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The Billings Gazette. SEiM I-WV EEK LY. VOL. XV. BILLINGS, YELLOWSTONE COUNTY, MON'TANA, FRIDIAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1899 NO. 4, PRUI Me00RRMICK, W. H. MeCORMICK, PRRSID1NT. TReRS. RND MW'OR. 4McCormick (ereantile Co. (Successors to Paul McCormick Co.) WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. PUBLIC WITH ................. GROCERIES, PROIISIONS, FLOUR AND FEED. We Solicit the Patronage of Customers, old and new. Our facilities for buying are unexcelled and our prices at the lowest living figure. ........... GIVE US A TRIAL ORDER. ww w ww w ww ww w ww www PROFESSIONAL CARDS. J A&. H. (4(55 LAW 1'ER. Office First National Bank Hnlldina. .. E. ARMSTRIONI. M. I'., PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Belknap Block., . Hllinu, Montana, ANDREW CLARK, M. ID. HARRIET FOXTON.CLARK, M. D., ', M. PHYSICIANS and SURGEONS. Ime 6 a 7 Firt a National Bank Buildinl., iht caJle answered at ofice, DR. E. P. TOWNSEND, PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Ofce and iteldenoe on Twenty.Ninth Street Nort, two doors north of (Cottage Inn. Office triy privte All call will receive prompt attention. Telephone 118. F. GODDARD. ATTORNEY.AT.LAW. Office over First National Bank. BED H. HATHHORN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. iOfle-oonB 4. First National Bank Building. BiIlings, Montana. JOHNSTON & JOHNSTON. LAWYERS. Boom 18. Belknap Block. , J. DONOHOE, ARCHITECT. Butte and Billings, Montana. A. FtABE1R Notary Public, Ju.tioe of the Peace, U. S. Commissioner, General Commtssion Merchant. Room 8, First National Bank Building, Billings. CARWILE A IIOUTON, REAL ESTATE, LIVE STOCK, INSURANCE. Oflice in Wardwell Block. Telephone 111. (orraepondanoe iolllted. BILLNG(S, . - MONTANA. TITLE ABSTRACT COMPANY, ABSTRACTS OF TITLE Toall real proppHy in Yello ltoe count, oa , oompni be reao, M. Mtye and Austin iort p n ayy. 'itle, examafilni onff'pleot h -t, . .. .'niahe Officem next north i rand ot, Telphone lld, 4506 YELLOWSTO N ATIONAL ,..BANK,.. OF BILLINGS QAPITAL,. * 60,000 SURPLUS1. * *800000 4.1 SAlGMg s taID PRAWm A . AtR s W e 0PAWh6il4 SUim i. U gn d himIe Ptua low awe"-i~ JOHN D. osekamp THE CLOTHIER * # FAMOUS OUTFITTER AND BOYS' 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 pair guaranteed perfect. Mail Orders Promptly Attended to. JOHN D. OSEKRMP. FIRST PITIOIAL BANK -) oF - BIIINflGS, OITNTANA Paid Up Capital, - 8160,000 Surplns and Profits, - 10,000 P. H. Moss, President. H. W, ROawLa, Vice.Pres, S. F, MoMsa, Cashier, S. G, RKYNOLP, Asst, Cash. DIRUCTONh: .has, T, Babcock, Jos. Zimmerman, H.' W, Rowley, G. W, Woodson, P, B Mosa, fransact a general banking busi ness, Collections promptly made sad remitted for, S ITH'5 ...hitIy STII,. YI*WW*** I. &k IBMig TO BlY WI'WOl(IKS The City Counoll, by Ordinance, Expresses a Desire to Purchase Plant. THE STREET RAILWAYS Pettitio % Ion Is tIrº I' l F c hi s NoS t Yet l is poJeºd of M.'wer laild. Sid(e to ity council meeting Tuesdan ght was not lacking in any of the usual interest which centers arount that body when it conies together, For some reason or other the menmers wer tardy and it was nearlj :80 before Mayor Ye pn rappef r order. Al the mnember , excelt Clement, were present. AIB reading of the min utes of previous sessions, the matter of appointing a successor to Alderman St John, who resigned by reason of hay ing moved from the Fourth ward, wae taken up. Spear again moved thae Szitnink be permitted to na ae his col league, and the cou acqunieseed, Mr. Szitniejk had acted to uppoinu A. P. Hart, rit J t gentlemlan's work kept him in tWcountry at present anu he could not very well attend to the matter, and in view of this fact Szit nick named Geo. A Berky as successor to Mr. St. John. The counol by unan amnous vote co .rmed t, ,t olmlnation. A courier was sent p to find and es cort Aldermaun eli erky to the coun. oil chamber. F Berky took the oath of office and also a seat among the elect. The reports of standing committees were called for. Spear reported for the finance committee as having e-s amined the monthly.report for August of the city treasurer and found same all right, The committee's report was an cepted. In the matter of the ordinance per. taling to the granting of a franchise to W. B. George for the estruotion and maintenanor of an ectric street railwayn,Geo. . Bedghoff reported favorably for o1Wrpecial committee composed of himself and F. B. Con. neily. The petition of Austin North for an electric street railway franchise was also favorably reported upon by Mr. Bennighoff, as was also the ordin. mane changing the peddlers' and street entertainers' license. Bennighoff introd l a petition signed by ev ry p rty owner on the south side oL st avenue, north; ask ing for the construction of a sidewalk from Twenty-seventh street to Thirtieth street. No little amount of discussion and debate was precipitated by the mayor asking for an explanation regarding the construction of the platform in front of bheBillings Wholesale Grocery house on Minnesota avenue, A large loading platform, three feet above grade, had been erected there and without the knowledge of the council, Mr. Ben. nighoff said that he could explain the matter, He stated that a representas tive of the Billings Wholesale Grocery company had come to himself and Mr. Olement, who constituted the sidewalk oommittee, and had asked permission to construct the loading platform. They had given him permission to do co, because they thought it a necessity for the company's use. Mayor Yegen was not one whit backward in express. iug himselt in the premises. He said that the platform obstructed passage on the sidewalk which had been laid there for the accommodation of ladies and hildreu who wished to be, freed from rearing obscene language used on the ther side and to avoid the crowded walk, which always seemed to be the tape. The old walk had been con. trnoted by the city from planks donat. ia by the railroad company, but the aommittee took upon itself the respon' iblity of giving those planks away, Che mayor said that he thought Ihe aInlmittee had overstepped its hounds i the lmatter. Witham said he want. "t10 go on reeord as objecting to the onastroation of the platform, for the o0ean that it obstruoted the walk rhiob had heretofore been used by adieu who eithor shopped or lived on he anoth side and did not wish to be ompelled to gon a blook or two o0t of helt way in order to tieah their detfl cation, Ile said shat ladles should ot be eopelled so pae a the other Ida of the stree, whieh we alwyri rded with taulsll ald owdie,l rao e lr asp and whilc had msr i'A w s4e the Whe Jaw a t00t t#elts fern So t Se l wasi~ih d.tohMean ae tion, seconded by Frizelle, that the city clerk notify the chief of police to notify Millis & Co. to place the platform down on the street grade at once. Be. fore putting the question to a vote, Bennighoff made a few remarks to the effect that it seemed to him the councll was taking a very strange action and th.l..was ashamed to belong to such a c( til. On vote all respoudedj"aye," excepting Bennighoff. The petition of E. B. Kennedy, et al., for an extension of water main south on North Twenty-fourth street to cen ter of- Montana avenue; thence west to connect with the present main at the intersection of North Tenty-fifth street, to supply the brewery and residences on said North Twenty-fourht street, was granted, as was that of Frank Adams, et al., for an eixtensiou on Fourth avenue and Nurth Twenty fourth street. The street sprinkling ordinanc , levying a tax ngniust the property in the sprinkling district, was passed. A saloon license was granted J. t. Conway, bwho is doing business on the south side next to O'Orady & Farrell's. City Clerk Flerford read a communi cation from Conuty Clerk Carwile, in which the county comnmissioners notifi ed the city of Billings to construct a bridge across the drainage ditch west of Billings, and in event of the city's refusal, the county surveyor would con struct same and the county attorney would institute action to collect cost ot same. Investigation of the city patt determinpd that the bridge was not in the city limits, whereupou Frizelle moved that the city refuse to comply with the county's request, Witham, seconded the motion and the council voted aye to a man. Under unfinished business. Witham introduced an ordinance amending see tion 2 of ordinance No. 10 relating to oonstruetion of buildings within the fire limits. The change suggested is to the effect that no buildings can be cou structed until a special permit has been secured from the council. It was re ferred to the fire committee. Frilelle introduced an ordinance declaring the desire of the city of Bill ings to purchase the water-works sys tem. It was referred to committee on ordinance. The ordinance reads as fol lowe: "An ordinance declaring the desire of the city of Billings to purchase the plant and water supply of the Billings Water Power company, and notifying 'h MUiilt n,, mnant n. ..n{..h .. ai' "Be It Ordained By the City Council of the City of Billings: "Sec. 1. That it is hereby declared to be the desire of the city of Billings to purchase the plant and water supply of the Billings Water Power company under and by virtue of the laws of the state of Montana, and particularly of sub-division 64 of seotion 4800 of the Political Code of the state of Montana, and amended by an act of the Fifth legislative assembly of the state of Montana, approved Marc, 8th, 1897. ''Sea. 2 That notice. of such desire is hereby given to the said company, and that the city clerk be, and is bere by instructed to deliver to the secretary andresildent agent of said company a certifed copy of tbis ordinance imme. diately after its adoption." The ordinance committee reported a change in the ordinance granting W. B. George a franchise for a street rail way systea. Instead of the oity re celving 1 per cent of the net proceeds for five years, us stipulated in the ,rdinarice first drawn up, the city is to, receive nothing, but at the end of five eyors the counoil, if it sees fit, can ro iluce the fare to 5 cents. The ordi. noee was referred to the city attorney to report at next meeting as to its val. idity. The following bills were allowed: )has, R. Stoll, team and work., 40s 00 Joe Flanagan, cleaning oess pool 1 00 A, A. Morris, city engineer. .., lDo 1O Holmes & COaloun, merchaudise ' 110 Iartie Burns, hay ....... ... 17 fi5 iuna J. Brown, typewriting ... .5 70 lillitgs OGautte, printing and job work ..... ........ 7n 15 The bids for the conustrution of the oarth +ide sewer were then opened, lhere were but two bids, which were ublaitted by T. B, Hinds of Butte, the 'ontractor of the sewer eysteu put in att fall, and Frank gAvaresy of this ity. Mr, Hinds' was she first bid pased, He agreed to do all the work ad furnish the laterial at the follow. nO prioeasl 1 l no pipe, at l1,l7 per iaeal fooll 12 lnh pipe, at $1,0t8 per meal 9oot6 11 inch pipe, at 31,107 psi ieal foot; ranubob, $00 eash; nlush. u!ks, $118 eachi three,foartbh lush alvanosed iiro pip., at 4 senat per not, Ne also farther agreed to eate to a conteast withla tea dale and duiek the stem a.sording sl to e rs. lrremeats, The bid of Mr. avaur aiu follows, Ina h pipe, at II, I e- lineal feat; 1i lu PiPe, at i 1,, a Slieu Ias; i lusah. pipe, at 11,10 f 1 oosl f ta mmaloenia s.9 I8 Mole ,O at Sils b; s lee'fosld tha 1rl n pip. a, 40 sei t pet Jml rOas 111 ;k a tn the sum i I mal, wa W 54w- m delved eivsito me soaialloS 'Dblas ws , eemideabl. dhaieruuin um eae the aahl. In Wab " .ww 4saMeaas0 -Pseue as, C1OWTIBOYS IN HJELKN Three More Baseball Games to Be Played There, Begin ning Today. BOYS EXPECT TO WIN I'tople IHer' ' Think They i'an't (Get a Siquare Deal -- Manager 1hillplI' Tale of' Wi,. In change of N. U. aOrwile, the Bill. ings baseball team left for ena at 2 o'clock this mfniau, play three ganmns in that cit .'ffay, tomorrow and Sunday-to decide the Montana champ. iouship, catch team now havinu won four games. The Cowboys were not ac. companied by a crowd of Billings oitli seus, nas was the cat.e w en they went to Helena before, the jpression being general here at t cannot get fair treatment I n own and will not be allowed to win a majority.of the games. If they are fairly treated, however, they will win without a doubt, as Bill. tups hes the best team. Manager N.r and a number of other citizens expect to go utp in the morning, but this de pends upon how the Cowboys are treat. cd in today's game. The players themi selves are confident of w jning two of the three Iante and t b3k they will be fairly treate it is noticed by the Helena p will play abort stop for that team, but who will pitch for them today is not stated. Denser will pitch for Billings, MoNeeley .will play second base, Hansen short stop and Rose right field, the latter's hands being still too sore for' him to play secoud. Dexter J. Smith of Butte will umpire. He was selected by Captaii earfoss and is said to be a 4ery fI~han, but if he is not iloorru jliejB lena is liable to "get next to ," as it is pretty cer tain that she tried' to bribe Umpire Lavernash here last Sunday. The two teams will probably play an exhibition game Monday in Boulder for a purse of $200, but it is distinctly understood that this game will not count in the championship contest. Manager Phillips Talks. Tuesday's Helena Independent con. tains another fall column of abuse of Billings. In which Manager Phillips Is quoted as saying the loss of last Sun. day's game by Helena "was merely a case of highway robbery." When the attention of Manager Nix was called to it, he said: "Well, I would have thought a great deal more of Phillips as a man if he hadn't said that. He made no ouch atatement in Billings, nor did any other Helena man. But Phillips is a chippy, anyhow, and is no more competent to manage a ball team than a 10-year-old boy, You notice, perhaps, that Man ager Goodman does not say anything of the kind; he is too much of a gentle man to make such a statement, We will just pass Phillips up. The Helena ball players all know that he is no manager and pay no attention to what he says." The Independent says that Pbillips was not "exantly calm" when lie made the statement and it is thought here that he has had another attack of nerv ons prostration or softening of the brain, similar to the nne he had last fall, when be got so excited over the eluction, ,eriously, however, Phillips I - THE -- Linton Clothing Co. CUOTHING AND PrkNIsHINGs Everything afd. the Lateut and Nobblcat for Mon's Wear, HXTS XND CRPS BOOTS . ND SHeOs The Zest IeleBted Utook in all asramn Montna., The Linton Cloth rwlWWWWWWWWWWWIp W is making himself ridiculous. Both he and his team are outclassed by Billiigs and they ought to know enough not to make such a war when they are fairly beaten. TO 0(I) TO HUTTE. Troop M Will Hold a Meeting to Make Ar rangesnents for the Visit. Capt. J. C. Bond requests The Ga zette to announce that there will be held a meeting of Troop M of Grigby's oavalry some night early Ndext eek to make arrangements for ding, the reception to beg aRtjbade soldiers of the First Monta djiment in Butte, after they are mastered out in San Fran •isco. All members of the troop will he notified of the night of meeting by postal c(ard and it is earnestly hoped that every member will attend even though they may not be able to go to Butte. Captain Bond has received word from Dolonel Lloyd of Butte that mounts will be furnished for every trooper at ding and till are re ested to Oa n un form. Th9 rairoads wJCWiake a rate If one fare for heid trip and it is likely that maun ill attend, in which it is hoped Billings will be well repre iented. Some eight or tean rembers of he troop have signifled their intention ft being there to receive the gallant joys of the First Montana, and Captain onud will be present, if he is the only nember of the Rough riders there. ON'NTANA TJtOOPM HAVE ARRIVED. rie Transport Zealandia ligblted Off San I'ranoisco This Morning. The Anaconda Standard sent the fol owing bulletin to Billi~gs this after-+ oon : "San Francisco, Sept. S2.-The ransport Zealandia, bearing the Mon. ana troops was sighted at 11 o'olock his forenoon. The transport will be net by Governor Smith, staff and ethers inside quarantine on the tau boat governor Markham." In Paris 1'uesday the council of win. isters decided to pardon Dretfus in principle. The pardon will take effect in a few days. Dreytus has relinquish ed his appeal for a zeversal of the judg ment of the court martial.. It is said that Dreyfus will be sent abroad before the promulgation of his pardon, in or. der to avoid demonstrations. "In prin. oiple" in an idiom sometimes need in semi.ofmolial announcements of forth coting actions. It seema to have but alight bearing on the matter except, perhaps. that It implies the fnlfillment of various formalities before the pardon is issued. It is not known yet whether the pardon includes amnesty. Advertted LettSr,. List of letters remaining uncalled for in the postoffloe at Billings, Yellow. stone county, Montana, for the week endlup Sept. 18, 1899. Alleman, Mrs. Martin; Mltiland, William Broyles, W. P.; Bakaska, Mary; Chappell, Edwin; Obappell, Marlon; Chappell, M. I.: Dumeld, Mrs. Susie; Everson, Osmand; Paink, Henry ; Fin, Thomas: Garoia, Al.; Hayward, Frank;: etchum, 8. D.; Maok, Miss Florence; Montieth, Rev. Moses; Pliliob, Bartol; Shields, Mrs. Ja~ey; SLtanton, Miss Maude (8); Tay. lor, Joe; Walker, G. W.; Waltera, Dick; Warren, Mrs, Della; White, J. H. Persons calling for the same will please say "advertised." L. F. Baboook, Postmaster. Charles A. Pillsbury, the Minneapo. Its millionaire miller is dead,