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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-24
DISTRICT COURT IN SESSION.
Cases Set For Trial and Jury Called
~ - NGrnaafor Dl~uds N.sreu @=z8

Gases. Set For Trial and Jury Called
Munster Pleads Guilty.
District court was convened yester.
day morning by Judge Lond Of Miles
City. The time o the court has been
occupied in setting the various cases
for trial. The jury has been called fol
next Monday al; a. M, and the fol.
lowing gentlemen have been selected to
compose it: Els. Hall, II. Z. Ram
sey, Albert Pride. g. 9. Steers. J.. A.
Benjamin, J. W. Van ,Houten, E. i.
Peck, r. W. Lee, .Chas. Williams. j.
=. Rosean, J. NJ. v; Cochran, ]. ".
Vaughan, "A. Mccormick Waller Ran
kin, Ole Norman, A. g. Redding,
Robert Milne, Jacob Dahlstrom. g. E.
Warner, George Lacy, Henry Terrell,
r. B. H~uckleberry, q. b. Prather, a.
N. Peters. Fred H. Foster, Clarence
Van Wagenen, "A. b. Lamott, Henry
Had, a. ". Morrell, B. W. Toole.
The criminal cases have been set as
follows: t
State VI. Frank saaivgiaresy, assault il
the first degree, Monday. Jan. 80, at 9
a.. m.
Il EI GE8.& N@TE 4 HlGg - "a WAN MGG& RA 4MLE &L 4U E ~
State VS.. Austin North, retrial on
charge Of grand larceny. Tuesday, Jan.
81, at 3 a. m. Al
State VS.. William @. Brooks, murder
in the first degree, Wednesday. Feb. /,
at 8 a. m. G. L.. Harris was appointed
by the court as counsel for Brooks.
State VS.. Flynn and Kinreede, burg
larry in the first degree, Thursday, Feb.
q, at 9 a. nj.
City of Billings VS.. Johnson, Friday,
Feb. s..
When brought before the court yes
terday VIM. Munster pleaded guilty
to a charge of forgery and today was
sentenced to u years imprisonment
in the, state ~peDitentiary.
The case of Ira Il. Whitney VS.. Vel
lowstone county wherein the plaintiff
sued to recove the sum of $3.50 as sal
airy as assessor, was decided in favor of
the plaintiff. 1t had previously been
submitted to the court on agreed facts
in the case and the decision is the re-
suit.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-24

FsTRAY NOTICE.-One red steer
- coming 3-year-old: ko on right ribs
near shoulder. One light red steer com
ing 2-year-old: E+E on left hip. One
red bull coming 3-year-old: D. on
left ribs. Any person or persons know
ing any thing Of the above described
stock will please write me at Laurel,
Mont, and receive liberal reward for
same. G. D. Prather, Laurel, Mont,
JAM, q. 1899. 1919
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-24
poKiNa FUN AT eEno.

hsw Fol. 0or,sn Views tbs Change Ut
That TowM'a NaMs.
Yellowstone Journal: Man proposes
aud tho railToad company disposes.
Gebo that WA II 6eb0 no more-noe
even In nAnse. which IN the xerious part
al u 10 tha old settlers. Tho new time
card for the OlArke's Fork branch of
thu Northern PANiiic AeaixnAtas tbs ntA.
ttan u 0eho ~ ty0mhevg Ia homer u Z
highly ssApeetse high puteh stockhold.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-24
LOCAL NOTES.

.|.ar H .th.N-@-+w@~"-""r ..H.Ha a.--E"
Pat Lavelle and Chris. fCarstens are
down from Columbus today.
Senator Oscar Gruwell spent Sun.
day with his family in this city. b /
A boy baby was born to- the wife of
T. Chapman in this city yesterday.
j. A. Benjamin., photographer,
was plying his art in Red Lodge last
week. W an
C. B. Towers, a<livestock broker of
Miles City, was a visitor in Billings
yesterday.
-Chas. +. Burton made a business
trip to Butte and Helena the latter
part Of last week.
j. W. Fish, of the Babcock Hard
ware company, was a business visitor
in Red Lodge Friday.
IF. W. Stein, a prominent jeweler
of Miles City, had business in this
metropolis yesterday.
u. J. Holland was in the city yes
terday on his way to his home in Gebo
from a visit to Nebraska.
MIR. and Mrs. s. B. Sawyer, Jr.,
are entertaining a boy baby, which ar
rived at their home yesterday.
IN. l.. Reno, advance agent for
Prisoner of SPAIN and damon and
Pythias," is in the city today.
IF. B. Thoms departed last night
on a business trip to Spokane, expect
ing to be absent about u week.
Fred J. Mashaw was in Red Lodge
a couple of days last week in the in
terest of Yegeu Bros. department. store.
CLARA King and Mabel McKirchka
of the Sheridan Inn hotel at Sheridan,
Wyo., were visitors in the city Satur-
day. !.
County Clerk N. G. Carwile and
W. B. George went to Helena Saturday
evening to take a peep at the senatorial
contest.
Judge G. H. Loud and Fred Kreid-
Ter arrived in this city Sunday night
from Miles City, and are holding dis
trict court.
See the programme elsewhere of
the high school entertainment to be
given in the opera house on Friday
evening, Feb. 8.
Our people will have the pleasure
Of attending another public school en-
tertainment in the opera house on Fri.
day evening, Feb. 3.
Justice Hunt of Gebo wal in town
Saturday evening going to Helena to
take a look at the democratic circus.
He is pulling for w. A. Clark.
Charley Newman has moved into
his new home OH North Twenty. fifth
street, while the residence vacated by
him has been taken by W. Il. Hassler.
-R. B. George and wife and Prof.
Green, who have been conducting q
singing class in this city for q week
past. left this morning for Sheridan.
Wyo.
The Sanford Dodge company mum.
bers twelve people. including some Of
the best talent Ia tho dramatic pro.
fession. Opera house, u night only,
Jan. rs.
Attorney John 7. smith OF Living.
st0n has been retained 10 assist y. II.
Hathhorn OF this city M counsel tor
Frank savayesy. whose case comss M
at this term Of court.
The concert given In thu Coasrs.
Rational church last night by the musie
elnas ~ u. u. George ot Ohicauo was q
9tand success. The lausie was splsu.
did and The Audisnes large.
Mrs. N. i. AnMstSoag aud chill.
dssn of Md toAxs we're visitfus In tbs
etty Friday, helNr IN F0ute homs fs0na
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-24

Guiding water rights and improve
Ineilts; consideration, $50, 764. SO. The
deed conveys all the Lehfeldt land on
the Musselsllell and vicinity and is in
tended as security on a loan for the
amount named.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-24
LATEST WAR A

will he Given In u Saturday AStsrmoos
MatiHss.
Tho war play seems 10 be tho thing
NJ present. patriotic people desire
their amusement served 20 them In q
patriotic fashion, Ono Of the most pse.
tanti0us 0s thess war dramas IL Glands
Shares historic presentation ~ pris.
omar II spAin'' which bwili NJ presented
hare IN 4 saturday msttnsa By Y strons
eompAny With spsetsl scenery and
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-24

FOR SALE, CHEAP.-A combination
pool and billiard table, bar, back
bar, mirror, ice chest and safe. Apply
to IL. L.. Williams, junction, Mont. 64-tf
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-24
Bear Creek Coal.

Bear Creek Coal.
Always on hand and we can prompt
~ fill all orders on and after this date.
Toole & Vaughan.
Dec. ~, 1898. Tiff
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-24
BILLINGS

General Delivery !. .7:30 a. m. to 700 p. m.
Sundays 49,. 800 a. m. to 1920 a. m.
Money Order Dept. $3.50 a. m. to; $50 p. M.
NAIL CLOSES.
Train No. 1-Western .7:45 p. m.
Train No. Eastern ...........7 :45 a. m.
Train No. 1l-Red Lodge, Mont,
and Big Horn county, Wyo. 80. $3.50 a. m.
Great Falls stage. .6:45 a. m.
l.. F. BABCOCK. Postmaster.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-24
A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
Children, killing Three, and
Commits Suicide in Chicago.

Chicago, Nov. 1S.-Carrying out plot
he had apparently planned with DELHI
Grafton, Cornelius Corcoran on Friday
shot four of his children, killing three,
and then ended his own life. The dead
are: Cornelius Corcoran, aged 40; Mar
garet Corcoran, aged five, died at Mer-
cy hospital; John Corcoran, aged seven,
died at Mercy hospital; Lizzie Corco-
ran, aged three, died at midnight. Kate
Corcoran, aged IA, may die. The
police are convinced the man was
insane. For some days he had plotted
the death of his children and nearly ac-
complished his purpose Tuesday night,
when he arose in the dark and admins
tered laudanum to five, Clifford. Tim
othy, John, Margaret and Lizzie. Tim
othy died the next day. Corcoran ex-
hibited such profound grief over the
affair that the police and coroner
thought the giving of the laudanum was
mistake. Corcoran was injured three
years ago in collision with cable
car while driving mail wagon, and it
is said his brain was affected. Six
months ago Corcoran's wife became in
sane, and since then has been an in
mate of the asylum at Kankakee
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-24
MINNESOTA NEWS.
A LYNCHING BEE.

There was hot time in the Polander
settlement at Duluth. Two Poles, Albert
Krause and Miles Kursch, fell in with a
man named Arnold Manthey, and they
spent the day drinking and finally went
to bed together. When the two woke up in
the morning Manthey was gone, and also
their money, amounting to $62. They
told their friends about it, and after
church it was decided to take the law
in their own hands.
After a search Manthey was found,
but he denied all knowledge of the theft.
They imprisoned him i'm a barn and after
several attempts to force a confession de-
cided to lynch him. They tied a rope
around his neck and dragged him around
the street, and finally hung him to a tree.
He was cut down by some people who
were attracted by the commotion, and
none too soon, for he was partially un-
conscious. He then confessed and told
where he had hid the money There was
only $50 at the place, and the Poles were
going to hang him again for the other
Sl2, when a policeman happened along,
and took him into custody
The days festivities wound up with
a dance and fight, in which Frank
Parscevisch cut another fellow pretty
badly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-24
A BLOODY RECORD.
Murder, an Assassination and a
Lynching on Thursday in the
Vicinity of Dexter, Mo.

Carbonate, ILL.,, Nov. 1S.-One of the
most peculiar criminal records occurred
Thursday at and near Dexter, in the
southeastern part of Missouri During
the "a hours ending Thursday night
there was a plain killing, an assassina-
ton and lynching. A few miles from
Dexter William Parker, a merchant,
shot and killed Andrew Campbell, ex-
postmaster, over an old grudge of sew
eral years standing. Rev. Jesse Moore.
living also few miles from the same
city, Methodist minister of good rep
utation, was horribly assassinated in
his bed while a grown son and other
members of his family were in bed. His
head was shapeless mass after the
assassin left him. AT the city of DeN-
ter William Huff was taken from the
county Jail, taken about mile from the
city and hung to tree. About 100
masked men were present
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times they were found at their homes,
sometimes they were found at the
aters, sometimes they were found play
ing billiards, sometimes they were
found in barrooms, but few of them
were found in the latter places. But
wherever they were l always knew
where to round 'em up. The system
of leaving their addresses each day
proved to be quite successful. But
even with that precaution some of
them would leave the capitol without
complying with the simple require
ment. In such cases we would have to
scurry about the city to their best
known rendezvous. We had to get
them and bring them to the capitol as
soon as possible in order to have their
votes recorded in time.
Il said that l was at work while Nc
Kinley was sleeping; and that is true,
for often at night l was out looking
for men and locating them so that
they could be found on the next day.
Some of them went to hospitals for
necessary recuperation, under certain
conditions. They also had to be
brought to the capitol in carriages and
sent back to the hospital afterwards.
Oftentimes l was busy at night with
the sergeant-at-arms, pages and mes
sengers, and with the speaker, in order
that the next days work might be well
done. Some of the pages and messen-
gers needed looking after in order to
keep them sober and on duty. 1t was
hard campaign that 1 went through,
but it was successful one.
$50 you see that, although Mckinley
had plenty of work to do in debating
and defending his bill, he didn't do it
all, by a long shot. There were others.
The bill would never have been passed
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cial authorities. Some one who wants
the place pushes the charges against
him, and the honest official soon finds
that his services are no longer want
ed. The next incumbent learns the les
son and lets them have their way and
stays longer.
The prime source of this monstrous
corruption is the fact that none of
these men is allowed any salary from
the government. Not only do they get
no salary, but they actually pay for
their positions. They are expected to
get back salary, interest and prin-
cipal by squeezing" the people. 1t is
needless to say that such a system must
be corrupt. The state invites corruption;
indeed, by receiving money for unsal-
aried positions it practically licenses
it. No wonder the people universally
despise yamen runner. He is ex-
cluded from the literary civil exam
nations by law and belongs to one of
the lowest classes of society. This very
fact tends to make him worse. He has
no responsibility to lose; he is down
anyway. Nobody expects him to be
anything but liar, bully and scoun-
drel generally; and he takes care that
they are not disappointed.
In addition to the usual catalogue of
vices, he is almost without an excep-
ton an opium smoker. This fact
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-24

business in the executive departments,
or to look after their correspondence.
Some of them, only few, paid more at
tention to pleasure seeking than to
business. It was thus made my duty to
keep a quorum present; and it was
difficult task.
Il personally saw every republican
mem Der of the house, and informed each
of them that no absence would be eN-
cused at any time under any circum-
stance, except sickness in their fam
lilies; and that before leaving the capitol
at any time, even for few minutes,
each member should go to the office of
the sergeant-at-arms and leave the adj
dress at which he could be found most
quickly.
This was done Systematically every
day. You would be surprised to know
how many representatives had to be
watched like school children in order
to keep them in line of duty For three
weeks l kept watch of all of them. 1
had the page boys divided off into
watches, like sentries on guard. One
page, for example, would be expected
to particularly watch a certain ten
men, and be ready to go after them
instantly. l had horses for mounted
pages, and carriages for myself and
other deputies in the work. When
there was roll call demanded on any
paragraph of the Mckinley bill, or on
any proposed amendment, went after
certain members myself, and sent my
assistants after certain others. Thus,
whenever there was roll call man
aged to have a quorum present. Con-
sequently, every paragraph of the Nc
Kinley bill was passed excepting one,
and that was of minor Importance.
Sometimes the representatives were
found in their committee rooms, some
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-24
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Owatonna is putting in an electric fire
alarm system
Samuel w. Richie, formerly wealthy
Minneapolis broker, was found dead on
the floor of his room at the National no.
tel at Seattle. He had slashed a knife
almost through his neck, severing the
jugular vein. He was Respondent over
ill-fortune.
Near Hastings the steamer Jessie B.
and Flora Clark collided, the latter being
badly damaged.
Mrs. A. W. Clason died at Rochester
from the effects of chloroform admins
tered while having teeth extracted.
Mrs. Daniel Smith, an aged lady living
just outside of Wood Lake, was found
dead in bed by neighbors. The cause was
coal gas from the stove.
The work of securing signatures to the
monster petition to be presented to Presi-
dent Mckinley, asking for the pardon of
the six Minnesota soldiers sent to prison
for the Augusta mutiny, is progressing
in a highly satisfactory manner, and the
originators of the project feel assured of
success.
Maple wood costs more per cord in Min
neapolis than stove coal per ton.
Hall was eleCleu pfeSlueHI Oh the
Commercial Club of Minneapolis
Fifty loaves of bread were seized in
Minneapolis on account of light weight
and given to the needy.
Judgments aggregating s42, 400 were sold
for $500 by the receiver of the defunct
Washington bank of Minneapolis
Phil c. Justus, of st. Paul, was badly
burned by an explosion of stove polish.
Lumber Company at Winona burned to
the ground. All the workmen escaped
uninjured. The origin of the fire is I'M
known. Lumber piles in the vicinity were
saved by hard work. The loss is prob
ably $4,000; insured.
DR.. Henry G. Fillmore, 6S years old and
a pioneer citizen, was found dead in bed
at st. Cloud, having probably suffocated
during the preceding night. He was sick
of a cancer, but refused to permit an
attendant.
At Preston, Ole Aseln split Otto Nil
sons nose open with a jack knife and
was fined $50 therefor
Walter Krenzke. of Minnesota City,
while laboring under the effect of liquor,
became quite violent at his home and
threatened to commit suicide 1t was
necessary to call in four strong men to
handle him.
Charles Clarkson, colored waiter at
the Ryan Hotel st. Paul, fell dead in
the pantry adjoining the dining room,
just after he had finished serving one
of the guests of the hosiery.
The Eastern railway opened it's new
short line to Duluth, and established reg
ular train service. Day trains will run
via the new cutoff. Night trains will
use the old Eastern Minnesota line.
1t is reported from a reliable source
that the Minnesota Iron Company has
purchased the Nelson Lumber Company's
mineral lands on the range. The con-
sideration is said to be $1,000 OO
The postmaster general has issued an
order changing the site of the postof-
flee at Oakdale. to three miles north of
the present location.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-24
OFFICERS ELECTED.

The state insane hospital board held a
special meeting at the Ryan Hotel, ST.
Paul, and elected the following staff for
the Anoka asylum: President, John
Coleman, Anoka; matron, Mrs. Coleman;
resident physician, DR.. Frank; engineer,
Frank McCoslin.
In selecting Mr. Coleman as superin-
tendent the board believes it has been
fortunate. He has personally supervised
the construction of the institution. He is
president of the Anoka National Bank
and prominent in the business life of that
town.
The position of president joins with it
that of steward. The salary was fixed
recently at $1,000 Mrs. Coleman will re-
ceive $500 per year. The salary of the
resident physician is $500, and that of the
engineer $50 per month. The board also
selected a baker and a cook The re-
naming offices on the staff will be filed
by the superintendent.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-24
THE YAMEN RUNNERS
Name Given by the Chinese to Dis
trict Police Officers.
Unpaid and in Open League with
Criminals-PersOna Experience
of an American Citizen
with This Gentry.
Especial Hinghwa (China) letter.

Especial Hinghwa (China) letter.
If.China is cursed by corrupt officials
it is still more oppressed by nose cor
rupt police. / call them police because
that is the word Americans under
stand. In China we call them ''yamen
runners" There might be a glimmer
of hope in the prospect of reforming
China if it were only necessary to re-
form the officials. Many of them are
men of honor and intelligence. Pa
triotic motives are not lacking in ali.
But this cannot be said of the under
lings in the yamens at the various Of
fetal centers in province, prefecture
and county. They are corrupt beyond
hope of reform. There is no founda-
ton to build upon. These yamen are
Augean stables that no Chinese Her
cules can ever cleanse. Every form of
vice has its home there.
The magistrate is generally a mere
puppet in the hands of these men. The
term of county magistrate is gener-
ally very brief, from three months to
one year, though occasionally an addi-
tonal year or two is allowed The
magistrate is naturally dependent
upon the yamen runners and the petty
officers in the yamen, who are perma-
nent, for what information he gets.
Occasionally an official tries to shake
himself free from their letters and
stop their oppression of the people.
A plot is soon concocted against him;
false complaints are sent to the provin-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-24

L have known, or heard of. He prom.
ised to arrest this arch-highwayman.
He knew of his many crimes and
seemed glad of good case against
him. The project was evidently so
much in earnest that the arrest had to
be made. 1t was done. but it took "a
month to do it, though his movements
were known to the runners all the
time. Meantime | was besieged by va
rious parties interceding for mercy.
They would promise anything. But all
to no purpose. 1 was unmovable. va
men underlings pleaded for this scoun-
drel as for brother.
AT last the arrest was made He
was held in custody for two or three
days, and then sent for by the petty Off
cial of that region for preliminary ex-
animation preparatory to sending him
to the project. He was secretly given
arms by the runners in charge of him,
and while the examination was being
held, he kneeling in the court room, sud-
denly he leaped up brandishing his
knives and rushed out. That was six
weeks ago. The two runners are in
prison for it, a mere formal punish
ment, but the robber is still at large
and likely to be. Why? Because the
majority of the runners sent out after
him are secret members of this same
sword society, or have friends who
are.
A government that is dependent upon
such police force hardly deserves the
name. The almost universal hatred of
the common people for the government
is because of this oppression by the run
ners and yamen underlings. The wrath
OF the people is gathering against them.
There will be a general outbreak be-
fore many years, perhaps months, pass
by. The people have endured it as long
as they will. When King Demos rises
in China the yamen runners will be
the first to feel the weight of his
power. WILLIAM N. BREWSTER.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-24

in, and the process of bleeding is be-
gun afresh, by prison torture, from
which exemption must be purchased.
AT every step it is money or suffer.
Strict justice upon the merits of the
case is hardly ever obtained in Chinese
courts. But this money is not so much
in brides to the magistrate himself
as to the men about him, who largely
control his decisions.
1t is very common for these runners
to be in league with bands of robbers,
and when this is the case ii is next to
impossible to bring the bighwaymen
to Justice. A bit of recent personal ex-
perience will illustrate the situation
better than chapters of dissertation.
In January last l had occasion to
make trip of Is miles to large mar
ket town situated in the midst of a
very lawless region. 1T is terrorized
by an organized band, numbering up:
wards of 5000 men, called the Sword
Society. These men are thoroughly
organized for offense and defense.
They are not all professional robbers.
Many are farmers and tradesmen. But
they rob at night or day for an avoca-
ton, as it were, and are so numerous
and powerful that the government is
helpless to disband them.
Having occasion to go by longer
way | sent my load by the direct road.
My burden-bearer arrived at his desti-
nation at about four o'clock, and when
arrived, two hours later, | learned
that he had passed through the village
where the head man of this sword So
ciety lives, and had been stopped by
him and half dozen others. A few
things were taken from Kim, when they
found it was a foreigners load, and
they beat hasty retreat. The loss
was trifing, but ii seemed like good
opportunity to do something towards
breaking up this band of robbers by
having their leader arrested. l inter-
viewed the project, who, by the way,
is one of the very best Chinese officials