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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-05
WHAT The DUSTY ARCHIVES
TELL OF THE EARLY COURTS

In the old territorial days clerks the
trict court not particular they
filing cases Then they kept their files
litigation together They numbered consecutivey
whether civil criminal Thus it is that the
case in the territorial district filed after
ton of the territory is numbered The files in
filed since territorial
stored away in big section Clerk vault
Case No in the old files should be listed
No for there really it, the first
civil actions ever begun in district in this county
How they came to be filed is told by following letter
gravey filed with them and illustrating the happy way they
had of doing things when Deer Lodge county
Virginia City Sept 5, 1s65-Dear judge send enclosed
two complaints which wish the Unit
ed States You by paper that it is called
to meet at Blackfoot the third Monday September 1t
will hardly meet Judge wilston be present
and the marshal and myself quite busy terms
of court for disrc during next will be
called hereafter The judges hardly arrange
them permanently at Still that these
suits be commenced and will please file the complaints
and sign the enclosed them at once to
myself Marshal Pinney o be served
Our election passed off quietly little interest
was taken on either side Epson runs ahead of his
but badly beaten in this county Summit gives him five
majority. Virginia City gives Mclean 200 majority
Madison county will Mclean by about 500 a gain
over last year for the Epson me the
returns FOR Silver Bow and vcinitythe returns
possble-for publication write at once Very
truly your friend, EDWARD B. NEAIJEy
c. E. irwin, Esq, Silver Bow.
P. S-McIeans exact majority in Virginia City is PIG
These cases are entitled respectively Douglas
j. 3reading Gazzam and E. Breading N. Perry and
Niiianl A. Norloh ana Samuel w. Baldwin and
NJ Dodd VS. N w Perry and William A. Norton. The suits
to recover $780, the notes having
been given in 1860 and 1861 the plaintiffs
In each instance are doing business in Mo- while
the defendants. at the time the given were do
ing business in Lecompton no allegation to
show that either The cases were
dropped evidently, for the complaints and
summons all that are record
Among the records of district court is ma
Of dingy old volumes containing the court nat
uralizing citizens D. p Newcomer was then clerk
had the honor of issuing the first papers declaration
of intention in Deer Lodge James
Mr. Newcomer describes being native part of
Great Britain known the North Ireland" made this
declaration, June .. 1867.
John c. Wssell native Of Brennan Germany was the
first to his second in this county Judge
Hiram Knowles issued them him 1868 and the
recorded by Clerk b OBannon still resident
of Deer Lodge
Deputy Clerk Of the Court Morony is engaged
pairing index all the books containing naturaza-
ton records in the clerks office.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-05
IN DEER LODGE THE FIRST
TRIAL WAS A RANK FlZZLE

In the first Grimm al tried Lodge county
the defendant jumped his bail an example which
has since been relg ousy followed by many defendants
Tucked hi gh shelves in office of the clerk
of the district court in are rows upon rows
of file cases. neatly Japanned the outside and the
inside crammed with musty papers, the legal records
OF past decades There is an abundance of history in
these old papers, dry though they are
Case No. is tina varousy termed on the files "The
people Daniel Slam" "The territory VS. Daniel
SIAM Whether the people the territory plaintiff
really cuts figure for Daniel was punished by
due of law for his which consisted in trying
to carve the carcass of fellow large knife
commonly called bowie knife, with murderous intent
against the form of of in such cases made
and provided and against the dignity of the
Iitory of Montana"
The story of lei is one that is tvnica1
of early days I'M w estern mining As CLEANED from
the of in the relating to this case No
the trouble all started in Charley Wrghs saloon in silver
Bow. On the night of June It. in the saloon
somewhat intoxicated Reuben was evidentIv the
bartender, for the testimony Slam asked him
several times for whiskey while Allen let him
have any
Slam conceived the idea Allen had insulted him
He brooded the matter saloon then withdrew
and going outside sent J. Leverage friend inside
TO tell Allen to com and not coming
out Slam went In the saloon again, picked quarrel with
Allen, drew bowie knife slashed at AlIens breas.
ripping hole four inches long therein
Although in ripped condition betook him to
fooert "les justice of the peace, who have been
near BY and procured warrant arrest of Slam
r. H. Barr sheriff of Deer Lodge county.
at
June ~ Siam was given hearing before
Who In very bad hand the testimony and
left 1t In the files Justice Wes the prisoner over
IN the sum of $4,000 to await the the grand
jury and meanwhile ordered sent to Virginia
city TO be ncarcera ted in the Madison county Jail for safe
keeping. receipt signed by Under Sheriff CavIord q
1sse of that county teses Slam was received there
June 81, 1865 ~ ~
June "a special venire for jury for the coirg
term of court was issued. July Is was called th g.
grand jury in the county 1t the following.
C. o. HUMPHREYS George L. Nelson James Gchrst r 7
Holder O. G. Darw in L. M osterhouse J. r CamnheI
William Bufhngton' Thomas Beber, John Baker Arson
Ford and Thomas Lepley. These good and Iawf, 49,
Of the counties OF Deer Lodge and Mssoua on July %
brought in true oih OF indictment Slam II is
signed by Anson Ford, foreman the iurv and II 7,
1elfs district attorne " =
The trial took place jury disagreed ora -,
prisoner was heo' ihonlas DuHy and William H. Fair
weather came forwa rd this time and nut nm 90 ooo
bond for Slam. H e returned Three years later
some one happened to think of the the bond was
ordered forfeited.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-05
AUGUSTUS YIELD OF
COPPER WAS HEAVY

High-water mark for ore shipments
TO Anaconda. last month, was 1877 cars
WITHIN "A hours. Two days have that
record. These all were 3O-ton cars
During the second half of August the
average haul from Butte to Anaconda
was little less than 5000 tons a day
The totals for last months business
at the works in this city are not made
up but the preliminary estimates
credit August with the production of
about lO,247OO0 pounds of copper. This
is very close up toward the splendid
record for April and May.
The number of men EMPLOYED during
last month was easily up to the aver
age for recent years, being a total \
little in excess of 1,s00: the figures for
the Anaconda mines in Butte show that
the number of men employed during
August was not quite $3.50. As Is the
rule, about half of the product of the
smelling plant was handled last month
at the local refinery,
At all of the copper properties in
Butte business was stirring DURING the
month of August. The Boston &. Mon
tana mines and its associate group
were operated quite up to the CAPACITY
of their plants. The Colorado smelter
IN addition to its usual sources of sup
ply, received good quota of other ores.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-05
IT WAS A DOUBLE sun
BUT NOT DOUBLE LIGHT

Did you ever hear of the town with
a double sunset" asked John w. Sher-
rerd of little group in the Montana
hotel rotunda last Sunday.
Now when Mr.. Sherrerd, a modest,
quiet man, who had not been studying
the mosaic of Tammany's head or doing
aught else to cause his mind to wander
uttered such query the party of trav-
cling men about him stood amazed.
1T is fact, 1 assure you, gentle
men" he continued. 1T is the town of
Sandon, British Columbia, 1t is heated
in a gulch in the SLOGAN district of
West Kootenay which is so narrow that
a bullfrog can jump across it. High
mountains surround the town on all
sides. save for a narrow gap to the
west A few days ago when in Sandon
/ witnessed the apparent phenomenon
of a double sunset. The sun sank be-
hind a western mountain in all the
glory of a summer sky, and twilight
came on. Twenty minutes later 1 was
amazed to find the town suddenly bask-
ing in sunshine. The orb of day had
passed the mountain and was shining
through the western slit in the hills.
Presently it sank behind a further hill,
there was a second blaze of glory and
night came"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-05
THIS BATTLEFIELD
HAS UNKEPT GRAVES

Mr.. Carriers attention is called to the
fact that the monument on the Big Hole
that the monument on the Big Hole
battlefield is without proper protection
A substantial fence would prevent the
further Disagreement of the monument
by chronic relic hunters, who have be
gun to deface the shaft by chipping
off pieces of the granite as souvenirs.
But there is a much more important
matter; it is a crying shame that it
has been neglected so long. The bod
les of the private soldiers who We're
slain in the battle We're buried where
they fell and their resting places are
not marked by even plain headstone
Ranchman Frasier whose place is near
the monument, has twice reburied one
of these soldiers, the action of the
water of Ruby creek, near which he
was buried originally, having brought
to the surface the crumbling bones of
this brave fellow. The mounds that
marked the graves of these men have
nearly all been obliterated by the &C
tion of the winters of 20 years, and it
will not be long before their locations
are forgotten. 1t is a disgrace that the
last resting place of these heroes should
be left without a monument. So steps
should be taken at once to place prop
er headstones at these graves.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-05
THEY'RE ALL RIDING
ON WHEELS THEY OWN

A long while ago-as much as a year
ago, anyway-when DR.. Lesser was
mayor, the proposition came up in the
city council to adopt a few metropoli-
tan airs and provide the police depart
ment with bicycles. Those of the al
dermen who favored the suggestion put
forth their most persuasive arguments
in telling how greatly the mounting of
patrolmen would increase the eff
cheney of the force. Notwithstanding
the good reasoning on the part of the
advocates of the bicycle, the council
voted the plan down. Recent months
have shown that they We're right VINO
maintained that it would be a mighty
good thing to equip the police force
with bicycles. When the officers saw
that the city would do nothing toward
providing them with wheels, they
bought the machines themselves, and
the good that has resulted is manifest
Patrolmen, especially those in residence
sections, can now cover more than ten
times as much ground as before, and
beats that We're passed once or twice
a night previously are row within easy
reach of the patrolmen. The BIZ
cycle has played a satisfactory part
in police affairs in Anaconda, and the
prediction seems to be we'll founded
that it has come to stay.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-05

tackled the Christian merchant and his plea the
The old Bandmann there albeit a guse Those who were
present at last winters legislative fortune hear
" argument IN committee room for the passage of the
the board of
speech was mastery and presented STYLE
lie argued tor the of Montana
e proposed law which atterward
earnness purpose that pledge that
the law enacted would and provisions
strictly carried out He was later appointed board
when he made
% was being imported into Montana uchaenged up the
de lie had but one purpose He acted personally
Der the board In this "
has won the admiration and his negbors Bitter Root
They not be dramatic critics. good sbvo
from but they do Bandmann the farmer
tor their interests and they with him 0 a
Many eminent critics have pronounced Banann greatest Shyock
mas ever eyed the portrayal of the character Venice
his NarciSse Will stand for the
tons and umphs His Macbeth has thrilled thousands But if dou
u he in the greatest as an actor
experienced the degree of satisfaction his since his
his home from his Butte heard the Well done
ms 't'eNus "io he'shpois' ARTHUR l.. STONE.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-05

world much of their
Arthur Beaude Morrison lanes
and Frederick Wadea of these and oherhave
which they should thank Herr Bandmann who
farmer in Montana
Of Bandmann the farmer the people of Montana
glimpse the that has his
the orchards the infection by the
tanned hold neighborng The
and Anaconda from his Msoua home month
from the that older generation
erent the There the enthusiasm
the wfu persency What though
who stood the hotel obbes with infected apple
vial containing specimens of infectious the other the
less and rough garb that he affects farmere the
The of his speech the his gestures
infections He fell in his absorption subject
the defamation of and he argued for the protection
orchards mpvey he had Shyock, prayed forfeiture
of his bond But there vastly different this
himself alone He laborng
Banmann 1t long from the aesthetic
uiaan whatever him, he Bandmann The
flash the when he def his antagonist
bugs the he his old delivery Macbeh
lenge His motive which he attributed opponent
clearly portrayed his whn Shock the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-05
Wlth Equal Grace He Strides The
Stage or Takes 31ls Rural Role

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Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-14
LIVELY BUSINESS.

AT the Morgantown Planning
Mill, Beechurst Ave. They have
just received five cars of yellow
pine consisting of Flooring, Cell
ing, Casing, Base and finishing
lumber of all descriptions. They
now have OH hand and can furnish
on short notice anything in the
House Building line. Call and see.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-14
Lost.

A part of the brake of a cabriolet
was lost some where in town on
Thursday. 1t consisted Of straight
piece of iron and the shoe. Finder
will return to this office and receive
reward.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-14

Take Settler Salt For Sick
Headache, Sleeplessness and Men,
tai Exhaustion, For sale by j. c.
McVicker, Druggist.
MORE new shoes received at Wa
tiers than any other store it the city
tits fact.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-14
Smiths
Dry Goods Store

We have just receiv-
ed Some new covert
cloth in dark blue.
Also linen crash, just
the thing you have
been looking for all
summer for dress
skirts. We have a
full line of notions.
Come and see.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-14
Welsbach Lights Reduced to SL2

Large mica chimneys 40c extra We
are the only authorized agents for
the genuine s.Welsbach. All other
incandescent lamps are infringements.
$500 reward for the conviction OF
any one selling spurious burners as
ssW'
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-14
RELWmORE & OBIO r. r.

IL Passenger trains will leave fair
mont as follows, on and after Sun
day, May Il. 1929.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-14
SMITHS
EMERSON CARNEY, Manager.
Union Improvement 60,
''SuppIerS Of Natural Gas 4 Water.
PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING

All who contemplate having plumb
ms or gas fitting done should consider
that a little saving in first cost is not
always economy. We buy our goods
at first hands, strictly for cash. We
have expert plumbers and will guar
.antee all work, at prices as low as
consistent with first-class material
and workmanship, We will be here
to protect our work as long as gas
lasts and people use water
This is point worth considering.
Remember everything first class and
work guaranteed to be according to
the most approved sanitary regula-
tions.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-09
A CRAB FAMINE.
An Unexpected Scarcity Causes n
Rise of Three Hundred Per
Cent. I'm Price.

The prices of crabs have risen 300 per
cent. in the east. During an ordinary
season the price per dozen is in the
"'iEiborhood of 25 cents. This year
crabs bring from 60 to Is cents Der
dozen. From one dollar a barrel the
Price has scared to three dollars, four
dollars. and even five dollars. AS a
tSual thing New Workers. consume
about % barrels Of crabs each day. For
lie past few months. since the severe
cold weather Of the winter, the leaders
'tave been compelled to be contented
with whatever they could get. Some
days not more than four barrels would
De received. The supply has varied
from that amount to IS barrels. The
famine is due to the severe cold
weather of last winter. It usually oc-
"nrs that after exceeding cold weather
the supply Of shell fish becomes scant
give or six months time is required 10
get the sources of supply back to their
formal producing condition. The very
cold weather of last winter had the eff
tect of driving the crabs to hibernate
IN the mud and to seek deeper and
warmer water. The alternating crabs
have not yet made their way out of the
mud, and it will remain for the next
change of tide to uncover them. Dur
ing the winter months the crab supply
~ received from Norfolk, few from
annapolis and from the lower points
on the Chesapeake bay. In summer
the Potomac river supplies the crabs
used in the city.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-09
To Whom it May Concern.
STATE LAND OFFICE.

l
CARSON CITY. Nevada, August 81, 1899.
Notice is hereby given that the State OF
Nevada, under the Act of Congress approx
ed June 16, 1880 (21 Stats. 287), has filed in
the United States Land once at Carson
City, Nevada, List No. 232 OF lands selected
under said Act, and has applied for pat
emit for said lands; that q part OF said list is
open to the public for Inspection, aud a
copy thereof, by descriptive subdivisions,
has been posted in q convenient place in
said United States Land ONCE for the In
spection of all persons interested and the
public generally,
Within the next sixty days following the
date OF this notice protests or contests
against the claim Of said State Of Nevada
TO any tract or subdivision described in the
list, on the ground that the snme is more
valuable for mineral than agricultural pur-
poses, will be received and noted by the
Register and Receiver Of the United States
Land Office at Carson City, Nevada, for re-
port to the General Land ONCE at Wash
ington, D. O. ~
The following are the subdivisions de-
E. y Of s.. E. u Sec 20, the E.. n OF N. e.
and e. n OF s. E. u SEQ. 80, N. w. u of
N. W. = Sec. %, Lot OF N. W. q Sec. q L.
a Of N. e. y and u. II OF S., e. = Sec. 20 T.
30 N. r. 80 E. M. D. b. & M.-482.60 acres.
E. d. KELLEY,
State LRnd Register OF the State of Nevada.
Date Of first insertion, September 1, 1899.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-09
THE NEWSPAPER Law.
All Subscribers Should Read tho
Following Law and Avoid Trouble.

- q g..
l. All subscribers who do not
give express notice to the contrary
are considered wishing to continue
their subscription.
2. If subscribers order the discon-
tinuance Of their periodical the pub
Usher may continue to send it until
all arrearages are paid.
3. If subscribers refuse or neglect
to take their periodicals. from the
office to which they are directed, they
are responsible until they have set.
tied their bills and ordered them dis
continued.
4. Subscribers moving to othe
places without informing the pub
Usher, and the papers are sent to the
former address, they are held re-
ponsible.
3. The courts have decided that
refusing to take periodicals from the
office or removing and leaving them
uncalled for, is prina facie evidence
of intended fraud.
6. If subscribers pay in advance
they are bound to give notice at the
end of the time they do not wish to
continue taking it, and the subscriber
will be responsible until an express
notice with all arrearages are sent to
the publisher.
Z. The latest postal laws are such
that newspaper publishers can arrest
anyone for fraud who takes a paper
and refuses to pay for it.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-09
PLENTY OF Girls Like Her.

"Pve stopped economizing," said the
girl with the violets, as she stirred her
chocolate. 81 can't afford it. trimmed
myself this hat I'm wearing last month
and saved ever so much. I saved so
mitch that felt able to buy new
gown, and It will cost three times what
saved before it's finished. It's always
she way. If save a car ticket by walk
ing downtown I spend one dollar for
violets before l get home. I'm going
10 stop trying to save, and I've painted
= proveIb to go on my mantel toremind
rae Of 1t: "A penny saved is dollar
wasted "-Washington Post.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-09
STATE OF NEVADA, } -. D..
COUNTY OF ELKo. D.
AUDITORS OFFICE.

- Wv ~ VI l. AOC,
ELKo, July 3, 1899.
=. To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners of Elko county, New. !;
GENTLEMEN:-We herewith submit
our Qarterly Report Of the Finances
of the county for the quarter ending
June 80, 1899.
Respectfully submitted,
g. A. WATKINS. Auditor.
A. G. DAwLEY, Treasurer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-09

The above balance stands to the
credit of the various funds as per
Treasurer's Balance Sheet, dated
July l, 1899:
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-09
TREASURER'S

TREASURER'S BALANCE SHEET.
Cash in treasury to the credit of the
various funds, July 1, 1899:
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-09

RECEIPTS FROM ALL SOURCES.
Balance in Treasury March
81, 1899 S11 GO 80
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-09

Total Receipts. S49,254 %
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-05-20
UNDER ARREST
Two of the Filipino Peace Com.
missioners Stopped by
Luna,
Who Is Reported to Be Making
Desperate Efforts to Restrain
Them
From Communicating With the
EncaminO and
Herrera,
Two of the Most Influential,
Were on Their Way to
Manila.

MANILA, May 20.-6:0 p. m.-Gen.
eral Luna is reported to be making des-
perate efforts to restrain the educated
Filipinos within the limits Ct his self
appointed jurisdiction, from communi-
eating with the Americans even to ar.
resting Encamino and Herrera, two of
the most influential officials, while on
their way to Malolos to join those who
are coming via San 1sidro.
This and the removal Of the seat of
government to Tarlac, 30 miles from
San Fernando. may lead to complica-
tons and delay in the pa~cifcation. But
it is generally conceded that further OPP
position to American sovereignty is
useless and ridiculous. Neither Gen
eral Luna nor General Pho del Pillar
have sufficient force to resist or compel
submission.
General Wheaton has been relieved
Of the command of the Second division
for a special assignment, and General
Funston has been assigned to his brigade.
\ board consisting of Colonel French
Of the Twenty-second infantry. and
Major Cabell and Captain Randolph Of
the Third artillery. has been appointed
to proceed to Batavia for the purpose of
investigating the European methods of
providing for the health of the troops
there and to report on the subject for
the benefits of the Americans here. The
transport Warren has arrived here from
San Francisco.