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The Ravalli Republican., 1896-08-05
McKeoWn Held ror Murder

Livingston, July 30.-11?c prcll'n-
inarv hearing of James Mc.Nco"h
and Ike Fifer, charged with the MIR
der of THOMAS Craig, near Cokcdalc,
on the night Of July 20, was finished
today. The case against F'ifcr was
dismissed, there being no evidence
connecting him with the crime lie
was placed under bont.s to keep the
peace: Judge Rose rcscrv yea MS dc,
cision In the case Of McKcoN'h uht1l
Saturday. The state prescntc,. very
strong :, ,rircunistuntial cyidc..'ce
against McKcown, and it is generally
believed he will be held to the dis
trict court.
McKcown, in tcstifying today, de-
MED being IN aliy way connected with
the plot to assassinate Craig; denied
that he ever told men IN d saloon at
Cokcdalc on the evening OF the muir
der that something startling would
occur that night. 1t is claimed by
the state that McKcowr had ample
time in the :hour and ten minutes
that elapsed after leaving Collan' S
ranch to make a circuit to the road,
shoot Craig and then reach Grady'S
ranch at 10, as reported. This is de
MED by Mckeown, who claims that
the trail was rough and that he con
su1ncd the full time in making the
| rim
The Ravalli Republican., 1896-08-05
DEAD SEVERAL DAYS.
The Body Of Byron +. StrOug Found In
His Cabin Near Cascade.

Great Falls, July 3o.-About 2
o'clock this afternoon Bryon e.
Strong, a wcll-to-do ranchcr living
two miles this side Of Cascade, was
discovered dead in his bed, with the
remains in sad state of dccompo-
sition and already being attacked by
vcrmin. Hc was found by Harvey
Hall, who had endeavored several
times in the last few days to see
Strong but had always found the
door locked. Finally he broke the
fastening and discovered the sicken-
ing sight within. Sheriff Dwyer
and Coroner Whitman started for
Cascade this evening. From all re-
ports it does not seem that any foul
play is suspected. The door was
locked from the inside and as Strong
was a morose disposition some who
knew him here think it must have
been case OF suicide. Deceased
was As years of age and leaves a wife,
who, it is said, has been keeping a
boarding house in Helena for some
time. He came to Helena from
Florence, Mich, in 1871, and was
first employed by A. NJ. Garrison and
a little later as bookkeeper for Il. G.
Power s. Co. He married first d
daughter of Harvey English O
Helena. They were divorced seVera
years ago and she was killed by
railway train near Glasgow a year Of
SO aftcrward. In August, 1895, ht
married Mrs. Naomi Largent, widow
Of the late Rev. j. NJ. Largent, o
Ulm. A daughter by his first wif'
lives at st. Peter, Mont, and a sis
ter, Mrs. w. NJ. Wyatt, formerly Q
5 Helena, now resides at Freson, Cal
Helena, July 30.-Strong was vel
!, known in Helena. He resided her
: several years ago. His friends, how
: ever, did not know Of any reaso
: why he should have killed himself
o They said it must have been domcs
t tic difficulties, but he said llttl
c about his own affairs to other people
c r. S. Ford, of Great Falls, who
r in the city knew Strong % yea
) ago. 'Hc was apparently easy
a money Matters" said MI. Ford la
u night. sllc sold cattle enough
raise So, 900 this spring. lie ownt
a 500 or more acres Of land near Ca
IS cadc." ..
q Mr.. Strong was unfortunate
lc his domestic relations. Lis tli
" wife secured Il divorce from Iii
: The second and he did not agree al
she left him to come i, to Helena
The Ravalli Republican., 1896-08-05

B. Percy Clark, a member OF the
firm Of Clark Bros. s. Co., one OF the
largest producers Of wool in Teton
county, is exhibiting the model Of an
invention Of his own, on which he
has applied for a patent. The in
vention consists Of knives for the
shearing Of sheep. The knives arc
arranged much on the same plan as
the knives on a moving machine.
They are to be run by horse power
or steam power, and they are dis
tinct from other knives by reason Of
the manner in which the power is
conducted and applied, it being
claimed for them that the jar is
very slight and the movement is
regular,
Mr.. Clark claims that the knives
will work in the grcasiest wool and
the clip will average one pound pei
head More than with ordinary shear:
while the priceSwill be at least one
half cent per pnund higher. 1t j:
claimed that the cost Of shearint
with knives will be reduced so pei
ccnt.-Grcat Falls Tribune.
The Ravalli Republican., 1896-08-05
Dubois and Wilson.

Boise. Idaho, July 25.-SenatoI
Dubois ANU Congressman Wi}Dr
we're given splendid reception TO-
night. The dem r1Istration was INC
largest ever witncs:. ed here. Many
were here from all over the state.
Much Jntcrcst has been aroused here
by tire receipt by Il number OF demo
Gratis Of a letter from Colorado. Mr..
Thomas urges democrats to support
MI: dubois for the senate. lie says
Colorado democrats have agreed to
send Teller back and it is the special
desire Of the later that his ";lblcSt
lieutenant" be not left at home.
The Ravalli Republican., 1896-08-05
TO POSTAL. CLERKS.
They Arc sForcwarncd Not TO rake an
Active Part in Political Campaigns.

T,,av Arc !Fprcwarncd Not To Take an
Active Part in Political Campaigns.
Wasliih gton, 3 uly 20 Postmaster
@enerul Wilson has ISSUED an order
to railway mail clerks directing them
not to take action in the interest of
the political campaign, such as
would be involved in attending po-
litical conventions as delegates or
making political speeches. The Or
der, which is in line with the famous
"pernicious activity" order Of Presi-
dent Cleveland in 1856, was issued
today by General Superintendent
White Of the railway mail service by
direction Of the postmaster general.
1t is as follows:
uThc attention Of all railway
postal clerks, regardless of the duty
to which they may be assigned, is
directed to section 435, page 1872 OF
the postal laws and regulation OF
1898. The department does not at
tempt or desire to control the politl-
cal opinions Of any one connected
with the postal service, but insists
that employees OF the railway mail
service shall not take an active in
terest in politics in the way OF at
tending conventions as delegates
making political speeches or assist.
ing in the management OF political
campaigns These employees should
recognize the fact that their tenure
of Office depends upon themselves; II
they conform to these requirements
and are efficient, honest, courteous
to the public, their officers aud com.
rades, and abstain from unseemly
and indecent language in discussing
candidates or parties, they ma.
reasonably expect to remain IN tht
service, All this will not interfere
with their voting according to tn
dictates of their own conscience O
expressing their opinions in an IN
telligcnt and courteous way. Nor
than this, however, is detrimental
to the best interests Of the serv1c
and is in violation OF the section 9
the postal laws and regulations re
ferred to above, and also Of the orde
of the president issued July Il, 1855
which is still in force and was mad
part of the postal laws and regula
tions subsequently promulgated b
the postmaster general May q
1884," --
The formal order was brought ou
BY complaints against some OF I'll
clerks. The postmaster general WI
issue general order of the san
tenor to all classes Of employees
the entire postal service later o.
IT, will not, he done, however, unle
complaint is made.
The Ravalli Republican., 1896-08-05
On August ~.

Lincoln, July'2o.-Upon receipt Of
intelligence from New York tonight
that the hail at Madison Square
Garden could be secured for that
day, Mr.. Bryan announced that he
would receive the notification COM
mittcc Of the democratic national
convention there on Aug. II. 1t is
known that Mr.. Bryan is now pre-
pairing his speech Of acceptance OF
the nomination. lie expects to lay
in his New York speech the ground
work for the campaign, and it is be.
licvcd that up to the date of its de.
livery no lIan will learn from his lips
lust what he may be expected to &c
in relation to the popullst nomlna
tion. Possibly he may not even
then declare himself, but it is be
licvcd that he will then give som(
intimation Of his plans in relation tt
the populistic nomiuatlon.
The Ravalli Republican., 1896-08-05
FROM BITTER ROOT VALLEY.
Montana VIII Compete With Washing
ton at Spokanc's Fruit Fair.


The contributions to the Fruit
Fair this year will come from a much
more extensive territory than ever
before. A number Of letters have
been received from Montana, and cs-
pccially from the Bitter Root valleys
in response to letters of invitation to
participate. The people Of that
country can make a very fine showing
in many varieties Of fruits. They
arc anxious to exhibit at the fair
and promise to bring specimens that
will capture some of the prizes. Last
year there were no displays from
that section, whatever. Many pco-
pie will be anxious to compare the
fruit Of that valley with other dis
tricts.
The fair managers are still Won
dering who will visit the fair at that
time. Today every hotel in the city
is reported full and some are putting
cots in the parlors and wherever
space can be found. The lodging
houses and boarding places are also
filled with roomers. And yet this is
only the regular daily business OF the
town. TO accommodate the crowds
that are already promising to come
some special arrangements must be
made. If private parties do not pro.
vide adequate accommodations and
at reasonable rate the fair manage
ment will be compelled to do So
, Spokane Chronicle.
The Ravalli Republican., 1896-08-05
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The Ravalli Republican., 1896-08-05
DOMlNICK EREYLER DEAD.
An Old Timer and Father Of Mrs. Fcrd
Nchr,

Dominicl1 Freylcr, of Wickes, died
about seven o'clock in the evening OF
July goth at st. Johns hospital in
Helena. Mr.. Freyler was we'll known
throughout the state Of Montana,
and particularly in Jefferson county,
where he has resided since the year
1864. He was born in Baden, Ger
many, in 1916 and was nearly eighty
one years of age at the time OF his
death. His was an cvcntful life.
He took part in a rebellion in his
native state and was compelled to
leave. The knowledge that this was
country Of liberty had reached him
and he came to enjoy here what he
had fought to obtain there. About
the time he arrived at New York the
gold excitement Of California was at
its height, and with his brother Cas-
per, who died at Corbin few years
ago, he crossed the continent with
| the early emigrants. lie lived afcW
years in California and then retraced
his steps across the plains and settled
near Council Bluffs, Iowa.
In 1864, the spreading fame OF Al
der gulch reached him aud he deter
mined to seek his fortune In thi
land Of promise. Soon after reaching
this territory he located on a rancl
Just below Jefferson City, where Hen
nv Fulton now lives. Homestak'
gulch west Of Jefferson was then be
ing worked by many miners and JET
fcrson gave promise Of futur
growth it has not realized. Aftc
living there a few years he sold on
at an advantageous price and took Il
a ranch between Wilkes and Gregor.
where he lived until the time Of hi
DEATH
For four years he has been yer
: feeble and in need Of constant after
Il dance. At times he has been entire
n ly helpless, but the courage and V
talitv which carried him through
many hardshps and dangers, kcl
c alive the spark Of life, until thcl
e was nothing in his weakened fran
d to sustain it longer. Mr.. Freyl'
. leaves son, Herman Frcyler apro
- porous rancher near Wilkes, and
y daughter, Mrs. Fcrd Wchr, living
IT the Bitter Root valley. .= .""
If He was always a kind father,
$. good ncighbor, honest in all busine
!; dealings, and ever ready and williI
: to help any one in distress. II
y news Of his death will bring sorr(
10 to many a heart all over the state.
~ RO,l1der Sentinel.
The Ravalli Republican., 1896-08-05
SOUVENIR BADGES.
or Union Soldiers Who Were In South
crn Prison Pens.


crn Prison Pens.
Helena Herald: Police Justice
Walker has received from a comradc
at Des Moincs, u souvenir badge or
the Iowa Union of eX-Prisuners OF
War association. Tho center piece
is military cmblnm-knapsack,
crossed nluskcts and :, surmountlng
eagle, with pendants figure inscribed
"Death Before DishonOr" Another
inscription is the dead line warning
"Yeou Yanks, stand back, thar
Below on the ribbon is printed
Windcr's Infamous order, issued
thirty-two years ago, of which this is
| the text; .=.
"I1cadquartcrs Military Prison,
| Andcrsonvillc, Ga, July p, 1864,
Ordcr.No. l3.-Thc officers on duty
and in charge of the battery OF
Florida artillery at the time will,
upon receiving notice that the enc
my has approached y within sever
miles of this post, open npou the
stockadc with grapcsiaot, wIthou
reference to the Situation bcyou<
these lines Of defense.
''Jo1lN' II. W1NDEss,
Brig. Gen Commanding.
The Ravalli Republican., 1896-08-05
Sent to Prison LCr The IT.

Pittsblrg, July Major Wm.
G. Moreland, .cx-city attorney, con
v1ctcd Of cmbeZzlcment Of city funds,
was sentenced to pay a fine of 500, :
800 and undergo three years i'm
prisonmentat at Riverside pcnitcntiarv,
His assistant, W. II. House, WAS
fined 81 900 and sentenced to two
years. While the shortage on which
Morcland and House were convicted
was only s2o,90O; there was between
three and four hundred thousand
dollars unaccOuntcd Tor.
The Ravalli Republican., 1896-08-05
NEWS OF: TIL: WEEK.

General r. T.. Colston, officer OF
the confederate army, one time com
mandcr Of the Stoncwall brigade,
died at the soldiers home ut Rich
mond in his list year. Colston
served six years in the Egyptian
army, receiving a decoration for dis
tinguishcd services.
Joseph Grcidicr, of Minneapolis,
one of the crack bicycle racers, was
killed at Lima, Ohio: Grcdicr was
probably ovcrcomt by tho heat, FOR
he left the track, ran straight into
the crowd and was thrown upon 4
fence, receiving injuries which re-
suited in his death half an hour
later. Grcidicr was in the cad u
the half mile open race at the time
the accident occurred.
! S. .. Worden, the railroad striker
charged with wrccking the railway
bridge near Sacramento two years
|ago and thereby caused the death Of
Engineer Clark and three United
States soldiers, must hang. The
| United States supreme court handed
down a decision in which it affirmed
the Judgment Of the superior court
where Worden was convicted Of muir
/ Ger in the first degree snd sentenced
to hang.
Railroad, officials will test the
right of Postmaster General Wilson
to prohibit them from carrying their
own and letters Of other roads. The
Lake Shore railroad will make the
test. Its superintendent has issued
an order to all the roads employees
to carry mail matter pertaining to
the business OF the road and letters
from other roads relating to joint
business affairs. PoStoff1ce Inspector
Stewart says he has not heard OF any
agreement to test the law, but If
the Lake Shore road desired to make
ia test Of it the government would be
very apt to accommodate it by prose-
cutting the yiUlatorS
The Ravalli Republican., 1896-08-05

St. Paul, July 3o.-Thc Great
Northern railroad has issued Il new
tariff on grain, seed, -four mill stuffs,
potatoes, hay, salt, cement, stucco
ind live stock In the tariff on grain
in carloads on the. eastern terminals
and stations in South. Dakota and
Montana, taking effect august 3, the
reductions make the lowest rates
ever supplied OH grain within that
territory.
The Ravalli Republican., 1896-08-05
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The Ravalli Republican., 1896-08-05
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The Ravalli Republican., 1896-08-05
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The Ravalli Republican., 1896-08-05
Silver Orators For the East.

Denver, July 29.-l. n. Stevens
who will have charge Of the cam
paign Of the silver party, with head
quarters at Washington returned TO
Denver today. Mr.. Stevens declined
for professional reasons, to accept
the craftsmanship, but was made
vice president with the understand
ing that he would attend to the ac"
tive work.
s'We will conduct vigorous CAM
paign from the word 60 sald
Stevens. "Speakers will be sent out
and silver literature distributed
everywhere. We will have the finest
orators in the country and as rule
they will be men who formerly allied
themselves with the republican party
We propose to swamp New York ano
the New England states with speak
crs. The gold men will tind the!
will have business enough to atten(
to at home.
ave can't meet money with money!
lie continued, "but we can NEE
money with organization. The com
mittecs of the silver party and tn
democracy will work in pcrfcc
harmony"
The Ravalli Republican., 1896-08-05

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-03

After a handful Of years had flown Ari-
IONA Alfred was a handful of years older.
But he was happy, sitting upon his piazza,
drumming the mandolin, and the Prairie
Peach of the garden of his heart sat beside
him in the cleaning. On the floor lay a
beautiful rug-an American rug-the skin
of Setting Hen, spread out like a tiger rug,
his feathers sticking out of his skull and
his glass eyes cleaning in the dancing
sunshine.
Arizona Alfred's little boys were trying
to shoot marbles into a hole in the rug
the hole made in the blooming savage by
the bullet of the Prairie Peach-the dearest
souvenir Of the thrilling rescue
When they were not projecting marbles
at the fatal aperture, they We're gliding to
and fro on a couple of the small toy tricy-
cles captured from the footing but untu-
tored savage. The white dove of peace
sang in the doughnut tree at the portal,
and all went merry as q factory bell. which
is the signal 70 stop work for the day
New York Sunday Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-03

an ex-captain in the Confederate army.
Up to the age of 1 8 months she had full
possession of her senses, but just as she
was beginning to learn to walk and talk
she was afflicted with a disease which
left her deaf, dumb and blind.
For the next few years no attempt
was made to improve her pitiable and
helpless condition, but at the age of 2
she showed such a bright mind and
seemed so eager to learn that her father
sent her to the Perkins Institute For the
Blind in Boston. In this school she made
wonderful progress She first learned to
communicate her thoughts by means of
the sign language. Then she began to
learn to articulate words, and, although
she could not hear the sound of her own
voice or that of others, she learned how
the sounds were formed by placing her
sensitive fingers upon the throat of her
instructor. When she was 10 years old,
she had begun to talk and had learned
to read raised letters.
By these difficult methods Miss Kel-
Ter has not only mastered the English
language, but French and German also,
and has gained a general education such
as few girls of her age possess. But
still more remarkable has been her
achievement in mastering the difficult
art of lip reading, which very few blind
people ever conquer. Two years ago
Miss Keller was sent to tho Wright
Humason school in New York city,
where the system is taught, and after a
few months practice she was able to
understand spoken words. Her fingers
she uses as ears. placing them on the
lips and throat of the person speaking,
and reading the words by means of her
acutely developed sense Of touch. She
viii not enter Radcliffe until she has
passed a year or two in a preparatory
school
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-03

In less time than is consumed in pro
curing ones change in a large department
store Arizona Alfred's wife soon came
bowling along at the head Of the excited
cowboys, each of whom was United
upon a certain bicycle whose name we will
not mention because it does not advertise
in these columns.
Soon they came bowling upon the scenes
vvhereat Arizona Alfred was still dashed to
the stake with leathern thongs. just as
Setting Hen held up his last parlor match
to look at 1t before drawing it along his
leg to kindle the fagots the head villager
pulled his trigger, and the bullet lighted
the match With a cry Of bafaed rage
Setting Hen turned, and in doing so
caught the next bullet on the fly in such
way that it drove his collar button down
his throat
Bang, bang, bang, zippety, bang,
bang Bang, bang, bang, zippety, bang,
bangl" went the pistols of the excited COW
boys, and the Indians-what was left Of
them-fed IN disnaay and confusion, while
the Prairie Peach leaped to the center of
the stage, cut the cruel thongs and set her
lover free.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-03

pers and tell the BritOns just how ridic-
ulOus we appear when we are in the
midst of an exciting campaign, is an
American girl who has. made money by
transferring the methods of the new
woman journalists from New York to
London. She might be called the Nelly
Bly, of England.
Miss Banks American career was
not an especially brilliant one. After
graduating from the Wisconsin Female
college she did some newspaper work in
St. Paul and Baltimore, and then for a
year acted as private secretary to the
United States minister to Peru. Two
or three years ago she went to London
and attracted some attention by replying
to an article by Kipling. IN which the
latter criticised Americans severely. In
further retaliation Miss Banks sprung a
surprise on the English people which
fairly made them gasp.
She secured position as servant in
several families staying a week or so
in a place. After she had acted as par
Tor maid, laundress and housemaid she
wrote up her experiences, divulging
many secrets of English home life.
Then she made another and still more
brilliant stroke. She advertised for an
introduction into the exclusive circles
of British aristocracy, stating that she
was an American heiress and willing to
pay the rate. She received 1876 answers
and obtained exact figures as to the
amount it would cost her to be presented
at the queens drawing room and other
functions. These letters she mercilessly
printed, and Mayfair was set shaking
in its shoes. Since then Miss Banks
services have been much in demand by
a certain class of English publications.
She has also written a book entitled
Campaigns of Curiosity, " in which
she tells all about her adventures
Her most recent exploit was to obtain
an interview with Ii Hung Chang
while he was IN England, and she was
the only woman journalist in the United
Kingdom to succeed.