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WEATHER FORECAST
TOR FRIDAY.
TONIGHT SHOWERS
The Kalispell Bee
VOL. I. NO. 17.
KALISPELL, MONTANA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1900.
WEATHER FORECAST
FOR SATUR DAY:
SHOWERS.
_FIVE CENTS
BIG FIBE IN BUTTE
Parrot Shaft House Goes Up
in Smoke.
NO LIVES WERE LOST
Property Loss Will Be $100,000—Burned
Buildings Will Be at Once
Rebuilt.
Special to the See.
Butte, Aug. 9.—The famous Parrot
shaft house and all its surrounding
buildings were burned on Wednesday,
entailing a loss of 8100,000. It is gener
ally accepted that a spark from a loco
motive ignited a pile of shavings and
rubbish near the carpenter shops and
that from it spread the fire which de
stroyed approximately $100,000 worth of
property, including five buildings, 12
boilers, engine and hoist drill, compres
sor, stores in warehouse and many pieces
of machinery. The insurance will cover
less than half the loss.
While the fire was burning its fiercest
it was feared that the shaft timbers
would be burned away by the downward
current of fire. Later developments
show that the shaft is intact and not one
of the 164 underground miners was in
jured or even inconvenienced, so thor
oughly easy was the escape through the
workings in neighboring mines.
The fire came near making a clean
sweep of all the buildings of the mine.
All that remain are the office, a small
frame structure, and a frame building
used as a blacksmith and machine shop.
Shortly after the tiro broke out the fact
was communicated to the 164 employes
in the mine. These miners were working
from the 100-foot lexel down to the 1200.
There was no confusion and the destruc
tion of the mine was a mutter of very
little concern to the men.
The Parrot is one of the recently ac
quired Amalgamated properties. There
were about BOO men employed in and
about the mine on all the shifts. The
ore was being shipped to Anaconda.
"We will begin to rebuild at once,"
said Superintendent Harry Gallwey.
"Already a force of men with teams is
hauling away the wreckage. It will be
live or six weeks before wo hoist again."
FATALLY ST A H1IKO.
Jealousy the Cause of a Shocking Crime
In Butte.
Special to the Bee.
Butte, Aug. 9—Last night Emil Ples
ner probably fatally stabbed Walfried
Krus, the motive being jealousy about a
waitress in the Enterprise restaurant,
where the affray occurred. Krus was in
a room with Minnie Serf, a waitress, en
gaged in conversation. Plesner, who is
said to be greatly enamored of the girl,
saw the two together when he en
tered the restaurant, and with the re
mark to Mrs. Reed, who runs the place,
"Just watch me go in and take that
Swede out," went toward the spot where
the couple were talking and without a
word of warning to Krus, plunged a large
knife into his body several times. Plos
ner is still at large.
GOVERNOR APPOINTS
A New Board for the State Normal
School.
Special to the Bee.
Helena, Aug. 9.—Governor Smith re
turned to Helena today after an absence
of several days. One of his first acts was
to announce the appointment of the fol
lowing as the local board of the state
normal school: Governor B. F. White,
Leonard Eliel, State Senator Edwin Nor
ris, F. C. Kress and A. L. Stone of Dil
lon. The governor recently called for
the resignations of the old board, but
Messrs. Kress and Stone were reappoint
ed. All of the others are new members.
The governor hopes that the new board
will manage the affairs of the school in a
more harmonious manner and that the
school will be benefited by the change.
Company Won't Yield.
Special to the Bee.
Butte, Aug. 9.—George Y. Wallace,
president of the Rocky Mountain Bell
Telephone company, is discussing the
strike in Butte, and upon the threat to
extend the strike over the entire system,
said the company would not recede from
its proposition, and if there was any set
tlement with the strikers that the latter
would have to abandon the position
taken by them.
Methodist Conference.
Special to the Bee.
Helena, Aug. 9.—The Methodist con
ference today adopted resolutions that
endorses the expansion idea. Resolu
tions were also passed against the liquor
traffic. The conference opened today
with the usual exercises. Rev. Geo. D.
King of Bozeman was re-elected secre
tary. His assistants are J. H. Mickell
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and J. A. Smith. John Harkins was
elected statistical secretary and J. C.
McAllister treasurer, with H. A. Janies
and Edward Smith assistants. Henry
Warmen and J. H. Little were elected
stewards for one year, while the prior
elections of S. A. Oliver and J. W. Tait
for two years and John Hoskins for three
years were confirmed. Missoula was
unanimously chosen as the place for the
next conference.
TO DISMISS FOUR.
Hershfleld's Counsel Moke m Motion In
Ills Behalf.
Special to the Bee.
Helena, Aug. 9.—If Judge Knowles
grants the motion made today by the
attorneys for L. H. Hershfield, ex presi
dent of the suspended Merchants Na
tional bank, w ho is on trial on the charge
of making false reports of the bank's
condition to the comptroller of currency,
the strongest points in the indictment
against the ox-banker will have been
eliminated from the case. His counsel
asked the court to dismiss four of the
sixteen counts of the indictment. The
motion was made on the ground that
the allegations were not satisfactorily
specific because they did not set forth
which one of the several entries men
tioned in each count was alleged to be
false,
HOT IN CHICAGO.
Deaths anti Prostrations A it Getting
Numerous.
Special to the Bee.
Chicago, Aug. 9.—For 25 years, or
since the weather bureau was estab
lished, there has been but one period of
hot weather in which the mercury
reached 90 for five consecutive days. The
average maximum temperature for these
five days was 92. There have now been
six days on which the temperature has
gone above 90 and the average maximum
for the six days has boon 93.5. There
were four deaths duo to heat and 29
prostrations, three of which are expected
to prove fatal.
Bail Prairie Pire.
Special to the Bee.
Great Falls, Aug. 9.—From reports it
seems that the prairie fire which was
started by sparks from a locomotive near
Sand Coulee a few days ago, swept over
a vast area. It was not checked until it
had devastated practically all of the
range between that camp and Belt,
leaving a patch about five miles broad.
The fire caused an inestimable loss, the
extent of which cannot be fully appre
ciated until spring.
Park Fire Extinguished.
Special to the Bee.
Livingston, Aug. 9.—A drenching rain
completely extinguished the fire in the
National park Sunday, since which day
the country has been free from smoke
and nothing has been heard of the fire.
From tourists who came in on the park
train tonight it was learned that the fire
is completely squelched. It is not
thought that the burned area will not
exceed over thirty acres.
Ready to Scrn|i.
Special to the Bee,
New York, Aug. 9.—Everything is in
readiness for the big fight between Bob
Fitzsimmons and G us Ruhlin tomorrow
night at Madison Square Gardens and
both men are in the very flush of condi
tion. Betting tonight is in Fitzsimmons'
favor, small sums being placed at the
rate of 100 to 80.
Training Classes Illegal.
Special to tlie Bee.
Helena, Aug. 9.—Training classes that
are maintained in many of the public
schools for the purpose of furnishing
teachers are not legal, according to
the decision of the attorney general ren
dered today. The decision was prepared
in response to an inquiry from Butte.
Moil tana Baseball.
Special to the Bee.
Anaconda, Ang. 9—Thursdays scores;
Anaconda 7, Helena 15; Great Falls 13,
Butte 13.
Weekly Crop Bulletin.
Helena, Montana, Aug. 7, 1900.
The weather was very warm during
the week. August 1st and 2nd the max
imum temperature registered above 100
degrees at many stations in eastern and
central Montana.
Rain during the past week consisted
of showers, which were equally distribu
ted throughout the state. A very de
structive hail storm occurred in Broad
water county, destroying many acres of
grain.
Hay harvest is drawing to a close in
western Montana, and in some localities
in the central portion of the state.
Grain harvest is general throughout
the state. In some localities grain has
been cut for hay on account of the scarci
ty of water for irrigating purposes. Ir
rigated grain generally indicates an av
erage yield, although the extreme hot
weather on August 1st and 2nd dam
aged some late sown grain that was till
ing. Threshing commenced in western
Montana August 6th.
Prairie fires are very numerous and
are doing great damage to ranges, and in
some localities hay has been burned. In
Cascade county farmers stopped work
on their hay fields to extinguish fires in
their neighborhood. Forest fires are
burning over large areas of timber lands
in western and central Montana.
ALLIES CAPTURE YANG TSUN
The First Objective Point Captured
After a Stiff Fight.
AMERICANS KILLED AND WOUNDED
Number Sixty.-—Many of the Men are Prostrated by the
Heat. McKinley Renews His Demands Upon China
for Open Communication With Conger.
Washington, Ang. 9.—The capture of Vang Tsun, the first
objective point of the international forces, iras the supreme
news of importance received today of the Chinese situa
tion. 1 he first word of this capture, which was effected
last Monday, came to the signal office at the war depart
ment from Colonel Scriven, general officer of Chin Foo,
August 6: "Vang Tsung captured today; wire tip; need
our own transportation; all well. SCRIVEN "
Half an hour after this message a cablegram came from
Chaffee giving additional details of the capture and show
ing that it had been at a cost of GO casualties among the
Americans. General Chaffee's dispatch is as follows.
"Yang Tsun, August 6.— Yang Tsun captured today;
wounded, Second Lieutenant Frank R. Long, of the Ninth
infantry. Casualties, about 60 men of the Ninth infantry,
Fourteenth United States infantry and battery F, Fifth Uni
ted States artillery and nearly all from the Fourteenth in
fantry. Names later. Many men prostrated from heat
and fatigue. C H A FF FF. ' '
Washington, Aug. 9 .—The state department at 10 o'clock
this morning made public the text of the note addressed
to the Chinese government which was last night delivered
by Acting Secretary Adee for immediate transmission to
the authorities at Peking. It practically is a demand for
complete compliance with the terms of the letter of the
president to the Emperor of China, sent July 23rd.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
INSTITUTE PROGRAM.
The Teachers' Institute Will Come to
Kalispell August 20.
The teachers' institute will bogin on
the morning of August 20 and will ad
journ on the evening of August 25. Fol
lowing is the program as furnished by
Miss Fannie L. Spurck:
FORENOON.
9:00—Spelling.
9:30—Penmanship.
10:00—Drawing and modeling or music.
10:30—Intermission and physical oxer
cises.
10:40—United States history.
11:20—Physical exercises.
11:30—Geography.
12:00—Noon.
AFTERNOON.
1:30—Primary arithmetic 2, advanced
arithmetic 3.
1:45—Physical exercises or singing.
1:50—Reading. Primary 2, interme
diate 2, advanced 1.
2:30—Intermission and physical exer
cises.
2:40—Language and literature or sei
once 2, grammar advanced 3.
3:25—Question box.
4:00—Dismissal.
The figures placed after any subject
indicate the number of times it will bo
presented.
All institute work will bo based, as far
as practicable, on the State Course of
Study.
Each teacher is requested to bring a
copy of the Course to the institute.
Class work each day will be a distinct
ive feature of the program.
School trustees, parents and all others
in the educational work of our county
are earnestly requested to visit the insti
tute. __
A Head-End Collision.
In a head-end collision between the
Spokane Falls & Northern northbound
passenger train and a Great Northern
freight train Tuesday night Fireman F.
N. Hall of Northport was killed and En
gineer Quill, Engineer Vetter, a brother,
of Mr. Hall and the baggage master
were injured. A number of passengers
received hurts.
The accident occurred about three
miles east of Hillyard about 11:10 p. in.
In front of the engine of the passenger
train were a number of empty box cars.
These received much of the force of the
collision. Both trains were making fast
time when they met. Engineer Quill of
the freight reversed and then jumped
with his fireman. The freight engine
was driven back by the force of the col
lision nearly 200 feet, but kept the track.
The passenger engine was derailed.
Engineer Vetter jumped, but the fire
man, I<. N. Hall, was caught between
the tender and the fire-box and crushed
to death, the coal burying him in the
wreck.
Engineer Quill received a few slight
bruises while his fireman escaped with
out a scratch.
N. E. Nuxum and N. S. Paul of Cœur
d'Alene, were thrown together, their
heads striking with considerable force.
Senator Warner Miller of Now York
and Clarence J. McCraig, who were in
the smoking department, wore badly
shaken up, but received no serious inju
ries. There were several others who
were slightly injured whose names could
not bo learned. The porter of the
sleeper and four of the train crow were
the most seriously hurt.
Mr. Quill is a resident of Kalispell,
and in an interview he said: "That he
had received a clearance from the opera
tor at the S. F. & N. junction, and fear
ing no danger ho was making schedule
time; when turning the curve ho noticed
a light along the rails, and saw tho pas
senger train coming toward him. Ho
reversed his engine, telling his fireman
to jump, at the same time leaving the
engine himself, taking a jump of about
20 feet. He is badly bruised about the
body and limbs. He came to Kalispell
Wednesday evening, and yesterday was
confined to his home. He expects to go
back to Spokane in a day or two to bo a
witness at the investigation.
P. O. Collier, the fireman, while badly
shaken up, received no serious injuries
and was expected to return to Kalispell
last night. An investigation will be held
in Spokane when the blame will bo
placed, probably, to the ones deserving
of it.
Teachers' Excursion.
It will be pleasant news for the teach
ers who contemplate attending the insti
tute in this town, commencing August
20, that County Superintendent Fannie
L. Spurck has succeeded in raising al
most enough money to insure the teach
era an excursion to one of the numerous
resorts on Flathead lake. The amount
needed is about $100. Sixty-five dollars
have already been subscribed and there
is reasonable assurance that tho balance
will be forthcoming.
Stole a Bicycle.
Frank Miller, who had Michael Bowers
and Jack Ryan arrested for robbing him
of $40 last Monday night, was arrested
Wednesday on charge of stealing a bicy
cle from the premises of Fred Mertens,
nine miles northwest of this city. Miller
had been employed by Mertens for a
in
of
couple of days and after being discharged
he came to Kalispell with the bicycle
which lie took to an hotel. He went out
to see the town, took several drinks and
then claimed he was robbed of his pock
etbook containing some $40. The owner
of the wheel came to town, and after lo
cating the man, had him arrested, and
the trial came off before Judge McAr
thur yesterday.
The Flathead Mission.
A telegram received from Rev. R. M.
Craven from Helena announces tho fact
that tho general M. E. conference now
in session at the capital city has created
a separate conference for this section of
the state. The field boundaries were not
given in the dispatch, but they will be
defined later. "The Flathead Mission"
will be the name of the newly organized
conference, which body will have the
selection of the presiding elders, ap
pointing of ministers and the exercising
of other functions heretofore assumed
and performed by tho general confer
ence.
A Splendid Growth.
J. II. Grier, of tho east side, has
brought to this ofliee a bundle of wheat
which measures over six feet in height
and is so fully headed out that it will,
without exaggeration, go 50 bushels and
better to the acre when the harvest is
threshed. Taking the yield throughout
the entire east side, it is far in excess of
the yields in former years. There is no
reason why tho farmers of this valley
can complain of the results of this year's
labor when the yield of hay, wheat, oats
and other cereals have been so prolific
as has been tho ease during the season
of 1900, __
Broke Ont Afresh.
Wednesday morning a still alarm was
turned in for a fire at the elevator. Tho
wind had fanned the slumbering embers
into hot coals, which ignited some boards
in the bottom of the wheat pit. It took
over an hour to subduo the blazo. The
fire was discovered by a watchman, who
very sensibly informed the department
without turning in a general alarm.
Meeting of the Board.
The state board of managers of the
Soldiers Home met Tuesday in Columbia
Falls and transacted considerable routine
and special business. Capt. J. D. Eaton
from Kalispell was in attendance. The
home is reported as being in good condi
tion and that there w*erc no grievances
to contend with.
Tried for Robbery.
Michael Bowers and Jack Ryan, the
two men arrested charged with robbing
Frank Miller of $40, were before Judge
McArthur Thursday. Tho evidence was
conflicting and tho magistrate took tho
case under advisement.
courtTnotesT
James Iluntly was fined Monday for
intoxication.
William Carey, an unfortunate, was
committed on tho charge of vagrancy
before Judge McArthur the other day.
Michael Bowers and Jack Ryan were
remanded to Jail after a hearing before
Judge McArthur, Thursday. A decision
in their cases will be rendered today.
Frank Miller, accused of stealing a
bicyelo was remanded for further hear
ing. His case will bo settled today in
tile police court.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Rev. E. G. Clowes, of tho Episcopal
parish of Kalispell, who has been visit
ing various points in Montana for tho
bonolit of his health, was at Fort Benton,
Sunday. Ho expected to visit Lake Mc
Donald and then return to this city. Mr.
Clowes will probably arrive tomorrow or
Monday.
Miss Ü. Peterson, from British Colum
bia, who has boon visiting friends in
Spokane and other western points, is a
guest of Mrs. J. K. Lang of this city.
Marshal Johnson is again upon the
street, the quarantine having been raised
on his house which has been closed for
several weeks on account of a case of
diphtheria.
T. J. Hopkins was in from tho Flat
head country Tuesday.
John Caplice was a visitor in Kalispell
Tuesday, having taken a trip over from
his Butte home.
John Nowlan was in from Pleasant
Valley Tuesday. He says fishing is good
in his vicinity, he having caught a string
of mountain trout last Sunday that
tipped the beam at 25 pounds. He cap
tured the catch in less than two hours
and says that there are plenty more left.
Father Gallagher returned from Libby
this week, where he had been visiting
his parishoners.
C. E. Proctor of Dayton was a Kalis
pcll visitor this week.
Harry Jones rode over from Libby on
horseback in two days. He said he
lunched the first day on bucon and
champagne.
Rev. G. W. Conger, missionary and
colporteur for the American Baptist
Publication society, arrived in Kalispell
Wednesday and will remain for a few
weeks. He is a guest of J. B. Sinclair.
BOERS' BAD BREAK
To Shoot British Officers and
Make "Bobs" Prisoner.
PROMOTERS ARRESTED
Plan Contemplated Burning of Boer Capi
tal Fifteen Daring Spirits Arrange
a Coup That Fails.
Special to the Beo.
London, Aug. 9.—Tho Daily News has
tho following dispatch from Pretoria
dated August 9: A plot to shoot all the
British officers and to make Lord Rob
erts a prisoner has been opportunely dis
covered. Tho ringleaders were arrested
and are now in jail. It is probable that
tho plot was part of a conspiracy of
which the rising at Kinnorsbarg was the
hrst indication. Tho conspirators num
bered about fifteen. They had planned
to set lire to the houses in the extreme
western part of the city, hoping that tho
troops would be concentrated there. The
plan was that then the conspirators were
forcibly to enter all houses occupied by
British officers and kill tho occupants.
Boer sympathizers wero acquainted with
the plot and several had been told off to
secure the person of Lord Roberts and
to hurry with him to the nearest com
mando. Horses had been obtained for
this purpose when tho British learned
the namos of the ringloaders, who wero
put under arrest.
Wool Market.
Special to tlie Bee.
Billings, Aug. 9—The wool market
hero showed an increased activity today,
more than half a million pounds being
sold. Tlie highest price was lGj^e.
Great Fulls, Aug. 9—Tho wool uiarket
is quiet, the highest prico being 15*£e.
Tho sales aro few.
J. G. Maronoy, state examiner, is in
tho city chocking up tho various officers.
J. J. Hill passed through Kalispell
Saturday on route to tho coast. He said
that Kalispell was tho only town in the
west where a delegation of business men
had not waited upon him with a griev
ance or had a favor to ask of him.
P. F. Connelly, division superintendent
of the Great Northern, is contemplating
a trip to tho Boulder hot springs.
Mrs. Surah and Miss Muudo Pooler
expect to leave Kalispell this evening
for St Louis.
HEAL estate thansfeks.
John Eiehertto Conrad National bank,
ne>4, sw.Lt nej^, soJ4 nw >4 sec. 23, tp.
37 n, r. 28 w, 160 acres. Consideration
$400.
W. II. Griffin to Julia B, Hansley, lot 9,
blk 83, Kalispell. Consideration $500.
Philip Giefer to James A. Talbott, lots
2 and 3 and tho sw% nej^, se}£ nw^,
sec. 3, tp. 30 n, r. 20 w, 160.24 acres. Con
sideration $1500.
Thomas Metcalf et ux to Win. Belle
fleur, a parcel of land containing 5 4-100
acres, more or less, commencing at tho
sw corner of see. 15, tp. 28 n, r. 20 w,
running thence east 12.11 chains, thence
north 41 degrees west, 9 seconds, thence
west 21 degrees north 6.2 chains, theneo
south 9.71 chains to place of beginning.
Consideration $100.
James W. Downard, Lottie Downard,
Wm. H. Downard, Carrio Downard and
S. W. Downard the heirs of Maria L.
Downard, deceased, to Virginia Brown,
lot 10, blk 2, Kalispell. Consideration
$1000.
Horace G. Pomeroy to J. Harrington,
lot 1, sec. 4, tp. 27 n, r. 25 w, containing
37.23 acres. Consideration $97.
W. H. Griffin to Gertrude C. Good
rich, lot 10, blk. 83, Kalispell. Consid
eration $500.
Alba N. Tobio to Maria S. Conrad,
sej^ sec. 4, tp. 27 n, r. 25 w, 160 acres.
Consideration $470.
Henry Ramsdell to Flathead county, a
parcel of land commencing on section
lino 710.5 feet south of the nw corner of
the nw % sec. 9, tp. 28 n, r. 20 w, in Flat
head county, Montana; thence west 16
degrees, 56 minutes n, 593.5 feet, thence
west 41 degrees, 33 minutes n, 282.66 feet,
thence north 22 degrees east to a point
on north section line, 781.25 feet west of
tho ne corner of said nej^ sec. 9. Con
sideration $250.
Mary J. Ritchey to Conrad National
bank, lots 7, 8, 9,10, sec. 47, tp. 27 n, r.
25 w, 160 acres. Consideration $400.
Edward Philips et ux to Maria S. Con
rad, neJ4 sec. 10, tp, 27 n, r. 25,160 acres.
Consideration $470.
Joseph E. Ritchey to Conrad National
bank, lots 5, 6,11, 12, sec. 47, tp. 27 n, r.
25 w, 160 acres. Consideration $400.
Kalispell Townsite Co. to Kalispell
Building and Loan association, lot 2, blk
60. Consideration $425.08.
Kalispell Townsite Co. to Nicholas N.
Martin, lot 1, blk. 162, in Kalispell. Con
sideration $119.95.