The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-10-09
LOCAL mi

- y
Twenty-seventh street and taken pos
session of the new.
The Honorable John D. Losekamp,
accompanied by his sister, Mrs. J. r.
Yates, and Mrs. Il. O. R~ounsavail,
mother of Mr.. Yates, left Wednesday
for Helena to attend the state fair.
They expected to return tomorrow.
OSeveral days ago the annual meet
ing of the Billings & Northern was
held here. The old board of officers
was reelected, beyond which nothing
was done, as the matter of construct
ing the proposed road is still some
thing to be evolved by the future.
Friday evening, October 20, the Fra
ternal Order Of Eagles will give it's
annual charity ball in Gruwell hall.
The MONEY derived will be expended
for charitable purposes and as the
Eagles are noted for their good deeds
and benevolence no doubt a large at
tendance will be present.
A delegation of ladies, consisting OF
Mesdames Mccormick, Carwile, Beck
er, Rowley, Segur, left yesterday
moring for Sheridan, Wyo., to attend
the industrial convention, now in ses-
sion there. Accompanying them were
the Misses Moss, who intended to re-
main over a day to note the proceed
ings.
Fred Ramsey of Kirby was in the
city yesterday on his return home
from a trip to Forsyth. He reported
has taken on the verdure of summer
and said that ii the weather remain
ed ordinarily fair, as it usually is
at this time of year,, there would be
no lack of feed.
Mrs. H. j. Williams, residing near
the Hesper farm, died last night at
1880 o'clock of typhoid fever. The
funeral will take place tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock, with services
at the cemetery. Mrs. Williams was
a sister of the late Mrs. w. W. Eads,
who died in the CRY a few weeks
ago. She leaves q husband AMI fou@
small children.
" By the destruction of a bridge by
fire west of Grey Cliff Wednesday
evening traffic on the Northern Pacific
RAJ delayed to a considerable extent.
Trains due that night from the west
did not arrive until yesterday morn
ing. The origin of the fire is not
known, but the superstition is that it
was caused by sparks from a locomo-
tive. The same bridge Las been burn.
ed a number of times. each time
catching from sparks.
On a telephone message from Sher-
if Potter of Red LodgeAUnder Sheriff
Sayles was at the depot Thursday
evening upon the arrival of the Red
Lodge train and arrested Ben Dun
kin, who is charged with sembezzle-
ment. 1t is alleged that he sold a
mortgaged horse and was preparing
to leave the country. Dunkin was
confined in the city Jail until this
morning, when Mr.. Potter took him
back for hearing.
This morning Cliff Cruce and Ed
Duffy were in police court on the
charge of vagrancy. Cruce was com
mitted to the care of the county fol-
the next so days, and Duffy vas given
10 minutes to get beyond the corpo
rate limits, with Officer Salisbury as
an escort to see to it that he did
not miss his way. The men are sus
pected of having been implicated IL
the recent robbery of the Mint sa
loon and were arrested at the instance
of the proprietors. Both bear unen
viable regulations and by those tina
know them are not considered above
such a job. AS no positive evidence
could be obtained against them, i
was decided to try them on a mino,
charge.