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DONE IN SELF DEFENSE
Verdict Of tho CoFolsR's Jury In tho
0'Heil Shooting Casa.
Bessrs Hss Death. O'Nesi Declares that
He Dta hot eheot ~ 0ts wlss. aaa
that ne was shot DoWa
Like q Dog.


Special Correspondents Of the standard.
BUTTE. Dec. xa.-Arthur O'Neill. who
was shot by his son-in-law ut South Butte
Saturday night, died nj lO:3O o'clock yes
tertlay morning. He sank gradually to-
ward the end. He suffered great pain
during the night. but toward the last was
not in rs much agony as was expected.
II ID evident that either O'Neill died
with n lie on his lips, or the witnesses of
the homicide have fabricated N story.
The witnesses are all members of the
family and lao one outside of the family
was present. They all tell substantially
the same story, that O'Neill fired first,
either Mt his wife ar at Harris, and that
then Harris Aired. Hut O'Neill in his dying
hours declared that he did not shoot nor
did he intend tn. This will necessitate
mo ~ of n trial i'm settling the case of Har-
ris than would otherwise have been the
case. IL will he n question for the courts
To settle rs to how much credence is to he
placed ON O'Neill's dying testimony.
An inquest was held at Judge Eddy's
court room yesterday afternoon. Anna
Elizabeth O'Neill, wife of the dead man,
told the story of the affair. She gave the
circumstances of the shooting as they
have already been published. and said i'm
was always kept uniaaded. The Tnn was
kept hanging i'm the kitchen and the
chamber next the barrel was kept vacant
often told her that when he started i'm ON
the work he would make IA clean sweep SO
that no children would he LEFT tO bear the
disgrace. Mrs. O'Neill was sure she felt
the hot breath of the shot from O'Neill's
pistol AS il flew past her face.
Herbert w. O'Neill, the 1aycar-old son
of the deceased. said: 81 came here June
%. Frequently during the forenoon and
afternoon Saturday father threatened tn
kill mother IL she would not live with him
again, and said he would make u clean
sweep of t.. Al 4::D o'clock
In the afternoon he offered Harris SO for
his gun, but Harris would not sell il under
the circumstances. About q o'clock father
started up town. When he returned he
said: I'm fix this thing tonight, and
don't you forget it,
IL told Ed. he had better put on his gun,
for fear father would take il. Ed. took
the gun from the wall and put it in his
belt. As was lying ON the bed. felt "a
revolver in fathers pocket l then got
up and told mother she had better go tn
the hotel and spend he might. Father
said he would go too, and put ON his hat,
coat and ovcrshoes. The children were
beinR prepared for bed. just as mother
started out. he said: .Anna, it's come tn
this,' and levelcd the revolver AT
her. Mother sank ON her knees. Then
Ed; interfercd; and father said
I grabbed father and he threw me Ia
the stove. The girls were meanwhile
trying To drag mother out at the back
and around the house and met her az she
house. Ed. followed father around the
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hc.sss, running sfser him, hut slipped and
ssa ss - that that =, lost - time; sHs i, ! Sss 'sHsn s,hs.
i.shss and %osSs:. The% Father shot:
3 Z ieveied the pistol into Ed.'. face.
q ed at him. I'd. sho from outside tie
wo..i shed. From : so S o'clock ,hat after
noon faith y drank half . pint Of whisky
IT, two Ir,,;n 4 I:" I Enow OF 81. drink.
about 7:0 o'clock. Ed. had lived with us
about two months. We were all living i'm
Harris had been very friendly. They had
had no aitcrcatious or quarrcls before that.
Father had often thrcatcned tai kill us all
he took down n razor and began honing
IL, hut ! made him Uut il hack. About
April he Threatened mothers life. They
have been separated abotlt seven months.
Mother agreed to- live with sltlaer again il
he would quit nkin After the shoot
ih1; s ibnb ssri IN 'h his a nr. s' anJ s sn, , ahsw %'I Ses SJe
his wife. l heard father say tn DIR. Drake
ed. Harris! Ed. Harris! I'd. Harris
scare mother. / also heard him call
mother, sayinR:, Annie, my wife, my
wife ssd aor .siir, % %.v. Al. ,;.,o, in hi. hand
whom he ran after father. I am not sure
about hearing "a third shot. I'm the morn
i'm. When n,"sher arrived she shook hands
iatcSed the door. He then PROMISES
mother at Rawlings and late i'm the after
noon went mp town To see a lawyer about
L.. Aftcrward he said: You can have
morning Then ne went to Harris and
told him tn take care of the children,
which Harris agreed To do" -,
"Niothcr arrived i'm the morning and after
breakfast she and father had "a long,
pleasant talk. After thai father got quite
mil He tnnk lSNn m r.hznr- Illt nv hrntnSsF
told him tn put it away, which he did.
After supper we were all singing and hav-
must get some clothes from her trunk for
Alice. She went to- the depot to get them
and came back. My brother told her that
father had u pistol and she had better go
out. She aid all right. and started.
Father jumped up and pointed the pistol
Mt her. Mother fell ON her knees; We
gathered around To protect her. Father
said: stand back, or I'll Kill you and all
your family We dragged mother out OF
house aud came tai where mother was. |
distinctly saw the flash as the bullet went
past mothers head: Mother was on her
We pulled her into the house and into IN.
eedroom; Harris had f"'l;wsS
% pistol in his hands. / was getting
mother into the bedroom at the time,
w, Wss waa ! Sfn. 'a srsa ! nnw f Ws rir ry." ser :.
all in the bedroom when father was shot
I game hers, with father in June. Harris
has been living with us several weeks.
never heard any qIarrcling between
them err harsh language. never heard
any words about their ranch"
Dr. =. II. Drake said: about \ O'Clock
ON Saturday evening "a gentleman ran int
my Office and said there had been "a shoot
ing up the street. I went up as quickly ~,
] could. The man was lying in "a pool o
blood. His coat was on fire back of ths
sho,Idcr; put the fire out. Two me,
carried him into the front room and lais
him on the bed. I found ~ bullet hole al
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BUTTE Is A TOUGH CITY
Il Last that Is What q Prominent
Pastor Bmphatically Declares.
4 osSasa o. the Death % WarA ed shs
Evils % the IiQasrT ra0c-What
10 Said Of the Police
Author1eaes.


0pecfA Corresuondence OF the Seandaro.
BUTTE, Dec. Z3.-The Presbyterian
church was crowded to it's doors Last even
ing hy an audience that listened with
closest attention to Rev. Mr.. Groenveld's
explanation Of "Who h responsible for
the death Of Ward?" Mr.. Groeneveld
% the causes which led to Lost Sundays
prise fight, and produced q strong effect
on his hearers. Speaking first of some
Of the IMMORAL aspects of Butte, he then
said:
AUST a week ago to-day there occurred
among us q crime which for it's brutality
and utter inhumanity shocked and horri-
Ned even this community, although we
have become hardened. A prise fight
ended I'm death and disgrace and % dis
graced our city i'm the eyes OF peo-
pie living hundreds of miles away,
that utter contempt and unutterable pity
have been to ms for living in q
community where such things are allowed.
One young life. fair, bright and hopeful,
has been e~xtinguished unexpectedly and
perhaps un~prepared: and another life IL
ruined In all that makes life o and
worth living. He IL charged with the
crime crime ef,s m"saer IN. N :rims g, ,s soaiG ,n say
They are terribly punished. While terri
bly, guilty, they are immeasurcably less
which resulted in crime and formulated
the plan of it.. and who have probably
committed perjury to save their worthless
III PEhAS hkht IN ohAy nho oNss
growth of circumstances which are
responsible for the whole thing. The
community has ~condoned and permitted
and ever encouraged thist thing, which has
resulted i'm an awful crime. There have
been no less that a dozen of these fights
lately, although clearly in violation of the
law. Our own opera house, which a few
months q was dedicated to all that IL
elevated and noble, not without a sneer mt
the clergy and church,, has been made .he
scene of these exhibitions for gain. 1t
has been suggested in the press that our
citizens buy no more tickets to the opera
house until they are assured that IL will
not again be used for such degrading pur-
poses.
s'But who is to blame for this crime ?
Have our officers done their duty? Has
the police force done it's duty? We are
told that none of the police or any re-
porters knew of this intended prize fight
until 8 o'clock of the the morning after ii
occurred. And yet the light vas ar
ranged two weeks before. Did these
keen-eyed officers SO careful of John Doe
and Richard Roe, know nothing of this
proceeding, although l understand 1t was
the talk of the town? Would the fight
have been prevented IL the police had
known of itr Does the prevailing scnti-
ment voice the verdict OF the c~Oroner's
jury. which hides the real criminals under
bonds of 800? The i~nstigaiors who pre-
pared the commission of the crime
are equally guilty and should he pun
the men who urged ON the man to death,
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eveu whon tho fatal blow bad already
s eesn Is ss.: arm. . Ssu' sn oS.. ": dss:s. s,' . sss:
PIE ni:.s a: S-!ses sscS Bond. iee xss f: am s sss
% the p-svsiiine pssblic ssntimcns a. pos-
sible. II this q true. then public senti-
ment needs refccminR; and . name of
of wrongs and outPaees which crime and
vice are inf1itiug on the community.
The seat Of the disease e p saloon;
comes the cry Of human suffering and
death; of brutal fathers assaultine their
children sha men y ;~s'. al each .shes; and
The mopster Of evil 10 the saloon. This
prize fight was arranged in n saloon; the
took Place lace n nssr :" = !" falcon. .aioo". A9 81 ' Is nsns
there, II were SALOON keepers or has.
tenders, one q bartender, one u trainer of
four were not a~scertained. As a man re-
marked, isn't IL the DEVILS own crew?
The two principals were the only partly
outfit. Can you mention one good thing
in connection Wit the saloonf Our boys
s :ssi.. there sf satan. sanRh: rh. the .a,oo ssr, .ha %s..
II The honest ss'ss' ms Ss noss. i sis hon sssS.
the Ts.e man s,. bsso% s;s i %ors and the
plunges into ibertinism. The saloon is
at the bottom of Il all. There are 100 or
the dem OF gambling and i~icentioIsness
II is threatening the very life of our conn
munity.
Every community has n moral char
acter, but ours 10 mostly immoral. The
character of n city In determined by the
character OF it's citizens. The future de-
ponds OIL the character We ~stablish Do
our officers make il easy to do right? II
is next to impossible to live here purely
and righteously in this town OF Butte.
Many an inquiry comes from the east.
where the wealth Of Butte has become
famed. asking whether IL il q good place
for n son or "a daughter to go to. Back
goes the answer.
"For Gods sake. don't send them tn
Butte! Keep them at home" There il
something wrong with our state and mu-
nicapal Legislators. They cannot make
honest men, but they can keep dishonest
dealing under restraint. They cannot
make men humane, but they can punish
inhumanity. They cannot make men
temperate, but they can declare intcmpcr-
ance n crime, and forbid the sale of drink.
II the community does not do this, IL il re-
jects the efforts of religion and the best
citizens, IL it approves that which destroys
then il has sown the wind and must ex-
pect to reap the w~hirlwind."
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inches from thu lcfs side. On the osher
aide I found /. lar.ss wound near thss
one bullet. O'Neiii naid TO me, II diidnt
sss"s Il sss all i did s;ys . + @: ny amy %y' ssin ss's II
n few hours before my maker and give "
ss n niy dY X. .s sss' %e dow. snsi like | a = aas.: shoot
He didnt mention any names. He
seemed perfectly zane. but was i'm a state
81 ;a, =SSilaSssi d,dms n n:s1r S;m ,hss he VIA.
Mrs. Harris was hanging about her hus-
bands neck. Harris acted like a man
heard tina, o'Nssirs psps wa. lying Under
him where he fell and that could have
cau.cd the fire. He died from the effect.
brought on by my questioning: j told
him plainly that I considered his wound
Then he made his statement. He conn
planned greatly, OF pain aud said he
wanted To die. heard him say as he was
being carried into the front room: j
forgive him."
Deputy sheriff Themes said: 81 heard
the doctor ask o'Neili il he fired a shot.
Of that?' asked the doctor. I ann
going before my God, ! didn't shoos,' said
north side of the shed. Apparently Har-
ris was standing at the corner of the house
when he fired, There were three empty
i'm that of O'Neill. One of the
in Harris gun had evidently been empty
Sheriff Lloyd testified tai finding the
bullet about tive and I" half feet from
A. b. Ringicy had heard Harris state
mcnt to u reporter. The story was about
the same as that told by Herbert O'Nsili
60 going into the house at the request OF
the 1~l-ycar-oid son, who wanted some
body in there besides the family. Moth
j. r. Tate said: II WAS requested to gp
mp there because l am a mason o'Neiii
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LAWVgR ~o'DOMMgLL DeAreM.

Jsss. nesssssss D~ssa. -. Hs. nssvAv
Tshs Charge sfths nsssssre nbAsaa
Special CosrespoodeDee of In AsaasnnrA.
BUTTE, Dee. 3-Tbe pesisinns q Pub
lie Administrators Murphy and Atsosusy
Charles OsDounell for letters Of admin
istration Of the estate Of the late An9elSquo
Barriere. were heard before Judge No
Hatton in district court to-day. AZ 10
o'clock this morning Mr. made
q enRthy argument I'm support Of his
claim. Tho case was continued this after
noon. Mr.. quoted decisions In
supper of his position. He said that the
three children of Mr.. Barriere are NOS
the children Of Joseph Barriere, and that
Mrs. Barriere had written to her sister.
Mrs. Hugo. asking her to take charge OF
the children and property IL anything
happened to the children. He also
fled n bill of sale from Joseph BARRIERS tn
his wife for ~ of hs: interest IN
that wheiher there wa. a bill OF sale or
not, the interest of Joseph Barriere was
Attorney O'Donneli said that Barriere
was neither an heir nor had he any title
matter .ns Si%ssii. he Saa mo- no po sSn. 10 s" co @s
municate that right tn any one else. At
torney Forbis presented proof that yoseph
Barriere and Angelique Barriers hal been
legally married and presented the certih-
cate Of election tn James w. Murphy as
office. Mr.. O'Donneii said that thu thirty
fourth precinct had been counted in reck-
" "'n nss' ~, H,nrpsy s'. ~ Ja.., M ha spins
that Mr.: Murphy be- appointed adminis-
TRAITOR. Hrs. Hugo is not even q resident.
hut lives and il i'm business in Chicago.
She came tn Butte tn take charge of the
children. not To take charge of the prop.
Crty. IL Barriere was ~ convicted felon and
Mrs. Hugo were "a resident OF butte. then
her attorney would have - right tp he APP
pointed administrator. BIT since, Mrs.
not "a convicted fcion. then Mr.. O'Donnel
is not a compctent person To act as ad.
the duties OF a public administrator were
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The Air Dtdn't Agree with Him.
ipecial -rrespOnden Of the Standard.

BUTTE, Dec. 23.-Dave Jones, who has
been i'm the county Jail for petit larceny,
was let out for "a short time on Saturday
night to- get a breath of fresh air. He
walked straight down to Main street, and
passing the store of j. II. Boyce, appro-
priated four blankets, a quilt and u pair
of ladies' hose. Later i'm the night Mr..
Burke heard n disturbance i'm the yard
back of his house. He saw two men with
their arms full OF dry goods. They drop
ped their booty when they saw Burke.
This afternoon Officer Carroll, with the
assistance Of Mr.. Burke, arrested Jones'.
jones' partner has not been caught. Evil
IDENTIFY Jones had no intention of return
ing to Jail.
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of clothing aud are sacrificing profits To
close out the line.
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Ladies' Wraps and Jackets forI
Wear, Embracing all the Latest
In this Department we will
this time give a ~ per cent. dis
count from marked prices.
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itr Brown osquArd the gTeat French
specialist IN nervous Diseases, claims 70
have discovered the genuine elixir II life-
The Doctor has always contended ih't u
the living cells u young aud vigorous
being could be- Injected into another ~h"re
rht vital spark vas low HE organi-m p'r.l
yibrute in unison with The tr"-h NE
Many years ago the doctor adj tuerd view
~ the same character III ). lectnfr h"tor"
the Medical Faculty At iAn- tud has
since been engaged ia Perlulruths Ga
the subject by treating old and ~ofn-out
animals Finally, a. ne states, hr reached
such perfection that be tried III elixir
upon himself with startling rr>ult-.
Ills revitallling substance he explained,
was derived from certain organ. Or gland
taken, still guiyering, from iisr animal"
and reduced At once to j pulp 10 mortar
with distilled water. From thi- CON
pound lie extracts an essence "hiri h'
uses "a "A hypodetmio injection
lie claims to have achieved astounding
results in this way and, although -cvea-
~ two years Of age, declares that hi.
discovery has been equivalent to frn y'ar-
rejnVenation to him. Not Nith-tanding
the Doctors eminent standing 10 the pro
fc.4ion, the medical world j. tookiug upon
his latest discovery with considerable
.ccpticism. The most rommcrdhble hing
about it thus far appears Ia be- the fact
That that the Doctor has experimental
With his new found elixir onl} upon hiu-
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Daily Eenusbef journal.
iuausTl, SATURDAY, Julf 8, 1898


Justice Ia south Carolina appears 10 be
a plant 81 exceedingly rare growth The
entire pres. u the country unite IN com
d. iBaing the acquittai 81 Dr. T. NJ
Dow of CharIe.ton for the brutal fnurier
81 Captain Dawson, the editor If tfis
New. and Cosrier. The fsfts
81 The Gaze briefly stated are
these Captain Dawson had Ia hi-
employ 5wiss girl who had been 10 tf'i.
country but a short time. Df. Acilor
Who. although married man, bears the
reputation u being libertine, made the
acquaintance u this giri upon the -tTeet
lie at once began 70 pay her marked At
tentions. The knouledge 81 This coming
10 Captain Dawspn. he called at ArD0T !.
Office 10 ask him 70 desist from such
conduct. Hot words we're interchange
and the two finally came % hlo~a No
Dow ended the ARRAY by shooting DaN
ann. Who aas unarmed with revolver.
lie At frat tried 70 bury the b"dg II hi-
yittim 10 the cellar, bat fading himseli
unable 10 make sufficiently deep grave
be snaIiy gave himself up 70 The suth"ft
iie.. There VA neger more
cold blooeled murder committed ID
this country and the -ight Of the Inur'.ere'
II rn.tted 10 70 free from court sup
=" 81 to BE- one o. jastiee--ls certainly i
iornbie commentary upon the condition
of .peiety that made such a thing p"+s'
hle
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The Fourth at Roseland Park.

The Fourth of July celebrations, aunu-
ally held at Woodstock Conn. have
emerged from the >emi-priyatc nature
which characterized them for many wears.
to assemhlsses of public, almost national
interest and Importance. Originated by
Mr. Henry c. Bowen. proprietor of the
New York Independent, A. 4 Kind of holi-
dav recreation la which. with 4 few select
friends they could enjoy mild and
sensible sort Of mutual admiration
symposium; these occasions have come
to be looked upon A. the most unique eel
ebrationS of the Fourth that have ever
been held ia our country. And Mr..
Bowen neve, >kipS one. This wear the
day was observed At hi, magnificent
country estate in Woodstock, Conn. with
all its old-time splendor and eloQueuee
Among the distinguished guests present
were President Harrison, Secretaries
Noble and Tracy. Congressman Reed,
Associate Justice Miller, Senator Hiseeck
and many Others. The President and marty
were conveyed to Putnam by special train,
where an immense eoneourse of people
turned out to meet them and eseorte,, tho
party to Woodstock. A grand reception
was held at Mr.. Rowens residence. Rose.
laud Park. on Wednesday evening. The
exercises on the Fourth, which were pre-
sided over by Gov. Berkeley, consisted of
an address of welcome by Hon. Chas A.
Russell, NJ. c., with an Grafton bv DIR.
Merrill Gates, President of Rut-
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The impression which Michael nHitt
has made in hi- e tiu"ny hctor. th' Far.
mn commission At l.ondo1 hl> been i
ma-f fayor,tl,. one III manly straight
forn lrd testimony EARNEST re-olutr boar
iug. ,nA intellectual grasp, have convinced
the eaniid observer that h. j. a
man nf integrity and moderation. Mr..
ptsiti said that he believed ia cou-titu
tio,rd ,gl lion a0i that he was not OPP
posed to phy.ita fnrte II rosorted 80 With
AZ l.nntbit n,ancc nf success IT. Wt-,
h ..eei uuultcrah'Y opposed to the use
ot dynamite hreau.r he lder"d It au
immoral aid uumuuly mode Of warfare.
He liued hat there Na- no alliance he
tv,ru the tlln -t.ltl and thr leagu"
~ lf-Nud tie stated that the Clan ma
1,,l included IN it, membership sotur of
thu host lri-hnen in america, and that it
was no more u murder club than the ari
ton club Of lnndpn he believed that
murders were committed by members of
the Ian na-tAel, but that the perpetrators
tlii not have the sanction of the govern
Ing hods, nor the approval of the leaders,
Mr. paviit said he had known Alex
amber sullivan since 1875, and had
the highest opinion nt his ability
citizen. and hi@ honor - a man lie did
not believe him 20 p. capable of any dis
honorable act The witness returned to
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The modes Of deaths approach are various
ina statistics show conclusively that more
persons lie from diseases of the Throat ant
Lungs than any other. 1t is probable thai
everyone, without exception, receives vas
numbers Of Tubercle Germs into the system
and where these germs fall upon suitable sol
they start into life and develop, at first slow ly
and are shownb by slight tickling sensation il
the throat and If allowed to continue then
ravagcs they extend to the lungs producin.
Consumption snd 10 the head, causing Ca
tsrrh. Now all this is dangerous and if al
lowed to proceed will in time cause death
At the onset you must act with promptness
allowing cold to 20 without attention i.
dangerous and may lose you yonr life. A,
soon AS YOU feel that something is wrong with
your Throat, Lungs or Nostrls, obtain =
Aotiie Of Boschees German Syrnp Il vii
give you n.mediste relief