Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-05

Elk 3, 1870
made public, was arrested at Laurel to-
day and brought to Billings by Detective
Battams for breaking into and robbing
a Northern Pacific freight car at Elton,
in this county, Saturday.
Lee Eisenberg has sold his large stock
or dry goods to Yegen Bros, the sale
price being something like SIS, 900. Mr.
Eisenberg was unable to get another
store room owing to the Donovan-Mc-
Cormlck company taking possession of
their building and decided upon a sale
pelng the WiSest course to pursue.
The programme for the seventeenth
annual meeting of the Montana Associa-
ton OF congregational churches, which
will be held in the Congregational church
in this city from September IS to 20 in
elusive has just been issued. Each
church in the state is entitled to be rep
resented by the pastor and two delegates
ana Rev. w ID. Clark of Billings should
be notified as socn as Sept. Is by those
VINO expect to attend. This lis sure to
be an important event in the hi story Of
the Congregations, churches of Montana
and those in charge of the arrangements
for the meeting are hopeful that the at
tendance will be the largest ever known.
The interesting eatures which will con
tIloUle 10 lHe success OF tine sessions are
best shown by the following excellent
programme:
FIRST DAY.
Devotional.
Organization. v.,
Home Missionary Society's report, Su-
perintendent Rev. V. F. Cla. X.
Devotional.
Sunday School Publishing Society's re-
port, Rev. w. s.. Bell.
Sunday school Conference, opened by
A. E. .Flager.
Church Expansion Conference, opened
by Rev. J. Pope.
Song Service.
Sermon-"Lord's Supper" Rev. +. G.
Blanchard.
SECOND DAY.
Devotional, Rev. G. r. Searles.
Reports of officers and committees. :.
Discussion-"How to Reach Boys"
opened by Rev. Blanchard.
Paper-"The Problems of Reaching
Men," Rev. j. A. Barnes.
Devotional, Rev. J. Pope.
Paper-"The International Council at
Boston," Rev. w. D. Clark.
Meeting of Woanan's Missionary Union.
! Business.
! Song service.
Paper-"The Regions Beyond. or Moral
and Spiritual Expansion" Rev. S. G.
Searles.
Paper-"Rev. V. 2. Clark.
lllAINb
Devotional, Rev. J. A.. Barnes.
Paper '"The Authoritative Con-
SCIENCE Rev. r. H. White.
Business.
Word has been received by Hon. O. F.
Goddard that Governor Theodore Hoose-
Welt will arrive in Billings at 3 O'CLOCK
on the morning of September IL, just
two weeks hence, and will address the
people. Arrangements are being made
to give the vice presidential candidate
on the republican ticket a rousing recep-
ton.
improvements are contemplated on the
M, %. church., which will cost about $500.
Half of the sum has already been guar
anteed and it is thought there Will be
no trouble in raising the balance. The
church building is altogether too small
the improvements contemplating en-
~largement.
Alderman hewitt, who has been out or
a hunting and fishing trip for the pas
two weeks returned home yesterday ant
reports that he had a most delightful
! time. Having had his vacation he now
stands ready to look after the needs OF
his constituents with greater care than
ever.
w. B. Sleeper of Sunshine, WyO., who
went to Cape Nom. last spring, is in the
city visiting relatives on his return. He
took some cattle into the gold country
on which he realized a nice figure.
Rev. A. Carswell, rector of st. Luke's
Episcopal church of Billings, has return
ed to the city after a months vacation
spent in visiting his mother in Ontario,
Canada.
Three carloads of horses arrived from
Big Timber yesterday and will go into
training FOR the races at the fair meet
ing in this city next week, when the
sum of $4,000 will be dispensed in purses
Misses Lyle and Alice Mccormick ave
returned home after a months stay In
the leading millinery establishments ir
ST, Paul, learning all the latest styles.
j. H. Baverly, the building contractor
ran we from Billings this morning to
spend the day with friends.
b0zE NJ A { VS.
Dan E. Allen. manager inter Mountain
Branch Office. +. o. News Stand.
Bozeman, September 3.
George ]. Joyce and family of Belgrad,
came up on Saturday and remained Owe
!, Sunday.