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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-02-09
GENERAL STATE NEWS.

Henry G. RiGkert, clerk of the su
preme court. has gone to Washington
in response to q summons to appear be-
fore the senate committee on elections
ana privileges.
The worst wind and M storm ever
known in Great Falls occurred there
Tuesday. Much damage was done tC
small buildings and electric wires. II
Ia feared the loss of stock on the ranges
will be large.
Associate Justices Hunt and Pigott Of
the supreme court, have been sum
moned by Chairman Chandler of the
United States senate committee on
elections and privileges as witnesses in
the Clark case,
Glendive had a fire last Sunday night
which Is believed to have been of in.
cendiary origin. The structure des.
troyed was a harm belonging 10 G.. D.
Hollacker. which. with it's contents,
six horses and a number Of buggies and
wagons. was burned to the ground. A
man sleeping in the barn barely escaped
with his life. so fiercely did the barn
burn. The loss is partially covered by
insurance, So 5000.
The theuter going public of Butte,
and there are many of them, are liable
to have to forego the pleasure Of seeing
the many good attractions booked for
the Montana circuit for the balance of
the season if the report from Butte is
correct that the manager oontemplates
closing the house because Of the exor-
bitant rental charged. 1t appears that
he, il already paying the sum of 5000
per month for the use of the house and
Ia asked to pay $500 more per month
rent for the use of the scenery, proper
ty, seats, etc., or they will be taken
out. ,
The search for the missing Willie
Mann, the ~18.year.old 0 Of Mrs. Mann
Of Prickley Pear valley, who left home
a few months ago ostensibly on a hunt.
ing trip and had not been seen since,
has met with success. His mother
has received a postal card from a E. j.
Chapple, a ranchman living three
miles from Garrison, stating that the
boy was alive and we'll working at his
ranch. The search for the young man
has been carried on systematically by
the Masons and Woodmen to both of
which orders the missing boys father
belonged prior to his death. Mrs.
Mann upon receiving telephone assur.
anoes that her boy is at Chapple's left
for Garrison to bring him home. Just
why the boy went away il a mystery.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-02-09
County
an1 arc State
DEATH or DANIEL ROBINSON.
Well Known citizen of Columbus Passes
Away Other News Notes.
nDauinl Iorruannnlnnon To IAt liugattn. =

We'll Known Citisea Ut Columbus rasse'
Away Other News Mates.
Special Correspondence to The Gazette.
Columbus, Feb. 1.-The thermom'
cter was away below the "0' las,
night. 4
Mrs. Scott was buried at Columbus
last week. Rev, Joseph Pope took
charge Of tho funeral services,
baniel Robinson, who has been ser
i6usly iii for some time, died at his
sons homo IN Columbus, Monday after.
noon. MIR. Robinson IN his early days
was d sea captain, In middle life he
went to Colorado and was long one Of
its monument and most respected oiti.
xans. Some years ago he came to Mon
tann, where most Of his sons and
daughters reside. Here he nnd his fam
lily Hained n wide circle OF friends,
Mr.. Robinson will be- hurled III Colo.
RADIO with Masonic rites. MI, Lowe.
4 son.in.law, will take the remains 10
TINT place,
The concert given by the Columbus
band was the event Of the season. One
Of tho laYgast crowds ever assembled Ia
Columbus listened to the sweet strains
Of harmony Till a late hour. Refresh
ments were served by the ladies Of
Columbus.
Owing to the entertainment, which
will DO given by the Emerson society
about the aainst, the regular Friday
meetings will be dispensed with.
Judge Simpson was q visitor at Big
Timber last Sunday.
Y There Ia u new tailor shop IN town.
A law suit for damages comes of
before Judge Simpson this week. In
which the merits Of Piper w. kiehl
will DO tried.
The Indies Of the Aid Society will
give a birthday banquet Thursday even.
Inc. Hon. VIM. II. Norton. VIM, Z.
Hamilton. Col. j. I. Allen and mauy
others will respond to toasta. Rev.
Jos. Pope will act as toastmaster. The
Invitations, which by the way were q
dainty novelty, are all extended and a
large number will undoubtedly be
present. The ladies Of ColuM bus never
do things BY halves and II Ia safe to
ray that everything from the invitations
TO the last good. might will be an entise
success. @."
Mr.. Coffman, who has been visiting
relations In the east, returned home
recently.
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Sealed Kids.

Billings, Mont, Feb. 2nd, 1900.
Sealed bids will be received at the
County Clerks Office up to 10 O'Clock
a. M, Thursday, March 9th. 1900. for
the following road work:
The grading and construction of the
Zimmerman County Road
The grading and construction Of the
"Laurel Bridge County Road
The grading Of the county road from
Billings to Canyon creek.
Profles and specifications Of the above
may be seen at the office Of A. A. Nor
ris, county surveyor. Room -. Belknap
Block, Billings, Montana.
Bids should be made for each road
separately, addressed to the county
clerk and endorsed, Bids for Construct
ion of County Road.
By order Of the Board Of County
Commissioners. S2-4
Nat q. Carwile. County Click.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-02-09
TALKS ON THE
PHILIPPINES
Continued from Fourth Page.

one that perhaps it has taken many
million dollars to build. The palace.
naturally, is the finest building that
would attract you in the city. 1t oc.
oupies one whole square and while it
was the city of the Spanish govern
ment, it had attached to it tho schools,
the college, the museum and ths build
ing that was used for the inquisition
and hospital, so that n can imagine
never 10 slightly, how large a place il
may be. After you had passed through
the city, going directly east instead Of
entering the building after passing
through the gate, you were compelled
to 60 q block and a half to find the Ell.
trance, When We first entered the
palace we found all the Mauser am
munition and nauser rifles, together
with the swords and their scubbards
lying in tho rOtunda. not very we'll
guarded, so that II a man had any
curiosity at all to see what q Mauser
was like, his curiosity usually stayed
with him until the Mauser was back in
bis room being examined by some OF his
A''eIuh' ~ ~ Hbeulbss VI HLhtH Iuhi
this was the reason why. to the average
soldier aud officer, tho palace became
an object of interest," and 1t Ia also
needless to state that In about a week
after these munitions of wal had been
placed in that said rotunda, the only
thing necessary to do was for tile guard
to sweep ont the dirt after the guns
had been taken.
"You arc compelled to climb a fight
OF marble stairs and before You was q
magnificent court room a room prob.
ably an hundred feet long and seventy.
five or eighty feet wide. handsomely
freseoed ceilings and marble sides, were
the Characterization Of this court or 70.
oeption room, On either ,side aud at
the rear there were other rooms that
we're for private purposes, possibly for
lobbying and for office purposes. These
were handsomely iinished IN the finest
and hardest kinds Of woods, slaborately
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-02-09
QUALITY

bridgeT Coal Nearest to Anthracite Of ANY
In the West-News Notes.
Special Correspondence of The Gazette.
BridgeT Feb. 7,-Gideon y. MaDon.
aid who has been suffering from an
attack Of pleurisy for the past few days
Ia almost we'll.
There Ia a continual increase in the
quality and quantity Of the Hridger
coal, II Ia said by eastern miners that
this coal comes nearer to anthracite Of
any mined In the west.
Esther, the little daughter of MI, and
Mrs, sieora Ia dangerously i'll with
pneumonia and tonsilitis,
Mr., and Mrs., 7, p, Mcdonald spent
sunday In Billings, the guests Of
friends,
The eompany's new lodging house Ia
nearing completion, II Ia q fine struct-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-02-09
DEAD MAN FOUND.
BODY Washed Up on sandbar In River.
Arrested for Stealing. "

Body Washed Up on sandbar In River.
Arrested for stealing. "
Special Correspondence Of The Gazette.
Junotion, Feb. g.. - Sheriff job Of
White Sulphur Springs arrived on the
east bound train Monday aud arrested
a man named Phillip sohuder. charged
with having stolen two promissory
notes. amounting to something over
a., 900, and some clothing from ].
Brown, foreman for the Martinsdale
Sheep company at, Martinsdale, Mon
tAna, some four months ago, A portion
Of the clothing was found In Schuder's
possession, some Of 1t containing the
initials Of the owner.
There vas q light skit of snow here
Monday morning. making II much bet
ter for atook on the range az water was
becoming scarce.
The long Dutehman says he has
gained some twenty pounds since he
has changed boarding places.
James Moore has also opened mp a
bachelors retreat and will 0 be pre-.
pared to furnish meals at all hours.
Jim has his lines set 80 fresh fish will
be one Of the leading dishes at the
Bachelor House. <
There will be a dance given at Lanes
place In Pease bottom, on Feb. 14th,
and they say there will be no colleo-
tion, 10 that strikes the boys,
@. W., Kelly Of Big Horn was In
town Sunday and purchased a wagon
load Of goods. Kelly says he has about
thirty boarders, there being a bridge
crew, which IN tearing down the old.
buildings at the tunnel.
Frank Deyner OF FlatwNlow was in
town Sunday aud Monday purchasing
supplies for his ranch.
The report came In Monday to the
effect that q dead mar had been found
OH a sandbar in the Yellowstone near
Guys ranch. r. j.. Guy and Mr..
Needmire were looking through some
drift wood On a sandbar when they
came across the body which had evi,
IDENTITY been washed up there some time
ago az II was In a badly deoomposed
state. A dispatch was sent the coroner
OF Custer county az II was In that coun.
W that they made tho discovery.
Mrs. Winters Of this place received a
telegram last Friday that her daughter.
Mrs, Borg Of Laurel, Mont, was dead,
Mrs, Winters and hor Oldest daughter
went up to the funeral.
Le0has Fuller, the woolfer, was In
town Tuesday loaded down with wolf
pelts Oh his way 10 Billings to have
their ears punched,
Tom Orwell has had a Stat Wheel
lately by a horse falling with him and
bruising his knee,
James Grerson aud sister were IN
town Tuesday trading.
Con Kennedy and James Holmes
were In from tho Musselshell Tuesday,
Mr. Kennedy being on his ay to Leav.
enworth. Kansas, where his mother Ia
very sick.
John Orriek, one of tho chief Pump
kin rollers Of the valley was In town
Tuesday with bis family.
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designed to accommodate eighty

ure designed to accommodate eighty
Mtn.
Several representatives Of the "Amer-
ion Volunteers are holding meetings
IN Bridger, and thus far have been sue
oassful in securing crowded houses.
Mrs. Florence McLeane, who has
been seriously i'll for the past week. is
slowly recovering.
Beautiful weather prevailed here
until the appearance of the ground hog,
since which time we have been visited
by several slight storms.
Mrs. Vance Pennell is doing son,e
fine work in oil painting and scenes
sketched in and near Bridger.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-02-09
q HER BRASS A N
Park City viii Have One-Lodge Notes
and Other Briefs.

Park City VIII Have One-Lodge Notes
and Other Briefs.
Special Correspondence TO Tho Gazette.
Park City. Feb. 8.-No new cases Of
grippe.
Gold west wind with light fall Of
snow Tuesday caused the farmers to act
new date for blowing.
Work was TO have begun on the
Italian ditch Tuesday, but the cold
wave caused delay.
l/Mf. Loffer Ia laying a stone walk
from his store TO the p~ostoiiee.
The old blacksmith shop has been
converted into a warehouse, and added
TO the building occupied by Coswin
Bros.
The young folks were entertained at
the home OF Mrs, j. w. Cole Friday, In
honor Of Miss Florence Mitchell, II be.
Ing her twenty second birthday. Games
and dancing were the order OF the
evening,
tlrhe Park City brass band Ia now an
assured fact. A stock company has
been formed and tho Instruments or.
dered. Tho band will DO headed by
Professor MeCrary no bandmaster and
John Corwin, assistant bandmaster.
The band will locate Ia portion Of
Mr.. Pounds shop In the heart Of the
city, and those nearby citizens who
are not prepared to hereafter sleep In
tho cellar, Will have but themselves to
blame. .... '..
An effort II being made to organize q
lodge OF Modern Woodmen here. An
organizer has been on the ground fol
several days, but 10 fur the required
fifteen applicants have not been found.
II ~ not unlikely that the growth Of
the proposed lodge will BIO slow, from
the fact that the majority Of our eiti'
zons available for membership In 4
beneficiary order are Sir Knights Of
tho Maoeabeos. II Ia also the intention
10 organize a lodge Of Ladies' Of the
Maoeabeos, a matter IN which the ladies
should all be interested. We eoult
keep even with our men anyway.
Professor Wood Of Columbus was {
business visitor here last week.
Mrs, Tollo and mother, Mrs. Green
wood, returned Monday from Oregon
whittier they went last November will
the intention OF locating permanently
After all, they found Montana the onl,
country. Mrs. Toole has been engaged
70 teach tho Rapids school, The tw,
ladies' are now living In the Parke
house near Rapids.
Mrs. Watkins, mother Of the Wat
kina brothers Of Rapids, died Tuesda!
from heart disease. at the age Of q
years. The remains have been shippe,
TO Iowa for ,nterment. Mrs. Watkin
was 4 stranger here, having recent.
come from the east 10 visit her sons
four Of whom reside near this place.
Tuesday Q surprise party was tend
sssd Mrs. N, N. Brown, the ooeasiol
being her s!xtieth birthday, Abou
twenty ladies were present.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-02-09
B r OK
P. SLATER & SON,
BRICK MANUFACTURERS,
BILLINGS. MONTANA.

Furnished Brick for the following
buildings in 1899:
Billings Brewery.
Mills & Co.'s Wholesale house.
Billings Bottling Works.
81. o. Orwell, addition to Exchange saloon.
w, II. Mccormick, double dwelling.
William 4 Baxter's drug store.
j, j. McCormick's residence.
Hamlin saloon guilding.
First National Bank addition.
Grand Hotel Hddition.
Public Library building.
Billings Furniture 4 Carpet Co.'s addition.
Hearcy dwelling.
TinsIey 4 St. John, dwelling.
Aisp for several smaller houses, additions and
improvements. and TO tho Northern Pacific Ky,
,,ur frst kiln will DO ready about May lot and
thereafter we will ha prepared to furnish any
number Of frst-class building brick at low prices.
YARDS NORTHWEST OF THE Cry.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-02-09
Young Mothers.

Group is the terror OF thousands Of
young mothers because it's outbreak is
&C agonizing and frequently fatal.
Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure
acts like magic in cases Of Group. 1t has
never been known to fail. The worst
cases relieved Immediately. Price %
cts, SO cts. and Sl.O0. Sold by Chapple
Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-02-09
LAUREL NUaaE VII

Laurel msldss Qemplstsd- Enter.
tAinmeRt~stole Harness,
Gpooial Correspondence Of The Gazette.
Laurel, ysb. a. Winter has come al
,lael.
70 Laurel bridge Ii completed and
~ heon aceeptsd By the commission
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-02-09
sick Headaches

The curse OF overworked womankind,
are quickly and surely cured by Karl's
Glover Root Tea, the great blood purifier
and tissue builder. Money refunded il
not satisfactory. Price Is cts. and SO
cts. Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-02-09
What Is Shiloh ?

A grand old remedy for Cough, Colds
and Consumption; used through the
world for half u century, has cured in
Vulnerable cases Of incipient consump.
ton and relieved many in advanced
stages. If you are not satisfied with the
results we will refund your money.
Price 25 cts, so cts. and sl.OO. Sold BY
Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-02-09
Coal.

For "a limited time we will furnish
Red Lodge coal at 3d. 80 per ton 3 100
for half ton. screened.
78-tf Donovan & Spear.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-02-09

frost bites aud Chi'bisins
Quickly cured by Banner 6alve. the most
healing remedy In the world. Holmes
Il Calhoun. y
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-02-09
Piles Of People

Piles of People
Testify to the merit of Banner Salve in
curing piles. 1t is guaranteed. Holmes
& Calhoun.
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Odd line Ladies' Hose in black maeo cotton and
plain and drop stitch Isle. Worth 5oc-now. !. .
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-02-09

Ladies' 2-clasp and 5-hook Glaze Gloves in tan,
Z brown, OK blood, myrtle and black. Have
Z been our SI.5o Glove. To close at ............7sc
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Ladies' 2-clasp Suede Gloves in cream, leghorn
and pearl shades. All sizes Regular SI.oo
goods. This week
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-02-09
ST. JOHNS COUGH CURE
Will Cure Your Cough.
Sold by CHAPPLE DRUG W.

,.....
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Boys lronclad Fort Black Hose. All sizes. Have
been our 25c grade-now ...............
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-15
The Unicorn,

The Unicorn is an enemy to the Lion,
wherefore, as soon as a Lion seeth a
Unicorn, he runneth to tree for sue
cour, that so when the Unicorn in the
Swiftness of his course runneth
against the tree, wherein his sharp
horn sticketh fast, then when the
Lion seeth the Unicorn fastened by
the horn, without all danger, he fall
eth upon him, and killeth him. These
things are reported by the King of
Ethiopia in Hebrew Epistle unto tn,
Bishop of Rome.-From "Topselrs
History of Four-footed Beasts" 1868.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-15

/ camping spots along the line have
been broken up.
The problem of dealing with this
nuisance is less serious one for the
Eastern roads than it is for those of
| the West. In the first place, in this
part of the country the tramps are dis.
tributed over a great many lines. In
the second place. towns are closer to.
| gether, and it is always possible to
turn the hoboes over to local magis-
trates to be dealt with. In the West,
| however. where the towns are further
| apart, the question of what to do with
the hobo after he Is caught Is often a
grave and difficult one. and some of
the Western roads have adopted the
policy of permitting the tramps to ride
undisturbed on their freight trains so
long as they do not interfere with the
railroad property or steal the cars.
The tramps themselves are well aware
as to which lines have adopted this
policy. and they are to be found in
great numbers along all these roads.
Ii Is a well-known fact among their
fraternity that the railways Will not
put them off trains in passing over
the Rocky Mountains or across the
Southern desert. The lines in these
sections have suffered so much from
fires started by tramps that had been
put off trains thar they prefer to
carry them as free freight rather than
TO have miles of their property de-
stroyed. One of the easiest lays" In
tramps parlance, TO he found In the
country Is that extending from Texas
TO Southern California. or from Den.
yer to Salt Lake City. so far As beat
Ing ones way Is concerned.
IL IL estimated on good authority
that there are no less than 100, ,0O0 pro-
fessionai hoboes In the United States.
These men travel from end to end OF
the country over the railroad lines.
and live 10y preying upon the property
of the companies or upon the people
who live along the roads. The cost Of
unwillInsly supporting them amounts
To hundreds of thousands of dollars
every ytar but thus far no way has
been fourd to successfully suppress
them.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-15
The Role of the Button.

The world of the West has failed to
appreciate the button. IT'S utility Is
undoubted, ard as an advertising me-
dunn it has proven useful but except
in isolated cases it has not been ac.
corded the same Importance as in
China, where it is one of the chief
decorations. The mandarins all wear
on their caps as insignia rank, each
of the nine classes possessing dis
tinctive model, ranging in value ac-
cording to it's wearer's rank. Red coral
heads the list, then a sapphire blue
button; a peculiar Opaque purple stone
follows. The fourth, light blue but
ton, is awarded military field officers;
crystal buttons designate subaltern;
then come the jadestone button, an
embossed gold button. a brass one,
and, lastly, thin silver one. The
first is reserved for members of the
imperial family. the second for dis
tinguished foreigners. One instance
only is known where the coral was
bestowed upon foreigner. This hap
pened in the case of an Englishman,
Sir Robert Hart, Inspector General Of
Maritime Customs.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-15
Rapid Growth of Beard.

Three brothers, bearing a remark
able resemblance to one another, were
in the habit of patronizing the same
barber shop. One day one of the
brothers entered the shop early in the
morning and was duly shaved by Il
German who had been at work in the
establishment for one or two days.
About twelve o'clock another brother
came in and underwent a similar oper-
alton. In the evening the third brother
made his appearance, when the Ger
man dropped his razor in astonish-
ment
Mine gootness, dat man has the
fastest growing beard 1 ever saw. l
shaves him dis mornin' anoder shaves
him at dinner times, ana he comes
back now NIT his beard SO long as it
never was."-Chicag Journal.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-15

scattered along the track. The two
men would jump off the train as soon
as 1t slackened it's speed sufficiently
to allow them to do so, rejoin the
push and help in distributing the
plumber among the fences in neigh.
boring cities"
The method generally adopted by
the railway companies in ridding their
lines Of tramps, and the one which is
being followed by the Central road at
the present time is that of soaring the
great number of hoboes away from
the line by making examples Of few
of their number. The Central employs
on its Hudson River division four de-
tectives who are empowered to make
arrests in any county of the State
through which the line extends.
These men are the general officers of
the detective force, and in the per-
formance of their duty they are able
to call upon other railway employees
who hold local commissions in the va.
rious towns along the line. Since the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-15

property of the companies themselves,
but also the peace and security of the
sections through which they pass,
which is practically the same as sny-
Ing of the whole country. On this point
the opinion OF an expert is available,
and is interesting as showing how the
present lax system of policing the rail
way lines tends to keep filed the
ranks Of the vagrant and criminal
classes. Mr.. Josiah 'Flynt, who has
spent many years among tramps stu
dying their ways and habits. says:
"All the great railways are spending
thousands of dollars on their 'detec-
tive forces, as they call them. and
they are all overrun by mobs of ne'er
do wells and criminals. There are no
worse slums in the country than are
to be found on the railroads Reform
ers and social agit tcis are accustomed