. IYRT1.eL CHAFFIN 18 TAKEN BACK HOME. WILL MARRY HIM ANYWAY Girl Declares Determination to Be- come Moore's Wife at Very 'First Opportunity. From Thursday's Daily Gazette. This morning wayward, little Myrtle Chaffin was taken back to he home at Fromberg, Carbon county, in custody of a constable, E. O. Chaffin, who, by the way, is her uncle and also the step-father of Moore, the youth with whom she eloped and whom she declares she will marry at the very first opportunity. Constable Chaflin arrived in town la.s evening and had a warrant for th& elopers, although he did not take Moore back with him, as after is- suance of the warrant the father of the girl concluded not to insist upon the prosecution of the young fellow, an arrangement to which the county attorney of Carbon county gave his consent. The charge against both was the same, incorrigibility. She having consented to return and appar- ently being anxious to get back home, it is not likely that anything further will hbe done in her case, unless her father should decide that his, daugh- ter's conduct has been such as to war- rant a l~ttle. chastisement' of the old fashioned kind into which a slipper or switch enters. According to the statement of Mr. Chaffin, the constable; his 'niece is 15 years of age, although she does not look as old, being decidedly small for one of that age. She has been at- tending school near Fromberg and boarded the train at a crossing about three miles from that place, where she had walked for the purpose of meeting the train, on board of which she knew her lover to be. Moore had ridden on the engine and at his re- quest the engineer stopped at the crossing iin order that the girl could get on. Although she took herself quite seriously and acted after the manner of one much older, the poor child's appearance was intended to provoke a. smile on the face of those who be- held her and heard her declarations of 'ihtention 'to0 be mitrried, despite parental objections. In stature she is small and nothing about her indi- cates even buding womanhood, while the short, dress she wears only ac- centuates her youthfulness, the gar- ment reaching only a trifle below the knee. When walking beside her uncle she presented the appearance of a lit- tle one out for a walk, perhaps, to a candy store to spend a "nickle" some one had given her for being a "real, good, little 'girl," instead of one who but a few hours before had dressed for her wedding. Moore was released from custody, although at first it was intended -to prosecute him for carrying concealed weapons The constable intimated that it would be advisable for him to defer his return to Fromberg for a while, as the ire of the girl's father was such that it might cause him to attempt to take personal revenge on him for eloping with his daughter. I.OCAL AND PERLONAL. From Tuesday's Daily Gazette. E. E. and C. S. Gould of Forsyth are visiting the city. Mrs. E. B. Shafer of Great Fails is a guest at the Grand. H. H. Lavelle of Columbus is reg- istered at the Grand. William S. Clarkson of Livingston is autographed at the' Grand. The Honorable A. L. Babcock left this morning for Helena, where, he ex- pects to spend the next few days. Mrs. Henry White, accompanied by two of her children, Master Cassius and Miss Lizeie, left this morning for Madison, S. D., to visit a brother, who is reported as seriously sick. In consideration of $1 the North Town Land company has conveyed to William A. Shriver lots i# and 9 and the south half of lot 10, block 40, Fos- ter's addition to Billings townsite. Sale was recorded today of lots 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17, block 219, Bill- ings, by the Minnesota & Montana Land and'. Improvement company to Luther)M. Gaines; oonsideration, $150. As. the result of hisfai#ure to appear this morning in poj1pa. court, Mike M]onRrey forfetted $10, an amount he depag•ita yesterda$i n auity for his. apepaSen .to. ai8wer ,to e charge of ha0Vng b e d1Mak. ' After itL , fori anumber of days against *apt appeared the in- evitable, County Clerk h has ftnal ly bein forced to sueeumb 6ad is con• of .the gr I b lily the suits which grew out of the late election iii Rosebu cicounty, Testi- Amtioy, is hearing for '•the prosecution and according to all reports some in- tez'esting developments are making. Aceording to>a deed filed for record today Philip Wesch and& wife have sold to Andrew Cederholm an undi- vided one-half interest in lots 8 and 9, block .17, Foster's uddition to Bill- ings townsite, all in consideration of $1. Arrivals from Miles City this morn ing brought the' news of a suicide at Fort Keogh, which occurred early yes- terday morning. The suicide was a soldier belonging to one of the troops of the Thirteenth cavalry, which is under orders to leave for the Philip- pines shortly. Disgust With army lif d dread of going to the islands iven as the cause of the act. An engine shaft wpighing 3,000 pounds was received by eepress this morning and transferred onto the Red Lodge branch, being*the new one ol" dered to replace the one broken at the Rocky Flrk coal mine some days ago. Considerable difficulty was ex- perienced in unloading and reloading it, as its immense weight and awk- ward shape made it extremely hard to handle. The freight bill accom- p ing the shaft was a stagerer, Saturday afternoon's basket ball game between the seniors and juniors of the high school was not so much of a victory for the juniors as at first appeared. The team that played un- der the colors of the seniors was real- .ly a composite, made up of different players "and did not represent the ag- gregation that defeated Red. Lodge the night before and expects to defeat it again when the return game is play- ed, which will be shortly, the locals having accepted an invitation to visit the coal camp soon. E. I. Cantine, formerly roadmaster of the Billings-Livingston division of the Northern Pacific and more recent- ly assistant superintendent of bridges, has resigned and will leave for the east, having accepted a position with 'the Delaware, Lackawana & Western company, as division engineer. In a private letter received here Mrs. Can- tine writes that Mr. Cantine's resig- nation goes into effect tomorrow and that they expect to leave Butte the following day for their new home: East Orange, N. Y. Mr. Cantine's h dquarters will be at Hoboken. Among the bodies recently organiz- ed in the city for the promotion of social and mental benefits is the Young Men's Debating society, which has among its members some of the brightest of the younger minds of the community. Regular meetings. are held at which different social, politi- cal and economic questions are dis- cussed. The subjects are always giv- en out beforehand and leaders and as- sistants are chosen for the opposing sides. Last night the society met, and "Resolved, That Women. Should Be Granted the Right of Suffrage" was the subject of discussion. E. H. Hollister was leader for the affirma- tive and was assisted by Messrs. Reed and Jones. H. A. Groves led the negative and as assistants had Messrs. Crippen and Hopkins. The judges were an ungallant lot, as they decided in favor of the negative. From Wednesday's Daily Gazette. A. H. Davis of Red Lodge is at the Grand. J. A. MacDonald of Bozeman is registered at the Grand. Mrs. Peter Burton and children of Great Falls are guests at the Grand. H. A. Noyes, a prominet citizen of Laurel is a visitor in the city today. Among the rural visitors in the city today is George Hirbert, the well known Laurel rancher. Doctor W. X. Sudduth, the Lavina .flockmaster and rancher, is among to- day's visitors in the city. Mrs. B3. Murphy has been called to St. Paul by a telegram announcing the serious sickness of her mother. Fred E. Miller, chief 'clerk at the Crow agency, spent last night in the city, returning to the home of the Ab- sarokees this morning. Mrs. E. B. Camp was able to re- turn home yesterday from the St. Vincent's hospital, where she had been confined fir the past ten days, having passed through a very success- ,ful operation for the removal of a tumor of the breast. George Jones and wife have sold to Adie T. Peck the southwest quarter of section 33, township 2, south, range 28, east, and lots 11 and 15, block 116, lot 21, block 72, lot 5, block 149, lot 3, block 42, lot 1, block 82 and lot 5, block 141, all in the town of Park City. The consideration named is $800. After having been kept prisoner in his own house for several days, T•. A. Williams is permitted to go . and come once more as he pleases. His home has been under quarantine to permit develpoment of a disease that appeared in the family and which was at first supposed to be smallpox. IFortunately it turns out to be noth- Sdetpr Clark was .alled yesterday afternoon to Bt. sincent's hospital, to attend a girl about 12':y ars of age who is suffering frdm a bullet wount, sustained the day before. The, r!l is the daughter of a rancher -named Clark, who resides near Bull MoUn- tain and she was shot accid•htally by her sister, who was handling a rfle. The Wound is near 'the elbow, but owing to the swollen condition of the arm has so far been impossible to the bullet. e is reported of the Cold Spring ranch, in Rosebud' county, owned. by Gould Bros., to Rea Bros.; the St. Paul sheep feeders, who will utilize -it as a range and feeding place. The ranch comprises 25 sections of land and be- cause of its inearness to the /railroad, being only a few miles north of For- sath,' is of erxeptional value. It is well, supplied with water, among the improvements made upon it being a large reservoir only recently com- pleted at a cost of about $5,000. -The .eactprice paid by Rea Bros. is not kiow n, but it is said to be $40,000: From Thursday's Daily Gazette. Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Haskin and child are guests at the Grand. B. A. Campbell, Burlington train- master, is among today's visitors in e city. T. E. Hammond, the Forsyth banker and merchant is among today's vis- itors in the city. A. B. Mosely, traveling agent for the Oregon Railway and Navigation com- pany, is in the city. The North Real Estate, Land and Title Company has sold to William Hood lots 17, 18 and 19, block' 1710, Billings; consideration $75. Case Prudhomme left this morning for Red Lodge to attend the annual banquet and dance of Beartooth lodge, . P . O. E., which takes place to- night. Doctor George Dilworth and his sis- ter, Miss Dilworth, passed :throiAh the city this morning en route ,_o their hawne at Red Lodge from a vis- it to the east. Fred Rixon, who has been confined for several days with an attack of la grippe and tonsilitis, has recovered sufficiently to enable him to attend to business once more. " ., Although convalescing, James CSr- wile is still anything but well and probably several more weeks will pass before he will have recovered to the ext t to make it possible for him ve the hospital. ' . Eighteen carloads of sheep were re- ceived from the west by Rea $ros. this morning. A portion were loaded at Norris ";nd the rest at Bozeman,. After having been unloaded and fed here this morning the shipment was forwarded to St. Paul this afternoon. J. B. Murphy was arraig'ned bef 9 , Judge Mann this morning 'and entered a plea of guilty to a complaint charg- lug 'him with the larceny of some clothes and a number of pillow slips, Sall of the value of $10. He will be a guest of the county for the next 30 das. " ayor ,W. B. George returned this morning from his trip'to the east and outh. While he enjoyed every mo- ment of his absence .and has pleasing les of unbounded prosperity and commercial as well as manufacturing activity throughout all of the sections visited by him, still he.1s glad to get back, especially on account of the weather which has been miserable Se ever he went. nticipatory of the royal time in store for them, 'the members of Bill- ings. aerie, F. O. E., are making great preparations for the gathering of the feathered tribe at Bozeman, next Sun- day. On that occasion an aerie is to be instituted there, with a member- ship of 119, and Lagles from almost every city in the state where the or- der has an organization will be pres- ent. A special train will convey Deputy Grand State President Sanger and a working team. from. Butte, while another special will be run from, Livingston. The latter will be held until 8 o'clock in the afternoon for the, accommodation of the Billjngs mem- bers; who will be the guests on the tripof their Livingston brethren. It i. expeBted that no fewer than 50 of the local Eagles will join the excur- sion. RUN WILD DOWN GRADE. Freight Wreck on Pennsylvania Road Kills One Man. Altoona, Pa., Feb. 25.-One man was killed, one fatally injured and four others 'more or less seriously hurt la 'a freight wreck on the Pennsylvania road at Kitannaing Point, seven miles west of here today. All were trainl men. The wreck was caua'ed by a freight train of 36 loaded cars runnlni wild down the 'eastern slope of th Allegheny mountains and collidin with another freight, which' w standing on the aamb track. Thlrt cars were demolished, Wanted. Ranch for rent. Address C. A., QsG aste oAce.. 81-8 TRAVELER -ON NORTHERN PA- .CIFIC COMMITS %SUICIDE. DOES IT WITH A BULLET Unknown Man Shoots Himself. When Near Miles City-Reason Not Khown. From Wednesday's Daily Gazette. Arrivals on this morning's North- ern Pacific train No. 3 reported the suicide of a passenger, who shot him- self a few minutes before 'the train rrived at Miles City: The man was foreigner and apparently was travel- Ing in company with a number of others. Shor.ly before the train reached Miles (city themnan entered the toilet room aiid after seating himself placed a i evolver against his right temple and fired a shot into his brain. Owing co the noise made by the train the re- port of the pistol was not heard and it was not until the train was leaving the station that the fact that he had shot himself became known. The flash from the weapon set fire to the cap the man wore and the smoke and odor of the burning cloth began forcing itself into the `body of the car, causing the trainment- to make an in- vestigation. The man was' found still alive, but unconscious, with blood and brain matter streaming from the gaping hole made by the bullet and covering his face and clothing. As soon as possible the man was removed from the train and, turned Over to the authorities, who took him to a place where he could be cared for. Senator Gruwell, who boarded the l train at Miles City, saw the man and -describes him as being quite young and evidently a laborer. Solemn as was !the occasion the senator said it was not without its humorous side. The car in which the man shot him- self was crowded and every seat tak- en, causing those who boarded it when the senator did to believe that they would probably find it difficult to se- cure seats. As soon, however, as the wounded man was brought into view there was an instant rush of the for- eigners for another part of the train and they were not seen again during the remainder of the trip to this city. Where they found places to stow mselves the senator does not know, as every car seemed to bq crowded, but he declares so far as that partic- ular car was concerned he and a few others had it all to themselves. IDENTITY IS ESTABLISHED. Suicide on Northern Pacific Was Com- ing to Billings. From Thursday's Daily Gazette. According to last night's Yellow- stone oJurial the man who committed suicide on a Northern Pacific train near that place early yesterday morn- ing was en route to this city,, his ticket being for Billings. A peculiar feature in connection with the self- murder is that although search was made for it, no trace could be found of the weapon with which the man is supposed to have killed himself. As some of the passengers on the car saw the revolver and could partial- ly describe it there can be no doubt of its existence and the probability is that one of the trainmen took posses- sion of it and failed to turn it over to the authorities at Miles City, to whom the man was given in charge. 'When removed from the train the nian was still ,alive, but died shortly after being taken to a hotel, where a doctor was. called to attend him. From letters and a passport found in his possession it was learned that he was a Finn. The ticket he had was bought at Duluth and as before stat- ed was for Billings. The Journal says: All that can be known of the young rlan at present mnust be learned from the Contents of his pocketbook in which were a letter, several scraps of paper bearing addresses,, an insur- ance ticket and a passport Iom Fin- land. Doctor Bruning. took charge of the pocketbook and endeavored' to make something out of the papers, but while the doctor is quite facile in swingi g 'the German, French and Scandinavian languages, not much success followed until the passport or pass for "utrikes resa," was reached. This was rendered 'in Finnish, "Rus- sian aand German and a literal trans- l~tion of the document in the German, staed that "Johan Mattson Tahalai 'a easant's' son, born in 1875, under- norW -o take hinmelf out of the oosntfy for five years' time, and to Sstrenthen this herein it is offlent to enforce this travel. this pass is out- The insurence certificate was for 0ooii in t tIal B eSu#h a us.- P. B. Moss, President. M. A. ARNOLD, CRShiner. D. H. MossJR., ASSIStant' "F 1 . . THE, . . . o S GREYNOLD Trall Pa B inoleum, Pictureo Picture Pd and EOMPSON-Mcng BILNGR LU BE O. First Naftonlal ...... OF BILLINGS, MONTANA. PAID-UP CAPITAL - -. SURPLUS. P. B. Moss, Presidenrials, Doors, Windoes, Moi oMders. A. ARNOLD, Cashier. D. H. Moss JR., Assistant Case DIRECTORS '1, 6ii Transact a General Ban glng Buslness--- Colle ctlons P romidlRRadoand IR t TIiOPSON-McGRE iOR LUMBER CO. BILLINGS. MONTAIR i Every variety and size of lumber required in a building Also Plasterers` Materials, Doors, Windows, Mouldifngj Papers, etc. Stock Right! Prices Right! We solicit y u orders. H. J. THOMPSON",Pr;p-." the amount of $1.25. was written in Finnish and was probably for acci- dent'insurance. There was also a receipt for $14, given by Hornborg & Co. of Mon- treal, agent for the Finland Steam Navigation company, the money being sent to Mrs. Anne Kaisa Takala (probably the young man's motherl at Uliharma, Wassan Laani, Finland. The letter mentioned was from Frank Alta, Box 17, N. W. T., Can- ada. The other addresses given were Malti Takala, Box 1956, Butte; Gust Johnson, Canadian Pacific Railway, Pearl River, Canada; Yuh Uitti, Box 6, Neihart, Mont., and Kaabriel Tak- ala, Box 19, Stockett, Mont, CAUGHT IN THE ACT. J. B. Murphy Arrested for Looting a Rooming House. From Tuesday's Daily Gazette. Yesterday afternoon J. B. Murphy, who has been cooking at some of the restaurants about the city, was ar- rested on complaint of Mrs. Kyes, who conducts a lodging house in South Twenty-eighth street, charging him with larceny. She said Murphy had stolen a suit of clothes and a gold watch from one of her roomers, Joseph Meyers. Mrs. Kyes also said that she had caught Murphy in the act of leaving her house -with a bundle of clothing belonging to another man. Murphy was locked up in the city jail, p'inding further developments. This morning he was cleared of the charge: of having taken Meyers' clothes and watch, as they were found in a closet where lkrs. Kyes had plac- ed them when cleaning the room and in her excitement incident to seeing Murphy making off with the other clothes had forgotten the fact. It is believed that Murphy also purloined a lot of bedding and other articles of wearing apparel that have been stolen rece tly from different houses on the south side. Shortly after Murphy's arrest a man known as the "Morphine Kid" was placed in custody, being 1JIi accomplice of the other ' the opinion of the polio.: e ti* been working together and ave $ making a regular practiq• o:- oo porches and rooms.. A $26,000,000 mining deal•• in the Coeur d'Alene. silverles ing camps of Northern .Iahd o Spokane Spokesman-RevieWi. First Publication Feb.., 1• s Contest NQtice Department of the Interr r States Land Oflce, Bos tana, February 19, 1903.8 3 A sufficient contest been filed in this Q.flce• Quinn, contestant .,agalnasti entry No. 3935, made March for NSW4, SI% SaWl n' S~%, section 10, towns4ip 1 } 20 E., M. P. M., by Willlita , lock, contestee, in which it-:is that said William A. hitl.o ' at any time since June 1 %0 on said land, and has for more than six xonth :.F that he has not lived upon. - ed said tract as required4 b that his said alleged e said land has not been b / ployment in the army,: rine corps of the UniteL time of war; said partt5 notified to appear, evidence touching sa51d . 10 o'clock a. m. on AprI fore L. Whitney, .U,U: ,._ at Joliet, Mon tSan hearing will be hell at . m. on April 21, 190•.. ter and receiver't .tom land offie in. a, w The sal•d. loo proper. a.•i4Alit, 1903, aet o•9• after due 4iWs hereby ou4C*'~ notice the pubUante - `. _ P?-P'