The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-30

could or you could not. did you or did you
not use that language"
NO. sir
Did you inquire about the fire being in
Inc henyon-Connell warehouse -
4. IS possible that / did although
bad no thoughts or fears concerning our
warehouse. am not man who is liable
20 get excited, but / cannot remember
whether II was after the first, second or
lhird explosion that called at the central
station. nor can | remember where
was when the second and third explosion
occurred"
Fred DuCdale testified as follows /:
Alter the first explosion. a man, whom
now recognize as Mr.. Rennish, by the
bunch of whiskers on his chin, and other
things. came into tho central station and
asked Harry Kinney where the fire was.
lie seemed to he excited and / heard him
say that there's powder down there"
Joe Alien gave the following testimony:
Alter the alarm sounded | went TO the
central station and stayed there 20 or 30
minutes. After the first explosion
a rather large man, whom |
did not know and would not recognize
now, came in and asked if we knew
where the fire was. Mr.. Kinney told him
We did not and he made some remark
about warehouses which did not catch
July. did not pay much attention TO
him AMI did not hear him say ANYTHING
about powder. l don't know whether that
man, indicating Rennishl is the man or
not. Tho man | refer to rs the only man
who inquired about the fire at that time
and recalled the incident afterwards"
Adjourned to 10 o'clock tomorrow.
N MEMoRIAM.
oh, for the touch OF vanished hand
And the sound OF a voice that Is still
Never before in the annals of the A. O.
l. W. throughout the Northwest has
u been called upon TO mourn such n dire
lui calamity as that which hurled five of
rs members, Brothers Cameron. Sloan,
Moses. Norling and Bowman, into eter-
NIFTY on the evening of the 18th inst,
Mnlie IN performance of public duty in
this city.
The suddenness of the dread summons:
the circumstances under which it reached
them; the awful character of their death,
annlhilating, as ii did, four of them, to an
extent which precluded those last offices
sorrowing love aud friendship performs
over It's inanimate object e'er II is en-
tombed-every attending circumstance
contr buted to make their fate almost uu-
The A. o. L. W. lodges of Silver Bow
comfy feel a deep and abiding sense of
sorrow over the death of these brethren.
who while the blood of early manhood
pulsatcd in their veins; with the tenderest
ties binding them to earth; when hope
was nigh and life was dear, were hurried
INTO the presence of their God before
IIhhey had time TO commend their soul To
HIM.
We accept tins dispensation of the Al
mighty, because ii is, and trustingly buoy
up our hearts with the consolatory belief |
mat could our vision extend beyond tho
world, the good for which so great "A sac
'lllce was demanded would be apparent |
In their supreme afil ction, We feel for !
he relatives of our dead tine deepest com |
nlseration words can express. And while !
plying world min sters to them IN every /
way tending to tighten their burden or |
mitigate their grief, let us hope that He |
who imposed this double cross will grant |
strength and resignation to bear it.
BUTTE LODGE No. /,
BY :. II. Il, Dufresne.
SILVER Bow LODGE No II,
BY J. H. Hall.
PRIDE or THE WEST LODGE No. A.,
BY \. Il. Brown.
EVENING STAR LODGE No. A,
BY Lou Gunderson.
ARGENTA LODGE No. 40,
BY James McNulty.
Butte, Mont, Jan. %, 1895.