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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
He Kept His Leg.

Twelve years ago J. W. Sullivan OF
Hartford, Conn, scratched his leg
with a rusty wire. inflammation and
blood poisoning set in. For two years
he suffered intensely. Then the best
doctors urged amputation, "but," he
writes, II used one bottle of Electric
Biters and one and one-half boxes OF
Bucklen's Arnica Salve and my leg
was sound anu we'll as ever" For
Eruptions, Eczema, letter, Salt
Rheum, Sores and all blood disorders
Electric Bitters, has no equal on earth.
Try them. Chapple Drug Co. will
guarantee satisfaction or refund mon
cy Only SO C..
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
AFFECTS THEIR BUSINESS.
Miles City Merchants Suffer Through
Scrap at Helena. RS

Miles City Merchants Suffer Through
Scrap at Helena.
The scrap over the state furnishing
of supplies for the various state in
stitutions has affected Miles City to
a certain extent. Secretary of the
Board de earle, says the Yellowstone
Journal, sent a batch of warrants for
salaries and supplies to the secretary
of state for the necessary official en-
dorsements in order that they might
be paid. The salary warrants were
signed and returned all right but the
bills for supplies we're not returned.
Inquiry as to their whereabouts dis
closed the fact that under the new
laws the state is supposed to let the
contract to the most favorable bid
der. This of course will materially
affect the local merchants, each of
whom has had a certain share of the
reform school business.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
First Publication Sept. g., 1901.-6.
Notice for Publication,

First Publication Sept. 6, 19O1.-6.
Notice for Publication.
Department of the Interior, Land
Office at Miles City, Mont, Sept. 2,
1901.
Notice is hereby given that the
following-named settler has filed not
ice of his intention to make final proof
in support of his claim, and that
said proof will be made before Clerk
Of District Court at Billings, Mont,
on October 10, 1901, viz: Edward M.
Snyder, who made H. E. No. 9S1 for
the NEA NWA, Sec. %, TIP. 8 N, r.
20 E.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on and cultivation of said land, viz:
James Buckley of Razor Greek, Mont,
Cliff L. Root of Roundup, Mont, Chas.
B. Wallace of Musselshell, Mont, w.
N. Taylor of Musselshell, Mont.
s. GORDON
Register.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
LUKE HENRY is BAD.
coIored Youth Gets Himself Into Ser.
ious Trouble.

ious Trouble.
""nm Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
AS matters now seem Luke
Henry Bryan, a colored youth
well known about the city,
will probably land in the reform
school, to which place it has been
threatened a number of times to send
him. He was arrested yesterday
morning on the charge of carrying
concealed weapons and in order to
enable his arrangement in the dis
trict court his hearing was postponed
for a week, by which time the higher
court is expected to be in session.
Bryan is accused of writing letters
to respectable white girls and it
seems that M Of the letters he wrote
fell into the hands of the father of
the girl to whom it was written. Yes
terday morning the father met the
youth o. the street and after a few
words slapped his face. Bryan left.
threatening to come back and shoot
his assailant. In a short time he was
seen again, and evidently was pre-
pared to carry his threat into execu-
ton, for he had a revolver, but be-
fore he had an opportunity to use the
weapon was arrested.
Whether ~deservedly SO or not, the
boy bears a hard reputation and it is
the intention of the authorities to
send him to the reformatory before
it may become necessary to send him
to a penal institution of a different
character.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
is ALMOST OVER.
Northern Montana Shipping Season
Drawing to Close.

Five trainloads of sheep and three
trains of cattle from Great Northern
stations will be on the Chicago mar
ket today or tomorrow, and this will
about close the cattle shipping season
in northern Montana, except for the
Mcnamara cattle, which will begin to
go forward from Big Sandy about the
25th inst. They are all on the range
near Big Sandy and can be shipped as
rapidly as the railway company can
provide cars, says the Great Falls
Tribune. Aside from the Mcnamara
cattle, the local railway officials know
of none yet to be shipped, but it is
probable there will be a few other
small shipments. The shipments thus
far are not more than 60 per cent of
last years, and those yet to be made
will not run the percentage above rs
for the whole season.
Shipments Of sheep promise to be
very heavy. Several trainloads of
mutton sheep have already gone for
ward to Chicago and many others
will follow within the next three
weeks. 1t is not likely that many
feeding sheep will be shipped, as
feeding does not promise to be profit
able this season, but two of the big
Illinois feeding outfits have made
some purchases and will ship just as
early as the sheep can be delivered
at the railway.
Shipments of horses will continue
until very cold weather comes. About
1000 head r yet to be shipped from
Cascade and Choteau counties, and
two buyers are now operating in
Teton county, %endeavoring to secure
horses of all grades, while the de-
mand for horses for cavalry service
in the United States and British ar
mics is greater than ever before.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE.
Court and Prisoner Compromise o,
Larceny CHARGE,

Court and Prisoner Compromise on
Larceny Charge.
From Thursdays Daily Gazette.
Louis S~weetheimer cheerfully plead
ed guilty in Judge Mann's court yes
terday morning to the charge of hav-
ing stolen a watch, but strenuously
denied his guilt as to the larceny of
two timepieces. Not caring to argue
the matter, his honor accepted Mr..
Sweetheimer's version of the case and
sentenced him to 60 days in the coun-
ty jail.
AS related to the court by the com
planning witness Sweetheimer and
two other men arrived in the city a
short time ago and formed a sort of
co-partnership. They secured work
down on the flat and one of the mem
bers of the firm borrowed a watch
from Frank Swim. Louis coveted the
watch and appropriated it, but short
" afterward pawned it and spent the
money. Another watch disappeared
at about the same and he was accus-
ed Of having stolen it also. This
charge, however, as ALREADY stated,
he denied and while admitting he had
purploined the Swim watch declared
he was not willing to suffer for the
misdeeds of someone, else and intimat-
cd that he was entitled to some cred
Il and consideration for his frankness
admitting his guilt to the extent he
had.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11

When you cannot sleep for coughing
it is hardly necessary that any one
should tell you that you need a few
doses of Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy to allay the irritation of the
throat, and make sleep possible. It
Is good. Try it. For sale by Chapple
Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
LET TO LOCAL BIDDERS.
P~ostoffice Department. Adopts New
Plan On Letting Mail Contracts.

A general advertising and letting OF
mail route contracts in the state of
Montana is now under way. An in.
%teresting feature of this advertise
ment is that it contemplates placing
all the contracts with local parties.
The advantages of such a plan, to
local bidders and contractors and to
the public in general, are obvious.
and the innovation deserves the
hearty cooperation of all concerned.
Bidding should be active and gem
eral," remarked a gentleman yester-
day., "to sustain the postofice depart
ment in this move, and for the same
reason bidders should be conserva-
tive and reasonable in their estimates,
making due allowance for possible
earnings outside of mail service Jay.
1t is a noteworthy fact that parties
who have heretofore i'd regularly on
mail service contracts, at very high
rates, have ultimately assumed sub
contracts on the same routes at much
lower rates, proving that their orig
inal figures were unnecessarily high.
Such parties, who have now an i'm
proved opportunity to contract direct
with the government, with assured
pay and no danger Of delay or loss
through middlemen, should look at
this matter in a reasonable light and
act with discretion
Further information as to routes
advertised, instructions to bidders,
etc., may be had at any postofice, a
copy of the general advertisement
having been placed in the hands Of
each postmaster.
Robert H. Barclay, a special agent
Of the department is now here looking
over the routes.
The routes advertised in Yellow.
stone county and immediate vicinity
are:
Billings to Lavina, so miles, six
81, 800. ".
Junction, via Musselshell, F1atwil-
low, Grassrange, Alpine and Fort
Maginnis, to Giltedge, 1874 miles,
three times a week. Present con-
tract pay, $~2,673.79; subcontract pay,
$4,000.
Musselshell, via Miner, to Round
up, ~ miles, three times a week.
Present contract pay, $475 for twice
a week service.
Musselshell to Baldwin, SA miles
three times a week. Present contract
pay, $319.20.
Lavina, via Elso, to Roundup, "a
miles, twice a week. Present con-
tract pay, $431; subcontract pay, 1920.
Lavina, via Folsom, to Highield,
14A miles, three times a week. Pres
emit contract pay, $623.50; subcon-
tract pay, $3.50, for twice a week SER
vice.
Billings to Pryor, 32A miles, three
times a week. Present contract pay,
$S36.96; subcontract pay, $4,000.
Columbus, via Absarokee, to Nye,
36h miles, six times a week. Pres
ent contract pay, $1,790; subcontract
pay, $1,000.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
Your Fac

Your FacH
Shows the state of your feeling and
the state of your health as well. I'm
pure blood makes itself apparent in
a pale and sallow complexion, Pimp-
les and Skin Eruptions. If you are
feeling weak and worn out and do
not have a healthy appearance, you
should try Acker's Blood Elixir. It
cures all blood diseases where cheap
Sarsaparillas and so called purifiers
fail; knowing this, we sell every
bottle on a positive guarantee. For
sale by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
PROTESTS ARE MANY.
Scheme to Deprive Large Area Q,
Mail Service.

Scheme to Deprive Large Area Of
Mail Service.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
II the postal official responsible for
the changes ordered in the service OF
the mail route from this city to La
VIVA could hear all the profanity and
complaints which the new arrange
ments is productive Of in the country
to the north of Lavina he would prob
ably revise his scheme and reinstate
the old order of thing which under
the new schedule he proposes to do
away with. The advertisements for
proposals to carry the mail between
Billings and Lavina make no refer
ence to any service between the lat
ter point and those offices to the
north which are being supplied for the
present from this city, via Lavina.
AS construed by all who have read
them the advertisements contem-
plate the cutting off of all mail con-
nections between Lavina and Lewis
town, leaving out Halbert, Bercail
and Ubet and some other offices which
are now receiving their mail direct.
A gentleman who is largely affect
ed by the proposed change and who
lives in the region to the north of
Lavina, called the attention of The
Gazette last evening to the matter
and declared that it was nothing
short of an outrage on a large, num-
Der of people, as it would deprive
them of even the poor mail facilities
they now have. Some of us will
hereafter be compelled to go as far
as a hundred miles to get our mail,'
he said. sTake Highfield, for in
stance" he continued. "The people
who now receive their mail at that
office will have to travel all of that
distance to the nearest p~ostofice,
while the average distance all will
have to go is not less than 40 to so
miles. 1t also works a hardship on
us in another direction, for by discon-
tinuing the present mail routes we
will be shut out altogether from Bill
ings and it will be impossible for us
to, as we doenow, send here for many
things that we are unable to get up
way. To get a letter to Billings
from that country, after the new sys-
TEN goes into effect, it will be neces-
sary to send it around by way of
course, anything that we might order
from here would necessarily have to
go the same round about way to reach
us. The thing is outrageous and we
hope something may be lone to avert
it."
Another gentleman whom The Ga
zette saw declared it to be a scheme
of the p%ostofice inspector at Helena
to injure Billings to, the manifest ad-
vantage of his own city. He was full
ly as outspoken in his denunciation
of the change as the first and declar-
ed that the inspector did not know
the wants of the people, or knowing
them deliberately ignored them so
that Helena might gain a little ad-
vantage. The only remedy he could
suggest was for the people of Billings
and those of the section about to be
deprived of their postofices to unite
forces and petition the department
for a continuance of the present SER
vice. He also thought that something
might be accomplished by calling the
attention of Senator Clark to the mat
ter and asking his Intervention. What
ever was to be done, he said, would
have to be done speedily, as the time
is growing short.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
MIRACLE IN COURT.
Deaf and Dumb Man Finds Speech
Artistic CRATER.

Il .ht'.
Deaf and Dumb Man Finds Speech
Artistic CRATER.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
There are a number of people in
Billings, who had they been in the
police court yesterday when the usual
mornings arraignmentss were made
would probably have asked some able
bodied man to kick them, for they
would have recognized in one of the
prisoners a "grafter" who successful
ly played on their sympathies the
day before to the extent of a quarter
and in some instances more. They
would also have witnessed the mira.
Gle of a deaf and dumb man using
about as plain English as it is given
to most people to hear and recognize
ed in him the man of the terrible
scar across the head and aslant the
forehead which he exhibited the day
before as the cause Of his muteness.
The truth is that on the strength of
their %gullibility and easily aroused
sympathies he got gloriously drunk
Tuesday night and was arrested for
creating a disturbance, and vag-
rancy.
When he faced the court the fellow
found sudden speech and said his
name was Charles Downing and that
he had worked the deaf and dumb
game because he had found himself
short and pressed for money. In *
tenuation of his deceit he said he did
not often resort to the fraud, but as
matters stood he had to do it. The
court imposed a fine of $40, which
means that he will have to work
on the streets for the next ten days.
The sentence was made a little Sc
verer than customary because the
court wished to give the police an
opportunity to work up another case
which they have against the fellow
and which may send him to the pen
AICACA01J LUZ ~ HUNS NC1y 1lC as
if a charge of burglary will be await
ing him when his sentence expires.
Among the places he visited dur
ing his w~anderings about town last
Tuesday was the back part of the
Grand hotel, where he found an I'M
usually sympathetic lot n the cook and
others of the "help." He was fed and
also given some money, but this did
not prevent him from doing a scurvy
thing to the cook, whose name is st.
John.
Yesterday morning when arrested
Downing was found to have a pipe,
a check for a small amount drawn by
St. John in favor of a man named Nc
Elroy, and various other articles in
his possession. He could not ex-
plain how he had come by the things
and at once it vas suspected that
he had stolen them. Inquiry of the
cook was made and for the first time
he noticed that his overcoat was not
hanging in its accustomed place and
when shown the pipe recognized it as
his and also identified the check.
With this evidence against the mute
the police began search for the coat,
but at last accounts had not succeed
ed in finding it. They are hopeful,
however, of being able to obtain it
before the fellows sentence expires,
as they want" him and want him
very badly. Meanwhile those of his
whom he seduced into Civ
ing him financial aid have the salts |
faction of knowing that even though
he fooled them, the joke just now is
on himself.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11

Mrs. T. Briddleman of Parshallville,
Mich, was troubled with salt rheum
for thirteen years and had tried a
number of doctors without relief.
After two applications of Banner
Salve, her hands became better and
in a short time she was entirely cured.
Beware of substitutes. Holmes &
RixOn.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets

are sold on a positive guarantee.
Cures heartburn. raising of food, dis
tress after eating or any form of
dyspepsia. One little tablet gives
immediate relief. Csc and SOC. For
sale by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11

For sprains, swellings and lameness
sehere is nothing SO good as Chamber
hin's Pain Balm. Try it. For sale
" Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
Moki Tea Positively Cures

Sick Headache, indigestion and con-
stipation. A delightful herb drink.
Removes all eruptions of the skin.
producing a perfeot complexion, or
money refunded. 25 cts. and so cts.
For sale by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
TELEPHONE soUABsLE.
Bell Company Has a Lively Tilt At
Red Lodge.

Bell Company Has a Lively Tilt At
Red Lodge.
A lively legal squabble is on at
Red Lodge between the town author
tiles and the Rocky Mountain Bell
Telephone company, which seeks en-
trance into the town. Some months
ago the company applied for a fran
chise to enter the corporate limits
and this was refused by the town
council. Since then the company has
been building toward Red Lodge and
a few days ago a force of men began
to dig holes for the erection of poles.
They were arrested and four of them
landed in the Office of the police mag
istrate. Here they were assessed a
fine of $40, each. Subsequently the
police magistrate took another twist
at the telephone company and landed
the workmen in Jail. The town
ell was gotten together and an ordi-
nance adopted for the purpose of deal
ing with the company.
But the passage of the ordinance
in question apparently has not put a
quietus on the telephone company.
All the lawyers at Red Lodge have
been engaged against the company,
with the exception of Sydney Fox,
who has been retained as the local
adviser for the telephone people.
The question of the telephone CON-
pany's rights to enter the corporate
limits of the town, it is said, is to be
tested in the district court.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
Acker's EnqIish Remedy

VIII stop a cough al any time, and
will cure the worst cold in twelve
hours, or money re1unded. rs cts.
and SO cts. For sale by Chapple
Drug Co,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
$1,000 Reward.

We will pay $1,000 reward for all
cattle branded UT connected and fly
ing e. Address us.
MURPHY CATTLE CO.,
or l.. H. PARKER,
Abb Billings, Mont.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
UNDER STATE SUPERVISION.

UNDER STATE SUPERVISION,
Pays 5 per cent on savings depos.
its. interest compounded quarterly.
Pays 6 FER cent on time certificates
OF deposit, not subject to check.
Issues savings certificates on build
ing and loan plan with definite time
of maturity and definite payments.
Loans money on real estate to be
repaid on monthly installments rum
ming from n to ten years, to suit
borrower.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11

ST. JOHNS HEADACHE CURE
will cure your headache. Sold by Chap
pie Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
Trustees.

Lee Mantle, president; Chas.
Schatzlein, viee-president; Frank w.
Haskins, treasurer; A. B. Clements,
secretary; Charles R. Leonard, F.
Aug. Heinze, Henry Mueller, James H.
Monteath.
FRED H. FOSTER. Local A~ent.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11

ST. JOHNS COUGH CURE will
cure your cough. Sold by Chapple
Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11

Calling cards at Gazette office.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
ACker'S
Saved Her Life

About two miles from Vassar, Mich,
where l keep q drug store, lives Mrs. T. M.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-12-14
.T RIVALS BONNIE CASE.
The Police of Washington have An
other Mysterious Assault
Case to Deal With.
A FASHIONABLE MODESTO THE VICTIM
Mrs. Ada Gilbert Dennis Found In n"
Almost Dying Condition
Result of FIendish Assault ny
an Unknown Person WINE ="
Her Bed.

Washington, Dec. 11.-Mrs' Au'
Gilbert Dennis, fashionable dress
maker, was found in an almost uylhs
condition in her room at a. m, UNI
der circumstances that promise u
rival the Bonnie murder case. her
skull was fractured, jawbone broken
and left ear almost severed from the
head. Her left arm bore bruises lnul-
cative of struggle and her clothing
and bedding were saturated WIN
blood. She was removed to the Gar
field hospital and large force OF de-
tectives put on the case. The name
of her assailant is unknown.
The general belief is that Mrs Den
mis- was attacked while asleep in her
back room on the first floor, and that
the first blow, in all probability ad-
ministered with the piano stool,
which was smeared with blood, rem
dered her unconscious. The prelim-
mary investigation by the police falis
to indicate that there was any strug-
gle. MTS. DtlHlS, III u SCiSSiN'
ment, while being carried to the nos
pital, said that someone had hurt
her, but when pressed for details
merely responded: "Never mind"
Robbery apparently was not the mo-
tive for the assault, for on the table
at the foot of the bed was a small
box containing a pocketbook well
filled with greenbacks and other coin.
There was a bloody imprint OF
hand on the piano lid in the parlor,
and a window in that room was
open. 1t is supposed the assailant es-
capped through this window. When
found, Mrs. Dennis was clad in her
night garments and was in bed UNI
der the cover. She was partly con-
scious, although she has been uncon-
scious most of the time since. The
detectives are satisfied that several
blows of the piano stool must have
been welded with considerable force
and that there was no outcry,at least,
audible. Her groans, however, were
heard by a woman on the third floor
and in the adjoining house. About the
same time Policeman Livingston and
Waterman, who were two blocks
away, heard what they believed to be
woman's screams. Mrs. Dennis is
about AZ years old and is one of the
best known women in business here.
She is the widow of Walter Dennis, au
actor.
An operation was performed on
Mrs. Dennis at the hospital Tuesday
afternoon. Very little hope is held
out for her recovery.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-12-14
PROTOCOL WITH NICARAGUA.
Scope of the Arrangement Entered
Into With the Government of
Nicaragua ut Managua.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE arrange
ment entered into at Managua, Mon
day between United States Minister
Merry and the minister of foreign
affairs, was in the nature of a proto-
col, and was not, strictly speaking, a
treaty. 1t is in effect a definition, in
advance, of the character of a treaty
that Nicaragua is willing to enter in
to with the United States in the event
that the Hay-Pauncefote treaty is
ratified by the United States and
Great Britain. There are supposed to
be legal reasons why treaty, pure
and simple, could not be entered into
between the United States and Mica
ragua in advance Of the consumma-
ton of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
A similar arrangement has been, or
will be, made with the government of
Costa Rica to secure the necessary
rights on that part of the San Juan
river essential for canal purposes and
possibly subject to Costa Rican SOW
ereignty.