The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-04
1T BROKE HIS HEART
Alan MaCOlOChie'S Trouble fastened
His Death.
HE HAD VERY MANY FRIENDS
Interesting Talk About the Ma
tional Park and the Wonders
Which Ii Contains-Found
Dead Near Livingston.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

tered n nolle prosequi in the case OF the
United States against Alan Maconochie,
the erstwhile assistant cashier of the de-
funct Livingston National bank. The
demise of Mr.. Maconochie occurred at his
home in ST. Paul a few days ago and his
death was no doubt hastened by the un-
fortunate circumstances which SUR
rounded the last few months of his stay
in this city. 1t is not generally believed
here that tho bright and capable young
man. whose life ended while yet the sun
of his earthly existence shone in the east,
was intentionally guilty of any criminal
act in connection with the failure of the
Livingston bank with which he was un-
fortunately associated.
The story of the banks failure and the
flight of Cashier George L. Carey was told
at the time in the STANDARD and is prob
ably familiar to most of the readers of the
STANDARD. Maconochie made bis fatal
mistake in placing such implicit cond-
dence in the honesty of the defaulting
cashier. Maconochie had no hand in the
peculations of the thieving cashier; his
guilt consisted in unwittingly making
what, to his surprise, proved TO be false
entries and q false report to the comp
troller of the currency in his capacity as
assistant cashier and one of the board of
directors. In the eyes of the law. how
ever, he was guilty and the United States
grand jury, in session at Helena in 1898,
brought in indictments against him on
three separate counts, but owing to con-
tinued ill health the case against him has
been pos poned from time to time.
At the time of his arrest in this city,
when he was held to the grand jury by
eei1
man, me was in very poor health. Not
knowing to what extent he was involved
in the bank failure, his former friends
and admirers were chary about going on
his bonds. 1t took him a whole week to
furnish the required bail, and that one
week of terrible anxiety was fraught with
disastrous results to his naturally weak
constitution. The STANDARD correspond
ent we'll remembers Maconochie's weary
look, pallid countenance and detected air
as he entered the commissioners Office
one afternoon. after several days of un-
successful solicitation for bonds. Com
pletely worn out and discouraged, abject
despair was written on his face and he
presented an object which excited the ut
most compassion of tho commissioner.
Maconochie lost everything he pos
sessed by the bank failure. He turned
over every cents worth of property he had
acquired, even to his little home in this
city, and left for St. Paul, broken in
health and financially embarrassed. He
vacated a responsible position with the
West Publishing company of st. Paul to
accept the assistant cashiership of the
Livingston National bank, and upon his
return he was given his former position
with that company. He was q prominent
young man, bright, enterprising and
brainy, and many there are who sincerely
regret his early demise.
slSupt. j. II. Deane of the Yellowstone
National Park association, is in St. Paul
arranging for supplies for the park hotels
next season. He looks for largely in
creased travel to the great national play
ground next summer. the Park Transpor-
tation company having adopted n schedule
for the year 1895 of 33H per cent. less
than the rates which formerly obtained.
The reduction includes both transporta-
ton and hotel charges. Speaking to a
reporter about the grandeur of the park
in the winter season, Superintendent
Deane said:
wonderland is a marvellous place
when il is in possession OF Old Boreas. II
is tame in summer compared to the mag
nificence of its winter state. and l doubt
If one can find on the continent anything
equal TO the panoramic grandeur of the
winter scenery in the park. just now the
springs and geysers are things of won-
drous beauty and their surroundings are
indescribably grand. In the summer the
loveliness of the surrounding scenery de-
tracts ones attention from the springs
themselves, but to look at them when
g.. Ia, n
thrills the spectator and, standing in tho
solemn stiffness of the great winter scene.
Inc who could gaze upon such unparalleled
grandeur and repress his mingled feel
ings of wonder and admiration must in
deed be possessed of a degree of stoicism
that would do credit to an Indian.
"The park is:really a government game
preserve now and one of the objects oi
the nation in setting apart this weird and
wonderful region has therefore been at
tanned. There are countless elk in the
park and the only wild bison in the coun-
try find a comparatively safe refuge in its
mountain Businesses. The herd of buf.
falo is growing rapidly in numbers and
last fall one of the government scouts
counted 27S in one bunch. They are
rarely seen except in the winter and early
spring. Their winter range is in Hayden
valley, but in the summer they make their
way to the Twin Butte country and up
into the mountains, SO that they are sell
dom seen by tourists. Under the new
law, which places the park under the jur
| isdiction of the United States courts oi
Wyoming and provides a severe penalty
for infractlons of the game laws, there i:
| no longer any difficulty with poachers.
| The park is patrolled by two troops oI
| cavalry and old-time hunters have come
| to understand that there is penalty at.
tached 10 poaching, and that the law will
| be enforced"
state Mining Inspector {. ). Shoemaker
| Of Helena will arrive IN this city in a few
I days on his way 20 Horr 10 investigate the
! recent coal mine explosion which resulted
/ in the death of Con Lowney. No ofiicia
notification Of the accident was sent 4
| either the county coroner or the mining