The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-26
ERA OF The VIGILANTES
Col. Sanders Eulosy Upon the Life and
Work Of MP. Biedler.
An Esttmate of the Dead Here's Charar
ter-Hrave, True and Fstthfut-The
Part He Played tn Moatana'~
Early Days.
special to the standard.

Ii WAS the most notable event of the kind |
i'm the history of Helena. and WAS the
casion for ~ very large gathering of old
timers. They came from all parts Of the
state. The exercises were conducted
with the Episcopal burial services by
Rev. DIR. Webb, of ST. Peters church.
The funerai Address WAS delivered 10y
Col. w. n Sanders. IL was ~ mastcrIy
effort. III funeral was attended 10y peo-
pie of all pclasses of society. The lcg;~-
lators and principal state officers were
there a. Ncll as leading citizens aud
hundreds bf ladies. The remains lay in
state during the forcno,n and were viewed
made in the old cemetery. IN the valley.
society. aud fellow citizeus: il we should
analyizc the impulses that ripcn into
heroes lives, think we could trace many
of them back To the houors that are paid
to the dead. Ii IL something more than
superstition. IL IL something more than
personal affection that through all TIN,
years of history in civiiizcd and savage lives
that has invented some memorial service
for those who deserved well of their kind.
And count the circumstances That sur
round US here to-day a. thoss. of abound
ing felicity. IL IL not wise, 1t ~ not right,
that the honors which we pay to dead
should Degenerate into mere forn,ality.
There il something IN every active mans
life that is peculiar tn himself, aud no
form can Dc invented appropriate to teach
| those who survive Inn the lesson which
that life teaches. Ii therefore seems to
me wise that when "a character upon these
scenes of life passes away. becomes
no longer fact in history, but
| IN memory for his survivors, that we
| should adapt ourselves to th. condition
| which his life imposed and recognize the
| lesson which that life has ,tnght. There
| isanothcr circumstance which,in my view,
| proves peculiarly his worth of all com
| mciioiatiou. We have come to stand up
| on the solid ground az ruth. We are not
| swaycd from what our judgment teaches
us Ia bc 80, aud we do not come here ui-
on this occasion to di~pair. Indeed, here
| surrounds tins soiemuity spirit OF ahid-
| ing AMI aipoun.iing chccriulicSs,
| and if he whose for,u lics bcforc
us could have dictated this occasion he
| would have rcjoiced that W.. have come
here in u ls spirit and not overwhelmed
| with sorro,s. 80 far AS Nc. Bsc'iicrs
early life is concerned. TIN. citizens of
! Montoua have come la know btit little, Tor
| while hr was a man ot brave heart ~ uiu
not comprehend the lessons of his boy
| hood or his infancy. The experiences Of
, his youth and manhood were the property
| of every man with whom hc came IN
contact, aud we only know that in one
of these beautiful valleys i'll the great
state of Pennsylvania, renowned a. tile
abode Of scholars. orators and statesmen,
Iii,. home of great industries that widen
out into the beautiful state of Maryland,
he first the lignt of day. No sooner
had he arrived at the years when he was
the rewards of the west i,Ircd him thiticr.
and hc went To the territory of Kansas.
even, perhaps, bcfor. was created and
We all know the questions that
| influenced that set lennent ln the
ton to recall them further than to say
that in I q Troublesome times that came
to that co,nmun,'y It, 100, u. was .,,;m ~, n,
John Brown AMI joined the forces of TN.
iconocI,st. When larger schemes and
old mans mind, aud influences found ex.
prs.ssion which lur,d him from Kansas C.
s;"a saaa'" and and hi. "a.is .s,h Ms, wei ..s, M
went IA the western part OF Kansas
in wha, is now the, state of Colorado. He
pioneers. Thence in lsni lac came Z.
what was then "a great part of the territor,
of Idaho and for more than III years II has
been my fortune to- know hmm iutiiuttcl, 1,
. here. From the first time met linn "a
, January 1854, 1 speak whereof ! know
Standing before au audience as large a'
this, in the open air, for three long au,
perilous and exciting days cii
: gagged with my fellow .ci,zci
who were strangers me. in AN hi,,Iir,
, | as to the preparation OF the crimes in thu
then young community. where tii. author
{ iti.s .f Law were absent and ia. voice 20
= | law sil.,nc,si, my attention was directed Z,
q u young man scarce - years OF age; per
? haps -. HE seemed willing To sii-chirg.
ship. IL was not my fortune Z
J, | speak Ia him ut that time. but la
! !, inan who comprehen.i..d th. sig
n uiiicancc Of the occasion. that knew
. that courage. activity and resolution w.r'
the supreme duties of tile hour and VIII,
was ready to enter upon their discharge
!, 1 afterwards met hIm in Bannock. ~
:, | came across the street and shook iuc D.
:, tl. hand and introduced himself. recall
y ing the events of thu. trial of George. Ive-
!. | ten day previous. He was then about q
= undertake. II perilou- journey to sal
). Lake. | bAtle him good bye. thinking
!, perhaps, that should ncvcr see HIM more
!. In til. course of "a week he returned wit
- :. an early pioits.er to whom Montana owe.
, much. Mr.. Neil Howic. aud gave into un
. possc--ion IA highway roi,tp.'r, uuuiistaL
. ably identified in au attempt at robhcr
| aud marked with their bullets. Ii was TIA
- s..n-s. of some that the r,,ibtp..r should d
taken to Batsnork. tut that proposition ia
volved going through the forinalities a
.. turning him over to the pretend..
:. authorities of that gtilch. and II
II was taken towards Alder Iiuich. wh.r
" better views So. med to- prevail MIR. Bict
D. l..r ,turncsi to Idaho bef,,r,. the t.rrit,,r
was created. In fact, dna't think Il
II went farther than the valley of salt L.ak'
a. ~. was. itt my view. tin. m b-t unique ..ii
T. Interesting character of ,nir early histor,
al 'fli- courage am 'niuted t. the hi gii..,
c ausl.icity. There. was no risks that he va
e ever ASKED to take VIII AZ he slid not ,lo il
- "a spirit IT cIieerf ilue-s. the like of whic
- l. -..ll 'In known to t'a parsstellesl. al
X very well aware that "a great many peopl
~ at this distant time. aud who were n'
part aud parcel of the movement, hay