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The Billings Gazette.
SEM I-\V EE K LY.
VOL. XV. BILLINGS, YELLOWSTONE COUNTY, MON'I'ANA, IFltIll)AY. SkP~I' MltK.t 80, 1899 NO. 4n,
PRUl6 ReGORIIClK, W H, IleCOll$I1K,
PNRBSIDNT. TRO.S. AND M'OR.
McCormick (lercantile Co.
(Succes ors to Paul McCormick Co.)
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
GROGERIES
AN DPROVISIONS
RANCH SUPPLIES, BOOTS AND SHOES,
HAY AND GRAIN, GENTS' FURNISHINGS.
A New Stock and ew Ma nagement.
McCORMICK MERCANTILE CO.
Wardwell Block. BILLINGS, MONTANA, i
)I~EC'·nPJ(1~C'YIl~r(~n._
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
A.,. 1t. (.GO88.
LA W YER.
Office First National Bank Building.
H. E. ARMSTiONG. M. I'.,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
Belknap Block. Billings, Montana.
ANDREW CLARK, M. D.
HARRIET FOXTON-CLARK, M. D., C. M.
PHYSICIANS and SURGEONS.
Rooms 6 and 7. First National Bank Building.
Night calls answered at office.
DB. E. P. TOWNSEND,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
Office and Residence on Twenty.Ninth Street
North, two doors north of Cottage Inn. Office
strictly private. All calls will leceive prompt
attention. Telephone 118.
F. GODDARD.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office over First National Bank.
FRED H. RATHHORB ,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Offc.-Room 4 Fint National Bank Building.
.Blltng. Montana.
JOHNSTON A JOHNSTON.
LAWYERS.
Room 48. Belknap Block.
p J. DONOHOE,
ARCHITECT.
Butte and Billings, Montana.
A, FRASBE
Notary Public,
Justice of the Peace1 U. S. Commissioner,
General Commission Merchant.
Boom 8, First National Bank Building, Billings.
CARWILE & BOUTON,
REAL ESTATE, LIVE STOCK,
INSURANCE.
Office in Wardwell Block. Teleph one ill.
Correspondence Solicited.
BILLINGS, - MONTANA.
TITLE ABSTRACT COMPANY,
ABSTRACTS OF TI#LE
To all real property in Yellowetohe county,
Montana, compiled b Geo M. HM. ys and Austin
North Company. Titles examined and complete
abstraots furnished. Office next north Grand
Hotel. Telephone 128.
4593
YELLOWSTQONE NATIONAL
..BANK K..
OF BILLINGS
o--
CAPITAL, - $50,000
SURPLUS, 6 0.2000
- - ,-
A. L BA(DOOK, Plmalett,
DAVID PIRAW, Yle.uw,
,. A. 028 ,00 04 sr.e.
a.. NL LWEURA Ay's Cah.
4I. UAc4O.c, DAYID AW,
Gk A. GUUU.0 339@ O@B3WUJl
(ags01 ags.
hY Is rii gn sad Dmai.tl bnge
JOHN D.
osekamp
THE ChOTHIER
& FAMOUS OUTFITTER
AN EBoYs' Clothing,
Blankets and Bedding,
Bed Sheets,
Wagon Covers,
Hats and Caps.
The Largest Stock of Boots
and Shoes, comprising Ladies'
Fine Shoes and Slippers, Chil
dren's Shoes, all sizes, Men's
Boots and Shoes, all grades.
Sole Agent in Billings-for the
Star brand rubber overshoes,
every pairguaranteed perfect.
Mail Orders
Promptly Attended to.
JOHN D. BOSEKIJRP.
FIRST JATIOiAL
BANK
-) OF -
BIsnltOis , IlMONTAIN
!'aid Up Capital, - $150,00(
Surplus anad Profits, - 10,00(
P. B. Moss, President,
H. W. ROWLEY, Vice-Pres,
S. F. MORSE, Cashier.
S. G. REYNOLDS, Asst, Cash
DIRECTORS:
Zhas. T. Babcock,
Jos. Zimmerman,
H. W. Rowley,
G. W, Woodson,
P. B Mosm
Transact a general banking busl,
ness. Collections promptly
made and remitted for,
SITH'S
..ItaIMY STI IL.,
Twu Ay.wamM Ia
-"- V.. * 5, yMTg
TO BUY WATER WORI(KS
Alderman Frlselle Broaches the
Subjoot at a Meeting of the
01ty Oounoll,
TALK OF A CITY HALL
Aldaerman IhanhIhoI'lfl Thinkn it i N'.
ea,.ity- iiillor rilitng III the
IlotlIes I1' Pl'ostiltl IutI l.
The oily conuoil ball l u oextrnordl.
unrily inateresting meeting on Toumday
nilght,it being the firnt of the blimouthly
maenloun for September. It wes interest.
lIg for several reasons, fu the first
place tlhe timte of meting I N o'rlook
and it wes paut Ibat when the sulayt
called the meeting to order, fnlding
three of the aldermen absment, OlUemlt
wan sick and of course was not expect.
ed, but the mayor thought the other
mnembors outht to be there and he vent.
ed his feelings with a remark that a
flue should be imposed upon the nmem.
bers whbh came lu tartly. Nothing
more was said on the maltter until
Alderman Witham clame in, about a
half-hour late, when thie mayor spoke
about it. This precipltat.d a sluall.
tixed tilt between the two gentlemen.
Mr. Witham said he always got there
just ns soonI am he posslbly uoltld and
that was the best he could do,
Alderman Connelly had been detalun
ed and did not reach the council chamn.
ber until nearly i uolock, He was rip.
pad up the back, hut in a joking way,
He and Withnm both' ntod that they,
were in favor of flniuM tartly melmbers,
the resolution to take a.tclt June 1,
1900-they both go out of office nt that
time-otherwaie they would have to
resilgn.
The first thing on the programme
wan the reading of several pages of
minlutes of previoam meetings which
were approved in the unul manuuner.
The reports of all offiners, with Ihe
exception of city treaunrer, were nr.
cepted, In the latter inmtance tlhe cown.
mitten had not time to audit it and
asked that it be allowed to go ovur
until next meeting,
Under the heading of commuulica.
tions there was but one itemb The
commlitteu having in charge the peti.
tlon of J. 0, McCuue, et al., for a side.
walk on the went sideof North Twenty
seventh atreet from the Cougregatiottal
church to Sixth avenue, reported favor.
ably on the same. Some little dloeos.
lon ensued in which 3fenuigboft eoam.
pioned the caure favornbly, while Spear
spoke against it, that in, the matter of
extending it ns asked for. Spear unid
that north of the B. & M. tracks there
was low land, the lots were not oceu.
pied and probably uevet.would be I tiet 1
there was a good walk on the other Aide .
of the streer north from . the B. & M.
freight depot. He was ternitul build.
ing the sidewalk north of the R & M.,
tracks on that side on account of the
expense, but would vote to extend it to t
the wool warehouse, The matter w a
settled by Bennighoff uacoeding to antt
amendment, changing the petition to
read "to Fifth avenue," lultead of I
Sixth avetue, but tno billl are to be pire.
nented for the work before May 1, 11100,
While sidewalk matters were fresh Belt
nighofe made a speech iln favor of a
sidewalk along the south side of Frlit m
Mavenue, north, from Twealty.mvenlth to A
Thirtieth street, alnd after soime diuOtim.
mlou moved its countruEtinA , It waes
seconded by Withalt, Blefore votig ll
on the motion Slpear cnd lrisolle ex. u
plainud their positions lu the matter by ,
saylug that they did not thinuk therlle
was any demand for the walk alid it
would be impoulug ita rbtty heavy tea v
on the property owners, A vote on the
Motlon reaulted in it bIeis louit, luni.g. aI
holl tnd Withalu voting in the mmlirnan. a
tlive, while Sper9,, ricall, MIultt IIIh
and h,. John voted in the negative, y
leveral petitionu rm umual falid their a
way through the councll doQs, Prank a
Moyre wanted a po.mli to Imove hi.
dwellluin achk lrom ite pprecult i cen.
lion baok of the alouae, to a cpaie ble.
tween the operallI hOe aud Pritohett'. ~
reaturant., NI troeblec will be laook a
ed ailte hi the Ie solnamite ,
The ptililoia of J, I, Shaeyll, at l;, p
for a water maltia utenalie On oi rith o
Thirty 1th sneat whioh hus belt oe
tbh conlcl tables for seaal wenll. *
we nperid e ivarbls Ip the colmmit
to, bl ist get ao e u A e asUet
meit i wl a oe eatl a i elek thll e
rmolulMl o rmijslei alem,
Ii wlW iS. I U i l iI
dl.e aiem meevhdlag Iee
' -e ",_.
orndiuaom relhting to the umblhorilg ato
streout, avenuue and Iouses warns ieto.
dned, There war some disuonauston
to the drvlinbility of utuimbeting the
houses, It wit fthiully decided to rarer
the matter to the coailttieo on ordin.
enlaes with thu request to draw up an
oidinllnc for the putting up of signs on
the etreoots nd nlleys,
Heuunihoff cllled up trhe muster of
thu clerk having been itutreotod to re.
quest county uomulisiouners unot to
grant any further liquor IlIoeus to the
propriltors if the hounes of tilfteuni,
and lkod what halld been done in the
plcuul.la, The clerk roported that ho
hll done ai requested, but reOeived no
sltisrntotlol from the cotlnmmilsioners,
llnuiuulot then moiived thtll the polhot
metgletrute be re.qat.etd to rltire the
Hiee for proprihtiors it the houses of Ill.
f:mrn foior Wl toi $.TO, it mouithll
.He laid theti wnm no i mane in la llowigl
thrii , ilotus to 11oa L y li.i 1 liquor utisin'i
anuloac tohy oiId their shul re o u rotxns)
just like nly olther, Thle tttle alutes
that the fine for kieersn of uncl houses
hall unll he I. tc I lie1 *~lb nor more
thou $1100, ann tit.h' kHeuelrs oin hle r,
rt'eNld tvory idey and tmdle to pit, i
flute, Thrline liu 11t1i1 i toot nmi at1irer,
ktudlning hlletwo. the vnouril and poIt
lice mlagistrlatt thliti th fltie shall ,be
$IOl entd this in wvihat thly hIave bien
p.ylug, elllliglhot *,tdlled moIt oion
that the illy tlt#elerr be ihllsruoted to
colloat ia lty liernse too of $l0 it quayr
tor from eill humouw llelling liuer, It
wats carrled, him ftorlttr miotion having
110 inim10111i,
An ordianc fixing the llcunse fori
peddlerr with wagon Mat *0 it your for
Ia ohnehlorse l nyl nl! *NO 1 year for
twhtir.hne wnigou I ihuitiltg gallery and
bowllug alley, $40 it yoiurI slatt exhl.
bitilous by qlnuk doutors, eto., where It
is done to riltl money other thmn
church or beuevcloeut purpoAwe, $S it
day, wts retuferredu to the ordinance 0om.0
mltte tLot rvislonu, Thi Ieluctive for
tblh ordinaune wite uno doubt the Quaker
doctors, who spoen thrlee weeks in our
city recently 'otld falrly wlthlretd in the
shebukel for their unnomk nmedlielne
B.unligholt' ltted thll onlle of the don,
tore hItd told hin trti t llhry nver eww
auch nu.kers as there were in Montllna
-they tookl over $11100 out of Bill.
u.gs,
Th VrdllowIu. bili4 wa rt Ithu andil.
wiieud iiud puewd bIy a full ONt I
fllrrd J, ML~hnw, unniyllcln Iilllr $17 AO
Puraqr d CJo., ma1nic tfor jirincn.
W, A. Peery, oantiuu weeds.... 0 00
A. A. elase, sbrest ipriiililim i . 70 00
H, M. Allau & Co., Iumbar..,. 414 41
IH, $. Hvuus, oitt trlgacrer, three
molndb uomffiea t mub........ 18 00
A, A. Morri., sauve71n .. , 94 80
Rlllw Water Power Jo.. nl'leo
t'lio \t hr for Aug uu , .99 00
Nita J. gown, typewrlsiuji ., 11 91)
John Power., repairiug .ide.
walkn,,,,,,,,,,,, it $0
John Powers, re piring orouutljg* 314 110
3. P. Townuend, atty plhyeiolae. 40 00
Yemeu Dro.,, bill of Inerobuadlu 49 78
AldermIan Beauighoff he mulade Itms
polut to lunteret hinsuelf lu the duti.e
partbai1ing to hie ofmUoo ua well as to the
nterestu of thle (lcy, He believes in a
prgiaulve city and has euprulead him"'
seel to this ifftl utn several meet.
lpge. He wtuoIN to exntead waterP ainU.
and nidewalkl and ileco get oMlla uand
vaults for the arte keeping of all clty
recorde al. well al a deour eityy hall
and fire blldiung, and Ia noe backward
about letting the other meulmber. know
juan whele hIe laude in lthi partioular.
a said that the city nused la new olty
hall indl he inPetioeiu d the matter to
prelmpar the mIlmbers for omelthing
thatilhe will liotroduce at thie lulext iat
lng.
ThFll brought fourwuid Aldervnu Vi..a
all., who, In lur.'ducluny hl. apeolh,
amid that the mayor ill hbl iiugnural
•peuuh liueo few munths alules, hld aild
voouaed the nluouilpl u owuoerhip of the
publi utilities, laid that wa# a lmatter
upon wbhilh he wished mto puek, Ne
ould thus he thought the tume wie ripe
for e1b uouuuil t o di saomething looking
to $1l. ity owueurhip of the water
worli, Mr. Vria.lle has no doiub been
talklug with uolt.lue regarding the
mutter fo. h setated thn l he bealived a
ei" orlly uof ile ipeople of lllllhige were
Iu favor of thle cull owning the water
works and believed that if the council
should llart n a projet. for its parl
hcha, that it woula be bacsked byte
~sealed The presuent .ountract wi the
:l1lli.s Wilri Powell 0oW Unl doeo
mot eiprl le for i 'uiN yel, but MF,
Friuelle thliks, l do many otheri, thal
sonelthnll should be dolne t onle,
Aleuding to the eoOtroat ii, at the e.
pleti of the tes ofu twenty peres the
'lll dies not by the s'eli, it iast
gran a new ionalIeot fIo esotl4 e ra
lwbitieash i the we
sw
VIi iU u i t
llhe aiil iflseI btu eai
ewt O l wre
mave
Billings Ball Olub Beati Puoatellc
Two More Butte Cancels
Her Dates.
THE HELENA HOG AGAIN
It T'l't' to Puree lilinlhls i1ntot Twc
Milo'l' (li ell.'s, or Wont llay
Anyv More.
i'r ot 111m IIIxplainted Ireson, the
tilllin1M ba.eball team did not gea a
dates to plny the, third game in Ogden
Ilat Tnoadlty, las expoOted, a Og.
d.eu, probhlslly, of er itheo.i Yvitortis
of lbh' (howheoyp tUIrT Lake, were
Itrlid llh Iltuk.les in hie third Mgam.lt,
iling UIotalll to lot it ruiti i gunt 11
apleu, no Billinga did not play Tues'
day,
On We.dneday, however, the team
went agaiult the strong Pocatello ninue
for the necond game, easily defeating it
by a sore of i0 to 1t, MoNee,. pitch.
.od aid Marshall caughtl. CWOowboys
finkIl dsfelated thee Piulia' yo.aer.
day by n 'nou it 7 tq 10, making
throee Ntraliht hPoried over the Idaho
boys, The g e yesterday was the
elesvynIth the boys have played iiuce
they left home, and they have made the
ra•alerkable record of winning ulne of
thunm, losing one to Helena through
poor ludgmuent in taklung Harker out of
the box, nud one to Ogden when our~
tein.t d ly crippled,
mA wliow Manager Nix yesterday
stated that Butte had anuelled the
dates with him for tomorrow and Sun.
d:y, but he did not state the reason
given for ibis notion, The amoke eat.
ate, no doubt, are afraid of the C(ow
boys, the record they have mulde on
their tour onuvinuciu the Buatt boys
that they would be enasy viutinmi, It in
hoped, however, that games may be
seoured with them later, Billings is
out to alnlm up the stata and the north.
weal and nutte ahould take Its dose,
along with Helena and the rait of the
town hi that think they have ball oluba,
Manager Nix also wired that hil
tuom was badly orippled-that Zour.
froes, the oatcher, was still alek I Rose,
secoud baseman, war ocrippled, and
Pirst Baseman Williamsn had left the
team, This wire had to he traunferred
through the WeuteriL Unio office at
lelena, whiho contains two of the
players of that nine, and Manager Nix
also stated that Helena was insisting on
him playing there tomorrow and Iun.
day that he had been informed that if
he did not do ao, Helena would not
aOme to Billings to play next week,
Thit ashows that the Helena hog iI still
doing busiluness at the old sHoud, Know.
ing that our team is orippled, it wants
to force it to go agaist a brace game,
where it will not only have the
alrengthened Helena nine to play, bat
the umpire, aRn andieie thlat is abusive
nud unfair and the disadvantage of a
"sun field," which Helenta is accu. O
towed to and our boey aRe not, And
Helena wants this advantage, too,
whlen he owesi BilllgVi a game, the
oapital nine having played 'but two
games haee, while Billings gave it
three in returnu And if Helena can't
have such an advantage, she wo.lt plat
any more, That to just like the Helena
Thu aodviser of Manager Nix in tll,
iNga wired him not to play yHelena sit
Linton Clothing Co.
CUOTMING ANDS
F.UiNISHINQS
Rvor)'thlng t fthe ,aten. t and Nobblipt for
Men's Woar,
HITs XND CxPS
BOOTS XND SHa1s
The RHeat Illeid S$took in all aluRn
Montena,
The Linton Clothitg .,
5"." S 3,5
less she would ,play in anlte, on neuai4
trnl grounds, where both teams would '.,
have an equal show, bit at this writ.
lug no news has been 'eoeived as to
whether games have been arrauned.;
It is a two to one bet, however, that
Helena will not meet Billings in Butte;
the Helena hog must have the best of it
or it want play, As far as the patron.
of baseball in Billings are concerned,
they are willing for Helena to oancel
her dates here for next week if they are .
contingent upon the Cowboys being
forced to play Helena on her own
lrounds again when she owes Billings
a game, But if Helena does take this
position, Billings will olaim the state
championship, Our nine defeated Hel
eun two out of three games in the last
series and it she is afraid to play again
-on neutral grounds in Butte, or in
Billinps-she cannot hold a obham
plonship title that she is not willing to
defend,
lllllnue to Play at Butte.
Just as The Gazette goes to press a
wire has been received from Manager
Nix stating that Butte will play the
Oawboys in that city tomorrow and
t' nday, but that Helena is veay anx
ious for him to come there. He wee in
at.ruuted to play Butte tomorrow and
Helena, at Butte Sunday it he could ar
rann,. iti if not, to play Butte again on
Sunday,..
THU WOMAN'S OLU.1.
The Literary Departmente Holds ts Open
Inllg Meeting.
he literary department of the
Woman's Club held its open.
lug meeting at the home of
Mrs. E, 0, Railsback Tuesday
afternoon, A goodly number of old
members were present, alsn several new
ones. The programme of the year's
work was introduced and the first
week's work taken up. The work, as
planned, seems rather too lengthy to be
satisfatorily disoussed in two hours'
time; it in, however, most i resting
and the ladies seem anxi ao take up
the work after a so e rest, Mrs.
H, S. Evan and B, P. Clement
had charge f ,i history of the first
quarter of e sixteenth century, a
sketch of Martin Luthers life was given
by Mrs. Rallsback and Mrs. Paul Mc
Cormick read a very good paper on
Egyptian history, 'The book "David
Harem" was nicely reviewed by Mrs. `.
Mnthesaou, while Mr', James MoOor
mink reviewed the North American
and Misn Pilcl,er talked for a hbort
time upon the subject ' Expansion."
Mrs. Braytou gave current events in an
lnteresting masnnu , The next meet
ing, on Saturday Sept, 16th, will be
held at the home of Miss Roeser.
WILL NOT HUDGEM.
State toard of Uqualisation Holds to Its
Positio on Assessmetnt,
The state board of equallataion will
not budge from the position it took re.
cently in regard to the enforcement of
a uniform rate of assessmnent on cattle
and sheep,, says the Helena Herald.
Despite the protests of stockmen and
the notioes front county clerks of
their intention to ignore the board's
action and of the possibility of legal
entauglements the board today annouu
ced that it would make no change and
wauld stand or fall with its notion in
the face of the supreme court decision,
The determination of the board to
stand pat was not announced until
after it had heard from ex.Senator T.
0, Power, the president of the board
of sheep commissioners, He appeared
beforethe board which met in the gov
ernor's office, armed with statistics and
figures to show that phe board had as.
meased sheep tar high, He pleaded with
the board and qunted from the ausaes
mnsen of adjoining states. At the con
elusion of the hearing the board an.
iunced as above stated,