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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-11

cared for until they can be placed in
some family home and legally adopted.
The antecedent history of the child and
its family are preserved as a secret in
the archives Of the society. and the
child and the adopting parents are thus
not subject to visits and matchmaking
from worthless or dissipated father or
mother.
Since the beginning of the work in
this state 1876 children have been res.
cued by the society, and all but six
have been placed in christian homes
and legally adopted. some of them l,y
wealthy parents. During her visit here
Miss Dowden secured five children and
has applications for children to adopt
The average expense per child is about
$S7, and as the average period for
which child is cared for by the SO.
ciety and the parties adopting it is
fourteen years, the annual expense is
fraction over So. The expense per an
mum of maintaining child at the state
Orphans home at Twin Bridges is
$203, SO that the state is immensely the
gamer by the operations Of this society,
and the benefits to the child are i'm
measureably greater.
But it is not alone the homeless child
that is benefited, as the childless homes
that have been frightened and bettered
by the presence of a child to be loved
and cared for, and the prattle of baby
voices, amply testify.
An advisory board was established at
Billings last year and meeting was
held Monday night to reorganize it.
The board as reorganized is composed
Of the following: j. D. Matheson,
president; Mrs. Lucy Railsback, vice
president; Miss Jane Pitcher, secre.
tary; Mrs. g. Fl. Barstow. treasurer
Rev. W. D. Clark. Rev. a. Carswell,
Rev. George 9. Stull. Judge j. R.
Goss, DIR. H. Chapple. Mrs. H. NJ.
Allen, Mrs. O. F. Goddard and Miss
Panton.
The board will meet at the parlors
of the Congregational church on the
second Monday of each month. The
members Of it will be pleased to attend
to any cases Of destitute children Of
which they may be advised, or to take
the applications of those wishing to
adopt child. Subscriptions may be
paid at any time to Miss Pitcher, who
is authorized to receipt for the same.
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! TWO TEACHERS ELECTED.
The school Board Completes Its Corps OF
Teachers for Next Year.

The School Board Completes Its Corps OF
Teachers for Next Year.
After two adjournments, the Bill.
ings school board met in regular session
in the Office of l. d. O'Donnell on
Saturday evening with all members
present except Trustee Ross.
But one bill was allowed, it being
that of janitors salary for caring for
trees on school grounds.
The committee on teachers made it's
report, with the result that two teach.
ers to complete the corps for next year
were elected. The board elected as as.
sistant principal and high school teach.
er, Richard Howard Daniels, who
lately graduated from Ann Arbor,
Mich. Miss Josephine W. Holt of Dill.
Ion was elected as teacher of the eighth
and ninth grades. There We're quite a
number of applicants for each position
and the board has made what it thinks
the Wisest and best selection, and we
trust such may prove the case. The
persons elected have been notified and
the board awaits their acceptance.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-11
A SPECIAL ELECTION
The County Free High School
Proposition Carried by a
Large Majority.
BIG VOTE IN BILLINGS
In Which the Women Took a Hand.
Outside Precincts We're Against
1t Almost SOlidly.

Billings is to have County Free
High School, this county being the first
to vote favorably on the measure. The
special election held Saturday for that
purpose was marked with considerable
activity in Billings, and in several of
the outside precincts as well. Judging
by the vote cast. III Billings it was
all one.sided, being in favor of the
proposition, while the outside precincts
were just the opposite. being solidly
"ferninst" it. A big vote was polled
in Billings. being accounted for by
reason Of the woman vote, over two
hundred of the female sex availing
themselves of the opportunity to cast
ballot for higher education. More in.
terest seemed to be shown by the
women than by the men.
So far but six out of the twelve pre-.
cincts have reported, the remaining
ones being tn ose in the northern coun.
try and junction, where small vote
was probably cast, which will not
make any material change in that
recorded below:
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-11
MAY MEAN ANOTHER CHANGE.
Northern Pacific Doespasxike the Great
Norths p'S Treatment.

A>o'NhDs ATehtneut.
There is well.defined rumor to the
effect that there will be still another
new time card on the Northern Pacific
before long, and that this new card will
restore the double service which was
discontinued last month. Inquiry at
the local Office elicited the information
that there is nothing official known re-
garding the change, which is reported
to take place next Sunday, July l6.
The rumor is persistent and it is said
that the change will be made necessary
by the increase in the passenger bust
ness, which is altogether too much for
a single train a day, it being necessary
to run the present trains in two or
three sections as many times week.
The following may also account for
the contemplated change:
The Northern Pacific is reported to be
considering dignified measures for
evening up with the Great Northern.
says the Minneapolis Times. The
latter is said to have outwitted it's
sturdy coast rival, not by fair means,
but by the adoption of methods which
do not commend themselves to North.
ern Pacific officials. When the North
ern Pacific withdrew one of its two
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-11
CHILDREN's HOME SOCIETY.

A Noble Charity, y'~cS l" Doing Excel.
lent Work In Montana.
Last Sunday morning Miss Isadora
4. S. Dowden addressed the congrega.
tion of st. Luke's church on the subject
of the Childlen's Home society, of
which she is state superintendent. In
the evening she again spoke at the Con-
gregational church and q liberal sam
was subscribed OH behalf of the noble
charity which Miss Dowden so efficient.
ly represents. The object Of the society
Is thus stated in Its literature:
"A benevolent. non .seetarian, non-
partisan humane society, receives home.
less and orphan children; cleanses,
clothes. provides for and places in we'll
selected homes, supervises and looks
after their welfare until maturity. A
work of charity and humanity, sup.
ported wholly by voluntary oontribu-
tions, finding the homeless child and
the ehildless home and bringing the
two together"
1t Is an auxiliary to the National
Children's Home society, the national
headquarters being in Chicago, The
Montana branch was organized In 1895
and incorporated January 10, 1897,
Governor Robert b, Smith Ia president
aud the board Of directors Ia composed
OF some Of tho leading citizens OF the
state, A receiving home has baen o..
tablished at Helena, the headquarters
Of the state auxiliary, where the home
less children are kept and tsnderly
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4 SUDDEN DEATH,

Father 0f ThOs. l., Halbert Of Halbert
Passes Away in Billings,
Tohs. l., Halbert, ST., father OF Thos.
L, Halbert of Halbert, Mont. died at
st, Vinoent's hospital Saturday morn.
Ing The old gentleman was taken
sick some time ago at his SON q home
with measles, He recovered in appar.
emily good health, hut last week suf-
fered a relapse and was brought to
Billings Thursday for treatment He
was In q critical condition when he ar,
rived here and on Saturday death came
to his relief, The funeral services
were held In tho Congregational church
sunday morning at II o'clock, conduct,
cd by Rev, W, d, CLARK,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-11
MARKET STILL ACTIVE
Buyers Have Gotten Together"
and Are Trying to Bear
Down Prices.
100000 POUNDS SOLD
Since Yesterday at Prices Ranging Up
to Eighteen and Ome-FOurth
Ccnts-Wyoming Clips.

After u couple of days of quietudt
the Billings wool market opened yes
terday morning with renewed activity
on the part Of the buyers. 1t is ev,
dent that there is a bearing down o.
the market by the buyers. who have
to all intents and purposes, "gotter
together. But it will not last very
long, as they will be compelled 10 pay
the best prices III order to get the bes>
wool. Growers are "onto' the mar
ket, we'll knowing what the demand is
and they have every right to expect
good prices.
Yesterday and today witnessed the
sale of something like 500, 900 pounds,
mostly in small clips, there being nc
clips larger than $4,000 pounds. A
number Of Wyoming growers were on
the market and received very good
prices with one or two exceptions.
The clip Of O. Erickson, $4,000
pounds, was sold last week to Nichols,
Dupee & Co.. at IAN cents.
The sales yesterday were:
M. +. Trask, $1,000 pounds, at 1874
cents, to jeremiah Williams & Go.
Witt & Cox. $4,000 pounds, at l7aa
cents. to Nichols. Dupee & Co.
G. McCleary, 10000 pounds, at 1534
cents, to Silberman Bros
D. F. Slayton, $4,000 pounds at ~
cents, to Nichols, Dupee & Go.
l.. p. Southworth, $4,000 pounds, at
l7M cents. There were two tie bids
and the clip was divided between
Hecht, Liebman & Co. and Nichols,
Dupee & Go.
-. Blackburn, 10000 pounds, at
1873 cents, to Hallowell. Donald & Co.
A. Grossen, 10000 pounds, at l6A
cents, to the same firm.
This mornings sales were quite
numerous, the buyers being kept busy
until 10 80.
Mr.. Wincupp, 5000 pounds, at ia
cents, to Jeremiah Williams & Go.
John Schroeder. $4,000 pounds, at
lSA cents, to Nichols. Dupee & Go.
r. G. Milne, 5000 pounds, at Az
cents, to Dewey, Gould u Go.
r. 7. Lyon, $4,000 pounds, at 171s
cents, to the same firm.
T. A. Renner, $1,000 pounds, at
l41s cents. to Heoht, Liebman & Go.
This was Wyoming clip.
Pierce & Beattie, 5000 pounds, at
1873 cents, to Dewey, Gould & Go.
VIM. Carmichael. 10000 pounds, at
l4A cents, to j. Koshland & Go.
This is another Wyoming clip.
G. I. Parks, 10000 pounds. to Jere-
m1ah Williams & Co.. at a price not
quite as good as Is cents. Mr.. Parks
clip was from Wyoming.
Holmes Bros. 0,000 pounds, at 1917
cents. to Nichols, Dupee & 90.
-. Pagel, 5000 pounds, at 1873
cents. to Dewey, Gould q Go.
A. G. Dent, 13, 900 pounds of Wyom
ing wool, at IA cents, to Dewey, Gould
y Go.
J. r. Williams, 5000 pounds,
Wyoming wool. at liz cents, to the
'ame firm.
j. B. Elliott, So, s,OOO.pounds. at TIA
,ents, to Dewey, Gould u Co.
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MRS. KENNEDY ENTEKTAINS.

In Honor of Miss Maud Whaley's Birth
day Anniversary.
l--Mrs. H. N. Kennedy entertained in
delightful manner Saturday evening
in honor Of the birthday anniversary of
Miss Maud Whaley. The house was
prettily decorated with cut roses and
flowers. The evening hours were spent
at cards and an elegant repast was
served at seasonable time. Those
present were: Mr.. and Mrs. r. j.
Bouton. Misses Edith Colvin and
Mand Whaley, Messrs Hugh Babcock.
j. G. Maring. W. l.. p. McCaw and
Mr.. Howard Of Madison, Wis.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-11
CRAZY WOMAN AT LARGE.
Mrs. Geo. Treischman Jumps from
Train and Escapes Capture.

Mrs. Geo. Treischman Jumps from u
Train and Escapes Capture.
Saturday night at about o'clock
Mrs. George Treischman. who was be-
ing taken to the United States hospital
for the insane at Washington, D. c.,
jumped from the National park train
when it was nearing Livingston, and
at last accounts was still at large. She
was in charge Of her husband and
Deputy United States Marshal James
Morrison Of Wyoming. She left her
seat Oh some pretext and sprang from
the moving train before her attendants
could prevent her escape.
Since numbering her little boy
month ago she has been confined in the
guard house at Fort Yellowstone and
was being taken to the asylum as one
hopelessly insane. A search has been
made for her, but no trace has $50 far
been found. Tt is thought that she
has committed suicide in the Yellow
stone river.
Mrs. G. M. Child, who visited the
National park last week, returning
home yesterday. was passenger on the
same train with Mrs. Treisohman.
After it was discovered that Mrs.
Treischman had jumped from the cars.
the train was run back for about ten
miles, but no trace Of the insane
woman was found. A search was
made Sunday, but without success and
it is generally thought that she COM
mitted suicide in the Yellowstone near
where she left the cars.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-11

The county commissioners will meet
Oh Saturday to canvass the vote and
probably take further action pertaining
to carrying out the provisions of the
law.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-02
liceman in answer to his queries, thas
he had no home and wasn't going any
where in particular.

liceman in answer to his queries, that
he had no home and wasn't going any
where in particular.
When searched at the police-station
a large amount of money Was found
in his pockets. Notwithstanding, he
was sent to the w%orkhouse, from
which place he was released through
the efforts of Mr.. Git. Still Rogers
never returned to the police depart
ment to ask for his money, and it re-
mains in the hands of the authorities.
Rogers has now made up his mind
to return to Buffalo and secure pos
session of the money and estate which
mas long been held for him by his sis
ters. The interest upon the several
thousand dollars which he had in the
Erie County savings bank has caused
the amount to his credit in that inst;-
tuition to double during his absence.
His mortgages have been renewed by
his sisters and his property held in
tact, so that he will have a comforta-
BILE fortune, the income of which would
support him in luxury for the remain
der of his years. He expresses his
desire, however, when all of his
financial matters have been settled
mp, to come back to Washington and
take up his residence in this city
Washington Post.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-02
A Fowl That Won a Battle.

A singular story is told of a gallant
Geek whose moral influence at a
critical moment during the battle of
st. Vincent helped to save a British
man-of-war from the hands of the
enemy. The fowl in question formed
part of the live Stock of the Marl-
borough-a vessel which had suffered
so severely that her captain was con-
sidering the advisability of striking
his flag. The ship was entirely dis
masted, while the chief officers had
been carried below severely wounded,
and the crew, without anybody to
cheer them up, were beginning to
grow sullen under the heavy fire of
the enemy, to which they were hardly
able to respond.
At this emergency a shot struck
the coop in which the fowls were con-
fined. The only surviving occupant,
a cock, finding himself at liberty,
futtered up aud perched himself on
the stump of the mainmast and sur
veyed the scene of carnage around
him. Then, tapping his wings in
defiance, he began to crow
vociferously. He was answered, by
three'hearty and celebrating ch,,ers
from the crew, who all had a go,d
laugh, and with spirits thus re-
newed continued the action with a
vigor that lasted until a turn in the
battle rescued them from their tight
nosition- -Tondon Mail.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-02
HEROES OF THE FIRE FORCE.

As Brave Deeds Done by Them as by Any
Soldier in Battle.
On no field of battle was there ever
displayed a heroism more genuine
than that exhibited by the members
of the fire department i'll rescuing
their comrades who we're stricken
down by the falling roof of the Grand
Central market during the fire re-
Gently. Had such fidelity of COM
radeship and such readiness to venture
life for the purpose Of saving that OF
another been shown in a struggle of
armies and amid the pomp and cir
cumstance of glorious war, the deed
would be renowned throughout the
land.
Every incident Of the occurrence at
tests the sterling manhood Of the
heroes who were involved in the cat
astrophe. Those who were crushed
and manned were not less heroic than
those who risked death to ave them.
James McGivins, one of the first to
be rescued, was dragged from under a
pile of burning timbers with his hip
broken and his face streaming with
blood from a scalp wound, but even
in that suffering condition he did not
forget his fellow sufferers, and while
his rescuers were attending him he
waved them off and urged them to.
waste no time in ministering to him,
but to save his comrades.
Eugene Grove, while working in
the burning building for the rescue,
was himself struck or the head by q
piece of falling timber and badly hurt.
Yet he did not falter in his heroic
task. To the mon who begged him to
retire and seek medical assistance for
his hurt, he replied: Il am all right
boys, and I do not intend to leave
here until I am satisfied there is no
one else in the ruins"
Deeds like these ennoble humanity.
They attest that the quality Of hero.
ism does not need the stimulua Of
martial music, the excitement of bat
tie, to rouse j. at the call of duty.
Ifthe full story of American life
could be written it would disclose as
many brave, self-sacriicing deede done
in fighting tireras have been dtne in
any other department Of Abericap
endeavor. Neither the adve' turous
pioneers who in the early dasct drove
out the savages and subs~~o~,sne will
derness, nor the soldiers who in war
have won the victories of the repub-
lie, nor the seamen who have carried
our ships over every stormy sea have
be il more valiant or more faithful
than the men who form the fire service
of our cities and protect is from dap-
gers which the in6ammable condition
of many of our buildings renders con-
tinually menacing.- San Francisco
Call.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-02
HYSTERlA
oct CoAhnea to Man, but FOND III
Animals Also.

That animals are subject to attacks
Of hysseria Is a discovery made by
physicians. Yet the two cases recorded
In the Neurologisches Centralblatt by
DR.. II. Higher seem to leave no doubt
about the matter. The animals thai
were affected were a cat and q canary
respectively. The cat, which was nine
months old, healthy and active, was
one day deeply bitten In the back by a
dog, and Immediately fell down paral-
yzed. When DR.. Higher first saw 1t,
five or six weeks after the injury, 1t
walked only with Its fore paws. drag
ging its body and hind limbs. There
was a complete loss of sensation n the
hind paws and in the hinder third Of
the body, both sides of the abdomen
and back Of the animal being indifer-
ent to deep punctures with a needle
and to bot applications, but 1t always
responded to gentle touching In the
front half Of the body. The tail was
payalyzed, but none OF tbs limbs
atrophied, as Is usual in such cases.
DR.. Higher considered that the cat was
suffering from an Inflammation Of the
spinal cord, but what occasioned him
surprise was the fact that the animal
gave no positive signs other than the
paralysis. One day the servant girl,
being curious to see whether the cat
would fall on all tours, as cats usually
do, threw 1t from the first floor Of the
house on to the pavement. AS a mat
ter Of fact 1t alighted or all tours, I'm
mediately ran away, and was, contrary
to expectation, completely cured Of its
sensory and motor paralysis, which
had lasted for more than two months.
The cat, therefore, really had no lesion
Of the spinal cord at all, and all Its
symptoms were due to the fright ex-
perienced by the bite Of the dog. In
other words, the cat was manifestly
suffering from an attack OF hysteria.
DR.. Higier's second case showed itself
In a canary whose cage, with the bird
In it. was pulled down from the wall
by a cat, but DR.. Higher i~nterposed be-
fore the cat seized 1t. The bird lay on
the bottom OF the cage, stiff as II dead,
but was revived by sprinkling with
cold water, after which it was lively,
took its food we'll, and showed no alb
normality except that from having
been a fine singer 1t became silent. For
six weeks the bird never uttered a
note, then this condition passed of
quite Unexpectedly, and the canary
once more sang very we'll. Dr.. Higher
also refers to three cases mentioned by
DR.. Tourette in which dogs showed
historical symptoms.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-02
Hindoo Women as Servants.

According to the custom of Hindoo
households, where the women SER
wants call their master and mistress
Gather and MOTHER and the daugh-
tiers '.jewe j ters,' nothing is COM
moner than f. old attendants to at
tach themselves to a family as grand
mother, claiming the privilege Of
scolding their employers and spelling
those employers children to the end
of their days. In such cases the So
cial inferiority Of this member of the
family group would not be easily per-
ceived by a stranger. The mistress
prepares her servants food and gives
it to her with her own hands Ia curious
inversion of our notions), and when
the latter dies, in the fulness of time,
she is mourned by these kindred of
her adoption as one of their own
blood.-Church Gazette.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-02
Want your moustache or beard . beautiful
brown or rich black? Then use
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE fWSbf,tskkssrs
90 srs. o. p.yes.srs, o. 8. ?: n.ss. 4 Co.. N.ssg.. =: I;
He Lost His Job.

"Funny, wasn't I'll" said the young
man with the hard-up look. II had a
dead-sure thing on a $4,000 clerkship
in washington last winter, but just be-
fore I got my paws omit a man ahead
o, men on the street struck an icy
spot and went down. I laughed. Of
course. Yes, I leaned up against a
lamp post and roared. The man got
up. took a long look at me and limped
of. Next day l called on the chief
clerk who had my little affair on hand
and az we met he pointed to tbs door.
I went out. It was no use to linger.
kL4 .zas tLa ahan I had lau1had at"
The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-02
AND JETSAM,

A lady at Green Haven. N. Y, Sc
cured a separation from her husband
en- the ground Of extreme cruelty,
Among other brutal acts he was in the
habit OF sleeping with a hammer under
his pillow, and with this he frequently
threatened, during the night, to pound
her into insensibillty.
A Mauser rite captured at San Juan
hi. by Captain A. NJ. Wilson OF the
Twenty-third Kansas regiment waa
tested at Fort Scott. A ball shot from
it against the fat side CT an ordinary
fatiron passed through the iron, max
ing a smooth hole, and sealing the
iron on the opposite side. as if the bull
let had punct!red a pine board.
An eel was used to clean a two-inch
water pipe in Cincinnati. The pipe had
become clogged with mud, and a string
was attached to the tail of the eel,
which was then placed in the pipe. A
Jerk on the string now and then excited
the eel to activity, and it was thus in
duced to crawl onward, dragging after
p and French In santo Domingo,
IN 1898 the British invaded the island
of. santo Domingo. They abandoned it
In 1893, after spending in the invasion
500. GOO, 0CG and $4,000 lives. In Feb
ruary, 1902, $4,000 French veteran
troops. sent by Napoleon, landed there.
They met with feeble resistance, and
we're soon in control of nearly the
whole island. In the autumn Of 1902
Napoleon sent 10, 900 more troops, maxi
ing $4,000 in all. Three-quarters OF the
French army persisted, and the rem
nent abandoned the island in 1903.
Deadly ,nenies.
Fancy two plants being so unfriend1.
that the mere neighborhood Of one Is
death to the other! Yet this is tbs
case with two ~well-known British
plants. These are the thistle and the
rape If a field Is infested with this
ties, which come Up year after yea
and ruin the crops. al you have to dc
is SOW 1t with rape. The thistle vii
ha absolutely annihilated-
The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-02
Had to Live on Cod Liver Oil.

One English governess seems to
have had q hard time in earning a liv-
ing in these competitive times. In
telling to a London paper the story of
her hardships she says: II speak
from experience, having. kept myself
virtually alive on cod liver oil, of
which l could only afford the cheapest
sort, though even then ] was reduced
to the delirium Of starvation"