The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-10-25

last night in Billings en- route home
from Butte, where ne had attended
the l. o. O. F. grand lodge meeting.
left on No. 2 this morning.
Mr.. Kennedy was elected to the ex-
allied station OF grand senior warden
the grand encampment l. o. o. F.
OF Montana, the third highest station
iyfbe lodge.
THE Honorable r. G. Power arrived
in the city last night from Chicago.
Mr.. Power spent some time in the
east an dreports that politically the
indications in the sections Of the
country visited are that Roosevelt will
be elected by as large majorities as
that. given the republican national
ticket in the last contest.
Two bankruptcy cases we're closed
today by Referee Firth. In one, that
Of Charles F. Witterlind, the estate
yielded only $63, every cent was
taken to pay costs and attorney fees.
In the other, wherein Alden l.. Rose
borough was the voluntary petition
er, $72.79 was left after the neces-
a costs had been paid. This was d.
vided among six claimants, all labor
ers, who had preference rights. They
received within a fraction of Is per
cent of the respective amounts due
them, the total of the claims amount
iX% s4se.5o.
hyGomplaint is made by the police at
1.-THE practice of many children from
the north side attending the south
side schools make of climbing onto
moving cars when crossing the tracks
at T~wenty-ninth street. Some are not
content with merely stealing rides at
the crossing, but walk west to the
section house and then ride down to
the crossing. The police are doing
their best to break up the practice,
but are unable to. cope with it as sue
cessfully as they would like and re
quest the parents of the juvenile Of
tenders to help them.
No bond having been filed by A. J,
Campbell, the Anaconda Copper Min,
ing company and the others who some
months ago attempted to force the
Kimberly Montana Mining company
a Park county concern, into bank
ruptcy, Referee Firth this morning
sent all the papers in the case tt
Judge Hunt at Helena. Upon the
showing made by the petitioners whe1
they instituted the proceedings a re
ceiver for the company was appointed
The r~eceivership was subsequently
vacated by order of the court an
with that order the matter was appa1
emily permitted to drop, so far as tn
plaintiffs were concerned.
After a lingering sickness, JOSEF
S. Turner died early this morning a
: st. Vincent's hospital OF tubercula
peritonitis. Mr.. Turner vas a men
. U0I u LuS ClO1lCdl lOISC VI IuC A\OA
, ern Pacific and sometime ago wen
l to the company's hospital at BraiI
), erd, Mimi, where he was operated o
: for appendicitis. He returned an
soon thereafter was taken with tn
t ailment that finally ended in deatf
$ He was a member Of Billings Sta
< lodge 1. o. o. F., and also OF the Ha1
rison burial association. The funers
will take place tomorrow morning a
10 o'clock from the residence OF M.
and Mrs. Curry, in South Twent,
ninth street.
William Brown, a section nan
the employ of the Northern Pacif
died at st. Vincent's hospital tn;
morning. Rheumatism is given {
e the primary cause of death.
From Mondays Daily.
vrom Mondays Daily.
e Mrs. Lille Willett of Park City
) visiting Billings friends today.
|Among today's visitors in the eli
! is the Honorable George M. Hay
. SECRETARY OF state.
Nhomas Hogan, manager of Il
IS Cruise company ranches, has return'
from Chicago, where he went with