Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-09
FOUND HER BODY
BELIEVED TO BE MRS. FREISCH-
MAN, LATE OF BILLINGS.
ENLARGE METHODIST CHURCH,
Will Be a Fine Structure When Com
pleted-The New County
Officers.
Billings. January :. 1901

Billings. January :. 1901
A few days ago the body of a wo-
man was found on Sandbar in the
Yellowstone river. the corpse being nude
and nothing by which to identify it,
There were two marks on the neck
supposed to have been bullet wounds
1t is generally thought in Billings by
those who paid attention to this state
ment of the finding of the body that it
is that of Mrs. George Treischman. who
branch and mysteriously disappeared
over year ago. while she was being
taken to the insane asylum. where she
had been confined previously. AT the
time of her disappearance it was sup
posed that she had drowned herself in
the Yellowstone river at that point, but
a diigent search failed to reveal any
trace of her The supposition now is
that she met watery grave in the
river. and that hers was the body found
at Glendive. the marks on the neck be-
ing the wounds caused by Mrs. Triesch-
mans attempt to kill herself While liv-
ing in this city. Soon after this attempt
at suicide. Mrs Treischmar was COM
inhibited 10 the insane asylum at Warm
Springs, but after a Very few months
she was allowed to return to her family.
which had meanwhile removed to Fort
Yellowstone. Wyo. After being there
but a few days she murdered her young
est child. a boy about 3 years old, by
cutting his throat with a butcher knife,
and attempted to kill her other children.
She was then placed under guard and
to IN he
in charge of the United States marshal
when she made her escape.
Today being the first Monday in jan
uary the county ofiicials-elect. with the
exception of the county treasurer and
the county commissioners. assumed their
duties. Among those who became public
servants are sheriff. county clerk and
recorder, clerk of the court, assessor,
attorney. superintendent of schools,
county surveyor coroner and public adj
ministrator. OF these four of the pres
ent officials succeeded themselves as
follows: Sheriff G. II. Hubbard, County
Clerk N. G. Carwile. Clerk of the Court
T. A. Williams and County Surveyor A.
A. Morris. The new officials are Asses
sor A. p. Smith, Attorney F. H. Hathorn.
Superintendent Mrs. NJ. NJ. Strang.
Coroner James Chapple and Public Ad-
ministrator Henry Terrell. The first
three succeed officials who have been in
Office for two successive terms. County
Treasurer E. S. Holmes, who was also
elected to succeed himself, does not take
his second oath of Office until March,
that being the time specified in the
statutes for taking office. The term of
County Commissioner elect S. X. Dever-
an q De- 4 NJ Too he
not begin until November next. James
Kelly. who has served as justice of the
peace for three terms in Billings. re-
linauishes the reins of office to Justice
elect +. L. Mann. Justice A. Fraser sue
ceeds himself There will be no change
in the deputyships. those at present
holding these positions having been re-
tanned
A meeting of the trustees of the
Methodist Episcopal church vas held
Thursday night, at which time The pre-
liminary steps We're taken for the en-,
largement of the church edfice, work
upon which will commence in the course
of the next few weeks. The plans for
the Improvement have been sent for,
the same to be prepared by the Meth
odist Episcopal church building society,
and. as soon as received, bids for the
work will be accepted. The cost of the
contemplated Improvement will be $780,
and all this amount has been practically
pledged through the personal efforts of
the pastor, Rev. G. c. Stull. The plans
will call for a brick addition to the
north side of the present building, size
28x3S feet, tower 12xl2 feet. together
with basement under the entire build
ing, the latter to be used for Sunday
school purposes and social gatherings.
Entrance to the basement will be made
on Twenty-ninth street. under the tow
er. The addition will give the church
seating capacity of over 500, While that
of the basement will be over 200. The
contract for the stone to be used in the
foundation has been let to Rogers &
Clark who will begin placing same on
the ground this week and the founda-
ton work will be begun at that time
also
Smallpox continues to make itself felt
in Montana, hardly a city or town OF
any size escaping the disease, but it
does not seem to be any more prevalent
than it was last winter There are
still four cases in the pest house in
Billings, the first patient, woman,