The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-16
PARK COUNTY COURT
The April Term Opens With Many
Lawyers on Hand.
CITY ELECTION RETURNS
All the Aldermen Qualify-After the
Fire Comes the settlement of
Bills for Service Rendered
Livingston News

Special Correspondence of the Standard
Livingston, April 14.-The April term
of court for Park county opened yes-
terday morning with Judge Henry on
the bench and the usual complement OF
attorneys present. The jury for the
term was drawn by Clerk Bailey and
the venire made returnable next Mon
day. The complaints were read to
Henry Koehler, charged with burglary
and to John Burns, charged with muir
der Their cases will be taken up next
week. Neither one of the defendants
had means to provide for a defense and
the court appointed H. ]. Miller attor-
ney for Burns and NJ. ID. Kelly to Sc
fend Koehler The Skeebitzs, COM
planned against for riot, waived time
and plead not guilty. They are out ON
bonds and their case will probably go
over until the June term.
The case of T. p. Mcdonald VS.. ]. H.
Conrad. up on motion to set aside the
findings of the jury, was disposed of
by the court ordering the findings
adopted. The case was one growing out
OF the receivership of ]. H. Conrad &
Co.
The motion for a new trial, Robert
Callan VS.. Thomas Craig was over
ruled
Judgment on pleadings in the sum of
S6S1.1 was rendered plaintiff, Hoyt
OOAtpdiy w. hC1duley MINING
company.
The city council met tonight and
canvassed the election returns. George
Anderson appeared before the board
and argued against that body issuing
certificate of election to William NAL
lahan, on the ground that the alder
man-elect was not qualified by reason
or the opinion that the time was pre-
mature for them to act upon this ques-
ton, and finding that the returns
showed Messrs. Gordon, Wakefield.
Mallahan and Hruza duly elected, or
dered that certificates be issued to
them.
Several bills from members of the
fire department for $3.50 each for SER
vices at this mornings fire were pre-
scented. The marshal said he had sent
instructions to the men to quit work
at the fire about O'clock but thew
continued to work until o'clock, say
Ing they intended to have some of the
sweet along with the bitter" One of
the firemen gave his side of the affair,
and then Mayor Harvey took a hand
In, saying he was out at the fire and 1t
was his opinion there was no neces-
sity for seven or eight men to stay
there for hours, as they did, after the
fire was under control, and then shove
in big bills for the city to pay. The
bills were referred to the auditing
committee anu they reported that the /
bills be allowed in the sum of IS each |
and that the city dispense with the
services of paid fire department, with !
the exception of one man, as the ex-
pense OF maintaining a fire department !
was becoming too burdensome. The 1
report was approved.
There has been a radical change in |
the conductor and engineer assign
ments since the new time schedule went |
into effect. Conductors Kidd, Berry.
Brandenberg, VESSEL and Glass have |
the main line run, Dunn and Sloman
on the Butte branch, Whalen and
Hanston, Logan to Garrison, and Clark
on the Park branch.
The engineers running between Bill
ings and Livingston are DeGroat.
Browse, Martin and Clifford; between
Livingston and Helena, Erpenback and
Livingston and Bozeman,