The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-27

ecuae the fellow. Several days age
Riley telegraphed east for. money
saying he wanted to settle with the
jeweler, but as yet has received nc
anawer and has about given up hope
of hearing from the person whom he
asked for the loan.
Fletcher Daley, the man who last
fall had the western part of Custer
county on edge because of the prom.
ises he made Of a creamery and vari.
GUS institutions that were to enable
the hardworking grangers Of that sec
ton to fairly revel in wealth, but sub
sequently disappeared, after having
secured possession Of bands of sheep
and cattle for which he failed to pay,
is back at Miles City. He sold most
of the stock and then left for Alaska,
recently appearing at Seattle, where
he was arrested and brought back to
answer to the charge Of grand lar
ceny and various other o%ffenses. He
claims that he lost heavily on the
shipments of cattle and other animals
he bought on credit and to escape
the consequences of his wrong doing
thought he would try and retrieve
himself in Alaska, where he under.
stood men became wealthy in a day.
The gamblers chance he took went
against him and now he is a prisoner.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
James A. Johnson of Gebo is at the
Grand.
E. F. Key of Augusta is registered
at the Grand.
Lee Simonson returned last evening
from Absarokee.
F. v. H. Collins of Forsyth is among
today's visitors in the city.
4 H. H. Mund and wife returned TO
their Denver home this morning. u,
At 10 o'clock this morning 241 vot-
ers had registered, for the coming city
election. r.
General Master Mechanic Mitchell
~ the Northern Pacific arrived in his
Frivate a from the east last night.
Superintendent Boyle of the Mon
tana division of the Northern Pacific
is among today's visiting railroad Of
ficials in the city.
A quartette of bowlers, composed
OF Tschudy, Richstein, Salisbury and
Ovren left this morning for Sheridan,
where a match game is to be played
tonight. d
General Manager Horn of the North
western improvement company arriv-
ed from the west last night and left
this morning for Red Lodge to take
a look at the coal mines under his
jurisdiction.
Although tomorrow is the date fixed
for the district court to convene, it is
considered doubtful whether Judge
Loud a be here. In fact it was stat
ed this afternoon that notice to that
| effect had been received from him.
town of Bear Greek in Carbon county
is a visitor in the city. Mr.. Lamport
has been interested in coal properties
in that locality for a cor of years
and hopes now that connection of the
camp by rail will become a reality be-
fore another year.
Tonight Billings lodge, No. 1874, B.
p. o. Elks, will nominate and elect
officers for the ensuing year. Under
the old law of the order nominations
We're made at least one meeting prior
to that on which the election took
place. but this has been changed and
nominating and electing are now
done at the same session.
Superintendent Gillette, F. M. Lu-
core chief car accountant, C. j..
Saberhagen, master mechanic and H.
d. Smith, connected with the mo-
tive power department at Lincoln, all
of the Burlington, arrived last night
from the south in Mr.. Gillette's pri-
vate car. The gentlemen are on a
tour of inspection and returned this
morning.
VSuperintendent Summers of the Bell
Telephone company came down from
Helena last night and departed for
the south on the Red Lodge passen-
ger. Mr.. Summers is booked for a
tour Of inspection of the new line his
company is building through northern
Wyoming to connect with a line it is