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The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-02-22
Pullman Sleeping Cars
Elegant Dining Cars
Tourist Sleeping Cars

TRAINS ARRIVE:
No. Z. From st. Paul Chicago. and all
Eastern points. arrive Sapping-
ton daily 6 :36 q. m.
Whitehall daily AZ. ......... 800. I rs a. m.
NJ. U. No. 2. From Spokane Tacoma,
Seattle. Portland, aud all Coast
points, arrives Montana Union
Depot, daily at .................l 10 :s p. m.
TRA DEPARTs
N. U. No. I. For Spokane, Tacoma,
Seattle, Portland, and all coast
and California points. leaves
Montana Union Depot daily at... 8 80 .. m.
No. s. Fer St Paul. Chicago, and
all Eastern. Southern and Ca
madam points, leaves Whitehall. .l2 :O3 q. m.
SapplngtOn ................ II 80 a. m.
Through sleeping'cars from Butte. Upholstered
Turist Sleepers ;.legant day coaches and dining
Car se' vice on all thrOug.: trains.
For information. time cards. maps and tickets
call on nr write w. N. TOuHY, Gen. Az ., g
East Broadway. Butte. Mont. or
CHARLES 8. FEE.
General Passenger Agent.
St. Paul MINI.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-02-22
Republican League Convent;ou.

JAMESTOWN, N. D., Feb. l7.-Presi.
d'n John Knauf of the Young Mems
Republican league of North Dakota,
ha, ssusd q cal for the second biennial
convention to tie held IN this city May
. .ne basis Of representation is large
an" 30 delegates will b entitled 70
seas.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-21
smith shop at Burbank. I overheard
Samis telling about certain trouble he

smith shop at Burbank, / overheard
Samis telling about certain trouble he
had with his mother-in-l law, alleging
that his money had been stolen and bur-
led. SAINTS declared that he would get
even with her and manifested peculiar
excitement, threatening to fight various
persons, and declaring his ability to
was drunk and acted like man suffer-
ing from insanity.
ION Monday, when walking in to
town, picked up billet of wood about
an inch in diameter, which I used as a
cane. When opposite Samis' place he
threw off his hat and coat and ran out,
asking me, What in are you here
for?' I told him T was going about my
business, and he then charged me with
having informed against him. This
denied, when he ran down the steps,
me. He struck me with his fist and hit
him twice with the stick I held in my
hand.
"Samis ran up the setps to the house,
returning at once to the top of the steps
with a revolver in his hand He shouted
Il will kill you and shot at once. ran
and got out of his way as soon as !
could, though he shot twice at me as
I ran. Meeting my son, / told MN 70
get my revolver He brought 1t to me
and l went on down to the depot, where
the section foreman said SAINTS had
threatened to shoot me. never had
any difficulty with Samis before"
Later White was arraigned before
Township Justice Young and held Tor
examination in $500 bonds, which ne
gave and was released from custody.
1t IL believed that the case against him
will be dismissed.
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COLONEL TOM LEWIS is OUT
The Supreme Court Will Not Allow Him
His Salary
Refused Payment by the State Controller, Col
Lewis Took His Case Into Court and
CoIgan Is Sustained

Loves labor lost is the size OF Col
Tom Lewis services to the state so far
as the past twelve months is concerned.
Col. Lewis, about one year ago, re-
signed his position as deputy post
master to accept that of expert to the
state board of examiners. The governor
gave to Col. Tom the last named job
not because of the last named gentle
mans service to the Democratic party
here or elsewhere, but because Judge
w. +. Fitzgerald, who is the attorney
general of the commonW ealth. had rec
commended Col Tom.
| He promptly proceeded to draw his
| first months pay and was turned down
SO hard by State Controller Colgan
that Col. Tom lost twenty-five of his
225 pounds of avoirdupois on the spot
Colgan insisted that the law gave the
governor no power to appoint an expert
| to the state board of examiners, and he
insisted upon staying stoutly by his pro-
position. Judge Fitzgerald got mad,
and so did the governor and so did
Col. Tom, but Colgan stayed just the
same.
Col. Tom took his troubles into the
state supreme court. The duties of Col
Tom were to expert the bookkeeping of
the various departments Of the state
government, for which his salary was
fixed at $4,000. He sued for one-twelfth
of this when the controller refused to
draw d warrant Tor the amount, and
the lower court issued writ of man
date to compel the controller to draw
the necessary warrant. From this Or
der an appeal was taken.
The supreme court holds that there
Is no warrant for such an office as ex-
pert to the state board of examiners
There was no. provision for such place
in the general appropriation bill. the
court says, and it was an excess of au-
thority on the part of the governor to
make such an appointment. If he could
make such a place. the court declares,
he could appoint experts to boards Of
supervisors, boards of education and
the like.
Col. Toms friends will probably at
the next session of the legislature pass
for his benefit relief bill which will
pay him the $4,000 owed him by the state
for services rendered during the past
twelve months
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KRAUSE.BRYSON CASE
Family Matters Further Aired In Department
Five Before Judge Smith

The trial of the suit of Mrs. Krause
against her father, the capitalist, John
Bryson, ST., to compel him to disgorge
some $4,000 which she alleges he made
from money furnished by her in 1882.
when she claims she decided two houses
and lots in Fairfield, Iowa, valued at
$4,000, to him, was closed, so far as the
introduction of testimony was concerned,
before Judge Shaw yesterday, and con-
tinued for argument until the 22d.
The testimony was decidedly spicy at
times. and considerable light was thrown
on the home life of the family, which
showed that they did not always live to-
gether in peace and harmony. Among
others, Mrs. Weber, a grand daughter
of the defendant, testified and said that
on one occasion, after the present suit
was brought, she was at her grand
mothers house when the matter came
up. They were all seated at the table,
engaged in conversation, when her I'M
Gle, Isaac Bryson. got very angry and
saying that She Mrs. Weber, had been
the cause of all his trouble, threatened
ITO cut her insides out" at the same
time seizing large carving knife, evil
IDENTIFY with the intention of carrying his
threat into execution. Witness said that
she jumped up and grabbed chair to
defend herself, when her uncle desisted
and quieted down.
Mr. Bryson testified substantially in
line with the answer to the complaint,
saying that he had taken care of Mrs
Krause and her family for years, and
had finally given her $500 in final set
Element of any money differences which
there might be between them.
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BLOOM CONVICTED
The Fictitious Check Passer Sentenced to
Eight Years In Folsom

Eight Years IN F0I80m
Henry Bloom, charged with having
uttered fictitious checks on the Citizens
bank of this city with intent to defraud
NJ. Danziger, was tried in department
one before Judge Smith yesterday, and
on being convicted, was sentenced to
eight years Imprisonment in the peni-
Tertiary at Folsom. There were two
other charges against him but these
were dismissed, on motion of the dis
trict attorney.
1t was shown that Bloom had taken a
draft for $3.50 drawn upon a bank in
Ensenada, Mexico, and deposited it
for collection. 1t was sent by the bank
to their correspondent in that town, and
they told Bloom that he would not be
able to check against it until the money
came from Ensenada. Bloom drew a
number of checks and passed them upon
citizens about town, taking them to the
bank and having them satisfied by the
draft and was waiting for the remit
tance. These checks he negotiated and
got several hundred dollars worth of
goods. The draft was returned unpaid
In drawing the checks Bloom signed
the name of Henry M. Brucks. The
reason why he did this he explains that
lie has been a convict in the penitenti-
airy; that when he got job in this city
detectives would inform his employers
that he was an eX-convict and he would
be discharged. He then changed his
name, adopting his mothers maiden
name of Brucks, hoping that the next
Job he got he could keep.
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DIVORCE BUSINESS
Two DEGREES Granted and . Man Ordered to
Paw Alimony

Mrs o. d. Lord was yesterday grant
ed a decree divorcing her from J. X:
Lord on the ground Of desertion and
failure to support. Lord simply tired OF
his wife and left her, and when his
brother-in-law wrote to him and asked
him what he proposed to do for his wife
replied that he would do nothing, and
that 1t was matter of perfect indif-
ference to him as to what became Of
her. He further said that it would do
no good to try and follow him up, as the
road to Australia or China was open to
him, and, as there was nothing in par
ticular holding him where he was, he
would as soon leave as not.
Judge Clark gave Mrs. Eva J. Den
ham a divorce from ]. H. Denham on
the ground of habitual drunkenness.
There was nothing out of the general
run in this case. Denham simply per-
sisted in getting in a beastly state of
intoxication, during which periods he
made nuisance of himself.
In the divorce case of Dora S. Nor
man vs.. James X. Norman, Judge Y ork
yesterday ordered the defendant to pay
$25 a month alimony during the pen
dency of the suit, with costs and attor-
neys' fees.
Matte N. Barnett yesterday insti-
tuted suit for divorce from George N
Barnett on the grounds of cruelty.
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Licensed to Wed

The following marriage licenses were
issued by the county clerk yesterday:
Frederick s. Crane, a native of New
York, aged 81 years, and a resident OF
Cortland, ILL.,, and Melvina l.. Lord also
native of New York, aged So years,
and resident of Los Angeles.
Edward julius Vogt, native Of Wis
consin, aged q years, and Musette Har-
vey, native of Illinois, aged 10 years.
both residents of Los Angeles.
James A. Souter, a native of Canada
aged 81 years. and Louise Perchardt, a
native of California. aged Is years, both
residents of IDS Angeles.
Herman Anderson, aged 20 years, and
Betsy OLSON, aged 10 years, both ma
tives of Sweden, and residents of Los
Angeles.
Stephen H. Jackson, a native of Iowa.
aged 20 years, and Mabel Simmons, a
native OF England, aged 20 years, bota
residents of Los Angeles.
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Mr.. LEWIS KNOCKED OUT
Judge Catiin's Decision Reversed by the Su.
preme Court

Notice was received at the office of
the supreme court in this city yesterday
that the court sitting at Sacramento had
reversed the decision of Judge Catlin in
the case of Thomas A. Lewis, respond
ent, VS.. Edward p. Colgan, state comp
troller. Last July Mr.. Lewis was APP
pointed expert to the state board of ex-
aminers at a salary of $4,000 per year and
travelling expenses, and entered on the
discharge OF his duties. When Mr.
Lewis presented his demand for his first
months salary, the comptroller refused
to honor the same on the ground that
there was no such office under thelaw
the legislature having made an appro-
priation to pay the salary, but in some
manner the section crediting the office
was omitted. Mr.. Lewis at once insti-
tuted mandamus proceedings, and
Judge Catln ordered a writ of man
date to issue directing the comptroller
to pay the salary. An appeal was taken
to the supreme court, where it has since
remained.
The decision of the court works a
great hardship on Mr.. Lewis, as he has
been performing the duties ever since.
and besides paying his own travelling
expenses. AS the case now stands it does
not look as though he could secure any
relief before the next meeting of the
legislature.
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Suit Commenced to Knock Out
the Western Addition
IRREGULARITIES ALLEGED
The Action Is Authorized by Attorney
General Fitzgerald
Commitments to the Highland Insane
Asylum-Oeneral Court News

The contest against the annexation
of Pico Heights and other territory
west of the city has been inaugurated.
A suit was yesterday filed by the people
Of the state of California, by w. f.
Fitzgerald, attorney general or said
state, upon relation of N. q. Ledger
wood. against the city Of Los Angeles.
praying that the defendant be excluded
from all corporate rights, privileges and
franchises within such territory at
tempted and pretended to have been an
nexed, and for costs. The contention Is
that the assumed election and annexa-
ton proceedings establishing said fran
chise were illegal and invalid In various
particulars. Among other things, 1t Is
alleged that the territory sought to be
annexed is vaguely and indefinitely de-
scribed. and that said descriptions are
indefinite and uncertain and not spe-
cific; that the notice of election was de-
fective, uncertain and illegal; that the
publication of the notice of election was
insufficient; that the territory sought to
be annexed is irregular in shape and
composed of widely scattered tracts not
contiguous to each other, and joined
with each other by long ribbon-lilxe
strip only fifty feet wide. for the purpose
OF getting territory that was favorable
to annexation. 1t is further alleged that
the precinct boundaries were changed,
as a result of which number of voters,
forty at least. were deprived of the
privilege of voting, and that one of the
inspectors Of election, after assisting in
opening the polls, left his place of duty
and remained absent during the entire
day. only returning in the evening in an
intoxicated condition. Numerous other
irregularities are also alleged.
John W. Mitchell, Frank A. Cattern,
G. P. Adams and F. NJ. Porter are the
attorneys for the plaintiff. The consent
of the attorney general to bring the
suit was filed with the complaint.
The case promises to be very holly
plaintiffs say that they can establish
every one of the alleea fianS set forth
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SAINTS WAS WILD
The Burbank Man Develops Into Raving
rlaniac

rlaniac
w. r. Samis, the man struck over the
head with a stick by Sam White, at
Burbank, on Monday last in the course
of a quarrel, Is now raving maniac,
and was yesterday examined before
Judge Van Dyke. in department two, by
a commission consisting of Drs. Wills
and Matthias and committed to the asy-
lum at Highland.
Samis was q pitiable looking object
when he was brought into the court
room yesterday morning He is pow
erful man, and it was necessary not only
to mutfie his hands but to tie his legs to-
gethcr, and even then it was about all
that two able-bodied deputies could do
to handle him. During the night he
had stripped all the clothing from his
body. and the only garment he wore
when he was brought into the court
room was a pair Of blue overalls. The
maniac was very violent, and all during
the examination he shouted and howled,
cursed and blasphemed and INDUCED in
the vilest and most obscene language
From the evidence 1t appears that
some time ago Samis received an injury
70 his head, and about a week ago he
began to show signs of insanity, and it
is believed that he was not in his right
mind when he engaged in the fight
with White Monday. Samis only about
y years OF age and is married. He was
formerly in the employ of the Pasadena
and Pacihc Railway company as con-
ductor.
During the course of the examina-
ton. White. with whom he had the
trouble at Burbank, was brought in.
and gave the following account of the
affair under OATH
saturday, when in front of the black
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-21
JULY FOURTH CELEBRATION
Finance Committee Meets and Names Gentle.
men for Work

men for Work
The finance committee of the Fourth
or July executive committee, consisting
OF r. e. Wirsching, II. W. Frank and
=. A. Miller, met yesterday and selected
the following named business men as
citizens finance committee to assist
in raising funds for the Fourth of july
celebration:
j. B. Lankershim, II. j. Woollacott,
II. j. Freshman, Mark c. Jones' w. E.
Reavis George Basserman, Joseph Mes
mer. Gen. c. F. A. Last, H. c. Lichten-
berger, w. H. Hoegee, Morris Meyberg,
Henry Klein, r. H. Mathews, Fred o.
johnson, A. G. Bartlett, George Mont
eomery. w. F. Ball, A. Jacoby Fl. Jevne,
w. D. Woolwine, H. Siegel, Robert Kern,
John w. A. Off, w. E. DeGroot. f. b.
Tufts, II. Sherwood, J. S. Salkey. j.
Oliver Frank Coulter. II. C. Limbrock,
G. H. Barker, John Brink, Niles Pease,
l.. Ebinger, Fred Gilmore, Dexter Sam
son, D. D. Whitney, J. r. Ralph, s. b.
Lewis. j. Baruch. p. M. Daniels, Frank
Simpson. e. A. Stuart. l.. j. Mathews,
Renschild, Wallace w. Stockwell F. M.
Nickall, James Hanley, Edward Booth,
A. Ramish, H. F. Hartzell, l.. NJ Order,
j. A. Kingsley Vim. Mead, M. p. Snyder,
A. c. Jones, f. Hurlburt, G. D. Howry.
Henry Steere, f. H. Barmore. Val
Schmidt, j. w. Montgomery, J. w. Hin
ton. E. r. Duffin, VIM Gibson. AL Levy,
Il. w. Hopperstead and j. A. Pirtle.
The executive committee, in appoint
ing the foregoing committee of business
men, is carrying out the idea of having
the business portion Of the city divided
into small districts SO that the work of
raising money will take up only ~
little of the time of each of the members
of the committee.
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AN IMPORTANT RULING
Foreign Corporations Can Be Sued In the State
Courts

Judge Van Dyke yesterday gave an
opinion in the case of Snitzer VS.. the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific rail-
road company, overruling the demurrer
to the complaint. The opinion is an i'm
portant one for the reason that it passes
on matter that has been often raised
The plaintiff. Fannie B. Snitzer, while
riding on train of the defendant COM
pany in Colorado was injured in an ar
cident, and on arriving in California in
st1tuted suit in the state court for dam
ages. The defendants demurred to the
complaint on the ground Of want of jur-
isdiction. Judge Van Dyke holds that
the point is not well taken; that, as the
defendant company maintains an office
In the state and solicits freight and pas
senger business, it can be sued in the
state courts, as the constitution pro-
Woes that foreign companies cannot
transact business in the state on more
FAVORABLE terms than home corporations
ana they must govern themselves ac-
cordingly.
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To Quiet Title to . Water Right

The Precipice Canyon Water company
has instituted suit against Emily j. AL
len and number of others to quiet title
to certain lands, and also to the rising
or flowing in Precipice canyon, formerly
known as Eaton canyon, back of Pasa
dena. The prayer of the complaint is
mat the defendants may be required to
set forth the nature of their claims in
said real estate and water, and that the
plaintiff be declared the owner in fea
simple to the same, subject to the rights
OF the State Loan and Trust company
as trustee under deed Of trust referred
to in the said COMPLAINT.
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Sale Of q Saloon in Dispute

Inc trial of the suit of S. E. Bisbee
vs.. j. Fl. Peck was commenced before
Judge York yesterday afternoon. The
plaintiff wants judgment against de-
l1huant Tor $2U44 purchase money for the
alleged sale of a saloon and restaurant
at lOS South Main street, and 1914 alleged
to be due upon Judgment of Bisbee VS..
wyatt, assigned to defendant. Defend
ant claims that he is the agent of Chew
alier & Co. of San Francisco, liquor deal
ers. and that he sold liquor in their be-
half to plaintiff; that plaintiff became
greatly indebted to- them and that he
took the saloon and judgment as Sc
curity for their bills.
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To Recover Personal Propertx

l.. w. Stockwell, as assignee of the
firm of Lewis &, Fuller, insolvent debt
ors. yesterday instituted suit against
Sheriff John Burr to recover possess
sion of the stock of furniture, etc. of the
firm, valued at $4,000, and which 1t is al
legged was illegally seized under attach
ment, with $500 damages for the deten-
ton of the same
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Settled Their Differences

Sherry ODara and his wife have
patched up their differences. and yes
terday Sherry gave his better half an
order to draw the money in possession
OF the court. This money some $275,
was what remained of the amount taken
byO'Dara from beneath his wifes pillow
when he skipped out for the east after
only few weeks of welded bliss.
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A nixed Up Case

A rather mixed civil case was on trial
before Township Justice Young yester-
day. A. r. Names sued Mrs. Annie r.
Sharp to recover $54 for repairs to her
house at No. 219 East Twenty-third
street. The property adjoins that of
Names. Mrs. Sharp has set up counter
claims aggregafing about STA, which
she claims Names overcharged her In
attending to business matters in con-
nection with the property in question.
The case was not concluded at the hour
of adjournment.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-21

j. A. Kelsey yesterday filed his petit
ton for the probate of the will of John
w. Mtltenberger, who died on the 18th
inst, leaving an estate of real and per-
sonal property valued at $1,000.
Frank w. Kelsey. public administra-
tor, also filed petition for letters of
administration on the estate of Samuel
Fansler, who left an estate consisting
of 500 life insurance policy, and other
personal property
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-21

ne is deprived of the use of the same for
irrigating purposes, and also for an in
junction restraining the defendant or
his agents, during the tendency of the
action, from doing any of the acts
sought to be perpetually restrained
therein
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1cD0nsld Acquitted

r. Mcdonald, the man who has been
on trial in the United States district
court for the past two days on a charge
of cutting timber on government land
was acquitted yesterday afternoon. Nc
Donald is a hard character, and admit
ted having served a term of three years
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Exercising Their Prcrogative

Two of the applicants for marriage
licenses yesterday were the prospective
brides, who put up their coin like little
men. This is leap year, and Deputy
Kutz says that more than the usual
number of women are exercising their
prerogative, at least in the matter of
securing the licenses, even If they do
not DrODOSe
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-21

The sheriff yesterday attached the
marble works of the Declez GNanA,
company to recover a debt of $4O0 due
j. Il. Hood
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-21

The funeral services over the remains
of the late Harry Woodville Latham, who
died one week ago today, will be held
tomorrow at A o'clock at 1856 Grand ave-
nue., Pasadena. The brother of the de-
ceased arrived from the east yesterday.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-21

r. S. Bodman has sued Maria Antonio
Is. de Lambert ct al. to recover on
promissory note for $500, and to foreclose
a mortgage securing the same.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-21

Copper plate cards printed free! For the
next thirty days we will print every tenth
LEE & BRO, 140 N. Spring st. Don't for
get our wedding invitations!
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Admitted to CITIZENSHIP

Edward T. Al.Sn, native of England,
was yesterday admitted to citizenship
by Judge Shaw.