The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-10-14

tial candidate spoke. He referred to
a meeting held by Bryan a few nights
later In Omaha and says that the dis
tinguished Nebraskan was almost
obliged to speak to empty chairs. Mr..
Waite predicts that Nebraska will
give Roosevelt 10000 plurality.
So far as the stone layers are con
cerned, work on the new court house
is practically completed. Today plac-
ing of the ornamental stone coping
that tops the walls vas begun and
as soon as this shall have been fin
ished the roof will be put ON and the
metallic cornice put into position.
Once inclosed nothing will hinder
speedy completion of the interior OF
the structure. A fair idea of the beauty
and proportions OF the building may
now be formed, and the expressions
Of satisfaction and pleasure to be
hea1f at it's appearance are many.
fellow giving the name OF Thomas
Sullivan drifted into the city a few
days ago, accompanied by his wife.
He attempted to cur a permit to
give a boxing exhibition at the opera
house, saying he was a prize fighter,
with his wife as his opponent. Prize
fighters Of no sort are much in favor
here, and when Sullivan unfolded his
plan he was promptly arrested for
vagrancy. He was taken before
Judge Mann, who sentenced him to 30
days on the streets. The fellow
pleaded sc hard to be given time to
leave the city that sentence vas sus-
pended a few hours and he and his
fighting spouse took their departure.
~omplaint was made in police
court yesterday by E. H. Gagnon, who
is building the new east side school
house, that all the blue prints of the
plans and elevation of the structure
had been stolen. Search revealed
them in the possession of a boy, Tai
madge Golden, who said he found
them in the building and loaded them
into his cart and took them home,
believing them to be of no volue. Act
ing further on this belief, the little
fellow, he is only 9 years old, tore
remnants were recovered and are now
at the Office of Judge Mann. Because
OF the youthfulness of the offender
nothing will be done about the mat
ter.
T. j. Davidson, of Helena, who is
interested in a number OF creamer-
les throughout the state, is here with
a view to establishing such an institu-
ton in this immediate vicinity. The
Davidson creameries have proved a
success wherever established and the
promoter believes that Billings al
fords a splendid field for investment
in the same line. Mr.. Davidson has
taken pains to gather figures as to
the shipment Of butter and cheese
from eastern points to Billings and
says that when he places them at
$4,000 paid out annually at Billings
for these two products to eastern
producers he has been quite conserva-
tive. e
Nettie, wife of Gus Oelrich, died
yesterday, Wednesday, morning at her
home in this city. Beside her hus-
band and a daughter only Is months
old, the deceased leaves a mother,
Mrs. B. Staffek, a brother, John Stat
fek, and four sisters, Mrs. Dennison,
Mrs. l.. q. Lehfeldt, Mrs. McFarlin
and Mrs. Kostelak. With the excep.
ton of the last named, who resides at
Great Falls, all the others live in Bill
ings. The funeral will take place to.
morrow morning at 10 o'clock. Much
sympathy is expressed with the
mourning relatives and profound sor-
row is felt for the bereaved husband
and motherless infant, to whom the
loss is particularly sad and %pitiable.
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