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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-06

has decided to reengage in business.
AS Savaresy has said he would not
conduct a variety show, but would
run only a music hall with none but
male employees the council evidently
thought it would not be doing the
right thing to heed the protest. At
any rate, when Thorson moved that it
be laid on the table there was no OBJ
lection and his motion was carried.
Miscellaneous.
Austin North called the attention
Of the council to the fact that some
years ago a sidwalk had been order
ed constructed on the east side of
North Thirtieth street and that all
the owners Of property in the district
affected had complied with the order,
except the school trustees, who had
failed to build a walk between Fourth
and Fifth avenues, north. The COM
m%unication was referred.
An adverse report, was made by the
special committee to whom was re,
ferred the matter of the petition of TIE
Billings band for permission tQ/use
the council chamber for reb4arsing
purposes. The report waS/ adopted
Fred J.. Mashaw and others pNi-
toned for the extension of the Nter
main in North Thirty-second street
from North Fourth avenue to North
Sixth avenue. Referred. The same
action was taken in the matter of the
petition Of Albert Beaudette and 9th
ers for the establishment of an arc
light at the intersection of North
T~wenty-sixth street and North Sixth
e .,A
Nat. G.. Carwile was appointed reg
istrar for the ensuing city election
and the appointment was confirmed.
1t having been suggested that the
installation of a local weather bu-
reau would be a good thing and the
department having signified its inten-
ton of supplying the necessary ap-
paratus, provided a volunteer OBJ
server could be secured to make the
observations, the committee or city
property was authorized to act in the
matter.
The Billings Brewing company sub
mitted it's acceptance of the condi-
lions imposed in the ordinance grant.
ing it the right to construct a siding
to connect with the Burlington tracks,
The same was ordered filed.
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READ L OF THIS.
You Never Know the Moment When
This Information May Prove
If Infinite Value I

You Never Know the Moment When
This information May Prove
Of Infinite Value.
1t is worth considerable to any cit.
liens of Billings to know the value and
use of a medicine, for if there is nc
occasion to employ it, in the mean
time, frail humanity is subjected to
SO many influences and unforeseen con
tingencies that the wisest are totally
unable to guage the future. Know
then, that Doan's Ointment will cure
any case of hemorrhoids, commonly
known as piles, or any disease of the
cuticle or skin, generally termed
eczema.
E. q. Griswold, bookkeeper at A. H
Whaite & Co., clothing store, 1S and
20 South TETON street, residing at
316 e. Huerfane street, Colorado
Springs, Colo, says: II just as en-
phatically endorse Doan's Ointment
today as l did in the summer of 1899,
when after using it according to di'
rections it stopped an aggravated at
tack of hemorrhoids, or piles. Before
this I had used everything which came
to my notice and had been treated by
physicians but the trouble was not
even checked, let alone cured, Doan's
Ointment is a remedy upon which the
public can depend. l have used it on
several occasions since and it never
failed to bring immediate relief.
have it constantly on hand and would
not take ten times the amount it
costs for the box l have If I knew 1t
could not be so easily purchased.
have recommended Doan's Ointment
to others who, l know, have received
beneficial results
Just such emphatic endorsement
can be had right here in Billings. Drop
into the Chapple Drug Co.'s store and
ask what their customers report.
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.
Y, sole agents for the U. S.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other. 9
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OFFICIAL
Of the Board Of County Commission
ers, Yellowstone County.
Special Called Meeting.

Billings, Mont, Feb. ~, 1903.
A special meeting having been call
ed for this date for the purpose of
giving further consideration to the
matter of court house and Jail plans,
and due notice of said meeting of the
board having been given by publica-
ton for five days as required by law,
the board met at 10 o'clock a. m. this
day in special session pursuant to
call. There were present Chairman
w. o. Parker, Commissioners S. K!
Deverill and C. M. Jacobs, and Clerk
j. w. Fish.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and upon motion duly ap-
proved The clerk reported to the
board that, in view of the fact that
intending bidders on the court house
and Jail bonds had in several instances
expressed a desire to bid on bonds of
the enomination of $1,000 each, and
the matter having been laid before
the chairman of the board; and the
county attorney having filed a written
opinion that a fOot-no,e to the notice
of sale of bonds stating that IF pre-
ferred, bidders may submit bids on
bonds of 1000 each" would not in his
opinion invalidate the sale of bonds
as advertised; and it appearing that
the interest of the county would be
better served by allowing bidders a
choice in the denomination of the
bonds purchased by them a foot-note
tisement as indicated above. Upon
motion duly seconded and carried, the
addition of such foot-note to bond ad-
vertisement was approved, and same
was ordered made a matter of record
on the minutes of the board. Mr.. C..
E. Bell, architect, met with the board,
and the entire day was taken up with
inspection of the detailed plans and
specifications submitted by him for
the new county court house and jail
buildings. The said plans and specif-
CSLlOuS Will SllSuL CuduS0S llOLA IAC
original drawings, yer accepted by
the board, and the clerk was directed
to advertise for thirty days a call for
sealed bids for the construction of the
aforesaid county buildings, in accord
ance with the plans and specifications
aforesaid, such bids to be opened at
2 O'Clock p. m. on Tuesday, March
81, 1903. The successful bidder will
be required to furnish a surety bond
in the sum of Twenty-Five Thousand
Dollars for the faithful performance
OF his contract. All bids must be ac-
companied by a certified check for 2
per cent of the amount of the bid, as
an evidence of good faith and as a
guarantee that the party to whom the
contract is awarded will execute the
above mentioned bond. The board
adjourned.
Attest, j. w. FISH, Clerk.
Approved, w. o. PARKER. Chairman.
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81. JOHNS coiiGI cupe v,r,
"re . cough. Sorn nv rhann,o
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THEY poison CATTLE.
Danger Attends Feeding Of Sorghum
kaffir Corn.

From Tuesdays Daily Gazette.
To those who have been strong ad-
vocates of sorghum and Kafir corn
as feed the results of Investigations
made by the experts of the Nebraska
experiment station will come as a
surprise. Attracted by the frequent
bovine fatalities that have occurred
in that state and which in a large
majority of cases were traceable di-
rectly to the feeding of sorghum and
Kaffir corn, the men in charge of the
station decided upon a series of in
vestigations and analyses of the two
forages. 1t was proved conclusively
that the existence in large quantities
OF prussic acid in the two was re-
sponsible for the fatalities. The acid
was present in the leaves, seven or
eight pounds of which containing
enough of the poison to cause the
death of an animal eating them. Of
the common forage plants these two
were the only mes in which the acid
was found to be present.
The analyses made demonstrated
the presence of a higher per cent of
the acid in young leaves of vigorous
growth than in the leaves of matured
plants, while non of the poison is car
ried by the stalks and seeds of the
ripened plant. 1t was also ascertain
ed from the data at hand, field obser-
vations and the chemical analyses that
the poison is most deadly in Nebras-
ka, Kansas and Colorado and that it
is rarest north and south OF those
states. The danger is said to increase
as one goes westward from the Mis-
souri, river.
Commenting on this a we'll known
livestock publication says that the
rarity of cases of poisoning in the re-
gions to the north and south of what
may be called the fatal belt" can
not be attributed entirely to a drier
soil, as some of the irrigated fields
have proved fatal. In general, how
ever, analyses of numerous samples
of the plant have shown that dry,
clear weather, which arrests the nor
nal development of the plant, is the
chief of the formation of alb
normal quantities of the poison.
For an antidote corn syrup or mo-
lasses is recommended as eficacious,
while large quantities of milk have
also been administered with equally
good results. In all cases the ami.
mails should have as much fresh air
as possible. Although these simple
remedies have been found very good,
no really effective antidote has as vet
been discovered. while additional and
exact knowledge of the conditions when
the plants become dangerous is need
ed, as also additional evidence that
dried plants become harmless. The
Nebraska eXperimenters hone tn he
able to solve the entire problem nv
the close of next season.
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familiarize himself with local condi-
lions that he is regarded as one Of the
best posted men in Billings on the
subject of property values. \
The company will extend the bust
ness founded by Mr.. Bouton, making
a speciality of negotiating loans on
city and farm property and dealing in
real estate.
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REAR END COLLISION IN NORTH.
ERIN PACIFIC YARDS.
FOUR CARS ARE BURNED lip
Second Section Of Freight Train Runs
Into First With Damaging
Results.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.

from wednesdays Daily Gazette.
Byfa collision that occurred this
mQfning at the extreme west end of
<he local Northern Pacific yards four
cars, one a caboose and the others
freight cars, were totally demolished,
while engine No. 1901 was also some
what damaged. r.
1t was one of those accidents that
occasionally occur for which no one
seems to be directly blameable.
Freight train No. 81, running in two
sections, was coming from the west,
with orders to meet No. 3, the west
bound passenger, at this point. Both
sections of the freight were running
close to the time of No. 3 and pre-
first section, in charge of Conductor
Pennock, started to run onto what
is known as the "Flannagan" siding,
while the second section, Conductor
Sparrow and Engineer Margrett, in
tended to take a siding farther east.
Before the first section could run far
enough to clear the main line it en-
countered some cars that had been
left standing on the switch and was
compelled to stop, leaving the rear
still on the main track. The second
section vas bowling along at the usual
speed and before the obstruction could
be noticed and the train stopped the
engine damned into the caboose of the
first section. The caboose was broken
into sp%linters. Conductor Pennock,
who was in the car, had a narrow es-
cape, as he was thrown some distance
from the wrecked car, to which fact
he no doubt is indebted for being
alive at the present time.
The stove of the caboose was over
turned and set fire to the wreckage.
In a few moments the fire had spread
and two cars loaded with lumber and
shingles and an empty one were burn
ing furiously.
The light made by the burning
cars was visible in the city and some
n turned in an alarm of fire, call
ing out the department. The firemen
went as far as st. Vincent's hospital
before the location of the fire could
be made out. When it was learned to
be beyond the limits of the city, the
returned and took out the
combination hook and ladder truck
and chemical engine. They were en-
abled to drive along side of the burn
ing cars and probably prevented fur
there destruction.
AS nay be imagined the engine of
the second section also Jared badly,
emerging from the wreck with it's pilot
broken and front end bent and mash
ed in. The damage sustained was of
such a nature that the engine could
not be used and it was compelled to
stand where it had SO suddenly stop
ped.
II was along about 8 o'clock when
the accident occurred and traffic was
a number of hours before |
the main track could be cleared. No.
3 and the Burlington westbound train
were held here until almost II o'clock
before they could proceed. The first
train to get in from the west was No.
the Burlington eastbound. Shortly
this the others resumed their
way west.
Superintendent Boyle was notified
at Livingston and came down and
took charge of the wrecking crew.
COMPANY INCORPORATED.
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See shoemaker under Iegen Bros.
Savings bank. Good york; prices
right. sH-4I
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Money 70 loan on city and far,,
property. T. J, Bouton. 5s.tf
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-20
LOST In The LAVA BEDS
FLAGSTAFF YOUNG MAN AND A CHI
CAGO GIRL MISSING a DAY.
Visited sunset Crater i'm Arizona,
Missed Their Way and Wandered
About All Night.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Oct 1.-two we'll
known young people. Peter verkamp, of
Flagstaff, and Miss Mabel Brown, of Chi
cago became separated from their party
at Sunset Crater, in the LAVA beds" twen-
~ miles northeast of Flagstaff, Sunday
afternoon, and up to the present time no
trace OF them has been found. A party
was made up for a trip to Sunset Crater
in honor of Miss Brown. who is visiting
her brother, head bookkeeper for the Ari-
zona Lumber and Timber Company. OF this
place. They reached their destination safe
ly. and after some time spent in exploring
the crater. started to return. Verkamp and
Miss Brown were on horseback in advance
OF the remainder Of the party, who were
driving. This was the last seen of the
couple.
failed to locate the missing ones and re-
turned to-day for reinforcements Several
large posses at oncestarted for the vicinity.
Mr.. Verkamp is the cashier of Babbitt
Brothers mercantile house.
Word reached here tonight that the
missing couple had been found at a ranch
eighteen miles northwest of Flagstaff. on
the opposite side of the San Francisco
peaks from their starting point, and about
fifty miles out or their way. In losing the
road they became confused and followed
the mountains to the right instead of the
left. They spent the entire night travelling
and were nearly exhausted from exposure
and thirst IL Is feared that the experience
will yet result seriously with Miss Brown,
who has recently recovered from a sick
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-20
HAD A FARMER "GOING"
CONFIDENCE MEN WERE DOING
WELL UNTIL POLICE CAME.
Frank Brown Was Attempting tn Beat
Another Mans Game When Res
cued by Detectives.

Thomas Hepler 512 North East street,
and Charles Healing. 1927 East Washington
street. were arrested yesterday by Detec-
tives Haley and Splan and both We're locked
up at the police station charged with being
confidence men. They attempted to work
what is known as the lock game on a
farmer by the name of Frank Brown yes
terday, but their plans were interrupted by
the arrival of the detectives.
The lock game" consists of ordinary
brass paddock, needle, several ''cappers,"
the confidence man and a fool and his
money. The confidence man offers TO bet
SO TO 81 that he can pick the lock with a
needle and one of the cappers takes the
bet, just 10 lead the foolish man with the
money along, and of course the confidence
man loses. Later he offers the same bet to
the man with the money and the opening of
the lock is then an easy matter.
A number of bogus 81 and S. bills of the
wildcat order were found in Hepler's
pockets and it is thought that whenever
possible he would pass one of the worthless
bills on MS victims. Hepler is well known
to the police circus fakir and general
confidence man. He was arrested some
time ago by Bicyclemen Trimpe and Lowe
and locked up at the police station for as
sault and battery on his wife At that time
he terrified her that she jumped from "a
second story window to escape him and
was seriously injured. Both young men
bear bad regulations.
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SUFFERED in THE WILDS
HARDSHIPs OF A WRECKED PARTY
OF CANADIAN EXPLORERS.
Marched Six Hundred Miles Through
Wilderness with scant supply OF
Provisions and Clothing.

OTTAWA, Oct. 19.-After suffering terri
bic hardships in a 60O-mile march through
the wilds of northern Canada, Captain
Ferry and forty-seven members of the crew
of the steamer Eldorado of Liverpool
passed through this city to-day en- route for
Montreal
The Eldorado, a ship of $50 tons burden,
struck uncharted rock at the entrance
of Hudson bay. near Ft. George, and sank.
All the crew succeeded in getting ashore
but were completely destitute of provisions.
and saved only the clothing that was upon
their backs. The ship and crew comprised
exploration and trading expedition sent
out by stock company. They carried a
large stock of goods. suitable for barter
with the Indians in exchange for furs, and
IL was proposed to operate along the lines
OF the Hudson Bay Company. Nothing
was saved from the wreck, and the men
began their long march southwark almost
destitute of provisions and supplies of any
kind that could be exchanged for food
They marched through the wilderness for
forty-two days, covering nearly 600 miles.
Their suffering was intense, but not sim
gle man succumbed. They struck the Tennis
canning railroad two days ago and were
taken on board by passing train and car
ried to the junction with the Canadian
Pacific road where they were transferred
to a Montreal train
In Montreal Captain Ferry expects to
meet some of the shareholders OF the COM
pany which backed the expedition.
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BOLD PLOT OF CoNvICTs.
But for q Faulty Key Fifteen Prisons
ers Might Have Escaped.

PITTSBURG, Oct. 19.-It has been discov-
cred by officers Of the Western Peniten-
tiary that some fifteen prisoners at that
institution have been working on a desper-
ate plan i'm which they hoped to regain
their freedom, and but for the fact that a
key made by one OF the convicts did not
fit they might have succeeded. BY some
means they had obtained possession of a
key leading 10 the dungeon department
beneath the main corridor of the peniten-
tiary. and after entering there they en-
countered large door resembling that of
an ordinary safe. This they completely
dismantled, then replaced the outside steel
sheet. after which they placed colored put
ty in the screw holes To distract attention.
Coming 10 the third door they wrenched
the lock from its fastenings, and all that
now remained between them and freedom
was an outside door. For this they had
made a key. but IL did not tit properly
and was carried back that the defect could
be remedied.
In the meantime. the deputy warden. be-
coming suspicious OF the actions of some
OF the convicts. made a thorough investi-
cation. which led 10 the discovery of the
plot The cells of nearly a thousand pris-
oners were searched, but no clew was OBJ
tanned. The matter is still being inves;i-
rafed
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EVEN TOOK HIS CLOTHES
HOLD-UP MEN ATTACK CHARLES
SINGLETON NEAR vIADUCT.
Robbers Were Probably Tramps, Who
Jumped n Passing Freight
Train and Escaped.

Breathless and excited. a man rushed into
the police station last night and told the
desk sergeant he had heard screams and
cries along the railroad tracks near the
yiaduct and he believed, he said, that
man was being held up there. Bicyclemen
Trimpe and Lowe were sent over TO investi-
gate. but at that time all was quiet along
the railroad
Later a drunken man, who gave his name
as Charles Singleton. and his address as
so Lafayette street, wandered into the
police station, hatless, coatless, minus his
collar and hectic, and with a worried look
on his face he told how he had been at
tackled by two men along the railroad
tracks and robbed OF part of his clothing
and his pocketbook. containing $50. ''They
even took my collar and necktie," he COM
planned 10 the sergeant, and he insisted
that his assaiants be arrested without de-
lay. Again the bicyclemen were sent to
the railroad tracks, but they were unable
TO find either of the men who were impli-
Gated in the hold-up, and it is believed that
they were tramps who boarded "A train out
of the city Immediately after their attack
on Singleton.
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Merchant Warned that Unless $4,000
he Paid the Place VIII BE De-
strOyed by Fire,
ALREADY PARTLY BURNED
TORCH APPLIED TWO WEEKS AGO
WHEN DEMAND WAS UNHEEDED.
Second Threat Says 1t Will He Set ON
Fire Again IL the Money BE Not
Forthcoming.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
LOOGOOTEE, Ind, Oct. 19.-The town of
Montgomery, eight miles west of here, is
in the midst of frenzied excitement over the
incessant acts and threats of fire fiends
About one year ago III. b. Brown, busi-
ness man, received an anonymous letter
demanding 5000 cash, TO be placed in a
nearby bridge by the towns business men,
and threatening, in the event of failure.
that the town should be burned. The most
interested persons gave ii no attention. but
others did and an experienced detective was
hired to unravel the matter. AS result,
Edward Bingham, a young soldier of the
place, was arrested on suspicion. His first
trial resulted in hung jury, and when the
second trial was called the case was con-
tinued. He is still under bond.
The matter had almost subsided, when,
two weeks ago. the inhabitants were awak-
ened early one morning To find their entire
business portion of the town in flames.
Loss to the amount of $4,000 was suffered,
with but little insurance, as many of the
policies had been Cancelled.
Many OF the business men who had been
burned out were preparing to build until
to-day. when z. w. Matthews. a prominent
business man received another letter
threatening that If the town is rebuilt with
frame buildings il will again be burned,
with all that part remaining, and if built
of brick il will be dynamlted. The money
is again demanded
The residents are living i'm abject terror.
not knowing what an hour will bring forth,
or when they will be burned out OF business
and dwelling. They do not know the guilty
person nor where 10 look for relief. IL is
probable that large reward will be offered
for the apprehension OF the blackmailer.
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INDICTMENT NOLLIED.



SAN JUAN, p. r.. Oct. 19-The Federal
grand jury has found an indictment against
Collector of Customs Alonzo Cruzen for
having received unlawful emoluments of
smuggled goods, and it has indicted Capt
Andrew Dunlap, L. S. N, commandant of
the naval station here and Robert Giles.
former contractor in Porto Rico, for snug
Cling. Great efforts were made before the
grand jury to indict Mr.. Cruzen on other
charges, but they failed.
District Attorney Pettingill Immediately
nolled the Indictment against Mr. Cruzen
with the following Endorsement: 1.-The
United States attorney not having been ad-
vised of this indictment and being fully
convinced that the testimony produced be-
fore the grand jury upon which this indict-
ment was based false, corruptly fabri-
Gated and instigated for purposes OF spite
and revenge considers that Justice re-
auires a prompt dismissal of the indictment
with a record and a statement of the meth
DDS employed to mislead the grand Jury
The district attorney, fully believing i'm the
innocence of the defendant, nolle proseQui
is therefore entered.
No action is expected in the Dunlap and
Giles cases for several days. Captain Dun
lap is on duty at San Juan. but he refuses
to talk of the matter. Mr.. Giles is at
present in Europe. The offenses are al
legged 10 have been committed last year Mr.
Cruzn's principal accuser is a discharged
custom house employe-