The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-20
RUMORS AND RUMORs
The Police Committee Appointments
to Be Considered in Council.
WILL THEY BE CONFIRMED
Who the New Men Are and What
Might Be Done-Officer King on
the Rack The Health OFF, iR
Ger to Be Named.

There were rumors around the CITY
hall yesterday. There were runners
that the police committee meeting ~
Monday night is only the beeinniny ~
the work of getting this years police
force confirmed. There are r,Irnors
that all those who were recomm. mod
/ by the committee last night will rot
be confirmed by the council at TO-
nights meeting. There were rumors
that vigorous fights will be made to re-
tain on the force at least one az the
three men whom the police cnnf.I,tee
last night decided to dispe1s " I'm.
The man against whose removal yr m
the force there seems to be the ssrone-
est kick is George King Mr.. King Is
the Oldest policeman on the force in
point of service IL not In point of yea rs.
Mr.. King has had six years continucu us
service on the force, which is twice as
long as any other of he present pplice-
men have served. Officer AM .of;rav
has served three years and Officers ST.
vertson and Gabert aoout the game
length of time. officer I3arnaiaan has
been on 81 months. Most or the ioiIee-
men have been on only ona or two
years. During his Fix years of service
Mr.. King has never lost any time .x,
cept three weeks last sumiaer, wien
he had two ribs broken. There Is talk
among some of the citizens of getting
up petition for Officer Kings reten-
ton. s9i
officer s. L. Russell turnei over his
star and club at 10 o'clock Monday
evening, as soon as he heard Of the
action of the police committee. Officer
Russell has been on the force one year
He says he intended to leave next
week anyway, as he has accepted a po-
sition with the Butte Street Railway
company Mr.. Russell will leave for
Dillon to-day on a fishing trip and
when he comes back. will enter the
service of the street car company.
Officer Russell has been good, faith
full and efficient policeman, but 1t is
said that he was back on his dues in
"the order" This is a most grievous
offense and grievously hath Russell
answered 1t.
officer Gus Riddles takes his dis
charge philosophically. He has been a
faithful servant of THE city and no kick
has ever been made against his eff
cheney. He has already accepted a po-
sition as Waterman at Maguires orera
house and will go on duty Thursday
night.
OF the new men which the commit
tee has recommended is John Gray,
who was chef of police in 1892 under
Mayor Lee Mantle for one year and
has therefore seen police service. He is
feet in height, weighs $50 pounds. is
81 years old and lives at No. lib West |
Woolman street.
]. p. Young, another of the new men,
has acted as a special for some time, |
being placed as guard of the stockade. |
He was a policeman under Jack Jolly |
and Dave Meiklejohn some eight or |
nine years ago. He is IS years old, 0 |
feet in height and weighs 205 pounds.
Peter league has never seen police |
service, but is a big, strong man and |
will doubtless make a splendid police |
man IL he is confirmed tonight. There |
are rumors that there will be opposi- |
ton when his name is proposed. Mr.. |
league weighs about 100 pounds, is |
feet IL inches in height and lives in |
South Dakota street. Mr.. league is a |
miner and one of the best drillers in |
the world. He was a member of the |
championship drilling team of Davey |
and league.
Charles Wilson has seen police serv-
ice before, having been an officer in the |
Mantle administration, and he has |
served as special several times during |
the past year. He Is A years old |
feet 101z inches high and weighs 1877 |
pounds.
On the whole the city is to be con-
graduated that so few changes are
in the present force.
The names of the policemen recon-
mended by the committee will be pre-
scented to the council tonight for con-
firmation and the session is therefore
likely to be quite interesting Some
of the policemen will have a hard time
being confirmed, according to the ru-
mors affoat.
1t is likely that the mayor tonight |
will appoint the health officer for the
ensuing year. There are rumors that
DIR. J. w. Gum is likely to receive the
appointment.