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The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-10-30
Montana Supreme Court De-
cides Contract Is Void.
WRONG
The Non-Union Otje ,t;on % III: Cont &c
Not Considered ky the
Court.

Helena, Oct. % The supreme
court toiav handed down its tScisiun
in the Mitchell Furnltur. company
case. Some time ago the company
applied 10 the supreme court for q
mandamus to compel the state fur
nishing board to carry out the terms
of the contract awarding the supply
of the furniture to it, This was ,e-
several grounds, among them being
hat the board had not advertised III
wo papers as required by the law.
IN i S ap ication for the writ the com.
any set up that the reason the board
had refused to enter into contract
after they had awarded it, was Le
cause ii was alleged the furniture
company employed nOn-union labor.
In it's opinion the supreme court
holds the law in regard to advertis-
ing for proposals was not observed
because there was an advc r isement
N only one state paper.
The non-union labor feature of the
ease was not considered by TIE court
as ground for acting on the writ
the court disissing that fea ure after
review u4 the contention of two
members of the state hoard with the
statement that the law all not rec
oonizc such reason as cause for the
,rnulment of the contract.
Inc court says that it would be IL
iecal 10 limit the bidders on public
work to those employing union labor
The decision of the court reviews al
some length the contentious of the
attorney general, who presented the
case for the state furnishing board
and the counsel for the company.
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written, the men often displaying a
iin, apDreciatiOn of humOr

written, the men often displaying a
ifne appreciation of humor.
But, innocent as this amusement
appeared, it was finally stopped by
the keepers. Pencils and pens are
forbidden, except on such occasions
as the prison rules allow them to
write letter.
Matches, says Molineux, were a
luxury. When they wished to light
a pipe or cigar, the watch was sup
posed to furnish The same. But some
lines they managed to get hold of a
would prize dearly.
One ma CHI would be mad to do
much service. With a sharreled fin
ger nail it would be delicately sliced
into six OF seven parts, q small bit OF
sulphur being retained on the end of
The slivers. OF course it had to be
struck gently to Ii hit it, trick the
men were experts at, MOlineux says.
Molneux tells of an Italian who
spent man. months in one of the
cells before sitting in q chair. He
could talk no English and his days at
first were spent in a maddening con-
temptation of his fate. A mouse
and Molineux says the death house
has many of the pernicious little ro-
dents-darted across his cell floor.
1t took the Italian a week to cap.
ture it. 1t soon became pet of his.
A few days later he captured anoth
ar. He fed them sumptiously three
times aday, sharing with them the
MN provided by the prison.
The natural conditions make the
death house a place of depressing
gloom. Light comes through narrow
| openings on the sides. AMI the sir is
furnished from two cupolas. The
room is in semi darkness all day. and
at night is lighted by electric lights
each cell being fitted wi h an electric
lobe
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-10-30
IS A HORTIcULTURlsT.
Ex-Governor Smith Has a Fine Or.
chard in Flathead County,

Missoula. Oct. 26.- Ex-Governor
Smith has been a Missoula visitor to-
day. He came over last night from
Butte on legal business and has been
occupied all day Governor Smith is
becoming horticuliurist as fast as
the glorious climate Ct Flathead coun-
y will let him. He has a fine orchard
H.sn;ed on his ranch on the shore Of
he lake and it is growing rapidly.
Il enjoy the ranch very much" said
the governor last night in speaking of
It, II am having more ground clear
ed this fall and will double the num-
Der Of trees that have next spring.
am confident tha: the horticultural
in ercsss of TINS end OF the state will
in time become one of the great fac.
tors in the states prosperity. The ap-
pies here are splendid and we have
all advantages for successful orchard.
Ing. A man with good orchard rs
better of than a man practicing law
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CIRCUMSTANTlAL EVIDENCE,
Story That Patsy Devine, Hanged
for Murder, Was Innocent,

Bloomington, ILL.,, Oct. 28-The sUn
sa -iCnal story of a prisoner In the
ia here, to the effect thai Patsy lie
vine was innocent Ct the crime of
numbering Aaron GoodfelloW in this
city in 1882 and f-r which he paid the
penalty on the gallows, has created
nuch cOmment here. The man who
maAes The assertion is dwarf, who
is said to have Ions Greer as
criminal. He was captured, aftel
making s-rOng resistance, follow. .ns
burglary and grand larceny. The pris-
oner gave the name of Thomas Don
ahue and is ,ho. .ght to be f.om chi.
cagO His description and photo.
sraph will b, sent to Chicago aad st.
Louis tor laentifi atom. Donahue sa 8
hat he was with Devine the night o.
the murder ana that he was never
out of his siaht. Devine was con-
victed on circumstantial evidence and
there has always been doubt as to
his guilt. He was caught in the Cat
skill mountains after months Of
searching by the best detectives of
th> coun ry, a Large reward being Of.
fred, owing to the wealth and prom
inen-e Ct the murdert d man and the
nature of the crime.
.GoOdfellcW was saCt down Lear his
hcme by two highwaymen, WHO step
ped out Of an alley. Harry Villa Il. s,
who was pal of Devine, died a num-
Der OF years ago in Fort Madison Qa)
penitentiary, and confessed that ne
committed the deed. On the streng h
Of this the relatives of Davine in AL
ton, Ill, fl ed suit against the STATE
of Illinois for $4,000 damages. The
suit attracted much attention at the
time, but was dropped when it was
found that nothing could be colo cted.
There has Always been a question as
to Devine's guilt. He protested his in
nocence even when on the gallows,
and his unshaken declaration raised
much comment at the time as
to the reliability Of the evi.
dence brou hit a ain him, and a.
though his ATTIC rn eys work d hard to
save him their efforts were futile.
The story just related by Donahue
is to be invest gated.
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FOLDING HER BY FORCE.
Young Foster Claims His Bride Is
Being Kept Away From
Him bv Force.

Baltimore, Md, Oct. 2S.-Mrs. Al
exander S. Foster, formerly Marie
Adiar Tompkins of Richmond, Va,
who on Monday last was married at
TowsOn, Baltimore county, after be-
Ing chased for 10 miles across the
country by mounted police in an ef-
fort to prevent the climax to q most
sensational elopement, has either
Voluntary left her husband CIR Is
held against her will, in the home Of
her parents, to which place she was
induced to go by the message that a
dying grandma her desired to look
upon her face once more.
Dispatches from Richmond say that
Mrs. Foster has determined to see
her husband no more and has beg
ged her parents to enter suit in the
Maryland courts for annulment OF the
marriage on the GROUND that shs had
given her age at 18, when in reality
she is only II years old.
Young Foster came to this city to.
day, prepared to meet any action the
brides parents may bring in the
courts. His brother, a distinguished
attorney of North Carolina, viii sr-
rive tomorrow to take charge of the
cas-. Foster says that his wife was
induced to leave him by telephone
messages from her mother, who i'm
plorcd her to come to her grand.
mo hers bedside. This was last Wed
nesday. two days after the welding
Gov. Tyler CT Vrg'nia accompanied
the bride back to her .-Jme. Fos .er
followed the next day. He mad, sew
eral tempts to see his wife, bat was
denied admission 10 the house. He
says he was told that the girl never
wanted to see him again.
"They are holding her by force In
that house." said Mr.. Foster tonight
Il saw her at window STRUGGLING
with strange man and a woman
know. She was trying to come t:
ward me-"
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Harry Howard and Vim. Nc
MILAN Exchange Shots.
TWO MEN WOUNDED
One Of the Principals and Bystandsr Stop
the Bullets and Receive Flesh
Wounds.

The unusual quietness of the staid
old village of Columbia Fells was
broken Monday afternoon by
shooting scrape in AL Hocket's sa.
ion, which resulted in the woulling
OF Two men. The principals in the
affair were Harry Howard and VIM
Mcmillan, two :. lAers living near
the Falls anu the cause assigned for
s,ia melee was the cruel treatment
Of Mrs. Howard by her husband
1t is stated that Howard was abu-
eiva towards his wife, SO much so, In
fact, that she decided to leave him
and come to Kalispell. Mcmillan was
hired by her TO bring her to this city
and they arrived here Monday; Nc
MILAN afterwards returning to Col
umbia Fa..s and stopping at Hook
ett's saloon, he met Howard and the
trouble commenced. Both men COM
menced shooting and for short time
a regular battle ensued, ten shots in
ell being fired. They were too much
excited to do any serious harm, how
ever, and when the smoke cleared
away. Mcmillan was uninjured, while
Howard had flesh wound in the
hand. A bystander by the name of
Frieland didn't get out Of the way
quick enough and was shot twice,
once in the neck and in the back.
3iis wounds are not serious and he
will be all right in a short time.
The two men were placed under ar
rest and the sheriffs Office in this
city was notified and in short time
Undersheriff Mccarthy and County
Attorney Oliver were on their way to
the scene. Howard and Mcmillan
were arrigned before Justice Carrol
of Columbia Falls and were bound
over to the district court in $500
bonds each. Howard was able to Sc
cNra bondsmen, bat Mcmillan was
not SO fortunate and was brought to
his city and placed in jail
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LOUISIANA
RACE WAR
Three Whites and II Negroes
Already Killed.
BLACKS UP IN ARMS
BLACKS UP IN ARMS
Five Hundred Men Are hrm;ne Them
selves and Hurrying to the
Scene.

NcW Og.>aas. La, Cc;. 2S-The Pic.
aynl.'e.' AMI, G-a.) special says:
three whi,e men and II negro IS
nave been killed in race riot IN
Washington parish. The first new.
oi The rio, was brought here TO-DAY
oy Charles Nixon, who left Frank
linton this mcrning. He stated that
''al.e men rode in,o Franklinton at 2
o'clock this morning seeking help.
saying that the negroes We're IN ID
arms and threatening to ~xtermin ,ra
the whites
The scene of The trouble is near or
= DailtoWn. where a negro was burn
eh iast week for criminaliy assaullin.
! while woman. This was not the
cause. however. for the affair pf ,us.
,erday in which three white meIl and
IL negroes were killed and several
W>re wounded.
AL o'clock this morning a posse
ef Frnhiinlon for The scene of the
Datt'e. led by Sheriff Simmons. and
from all over the county armed men
ire hurryins to the place. Mr.. Car.
ter said tha; probably 500 men wer,
uhder ar'As .oday in Washington
parish.
The troubla occurred at a negro
camp NEE; ing. and the origin. as
near as can be ascertained, was as
follows:
Greer Lot. a negro, was Running a
FL eshment stand and constable
whi.e man. whose name is not Civ.
en-, wen. to him and asked him fo,
MS license. He had none and became
lmpudent, cursrng the constable and
iefying him.
Inc constable e withdrew to obtain
assistance. He returned with several
whlte men. when the negro Loft
rushed OIL a1u fired point blank int
the JN d, killing Joe Seals and Char
s Eiliot,. The white men r, turn9 d
h. fire and ki.led Lot. Then a regrC
preacher named Connolly rushed OH
81 the house with gun in hand. at
temp Ing to shoot d was killed. II s
daughter was also killed. though it l.
SAID she was accidentally shot. In
The saoo .ng which followed anothe,
white man was killed, Il. H. Thomp
son was wounded and seven or eieht
negroes killed.
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here are more who would re urn II
tianspor alton could be secured. be-.
Sides a large number of desti IL e who
VIII be compelled to remain in Nome
and face an Arctic winter, depending
upon charity
TWO more murders were added
10 the list Of crimes in the north. A
man named Johnson. who was engag-
ed in freightng at Chinik. was found
dead with hole in his head, ami ev-
erything points to murder and rob-
berry, as Johnson was known to have
large amount of money on his per
son or among his effec S. The trag-
edy occurred at Chin;k, Oct. Il.
w. C. Beal. colored, attempted to
stab a woman H r screams brought
to her assistance A J. Bee cher, who
saved the woman's life. He shot and
killed Beal.
The telegraph line bstween st.
Michaels and Fort Gibbon on tn :
Tanaba hss been cnmple el and is N
working order.
The grand jury VIII ch has b EN- in
session for the past month at Nome
has completed it's labors, returning Il
true bills.
Jrl e Wi kersham has rendered
an opi.ion which gives sc cral sat
isfact.on among min RS. H. sus aims
the original To- atOrs and declares in
substance the mincr,' rules and re 7.
ulatiOls ara imperative when they
assume to override or are in conflict
with the mining laws Of the United
States.
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WILL TRY FUEL OIL
Plan to Prevent Accumulation Of
Smoke in Tunnel.

Experiments are being made with
fuel oil by the Great Northern in
the Cascade tunnel to determine the
merits of assertions made by railway
engineers that oil fuel keeps air in
tunnels clear.
Although the most improved sys-
tenn of fan ventilation has already
been applied, it Is said to be almost
impossible to keep the tremendous
bore free from coal smoke and gases.
Il is planned to use in the tunnel
heavy locomotives fitted with devices
for burning petroleum. These are to
be used on all trains through the tun.
mel, coal fire locomotives taking the
trains again as they emerge.
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STRENGTH OF ARMY.
Lieutenant General Miles Objects to
Management Of Military Affairs
by the War Department..

Washing, on, Oct. 2S.-Lie tenant
General Miles in his annual report
gv>s the total strength Of the army
at present as S4.513, of which numper
1854 are in the Uni ed States: 43,
23S in the Philipp.n, s; 4,914 in Cube
and the remainder in small delach.
ments being in Porto Rico. Hawaii.
China and Alaska. He says it is ex-
pect~d tnat the force in Cuba will be
very much reduced and hopes that
the force in the Philippines also c n
be reduced.
General Miles does not appear to
approve of the present organization
of the art llery corps, saying that it
establishes ano her bureau in wash
ngton. He believes in the former
egimental organ cations. Speaking
of the army canteen, which is abolish
cd by me army re-org anization law,
ne says that no injury has resulted
md in the main the law has been
ber eficial
General Miles states his objections
to the management o. the military
aHalrs In the war department in tn,
following language:
AhG COuSISSS has ulaUS ample
provision for the management of NIL
ary aft irs in the organization OF
h ar.i +. whe by the companies, reg.
ments, brisades, divisions and de.
par m n are made the units of ad
mini 3trat'Cn and by statute has CLOTH.
I'd the officials not only with execu
i've GU hcrity, but with judicial pow.
RS and responsibility, yet the tend
ncy to absorb and usurp the enslre
conduct of the military establishment
in he city OF Washington, and es.
1ecialy in the staff departments ).
This has been found most injurious
to other armies and is one Of the plin
nal defects in our own system. TIE
evi has been increasing during the
vi les of the wars of The last three
years to an extent, in my Judgment
requires serious consideration and
recommend that decentralization te
effected as far as possible and that
all proper and lawful authority lie re.
stored to subordinate commanders
who are provided with an efficient or.
ganization and who can be safel,
entrusted with the responsibility fol
the efficient and faithful administra.
tion of military affairs commensurate
with their important commands"
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REGARDING MISS STONE
statement That Ten Days Will Deter.
mine Her Fate.

New York, Oct. 28--According to
nc soma correspondent of the Jour-
nal and Advertiser Colonel Kant
non, project of the Bulgarian police.
ias made the following statement re.
salding Miss Stone, the missing mis-.
siOnary:
IF Miss Stone is living she will be
found within 10 days. Three differ
M parks are now enroute to estab-
lish communication with the brigands
dickinson has sent two young men
from Sofia. They are MacedOnians
ana know the country well. A pariv
of fve has gone from SamakO with
the same object They are former
pupils of Miss Stone and volunteered
for the trip. Mr.. Dickinson pays all
expenses.
This third party consists of one
sent by the Russian minister
ihis is the most mysterious affair
we nave had since the country pho
osrapher was captured in the woods
near Samakov 13 years ago. He is
sun living, and the frugal life of the
Drlgands cured him of several dis
eases.
1T is omnious that nothing has
Oeen heard of the captive for month,
Our severe measures have driven
the briganus from the frontier to the
center ana Ii is now race between the
three relief parties to see which will
md her first. Some one is sure Ia
1nd her, if living"
Consul General Dickinson asserts
That the real cause of the delav In
nndlng Miss Stone Is the rivalry he
tween the Turkish and the Bulgar
IAN governments as to who shall fly
me responsibility on the other. Tur
key wants to find her in Bulgarian
territory, and vice versa.
Mr.. Dickinson also declared that
soo bulgarian troops are totally mad
equate for the frontier over 1O(
miles. IVY
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WILL vlNDicATE scHLEY.
1t Is Believed the Court Of Inquiry
Will Decide for the Hero of
Santiago.

\ aSnlIS en-. Oct. Z4.-Ine SCn.ey
court of inquiry believes that al, the
Important testimony is now in ana
is casting about for a place to ho,d
it's sessions to make up it's verdict
It is cer-ain that the court will not
hold tina, any one Of the paragraphs
OF the precept is founded in fact. If
she court has any criticism to make
Of Schley it will not be Of such q
character as it would warrant any
of the paragraphs of the precept, and
it is said on high authority tonight
that the court will declare for q vindi-
cation in full when Admiral Schley
takes the stand. It will probably
i've. him credit for what he did a.
being in command and wholly respon-
sib.e in all matters of judgment.
AS to a suitable place in which tho
court may make up its findings, the
navy yard is considered so far out of
the way that it is not likely the court
will con- inlte it's journeys there any
longer than necessary.
1t has been suggested that room
at the navy department be used, Lut
the court is not likely to do this, as
it particularly desires to avoid doing
anything which might seem to give
it connection with the powerful
navy department clique, and to keep
itself on a perfectly free and unbias-
ed stand.
A room in some of the office build
lngs. or in the new Willard hotel,
may be hired in which the court can
do its pondering over the evidence,
which will be long and tedious task,
as the record now contains nearly
5000 pages of typewriter matter. Il
is known that the court will give
Great v'cisht to the evidence giver.
by Cap ain Cook, for his reputation
as faithful and gallant officer will
have much more effect than coufl
be given by the many younger Of.
ficers who have appeared.
AS both Dewey and Benham have
commanded squairons at sea, thu
former in battle, and the latter in
Brazilian waters at the time trouble
was anticipated there, it is likely that
in considering the evidence they will
think seriously as to what they would
themselves have done under the cir
cumstances.
The Crowenshield clique in the
navy department are greatly disap
pointed over the results of the court
of inquiry, and they are now blaming
Judge Advocate Lemly for his failure
20 bring out testimony which, it IL
said, might, by adroit questioning
have come from some of the witness
es for the prosecution.
The officer who was counted upon
as divulging the most important in
formation damaging to Schley wal
Commander Seaton Schroeder, VIII.
was brought to Washington frou
Guam at considerable expense ant
great loss of time.
He toli nothing which could nj
have been furnished in an affidavit
and he left without contributing any
thing to the embarrassment of Sch
ley's cause. 1t is now said by thu in
censed bureau people that Lem!y';
bungling of the case and Mr.. Ray
ner's skilful defense have practicaI.!
defeated the bureau plan to ruiz
Schley.
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LIFE IN THE TOMBS.
Molineux Finds the Dreary Prison
Place Of Comfort.

Roland b. Molineux is enjoying-ac-
tually enjoying-his life in the
loilbs. The comparative freedom
that he is allowed as compared with
the seclusion that marked his life
in the death house in Sing Sing
prison is extremely grateful and he
enjoys walking in the corridor and
above all the luxury of sun bath.
He is now permitted to shake
hands with his father and to kiss
his wife and mother. Though he
has seen his wife often since his con-
viction he never kissed her-ncver
even touched her hand-fronl the
time he went to Sing Sing until she
called on him in the Tombs yester-
day.
His mother visited him yesterday.
Much of his time will be spent in
consultation with his, father and at
torneys. He has told him that he
wants his name cleared by a thor
ough sitting of the evidence and a
verdict of not guilty.
Roland has been telling the "Gov-
ernor," as he fondly calls his father,
the general, something of the awful
loneliness of Sing Sings death
death house The accused, like
other men who have passed out of
The death chamber door alive,
breads too intimate a recital of the
horrors experienced awaiting death
or freedom within Sing Sings gray
walls.
Deprived of what would seem the
most innocent means of amuse-
ment or occupation for the mind the
condemned are put to their wits end
10 pass the time. Reading is permit
ted, of course. but few men of the
death house find this privilege suf-
ficient to keep their minds busy.
"You know, governor" he said to
his father,-'I like chess. I found that
the prison rules forbade us having
anything in our cells, not even the lit
tie things like chess men.
II thought if I could play chess 1t
would be 6 eat help in my hours OF
loneliness. l was probably three
weeks thinking out scheme to pro.
vide myself with an improvised set
of the little men. Every morning we
got corn meal. took some of the
stuff each morning, mixed it with ma.
carated paper and shaped it into
pieces to represent kings. queens
bishops. knights, castles and pawns
This did by marking each pieci
with my nail. Then I made a chess
board on the table, the only thing be
sides the cot in the CELL
when Kennedy was with us he hai
the next cell to mine. We both play
ed chess, and it helped us immense
w. OF course we were not ALLOWED
In each others cell, but we played
by calling out through tthe barred
doOrs.''
Young Molineux told of man,
schemes the men hai for making fuI
L, iel'e-e the gloom. One favor.t(
way was to make play on words. 4
worl would be written on piece o
paper and passed from cell to cell
the men writing something in rhyme
Molineux says many witty lines wer'