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The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-31

Helena, Jan. 3O.-Two reports will
be rendered on the eight hour law
by the senate committee on mines
and mining tomorrow. The majority
report will be signed by Senators
Clark, Hobson and Biggs, with recon-
mendations for the passage of the
Hobson bill. There are bills making
the eight hour system applicable to
underground work and a bill apply
ing the rule to mills and smelters
also.
Senator Warren, chairman of the
committee on public lands, presented
a report favoring the joint memorial
to congress petitioning for the open
ing for settlement of isolated tracts
of land on the Grow Indian reserva-
tion, that have not been taken as In
dian allOtments.
Stanton, chairman of the committee
on public morals, to which was refer
red the Tierney gambling law, an
nounced that the committee had been
unable to make a report owing to the
fact that it was desirable to have q
public hearing ON the measure, and
therefore asked an extension of time
in which to report.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-31
KITCHENER REPORTS
An Engagement Between Knox and
DeWet.

London, Jan. 30.-Lord Kitchener
reports to the war Office under date
OF Pretoria, Jan. 20, "Dewet has been
engaged by Knox, 40 miles north of
Thaba N Chu. No details. Dewet in
tends again attempting an invasion
of Cape Colony"
The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06
OLD YACHT COLUMBIA
BEATS CONSTITUTION

Newport. Il. l., Sept. 1.-The Colum-
bia, splendidly handled. beat the Con
stitution yesterday, four minutes. nine
teen seconds. corrected time, over n
course of fifteen miles to windward
and back in the first trial races to Sc
lect the cup defender. The defeat was
decisive and admirers of the Consti-
tuition are at their wits end to make
apologies and excuses for her bad be
havlor She was fresh from the Her.
reshoff ship yard. where her bottom
was FURNISHED until ii glistened like
plates of glass In the sunlight. Her
sails fitted her admirably, with'the ex-
ception of the balloon jib topsail. which
she set on the homeward reach Thus
she had no drawback to act as a detri-
ment to her speed. Moreover. Nat Her
reshoff, her designer and builder. was
aboard. All. however, was of no
avail. The Constitution was beaten
fairly on her merits, and unless she
sails better on Monday and Wednesday
the committee which has the matter
in charge may decide upon selecting
the Columbia TO meet Shamrock H.
The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06
NEW ELECTRIC RAILWAY
WILL SCALE PIXIES PEAK

Colorado Springs, Colo, Sept. L.
Denver Republican Special)-In line
with the other great improvements
and innovations recently established in
this vicinity. Colorado Springs capital
lists are about to construct and oper-
ate an electric railway to the summit
OF Pixies Peak. the road TO begin about
twenty-siX miles up the new Short
Line, near Clyde, and to be eleven to
fifteen miles in length. No cogs will
be used in the construction. the pro-
moters being assured of Il grade that
will enable them to operate without
their aid.
Many promoters of the gigantic
trust company soon to operate in this
city are also heavily Interested in the
new project The principal promoters
of the electric railway scheme are:
w. A. Otis * Co., C. NJ. MacNeill L.
p. Shove. c. Il. Noble. Henry Hine,
and the firm of Hall, Babbitt & Thay-
er Upon the latter will devolve the
legal work, the others representing an
immense amount of capital.
The company Is to be incorporated
Immediately at Il nominal capitaliza-
ton, amounting 10 probably 100000,
and stock and bond issue will prob
ably be promoted for the purpose of
securing the necessary equipment.
From 100000 to S5OO,O0O will be eX-
pended in the construction of the road.
and other improvements in connection
with it.
Work is to begin in n short time.
Some of the ground to be traversed be-
longs to the government. right of way
of which will be secured. The syndi-
cate has secured Il large part of the
The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06
TAMMEN AND BONFILS
CLEARED BY COURT

Denver, Sept. 1.-Judge Mullins yes
terday granted the motion of Attorney
Milton Smith and instructed the jury
to acquit II. II. Tammen. +. G. Bon
fills, w. j. Thomas. Daniel j. Sadlier
and Robert Schroeder. charged with
attempting to bribe jury to return n
verdict against w. w. Anderson on
trial charged with the shooting of
Tammen and Bonfils.
The order of the court was as fol
lows:
In cases numbered 1901 to 8. the
People versus Tammen ct al, the
court has during the recess fully and
carefully gone over and considered the
law and the evidence in the case now
before the court. The burden of proof
in these cases is upon the state, and
the state must show the guilt of the
defendants beyond all reasonable
doubt. The law has clothed these de-
PENDANTS with the presumption of in
nocence, which protects them from the
beginning to the end of the trial. The
state having introduced its evidence,
the defense under its rights has
asked the court to instruct the jury to
return verdict for the defendants.
The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06

ground formerly owned by Colonel
Apponyi in the Seven Lakes district,
together with Il number of reservoir
sites, and n power site with n fall of
/, 800 feet, Il few feet distant from and
below the dam laid off by the city en-
gineer as dam site for the proposed
Seven Lakes reservoir which the city
is contemplating purchasing.
The new Short Line management is
to be not financially interested in the
project, though the officials are cog
infant of the details of the plans. The
steam short line would undoubtedly
tons made with the proposed electric.
and an immense passenger trafflc
would ensue.
Though the conditions attending the
erection of the new roadbed are diff
ficult in the extreme, the best engi-
neering skill will be called into requi-
sition, and if, as is now thought, opera
tions will be started at once, the line
would be in shape for the summer
tourist season next year.
Manager G. w. Sells of the Cog road
is pessimistlc regarding the feasibility
of the project. stating that at no time
was his own road overtaxed, and that
second road would reduce profits to
both systems to an alarming degree,
should another track be built. He is
of the opinion that the atmosphere
conditions above 1000 feet preclude
electric operations. the static electricl-
ty Interfering with the trolley wires.
The syndicate back of the new
scheme. however. are not deferred
from the plan, having evidently salts
fed themselves as to the practicability
of the DromotiOD
The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06

Cleveland. o., Sept. with the
breaking of dawn this morning the cit
izens of Cleveland awoke to look upon
n scene of devastation and destruction
caused by raging flood. While the
the entire city y - ,ore or less affect
ed the great vol,.v of raging water
wasted its anger over miles of the east
ern portion of the city and caused an
amount of damage estimated at ST.
100000.
The overflow was caused by heavy
rain that commenced to fall shortly
after O'Clock, turned into IL perfect
cloudburst between the hours of 3
and 8, and then continued with great
force until nearly 10 O'Clock. The storm
according to the weather officials, was
the heaviest that has swept over Cleve-
land since the establishment of the gov
ernment bureau in this city over forty
years ago. There was no loss of life.
The waters spread over an aren In
the east nearly eight miles long and n
mile and n half wide. This extended
from Woodland Hills avenue to East
Cleveland and back to East Madison
avenue.
Great volumes of water poured over
from Doan and Giddings brooks down
Quincy street. swamped Vienna street,
rushed over Cedar avenue, back over
on East Prospect street, rushed like
mill race down Lincoln avenue to Euc-
lid avenue, and then on to Glen Park
place, where houses We're undermined
rs though built of straw. and large
damage done to streets and property.
Over n large share of this exclusive
residence territory the water rushed
with terrific force varying in depth
from one to six feet. Culverts, trestles
and bridges We're torn down and for
hours nothing seemed capable Of STEM
ming the tide.
Hundreds of residents who We're i'm
prisoned in their beautiful homes like
stranded islanders We're almost panic
The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06

Of all the young men in the country
only five per cent are members of
churches; of college young men. fifty
two per cent are members of churches.
SO says Dean Hubert of the Univer-
sity of Chicago. College life has its
peculiar temptations, of course, but it
abounds in opportunities also. A young
man must grow. If he aims to grow
upward, his college Will help grandly.
But he may prefer to grow downward,
and that the college cannot always
hinder.
The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06
Will Not HumiIiate Themselves.

Berlin, Sept. lit is now very
doubtful, according to dispatch to
the Lokal AnZeicer from Basle, Swift
Zerland, whether Prince Chun will
come to Berlin to make formal apology
for the murder of Baron Ketteler
Members of the expiatory mission say:
Under present conditions we can
never go to Berlin. We would rather
die than accept them"
1t appears that they object particular
ly to Prince Chun's attendants pros
trating themselves before Emperor
William, iuasmuch as this is special
honor reserved for the Emperor of
China and would involve Il recognition
of the Kniser's equality.
The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06

The humor of the locomotive that
Struck COW and cut it into calves"
is due to an oversight of the proof
reader. The work of elevating rail-
way-tracks about street crossings, now
being pushed in half dozen cities of
the middle West, is due to a different
oversight, that of reform" mayors
and aldermen, who believe that pedes-
trians and occupants Of carriages have
rights which corporations are bound
TO respect. Even the Illuminating COW
may yet find her safest promenade
along the city street.
The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06

The frontier defense of the Roman
Empire between the Danube and the
Rhine has been under examination by
royal commission for eight years.
and the work is nearly completed. At
Carnantum, in Austria Hungary. an
ancient bakery has been discovered.
The room contained two baking ovens
and row of charred, completely pre-
served bread loaves. Ancient bread
has been known hitherto only from
PomGeii.
The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06

Judge Frank p. Longley, of the coun-
ty court at Troup, Ga, has resigned
on account of his health. and has been
succeeded by his father, F. NJ. Long
ley, who was at once appointed to the
position by the governor. This is be-
lieved to be the first case of this kind
on record. The new judge is 60 years
old his predecessor being 33.
The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06
Electricity supersedcs Steam.

New York, Sept. president ]. ].
Hill of the Great Northern railroad, it
is said, has ordered that steam locomo-
tives be superseded by electric motors
on the Cascade division of the Great
Northern. 1t is understood that if this
change works out satisfactorily cleo
tric motors will be introduced on other
divisions of the road
The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06

A thief lately arrested in Madrid car
= ried a concealed electric battery in his
right hand. He would approach man
Offering his hand in friendly fashion.
II the man responded by clasping the
outstretched hand an overpowering
shock was the result and the thief
would get through his work and away
before the victim recovered.
The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06

Baron Nathaniel Rothschild has
leased for five years a piece of ground
at the highest point of the Ampezzo
road. between Toblack and Ampezzo.
r in the Austrian Tyrol. In this charm
ing spot he intends to erect an ashes
tos house in separable compartments.
The workmen have already left Wen
ma to lay the foundations of the new
villa.
The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06

Londons fire brigade puts out a fire
at an average cost OF 5000. New York
pays $500 for the same service, and
Cincinnati holds the record with S1,4I5
per fire.
The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06

The Bismarck column. which the
German students have decided to erect
to tho memory of the first Chancellor.
will be built on the so-called Ham
melsberg near the estate of Silk, in
the neighborhood of Friedrichsruh.
The site was fixed upon by Prince
Herbert Bismarck.
The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06

In the Atlas Mountains of Northern
Africa there are goats which climb
trees to browse on the foliage. Some
of them have been seen standing erect
on branches thirty feet from the
ground, while others were lazily re-
clining on boughs gently rocked by the
wind
The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06

1.-THE sound of kiss is not so loud
as that of cannon" remarked the
Professor at the breakfast table, but
its echo lasts a deal longer" Latterly
it seems to last before 1t begins. Nearly
year before his coronation King Ed
ward has announced that the cere-
mony of kissing by the peers be
omitted. Imagine me compelling
Devonshire to kiss mel" he is said to
have exclaimed. He would never sur.
Yive the ordeal" William ". who OBJ
jected to this part of the ceremony.
submitted to it, but declared he would
renounce the hngship rather than re-
peat the experience.
The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06

The United Kingdom gets, on an av-
erage, 33 inches OF rain in year. Eu-
rope generally 26 inches and North
America 40 inches.
The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06
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The question. therefore. is whether
under the law and the evidence any
verdict could be rendered by the jury
which could be sustained.
The court has grave doubts whether
there is any valid and sufficient
statute in this state defining en-
bracery and prescribing its punish
ment, but without passing upon that
question at this time, the court feels
compelled by the law and the evidence
in the cases now before the court to
grant the motion of the defendants.
on the ground that the evidence is
wholly insufficient to warrant or to
sustain n verdict in the cases now on
trial.
The defendants will, therefore, be
discharged. but the court is more fully
convinced than ever that the course
and procedure recommended and
adopted by this court in the contempt
proceedings are both regular and
proper. In addition the court believes
that neither in the contempt pro-
ceedings nor in the cases now on trial
before the court was there any legal
evidence that required the tiling OF in
formations against Messrs. Tsmmen
and Bonfils.
Judge Mullins then instructed the
jury to elect one of their number fore
man and return the verdict as he had
instructed, which was done.
The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06

A fire recently broke out at Her
mannsreuth. an Austrian village near
the Bavarian frontier. A Bavarian fire
brigade, which was stationed only
three miles away, hastened to the res
cue, but the Austrian customs author
tiles refused to allow the fire engines
to pass the frontier without paying the
usual tax on imported machinery. The
Bavarian firemen naturally turned
back and half the village was burned
down before the nearest Austrian fire
brigade could reach the scene.
The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06

The thrift of the French may be
inferred from the fact that one-fourth
of the whole population are depositors
in savings banks and that the amount
to their credit is over four billion
francs.
The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06

Nearly half the Chinese seeking ad-
mission to this country at San Fran
cisco are refused.
The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06

Attorney General Knox has rendered
an opinion on the question whether n
certain western daily paper has violat-
ed the law prohibiting the use of the
mails for advertising lotteries, gift
concerts and similar enterprises. The
paper some time ago inagurated u
guessing contest, advertising it would
give l5OO prizes, aggregating $4,000
in value to persons making the
nearest estimates to the num-
ber of paid admissions to the
pan-American Exposition at Buff
falo from the day of opening to the
day of closing. The Attorney General
says that unless plainly forbidden by
law, the remedy is with Congress and
not with the department. He says the
contestants must go into careful in
quiry rs TO the facts about the expo
sition, public interest and attendance
to date, and continues as follows:
Such estimates, therefore, while nee
eSsarily dependent in many respects
upon chance, are likewise affected by
the intelligent calculations of Il
thoughtful observer. a fair cOnstruc-
ton of the words dependent upon lot
or chance excludes estimates which
are based upon mental calculation, even
though the factors which enter into
such calculation, may be uncertain
and matters of conjecture. The draw
ing of lot or the throw of n die are
purely dependent upon chance, for no
mental operation can aid in estimating
the result. As penal statutes must be
construed strictly, 1 am unable TO
reach the conclusion that the giving of
prizes as II reward for superior intel
ligence in estimates, where the hu-
man intellect is exercised in making
fs
of the statute, and the conclusion can
not be affected by the demoralizing
tendencies to which you refer"
According to bulletin issued by the
census bureau there are slightly
more females than males in the state
of New York. The percentage is SOB
females to 49.I males. out of n total
population of 7.26S. .S9J, there are B.
614, ,TS0 males and 3.G54, ia females
OF the total population of the state,
1,9oO425, or 26.1 per cent, are foreign
born, and 112,513, or 10 per cent. col
ored. OF the colored people, 10. .232
are negroes, ITO Chinese, 354 Japan
ese and 5,257 Indians. New York City
has 1.067 $50 native males and 1.O99,-
462 native females. These figures are
given in connection with the census
publication showing the population by
sex. nativity and color in the states of
New Jersey. New Mexico, New York
and North Carolina, forming the sew
cnth OF the census groups of states.
New Mexico presents the largest pre-
ponderance of males over females in
the entire group, the percentage Of
males in that territory being 53.4. OF
the entire population of 1880. 104.-
22S are males and 81 ,OS3 females. In
that territory there are 13,625 foreign
born persons, constituting seven per
cent of the entire population. There
are 5,l03 colored people
The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06

The only states in the country in
which no brewers tax was paid last
year into the Federal Treasury as
part of the internal revenue were Mis-
Eissippi and North Carolina.
The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06
CLEVELAND, OHIO SWEPT
BY DEVASTATING FLOODS

stricken, expecting to be called upon to
wade out into the swirling waters at al
most every minute. Danger signals
We're flashed about the city as speedily
as the disabled telephone system would
allow and the work of rescue com
menced. Row boats piled back and
forth assisting whole families from
perilous positions, but boats proved in
adequate and it was soon found neces-
sary to go to the extraordinary precau-
ton of calling on the life-savinE crew
from the river, Il distance of seven
miles.
The life boats We're quickly loaded
on wagons and hurried to the scene of
destruction.
The torrent surged with grGat force
for hours in Deering street. from Fair
mount to the Boulevard and over a
dozen families We're penned in with
water five and six feet deep surround
ing their homes. AT this point the life
saving crew worked valiantly and, as
sisted by squads of firemen and police
men finally succeeded in landing the
terror-stricken people in places OF
safety. The fear was greatly enhanced
by the momentary expectation that the
great Shaker Heights dam would break
loose.
Shortly before noon the torrent un-
dermined score of graves in the St
Joseph cemetery. at the corner of East
Madison and Woodland and the bodies
were soon being tossed about in the
waters. Fully a dozen of the corpses
were washed into cutters and had not
been recovered late tonight.
The flood boiled over the banks of
Doane brook all along the Boulevard
and caused damage that it will take
months to repair. Great jagged holes
are torn in the beautiful driveway.
To-day's rainfall was the greatest in
the local history of weather statistics.
From about 5 o'clock this morning un-
til in the evening there was precip-
itation of 4.2S inches.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-06-21
South Jersey News

1t has been decided to make improve
ments to the Swedesboro NJ. E. Church
in the way OF putting in steam heat, ele-
waited seats, frescoing and new carpets, it
was further decided to raise the money
necessary to pay for them before the
work is commenced.
Miss Mabel Burt, the Bridgeton young
woman who admitted stealing from her
chums at Smiths College, rear Boston,
has been placed in the Friends Asylum
at frankfort. The father of the girl has
promised to give out a statement oon set
ting forth the case in a true light, circum-
stances leading up to it with. physicians
certificate.
1t is no unusual thing for very rich
men to engage the services OF a physician
by the year. They usually select famous
practitioners, who IAN, OF course, give
them only a portion of their time; but
with Colonel G.. q. Green, OF Woodbury.,
n. j., it is different. The Colonel and
his family spend their winters in Cali
fornia, their summers at Lake Hopatcong,
and the rest of the year at their Wood
bury home, But wherever they happen
to be they are accompanied by the family
physician. For a stated salary, which is
by no means small, he devotes his entire
time to the Green family. Colonel Green
would as soon be without a cook in his
house as without a doctor.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-06-21
County Gleanings.

Owing to the high price wanted by DR..
Z. S. Sharpe for his farm adjoining Fort
Mott, it is reported that the Government
will abandon taking it and buy a farm
adjoining Fort Dupont at Delaware City
on which to erect barracks for quartering
a large number OF soldiers.
The Salem and Philadelphia Naviga-
ton Company, owners of the Major Rey-
bold have purchased OF the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad Company the
wharf property at the foot of Broadway
Salem and the wharf property at Penns-
vile. Some extensive repairs will be
made to both wharves, including a new
bulkhead at the Salem wharf and other
Improvements,
The Pittsgrove township Board OF Edu-
cation has thus far elected the following
teachers at the salaries named viz, Oil
vet, Miss Myrtle Smith, $35; Centreton-
Boyd Colder, $50; Union Grove, Euph-
emia Davis, principal, $40; Alliance, Dan
iel W. Davis, principal, S4S; Edna Par
win, primary, $40; Willow Grove, Cert
rude Schneider, $50; Good Hope, How
ard Walker, S35.