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Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-22
TO SET ASIDE The TAX SALES
Suits to pet Aside Nearly All Tax
Sales for iS0@ to Re
Instituted.
Actions 10 BE Based On IL 9eci>io.
Rendered by Judge Benton
in July,

Two attorneys. one Of Helena and the
other of Great Falls, are now preparing
to institute suit in the district court for
Cascade county to set aside nearly all
tax sales for the year 1855, They have
been retained by nearly all the owners
of property which was sold for taxes in
that year and claim, with probably good
reason, that all the tax sales for that
year were void.
In one case Judge Benton has already
held that the tax sale of 1893 was void.
This decision was rendered in the suit
Of the Great Falls Water Power and
Townsite Company vs.. the Board Of
County Commissioners ct al, an action
to set aside the tax sale OF 1893 of an
undivided half Of lot l, block $50, Great
Falls TOWNSHIP, the site of the plaintiffs
office building.
In the many suits soon to be instituted
the same reasons for the contention that
the sale was void will be alleged as in
the case above mentioned. These rea-
sons, in substance, were that when the
county clerk and recorder (then Howard
Crosby certified the duplicate assess
ment book to the county treasurer (then
J. f. McClellapd) it was not verified
that the treasurer did not certify to the
delinquent tax list; that the county
commissioners. ]. J. Ellis, S. n, Dickey,
and A. &. Hay, did not designate the
newspaper IN which the delinquent tax
list should be published; that the delin-
quent tax list was not posted in three
different places; mat after the county
treasurer had sold come Of the land on
which taxes were delinquent ne omitted
for three days to make n further offer
,ngs for sale; that the sale was wholly
conducted in the Office OF the treasurer.
on the second floor Of the court house,
aud not IN front Of the court house, and
that all tbs proceedings above mentioned
were not in accordance with law.
Judgment in the case, above referred
to, CO the Townsite Company vs.. The
Commissioners ct al. was entered July
%, 1880. II, IN the suits about to be in
stituted, the plaintiffs secure judgment,
the aggregate will not be less than 49,,
600. The county will be compelled to
refund to those who purchased at the
tax sale the AMOUNT they paid, with in.
tcrest, aud will also be compelled to pay
the costs Of action. What the costs viii.
be it IS difficult to estimate. but in the
one case decided they amounted to 500
Whether the county may recover from
the officers alleged 10 have been negli
gent may be 8 matter for adjudication
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the Cuban republic without delay. O..
Palm, minister plenipotentiary Of ~.
Cuban republic, and a number of nroa,
nent local Cubans we're present. "


|
Deed-Great Falls Water Power an,
TOWNSHIP company to Archie l,rom.
lot A, block $50, Sixth addition, w.,
side, Great Falls; $500.
Warranty deed-Jamcs B. Murr.r
Tx. to Mrs. Frank G. Cults, swirl
nwI and lots 3 and 4, section 9. toms
ship IS north, range 4 east, and sell al
swA of section 35, township 10 north
range 4 east, land south of Sand Coulo,'l
$1,000. ~
Warranty deed-M Mrs. Frank G. Cutt.
to Clara Murray, above described nron
crty; 81 ,;3OO. "YP
Warranty deed--Frank Arndt to Mar,
Arndt, lot 5, block l45, Third additi~
Seventh avenue north, between Soyen
teenth and Eighteenth street; 81.
Warranty deed-E. NJ. Euge 10 An
drew e, Enge, sea of the ee1, Of section
8, and swM or swI of section 9, town.
ship 10 north. range 4 east. land an
Goon's c~oulee; 81. ~
Deed - Sheriff TO Common woolA
Ground Rent company, interest Of ,lobr
Sinclair ct al. 10 VIZ Of the nel1 Of tbs
SEQ o. Hec'lon -, 'o"heijip Il North.
range 4 east. 20 acres opposite the silva,
Onitriaim deed-w & E.,o, toni,
ert w. Lamb, lot o, block 81, Mrr I,yS,
town-i'ei 800
,,ib5e11-In'tpu o'a'es 70 L2"rencs
s1c,;"n W. ~ s"1 ~ OF t%Hd|
tion o, towrehip 10 north, ranae . r st
land near Crown butte.
Warranty deed James ByrL0 tq
Maude Haven, sell Of section t.. town.
hip Il north, range 4 east, IGO ocra
near Watson; $1,000,
Warranty deed Samuel I, Bcrrctf s
William Cheek, SCI Of sell Of sect n r.
81 Of neII and sw14 OF ne1 Of section
II, township IL north, range 3 rafl, lD
acres near Tiger butte; 5000.
Warranty deed-John Is. Mcleod If
TX. to BERNHARD Olson, lot +, block isl
Third addition, Sixth avenue NORTH. be-,
tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth s~ireets,
500. =.
Deed Jasper Tullock, heir of James
w, Matkln. TO James w, ltohcr's, min.
Ing claim, undivided eighth Ct sd and
Fw14 IF section 3G, township u norts,
range 3 east; $40
Warranty deed-Eber j. Hewitt ct uz
70 A. =. Kyle, Jr., nl Of sci nf syl,.
,1l oPr-1 aear1 u .,L.r -
! - IL" - VI VI Na+
o' H"|t Oh section ~ township Il nor'a
range ! east, 30 acres near Watsor;
$50.
Warranty dead-wm n n.s. r,
n' 49, y"
"o"H l'uNr' io' d. DOCK ~ j..a'CN&
GREAT rams au"iti"h 10 "FN@. alb
toWns'Ie, s'lO' ,,. ~ =,
"'rtah,y ~"eNr-Neii' g. ~.0"h 10
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-22
ON A SAD EZRA
II. u. NOTtas of st. Clair Leaves For
Wisconsin to Bury Sis BROTHER.

-. .. w :" 50 >'h'' . "
wisconsin to Bury Sis Brother.
Last Saturday II. +. Mortag, the
we'll known merchant at ST. Clair, in
this county, received "A telegram con.
tanning the sad news that his brother,
Albert +. Mortag, an engineer in Wis
cousin, was instantly killed in Il railroad
collision near Iron Mountain. Mr.. IL.
f.. Mortag at once left for Wisconsin 10
attend the funeral Of his brother. The
following account Of the affair is from
the DE Perc Wis., News:
MOrtag was in charge Of engine on
freight train No. 81. He had received
instructions to run 10 Summit, near
Iron Mountain, and wait ON Che side
track for an extra freight, going south.
Instead Of doing this, however. h"
passed Summit, and about a mile be
yond met the coming freight. There
was Il head end collision, in which Nor
TAG was instantly killed., his head being
Bay, the engineer of the extra, was
badly hurt, but how seriously is I'M
| known. The tircmcn escaped unhurt,
having probably jumped in time.
Albert Mortag IS a Fon Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Christian Mortag of tho West side. lie
leaves two brothers and three sisters,
Edwin f., Chillicotho. Mo-; Herman r.,
Cascade, Mont; Mrs. T.. G. Boyd, Little,
ton, Mass; Emma and Mary, dt home,
He had boen in tho railway service
about 10 years ard was recognized az
one Of the st. Paul company's most
4r,rtnB man Tia TriG1Iq and .sa0ci4frr
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A viFE-BEATER PUNISHED.
James Burns of Little Chi"aC" "l'el
Thine to Reflect on His Brutality.

James Burns of Little Chicac" "t'eh
Thine To Reflect on His Brutality
Judge Race had Tuesday before lid
James Burns, a brute who has oHH
before been up before the court fir wife
beating. 4 little l2-year-old dtugai7
came all this way from Little Ch.a2goN
tell the police that her father was On I'
rampage and her mother and the cl'
dron were afraid of their lives. 1t SP
peared from the story Of the "'ie, WV
appeared as q reluctant witness agail''
Burne. that the brute ehe called hT
band has done little, II any, N"'
for several years past and his vile Do
supported the family. by the use "
brutal violence he has been IN the naoA
of extorting money from the wife "A'1
she had earned. This wac the oecas@I
Of the trouble Tuesday night. Iaa III"
refused to part with her earn.'2' "
supply him with tho means Of d sf"
and he struck her with a stone on ~
back Of the head and otherwise a'Iel'
brutally that his little daugh'a' w
constrained to 60 after the potir. =.
should do them all some morta. p u;
After listening to tho dotail8 ot .54 ~
rendinc story Judge Race sent .e0 a
brute TO four months IN tho coN.t ~
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animation of Capt, Charles Bremen,
who was in charge Of the w-bridge on
the night of the accident.
Late this afternoon Myron r. Herric
and S. S. Warner signed a $4,000 bal
bond, and August Rogers, motorman on
the car that plunged through the Cen
trail Niaduct draw Saturday night, was
given his lihertY.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-22

This best salvs in the world for cuts
bruises, aoroa, ulcers, salt rhoufa, fever
sores, letter, chappcd hands, c~hilDlains,
corns and all SKIN eruptionR, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required
1t is guaranteed to give perfect satje-
faction or money refunded. Price DC
per box. For sale by Driver Bradley
Drug Co..
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WILD MAN nE3 ID.


Western Montana loses One OF lis Char
acterR.
La CRos7E, Wis, Nov. 20.-pettingil!,
tho Wild man of Wise River mountains,
whose death is announced in a dispatch
from Butte, Mont, was a Black River
woodeman and hunter before tho war.
lie killed an Indian, some say two, for
robbing his traps; be was brought here
and confined in jail, but without trial
was allowed to enlist in the Eighteenth
or Twentieth Wisconsin regiment and
served through the war, He was ordina-
rily a peaceful man, but crazy when an
gered,
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-22

CLavELAHD, Nov. l9,-Jhe ~coroner's
inquest in connection with the terrible
street car accident at Central Viaduct
was commenced today, Nearly the en-
tire morning was devoted to an ex-
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-22

BY Associated PreHs.
CuIcAGo, Nov, 2l.-Charles Moo has
been arrested, charged with numbering
his mistress, Annie Anderson, some time
last night,
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harhor of Honolulu, 300 rifles and ammu-
milton for the purpose of aiding the enc
mics of the present Government to effect
its overthrow. He was tried and sentenced
to ten years imprisonment and to be fined
$10,0 900. All of the sentence was RENTED
and on the 1st inst. he was released, when
he applied for passport, which was
readily given to him, and in the passport
it is stated that he is to be protected as a
citizen of Hawaii and courtesy is invited
from other powers.
The captain says that he is a citizen of
the United States and is very prond of it.
He says that he contemp1ates bringing
a suit for libel against Editor Edward
Towse of the Hawaiian Star.
He says that annexation with the United
States is in 40 way practicable, nor is it
generally desired.
Captain Davies said that concerning the
alleged torture which it had been reported
he had been subjected to during his i'm
prisonment, he would say there was nc
truth in the stories whatever.
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inaccessible, but which must at some per-
haps not distant day contain the most at
tractive suburban residences south of the
city.
The plan is not all artistic. There are
hard business arguments advanced i'm
favor of the scheme. 1t is said that the
whole suburban region south of the county
line is now accessible only by a trail
service that leaves much to be desired
People rarely drive from the citv To tbo
south, whereas 1t is the one natural route
Tor coaching parties, carriage drives and
Dlcycle runs. In nearly all large Eastern
cltles there are attractive driyeWays lead
ing directly out of the city to regions NJ
interest. Here II one does not cross the
bay he must go south to get out of the civ
limits. 1t is argued that a boulevard ~
this sort would do much to Stimulate saf-
Element and to increase the number Of
VISITORS ana, consequently, the population,
One of those interested in the nroieot 10
A. l.. Fulton of the Fulton 6, Ross Tnnnber
Company of San Mateo. 'o-
Il think the plan will be carried ont a.
least in San Mateo County" he said Te GO
terday. The San Jose road is the Ioiy
highway of the county, and as far as
have observed the sentiment down there 10
almost unanimous in favor of it. Three
fourths of the population of San Mateo
County is located between the foothills and
the bay, therefore such measure would
easily be carried as a county enter,
prise. L am heartily in favor Of
it myself. Next to the new railroad
it would do more for San Mateo County
than anything else. 1t would popularize
that region for suburban residence and
multiply many times the number OF visi-
tors that would come. 1t would adver-
tise the whole region, stimulate local pride
and in many ways be worth far more than
its cost to US. In my opinion there is no
grander opportunity on the Pacific Coast
for magnificent and popular driveway"
Attorney Harold Wheeler, secretary of
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fact, until l boughtla vessel of my own.
This was nearly two years ago.
"Now," continued Captain Davies, ri
would like to know if "a man could hold all
the most important positions on steamers
in the islands for fourteen years and at the
same time be hopeless drunkard, wife
beaten and everything else that is bad ?'
The captain says that he was never sued
for divorce, but that separation between
himself and wife had been sought about
two years ago, but that the separation was
discontinued by the court after his having
resigned from command of the Claudine.
81 am not hopelessly in debt either, for
all owe down there is something like
500. | could have paid every cent of this
amount, but [ was in Jail, my vessel con-
fiscated, and everything else for that mat
ter, so | was in a mighty hard fix"
Thescaptain was honorably commissioned
by the late Queen in 1889 for gallant SER
vices rendered in saving crew and passen-
gers of the schooner Drew, wrecked off
the coast of Hawaii. Among some of the
passengers were Minister Thurston and
c. S. Spaulding.
In concluding the captain said that the
strong feeling against him at the islands
was established on account of his having
landed the guns and ammunition to aid
the insurgents. He said that he was
strongly in favor of the constitution of
1887, and as strongly opposed to the de-
throning of the Queen and the establish
ment of the Provisional Government. He
said that the men of the Boston had, alone
and unaided, done this thing, and for
three months had they by show of force
prevented the then new Government from
being molested.
Captain Davis was arrested on the 10th
of January on the charge of treason for
having landed at Diamond Head, in the
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Proceeding to the Oahu jail the officers
had John A. Cummins and Captain Davies
brought before them and read the sem
fences imposed. The sentence passed by
the commission on Mr.. Cummins was five
years Imprisonment at hard labor and
$4,000 fine, but the President saw fit to re-
nit the Imprisonment portion. Mr.. Cum
Minis paid his fine on the following morn
ing and was at once released from contine-
ment. He speaks in the highest terms of
the treatment he received during his incar-
ceration. His son has presented Jailor
Lowe of the Oahu prison with a valuable
horse as token of his appreciation of the
treatment accorded to his father.
The Hawaiian Annexation League is a
new organization, composed entirely of
natives, to work in connection with the
American League to secure the annexation
of these islands to the United States.
Charles B. Wilson, ex-Marshal under the
old regime and the present confidential
agent of the ex-Queen, and Samuel Parker,
ex-Cabinet Minister, are the leading spirits
of the society. One feature of the pro-
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Camarlnos of this city, arrived on the
Arawa yesterday morning as an exile from
Honolulu and all Hawaii. But Mr.
Camarlnos says he is going back to the
islands before long, whether the Dole Gov.
eminent grants him permission or not.
lie is full of pluck and determination, and
does not feel at all cast down by his recent
Ill luck. When asked why he was deported,
what the charges were against him and
what defense he made, if any, Mr.
Camarinos SAID:
There you've got me in a puzzle. I
nave not the slightest knowledge what the
charges against me were, if there were any
at all. beyond mere suspicion that
might be in sympathy with the royalists.
There was no statement of any charges
made to me. l was simply arrested and
forced to sign an agreement to leave the
country for an Indefinite length of time.
was given no opportunity whatever to de-
fend myself.
"Of course, it is a severe hardship on me-
l have an extensive mercantile and COM
mission business In Honolulu, besides two
large fruit orchards, that need constant
and careful attention. have several trust
worthy employees there, but still that is not
Vic SAINT as man atleHulIlS 10 his DuSl-
ness in person."
What steps, if any, will you take to
escape from the hardships of exile?" was
asked.
81 shall look to the Government of
Greece, whose subject l am" Mr.. CANA
rinos answered, "for such diplomatic inter-
terence as will restore to me my rights as
peaceful and law-abiding property owner
OF Hawaii. | have already communicated
with the Greek Consul-General in New
I ork, and he has laid the matter before
the Greek Foreign Office. If this does not
secure for me permission to return and re-
sumo my property rights. shall go back
TO Hawaii anyhow. l shall return without
PERMISSION If permission is refused. have
never, even in the slightest degree, taken
any interest or hand in politics. and can
not understand why the Government
should have picked me out for victim of
Its Ire. There may be personal influences
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THE JUDGE ADVOCATE TALKS.
SAYS EX-QUEEN L1LIUoKALANI Is
IN COMFORTABLE PRISON.

IN A COMFORTABLE PRISON.
w. A. Kinney, a Honolulu attorney,
who was Judge Advocate of the military
commission that tried the charges of
treason against the insurrectionists of
Hawaii, was one of the passengers who
arrived on the Arawa yesterday.
Mr.. Kinney has come for the purpose of
securing evidence in relation to the
schooner Wahlberg, which delivered arms
to the revolutionists off the coast of Oahu
on the night of January last, and was
afterward seized by the United States au-
thorities at San Diego for violating the
neutrality laws and aiding instruction in
foreign country.
The Wahlberg was registered from San
Francisco in the name of Captain Martin,
who commanded the vessel and navigated
her to Hawaii. In an interview at the Oc-
cldental Hotel yesterday Mr.. Kinney said !:
Il have with me two witnesses, George
Townsend and Charlie Warren, besides a
great deal OF documentary evidence which
L shall turn over to the United States
authorizes. l will take no part in the
prosecution of the case Townsend and
Warren were employed on board of the
Walmanalo, the steamer which brought
the arms from the Wahlberg to the shore.
and which was commanded by Captain
Davies. These men will be able to identify
Captain Martin and his crew, and their
evidence, | think, will be conclusive"
When asked concerning the reported tor
ture of Captain Davies by the Provisional
Government in order to obtain his confess
sion,. Mr.. Kinney told story which is
wholly at variance with the statements
made by Captain Davies himself. Mr..
Kinney said:
THAT report must have been started in
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HELD A STATE PRISONER
LILIUOKALANI CONFINED IN THE EX-
ECUTIVE Bun DING


HONOLULU, March THE Military
Commission concluded its labors last week
and has adjourned over until Monday, the
10th inst, when it will probably be dis
solved. The object of holding it over was
simply to allow time to those who had
agreed to leave the country for the coun-
try's good, to do so. Should they fail to
keep their agreement they would be re-
arrested and tried at once before the com
mission. 1t is anticipated that by March
Is not one of these will be left in Hawaii
and that martial law will be at an end
That the end is coming is apparent from
the gradual withdrawal of the restrictions
heretofore imposed. It is no longer neces-
sary to possess pass signed by the mar
shall permitting one to be at large on the
streets after $50 P. NJ, and the saloons are
now allowed to run on full time, that is,
from $50 A. NJ. TO IL 80 P. NJ.
At 2 o'clock on the afternoon of Feb
ruary 81 Major Potter, Major Mcleod.
the apartment now occupied by Mrs.
Liliuokalani Dominis in the executive
building for the purpose of reading to her
the sentence pronounced by the military
commission and approved by President
Dole, as the result of her being found
guilty of misprision of treason. The ex-
royal lady remained seated during the
reading of the sentence and manifested
comparatively little concern over it.
The sentence imposed by the military
court and approved by the President was
five years imprisonment with hard labor
and fine of $4,000, being the lowest that
could be imposed under the law.
The commandments RENTED that
portion OF the sentence imposing hard
labor, and for the present she will be
treated as State prisoner and confined in
her present quarters in the executive
building, under certain regulations to be
hereafter formulated. At one time there
was considerable talk of sending her to
Oahu prison, where she was to be given
the position of matron. AS there are but
two or three female prisoners in the Jail,
| the position would have been a sinecure,
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spirit of sarcasm Captain Davies had
not been under arrest more than hall an
hour when he sent word to the Hawaiian
AUTHORITIES that he desired to make 1uil
ana free statement of all the facts that ne
knew IN connection with the landing OF
the weapons. He wanted to confess, ana
no wonder, because he was caught In the
act. He gave his testimony before the
military commission without any promise
whatever as to immunity from punish
ment. He was sentenced to ten years I'M
prlsonment. but on account of the services
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FROM SAN JOSE TO
SAN FRANCISCO.
PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF
MAGNIFICENT BOULEVARD
FIFTY MILES LONG.
A MACADAMIZED DRIVEWAY.
SAN MATEo COUNTY DEEPLY INTER.
ESTED IN THE GREAT PROJECT.
ITS INCEPTION.

A project that in scope, interest and
importance is second only to the new val
ley railroad is just taking life in that rich
and promising stretch of foothills and
plains that lie between San Francisco and
San Jose.
1t is proposed to build magnificent
macadamized boulevard between the two
cities.
This project is as striking and taking a
one as has been formed in the line of pub
lie Improvements for many day. The
best thing about the idea is its magnif-
cence and progressiyeness.
The next best thing about it is the fact
that the feeling in its favor and the proba-
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DAVIES OF HAWAII
GETS HIS FREEDOM.
HE ARRIVES FILLED WITH INDIG-
NATION AT THE WAY He
WAS TREATED.
SAYS HE IS NOT A BAD MAN.
THINKS He WILL BRING SUIT
AGAINST THE HAWAIIAN STAR
FOR LIBEL.

Captain William Davies arrived on the
steamer Arawa from Honolulu yesterday
morning. He came filed with wrath and
indignation at the treatment he says he
has received at the hands of the Honolulu
press and denies emphatically the impu-
tations of an article which appeared in the
Hawaiian Star of the 18th inst, as follows:
Captain "Bill" Davies. who leaves the coun-
try to-day for the cOuntry's good, has had quite
a career in Hawaii and made bad record.
He came into public notice at once on reach
ing the port as mate of u vessel with immi-
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and would have enabled the ex-royal lady
to do about as she pleased except going
outside the walls. If this idea was ever
seriously contemplated by the Government,
and the CALL correspondent is advised to
the contrary, it has been abandoned
wish for, but is only allowed one attend
ant, Mrs. Clarke, and only permitted to
see her agent, Charles B. Wilson, and her
physician, DR.. D. McLennan. These are
allowed to visit her at any time without
any restrictions whatever.