The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-20

row be made himself scarce, notwith-
standing he had received the worst Of
the argument, and kept out Of sight of
the police until last night, when he
was arrested and locked up. This
morning he was arraigned before
Judge Mann, but owing to the fact
that 1T was impossible to secure wit
nesses, the prisoner was discharged.
A prizefght was to have taken
place last Friday night at one of the
resorts on the south side. The au-
thorfties, however, would not permit
and it was called off for the time be-
ing. Yesterday afternoon the princi-
pals and a number of sports assem-
bled at the road house at the bifurca-
ton of the Lavina and Musselshell
roads and the scrap was pulled off on
the turf. Only five rounds were
fought, when the referee called q
draw. William Richards and William
Brooks, colored, were the contestants.
When Judge Loud adjourned dis
trict court last Saturday afternoon
it was until June 25, on which date
the ease of State vs.. Smudley and
Perkins, charged with ROBBERY, will
cone up for trial. Owing to the fact
that the. complaining witness is anxi-
GUS to leave the state and because the
defendants were eager to be tried at
once an effort was male to in,luce the
court to try the case today, both par
ties consenting to a jury to be drown
from box No. g., but the request had
to be denied. as the Judge was obliged
to be at Forsyth tomorrow.
Contrary to expectations, the case
Of Rhead VS.. the Big Ditch company,
trial of which was begun before Judge
Loud last Saturday, was not com
pleted. Testimony was heard in sup
port of plaintiffs demand for damages
and also counter testimony of the
defendant, but when the point was
reached where the company set up q
claim for alleged damages on account
Of alleged incompetency on the part
Of the plaintiff the latter %interposed
a demurrer. Rather lengthy argu-
ments ensued and the court took the
matter under advisement and contin-
ued further hearing of the cause until
next month, when a special session
will be held.
The holding of a teachers election
by the board of education about the
close of the school year seems to have
caused some objection among teach
ers, the complaint being that when a
teacher is no longer desired notice
should be given by the board so that
application for a position elsewhere
could be made. In most communities
the selection of tachers for the fol-
lowing year is usually made as early
as March and this has proved more
satisfactory to both the boards of ed
ucation and teachers. The same plan
here, it is held, would not be a hard
ship on the board and certainly would
prove more satisfactory to teachers
looking for reelection.
Ben Murphy "a stage driver on the
Billings-Lavina line, is the latest
smallpox victim. Murphy was picked
up in the city yesterday with a we'll
developed case. He had been around
town for nearly a week and was sup
posed to have chickenpox. Another
case anne out of st. rVincent's hos
pital a day or so ago. The victim had
been an inmate of that institution, |
suffering with another disease from
which he had about recovered when
smallpox broke out. Murphy is the
sixth patient now at the isolation hos
pital and the attending physician, DR..
Free, is Of the opinion that the dis
ease will run well into the summer,
unless the greatest effort is made to
it.
The combination Of lawyers and
newspaper men proved to be too
strong for the bankers last Saturday
and in the seventh inning the latter
decided that they had had enough.
Up to the third the game was an ex-
ceptionally good one and it began to
look as though the interest rushers
would not be permitted to score. A
series of errors on the part of the
and journalistic talent enabled
their opponents to make five runs in
his inning the only ones they were
able to score. At the coclusion of the
seventh the tally sheet showed ten to
i've and the game was called of. Has.
sler and Stout we're in the box for the
combination, while Deckert and
Holmes were the battery for the bank