The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-06-02
Now lis Stated That the Crows Nest
Pass Road Isn't a Go.
WON'T BE BUILT JUST YET
Illicit Beer Joints In Great Falls
Raided-A Divorce a Good Thing
at Times-scabby Sheep
Too Many Hoboes.

be built this year. A few days since
a message was received from Mayor II.
Bently OF Lethbridge. who was In
Toronto, stating that all the details
have been arranged and that work
would begin at once and the road
would be completed by Jan. I. 1855.
The message was addressed to the town
clerk OF Lethbridge, and as Mayor
Bently was one of the committee sent
from Lethbridge to work in the inter-
ests Of the early preliminaries for the
building OF the railroad Il was taken
as official and was heralded over the
country as important news. The
Standard was furnished with the con-
tents OF Bently's telegram and the
Lethbridge News published long ar
tcle on the subject under glaring
headlines announcing that the road
would he built this year. The message
was a practical joke. and rather a
crude one on the part OF Mayor
Bently. and Lethbridge is now all agog
with railroad gossip, not calculated To
elevate depressed spirits. Bently ar
rived home Saturday, and he In now
satisfied with the plain and not over
encouraging assertion that the road
will he built some time. After several
drafts from the mayor from several
Canadian points had been honored by
the board OF trade II was decided to
call him home. On receipt of this
message by the absent mayor he wired
the news that made every heart in
Lethbridge glad.
As a matter of fact the sub-commit-
tee appointed by the Canadian govern
ment to confer with Canadian Pacific
officials has not Vet come together. AT
meeting OF these committees Satur-
day, adjournment was taken without
any agreement and now the road will
probably not be built.
The Winnipeg Tribune of Saturday
last, one OF the official organs OF the
Canadian government, which reached
Great Falls to-day. confirms the
Lethbridge report In an Ottawa special
which says: THE subcommittee OF
the privy council appointed to deal
with the matter Of the Crows Nest
railroad had a long seance last night
with Sir William Van Horne and Mr.,
Shaugnessy. when the whole matter
was thoroughly thrashed out. | learn
however. that no real progress was
made and that the government and
company are practically as far apart
as ever with regard To terms. A. Pre-
mier Laurier will leave for England in
three or four davs. IL seems most i'm
probable that when he Is gone the min
listers opposed To dealing with the Ca
madam Pacific railroad will daily with
the question. for the purpose OF gain
ing time and that no arrangements
will he made this season. This would
mean postponement of the construc-
tion until next year unless OF course
the Canadian Pacific railroad went on
with the work on its own hook. which
Is very improbable.
Sheriff Proctor and the county attor-
ney, for two weeks past. have been en-
gagged In securing evidence against a
number OF Illicit beer joints In Little
Milwaukee and already have sufficient
evidence To convict eight or ten persons
guilty of violating the law, including
several women. To-day three were ar
rested and fined before Justice Bur-
leigh They We're Mrs. Cartilliacchi,
Mrs. Meme and A. PAUL. all Italians.
They paid their fines and were dis
charged. but there are more To follow.
Mrs. Meme IL the wife Of James Meme.
sentenced to seven years In the peni-
tentiary In Deer Lodge last fall for the
murder OF william White. Before his
conviction for manslaughter Meme was
engaged in the same business and gave
the authorities no end Of trouble. His
wife has since carried ON the business.
Meme IL the man for whom IL was
charged malta society In Montana
raised money To save him from the gal
lows. The method Of doing business
was to buy keg Of beer. then bottle
1t In pints and dispose Of II at 10 cents
per bottle.
Henry Berger. more familiarly known
as Dutch Henry" the prosperous
rancher on the Teton. Is in the city in
a heap of trouble. He wants "A divorce
from his wife. Lucinda Elizabeth Ber-
ger. hut hesitates to deliver up the re-
quired attorney fee Of $50. In recita-
tion Of his woes. Berger makes many
sensational charges He alleges as a
fact that in 1892 he was married To
Miss Botherton Of Great Falls in this
city. They moved at once to the Teton
ranch, where for a brief month all was
love: then. Henry alleges that Mrs
Berger took unto herself other and
divers husbands. Upon making this
discovery he quit the homestead. He
then moved To another ranch. since
which time Mrs. Berger has conducted
farming on her own hook. Berger now
alleges that his wife II virtually big
amtst no less than seven times and se-
cretly intimates that he wants a wife.
not them kind"
Hobo raids by the police in the after
noon are becoming a daily occurrence
and to-day is no exception. 4 large
number OF tough looking characters
were brought to central station and
given short time in which to get out
OF town. The first glaring attack upon
citizen occurred at l:JO o'clock this
afternoon. James Gaunt, collector.
who had evidently been spotted, was
matted on First avenue south at that
hour by strapping big fellow who de-
manded money. Upon being refused he
began TO curse and abuse Mr. Gaunt
Oficer Trevaillyan was called and the
Fellow took TO his heels. After a chase
ne was captured and landed in Jail.
The trial OF Thomas Chamberlain.
one OF the large sheep owners OF this
section, charged with driving scab-in-
iected sheep In close proximity 10
healthy bands. was begun in Justice
Burleighs court this afternoon and
after the Introduction Of a few Wit
nesses was adjourned until tomorrow.
The defense will attempt to show that
the sheep when driven across the coun-
try We're not scabby, while the prose-
cution Will contend that since last year