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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-13

In such a great 1~awmaking body as the
congress of the United States it is natur-
ally very difficult to secure legislation of
any character, and the senator or mem
Der who accomplishes the passage Of a
bill affecting the interests Of his state or
district, is generally we'll pleased and has
cause for congratulatiOn. Montana, now
ever, came very near going even beyond
the point of ordinary success and having
two laws, worded exactly similar, upon
the statutes of the United States. After
failing to- secure action by the house on
the bill to provide for the holding Of terms
of the United States court at Butte, which
bill had passed the senate, Senator
Mantle at the last session of this congress
secured it's adoption as an amendment on
the general deficiency bill, and the same
became law July s, 1898. The law was as
follows:
That hereafter, and until otherwise pro-
vided by law, regular terms of the circuit
and district courts Of the United States
for the district of Montana shall be held
at Butte, Montana, on the first Tuesday
in February and on the first Tuesday in
September in each year, and causes civil
or criminal may be transferred by the
court or the judge thereof from Helena to
Butte or from Butte to Helena, in said
! district, when the convenience of parties
or the ends of justice would be promoted
by the transfer, and any inte~rlocutionary
order may be made by the court or judge
thereof in either place.
That an act entitled can act to provide
for holding terms of court in the district
of Montana" approved July twentieth,
eighteen hundred and ninety-tWo, be, and
the same is hereby, repealed.
When the senate bill was coached on
the house calendar the same was taken
uD by that body, passed with a slight
amendment, and returne to the senate
for concurrence, the fact hat it had been
a law for over six months having been
overlooked by the members of the judic-
larry committee of the house. When the
bill was returned to the senate for ina
action Senator Mantle made the follow
ing statements:
"The subject-matter of the bill which
had just been laid before the senate was
incorporated in the general deficiency APP
preparation bill, which became a law on
July s of last year, and it is therefore I'M
necessary to take further action on this
bill. / move that it be laid on the table
and the motion was agreed to-"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-13

There has been some criticism of the ac-
ton of the president in pinning and wear
ing upon his coat a confederate medal,
during his recent trip through the south.
Senator Bacon of Georgia, gives the fol-
lowing explanation of the occurrence, in
a Washington paper, which makes the
matter more clear, and deserves men,
ton.
There has been a misrepresentation,
as to the character of the badge which a
confederate veteran pinned on the presl-
dents coat in Macon during his recent
southern tour. If it had been an ordinary
confederate badge the act might, under
the circumstances. have been considered a
breach of hospitality.
THE badge was, however, gotten up es-
pecially in honor of the president. On the
top of it were the national colors. Then,
in large letters, was the word Welcome
with the president $ picture, and an eX-
tract from his Atlanta speech relative to
federal care of confederate graves. I'M
derneath was simply the name of the con-
federate camp which prepared the badge,
| several hundre of the members of which
were present as an organization to receive
and welcome President Mckinley.
There can be no legitimate criticism of
the presentation or acceptance of such a
badge. If the president expressed any
doubt at the time Of the propriety of his
receiving it, there was doubtless in his
mind the thought that there might be a
personal embarrassment in his wearing a
badge upon which his own picture was tbs
most conspicuous feature. There could
have been no suggestion of improperly
1t may be proper to add that | did not
hear the remark attributed to the presi-
dent in the published reports, although
I was within a few feet of him at the
| tin1p"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-13

The subject Of the personnel of the SEN
ate after the 4th of March next is a mat
ter of considerable interest and much
speculation. The general impression seems
to prevail among those who have not CIV
en- the matter close attention, that the
republicans will have a majority Of II.
This is cleary erroneous, as is well known,
the terms of thirty senators expire on the
date mentioned, sixty senator holding
over. Of the outgoing senators there are
eleven republicans, fifteen democrats, two
silver republicans, one populist and one
| straight silver. The republicans whose
terms expire are Senators Aldrich, Bur-
| rows, Clark. Davis, Hale, Hanna, Lodge,
Quay, Proctor, Wilson and Hawley. OF
| this number Senators Hanna, Aldrich and
| Proctor have already been reelected, Sen
ators Burrows, Davis and Have have re-
| ceived the unanimous caucu nomina-
tons of their respective legislatures, thus
! assuring their reelection, and it is con-
| coded that Senators Clark Of Wyoming
and Wilson of Washington will be equal
ly successful. There is hardly a doubt
but what Senator Hawley will succeed
himself. 1t will be noticed, therefore,
that if Senator Quay of Pennsylvania is
strong enough to secure the nineteen
votes yet holding out, and is returned
from that state, that every republican
whose term expires will ave been re-
| elected. The democrats, whose terms
conclude the same time as the above,
| were far from being so successful. TIL
outgoing members are Senators Bate,
Cockrell, Daniel Faulkner, German, Gray
Mills, Mitchell, Money, Murphy, Pasco,
Roach, Smith Turpie and White. OF
these Bate Cockrell and Pasco will I'M
doubtedly succeed themselves, while Dan
iel and Money have already been chosen
by their legislatures. Mitchell, Roach.
White, Murphy, Smith and Turpie will
| give up their seats to republicans. Sena-
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-26
WEATHER AND WATER.


The Weather Bureau report shows
the highest and lowest temperatures
yesterday to have been 81 and Al de-
grees, with gentle to fresh southerly
and northerly winds and partly cloudy
weather prevailing
The barometrical readings at 5 a. nj.
and p. m yesterday were 29.SS and
29.S9 inches, respectively.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were 90 and
81 degrees, with .04 of an inch of rain,
and one year ago to-day SO and 81
degrees, with no rain.
The average temperature was "a. and
the normal 81, showing yesterday to
have been 3 degrees cooler than usual
for the 18th day of March.
The river at p. m. was % feet 4
inches and rising very slowly, and may
not reach the 24-foot point, unless the
weather grows warmer in the foothill
region, or another storm sets in.
Showers were falling in the mount
aims yesterday morning, but at no point
was the precipitation heavy.
For distance of about a half-miie
between Marysville and Knights Land
ing the railroad track was covered with
water to the depth of twenty-five
inches, and while the track was be-
lieved to have been intact and safe, it
was thought best to bring the morn
ing passenger to this city by way of
Roseville Junction. 1t is expected that
the waters will have subsidized by this
morning.
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A Transferred Chuckle.

A man who lives somewhere down
Bloomingdale way is not Dragging any
more about an easy way to get home,
way which he invented and for some
time enjoyed. 1t was his practice to
go into the railway yards, and when an
engine started down toward his way he
would mount the coWcatcher and was
often carried as far as the boiler works,
sometimes further There are so many
engines switching back and forth in
that neighborhood that he was nearly
always sure to catch one. A few days
ago he went to the yard as usual, and,
seeing an engine starting out in an
easterly direction, he boarded 1t. The
engineer winked to himself. He knew
what the man did not know. The man
sat on the cowcatcher and chuekled as
he thought of his friends paying their
little five cents to the Consolidated
Street Railway Company. Then he
painted fanciful pictures Of himself SIT
ting in his window looking out and
smiling at the men who had started tor
home before he had as they trudged
YEARLY homeward, and he continued to
chuckle.
The engine had attained a considera-
BILE degree of speed when it reached the
boiler works, ana the man tnOuSnl lndt
he was going to ride further than usual.
in which he was right; but he chuckled
again, and in this he was wrong. The
engineer increased his speed, and then
the chuckles passed from the man On
the cove at cher back over the boiler into
the cab, and were picked up and as
siduously cultivated by the man at the
throttle and by his fireman The man
looked back appealingly, but did not
veil for he knew it would do no good.
The engineer did not see the appealing
look. for he was too busy chuckling.
He was going to birmingham. The
man thought of jumping when the en-
CINE began to pass the lake. but the
cowcatcher of a rapidly moving loco
motive is not nice place to jump from,
and~he sighed and thought better of it.
When the engineer got to Westboro
he relented and the man got off the
cowcatcher and waitedfor theway train
back. and paid his fare TO Worcester
and his nickel to the Consolidated. and
finally arrived at his home. He did not
sit in his window looking out and smil-
ing al the men who had started home
before he had as they trudged YEARLY
homeward. Since then he has been
careful to sound the engineers before he
perches himself on their cowcatchers.--
Worcester Gazetteer.
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PORT ARTHUR CANAL.
Inc New Texas Waterway Formally
Opened Yesterdax

PORT ARTHUR cTex.) March Ok
The formal opening of the Port Arthur
snip canal took place here to-day. over
5,OOO visitors from all parts of the
country were present, and the ceremo-
MES were participated in by Governors
Sayers OF Texas, Jones of Arkansas and
Stanley of Kansas; practically all the
members OF the Texas Legislature. a
large number of members of the Kansas
Legislature, a delegation of foreign cap
ltaIsfs, and several trainloads of excur-
sionists.
Inc program included an elaborate
procession of barges, tugs and excursion
steamers through the canal and to the
docks here, followed by addresses by
Mayor R. o. Strong of Port Arthur.
wee President E. L. Martin of the KAN
sas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad:
governors Sayers, Jones and Stanley:
mayor Wicker of Des Moines, Ia; Con-
gresham Cooper of Beaumont, Tex,
ana Hon. Frank Doster of Kansas.
The canal is Al 100 feet long, and will
connect Port Arthur, the southern ter
minus of the Kansas City, Pittsburg
ana Gulf Railroad, which controls the
enterprise, with Sabine Pass. The canal
VIII hnally have a uniform depth Of
from twenty-five to thirty feet, and it
is the intention of it's projectors to bring
ocean vessels up from the gulf. thus
creating new outlet for freight and
passenger traffic to Mexican, South
American and European ports.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-26
DEAN OUT OF PRISON.
The Confederate Of Fcrgers Becker
and Creegan Set at Liberty.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 25-Frank
Seay,ers, alias 4. H. Dean, the confe1-
crate of Becker and Creegan in the
Nevada Bank forgery by which they Sc
cursd $4,000, was released from prison
to-day. The order for his release was
issued by Chief Of Police Lees to-day
Dean turned States evidence in the
case. and it was for that reason he
was released. Creegaa met his fate
this morning, when Judge Dunno SEN
fenced him to serve two years in Fol
som. Creegan confessed his crime
Becker, the other man in the case, was
sentenced to serve seven years impris-
onment several months ago. He de-
cided not to fight for his liberty in the
third trial. when he learned that Cree
gan had followed Deans footsteps in
turning States evidence. The release
of Dean and the light sentence given
Creegan is the final act in this hard
fought case.
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But In the Country South Drought Has
Done Inesiimahe Damage.
Grave Danger Appreciated by
Flood Along the Mokelumne
River and in the Tu1e Region
West Of Lodi-The River at
Woodbridge Now Higher Than
the Town, and Rapidly Rising.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 20.-Local
Forecast Official G. H. Wilson is hrm
in the conviction that the storm is over.
1t has passed eastward, and the pa
rometer at Eureka is rapidly rising.
The State north of Tehachapl mas
received a thorough soaking. Never
theIess had the rain commenced to Ioli
two weeks earlier the country would
have been benefited to much greater
extent than will result from the recent
precipitation.
In the section of country south of
Tehachapi the protracted drouth has
wrought an inestimable amount of
damage For days past the weather
has been cloudy, and though .O4 of an
inch has fallen at Santa Ana, only d
trace has fallen at Los Angeles.
Mr.. Wilson says that although the
storm has traversed eastward, there is
still some hope of a rainfall in the ex-
IRENE south.
Weather conditions and general fore
cast: The following are the seasonal
Iainfalls to date, as compared with
those Of same date last season, ana
rainfall in last twenty-four hours
Nt-
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-26
WIFE-MURDERER OWENS.
Resentenced to Be Hanged at San
Quentin on April 21st.

MODESTO, March 25.-George C.
Owens, who was convicted in this
county for murder of his wife, Ruth c..
Owens in December, 1897, and SEN
fenced to death, was resentenced to-day
by Judge Minor to execution at San
Quentin on April Dist next.
The first date set was May 20, 1893,
but an appeal to the Supreme Court de-
layed the date of execution, and the
time had to be reset. The prisoner ar
rived here at 1:3S p m, and was re-
turned to the State Prison on the PHI
p. m. train to-day.
Owens is a carpenter, and his wife
lived with a son-in-law and was ap-
plying for a divorce, when Owens went
to her home and killed her, slightly
wounded daughter and attempted to
kill himself. His only injury was a
slight scalp wound
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-26
CAMBRIDGE WON.
Her Crew Finishes First in the
Boat Race With Oxford.

PUTNEY England, March 25.-The
hfty-sixth annual boatrace between
crews representing the universities Of
oxford and Cambridge was rowed to-
oay over the usual course from Putney
TO Mortlake, distance of about four
and a quarter miles, and was won by
Cambridge for the first time in ten
years. Cambridge now has twenty
four out of the fifty-six races rowed to
to her credit
Inc light blues, as cabled yesterday,
were the favorites in the betting. the
ODDS being then II to 4 on Cambridge.
though this was regarded as extrav-
agant
Inc crews We're sent off at 1888 o..
m. Cambridge, winning the toss, took
the Surrey side Of the river, which. with
the fresh wind blowing, gave the light
blues decided advantage.
Cambridge at once assumed a slight
lead, which it increased to one and a
quarter lengths at the Craven Steps
ABOUT five furlongs from the start.
just beyond that point, however, OK
1ord began drawing up, and at the
Crabtree wharf, one mile, one furlong
and lUO yards from the starting point.
was level with Cambridge. The Crob-
tree wharf was passed at 1903.
AT Hammersmith bridge, one mile.
five furlongs and 100 yards from the
starting line, Cambridge again assumed
the lead by half length, which was
increased to two and a half lengths at
Thorny Croft, some three miles from
the start.
Thence Cambridge continued her DO
sltlon and rowed a fine, steady stroke
While Oxford splashed badly and was
evidently distressed.
When the light blues reached Barnes
bridge, three miles, four furlongs and
thirty yards from the start. they were
four lengths ahead, and the race was
practically over, for the Oxfords were
going to pieces and rowing anyhow.
The Cambridge crew finished strong.
four lengths ahead of Oxford. Two Of
the. oxford crew tainted as their boat
crossed the line. The official time was
Il minutes seconds.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-26
The WeuId-be Highwayman Arrested and
Now Behind Prison Bars.
Neither Of the Two Over Nineteen
Years Of Age, and Had Previ-
ously Borne Good Regulations,
This Being the First Time They
Have Been Connected With
Any Wrongdoing.

STOCKTON, march 25.-The COM
panion to Bob Murphy, who was shot
last night while trying to hold up the
Angels stage, is a young fellow named
Westhall. His name was revealed by
Murphy, who will probably die. Neither
of the boys are over 10 years of age.
Westhall has been arrested. His father
is an inmate of the State Hospital at
Stockton.
The bullet which made Murphy s
wound penetrated the back and came
out of the breast. The ball and a
piece Of rib We're found inside his
shirt. WesthaH is in Jail at Angels,
but will be taken to San Andreas. Both
boys had been working on a potato
ranch at Altaville, and this is the first
time they have been connected with
any wrong-doing.
Wells-Fargo Company's shotgun mes
sengers, Fred jackson and r. E. Nc
Conneu, who were on the stage that
was stopped near Angels last night
when Jackson shot and probably killed
enc of the robbers, We're in town for
an hour to-day, and returned to the
mountains this afternoon. Jackson told
this story of the affair
I'VE were going along last evening, y
he said, land did not expect to be at
tackled. This is the first time. as far
as I know, that there has ever been
a hold up in that section. AS 1t was
raining quite hard at the time, Mr.. Nc
Connell and myself were sitting inside
the stage with two passengers. Mr.
Mcconnell tried to shoot, but the car
fridge in his gun would not explode.
l took three shots at one of the rob-
bers, who might have been thirty feet
or thirty yards away. 1 could not tell
just how far he was from the stage,
as it was dark at the time. Only one
shot came from the robbers.
The driver drove on about fifty
yards before he stopped, and then Mr..
Mcconnell and myself got out to see If
the driver was hit. He was also anx-
ious to know whether either of US had
been hit. We then drove on into An
gels, which was about mile and a
half further on. There was only $136
on the stage at the time.
After Murphy was shot Westhall
must have helped him to Baumhogger's
cabin, as a. woman in the cabin heard
two men talking just before Murphy
entered. When the boy reached An
gels in search of doctor officers went
right to the place, and Murphy told
them that Westhall had aided him in
the attack on the stage. Westhall went
through Altaville after the attack on
the stage to the wood camp about two
miles the other side Of town, and he
was arrested there. When we came
down this morning we stopped at
Baumhoggers and Murphy was alive
then and resting quite easily. The doc
tor said last night that if Murphy lived
through the night he stood a chance of
getting WE'LL
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welt said that there was some supple
mentary reports to the report of Sep
TENDER 10th which he considered very
important. They include be said,
the statements of two Captains, four
Lieutenailts, a surgeon and Captain
Brown of the regular service. = q
Win you tell u.s." asked Major Lee
what in your, opinion is the value OF
the canned roast beef issued at, Cuba.
and elsewhere as an army ration?"
wish to say unhesitatingly that it
was utterly unfit and unwholesome for
troops. My experience proves beyond
shadow of doubt or question that at its
best the canned roast beef was unpal-
atable, and ait its worst, it was uneat-
able and unwholesome."
No one had any further questions to
ask the Governor, and the hearing was
closed.
The court adjourned to Governors
Island
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-26
RUMoRs OF DROWNING.
Two Men or Boys Reported to Have
Been Lost.

There was runor yesterday after
noon that two men who had gone up
the American River to catch logs had
been upset and drowned, but 1t could
not be confirmed.
Two boys who live in Washington
stated that on Friday, a little while be-
fore sunset, they saw two boys in a
double-end skiff going up the American
River, and just before dark they saw
what looked like the same skiff come
floating down the river, bottom up
wards. They could not say whether or
not it was the same skiff,. however.
Last night q street car conductor
stated that he heard a passenger speak
of some man having been drowned on
the overflow. Possibly the latter story
grew out of the other.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-26
The Difference.

(From the Folsom Telegraph.)
During this session of the Legisla-
ture, about to come to close, we have
had to depend upon the Record
Union for all concise, full and reliable
concerning it's doings, and
we feel that we owe that able journal
hearty thanks, which we extend. The
other leading papers have contained
mostly personal views of correspond
ents who color their articles to meet
the whims and prejudices of their SUI
periors. In fact, the reports ca of the
legislative proceedings in the San
Francisco dailies have been, in the
main. fiction pure and simple.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-26

was 042 of an inch and for the sea-
son lit inches, of the total 5.34 inches
have fallen this month, nearly all this
storm. No damage whatever has been
done, and where there was some water
it is disappearing rapidly. Orchares
are a mass of blossoms, and grain ana
grass growing wonderfully. Crop pros
poets have never been better In the
history of the valley. The merchants
to-day were crowded to wait on their
customers and the streets were thronS-
ed with happy ranchers.
FLOOD AT ALVARADO.
OAKLAND, March 25-The cessation
of the storm has relieved the pressure
on the Cemetery Creek Lakes, and dan
ger of flood is over. Last night Gus
Of an inch of rain fell, but to-day "Old
Sop' is out in all his glory.
The overlooking of the Alameda
Creek at Alvarado has caused great
trouble in the Chinese district. Most
all of the houses are flooded, and the
Celestials in many instances have made
their homes on the roofs of their
abodes.
BRIGHT PROSPECTS.
SANTA MARIA, M2rch IO.-Ine 10
tai rainfall of the storm here was .
inches, and for the season IL inches.
Grain and feed are luxuriant. The
prospects are the best in many years
for all crops, except apricots, which
have been partly frosted.
VISALIA, March 25.-The total pre-
cipitation at this point during the past
few days was 2.50 inches. Bountiful
crops are now assured.
STORM GIVES LOS ANGELES THE
GO BY.
LOS ANGELES, March pa little
rain began falling here at 10 o'clock,
but it did little more than moisten the
pavements. The Weather Bureau holds
out little encoura cement for down.
pour, and indications are that the
storm will pass with little more than
few showers
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-26
SHOT HIMSELF.
Gottlieb Sigentha1er Commits Sui
eide at Stockton.

STOCKTON, March 25.-Gottlieb ST.
genthaler, driver of delivery wagon for
the Ell Dorado Brewery in this city,
shot and killed himself this evening
while in the presence of his wife and
several friends at his home on North
California street. He had been drink
ing, and was quarreling with his wife
in the presence Of his friends, when he
said, as many times before, that he
would kill himself, and pulled his pistol
as he had done before. This time he
pulled the trigger and sent a bullet
into his brain, dropping dead at the
feet of his wife. She fell in faint, and
has since been il an almost crazed con-
dftion over the terrible affair. Deceased
was 33 years of age.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-26
The Passover Season.

The Jewish holiday Passover began
last evening, and lasts until the even
ing of April 1st. The two first and two
last days are holidays, and the four
middle days are half-holidays. This
holiday is the 3,23Sth anniversary of
the 1sraelites' exodus from Egypt (2330
b. CO The orthodox Jews eat only I'M
leavened bread, in compliance with Ex-
oduS xii, 1920