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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03
APPOINT DELEGATES
TO STATE MEETING
SEVERAL LOCAL SPANISH WAR
VETERANS WILL ATTEND.
ON Wednesday,s Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily. N
AT q meeting Of Camp Bruce Wal
lace No. 8. United Spanish War Vet
Grams, held Monday evening in the
studio Of Richard Post In the Staple.
ton block, delegates and a~lternates
to the state encampment to be held
July 8 at Anaconda were appointed.
Fred Bronstad and Peter Ribb were
chosen delegates and Richard Post
and Tom Kehoe were selected az q.
ternates. Besides the delegates Past
Commander NJ. L. Merrill and Com
mander Harry Wright will attend the
encampment as representatives from
the local camp.
Much interest Is being taken in
matters pertaining to the order BY
the local Spanish war veterans and
numerous applications for admission
to the Billings organization have been
received.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03
MEETING OF YOUNG
ChURChMEN HELD
ORGANIZATION OF UNlvERsALlsT
CHURCH MEETS.

Washington, July l.-AN parts Of
the country i well represented
among the delegates to the twentieth
annual national convention of the
Young Peoples Christian union OF
the U~niversalist church, which will be
formally opened this evening. Aside
from the welcome address and re-
sponses, the principal feature Of the
session will be the annual address OF
the president, Harry Russell Childs. Of
New York.
The meeting tomorrow will be main
ly devoted to the reception Of reports
from the various officials and boards
and affiliated movements. On succeed
ing days there will be addresses by
several distinguished clergymen and
laymen. The convention will close.
Sunday.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03

Resolutions instructing the Cali
fornia delegation to the national con.
vention Ut Denver to secure the IN
sertion Of 4 plank IN the national plat.
form calling for q strict enforcement
Of the Geary Chinese exclusion act
and it, extension to other Asiastics,
ana to secure the adoption Of a strons
anti.in1unction plank contained IN the
California state platform. A resolu.
ton ~eulogizing the memory and serv.
tees Of the late Grover Cleveland waa
also adopted.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03
INDICTMENT RETURNED AGAINST
THE OMAHA ADVENTURES.
AND FORGERY
Charges L Indictment Returned, q
Result Of Her Suit Against sena-
tor Thomas c. Plat Tor Divorce.
viii BE Arralened Today.

New York, July Mae c. Wood,
the Omaha woman who sued United
States Senator Thomas q. Plat for
divorce, was indicted BY the grand
jury today OF a charge Of perjury
and forgery.
Miss Wood is charged with having
signed Senator Platt's name to a doc
ument acknowledging her as his wife.
The perjury indictment is based on
Miss Woods testimony in the divorce
action, when she testified that she was
married to the senator at the Fifth
Avenue hotel in 1901. Miss Wood is
at liberty on $4,000 bail. She will be
arraigned in court Monday.
Mae Woods suit alleging marriage
and demanding q divorce from Sena-
tor Platt was heard before Justice
O'Gorman in this city last May. Miss
Wood declared that the senator In
vited her to come to the Fifth Ave
nue. hotel in November, 1901, and
married her in q room in that hotel.
She produced q certificate Of the
marriage, but the printer Of the blank
form testified that the form was not
printed until three months after the
date Of the alleged marriage.
Signature on Certificate.
Miss Wood also produced a docu-
ment bearing what was supposedly
the senator's signature, acknowl-+
edging her as his wife. The senator
denied that he had ever signed It and
produced witness who testified that
she had obtained the senator's sigma
ture to a blank sheet Of paper which
she gave to Miss Wood.
The senator said he had paid $780,
900 for the return Of letters he had
written to Miss Wood. rs
Justice O'Gorman dismissed Miss
Woods suit and ordered her arrest.
ed on the charge Of perjury.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03
.kEENE COLT MAKES
new WORLDS RECORD
WINS ADVANCE STAKES WORTH
$3.50 AT sHEEPsHEAD.

Sheepshead Bay, July flames R.
Keene's Ballot added another stake to
his already long list, when he easily
won the advance stakes, worth $11,-
$50 to the winner, at sheepsheadt Bay
today. The Keene colt also made a
new worlds record for the distance,
one mile and five sixteenths, by step
ping 1t in 2:O9 3-5. This is one second
faster than the best previous time.
made jointly by Bedouin and Iron
sides at Belmont park two years ago.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03
STAYS MAN WHILE DRUNK.

Miles Maryott, Expert Markssnat,
Kills Colorado carpsntsr.
Fort Collins, Colo, July 1:-Miles.
,,Maryott. an expert marksman, known
throughout the country, today shot
and probably fatally wounded william
Pufenberger, a carpenter. aged 50, on
q ranch four, miles southeast Of Fort
Collins. There had been no trouble
between the men and the cause Of the
shooting is not known. Maryott. who
had been drinking, gave himself up.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03
MILLION NATIVES SUFFER
ING FROM STARVATION.
ENGLISH WANT SECRECY
Estimated That at Least Ten Millions
Will Be Forced % subslst on Char
lty-causs Attributable e influence
Of eritains.

SoASOseoS OOAy 0VnpAt tA0 0CC'
laration Of the British oficials that
they have the situation under control
and that ~sut1cient relief supplies have
been provided to prevent desper-
bare living for himself and his family.
When the crop fails they are faced
with starvation. The British regime
provides regular employment for only
g fraction OF the natives, while It has
killed q great deal Of the native In
dlstry, and has imposed other condi-
on the people which work
against the prosperity Of the natives.
The taxes are high, and the economic
system imposed by British rule is I'M
suited to the conditions Of native life.
Due to Government.
Besides the millions Of peasants
who are liable to starvation at the
slightest failure Of the crops, there Is
an enormous population OF beggars
and voorhees, people whose condition
is entirely hopeless during a famine.
Many thousands OF these are doomed
to q lingering death from inanition.
The condition o. the poor creatures
affected BY the famine Is pitiful be-
You'd words. Those who are forced
to apply for government relief have
ate suffering, reports from the interior
state, that the famine conditions are
daily growing worse. Over a million
natives are declared to be on the
verge Of starvation, thousands are said
to have succumbed within the last
few weeks and gloomy prophesies are
made that nc less than ten millions
will be forced to subsist on charity or
die m%iserably during the summer and
autumn. While all of these state
ments cannot be verified, owing to
the secrecy of the government, which
movement, there is little doubt that
India is facing a grave crisis.
Millions Are Doomed.
The recurrence Of these terrible
famines is due to several causes,
attributable to the influence Of
the British government. Four-ffths
Of the population are now entirely de-
pendent on capricious crops for their
sustenance, and although great irriga-
ton works have been carried out, the
state Of agriculture is still very I'M
Each peasant cultivates a little
patch Of land, which supplies the
been already living for months on
half or a quarter their usual allow
ances Of food. Long experience has
Injured them to living on newt to moth
Ing. Many families have been living
on a daily handful Of dried peas, oc-
casionally varied by wild fruit and.
roots, or even less palatable food.
The famine being spread! over a vast
territory, thousands Of the natives are
miles from 9 government relief depot,
and cannot drag their wasted bodies
the depots. For every thousand
persons who get relief, there must be
rs many who are too weak, or perhaps
boo proud, to apply for 1t.
La EEL A
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03
FE TO BUILD
TEXAS TERMINALS
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED MEN RE-.
sumo WORK in SHOPS.

Topeka. Kan, July 1.-THE Santa
Fe railroad today let contracts for ter
minal buildings at Canadian, Texas, in
the sum Of $4,000. G. A. Fellows. of
Los Angeles, secured the contract. At
Topeka today 1900 men resumed work
in the railroad shops. Santa Fe of
shcials say no more men yill be laid
OF and work will be permanent.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03
o NEW RULINGS.

Washington, July 1.-As the result
OF q new ruling adopted by the Cuban
government, on and after today every
master Of 9 vessel arriving IN Cuba
must. Immediately upon landing, send
by registered mail to the Cuban audit
or ct Havana, a true copy. In Spanish,
Of the manifest Of his vessel. Neglect
to comply with this rule will entail a
heavy fine.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03
REDUCE ELECTRIC RATES.

Boston, July IA reduction Of
rates Of froms15 cents to 70 cents per
kilowatts hour was made by the Edison
Light and Power company today, upon
the recommendation Of the gas and
electric light commission. A further
reduction will be demanded by the
commission within q year.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03
WANT AN EXCLUSION
PLANK IN PLATFORM
CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS FAVOR
ANTliNJuNcTioN PLANK.

San Francisco. July Stockton
was selected by the democratic state
central committee this afternoon 90
the place where the next democratic
convention to elect presidential cleo.
tors will be held, and the date 81
which was hxedafor September s. The
committee selected John 3. Baker OF
Modoc county AZ chairman.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03
BOUND WITH
ROPES IS FOUND
DISCOVERED ON THIRD FLOOR OF
BOOMING HOUSE.

Chicago. July THE body Of a
woman about IS years old, the hands
and feet tied with ropes, was found to
day In = room on the third floor Of q
rooming house at 1912 Michigan ave
nue.. Finger marks on the throat In
-dicated that the woman had been
choked to death.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03
TowNE TO MEET BRYAN.
viii Discuss convention Matters
With Nebraskan.

Chicago, July Charles "A. Towne
OF New York arrived In Chicago today
on his way to Lincoln, Neb., where he
will hold a conference with Mr.. Bryan
this afternoon. Mr.. Towne announced
that he IL q candidate for the nominal
ton for vice presidential honors.
II am in the race" said MI. Towne.
"and Mr.. Bryan is favorable toward
my nomination. Had he not been !
would not be SEEKING the nomination.
i expect the subject Of our conference
today will, OF course, be the vice pres
dental nomination"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03
AvowEp CANDIDATE FOR VICE
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.
ASSERTS he IS FAVORED
surprlsed at Refusal Of Judge Gray
70 Take Second Piacs-Mr. Bryan
Refuses g Commit HImssif on Mat
tiers Pertaining to Convention.

Towne, who Is an avowed candidate
for the democratic nomination for
vice president as we'll az an old time
personal friend Of William j.. Bryan,
stopped OF here for the express pur.
pose Of discussing vice presidential
politics with the latter. Mr.. Bryan
was expecting him and for half an
hour they remained closeted.
MI. Towne admitted to newspaper
men that his candidacy as well &c
the platform formed the main topics
of conversation.
New York Is the logical state to
furnish the vice presidential nomi.
nee," said Mr.. Towne. 'The public
does not realize the number Of demo.
Gratis there are In northern New York.
i am surprised at the declination Of
Judge Gray to pc mentioned for vice
president. I have expected It right
along. Judge Gray Is q strong man
and q popular man with all classes.
He has ability, magnetic personality
and marked attainments. However,
y have been assured BY friends from
al parts Of the country Of support
for myself. Assurances Of an unmis-
taxable character were given me by
leading New York democrats before
I would permit the use Of my name"
Wants Strong Injunction Plank.
What will be done with anti-in-
junction planks at Denver?' Mr..
Towne was asked.
ut should be a strong one----one
that does not hedge. The laboring
man will be protected"
Twill provision for the interlocutory
decree be made for use In extreme
cases? What is Mr.. Bryay,'s position
on this phase Of the question:"
'1That Is something ] cannot dis
cuss; I cannot even express my own.
opinion, for It would borrow color
from the fact that I have been talking
with MI. Bryan"
Bryan Does Not Commit Himself.
Previous to MI. TONNES visit Mr..
Bryan had practically set at rest,
temporarily at least. reports that he
favored MI. Towne.
"Mr. Towne Is quoted as stating
that some time ago you assured Nj.
Towne that he would be acceptable to
you; Is that true?" Mr.. Bryan was
asked.
HE meant that I was favorable to
Them" said Mr.. Bryan, with stress on
the last word, meaning the names Of
those who have been mentioned for
his running mate.
Mr.. Bryan is silent on all matters
pertaining to the actions Of the com
vention In order to avoid possible
criticism on the score that he Is at
tempting to dictate.
So far as can be learned, Mr.. Bryan
will not have q telegraph wire in his
house during the convention. He will
depend on the wires being strung into
a cottage 800 yards away for the con.
venience OF the newspaper CORE
spondents.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03
ToNIeHT's GLOVE CONTEST At
COLISEUM WILL DECIDE.
BOTH BOTH MAKE WEIGHT WEIGHT
Men Are in Pink Of conditlon-Eddie
Found a Horseshoe and Thinks It
His MISUNDERSTANDING Likes Ia
veIIe's Dream.

Can Eddie McGoorty Of Oshkosh.
Wis, outpoint Sid Lafontise Of Butte
in a 90 round glove contest? Is the
question Billings fight fans are ask
ing themselves today. P. j. Callahan,
McGoorty's manager, thinks he can.
while Vince Doody. who - looking
after the interests OF the Butte boy.
has q different opinion. Tonightis
contest at the Coliseum will decide.
Both men are in the pink Of condt
ton, and yesterday afternoon Mo
EsGoorty was slightly under the re
CURED weight, 100 pounds, and -
fontise tipped the balance At exactly
that figure. Each one realizes that
his opponent Is live contender for
the right to fight sPapke or Kelley, and
best Of all both men are confident Of
victory.
Scientific Glove Contest.
The regulations Of the two men n
sure the absence Of even q hint 81 I
fake light or q poor exhibition, and
if anyone goes to the ColiseumStonight
expecting to see q slugging match or
anything but q scientific glove con
test, they Will surely be disappointed.
Nose Lafontise, = brother Of Sid and
a well known follower Of the light
game in this state, Is IN the city from
Butte and viii act as his brothers.
principal second. It Is probable that
FRENZY, a business man Of Miles City,
win referee the contest.
Shoe In His Corner.
Yesterday morning while McGoorty
was doing his usual road work he
found two horseshoes q Central
park and farther up the road found
two half shoes. Something besides
his name indicates that this find
spells something TO the Oshkosh boy.
The fact that one Of the shoes ~
cast from the right hind foot OF some
passing pany gives Eddie more faith
than ever In what he considers his
talisman. AS long g he can't carry
the shoe IN his glove he is going TO
give it u place In his corner.
s6 Ended II Tenth.
Lafontise thinks that OMcer LIS
vslle IL I clairyoyant and a great
believer in dreams. The other night
Lavelle dreAnedsthat while OCCUPYING
1 seat 81 the ringside no saw Sid aand
4 knockout blow msthe tenth round.
The preliminaryswin start promptly
ct 8 O'Clock and the main tout@Ak
$3.50. Tho promoters 81 IL 6ontest
give assurance that thsrs YIN - ~
long waits such q have ehasaHteit41sd
other contests - BillinIs ~ plaos19
the same a this paltiealaT g.
repute.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03
BIG DUTY ON STEEL.
Mexican Government viii TAX Import.
ed Product,

City Of Mexico. July IA largely
increased duty on steel, which is prac.
tically prohibitive and will give Mex.
lean steel manufacturers q monopoly
Of the home market for steel products,
goes into effect today. The shutting
OF Of the Mexican market will be q
heavy blow to the United States steel
trust"
For the last few weeks steel from
the United States has been rushed
across the border by train loads, con-
signed to American manufacturers In
this republic.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03

According to a report from Paris
the largest submarine yet built will
shortly be launched at Cherbourg. The
vessel will be 2os feet long, with 625
tons displacement, and che will de
velop q mean speed Of IL knots.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03
HANNA NAVY SOLICITOR.

Former Solicitor Given New Position
BY Government.
Washington, July by operation
Of q recent law. the ONCE Of the So
licitor OF the navy was today separ-
ated from that OF Judge advocate gem
eral and a new and distinct Office, that
of solicitor Of the navy department,
was organized.
Edwin p. Hanna, who has been 90.
ilicitor for some time. has been up.
pointed az the head Of the new once.
Major Henry Leonard. Of the marine
corps. is Hanna's principal assistant.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03
CANADA Observes "
It's ANNIVERSARY
CANADIANS cEL4sATE THEIR
FOURTH q July.

Toronto. ont, Jul]1-canad. cele.
brated it, forty-dr birthday today
With al the enthpAsn which has
Characterised past yrs. but. % far as
reports received, frn byer the do
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03

The state at large should heaye q
sight OF relief. Most Of the view
with alarm" people have been cor
rallied In Boxeman.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03

changing, and nothing less than q red
devil wagon Will admit to the inner
circles Of redskin society. Automobile
manufacturers will do we'll to sit up
and take notice.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03
EMINENT ARTIST DEAD.
Thomas Hill Dies u Home Ia sierra
Madre Mountains.

Wawona, Cal, July 1-Thomas Hill,
the eminent landscape artist. died to-
day at his picturesque home In the
Sierra Madre mountains at the en-.
trance Of the Yosemite valley at the
age Of 70 years. Hill, who was born
in England, came to the United States
IN 1S4o.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03
FIRST CLASS OFFICE NOW.
Change q Grade a Local P~ostofHce
Effective.
From Thursdays Daily.

Yesterday the Billings postonce be-
came an ONCE Of the first class. the
order enecting the change in grade
being effective July 1. Hereafter the
money order window will not be open
until 8 o'clock and the rental Of lock
boxes IL raised. The raising Of the
maximum amount OF the salaries for
carriers and clerks is another feature
of the change in grade.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03

The squirrel slaughter Of Russia
amounts to 25,ooo.ooo . year.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-19
"CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA"


We have before us the fourth volume of the
Catholic Encyclopedia. and assuredly it is well
worthy of the name and cause To the Catholic,
whether lay cleric it is an invaluable help for
many Catholic subjects are treated with SIMPLICITY
and clearness and ali authenticity which removes
all doubt from the mind of the reader Living in
an age when it is oftentimes necessary for Catho-
hes to prove the truth which is in Them they have
in the fourth volume of the Catholic Encyclopedia
a clear and explicit explanation of MANY vexed
questions We have not the slightest doubt but that
sincere and honest minded Protestants Will vel
come the, fourth volume of this work with acclaim
Hitherto whatever knowledge of the Catholic
/ Church they had was for the most part vitiated
since they obtained this knowledge from incorrect
or polluted sources. Now they have work within
their reach which is both concise and authentic.
The explanation of the Catholic Church's rites and
ceremonies are set forth fairly and fearlessy while
at the same time there is discussed other religions
rites and customs with precision and a modera-
ton found nowhere else. The fourth volume Gov
ers an extensive field. Beginning with an article on
Olandestlnly, 1t tells us the Catholic doctrine on
TINS subject from the days of st. Ambrose to the
present time. The two articles on Communism and
Industrial Cancellation will repay perusaI now tba+
these two questions are so much before the nublic
gaze and every Tom, Dick and Harry knows or nra-
tends to know all about them To .protestants tho
doctrlnal articles on Conservation and Communion
Will be interesting and will help to make clear the
teaching OF the Catholic Church on those two CEN
tral points which today so little understood ont
side her fold. To us, living in the west all Ameri
can subjects are welcome but the two ar+;olos o.
Colorado and Denver are particularly So especially
to old-tlme residenters who saw the great western
land IN its cradle Students of art and arcbitec
ture have their pabulum, too, in this volume for
the old buildings which today are the wonder of
the world the Coliseum for instance. and the arch
OF Constantine are treated both pictoriay and de-
scriptively The rulers of our cities will read with
great satisfaction the article on Corporations and
while reading it will be struck, we have no doubt
with the busness-like capacity of the men of the
old Grecian and Roman day. There is one article
in the volume which we would recommend all TO
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-19

! and treated accordingly, but of course today we
scornfully scout the idea of there existing any sa-
tanic spirit of that name When society in general
pauses in its mad hurry after temporal things which
vanish quickly away, to ponder on the fearful
crimes happening so numerously around u.s., of
which this Kansas City event is one does it not feel
as though the world Of human, thinking, yet
| thoughtless atoms has assumed dangerous unten-
able attitude in rejecting conclusiyely the exist
ence of personal, monstrous and fiendishly antag-
onlstc enemy of the mortal race? Is it not better
to accept the truthfully written testimony of
Christ and the first apostles and live and act ac-
cordlngly2 One careful glance at the great dark
catastrophes of history whose pages are stained so
indellibly with bloody deeds should be enough to
convince the skeptcal of the origin and being
of an invisible evil force constantly seeking the
moral destruction of men and women. Can all
these hideous epoch-marling events of this earth
which have ruined nations and individuals have
their source alone in the brain and heart of man?
1t is unthinkable
The crime of this man of which we began to
write forces to ask into his birth and education
Was he poorly instructed! What kind of parents
did he have? Was he always disobedient to those
over him? What kind of religion was he taught?
Of course we know that he was thoroughly bred on
the principle that the human reason was infallibe
to interpret the scriptures, and that every indvid-
ual can take from the Bible any meaning he feels
his frail intellect tells him is right. Such false
tenet makes poor beginning for child or adult and
fearful train of evil consequences follows in it's
footsteps. For a supposed follower and teacher of
the Savior and Him crucifed to be carrying load
ed revolver would be extremely farcical and laugh
provoking were it not so vocferously ptiful sign
of humanitys degradation, and of the woful misery
which follows private Interpretation of the scrip
lures, leading many to insanity and perpetual ruin