The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-07
At THE BOTTOM OF IT
Miss 0verman's" Husband Gives
Out a Few Family Secrets.
AND HE DOES NOT TELL ALL
At Any Rate He Says More WIN Be
Told Unless the Red Haired
Woman Retracts Some of
Her Statements : Notes.

Great Fails. Mont. Jan. 6.-Daniel
Silveira. the former husband of Miss
Overman," whose name has been un-
pleasantly associated with that of
Rev. DIR. c. o. Brown in the San Fran
cisco scandal, which was exposed by
the arrest of Mrs. Davidson on
charge of Matchmaking, is a resident OF
Great Falls, where he has been since
1889. Mr.. Silveira conducts a restaur-
ant on Central avenue, and those who
have known him for years, say he is
an honest, Industrious, sober and intel
ligent man, who devotes his time to
business and who enjoys the respect of
those who is associated with him In
business or social way. The assertion
that he is a worthless, drunken gam
bier" is given the lie by his conduct in
this city.
When questioned by Standard re-
porter in regard to his marriage and
divorce from Miss Overman," Mr..
Silveira said: 1T is a subject / dislike
to discuss at this time, but there has
been so many lies told that some OF
them should be corrected. Miss Over
man says in the examination that we
were married in Helena. That is
wrong. we were married at Spokane,
and removed to Helena, where we re-
sided for four years. She says she
could have secured a divorce from me
on purely 'scriptural grounds That Is
wrong, and she knows it, l could have
secured divorce on these grounds ana
named as correspondents two or more
prominent business men of Helena. We
parted, she going West and securing
divorce without a protest from me. L
had lost track of the woman entirely
until her name was dragged into this
scandal. never met Rev. Mr.. Brown
and when he reiterates this statement
regarding me he is either deliberately
living or talking on a subject he knows
nothing about. l have known the wo-
man since she was a girl is years OF
age. and may be compelled to tell her
history unless she retracts what she
has said about me. / have written 70
San Francisco advising her that unless
she tells the truth regarding her mar
ried life and the causes that LED up 10
our separation and subsequent divorce,
1 will be compelled, in the interests OF
truth and Justice, to do so myself,
which would be. disagreeable on my
part and result in tearing her down
from the high pedestal she now seeks
to occupy with the aid of a clergyman
of Frisco. Miss Overman, as she
calls herself, is bright, sharp, smooth
and thoroughly versed in the ways OF
human nature, and Is a consummate
actress. She knows the value OF
money, too, and will gather shekels
whenever and wherever she can.
The city council held an important
meeting tonight to take action in the
protection of the city from loss in con-
nection with Vogels contract for paw
ing Central avenue. Residents of this
city who have claims against Vogel for
work. material and the like, will be
protected against the efforts of outsid-
ers to scoop in the balance due Vogel
on account of debts hanging over the
latter of years standing. Meantime,
the bondsmen of Vogel will also be re-
quired to step UP to the captains desk
and pay their proportion of any short
ages that may exist between the con-
tractor and his Great Falls creditors.
One of the curiosities of Montana
weather was reported here to-day y
ice harvesters on the Missouri river.
Although this time of the year is sup
posed to be the dead" of winter, the
weather was so warm a good part of
the afternoon that the ice melted so
rapidly while being transferred from the
river to the ice houses as to render 1t
unfit for storing, and work had to be
otonrad