The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-05
IN BOHEMIAN.
Work Of the May Term of the District
Court.


Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Bozeman. May 3.-The district court
I'VE on Monday morning for the
May term. on the docket being called
there was found TO be 80 civil cases
and five criminal. The case of the
state VS.. Andrew Levinski, an elk
killing case, was continued for the
term. Edward Birmingham. the man
who stole the things out of the Colder
Rule store and other places during the
last month or two, pleaded guilty and
was sentenced Ia ten years in the PEN
itentiary. This man was committed to
the penitentiary a year ago last Feb
ruary for burglary and only returned
n few months ago from his years
term. The case against Mrs. May Car
rington, the lady who received the
stolen goods from Birmingham, was. on
pleading guilty, sent To the county Jail
for 80 days. The case of the state VS..
william Walker. infringement of the
game laws, was also disposed OF,
Walker pleading guilty and a fine of
500 being imposed. which he paid and
so was turned loose. A number of mo-
tons and demurrers were heard. ar
gued and submitted to the court, who
took them under advisement. Among
other things the court naturalized
Frederick H.. Johnson. a native of Rus
STA. The court then adjourned until
Wednesday. The bench and bar de-
cided that there was not sufficient
business before the court this term to
necessitate the calling of a jury. so it
was dispensed with. The court will In
all probability adjourn for the term
the latter part of h week.
The city council of Bozeman COM
menced a new years business on Mon
day evening and the new members of
-. III. NhD
old council convened IL adj
journed sine die, n then
the new members took their
seats and the council of city fathers
reorganized for the next IL months.
The new council was then addressed
by Mayor Bogert, who made numerous
recommendations and
Among the recommendations was N
for the merchandising of Main street.
or some other permanent method OF
doing away with the mud holes so
often apparent there. He also advo-
Gated the plating of the cemetery and
recommended the revision, compilation
and printing of the city ordinances.
Bids were received on this proposition
once last winter, but owing to some
misunderstanding the undertaking fell
through. The condition of the water
works, the mayor said. was as IL had
been for some time past and very lit
tie could be done until the company
had been heard from. Various repairs
were suggested for the city hall, some
r%epaintlng of fire apparatus and the
suggestions as to an ordinance with
reference to some very apparent nui-
sances now in existence. The mayor
also stated the city hall bonds. some
81. 200. had not yet been so;d on ac-
count of the fact that the city was
anxious to dispose of these bonds at
the same time as IL did the water
works bonds. The address ended with
for the various offices as
follows: City clerk and attorney,
ID. Pease; chief of police. w. L.
a new appointee, in place of
Chief Mackenzie; Waterman No. l, j.
Robinson: Waterman No. 2, Il. Sipes:
of city HAN. Charles Rowden;
of city dump. p. Burtch;
officer. T.. M. Gardner: library
trustees. lanes Forrestell and DR.. +.
NJ. Higgins; librarian. Miss Belle Girls
chief of fire department. w. G..
Alexander: engineer, Emil ketterer.
The reports of the several officials of
the city. and also of the committees.
were then read. The treasurer's re-
port showed hat the city had in its
the sum of s4.97S.5S on May ..
1888. Chief of Police Mackenzie re-
All arrests from May IL, 1897,
to May l, 1898. and the sum OF 81. 30
collected by him in fines. Eleven of
these arrests We're turned Over to the
The report of the library COM
was To the effect that but two
volumes had been lost or destroyed
the year. and that they a been
paid for; that there were 221 new cards
during the year, n hat $4,000
volumes had been oaned The amount
spent i'm books the past year was
s601. 81. and the total expenditure for
the year for the library amounted to
$s41. 80. leaving a balance In its favor
amounting to s597.45. Committees
We're appointed. both standing and
special. and the report of the health
officer read, showing that only "a peo-
pie had died i'm the city during the
or the low rate OF 81 per 1.000. !
the population of Bozeman
to be 1900. The health officer went
into details and the report was one
that would be of interest to any one
i'm the city. or W state.
The funeral OF the late United States
marshal. I. J. Lynde, took place Tues
day afternoon from the home of w.
w. Livingston on Black street. The
funeral was largely attended by the
friends and relatives of the de-