The Anaconda standard. [volume], November 02, 1895, Morning, Image 9

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AROUND THE STATE
Comments of the Standard's Ixchange3
on Timely Themes. -
MR. BIGGERSTAFF'S CAREER
The South Outdoing the West In
Advertising Its Rseources-Ana
conda's Marvelous Growth
A Revival at Bald Butte.
Billings Gazette: "Do you know that
almost every railroad running east of
Pittsburg is pulling for the south?"
said a traveling man the other day.
"It's a fact," be continued, "and easily
proven. Look at the literature some of
lthem are sending out setting fonth the
mnanifold advantages of the South-fine
climate, abundant rains, excellent
crops, beautiful scenery and a'! the
concomitants of advanced civilization.
There ie a certain picturesqueness, too,
in their manner of advertising that is
decidedly attractive. One pamphlet
says: 'Don't go west where you have
to buy water and land both in order
to raise a crop: come to the South,
where nature furnishes plenty of water
sufficient for all needs and where land
is cheaper than at any other place in
the United States.' Of course t'here is
plenty of good land in the South, but
then it is no better than what we have
In t'ee West. lad as for buying water
with which to irrigate, they will all
have to come to that after awhile. Ir
rigation is the future method of crop
raising and the quicker people realize
it and make tiheir clans accordingly
the better. But the people of the West
are going to loose some desirable im
mnigrarnts if they do not do something
to offset the efforts of these eastern
railroads. Thousands of people from
the eastern and middle states are mov
ing and the West. Montana especially,
ought to get two-thirds of them. But
she will not do it unless she advertises
her resources. and it seems to me that
Bilings. surrounded as She is by the
best agricultural land in the world,
much of it already under ditches,
ought to do something to let these peo
ple know what she has to offer."
WILL DIE A CATHOLIC.
How Karderer Biggerstaf is spending
its Last Dais.
, Helena Independent: William Bigger
staff, under sentence of death, with
the prospect before him that tihe sen
.tence may not be reversed and that
the Judgment may be carried out or
khe law directs, even though it may Je
delayed for a time, is interesting tim
sehf in the future welfare of his souL
dHe has begun to think .f the rel'gious
side of life, and he 'has found a spirit
*al adviser in Rev. Fat'her Victor Day,
assistant pasitor of the Cathedral of
the Sacred Heart. BigrgerstafV's rela
'tives were not Catholics, but *he was
reared in a Catholic family in Kansas,
and since that time leaned Itoviard that
faith, when he gave religion any
othoatiht at all. He will be baptized in
rhe faith. and will be attended at 'the
last hour by a priest of the church.
, Elder William A. Moore, pastor of
the African Methodist church, called
on the prisoner a few days ago, and
(talked with him earnestly of the fu
ture, and later, at the request of some
of Biggeretaffts friends, Rev. T. V.
iMoore, pastor of tihe Fiwst Presbyte
rian churdh. also attended t'the con
demned man in his cell. But, while
'they were received cordially enough,
they did not receive the invitation to
come again that was given 'to Rev.
iFather Day, and they did not.
'"My folks were Methodists and Bap
fists, mostly." said the prisoner yester
day. "but I was a little boy when I
first started out to make my own way.
IMy mother had lust married again,
and my stepfather didn't care about
being 'bothered with the children.
When the family soattered I found a
home with a man named John J.
Smith, in Lawrence. Kas. The family
were all Oatholics. I was never bap
'tized in the c'huroh. but I expect to be
before I die. I never did tihink there
.was any other churc'h for me."
Rev. Father Day was a visitor at
the county Jail yesterday afternoon. He
remained an hour. and as he left he
said that Biggerstaff had expressed a
desire to be a Cath>lic before he died.
"He will not be baotized right away,"
said the pries:. "There are some neces
sary steps of instruction to be taken
first."
At one time in this life Biggerstaff
started to loin one of t'he colored "Ma
sonic" orders that were then flourish
ing in several parts of the country.
Hi.l became a fellow craft. having 'taken
the second degree, but went no fur
ther. He said in explanation of his
withdrawal that he found that it was
nut the real order as it had been rep
resented to 'him to be. and he cared
nothing further about it.
"I thought I knew s thing or two
about what was right myself," he
added.
He has seven sisters and two broth
ers in different puts if the middle
west. There are two a: Talequah, In
the Cherokee nation, and '.iaers at
Lawrence, Topeka and Empuria, Kan
saa.s. He received a letter yesterday
fromspne of his sisters, who is mar
rled to William R as, son of the chief
..f the Cherokee nat:tn. She says that
"the sad news of your conviction has
just been rec tved." and ai is 1t4i. if
there were anything that could be d 'ne
to help him it *w utod be d'n.- &i.'er.u -
ly. The brother-in-law icli:',t" s taa:
he has no roaly :norey. but that h'
has s nmo real estate that he wutd
di lsie of if :'iere were any as ur.,nce
tha.: it would do god. lie d,* - to :
[e.1 like making the sacrtih'e. ow
r. w:th'ut s m"* idea of aha: lea!,
:.ie piris.,ner h..+ in mand f "r h.s ,w n
ben'-tit. Anot i'-r le:ttr is fr"m a num
ber .'f his old te-ni" in hnv' c. wI'
have sign' 4 p. .iti 'in. direct. :
h" s.e . * f his f..! t' %%h. may t, .-i ..
S ti"tin ". a I ;. i it.ri & i: tn
:h'ir cry .$ id.i n' w 'h him :t w..
trius, and :i a'". w is. s> ..ir a- .Si.y
knew . a good 'i : T ho 'i t,"ii than
cludes wsi:b au cxtratson of iiape that
all who can will render assistance to
"this broken reed."
* Biggerstaff taker a great deal of sat
isfaction ia these letters, testimonials
that came ratther late, yet which he
regards as evidences that there are
still some who think enough of him to
write words of comfort for his lat
hours.
Biggerstaff is not communicative, but
lie Is cheerful, outwardly. He will al
ways hope, as long as there is lite.
"How do I feel?" he says, when visit
ors to ele county Jail ask the Inevita
ble question. "I am as fine as silk."
THE WEEK IN BOZEMAN.
Thiags eem to Have Qaleted Dews Ssme
what and t e E Itor Meditates.
Boseman Chronicle: This has been a
dull. uneventful week. It has been
filled as chock full of ennui as a
'thresher with tanglefoot and were it
not for the fact that the pioneers
wrested this country from the Indian.
and left in tiheir place the city council,
last week would 'have been as dreary
as Ezra's cuances for re-election to She
governorsh itD.
First, the "Cow Boy"' preacher with
his taw'ney mane and shingle mill
vdice has gone. and we can no longer
see him do violenoe to the queen's En
glish in a style so blood curdling as
to make the compulsory education
clause of the codes an unnecessary
provision. We no longer [hear his
plaintive plea for "stuff." as 'he tells
the romiantic story of his Itfe. He has
gone where wheat and barley are
bringing a better price and chattel
mortgages are not ripe until later in
the season.
And the gladsome salt fakir, with 'his
plug halt of ouestionable vintage and
his game leg-in sympathy with those
he oft has Dulled-is also gone. No
more we hear his clarion voice ring
out on the still air of night, where his
Radereburg diamonds flash and glisten
in the glare of his naptha lamps. He
Is gone. Gone 'there legitimate busi
ness has not re-established itself on a
cash basis; where the yeomanry is not
so thoroughly overworked that he can
not work them himself. It takes a
conflding people to buy salts at $1.00
per box which cost 3 cents. But his
memory lingers. This winter when the
wind, then untempered by She fire, Is
which the Livingston papers religious
ly allude to as the Muir tunnel, comes
whistling up the canyon, we shall
think of him. When we go out into
the night and wrest the top rail from
our barbed wire fence, we will wonder
.why it was that we did not enlist in
the U. 6. ermy and thus have some
one to do our thinking for us and to
protect vs. And the thought will come
'to us ti-at no matter how many safe
**uard. the legislature throws around
'us and bow hard It tries to save us
from ourselves. ft is still unsafe for us
'to venture out of doors. Thus will we
spend the winter in kicking ourselves,
and next summer when 'the circus
comes along we will run up against
'the shell game. and be fiim-flammed
out of a month's wages by the short
change man. And yet eternal hope
bids us stay on earth.
Eve-ts In Grey Cliff.
Grey Cliff Correspondent of 'the Yel
lowstone Valley Recorder: Wiiliam
Strong has concluded to take a lay-off
and will start in a few days for De
troit. Mich.. to visit friends. Wilnam
has been herding sheep in t'his vicinity i
for a numnber of years past and will
enjoy the lay-off very muoh.
T. A. Snidow found an old rifle a
few miles east of here one day last
week. It Is one of the kind tihat was
used in 1801 and is nearly rusted to
pieces. Thomas nays he will keep it
to remember old times by.
Some religiously inclined rascal made
a raid Thursday on D. L. Matheaon s
sheep carmn and stole everything in
sight. These kind of depredations are
g'tting quite too frequent and it is
about time some investigation was
made and the perpetrators sent over
tihe road.
U'ncle Mike had his mansion photo
graphed. Probably going to send it to
his best girl and see If the can't get
married.
Frank O'Connor of Omaha has been
engaged as cook at the Mountain View.
Judging from the smile on the board
ers now-a-days we should think he is
a first-class man and the Mountain
View may well tbe ,proud of thim.
Pumpkin Husker.
lontama sand North DAkota.
Fort Benton River Press: Montana
farmers may consider themselves pros
perous coimrpared with their brethren
in North Dakota. W. S. Evans, who I
has just returned from the latter state,
Informs us that North Dakota farmers
have big crops this year. but are prac
tioally bankrupt. Current prices for
wheat are 30 to 36 cents per buehol and
no sale at those figures. Oats are of
fered at 10 to 12% cents, and Mr. Ev
ans witnessed one sale of 100 bushels
for a $L bill by a farmer who needed
the cash. Potatoes are offered at lOc
per bushel, and the demand is so small
that most of tte crop will not pay for
the digging.
i.oc.,tion tf Powder Houses.
Butte Inter Mountain: There is not
a particle of doubt of the wisdon of
moving the Dowder houses from the
valley below Butte to some location in
a ravine or behind a hill. The explo
sion of the magazines where they are
now situated would damage the city,
it ii believed. much more than The ter
rible blow-up of last winter. ITue o'b
jection of tthe powder men that if the
powder houses were removed to a can
yon some tramp might explode t'iem
ism nt reasonable. Tramps. d nJt ex
er:sse their destructive propensitiee on
places where giant powder Is e:ores.
naeunda'a t Gilt.
Yelliwst.ane Journal. Residents of
t!- <..; of Anaconda pay 'this y-ir a
r *n~th.n I t tax t f 4 . tn.lts. The c.:y
t .ax s 17 mil:.una A s-tal wytool tax in
;Ie city. l. t nti and toun~y tax 161z
m ,! hu: :i?:u . Ana, nda is proteaoly
t....r : - t :: inc . vy .n the stite
and - r "u: = m to : keep p1t..
w :: It t :: mi n: f a v omnmunty
a. 'a t -al': 1
'a1* i.. I Iat AV -d
"r t' "Ia "t 1. a :"...:A an .' j±a'-1 by
's.a --" e' '- ar: .- -Xtr-. J. It. Mrl'!.
A MYSTERIOUS DEATII
Mr! and Mr1. Nie Bstpueted of
billing Their by.
HOLMES AND HARRISON
Victims of the Bridge Aoeldent
Near Butte Lived in Spokane
Idaho Mining Trouble Ended
Other Northwest Newes.
Kettle Falls, Wash., special: The
coroner is holding an inquest this ett
emnoon on the body of a little son of
Mr. and Mrs. Noise. who live four
miles south of town, ugly rumors hav
ing been set afloat that the chit's
death was the result of cruel beating
administered by his parents.
Saturday, the boy, who is only 7
years old, was sent to town on an er
rand. In the afternoon the maN car
rer overtook him on the road and let
him ride home. When the child reached
the hoqse his mother came out and
seized him and shook and best the
little one, this operation continuing as
long as the mail carrier was In sight.
About 12 o'clock the same night the
parents came to town and aroused the
citizens, saying their boy had fallen
over the river bank near their house
and had been killed, and they wanted
a physician to go home with them. Dr.
Brigham. who was summoned, at flat
objected to making the trip, as the
child was dead, she eaid, and he could
be of no assistanoe. but after exaaip
ing the body decided that the child bfd
come to its death in some other MAEn
ner than by a fall. as the body as
covered with terrible bruises.
Citizens began to investigate the
matter and carefully examined e
river 'bank over which the boy
said to have faklen. The bank is y
and precipitous, but at no place were
there signs of a body falling or rolling
down.
The coroner wee notified and had the
body removed to this place to-day. Dr.
Peck of Colville was calved in to aaqtls
and Is making a searching examaa
tion. The body showed not obi ,a
mass of fresh bruises, but aome
several days and weeks past, ndi
ing prolonged ill treatment. The sh
if aocoompanted the coroner here
if the verdk t of the Whysicians be
out the lnterence that the child
maltreated will make arrests.
The older Neile oblidren, a boy of
and a girl of 9. ran away from t
home this stimer because of ill t
meat. The boy Is now living with a
Mr. Church of Harvey and the girl
at Ithe Catholic mission in charge of
the sisters.
Mr. Nelse canle from Chicago o*jcpe.
kane lhst spring and purchased the
farm of H. A. Lillienthal and moved
here with his family. Mr. Nelse ex
plained on reething town last night
that the had been working for a .Mr.
Rickey during the day and when he
got home at nirht the child was just
breathing it. last.
They Had Lived In Spokane.
Spokane dnokesman-Review: John
Holmes and D. C. or Dan Harrison,
who were killed in the bridge accident
near Butte. as reported in the Spokes
man-Review some time ago, were re
cerstly in Spokane. In a letter to this
paper from Philipsburg. Mont.. Daniel
Ferris of Missoula states that Holmes
had in his pocket a receipt from the
Spokane Water Power company and
Harrison had left a valise at the Nor
den hotel, this city. in care of some
one else.
Upon inventigation it was found that
John Holmes had worked five hours
for the wa.ter power oonpany, took hit
time and quit. The officers of the com
pany have no further information con
cernidng him. Officials of the railroad
company had previously made inquiry,
but this i-e.ll they 'have found so far.
L. 0. Hetberg. proprietor of the Nor
den hotel. reelved a letter a few days
ago from Ferris. who stated that a sad
bridge aocident had occurred, in which
four men were seriously injured and
three killed. Among the killed was D.
K. Harrison, who had left a valise at
the hdtel subiect to the order of a
friend. Dan was liked by all the boys,
Mr. Ferrri said, and they were anxious
to communicate with 'his relatives
M'r. Hetberg personally Investigated
and found that Harrison had stopped
at the hotel with Mike Roker, section
foreman of the Union Pacific, but had
not registered. He deft his valise. sub
ject to the order of Mr. Roker, who had
paid the hotel bill. Roker is now at
Rock Island on the Great Northern.
Mr. Helberg also learned that prior to
coming to Spokane Harrison stopped
with Fred Golden for three or four
years. at Sixth and Main street, S. a:
tie. He was a bridge man and bore a
good reputation. Mr. Golden I. sup
posed to know where his relatives are,
and Mr. Ferris can doubtless obtain
from him the Information which he
seeks. so thr as that victim of the ac
cident to concerned.
The Idaho Minlat Treuble Ended.
Wallace. Idaho Dispatch: The min
img troubles are ended for the present.
Ninety-Ave of the non-union men who
were threatened at 'Mulian enlisted to
day in the state militia, and are being
enrolled to-night. They have rifles and
ammuniUonsufficlent for present no-ds.
John Wklund. the man who was beaten
into tasenethility at Gem on Sunday
evening. left Wallace to-day. Although
the beating was witnessed by a doz.n
persons none could be found who dur"'i
to testify.
Oregon'' New Wuman.
Portland Oregonian: An intereoing
story is reported in Alhian of th. .
cent exploits of a young woman. w.,
is said to have secured amnise:on to.
one of the lodig. :n that p;.rt::mn of .h
city. It seems. s.. it is Sa.d. t!.a- h,
brother had tw n pr. pesel fo mmani.
ship some tioim sin, by " fr:. ni Ii
was a stranger tm most ,f th< :n" m ut
and his loue:.," s was su~h :hat h"
could not take :1, first .dgree as a-n
,As expected- 11:x *of -r. wno r«--n',,:.
him ,t erv rrnu'n. r." Iv.,1 :' > ; a n -
tle j.ke. .' : ::r,- hl.rs- f :ri h* -
brothers mcloth., t. ,k h.is cmn ant
dropplei ar murmi ,. th- i -dg. r ini
She wss aimittel to th.- ant.-r, rn
without asakmnang suipioun. wire
she was propounded the usual quee
tions that are asked a candidate. She
was then blindfolded and brought Into
the lodge room. It was a very trying
time, and she would have gladly es
caped had there been any way to get
uat, but there was not, and she had to
go on through. It was a rough expe
rience for her. but she stood it until
it came to shaking her up in a blanket.
She objected to this very strongly but
her protests would have been in vain
had she not whispered something in the
ear of her attendant. He held a hurried
consultation with the presiding ofmcer
and a halt was called. The candidate
was turned over to a member who es
corted her home. 6he has no desire to
repeat her experience.
William Gre -awod.
Tualatin, Ore., Dispatch: William
Greenwood, who died here Oct. 23, was
born March 20, 1815, at Quaker lirook.
five miles east of Preston, Lancashire.
England. He came to America in 1848
or 1849 and joined an emigrant party
and crossed the plains to California in
1830. making almost the entire dfatance
on foot. After spending a few months
in California he came by steamer to
Oregon when Portland only contained a
few houses. He located in Portland
and engaged in iblacksmithing for sev
eral years. Afterwards he lived at Ce
dar Mill. near Beaverton, at Hillsboro
and at Newberg, where he afterward
sold his farm to William Hobson, the
founder of the Quaker colony at that
plaoe. Finally he came to Tualatin.
Waebtngton county, then known as
Bridgeport. H're he opened up a large
blacksmith and wagon shop, where he
manutactured hand-made wagons for
persons in all parts of the Willamette
valley. In this he made a great deal
of money, but his unbounded generos
ity was a steady drain on his income.
In 1878 he retired from wagon-making
and 11 years later sold his shop and
quit work altogether. He was an ex
cellent workman, a good neighbor,
kindly and generous. Although he had
but one day's schooling in his life, he
was a natural scholar, well read and
had a wonderful memory.
In 1891 be returned to England, after
over 50 yenrs' silence and absence, and
after some little difficulty convinced his
relatives, who had mourned him as
dead, that he was very much alive.
Mr. Greenwood had a niece in Eng
land, who made him a lfheral offer of a
good, comfortalble, well-furnished house
with servants and $tOO a year for spend
ing money if he would only r.-main
with them. but, notwithstanding he had
not a living relative this side of treat
Britain, he preferred the land of his
adoption to that of his birth.
He possessed a little property, which
he distributed among his relatives in
England, according to the customs of
that country, by a will which he made
two years agi.
lively Chase After a Bear.
A Lake creek correspondent of the
Medford, Ore.. Monitor, gives the fol
lowing experienee of Messrs. Hanley,
Slinger and Downing. well-known rest
dents of that section: Last Friday,
Wke&,riding on a plateau on the moun
tain near Mount Pitt. a email shep
herd dog that had followed them earnm,
rushing toward them and immediately
at its heels was a she hear. One of thl
party, whet the hear was not more
than 15 feet away. drew a 12-caliber
Colt's revolver and tired, hltting her.
she turn-i, and after her went the
dog. Hanley, Slinie, and I)D.wning
crowded her so closel at she took
to a tree, and as the a sal under
she sprang from the t sariy kno k
Ing Hanley off his horse; 'but after her
again went the quartet, pres-ing her so
bard that their unearthly yells and the
tnips of the little dog fore-I her to
again tlimb a tree, which the- sur
rounded, and five shots from the 32
Colt's revolver in the hands of one of
Whe party brought her to the ground
dead, every shot having taken efflert.
Hanley and Slinger now have the hide
as evidence and a trophy of the chase.
The Ponilaud itospital Seasdat.
Portland .4pecalt The jury In the
trial of Dr. A. A. Ausplund for assault
ing H. R. Holmes with a dangerou
weapon in the latter's office on Aug
16 Jast, to-night returned a verdict ..f
guilty. The pen city is from six ont.nths
to 10 year-s in t!"" lenitentiary, or fr-n
one month to one year in the alunty
jail. Dr. Auspluni entered Dr. Itlmrn-
office in th.' I .-kiunt ih.e'k ano "I.nm n i -
ed that' he sIgn a written retractil n f
i remark derogatory to firs. 4'i sane-rrs.
a lady physician at the Portian i ho'si!
tai. Dr. Holmes started to read th.
paper, brut raised his eye(s aft..r r- ii
ing a few words. when he saw A "
jlund with a revolver in ht- hant.s
Holmes immediately drew his re-vl-ver
and commenced firing. The non ex
changed several shots, anti its
thought both were mortally wound'-i,
but both recoloered.
This I. a Pretty Nis Net.
Oregonian: C-Alumbta river fishermen
have always be+ n inclined to cut a
wide swath when fishing for the royal
chinook, but what they have don. is
aothingto what they intend tod.. julg
ing from the following, which is clipped
from an Eastern paper published in the
interests of lisheres. "A tishing net
2% wuIles long Is the product of a 4ieor
gie mill, and is now in exhtiition at
the Atlanta expositit-n. This immen"e
met was made for u%"" in the C(-.tnmhla
river salmin fishi- s." The nets now
in use are generally ahout 1,tx0 feet in
length, and yet tie ftshermen manage
to cover the sur-fa" - of the water with
a regadar spider a web of cork lines.
Wheg they begin to use nets 2tz miles
In length and of proturtvinatet depth,
there wail be no net-.sasity for any mire
dredging being d inc in the rivz-r
Helena's Trader Spot.
Helena Indep.-n l'nt. It 1loks as if
the Meagher C-un'v News man were
giving the cap::-it .i sly dr'.. In the
ribs. It often h.Liie is. ha.- .ils 1 !
neighbors of WP. -- Sulphur 'tt-r ig'
that "the .roes rst . the t an -s,'.
and th'- m - . r * 1.tutr '
from pi-.t: tit- ~ i~ 1.n r '1i'i z
our town. .u : lr - I . ur --unt)
All sorts -f n- -k I :n r"
gard t it t t !
H'ould it n -:
for to,- d.-.. e tra
* rgan~z. .nt iiit i p.ubli e
era gi.ing a - ... mn ;
inten-J:ax ," ' ^'" It 5 'u Ic : 1
little to ccu- t-n"+ r t ani .v
mak.- a '-.. n Th'
ers c "u:i h !-"*, an
any in- . i. .. s . ur . r-
i ty H .. t: - . . I nt L .) 1 .k
'Ier th.nk ..! t. >:y `º
Outoakrtbe -'"" th" .:3:t.d.
THE CITY OF CLAIMS
Dead Men's Istates and City Property
Badly Wanted.
PEOPLE ALWAYS AFTER THEM
Whbn a Rich Man Dies in Califor
nia a Crop of Widows and
Orphans Spring Up
At Onoe.
San 'Fmtarito C\rrecponeerlt C the Pht1
ahketphia 1Illmea
San Francisco. Sept. 26.
"As soon as we are put In posse5P'nf
we will hoist the American Rag over
the building and tihen go to England,"
was the unpatriotic expression of Flor
ence Hinckley. one of the claimains of
the Blythe estate, valued at about
$5,000,000. And thus it is. ithis country
Is not good enough for the deecendants
of those who accumulated fortunes
here. Those who do ndt go to Europe
pack up at once and leave for New
York. Btit the great erajoe ty of them
go to Europe. It may be s4id that
they go for two reasons, to escape the
nrportunings and the remembrance of
'their former companions In poverty
and to bein Rife anew. As is weU
known. OaMfornia was settled by the
rfuse of clvihsaition mainly and a
great many of them left 'the stater"
under a oboud. Many of them accumu
latedl fortunes and became "eminently
reqpectable obtigens"-tthat is, for this
country. It was a repetition of the so
oal -:itatory of the wealtlhy ticket-of
leave men of Autraha.
But the kite Mr. Blyihe had no dis
honorable past. He was a bachelor
and came from Wales to this country
when a boy. It was not known that he
had any relatives until after his death.
Then a troop of claimants appeared
and the estate has been In tlg.UOtin
for a decade.
San Friandlsco has been noted for
years for 'she number of wealthy men
who died leaving no hedrs or two sets
of heirs, .> wrdows and several wid
ows. No matter how flimsy the pre
temt at the claimarnt, .it was generally
entertained and a dice of the property
abtained. Several years ago a Frendi
nun died leaving an estate of $3.000.000
to his two nejihews in Flanoe. A Mrs.
aatiie Hinekley, who had been an ac
tress on the Bowery in New York in
the 60s, set up a kaiim that she was
his widow. There was not a scratch of
a pen'to show that they had been mar
ried. The heirs gave her $E0,000 as a
soothing balm, sald the estate and in
medlatety resturned to la Belle Paris
to enjoy the fortune.
Abhut 20 years ago a mining specu
lstor whose fortune was estimated at
$5,000,000, wans found In his bath tub
with a bullet hole Ghrough his head.
Two women apteartl upon the a-ente.
eaoih <labming to be the wid.w. The
oipp sing iawyers got the groiter part
it the -?ta.te and the remainder was
diividleil ettwe.n the east-ift women.
This iity is and ,ver has keen a gol
din fl,-ld fir alventurnis.*5 It is not
safe fir a rich man to die. No matter
how exemnspl.ry its Wife may have been,
there will apning up a female parits
to blacken Iris nume. Lawyers are eas
ily found. who, for a lprtlon of whar
they may obtain, will proneaute any
Sim, tin I aeatst in tthe manufacture
of t.-stlmorry.
It wotuld seem t'hat by the process of
evolution we should have a better sys
tem of morals and more lair dealing
than preiualhet among those ~f the past
generati>'n. whose records would not
bear searnlbing. 1but. fr.nm the numer
ous crim-- i-oumntnted of late, it ap
pears that the present race has in
heritti- at lesgt the uai qualities of
the.r an,"edtore Mho fttsd from justice.
l'erioditeslly suilts ar.- br.ugit for
larg'' ci. s of Sanl Fr"n t .she propurty
At one tLine ablut ail of the %ity wis
claimed. tierether with some of the ilt
au lu in the itot. Thie suits wer.
l.ruug'ht under %N .Ka.s known as ISpan
" Lr-nt-,i wh ,. e hbun'ltrIus are taen
'r itll ur+'l*in, i.
1% the late sxaiovernor ':.;' I'." , the
la i: \l"xi .in g1 eu , uor t'.. :.. : t . 1u
ai2:b utl mnuch if this 'tr ulul' u I It
Ign 1in.
It iu stated in history that during the
arr-listice between the aryn:-'' a r. mg
our wtar Mgi.u ..: .. x . . .i"t . i t
O ý iliad tHe I ti A? lx c'r, r* tu ne-I ia
uat .ven a p's.. ..-r frim h:- -uwn
ountry I' i" prvn"" m n I- that Ti. " su
liremue g "': e-rnmeant ha ' rClU-Iiat**l hun
aft.er his tight frotn 'arlif, rnii.
H", ý.-et~t'l!e+hed hila h.-aoqrearte-re a'
~an Pernawnl~n- tfli-wt~1n. ab"ut 'l ~.i
Tr'.m 1.-. .1flbt 1"3. .iwu"-i- a le-.n~bu+:i
a~h s tol 1i "subjeraa'r. ire tee-nt
weird i.e th. American e--,rimmariihant it
Lnee Angef-?- tha' h"- had r.-tearn.*d to
r~nu'ne- hes " funetteti as g",v.rnebr'e
The c--.nsm-vanikint ei.'r: hem a vetrb,;
rnies5.w- tlhat If he- N:;~ud ainy ne-er-"
eetclt inftamri.'trery pre.'Ilame.eel"na h.,
wouHd puxt hrn in th.' guard has--" ¶Ias
stieen4,e-1I ':.e" anli' t: chart-wd that h.'
at erne- be'ran Irseutng sand grant war
an'-~ 'te all his rr-i:'r~ve-t. fr-"nd+. p .!"
wa-i put t'e wet-k bunrr:-dly tee me~k- ,Ili
warrants feer the- be-ret lands be-f-re- :h.
fln-il .urrtna-ne -r to the- Aterirc-aen ;.er-e--.
a4boh teok place a tew days lat.-r at
!I,, Angi-lera. Many of these- grants
we-n-'. of o-aurae, "kw-ated" aftter t''.
Am. rte'te "w-upot'.cn. and are-. 'h.~~-
r-fore-. Weent~ii-sc$. It it krieewn that s.-v.
i-rat lart-go tramts of( k~nel are ae. he-Il
in ethee nan Juan ('ate:sretee valley, t:;
it"".. in e-ulir:.s e%-,nt rt-us.-tg tie
p-r'--tV their grinets t".e tir~e (engesa.5 en
* I - nst er- for . xam.n etre n.
-t ."f:her'- e ti q a-s"n"- antedated.
!.gd.as ti-- r-t:--is in h'q va
e: -- palate' ,1 w '.1
-:l a I-~ Marc.-. a.tn ~ 1'e.rn-.
h r - i ..*X -i-lU.: it- rI
t .hicre l~ '' i i" Ie tn: k -"
u... op; - ..Ing
T ý-hietr> " 1. t-ut--i -Vt .
.- f1 :1 1.. .i l"I W:1!' h.
as , 1 I" i^.1 d .ii : r Ian
ntn- _.::. , s'~. a :..a.rt ', º-'L' bra idnllag .
and Aictray Island. with 41s ferlMa
Uions.
At the tr'al the Mexidan milister of
exterior retatlins and ocher Mezycan
oficial. sought to prove the geni~ne
ness of t*he all..ged grarits. But it was
proven ilhat when Pico was supposed to
have dated the grants he was not in
(Ctifornia. It was also shown that
some of these so-called grants were
dated after the 'urrender of Califorala
to the U'nitel States.
One of the witn-*sses, a former secre
tary of Santa Ana, attempted a sensea
taon by stating the- an attempt had
been made to assaesinate him in order
to prevent him from testifying. The
San Flraneteo ietc :gives. 'however, rea
down tht plot. They learned weiere the
secretary had our-hased the knite and
other facts. The a rvattt of the secre
tary 'then canfessed the plot.
HOME INDUSTRIES.
It is Very ared to Teach Montana es
pie iome Things.
Livingston Posit: This movement will
commend itself to all those people who
have She interest of the state at heart.
It should go flsr enoug:,a to include
within its lines the consumption of
coal. We bclleve that there Is as good
coal in Montana. at variettes sufficient
to meet all requirements. as can be
found in any state west of tihe MiLou
ri river. Yet in spite of this. hundreds
of tons of coal are every week shipped
in from Rock Springs. Wyo., and Can
adian coal fields. If the citl;ens of the
state would insist on using coal pro
duced In Montana. they would not only
keep tiheir money at home. but also
would furnksh additional employment
to miners in the coal mines of the
state. There is no reason why every
person in the "Treasure State" should
not at least eat home produced bread
and butter. There is no question about
the bread part of this fare, though it
is true that the butter would have to
be spread rather thin before spring.
Still there are a number of creameries
that could he kept running on full time
if tihe people would discriminate a lit
tle in their favor. instead of rushing
off to Minnesota and other states for
dairy products.
While on this subject. there Is a mat
ter right at home, here in Livingston,
to whlah our attention has been called
many times. There are three newspa
pers ibilished in this county that we
believe are as good as any three aver
age papers that can be picked up in
any county in the country, and yet
there are scores of people, making their
homes in iUvingston and Park county,
who do not take their home papers.
This would not be so bad It they let
the matter rest there, though it is
bad enough. but these same people do
not even patronize any of the splendid
daily newapapers published In Mon
tana, still scores of them take dally
paptaet an.i, we ere a 5rry to state on
the very best of authority, that they
are patronizing the goldhug journals
of at. Paul and Minneaplts. It would
surprise the people of this city. if they
knew how murh of this lIterature,
which i ans;taronlstic to every Interest
of their state. is daily devoured within
this city. These newspapers are often
low in trt e, but w uld be dear at any
sum, if the peatle would stop to con
slier. In patri!zlig them they are
aiding a policy whi'4h every Lnterest
and every pert. an in Montana, who has
any state pride. demand uhall be
changed. We do not speak of this mat
ter from any selfish motive, but from
the standpoint which we believe to be
absolutely correct and rigrt.
Ideas of Jourmaliesm.
Boulder Age: In looking over some
of our caurwtv pamra we are reminded
of what a *aantity of free advertising
they do. The Luanp City Miner and
the Iasin Times grive oolumn after ool
umn. week after week of favorable
"write-uvt at p-.me of the prospects
or mines In thet"ir diatrict. There are
:*-veral roiaman1n why thie lees bad plan.
Firs.. the favoraba" notices become so
a lflmmlr. ' h a t th*-v carry 'ta weight;
. and. th. . int. ".--ted g, t to 1alook up
on su.'h things ,a+ th' duty of a neiwa
pa.per inat-adt of .a f.av- r; third. it is a
lack af a.iLer. mlna ,t-it hotwean advaer
ttitn and ne ws.; furth. thhti c. nttnual
a ai .n .' -ntt r -r e- ain I min ivid
S. t - ý.1 .. " -r h." .iac
e w. ' -a u. -a - in' t at Ird
hia .1 n r*-aau rt .-an a*- v:n: that
the -T I.:- . `k.+ u;a-.n t.he
,-al' :r * "t -auntVy Tn - p..eraa a an
'V ni 1,1.' -- 0:a
* r I ta1 arPa be
S:- w" .\ I h . :t.- tauffling
!ta ltsr !v tria n -ti,-n.
4 na ii It.. k t. ltu atir.
It .i:a- ;r Au a. t1 la. S eriff Alex
lt!hina a tr f a r, 1 at bring
l-. k F' '.t I a: . . r n"rty !erk of
the e-u,'a a . au+ nt) II" was. we
beltl-- I. urk ftr v - 'riT , \w"I: de
f..ta- Ia'- wA.* 'a ati lIa.- the third
tinta II- wa w - :+ an t i at i. -a unts
waa Ith" aa u ant I '-aui.-idn!y di-ap
l; irar .. '- , g ' 'a ' y. Same e n
t.im. a .. ntly - tw-nt fr-rn here
to Ar.z na -r.i .-. 1 mrat. the author
it-. .-arniag ae 'iu. wneraabouta had
iti .t . s I anr- -ii %"1.'n he left
here has hl.naradmnara -sal t" make up his
d flfi .niy. but wran n'- arly reimbursed
by tIi. abat- -' ,a rII txr'ta- 'r'y that be
had. it :a lttk lv th.- > ra-a:Tff and pria
-n"-r wit l la cak t: ja--ut tn days.
monan i-a- -ugh: t a mrn" :;ti talp term of
co~urt
a rlumlaal Yeath.
Ita)ult al.Age fll':a I+ a rmnrka-ble
ta-wn :n ritnay way "'. a'is :he wide
-ania- af 'u-na a..iid by its
:outra 1 "n, t`: mi e l" ut: r *p7 rts o~f
Is.-' Pr'Taay V.l D-t - a an ii'C a.hw.ay
mnan f a y"ar . %0,' had -bbed a
drunk. n in at . i.-+ au ny and1 other
valuabhlr; t ".ý a-ar-d a rl ,f 16 years
W ,I.a wan "n: : ni- tn -hool;
in l lad a-+ w -adt stolen
ah~ ! ... =+ %V wIs Ala"s
a a:at r ._:- t a.1 .
F'ar [ t d is " ('.' nrt.
./ n m t:- '. - Fred Foster of
r tiV - " .ti aedneC
t-.' e bus:
! iv' Ezr a that he
II it ,"la r '.11 : n for :`,1
*, - \1 F toer sa:i. l1 am
iHaa aaek as arredspont
I| n .: j i t it : gamale thrat
ma y n1t he a
It -- .,n -. fg .u. r on
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