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The Billings Gazette.
SEMI=VWEEKLY.
VOL. XV. BILLINGS, YELLOWSTONE COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1899 NO. 1(0
Watch for Our Spring Shoes
See Our "Little Giant" Line of
Children's and Boys' Shoes
Misses' and Children's Rubber Boots
ALL SIZES
John D. [osekamp
"Famous Outfittep."
PROFESSIONAL CARDS. FIRST NATIONAL
AB. R. (GOS,
LAWYER.
Office First National Bank Building.
H. E. ARMSTRONG, M. u.,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
Belknap Block, - Billings, Montana.
-) OF -
DR. J. H. RINEHART,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. BIh IN$GS, MON0TANA
Office in First National Bank building, Billings,
Monta
ANDREW CLARK, M. D.
HARRIET FOXTON-CLARK, M. D., C. M. ['aid Up Capital, - $150,000
PHYSICIANS and SURGEONS. Surplus and Profits, - 10,000
Booms 6 and 7. First National Bank Building.
Night calls answered at office.
R. E. P. TOWNSEND,
DR. E. P. TOWN dSEND, P. B. Moss, President.
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. H. W. ROWLEY, Vice-Pres.
Office and Residenoe on Twenty-Ninth Street S. F. MORSE, Cashier.
North, two doors north ot Cottage Inn. Office
strictly private. All calls will receive prompt S. G. REYNOLDS, Asst. Cash.
attention. Telephone 118.
0. F. GODDARD.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office over First National Bank. DIRECTORS:
Chas. T. Babcock,
J B. HERFORD, Jos. Zimmerman,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. H. W. Rowley,
Room 9, Belknap Block, - Billings, Montana. G. W. Woodson,
P. B Moss.
FRED H. HATHHORN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. rransact a general banking busi
Office-Room 4. First National Bank Building. ness. Collections promptly
made and remitted for.
JOHNSTON & JOHNSTON.
LAWYERS.
Room 18. Belknap Block.
Room 12, Belknap Block, - Billings, Montana
J. D. MATHESON, .
Real Estate and Life Insurance. _ : : : : :: :_
Room 12, Belknap Block.
A. FRASER
Notary Public,
Justice of the Peace, U. S. Commissioner,
General Commission Merchant.
Ioom 8, First National Bank Building, Billings.
TITLE ABSTRACT COMPANY,
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE
To all real property in Yellowstone county.
Montana, compiled by Geo. M. Hays and Austin
North Company. Titles examined and complete "
absetracts furnished. Office next north Grand
Hotel. Telephone 123,
4593
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL f omel and
napkin
...BANK.,. SR ..
OF BILLINGS
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CAPITAL, - S50,000
SURPLUS, - - $20,000
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A. L. BABCOCK; President.
DAVID FRATT, Vice-Pres.
G. A. GRIGGSo Cashier.
E. H. HOLLISTER. Aes't Cash.
DIREOTORS.
A. L. BABOOOK, DAVID PRATT,
,. A. GRIGGS, ED. CARDWELL,
RTERLABSON. 4 BILLINGS
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Sae DepoiBocce. Rested. nt4d & VV pe
Special At Give to C'oleootimo
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Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Exchan.e i
CLASS DAY EXERCISE
Another Event' in the History
of the Billings High
School.
A MARKED SUCCESS
In Every Particular. Students Rend
ering Excellent Programme.
Graduating Exercises.
The second annual class day ex
cises of the graduating class o the
Billings high school took place ednes
day night at the opera hous nd were
a marked success in every particular,
the students ac uittin themselves
creditably.
The opera hous , ich was filled
with an enthusia t audience, was
handsomely decorated, the graduating
class colors, pink and green, and the
tenth grade colors, old gold and purple,
being everywhere in evidence, while
several of the classes were quite con.
spicuous by their yells, which resound.
ed throughout the house during the
entire evening. It was the students'
night and they were there to enjoy
themselves. Despite all this a feeling
of sadness pervaded the presence of the
scholars, occasioned by the sudden death
of Miss Mattie Hoe, a graduate in last
year's class, who just a year ago stood
on the stage and took part in the class
day exercises.
The programme of the evening wai
opened with a violin solo by Romeo
Lavigne, who performed remarkably
well for one so young. The class his
tory by Miss Trudence Miller was good
being reviewed from its organization
The class prophecy was revealed bJ
Miss Delia Loftus, which snowed the
members in the future following differ
ent lives and each one making a success
of their chosen professions. The Girls
High School Quartette, comprisinb
Misses Tompkins, Lamport, Goddarc
and Brayton, sang "Bridal of the
Birds" in such a manner as to elicil
much applause. Miss Winifred Rixor
recited an original composition, the
class poem. The funeral oration ove,
geometry by Fred Penrod was dispensed
with out of respect to the death of Miss
Hoe, and in its place was read by Miss
Sara Evans, high school teacher, some
touching resolutions adopted by the
school in memory of Miss Hoe. The
graduating class then sang a song, the
words of which had been written by
Miss Hattie Brayton. In behalf of the
class Miss Harriet Stebbins. made the
address to the tenth grade. She sup
plemented her courteous salutation by
some paternal advice to the juniors,
urigng them to bear in mind the fact
that the mantle of the retiring seniors
was soon to fall upon their shoulders
and that it involved great responsibili
ties which they should in nowise shirk.
The speaker placed great stress upon
the fact that the retiring class was the
smartest and most learned that had
graduated from the Billings high
school. She spoke of how the juniors
must conduct themselves after becom
ing seniors, all of which the tenth
grade took with a grain of salt. The
juniors had chosen Miss Lora Goddard
to respond in behalf of the class and
that they had chosen wisely in so do
ing was proven by the masterly man
ner in which she "got back" at the
grave and reverend seniors. Miss God
dard also made the address to the ninth
grade, it being nicely responded to by
Miss Winnie Jones. Miss Martha
TompkinF, a promising young vocalist,
sang "The Song of the Brook," and
was followed by Miss Alice Nord, who
rendered the recitation "King Robert
of Sicily." The delsarte movement,
"The Bugle Song," by Miss Maude
Gruwell, was well executed. "Life's
Dream is O'er" was a pretty duet, sang
by Misses Mary Towne and Ida Lam
port. The presentation of society
diplomas was made by Miss Tompkins
and Guy Wagner for the Longfellow
and Irving societies, respectively. The
Girls' High School Quartette sang in
closing "Commencement March" and
after shadows by different students,
class day became an event of the past.
Tomorrow evening the graduating
exercises will be held at the opera
house, when six orations will be de
livered and the presentation of diplomas
by Hon. J. R. Goes, president of the
school board, will follow: The pro
gramme will be as follows:
Overture ........ ........... Smith
Orchestra.
Invocation...... ..........
Rev. W. D. Clark.
Salutatory-"A Philanthropic Move
ment."....... .........
Jane Winifred Rixon.
"Home for the Holidays".. .Schumann
Ladies' Quartette.
Martha Denham, Dora Gruwell,
Mrs. M. H. Tompkins, Mrs.
C. H. Barstow.
"The Nicaraguan Canal"........
Delia Msylinda Lottae.
"'Progress" .................
Trudence Lora Miller.
Cornet Duet-"Concert Polka"...
................. . Strassburgei
H. A. VanHorne and W. O. Allen.
"Imperialism". ..............
Frederick Billings Penrod.
"A Scientific Wonder".........
Hattie Louise Brayton.
Vocal Solo (a) Swallows. .... Cowen
(b) Little Doris. DeKoven
Martha Denham.
Valedictory--"The Queen of Ameri
can Women".............
Harriet Cornelia Setbbins.
Popular Song..............Arranged
Male Quartette.
H. M. Allen, Ira L. Whitney,
E. H. Hollister, Frank Damsell.
Presentation of Diplomas........
Jas. R. Goss,
President Board of Trustees.
Address to Class ............
H. M. Brayton.
"Auf Wiedersebn Waltzes". .... Bailey
Orchestra.
BWndiction ......... .......
Rev. Jacob Mills.
Sunday evening, at the court house,
the Rev. Father Van Clarenbeck will
deliver a baccalaureate address to the
graduating class, friends and all others
being invited to attend.
FALSE REPORT.
Cheyenne Indians Are Ugly, But No Dep
redations Have Been Committed.
The report reached this city Wednes
day that the Cheyenne Indians had
started depredations in the Tongue
river country by burning three ranch
houses and outbuildings, the news be
ing brought by a gentleman who had
heard it at Forsyth. F. H. Benjamin,
who is a solicitor for the Helena Inde
pendent, and has a ranch in that vicin
ity, was in Billings and became
alarmed for the safety of his family,
and telegraphed to Forsyth to learn if
there was any truth in the report. He
received an answer late in the after
noon that there was no danger from the
Indians and that the report was untrue.
A special of Tuesday to the St. Paul
Dispatch from Rosebud, Montana, says:
"The most serious trouble, however,
is apprehended over an attempted as
sault made last week by a Cheyenne
brave, and which will result in a
lynching bee if he is caught. The
daughter of a ranchman named Han
son, while riding along, met an Indian,
who dragged her from her horse in a
desperate attempt to ravish her. She
bit one of his fingers during the strug
gle, which only served to further en
rage him. Fortunately, however, a
cowboy was attracted by her cries, and
the Indian, upon seeing the approach
of assistance, took to the hills. He has
not since been seen.
"But few troops are now in the state,
and an appeal for more will be made to
Washington. Last Wednesday a band
of Indians approached a farm house oc
cupied by Mrs. Loraine and her little
son. They frightened her out of her
wits, and with her little son she fled
to the nearest neighbor's, where she
fell prostrate to the floor, uttering the
single word, 'fire.' Investigation
proved that the Indians had deliberate
ly and wantonly fired a haystack val
ued at $800. The feeling against the
Indians is intense, and if their deviltry
continues will result in loss of life, as
the settlers feel the issue must be made
for supremacy sooner or later, and if
the government does not protect them
they will be compelled to take the law
into their own hands."
BOOM IN WOOL.
Acttvity of Wool Market Sustained Dur
ing the Week.
The Boston American Wool and Cot
ton Reporter of Wednesday says of the
wool trade: "The strength and activity
previously noted in the wool market
has been well sustained during the
week under review, and in some re
spects the movement partakes of the
characteristics of a veritable boom. It
is not as yet, however, a manufacturers'
market, although consumers have been
a little more in evidence than previous
ly. The greater portion of the business
done consists of purchases by dealers
themselves, although as a rule, where
manufacturers have bought they have
been obliged to pay higher prices, or
they have not succeeded in getting the
wool. A number of dealers are not
offering their wool and are practically
out of the market. The advance in the
price of territory wool in this market
has resulted in checking the export
movement, and the few remaining lots
of'Australian wool in bond, owned by
dealers, are held at higher figures than
foreign buyers will pay.
"The sales of the week at Boston
amount to 6,081,000 pounds domestic
and 657,090, pounds foreign, making a
total of 6,680,000 pounds, against a
total of 8,815,500 for the previous
week and a total of 9,840,000 for the
corresponding week last year. Sales
since Jan. 1, 1899, amount to 96,291,
800 pounds, against 48,848,810 pounds
last year at this time."
Win. Howard was sentenced to three
years in the state penitentiary Wednes
day at Baseman for attempting to de.
fraud Gallatin county by importing
wolf and ooyote pelts and applying for
the bounty.
A GRAND CELEBRATION
The People of Billings Will
Observe the Fourth
of July.
MOVEMENT STARTED
Today with a Subscription Paper.
City Council to Hold a Special
Session to Take Action.
Mayor Yegen has called a special
meeting of the city council for next
Wednesday evening, at which time the
city fathers will take the initial step
toward holding a Fourth of July cele
bration. The subscription paper will
be started this afternoon and Mayor
Yegen is confident the business men
and citizens will subscribe liberally, as
several have signified a willingness to
assist the movement in a financial way.
The celebration should be made a mag
nificent one and will therefore necessi
tate the expenditure of no little amount
of money, but it will all return an hun
dred fold to our business men. Sheri
dan has made no arrangements for cele
brating and an invitation should be ex
tended them to join hands with Bill
ings, bring their band and ball club
and make l. event a gala day. When
the committee having the subscription
paper calls on you, give them a cordial
reception and send them away happy.
17, CENTS FOR MONTANA WOOL.
About 100,000 Pounds Sold in Boston
Recently at That Figure.
About 100,000 pounds of last years'
clip of Montana wool that was stored
during the winter in Boston, was sold
a few days ago for 171 cents. The
wool was the property of the Bank of
Fergus County of Lewistown. This
price means that the price for wool in
this state this year will be from 15 to
16 cents per pound, allowing 1 cents
per pound for shipping to Boston and
for commission.
Ex-Senator Power, president of the
state sheep commission, when asked
what he thought of the Boston sale as
an index of this year's prices, said he
thought it augured well for the Mon
tana sheepmen.
"I believe," said he, 'that if the
staple is as-good as it was last year that
the price will be about as good." He
thinks that about 15 cents will be the
average price, although it may be a
shade better, as he says, upon the qual
ity.
American wools have advanced re
cently because of the 20 per cent ad
vance at the London wool sales. The
advances there resulted in a foreign de
mand for American wools and for the
first time in years a large amount of
the article has been exported. This is
encouraging news for the sheepmen of
Montana.
BURLINGTON OFFICIALS.
Freight Men Visit Billings on an In
spection Tour.
A party of nearly seventy-five freight
officials of the Burlington road, from
the eastern and middle states, arrived
in Billings this morning from a trip to
Nebraska and spent two or three hours
here. The party occupied a special
train of three Pullman cars, the Tolva,
Valpa and Vilano, the dining car St.
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Everything of the Latest and Nobbiest .for
Men's Wear.
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BOOTS AND SHOES
The Best Selected Stock in all Eastern
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Louis and a coach, placed at their dis
posal by the Burlington. The Burling
ton has expended considerable money in
improving the road this spring and is
taking this opportunity of introducing
these eastern men to the extreme west
ern portion of the system. The party
consisted of officials of the C., B. &
Q.; H. & St. J.; S. L.. K. & N. W.;
C. B. & K. C.; K. C., St. J. & C. B.
and Burlington, all of which are a.part
of the great C., B. & Q. system.
Immediately upon the train's arrival
in Billings the distinguished officials
were taken in charge by a committee of
business men, who showed them about
the city. W. W. Johnston of Beatrice,
formerly commercial agent in Billings,
was greatly surprised at the city's
growth during the past year and spoke
in flattering terms to his associates of
its future.
ADMIRAL SCHLEY IN THE WEST.
Received a Perfect Ovation in Omaha
May Visit National Park.
There can be no mistaking hte hearty
welcome accorded to Admiral Schley by
the people of the west. Though the trip
was taken for a well-deserved vacation
it has been transformed into something
of a triumphal procession. Between
Washingtcn and Chicago innumerable
delegations invited the gallant admiral
to stop off to visit their respective
towns, while nearly every city, village
and hamlet along the Burlington route
from Chicago to Denver requested the
pleasure of entertaining him. The
only place where he made a visit of any
duration was at Omaha. There he re
mained a week, the guest of Charles F.
Manderson, general solicitor of the Bur
lington railroad. While in Omaha he
received marked attention, the public
and the private receptions given in his
honor being the greatest ovations wit
nessed there since President McKin
ley's visit last year. May 25 was spent
in Denver and today in Colorado
Springs. Then the itinerary of the
party includes a trip to Salt Lake City
over the Denver & Rio Grande road.
spending May 28 at the Utah capital
and returning from there to Omaha.
It is reported that Admiral Schley may
visit the National park, in which
event he will come to Billings on the
Burlington from Omaha.
JOE LOGAN DEAD.
A Well Known Cowboy Passess Away
Alone at His Ranch.
Coroner Townsend and Sheriff Hub
bard received a telegram Tuesday night
from Junction stating that Joe Logan,
a well-known cowboy of the Mussel
shell, had been found dead and that
murder was hinted at. The officials
left the next morning for Junction, but
upon their arrival there they learned
that their presence was not needed as
the justice of the peace of the Mussel
shell district had inquired into the par
tiuonlars and found that Logan had died
a natural death and the body was then
buried.
Just a week ago today Logan, who
is onb of the best known and oldest
cowboys in Montana and has of late
had charge of Btyan Bros.' horses, was
found dead in his cabin. It was known
to his acquaintances that he had been
drinking hard lately and it was sup
posed that his debauch caused his
death. There were no marks on his
body or any disturbance in the house
to lead one to belheve he had met with
foul play in any manner.
W. T. Bell, the newspaper man who
with his wife committed suicide in Bos
ton last Monday, was well known in
Montana and worked in Butte about ten
years ago.