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The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-17
CAETER'S LITTLE JOKE.
Montana Senator Sprung One on the
Senate Friday Which Has Put
the Lauuh on It,

Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Car
ter sprung a joke on the house late
Friday afternoon which has set the
town laughing. The first thing after
the senate was called together Fri
day morning, as chairman of the COM
mittee, Mr.. Carter reported favorably
the house re-apportionment bill. The
committee had made no changes
whatever in the bill, and were unan-
imous in their report. Mr.. Carter,
in view of the Importance OF the pass
age of the bill in order that the SO
state legislatures now in session Or
soon to meet might have opportunity
to pass bills redistricting their states
asked to have the bill considered i'm
mediately. The bill was read by the
clerk and Mr. Carter hoped to carry
his point and carry the bill without
any extended discussion when the
venerable senator from Alabama, Mr..
Pettus, objected and the bill went
over. The senate then took up the
army bill and spent the day on it,
A few minutes before the adjourn
ment, after Mr.. Carter had made a
most effective speech on some fea-
lures Of the signal service branch of
the army. he suddenly asked unani-
nous consent to take up the reappor-
tionment bill. Many senators We're
out of the chamber and no objection
was made. While the leaders on both
sides of the chamber were putting
their heads togther to find out what
should be done and whether they
could give their consent to the con.
SideratiOn of the measure the bill
WAS read by title and passed. Not q
moment was spent in debate, and not
a letter of the bill was changed. II
becomes a law precisely as it passed
the house.
There is no question of the presi
dents intention to grace the bill with
his approval
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same, and after several weeks of men
tai torture he walked into the super
illtendents Office and threw up his
Job. To have assigned the real cause
might have laid him open to suspicion
OF insanity so he merely said he was
tired OF place which promised no
promotion and let it go at that. The
higher officials had already observed
his superior intelligence, and the rea-
son he gave for his resignation rather
raised him in their estimation; so a
Few months later, when they needed a
yardmaster at an important point
they set regulations aside and gave
him the place. From that he climbed
to train dispatcher, then assistant div
ision superintendent, then traffic
agent, and SO on up, until he is now
general manager of one of the best
lines in the north, at salary of S1S,.
Gee year. If he had stayed at the
throttle he might have risen in time,
but the chances are that he would
have missed the floodtide of fortune.
4 singular feature of the story is that
his old engine really did kill man
about three weeks after he left it.
The poor fellow was lying on the
track in a good deal the way the fig
ure appeared in the dream, and il
was never known whether he had
been sand-bagged, or had dropped
there from exhaustion. In looking
up history it was found that he was
an old tramp who had once been /,
man OF means, and years before was a
stakeholder il that very road. OF
course, that circumstance has no par
ticular bearing on the other facts,
but it adds to the general strangeness
OF the case. In relating the story in
my presence the general manager re-
marked that it was long time before
he ventured to tell anybody the true
reason why he had quit his engine
Dreamers are not especially popular
in practical business like railroad
ing"
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SUCCESS DUE TO A DREAM.
To What Railroad Manager Attributes
His Rise.

One Of the most successful rail
road men in the United States" said
Il wellknown local Official. claims
that he owes his start in life to
dream. Several different versions Of
the story have been current but some
years ago heard me facts from his
own lips. He entered the service
originally as a wiper in a roundhouse,
then got fireman's billet and event
ually became an engineer, where he
bid fair to stick indefinitely AS
remember his narrative, he had been
holding down this job for two or three
years, when he was greatly disturbed
one night by hideous dream. He
thought he was ON his engine, going
at full speed over a section of the
road that WAS strange and, at the
same time familiar, after the fashion
of things seen in Nightmares, when
suddenly rounding a curve he caught
sight of man lying, face down,
across one of the rails" says the New
Orleans Times Democrat. THE man
had his head on his arm and was in
the exact position of one who had
fallen asleep, overcome by fatigue.
The engineer was transfiXed with hor-
ror. and. before he could seize the re-
verse lever, he felt the sickening
schrunch of wheels passing over a hui
man body. The sound was still in
his ears when he awoke. Naturally
enough the vision preyed on his mind,
and when it began to repeat itself
at intervals of two or three nights.
he soon became thoroughly unnerved.
The dream was always precisely the
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THE CASE OF NELLY.

The supreme court having decided
that Mr.. Nicely may be extradited, it
now only remains for the government
to see that he gets his just deserts
Nicely is the man who robbed the
Cuban postoflice. AS republican ap-
pointee he has been shielded more or
less, and it is understood that the an
nounced ante-election intention of the
Mckinley government to prosecute
him for his thefts is still under con
sideration.
1t is now many months since Nicely
was arrested, and we are still as far
as ever from any end of this unpleas-
ant business. Nicely is still in this
country and Notwithstanding the SUI
preme courts decision it is extremely
doubtful if he viii ever be sent back
to Cuba for trial. The government
at Washington, in this, as in other
things, has lost touch with the great
body of the people of the United
States. If President Mckinley and
his court imagine for a moment that
that Nicely affair may be dismissed as
a matter of trifling Importance they
are making grave mistake. The
honor of the nation means more to
the mass of the people than the mere
payment of the public debt in gold, 1t
will not do to judge the entire coun-
try by Washington and New York,
There is vast difference between the
yultures of otficialdom at the national
capital, and the dollar chasing bro,1.
ers of New York and the great mass
of the people throughout the country
The people for the greater part
are imbued with deep sentimental
ity. They may be simple and foolish
according to the standards of Mr.. Nc
Kinley and Mr.. Hanna, but to then
there is as much stain in a disgrace
to the nation as to one of them ind
vidually. This Nicely affair appeals t
them in way apparently not unde.
stood by Mckinley and Hanna. The
have a notion that Cuba has a RICH
to expect honest treatment from thi
country. They believe it the "plai
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A DIVIDED HOUSE.

1t is a pity that Col. Sanders has
not the gift of sententiousness. His
public ltterances are shorn of half
their power by his verbosity. He takes
up a long paragraph with what might
be said with better effect in three
lines. Sanders uses nearly whole
page of the Helena Herald to tell Tom
Carter that he is politician of the
worst stripe. Carter knows that;
so do the people of Montana. They
also know that Carter has done more
for Montana by long odds, than any
other man who has ever represented
this state in the senate. They
know, too, that little more policy,
and a little less asperity would have
added to Sanders usefulness as cit
izen and, doubtless, to his happiness
as an individual. AS a man who
does things. Carter has been a con-
spicuous success, and as a man who
says things Sanders has been a sue
cess. 1t is regrettabe that they are
not content to shine unrivalled in
their respective spheres without quar-
reling. Combined they would be well
nigh invinciblc Divided they are
tearing down that which they both
profess to be anxious to build up. A
house divided against itself cannot
stand.
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MISCELLANEOUS,

NOTICE THE WORK DONE ON
collars and cuffs by "Our New Shar.
er" at the Kalispell Steam Laundry,
THE KALISPELL HOSPITAL 49,
sues annual tickets which grant all
privileges and medical attention dur
ing sickness or accident.
ESTRAY NOTICE - FROM THE
range, two red cows, bob-tails, no
horns, branded D. j. on left Shout
der or left flank; also small yearling
black bull, part Jersey, both ears
split. Suitable reward for informa.
ton. Walter P. Jaquette, Kalispell.
SEE THE KALISPELL STEAM
Laundry for rates on family laundry.
TICKLE YOUR PALATE AND
tone your stomach with Celery Gin.
Tonic.
ESTRAY NOTICE - CAME TO
my place about Sept. 18th, an iron
gray horse branded D. j. on left
shoulder. Owner can secure the
same by paying charges. P. N. Edge.
Kalispell, Dec. Goth, 1900.
ESTRAY NOTICE-ON NOV. 9TH
came to my ranch, large, red and
white COW, short stubby horns, no
brands. Owner can have same by
paying for her care and this notice
G. w. Clothier. kalispell, Mont.
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have been WORKING and studying and
sitting up nights learning how and
getting myself into shape for doing
just such things as this, I've saved
you $750,000 Of a Judgment which you
ought to pay, and which you are able
to pay, and my fea Of $50 coo is most
reasonable one. ii you say another
WORD III make it 100000, and if you
kick on that III make it $3.50, 000-and
you'll pay it, too--you'll pay it, damn
you, you'll pay it.
He did pay it, concluded the sena-
to-, with a chuckle, ''for he gave me
a check for $4,000 before leaving the
room. That was the best fee l ever
earned"
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LARGE SALES OF N. p. LAND.
Radical Change Of Policy Accountable
for the Increase.

Radical Change Of Policy Accountable
for the Increase.
The recent slaughter of sheep ON
the range near the Wyoming line by
cattle men is regarded by men who
have been watching the course Of
events in the grazing counties as a
direct result of the state of affairs
brought about by the change of policy
in the Northern Pacific land depart
ment, whereby large tracts of grazing
land are being sold off.
Under the former administration of
the Northern Pacific the land depart
ment was managed entirely from the
two termlni of the road at st. Paul
and Tacoma where the officials judged
land purely by the standards used in
those sections, where scarcity of wa
ter does not enter into their calcula-
lions. Finding a wide stretch Of lev
ell valley land with good, deep surface
soil and clay .subsoil, the officials con-
sidered it good agricultural land, and
classed and appraised it as such.
So it would have been with plenty
of water on it, but a lack OIL that es-
and therefore not worth more than
| half as much an acre. There being no
officer in the state to make personal
examinations and correct such blum
ders, it was practically impossible for
a would-be purchaser to get the class
ification changed and the appraise-
ment reduced. Consequently there
were hardly any sales.
The present administration of the
road has made a radical change of
policy 1t has reduced the price
asked for land all along he line made
the terms of payment easier and
placed resident agents with extensive
powers in all. the land grant states.
When the price put upon piece of
land is declared too high by an in
tending purchaser, and it's classified
ton is questioned, the resident agent
examination. If he finds the price
asked too high, he reports his opinion
to ST. Paul, and his recommendation
is generally adopted, with the result
that sales are made. In this manner
an enormous increase in the volume
of sales has been effected in the last
few years and the land grant will
soon be sold Off
The large sales of the most acces-
, sible range land have so reduced the
area of open range that cattle and
, wish pasture for their herds, they
| must buy land and fence it in. Many
, of them have bought large tracts of
land, readily falling in with the new
, policy of the land department. Then
, they have induced the state to select
the intervening alternate sections un
der its grant and lease to The purchas
! ers of railroad land. Thus solid blocks
are secured and fenced as private
: pasture.
This course has gradually cut down
the available area of free range for
| cattle and sheep so that the men who
depend on it for grazing and have
: hitherto refused to buy find them
: selves crowded further and further
, back into the mountains and to the
: more inaccessible land This con
| dition of affairs mas engendered g
' bitter feeling among what are called
, the floating stockmen until it culmi
f mated a week ago in the wholesale
/. slaughter of 1000 sheep on the range
/. of Tooney creek near the Wyoming
Q line, by enraged cattlemen.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY II, 1901.
CLARK WINS OUT.

If Mr.. Willie Andy Clark could feel
quite sure this morning that his Mon
tana certificate of good character
would be honored at Washington, his
cup of JOY would doubtless be full to
overlooking. For years and years
he has been figuring for what came
to him yesterday and but for the
haunting fear that by his course in
the last legislature, he forever shut
the doors of the senate chamber
against himself, he might exult in his
victory for it has been dearly bought.
Aside from the bribery and coloni-
cation practiced during his campaign
of 'vindication,' and the deal which
it is surmised he has made with
Heinze and the laborites tor leg
islative assault upon the business in
terests of the state, Clark seems to
have secured his "vindication" with
a minimum use of the methods which
worked his downfall two years ago.
If he resorted to the bribery of legis-
lators this time there IS as yet no
evidence that he has been caught at
it, but in view of his past career it
would be a little too much to ask
the public to believe that he has work
ed complete reformation in SO short
a time.
Clark seems to have the top hand
in the legislative game and if he plays
MS cards with moderation and conser-
vatism, he is likely to come out of
the fight with far more credit than
he ever did before If the present
legislature dissolves without disclos-
ing bargain for vicious legislation in
return for legislative votes in Clark s
behalf, the rehabilitation of Clark in
the estimation of the country at large
will have made considerable head
way.
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ed had not penetrated as early as IL
some others, and consequently its
people were not so critical in the use
OF English as they might have been.
The South Dakota Press associa-
ton was scheduled tor meeting at
BIG Stone lake, and the major was
down for an address. tie wanted to
make it lowery and as Quinn and
the major became better acquainted
it was decided that Quinn should
help him out on the speech.
Quinn was fiowery and good on
peroratiOns. He wanted to give the
major one that would 5e stunneT.
He injected plenty of poetry and mel
low phrases, and concluded with this
sentences:
:" And I'll lave my feet in your wa
ters so blue
The major rehearsed before Quinn.
All went well until he came to the
final sentence, which he insisted on
giving this way:
And I'll leave my feet in your wa
ters SO blue
No no, major. said Quinn, that
will never do It is lave, not leave
That's all right, QUINN exclaim-
ed the major. You're all right and
| guess the speech is prettynear right
But | want to give you to understand
that you can't ring any of your ID
Irish on me-
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SIGNALS FROM MARS.
Leading French Astronomers
Npit1inn

OF''''S'''
Camille Flammarion, the noted
French astronomcr says OF the claim
Of Nicola Tesla, that he had received
electric signals from Mars:
The inhabitants of Mars are mil
lions of years more advanced than
we, and had they any desire to COM
municate with US they would have
long ago done SO and receiving no re-
ply, would have set us down as vul-
gar beings not interested in their
planet, so why ssQull they continue
to interrogate people who do not an
swer? They Ions since judged us.
Moreover, they would have select
ed the proper time to signal us, name
~, when Mars presents its non-lumin-
Gus disc toward the earth. envy
the lot of the Inhabitants of Mars,
the beautiful earth of heaven, with
out storms or cyclones, and years
twice as long as here. An object
weighing 200 pounds here would
weigh about 70 there; everything is
lighter, more delicate, more refined.
Millions of years may lift us to it's
perfection.
Il believe there is an organized hui
mainly dominating the forces of ma
ture throughout the phole planet for
the benefit of the Inhabitants
Wilfred de Fonvielle, member of
the Astronomical society of Franco,
says: THE luminous projections OBJ.
served are undoubtedly signals from
the inhabitants OF Mars to us. A line
Of bright lights several hundred miles
long has been observed on the bord-
er of Lake Iscarie. These gigantic
illuminatiOns continued 70 minutes
and vanished suddenly Light never
follows geometric lines, and the rec
tillinear disposition of the illumina
ton mentioned indicates the action
of intelligent agents.
Simultaneous illumination has fur
nished like argument. Hence the
projections were signals Of the in
habitants to us, and consequently
sure to be repeated. We ought tc
observe Mars closely from now till
February %, when it will be in oppo
sition"
Dorothea Klumpke says: "The body
of Mars is not very luminous, ant
the eye has to be trained Imagina
ton must not be permitted to carry
the eye away. The astronomers al
the Arizona observatory are very adj
vanced, and imagination may have
played part, though Mars should b.
the first planet with which we shall
be able to communicate. Mars will
be the first to give us q true knowl
edge of life beyond the earth, as i
was the first to lead Keppler to thu
truth about the solar system.
'The projections are Astronomical
phenomena not signals from the in
habitants. Mars is doubtless inhal
tied by a superior race, and I SCI
probability in Rants theory that w
may be transmitted to other planet
for another life'
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REVERSED HIMSELF.
Senator Davis Won Brilliant Victory
and Big Fee.

Senator Davis Won Brilliant Victory
and Big Fee.
washington special to the Times
Herald)
Senator Davis was one of the great
est and most successful lawyers this
country has known in generation.
He laughingly told me of the best fee
he ever earned, and the queer way in
ent pay it.
4 had a case" said the senator, Tin
which | secured Judgment for 81 ,000,.
Gee against man. and he was COOL
for it, There did not seem to be any
thing for him but to pay. But 1t
CHANGED that | was released from the
plaintiffs service. and was brought
in on the side of the defendant, | car
rled his case-my own case, as 1t
were-to the appellate court, knocked
$4,000 off the judgment which hal
been at 50 much trouble to secure
against him, and fixed it 50
that $4,000 could never get into
court again. This was pretty shaky
work, and naturally my client was de-
lighted. He came around to see
me with his face wreathed in smiles.
splendid. Splendid" he exclaimed,
and what is your fee--Ill give you
n check for il nOw''
FIFTY thousand dollars, said |.
"Fifty-t-h-what." he exclaimed;
nearly jumping from his chair.
Fifty thousand dollars said /,
and You may consider yourself lucky
did not make it 100000.
Ill never pay it'll never pay it,
said my client: its an outrageous
bill. Fifty thousand dollars for three
or four months work, and heaven
only knows how many other fees you
have had in the same time. not say
ing anything about the $4,000 you got
for getting the Judgment against me
in the first place.
See here my friend | exclaimed,
getting warmed up a bit. "let me tell
you something. For twenty years
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LOST.

LOST - BAY HORSE, WEIGHT
about $50 pounds, years old, brand
ed with box heart on left shoulder,
one white hind foot, white stripe
around front foot. Will pay rea-
sonable reward for his return. ]. S..
Walter, Jr.
LOST-BAY GELDING, WEIGHT
LOO pounds; anchor brand on left
hip; $40 reward for his return to
Pearson Brothers, Kalispell.
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GET RID OF THEM.
stand.

AS the trial of the murderers of
Jennie Bosschieter proceeds, and the
it forms a most unwholesome example
of the depths Of degradation to which
human beings can descend The accus
ed men were reputed specimens &C
the highest social strata of the city
in which they lived, but in their per-
sonalty the evidence shows them to
be cruel beasts in whom honor, man
illness or decency have no place. Such
men should be killed and killed quick
ly. The coolest judgment must see
the necessity of such a course. 1t
is not revenge, but safety, which de-
mands the extinction of men capable
of such a horrible crime. They are
more dangerous than wild beasts.
There will doubtless DC no delay in
disposing of them. i he proof of their
detestable crime seems conclusive. To
kill them quickly and rid society Of
| the dreadful menace of such beStial
and cruel natures seems to be the
only safe course to pursue.
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STORY OF J. M. QUINN.
A Good One Told by a Minneapolis
Paper on the Former Editor of
the Butte Miner

the Butte Miner.
The newspaper men of the state
who knew j. NJ. Quinn, formerly cd
itor of the Butte Miner, but now of
the water board under Tammany in
the city of New York, will appreciate
the following story of the days when
Quinn was a native of Dakota, as
told by the Minneapolis Journal:
DO you remember Mike Quinn"
inquired prominent South Dakotan
who stopped at the West few days
ago. Mike was We'll known all
over the northwest as an orator and =
newspaper writer. He was locat ed
at Bismarck, n. d., for some time AMI
later on went to Butte | heard :,
short time ago that he was in New
York, one of the workers for Tam
many Hail."
while Quinn was located at Bis.
marck he paid our state Il visit. On
one occasion he came to our town
one of the best in South Dakota, and
located not q great way from the
North Dakota line. Quinn was a dem
ocrat and among the local newspaper
gang he found one of his own polti
cal persuasion, Major b., formerly OF
North Carolina, and at that time en-
gagged in running red hot demo
cratic paper, although most of tht
editorial work was done by his part
ner. The major came from a sec
ton of the south where the Unabridg
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-FIRST CLASS COOK
stove 220 Fifth avenue east.
FOR SALE-A FINE BUFFALO
coat for sale cheap. Inquire of T. P.
Enright, at Hoffman house.
FOR SALE SIX HEAD OF
heavy workhOrses, with harness, five
single drivers, three mich cows.
Auction on Saturday, Jan. 26, at the
Horse Market. E. A. Walker, Prop.
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Notice to Creditors.

Estate of J. A. Sullivan. deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, EXecutrix Of the estate of j.
A. Sullivan, deceased, to the creditors
of and all persons having claims
against the said deceased, to exhibit
them with the necessary vouchers,
within four months after the first pub
LEGATION of this notice, to the said
Catherine Sullivan, at Columbia Falls,
Montana, the same being the place for
the transaction of the business of
said estate, in the county of Fiatheed.
Montana.
CATHERINE Sullivan,
Executrix of Estate Of j. A. Sullivan,
deceased.
Dated, Columbia Falls. Jan. 3, 1901.