davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-03-21
The Crooked Sixth.

IS ana the state may Well rejoice.
Perhaps the session might have
been worse, but it has probably
4 been the worst with which any
state was ever cursed.
Generalization marked Its in.
} ceptton away back at the time
that fusion was arranged. That
was done purely for spoils reasons.
The governing idea was spoils,
and the legislature borne TO the
state q : result Of that arrange
ment was controlled throughout
BY that same idea. At the open
Ing everything Was prostituted TO
secure the election Of Z particular
candidate for senator. IA that
deal the organization Of the house
was ignob1y bartered away, and
! promises Of every nature were
Y made in profusion.
The virus Of the beginning lost
none Of it, qualities - time passed.
md we have witnessed session
! mainly devoted to passing ''spoils"
Z meaaures Of one kind or another.
They began Tith the printing steal
] deliherately paying $r.so ! page
for printing il one house and $I.2oI
n the other for work that could |
have been secured for 90 cents I |
page. The standard then set hes
been faithfully followed, resulting |
= the passage Of such bills q the
Insurance commissioners measure,
the code commission bill and
Others Of like character.
The insurance business under
the new law could al have been
done with An extra clerk atpossibly |
trooo ! year in the treasurer's
Office. but the spoils idea had full
swing and new Office was created.
The code commission bill followed
another job Of two years aso. The
first cost the state Sac. 900 and the
second will involve an expense Of
probably $4,000. and there will
be nothing worth 4 farthing to
show for It when It Is III over.
Then We have the new Office Of
assistant attorney general created.
for which there was about o. much
need . for the proverbial 9th
wheel TO : wagon. The Pan.
American exposition bill,
meritorious measure, was loaded
down with provisions for jobs until
the appropriation fiually provided.
will be nearly all used up ID pay.
ing spoilsmen, unless the com
missioner puts on the brakes and
liias biz position above the leeisla-
tive plane.
The legislature's utter disregard
Of every principle Of common |
honesty was reflected in the enact
ment Of the grand larceny ap
portionment bill, 4 measure that is |
not only dishonest but il direct
defiance Of the law as laid down |
BY the supreme court.
Throughout the session. the
hopeless decentralization prevailing |
was reflected In outrageous per.
fcrmances by the speaker. With
no sense Of dignity or self respect,
the body permitted that Officer to |
trample an all rules Of department
and even on the rules Of the house, |
and when he swept house rules
aside he had majority at his
back ready to support him. In
the senate the spectacle was
witnessed Of law, custom and
dignity being swept aside by the
lieutenant governor, who forced
himself into the deliberations of
the body and made il laughing
stock before the people.
L
The record is too long to review
In detail, but it is utterly bad, with
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-03-21
Dr.. ]. +. ATKINSON.

1-gF - u - - 11k1N001Vs
DxNrIsr.
First class work 1t reasonable
prices.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-03-21
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

}. .. WEST. Rsglsssr.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26
EIGHTY BODIES
RECOVERED
From the Ruins Of the German
Chemical Factory
THROWN INTO RIVER
And Drowned. Several Children Lose
Their Lives by Being Blown into
the River.

BY Associated Press:
Frankfort, April 26.-By II o'clock
this morning eighty bodies have been
recovered from the debris at the Elec-
tro-Chemical works, near Griesheim,
Germany, but there are many missing.
About $50 persons were injured, many
of them seriously. The work of
fighting the fire proceeded throughout
the night, though the danger of fur
ther explosion was regarded as avert
ed at midnight.
A number of children who were
hurled by the explosion into the river
Maine were drowned before rescuers
could reach them. At noon there was
a fresh outbreak Of flames, and after
the explosion of the great benzine
reservoir at II o'clock this morning,
orders were issued that every one in
the village of Griesheim and vicinity
must vacate premises forthwith. The
inhabitants fled, panic stricken. Dur
ing the panic number of women and
children were trafnpled under foot.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26
Anaconda Burglars Undertake
a Heavy Task.
A THOUSAND DOLLARS
In Gold, Besides the Contents of the Cash
Register, is what They Got for
Their Trouble.

Special Dispatch to the Bee:
Anaconda, April 25.-This morning
some time between and o'clock,
Miller's saloon, at Third street, was
entered by burglars, who first rifed
the cash register and then carried of
the safe. The safe waS found this
morning near the railroad track. The
robbers had chopped hole in the back
of it with an ak, and abstracted the
contents, nearly $1,000 in gold.
Anaconda, April 26. - Two burglars
entered the Alaska saloon early to-
day by forcing the door, bodily pick
ing up 300 pound safe, they loaded
it on an express wagon and driving
outside the city limits they broke the
safe open and secured $1,000 in gold.
There is no clue.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26
A MONTANA GIRL
STARTS FOR MANILA
Has Good Job in Educational Line for

Has Good Job in Educational Line for
the Government.
Special Dispatch to the Bee:
Butte, April 25.-Miss Minnie Rel
fenrath, formerly county superintend-
ent of schools in Lewis and Clarke, will
go to the Philippines as teacher.
Miss Reifenrath, who is a sister Of
Mrs. John F. Javies, of Butte, has
for some time, been occupying a gov
ernment position, at Washington, but
esigned when she received the Phil
ippine appointment few days ago,
She returned from Washington We'd
nesday night, and is now visiting her
mother in Helena. She will leave
for Frisco Saturday.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26
j. s. CANAL
OR NONE
Neutrality Of the Isthmian Cana
Made a Point in England.
The Secretary's Attempt to Arrange the
Matter Satisfactory to Johnny Boil.
Difficult Task.
BY Associated Press:

By Associated Press:
London, April 26.-No definite de-
clslon has been reached by the for
eign Office regarding the probable at
titude of the United States senate to-
ward the projected Nicaragua canal
treaty. Negotiations proceeding on the
subject Of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty,
are understood to be based on a sine
qua non of the neutrality of the canal.
If this can be definitely assured, as
now seems likely, Great Britain will
agree to abrogate the Clayton -Bulwer
treaty, though therG is still a possi-
bility of an endeavor on the part Of
Great Britain to simultaneously bring
up the Alaskan boundary matter.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26
A Convict Hanged at Clayton,
N. NJ, Today
WRITES TO M'KINLEY
Declaring the Innocence of Three Men Now
Serving Time in Santa Fe
Penitentiary.
BY Associated Press:

BY Associated Press:
Denver, April ga special to the
Post from Clayton, N. NJ, says Thomas
y. Ketchum, who was hanged there
today, mailed letter to President Nc
Kinley, declaring that three men serv-
ing terms in the Santa Fe penitentiary
for robbing the United States mail
to Stems Pass, Ariz., in 1897, are in
nocent. The men are Leonard Al
bertson, Walter Huffman, and Bill
Waterman. Ketchum says in the
letter that his own gang committed the
robbery.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26
NO CONFIDENCE IN AMERICA.
Views of a Cuban on the Political Sit
uation.

Views of Cuban on the Political Sit
uation.
H. A. Zayas, of Helena, has received
an interesting letter from his cousin
Francisco de P. Ponce, deputy collec
tor of customs of Trinidad, Cuba, who
gives an insight of politics as viewed
from Cuba standpoint. The writer
Of the letter speaks with some bitter.
ness of the attitude of the United
States government toward his coun.
try. He apparently has no conf.
dence in the United States government
agents who are located on the island.
That part of his letter touching on
politics is peculiarly interesting, as it
represents the views of Cuban. In
his letter he says:
with reference to politics l will
only make few remarks as you prob
ably know more about Cuban affairs
than we hear of here in Trinidad. The
whole thing is chaotic. l cannot un-
derstand what is going on in Porto
Rico, which is American territory.
What will become of us who are neith-
Ell nothing nor are not allowed to be.
They want to humanize us, protect and
educate us.
IF in the first place if the American
government had indicated what they
ask in the Platt amendment, we would
have gladly granted it, but the elastic
policy of Wood & Co. has not been a
successful one. l am, as you know,
very American, but I cannot approve
the policy which has been carried out
on this island and Porto Rico. hope
God will guide us safely through this
trance. What types of men they have
sent to Cuba to administer our laws!
ut would be difficult to find a peo.
pie more docile and patient than this.
if officials were to commit the deeds
there that are being enacted here they
crtainly would be lynched."
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26
SUMNER NORMAL IN JUNE.
Date Fixed for the instruction Of
Teachers at Dillon.


Teachers at Dillon.
The summer session of the state
normal school will be held in Dillon
commencing May 27 and concluding
June %, including Saturdays, being
equivalent to six weeks session.
President McAndrews being absent in
the east, the school will be conducted
by Professor j. M. Hamilton, who
was recently appointed to the chair of
physiology and history in the state
university. AS Professor Hamilton $
studies at the university will not COM
mence until September, he will be able
to take the place of President Mean
drews.
The members of the faculty will also
assist in the conduct of the school.
A. model school will be formed, includ-
ing pupils from at least four lower
grades. 1t will be conducted by
Miss Eva L. Chisholm, teacher of the
primary department in the Dillon pub
lie schools.
The kindergarten will be conducted
by Miss Jockey Fox, graduate from
the California Kindergarten Training
school. The kindergarten has been
organized with twenty pupils and will
be in session throughout the summer
school. It will be open to students
for observation purposes.
There has been some misunder.
standing among the teachers of the
state when the normal school session
will be held" said Assistant State Su-
perintendent of Public Instruction
Lewis yesterday, many of them be-
ing under the impression that it will
not be opened until July"
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26
INVASION OF CANADA,
American Enterprise Much Needed in
the Dominion.

the Dominion.
| The more or less interested Outcry II
the Canadian house of parliameL,
and in part of the Canadian press
against the supposed intention OF
American capitalists to secure con
trtl of the principal railways ana
chief natural resources of the domin
ion must not be mistaken for fair
representation of Canadian public
opinion on the subject. Strong pro
tests are already being made against
tic dog-in-the-manger character of the
complaints in question, and it is fully
realized by the thoughtful element OF
the dominion's population that a debt
Of gratitude is rather due to the Am<,
lean enterprise that is engaged in de.
veloping Canadian resources, which,
without such foreign effort, would
probably have remained untouched for
generations to come.
Much of the present anti-American
outcry in Canada is simply political
trickery. The conservative opposi.
tion hopes to achieve some political
gain by representing the members of
the liberal governments of Ontario,
Quebec and the dominion as sacrific-
ing Canadian interests to Americans.
The commercial community, the
boards of trade, and the principal or
gans of public opinion are engaged in
disavowing the dangerous agitation,
that might otherwise be construed
abroad as protest against the very
thing that is recognized as one of the
Canada's greatest needs, namely. the
introduction into the dominion of for.
eign capital and enterprise. They
declare that before denouncing Amer
lean capital and energy as unmixed
evils to Canada it would be we'll to
look about little and see what Amer
can capital is doing for this coun.
try.
In the farthest east of the domin-
ion Mr.. Whitney and his American
associates are at work on Cape Bre-
ton coal and Newfoundland iron,
building and operating steel works
giving employment to thousands Of
people. furnishing a new market for
Canadian produce and putting the gov.
ernment railroad in position to earn
a larger and larger revenue.
It is true also that Canadian coal is
being sold in New England. thus pro-
viding the people down there with
cheap light, fuel and power. But no.
body objects to that. Moreover. much
Of the stock in all these enterprises
is passing into Canadian hands, and
on that account there will be plenty
who will deny to the Americans the
credit for what they have done.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26
ROPE BROKE
At EXECUTION
OF Train Robber "Black Jack"
in New Mexico
HIS HEAD JERKED OFF
BY the Hangman's B1under, Bot He Is Dead
Enough.-Crime Was Committed
in 1899.
HIS HEAD JERKED OFF
BY Associated Press:

BY Associated Press:
Clayton, N. NJ, April 26.-Thomas E.
Ketchum, alias BLACK jack train
robber was hanged here today. The
rope broke, but his head was jerked
off. Ketchum was the most notorious
desperate of the southwest. He paid
forfeit with his own life for an at
tempted train robbery in which no.
body was killed. The crime was
committed near Folsom, N. NJ, Aug.
16, 1899.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26
EMPRESS DOWAGER
APPOINTS COMMITTEES
To Relieve Her of the Strain o! Diu.

To Relieve Her of the Strain OF Diq.
ging Up.
By Associated Press:
Washington, April 26.-The llUw-
ing cablegram was received from
Squire, charge d. affairs at Pekin. The
empress dowager has appointed a
board of national administration to re.
lieve her of public functions. They
embrace three members of the cabi-
net now with the empress at Siar Flu
and Prince Ching Viceroy, Ii and
Prince Kung, who are now in Pekin.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26
Caves in and Buries Five Men
Who Were Working
BURIED FOR MONTHS
The Condition of the Mine Is Such That
Recovery Of Bodies May Take
Months.

BY Associated Press:
Springfield, April 26.-The Rosebud
mine at Aurora. caved in today and
buried five men. It may be q month
before they can be reached. Their
names are Grant and William Shane,
Elmer Bigler, John Gillian and Feester.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26
SOUTH AMERICAN
BOXERS ABROAD
Wild Tribes in Maran Have Lootee
Christian Village.

BY Associated Press:
New York, April ga dispatch to
the Herald from Rio Janeiro says, Re-
ports from Maranhao say that the In
dians attacked the Christian settle
ments and that 200 Christians were
killed.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26

Of Canadian capital. The banks are
full Of it. A hundred enterprising
Americans could come along, develop
Canada's natural opportunities, and
find Canadian buyers for every share
of their stock. But if left to them
selves the Canadians would be long
time in providing the stock for sale.
The explanation is obvious. The
American natural resources are in kind
much like the Canadian. The Amer.
leans have given attention for some
generations in the states to the deve!-
opment of resource Of kind which in
this country have been left almost un.
touched. There is now an overflow
of Americans who thing they see good
opportunities in Canada, and who arc
ready at once to supply the knowledge
they have acquired.
That is what is happening at Sgd
ney. That is what is happening at
Grand Mere, in the province of Que
bee. Men from New England who
learned from generations of experience
what is the practical earning power
of a waterfall have found a splendid
one, and are putting their knowledge
to account. The same group have
had their attention attracted to the
fertile agricultural district back of
the st. Lawrence and have run a rail-
road through it.
Americans laid the foundation of the
shoemaking industry in Montreal. The
great bulk of grain shipping from
Montreal is done by Americans. Amer.
lean skill and American capital are
going into the Collingwood iron and
steel industry.
Americans are searching every cor.
ner of the Rainy Lake and Lake of
the Woods districts for gold and iron,
and it is only when they have gone
through years Of privation, adventure,
excitement, failure and an occasional
success that they are heard of at all.
Canadians are there, too, but Ameri-
cans overrun the place.
Americans are going by the thous-
and with their families and effects to
take up land in the Canadian north
west. Last year alone there were
something like 10000 of them. Amer
cans discovered the riches of Koot-
nay. They worked the LIE Roi and
he War Eagle mine. They went up
he rocky rivers and climbed the high
of the SLOGAN. They found
he gold in the Klondike.
Canadians and Englishmen have
made and lost money by following in
heir footsteps. And the secret, the
explanation rather, for there is no Sc.
ret, is simply that men have come
nto this new country bringing with
hem the knowledge they acquired of
similar conditions south of the border.
Nobody would propose legislation to
eliminate the American influences at
sydney, at Grand Mere, at the base OF
h Laurentians, at Montreal, at Coiling-
wood, at Sault Ste. Marie, at M:chi-
oten, at Rainy Lake, in the north.
vest, in the Kootnay, in The Siocan
nd in the Yukon.
Suppose Pierpont Morgan does buy
lp the Grand Trunk, the road will he
ubject to Canadian authority just as
is now when the stock is held in
london.
Suppose J. J. Hill was to buy the
rows Nest coal fields and tho Can.
dian Pacific and operate them from
u. Paul, he would not be in any DIFF
rent relation to the Canadian people
han If he came to Montreal AMI we're
made over into Sir James Hill. He
siil simply have followed the example
4 Sir william Van Horn.-New York
|un.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26
WHERE rEMPEsrs ROAR.

WHERE TEMPEsTs ROAR.
BY Associated Press:
Little Rock, Ark, April ga spec
ial from Seligman, Mo-, says: A terri
BILE rain and hail storm visited North
Arkansas last night Great destruc-
tion is reported.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26
hElNzE BEATS
THE CLARK OUTFIT
Supreme Court Refuses to Release
w. A. Clark and c. w. From
Heinze's Bond

Special Dispatch to the Bee:
Helena, April 25.-The supreme
court today denied and dismissed the
petition of the Clarks to be allowed
to withdraw as sureties on Heinze's
bonds in the Pennsylvania company
appeal case.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26
GERMANY OPPOSES
COMMERCIAL TREATY
England Would Substitute for the Good
Chinese Money.

NnlneSe money.
BY Associated Press:
London, April 26.-Great Britain is
not relaxing in her efforts to induce
the powers to decrease pecuniary de-
mands on China, and substitute for a
portion If the claims commercial
agreements. Latest advices from
Pekin do not indicate any degree of
success SO far, owing it is said to
opposition on the part of Germany.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26
WOULD SNARE EMPRESS
JUST LIKE FUNSTON
The Plot to Capture the Dowager not
Authorized.
BY Associated Press:

BY Associated Press:
Paris, April 26.-The Gaulois an;rms
that General Bailloud and Colonel
Marchard some time ago contemplate
ed an attempt to seize the Chinese
empress. Bailloud and MauCharl
drew up the plan, the execution of
which was venturesome, but, feasible.
Diplomats however opposed the
scheme and it fell through.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26
RUHLIN IN BUTTE NEXT WEEK.

Special Dispatch to the Bee:
Butte, April 25.-Gus Rubin accom-
panied by his sparring partner, Mar
tin, and Billy Madden, will be in Butte
May l, enrOute to San Francisco,
where Rubin will fight for the cham.
pionship of the world.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26

Manila, April 26.-Owing to illness
the appointment of Brigadier General
William Ludlow to be military COVER
nor of the department of Visayas has
been revoked. General Ludlow has
developed dangerous case of tuber.
culosis. He will return to the United
States.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26
ALLEGED I'LL HEALTH
CAUSES SUICIDE
Montana Man Kills Himself In Cali
fornia.

Special Dispatch to the Bee:
Los Angeles, April 25.-J. B. Hod-
son, of Marysville, Mont, committed
suicide in Santa Barbara today. Al
legged i'll health is given as the mo-
tive. He leaves a wife and daughter
in Marysville.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26
CHINESE REGULARS
STILL BELLIGERENT
Retreat Beyond the Great Wall Ahead
of the French.

BY Associated Press:
Pekin, April 26.-The Chinese regu-
lars who retreated beyond the great
wall have reappeared at another point
within the international area. The
French force is in readiness to renew
operations, but has been ordered to
await the result of the imperial edicts.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26
EXPRESS ROBBERS
ON CENTRAL GEORGIA

Not Successful in Getting Into the
Treasure Safe.
Macon, Ga, April 26.-An express
car on the Central Georgia was robbed
this morning by two men, who board
ed the train at Macon. They secured
about $3.50. The safe resisted all at
tempts to open it.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26
FOUND HER BODY
IN DRUM LUMMON DAM
Hazel Mather, the Poor Girl Who Tried
Cold Water Cure.

Special Dispatch to the dee:
Helena, April 25.-The body of Ha-
gel Mather, a dissolute woman, who
committed suicide at Marysville by
drowning, was found in the pond at
Drum Lummon dam, last night. She
committed the deed in a fit of jealousy.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26
PROSECUTED FAKES
WELTMER PAYS fine
For Using the Mails for a Purpose to
Oefraud.

BY Associated Press:
Kansas City, April 26-Stephen
Weltmer and Joseph A. Kelley, former
president and secretary of the Welt
mer institute of magnetic healing,
Nevada, Mo-, were today each fined
$3.50 by Judge Phillips. The men
gave Absent treatment" and their
mail was stopped by the post oi!ice
to patient on fraudulent order.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26

TO INVESTIGATE TUeERcULosls
Special Dispatch to the Bee:
Helena, April 26.-Governor Toole
today appointed the following dele
gates to the American congress on tu-
beculosis, meeting in New York, May
Is, and 16.: DR.. T. D. Tuttle. Hell
ena: DR.. Ernest Crutcher, Great Falls,
and DR.. L. c. Bruning, Miles City.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26
ssBEFOH De WAH" WAS
SLAVE WITH DOUGLAS
An Old Negro Woman Dying at Helena
of Old Age.

Special Dispatch to the Bee.
Helena, April 26.-Lying on her
death bed, at the county hospital, is
the oldest woman in Montana, if not
in the west. Her name is Carrie
Henderson. She is colored, she says
she was slave with Fred Douglas and
is 103 years old.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26
WHEAT QUOTATIONS.

San Francisco, April 26.-Cash
wheat, per cwt., 103 3-4
Chicago. April 26. = May wheat,
per bu., 73c.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26

Pride is all right If you don't trip
over it.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26
LOOT A MICHIGAN BANK.
=, Associated Drocc.

Brighton, Mich, April 26.-The bank
of G. ]. Baetke & company, was en-
tered by thieves early today who rifled
the safe and secured $4,000.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-26

The bandmaster isn't always a so.
cial leader.