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The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-04
WON ia sprr OF ORDERS.
rhc ola Man Did Not Plead with
Abr-'lr Lincoln In Vain.

The ola Man Did Not Plead with
Abr= arm Lincoln In Vain.
Cujoucl Koch of Chicago. veteran
Of tho civil war. tells an anecdote in
the iite OF Abratam LinCSln US related
to bim ty Schuyler Cu.fax
One day, on his way to the executivs
mansion, Colfax came upon AN old man
just outside the capitol grounds, look
ing so detected and miserable that the
genial speaker stopped and spoke 10
him. The old man begged for aid in
getting an audience with the president,
rs so far all his efforts bad been un-
availing-and added that it was case
of life and death Colfax, moved by the
old man's distress brought him, trem-
bling with conflicting hupe and fear,
directly into the great aud kindly pres-
ence. Without wasting moment upon
preliminaries. the petitioner plunged in
to the heart of his trou ble-an old story
now grown sadly familiar to the presi-
dents ear. Briefly, his son had been
sentenced to death for having slept ut
his post He had relieved a sick ooIu-
rade the night before, and overwo6u
nature had succumbed. Lincoln listen
reflected in his eyes, but he had already
issued so many pardons for this offense
that it was beginning to have de
moIalizing influence upon most i'm
portant part Of the service, and con
gress had thought best tn give the pow
err of confirming the death sentence di-
reotly 10 the generals in charge. In this
particular case, too, Butler had written
the president strenuously urging him to
turn deaf eur to any one pleading for
the offenders pardon. as the discipline
of his army absolutely required au ex-
ample.
With troubled air, therefore, Lin
coin said; MY good sir, | would give
anything / possess for the power to help
you But the president himself is pow
erless here. am under orders not II
issuo another pardon for this particular
otfense Too much depends upon the
vigilaut sentinel sympathize deeply
with your sorrow, but must refuse your
request"
$50 that is all the president of the
United States can do for me?' faltered
the old father.
"All, " replied Lincoln.
The old man stood motionless in the
deep silence that followed the presi-
dents ultimatum. Then, taking a step
forward, he said; "The president of the
United States has done his duty. Now.
want to hear from Abe Lincoln. Pnt
yourself in my place, your son in my
sons place. Then what would you dor
After a minute of intense thought
Lincoln's face took OH an expression Of
radiance as he exclaimed;
Butler or no Butler, here goesr
And seizing his pen he rapidly wrote
two duplicate orders, handing one to
the petitioner, who read "Sentenoe in
case of Private - of - regiment is
not to be executed until further orders
from the executive office.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-04
The Ladder on the Chimney.

Slender iron ladders are often seen at
tached to great smokestacks. and esne-
oially to big. lofty tirehriok lined stacks
of iron Sometimes in the case of twin
iron chimueys standing close together
hent spiral stairway Is run up bewteen
them to the top, serving the purpose of
Ladder aud being more convenient.
1t doesn cost very much to build in
ladder as the chimney goes up. and
there is then IN place "a permanent and
convenient means of getting al any part
of the chimney. inside or out, for any
purpose Brick chimneys are sometimes
lined with tirebrick. and they are also
sometimes built with space between
the flue aud the outer structure If for
any reason il should be desired to get
at the interior of chimney, the ladder
affords "a ready and convenient means
of access to the top, from which man
can be lowered in bos'n's chair. In
the case of chimney caps, built perhaps
of number of pieces, the ladder gives
convenient means, already in place,
for getting at the top of the chimney
for auy repairs that may be necessary.
The more common uses of the ladder
however, are those to which it is prim-
arily devoted on iron ohimneys, upon
which it is most commonly found-to
make more convenient the periodical
inspection of the chimney and TO make
the chimney easier of access for its regr
lar printing. New York Sun.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-04
Millions Given Away

II In certainly grutfy,ag to the pub
lie TO iSuow OF one concern In the land
who are not afraid 10 be generous o. the
needy and suffering. Tut prcrrietcrs of
DR.. Kings New Discovery for ,ousump-
tion, coughs and cnlds, have given away
over ton million triul bottles OF this great
medicine; md have the satisfaction Of
knowing IL has absolutely cured tnou-
sands ot hopeless cases Asthma, hrun-
chitis, huai senessand ali disea,cs ol the
throu, chest and lungs ere surely cured
hy it. Gail on ! ~. Yo|ton druggist,
and get a free trial bottle Regular size
5nc and II. Every bottle guaranteed, or
price refunded
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"This. said the broken hearted IA
tber, 'only postpones the agony. II
the bow must bo shot. the sooner it is
over the better
my friend. said Old Abe. taking
him ty tbr nuud. ''it year sou doesn't
die until further urGers tor his deces se
are issned from tins executive Office he
Inler Ocean
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-04
Our Florida Alligator.

An alligator is not an attractive
creature. He has not a single virtue
that can he named. lie is cowardly.
treachcrous. hideous. He is neither
graceful nor even respectable in appear
ance He is not even amusing or
grotesque in his ungainliness, for as a
brute IA brute unqualified-he is al
ways so intensely real that one shrinks
from him with loathing and a laugh at
his expense while in his presence would
seem curiously out of place.
His personality too, is strong, Once
catch the steadfast gaze of free. adult
alligator wicked eyes, with their odd
vertical pupils fixed full upon your own
and the significance of the expression
"evil eye, and the mysteries of snake
charming, hypnotism and hoodooism
will be readily understood. for his bru
tish, merciless, unfinc1Nig stare is sim
ply blood chilling i w Blake in
Popular Science Monthly.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-04
Red Hot From the Gun

Was the ball that hit G. b. Steadman
OF Newark, Mich, in the civil war. 1t
caused horrible ulcers that 40 treatment
helped for 20 years Thei, Bucklen's
AruIca Salve cured him. Cures cuts
hrnises, burns, boi's, felons. corns skin
eruptions. Best pile cure on earth -
cents box. Cure guaranteed Sold by
}. W. 1elton druggist
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-04
sonp ,IiSedIn the Dough.

Epieures may be interested to know
that continental bakers are in the habit
Of mixing soap with their dough to make
their bread and pastry nice and light
The quantity of soap varies. In fancy
articles ike wailies and fritters, it is
much larger than in bread. The soap is
dissolved in water. oil is added, and the
mixture, after being well whipped. is
ndded to the flour
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Nnt Xer, cnmfnrtinr.

Staylcight Tommy. do you think
your sistp is fond of me?
Tommy don't know. She gave me
a quarter to set the clock half an hour
fast Jewish Comment
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-04

No man should marry till he can
listen to II baby crying in the next
room and not feel like breaking the
furniture, Exchange.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-04

The very finest. The ne 4,
ultra. The creme de la cre,l
That's HARPER whiskey in M
languages.
Sold by
BURLEY d KILLIsyI
Florence, C,l
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-04

Eighty-tive per cent of the people
who are lame are affected ON the left
side
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-04
Classified

CARPETS should have good supply
of paper under them, The Tribune
has old papers at 2Oc per 100.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-04

j. j. Fitzgerrell has plenty Of
straight money to loan
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-04

Garden and farm lands for rent,
see J. J. i'itzgerrell. i2tf
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-04

Become a reader of the TRrBuNE
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-04

a cents, worth l25 cents
10 pieces rnstline lining, in
all colors: to be A. "a
closed out at III WI
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-22
IN POLICE COURT.
Quite a Number of Cases Disposed of by
Judge Terrell.

Quite a Number of Cases Disposed of by
Judge Terrell.
In yesterdays police court grind
quite number of cases were disposed
of by Judge Terrell. L Acts, Mrs
Howe, nee Celia Decker, and John Sny-
der were before the court for the dis
turbance they created few days ago
Acts and Mrs. Howe paid s. fine
each, and Snyder procured contin-
uance Of his case. James Green was
fined So for disturbance. Molle Hail.
accused of rohbing H. O'Donnell of $50,
was let off with a SO fine for prostitu-
ton, it appearing O'Donnell was never
robbed at all. One John Doe was as
sessed So for drunkenness. Harry join
err, the cO,Cred man arrested for as
saulting Katie Thomas, the wife Of an
other colOred man, was given the heavy
sentence If $50 fine for third degree as
sault, on It being proven that he struck
Mrs. Thomas without provocation, and
merely because he thought she ought to
be home instead of down town taking a
bath. In the vagrancy cases, Bob How
ard and w. e. Johnson were discharg--
ed. Thomas Clark was given 80 days.
and the case against Peter Casey, WILL
lam White and j. w. Reynolds was dis
missed. The latter We're the three men
arrested in connection with the bur
glary of Roses pawn shop. and charged
with vagrancy because the case against
them was not strong.
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Joseph's semi-eentennial jubilee, the
wife of a poor weaver in a Bohemian
village. gave birth to triplets-all boys
In addition to four children already
taxing the parents efforts to support so
large family on their slender earnings.
Some friends advised the half distract
ed father to telegraph to the sovereign.
at the time sojourning in Wallsee. re-
questing him to be godfather to the
newly born trio. Sure enough, within a
few hours arrived the Geographic reply
that the emperor had granted their re-
quest. Last week the christening took
place, at which the emperor was repre-
sented. The boy first born received the
name or Francis Joseph. the second that
of Rudolph,after the late Crown Prince.
and the third that of Albrecht. All
three of them are robust and thriving.
and the condition of the happy mother
leaves nothing to be desired
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UNITED STATES COURT
Bartlett Was Arraigned on a
Charge of Perjury.
SWEEPING DENIAL MADE
Mrs. Bartlett Alleges That She Entered
Into No Conspiracy to De.raud the
Creditors of Her Husband,
The Chinese Case,

Fred a. Bartlett, whose recent failu5p
was the crowning sensation of local
business circles, was in the United
States court yesterday afternoon, ac-
conpaned by his wife. He was there
to plead to the indictment of the grand
jury who counted up bill of perjury
against the bankrupt. j. ]. Mediation
d j. w. Cotter were entered as coun-
sci. Judge Mediation asked for time in
which to prepare q plea and was grant
ed until Friday.
In the matter of Mrs. Bartlett. who
was cited to appear in response to the
order OF the court to show cause WHY
she should not turn over to the trustee
of the bankrupt estate the $4,737.25 her
husband paid to her just prior to his
Hing the petition to be adjudged
bankrupt; Judge Mediation filed an an
swer. The answer makes a sweeping
denial of all of the allega lions Of the
trustee: denies that she entered into
conspiracy with her husband to defraud
the latter's creditors; denies that she
has any money belonging to the estate;
admits that her husband paid her the
anoney, but says that she did not know
that he was giving her an unlawful
preference, and concludes that this
court has no jurisdiction in the matter.
In support of his motion to dismiss the
quoted many and voluminous authors
ties bearing on cases similar in pur-
port.
Attorney Shelton, for the trustee, also
read authorities at length, and it was
late in the day when Judge Knowles
ruled on the motion sustaining it,
The case of the United States VS..
Joseph w. Chivers, against whom an
indictment stands. was transferred to
Helena. Mr.. Chivers, it appears from
the construction of the indictment,
made many false entries in the teller's
cash book of the Merchants National
bank of Helena in the summer of 1896,
BY these several entries it was made
to appear that the banks cash was
charged with sums on dates as follows:
February 20, s37014; May 4, $50, 900:
April 30, $4,000: July 6, $4,000; July 10.
S25,S71 40: September 10, $S0,000 Septen-
Der rs, $780, $40, 666.66 and SIS, 900; Sep
TENDER 2S, $4,000; September 90 $4,000.
To all of these the grand jury says
that the entries are false in that the
said banking house had not received
on the dates mentioned in the form of
cash items of any nature whatever, as
Joseph w. Chivers well knew, he in
tending then, there and thereby to de-
ceive any agent then appointed or who
might thereafter be appointed ito exam
inc the affairs of said bank and to in
jure and defraud any person. company,
body polite or corporate, other than
the said banking association, then doing
or who might thereafter do bushes
with said banking, association, contrary
to the form of the statute in such case
made provided.
Samuel Burgess. resident of this
city, was adjudged a bankrupt. He
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-22
BEATEN BY A BRUTE.
Jack Ledford Will Be Put Where He
Can DO No Harm.

Can DO No Harm.
Agnes Stephens, the Galena street wo-
man who was so brutally beaten and
kicked by the notorious young tough.
Jack Ledford. visited police headquar
tiers yesterday afternoon to tell her
story of Ledford's cruelty. In a purse
the young woman carried five teeth as
evidence of the ferocity of the young
brutes attack, and her appearance bore
further testimony of it. One We was
black and badly swollen, and her body
was SO sore she could scarcely move
around.
In telling her story the woman said
it was not true. as had been reported.
that she was Ledford's mistress. That.
she said, she had never been, but she
had for some time been a victim of the
young scoundrers domineerlng. She
said that some time ago Ledford came
to her place and demanded money. She
refused to give it to him, and he gave
her beating. for which she had him
arrested, and for this he came back and
beat her again. He also demanded
money, and as she had grown afraid
of him she gave him $40. He went out
and won some money on this and came
and paid her back. Later he came and
demanded more money, and she gave
him $40 to avoid beating.
The present trouble the woman said.
was the outgrowth Of another demand
for money. She did not have it. and
he. thinking she was trying to stand
him off, proceeded to assault her, Her
description Of the assault. which was
something shocking, Wc-borne out by
her appearance.
The woman further stated that after
Ledfords arrest for second degree as
sault he sent her word by the Jew
Kid" another young devil, that,
unless she had the charge against him
reduced and helped get him out CT his
scrape. he would come back when he
got out Of Jail and give her worse
beating than he did this time. If the
county attorney has his way it will be
a long time before the young hound has
an opportunity to carry out this threat,
as complaints of similar exploits have
been made so frequently against him
an effort is to be made to see that ade
auate punishment is melted out to him.
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ONE YEAR IN THE PEN.
Joseph Miller Pleaded Guilty to Stealing
Brass Castings.


Joseph Miller, young fellow who
had been charged with grand larceny
for stealing a lot of brass castings
valued at S1S7 from the Butte &; Boston
company. made plea Of guilty before
Judge Clancy yesterday and was SEN
fenced to one year in the penitentiary
Millers attorney made a plea for len
iency and told the court the young man
had been raised on a farm and that
when he came to Butte he was for the
first time turned loose in a big town.
and he soon fell into bad company and
yielded to temptation. Judge Clancy
said he was sorry for any boy who was
raised on a farm and turned loose in 4
city to shift for himself
Gregor Werder, who was Jointly ac-
cused with Miller was discharged from
custody on motion of the county at
torney. who said that on investigation
it was evident to him that Werder
acted innocently and without criminal
intent.
The damage suit of James J. Byrne
against the Colorado Smelling & Min
ing company was transferred to the
United States court for trial.
Kate Griffin yesterday commenced
suit for divorce against Timothy Griffin
on the ground of desertion. They We're
married in Butte on July %, 1895, and
on June 3, 1897, the defendant deserted
her. She asks for the custody of their
2-year-old boy.
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sin, 81; Frank Hanlon, Basin, 81: Dan
lei ]. Kennedy, Basin, 81; David Kirby,
Basin. 81; w. J. Kearney, Basin 81;
James Lemyer, Basin, 81: John Barry,
Basin. so cents: Jeff Coughlin, Basin
81; total from Basin COLLECTED by MI
Fosarty), $32; collected by p. H. Regain
Butte, as follows: P. Fl. Regain, SEQ;
J. D. Murphy. S. p. H. Sidley, $3.50;
James Ryan, $3.50; ]. P. Murphy. $3.50;
Patrick Sloan, 80; Barney Shanahan,
81; Dan Ryan, $3.50; John w. Collins,
So; Nick Hughes, s.: James E. Healy,
s., J. ]. Lavell, $3.50; William Page,
$3.50; Hy Wesson, 81; James Higgins.
So Thomas Finn. 81; Thomas GateIy,
So F. E. Corbett. SIS; B. L. Shea, 81:
J. NJ. Reynolds, 81; Dennis O'Neill, So;
total SO
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MUST HEAR THE MOTIONS
A Writ of Mandate Issued by the
Supreme Court.
THE B. & NJ. RECE|VERSHIP
Judge Clancy Must Give the Motion a
Hearing on or Before March
80 or Appear in the
Supreme Court.

Marshal Sam McMurran of the state
supreme court, accompanied by Ran
some Cooper, one of the attorneys for
the Boston & Montana company ar
rived in Butte last evening from Hell
ena with an alternative writ of man
date issued by the supreme court in
the Forester case. which was served
on Judge Clancy by the marshal soon
after his arrival in the city. The writ
commands Judge Clancy to hear the
motion to discharge the receiver on or
before March 80, or appear in the SUI
preme court at 10 o'clock on the 31st
and show cause why he did not hear
it. Judge Clancy. on his own motion
last Saturday, had continued all mo-
tiCns in the Forester case for two
weeks, but it is probable that he will
hear at least one of the motions a few
days sooner now. The alternative writ
from the supreme court was issued on
an affidavit by Attorney Cooper and
the formal parts of it follow the ale
cations of the affidavit. which rectes all
the facts. now well known. leading up
to the appointment of Thomas r. Kinds
as receiver of the Butte & Boston on
the petition of FORESTER and MaCtiln-
mis- without producing any testimony
whatever in support of the allegations
of their petition. The affidavit covers
Is typewriter pages and sets forth all
the proceedings had before Judge
Clancy in an endeavor on the part of
the defendants attorneys to have the
motion to discharge heard, and the OPP
position to it by the Heinze attorneys
and the continuance of the hearing by
the court several times for one reason
and then another. and then concludes
as follows in asking for and stating
reasons for the writ of mandate:
THAT if the said receiver be allowed
to go into possession of the said prop
erty of the Montana company, or to
obtain the control thereof or of its
business, great and irreparable injury
will be caused to the said company and
to it's numerous stockholders. That the
effect thereof upon the value OF the
trous and that it would also greatly
injure, hinder and impede all the opera
tions of the said company and work
immense damage thereto That the
amount of the bond of the said receiver
fixed by the court is merely 100000.
That the value of the property is a
great many million dollars. and that
at the present price of copper the gross
yield of the mines of the said company
is about 100000 a day, and the
net proceeds thereof about $1,000 per
day.
That for the purpose of said hear
ing and for the purpose of disproving
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| al charges and imputations of fraud
| against this re1ator and against the
! New York company, and also to prove
| that the said property and effects and
| money in question had been turned
| over and delivered by the New York
| company to the Montana company ana
| fully and honestly accounted for, the
| relator herein brought on from Boston
Mass, to Butte. Mont, its treasurer
and ITS chief bookkeeper with Il large
number of books and papers; and that
the financial operations of the company
are seriously Inconvenience and hin
dered by the absence of these two ottl-
cialS from their post of duty, and by
the want of these books and papers.
That the Boston Office of this company
is maintained under the provisions of
the laws under which it was incoTpo-
rated, allowing the company to trans
act Il part of its business outside of the
state of Montana. and is of great bene-
fit to the financial operations of the
company.
THAT the refusal of the said dis
trict court to hear either the said mo-
ton to stay proceedings under the or
der appointing the receiver, or the mo-
ton to discharge the receiver and va
cate his appointment, and the motion
for an increased bond, is and was
wholly unjustifiable, and that by the
refusal of the said district court to
hear any of the said motions, this
plaintiff is left without any remedy in
said court against the said order an
pointing a receiver. That the defend
ants, including this relator. in the said
suit in which said Forester and Mac
Ginnis are plaintiffs. have exhausted
every means to procure relief from the
said district court in the premises, and
that this relator and said defendants is
and are without any plain, speedy or
adequate remedy in the ordinary course
of law in the premises.
Wherefore, this affiant respectfully
prays this honorable court to order
that an alternative writ of mandate
issue cut Of this court. commanding
the said district court of the state of
Montana, in and for the county of Sill
Yer Bow, Second judicial district. to
proceed al a time to be fixed by this
court, to hear and determine the said
motion to stay proceedings under the
said order appointing said receiver, and
also the motion to discharge the said
receiver and vacate the order appoint
ing him, and the motion to compel the |
receiver to furnish an additional bond, !
or show cause to this court at time |
to be fixed by this court, why the same
should not be done
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To the Editor of the Standard
Sir-In justice ito Mr.. Rakmiller of the
Vienna bakery, 1 would like to rectify
a wrong impression that the item under.
the head, Terribly Bitten" seems sto-
have created. The dog in question had.
anything but a reputation of being vi.
cious, and the boy was in Mr.. Rak-,
miller's yard playing with the dog when.
the accident occurred. Mr.. Rakmiiler
did everything in his power for the
child after the occurrence, procuring
medical assistance and offered no OBJ
lection to the dog being shot, notwith-
standing its great value as a watch-
dog. 7 am yours, H. B. TYDD.
Butte, March 20. t.. .,-s