The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-13

q d1t1Culty on the south SIDE last
night and was arrested. This morn.
ing he contributed IS to the funds Of
the city. X
In recognition OF his past services
and continued kindly feeling toward
the organization, DIR. Rinehart has
been elected to a place on the hon
orary list of the Maverick Hose com
psay. ~
LII the appearance of straw hats and
the mercury striving to attain
heights so altitudinousl as to be dizzy
may be accepted as reliable indica-
tipns, then summer has arrived with
a sudden bound.
The musical anu dance given last
night by the Modern Woodmen proved
a very successful and happy affair.
The concert by the Cosgrove orchestra
before the dancing began was of a
high order and greatly pleased those
who heard it.
Chris Swanson, one Of the stregu-
lars" was again in police court this
morning, on the usual charge, having
been drunk and causing a disturbance.
He pleaded guilty and in default Of
$40 was sentenced to do five days
work on the streets. NJ
It is authoritatively stated that the
wholesale grocery concern of the Nc
Cord-Brady company, Omaha, intends
erecting a supply house at this point
in the very near future. The firm is
one of the largest west of Chicago and
does a lafge business in that section
of NE country reached by the Bur-
y
Negotiations which had been pend.
ing for sometime between Mrs. Bar
bara Dennison and Martin Burns were
closed yesterday by which Mr.. Burns
became the owner of Mrs. Dennison's
ranch, about four miles up the valley.
The property is regarded as excep-
tionally desirable and brought the
handsome sum of $4,000.
Among today's visitors in the city
was George F. Soxman Of Lawrence,
Kans. MI. Foxman is an uncle of
Harry F. Ramsey and is visiting this
section with the view to making his
home hereabouts. His health is not
of the best and he believes a change
of climate might prove beneficial. Mr..
Soxman is register of deeds of the
county in which he resides.
A report was started today that
DR.. Harriette Foxton Clark, who has
been seriously i'll for the past couple
of weeks, was dead. Happily the re-
port proved to be untrue and prob
ably had for it's origin the statement
given cut last night that the lady's
condition was such as to make her
survival of the night extremely doubt
full. This afternoon she was said TO
be much better and her recovery was
confidently expected. x
President Mellen of the Northern
Pacific passed through the city last
evening in his special train en- route
west. He was accompanied by Gen
eral Manager Kimberly and General
Superintendent Cooper. Superintend-
ent Gibson of the Yellowstone divi-
sion accompanied the train to this
point and Superintendent Horn of the
Montana division acted as escort from
here. It was the intention of the par
ty to leave the main line at Laurel
and proceed to Red Lodge to make an
inspection of the company's property
at that place. "
The dry, invigorating atmosphere OF
eastern Montana seems to be particu-
larly conducive to the growth of mus
Gle and the development of lung pow
er, as has been attested on numerous
occasions when any of the product
of this part of the state, whether man
or beast, has been pitted against
champions of the east. Eugene Mil
burn. who graduated from the high
school of this city recently contested
in some of the intercollegiate ath-
letic events as representative of Yale.
He won the 120-yard hurdle race and
took second place in the Pennsylvania
relay games between representatives
of several colleges. including Chicago
university. He also took first place
in the 50-yard hurdle race in the,
armory games at New Haven in which
the contestants we're members of the
Second regiment of Connecticut and
Yale men. AS a result of his prowess
he has a gold medal and two cups.
The big Five" went down to de-
feat before the neutrality-suspicious.
dies" last night in their effort to