The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-05
GENERAL STATE NEWS.

Helena has quarantined against Butte
OH account of smallpox. In future, no
Butte person can alight from a train in
Helena unless he CAL show that he has
been vaooinated or that he is immune
from smallpox.
Alonzo A. Freeman, the veteran of
the union army in the war Of the rebel
lion, who was convicted in Dawson
county in 1895 of murder in the second
degree, aud sentenced to twenty five
years in the p~enitentiary, has been par.
doned by Governor Smith.
The Missoula authorities have at last
found the Chinese leper that they have
been looking for for sevearl weeks. He
was. hidden IN a collar under q Chinese
store. but has not yet been examined by
physicians and it is not definitely de.
termined that he has leoprsy.
O. H. Tolliver left Belt lastSThurs-
day for San Francisco in the interest Of
his flying machine. Mr.. Tolli9e r SO.
cured pledges of financial assistance
amounting to $50, 900 on condition that
he raise $15, 900 more. As soon as this
latter is raised a company will be Or
ganized.
The wolves are again getting numer.
Gus on the range in this vicinity, says
q Fort Benton correspondent. Solomon
in all his glory was not a wiser guy
than some Of the old dog wolves who
have digested strychnine and lodged
traps and ran from bullets for years.
In some localities on the Teton they
boldly kill stock in pastures within
sight Of houses. Malcolm Morrow lost
twenty calves at his Shonkin ranch last
week BY a pileup caused by the pursuit
of a bunch of wolves.
A most h%eartrending accident oc-
CURED last Thursday afternoon at Hun.
ters Hot Sprigs by which Victor Meigs,
a young son of Ellsworth Meigo, lost
his life. The boy, who was only 10
years Of age, had gone out hunting and
while going under a barb wire fence
his gun was discharged. the shot taking
effect in the groin, killing him almost
instantly. The body was not found
until the next day. when a searching
party which had gone out the night be.
fore when a blizzard set in, came across
it.
The biggest robbery that has been
reported in Helena for some time was
committed early Tuesday morning
when thieves entered the saloon Of
Monogram Bros, got into the safe and
distracted over 5000. in cash. They ap.
pear to have completely covered their
tracks SO that the police are without a
clue upon which to work. 1t was the
boldest robbery the force has been con.
fronted with in some time. 1t is be-
lieved to have been the work either of
professional safe.openers or of some one
who knew the combination Of the safe.
0. M. Holmes of Great Falls, J. H.
Calderhead Of Butte, and a Boston cap
italist are becoming extensively inter.
ested in mining properties in the ceded
strip Of the Blaokfeet reservation says
the Leader. j. A. Ford of Kilispell
and other owners of nine claims in the
Boulder district of the strip have bond
sd those claims to Mr.. Holmes an his
associates for $3.50, 900. the bond to run
to Jan. /. and Messrs. Holmes and
Calderhead have options on forty-five
other claims in the same district. They
expect to at once begin work on the
bonded claims and prosecute operations
steadily for the naxt six months. The
owners Of the claims assert that the
veins are from a8 to 80 feet wide and
show high values in copper and gold
some assays running as high as 81 per
cent Of copper and $44 in gold to the
ton.