The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01
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PERSONAL s
- As a result of the examination CON-
Quoted last December the county SUI
perintendent that four pu-
pills of the eighth grade are entitled
to diplomas. The one who passed
were Ethel Guy, Canyon creek; Lee
Van Houten, Elysian; Ray Van Hou-
tel/Elysian; Cynthia Barr, Park City
/March IA Herr Bandman, supported
by a company said to be very good,
will appear here as Shylock in The
Merchant Of Venice" a character in
which he has achieved a reputation
almost worldwide. The performance
will be under the directions of the
local labor union and the proceeds
will be devoted to the benefit of the
striking miners in Colorado. ~
" With all the impressive ceremonies
'characterizing an event of that kind,
Dong Quay, the Chinese woman who
was found murdered last Thursday
morning, was buried Sunday after
noon. The funeral took place from
the Joss house and almost every
Ehinaman in the city attended. A
goodly number of whites, drawn
thither by curiosity, were also present.
On motion of the United States at
torney a continuance was granted yes
terday by United States Commissioner
Fraser i'm the case of the government
Tvs. Toy Tai Yung, charged with be-
ing in the country in violation OF the
provisions of the exclusion act. Two
witnesses for the defense arrived from
Butte Sunday morning and will re-
main until after the hearing, which
| takes place Friday.
Y Sheriff Potter of Carbon county
passed through the city last Sunday
with Floodey Howe, a convict serving
a sentence in the state prison, whom
he was taking to Red Lodge to appear
as a witness in the states case
against Robert Mickenheim, charged
with larceny. Mickenheim and Howe
we're former partners and both were
charged with completely in the thefts
of horses on the range in Carbon coun-
Ity last summer. AT the recent term
of the district court here Mickenheim
was tried for stealing a. horse. He
was acquitted and Immediately rear
rested and taken to Red Lodge.
Senator Gruwell, president of the
Swift Current Oil company, left last
Saturday for the Teton county Oil
fields, in which his company is operat-
ing. His departure was in response
to a summons from the general man
ager, who wrote that a flow of Oil had
been struck. On the strength OF the
news received from the well the STOCK
of the company at once began to reach
altitudinous heights and the loca
holders, of whom there are not a few
began to speculate as to the possible
outcome. One dollar a share was
quoted as the price at which the stool
was held. Yesterday it was said t.
have advanced another dollar.
After having been neld a prisonel
in the city Jail since Sunday night
a girl about 16 years of age was dis
charged from custody this morning
She was arrested at the instance o
the members of the Florence Critten
den circle, who requested the police
to take her in charge, as she was be
lieved to be determined to enter upol
a life of shame. The girl prove
to be stubborn to a degree n at
solutely refused to give her name o
tell where she came from and notf
ing could be learned concerning he
or her antecedents. Her arrest wa
made by Officer Garnant, who sa'
her leave a saloon in company wit
a man., by means of the rear doc!
AS soon as she saw the policeman tn
girl ran and was caught several block
away, hid in a coal box. The ma
made his escape.
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