The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-19
He !. DIED At HIS POST
Clifford Was Struck by the Post
of the Telltale.
UNEVENTFUL COURT TERM
Construction of the Main Street Sewer.
Storm-Bound Passengers Have
Hard Time-School Board
Organized.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Livingston, April 17.-Saturday even
ing when passenger train No. arrlv-
ed at this station at o'clock it brought
the body of the engineer of the train,
r. G. Clifford. who was killed that
afternoon near Logan. A large crowd
of people assembled on the platform,
having been apprised of the accident
in which the engineer met his death
by a telegram from the place where
the unfortunate occurrence happened.
Engineer Tom Wade occupied the
right hand seat in engine No. 336,
which was in charge of Clifford out of
Helena, and the body of the dead man
was carried in the baggage car Of the
train. The engineer died at his post.
From the story told by his fireman,
Denny Magnuson. it was learned that
the last act performed by the de-
ceased was that of tolling the bell
of the engine as the train swept into
the snow shed near Recap, about l0
miles west of Logan. The fireman was
sweeping the deck at the time and Gift
ford pulled the bell cord until Mag
nuson took his seat in the engine and
took the cord from his hand. AS the
train pulled out of the east end of the
s snow shed at the rate of Is miles an
hour the fireman heard the air whistle
signal down brakes and looked across
to Gifford's seat only to find it empty.
A moment later the air brakes were
sprung from the coaches behind and
the fireman closed the throttle and
brought the train to a stop. The bag
gageman saw Clifford fall from the
gangway as he leaned out to look
at a hot box on the side of the en-
CINE, and the signals to the engine
came from Conductor w. B. Campbell,
who afterward took the vacant seat OF
the engineer and brought the train to
Logan. AS near as can be learned Gill
ford was struck by the post of the tell
tale at the east end of the snow shed
as he leaned from the gangway. His
head was terribly crushed and he died
before reaching Logan. 10 miles fur
Their on. Clifford was a man about 40
years of age and had been employed
on the Northern Pacific for about five
years. He was at one time an engi-
neer on the Burlington and afterward
practiced law, leaving that profession
in the summer of 1894 to follow the call
ing of an engineer. He was an indus
trious man ard left his family in good
circumstances aside from his insurance
policy of $1,000 in the A. o. u. W.,
which he carried at the time of his
death. Clifford was supposed to bear a
charmed life, having been in a wreck
at Reeds Point three years ago and
coming out without serious injury. He
leaves a wife and two children, who re-
side in this city. His body will be
shipped back to his wife's former home
at Biggsville, Ill, tonight, accompa-
MED by one of the engineers of this
division.
The spring term of the district court
of the Sixth judicial district convened
in this city this morning and Judge
Henry called the calendar for motions
and set the cases for hearing. The
criminal calendar was briefly disposed
of, most of the cases going over to
the next term of court One of the
criminal cases was dismissed and the
judge decided not to call a jury for this
term, which will be a comparatively
uneventful one as far as exciting trials
go. But few important cases will come
up for trial, and there will be no liti
cation involving large interests. 1t is
what the lawyers call quiet term.
Court adjourned at noon and the rest
of the week will be occupied in clear
ing the docket of the cases which the
court and bar have decided to try dur
ing the present term of court. Few
lawyers are here from out of town and
the court house is not the center of
attraction, as it is at times when i'm
portant trials are on.
The construction of the Main street
sewer was begun the latter part OF
last week and the work is progressing
rapidly, about a dozen men being EN-
ployed in eXcavating the trench fol-
the pipe, a couple of car loads of which
are already on the ground. The sewer
is the first improvement of the kind
made in this city and VIII run the
length of Main street, in the business
district, from the river to the valley
between the Park restaurant and Wet.
STEMS saloon, and will turn here and
traverse the alley eastward to B street
The contract calls for the completion
of the work by the first Of June, but II
is unlikely that the work can be &C
complished in that time. The pipe fol
the purpose has a 12-inch bore anc
comes from factory in Helena.
Passengers who arrive here from the
East report stormy passage out from
st. Paul John Guile and wife arrived
in this city this morning from theil
home in Drakesvelle, Iowa, and tel
of the high water which prevails il
the vicinity of Mandan, where bridge
crossing tributary of the Missouri
is washed away. The passengers are
obliged to cross three miles of mum
dated land in boats provided by the
company and the passage Is made a
imminent risk of a cold bath by rea
son of the floating ice, which is going
out with the spring flood. NO bag
gage is taken, and the effects of the
westbound passengers are piled in {
warehouse in Bismarck. The mail i!
taken across in boats and traffic will b'
carried on in this manner until thu
flood subsidies or a temporary bridge
is constructed for the passage of thu
trains.
The schoo! board of the city of Liv
fngston held a meeting Saturday even
ing and organized for the coming year
Alva Mayne was elected president o
the board for the ensuing ~ months
and Ed Sybert was chosen secretary
his being the only application for tn
position. The appointment of the va
rious committees was attended to b.
the new chairman and April 10 set a
the time for the election of teacher
for the coming year. This early selec
ton of teachers is very gratifying t.
those seeking positions in the cit,