The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-20
IN BILLINGS.


Wool Sales Condemned Murderer shows
No Emotion.
Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Billings, July 17.-The wool buyers re-
turned from Big Timber this morning,
having purchased there more than 200 coo
pounds of wool. j. f. Morse. buyer for
Harding e Caverly of Boston, is a new
buyer who has arrived, and he secured
some choice clips. The sales since the last
report are as follows:
viii Barclay, 10000 pounds of Wyoming
wool at Is cents, to Dewey, Gould & Co.
John Cooley, 1900 pounds at Is cents to
j. G.. Fraser.
Mr. Newton, 2S 900 pounds of wyoming
wool at 1ia cents, to Harding & Caverly.
l. D. O'Donne.l. 1900 pounds at 16 cents,
to Harding & Caverly.
Ed Jennizen, 1900 pounds at II cents,
private sale. to Nichols, Dupee & co.
Ed Kennedy, $4,000 pounds at IS cents, to
j. G. Fraser
w. c. Jennizen, $1,000 pounds at 17la
cents private sale, to Nichols, Dupee &
Co.
John Wilson, $4,000 pounds at ia cents,
private sale, to Nichols, Dupee & Co.
James B. Elliot $4,000 pounds at 175s
cents and $4,000 pounds at 1874 cents, the
two clips being equally divided between
Nichols. Dupee & Co. and ]. Koshand 4
Co.
Brooks, the condemned negro murder
er, received the news this morning of ,he
denial by the supreme court of the mo-
ton of his counsel, c. l.. Harris, for a
new trial. He took the news coolly and
showed no emotion. The district court
does not convene again until October and
it is unlikely that special term will be
called to re-sentence Brooks, so that his
execution will probably not come off until
November or December After his con-
viction for the murder of his wife he
was sentenced to be hanged on March II,
the judge evidently having failed to con-
sui the church calendar.
County Attorney Johnston will vigor-
ously oppose the confirmation by the par
doning board of the pardon granted by
the governor to convict Kelly. who was
sent up from Billings for holding up the
proprietor of the Exchange saloon. He
wrote a letter to the board which caused
the members to postpone action on the
pardon until next Thursday, and he has
had a transcript of the testimony taken
at the trial to be prepared for the use of
the board. He has received a commune
cation from Conley & McTague, the prison
contractors in which they state at some
length their entire faith in the innocence
of Kelly, and that they will do all in their
power to see that he is liberated by the
pardoning board. The sole ground for
disturbing the judgment of the court ap-
pears to be that Tracy, a convict under a
20-year sentence in the Oregon state pris-
on, has made a confession that he, and
not Kelly. committed the crime. AS Ira
cy does not run much risk in making the
confession the county attorney does not
intend to let it aid in the escape of man
whom he is convinced was properly con-
victed.
The county assessor has completed foot
ing up the figures in the assessment book
of Yellowstone county and finds an in
crease in the valuation of 1927, 1888. The
value of all personal property is si,Sll 065 !;
of all real property, $l970,952: of all prop
erty, SO, 7S2,017. The value of the railroad
assessment, which will be added by the
state board OF equalization, which last
year was 500 900, will bring the total up to
81, 800 900.
The valuation is made up of the follow
ing items:
Acreage 1925, 10D .....,, ............. $S4S, 116
Improvements on same ..,........... 175,oJS
City and town lots Observation-Disclosures. 40,l35
improvements on leased lands.....,s AZ, $50
Solvent credits ......... .............. &c, l61
Money on hand ........................ q, 339
Bank stock .......... ................. liz, 1852
Jewelry, etc ........................... 6,027
Household goods, etc.........,........ $500
Musical Instruments ................. L, $40
Libraries etc......... ............... 622O
Merchandise ....... z......... ........ 229. 800
Fixtures of stores. etc............... %, $40
Farming utensils NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. S,S45
Machinery ....... .....,. ............ 90, s52
Wagons. etc............ ................ 81 800
Thoroughbred horses (43). 4.025
Range horses (5,33D ............ 5S.64l
Common horses Q,S03) ....... ,........ 90, 566
Beef cattle (32D...... ..,.............. 1.l40
Yparlinpr cattle II 0l0N 4, $50