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

DIR. A. E. Kroner, dentist, Bel
KNAPP block. 56.tf
Election returns will be bulletined
tonight at the Billings club and Grand
hotel.
Fine New York apples. $5.2 20 per
barrel, at the cash store-Donovan &
Spears.
Peters, the tailor, is still leading.
See his suits to measure at $l5, pants
at IS, and up. \
STEADY boy wanted at Steam Dye
Works, next to court house. $15 per
month and board.
Creamery butter, % cents per
pound, at the cash store-Donovan u
Spears. n
The school marms of Yellowstone
county will grace Billings with their
presence next week at the annual insti-
tute.
Miss Fem of Helena, a sister Of
Mrs. A. G. Redding of this city, has ao.
cepted a position as saleslady with the
Billings Mercantile company.
MIuC IIO6U IoO. b0UulkuUH Ol inc
Grand hotel has2a brand@pew baggage
wagon. which ls6wG by a horse.
There is nothingV66 good for Mr.. Ben.
nighoff.
IN. w. Hatch. formerly publisher
Of the Big Timber Pioneer, died in
Butte last week from an attack of pneu.
monia. The intermient took place yes
terday in Big Timber.
will Pethy bridge, one Of the~Mav-
ericks, sustained a badly sp1st6ed hand
Saturday morning while, attempting to
jump on the hose wagon while it was
going at a rapid rate to the fire.
Pay for the best and get it. This
ia what you will do when you trade
with Hoge, Robinson & Go. Their
goods always pan out as advertised.
They can supply your every want. 57-2
Sheriff Hubbard returned last night
from Red Lodge, where he secured the
rope and straps which were used in
hanging Tom Salmon. and> will per-
form a like purpose for W. g. Brooks
on Nov. "a. !
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SAVE MONEY.
A Few Days More and 1t Will He Too
Late.

A Few Days More and 1t Will He Too
Late.
Please bear in mind, il you propose
to purchase a piano or an organ at the
sale now going On at Dye rooms (next
door to the court house), you will have
to attend to it at once. al the pianos are
going fast and in a few days, this. the
fairest piano sale ver offered anywhere
will cease. No nj purchasing an in
strument of the w. w. Kimball Co., in
this sale will ever have cause to regret
it. Every piano Of our W make shall
prove exactly as represented. Mr..
Kimball is proud Of the "Kimball''
piano and no instrument of our manu-
facture shall prove other than strictly
first-class.
Orton Bros, General Agents.
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DIR. A. e. Kroner, dentist, Bel.
KNAPP block. 58.tf
-Belltieur apples, $1.75 per box,
Donovan & Spears cash store. y
You can secure lots in the West
Side Addition by a small payment per
month.
HAn addition is beip< built to Sam
s Gss59 s',se, .s''djIs'sh North Twenty
10. W. English supports a brand
new drayage wagon, which can we'll be
termed a beauty.
EFrank saypresy is1haking arrange
l6ents for opeiingI6 south side theater
in his saloon aYjsding.
+Ben Schneider had his left arm
broken about midway between the
wrist and elbow while playing football
Sunday.
A business meeting of the Conere.
gational church is called for next
Thursday evening, following the regu-
lar prayer meeting.
The general meeting of the Wom-
ans club will be held at the home of
Miss Roeser tonight, with the mothers
department in charge.
A new sidewalk js,being built
north III they west>sfde of Twenty
seventh street 1goa6 the Congregational
church to Sixth avenue.
Frank Buckley is ono more greet.
ing friends and customers in the, dry
goods departme&tR Yegen Bros. as.
t%ablishment, after a weeks sickness.
Our poultry does enough Growing
for us, but you will pardon US when we
tell you that it you need anything in
that line, we are ready at all times to
serve you. Hogue, Robinson & Co. 2
-Tho work is progressing very salts
faotorily on the sewer <but it will take
at least six wee ks gs6d weather to COM
plete the systenk/ The pipe is laid and
covered as far west as Twenty seventh
street.
Austin North is making some ex.
tensive improvements to his building
o. Twenty seventh street and Second
venue north. He his had y brick
vault built and is~fow having an add.
ton to the building erected.
hHerbert Soovill and wife, who
have resided on a ranch near Cotton
wood for three years past, have come
to Billings to reside. MI. Scovill is
we'll acquainted with the business men
of Billings, having done considerable
freighting between this city and Lewis.
town.
Cody Enterprise: The many
friends of Mr.. Robert Tu1nbull and
will regret to learn that they
have moved from this town and will
make their future home in Billings,
Montana. Mr.. Turnbull is an energetic
honest man and we wish him .unlimit. |
ed prosperity.
1.-The fire department. responded to
an alarm sent in about Z o'cloekSSatur
day morning, which came, from a blaze
in a small frame resideaoe on Montana
avenue, about opposite the Northern
Pacific roundhouse, and which was oc-
cupied by Mrs. Folmer. The damage
was small.
1.-THE Womans' club has secured
1000 signatures of ladies Of the
pity to their petition requesting the
merchants to close their places of bust
ness at 80 each evening and all day
Sundays. The petition will now be
presented to the business men for their
The case of the city OF Billings VS..
he Minnesota & Montana Land u I'M
orovement company, wherein the for.
is trying to recover taxes from the
after on account of the drainage ditch,
will probably come up before the su-
'reme court in Helena Thursday of this
week. Clayberg, Corbett & Co., are
representing the city as counsel.
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Horse Lost.

One gray horse, at Sanders, Custer
county, with harness on, and branded
U @ bar, underneath, with vent O
above, on left thigh. Will pay IS re-
ward for information as to his where.
abouts. Address, j. E. Burgeson,
Billings, Mont. $40
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You Can't Ahord

10 miss this opportunity to get a
"Kimbail' (the artists piano.; can
save you 5000 on a new piano today, or
we don't ask to sell. Five years writ
ten guarantee with each instrument
sold. This is the closing up of the
Wholesale cost sale now going Oh at the
sale rooms. next door to court house.
Orton Bros, General Agents.
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NORTHERN PACIFIC TRAINS.

WEST BOUND.
ARRIVES. DEPARTS.
Mail No. l:4O a. III. 1:5O a. III.
EAST BOUND.
ARRIVES. DEPARTS.
Mail No. 2............ 7:06 a. m. 7:15 a. III.
RED LODGE BRANCH.
ARRIVES. DEPARTS.
Accommodation ..... 1885 p. m. 1880 a. m.
Daily Except Sunday.
GEBO, BRIDGER T. CARBON BRANCH.
ARRIVES. DEPARTS.
Accommodation. ...... .6:3O p. IN. sos 4. m.
Daily except Sunday.
II. N. KENNEDY, Agent.
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For RENT.-A nice three-room house
i on south side Of track. INQUIRE W.
Browning, Phone No. 4, Billings, Mont.
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TRAINS.

EAST BOUND.
DEPARTS.
Passenger No. AZ. $40 q. M.
Freight No. 46. .............. .10:O5 q. m.
WEST BOUND.
ARRIVES.
Passenger No. 41.................7:O 1903 p. m.
Freight No. 600 a. m.
j.. L. HARRINGTON, Agent.
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-Hoyt's latest and best comedy
effort, "a Stranger in New York. -
comes to the Billings opera house Oh
Thursday evening, November 9th.
The record of this great comedy is un-
precedented. Its engagements of thirty
weeks in New York, first at the Garrick
aud then at Hoyt's theatre, were re.
markably successful. At present it is
being presented by three Hoyt oompan-
les: The American company, which
will be seen at the Billings opera
house; the English company. now tour
ing the provinces, and the third playing
at the Princess theatre at Sydney, Aus
tralia. Of all the PLAYS that Mr.. Hoyt
has presented to the stage none has
proven a greater drawing card OF be-
come more universally popular than
this, his masterpiece.
20. A. Dewar returned Saturday
night from the Musselshell where he
met J.. B. Hawkins from Custer county
and the two men surveyed for the coun-
ty line in order to determine whether
the killing Of MAJ Hildebrandt took
place in this county or in Custer. They
were unable to come to a definite an
d%erstanding, as there were several opin-
ions regarding the location of the old
Stanley trail, which is considered the
dividing line. Mr.. Dewar is preparing
a map which will be submitted to
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-20
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: !. Mining Department.

are being sunk In the walls of the vein
in preference to sinking on the vein.
This is usually, though not always,
good practice. Where the fissure Is
known to be soft and accompanied by
swelling ground next to the fissure, II
Is far better to sink III the wall, and, in
the case of wide vein, always in the
foot wall; In n small vein, or one of
moderate size either wall may be safe
ly chosen, though the foot wall is pref
cradle. OF course, such conditions as
are referred to can only be known by
proximity of n developed mine on the
same vein, as was the case of the Ar
gonaut mine. at Jackson, Amador
county, California, where the extern
sive development of the Kennedy mine
adjoining showed that shaft in the
wall was to be preferred to one in the
fissure. A prospect shaft should al
ways be sunk on the vein, when ad-
Joining mines give no indication of
what may be expected, and, If the de-
velopment be satisfactory, a perma-
nent working shaft may be sunk at
point with reference to the position of
the ore shoots and their trend. Tun-
nels for development should always.
where possible. be driven on the vein.
Mining and Scientific Press.
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-20
THREE NEW MILLS.

Projects at Grippe Creek Which VIII In.
cre'se the Output of the Camp.
The Cripple Creek correspondent of
the Denver Republican says:
The number of mills in the Cripple
Greek district WILL before the end, of
the present year. be increased by Mt
least three. two of which are now in
course of construction, and thesplans
for the third are understood to be rap
idly assuming shape.
The addition to the milling capacity
can only be regarded as of material
benefit to thei district. both as an as
surance of it's promising future. and as
greatly increased production. Fur
ther than this, these additions. even
If not intended to treat ore of very
low grade, should be the means
Through the necessaryiincrease in com
petition. If for no other reason. of low
ering the treatment charges now in
vogue. and hence enable operators to
market ore of n lower grade than Is
possible at present.
There are now three mills in opera
tion in the district-the Gillett Reduc-
tion Works, the Brodie and the AreQua.
The last mentioned has the greatest
capacity-135 tOns-but Is small com
pared with at .least two of the mills
contemplated. The smallest of the new
mills, the Murphy, is now nearing
completion and should be in operation
in short time. Its location is to the
south of the town of Victor. and the
process is an entirely new one for the
district. This process has been thor
Oughly tested in Denver, and consists
of crushing the ore to II fOrty-mesh,
then roasting IT, and afterwards pull
vprivinO n IN 10D. IN, a N NJ Itnp m In
cylinder filed with Greenland flint
pebbles. The pulp is finally subjected
to pan amalgamation. The capacity of
the plant Is to be fifty tons day.
Work on the big chlorination plant In
Eclipse gulch has commenced, and is
being pushed with all speed. The pro-
mOter of this enterprise is the Econom-
ic Gold Extraction Company, one of
the companies promoted by the Woods
syndicate, which has greatly benefited
the camp by other such important en-
terprises. The new mill is to have
capacity of 300 tons and will be the
largest cnlorination plant in the dis
trict. The large deposits of lowgrade
ore in the different properties controll-
ed by the syndicate will be treated at
the mill. This alone should materially
increase the output of the district.
The other mill contemplated will be
the largest of the three. having ca
pacity of 800 tons. The Schuch mill Is
to be new process, and the success of
the enterprise will not only make 1t one
of the most important but will prac-
tically revolutioniZe the treatment of
the product of the camp.
Although nothing definite can be
learned, II has been stated that another
such important project Is contemplate
ed. and that before very much longer
another big low-grade mill will be
built. Some eastern capitalists are said
to be behind the enterprise. and that
at recent visit here important steps
were taken in the natter
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-20
Newspaper Men win Fight Law.

san Francisco. April ls-The news
paper signature law passed by the re-
cent California Legislature goes in.o
effect tomorrow. and as many papers
In the state. Including all the San
Francisco dnilles, will pay no attention
to it. there will probably be some lively
times for California journalists.
The law provides that all articles
~wsyst siw hieh sgeleet on any
persons chaflli'tcr or tfnd 70 hold him
jqn. The memory s5f'sihe dead.
rhnin bt Risesl@ by -the.1pritert.
- dlnG pasGtSy for a,s3plRtden Of this
taw1ls iuAifsyss ~ 600 for. each ofYense.
,Asa1. of this cine going 10 the person
'Aiso hrinsss'a ction agninst. the. OF Tending
5pewspaper, The newspaper publishers
hold TINT the law IL Unconstitutional
and will hgift II In tiicscourts. % F''
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-20
Ho. Battle with ou,iaw..

Washington, April 1S.-The War De-
partment has received news of a bril-
liant exploit performed by Major Dun
can B. Harrison of the Ninth immunes
In Santiago province.
Major Harrison. with seven enlisted
men. had been detailed to capture a
gang of bandits who had killed An
drew Gottschalk. teamster, and mutt
lated his body. The bandits were over
taken near Santa Ana. They made n
stout resistance. being of superior
numbers. but after two We're kill ID
and three wounded the bandits fled.
Among the prisoners is the famous
guerrilla chief. Prudencio Breal. COM
monty called Trocon. Il giant black,
who has terrorized Santiago province
for several months. He was second
IN command of large body of bandits
who follow the leadership of Colonel
Dieguex. Major Harrison. who Is no
pigmy himself. took the bandit single
handed. Harrison was shot In the leg
III the encounter, but not seriously.
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-20
Ice In the Yukon Fast Breaking Up.

Victoria, B. G.. April 1S.-Men just
arrived from the Klondike say that the
ice at the Yukon is already breaking
up and is flooded from Marsh lake up
One party of four. headed by Stuart
of Snohomish, Washington. went
through the ice near White Horse
April I'd. and Were drowned with their
dogs. While the Litkie party, now
here, was crossing Summit lake last
Saturday, John Deland went through
the ice and was rescued with difficulty
Grave anxiety is expressed for those
now on the trail.
A tangle in titles is reported from
Attn, where many Americans located
claims last year, only to be ousted by
the passage of the anti-alien law OF
this spring. During the winter claim
jumping by the wholesale has been
progressing. and there are now three
or four disputants for every claim on
Spruce and Pine creeks. Some of the
Americans are taking British partners
to hold their properties.
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-20
NAVAL oFFlcERs cApruREp.
Fiiipinos Ambush . Party sent Ashore by
Dewey


Dewey -
Washington, ID. c.. April 1S.-The
Navy Department has given out the
following dispatch from Admiral
Dewey:
Manila, April 1S.-Secretary of the
Navy. Washington: Yorktown visited
baiem, east cost of Luzon, p. l., April
l2th, for the purpose of rescuing and
bringing away the Spanish force, con-
slsting of eighty soldiers, three officers
ana two priests, which were surround.
ed by 400 insurgents. Some of the
insurgents armed with AIauser rifles
=" by natives.
Lieutenant ]. C. Gilmore. while
making ambushed, were fred
upon and captured. Fate unknown, as
insurgents 'refuesd to communicate af-
terward.
The following are missing: The of
ncer previously referred to, Chief
Quartermaster V. Walton. Coxswain j.
Ellsworth. gunner's mate. and ]. Hy-
gard, Sailmaker's Mate Vendgit, Sea-
men A. Fl. Rynders and c. W. Wood
bury. Apprentices ID. w. A venville,
A. j.. Peterson, Ordinary Seamen f.
Brisolese. o. Il. Mcdonald. Landsmcn
l.. I. Edwards. f. Anderson. !. Dillon
ana Z. a. Morrissey. DEWEY"
CThe ass denote portions of the dis
patch which could not be deciphered.)
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-20
womsn a> Prosecuting Attorney.

Chadron. Neb.. April 17.-Miss Es-
telle Mae Davisson. n bright young
woman lawyer nt Long Pine. Nebras-
kn. u graduate of the law school of the
state University, has been successful
In a contest suit which she instituted
against J. G.. Tolliver for the office of
prosecuting attorney OF Brown county,
Nebraska. Unless the case is appealed
ana reversed that county will have the
unique distinction of being the only
county In the state having as its legal
representative II bright. attractive
young woman. The official canvass
after the election last fall gave Tolliver
the election by one vote. Miss Davis.
son contested on the ground that there
had been three Illegal votes cast-two
voters not being legal residents of the
county and the third being non compos
mentis.
The case came up before Judge w.
ii. WestOver In the District Court, and
the court sustained her allegations,
thus declaring Miss DAVIDSON elected
to the office. ~
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-20
DROVE OFF A THIEF.
ohicial of Council Bluffs Institution Has
Exciting Experience

Council Bluffs. Iowa, April 49,
About 3 o'clock this afternoon Il
stranger entered til, State Savings
Bank while Cashier Brown was alone,
and. presenting revolver. ordered
Brown to turn over the banks money
Instead of complying Brown picked
up stool and prepared to strike the
robber. The stranger fired several
shots. one of which struck the cashier
in the arm. but not infiicting danger
GUS wound. Brown backed away and
finally succeeded in closing the door of
the vault. -
b. +. Sargent, merchant next door,
was attracted by the shooting, but Il
shot from the robbers revolver COM
PEELED him to retreat. Sargent called
for the police. and the robber ran, dis
appearing : without securing any
money. The police. are searching for
him. but at this-hoir. he has not been
apprehended. His identity is un-
known.
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-20
L,xht Jean For soidirr..

Chicago. April 1.-THE United States
soldiers In Cuba and the Philippines
will be clothed In undergariicnts hi.rlc
OF light jean material during summer.
This decision has been reached by
the War Department officials after
careful consideration. The advice OF
eminent surgeons who have had exper-
ience In battling with disease during
the rainy season In tropical countries
was sought. and recommended the
abandonment OF flannel garments. The
War Department officials have decided
TO purchase 100000, suits of this ma
terinl to he shipped to Cuba and the
Philippines as early MS possible.
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-20
Volunteer. wan. tn Return HONS.

Washington sARrils s1GEThe desire Of
the volunteers to return to this country
is evidenced in a report which shows
that OF those who have been offered
opportunity to rc-enlIst with the offer
OF bonus in. travel and pay Of over
$500. only about per cent will nc.
cept. e,a
The volunteers. It Is said. desire to
come home by organizations instead Of
individually. Some discharges OF indi-
yIdual soldiers have been brought
about by congressional pressure. but as
n rule. General Otis has been ,iisap.
proving NIL applicants for discharges
except In the case OF sick or wounded
and disabled soldiers.
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-20
WILL SELL THE LAND.
Encoufa cement to iss Given tn the Great
Plains etorngs Company.


Plains Storage Compsny.
Denver, April 1S.-The Republican
this morning says:
1t looks very much as IL the Land
Board would sell to the Great Plains
Water Storage Company the 10000
acres In the valley at Lamar.
Although the governor and others
who journeyed to Lamar to look into
the situation We're non-committal when
they returned yesterday, 1t is believed
a minority favors the sale.
Governor Thomas, Secretary Of State
Beckwith. Register Chipley and COM
mittee from the Patriotic Sons of
America, consisting of Messrs. Daush-
ters, Kruse and Smith. made up the
party which visited the scene. All
three members of the z. o. S. of A.
committee came back with n favorable
impression of the proposed sale.
The advantages of the proposed sale
are said to be the irrigation and rapid
settlement of 10000 acres and an in
crease of the school fund by $S,. 0
annually in addition to the purchase
price. The Great Plains Water Stor-
age Company secured 10000 acres in
1895 and has just completed the canals
and reservoirs to irrigate the tract.
ue COsl VI tulS NOIh HAS DeeH V-,Ooo,-
600. Just 600 acres of school land are
situated adjoining this great tract and
33,300 acres of government land come
next. The proposition is for the state
to trade other land to the government
for the 33.3O0 acres and then sell all
10000 acres to the water storage con-
cern.
The Great Plains Water Storage
Company claims to have the largest
system of the kind in the world. The
water system depends upon the Ar
kansas river and its creeks. The total
watershed covered by the water col
lections is enormous-12.20 200 square
miles. Five tremendous reservoirs
have water surface of IA, 100 acres.
This system of reservoirs is highly
praised by Secretary of State Beck
with. He said the system was wonder
ful and the industry a great one.
1--WE found many" said he, "in favor
of the proposed sale and many opposed
to it. Some say that it is foolish to en-
deavor to water the land in question.
but others are of the belief that the
undertaking can be accomplished"
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-20
Eagle K,i,s . Deer.

Lewis Dreyer, employed in a lum-
ber camp north of Arbor Vitae, Wis.
witnessed the strange spectacle of an
eagle killing deer recently. The great
bird swooped down on the gentle deni-
zen Of the forest and with one stroke
OF Its talons cut the deer's jugular
vein, and the deer soon bled to death.
The eagle endenvored to carry of its
victim. but the carcass was too heavy.
and after dragging it about rod left
and soon returned with two more. and
the three devoured about half of the
deer.
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-20
MoHAMMEDANss REVOLT.
Followers of tho Prophet Unfuri tho Green
Flag In China.

Victoria. b. c., April 17.-Eate Chi
nese papers sayAnews comes from Ian
shou, capital of Kansu province, that
the Mohammedan communities to the
northwest of the city. known as the
Salah Mussulmans, the most savage
and bigoted of that faith in the Chi
nese dominions, have rebelled.
The green sacred banner Of the
prophet has been unfurled by their
ahkoond or chief mullah and the word
passed to all the Mohammedan town.
ships in Kansu. Shensi and Chinese
Turkestan to wage war to the knife
upon the Buddhist unbelievers. A tel
egram from Governor Joa of Chinese
Turkestan. whose capital is urnmsti,
has also been received at Pekin re-
porting considerable unrest among the
Tunganise Chinese Mohammedans)
and Tarantchis in Kuldja and Turks
in Kashgara.
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-20
WILL DRAMATlzE "BEN HuR..,
General Lew Wallace Mt Last Gives His
Consent.

Consent.
Charlottesville, Ind. April 16.-"Ben
Hur" Is to be dramatiZed. with the con-
sent of General Lew Wallace. The
author made this statement here to-
night, with the accompanying assertion
that the religious features OF the IA
nous book will be carefully safeguard
ed when II is rendered on the stage.
General Wallace has given his con-
sent only after great pressure. Ever
since the publication of ben Hur' he
has been besieged by applications from
actors and managers to permit its
dramatiZation. Lawrence Barret, the
younger Salvini and the Kiralfys are
among those who have thus petitioned
him. but hitherto he has feared the
book could not be adapted to the stage
and Its religious features protected.
He is now satisfied this can be and viii
be done.