The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-11-03

FsuP days EGO. juss - rsgistratien vas
eiesins. two men vhsm Ansconds never
hsasd q vailed Into ths clerks once and
demanded eeplss q ths Net. They brought
Nc eesdeatials, thsy sssmsd TO thiak that
I'll that was nsesssary was 10 sseve notice
that thsy wses eitissns of the Temporary
capital. Thsv received as the hands Of
". AAhAa Ne sort At rsesptsoa that all
suspisieus ehsraetses may expect at bis
hands under like circumstances. They
oams, thsy saw, thsy surrendered. The
SrANDAxD exposed them; they didn't $50
anything worth taking into account. and
they wsat quistly cut oe town. spending
much of thsir time on The run to Butte In
lstting everybody In The car know that, Ia
thsir eplnioa, Nr. Davidson was missra-
hly peer sslsetioa for the handling Of
Butte and Anaeonds In Hslsna's interest.
Next eams thrss visitors from Helena
With . much bigger propssition. Thsy
wsss ~ real stuR-thses were NO flles on
tAsA Thsy landsd In Anaeoada on
Thnssday, thsir shise fusisman Was J. W.
Xinslav. an sttsrnsy and counsellor at
Nv, q Helena. Mr.. Kinslsy 10 the gen.
tlsmaa who lately gained fame in the
peaeties oe law hy bsins selected By two
district judges In Helena - . god man
to throw over the bar. II grew out Of the
handling Of the Ming estate. The STAND.
ARD nsvse heard how 1t eams out. but
Kinslsy appears 70 b deins business ct
the cid stand-At any rate, he came to
Anseenda. bseksd by two ssntlsmsn who.
honor bright. ore Just % good Ssllews %
any town can turn out; and his mission
IVES 10 make Anasonda's calling and slsc.
ten sure. - far % Il was in Kinslsy's
power 10 ratify the truth ee the rssistra-
tioo.
The AEst move was TO have Q sosaion
with tsllew whose name is Copeland. He
ussd 10 work In The rsilnssy hses. He has
bssa South, since then. and hs says that
hs b going to have . Job with W. A. Clark
in Arlsena. Thses was . eeufsgsncs at
Copsland's room, Thursday afternoon.
he occupies room No. thirteen In . lode.
ing house on Front street. Every word
that was aid In this number thirteen
reached the STANDARD oiI2cs lees than
ten minutes later. Much Of Il isn't worth
recording; the substance Of II was that
Copeland hadn't had % very much money,
that hs must have assistance from Mr..
Davidson and that, "all thsrs is about II,
! must skip out bssees election and
must have this matter ssttlsd up by Sat.
urday, ct the very latest, u am going to
swear to the af{ldavits." Il was rseitsd
st this interview, which can b furnishsd
stsnosraphieslly, II Mr.. Kinslsy demands.
that . certain gentleman on the sta6 Of
ths STANDARD ought 10 b thrown on II
the Helena men proposed 10 escape dstse.
tion.
Enough ON this score, the STANDARD
has II all. and u isn't worth printing. Just
~ tho report Of ~ Freet-strsst confer.
once, with its layout foe the consplrators
at 7:So o'clock Thursday night, was rsad
In the STANDARD oflice, Kinslsy and his
conferees gentlemen, both Of
thsm-prsssntsd themselves with writ.
ten request that the registration lists bs
submitted to them. OF course. these were
promptly offered, those present bsing four
members Of the Anaconds Capital com.
mittee who were "onto" the whole bust.
ness and who, Il can truthfully b said,
were as polite - any Of the ex-judgss, ex.
governors and other prominent members
Of tho Helena club possibly could be. In
their assurances Of profound regard and
esteem. This happened Thursday after.
noon.
There was trouble brewing there wasn't
any doubt about that. Copeland was
ready to be hired to do promiscuous
swearing, the thin partitions in his Front.
street boarding house had made that GER
tain. The conspirators had arranged for
their deploy along Main street at 7:3O
o'clock Thursday night. but tho bal.
ance Of tho plan wasn't SO easy to
follow. This newspapers reporters werc
alert enough but. somehow, the deal had
been SO cleverly put up, that the cleverest
reporters in the service couldn', keep up
with the details OF the conspiracy.-it was
as mysterious and as sensational as you
please; the keenest Of reporters, under
similar circumstances, would have been
thrown off tho scent. Let honest con.