The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-18


and a quartette from the same church
sang a number of hymns. The floral
offerings were numerous and contain
ed several appropriate pieces.
Arrivals from Miles City report the
authorities of Custer county as being
engaged in an effort to fathom what
appears to be a murder mystery.
Word was received at Milesville of
the finding of the dead body of a man
at the head Of Bloom creek, a tributary
of Powder river, and that it was evil
dent the man had been murdered,
as his death had undoubtedly result
ed from a gunshot wound. The man
was named Hennessy and was a sheep
herder employed by Charles DAILY. ~
Another one of the coal compares
operating on the east side of the
state has about completed arrange
ments to comply with the law relative
to the dumping Of slack into streams.
The Montana Coal and Coke company,
operating at Horr, is preparing to
install the necessary machinery and
in a short time it will be no longer
polluting the waters of the upper Vel
lowstone with the refuse of it's mines.
The management, so it is said, claims
that a loss of 20 per cent has been
entailed by permitting the slack to be
dumped into the river, and when the
new machinery is in operation the
company expects to not only save
this loss, but also prevent further
complaint on account of the dirty con-
dition Of the stream.
At a fashionable wedding in the city
last night a large portion of the re-
freshments provided for the guests
m%ysteriously disappeared from the
cellar of the home while the ceremony
was in progress, much to the disap-
pointment of the host and hostess and
a large number of the guests having
an appetite for ice cream and like
dainties. AS the food disappeared at
a time when the new city marshal,
Will Calhoun, was under the same
roof, some Of the assembled guests
charged him with being a party to the
joke, il such it was, while others sug-
gested that the incident reflected on
Mr.. Calhoun as an officer at the very
outstart Of his administration. On
the other hand Marshal Calhoun as
serts that he was "jobbed" in. the
house of his friends, and threatens
to have warrants issued for the arrest
OF several of his most intimate as
s~ociates.
According to a late Helena dispatch,
politics are liable to cut a figure in
the settlement of the labor troubles
at Red Lodge. Yesterday at Helena
Governor Toole held a conference with
State Mine Inspector Welsh, going
over the situation. The governor sug-
gested that Mr.. Welsh proceed to Red
Lodge and discuss the question with
the striking miners. AS q basis of
compromise the governor thought that
one way out of the difficulty would be
for the underground workmen to con-
sent to have a smaller number of men
than heretofore ride out of the mines
at one trip. AS a precautionary meas
ure this plan would of curse lessen
the risk to human life as to- numbers,
should an accident occur hut the dam
ger, If it ever existed, would be there
just the same. It is possible that the
stringent order issued to the operating
company will be rescinded by the
state authority. and the company al
lowed to exercise its OWE judgement
as to allowing the men to ride out of
the mines on the cars
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