LAND OFfICE ON A
BITTERB ,OOT SU
TRACT SITUATED ON THE RIGHT
BANK OF THE MISSOULA RIVER
NEAR FLATHEAD CREEK.
INTREST TO MINING MEN
Action Has Aroused Wide Comment, in
View of the Character of the In
terests Involved -ift It.
SPECIALO O THE INTER MOUNTAIN.
SMissoula, Dec. ag.-The land office Is in
receipt of a decision from the comnmis
sioner of the geenral land office in the Big
D)ay placer mine case, involving land sit
uated on the riglt bank of the Missoula
river at the mouth of Flat creek, near the
town of Superior. The commissioner af
firms the local land office in holding that
A. P. Johnson is entitled to the land.
,The case is of more or less interest to
mining men and the story of the various
features of the litigation is not uninte;
esting to the general public.
On June so, iago, James S. Harman
lmade final homestead entry for Lot a, Sec
tion 27, Township 17 north. Range a6
,west, on an application filed November
.6, agoo. February 4. t9ot. Mike Riley
offered for filing a homestead application
for a lot of the same sectiotn, which was
rejected by reason of a supposed conflict
with the entry of the placer claim, nine
years previous. Riley appealed from the
decision to the general land office.
A. P. Johnston, on February at, apr-
one of the placer patentees-sent a filing
direct to the Washington land office, as a
protest against the applied for homestead
entry, alleging in substance, that the entry
to Lot s, Section a7, conflicted with the
limits of the Big Day placer claims; alsa,
that the latter is within the limits of the
town of Superior, and that its location,
in Township 16 north, Range as west, in
stead of in Township s7 north, Range z6
west, was made in error. He asoed to be
heard on the matter. After considering
Johnston's protested affidavit. the general
commissioner, under date of March s4.
soot, called upon the surveyor-general of
Nlontana for a certificate showing the
actual position of the placer claim with
reference to the section,- township and
range. The reply wal that the records
were not specific enough to determine. but
that the Montana records did not show
that Lots z and a of Section 27 were so
embraced. He further stated that the lots
lay north of the bank of,-the Missonla
river, while the placer actually crossed the
stream, lying on both banks, its greatest
area lying on the southern side: and that,
through error, an amended survey would
be necessary to adjust the claims, as they
did .conflict on the present plats.
The surveyor-general, on April 17, 190o,
was directed to suggest to the patentees
of the Big Day placer the advisibility of
surrendering their patent, with the added
requtest that it be canceled, so that a new
and correct survey could be made as a
basis for. proceedings for a second patent,
after which there should be a reconvey
ance to the United states of the land pur
porting to be covered by the old patent.
Th'lis was formally complied with, Johnston
applying for an amended survey of his
claim, but at the same time surrendering
this right to the claim and agreeing to
convey to the government all land covered
by the original deed.
James S. llarman, under date of Sep
temiber ar, 190o, entered a protest against
Johnston's application for a correction,
and seven days later the Missoula land of
fice applied to Washington for further in
structions. The capital authorities an
swered, November -3. itot, directing Mis
soula to notify the parties that they would
be allowed 30o days to apply for a new
hearing to determine the quality of the
land at the date of final entry, from which
decision Johnson appealed. The matter
then "hung fire" until June 4, 19o0, when
tlhe secretary of the interior, after per
sonally considering the appeal held that:
"In view of this showing, an inquiry
should be made as to whether said lots
1 and a were, at the time when applied for
by said Honesyeads, within the limits of
an incorporated town, and if so, whether
reserved for homestead entry under the
act of March 3, 1877, and similar to a prior
ruling in the contested case of Barber vs.
Wilson. The scope of the Missoula office
is, accordingly, enlarged to embrace this
additional inquiry."
It appears that May 14, sono, lThomas
M. Burke filed a forest lieu selection, in
tending to embrace land in Section 27,
Township 17 North, Range 26 West, in
conflict with the Big Day placer claim as
located, but this lieu the description re
ferred to as the southwest quarter of the
southwest quarter, Section 27, Township :6
'North, Range 25 West. July 15, g9on, in
accordance with the secretary's letter, all
parties were cited to appear before the
local register, and on the day named Har
mnan and Riley submitted testimony, but
there being no appearance by or on behalf
of Burke. On January 27, 90o3, a decis
ion was rendered on the testimony ad
duced holding that the burden of proof
was on the homestead claimants; that Su
perior was not an incorporated town ; that
at least a portion of the Big Day placer
claim was laid out in blocks, lots, streets
and alleys and that a plat thereof had been
filed in the Missoula recorder's office in
September, 189o; that some of these lots
had been sold by Johnston; that Harman
and Riley were well aware of the fact that
the town of Superior, in existence for more
than ao years, even if not incorporated,
embraced a part of lots 1 and a ; conclud
ing with the recommendation that entry
be cancelled on lot a.
Harman and Riley, however, appealed
from this recommendation February a6,
last, basing their appeal on the ground of
error. The records of the local oflice show
that the portion of Township :7 North,
Range 26 West, which includes the south
west qaurter of Section 27, was, with other
parts of the township, surveyed October
24, 1893, the survey being approved by
the surveyor-general March 23, 8p95, that
Lots I and a were returned as non-mineral
and that the town of Superior is located
in the southwest quarter of the southeast
quarter of Section a7, It contradiction
of the fergoing, the southwest quarter of
this section, containing the disputed lots,
was classified by the land commissioner,,
inder act of February a6, 1895, as min
eral in character, the same being approved
February 1x, :896, The lots lie on low
land adjacent to the Missoula river, bed
rock being reached at a depth of o2 feet,
which is covered with a bed of gravel
carrying plaoer gold. Evidently the Big
Day placer claim, as staked out originally,
e.mbraced these two lots, and that through
-rror the deputy mineral serrvcyor, is pro
jectlns the tines, sarveyed the pateat to
croas the river, showing the improvetmnts
relied tupon to be in the center of the big
tream, and therefore a physical impossi
e ecretary of the interior holds
at. whilst the *rror of the deputy min
eral surveyor is unfortunate for the claim
ant, yet the government is in nowise re
aitionsible therefor, but adds, that "the
government will render any assistance pos
alble to correct the same, without prejnu
dice to adverse rights that have legally
attached in the interim."
The homestead claimant, at the hearing,
put upon the stand several witnesses to
disprove the rineral character of the land
embraced in Lots a and a. one of them
being a practical miner. It was shown
that they sunk four holes on the Ipts to
a depth of five feet, but did not go down
to bedrock: that thriey panned the dirt
taken out, but failed to find any color;
that they did not go down deeper from
the fact that the holes filled with water.
One of the homesteaders swears that an
acre of the laud in dispute will yield S.no
bushels of potatoes, or two tons of hay.
The mineral claimants testified that, in
their opicion, the lots were more valuable
for mineral than for agricultural purposes:
that gold is fotmd thereon close to bed
rock. and that it is from 2o to 3o feet
down, or deeper than the excavations.
C. C. Thompson testified that prior to
the issue of patent to the Big Day claim
he panned I. pans of dirt. from which h
oltainede about one cent. iii gold from
each pan.
Jokhzaon testitied that he dug a ditch
nearly a mile long, extending along the
claimn; that he dog a ground sleicc from
24 to 3o feet deep by 3I feet wide front
the surface of the gravel deposit to the
water level of the river: that he made a
similar open cot at the far end of the
claim to a level with the water of Flat
creek, and that he erected mining cabins
thereon.
In namming up the evidence the general
commissioner, in a letter just received
at the Missoula office, says that he is of
the opinion that the homestead claimants
have failed to juccesafully carry the bur
den of proof and have not shown by a
preponderance of their testimony that the
land is more valuable for agricultural than
for mineral purposes; that at the date of
the hearing Lot was properly classifed
as mineral; that Lots s and 2 are not
within the limits of an incorporated town,
and therefore do not come within the
reservation from homestead entry, as con
strued by the act of 1877 and the prior
ruling in ¢Ee case of Barher vs. Wilson.
In view of the foreging, the commis
sioner holds, the mineral classitication of
Lots t and a will not be disturbed, and
the homestead entry made by James I..
Harman for Lot 1 is held for cancellation.
and the rejection of the preferrel home
stead application by Riley for Lot I is
afirmed.
Should this opinion become a final de
cision. the amended mineral application
by Johnston for the Big Day placer claim.
and the application by Thomas M. Burke
to amend forest lieu selection lie made,
will lie taken up and considered.
SECURE CHANGE OF VENUE
Missoula Plaintiffs Win Point Under the
"Fair Trial" Law.
Missoula. Dec. z..--L'nder the new Fair
Trial law. Judge Welister of the local dis
trict court has.granted a cluange of vcnue
to the defendant in the condemnation pro
ceedings to about 42 lots in South Mis
soula of Michael Flynu and C. C. I.owiney
vs. Mrs. Alice B. Sanders, all of this city.
The cause has lkwen transferred from lMis
soula to Deer L.olge, in the Third judicial
district.
When the motion for the change of
venue was argued before the local court
yesterday, Woody & Woody, counsel for
the plaintiffs, objected on the following
grounds: The law authorizing the change
is unconstitutional in that it violates sec
tion 6, article 3, of the constitution of
Montana; it denies the right of the parties
to a speedy trial; it is against public
policy; it is merely an arbitrary order
made on affidavit; it states no facts sub
stantiating reason for change, whatever,
and it is a non-appealable order.
Judge Webster, however, overruled the
objections, to which the plaintiffs excepted,
the court allowing them t5 days in which
to draw up a bill of exceptions.
MAY BE A MURDER
NEVADA AUTHORITIES TO BE ASKED
TO INVESTIGATE DEATH OF A
DEER LODGE MAN.
SPECIAL TO TIlE INTER MOUNTAIN.
Deer Lodge, Dec, zg.-It is likely that
the Nevada authorities will be asked to
further investigate the killing of A. B.
Richards, a former resident of this com
munity, who was buried yesterday. He
was killed, presumably, by a Southern Pa.
cific train somewhere in Nevada recently.
His body was found beside the track
with both legs cut off. E. A. Lewis, who
had worked with Richards, claimed that
the two started on a freight for California.
According to Lewis, Richards held him
up at the point of a six-shooter as they
were beating their way on the train and a
negro who was concealed in the car as
sisted In the robbery. Lewis jumped from
the train and soon afterwards Richards'
body was found, The negro may have
pushed him from the train and killed him.
WIFE OF YEAR HAS
KILLED HERSELF
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Chicago, Dec, 29.-Mrs. Olive Thorpe,
23 years old, wife of Clem Thorpe, West
ern agent of a New York insurance com
pany, shot and killed herself yesterday in
a Michigan avenue boarding house. She
was in poor health, Mrs. Thorpe was mar
ried less than a year ago at Pecos, Texas.
Her family is said to be one of the
wealthiest in that part of the state.
How Thoughtless.
-Mrs. Wifely--John, you have had a
drink.
John-I only todk a few glasses of Cen
tennial Bohemian Export.
Mrs. Wifely-That shows you are neg
lectful. Why didn't you bring a bottle
home for the baby and I?
Charge Is Robbery.
cGret Falls, Dec. sq.--Carl Iinderager an4
Jolhn Olson are uuqder arrest charged with
robbing Dick' Micr's sheep camp near Wood
couaoe,
CLUB MAN
IS WANTED
New York Yachtman Flies
to Parts Unknown
Breaks Parole.
BY ASSOCIATEtD PRESS.
New York, Dec. j..--4.ommuodor Ed
wa;tr F. (plover of the Knickehockecr Yacht
club. pjresident for tumanty years of the C'res
cent Athletic club and well-kinown in
Brooklyn society, has disaptpeared. A
warr;tant was servedlt upion Glover Uccenm
her 18, in whichb he was charged by ii
clienit with grand ltartceny and obuttining
twoney tuder false Iretenlses. t;lver was
placed inl the custouy of hil tounttscl.
\\ hen the case was called lie did not
appear and the assistant district attorney.
dec'l;arcd he had violated his parole. An
othe r wa;rranit w;as procured, btit was ilot
serve 1. I invetstigation is said to have dis
clsehI the fact that pilover, itmmediately
after his arrest, drew $i.til from at hanllk
in tlchmtond Iill, . I., 1., a d. leaving his
wife at their tcountry house. went to his
otiee in New York. Since then he has
not tweet seen.
The Charges.
Tl'h charges upon which (lvt;er was ar
rested are to the etlect that he, as presi
dent tof the New York Accident Srearity
company. accpted fees of $t frotm various
persons. for awhich umn his atmtpany was
to investigate their claims and adjust I:Itn
agrs shhotld the clients mtteet with a.cident.
lit this case the client alleges that at
first lie was told that he had a good cltaim
for injury against an electrical coml;any
for which he worked. but later was in
duOed to sitn off for $:5, and that (lover's
concern then procured $flo on the cl;aim
from the Accident Assurancte colmlpally
which protected the electrical concern.
It is said the outconte was an investi
gation set afoot byi the assurance cumpany,
which already involves a large sum.
ANGRY FINNS ATTACK
COMPANY GUARDS
IN COAL FIELDS
IY ASfO(IA'1EU I'RrESS
Salt l.ake, Utah. Dec. z9.--A special to
the Tribune from Winter Quarters, U'tah,
say . that the timely arrival of soldiers pre
vented serious trouble between strikim14
miners and a ntumbler of company gtuards
who were evictinl families fromt. company
house's.
The unmarried strikers submitted
quietly to eviction, but when the company
guards tried to force the inarried men
to leave their homes, they were ,t tacked
and routed by 1 50 angry Finns, who had
Ibeen watching the evictions.
'The arrival of the soldiers quelledl the
disturbance. Twenty of the company
guardsn were badly beaten. The cvictionsl
will continue until the end of the year.
JOSEPH GISH, JR., IS DEAD
Lad of Four Passes Away at Home of
C. W. Dempster.
Joseph tGish, Jr., aged 4 years awl eight
months, died at the residence of C. W.
L)empstcr, 314 East Second street. about
9 o'cluck last night after an illness of three
days with pneumonia. The little fellow's
mother passed away when he was an in
fant and since then he had been cared for
by his aunt, Mrs. A. 1M. Dempster, umother
of C. W. Dempster.
On Christmas day the boy was taken
suddenly ill with pneumonia and the
THE LATE JOSEPH GISH, JR.
smoke and sulphur of the city seemed to
affect him seriously. The father of the
boy, who lives at American Falls, was
notified and reached the city a little while
before his son's death.
The body will be taken to Soda Springs,
Idaho, for burial, where the lad's m.other
and little brother are buried, leaving on
the 4:45 train this afternoon, accon-panied
by the father, Mrs. Dempster and MrJ
Dempster.
At Pocatello the party will be joined
by Aerie No. I19, Fraternal Order of
Eagles, of which the father is a member,
and which will have charge of the funeral
at Soda Springs.
Divorce by Default.
SPEt'CIAL TO TlltI INTER MOUNTAIN.
'Missoula, Dec. 9g,--A decree of dl.
vorce has been granted the plaintiff in the
action of II, C. Williams vs. Lena Wil.
liams, the defendant defaulting in ap
pearance.
Novelist Gisslng Dead.
a ASSOClTED PRESS, I
London, Dec, zg.-George Gissing, the
novelist, died of consumption yesterday,
at St. Jean de Luz, in the Pyrentes.
He was born at Wakefield, England,
January a, 1857.
Cruel.
S"D)id she like your mustache?"
"No; I thikng she had it in for it."
"Why do you tdink so?"
S*She called it down,"--louston Post,
ENTHRONED
IN STATE
Roman Catholic Arch
bishop Occupies
Cathedral.
ItIV AS it' O IAll It I'tI 1I .
Londion. Dc. i ).-The Most Rev. Fran
cis lourne, Ruuan C'atholic archhishullp of
\\ estminllttr. was rnthroned in the new
t.ithedral of \V'stmin str today with the
i trest.ive ceremony incidcntal to such
n .ta.ions. The vastl luildiug was titled to
itl, cpacity by e'clesiastics and laymen of
elil Rotman Catholic church, the Iribesx of
;it otliciatitl.ng clergy aut the varied garbs
oI tlilthe numIit'rous reihgious orders flrmlllitng
it conspicuous contrast with the brick w;alls
The rathedral of \\t estminter cfolls'
itllt.ld today is the first l Ioan (athillitc
i -thedral that has stiood i tihe metrtp li
tint. The bnilding itas f egn eightr )'arl is
a-,, thoulgh it was projected by C ardial
11 . Itnllta ( holl dilid in ('r4 I) a |nd was
Ilanled hy l'artdinal Minting iln Ita5.
It is situated half a mile %e",t of \\'est
tuniter abley mid is a magtinsificent "trui
p lllk of red brick handed w.it h IP rtlnlld
st' or, standing olt fIeet higth and crowevil
tl lt a metatl ticoveredtlt' doit, stutlitnttd
The extremelll lllength o)f thl' new cahdt'dr,
mutllide is ,;6o feet. width i5( let', height
ill nIr' j17 feet and rotors an ar.s of
Thi general view of the inner walls is
,till one IIf hare, rough brick.
The" scheme is to rover the whsle of
thit l.twcr walls anid the pier. to the htoslhl
t,+ ashut ,o feelt with marble. All the
ipllier part and Ilit, v;nults and concrete
itlis will be decorated with tmowni work,
illultrating the history of the ,hurch.
The total ub.icriplion heore the laying
In the fontidation dtole w1. li ('Irr $2loIon.
;'iHltc then thlte have horn many large
i+ndividual lenefaction., and the tol;l e.
l,(tditutre on till' enti "e edifice hip in the
end iI ie Otohtr wa;I ( over $t,10 n+on, "'hue
cathedral stands clear of debt.
ilS LAST DYING REQUEST
lIh had lbeen cond 1nne(d to the ga111.'
;and the carpl. tt.rs 'were al:ealy crliill:
the engine (1 exetutltion in thl jailyarI.
't'he sherilT ca' e in t1o ask himt what h,"
'couMld do for him in his laist hour.
"I cat, have 11110t6ilg I wanit to tat,
can I :" he n.ked.
"And to drink ?"
"\.Id you will gralit aything I ask rci
ceorni,, my nllteral'
"S .u e what is it'."
"I.l ,my funcial l it.r he 'entn.l :lial Ies
hinlian ..xport, made ins Butilt."
Anil lhec thi ridl, kniwini,t the quality of
the Iulllnln eIv'er:tla, ovai llooked Ithe p1"1
':lnd went out ';and. lbought a case fur thel
lprisoner.
WILLIAM F. WORD
CALLED TO STAND
HELENA MINING EXPERT TESTIFIES
IN NANCY HANKS-TIGER SUIT
IN PHILIPSBURG COURT.
,% 1, .vI.f . ',O Till: IN'II.H 1t(o N'JAIN.
'Phillipsbturg, Decc. 2 .---The trial of the
apex mining case of Word and olthers
against San Ritlchey, owne.r of the Nancy
Ilanks, involving a vein of ore cloimed by
the owners of the J iger line tol run clast
anId west and out of the end lines, there
fore belonging to the plaintitfs according
to the extralateral right doctrine, was rer
sumed in the district court today before
Judge J. M. Clements of hIelena, who is
sitting for Judge Napton.
Andrew Ryan, forerly a lessee of the
Tiger property, was on the sltand duriug
the lmorningll on cross-examlination. W'hen
the plaintiff called him on the stand, ohjoc
lion was offered by the defense on the
ground that Ryan's lease expired last
September. Judge Clements, however,
overruled the objection and the witness was
allowed to testify as to the vein in contro
versy.
He claimed it ran east and west and
nut of the end lines dipping under the
Nancy Hanks. The mnost important evi
dence offered for the plaintiff was that
of William F. Word of Helena, a well
known mining expert, who has ofien
figured in big mining litigation in Butte.
Mr. Word gave it as his judgment, gleaned
from an inspection of the property, that
the vein ran east and west through the
'Tiger out of the end lines and dipped under
the Hanks.
When he attempted to follow the vein
beyond the end lines, the court sustained
an objection and that line of testimony
was dropped.
E. B. Howell of Butte is conducting
the examination of the witnesses for the
plaintiff, while W. A. Clark, Jr., and W. M.
Bickford, also of Butte, are doing the
cross-examining. The case promises to
liist several days.
HOW MUNROE GOT HIS
DECISION OVER JEFFRIES
It is said Jim Jeffries was asked re
cently by one of the eastern papers to ex
plain that Munroe decision which placed
the Butte man into such prominence last
year.
"I have given several versions of that
affair, but the secret of the whole business
is this: Munroe rung in a new system
of training on me, and it was only re
cently I learned what it was. He did not
drink water, but used Centennial Bohe.
mian Export Beer, made in Butte, and
that accounts for his staying qualities."
.So far the statement has not been con
firmed, but it might have been the case.
Natural Cbnsequenfe of Thought.
"! suppose you heard that Gayboy was
taken suddenly ill this morning and died
this afternoon," said the first subordinate.
"No," replied the other. "WellI Well I
Ushered into eternity, dh ? By the way,
that reminds me, have you got the furnace
fire goittg at your houss yet?"
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lrA i Uu Maw - on.
M. M. POTTER HAS RESIGNED
Will Go to California-Successor Not
Yet Oec ded On.
Mrlsille l I . P'ttr.r. i li, 3l cr Sn Se.ptrii
r of l ;it s. year lihas lr..i.i gl ln ral agS l iii It
Mo1ntana for the I hi.iragi,. 16rk I..Iland &
l'act'ih t rlnad. , with he( ad1t.:1t1t s. t hi'r.
has i, stir sed, hlii. rcOic' iglil I', tSake e-liI t
llltltar) i. M r. a tlltir ls at J l.. ile l ill
I alilin.ia aud it is tl taihll Ial lit' h ill
till a railroad pisiltii ihth i .
It. G. lrown iof Miinnsi tali'. Shl' a;'i,
ant g34 .ral ireight aigenti of the l rk 1.1
ul. wihli is i i twll w . anliii llTi-edL Mr. I',l
ltr'i retsi.;naiuin i tlay. Ith said th;I .ill .
I'uller', slll'ctessrr had nIit 'he.r de ihed
ilpo, butll wolid be liali eII, y $s in by
the geil- al offlice Iat (' aiIgls.
Mr. Pl ' rittr is oi l( f hl Ist kniwi's.
fisighl and jpassenger siicitnis in M1ii
Ilnia i nil has i ust of i uiid.s rvi'ri
where. PIri,, to L.enterg lit ervirS of
the Riock .slanid lihe wita, travrlinig friglt
and Piastrenr agent fii, tlhl Milwi kils
road. lit is a natile sMnt.iiiasin and lih.s
liv'd ai.t of his life- in leleia. Iii.
latier. l, 5n Piitter, I. l ilie Iof t ie iill
known ani r.l.pitId old liiimers of MStot
Ilnit. 'lihl tisier Mi . Ioltitr is heilr :ist
prs nt, but fir siu is Iii h uis in LoI
Allr.i t l l tie ii i i ll l ill ,!-Ia
JOSEPH P. BISHOP FINED $10
Jo.s.l ph I'. I lS ,, ill,, 'w ,, ;it, a ll ' I in
I lriIiitsi l y Ol I.'ln t lliin iiir l Ii a
wit i ailt naIisei l Mil urs1 IllI. i i nsitg his l l
with l -st lS d Lit.ly, iind whois pS h i. I
nit l:uilly I hli' Sliii l' .il w i., lil',e
io l l i t thle liwi', :lpi.ais id in Il,
'utrt ti his niionriii , p,, ': Ih I g rll y ill
wit tin al $1su.
Jiihs.p i,. *;iill, ta d 1. 1 . -I (ll l ed
aidl it is siudile'r. l id that hi' 'sll i a % if
and c liildl0 hlivi ,u in Ms sr al. Itsl is
t1 ril ,eil ill U sii it ~ , in 1 i ti . wity a mi i1
is wiil that hi lai ',rs I for hli hu'ily.
REV. MR. L. L. HURSEY IS HERE
New Pastor for the M. E. Church South,
in South Butte.
tev. Mr. I., I.. Ilurt ..', the isnew patit r
of the new i M'lhodlil chiirch Siiiuth.. iin
South Ilulise, rrivc I i tlie cily today
ithous Northli iarolina iind Is n guest iin
tlhe If-ni of (ev. Mr. 11l rgiii in Suit Ith
lauhlih streit. Ihe will at iwsic asasisine
chlarg"e of i -th circih, whic'h ial includes
the WVlitii.all chiarge.
CAPT. ROBERT CATLIN DEAD
Retired Army Officer Was Brevetted for
Meritorious Service.
gY ASt) l IAl.u si La,-a,.
WashingtolU, D)ec. a. Capltain Robert
Catlin. U'. S. A., retired, died yesterday at
the lome of Ihtislop Ienry V. mattrrlet,
wherr he h had len a guest at dininer oni
Christmas day, and suffered a double at
tack of paralysis that evening.
Captain Catlin war. appointed to the
military acad-emy from the territory of
Waah.ington in Isl85 and was graduated as
a second lieutentiant of the Fifth artillery
in 863,. lie distiiguished himself during
the operations on the \Velden railroad ini
Virginia at the heighih of the civil war,
not long after he entered the service.
For "gallant and meritorious services"
in those operations ihe was brevetted first
lieuteinant and captain. A wound in the
leg, received during the hattle, disabled
htlims and caused him to retire in 1866, In
f866 lie re-entered the service as Captain
in the Forty-third infantry, but the old
wound required the amputation of the leg
and he retired again in 1870.
BRAIN GATHERS IN SESSION
New Orleans, Dec. a.--Leaders in
economic thought are here attending the
annmual meeting of the American Hlls
torical and American Economic associa
tions. The American Economic associa
tion was called to order by President
Edwin L, Seligman.
Papers on the sugar industry were read
by John Dyanond, Jr. and Dr. W. C.
Stuaisi, in charge of tle Louisiana Lx
perimerit association. Other papers were
read rby Prof. S. W. Knapp, rice expert
of the United Sitates agricultural depart
ment; President Houston of the Texas
Agricultural college, and G. W. liolraes
of the United States department of agri
culture.
Town Almost Totally Destroyed.
iT ASSOCIATED PEaus,
Wheaton, Minn., Dec. ag9.-A large part
of this town was destroyed by fire today.
Loss, $1o00,000,
MASSACRE OF THE
JEWS DISCUSSED
PRI SIDINT ROOSEVELT INTLRLST
LD IN KISCHINEFF TROIIJLI S
AND SO IS LOOMIS.
SOME ACTION MAY BE TAKEN
Recent Diaspatch From the Scene of the
Outrageu Says There Has Been
No Fresh Outbreak.
iY AMSttAt le i, t I'L .
Wasshilngton, I)Dc. r,. .t the instance
of J'rchid.ent tI(riioevell, who is ilnteresrlted
conternlplaI(ed nl;lsrat'. ~t J.wh in Kisch
icll, the 'i:,i t dtilp.irintI g i llimakll
it elt, IIi iltIl y thru\l itt II. diplul tin ti( anlld
i il l.I til.rs wtllh the vltiew of awi Artill
ing tll, xi t I.t ittull it n l ll .l l lltcl t Irng w se
"1 hii fillit l Sla .I o i ,ill ar :1i nit t i at
Slh a,a ;lra:N ly ]has I, h , hl'r- fr,11 n , anlld
h r <,l.,l i tIh , s ita di,- rt nt' l t.h lay l that
thtere haI be n ..= n Ilirb outuhr.:ik at Kisrl.
inll, l ,. : w hIrl l 'l. i
.umo WeVIt saitartlinh thie l 'Nai
lhilh, iiti I AV lp.ms II. Sol,,ti , s ofl New
I-tlltu, 'l i" i-t shi, r ltltlrul ,t| lo ," li aru ll ire
-t1n , l . wh iil., h i lt a col nt("vi tnr., with Act
ing St ,ttary I.,,m is to arly, ,turing which
the s-t.Irl oif ith w lar n ltot sia wath dir
Not as Bad as Was Said.
Mr. Lo..ais show.i,, th,'m the Ohws
,li sp;trh, which gave thiinl w)ilton aelllg
t rli. f.ii lity did not p.a " o t a hutitioll
atul fwlI nst do si ltte li"e h latter it-tor
Ilatio n pro v stl the hitr atit ll t hi t , s .l ' li
OthI aIs r.eported.
Mr. WIIl siaid that iI hor a l, toim
pellhd tt call at tie departmenii t te account
work for tilti which e accl tly was held in
:nplnd, ovNtr which Arried IAt.chil pre
Iidhwrvhrd, whihto sy t ai, gave the trtter ai
character Kitf ohrim.taistr st which otheutyrwise
might not have been acepted.
had an Wollr endcavred t to hae e ar
audilner with R;irun Stor'lurg, the (Jer
Iman a"mbassador, today, bhl without avail.
The aMr. Wolfor was, not at honiti to
Wolf whhen t hi tter the inle i at the on of
hasy, nod had Baron von iussche Ilad
denhausru, the first secretary and cunswt
Irr, aee him. Mr. Wolf informed Baron
use lhry thait h me primarily in the in
terest if a clic't who h:)l dIIn some legal
work for th-arge mbaissy and was now id.
trouble.
Nothing Arrived At.
Mr. Wolf improved the op (ortunity,
however, to ay that he i was interested in
thei Kischincff agitation in this county and
had an opportunity to see the president
today. Mr, Wolf made no propositiona to
Baron 13ussche touching the implication of
the ebaissy in the troubler t t of th Jews
NOT'ICE TO CII)I'I'TO(S.
Estate of George W. lrainard, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
adminitstrator of the estate of George W.
Jtrainard, deceaed, to the creditors of and all
per, ,ns havinK claims against the said de .
celaed, to exhibit them, with the necessary
vouchers, within four months after the first
pubhcatiin of this notice, to the said admrinis
trator, at ,oomf 34 aT it 3, lirbour building,
Butte city, Silver flow coutttly, Montana, the
same being the place for the transaction of the
businehs of said estate, in the county of Silver
Bow, state of Muntana.
J. P. COLLINS,
Administrator of the Estate of George W.
crain ard, Deceased,
Dated I utte, Montana, this sgth day of
December, 903.
NUTICE TO CREDITORS,
Estate of David T. Shaffer, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned,
administrator of the estate of David T. Shaffer,
deceased, to the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the said deceased, to
exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers,
within four months after the first publicaftoit
of this notice, to the said administrator, at
Rooss y4 and as, Hirbour building, Butte
city, Silver flow county, Montana, the same
being the place for the transaction of the
business of said estate, in the county of Silver
Bow, state of Montana.
A. J, WHITE,
Admiistrator of the Estate of Davlid T. Shd.:
Dated Butte, Montana, this agth day at
December, 590o.