The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-01-14
OLD LADY SUICIDES
Mrs. Tinker, Near Billings, Goes
Out by the Route of
the Bullet.
NLATTIES" CAN HIT THE PIPE.
The Alliance Merges Into the Pop
ulist to Strengthen the
New Cause.

Billings Times: Saturday morn
ng Mr.. Fred Sweetman received a
letter from A. NJ. Quivey conveying
the information that Mrs. John Tin
<ler had committed suicide Friday
morning by shooting herself at Al.
Morrison's ranch on Sage creek. The
deceased had been staying at this
ranch, which is about sixty miles
from Billings, with her little boy.
Mr.. Tinker is some where in the east,
having been away since last June.
The cause of her rash act is un-
known, and varieus conjectures are
indulged in by her acquaintances in
Billings. Mr.. Sweetman left this
morning for the scene of the tragedy,
and will bring the body here for in
terment. Mrs. Tinker arrived at
Billings from Deadwood in 1882, at
which time she was Miss Della Shell
ton, and carried on dressmaking
establishment until her marriage in
the summer of 1888. She was a
warm-hearted impulsive woman.
Both her and her husband were in
tensely fond of their fine little boy.
1t must have been that she was tenn
porarily insane at the time she rashly
took her life.
A Troy Dispatch says: John Har-
rison, miner and prospector, do
ing work on Callahan creek, about
eight miles from this place, was
found frozen to death last Sunday.
1t appears that he attempted to pack
load of provisions to the camp and
the weight was too much for him.
The snow was very deep and he un-
doubtedly had hard work to keep
the trail. When found he was with
| in mile and half of the camp
The coroner held an inquest and rem
dered verdict in accordance with
the facts. Mr.. Harrison's body viii
be sent to Golden, Col, his former
home. His parents are said to be
we'll off.
One hundred cans of opium were
sold at auction at the court house il
Helena on the 4th by Marshal Furay
for $412.5O. A dozen Cinnamon at
tended the sale. The opium wa
sold in two lots, 50 cans sold 70
| $405 and five cans for $3.50. Boil
lots were bought by one Chinaman
The larger lot was seized at tn
lSweet Grass hills near the Internal
ional boundary line and the five can
came from revenue collector Mills
1t is said this is the first seizure O
smuggled opium in Montana.
With the approval of the stat
board of pardons Gov. Toole ha
granted pardon to Frank Gaffney
Many letters and petitions were sen
to the governor from Yellowston
county, asking for executive clemer
cy in Gaffney's behalf. Letters wer
, also received from people we
, known in Pennsylvania and in Wasl
. ington, d. c., including several cor
gressmen. Gaffney was sent to tn
pen at Deer Lodge sixteen month
: ago under three years. sentence fc
assault with intent to commit mul
!, der.
The Montana Alliance, official ol
gan of the farmers alliance in tn
l state, has been absorbed by the POI
! uiist, a weekly organ of the people
! party, published at Missoula. l.. 4
Woodward, who has most of the tim
q since the first issue of the Alliano
! been its editor, will retire. The A
lance plant goes in with the dea
: The Populist will be under the COZ
: troll of the county executive commi
tee of the peoples party. The MAJ
ager is Hon. Frank Ives and the ct
itor, r. A. Pelkey.
$ Herald: Five pieces of gold-bea
!. ing quartz, weighing 1000 pound
y from the Cable mine in Deer Lode
a county, have been received here f
r the Montana mineral exhibit at Il
" Worlds Fair. One piece alone
estimated to contain $1,000 in fir
gold, some of the humps of precio
metal being plainly visible on I
A. outside.
IS At Anaconda Sunday morning T
st ter Fogoli shot and seriously woun
e. ed Andy Quilchi. The shooting