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INTERESTING
TO WOODMEN
WAS THE LECTURE OF M. H.
DUFFY TUESDAY EVENING.
ONE OF GRAND OFFICERS
Lecturer Takes a Rap at the Old Line
Companies and Calls Attention to
the Skeletons Exposed by the In
vestigating Committee.
From Thursday's Daily.
The local members of the Modern
Woodmen of America, one of the great
fraternal societies of the country, and
their friends, were entertained Tues
day evening by grand lecturer,
Thos. H. Duffy, of Dubuque, Iowa, who
delivered an address on insurance in
general, and on Woodmen insurance
in particular.
Mr. Duffy, who is a lawyer by pro
fession, evidenced considerable ac
quaintance with his subject, and de
,lighted his hearers with apt stories
illustrative of the different points he
sought to drive home. The speaker
complimented Billings upon its m.et
ropolitan appearance. He said: "I
have, in the course of my itinerary,
visited many cities claiming a populk
tion numerically similar to Billings,
but as yet I have seen no city of its
size that can compare with it in point
of fine buildings, first class hotels
and hospitable citizens. Every one
of you should be as' proud of your
city as the present members of the
Modern Woodmen are of their order."
With reference to insurance Mr.
Duffy advised all men to carry it.
"By no other means," he said, "can a
man of moderate means be certain of
leaving, at his death, a fair competen
cy for those who are dear to him-his
wife and children.
"While, owing to the high premiums
charged for insurance protection by
the old line companies, only men of
money can afford to invest in it, the
low cost of a thousand dollars' worth
of protection in the fraternal societies,
places insurance within the reach of
all men who are eligible to member
ship."
Mr. Duffy stated that a one thousand
dollar non-participating policy 'in any
of the leading o1d line companies
would have cost a man aged 35, lest
year, $21.70 and that the same man
could have had a like amount of in
surance in his society for $6.
"This great difference in the rela
tive cost of insurance in these two
classes of insurance concerns is due
to the great difference in the cost of
managing them," he said. "While it
cost but $600,000 to manage the Wood
men business last year, it cost about
$18,000,000 to manage the affairs of
the largest of the old line companies.
"The highest salaried official of the
Modern Woodmen receives but $5,000
a year, while the presidents of these
leading old line companies get salaries
ranging from $150,000 to $250,000 per
year.
"For the past decade the represen.
tatives of the old line companies have
been saying unkind things about the
fraternals, but now that their skele
tons have been taken from the closets
and made to dance before the world
by the Armstrong committee of New
York these same men, who were sc
loud in their condemnation of frater
nal insurance, are like the little bo3
-they have nothing to say."
District Deputy Struthers of Bii
Timber, who was also present, hac
a word of good cheer for his neign
bors and assured the members of th,
local camp 'that before he leaves th4
city he will endeavor to run the loca
membership up to over 150; the pres
ent members number about 75.
Mr. Duffy is just closing a tour o
the state and he appears very mud
impressed with Montana, its people
and its natural resources.
NO INTEREST.
For Some Reason the Fair Meeting
Was Not Attended.
From Thursday's Daily:
The frost on the qutside no doubt
was the cause of making a frost of
the meeting called to be held at the
city hall last night for'not a half dozen
persons were present. The object of
the meeting was to have been that of
discussing' the future of the Billings
fair.
One of the men who is interested in
the matter stated later in the evening
that he was greatly disappointed at
the lack of interest evidenced, and
that he had come to the conclusion
that the citizens of Billings did not
want a fair. He was reminded that
the weather was bitter cold and that
it was on the eve,of Thanksgiving
when everybody likes R,be at home if
possible. It. is .quite likely that
another meeting will be called for the
near, future.
CIVIL 81RVICE EXA'INATION.
C. W. Bishop Conducted One in This
City Yesterday..
From Thursday's Daily.
C. W. Bishop, secretary of the local
Civil service board, conducted an ex
amination in this city yesterday. Mr.
Booker usually assists but was unable
to do so yesterday for the reason that
he was one of the applicants.
The examination was conducted for
postoffice inspector and electric in
spector. George H. Booker, assistant
postmaster of this city, took the ex
amination for the former position and
his numerous friends hope that he will
be successful, knowing that he is
fully qualified generally to fill the
position, whether he is able to pass
the technical examination or not. H.
W. Ashmussan, of Sheridan, Wyo.,
stood examination for the position of
electrical inspector.
FRIDAY LAST DAY.
County Treasurer Will Receive Taxes
One Day Overtime.
From Thursday's Daily.
On account of today, the last one of
the month, being a legal holiday, the
county treasurer's office will be open
for the payment of taxes until tomor
row evening.
Yesterday and the day before were
busy ones in that office. It was gen
erally supposed that last night would
be the last chance to pay this year's
tax without the penalty being attached
and many hurried to the office. It is
estimated that during the past two
days the office took in about $100,000
although the treasurer was too busy
to give any definite figures. All he
and his force of clerks did yesterday
was to receive the money and make
minutes of it. Receipts will be filled
out and mailed later.
BOND ISSUE IS AWARDED
Yellowstone National the Successful
Bidder for Issue of $25,000 County
Four Per Cents.
From Thursday's Daily.
A special meeting of the board of
county commissioners was held yes
terday for the purpose of opening
bids for the purchase from the county
of an issue of $25,000 funding bonds.
There were seven bids on file in
the office of County Clerk Fish when
the meeting was convened and upon
opening them it was discovered that
the Yellowstone National bank of this a
city had the best bid on file and the 9
issue was awarded to that institution.
The bid of the Yellowstone National
was $100 premium on a four per cent
20 year bond. Many of the other
bids were on a four and one-half per
cent bond.
The proceeds of the sale of the
bonds will be used to take up and
pay off all outstanding warrants of
the county now remaining unpaid.
Last year the county incurred an un- 1
looked for expense of $13,000 by rea
son of the smallpox epidemic. This,
with the addition of some small un
looked for expense in the way of pur
chasing furnishings for the court
house, put the treasury in a condition
that it was unable to take up and meet
the payment of current expense war
rants and hence the necessity of the
issue. By reason of the issue there
will be no raise in assessment rates
and the debt will" be paid off so easily
and gradually that it will be unnotic
ed by the taxpayer. Again, the tax
able wealth of the county is increas
ing at such a wonderfully rapid rate
that a much larger issue of bonds
would never be felt by those who are
paying the taxes of the county at this
time.
DAM TO JOIN MOUNTAINS.
Costly Private Irrigation Project Un
dertaken in Colorado.
From Thursday's Daily.
Colorado Springs, Colo., Nov. 28.
J. C. Working of Lyons, Colo., has fil
ed with State Engineer Jaycox of Den
ver preliminary surveys for the Lake
St. Vrain reservoir and new townsite.
The dam and irrigating ditches will
cost $3,000,000. The reservoir will con
tain 8,000,000,000 cubic feet of water,
sufficient to irrigate 80,000 acres of
semiarid land. The great Cheeseman
dam has but 4,000,00u,000 cubic feet
capacity.
The dam will be built of masonry
across the St. Vrain, connecting the
high cliffs, and will be 2,000 feet long
and 260 feet high. The lake thus
formed will be four miles long and
two miles wide at its widest point. The
town of Lyons, with 300 population,
lies in the area of the proposed lake.
A new townsite, located on the fiats
two miles east, will be selected.
Card of Thanks.
t We sincerely thank our kind neigh
bors and friends who assisted us in
t the sickness and death of our daugh
t ter and sister, Edna.
a MR. and MRS. W. F. SNYDER
and FAMILY.
NOTHING DOING n
IN THE COURTS
NO CASES OF MOMENT FOR A
MONTH.
e
I'LOGANS RELEASED t
Pete Johnson Gives a Bad Check to a
Lady Who Wants Him Sent to the
Penitentiary.-"Bosco" Refuses to a
Leave. t
t
From Wednesday's Daily. t
Happenings in the courts have been i
of a tame and uninteresting nature for
several days past. But little is doing d
in police court and the same state of t
affairs exists in the justices' courts. I
In Justice Fraser's court, yesterday, t
the case of the state against Frank
and Bessie McLogan was dismissed
for lack of prosecution. The McLo
gans' were arrested about a week ago
on the complaint of Joe Gorman, a
sheepherder, who alleged that they
had held him up on some sort of a F
game and robbed him of $60. The
county attorney investigated the case
and came to the conclusion that Gor
man had lost his money when intoxi
cated and that there' was no evidence
against the pair. He made up his
mind to dismiss the case when at
about the same time Gorman appeared
and said that he had ample satisfac
tion and did not desire to appear
against the defendants. They were
accordingly discharged.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. J. J. Potts
made complaint against a man named
Pete Johnson. She wanted County At
torney Wilson to go out and get John
son at once and send him to the peni- 1
tentiary for giving her a $5 check on
a Columbus bank in which he had no
funds. Mrs. Potts runs a small to
bacco and cigar store near the Topic
theater and she stated that Johnson
gave her the check in return for pur
chases made at her stand and that she
gave him the change in cash. The
sheriff will look up the case of Mr.
Johnson.
Refuses to Leave.
The colored man "Bosco" who was
fined $25 some time ago for disturbing
the peace; is determined to make his
happy home in Billings. After he had
served a few days of his time he was
given his freedom on his promise to
leave the city. Early yesterday morn
ing the police found Mr. "Bosco" pbs
ticating around on the south side and
they hauled him up before Judge Car
wile. He faced the Judge at 9 o'clock
yesterday morning and was told that
he would be given one more chance
for freedom if he would leave at once.
He calmly stated to the court that Bil
lings was good enough for him and
that he would not leave even though
he be incarcerated for a month or two.
The court ordered him taken down be
low and he will now serve out his full
time.
CALLS IT A JOKE.
Victim of Cruel Student Prank is
Generous.
Moscow, Idaho, Nov. 29.-With
plasters on either cheek and oin his
forehead, and a bandage around his
right hand, Jay Jellick, the student of
the University of Idaho who last week
was branded with nitrate of silver, is
attending his classes regularly, and
declares that all marks of his treat
ment will soon disappear.
Doctor Thompson, who treated Jel
lick, was asked as to the seriousness
of the brands, and said: "The solu
tion did not burn through the skin
and I do not think there will be any
permanent scar. The coloring is
LOQUACITY OF SQUIERS COSTS
HIM GOOD DIPLOMATIC BERTH
Washington, Nov. 29.-Edwin V.
Morgan, just relieved from his post as
American minister at Seoul, Korea,
by reason of the establishment of a
Jalpanese protectorate there, has been
appointed minister to Havana, to suc
ceed Herbert G. Squires, whose resig
nation has been received and accepted.
Messrs. Morgan and Squires were both
appointed to the diplomatic service
from' New York, but Mr. Squires was
born in Canada.
For a long time past the relations
between Squires and the Cuban gov
ernment have been not thoroughly
satisfactory to the state department,
which regards it as essential to the
proper conduct of business between
the two governments that their res
pective ministers shall be thoroughly
acceptable at their posts. It is said
that in interviews in the Havana Tel
mostly gone now, and while~ y
take a month for all the scars to disap
pear, I do not expect any trouble."
Jellick, instead of feeling revengeful
towards the sophomore class as a re
suilt of the' trouble, is acting as the
class champion, saying that it was all
a joke and no harm was done. He
said:
"There has been considerable rival
ry between the two classes, and when
ever one class gave a party some of
the boys of the class were generally
detained by the other classmen. The
freshmen were getting the better of
the conflicts, when some of the sopho- -
mores got me alone and took me into
a room where they had this nitrate
of silver solution.
"They, only intended to leave a dark
mark for a day or two, but the solu
tion was a little stronger than they
thought it was. I have not missed
any of my studies as a result, and the
scars are not painful, and I don't want
the matter exaggerated, as it might
injure the school.
"The boys have apologized to me
and we are going to forget it, although
the freshmen will get even at the an
nual St. Patrick's day 'scray' between P
the two classes. The boys intended
it for a harmless joke, and in a short c
time all traces of the marks will be d
gone."
WORKING FOR SMOOT.
Powerful Interests Determined to
Keep Him in Senate.
Salt Lake Utah, Nov. 29.-Apostle
Reed Smoot of the Mormon church is
to be retained in the United States
senate if it is possible for the rail
roads to bring this about. They
need his vote in connection with pros
pective rate legislation. The sugar
trust also is desirious of his retention.
It is understood here that an intima
tion to this effect has reached Senator
Julius Caesar Burrows, chairman of
the committee investigating Smoot's
case, and this is the reason for his
desire to. take additional testimony.
Burrows, with Senator Fred T. Du
bois of Idaho, is intensely desirious
of having Smoot ejected from the
senate.
Senator Foraker and some of the
other senators counted on by the rail
roads are showing great friendliness
for Smoot and his vote, and it is not
unlikely that one of the test votes be
tween the administration and anti
administration forces will be on the
acceptance or rejection of Smoot. The
Mormon church is in partnership with
the Havemeyer interests in a number
of beet sugar factories. The sugar
trust influence consequently has been
secretly for Smoot for some time.
Smoot was formerly a director in
the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt
Lake railroad, and, it is understood,
still retains his interest. He is also
interested in some interurban railroad
enterprises in Utah. The relations of
the Mormon church and the Union
Pacific interests have always been
close. President Joseph F. Smith is
a director in the Union Pacific at the
present time and it is asserted that
the powerful influence of E. H. Harri
man and his allies will be exerted for
Smoot at the proper time.
An additional obligation was incur
red when the church elected State
Senator George Sutherland attorney
for the Rio Grande Western road and
for one of the subsidiary corporations
of the asphalt trust. In return for
this service it is expected that the
Gboild interests are for Smoot.
"TAKE LESSON FROM ME."
Condemned Murdered Gives Parting
Advice to Former Companion.
Spokane, Wash., Nov. 29.-"Kid,
when you get out of jail go back home
to your mother. Cut out this stealing.
It has brought me to the gallows and
will bring you or any one else to the
same place."
The above was part of the moral
lesson read by James Dalton, the con
victed murderer of Policeman Stotko,
to John Krum, his youthful traveling
egraph and a New York newspaper
the minister afforded much encourage
ment to the American colonists on the
Isle of Pines and Americans at home
who had property interests in the is
land.
The acceptance of Squires' resigna
tion, it is said, was inevitable for in
the view of the state department not
only was it a necessary step if confi
dential relations were to be main
tained with the Cuban government,
but it was regarded as adsisable at
this time to let American diplomatic
officers abroad and those in other
responsible positions understand that
they would best meet the wishes of
the department if they refrained from
interfering in the infernal politics of
the country to which they are accred
ited.
Squires was appointed minister to
Cuba May 20, 51902.
BILLIN(iS LUMBER CO.
NORTH 27 STREET (Old Burlington Freight Depot)
Building Material of Every Description.
Agents for Carney Coal.
RIGOT PRICES:
H. J. THOMPSON, Manager.
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Finest Hotel in the Yellowstone Valley . ..
The Grand
Geo. F. Bennighoff, Prop.
ON APPLICATION. * illings, 0 0ot
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companion, in the county jail yester- R
day afternoon. Dalton had just been tl
sentenced to death by Judge Poin
dexter and was on his way back to
his cell. He asked Sheriff Doak to
allow him to speak to Krum. R
John Krum, a youth of 16 years,
was traveling with Dalton at the time
the latter was arrested. At the trial
of Dalton, Krum refused to testify R
and was sentenced to six months' im
prisonment by Judge Poindexter for
contempt of court.
Leaning up against the bars of b
Krum's cell, Dfalton conversed with
the youth. a
"Kid, take a lesson from me. I am
up against it and going to the gal
lows. You are young yet and have got
your whole life before you. Kid, if I
had only known what I do now when 0
I was as old as you are, things would
be a whole lot different with me from 1
what they are now.
"Kid, live on the square. You see
what this crooked business has done
for me. There is nothing in it. It
may. be all up with me soon, but I e
want you to be on the level. If I
only had a chance to do things over
again!
"Kid, when you get out of jail go r
back home to your mother. Cut out p
this stealing. It has brought me to p
the gallows and will bring you or any
one else to the same place. Goodbye,
kid, this may be the last time I will
ever see you, but I want you to be a
good boy."
ENDS PERILOUS VOYAGE.
t
Schooner Martha Tuft Saws Way Out e
of Siberian Ice. s
Port Townsend, Wash., Nov. 29.
After one of the toughest voyages on
record, the little 160-ton schooner I
Martha Tuft is in port, after a trip of I
30 days from the Siberian coast. C
Winter had set in when the Tuft left c
port and 3,000 feet of ice had to be I
sawed to allow passage to free water.
The Tuft carried a cargo of whale
bone, sealskins and 800 pounds of
ivory from Nome for the Northwest
Commercial company. A northeast
gale drove the little vessel far out of
her course, until the Tuft was forced
to run through Unimak pass in the
Aleutian islands and head for Cape
Flattery.
A week ago a southerly gale struck
the vessel and Captain Jensen en
deavored to gain the lee of one of the
British islands north of Vancouver is
land. So fierce was the wind that
every strip of sail was taken in and
the vessel ran under perfectly bare
poles for two days, by which time the
Tuft was off Sitka. The wind switched
then and the vessel ran before a light
gale to Cape Flattery in four days, ar
riving off the cape yesterday after
noon.
The Tuft is owned in Seattle.
INSANE AND NEARLY NAKED.
Pitiable Plight of Unfortunate Man
Found Near Spokane.
Spokane, Wash., Nov. 29.-E. R.
Brown, a demented printer, who had
been roaming around the frozen
prairie almost naked near Winchester,
Wash., was brought in last night by
Ed. F. DeVaney and Enos Fenton. who
had been deputized by the sheriff, to
bring the man here. They said he
was brought here for lack of a place to
keep him.
The first seen of the man was on
Sunday. ' He was roaming awound
near the railroad tgck at Winchester.
Nothing was thought at first, but his,
queer actions soon attracted attent.on.
The searching parties were uuable to
locate him Sunday night, and it was
not until 4 o'clock yesturday afternoon
that they fina;ly succeedej in catfu:
ing him.
He had torn off his clothing, and
was almost dead from hunger and ex
posure. His idea is that he is a tale
graph operator, and he wants to send
messages.
Enos Fenton, one of the men who
came with Brown, says that he was
formerly employed on the Okanagan
Record. He was foreman of the plant
there.
IS CUNNING INDIAN.
Runs-the-Enemy Captured Again 'on
Old Charge.
Aberdeen, S. D., Nov. 28.-Daniel
Runs-the-Enemy, an Indian, was
brought to Aberdeen by United States
Deputy Marshal O. V. Lamb, charged
with horsestealing. He is charged with
being an accomplice of Brown Takes
the-Jug, who was brought to this city
and lodged in jail last week.
Both men were taken before United
States Commissioner Wallace, who
found probable cause and held them
to await the action of the next term
of the federal court at Sioux Falls. 1
Daniel objects to confinement. He
was arrested some time ago for the al
leged crime by an Indian policeman.
As the latter was taking him to the
Standing Rock reservation, Runs-the
Enemy carried out a cunningly devis
ed scheme for making his escape.
Pretending to believe that one of
the wagon axles was loose, he was al
lowed to get out of the wagon to make
repairs. He did so, but instead of re
placing the burr on the axle he slUp
ped it in his pocket. The policeman
feared to have his prisoner go back
to search for the lost article, so he left
his prisoner in charge of the horse and
wagon, while he searched for it. As
soon as the policeman had reached a
safe distance, Runs-the-Enemy cut the
harness from the horses and rode
away to freedom. He was captured
this time while on a visit to his father
on the Cheyenne reservation. He
stoutly protests his innocence.
Rheumatism, gout, backache, acid
poison, are results of kidney trouble.
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea goes
directly to the seat of the disease and
cures when all else fails. 35 cents.
Holmes & Rixon.
Registered Pigs fbr Sale.
Several registered Duroc Jersey
pigs, either sex. Apply to MINOR
YORK, Billings Postoffice. kj-3
The Very Latest.
The very latest designs in ladies'
engraved calling cards and embosse4
note paper and envelopes at The Ga
zette office. lt
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You can find us about Nov. 10th op-- .t
posite the Court House with a stock o
beautiful new pianos and organs.
Prices lower than ever.
CURTIN MUSIC HOUSE.
SFARM LOANS *
. No Delay
S Lowest Rates
t BILLIN6S LOAN & TRUST
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