Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-28

OF the 1nIcrndl mdC[ltlS pldCSu vi e'S
steamship Umbria being resident OF
Butte develops to be myth.
Gallatin county takes first prize for
bad roads. A Dry Creek man started
to town with a dog following the
wagon. The roads we're so bad the
dog went back.
Miles City is to have new opera
house. In the one now in use Legree
and Little Eva have to occupy the
same dressing room, and there is no
place to keep the bloodhounds.
The people of Yellowstone county
will be called upon June to vote on
the issuance of SIS, 900 worth of court
house bonds. A former vote upon the
question was found to be illegal.
The ten-round bout at Miles City
SUNDAY night between Jimmie Ken
nard of St. Paul and Dave Boyce of
Sterling, Colo, resulted in a draw.
1t was a lively fight, and both men
displayed considerable skill.
AT lengthy and warm meeting
Wednesday night the Billings school
board selected 10 out of % teachers for
the ensuing year. c. S. Brothers was
reelected superintendent and his sal
airy increase from 81, 800 to $1,000 per
year
''Swede" Murphy, the politician, of
Butte. who was arrested few days
ago on tn charge of passing a worth
less check for $25, did not appear at
the time set for the trial before JUS
tice OF the peace, and his bond of $500
was forfeited.
Montana, a famous racehorse owned
by T. g. kir, endall of Helena, died
Monday at the ranch of Bert Norris at
Abel. 30 miles northwest of Helena.
The racer was II years of age and
burS,eh a blood vessel while trolling in
his pasture.
James J. Hill president Of the Great
Northern. is likely to succumb to an
attack If enlargement Of the heart.
He has voluntarily increased the wages
OF the men in the express service Of the
Great Northern system an average of
II per cent, going into effect inmedi-
atel..
DR.. Z. w. Wilson. the Minnesota ex-
pert. who has been in Missoula coun-
ty for several weeks making study
OF spotted fever, has departed for his
home at ST. Paul. The doctor stated
he had no information to give out, but
that he was satisfied in his own mind
that the bite of the woodtick was the
c;,nS. Of spotted fever.
AT Great Falls Saturday Robert
Stickne., convicted of abducting four
yon"" yirls from Denver, was sentenced
to >r>r" yours in the peuitentiary.
The leugth of the term, however, will
be imIr years and seven months, with
time allowed for good behavior The
law rr~ for the defense intend to take
the case to the supreme court, giving
as Il reason the fact that Stickney had
been placed in jeopardy before. Stick
ney YVES severely lectured by the court
The hronze tablet to the late Lieu
tena"t Colonel Robert Bruce Wallace,
authorized by the legislature. was last
week put III place in the corridor of
the capitol at Helena. The tablet
bears THIS inscription: Robert Bruce
Wallace. first lieutenant Second United
cavalry: colonel Thirty seventh United
States volunteer infantry; class of 1890.
Bor". February Z, 1869, died March
Is. i'"". OF wounds received at Calico
ca" While leading a charge. His COM
mandinS general, f.. S. Otis. wrote of
him. lie served his country nobly
and his countvymen are greatly in his
debt,
THE supreme court has denied the
petition Of Ebert ID. Weed of Helena.
FORMER nited States district attorney,
Tor reinstatement to practice law in
Montana The announcement was
ma'' IN open court by Associate JUS
tice George X. Milburn, who stated
that the opinion expressing the views
OF the court would be filed within the
week. The petition of Mr.. Weed was
iilet several days ago and was accom-
panied by petitions signed by large
number If the members of the Montana
bar a. ell as prominent citizens and
the ma n.ity of the members of the SEN