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The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30
HOUSE
LOCATES HERE
SchWarZchiId & Sulzberger Last of
Big Concerns to Establish
Branch House.
P. B. NITSCHE IN CHARGE
Local Packers Are Now Doing Busi-
ness With Markets in Duluth-Ar-
mOurs Put Larger Force in Their
Billings Branch.

Still another big eastern firm has
recognized Billings as the logical dis
tributing point of the northwest.
Yesterday it was announced that the
packing house of Schwarzchild &
Sulzberger, one of the big four" in
the business, will within the coming
few days open up branch depot here,
from which point the state will be
covered. This will be the first branch
that this company has in Montana and
will make the fifth packing house to
be represented in Billings by a branch
office and corps of statesmen.
The coming of the SchwarZchild &
Sulzberger branch means the employ
ment of force of dozen warehouse
men and statesmen, as well as the
probable investment of considerable
money in this city in the near future
in the shape of substantial build
ing. Alderman P. B. Nitsche, former
ly state agent for another packing
! company, has been appointed as man
ager of the Billings house, and will
have in charge the force which Will
cover the state of Montana. Mr..
Nitsche has disposed of share OF his
interest in the Best Laundry and will
devote all his time to the interest of
the eastern meat producers.
That Billings is becoming the recog-
nized center of the branch houses OF
the eastern packers is more fully
demonstrated by the fact that Ar
mours have recently entirely sepa-
rated the business of the Butte and
Billings branches, and have estab-
lished an office force and additional
statesmen in this city, whose duty 1t
! is to cover the eastern part of the
state and northern Wyoming. Other
packing houses have found it neces-
sary to increase their forces in Bill
ings, and it is estimated that at pres
! ent upward of SO men are employ ed
| in the meat packing industry in this
city.
The local packing firm of P. B
Merrill & Co. is not overlooking any
chance to better its trade through
the recent reductions in the freight
rates on the products of the packing
house, and as a result, the local pack
ing house has greatly enlarged its
business in the western part of the
state and is shipping meat as far east
as Duluth, Mimi, where it has en-
tered into active competition with the
eastern concerns. The reduction in
freight was accomplished by an ap-
peal to the state commerce commits
sion, and has resulted in greatly
building up the trade of the local
packers in the western part of the
state.
The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30

z w. Va, Nov. 2.-Fir-
Nv ing from the doorway to their
~ home on a sheriffs posse to give
their father and brother time to es-
cape, Mrs. Charles Daniels and her
16-year-old daughter were shot to
death yesterday near Devon, Mingo
county, by the officers.
The shooting of Mrs Daniels and
her daughter grew out of the family
feud between the Christians and Dan
iels on the border of Kentucky and
West Virvinia. The Christians, living
in Mingo county, West Virginia, and
the Daniels in Pike county, Kentucky.
About three weeks ago, George
Christian ventured to the Kentucky
side and was slain by Jim Daniels.
Christian and Daniels We're broth
ers-in-law and had until recently been
allies.
The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30
CALLED YIVIAN'S BLUFF.

Vivian Blackburn, well-dresSed
and comely maiden who was Sunday
night arrested with F. Mason on
statutory charge, was yesterday even
ing at special session of the police
court, found guilty of the charge and
fined 500. At the morning session of
the court the Young woman, with great
show of outraged innocence and call
ing loudly tor q Bible that she might
take her oath thereon, swore that
she was not guilty of the charge and
that she was simply entertaining the
young gentleman in her room, as was
quite the custom in New York, from
whence she claims to have recently
come. There being no Bible handy.
Judge Mann postponed sentence until
the evening and in order that he
might investigate little further into
the matter. The police told an en-
tirely different story of the affair, and
the word of the officers was taken
as good. F. Mason forfeited his bail
of 500, deposited the night before. and
left Vivian to fight her battle alone.
The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30
Bravery of Girl
SaOes CMld's Life
Tore Baby From Wedge i'm Rails as
4 Train Rushed Into II Chicago
Station.

NEW YORK, Nov 29.-Remarkable
agility and the bravery and presence
of mind of Bertha Rosenthal saved the
life of Cecilia Snyder, 3-year-old
child who fell from the window of
moving Second avenue elevated train
directly between the dreaded third
rail and an inner car rail, just in front
of the nOrthbound platform of a sta
ton.
Miss Rosenthal, who was on the
southbound platform, noticed the child
lying on the track and throwing aside
her furs and jacket, she leaped upon
the track and made her way across
the rails to the baby.
She found Cecilia tightly wedged
between the rails, but by summoning
all her strength she succeeded in tear
ing her loose just before train came
rushing to the station. Cecilia was
little hurt and was soon restored to
her distracted parents.
The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30
TWO NEW MUSICIANS.

Leader Tingle of the Second Regi-
ment band reports the addition of
two very accomplished musicians to
that organization A. w. Williams has
arrived in this city from Oklahoma
and will make his home here in the
future. Mr.. Williams is skilled on
several band instruments and begun
practice with the band last night.
The second newcomer is Mr.. Soder-
burg, a brother of the proprietor of
the Soderburg photograph studio, who
will arrive here from New York soon
and who will also be a valuable ac-
quisitfon.
The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30
CITIZENS NATIONAL
TO BUILD new BANK
W. Lee Mains, President of Laurel In
stitutiOn, Has Plans Drawn
for Model Structure.

G. McAllister of this city recently
completed plans and specifications for
a new bank building which will be
erected in Laurel the coming sum
mer by the Citizens National, the
financial institution in which w. Lee
Mains, formerly of this city and more
recently of the Columbus State bank,
recently gained a controlling interest.
The plans for the building, which
are in the hands of contractors for es-
Inmates, call for model structure and
one which will be material addition
to the business blocks of the flourish
ing railroad town. The building will
have a frontage of 80 feet and will be
d radical departure from the custom
ary style of small banks. Instead OF
having the banking windows arranged
in a long row along the side of the
room the plan of interior arrange
ment which is becoming popular in
large city banks will be used and the
main entrance will lead to court in
the center of the banking room which
will be entirely surrounded with the
I,bank fixtures. Light will be furnished
by a large stained glass skylight, the
building to be but one story in height.
The front will be of Columbus sand
stone and will he in purely Dorlc style
of architecture Two large pillars
will stand at either side of the main
entrance: the front windows will be
| long and narrow and will be set con-
siderably above the usual height OF
store windows and a parapet of carved
stone will surmount the front. Carved
in the stone above the entrance will be
the name of the institution and prob
ably the year in which it will be
erected
The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30
Heroic Women Saue
Liues of Loued Ones
Go to Their Death in Order That
Father and Brother Shall Not
Be Taken by Enemies

After the killing of Christian, the
two families and their friends became
involved The Christians obtained
warrants for Jim Daniel and his
brother Charles and led posse of
Pike county officers to the home of
the Daniels. When the officers ap-
peared within few feet of the house
Mrs. Daniels and her daughter opened
fire with rifles, one of the posse re-
ceiving bullet in the arm. The
Christians returned the fire Mrs
Daniels was shot down in the door
way, but the girl stood over her moth
er's body and fired upon the posse
until she dropped dead across her
mothers body, pierced by three bull
lets.
The officers closed in. but by for
feiting their lives the mother and
daughter had SO effectually covered
the retreat Of their father and brother
that the latter made their escape.
The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30
CHARGE OF COUNTY
has MONEY In BANK
Court PetitiOned to Appoint Guard
ian for William kirberg,
Mentally Incapacitated.

1t has been found that William Kir-
berg an insane charge of the county,
is possessed of small fortune and
that it may be applied to his mainte-
nance a petition asking for the ap-
pointment of guardian was flied
with Fred H. Foster, clerk of the dis
trict court yesterday.
Kirberg was a sheepherder in the
employ of William Cooley who owed
him about $500 for wages. His en-
ployer was desirous of making pay
ment but refrained from doing so be-
cause of the irresponsibility OF the
herder. 1t is this money and another
sum in bank to Kirberg's credit that
officials would have so placed that
it may be used for the patients bene-
fit and maintenance.
The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30
LEADER OF A TONG
SUICIDES IN DENVER
Had Received MiSSiVe Written i'm Let
ters of Blood Threatening
Him with Death.

DENVER, Colo, Nov. 29.-Long Nyu,
the Chinaman who attempted suicide
in Denver's Chinatown Saturday night
and who now lies at local hospital
in a critical condition, is said to be
no other than Sim Yen, a leader of a
tong in San Francisco and routed
from that city after the disappear
ance of several members of the tong
and the subsequent finding of their
bodies.
Sim Yen was among those reported
dead Long Nyu swallowed a half
ounce of morphine Saturday night. In
his pocket were found pieces of let
ter, written in blood and said to be
a warning from tong leaders in San
Francisco, stating that they had
learned of his hiding place and threat
ening him with death.
The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30
TOWN OF BERCAlL
IS RECHRISTENED
viii Hereafter Be Known as Nihill,
After Well Known Fergus
County StOckman.

The controversy over the naming
OF the new town recently plated and
placed on the market by the Billings
and Northern Townsite company of
this city and situated about 100 miles
from this city on the Billings & North
ern railroad and in the southeastern
part of Meagher county, has been nm
ally settled by the consent OF the rail-
road to a change in the name OF the
station. AS consequence the town
will hereafter be known as Nihill, and
orders to that effect have been sent
out by the Great Northern to all its
offices. A petition is being circulated
in the community for postoffice'
which, it is understood, will be sane
toned by the government under the
name of Nihill
The place has heretofore been
known as Bercail and was so named
by the Great Northern surveyors when
the line from Billings to Great Falis
was run. The name was chosen from
the nearest postoffice, the Bereail
postoffice being situated 10 miles
northeast of the point and on Careless
creek. AS the surveyors had little
idea that there would ever be town
at that point they did not hesitate
about calling it after the old postof-
fee, but when the residents of the new
town petitioned for a postofice, they
found that the name of the new set
Element would have to be changed
as the postoffice department had LITTLE
idea of abandoning the first Bercai
postoffice, one of the oldest in th'
state and at one time the center o
many large cattle ranches.
The town has accordingly 'beei
named after Patrick Nihill, one of tn
best known stockmen and ranchers
Fergus county. Mr.. Nihill is
prominent stockholder in the townsit
company and a booster for the Judit
basin in which the town is situated
It is said that the policy of namin
towns after members of the townsit
company will be continued when pos
sible.
The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30
THIRTY SETTLERS
BOOKED LAST WEEK
Records OF Land Office Show That Ad-
vent Of Winter Has Little
Eject.

That the coming of winter has had
little effect on the almost constant
flow of settlers to the lands in the
Billings land district, is shown by the
books of the land office which bear
the names of 80 new settlers, all OF
whom have recently taken out their
first papers toward acquiring farms
from the public domain.
In view of the fact that Thursday
was a holiday and the land office was
not open, an unusually large number
of filings were registered on Friday
Three of the new settlers of the past
week have taken up units of the Hunt
ley project while the remaining n are
evenly scattered over the district.
Following is List Of recent filings:
Onno Pieter Wyhoff, Huntley, unit
CO. section s, T. N, R. 28 E.
Thomas L. Bolton, Billings, 120 acres
sections 80 and 81, T. NJ, r. 27 e.
Floyd w. Maxwell, Broadview, 160
acres section 4, T. 3 n, r. I'll E.
Isaac Jokimen, Red Lodge, 40 acres
section 81, T. 6 S., r. q E.
Herman Pas, Billings, S. E. Ia Sec
tion 80, T 2 ~, r. "a f..
Gina Roaen, Billings, N. w. IA sec
tion 32, T. 2 NJ, r. "a E.
Matte Fredrickson, Billings, N. E.
IA section 80, T. 2 N, r "a E.
James H. Jordan, De Soto, Wis, l59
acres sections ~ and IS, T. S., r. II
E. and section 19, t. S., R. rs E.
Albert N. Jellison, Billings 100
acres section IA, T. 2 S., R. 26 E.
George Washington Goodrich, Pom
pegs Pillar, 12O acres in sections Is
and 33, 7. ~, R. SO E.
William II. Dean, Ballantine, unit
IN" section 6. T. 2 NJ, R. 20 E.
Herbert Y. Brown, Billings, 100
acres section 2S, T. 3 s., R. 21 E.
JaTo Kainer, Red Lodge, 100 acres
sections II and Is, T. s., R. q E.
Clyde I. Mccoy, Aberdeen, S. D..
S. W. IA section 10, IT, N, R. 81 d
William Barkley, Kirby, Mont, 10:
acres section t2, T. s., r. So E.
James M. oRbinson, Huntley, lot
acres sections 5 and 6, T.. N, K
90 E. =,
Ebert e. Joslyn, Broadview, AZ
acres section 20, T. N, r. % E.
Edward A. Anderson, Mt. Honb
Wis. Y. w. IA section "a, T. n
r. 90 e.
oliver G. DomhoIt, New Glarns
Wis, n. w. IA section 10, I. N.
r. 2e e. .,
Walter Furrow, Big Horn, lot a, 81
acres. section 4, T. 3 N, r. 36 r.
| Willis H. Shaw, Billings, n w, l.
section IA, T. S., r. "a E.
| Michael Theisen, BroadvieW 5. Il
IA section 6, T. 2 ~, r. p E.
! William f. Bolsta, Fromberg, 81
acres section II, T. 5 S., r. % +.
Robert Leavems, Bearcreek, q
acres sections and 9, T. S., K. Il Il
| Bernard Vershum, Commanche. l6'
acres esction 8, T. 8 N, "a f.
Dorsey Mcclure. Huntley, unit IN,
section %. r. 3 N, r. % E.
| Edward A. Miner, Billings, l4j acre
section "a, T. 2 N, r. 33 E.
John Bandist Vogel, BroadvleW, N
w. IA section "a, T. N, R. % e,
Thomas Featherstone, Custer, l6
acres section 4, T. 6 NJ, r. "a E,
section 90, T. 1 N, R. 27 E.
Louis Murry, Lockwood, $50 acre
The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30
PEEPED into LETTERS
ON RAIL- WAY MAIL RUN
Punishment Will Be Thirteen Months.
Fake Revenue Collector
Gets One Year.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 20
Ben Saylor, a railway mail clerk, who
was indicted last week by federal
grand jury on charge of rifling
United States mails on his run be-
tween Naladi, Idaho, and Ogden, Utah,
was convicted today in the federal
court. He was sentenced by Judge
Page Norris to a term of 13 months
at Forth Leavenworth.
The court also disposed of the case
of A. L. Williams, representing him
self as a revenue officer, collected va
rious sums from saloon men and
lodging house keepers. Williams was
sentenced to pay fine of $500 and
serve one year in the federal prison
The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30
SAYS HE WAS TOUCHED.

Claiming that While he sIumbered
a thief entered his room and relieved
him of his pocketbook containing
about $50, Norman ]. Mcdonald ap-
peared at the city hall yesterday to
ell his troubles to the police. Nc
Donald, who is newcomer from the
harvest fields of North Dakota, says
that he very foolishly left the door
unlocked and that he is quite positive
he had the $50 before retiring. The
case will be investigated, but the de-
partment offers very little hope of be-
ing able to locate the money.
The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS
CONCLUDE TO WORK
MartyrdOm of Bread and Water Diet
Palls.--Leader Is Sentenced
for Conspiracy.

SPOKANE, Wash, Nov. 29.-John
Pancner, one of the leaders of the In
dustrial Workers of the World con-
victed of conspiracy, was sentenced
today to six months in Jail at hard
labor. Evidence was introduced that
Pancner had come to this city to fight
the ordinance regulating street speak
ing and that he had sent out tele-
grams to nearby towns calling for
men ito fill the fails in Spokane" :"
Pancner appealed from the sentence,
his bond being fixed at $4,000.
Ten more street speakers were ar
rested today More than 20 have
abandoned the bread and water"
strike in Jail and have agreed to
break rock in order to secure three
meals a day.
The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30
FIRST APPLICATIONS.
From Sundays Daily.

From Sundays Daily.
AS an evidence that the Fraternal
Order of Mountaineers is no longer a
Montana lodge solely, the head office
of the society which is located in this
city, yesterday received from Salt
Lake the first application for member
ship from the prospective members OF
the Salt Lake cabin. A state deputy
is working in Utah and in northern
California, while Capt. f. s. Pease is
in Los Angeles arranging for some
one to take charge of the work of the
Billings lodge of southern California.
The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30
Local and Personal

Miss C. v. Smith of Crow Agency
is visiting friends in the city.
Miss Mabel A. Helm of Sheldon,
Wyo., is guest of friends in this city.
H. B. Smith of BoZeman was a busi-
ness visitor here yesterday.
Fred Cuno, of the firm of Meyer &
Cuno, merchants of Joliet, is attend
ing to business affairs here.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. l.. Raiff returned
to, their home in Columbus this morn
ing, after spending Sunday in the city.
John M. Lett and wife of Pompeys
Pillar were guests of Billings friends
yesterday.
F. D. jennings, fire insurance Of
ficer, located in Salt Lake City, was
business visitor in the city yesterday
Harvey and r. F. Colt, well-known
stockmen and ranchers of Sweet Grass
county, came down from Big Timber
last night on business.
George Hedges, a prominent young
business man of Park City, returned
home this morning, after short visit
in the city.
Miss Inez Elliott, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. James B. Elliott, left today
! for Paris, where she will complete her
musical education.
| S. D. Largent, superintendent of the
public schools of Great Falls, re-
| turned to his home this morning, after
spending Monday here.
| General Agent H. H. Swearingen of
the Burlington went to Cowley, Wyo.,
yesterday morning on business for
the company.
| C. E. Hooper, general agent OF the
| Salt Lake route, with headquarters in
Salt Lake City, is spending few days
in this city in the interest of his road.
A. j. Mcintyre, a well-knoWn ranch
man Of Fifty-seven, was in the city
yesterday attending to business mat
ters. #
John D. Losekamp, who has been
confined to his bed for the past few
days with a threatened attack of pneu-
monia, is again able to be about.
| Miss Evans, teacher of English in
the Livingston high school, is visitor
to the English department of the local
high school today for the purpose OF
inspecting the work.
Miss Margaret Robertson and Miss
Bolton expect to leave the latter part
of the week for their homesteads neal
Huntley, where they will spend the
coming year.
r. NJ. Bushee of the furniture de.
partment of Yegen Bros, has returned
to his home in this city from Butte
where he has been spending the past
week on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. E. Hunt left the
city Sunday for Spokane, where they
will spend the winter. Mr.. Hunt, who
has been engaged in the commercial
photograph business i'll this city fol
several months, expects to return tt
Billings with his wife next spring.
William C. Parker of the Sixth in
fantry, stationed at Fort Harrison
near Helena, is spending two weeks
with his mother, Mrs. D. NJ. Parker
of this city His regiment will b.
transferred to the Philippines the frs
of the year.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. o. Stark left tn
city Sunday for New York, where the.
will make their home, Mrs. Starl
was formerly Miss Katherine Mac
Donald of this city, while Mr.. Starl
has been employed as night clerk a
the Northern for some months ant
will fill a similar position in tn
Clarendon in New York.
The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30
DISCUSSING STANDARD CASE.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-A pro-
tracted conference over the recent de-
cision in the Standard Oil dissolution
case was held at the department of
Justice today between Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham and Frank B. Kel-
logg. Mr.. Kellogg is the special coun-
sci of the government in charge of the
prosecution of the case against the
Standard Oil company and he went
over with the attorney general all the
latest developments in that suit.
The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30
OWNER OF ESTATE
DIED INTERSTATE
Mrs. Sarah J. Lamey Made no DispO-
sitiOn of Property Valued ut
Four Thousand Dollars.

Application for the appointment of
an administrator of the estate of Sarah
]. Lamey, deceased, was filed by Dan
iel Lamey in the office of the clerk
of the district court yesterday. Prop-
erty in Billings valued at $4,000,
bringing monthly rentals of $62, is
the asset No will has been found.
Besides Mr.. Lamey the deceased is
survived by Mary Morgan, Jane, John
and William Lamey, adult children.
The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30
MRS. READS DYNAMITE
HARMLESS AS SPONGE
November Temperature Rendered 1t
so, Is Novel Plea Made for
New Trial.

DENVER, Nov. 29.-The tempera-
ture on Nov. 9, 1908, made the dyna-
mite held by Mrs. Allen F. Read in
her attempt to extort 100000 from
Mrs. Genevieve Phipps, as harmless
as a sponge, is one OF the arguments
made by Attorney c. w. Waterman
today in his petition for a new trial
for Mrs. Read.
The petition establishes record in
Colorado courts in the number of its
reasons given for asking a new trial.
The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30
$. N. SKEEL RURIED.

S. NJ. Skeel, aged 50, and for many
years a resident of Billings, passed
away Sunday morning. Funeral serv-
ices were held yesterday afternoon
from the Settler undertaking parlors.
the ceremonies being in charge OF the
Mckinley post, G. A. R., and the in
terment was at the Billings cemetery.
The deceased is survived by a widow
and two sons, Percy and George
SkcPl
The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30
LEAYE F0R EAST.

Mr.,and Mrs. w. p. Peckham have
left the city for Chicago, where they
will spend a few weeks. after which
they will visit in North Attleboro.
Mass. They expect to be at home in
New York after the first of the year.
Mrs. Peckham was until Thanksgiv-
ing day Miss Alice Walk.
The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30
BABY DAUGHTER DEAD.

The 3 months old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Rothschiller of S02
South Twenty-sixth street, died yes
terday of infantile troubles. The flu
neral will be held this morning from
the Smith undertaking parlors at 10
o'clock.
The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30
REFOR MS FOR THE
NAVY DEPARTMENT
Continued from Page One.)

them, so no machinery existed by
which Independent inspections of
ships, shore stations and technical
matters could be had. That Mr.. Meyer
will provide by his new divisions of
inspection.
When extinguishing the bureau of
yards and docks, the marine corps and
certain other branches of tht depart
ment, not logically included in any
one of the four divisions of duties,
will be placed under the assistant sec
retary.
The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30
JUDGE FOX TO RED LODGE.

From Sundays Daily.
Judge Sydney Fox leaves this morn
ing for Red Lodge, after concluding
a strenuous season in the Yellowstone
county court, during which he dis
posed of a large volume of business.
The Judge will spend several days at
the Carbon county seat before re-
turning to this city.
The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30
PREPARE AMENDMENT
CONTINUED from Page one.)

gress who will be entrusted with the
task of putting the legislation through,
there are said to be large number of
candidates anxious for the honor Of
appearing as champion of the White
hOuSP
The Billings gazette., 1909-11-30
MARRIAGE LICENSE.

A license was issued by the clerk
of the district court yesterday for the
marriage of Charles Stark and Miss
Katherine Mcdonald, both of this city.