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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-21
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.

The season Of gift giving promises to be
a-llvely one this year, returning prosper
ity to the country bringing with it the
good cheer of an ideal Christmas time
and the happy awakening of the new
year. During the next few days the buy
ing of presents will be undertaken with
great zeal by those who have loved ones
to remember and fond hearts to please.
The happiness of giving in the annual
Christmas time is a contribution to the
1lnselish side of life, and does more to
build up character than many other ap-
proved processes of human evolution. It
lis a habit that should be cultivated, for
1T brings a wealth of joy to the hearts of
the young and stimulates anew the slower
flowing blood of age.
1t is che spirit of friendship and love be-
hind the gift, rather than the gift itself,
that works a miracle of pleasure in the
heart of the recipient.
An intelligent direction given the work
OF selecting presents is a hopeful and
helpful sign Of the times, for it takes into
consideration the environments of the one
ITO whom the gift is rendered, and is made
useful as a contribution to his taste. his
comfort or his necessity as the circum-
stances nay warrant,
The opportunity to select presents COW
erlng n range of human desire is not
wanting. One has only to carefully
peruse the advertising columns of the In
tier Mountain to make a selection in any
field best calculated to show the respect
and affections of the giver Of good gifts.
The merchants whose advertisements an
pear in this paper have ample facilities
for meeting the popular demand in any
direction which the good taste of the pur-
chaser ma suggest, and the public is
not slow to recognize this fact. Their
trade. already large, promises to con-
tlnue without ~diminution till the holiday
season has passed into the u~nnumbered,
centuries of the long ago. This is a sea-
son Of u%nequalled purchases, justified by
prosperity and happiness of the peo-
pie, and the holidays Of the expiring GEN.
tury will be made memorable through
out the nation by the sweet spirit of uni
Versal contentment THAT pervades the
land.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-21
VINO DIED FIRST?

An interesting legal complication has
grown out of the disposition Of the prop
erty left by Patrick j. Corbett, Of San
Francisco, who shot his wife and then
committed suicide. The tragedy which
removed the parents of the late pugilis-
tic champion, Jim Corbett, from the face
of the earth, took place more than a year
ago, but litigation over the property left
has just been gotten under full Roadway
in the courts of California.
1t appears that considerable property
Was held in the name of Mrs. Corbett, and
if she died first Mr.. Corbett fell heir to it.
and it can be used in the payment of his
debts. If, IN the contrary, Corbett expir-
ed before his victim her property would
to her heirs. The issue, then, between
the children Of the unfortunate couple
and the creditors Of the murderer and sui.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-21

PURPOSES" 1t is not difficult to believe
mat u was the case.
governor Smith violated an express
PROVISION of the constitution when he
approved a bill increasing the salaries
VI the supreme judges Of the state. The
salarles OF officers, says the constitu-
tion, shall not be increased or diminish
ca curing the term for which they were
etecteu: Yet a bill increasing the salaries
nor. "
small wonder, then, that the governor
signed Senator Clark's credentials and
supsequently attached his signature to
q memorial directly aimed at the undo
~ ol an action he approved by signing
80 lame thereto as an endorsement of
us correctness.
Inc man who occupies the high official
posllion OF governor of this state. who
naS sworn to support it's constitution. but
nane ~ 40 SO. is securing for himself an
d dfenslaole reputation. If the governor
uiu not propose to abide by the nro-
VISIONS OF the constitution of the state
Why dld he take the oath to do so?
Ills action on the senatorial n,,est;o,
- l. keeptng with other of his official
Gus. III Governor Smith does not retire
from the gubernatorial office With =
record OF having made a lamentable fail
ure or his administration it will be be-
cause some good things for the people
uanspireo at a time when his excellency
VAS absent from the executive office.
senator Clark is to be congratu1ate an
having arrayed against him the men
VINO signed the protest and memorial
recently sent to Washington, The sem
ator mas strengthened himself immeas-
uraolv IN Montana by having for enc
mics such men as these.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-21
extremely ingenious speech ! &aAAywas

extremely ingenious speech ! GnAGywas
warmly applauded.
He said that the republican bill was
bound to pass.
so, in other words,' he continued,
YOU are sure of at least four years of
he gold standard law. For that reason
the financial question can cut no sensi-
pie figure in the coming election. The
very passage of this republican measure
takes the question out of the campaign.
Tor 1t IS useless to make a fight on some
thlng that everybody knows can't be Sc
cured even in the event of success"
Mr.. Sibley in the house today was ex-
pected to furnish a sensation by boldly
declaring the sentiments he has often
enunciated. Mr.. Sibley disappointed the
republicans and made some humorous
remarks. In the course of his speech he
said:
II am going to vote against this bill.
Why. over here on his side of the
the great majority of us believe
that YOU on the republican side are en-
gagged i'll the task of driving nails in your
own coffin, and my friends over here are
SO desirous that YOU shall be successful
IN the accomplishment of that task that
| think they fear now-that is the char
liable reason which I am giving to myself
that If l gave expression to my opin-
ions the hammer, Mr.. Chairman, would
tall from your nerveless grasp.
'TherefOre, ! shall avail myself of the
privilege under the rule of letting my
remark go laundering down the ages
in the precincts of the congressional
records applause and laughter.)
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-21

THE COYERKOR'S RECORD.

East Helena Republican,: There is no
occasion for surprise in the fact that
the governor of the state of Montana
signed the credentials of w. A. Clark
as senator from Montana and subse-
quently signed a memorial which ac-
companied the Daily protest against the
seating or Senator Clark. That self
same Individual, the Honorable Robert
q. smith, governor of Montana, took
az oath that he would support the con-
stitutiOn Of the state.
Governor Smith violated the constitu-
tloh or the state when he refused to
award the state printing contract to the
lowest bidder, as the law provides. He
vioiated the constitution in awarding
Inc contract as he did, and it has been
averred that he did so for s'vile artisan
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-21
THEY OPPOSE FREE COINAGE.

The New York Journal, which support
ed Bryan in 1896, now declares that the
free coinage issue is dead. 1t is au-
thority for the statement that the de-
bate on the currency bill showed a great
falling off in the 16-to-1 democrats, and
that the money question car cut no
figure in the next campaign. In it's issue
of December 10, this great democratic
organ shows how the leaders of that
party have gone back on silver. 1t is
very d~iscouraging to those bo,irbons who
Montana with a cheap play; but here is
the record, under date of December IA:
Sixteen to one will not be the chief
democratic issue next fall, if the senti-
ment of the party continues to change
in the way it has since congress con-
vcned. y
Today, during the debate on the cur
rency bill, Thayer of Massachusetts,, a
democrat, spoke in favor of the gold
standard, while Representative Daily of
New Jersey, in opposing the bill, said:
II do not want my opposition to this
bill construed as fayoring the reaffirma-
ton of Is to l.. But 1 stand for bimetal-
lism, and l think that the democrats of
New Jersey believe in and want the same
thing"
Representative Berry of Kentucky, in
his speech today. said he was not
.'wedded to 16 to L.
The most significant happening within
the past "a hours was the result of a
dinner given by Representative Sibley OF
Pennsylvania last night. About 60 rep
resentative democrats sat down with
him. n the tone of the speeches was in
many instances, if not directly hostile
to the 16-to-1 plan, lukewarm.
Mr.. Allen of Mississippi, for instance,
admitted that free silver need not be the
dominant issue.
Mr.. Livingston Of Georgia held the
same view, and came out for expansion
in the most uncOmpromising terms.
Messrs. briggs and Scudder were out
spoken in their belief in the republican
bill.
Amos Cummings Of New York made an
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-21
eide is the determination of who first ex-

eide is the determination of who first ex-
fpired.
Corbett shot his victim through the
head and then shot himself in the mouth.
Probably not more than a minute inter-
vened between their deaths. Expert med
zeal testimony will doubtless exhibit
incontrovertible evidence will be SUBJ
mitted showing that each died first; but
public sympathy will SO with the child
rem.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-21
THE CiMBLiNG QUESTION.

In it's s~emi-annua exhibit of Journal
istic virtue, the Butte Miner explains
that it does not endorse %gambling, hut
leaves the Inter Mountain to speak for
itself! This is. of course, intended Ito
show the superior morals of the Miner
in attacking the gambling vice, leaving
to the more wicked and sin-bespattered
journals of this community the poor
choice of manipulating the second fiddle,
or taking issue with it's virtuous atti-
tudenizing.
With its usual astuteness IN defining
the duty of others, it again informs the
clergy that they should speak out on
this question, the inference being that
they have not done so, thus practically
leaving to the Miner the burden of throt-
Ting the vicious games of chance. Under
the circumstances, the Inter Mountain
the sin of gambling, whether in cards or
senatorial options-would again suggest
to the Miner a course of procedure in it's
work for the uplifting of humanity.
Our contemporary doubtless tells the
truth when it says sit cannot give up
all its time telling the people of Butte
for themselves" The people of Butte re-
greet this, but it can't be helped. 1t is
of the Miner to even give up most of
its time telling the people what they
ought to know already, without working
a double shift at the business. But it
could save a great deal of time if it would
follow the plans adopted by other mill
lionaire organs in the east, and institute
crimina suits against the men who are
violating the anti-gambling laws of this
state.
If the Miner is convinced that the Of
ticials are not doing their duty, and it
apparently speaks with a sense. of abso-
lutte knowledge on this point, it can
serve the public to no better advantage
than to exercise the rights which belongs
to every citizen-DroEided he has sufli-
cient money to back up his ciainls-aHd
institute suits against law breakers OF
either high or low degree. A little work
along this line would be more effective
han columns of editorial criticisms of
existing conditions.
Why does not the Miner, as, a million
aire organ, squander a few dollars in be-
half of public morals, instead of wasting
it's valuable time up5raiding city officials
and inducing the we'll meaning but poorly
paid preachers to expand their hard
earned salaries in the promotion of anti
gambling movements in this city? To
constantly remind the public th~t his
or that vice is rampant in the city
serves nc purpose but to advertise the
undesilability of this locality abroad;
but an actual, we'll organized move
ment against gambling, sustained by the
Miners pocketbook instead of it's brains,
might prove of benefit to the city of
Butte.
Minnesota stats tidning. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1895-1939, 1899-05-31
L6pande No. n 100.

"Corfew" 1 Monticello. Stadsfull-
maktige Monticello antogo onsdags
en- forordning, forbjudande barn under
10 ars alder att efter XII. 8 pa qvallarne
uppehalla sig a stadens gator.
AtaI for valdtagt vacktes af grand
juryn forliden vecka mot Ingebret-
son Nicollet county. Vid malets
hand1aggning / fredags forklarades J.
skyldig och d0mdes till iva ars strait
arbete.
Nara halfva affArsdelen af staden
Staples ladies' aska f0rliden torsdaes-
qvall. Egendomsforlusten anslas till
O,0OO hvaraf endast $40, 900 betackes
genom Misunderstanding. Eldsvadan
fororsaFades af on exploderande foto.
genlampa.
Anklagad for f0rskingring. Ed Wha-
len Ely blef forliden l0rdagsqvall
hakatd pa angifvelse af sin forre kom.
panJon Mcintosh, hvilken anklagar ho-
nom for att ha forskingrat 81 ,5OO som
foregifves ha tillhort deras dagarne
upplosta firma- Whalen stalde $500
bergen for slit inflnnande vid malets
handlaggning.
StlIIwater-nOtlser. Anna Hanson
blef fora veckan beviljad skilsmessa
fran sin man j. P. Hanson, som samti.
digit alades att till henne utbetala S5,-
ooo Observation-Disclosures be-
slot forra veckan for $4,000 inkopa
maskinerier for MISREPRESENTATION
Genom de nya maskinerierna beraknas
tillverkningen kunna 0kas med so pro.
cent eller till omkring 8 millioner
pounds pr ar.
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som delta stycke blifvit gjordt under
det fydda aret.
Att stadgarne for barnhemmet upp-
tagas till behandling. Inga stadgar
funnos emellertid.
Till styrelseledamoter atervaldes J,
E. Linner och P. A. Lamberg.
Till visitationskomite valdes: j. A.
Nyvall, E. q. Stone, A. F. Elmquist. G.
B. L. Boman, N. R. Nelson, John Grain
och O. Sohlberg.
Till revisionskomit9 valdes: Andrew
Lindgren och Alfred B. Anderson.
Konferensens allmAnna flnanskomi-
t6 rapporterade. Rapporten upptogs
for att genomgas stycke for styeke
En- liflig discussion borjade, som vara
de till sessionens slut.
Eftermiddagen: Pastor j. Franzer
predikade.
Diskussionen ON fnanserna fortsat
tes.
stallet for komitens f6rslag r0rande
afgiften for skolorna foreslog pastor
A. P. Monten att alldenstund Aug
Coll. & Theol. Sem. numera pa indirekt
satt erh&ller rikliga bidrag fran Min
nesota-konferensen, derf0r beslutad1
att konferensen begar att befrias fra1
att erlagga nagon del af Is centsafgif
ten till synodens laroverk. Delta for
Stag nedr0stades efter en- liflig diskus
sion, som varade hela sessionen.
Pa qvAllen predikade pastorerne A
P. MontGn och P. P. Hedenstr0m.
| Forts. AIDE sidan.l
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Dakota-nyheter.
Till po!iskonstapel 1 Fargo, N. D..
har s Johnson hlifuit 1ltnamd

Till po!iskonstapel Fargo, N. D.,
har S. johnson blifvit utnamd.
Patent har Henry Lund Grafton,
N. D., erhallit cit nytt slags skruf-
nyckel.
Traffad af bllxten blef metodistkyr-
kan Watertown, S. D.. under en- ask-
storm forliden lordagsqvall. Kyrkan
ranponerades delvis.
AT hjertsIag traffades L. D. Dana /
Bottineau, N. D., forliden fredag och
afled inom nagra timmar, rs ar gam
NAL. Han var en- af stadens aldste och
NEST hogaktade borgare.
Vansinnig blef nyligen norrmannen
G. Edwardsen under en- rosa fran Min
neapolis till jamestown, N. D.. ooh
maste omhandertagas af polismyndig-
heterna den senare staden.
F6r st6ld af nagra kycklingar ooh en-
yxa Moorhead, Mimi, blef en Ed
Erikson hAktad f0rliden vecka Far
go, N. D., och ofverlemnad till polls
myndigheterna den fora staden.
Fj6rton soldater, tillh0rande North
Dakota-regementet, ha tillsatt lifvet
under sista kriget. Deraf ha stupat
a slagfaltet, fallit offer for sjukdo.
mar och l omkommit genom drunk
ming.
Ny rattegang beviljades onsdags
borgmastaren Tubbs Alcester, S. D.,
hvilken nyligen blef forklarad skyldig
till den mot honom riktade anklagel-
sen att ha sandt osedlig Nteratur 60
nom postverket.
FIR fadermord hAkta des | s0ndags
14-ariga Lena Bouts och on annu yngre
broder Rapid City, s. D. Flickan ar
anklagad for att ha ihjelskjutit sin fa-
der, Frank Bouts, under det denne
lag och sof hemmet. Mannen upp-
gives ha varit ytterst grym mot sin
familj.
D6dsfall. Anna Sofia johnson fran
Horby, N. D., afed den dennes en-
alder af II ar. Den aflidna hitkom till
landet f0rliden host fran 8fre Lulea,
Norrbottens lan Sverige. Homes hit
resa bekostades af landtbrukaren B.
Matson tillh0rande H0rby f0rsamling,
som afven ombes0rjde begrafningen.
Eft egendomilgt glftermaI ingicks
f0rliden vecka Sioux Falls, s. D..
Kontrahenterna voro J. w. Schame-
tour fran Emerson, Nebr., och Hester
J. Black fran Sioux Falls. Begge voro
dofstumma, och vigseln f6rrattades
vid skolan for d0fstumma med bitrade
af en- af lararne, som tjenstgjorde som
tolk.
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Eft sockerpremie-f6rsIag, for utbe-
talande af en- cents premie pr ID. for
socker, tillverkadt fran hvitbetor, har
antagits af Michigan legislaturens beg
&c kamrar.
Christian Scientists borja enligt en-
bytestidning bli sd talrika Kalama-
ZOO, Mich att prester ooh lakare der
stades sammanslutit sig for att motar-
beta dem.
American Board of Foreign Missions
fick nyligen mottaga en- gafva pa $1O-
600 fran en- okand gifvare, som kom in
/ sekreterarens kontor Boston, Mass,
ooh utan vidare placerade EFT kuvert
pa hans bord.
Amerlkanska lokomotlv till Eng
land. Vid Baldwin Works Philadel-
phia mottogs fora veckan en- bestall-
ming fran Grand Central. banbolaget
England ON leverans af tjugo lokomo-
tiv. En- iknande bestallning mottogs
der forut fran samma banbolag och
dessutom har Great Northern banbo-
laget England bestalt ett antal loko-
motiv der.
F6rfArlig jernvagsolycka. Eft pas
sageraretag Cedar Rapids & North
ern-banan ursparade tidigt sondags
morse vid Sink Greek omkring mil
vester ON Waterloo, Ia, och 8 personer
d0dades, medan Diver ett tjugotal ska
dades. foljd af cit intraffadt skyfall
hade banvallen delvis bortskolits och
delta var orsaken till den rysliga olyc-
kan.
En- haIsstarrlg farmare. John Pear
son, en- f0rm0gen farmare Kansas
haktades f0rliden vecka af Forenta
Staternas myndigheter och inmanades
l hakte Fort Scott, anklagad for att
ha hindrat postf0ringen. For nagra
veckor sedan korde P. In till staden
Star med cit lass majs. Vid ofver-
farten af Santa Fee-banan stangdes
vagen af ett godstaQ cit sidospAr P.
stannade hastarne ooh lasset midi pa
hufvudsparet, och genom sin vagran
att lemna delta So lange godstaget af-
stangde korvagen, hindrade han post
snalltaget 20 minuters It'd fran att
passera stallet.
Knepen Aro manga. Poststyrelsen
har nyligen upptackt en- plan att svind-
la regeringen. Svindlarne hafva slit
hufvudqvarter Chicago. ooh svindeln
bestar uti att massvis sAnda postfor-
sandelser sasom fraktgods till Mexico
for att der forses med mexikanska fri.
marken. amerikanska penningar
kosta dessa frimArken ioke mera An
halften af hvad de amerikanska kcsta.
EnliRt spostf0reningens regler
maste det amerikanska postvasendet
bringa brefven till sin bestammelseort,
och under den nuvarande lagen flnnas
inga bestammelser, hvarunder svind-
larne kupna stratPas Kongressen kom-
mer att anmodas ON att stifta On lag
som f0rhindrar dylika tilltag.
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Mime esOta-kOnferensen arsmOte
i St. Peter, Minn., den IS
mai 1899.

Konferensmotet oppnades pa tors
dagsformiddagen den 25 maj med hog
messogudstjenst, hvarvid pastorerne
L. P. Bergstrom och A. E. Ericsson
tjenstgjorde sasom liturger och konfe-
rensens ordf0rande, pastor j. Frem-
ling predikade. (Denna predikan ater-
finnes dagens nummerC
Vid namnlistans upplasande bor-
jan af acknowledgements befunnos
SO FRESHMAN och 1O3 lekmannaombud
vara narvarande Ordf0randen uppla-
ste sin embetsberattelse, hvarefter
man skred till val af embetsman. Pa
stor J. Fremling omvaldes till ordf6-
rande, L. G. Almen till vice ordforan-
de, A. E. Ericsson till sekreterare och
G. Rast till kassor.
Till komit6 pa ordforandens embets-
berattelse SAINT att nominera ombud
till synodalmotet valdes pastorerne:
Philip Thelander. E. O. Stone, O. H.
Ardahl N. o. Grund6n, G. B. L. Bo-
man, Eric Boman, j. Moody, L. j.
Film, J. N. Sundqvist, B. F. Bengtson,
A. F. Wicklund, j. A.. Nyvall, L. e. Gull
lander L. P. Lundgren. j. A. johnson
SAINT lekmannen: Gustaf Hultqvist, G.
A. Wahlqvist. A. Dalin, J. S. Carlson,
John Lundqvist, Hjalmar Anderson, A.
Larson, N. Olson, Gustaf johnson,
John Carlson, j. J. Eklund ]. O. Hal
stGn, Nels Hanson, j. H. Peterson.
Till safe och yttranderatt upptogos:
P. Carlson, J. Telleen, E. A. Fogelstrom,
Peter Peterson, A. Gundberg s. M.
Hill, Professorerne vid Gust. Ad. Coll
ege Alfred Nelson. A. G. Anderson,
John Berg F. L. johnson, F. O. Lin
der B. Westerlund, S. P. A. Lindahl,
J. Jesperson.
Foljande understanding antogs: fran
9 till II formiddagen allmanna for
handlingar; fran 2 till 3 eftermidda-
gen predikan; fran 8 till 5 eftermidda.
gen allmanna forhandlingar; pa oval
len predikningar.
Pa torsdagsqvallen predikade pastor
j. Aim och j. Telleen.
Freddgen den 26 mai.
Neutrality-suspicious.: bibellasning
och bon af pastor J. s. Ryding.
Elfva nya f0rsamlingar upptogos i
konferensens och synodens gemen-
skap.
Nomineringskomiten rapporterade
och. f0ljande ombud till synodalmotet
valdes:
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5tOmbud: Suppleanter:
j. Magny y................J. P. Neander
G. A. Stenborg ...........A. Bengtson
L. A. Johnston. ........ .Theodor Ekblad
j. o. Cavallin G. j. Petri
E. Norelius L. A. Edman
S. G. Swenson ............J. E. Linner
L. P. Bergstr0m ..........C j. Edman
E. j. Werner ...........A. E. Ericsson
j. Aim ....................J A. Levine
A. j. Ryden. n............S. A. Lindholm
Erik Norsen. n..........C. B. L. Boman
A. Hult t............J. =. Matson
j. II. Carlson. ........E H. j. Peterson
S. j. Kronberg r. Vallquist
X. J. Erkander. ..... c. j. A. Holmgren
L. G. Almen ..............S. Anderson
j. Franzen. ........... j. N. Sundqvist
III. Lundqvist ........... Eric Schold
G. o. Schoberg ........ A. F. Wicklund
A. P. Monten. Frank Sard
A. G. Olson. L. E. Gullander
d. s. Chilgren N. Lehart
j. A. johnson .'..J. A. Johanson
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