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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-03-05
HONORS PAID TO
Mr.. ROOSEVELT
ESCORTED TO TRAIN BY MANY
ADMIRERS.
pLAUDITs OF PEOPLE
Magnificent Spectacle as Enthusiastic
Crowds Bid Farewell to Retiring
acknowledgements Reception
Held at Station.

WASHINGTON, March 4.-With
. thousands of his countrymen bidding
him an affectionate adieu, Theodore
Roosevelt, retiring president of the
United States accompanied by Mrs.
Roosevelt departed from the national
capitol for his Oyster Bay home at $3.50
this afternoon.
AS he was leaving the scene of seven
years of strenuous activity, Mr.. Roose-
welt gave every indication of delight
over being relieved of official cares.
Goodbye, and good luck to you,"
were his farewell greetings to the
thousands who witnessed his depar-
ture. 1t was a magnificent spectacle
when the crowd waved handkerchiefs
in unison and shouted:
4 Goodbye, Teddy"
! Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt occupied a
drawing room in Pullman. ALI the
way from the capitol to the Union
station where he arrived at 1850 p M,
Mr.. Roosevelt, escorted by the New
York County Republican club, 800
strong, received tremendous ovation,
which he greatly appreciated.
whats the matter with Teddy?"
shouted Representative Herbert Par
sons of New York, who headed the
escort
Hes all right" answered the crowd
and three cheers followed.
Addressing the escort, Mr.. Roose-
velt said:
II want to thank you heartily for
escorting me down to the station, and
let me say to you how much l ap-
preciate your courtesy. Goodbye and
good luck to ALL
Then Mr.. Roosevelt who had been
preceded to the station by Mrs. Roose-
welt and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth held
an impromptu reception in the pre-
sidents private room at the depot
/ All his former cabinet officers, mem
bers of the diplomatic corps, officials
and other admiring friends, came there
and bade him farewell
Mr.. Roosevelt, in conversation with
friends, declared he was glad to give
up his arduous duties.
"My, that was a fine inaugural ad-
dress of Mr.. Taft's" remarked Mr..
Roosevelt to Senator Root.
Mr.. Root responded.
"It was splendid"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-03-05
SIMPLE Ceremonies AT
INAUGURAL OF PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, D. c., March A
With simplicity and dignity in keep
ing with American traditions the in
titan procedure attending the inaugu-
ration of the president of the United
States, which included the swearing in
of the vice-president and of all the in
coming senators, was conducted in the
senate chamber in the presence of a
distinguished company consisting of
leading officials of the three co-ordi-
nate branches of the government and
the diplomatic representatives of prac-
tically every nation of the world. In
point of interest the personality OF
the men occupying seats on the floor
of the chamber was equalled by the
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-03-05
BEAUTY AND CHIVALRY OF THE
WORLD ASSEMBLED.
DREAM OF FAIRYLAND
inaugural Ball Proved Magnificent
Social Function-Taft Was Light
Hearted and Unmindful of the Sc
rious Things of His Station.

WASHINGTON, March 4-Magnifi-
cent in it's splendor and presenting a
scene of rare beauty which quickened
every human emotion, the inaugural
ball tonight was the climax of day
of triumph for William H. Taft. In
the vast hall of the pension building,
resembling a dream of fairyland, beau
tiful women, beautifully goWned and
from every cline; men whose names
are known in every corner of the
world diplomats in court raiment
statesmen in sombre attire; officers
of the army and navy in their gor
geous uniforms and ordinary Ameri
can citizens, were gathered, whose
presence testified to the democracy o1
the affair. President Taft appeared
particularly light-hearted and unmind
full of serious things, as he, with Mrs
Mrs. Taft and Vice President and Mrs
Sherman made their promenade
around the great hall.
There was a cordial and hearty
greeting to the distinguished guests
by the vast assemblage whenever
they appeared.
Dancing was indulged in as the
hours progressed but this was i'm
possible earlier in the evening be
cause of the dense crowd, conserva
lively estimated at 10000.
The members Of the presidential
party returned from supper to theil
box at 1870 o'clock and left the
building shortly before midnight.
President Taft was given cordia
reception and the grace and beaut!
of the ball made fitting close to hi!
day. He did not join in the dancing
and gently refused when called upol
for a speech.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-03-05
GLENDIVE EXPECTS
MUCH FROM CANAL
TO IRRIGATE EIGHTEEN THOU
SAND ACRES.
Especial to The Gazette J


GLENDIVE, March 4.-Probably
few people, even in this vicinity real
ize the full extent of the private irri
cation project now being constructed
by the Glendive Land & Irrigation
company, which is composed largely
of Glendive stockholders, it's officers
being as follows President, C. A.
Thurston, president of the First Ma
tional bank; vice presidents, G. j..
Murphy and w. j. Hoy; secretary and
general manager, H. f. Burkhart. Mr..
Murphy is a prominent stockman and
Mr. Hoy is a st. Paul contractor.
General Manager Burkhart, who was
for long time connected with the
government project in the lower val
ley, has just returned from st. Paul,
where he made purchases of addition
al machinery and equipment.
1--WE will have water ready for about
three thousand acres of land in May,
said Mr.. Burkhart, in discussing the
companyS plans. "Practically all OF
the homestead land that will be I'M
der the canal is now taken. The rest
is railroad land that was purchased
and is now owned by the company
Mr.. Burkhart said he was unable to
state just what would he the cost pei
acre for this water but he said he
would promise that it would be less
than that charged by the government
on the Lower Yellowstone project
which is $42 per acre.
The canal of the Glendive Land
Irrigation company takes water out o.
the Yellowstone about three miles this
side of Fallon. Thence it runs III
along the bench on the north side o
the river and will cover about 1900
acres of land, all told, much of which
will be directly tributary to Glendive
and its settlement will largely en-
hance the prosperity of this locality
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-03-05
MORE ARE DISQUALIFIED.
Seventeen Special Venires Have Beer
Exhausted in Calhoun Case.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 4.-Dis-
qualifying prospective jurors at the
rate of five an hour, the attorneys en-
gagged in the trial of Patrick Calhoun,
president of the United railroads, eX,
hausted the seventeenth special ven
ire today without qualifying tales
man to occupy the 18th seat in the
jury box When court finally ad
journed until tomorrow the record dis
closed that sos citizens out of the 577
summoned had been actually interrC'
gated at greater or less length and in
this respect the trial has eclipsed the
record of Abraham Ruef's trial wher5
peremptory challenges were first ex
ercised at much earlier stage
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-03-05
Rern@ Chief MAGISTRATE Divides IOnors With Ills Successor
in the PresidencyWh Sun Struggling to Break Through
the Clouds, Marching Thousands Pass Along the Streets
Of WashngtOn-At Midnight Glare Of Fireworks Ilumine
the Murky Skies esMagnicent Gathering of Gallant Men
and Beautiful Women at Inaugural Ball.
WASHINGTON, March 4--The first chief executive to
take the oath Of office in the chamber of the senate in
70 years. William Howard Taft, today became president
of the United StdteS


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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-03-05

gathering in the surrounding galleries,
which were filled with the women who
make up the social life of the capital
and whose names are scarcely less
generally known than those of their
husbands or relatives who took part
in the historic event.
The entire membership of the senate
had been seated at the right of the
presiding officer, and facing him
Nearly the entire left side had been
reserved for the diplomatic corps and
members of the house of representa-
tives, while special seats in the front
row were set aside for the members
of the supreme court of the United
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-03-05

There was a wait of nearly two
hours at the station during which Mr..
Roosevelt held an impromptu recep-
tion in the presidential suite. Many
of his old friends among government
officials and the diplomatic corps sur
rounded him there for a final word of
farewell.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-03-05
WORLD PUBLISHERS
UNDER INDICTMENT
NEW YORK FEDERAL GRAND
JURY RETURNS INDICTMENTS.

NEW YORK, March 4-The federal
grand jury here, which has been in
vestigating alleged libelous publica-
tions in connection with the Panama
canal purchase, today returned indict-
ments against the Press Publishing
company, publishers of the New York
World, and Caleb Van Hamm, one of
the editors of the World. The text of
the indictments was not made pub
uic.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-03-05
LEMP DIVORCE STANDS.

ST. LOUIS, March 4.-Judge Hitch
cock today changed the divorce de-
cree awarded to Lillian Handlan
Lemp so as to state specifically that
$4,000 alimony shall he paid as lone
as Mrs. Lemp remains unmarried. The
motion for a new trial was overruled
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-03-05
NOTED BANKER SUICIDES.
Became Despondent from Ill Health
and Financial Failures.

NEW YORK, March 4.-Made de-
spondent by ill health and the col
lapse of number of financial and in
dustrial undertakings he had
launched, Frank c. Hollins, 60 years
old, the we'll known Wall street ban
ker, today committed suicide by inhal.
ing illuminating gas. The banker was
the lessee of a portentious residence
in East Sixty-eighth street, but this
he sub-let six months ago when his
health compelled his removal to a
sanitarium.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-03-05

To all with whom he spoke Mr..
Roosevelt declared that while he had
"a bully time as president, he was
glad to lay, down the duties of office
He praised his successor and especial
ly commented upon the latter's inaug-
ural address as a splendid effort.
President and Mrs. Taft were the
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-03-05
MARCHING HOSTS FURNISH
A BRILLIANT SPECTACLE

ly uniformed campaign clubs.
Numerically, the inaugural parade
today was not so large as that which
marched along historic Pennsylvania
Avenue from the Capitol to the White
House when Grover Cleveland, the
only Democratic president of the Unit
ed States since the civil war, was in
Quoted into the Office for the first
time. The parade today, however, had
distinctive and impressive quality.
which no similar pageant has ever
possessed. This year, each state rep
resented sent the cream of its citizen
soldiery and the finest of its civic
organizations to do honor to VIII
-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-03-05
MEXICAN REBELS AT TUCSON.
Crowd of sympathizers Met ReVou-
tionists on Their Arrival.

tionists on Their Arrival.
TUCSON, Ariz., March N4.-The
three alleged Mexican revolutionists,
Magon, Villareal and Riviera, charged
with violation of the neutrality laws
of the United States by plotting
against the Mexican government,
reached here from Los Angeles today.
The officers drove back small
crowd of sympathizers at the depot,
who attempted to press forward and
pass bouquets and other presents to
the prisoners.
The local Mexican colony has eVi-
denced no interest in the alleged revo-
lutionists, but the socialists have been
active in their behalf.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-03-05
WAR is INEVITABLE.
Entire Navy of Salvador Sails Under
Sealed Orders.

SANTA CRUZ, Mex, March 4.-The
steamer Hathor, which has arrived
here from Acajutla, brings news that
war is inevitable between Nicaragua
and Salvador and that troops are be-
ing mobilized by both countries.
The warship Presidente, which
means the entire navy of Salvador,
has sailed under sealed orders, pre-
sumably to lombard Nicaraguan
ports,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-03-05
IN MIDST OF TERRIFIC STORM WILLIAM HOWARD
TAFT ASSUMES HIGHEST OFFICE OF THE NATION
BATTLE NEAR HARDIN.

ST. PETERSBURG, March 4.
: 1t is reported that there has
: been a conflict between Rus
: sian and Chinese troops near
; Harbin. If the reports are true
; the trouble probably arose out
; of the situation following the
, efforts of the railroad authori-
? ties at Ha,nin to control the
, local administrator there.
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-03-05

centers of interest at the eliminating
feature of the day-the inaugural ball
in the pension building.
The scene in the cavernous building
which had been transformed into a
canopied court of ivory and white, was
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-03-05
STEPHENSON ELECTED.

MADISON, Wis, March A.
Isaac Stephenson was today re-
elected to the United States
senate by the joint assembly
on the twenty-third ballot re-
ceiving 63 votes out of 1913
cast.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-03-05
WOMAN MURDERED.

Body Was Found in Home by Her
Son.
SAUGATUCK, Mich, March A.
Mrs. Mary Baldwin was found by her
son murdered today at her home near
here. Last Thursday night the Bald
win barn was set on fire and burned
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CONTINUED ON Eighth Page.)
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-01-12
Small Talks


CHARLES HusTAcE JR-say, is picnic for
SENATOR coEIHo-some show them Advertiser people
ovERN-we here from philadelphia to contract for all there
i'm sight Pearl Habor
people up
LUcAsf "comcal' building Honolulu,
want to get in on the proposition with bid
by the
sooner get there the better it win suit
TRENTThee sold in College Hills during the
last three months than in the three years before.
WALDRoN-Hawah things telling
the truth than most places can by talking hot air
CAPTAIN cAsTNER have the cavalry
practically completed troopers
SUPERVISOR will Clarence Crabbe the Repub
a with Mayor
LLOYD coNKIING-when in KOna did well that it took
clothes that they inches
e. BROWN trip
expect to take trip Japan the spring. but don call that much
CHIEF JUSTICE HARTwE111 hear that Major winsow of the En-
gneers grandson the Captain Winslow the
Alabama. u
think there will be lot of salary cutting at the
Legislature considerable
mine
glad big railroad men, Msrs Bancroft and
Calvin of
which S
may quote saying investigation
of the Twelve Dollar will when sight IsOi
PROF AA11DsFOr have fish, fowl
there in Honolulu who is in health
delayed getting power
for the moving picture machine the
kai very shortly now however, to- install it,
A. K TIERNAN-A good think that the Honolulu
expensive but after seeing the Volcano, gandes
have Witnessed the anything spend
A. aURREY JRAt the last Flower Festival boy ap.
whole school of brilliant Hawaiian bss easily
RANFoRD WoRTfNa-rhe people in New Zealand have religion
Christianity
can bet gambling
lmy
j. CHARLES GREEN have thought Honolulu
billboard advertising Advertising
thought village
Ito a
HIP WOOD number
Floral this
any to
JOHN SMITH Judge a
likely o
McANDIESSI
political to
of
would be better for the community, besides j
A. JoENSoN-t had watt
five his celestial during
and Souriere blew off, the Doctor getting
connection with which
HUGFES-1f by
tell him in
out he will Then bill
Municipal Act and a ommissi
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-01-12
HOW COUGHS AND COLDS ARE
CURED IN BURMA.

The following letter from the Sup
erintendent of the Municipal Office at
Mandalay, Mr.. R. J. Stevens, shows
that the method of curing colds in
Burma is not unlike that used in al
most every part of the civilized world.
He SAYS: 81 have used Chamberlain g
Cough Remedy for several years and
have found it most efficacious. / al
ways keep bottle of this remedy in
the house. " This medicine is as good
for the child as for the adult and no
family can afford to be without it, 1t
is for sale by all dealers. Benson,
Smith & Co, Agents for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-01-12

aYll
eruption f0rtnght and the
which, learn from the STAR constitute the
true end of government of
politically, hope survve and the moment
people the purity of its politicians deserves no mercy from
fate Ny contemporary abiding faith politicians
who have printing give out which one the most
this is found in the Advertiser
Keep yellow dogs which esteemed Star could
yellow do' asks contemporary with naive sur
PRISE other pup
surprise mel That anybody see modest
pa by taste fOru
can't tell white chrysanthemum from dead poodle 1t
such disposition but it makes the Star poor Judge for
y y y y
lady devil out of
Supervisors the of all political virtues This
naturally enough and was
good the
enaize executive the
Mayor leaving Supervisors
course SYSTEM Th except
the it interferes
thing do is to lam with club and set the noble principle
and the ogc of the Board the
Speaking culinary they the executive and
legislative departments baked in one dish and any mere Mayor may as well
he counednt the fuel.
government having, to
noble pptiOus peacle-one base
sticking those exclusive local amnsta
the science Of before he begins to least to know the
points When jobs dumpcart
objects politics. why should of intelligence and
high politics
eave it,
wing it. where there immortal life there
instinct also that where there dump
politics there it, and that these
y
of
utor which they could the doing the
failed they substitutes
omins couple months nightwahman
county property
whebrows crushing machinery mule harness. shovel
watching The hired
the rounds the stables
When
looked
replied that the Waterman home that he the
substitute and had time Further
payroll pocketed
regularly a
the
ngwatehman his
he would He tried to lead the mule the
to
Cmmns smthereens The
could
In
his discharge when Cummins lifted blanket
showed him the missing
Looking the fifteen that the
,whi
directing
kind liquor this
the Rapid Transit which
w.
incidentally
corporations the Islands Ed Towse, besides being the
establishment
a
looked
auckland position. A
of
be the the Board Supervisors,
Of the voting majority of its while Rhodes
Honolulu
Democrat Sheriff
employees for a youth he delivered papers
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-01-12

The parody on Hawaii is described as
"thrilling, instructive and entertaining.
A vivid description of those mystic
isles, where fire and water have built
up delirium of chaos and beauty"
Along the same line it might be sug.
gested that the irewater the author
took gave him delirium of some kind
before he penned the awful pages of
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-01-12

piffle, and penned them poorly at that,
that he has turned out.
Rollo, the youthful hero of the tale
comes to Hawaii to see the Kan lava
flow, but he could not wait to get here
before encountering Chinese junk
crammed with contraband opium, on
which had been murder, arson, sudden
death in variety of forms. the abduc,
.ion of Hawaiian Princess and few
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-01-12
? = - 80 - TSTTEETSs
The Cow Tree
The Chatterbox.

n
%S2& %%%% = y ~ y u - - y " y
remarkable tots
yielding ample supply milk that
Venezuela that this remarkable found There
height of from forfve sixty morning
with vessels make
huid which the
fed largely this vegetable milk children eagerly
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-01-12
"ROLLO IN HAWAII"
A WONDROUS TALE

For publication supposed to be in educational
''Rolo Hawaii" of
that the
issued as purely imaginative bound
penny dreadfus would have fairly
hands children book which
and to advertise blatanty
Thomas, o Chicago
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-02-05


Vera Ware. of Gatesville. Texas, who
shot and killed her alleged betrayer
and his friends. while he was testify
ing in defense of himself. There is
a case without trumped up circum-
stances, theatrical surroundings, the
aid of the New York press, and tbs
testimony of alienists. Despite our
constitutional partially for the writ
ten law, we cannot resist the belief
that the girl was In the right and the
man was in the wrong. and he and
his friends were brazenly seeing the
affair through" We may be mis-
taken; 1t may have been the Jealous
rage of a woman spurned. but how
ever that may have been, We suspect
that the proper party was killed and
the proper party killed him.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-02-05
s'ainkage in Incomes.

1t Is said that there has been a
great shrinkagc IN the professional
income OF the physicians throughout
the United States of l9ie. and that "a
net wholly attribute 10 business de
preston. An elaborate statistical
Investigation would be required TO
tell whether the public is spending
less or whether shrinkage Is due to
othors causes. as for instance 10 n
wider diffusion OF knowledge of the
laws OF sanitation. etc. Physicians
will differ In their diagnosis while
recognizing the fact. One Boston
physician insists that there Is n COM
bination of causes at work. and en-.
umerates among them the ovcr-
orowding OF the profession and tho
high cost OF living which he holds g
reducing the middle class-classifs-
Ing b. inoomos-on whom physicians
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-02-05
RIVER NEWS
River Stages.

The Joe Fowler was the Evansville
packet today. She arrived this morn
ing on time and returned imme-
Idiately after transacting business at
the whaTfboats. The Joe did a good
business in and out of this port.
The John S. Hopkins will be the
Evansville packet tomorrow morn-
ing.
The steamer Graoey Childers will
be in port tomorrow morning from
Nashville and way landings and will
leave for GAINESVILLE and way land
ings.
The steamer Kentucky got up
steam today after almost a week s
rest. She will make a trip TO Brook
port early tomorrow morning and re-
turn and receive freight at the wharf
boat until 6 o'clock in the evening.
when she will leave for Rfverton,
Ala, and all way landings.
The Dick Fowler cleared on time
this morning for Cairo and way land
ings with a large cargo of freight,
lnOolly Hd1s tOiu duu ldTln AihpiN-
ments and number of passengera.
She wall return tonight at O'Clock.
The George Cowling made her two
regular trips today from Metropolis
here and return, doing good freight
land passenger business.
The Royal was in on time this
morning from Golconda and returned
this afternoon at O'Clock. She did
good business in and out of this
port.
The Clancy Lamb returned from
Joppa yesterday with tow OF empty
barges. She will cave for the Cum
berland tomorrow after a tow of ties
for Joppa.
The Reaper will be in today from
the mines at Caseyvile with a tow
OF coal for the West Kentucky Goa
company.
The American came in port yester-
day from Cairo, where she delivered