The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-01-23
TELEGRAPHIC.
A Brief Biographical Sketch Of
the New N. P. Presi-
dent.
More About the Land Grant
Railroads.
The Future of the Northern Pa
cific Railroad.
More About the Lost Cabin
Lode.

More About the Lost Cabin
Lode.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. l9.-seven men,
bers of Henry Kendall's family, living
near here, were poisoned by Rough on
Rats" which by mistake was put in their
biscuits. Kendall and son will die.
ST. PAUL, Jan. le.-H. c. Davis to-day
took possession of the general ticket
Office of the Northern Pacific railroad,
vice c. S. Fee, promoted to general pas-
senger agent of that company.
MISSEAPoLIs, Jan. lS.-In commenting
on the appointment Of Robert Harris
president of the Northern Pacific railroad
the evening Journal gives the following
gossip: Both he and his wife are large
stockholders in Northern Pacific and he
was director. When the company first
begun a canvass of the country to secure
a successor to Herman Haupt, Mr.. Har-
ris was selected and he came out on
trip over the road. He was then i'm
pressed with the future of the road but
for domestic reasons did not accept the
and later Mr.. Cakes took the helm in
person, and will direct the practical OPP
Grafton of the line, while Mr.. Harris pre-
sides over the executive department in
New York, in full wire communication
with Cakes in the field. The future of
the road is now assured.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.-The house
committee on public lands unanimously
agreed to report favorably bill to de-
clare forfeited the land grant of the
Texas & Pacific company. The secretary
of the interior estimates the quantity of
land embraced in the grant at II, 3O7 ,76O
acres. The committee will report sub.
stantially that the Texas & Pacific COM
pany was required to commence the con-
struction of its road at Santiago and at
Marshall simultaneously, andto complete
it in ten years. The act of May 2. 1872,
extended the time Of completion to May
2, 1882, which time has expired. 1t ap-
peared that whatever road has been
built from San Diego eastward has been
built by another company. The Texas
& Pacific have not therefore completed
any part of the route for which the land
grant was made to them, and have never
earned or claimed to have earned any
part Of the land. 1t is also understood
that they do not propose to build any
such road, or attempt to do it. but have,
on the contrary, attempted to transfer to
another company all their title and all
the rights in the land grant in question.
So far from intending 10 earn the lands,
they have renowned them. They have
abandoned the undertaking so far as this
part of their route is concerned, and
have agreed not to build in accordance
with the charter, west of Ell Paso.
DENVER, Jan. l9-Some three months
ago Mary Rose Matthews, a bright win
some little girl Of ten years, was adopted
from the Denver Catholic orphans home
by Mike Cuddihie and wife, living IN a
ranch, ten miles from Ouray. Last Sat-
urday morning little Rose suddenly died.
The little girl was cruelty treated from
the first the neighbors said and her mys-
ferrous death and hurried burial aroused |
their suspicious and the coroner of Ouray |
was notified. He Immediately repaired |
to the ranch, found the grave and ex-
humed the body when unmistakable
evidences of a cruel death were revealed.
The body was covered with knife wounds |
one leg was broken, the skull was crush
ed and the limbs were frozen. She had
no doubt been driven out in the
winter storm to die. Cuddihie
and wife were Immediately arrested and
jailed yesterday, and were tried and
found guilty of murder. About o'clock
this morning a band of masked men
went to the hotel where Cuddihie and
wife were temporarily held in custody,
the sheriff's guard and took
the prisoners away. They both cried out
for mercy, but as they had ever been
deaf to the pleadings of little Rose for
mercy, so the vigilantes closed their ears
to the cries Of the prisoners. They were
taken outside of the town limits where
the woman was hung to the ribpole of
vacant cabin, while her husband was
strung up to the limb Of tree on the
opposite side of the road. Their work
done the vigilantes retired quickly. The
bodies were cut down and buried by the
coroner. John Carroll, Cuddihies broth
er-in-law, who was arrested with the
others, but for want of sufficient evidence
was allowed to 60. This is the first in.
stance of a woman being lynched in COL
orado.
New York, Jan. l9.-The Northern
Pacific was visibly doomed to-day, ON
both the stock board and in the conf
1ence of brokers, by the announcement
hat Robt. Harris, president of the New
York, Lake Erie & Western, and former
y President of the Chicago, Burlington
( Quincy, had been unanimously elected
president of the road Mr. Harris is one
II the most ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS railroad
men in the country, full of Western vim
md keen business instincts, and never
ret has been associated with failure.
His election is thoroughly satisfactory to
he stockholders of the company. An
,ther propitious move was made at the
ame time in the election Of Thomas F.
)akes Of Boston as vice president. Mr..
)akes will take up his quarters at St.
Paul and act as general manager. It is
probable that all the Offices of the Ore
,on company will be removed to Boston,
md the Northern Pacific may lease the
oregon Navigation company, though this
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