err. At the end of IL years he was
captain and part owner of brig.
Subsequently he made voyages to
every part of the world After 81
years of this life he entered the Gun.
ard service, where he has been for
2S years. He has commanded nearly
every big Cunard vessel.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-04-15
chN ALWAYS TRUST cHlNAMEN.
Customs In Celestial Empire Have
Made Dishonesty Scarce.

You soon learn In China that you
can trust Chinaman to carry
through anything he agrees to do for
ycn," says Samuel Merwin in Success
when / reached Tai Yuan.fu I
ha"ded my interpreter Chinese
draft for 5000 (Mexican), payable to
bearer, and told him to go to the
bank and bring back the money. I
had known John little more than q
week. yet any one who knows China
will understand that was running no
appreciable risk. The individual
Cbinaman is simply a part of a family,
the family is part OF a neighborhood
the neighborhood is part of a village
or district. and so on. II John had
disappeared with my money after
cashtng the draft and afterward been
caught, punishment would have been
swift and severe. Very likely he
would have lost his head. II the au.
thorities had been unable to find
John they would have punished his
family. Punishment would surely
have fallen on somebody"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-04-15
How tn. Young ,de. Shoots.

Many children are so crammed with
everything that they really know
nothing.
In proof of this. read these veritable
specimens of definitions. written by
public school children:
Stability is taking care of a stable. "
"A mosquito is the child of black
and white parents"
Monastery is the place for mon.
sters'
"Tocsin is something to do with get.
ting drunk"
"Exposulation is to have the small.
pox."
"Cannibal is two brothers who kill
each other In the Bible"
Anatomy is the human body, which
consists Of three parts; the head, the
chist and the stummick. The head
contains the eyes and brains, II any.
The chist contains the lungs and a
piece OF the liver. The stummick is
devoted to the bowels. of which there
are fve, a, e. l, o. u, and sometimes
W and y."-Everybody's Magazine.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-04-15
MODELS USED $500 YEARS AGO.
Among interesting Egyptian Relics In
New York Museum.

Fourteen models used by an Egyp-
tan sculptor $500 years ago are OH
view among new objects gathered by
the New York Metropolitan Museum
Of Art.
Some of the bits of sculpture have
upon them the red lines and the mark.
ings which the master so long ago put
on them to show where certain cary.
ing was to be done. They are in soft
limestone, and, frail as Is the ma.
terial, they have lost nothing OF the
beauty of outline. A queen Or god.
dess In several poses is one of the sub.
jects.
Most important Of the new speci.
mems in the museum is the large ba.
salt sarcophagus of mehet.biti,
which was purchased from the Egyp.
tian government. II weighs six tons.
On 1t is the inscription In hIeroglyph.
les that Its occupant was the royal
treasurer. the royal friend. the over.
seer OF the palace, the overseer of the
royal chamber, honored by Ptah
SEEKER"
Eight vessels OF silver and gold.
bearing the name of Rameses H., have
also been added in the collections, as
well as the whip and the scep,er, and
other insignia of authority carried by
an ancient ruler.