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TWO GIV EN YEAR TERM KANE AND HOLLIDAY ENTER PLEAS OF GUILTY IN THE DISTRICT COURT. JAMES GRADY FREE No Prosecution in Case of Chas. E. Sollin-Information Filed Charging Meddles With Murder of Roy Mc Claren-Rosebud County Murder Case Will be Tried January 15. From Sunday's Daily. Two men, defendants in criminal cases, voluntarily pleaded guilty to charges that sent them to the peni tentiary, in the district court, yester day, and one, over whom the charge of murder of the first degree was hanging, and another who has been in jail several weeks on a charge of grand larceny, were dismissed from the custody of the sheriff anid are free men. James Kane was the first man to enter a plea of guilty. On the night of November 4 Kane jammed his brawny fist through a plate glass window in Forrester's jewelry store and abstracted from the hole made thereby jewelry and valuable articles amrounting to several hundred dollars in value. His capture was offected almost immediately and lie has since been in jail. It was rumored that Kane was trying to break into the penitentiary--that he wanted the state to take care of himt. Judge Loud asked him a few question in regard to this in atter be.'ore passing sentence. Amonlig other (lquestions thle coul t losed hi wi iis whait he cont nitled lth bt itglary for. Kaine, w ho is a raw hIishian, replid, "\cll, Jud(ge, oi s tl kn'1 ow y1lioi h thl 'iic mlanil,' ('1jul25 be(1 ia1 i 1 thi nk yi i should knon what it mian woulld ('ol mit hur:;alarry for." The s.,.ct,,tols, ihrnk; ouf artou lt in le e0 ston a ihou hd be'n workijg for %oll- I folk . i.chtI soil , she 1p n n'' , be comi involh', in a idqnlens in :u loon at Sl.s:;elshdell. It appears that 1 Coble hadi l abeen the camp ten r an Ht lliday was of the opinion that lie had sei.ied his discharge by the Fira. The meni went out in the street where it is alleg-td ta:it Holliday pulled a knife and indlii'ted a slight wound on the body of Coble. lie entered a plea of guilty and was given one year at hard labor. Grady Goes Free. James S. Grady drew a lucky num ber. A charge of murder in the first degree was filed in the district court against him a" year ago. Since that time he has been serving a short sen tence in the penitentiary upon con viction of grand larceny, and was re arrested last week on the murder charge as he stepped out of the pen itentiary gates. When the case was called yesterday morning the county attorney filed a motion to dismiss the prosecution against Grady and that he be discharged from custody. The motion was granted and Grady left the court room at once. His lawyers were Hathhorn & Groves. Sollin Not Prosecuted. The motion in the case of Charles E. Sollin was then taken up. Sollin was bound over to the district court in November by Justice Fraser, upon his waiver of an examination on the charge of grand larceny. He was for merly employed in the local office of the Northern Pacific express company as cashier, and the auditor of that company charged that he was short in his accounts. The motion filed by the county attorney supported by af fidavits of the express company's of. ficer, and the superintendent of a surety company, were gone over in detail in Friday morning's issue of this paper. There had never been an tIformation filed in the district court against Sollin and the county attorney asked leave of the court not to file an information and asked further that the defendant be discharged. The motion was taken up by Judge Loud anti granted. Sollin was released from custody, and last night left the city for his former home, Valley City, ' N. D. His attorney was Wm. Galla gher. Court Entries in Detail. The court transactql quite a large volume of busiess in the brief time it was in session, the following being the entried made outside of the num erous ones made in probate cases: Chris Yegon against the board of county commissioners-Demurrer sus tained and motion to dissolve injunc tion granted. Bill of exceptions was signed and allowed in open court. State against Frank Tobin, charged with damaging a public jail-Fred H. Hathhorn was appointed counsel for the defendant. Bond was fixed at $750. Defendant enters a plea of not guilty. State against Luther McClanahan, charged with having robbed a guest at the Cottage Inn-T. S. Hogan was ap pointed counsel for the defendant and bail fixed at $750. Defendant enters a plea of not guilty, State against T. M. Davis, charged with robbing Adams' shooting gallery -F. H. Hothhorn appears as counsel Plea of not guilty entered and bail fixed at $750. State against Ben Balkwell, charg ed with having resisted a police of ficer-Fred H. Hathhorn appears as counsel. Bail fixed at $750 and plea of not guilty entered. State against Arthur Wesley, charg ed with murder in the first degree- Cause removed to this court from Rosebud county. J. C. Lyndes enter ed as counsel for the state. Defend ant enters a plea of not guilty and bail is refused. Trial set for January 15. Meddles Charged With Murder. State against James Meddles-The county attorney files a motion asking to be granted leave to file an informa tion against the defendant in this court charging murder in the first degree. The motion was granted whereupon the information is filed. The information charges Meddles with having murdered Roy McClaren on the evening of December 3. The members of the board of coun ty conmmnissioners file their annual bonds which are approved by the court. The hearing and judgment of the insanity proceedings against Peter Roberti were confirmed. One Divorce Granted. Beatrice Benslow was divorced from William Renslow on the grounds of failure to provide and habitual in tenlperance. J. M. Johnston. was the attorney for plaintiff. Yeogen against Horder-Default of dl'lellnal!t (Žutered and judgament given 3 intitil in the sum of $719.9) Norlh a"g inst ltoitcn (,t al-to quiet title ---.:ud-menlt granted plaintiff. NI orth . i in t aI er--to l lled. Oil::: o o te fact that the court st no1 :: r is so rushed withl work i ' 'ei'nia:l cases that he has not yet ben abl, to p'repare rL".ortls in c' ta.i' I;lp (,le d cass, ;I: order is made ext,'nllin ?: the 1ineo for prfe:.ting ap 1cal to :hlar l( 1 in tlle fcllowing case, letien ag:in:tl. Drum, Donovan-Me Cor'hlic' Co: lpl;tly ag:ainst. C. W. I SIarr :ld Anles against the Blrother hood ofi Yoienlen. Duckenliller against Duckemiller, divorce--()rlder for alimony signed. MOTiHER PARTS WITH HER CHILD TEARFUL SEPARATION IN THE COURT ROOM. lFrom Sunday's Daily. Just before court adjourned last eve ning,, in fact after all of the business in sight had been transacted and the lawyers and spectators had left the court room, a very pathetic incident transpired. It was in relation to the adoption of an infant child by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Clifton. Mr. Hathhorn appear ed as attorney in the matter and be fore his arrival with the papers, Mrs. Julia A. Edward, the mother of the baby, paced the corridors for some time and her sobs might have been heard in all parts of the building. The child is a boy and his former name was Raymond William Edward. Here after he will be called v alter Ray mond Clifton, the court, acting upon the motion of the petitioners, having given him this name. Mrs. Edward was loth to part with the little fel low, notwithstanding she stated to the court that she knew that he would be better provided for by his foster parents, and her grief at the parting was pitiable. However, she signed the necessary papers by which she relin quished her rights as a mother with out faltering. During a.. the time the proceedings were being heard the baby remained in her arms with its arms tightly clasped about her neck. The baby was dressed - in excellent taste, as was its mother. NOTICE. Stockholders' Meeting. A meeting of the stockholders of the Bear Creek Coal company will be held at the usual place in Billings on Jan nary 13th, 1906. P. M. GALLAHER, 65.4 8eoretary. REAL WAR IS WAGING MACHINE GUNS ARE USED AGAINST REVOLUTIONISTS IN BATTLE AT RIGA. DURNOVO MUST GO Witte Credited With Intention of Dis Missing Interior Minister Upon Con vocation of National Assembly Manifesto to Peasants Promised for Emperor's Namesday. St. Petersburg, Thursday evening, Dec. 14. via Eydtkuhnen, Dec. 15.-It seems to be beyond question that bloody collisions have occurred be tween troops and the united peasantry and workmen in the streets of Riga during which machine guns were used. The situation is most serious in the country, which is practically abandon ed to the revolutionary bands, owing to the concentration of troops in the cities and towns. Against some of the estates where the landlords, aided by a few faithful adherents, are attempting to protect their property, the revolutionists are conducting regular military operations. They reduced the garrison of the es tate of Baron von Loewis to submis sion, after a majority of the defendants had been killed, and plundered and burned the buildings and carried off the baron. The survivors were made prisoners. Foreign Minister Lamsdorf at the first interview which he had with American Ambassador Meyer since the latter's return to St. Peters:,;:-, while not optimistic, expressed the opinion thati the political situation and outlook had considerably improved. The law and order elemenits are now the( principal hope of avertin., thou ct . alas!it which the revolution;? l y arties are organizing. Will Remove Durnovo. e1i:'n the eaily convocation of- the irtiun-l1 ai s( umIbI , tIpissiI for ,ha %1i i i) ao.?:,t , t;:: ineri as.-d, :t h4 uc,,i]: Iiblieved that Premier Vimiite will dis liense wilh the serlvie:a of Interior Mi nister Imurnovo, againuet whom all Sclasses ,ha e risen, a.lt auploint I. G uchliff, a t:rorminent lmenmber of the MIcscow z uimstxo, who is said to be ieady to ceimit the oCiice, as his s i - The emperor's namie day. Deceni le 19, will be signalize l by an im portant pesan t anifes pa anid publi cation of the election law. A REBEL MANIFESTO St. I'etersburg, Friday, Dec. 15.- via Eydtkuhnen, East Prussian, Dec. 1 G6.-The proletariat organization, through their "invisible government," threw a bomb into the camp of the official government during the night by issuing a manifesto following the form of the regular imperial docu ment, declaring the bankruptcy of the treasury and ordering the proletariat army everywhere to refuse to pay taxes of any description, to insist on the payment of wages in gold or silver and to withdraw all their deposits from the banks in gold. The mani festo is a terrible indictment of the manner in which the government has squandered, not only the country's in come, but the proceeds of foreign loans on railroads, the army and fleet, leaving the people without schools or roads; yet, it is declared, there is no money to feed soldiers and every where there are insurrections of beg gared and starved troops and sailors. The manifesto eten charges the gov ernment with using deposits in the government savings banks to specu late on the bourse and with covering up its chronic deficits in interest on the immense debt by proceeds of for eign loans, which are at last exhaust ed. The rich, it "is further declared, have already taken warning and are converting their property into securi ties and gold and are sending them abroad. The only salvation for the country, according to the manifesto, is over throw of the autocracy by a constitu ent assembly, and the "sooner the gov ernment falls the better. Therefore the last source of existence of the old regime-its financial revenue-must be stopped." Creates a Surprise. The manifesto created a tremendous sensation on its publication and the government accepted the challenge contained in it and confiscated the editions of all the newspapers print ing it, but only after the papers had' been circulated everywhere. The gov ernment announced that it would pro ceed legally against the editors of these papers for violations of the press law, and it has also begun arrests of members of the committees of the or gahization that signed the manifesto. The general impression is that this action on the part of the government will precipitate events. Every devel opment goes to show that the govern ment is resolved to make an effort to suppress agitation now existing throughout Russia and to restore or der in the empire at any cost. Every move made by the reactionaries has met with open defiance. The liberals, incensed at Count Witte's contemptous reply to the zemstvos demands, are contemplating a plan to hold election for a constitu ent assembly, independent of the gov ernment. The liberals contend that there are unmistakable signs that the government is pre;)aring a counter revolution and they openly charge that Count Witte has elected to take up the cause of the court against the people and that all hope from him is ended. JEWS PROTECT THEMSELVES. Riga,. Russia, Dec. 16.-The city is infested with incendiarism. Many wooden structures have been burned. The revolutionary committee holds all the main roads and incoming pro visions are destroyed, resulting in an enormous rise in the prices of food. A mob has plundered and set fire to some Jewish houses in Moscaw, a suburb to this city. The JeWs have organized armed patrols, each 100 strong, to guard the Jewish quarters at night. The electric works are being operat ed by the military. Twelve rioters were killed here today. They were shot by the military guard at the wa ter works. A mob of Lithuanians at tempted to force t.,e doors of the wa terworks whereupon the guard fired. The rest of the rioters fled. GERMANY TAKES ACTION. Berlin, Dec. 1G.--In view of the serious news from Riga and Reval, Chancellor von Buelow has authorized the president of the province of East Prussia to charter steamers for Riga, Reval and Libau, and to ptlace them at the disposition of Germanl subjects in those cities. ARE BURNED TO DEATH -iher, Mct'-er and T'hre.e Children Perish in Fire Thl.t Crite;.oys Their Home. ield Lake Falls, Minn., Dec. 1G,- .Peter Martell, his wife and three chil dren. were fatally burned in a fire in their home in this city, early this morning. Martell, when the fire was discovered, rushed out to scurle aid, but dreading what might. hI:ppen in his absence, returned to rescue his family, who were sleeping on the second floor. From the position of the bodies when found it is apparent that he suc ceeded in getting all but one child c(lose to the kitchen door, with but a f'v, steps between life and death. But the father could not leave one child to suffer the tortures of death by fire, so he returned again to save it. He ascended the staris, boldly fight ing the flames, and grasped his be loved child in his arms, when le was precipitated to the floor below, ssur rounded by flames on all sides, Neigh bors rushed to the rescue, but Mar tell and his family were beyond all human aid. The origin of the fire is unknown. BLOWN TO FRAGMENTS Mixing House of Nitro-glycerine Works Explodes, Killing Five and Doing Much Damage to Property. Marquette Mich., Dec. 16.-Five men were killed by an explosion today I at the Dupont company's dynamite works here. Several others were in jured. About 1,400 pounds of t.itro-glycer ing exploded in the mixing house of I the company's factory, which is three I miles distant from Marquette. The g explosion badly damaged the plant, r and caused much excitement in Mar quette. The dead were all workmen em ployed by the company. The men were blown into shreds. Of 30 buildings in the plant few es caped damage and some were badly I wrecked. The mixing house was ut- s terly destroyed. In Marquette win down all over town were smashed and t in the business district plate glass was splintered. i, IN BROAD DAYNIGHT. Marshfield, - Wis., Dec. 16.-The 8 State bank of Colby, Wis., was robbed this afternoon of the sum of $4,500 oy two highwaymen, who ordered the cashier at the point of revolvers to ; turn over the money in his possession. t The cashier complied without hesita. C tion. The robbers -then quickly rode away. FIXED IT WITH RYAN KANSAS STATE SENATOR INDICT ED FOR CONSPIRING TO VIO LATE FEDERAL LAW. CORRUPTED AGENT Charged With Influencing .Through Persuasive Power of Money Govern ment Official Investigating Land Frauds-An Original Backer of Convicted Senator Burton. Topeka, Kas., Dec. 16.-The federal grand jury which has been in session investigating government land frauds in Kansas today returned an indict ment against State Senator F. Dum ond Smith on the charge of influencing a federal officer to neglect his duties. Five other indictments were returned. Senator Smith is one of the most prominent republican politicians in the state. Partner Also Charged. Smith is state senator from a dis trict in the southwestern corner of the state, comprising 18 counties. He is charged jointly with his law part ner, Roscoe Wilson, with conspiracy to violate the federal law which pro vides a penalty for influencing for a consideration any government official on any matter then pending before that official. It is alleged in the indictment that Smith and Wilson, for a consideration, influenced the opinion and action of T. E. Ryan, formerly special agent in the government land office, in the land fraud cases which he was investigat ilng in Hodgman county, Kansas. According to the allegations the ieni implicated in the case under con i 1rati)n were aplproached by Wil 'ol, who th1d thei t hat St. t Senator Smith cou:l "i'ix it up" if they would raise the : a of $2,500,t. This was rai-od a:d' ivided eq'aillyl between i;-iti, \V',i a.,a anid Rit,,an, ll-e go.xen IF,;rd of Burton. Saenaor Smith is attorney for c(t ll'i:, ', who wore indicted a w'..ek ago to':ight for alleged illeg"al fent in'' of governmlluent land and conspir acy to defraudt, bly his same grand jurt: l.1 was one of the original backers of the United States senator .1. It. Burton, recently convicted by the feder-'al court at St. Luis. ;m:niith also is the author of the state oil refinery bill passed by the state legislature at the time of the anti Standard Oil fight last winter and af terward held unconstitutional by the sulpremell coulrt of Kansas. ALL ARE ALIKE Individuals and Corporations Fare the Same-Charge in Bills Allege Giving and Conspiring to Gain Re bates-Chicago & Alton Caught Again. Kansas City, Dec. 15.-Fourteen in dictments were returned by the feder al grand jury here today against com mon carriers, railway officials, ship pers and freight agents, charging the giving of rebates and conspiracy to gain rebates. The indictments returned are as follows: George H. Crosby of Chicago, gen eral traffic manager of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad. Geo. L. Thomas, New York, a mer chandise broker. L. B. Taggert, Crosby's chief clerk. The Chicago & Alton railroad com pany, John N. Faithhorn and F. A. Wann, formerly vice president and general freight, respectively, of the railroad company. The Cudahy ,Packing company. Swift & Co. The Armour Packing company. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad company. Nelson Morris, Edward Morris and Ira N. Morris, comprising the partner ship of Nelson Morris & Co. D. H. Kresky, Kansas City, freight broker. The charges against the Chicago & Alton and Faithhorn and Wann are identical with those made in the in dictments returned by the federal grand jury at Chicago, December 13. MUTINY AT MOSCOW. St. Petersburg, Dec. 16.-NeWs. from Moscow is very bad. Open mutiny has broken out in the Grenadier and other regiments, and the authorities were forced to disarm several battal ions. Professional Cards F. H. HATHHORN, Attorney-at.Law. . First National Bank B , 0, Billings, Mont. H. C. CRIPPEN, Attorney-at-Law. Rooms 7 and 8, Gruwell Block, Billings. Mont. o HENRY A. FRITH, * Attorney-at-Law. First National Bank Block, Billings, -Mont. @ WM. GALLAGHER, fr Attorney-at-Law. . Office, First Nat'l. Bank Bldg. Billings, Mont. 0 0 J. H. JOHNSTON +0 Attorney-at-Law . Belknap Block, Billings, Mont. A. FRASER, Justice of the Peace, 'o Notary PublV, U. S. Commissioner. U C s First N ational Bank Block, Billings. Mont. L H. E. Armstrong. C. F. Watkins : ARMSTRONG & WATKINS Physicians and Surgeons SBelnap Block, Biilling^, Mont. DR. E. G. GERHART, Homeopathic Physician and S e Surgeon, Room 22, Belkr:, p tilock, S Billing.f Mont. : Office Hoturs-9 to 12 a. m., 2 't to 4 p. m.. 7 to K::1O p. m. ýt tHENRY GERHARZ, 0 . Civil Enpineer and Surveyor. f of Irrigation a Specialty 0 City mngineer t.. Office City -Tonl. Biirnns, Mont. 0 c~~~~~E:·~·t t ·~~~··~·:9~ l~~ CONTEST NOTICE. Department of the Interior, United States Land Office, Bozeman, Montana, November 1,, 1905,-A saflicient con test affidavit having been filed in this office by Edward A. Miner, contestant, against homestead entry No. 5538, made June 4, 1904, at Bozeman, Mont ana, for lot 7, section 13, township 3 south, range 23 E., M. P. M., by Ernest Robison, contestee, in which it is al leged that said Ernest Robison has abandoned said land for more than six montjis last past, and has not cul tivated the same as required by law. And that his said alleged absence from said land was not due to his employ ment in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in time of war, said parties are hereby notified to appear, respond and offer evidence touching said alegation at 10 o'clock a. m. on December 26, 1905, before Lucius Whitney, U. S. commissioner, at Joliet, Montana, (and that final hearing will be held at 10 o'clock a. m. on January 3, 1906, before) the register and receiver of the United States land office in Bozeman, Montana. The said contestant having, in a proper affidavit, filed November 14, 1905, set forth facts which show that after due diligence personal service of this notice can not be made, it is hereby ordered and directed that such notice be given by due and proper pub lication. M. R. WILSON, Register J. N. KELLY, Receiver. FARM LOANS . 0 0 SNo Delay * Lowest Rates EILLINOS LOA & TRUST 0 OOWPM