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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-08-31
INVESTIGATION OF
PROPOSED CHANGES
Effect of Interstate Commerce and
Sherman Antitrust Laws Looked
Into at New York.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3O.-Bearing a
formal presentation of President
Taft's views on changes which the
president considers necessary in the
interstate commerce and Sherman an
ti-trust laws, Attorney General Wick
ersham today met his fellow members
of the commission of government Off
cials designated by Mr.. Taft to inves-
tigdte the subject in this city.
Secretary Nage1 of the department
of commerce and labor, Solicitor Cen
eral Bowers of the department of JUS
tice, and Charles E. Townsend of
Michigan, and Chairman Martin A.
Knapp and Charles Prouty of the In
terstate Commerce commission, at
tended the meeting.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-08-31
Zeppelin Airship
Wrecked in Mdair
Broken Propeller Punctures Gas Bag.
Ship Descended Gently, Alight-
ing in a Meadow.

BUELZIG, Germany, Aug. 30.-The
Zeppelin airship, which started at
1924 o'clock last night from the
Templehof parade ground on it's re-
turn voyage to Friederichshafen, met
with an accident early today and land
ed here at o'clock.
The two forward propellers were
broken and a fragment of one of them
pierced the envelope, permitting the
gas to escape. The airship, however,
was kept up by throwing over bal
last until a favorable landing place
was reached. The ship came down
gently and it now rests in a meadow
1t will take at least two days to COM
plete repairs. kilograms have been
sent to Friederichshafen for workmen,
materials and gas.
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SCIENTISTS TALK FLOUR.

WINNIPEG, Man., Aug. 30.-The ed
ucational, chemical and agricultural
sections of the British Association for
the Advancement of Science united to-
day to listen to number of interest
ing papers on the raising of wheat
and the milling of flour.
Among the speakers were Professor
R. Harcourt and L. S. Klink; Doctors
G. Saunders and e. E. Armstrong, and
Messrs. A. D. Hall and E. ]. Russell
DR.. T. G. Bonney, F. r. S., the emf
nent British geologist, was elected
president of the association. The
meetings next year will be held in
Sheffield.
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ican colony there, has made an ap-
peal to the American people to assist
the destitute sufferers at Monterey.
1t might be gratefully remembered
and appreciated, Mr.. Hanna says, that
the city of Monterey, of 100000 popu-
lation, does S5 per cent of its foreign
trade with the United States. Nearly
every person in the city has suffered
loss and many of the poorer class
have lost eevrything.
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 3O-Further
reports indicate that other river set
Elements have been swept away.
The town of Cadarrio, situated in
the river bottom, is said to have been
destroyed, and it is feared there has
been heavy loss of life. The fact that
the water mains are broken in Mon
terey has forced the, people to old
polluted wells for drinking water. The
local Y. M. G. A. and the members of
the American colony are aiding in the
work of rescue.
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EPIDEMIC OF TYPHOID.

COBALT, Ont, Aug. 30.-An alarm
ing epidemic of typhoid prevails here
and great anxiety is felt because of
the lack of facilities for fighting the
disease. The only hospital in the
place is overcrowded and three tents
have been erected to care for the
overflow.
The cases in the hospital number
20. The bad water in the district
seems to be largely responsible for
the disease.
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JOYETTE WINS.

MARBLEHEAD, Mass. Aug. 3d.
The Joyette won the first of the Sc
ries of the Greman-American races,
Conderklasse yachts, with the Ellen
second, Wolfe third Marguerite
fourth, Hevella fifth and Zeyun III.
sixth. The Joyette led from the start.
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Noted Woman Empressario Lays
Down the Burden of Many Years

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 3O.-Mad-
anne Inez Fabbri-Muller, famed gen.
Grafton ago as prima donna, died to-
day at the German hospital, following
a paralytic stroke that overcome her
June 25.
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Nine. Fabbri-Mul1er was born in
Vienna, 80 years ago. She was the
first director of the Grand opera
house in this city in the early seven
ties and was the first woman in Amer
lea to bring European grand opera
stars to this country.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-08-31
Killed Man Who
Was Beating Wife
Colorado Ranchman Shoots Father.in.
Law in Defense of Wife
and Children.

WEST CLIFFE, Colo, Aug. 3d.
Walter Lombard, prominent ranch
man living west of here, yesterday
shot and killed his father-in-law, Sam
uel Simerel. Lombard drove to West
Cliffe and gave himself up. He de-
clares the shooting was in defense of
his wife and children, whom Simerel
was beating.
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DROWNED WHILE SWIMMING.

KALISPELL, Aug. 80. = George
SPOTS, aged 1,6 son of Charles Spotts,
was drowned in the Whitefish river
while swimming, north of this city
yesterday afternoon. The body was
recovered late last night.
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Howaiians Ask for Legislation
to Garry on Reclamation Work

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 3O.-Sena-
tors Thomas H. Carter of Montana;
George E. Chamberlain of Oregon; /;
Francis E. Warren of Wyoming, and
Thomas H. Paynter of Kentucky,
members of the commission on irriga-
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the first of October would be re-
spected.
Secretary Nagel also said the sue
cessor to Mr.. McHarg has not been
determined.
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tion, spent most of the day at the
ukon-Pacific exposition, in
the Hawaiian building listening to a
committee of Hawaiians, who asked
for legislation to further reclamation
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BANDIT is CAPTURED.

TABRIZ, Persia, Aug. 30-Rahmin
Khan, a Persian bandit, has been cap
tured by a Russian punitive expedi-
tion.
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AMERICAN SQUADRON SAILED.

PEKIN, Aug. S0.-The American
squadron under the command of Ad-
miral G. B. Harber, has left Ching
Wan Tao for Port Dalny.
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SALOONIST FATALLY STABBED.

DILLON, Aug. 30.-William Kohl,
proprietor of the Centennial saloon,
was probably fatally stabbed early this
morning by Charles Warner, paint
er, during a quarrel in Kohl's saloon.
Warner. it is said, was intoxicated. He
is in iail
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OLDFIELD,S NEW RECORD.

ERIE, Pa, Aug. 3O.-Barney Old
field established new record for a
half mile track by going a mile in
1:12 1-5. thus lowering his record OF
$1:143-5.
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Unior1ishc Tendencies
Radically Different
Because Of Temperament Gompers
Has Doubts of International
Union Being Organized

nARIS, Aug. 90.-The Sixth annual
Trades Union congress opened
today. Among the subjects dis
cussed were the hours of labor, regu-
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Appeal for Aid.

Appeal for Aid.
WASHINGTON, Aug. S0.-Consul
General Hanna, at Monterey, Mexico
on behalf of the officers of the Amer
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MEXICAN HORROR WAS WORSE
THAN WAS FIRST REPORTED
Monterey Death List
Has Been Almost
Doubled
A CALL FOR AID

Dead Number More Than Fourteen
Hundred While Fifteen Thousand
Are Homeless and Starving.-City
Without Water or Light.-TOWn of
CadarriO Reported Destroyed.
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WYOMING WEATHER.

Local showers Tuesday and
Wednesday.
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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-08-10
Genius and Misfortune.

Homer was beggar; Plautus turned
a mill; Terence was slave; BoetiuS
died In jail; Paul Borghese had four
teen trades and yet starved with them
all; Tasso was often in distress for
5 shillings; Bentivoglio was refused
admission into a hospital he himself
had erected; Cervantes died Of hunger,
and Vagelas left his body to the physi-
clans to pay his debts SO far as the
money would go; Sir Walter Raleigh
died on the scaffold; Spenser, the
charming, died in want; the death Of
Collins was through neglect, first caus-
ing mental arrangement. Milton sold
his copy of Paradise Lost" for $75 at
three payments and finished his life In
obscurity; Dryden lived in poverty and
distress; Otway died In the street;
Steele lived life of perfect warfare
with the bailiffs; Goldsmith's Vicar
of Wakefield" was sold for trife to
save him from the grip Of the law;
Savage died in prison at Bristol, where
he was confined for debt of $40;
Butler lived life of penury and died
poor; Chatterton, the child of genius
and misfortune, destroyed himself.
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The Steam Engine.

The Marquis Of Worcester while i'm
prisoned In the Tower Of London in
1855 invented and constructed a per-
feet steam engine and had it publicly
exhibited the same year at Vauxhall
In successful operation. Thirty-four
years later, in 1890, Dennis Papin add
ed the piston to the marquis discovery.
In 1898 Captain Savary devised and
built a steam engine different IN many
details from those made by Worcester
and Papin, and in 1705 Newcomb, Cav
ley and Savary constructed their cele-
brated atmospheric engine, which was
complete in every detail. The above
array of historical facts notwithstand-
ing, James Watt, who was not born
until sixty years after these great men
had given the steam engine to the
world, enjoys the distinction Of being
the veritable inventor, originator and
author Of the most useful contrivance
of the present day. Fulton, who lived
and worked in the early part of the
nineteenth century, is given the credit
of being the man who demonstrated
that steam could be applied to naviga-
tion-this, too, In face Of the well
known historical fact that De Gary
propelled a vessel by steam in the har-
Dor of Barcelona In 1543.-St James
Gazette.
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the oats directly and covered at the
same depth Where there is much clay
in the soil or when the soil is rather
wet at time of sowing the chances are
that much of the clover seed will fan
to come up at all If put in so deep. A
better way is to go over the ground
with q wheelbarrow seeder after the
oats have been disked in and cover the
clover seed with the harrow. Most
drills have a grass seed attachment
which sows the clover broadcast be-
tween the rows of small grain. The
narrowing which follows drilling will
cover the clover seed.
Drilled grain, especially If drilled
north and south, is much better
nurse crop than that sown broadcast.
The sun gets In between the rows to
the little clover plants. and they grow
much more rapidly than they do in
broadcasted grain. Late grain does
not make a satisfactory nurse crop.
1t stools out too much, and the ground
is so dry and hard when it is finally
harvested that the spindling clover
cannot make much of growth before
winter A luxuriant fall growth Is
the best guarantee against winter kill
ing. Early oats or barley make an
ideal nurse crop. They do not stool
out much and are ripe early in July,
thus giving the clover several months
in which to grow before it is stopped
by freezing weather. The first falls
growth should not be cut or pastured
If crop is wanted the following year.
1t is needed to hold the snow to pro
tect the tender roots. In the spring
the clover field should be examined
early to see how it has come through
the winter The stand may need thick
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-08-10

Some small article had been lost-I
forget now what; let US say key-be-
longing to one Of two sisters who were
travelling together. ItAcould nowhere
be found. But one night one Of the
sisters dreamed that she saw the key
in the pocket Of her travelling bag. She
told this dream on waking to the other.
"And have you looked in the pocketY'
the sister asked. mo, have not,
said she, "for the very good reason
that there is no pocket in my travel
ing bag" We'll" said the other,
'there is a pocket In mine. Will just
have look there on the chance" And
there the key was found. The infer
ence is that the dreamer had seen
with the eye of sense, though not with
the eye of observation, the key put
into the pocket Even when the key
was SO found she had no recollection
of seeing 1t placed there, but the brain
had unconsciously recorded the sensa-
ton. In course Of sleep it had STUN
bled on that record, and by good luck
the sleeper on awaking CHANGED to re-
member the mental operation that had
taken place during sleep. 1t is a SIN
gular and almost alarming reflection
that our brains are stored with count
less such records Of which we know
nothing nor ever shall know unless the
association of ideas or some peculiar
mental state brings them to our no
Westminster Gazette.
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One For the Minister.

An old minister in the south side of
Glasgow who was noted for his habit
Of dishing up old sermons again and
again was one day advertised to
preach In a suburban church at the
anniversary service there. An old wo-
man who In days gone by had sat IN
der his ministry, but who had now re-
moved from his Deighborhood, deter
mined to go In and hear him preach
on this particular occasion. After the
close of the service she waited on the
clergyman. who greeted her cordially
and asked what she thought of his dis
course "Eh, man." she replied can
didly, 'it's a lang time sim first
heard We preach that yin, sir, and I've
heard We at it guild wheen O. times
sin syne."
AYE, Janet" said the minister
"How often do ye think we've heard 1t,
na?" 'Oh, ABBOTT a dizzen O. times,
SIR" she replied. "An' div ye mind it
APP said the minister. "Aweel, maybe
mo- 1t a., sir" ''Weel, see I'll need to
preach it to We again, Janet" said the
minister, and Janet felt that she had
been sold for once.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-08-10
Handy With an Ak.

One important feature in connection
with the conducting Of mining opera
tons in Siberia is the aptitude Of the
Russian workman for the ak. Wood is
SO plentiful in the country that min
ing timbers may be figured on at a
low rate The current anecdote that a
Russian workman Will for twenty
kopeck piece lay his left hand, with
fingers spread, on board and with
full strength make an ak cut between
each finger cannot be vouched for, but
1t is certainly true that in pick timber
ing in bad ground, In erecting build
ings, log cabins and all manner Of
wood Joining the equal of the Russian
peasant cannot be found. = London
Globe.
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Culinary courtship.

Janet had nodded the domestic af-
fairs of the family with whom she
lived for so many years that the news
of her intended marriage had much
the effect Of an earthquake. Have
you and David been engaged longr'
ventured the mistress of the house
hold
zone week when next Sabbath
comes" stated Janet briefly.
"And-and had you any thought Of
marrying before thatT" asked her mis-
tress.
"Tfmes / had and times had not"
said the imperturbable Janet, "as any
person will. But month ago when
gave David a wee bit of the cake I'd
been making and be said to me, Janet,
have you the recipe firm In your mind,
lass. so you could make it If Mrs.
Mann's book would be far from your
reachy l knew well the time was draw
ing short.
"And when" said Janet, closing her
eyes at the recollection, Il said to him,
David, lad, the recipe is copied in a
little book OF my own and saw the
CLINT in his eye / reckoned 'twould be
within the month bed ask ma"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-08-10

Hlppo's Mouth an Impressive Sight.
The hippopotamus is sort Of float
ing island which inhabits the African
rivers. To see hippopotamus rise out
of the water and go away is as discon-
certing to the tourist as 1t would be to
see sand bar get out of the Missouri
river and chase a COW. The hippo
life is too short to write his full name
lis a big brother of the pig. He
weighs FIVE tons, and gargoyle is
cute and pretty beside him. He Is fat
and fiabby. covered with reddish
skin adorned with bristles and has a
broad, fat head as wide as dinner
table. The mouth of the hippo is an
other of natures African extrava-
gances. He has mouth enough to do
the eating for a boys boarding school.
His jaws are very flexible, and those
who have gazed into the inner works
Of a hippo when he has opened bis
vast pink lined mouth, studded here
and there with tusks that look like
broken of Grecian columns, have been
impressed with the sight. - Collier's
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sits curious" said theatrical man
ager who had experienced many ups
and downs, "how the stage develops
1eaIousies. / once had show on the
road In which 1t was necessary TO
make use of q horse and a donkey.
We got the animals well trained for
their parts, and on the opening night
they gave a first class performance.
On the following night, however, we
were unable to get the donkey to move
out of the wings Prince, the horse,
went on without any trouble whatever.
but Jack--that was the name OF the
donkey-could neither be coaxed nor
driven out before the footlights. We
finally had to go on with the perform
ance with the donkey left out. After
the show was over we got together
and tried to find out what had been
the matter. Nobody could offer an ex-
PLANTATION until one of the stage hands
happened to pick up program, which
showed that Princes name was print
ed In the same kind of type we used
for Jack. We got a new lot OF pro-
grams the next day with the donkey's
name printed in type which was near
ly twice as big as that which we used
for the horse. After that we never
had the slightest trouble "-Chicago
cordHeraId
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-08-10
Human Henri as . Power Engine.


A great physician once remarked
that, despite its completely, there was
no organ Of the body reader to adapt
itself to circumstances or more capa-
BILE of repaying ordinary care than the
heart This is very true, and an ap-
probation Of that fact should cause us
all the more carefully to follow the
wise mans advice and to keep our
heart with all diligence. When we
have regard to the tremendous work
the heart accomplishes we might well
with Wesley say, Strange that harp
of a thousand strings should keep In
tune so long" Estimated In scientific
fashion, a mans heart in twenty-four
hours performs an amount of work
which If represented by the energy de-
manded for a big lift would raise 100
tons of weight one foot high. Such
calculation can be accurately deter
mined by measuring the force expend-
ed in one beat or cycle of movement
of the heart and multiplying the short
work into that of the day. Thus In no
small degree does the hearts labor
contribute to swell the big total OF the
energy the human engine expends
each day it lives.-New York World.
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FIG. xvII-BUTrERFLY ON BED CLOVER
to the acre will have to be sown- The
seed should be cleaned carefully with
a clover seed grader to remove all
weed seeds If purchased it should be
examined very carefully to see that 1t
contains no weed seeds. If much Of
the seed is. badly shriveled it should be
discarded entirely. This matter OF test
ing the germinative strength of seed
before the regular sowing is made
does not receive the attention which
its Importance demands. 1t needs no
argument to show that it is the part
of prudence to make certain that this
essential factor in the seasons cam
paign is proved to be capable of full
filling its requirement The eye is by
no means an lnfallible judge of grain
offered for seed, and a more searching
inquiry should be made.
Where clover is sown with timothy
about eight pounds of the clover to
four of timothy per acre is the proper
amount In short rotation, however.
1t is better to leave out the timothy
and use ten or twelve pounds of clio
yer. Not all of this seed will grow the
first year. The outer coat Of clover
seed is very hard. and considerable
proportion of it does not soften enough
to sprout the first season. 1t will come
up the next spring and thicken the
stand.
Seeding With Small Grain.
On light soils, especially If the spring
Is dry. the clover may be mixed with
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The Word "Bald."

1t is believed by at least one writer
that 1t is because badness in women
has nearly always been studiously con-
cealed that no gentle way of evading
the blunt word bald" has been evolv-
ed in contrast with the many ways
Of lodging ''fat" "Stout" (which
really means sturdy, 'portly," com
Portable" and "embonpoint" are In
stances of this evasion. But bald
always remains "bald." = Chicago
Npvva
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sat+Ied Great ouestIon.

When Thomas n. Benton was In the
house he was Of the opinion that the
Sd day of March and consequently the
congressional term ended at midnight
of that day instead Of at noon on the
4th, as unbroken usage had fixed it.
So on the last morning he sat with his
hat on, talked loudly, loafed about the
floor and finally refused to vote OF
answer to his name when the roll
was called. at last the speaker, the
Hon. James L. Orr of South Carolina,
picked him up and put an end to these
legislative larks.
mo, sir; no, sir; no. sir!" shouted
the venerable Missourian. II viii not
vote. have no right to vote. This is
no house, and 1 am not a member of
it,
"Then, sir" said Speaker Orr like a
flash, with his sweetest manner, IF
the gentleman is not member Of this
house the sergeant at arms viii please
put him out"
And SO this vast constitutional Ques-
ton settled itself.-Argonart
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She (effusively)-How nice 1t is to
have met you again after all these
years, my dear Captain Burlington
He-Major now. That was ten years
ago, you know. She (still more eff
fusively)-How time fiesl Well, con-
gratulations and goodby. / hope you'll
be general when next we meet
Punch.
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low Bat. Nova Enas.

Strange as the story may appear Of
rats removing hens eggs from the
bottom to the top Of house by one
rat lying on his back and grasping
tightly his ovoid burden with his fore
DAVIS while his comrades drag him
away by the tail, have no reason,
writes a naturalist, to disbelieve 1t. l
have seen two rats accomplish the
feat from stair to stair in a farm
house In Banffshire. the first anxious
rodent pushing the egg up on Its hind
legs and the second assistant lifting
1t up with its fore legs. 1t was the
best athletic feat l ever witnessed,
but it is not out Of the common. The
rat will extract the contents from a
flask Of Florence oil, dipping in his
long tail and repeating the maneuveF
until he has consumed all that can be