The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-03-06
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Go to :Yegen Bros. before you
purchase your bicycle.
&C. s. HARE, the Helena architect,
was in the Magic city Saturday.
-ARirl baby was born to the wife
of Tim Reardon of Laurel Sunday.
When you want the best coal buy
the Rocky Fork of Donovan.M cC ormick
Go.
Fl. J. McSbane of Omaha was here
last night from his tie camp at Ran.
chester.
Wanted: A stenographer and
typewriter. Young man preferred.
Apply at Donovan Me- ormick 90. Soft
The Yellowstone Leader says that
Sim Roberts departed last Saturday for
st. Louis, Mo-, from which place lie
will shortly start for South Africa.
District court convened in Miles
City today. The case Of Frank Cush-
ia, charged with the murder Of Max
Hildebrandt, will be tried at this term.
A large congregation wal present
at the M. f. church Sunday night to
hear the sacred concert. The pro.
gramme was interesting and we'll rend.
cred.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. W. Rowley de-
parted last week on a visit to Chicago.
They will return by way Of Minneap.
oils where they will visit a sister Of
Mrs. Rowley.
-Wanamaker & Browns agent at
The Driscoll will save men, ome
and children about one.half their cloth
ing expense. It will cost nothing to
call and Investigate.
The Epworth League of tho M. T..
church gave IL business mems supper III
the room formerly occupied by the
bowling alley Friday night. Nearly
two hundred people ate supper, and as
a result the Epworthians cleared some.
thing like $35. which will be used on
some contemplated church improve
ments.
The rostoffice department is oon
templating a new plan for issuing
stamps, which is expected to be Of great
benefit and convenience to the country.
It is proposed to issue them III little
books, of a size to fit the vest pocket,
each book. containing twelve accent
stamps separated Iy oiled paper. The
book will sell for 25 cents each.
The papers Of Butte, Helena and
Anaconda are filed with articles on
the Hurst case, the matter having been
taken up by the county attorney Of Sill.
yer Bow county, who is moving in the
direction Of securing a communication Of
sentence for the condemned man. The
correspondents of the st. Paul and
other eastern publications have also en-.
listed in the cause and reports are be.
ing sent out from Butte in particular
that all innocent man has been SEN
fenced to death. The claim il made
that not enough evidence was intro.
duced at the trial to warrant the con.
viotion Of Hurst and that he is the vic.
tim Of prejudice and false swearing.
THE schedules of the new through
trains between st. Louis and Portland
which the Burlington and Northern
Pacific railroads will establish May l
have been made public West bound
the new train will leave st. Louis 300
a. NJ, arriving at<Lincoln about 1880
p. m. sarpe day,sat Billings at II 80 p.
M, the sbcopd day and at Portland at
about s :dDyp 4. nj. third day thereafter.
The trains will run through from st.
Louis to Portland without change.
Railroad men generally look upon the
new move as a good deal Of an innova-
ton. Through cars are common enough,
but there are not half u dozen instances
of railroads combining to operate
through trains.
Helena Herald: Governor Smith
upon his return from the east this
week. will appoint ten delegates to rep.
resent Montana at the eleventh session
of the TRANSIT Mississippi commercial
congress. which is scheduled to meet at
Houston, Texas, April II, IS, 10, 20
aud 81. There was received at the ex-
%eoutive Office today a letter from E. 0.
STANDARD of st. Louis. president Of the
congress, asking the governor to ap-
point delegates and also to attend him
self. In the course Of his letter Presi.
dent Stannard praises the Montana
vice-president, I. D. O'Donnell Of Bill
ings, and the two state committeeman,
A. L. Baboock of Billings and J. M.
Evans of Missoula.
Fergus County Argus: Sheriff
Shaw says that he is almost daily in
receipt of intelligence from sheriffs or
detectives to the effect that they have.
or believe they have, run down Milton
O. Howell. wanted in this county. The
letters usually make requests for adj
ditional information concerning the
supposed murderer. Last week j. d.
Waite, former sheriff, received Il tells.
gram from IA detective in Arkansas.
saying that he (the deteotive) had Mil