The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-24
TWOLARGE FUNERALS
Services Over the Remains of John
White and Hugh Mckenzie.
PRISONERS ON A STRIKE
A Break for Liberty and Succe s.
full Capture-The PopulIsts of
Cascade County Baseball
and News Notes.

Great Falls. April 2S.-The remains of
the late John White, who was killed on
the Montana Central Monday after
noon, were laid at rest this afternoon
in Highland cemetery. Services were
conducted by Rev. f. A. Rigggin at the
First Methodist church, and the large
edifice was crowded with sorrowing
| friends of the family. The Odd Fellows
and Foresters. members of the Brick
layers union and different railroad or
| ganizations attended in a body and the
! funeral was one of the largest ever
seen in Great Falls. At the grave, the
! Odd Fellows conducted the services,
which were solemn and impressive. The
family is left with a comfortable little
home. a life insurance fund of $1,000.
which was carried by the Foresters.
The funeral of Hugh Mckenzie &C.
CURED from the residence of his sister.
Mrs. Bethune, this morning, and was
largely attended by friends of the
| family.
At noon to-day one of the county
| prisoners working on the court house
block escaped, and nearly succeeded in
eluding capture. Several men in charge
! of Deputy Sheriff Proctor were em-
ployed on the east end of the block,
when one of them asked permission to
visit a small building on the west end,
which was granted. Failing to return
| in time. Officer Proctor began an inves-
i tigation and discovered that his prison.
er was block away and splitting the
4 ozone in search of freedom. Charley
pulled his coat off and started in pur-
suit, capturing his man after hot
race. When the Jail birds were ordered
to work this morning two of them re-
| fused to go, giving as a reason that
| they were only fed twice a day and
were not furnished with tobacco. They
were ordered to their cells and are now
/ being dieted on bread and water.
The members of the populist club had
a long and important meeting last
night for the purpose of discussing the
| approaching campaign in all it's bear
| ings. The question of fusing with the
| democrats was discussed at length and
a wide difference of opinion appeared
to exist as to whether fusion was best
or not. 1t was finally decided to call
: the central committee together at an
early date for the purpose Of naming
a date for the county convention and
I to take such other action as was nee
essary to show that the party was a
! factor in Cascade county politics at
| this time.
Efforts will be made to increase the
membership of the club and each MEM
| Der thereof was requested to bring as
many recruits TO the creed as was pos
sible. The populists of Belt and Sand
! Coulee are thoroughly organized, and
with a large club in Great Falls the
members of the party claim they will
| show their heels to the two old par
ties at the next election.
w. Rutherford is in Northern Mon
tana looking for good beef cattle to
ship to English markets. He recently
purchased several thousand sheep in
| Wyoming for expectation.
De Putron Gliddon, formerly of this
city, is now in England .on a visit and
is doing some effective work in adver-
Using the resources of Montana
throughout Europe.
The Black Eagle Baseball club has
been organized with the following off,
GERS: S. ]. Merritt, president; DR.. w
II. Gelsthorpe, vice president; Dan
Tracy, general manager; Fred School,
treasurer; A. Thin, secretary; S.
Stevens. captain. The first practice
game will be played at the Black
Eagle grounds on Sunday next.
When arraigned in Justice Races
| court this morning on a charge of en-
| bezzling money from the Singer Man
ufacturing company, H. ]. Seymour
who was brought back from Spokane
| a few days ago by Sheriff Dwyer
| pleaded not guilty. Through his attor-
ney the defendant asked for a continu-
ance of one week to allow him to exon
crate him from the charge. County
| Attorney FREEMAN ODJeCIeu on Ine
grounds that the defendant had been
| given several days to secure such evil
dence, IL any existed. Finally the case
was continued until this afternoon,
when several witnesses testified TO hav-
| ing paid defendant money, producing
| receipts therefor, which the county
maintain the defendant embezzled. At
this stage another appeal was made for
| a weeks continuance and il was grant
| ed by Judge Race, the case going over
until next Wednesday.
In the suit of the city of Great Falls.
VS.. VIII Hanks, T. e Brady. K. b.
McIver A. r. Dickerman. Robert
| Vaughn and ]. II. Mcknight bonds
4 men for the late City Treasurer Elliott.
who was drowned in the Missouri
/ river during the summer Of 1898. ar
1 action brought to recover about SIG. 600
/ tied up in the defunct Merchants Ma
| tional bank, which suspended during
/ the panic, Judge Benton late this aft
! ernoon rendered judgment in favor
| of defendants and against the city.
/ holding that, according TO the law COW
ering the case, the city treasurer was
/ compelled to deposit the city money in
a bank and that Elliott had no reason
! TO believe, when the money was depos-
! tied in the Merchants National bank.
that that institution was not solvent
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