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Fergus County Democrat.
▼oL L No. 21
LEWISTOWN, FERGUS COUNTY, MONTANA, TUESDAY, JAN. 3, 1905.
BRUTES SEDUCE
YOUNG GIRLS
Gilt Edge People Greatly Excited
Over fiendish Act of Two Men
of the Camp.
HAVE CAUGHT ONE OE THE MEN
Chad Smith and A. Lnndgreen Found
in Out of the Way Building
But One Escapes.
The Democrat received over the tel
ephone an account of a most deplor
able crime which was committed near
Gilt Edge last night. As a result of
the night's work, two men of that
place are standing in the shadow of
penitentiary sentences and two young
girls are probably ruined for life.
The family of Frank Flanigan miss
ed one of the children, Mary, a 16
year-old girl, from the house yester
day evening, but thought that she was
at a neighbor's and would soon return.
As she had not returned at midnight
the father went in search of her. He
went to the place of F. W. Sherman
and there found that May, one of the
Sherman girls, was also gone, her par
ents thinking just as did Flanigan,
that their daughter had gone to the
house of a neighbor for the evening.
A systematic search was then insti
tuted, Deputy Sheriff Whitcomb join
ing the party. About 3 o'clock this
morning Flanigan and the officer
found the two girls in the pump house
ai the electric plant, out this side of
the town. With them were two men.
Chad Smith and A .Lundergreen. The
officer grabbed Lundergreen and held
him while Flanigan closed in with
Smi£h. In the melee the Flanigan girl
was struck over the head with a re
volver and badly injured. Whitcomb
held his man but Smith escaped, but
was compelled to leave his trousers
and other essential wearing apparel in
the building. Up to the time of going
to press he has not been located but
the officers are confident of finding him
today. Lundergreen was placed in the
bastile in Gilt Edge and will remain
there until an officer from this city ar
rives to bring him over to this place.
Both of the girls are under age, the
Sherman girl being but 15 years of
age and the Flanigan girl 16 years of
age. The outrage stirred Gilt Edge
from end to end, but there is no dan
ger of any violent action being taken
Interesting Addresses.
A large number of invited guests
of the Women's Club were at the Pres
byterian church last Friday evening
to hear the lectures by the Rev. Quick
euden and Prof. Silloway, who spoke
under the auspices of the club. The
Rev. Quickenden delivered a most in
teresting address on the subject, "Bud
dhism, Ancient and Modern." In the
short time at his disposal he gave
comprehensive idea of the religion
which is the belief of millions of ori
entals. Prof. Silloway lectured upon
"Picturesque Japan" and illustrated his
lecture with stereopticon views of the
many places of interest in the "but
terfly kingdom." Beautiful solos by
Mrs. H. H. Boggs and Mr. George
Beasley pleasantly completed the ev
ening of instruction and entertain
ment.
HEINZE ON THE STAND.
Amalgamated Attorneys Fail to Both
er Him by Cross Examination.
Butte, Dec. 28.—In the taking of
the deposition of F. A. Heinze today
in a B. & M., case he testified that
the deal on which Mr. Leonard, a
Butte attorney, went east last sum
mer was for the purpose of interesting
some gentlemen in a block of 20,000
shares of United Copper company
stock for which the price was $500,
000. That was his only purpose.
In the course of his testimony Mr.
Mr. Heinze expressed displeasure sev
eral times when reference was made
to sale negotiations that were in pro
gress in New York in May and June
last. He especially took occasion to
refer to the publication during the
last campaign of a proposition that
was once submitted to John W. Gates
in New York.
"In those matters,'' declared Mr.
Heinze, "word of honor was given me
by all the parties that the strictest
confidence was to be preserved. You
gave me that word of honor yourself
Mr. Shores."
Mr. Shores declared that he had
made no such promise.
In answer to questions about the
list and the sale negotiations Mr.
Heinze testified:
"I may have prepared a list
properties for the inspection of Mr
Donnelly or Mr. Gates. I do not re
call submitting the list to either of
them. If you ask me what was my
purpose in that matter I will explain
that when I readied New York early
in May last I was immediately ap
proached by several parties represent
ing Mr. H. H. Rogers. Some of the
directors of the United Copper com
pany had also been approached
Some very heavy shareholders of the
United Copper compay were very de
sirous of reaching some settlement of
the difficulties in Montana. I did
not think it was possible to do so
but I was willing to try to see what
could be done. In the meantime the
Butte Miner and the Anaconda
Standard were carrying on the so
called sell-but campaign against me
My idea was to prove to the people
interested with me in the east what
I already knew, that the Amalgamat
ed people were not sincere in their
professions of a desire for a settement
of the difficulties. I also wished to
prove that it was not a fight between
myself and the Amalgamated com
pany but between the independent
citizens of Montana and that corpora
tion.
"During these exchanges of confi
deuces in which pledges of honor to
secrecy were also exchanged. I was
approached in New York by Mr
Reussens, a director of the United
Copper company, who said he had
been approached by a Mr. Lauder
bach, one of Mr. Rogers' attorney's
Dave Laminar also came to me. I un
derstood that he was connected with
Mr. Rogers. A man named Steele came
to me representing Anthony Brady
The latter is associated with Mr. Don
nelly and John W. Gates. Mr. Gates
spent nearly a week in the attempt
before he was able to secure admission
to my parlor to talk with me.
"Did you go east for the purpose of
being approached?" was asked the
witness.
"No; I had not any previous corre
spondence with Mr. Donnelly or Mr
Gates in regard to the matter.'
"In my testimony yesterday," said
Mr. Heinze, "I did not intend to con
vey the impression that a definite
agreement has been reached as to
the price for my properties. I had
come to agreement in the matter
myself. The people of your side were
not sincere or in good faith, Mr,
Mr. Shores, as I proved to my satis
faction."
The witness said he had in New
York seen the sale proposal that was
published during the last campaign
He declared that he had refused to
sign it when Mr. Gates presented it
to him, and he did not leave the im
pression with Mr. Gates that he wish
ed to have the proposal submitted to
Mr. Rogers as his (Heinze') proposal
without his signature. The witness
said he believed the proposal was pre
pared in the office of John W. Gates
in July.
"Did you tell Mr. Gates that you
would not continue the negotia
tions along the line indicated in that
appeal?" was asked.
After much deliberation, Mr
Heinze replied: "I might have said
at that time that those terms were
satisfactory to me in order, as I have
explained, to test further their good
faith in the matter. I wished to see
how much further they would go and
what they would do in order to retire
as gracefully as possible from negotia
tions.
"You made speeches to the people
upon a number of occasions in the
last campaign, Mr. Heinze. Did you
ever tell them how near they came to
losing their savior as a result of those
sale negotiations in New York?" ask
ed Attorney Shores.
The witness was not inclined to
answer this question, but on being
pressed he denied that the residents
of Montana had ever been in any
very imminent danger of being so
bereft.
"I do not believe that I came near
making a sale of my properties, as
you intimate," declared Mr. Heinze.
"Did you not endeavor to convey to
the public the idea that you had not
been negotiating a sale?" was then
asked.
"No, sir," was the reply. "After
my return from the east I published
lettor in which I stated that a num
ber of persons had approached me iu
the east. I do not think that I in
public speeches or otherwise ever
stated that there had ever been any
negotiations whatever."
SEN. MITCHELL
IS INDICTED
Exciting Developments Follow
Rapid Succession in Oregon
Land Fraud Cases.
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BINGER HERMANN IN THE NET
Present Congressman and Former
Commissioner of the General Land
Office Under Indictment.
Portland, Ore., Dec. 31.—United
States Senator John H. Micthell, Rep
resentative to Congress Binger Her
mann and George Sorenson, formerly
a deputy sheriff of Multnomah county,
were jointly indicted today by the
federal grand jury.
The indictment alleges that John H.
Mitchell and Binger Hermann did, in
January, 1902, unlawfully and felon
iously conspire together and with each
other and with S. A. D. Puter, H. G.
McKinely, D. W. Tarpley, Emma L.
Watson, Palmer B. Ormsby, C. E.
Loomis and Wm. H. Davis and others
to defraud the government of the
United States out of a portion of its
public lands situated In township 11
south, of range 7 east, by means of
forged and false affidavits and ficti
tious persons, and that, in the further
ance of such conspiracy, S. A. D. Pu
ter did, on March 9, 1902, pay to John
H. Mitchell the sum of $2,000 to se
cure his influence with Binger Her
mann then commissioner of the gen
eral land office at Washington.
It alleges that, acting upon the sug
gestion and the wish of Senator Mitch
ell and influenced by him, knowing
that the transactions were unlawful
and felonious, Binger Hermann used,
his power as commissioner of the
general land office to expedite 12
claims in township 11-7, and had them
passed to patent when he knew them
to be illegal and not according to the
requirements of the law.
The indictment also alleges that on
March 28, 1904, George Sorenson of
fered to John Hall, district attorney
for the United States in Oregon, the
sum of $5,000 with intent to influence
the said John H. Hall in his offical ca
pacity when acting on tne indictments
returned against S. A. D. Puter, H. G.
McKinley et al., to defraud the gov
ernment out of land in township 11
south, of range 7 east.
The alleged connection of Senator
Mitchell and Representative Hermann
with the alleged conspiracy dales
back, it is said, to the time when Mr.
Mitchell received a letter from "a
prominent attorney in Oregon," intro
ducing S. A. D. Puter as "a responsi
ble business man of Oregon."
The government will, it is said, at
tempt to prove that Puter and Mitchell
and Hermann were well acquainted,
that Puter was an ardent supporter
of Mitchell in the senatorial campaign
of 1898, and that all of them have been
personally acquainted for years.
Washington, Dec. 31.—Presdent
Roosevelt today directed the removal
from office of John H. Hall, United
States district attorney for Oregon.
Mr. Hall has been prosecuting officer
of the government in the land fraud
cases and the removal is made in con
nection with them.
The announcement of District Attor
ney Hall's removal was made by At
torney General Moody, as he left the
white house after a conference with
the president. He declined to say
what charges, if any, had been made
against Hall, but added that for the
good of the service it was believed
best to dispense with him, particularly
in connection with land fraud cases
in Oregon, the prosecution of which
had been conducted by Hall.
Mr. Hall was indorsed for re-appoint
ment by Senator Mitchell and Repre
sentative Hermann of Oregon, both
of whom recently went to Portland,
where they appeared before the grand
jury now investigating the land frauds.
The conduct of the district attorney's
office at Portland has been inquired in
to by the government representatives
and reports of the facts adduced have
been transmitted here.
The reports allege that there has
been obstruction of justice, that cer
tain prominent men have been shield
ed and that attempts have been made
to prevent certain parties giving evi
dence in the land fraud cases.
Y. M. C. A. Meet.
The first regular meeting of the Y.
M. C. A. of this city was held in the
Episcopal church Sunday afternoon.
About fony young men were present
and the order received a good start.
The Rev. Wakefield, pastor of the
church in which the meeting was held,
gave a most instructive and an inspir
ing talk upon the purposes and aims
of the organization, c. W. Thurston
gave a short talk upon the subject of
"Ideals." Though short, the address
held all present in closest attention
from beginning to end. The business
part of the meeting was next held, Mr.
Trapp presiding. The report of the
nominating committee was read and
adopted. The committee named the
fallowing gentlemen as the board of di
rectors, three of whom are to serve
one year, three two years and three
three years: Judge E. K. Cheadle,
Austin W. Warr, Edward Brassey, O.
W. Belden, Walter B. Miner, George
Zang, W. H. Fernald, A. E. Trapp and
S. W. Pennock. The building commit
tee reported that the ladies' bowling
alley building, until recently occupied
by the Fergus County Democrat, had
been ceased until the first of Decem
ber. This report was also adopted.
Other business of a routine nature was
transacted. Several of the young men
worked yesterday fixing up the build
ing. A partition, dividing the build
ing into two large rooms, has been
huilt. In the front of the building will
be found the assembly room, while in
the rear the gymnasium will be fixed
up. The membership of the V. M. C.
A. has reached fifty and there seems
to be but little doubt of the association
being a complete success and accom
plishing much good in Lewistowu.
MICH TIMBER DESTROYED.
Fire Sweeps Millions of Feet From
Belt Mountain Forest Reserves.
Copies of the report of the United
States bureau of forestry concerning
the Little Belt mountains forest re
serve, nearly all of which lies in this
county, were received in the city yes
terday. The report devotes consider
able space to the destruction wjjjjig))*
by fire in the reserve, and on this sub
ject it is said:
"The areas burned over since the
advent of the white man comprise in
the aggregate 111,600 acres. The de
vastation has been wrought during th
last thirty-five or forty years, chiefly
since the location of Neihart and Bar
ker mining camps. However, during
the Indian occupancy there were ver
many fires, as shown by the age of the
forest and the composition of the
stands.
"No large area of the reserve has
remained untouched by fire during the
last one hundred and fifty years. The
most extensive unburned tracts are at
the head of Middle fork of Judith riv
er and contain 3,000 or 4,000 acres
They have not been touched by fires
during the last three hundred and fifty
years. Since the advent of white men
fires have been most severe and wide
spread in the two northern tiers and
the most southern tier of townships
and during the last century and a half
of Indian occupancy the most exten
sive burns were at the head of South
fork of the Judith river, extending
across the main divide of the Little
Belt mountains and including most of
the lower slopes of the Musselshell
drainage. The age and composition
of the forest show that relatively more
ground has been burned over during
the occupancy of the region by white
man than during the last three gener
ations of Indians, as during the forty
years of the white man's occupancy
22 per cent of the reserve was laid
waste, and during the preceding one
hundred and ten years 58 per cent
was burned over.
The volume of mill timber in the
Little Belt mountains forest reserve
is given as follows:
Feet B. M
Limber pine .............. 1,050,000
Lodgepole pine ........... 70,100,000
Yellow pine .............. 6,300,000
Red fir...................111,650,000
Engelmann spruce ....... 52„850,000
Total..................241,950,000
"The above volume gives an aver
age stand of nearly 1,020 feet board
measure per acre for the forested ar
eas of the reserve.
"The volume of pole and fuel tim
ber, in the reserve—basing the esti
mates on diameters of not less than
four inches, is as follows:
Cubic feet.
Limber pine.............. 14,895,000
Lodgepole pine ..........239,340,000
Yellow pine .............. 400,000
White bark pine ......... 400,000
Red flr ..................113,085,000
Subalpine fir ............ 2,520,000
Engelmann spruce ........ 41,170,000
Total..................411,810,000
LITTLE BLAZE
IN A SALOON
Coyle's Place on lower Main Street
the Seene of an Undersized
Conflagration.
ORIGIN, AS USUAL, "UNKNOWN."
Fire Started in the Second Story
Near the Chimney»No One There
at the Time.
The Lewlstown volunteer tiro fight
ers were aroused from their good,
warm beds last Thursday evening to
answer the call of the Are bell. The
blaze was found to be in one of Cam
ille Hogue houses on lower Main
street. It has been occupied for the
last four months by the establishment
of Coyle, a saloon keeper.
The origin of the tire is of course,
unknown. Lewlstown has more tires
of "unknown origin" than any town
in the country. It is presumed, how
ever, that the blaze caught tip iu the
attic from the chimney as there was
where it was burning the fiercest
when discovered. It was one of the
worst tires to deal with that the local
department lias ever been called upon
to extinguish. Saw dust was spread
thickly over the second tioor and for
an hour it was almost impossible to
get to the fire atall. Water sufficient
to put out a blaze in a ten story build
ing was used but finally a hole was
cut through the ceiling and action
could be got on the flame.
The exact damages done by the lire
have not yet been determined. There
was insurance in the sum of $500 on
the house and the fixtures which were
of a cheap variety and which were
practically ruined, were insured for
another five hundred. There was
very little stock on hand as the place
had been closed by the sheriff up to
within a day or two before the fire.
No one was in the building when the
fire was discovered by Alec Branson.
The proprietor, Coyle, having gone
about a half hour or an hour before
Gilt Edge Brevities.
S. J. Harding of Maginnis was In
town Wednesday.
James Murphy of Cone Butte Is in
town for a few days.
Commissioner Poland was in Lewis
town hist Thursday.
After an absence of a week Louis
Battino returned Saturday.
Wm. Shultz has been at Cliffs for
some time completing his residence.
Joseph Beilis of Cone Butte was
attending to business in town Friday.
Tony Buson of McDonald creek was
smiling at his friends here last week.
Deputy Sheriff Tullock came to
Gilt Edge Thursday and remained
over night.
J. E. Frye of Forest Grove passed
through Gilt Edge last Sunday on his
way to Lewistown.
J. C. Huntoon was in town Friday
taking an inventory of the stock in
the Little Four clothing house.
Wm. Murphy, formerly of the Day
House has aceepted a position with
J. E. Lyons at the Hotel Buffet.
P. C. Weydert went to Lewistown
last Tuesday and returned Wednes
day accompanied by his mother.
Mrs. T. W. Peppard who has been
in the hospital for two weeks under
the care of Dr. Lakey is now conva
lescent.
Quite a number of lovers of holiday
sports went out to Magallon's ranch
Saturday night and report a very so
ciable event.
J. J. Lewis has opened a coal mine
near Jacob Chandler's place which
proves to be a very fine quality of
coal and scarcely a trace of sulphur.
K. E. Erickson is putting the fin
ishing touches on his new residence
which when completed will be very
tasty and neat, as he knows just how
to make things attractive.
Jolly John Sweeney and George
Wescott were down from the Gold
Reef last Saturday making arrange
ments to reorganize the band. There
are musicians enough here and all It
needs is a leader with a large amount
of push.
While going down the street Sun
day morning, we saw the following
notice written in several windows,
"A Happy New Year, 1905." Proba
bly if we had gone in we would have
received a plausible illustration of
the Happy New Year.
Hugh Green started for Plum creek
last Wednesday with a sled and be
fore he arrived at his destination
either the snow or the sled was worn
out. He started home on Friday rid
ing one "bronk" and leading the other.
When he arrived Saturday he re
minded one of a spavined horse not
knowing which leg to limp on.
KENDALL ITEMS.
Freeman Ackley was in Kendall last
Friday.
Erwin Judd returned to Helena last
week.
J. L. Mears made a business trip to
Kendall Thursday.
N. J. Littlejohn was out from Lew
istown last week.
F. L. Wilson, of Maiden, registered
at the Shaules last Tuesday.
Geo. R. Creel and E. I. Wallace, of
Lewistown, were Kendall visitors on
Thursday.
Miss Justine Shorey, who is visiting
relatives in Kendall, has been ill the
pust week.
The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Norris is ill with scarlet fever. The
case is a ntild one.
The Knights of Pythias will give a
grand ball on the 22nd of February,
Washington's birthday.
Clarence Meserve has hep* in Ken
dall for several days (lie guest of his
brother, Henry Meserve.
Adam U. Fox, who has been visiting
relatives in Ohio for two months past,
returned last Saturday night.
On Monday night a Christmas (lance
was given at the homo of Theodore
Lindsay five miles below Kendall.
Misses Belden and Wnite, of Lew
istowu, were the guests of Mrs. Dug
Currie at the Kendall mine Saturday
and Sunday.
R. A. Dawson, of Helena, who rep
resents (he International Correspond
ence Schools, spent a couple of days
here last week.
Several of the young ladles of Ken
dall gave a leap year dauce last Wed
nesday night at Cook's hall. There
were about twenty couples present.
A dance will be given by Mrs. Wm.
O. Donovan on January 20th for Mr.
Donovan, who is suffering from a
stroke of paralysis. A royal good time
is promised.
The Miners' Union of Kendall gave
a ball on New Year's eve, which was
a grand success socially and financial
ly. A very large crowd was present,
a large number of persons frdm out of
town having come to attend the dauce.
Thursday afternoon and evening
Mrs. John Jackson, Jr., entertained
parties of young people. In the after
noon about thirty little folks helped
Gertrude, Helen and Bertha Jackson
make merry, and the little people had
a jolly time, n the evening about 25
friends of Griffin Jackson and Maude
Blackburn were present. Games were
played both afternoon and evening and
tempting refreshments were served.
Presbyterian Services.
Week of prayer services every night
this week at 7:30 except Saturday
night. All Invited.
Home Workers and Missionary so
ciety at Mrs. Stoddard's to be enter
tained by Mrs. Stoddard and Mrs. F.
F. Goss Friday afternoon.
The Lord's supper next Sunday
morning.
HENRY QUICKENDEN, Pastor.
Dissolution of Co-partnership.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned have this day, by mutual
consent, dissolved the co-partnership
heretofore existing between them. All
persons indebted to the old firm of
De Kalb & Ayers will pay the same
to H. Leonard De Kalb) who succeeds
the above firm, and who will conduct
his business at the former De Kalb
& Ayers law offices.
Roy E. Ayers will office at the court,
where he will conduct business. Firm
indebtedness is mutually assumed by
the undersigned.
Lewistown, Mont., January 3, 1905.
H. LEONARD DE KALB,
ROY E. AYERS.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the
name of the McDonald Creek Goal
company has been changed to the
Lewlstown Coal company.
A complete line of rubbers and over
shoes at the Fad.