The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-19
STATE NEWS.

sized tornado Thursday which toyet
with the roof of the Story elevator ant
demolished a building on Main street
Colonel w. F. Sanders received ;
letter Saturday from the widow of tn,
late Justice Field, thanking him ant
the bar of Montana for the tribute t.
her husband.
Collector Of Internal Revenue Web
ster reports that the collections for THU
district, Montana, Utah and Idaho, fol
the period from July /, 1898, to Apri
80. 1899, were $3.50, 64S.6 81.
Governor Smith has received assur
ances from the government that the
bodies Of Montana soldiers who fell il
the Philippines will be returned tc
their friends in this country.
Thomas G. Bach having resigned as a
member of the board of trustees of the
Montana State Historical society. Gov.
ernor Smith has appointed Major Mar
tin Maginnis to succeed him.
Fire at Kalispell Thursday destroyed
the Mailing and Brewing company +
malt house and partly demolished thei,
brewery. The damage amounted to
about S., 200, nearly covered by insur.
ance.
The state baseball league opened the
season Sunday at Helena with a game
between the club of the capital city and
the Butte tossers. The game resulted
in a victory for the former by a score of
Is to s.
The Washington Post interviews
Senator Mantle as saying that the sill
YER republicans will never again fuse
with the democrats and predicts that
no other party will ally itself with tho
democracy again.
Bounty claims to the amount of
$9.354 were filed against the state last
month. The total amount of the
claims received by the secretary Of state
exceeded the total for April, 1889, by
$3,216. About %one-fourth of the claims
came from Custer county.
Fred Whiteside has begun a suit at
Kalispell against the Helena Indepen.
dent for $50, 900 for alleged defamation
of character. for publishing matter
about him during the senatorial cam.
paign in Helena. His attorneys are 7.
j. Walsh and Emmett Callahan.
State Treasurer Collins has received
5 2 1898. SO from the government, repre-
senting the amount that was due the
state for the expense of assembling and
maintaining the national guard last
year until the First Montana regiment
OF volunteers was mustered into service
of the United States.
J. A. Murphy has been selected by
the capitol building commission as su-
perintendent of construction. The new
appointment was a temporary one as
the board did not care to make it per-
manent until all the members were
present, but there is no reason to be-
lieve it will not be made permanent at
the first regular meeting.
Lewistown voted a few days ago on
town incorporation and the election
in favor of SO doing by a ma
jority of % in a total of about 200
There was a strong opposition
to the incorporation and but little work
was done in favor of it, the result being
due to the casting OF a large silent vote.
The incorporation is as the "town of
Bids for a site for the proposed pub
lie building in Butte were received at
treasury department in Washington
until Monday afternoon. These bids.
hOxuovor will not no oronod thouo h,t
Butte by a commission appointed by
The secretary of the treasury in about
ZEN days. 1t is probable the commits
sion will be selected from officials Of
The supervising architects offices.
P. J. Coy, who has been employed
II the Montana Central shops at $40
Der month, has fallen heir to a large
'state in Kentucky, said to be worth
sbout 81, 900, 900, says the Great Falls
Since the news has become
Mr.. Coy d%eclinses to talk about
t, but friends to whom he spoke Of his
,ood fortune and who saw letters con-
it, confirm the news, and Mr..
Coy will leave in a short time for Ken
lucky.
The articles of incorporation of the
Montana Water, Electric Power and
company. incorporated under
he laws of the state of Missouri, have
'een filed with the secretary of state.
lncorporators are Paul A. Fusz, M.
and G. Jagels. The company
capitalized for $500, 900 and proposes
o acquire and develop water power,
perate mines. carry on a general COM
business in the state, presuma-
ly in Granite county.
The mines of Bear Gulch have re-
umed on the understanding that Park
ounty will guarantee the workmen
I'LL protection and will protect the
roperty of the company. Most of the
who jumped the ground of the
'ear Gulch Mining company have left