Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-10

The news In BRIEF
Billings: A train load of 500 horses
which Powell brothers We're bringing from
North Yakima to South Omaha were UNI
loaded at the Northern Pacific stockyards
here Tuesday night to water and feed.
1t is said they had no water since leaving
Spokane, 80 hours previously. They were
at once fed hay and water was run into
the troughs. Soon after feeding and
drinking the horses began to go into
spasms and many of them died.
Helena: The articles Of Incorporation
of the Carbon Milling company were filed
with the secretary of state yesterday.
AS it's name indicates, the is
formed for the purpose of carrying on a
milling business. The scene of operations
is to be Joliet, Carbon county. The in
corporators are B. e. Vail and w. A. Tai
madge, Red Lodge; Sam Young, Joliet,
and John Mccullough, Gebo. The capital
is 5000.
Iron Mountain: James Hansen, who
has been living here for a number of
| years and was called DIRTY jim" COM
mitted suicide yesterday by taking lauda-
mum. He was living in a cabin on the
outskirts of the city and would, whenever
it was possible, work on the section. He
was found by a friend of his who had
called for him to do some work. Where
he got the poison no one knows, and why
he should have taken his own life remains
a mystery.
Missoula: A shooting scrape took place
here last evening about Z o'clock between
two Germans named Charles GOertZ and
Louis Purggerts. The two men are work
ing in the Garden City brewery n have
not been friends for some time. They
have been using some hard works toward
each other for the last three days. This
evening they met at the home of Goertz,
| who lives on the Rattlesnake. and after
a few words Purggerts pulled out a re-
volver and shot at Goertz, the ball graz
ing the right cheek, leaving a deep, mark.
Purggerts left the house thinking that he
had killed his man and ran toward the
Missoula river. The officers We're notified
and are leaving nc nook or corner open
for his escape. Purggerts was a member
of Troop L during the Spanish-American
! war and has just returned from Denver. j..
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Libby: A report was brought to Libby
that there was a case of smallpox at
j Troy, which is IS miles west of here on
the line of the Great Northern, and there
was quite a little excitement over it. DR..
w. NJ. Howsley, who has recently located
here, promptly took the matter up, and
at once wired the board of county COM
missioners at Kalispell of the report, and
the board wired back authorizing him to
go to Troy and investigate the matter at
the expense of the county. After making
a thorough examination of the town, the
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ton for the rumor, and that there was
not a sick person in the place.
Livingston: Montana's Methodist min
listers captured the town yesterday on the
second day of the state conference. Bishop
Isaac Joyce rrive from Helena Tuesday
night and the conference proper opened
at 9 o'clock. the bishop presiding at sac
ramental services during the election Of
officers, which followed the love feast.
For conference secretary Rev. G.. d. King
of Belgrade was elected, and Rev. J. A.
Smith of Philipsburg and Rev. l.. IT.
Mickle of this city We're elected as assist
ants. Rev. ]. j. McAllister was chosen
treasurer, with Rev. r.. Fl. Smith Of
Sheridan and Rev. f. Smith of Lima as
assistants. For statistical secretary, Rev.
John Hosking of Butte was elected, and
Rev. j. r. M. Stephens of Butte and Rev,
H. A.. James of Miles City were elected
to assist in the preparation of statistics
for the conference report, which will be
issued in book form. The other usual
committees We're elected and appointed,
! and Rev. w. T. Euster was selected as a
press committee of one to see that the
newspapers received reliable data of the
conference proceedings. Following the
election Of officers and the appointment
! of committees the regular business of the
conference was taken up and the charac-
ters Of the presiding elders passed and
| theif reports read. giving exceedingly in
| teresting reports for the year just passed,