The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-01
CAMER0N'S SAD DEATH
II Remains a MOurnful Mystery
Still.
FOUL PLAY IS SUSPECTED
Some of His Friends Think He Was
Knocked From His Horse by a
Robber and Left to Die
of Starvation.

GREAT FALLS, Feb. 2s.-The fire depart
ment was called out about IL 80 o'clock
last night to extinguish a fire on the roof
of tho Southside school house. The de-
partment extinguished the incipient blaze
with little difficulty. 1t appears that dur
ing the high wind last evening a wire
from the nearest electric pole had been
charged. The current ran down the roof
gutter. The roof was considerably burned.
City Attorney Largent and Alderman
Young returned yesterday from Helena
where they spent several days on the
meeting of the municipal officers of the
state.
The fro committee of the council has
ordered a new harness for the depart
ment. 1t is to cost about s135 and is to be
made in Great Falls.
Charles p. Peterson, an employee of the
B. & NJ. smelter, died at the Columbus
hospital yesterday afternoon. The flu
neral was held from Powers undertaking
rooms at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Many
members of the Mill and Smeltermen's
union, of which the deceased was a MEM
Der, were present.
The fire department made a run across
the river last night in response to a call
from West Great Falls, which was turned
in about 8 o'clock. There was little
blaze in the Montana Central oil house.
Next Sunday Rev. Mr.. Riggin of the NJ.
/, f. church Will inaugurate a series of aft
ernoon services at Holter's hall on the
West Side. Sunday school at 3 o'clock.
? The mystery surrounding the death of
young Dan Cameron, son of a Deep creek
'ranchman, living about 25 miles south of
Great Falls, and the subsequent finding of
hfe hon rlxr q he i,
as unsolved as on the day an account of
the discovery was published in the STAND
ARD. There are many theories advanced
respecting the manner in which he lost
his life, but the case is so devoid of par
ticle of evidence that in all probability
the truth will never be known. The the
DRY most generally accepted is that he
was thrown from his horse and was so
badly injured that he was not able to
reach Ages ranch, two miles distant, and
that he died of starvation and from the
effects of his wounds.
Wild beasts must have eaten the flesh
from the poor boys bones, which accounts
for the disappearance of the head and
limbs. A few pieces of clothing was all
that remained. besides the bones-only
enough to establish their identity.
Another theory is that he was foully
dealt with and loft TO die on the prairie by
whoever it was that did him harm. This
theory is strengthened somewhat by the
fact that his horse, regardless of stories to
tho contrary, has never been seen since
the fatal day in May, 1894, when Young
Cameron rode away to return no more.
Two neighbors, Gibson and Webber, now
claim that on the day of Cameron's disap-
pearance they saw a stranger riding the
boys horse. They say they passed him
about shutdown. He had his hat pulled
over his eyes so as to hide his features.
They think he was horse thief, who
had knocked the boy from his horse and
taken the animal. Until the horse or its
remains can be found many people will
incline to the theory that young Cameron
was killed by the stranger.
Grand Master Nicol of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows last evening insti-
tuted in this city Myrtle lodge No. 20,
Order of Rebekah. The following are the
officers: Mrs. j. E. Enright, n. g.; Mrs.
Nellie Marks, V. G.. Mrs. John Hacks shaw,
secretary; Mrs. John I. Lynes, treasurer;
Miss Ester Kabaker. conductor; Mrs. A.
II. Devine, warden; A. r. Devine, r. S. of
y. G.; Sarah A. Johnson, L. S. of n. c.;
Miss Katie Mccormick, L. S. of V. G.:
outside guard, j. b. Terhune. Before
Mr.. NicoI's departure to-day for his home
in Hamilton he was presented with a
handsome gold watch on the part of the
order of Rebekah.