The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-21
RETURN OF THE LOST
Otis Button and Companions Arrive
Safely at juneau.
ALL IS WELL FOR Mr.. SAVAGE
custer County Commissioners
Brush Away a Large Load From
His Mind-Livingston Notes
and Personals.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Livingston. March 19.-Otis Button
and companions, whom 1t was feared
had been lost at sea, have returned to
Juneau safe and sound. Information
TO this effect is contained in a letter
received to-day by a son of d. n. Ely
from Alison Button. The voyagers re-
turned to Juneau March 10 and were
received as from the dead. They en-
countered very rough seas on the trip,
experienced the worst kind of weather
nearly all the time and endured many
hardships Their provisions gave out
and for many days they were reduced
to diet of meat straight. Game was
plenty along the coast and they killed
large quantities thereof, but were COM
PEELED to abandon IL all, as they dare
not risk loading down their light craft,
for fearit would not be able to buffet the
tumultuous pillows. If they had met
with any success in trapping, their
trip would not have been entirely prof
itless, for they could have taken on a
light load of furs, but only a half
dozen fur-bearing animals were taken
during the entire three months that
they were gone. There were three men
in the party, including the young man
Alison Button.
=. w. savage returned yesterday
from a two weeks trip to Miles CITY
where he had been assisting in effect
ing settlement between ex-Treasurer
w. e. Savage and Custer county
When the Stockgrowers' National bank
of Miles City closed its doors two years
ago, Treasurer Savage had on deposit
in that institution $50 900 of county
funds. Since then the defunct bank
has paid depositors 80 per cent of their
deposits and will eventually pay 25 per
cent more. This amount added to SO, 900
paid into the county treasury by Mr.
Savage reduces the deficiency of the
eX-treasurer to about $40 900. This sum
the taxpayers of Custer are in favor
or the county being holden for, and a
petition to the board of county COM
misstoners, signed by 1874 heavy tax
payers, praying that body to relieve
Mr.. Savage and his bondsmen of liabil-
1ty for the remaining deficie1cy, has
been favorably acted upon by the COM
missioners, and upon Custer county
now falls the burden of standing the
loss. But the amount has already been
contributed to the treasury through the
means OF an increased tax levy of two
mills for the last two years. Had they
been given the opportunity, fully 90 per
cent. of the taxpayers would have
signed the petition; as 1t was several
large property owners who were out of
the county authorized by wire the plac-
ing of their names on the petition.
While the act was a magnanimous one
on the part of the county, and fully APP
preciated by Mr.. Savage and others
concerned, 1t was also in accord with
justice. In cases like this, where a
public officer places the funds in his
charge in a depository generally rec
ognized as stable and safe. and that in
stitution becomes insolvent the faith
rnn hoe l.,
protect the public funds entrusted to
his keeping ought not by any rule of
right and justice to be compelled to
stand the loss. The many Livingston
friends of VIII Savage thank the COM
missioners of Custer county for their
action in brushing aside the laws tech
nicalities and relieving him from an in
cubus which never ought TO rest upon
an honest, efficient, faithful public ser
want.
Receiver Burleigh of the Northern
Pacific, passed through Livingston in
his special car to-day, en- route to the
coast. He was on his return from at
tending the funeral obsequies of his
father at Yankton. Accompanying him
were his wife and his mother, Mrs. w.
\. Burleigh, who will take up her resi-
dence in Tacoma. Assistant General
Manager Dickinson was also on board !
The receivers coach was attached to
the pay car of the Yellowstone divi- |
sion and the journey was continued on !
to Butte after an hours stop i'm this !
city. While the train remained here |
e. w. Savage and wife visited with the |
party in their car, through the cour-
tesy of an invitation by wire. Mr. |
Burleigh is not worrying any about the /
efforts made to remove him from the |
receivership and has not the least doubt /
that should the question come before |
the United States supreme court the |
authority of the Seattle court to APP /
point a receiver for the western end of |
the road will be recognized
The time made by the receivers /
train from Billings to Livingston, rs |
miles, was two hours and so minutes
including seven stops. The actual
running time was two hours and five
minutes, which would give the remark
able speed of $50 miles per hour on an
average up grade of IL feet to the mile
Engineer NJ. ]. McLees operated the
throttle.
White Caldwell. sheriff of Gallatin
county, was over from Bozeman yes
terday making a return on attachment
of band of sheep belonging to Mrs. r.
A. Rice. In relation to the inquest held
at Timberline upon the body of Philip
Beadle. Mr.. Caldwell says there was
no evidence to substantiate the state
ment that James McAllister gave Scol-
lick the weapon which the latter used
in the shooting; neither was there any
evidence that McAllister advised the
use OF the gun. on the other hand. the
evidence did show that Scollick himself
secured the gun from the head OF Nc
Allister's bed, and going behind the bar
shot Beadle while the latter was con-
versing with him from the opposite
side of the bar.
Attachments under execution have
been filed upon the Bear Gulch hotel
property OF Cornwall 4 Scally. TO Sc
cure the payment OF judgments in the