The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-04-27
THE GOVERNORS TRIP
He, With His Estimable Wife, Will
Take q Needed Vacation.
GRAND JURY'S MOVEMENTS
Northwest Territorial Exposition
Judge Beatty of Idaho VIII
Temporarily Occupy Judge
Knowles Bench.
Special Dispatch to the standard.

Special Dispatch 20 the standard
HELENA, April Ex-Governor Richards
and wife left to-day for the Puget sound
country, where they will remain at least
two weeks. Tho governor has been work.
ing very hard for the last two months and
needs n rest. He has not been very well
of late. being afflicted with sick headache
and a vacation, that will insure absolute
freedom from official cares, Is absolutely
necessary. Mrs. Richards has also been
very i'll recently, but is considerably bet
ter now.
There has been a meeting of the board
OF managers of the soldiers home called
for May z. The board will meet ut the
executive Office for the purpose of organ
izine and discussing plans for future
work.
Governor Richards has received an in
vitation to be the guest OF c. w. Mackin-
tosh, lieutenant governor of the North
west territories, during the first territorial
exposition, which opens at Regina July 30
and lasts eight days. The governor has
accepted the invitation and will attend
with his wife. The exposition is to be q
great event and will attract people from
all over the dominion and the Northwest
Adjt. Gen. Charles +. Lloyd is also urged
TO be the guest of the lieutenant governor
and he, with Mrs. Lloyd, may accompany
Governor and Mrs. Richards.
Hon. James II. Beatty, United States
judge for Idaho, opened tho federal court
IN this city this morning. Judge Beatty
arrived last night from Boise City by the
way of Butte. He will dispose of the
criminal business left undone by the acct
dent to Judge Knowles and will summon
n new grand jury, as the old one was dis
charged.
Senator Fred Dubois, the noted cham
pion of silver, arrived at Helena yester-
day on his way home from Washington to
Blackfoot, Idaho. John p. Miller, a
Washington newspaper man, is travelling
with the senator. The two visitors were
met at the depot yesterday by Senator
L. II. Carter, who entertained them yes
terday at The Helena and the Montana
club. Senator Dubois and Mr.. Miller
leave to-day for Butte, where they may
conclude to spend very short time.
The grand jury which has been in Sos
sion several weeks In this city calls before
IL oil the solons who were members of the
Fourth assembly who happen TO be visit
ing Helena just now. Others, too. whom
Foreman Jockey thinks may enlighten
the jury on certain matters are also
brought before the tribunal. Judging
from this and other very suspicious cir
cumstances 1t Is believed that the grand
jury is actually attempting TO investigate
the rumored charges of bribery that were
so very noticeable during and just after
the late iamented legislature. Just what
the Jury will make out of their invostiga-
tions. however, will never be known until
Foreman Jockey hands his report TO judge
Blake.
The people of this city are glad that an
agreement has finally been reached be-
tween the state furnishing board and
county commissioners relating to the
matter of rents for state offices. The
difficulty grew out of tho inability of the
state to pay the amount asked a. rental.
The legislature appropriated but $1,000
for such purpose and the county asked
5000, for which sum Il agreed TO furnish
n janitor. The people thought all along
that no change would be made; that both
the commissioners and the board were
running n bluff. so TO speak. When il was
definitely learned that the state had only
SO much to give, that settled it. The
county commissioners thought il best 10
take -. 900 year than to get nothing. To
be sure. the state has by far the better
half of the big building. and that 81, 200
won't pay quite one-half the annual in.
terest on the court house bonds. but then
that amount is SO much better than no
sum at all that the commissioners did
well to accept IL.
Although the state officers are now pro-
vided with quarters. and good ones, too,
for at least two years. there seems TO be
some uncertainty rs to how they arc TO
be kept up. The legislature appropriated