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The Helena independent., 1889-03-15
Bryson ON the stand.

George Duncan Bryson, the defendant,
was called and told his story. He said he
was born In Horwick. Canada; his mother
and father still live there; ne has two sis
ters and two brothers. Went from Hor-
wick TO Montreal and engaged In different
businesses. Married Mrs. Emma Chase In
1852; secured position on the Grand
Trunk railway; separated from his wife
four or five years ago The witness then
traced his history up 10 going 10 81. Paul.
He said while working for the Union Pa
cihc Tea company he got on debauch and
spent $500 OF the firms money and was
sentenced to twenty-five months In Still
water. When he came out he was re-em-
ployed by the same firm. Met Annie
Lundstrom at his store or at her laundry.
He went 10 room At the same house His
employers wanted him 10 70 20 St Paul,
and she thought he was going TO leave. lie
signed contract TO pay her so much a
week lie failed TO come promptly 20 time
and she had him arrested for obtaining
money under false pretenses. lie
was fined $50 and costs and
remained In jail four or 1--WE days. A day
or two before they left Minneapolis Mt.
Aker met them and there was a scene. lie
said neither should cross the line alive.
Aker IA a man OF low stature and dark
complexion. Arrived In Helena July 10;
went from Themes b Mrs. Benefits;
| stayed there two weeks, went from there
10 Mrs. Trunks; contracted a disease from
Mrs Lundstrom; they agreed TO separate;
they left Mrs. Trunks Aug. "a; after call.
ing at two places went down Main street.
She concluded TO go 10 Butte, and
had She got ticket and
he left her at the depot She told him TO
send the trunks AS he and Lundstrom
were intimate he concluded 10 pawn some
| Of her things. He went tO work in Gayins'
restaurant and worked there until Gavin
closed up. Went from there 10 CosmOpOn
tan; did not pay his bill. Went 10 Rodney
hotel; did not pay bis bill. Went 10 the
Capital and registered as Bud Barnes on
account of his having beat hotels. Gave
the name Of q. ID. Lundstrom at Lenolr
house; did that because he was going
70 pawn some OF her things.
Believed she was In Butte. The
reason be SAID be met her there was that
he knew then they were searching for
Lundstrom. lie never at any time tried tD
eyade the officers. The Mary 0'Dell letters
were written IN spirit Of pleasantly, TO
please the girl. Knew nothing about the
breach OF promise suit
Mt Walace began the cr0ss-examinatiOn
at $50 and held the witness on the stand
for an hour, but did not succeed In entan-
Cling the defendant. who was cool and
collected, and told his story In
quite pleasant manner.
The defense rested and letter written
by Bryson rec0unting his travels since he
left Helena was offered In rebuttal. Mrs. Mix
ture was recalled and questioned In regard
20 a conversation she had with Lundstrom
; Objected 10; objection sustained.
Mr.. Wallace-The case Is closed.
} The court then adjourned and the argu
D ments will begin tomorrow.
The Helena independent., 1889-03-15
THE WEATHER.

Temperature Yesterday al Helena and nj
Narisss other Points I'm the Northwest.
The temperature In Helena yesterday, as
shown by X. y. Hale Il Co.'s Yale College
observatory thermometer, was as follows:
a. m', D above; noon. 20 above; CD. m.,
2s above; 10 y. m, ~ above.
Dispatches TO the INDEPENDENT last
evening show the following conditions at
the points named at O'Clock:
Fort Benton-Clear, northeast wind, 10
above.
above.
Battle Creek. N. w. T.-Cloudy, s above.
Fort AssInnaboiDe-Clear, 4 above.
Fort Shsw-East wind and cloudy, 7
above
Great Falls-Cloudy and calm, 85 above.
Marysville-Snowing.c calm, 20 above.
Philipsburg-Cloudy and calm, 40 aboye.
The Helena independent., 1889-03-15
FIVE MEN KILLED.
Terrible Havoc Wrought by . Boiler Ex-
pIosion at Pittsburg.

Terrible Havoc Wrought by . Boiler Ex-
piosion at Pittsburg.
PITTsBURG, March l4.-A battery OF
boilers at the boiler works Of r. Monroe &
Sons exploded shortly after noon, COM
pletely wrecksng the plant and burying .
number OF men in the ruins. OF sixty-five
workmen five were killed and eleven In
iured, number Of them quite seriously. A
list OF the killed Is as follows: Gus Linne-
bsu, engineer; James Carter, Jacob Rheln-
heimer, Chas. Aulenbsche and Daniel
Clark, boiler makers. No Investigation
has been made as yet. Every one spoken
TO on the subject expressed confidence In
the engineer, and agreed that he Was a
careful and competent man. The boiler
had been In use eight years.
The building was q large one story brick
and nothing remains but mass OF brick,
mortar and tlmbers. Loss, $4,000. The
conclusion shattered windows and dam
aged houses for three blocks.
The Helena independent., 1889-03-15

SPOKANE FALLS, w. T., March IA
Especial TO the Independent. l-Col. Sam
vlnson, special agent Of the general land
department came In last night from
Badger mountain, where he was ordered to
investigate the charge Of timber depreda-
tions on government lands. He found
three sawmills In operation and timber cut
ting progressing on large scale. The
timber taken will aggregate several million
feet. The parties will be sued and will
doubtless be Indicted.
The Helena independent., 1889-03-15
MINERS ENTOMBED.

-Four Msn Impriso ned I'm a PENNSYLVANIA
Mine With Little Hope Of Rescue.
MT CARMEL, Pa. March A-Intense
excitement prevails In the Black Diamond
colliery, whereby six miners are i'm.
prisoned. Workmen are driving heading
for the purpose OF llberating their i'm
prisoned companions.
At4o'clock this afternoon the laborers
heard 4 faint sound Of voices. Two hours
later they were enabled to hold a commn.
nicaton with two Of the men, who said
they were safe. A mass OF ragged TOP
rock Is hanging over their heads, however.
and may fall any moment. The other four
men were cut of from the first two by a
second fall OF rock and their fate remains
unknown. At a late hour to.night tbs
work OF liberation was going on rs fast as
possible.
The Helena independent., 1889-03-15
AnAppeal Prom ths Boomers.

ST. LOUIS, March i4.-A Purcell, Indian
territory. special says: Oklahoma Bill and
party today sent message TO President
Harrison TO the effect that the situation in
Oklahoma was critical and It is national
necessity TO have action taken at once.
The telegram concludes: "If thousand
OF actual honest settlers, clamoring for ad-
mittance, are compelled 10 depend upon
the right TO settlement until too late 10
make a crop, actual starvation will fol-
low.n
The Helena independent., 1889-03-15

ST. PAUL, March h-PresIdent Oakes,
OF the Northern Pacific, in an interview 10.
day with an Associated Press correspon-
dent, said the dispute between the Union
Pacific and Northern Pacific in jefferson
canon, Mont, regarding which there have
been several rumors OF serious trouble be-
tween the employees Of the two roads, had
been amicably settled. The Northern Pa.
cihc buys the old grade Of the Union Pacl-
nc, the latter being allowed when II 80 de-
slIes 70 use the new road, which will be
built immediately. The line will cut OF
100 miles OF the present route TO Butte, and
Will AFFORD the means for shipping Rocky
Fork coal by short line.
The Helena independent., 1889-03-15

N. p. Walters was recalled for the de-
fense and asked II he were acquainted
with Bryson the times he saw him at the
postoffice and At the saloon opposite, after
Mrs. Lundsirom had disappeared, aud re-
piled that he knew him by sight lie was
then sworn TO translate some Swedish let
ters correctly.
Before beginning the translation Mr..
Walters stated, IN rsply 10 a question by
Mr.. Wallace, that when he 81 ~ the defend
ant at the times mentioned nothing was
known about Mrs. Lundstrom having mys-
teriously disappeared
letter from Mary Erston, saltwater, 20
Annie Lundstrom, her sister, was read 10
The Helena independent., 1889-03-15
Work Of the Senate.

WASHINGTON, March H.-For some
minutes after the reading OF yesterdays
journal the senate sat without any busI-
ness being brought before IL; then a motion
was made by Edmunds, and agreed to, that
when adjournment takes place to-day It be
till Monday. That arrangement having
been made, the senate proceeded 10 the con-
sideratlon OF executive business.
In executive session the senate confirmed
the nomination of j. S. Clarks0n 10 be first
assistant postmaster general.
The Helena independent., 1889-03-15
VenEennc. Swim nnd sur..

TAsLEr, Va. March A-The negro,
Msgruder Fletcher. who crlminalIy A.
saulted Mrs. 0bediah MAcCrAdy several
days ago was lynched last night BY party
OF about seyenty-hve men. They demand
ed the keys OF the iAiler, who delivered
them. The lynchers took Fletcher or,
locked the jail, returned the keys and took
the negro mile and q half and hanged
coroners jury found he was killed by an
known parties.
The Helena independent., 1889-03-15
Money Lo..e. proy. Him cr,,y

KANSAS CITY, March H.-Adolph Wa
fay, alias John McKinzIe, committed sui
eide last night by taking morphine. He
was 62 years old and was enroute from
PheLix. Arizona, to New York. where his
son Is employed. While In Denver he
was swlndled out OF all his money, over
$4,000, by bunko men. and II Is supposed
the loss drove him temporarily insane.
The Helena independent., 1889-03-15
One of Mrs. Lund.,rom. Friends.

J.. Z. Mcleod. who formerly lived in
Minneapolis, testified that he did not know
defendant nor Mrs Lundstrom In Mime
apolis. Saw them In Helena, his attention
having been called 10 them by a friend,
who said they came from Minneapolis and
were living together. During fair week
be was employed at the track and one day
saw Mrs. Lundstrom below the Montana
Central depot with a short, heavy set. dark
c0mplexioned man. This was near the
diggings, where the taillngs from the old
sluices were piled. He was coming from
the fair grounds horseback. When he
first saw them they were standing talking
10 each other. Could not hear anything
they said. lie passed within fifty or sixty
feet of them. IL was the second day OF the
fair, between and o'clock In the after
noon. IL was the same woman pointed out
10 him as Annie Lundstrom.
Cross-examined. the witness said he was
a butcher, but usually herded horses In
the summer time. He had worked at
Great Falls, Fort Benton and Helena.
When he first came TO Montana In 1879 he
herded horses In the Prickly Pear alley.
The witness was questioned closely
about his past life and about the date he
claimed 10 have seen the woman and man
below the Montana Central depot, but bis
story was not shaken.
The Helena independent., 1889-03-15
sigei Pleads Guilty.

New YoRK, March H.-Robert SIgel,
son of Gen. Franz Sigel, charged with ir-
reRularities while clerk In the pension
agency here, pleaded guilty before a
United States commissioner this afternoon,
and was remanded for sentence on Thurs.
day. The penalty for the two forgerIes
specified In bis arralgnment Is twenty
years.
The Helena independent., 1889-03-15
Discovery Of tho Body.

James W. Hathaway testified that he
was sheriff Of Lewis and Clarke county In
1883, and visited the prospect hole where
the body OF Annie Lundstrom was found.
He was not present when the corener was
there, nor when the body was removed
from the hole. He notified the coroner.
He made an examination around the hole
and found piece OF fan OF Chinese reed.
IL was directly over the hole. There are
two lodges above, and the piece OF wood
referred TO was found on the upper ledge.
trail leads 70 the top OF the ridge from
the shaft He heard nothing said about
cab tracks. Did not go with either Decker
or Mcdonald 10 look for cab tracks. Ex-
amined the ground for 200 OF 800 feet in the
vicinity, but saw no traces Of cab tracks.
The papers relative to Annie Lund-
strom's suit for breach OF promise. before
mentioned, were shown Mr.. Hathaway
and Identified. He said he took them from
the lining OF woman's hat found In one
of the trunks.
Mr.. Hathaway's cross-examination was
confined TO the disposition OF the trunks
after they came into his possession.
The redirect examination elicited nothing
new.
Benjamin Franklin Kelly, who had been
in Helena of and on since he was year
old, was at the prospect hole the day the
body was found. lie didn't see much.
Saw the body. There was search made
around and above the hole. Sheriff Hatha-
way was there, also Mr.. Decker, Mr.. Nc
Donald and Charlie Wood. He believed
there was a piece Of fan and a piece OF
pasteboard box found on the brow Of the
| hill above the hole
Alexander Mcdonald testified that he
lived near the prospect hole and was there
when the body was removed. Search was
made above and beyond the prospect hole.
He and Mr.. Decker searched together, and
found piece Of fan and piece Of paste
board box. lie did not 90 with Mr.. Decker
10 search for cab contracts.
Cross examined, witness stated that the
piece of fan and the piece OF pastboard box
were found about fifteen feet from the hole
at the side opposite the city.
The Helena independent., 1889-03-15
A Mysterious Man on the Hill.

Ann McCarty, who lives on South Bridge
street and who keeps cows, was sworn.
Her cows, she said, ranged up the gulch
and side hill where the prospect hole Is,
and were ranging there last August. She
saw n man lying on the side hill several
times wrapped In Quilt, and before that
saw two women and two men In that local
ity. She knew nothing of Mrs. Lund-
str0m's disappearance until her husband
told her about IL, man having told him he
was searching for the body.
Mrs. McCarty related an occurrence
where she WINS searching for her cows and
saw some object near the prospect hole
which she took 10 be bear. She had on
at that time an old black jacket, q mans
hat and white ap0rn, her general attire
when she was searching for cows.
Cross-examined, Mrs. McCarty said that
she had not been ON the hill since she saw
the object on the hill which she took TO be
a bear. She did not know how long IL was
after that occurrence she heard OF Mrs.
LuBdstrom's disappearance. She heard Of
IL In August. Read OF IL, she thought, In
the INDEPENDENT. She saw the man
wrapped up In q comforter some weeks be.
fore she saw the object. AS far as she
could Judge from the hat and boots II was q
man. IL was quite distance from where
she saw the object.
John McCarty, husband Of the witness
who preceded him, a stone mason by trade,
corr0bOrated the testimony OF his wife.
He was not cross-examined.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-11-27
\ DT NOVEMBER 27. 1899,
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frels n fll stlofii he replied t.
81 His paNef ~ far rs We are
pprssneity concerned va ilsye TX
rritieisrlss t. n,eke n fogafds The
alinsian- nlale Wiis regard 70 the
editor Of tIie CarjsluR. We have
resided herr nineteen years, tonse.
aasutly We are pretty well khoHn.
We Do object, however, To other
portions OF the article. Ia the first
place we nalsi II distinctly under
stood that Sc never wrote er utter
a i WnrI dsrogatogy 70 the name
az fame of Geo. Lineh ne nj ey-ses-
diersor citizen. Mr.. Lincl applied
for the posteMca nae3er q republican
administration IS q f4,Rbsea,t. Ho
sssr iii III seratcli the straight re-
publican ticket, ~ we are cxedib}y
pfuruaed. thereby allowing his per
soma pre3naiees - govern his actIan,
NEA
instead Of assisting his friends IN
eleeting nioa lairig and justly rom
mated by republicans hsI bisiilo
says tie principles ot tile rspubli-
an party are pafanloCut to the
wishes Of airy u inan. The Leat-
er says Mr. iaac1s petition Was
signed by large numbers oi eT-s4I-
oilers and eitlzenes very lfac and
for this reason Mr.. i4Hete shauId
have lallored far tie s.ae 81 lie
republican tieSet 81 q whole, attend
.sl the caneuses, uad done all lao
could for t'ie success OF the republic
an party, who were endorsing his
candidacy. Fl we are correctly IN
formed these wero the conditions
Whereby Judge Clifford promised to
do what he muid to secure Nj,
Linci' apnointment, III thus regard
lao certainly signally filled. And,
as one Of his tirmest Importers told
Mr.. Lincil, "by tile coursa you took,
you defeated your own appoint
ment.n SO FAR ne any member OF
the ring $50 called writing to Mr,
Clifford that Liueh voted the demo-
cratic ticket in October, we don't BE-
liege a word of it. CsItain it js that
neither Mr.. ifrieson nor THlaotj
wrote anv sueli letter, and we lie,
lieve it Is accredited to one or the
other of them. Mr.. Ericsson never
wrote a word with regard TO the ap-
poiltment ofthe editor Of this pa
per, until after the appointment
was made. And SO far MS the raj
ing OF The postofi1cf goes, we desire
TO say right here, that We have rot
voted for democrats or people
party candidates, 30 matter how
good men they may have been aa
against straight out aud out rcput-
lieans. With regard 70 every 6. 4,
r. Post 10 She state being Informed
Of .iiifiord's Perfidy, 50 called, we
have to say TINT tha grand arny j.
nst a political organiz&tion end 40
such action Viii BE tolerated for q
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-30
PERsECUTED FRESHMEN.

The Cases of Peasant Coll and Farmer Gal
D lagher-Father McFadden's Release.
LONDON, Oct 29.-The result of the trial
offarmer Gallagher, at Maryboro, yester-
day, for completely in the killing of Police
Inspector Martin. is equally as surprising
as the outcome of the trial of the peasant,
Coll, last week. Although the jury in the
case of Coll was openly packed to convict,
few believed that the twelve men would
have the nerve to ignore the evidence and
bring in q verdict of guilty, and predic-
tions of q disagreement were freely made.
When, however, it was seen that the men
selected by the prosecution were quite as
shameless as the crown officials believed
them to be, all hope of escape for the other
prisoners was abandoned, and q twenty
year sentence for each seemed to be assured.
1t turns out. however. that there are some
men among the opponents OF home-rule in
Ireland who cannot conscientiously bring
themselves to the point of consigning fell
lOw-cOuntryman to imprisonment for near
ly quarter of century for the crime of
entertaining political opinions at variance
their number is exceedingly small
Nothing daunted by their failure to con-
vict Gallagher, however, the prosecuting
authorities intend to place him on trial
again. anu Win more suDserV tent ana less
conscientious jury hope to send him to keep
company with Coll, irrespective of his CT lpa-
bility, and they are also confident of cheir
ability to convict the other persons indicted
through the same star-chamber methods.
Seeing this determination on the part OF
the authorities. Father McFadden, today,
pleaded guilty of obstructing the police at
the time of the murder of Police Inspector
Martin. at Gwedore, in February last. and
was liberated on his own recOgnizance the
government asserting to this disposition of
the case.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-30
Question of Dismissing the FOrty-Two Reraied
Clerks Under Consideration-How the
Employees Defend Their Action.
Changes in Calculations of Politicians
Caused by Admission of New States.
Commissioner Thompson Merely Trying to
Brighten Virginia Republicans-Effect 1.-THE
Alien Labor Law on Virginia Industry.
PENSION BUREAU AFFAIRS.

No Time Fixed for Dismissing the Forty-rwo
Rerated Empioyes-Defense OF the Clerks
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-There was o con-
ference to-day between Pension Commits
sioner Raum and Secretary Noble, relative
to the dismissal of the employees of the PEN
sion Office whose pensions have been re-
rated. No final direction has yet been
given by either the Secretary or the Com
missioner by which these employes-about
forty-two in number--are to 60 out. An
other question is being discussed by these
officials, and it is to be disposed of at the
same time final action as to the rerated en-
ployes is taken. 1t is in regard to the pro-
cedure to be followed Is to the illegally al
lowed rerated pensions. and tie means to
to disgorge the money.
Anticipating the removal of two score or
more employees, embracing members of the
board of appeals, special examiners and
clerks. Secretary. Noble is daily receiving q
flood of applications for the posi-
tons which are to be made vacant.
Trouble VIII arise oyer the removal of the
employees whose pentions were rerated. as
some of them will attempt. and probably
will prove. that they secured their increase
and retroactive pensions regularly, and
they will try to show that they did not ex-
ercise their official influence to secure early
action. Several employees are known to
have returned their retroactive pensions,
but 1T is not probable that they will escape
punishment by such action. 1t is held by
employees who are to be dismissed that there
should be some punishment inflicted upon
the rerated employees under Commissioner
Blacks administration. Secretary Noble
intends to look up the facts on the subject.
and 1t is likely he will extend his punish
ment back to the Black period.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-30
GAUTEMALA.s REVOLUTION.
Conflicting Reports and RuIpors from tn
City of Mexico--Said to Be Merely q Riot.

Conflicting Reports and RuIpors from the
City of Mexico--Said to Be Merely Riot.
CITY OF MEXICO. Oct 29.-Advices were
received here yesterday from the capital of
Guatemala stating that seventeen revolu-
tionary leaders were captured and shot by
President Barillas This information has
given rise to some startling rumors, one
which is that the revolution had been
started in the mountainous districts of
Guatemala, bordering on the State of
Chiapas by General Barrundia, an exiled
Guatemalan now residing in the City of
Mexico. and that he had been furnished
scheme by Mexicans and parties in New
York. The erevOlutiOnists have been worsted
in every encounter with the republican
troops, and many of the leaders have been
captured and shot. With the batch of exc
Sntions reported yesterday, twenty-four
forces of Barillas. Had General Barrundia's
scheme successfully carried he would have
made himself President and would have
formed his Cabinet from exiles of the re-
public now living in Mexico. 1t is the gen.
eral belief that the revolution has mis-
carried in every particular.
When General Barrundia learned of the
rumOr connecting his name with the alleged
revolution, he called OH the representative
of the Associated Press here and denied
thss ne was engaged IN any movement such
as was indicated in the Guatamalan dis
patch.
General Barrundia was Minister of War
under President BarriOs, and when BarriOs
went to war against Zaldivar. of San Sal
vador, Barrundia acted as President until
the, present President. Barillas, and was
exiled,