The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-05

nlsht OF July 4, is still in jail, as Is also
Robert Stevens, charged with killing Will
liam Smith on July IL Stevens claims the
shooting was done in self-defense and his
friends are busy in the effort of securing
bail for the accused. The bail has been
fixed at $4,000 and part of the sum has
already been raised and there Is hope
that the rest will be forthcoming in few
days.
Stevens claims to have killed his man
while the latter was dismounted but the
authorities have the dead mans saddle in
their possession and telltale marks of
blood on the leather would seem to indi-
cate that Smith was astride his horse
when he received his death wound. There
is said to be a witness to the deed in the
person of a sheep herder who was near
when the shooting occurred, but if this is
true the mans identity has been kept Sc
cret for the purpose of using his testi-
mony at the trial. Rockinger claims to be
innocent. He says what was thought to
be a revolver in his hand when he was
set upon by the men who were with the
person who was shot was only handful
of spikes, with which he was working.
He takes his confinement with bad grace
and says unless he is liberated soon lie
has something to tell on the parties who,
he says, have tried to lay their own mis-
deeds at his door,
There have been six violent deaths in
Park county during the month of July.
The last was the drowning of little Mar
tina Uhl, who fell into the river near her
home. The childs body was recovered
Sunday by some parties fishing in the vi
entity of the dam near Beley's icehouse.
The body was in fair state of preserva-
ton and its discovery was source of con-
siderable comfort to the bereaved parents
who naturally looked upon the death as
doubly sad affiction before the remains
were recovered.
Last Friday morning the chattels lost
by the Chinaman who was drowned in
the Yellowstone a few days before were
found lodged against the bank near
Nightingale's island, east Of town. No
trace of the body has yet been discov-
| cred. Mrs George Freshman, who disap-
| peared two weeks ago, has not been seen
| or heard from and it is generally sup
| posed that she found a watery grave in
| the treacherous Yellowstone.
| w. F. Nelson is in the city from Omaha.
| Mr.. Nelson is a prominent attorney in
| Omaha and is taking a leisurely survey
| of the state of Montana with a view to
| making investments here. He states that
| for years Omaha people have heard of
Montana only as a stock raising state
and interviews published in the daily pa
pers reported the state of Montant as a
vast stock range, with here and there a
struggling mining camp hidden away in
almost inaccessible mountain gulches
Now he says the dignity and Importance
of Montana as place for profitable in
vestments and field which promises rich
rewards has increased many fold. He
corrected an erroneous impression here
with regard to the ownership of the
Bridger coal mines, and said the control
ling interest in the properties at Bridger
was in the hands of Omaha men and not,
as generally supposed, in the possession of
w. A. Clark Mr.. Nelson said he had fire.
quenty seen the name of w. A. Clark
among incorporate tors of the concern, but
supposed him to be a resident of New
York as nearly all Nebraska people did,
until the senatorial scandal of last win
ter
Hunters Hot Springs is fast taking the
lead over all the resorts of the state as
health resort in point of attendance at
least The place has been considerably
crowded of late, more than 100 people TAX
ing quarters at the hotels and many
camping near the springs. This latter
form of securing comfortable quarters,
while enjoying the health-giving waters,
is becoming very popular, both at Hun
ters and at Chico Springs, resort on
the Upper Yellowstone, which is well
patronized by Livingston people. 1t is safe
to say that more mineral springs are
found within the boundaries of Park
county than in any county in the state,
and these resorts are fast being improved
AMI utilized by their owners in a way
that is sure to win for them more deserved
prominence and praise.