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Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-10-16
HAS BEEN TWICE MARRIED
Now Mrs. Selma MOser- Bonner Wants
a Divorce From Her First
Husband
Husband Sent to PrisOa for Life and
She Married a Sand COulee
Man.

A peculiar suit for di 7orce was insti-
tuted ia the district court Tuesday-or,
strictly speaking, there is nothing pecu-
liar in the complaints allegations, but
the circumstances developed are very
unusual
The suit is entitled Selma Moser,
Plaintiff, versus Urpen Moeer, Defend
ant. The complaint alleges that plaintiff
and defendant intermarried in the In
dian Territory, July 30, 1885; that they
lived together as husband and wife until
November, 1890; that,at the January, 1891,
term of the district court in and for Park
county, Montana, defendant was con-
victea Of the crime of murder and was
sentenced to imprisonment in the state
prison for the rest Of his natural life.
Plaintiff asks for a divorce and the
custody of their three children, aged,
respectively, II, 8 and years.
William G. Downing is plaintiffs at
torney.
That is all that appears in the suit,
but other records show that the plaintiff
was married Sept I, 1879, at Sand
Coulee, to William Donner, Rev. Charles
| Peterson officiating.
Hence, technically, the plaintiff is
guilty of bigamy. 1t appears, however,
that she had lived in state where the
law was that person who was sentenced
to imprisonment for life was legally
dead. Therefore when her spouse was
sent over the range for keeps, she con-
cluded that she was legally widow and
when the spirit moved her she married
Mr.. Donner, saloon keeper of Sand
Coulee.
The plaintiff formerly lived in West
Great Falls and was employed by num-
ber of persons in this city as midwife.
1t is stated that Governor Richards is
about to pardon the defendant.
An attorney said yesterday that the
plaintiff might encounter some difficulty
in securing divorce, as she did not in.
stitute suit within the period prescribed
by law after defendants conviction.
1t is not probable that defendant will
file any answer, but in a similar case ir
this district, a few months ago, Attor
ney General Haskell interested himself
and would have filed an answer on be
half of the defendant-convict, if the
time to answer had not expired.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-10-16
Thursday, Oct. 10.

Mr.. and Mrs 3. f. Spurrier of Belt
are in the city,
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. P.
Kelly is very ill.
Henry Lund of Fort Benton, stock in
spector, is in the city.
Harry Athey has recovered, after a
two weeks illness with dinhtherJa.
r. M. Calkins of Helena, formerly a
merchant of Great Falls, is in the city.
JIG. McCuaig of Dupuyer, deputy
sheriff of Teton county, is in Great
Falls.
E, d. Hastic OF Sun River, former
representative in the legislature, is in
the city.
J. f. McClelland, who has been ill for
several weeks, is able to be out OF doore,
although yet weak.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G.. Manson left yes
terday for California, where they will re-
main until next April.
Mrs. Gibbs, who has been the guest OF
Mrs. A. r. Devine for several weeks, left
yesterday for her home at Salt Lake.
Miss Grain, of Fourth avenue north
and Thirteenth street, is the guest OF
friends in Missoula, her former home.
Archibald Gray, assistant general
freight agent of the Montana Central
railway, came over from Butte yesterday
P. f. Sherlock of La Fox, ILL.,, has
purchased 2,2OO head Of wethers from
ex Senator T., G. Powers band at Sun
nyside.
II. Il. Collett and e. w. Kelly and w
T. Andrews of Boston returned, lader
with spoils, after two months hunting
trip down the Missouri.
Rev. r. NJ Craven of Sand Coulee
will occupy the pulpit of the First Pres
byterian church next Sunday, exchang
ing with Rev. F. H. Gwynne, D. D.
Hon. o. F. Goddard, Mckinley candi
date for congress, accompanied by Sher
iff W. II. Dwyer, yesterday went to Sane
Coulee, where, in the evening, Mr.. God
dard addressed a small and chilly au
dience..
Rev. F. H. Gwynne, D. d., has accept
ed the call, extended a few weeks ago, t.
the pastorate of the First Presbyterian
church, and will be installed Sunda!
evening, Oct. %. At that time Rev. A
K. Baird, D. D., of Helena, synodica
missionary, all the ministers Of the Grea
Falls presbytery and probably othe
ministers of the state will be present
DR.. Baird will preach in the morning.
An attorney of Great Falls is prepar
. ing to circulate petition for the pardon
of j. G. Geldrit, who was convicted il
1891 of the murder of his commonlav
+ wife and was sentenced to Imprisonment
, in the penitentiary for IS years. Tn
murder was brutal one. The woma
was drunk, late at night, when she wen
to their room in the Gore block, wher
t Geldrit was. He beat her merciless
A and the blows caused her death, she be
t ing in the physical condition common t
/. her class. An attempt was made fey
months ago to secure his pardon, bu
the petition received SO few signature
that it was abandoned.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-10-16
Tuesday, Oct l 3,

John L3pley arrived yesterday from
Fort Benton.
NJ. l.. Strong, tho stockman OF Sun
River, is in Great Falls ON business,
Editor j. II, Durston of the Anaconda
Standard spont Sunday IN Great Falls
w. !. Auc hard, prominent ranchcr
and stockman Of Augusta, IS il the city
Representative w. Il GlassrCcl1 and
John x, Castnor wero III from Belt yes
terday,
Mr.. and Mrs. M. S. Burns and chill
dren have removed to the Grand Cen
tral
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Mcleod, Sec.
ond street and Seventh avenue south, d
i2-pound son.
Il. A. Luke of Helena, president of the
Montana State Board of Fire Under
writer's, arrived yesterday.
Ira Ingraham. superintendent of ex-
Senator II. G., Powers ranch, up Sun
river, was in Great Falls yesterday.
George Travis, w. d. Burch and j.
w. Oswald, all well-known citizens of
Cascade, spent Sunday in Great Falls
Miss Grace Bryan left yesterday for
Dupuyer to take position as stenogra-
pher and typewriter for the Teton county
republican committee.
F.. w. Mettler of Fort Benton, court
stenographer for the Tenth judicial dis
trict, returned yesterday from Helena
and spent the day in Great Falls.
Marriage licenses were issued yester.
day to Vika Mattiku and Miss Josephine
Suisku, both of Belt. and to Patrick j
Kilbride and Miss Mary Scanlon, both
of Butte,
Naturalized citizens of the United
States will prevent trouble and delay
If they have their certificates with then
when they make application for registra
tion as voters.
Calumet Mich Copper Country Even
ing News: "Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Silf
ven and family left this morning fol
Great Falls, Mont, where they will re
side in the future, Mr.. Silfven having SO
cured lucrative position in one Of the
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-10-16
CAPT. THOS. COUCH IS HOT
He Calls Godfrey NJ. Hyams a Boy
Juggler With Mines and
Smelters.
Hyams IL the Only Man Who Knows
Why the COncentratOr Is
Closed.

The Butte Miner publishes an inter-
view with Capt. Thomas Couch, general
manager of the properties of the Boston
and Montana Consolidated Copper and
Silver Mining company, in which Mr..
Couch uses some language that is rather
disparaging of Godfrey M. Hyams of
Boston, who is confidential agent, finan-
cial broker, or something else, to tho
Boston stockholders of the company.
The interview follows
Captain Thomas Couch was seen last
night at his office and asked if there
was any truth in the report that the
Boston and Montana company had laid
off several hundred men at the mines in
Butte and at the smelter at Great Falls.
He said:
"'Yes, understand that the concen-
traitor at Great Falls has been shut
down and $50 men laid off. The blast
furnaces are still running and q force
OF men continue at work about them.
The concentration, you understand, is
used for treating ores Of certain grade
and when it was closed down it followed
that we had to shut down some of our
mines here, as we we're left without any
place to ship the ore to for treatment.
| About two weeks ago we shut down the
East and West Colusa and laid off 200
miners. We are etill working few men,
as the ore from the Mountain View and
| the Pennsylvania mines is sent to the
Butte and Boston smelter here, which
we have under lease
"'What led to the closing down of the
concentrRtor at Great Falls, and by
whose orders has work been suspended
and 30 many men thrown out Of employ
ment?' was asked.
"'There is only one man in the world
who can answer that question, and that
is G. N. Hyams, who uses the property
of the Boston and Montana company as
though it belonged to himself PERSONAL
ly. He juggles with mines and smelters
like boy with playthings. Where he
gets his authority do not know
"Capt. Couch stated that there was
nothing new to report from the Atlantic
shaft. The recent discovery of q narrow
ore vein in the shaft has not been follow
ed by any further development, but
work is being pushed toward the sup
posed location of the main ore body as
fast as possible.
"The captain, who is one Of the re-
ceivers of the Butte and Boston COM
pany, states that motion to sell the
property of the company will be made in
the United States court on Monday of
next week, special sitting of the court
being called to hear the case."
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-10-16

The Billings Gazette has boIted the
entire state republican tickets except
Goddard and all the county ticket, judg-
ing from the following editorial utter
ances; with the exception of the Nc
Kiney electors, the Gazette has no hesi-
fancy in declaring that Mr.. Goddard is
the only candidate whose name will ap-
pear on any ticket in Montana this fall
who is not tinged, in some manner, with
fusion or apostacy and we do not even
except the republican candidates for
state offices. The nominee of the repub-
licans for congress is therefore the only
candidate who will appear before the
voters of Montana this fall representing
a principle" The Gazette will be pretty
lonesome when it gets through reading
people out OF the party. Perhaps it is
trying to reduce the party so that there
will be enough federal offices to go
around and give piece of pie to each
member in the improbable event of Nc
kinley's election.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-10-16
STATE oF'OHIo, Cry OF TOLEDO, !

LUCUS COUNTY,
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he
is the senior partner of the firm of f. j,
Cheney & Co., doing business in the
City Of Toledo, County and State afore-
said and that said firm will pay the sum
of One Hundred Dollars for each and
every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9th day OF December,
A. d. 1856.
A. w GLEASON,
l'h""l Notary Public,
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
and acts directly on the blood and muc-
GUS surfaces of the eyetem. Send for
testimonials, free.
F.J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.,
Sold by druggists, 75c.
HALLS Family Pills are the best.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-10-16

q. NJ. Holmes, the fusion candidate
for clerk Of the court, is making q rat
thing campaign and is growing in popu-
lar favor daily Mr. Holmes has not
only been consistent champion of the
workinglan both in his paper and per
sonalIy, ever since he came 10 Great
Falls, bat ho is one Of the best posted
and most enthusiastic free coinage men
in this county, and these are qualities
that are popular With the people of Cas-
cado county in this year of our Lord,
1S9f
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-10-16

7, to S9l,5O, June 15 The lowest quota
ton ever made was SIS, July IS, 1893;
the highest, S99.50, July 30, 1895. Prior
to the erection of the works ut Great
Falls, the quotation never went above
S75, which it reached in 1889, soon after
the announcement OF the contemplated
improvements at Great Falls.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-10-16
Apply Personally.
Iditni, Of TLl Irihn,lc

To the Editor of The TribunG:
I am resident of Great Falls, desire
to vote there and registered there in
1891. If send letter to the registry
agent thore, may he enter my name? Ia
my registration in 1894 still effective?
kibbey, Oct y. S,
.Answer.-You must apply in person.
Every elector must be registered anew
before Oct. % il he desires to vote Nov. 8.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-10-16
Tht i:Utl of Homer.

Since the last report the following
have stoned fine roll Of moobers Of tbc
80 ',>>' ',; ,,.,....'.I,',
ihuepenae''t fret ''lSef clu1. m
+ 3 Catlln, F bigman, j +, kehoc, "
5 Udell, W birkenbuel, ) J. Madlgan, >
& White, t Dunn, " II Dannat, { i.
Thayor, q ilauXwejl, II /. finiason, Zoe
Creamcr, A / Wlegand, Wallace Mid
ilcmiss, Tnomas ) Brurphy NJ hlng5-
ley, y G McCubbin, Archibald hopkins,
" Ill parrott, W Ii hopkins, Thomas j
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-10-16

To Hon. l.. II. hershfield, chairman of
the orly-only republican machine in
Montana: Now send us Botkin with
ample notice and two dozen dlshegrt-
cned republican county candidates will
take the narrow gauge railway for
foreign soil!
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-10-16

Wanted-A situation by man and wife
to take charge of ranch. Can furnish
best OF references. Apply Box 81, Sand
Coulee.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-10-16

Lost-Monday, Sept. Il, between
Truly and town, grayish brown shawl
and other articles in strap. Suitable re-
ward for return to DR.. Ings.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-10-16

Five hundred head OF ) and A year old
choice wethers for sale. Address,
J.J. ODER, Kibbey, Mont.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-05
STREET IMPROVEMENT.

The celebration which the merchants
and property owners of Sixth street have
devised for this evening will serve TO some
extent as a general celebration by the
whole City of the beginning OF new era
in the work Of street improvement. What
has been accomplished on Sixth street is
very little in comparison with what
should be done throughout the City, but
at any rate it is distinct step in advance
and to that extent is well worthy of COM
memoration.
The work which merchants and i'm
provement clubs are doing for San Fran
cisco is much greater than is generally
supposed. 1t appears small only in COM
parison with the vast amount OF work
which ought to be done. Our streets need
Improvements of all kinds. They should
be better lighted, better paved, better
swept, better sprinkled, better constructed
and better severed. Where so much Is
required even an important improvement
hardly makes showing sufficient to its
merits; but it helps at any rate to hasten
the coming of the time when complete
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-05

the rate of twelve miles an hour, provided
they:are not above a certain weight, and there
is no doubt that when they come into general
use, as undoubtedly they will in q short time,
the pressure of the traffic will be con siderably
lightened. Not only will each vehicle ia Ike up
less room, but there will not be the frequent
delay caused by fallen horse blocking the
IS tream of traffic, that the maxim II m pace Of
twelve miles an hour will not be so impossible
as might at first be thought.
The company proposes to begin business
with $50 cabs These cabs will be most hand
somely appointed. They will be fitted with
spring cushions green and gold curtains,
glass fronts and electric lamps. They will be
well lighted inside, besides carrying the
lamps at the sides which are common to all
cabs. The driver of these electric cabs will,
like the drivers OF the ordinary handsome
cabs, have a lefty seat from which he will be
able to get full view of the traffic on all
sides. Only in the case of the new vehicles
the drivers will be in front of their passengers,
but so seated as not wholly 10 obscure the
view of their fares The driver will control
his cab by two handles. by one of which he
will regulate the pace, and by the other he
will steer. The cabs are fitted with reversing
gear that is perfect. But in order to make the
vehicles Absolutely safe each is supplied with
foot-brake which will enable the driver to
stop it instantly. The wheels of the electric
cab are tired with indiarubber
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-05
" THE SUNDAY GALL"

In to-morrow's issue of THE CALL will
appear wealth of timely features. The
story of six Little Heroes in the Battle
of Life" is one that will appeal to al
hearts. The tale that is told is not one
wherein fiction claims the major part, MOI
in which fiction has any part at all. 1t i:
story of real conditions, and every word
of il is true.
The heroes are, generally, poor and
friendless. From San Francisco's man.
sions Of luxury and ease will certainly
come response that will render the pa
thetic longings of these brave children not
in vain. OF heroes on fields of war, oil
noble deeds or sea and shore, the books
are full; but fame knows not the names
of the heroes of whom Jean Morris tells in
THE SUNDAY CALL. They have borne up,
like soldiers, under dreadful suffer:ngs,
and their agonies fell to them through nc
fault of their own.
The gracious Christmas time is near
ing, and there is no telling how
much pain and gloom may be driven
out of young lives by even such trifiing
membranes as tiny dolls, or toy drums
or wooden soldiers, or picture books. OIL
candy. 1t will make fortune-favored chill
dren happier at Yuletide to know that
their offerings on the altar of plying
kindness will bring smiles to faces that
were almost born to sadness and Joy to
souls that can hardly bear their over
weight OF woe.
In addition there are some odd and pecu-
liar sketches apropos of the season of Ad.
vent, and Culver has illustrated them in
his Enthusiastically clever way.
Few occupations in life offer more thrill
ing experiences than that OF the railroad
engineer, and the "Stories of the Engine
cab" will be eagerly read, the more so be
cause they are written by ola engineer,
themselves.
An exciting account of bicyclist's wild
ride, whirling along through space in the
teeth of gale and making the fastest mile
on record, will interest everybody an6
especially the devotees of the bike.
The page devoted to "Childhood's
Realm is more than usually entertaining
this week. Ours is the only children:
page published on the Pacific Coast which
is almost entirely edited by the children
of California them selves.
The female Jack Tar of the Barbary
Coast is the subject of very readable
sketch, and there is large amount o
other capital Sunday matter, ably writer
and well illustrated.
The different departments are fully NJ
to their usual standard of excellence, ane
as far as news and dispatches are con
cerned The CALL, as in the other in
stances, is far in the lead of it's contem
poraries. Nobody should fail to get TIL
SUNDAY CALL. 1t is a veritable library O
literature and news of the day, and all i
costs is cents.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-05
THE BRITISH LEAGUE.

The proceedings of the British Empire
League at the meeting on Thursday were
of nature widely different from those
which have usually been taken in such
semblies. The talk on Thursday was of
war and colonial defense, instead OF the
well-worn theme of commerce and the
federation of the empire.
The Duke of Deyonshire, who made the
principal address, devoted his attention
almost wholly to the progress which has
been made in recent years for colonial de-
tense. This progress he attributed mainly
to the work of the league, and spoke OF it
as an essential element in the bond which
holds together the widespread empire of
Great Britain.
In former meetings the discussion of the
league has been directed mainly to the
extension of British commerce and the
endeavor to formulate some means by
which Great Britain could retain almost
all the trade of her colonies. These DIS
cussions have always proved futile. The
more important colonies of the empire
have long since set up for themselves in
their commercial affairs, and imposed
tariff duties to protect their home indus
tries against British competition. 1t has
been in vain that efforts were made to
bring about a general agreement for abso-
lutte free trade between all the colonies of
the mother country. The difficulties in
the way seem to be insuperable, and it
appears now that attempts in that direc-
ton have been at least tenn porar lily aban.
doned.
The new policy of the league as outlined
by the meeting is to develop a military
unit throughout the empire, instead of a
commercial one. The league proposes to
confirm the loyalty of the colonists by
demonstrating to them what England is
prepared to do IN their defense in case of
any possible war. Devonshire declared
that the British Government attaches the
greatest importance to the renewal of s ome
form of naval arrangements with Aus
tralia, and expressed the belief that the
opportunity would soon be taken to re-
open the whole question of colonial de-
tense.
The Lord Mayor, who presided at the
meeting, seems to regard the new policy
as much better than the old. He spoke of
it at any rate as "a great scheme for the
absolute and perfect unity of the British
empire" Like the Duke of Devonshire,
he appears to esteem the plan of promot-
ing loyalty by an appeal TO the military
spirit as even more effective than the for
mer attempts to devise commercial trea-
ties.
All the speakers at the meeting ex-
pressed sanguine belief that the British
Government would carry out the plans
devised by the league. and it seems proba-
bic therefore that Great Britain's expen-
diture for war purposes will be much
larger in the future than was expected by
the taxpayers of the country when Parlia-
ment made its last appropriation for the
increase of the navy.