The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-31

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cattleman named Cook, who earned
the standing reward offered for the
skin of the "varmint", by the Honor
able Paul Mccormick several years ago.
Upon its receipt Mr.. Mccormick sent
the skin to a taxidermist who pre-
pared it to be kept as a memento of
n of the largest and rarest Of the
wolf family that v e infested tbs
range of eastern Montana.
r. l.. Nix returned last Wednesday
from his trip to Seattle. Contrary to
expectations neither Lew Fenske nor
ROLAND Potter received a telegram
for financial aid to enable the wan
derer to return. He had taken the
precaution to provide himself with a
roundtrip ticket, while the Seattleites
o%verlooker a little loose change he had
left, thus leaving him with money to
pay for his meals on the way back.
After investigating his case, the au-
thorities of Rosebud county conclud
ed that George Ingold, the se'f.eon-
tessed murderer, was The victim of
a d%isordered mind and that he merely
laLored under a hallucination as to
having killed a mar He was exam.
ined before a lunacy commission,
which, adjudged him insane and or
dereu his commitment in the i4salle
asylum. He still insists that he shot
a man, but claims to be unable to re-
!. member where ne buried him. No
evidence whatever has been found to
indicate that lie really shot and buried
a man, as he says he did.
Harvey Holmes, a rather stylish
negro, was arrested by the police last
night on a telegram from the sheriff
OF Butte, who wired that he held a
warrant for the man. Holmes pro-
fesses dense ignorance as to the ma
ture of the charge against him, claim
While at Butte he conducted a CLUB"
room and the supposition is that the
order for his arrest is in connection
with some gambling transaction.
When taken into custody he was
awaiting the arrival of an %eastbound
train, intending to go to Minneapo-
lis, for which place he has a ticket.
Miles City is 10 have another news
paper, the Independent. The new
venture will be published by a stock
company and Notwithstanding the
name selected for it, in politics the
paper will be undoubtedly of demo-
cratic proclivities, at least this infer
list of names of the incorporators,
who are, James Il. Ramsey, w. A.
Jordan, G. w. Farr, Charles Larson
and Miles w. Milligan, all prominently
identified with the democracy of Gus
ter county. OF the capital stock,
$4,000, $4,000 has been paid in. The
first number of the Independent will
issue August Z.
" ]. G.. Link, the Billings and Butte
architect, whose design for a state
building at the Louisiana Purchase
exposition was accepted by the fair
commission for Montana, has returned
from st. Louis, where he has been
to familiarize himself with the site
to be occupied by the proposed struc-
iture. The location originally assign
ed to the state has been given to
another, but Mr.. Link says that the
new site is even more acceptable it
anything than the old. Plans for the
building will be prepared at once and
will be on exhibition in this city,
Butte and Helena and bids will be
invited for construction Immediately
following their completion.
S. Eselstyn, arrested during the
fore Tart of the week on the charge
of obtaining money under false pre-
tense, was arraigned in Justice
Mann,s court last "Wednesday. He
waived preliminary examination and
was remanded to the district court
il. the sum of $3.50. Being unable tc
furnish bail, he was turned over tic
the sheriff. From letters received
mere from relatives in Carbon county
il, appears that he will have to re
main in Jail until court convenes, as
{ they manifest no intention Of com
ing to his relief. 1t is said that the
present is not his first Ofense II
! that direction and that once before
he was arrested on a like charge, bul
, through the aid of a brother, who
settled the matter, escaped prosecu
: ton.
Notwithstanding that the tempera
ture of late has not been of the kint