The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-12
CHARLES EBERLE MISSING
He Has Not Been Seen Since
May II.
HAS COMMITTED SUICIDE
That Is the Conclusion His Friends Have
Arrived Anticipating for Navi-
cation on the Kootenai
River.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Libby, June 9.--Captain j. D. Miller
Of Jennings, captain of the steamer
North Star, which has been tied up at
that place all winter on account of the
low water, brought the steamer Gwen
doline, which is British bottom and
which has also been tied up at Jen-
nings for the winter down to Kootenai
Falls, II miles below Libby, at which
place she will be taken out of the wa
ter, loaded on the cars and taken
around the falls and canyon, distance
of about four miles, and again put into
the Kootenai river. From there she
will be taken to Kootenai lake, where
she will run between the various camps
around that lake. ThepGwendoline mas
permit from the inspector for carrying
go passengers and is boat of consid-
cradle dimensions and the job of taking
her from the water and loading her on.
the cars will be watched with consider
able interest. 1t is expected that he
will complete the job in about 10 days.
There is now crew of men at work
getting the landing ready to receive the
boat
The steamer North Star has been
chartered by the people of Libby for
next Sunday and an excursion will be
taken to the canyon of the kootenai
river, about II miles above this place.
1t is expected that about 200 people will
60 1t will be the first time for several
years that boat has cleared from the
port of Libby and the event will be in
the nature of a red letter day. The
steamer Ruth, the largest boat ever
built for the navigation of the upper
Kootenai, was built at this place and
taken from here to Jennings. She was
afterward destroyed while coming down
the river during the Fort Steele excite
ment by running afoul of the rocks in
the canyon which the excursionists are
to visit next Sunday.
Thomas McCaffery, an employee in the
saWmill of the Libby Lumber and De-
velopment company, who was struck
by log last week while at work in the
MILL and who was taken to his home
i'll Kalispell, died in the hospital at that
place on Tuesday of this week. He sus-
tanned injuries to his spinal column and
other internal injuries from which it
was impossible for him to recover.
Charles Eberle, a placer miner who
has been in the Libby placers for the
past eight years, has not been seen
since the 18th of May, and the crcurl-
stances surrounding his disappearance
and the facts connected with the case
which have since come to light, leave no
doubt in the mind of bis friends
that he has committed suicide. though
his body has not yet been found. There
is a large searching party out in the
mountains now which has been 4scour-
ing the country for miles around the
lost mans cabin for the past week. and
the search will be kept up until his re-
mains are found. On the 18th of May
Eberle left his cabin on Libby creek,
about rs miles from Libby, and told Leu
Getner, man who was working for
him in the placers, that he had shut the
dog in the cabin and not to let him out
until he had gotten away so that he
would not follow him. That is the last
that has been seen of him. When he
had not returned after the lapse of a
reasonable time Getner began making
inquiry at the various cabins along the
creek, and as none of them had seen
anything of him the news soon spread
that Eberle was lost. Messengers were
sent to all the surrounding mining
camps, but all brought back the same
report. His cabin was then searched
and papers were found there which
lead his friends to believe that there Is
no further doubt about his having de-
stroyed himself. In cigar box on a
shelf was found a letter addressed tc
Hugh Scott of Libby, and enclosed in
it was a $40 bill, which Eberle owed
him. There was written on piece Of
paper the names and addresses of his
brothers and other information and
this was found in the box. To make
the theory of suicide more complete. a
few days before his disappearance he
drew up and signed a written instru-
ment providing for the disposition of
his mining property in the event of his
death. He has been i'll for some time
IT. l., \. I,
had much to do with his killing HIM
self He always had strychnine in his
cabin, and as he did not even take
hunting knife with him when he left
the cabin, it is generally believed that
he has poisoned himself. MI. Eberle
was a prospector of the old school, sind
hearted and hospitable, and everyone
who knew him was his friend. Though
he has interests of co,,s1 1erah'e import
ance he has not realized On any OF them
to an extent which would place him on
easy street, but he was in fair way
to make a stake within the next few
years on account Of the rapid develop
rent of this district. ri" was ~ years
OLD ana unmarried.
Charles F. Raht arrived in Libby on
Wednesday from kaslo, b. G., and will
take charge of the concentration at the
Snowshoe mine, Is miles south of this
place. Mr.. Raht recently built a con-
Whitewater, B. c., and has since been
operating it for an English company.
He is we'll known in Butte, having
been in the civil engineering business t
that place some few years ago.
Libby is to have big Fourth of July
celebration this year and a committee
has been appointed and provided with
plenty of means to engage the services
of a cracker-ja orator for the event.
There is a universal desire here that
Colonel Sanders be engaged and it is
hoped that the committee will be sue
cessful in engaging him.
j. C. Ware who is well known in
FIathead county, has received the APP
pointment of chief packmaster from the
chief quartermaster at Vancouver bar
racks and will leave Libby in a few
days to take charge of his position. He
will also take with him four packers.
His appointment is made through the
influence Of General Shafter whom
Ware had the good fortune to meet
while in the service of the government
al raDacity duri0e tho