Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-18
THE NEWS In BRIEF


The supervising architect yesterday
afternoon decided to postpone the open
ing of bids for the Butte public building
site to May Is. This is to give time for
citizens to complete arrangements said
to be pending to offer the donation of a
site.
Judge Knowles considered a few mat
ters during the session of court yester-
day. John S. Baker of Butte was ad-
judged a bankrupt. His petition stated
that his debts amounted to 81, 724. GA, owed
chiefly in Pocatello, Idaho, while his as
sets amount to about $500, all personal
property, covered by the exemption
CLAUSE in the law. Charles M. Williams,
an electrician of Helena, who formerly
resided in Butte, was also adjudged a
bankrupt. His liabilities are about $500
and assets unknown.
The Helena school board has started
preliminary proceedings to have the
county commissioners submit to the
voters the question of the establishment
of a county high school at Helena in ac-
cordance with the law passed at the last
session of the legislature. The purpose
is to have the county high school take the
place of the city high school, thus placing
the burden IN the county instead of the
city.
Thu bar of Montana, through the COM
mittee selected by Judge Knowles, yes
terday paid an eloquent and feeling
tribute to the late Justice Stephen j.
Field of the supreme court of the United
States, for many years the presiding JUS
tice of this, the Ninth circuit. The com
mittee appointed to draft the resolutions,
consisting of Colonel Sanders, eX-Gover-
nor Carpenter and Henry N. Blake, pre-
scented the result of it's preparation to
the court. Colonel Sanders read the reso-
lutions for the committee. He then de-
livered an eloquent eulogy upon the dead
jurist that was couched in his usual
vigorous English.
The trial of Frank Carson for the muir
der of Henry Dahlman was begun in
Boulder yesterday before Judge Parker
and with a large number of spectators in
attendance, there being quite a general
interest in the case. Carson, as he APP
pears in court, seems to have stood his
confinement thus far very well, and looks
to be in good health. He is a man of
medium size with black hair and NOUS
tache and a swarthy complexion, which
is now somewhat lighter than formerly,
from having been in Jail several weeks
pending the trial. For the. prosecution
of the case on behalf of the state appea
7. T. Lyon, county attorney, and w. Y.
Pemberton of Butte, eX-chief justice of
the state supreme court. For the defend
ant appear r. r. Purcell of Helena, for
merly prosecuting attorney for Lewis
and Clarke county. j. M. Clements of
Helena and w. L. Hay of Boulder.
A special from Cripple Creek under
date of April II says: Dan Lucey, alias
Sullivan, who is wanted in Butte for the
alleged murder of Patrick l.. Reagan dur
ing September last in Silver Bow county,
was apprehended in Victor last Friday
night and was brought to this city and
Jailed. Lucey entered the Office saloon
in Victor on the evening mentioned and
was at once recognized by the bartender
Jack Sullivan. Sullivan informed Police
officer Meaney, who was in the saloon al
the time, and after some little trouble, he
succeeded in overpowering Lucey and
placing him under arrest. This afternoon
Under Sheriff Murphy of Silver Bow
county arrived here and identified Lucey
as the man wanted. He left tonight for
Butte with his prisoner. When Murphy
first went to the Jail Lucey pretended not
to know him, but later acknowledged he
knew the sheriff and agreed to return to
Montana without requisition papers
Lucey refused to be interviewed and was
inclined to be a trife surly. He was taken
to the train tonight heavily ironed. He
takes his arrest very phi~losophically, and
was by far the coolest of the party at the
Jail, and even assisted the sheriff to ad-
just the irons IN his arms.