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

A source of amazement to contin-
entail politicians is the facility with
which Great Britain obtains the
money to carry on the South Afri-
can campaign. Even our severest
critics acknowledge that in no other
country could the many millions al
ready voted have been obtained so
readily.
This is all the more wonderful to
them when they remember that in
the sense they understand it England
has no war chest to fall back upon.
The explanation is simple enough
England, being the richest country
in the world her credit stands high,
and she is able to raise vast sums
at moments notice.
The case is different in France,
where they have something like sew
enty million pounds worth of gold
and fifty million pounds worth of
silver ready for war time The Aus
tro-Hungary bank possesses about
93O,OOO,OOO for like purpose, while
Germany clings to the old-fashioned
system of maintaining an actual war
chest containing G6,O00,000 at the
fortress of Spandau. 1t is also esti-
mated that Russia has ready at least
c1OO,OOOOOO.
Financially Europe is preparing for
the day that pessimistic prophets say
is drawing nigh-the day when wild
war shall run riot throughout the
eastern hemisphere. There is at least
e155,00O,OO0 waiting for the time
when the war clouds shall gather,
and in a great war it is tolerably GER
tain it would all be spent. London
Mail.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-01
Clark and Heinze, the Big
Chiefs.
READY FOR THE FIGHT
For Supremacy Is Sure Enough
Fight On Possible Settle
ment.

Butte. Dec. 3l.-They are here, both
of them and tomorrow the pilgrimage
to Helena will begin. r. A. Heinze
and w. "A. Clark got in town from
the east on Sunday night. The mighty
chiefs of the fusion party got in
town from the east on Sunday night.
The mighty chiefs of the fusion par
ty have some constituents to see in
town Tor a day or two, and then the
scene will be shifted to the state
capital. Everything has been made
to await until Clark and Heinze got
back to town and there will be no
more waiting. There will be a
steady run until the scene shifts to
Helena. 1t is understood that the
transfer will begin tomorrow. Clark
has retained twelve rooms at a Hell
ena hotel and Heinze four. H. Frank
will go over to Helena on Thursday.
He has four rooms reserved at the
Helena. Up to late hour last night
the fight between Clark and Heinze
was really 'on the square, Many
have wondered how much this fight
was really on the square, and how
much Of it was manufactured by the
respective followers of the mighty
leaders for their own purposes. 1t was
on ''the dead up to last night and
the only possibility for a compromise
seems to be for Clark to permit Mac
Ginnis to be elected speaker. The
Heinze people declare that Clark will
not be elected senator unless Mac
Ginnis gets the speakership. Heinze,
so far as known is willing that Clark
should go to the senate but he wants
him to know beyond dispute that he
owes his election to him. The whole
dispute in fact seems to hinge on the
question whether the late election
was Clark's victory or Heinze's. If
Heinze can force Clark to accept his
candidate for speaker he will estab-
lish the fact that the victory was not
Clark's but his.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-01
CONRAD HOUSE QUARANTINED
Case of Smallpox DeveIops-Sixty In.
mates Confined.

The fourth case of smallpox deyel
oped Sunday at the Conrad House
when the health officer pro
nounced man by the name of Chris
tensen. who had been receiving treat
ment for the grippe to be suffering
with the disease. He was at once
removed to the pest house and the
inmates of the hotel quarantined in
the building.
Two yellow flags were tackled on
the corner of the building and the
side doors and windows nailed or
roped securely from the outside. In
all nearly 60 guests and employees OF
the place are in quarantine and as a
consequence many railroaders and
employees throughout the city are an
iously asking for news as to the
probable time they will be compelled
to remain under guard
Yesterday afternoon an endeayor
was made to secure the names OF
those confined in the building, but
resulted in a failure, as they seem to
dread being in any way connected
with the place.
The quarantine seems to be some.
what of a farce. as during the time
a reporter of the Bee was near the
building. one man came out back
door and talked about five minutes
with three vailroad friends, and shook
hands with them, upon their taking
their departure. A lady also came
out and anXiously asked how long
they would be kept in the building
She talked to the guard and the re-
porter, who kept safe distance
away, for fully five minutes.
Only one guard was on the building
and while he was in front persons
who desire could easily have gone
down the outside stairway, in the
rear, and made their escape.
Sunday night several people, who
said they had been boarding at the
Conrad House were wandering about
the streets of the city, and openly
stated that such was the case, that
their baggage was still in the build.
ing and that they had left there in
the morning. If this is true these
parties should have been detained
with the inmates of the hotel
Orders We're issued to the police to
the effect that the entertainments at
the concerts halls should be stopped
Hoping thereby to do away with the
crowds at these places, but they
were as crowded Sunday night as
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-01
DYING HOURS OF 1900.
Not the Usual Noise and Commotion
at Anaconda.

Anaconda, Dec. 81 = The dying
hours of the year 1900 and of the
nineteenth century were quiet hours,
so far as relates to Anaconda. There
was none of the yelling and shouting
Or any of the other things that often
mark the passing of one year and the
beginning of a new one. At many
of the churches there were new years
services. At the two Catholic
churches, ST. Pauls and st. Peters,
solemn high mass was celebrated at
midnight At the Methodist church.
there was a watch night celebrated
and at the Christian church the con-
gregation attended ceremonies of
worship.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-01
BETTER DEFENSE.
Pardon Board Suggests More Pay
for Lawyers.

Pardon Board Suggests More Pay
for Lawyers.
The plea for pardoning criminals is
SO frequently defended by in
competent lawyers that the state
board of pardons yesterday filed with
the governor a supplementary re-
port, advising that law be passed
providing a larger fee for the de-
Tense of criminals who are too poor
to pay for themselves.
The law allows the court to ap-
point an attorney and provides a fee
of not over $50 in capital cases, not
over $25 in other cases of felony and
not over $40 in all other cases.
The board condemns this provision
as practically a denial of the right
Of counsel and continues:
The presumption of innocence at
taches alike to the opulent and the
INDECENT, and a constitutional pro-
vision that guarantees the right to
appear and defend in person and by
counsel is derided and disregarded
when some person is selected where
the accused is in INDECENT circum-
stances who is thoroughly ignorant
of the elementary legal principles,
as is often the case"
The board argues that if the legis-
lature did not privide compensation
for counsel to defend INDECENT per-
sons, the courts would be at liberty
tc appoint competent men, but with
compensation provided, the courts
are required to select men on a par
with the price. The remedy must
therefore be provided by the legisla-
ture.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-01
Important Land Decision.

Great Falls, Dec. 31.-An import
ant decision has been rendered by
the commissioner of the general land
office, declaring that when a person
goes upon and occupies public land
without the right of entry under the
homestead law, he is a trespasser
only. and his occuption is illegal and
no bar to settlement or entry of the
land by another. The decision of
the Helena land Office in a contest, in
which homestead and desert entry
in Choteau county six miles north
of Fort Benton was involved.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-01
WILL LOSE HEAVILY.
State Capitol Contractors Figured
Too Low.

90 Low.
Hon. II l.. Frank, who is at the head
of the company having the contract
to build the new capitol building at
Helena, will be out of pocket some
thing like 100000 or $4,000 in con-
sequence Of the fact that his company
was successful in securing the con-
tract for the erection of the building.
There never was a time when the
capitol building could have been
built for less than 100000" said
Mr.. Frank, when asked today regard
ing the progress that is being made
on the building and how he would
come out with his contract.
in consequence | shall lose any
where from $4,000 to $7O,OOO," said
Mr.. Frank. What is the reason for
our coming out behind? Oh, some
things were misrepresented to us,
and we simply took ''e contract too
cheap We took the contract for
$2S9,O00, and, as l said, there was
never time when the kind of
building we are putting up could be
built in Montana for less than $400,-
600. Nevertheless, we shall go
ahead and finish the building, and
when it is completed l think l can
safely promise you it will be
the finest building in Montana.
1T will be a building everyone in
Montana can be proud Of That,
in fact, is about the only consolation
I have for what will be lost on it.
1t will be little consolation to
know that l built a building that, in
future, everyone will point to with
pride.
when will it be finished? Oh,
not till some time next summer. We
would have had the building done in
time for the legislature to have met
in it, but for the delay occasioned by
reason of the fact that some of the
sub-contractors have not been able
to carry out their part of the work
The iron men and some of the other
subcontractors have been unable to
fulfil their plans and for that rea-
son the work has been delayed but
when it is finished. the state will
have building that will be absolute
ly fireproOf and one of the finest
capitol buildings in the country"
Mr.. Frank will not lose the whole
difference between the contract price
and the 100000 the building will
cost when completed, as the sub-con-
tractors will also lose heavily. It is
doubtful if there was ever a public
building built before whereby the
state profted more than 100000 by
reason of the building being built by
contract.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-01
SERIOUS DANGER THREATENED
Not Only From the Beers, but From
Enteric Fever.

London, Dec. 31.-The Beers have
now reached point half way be-
tween the Orange river and Cape
Town, and in spite of opinions of the
London press the government an
nouncement at Cape Town shows how
seriously the invasion is regarded
there. The only thing that really
touches the British public is the loss
of the big naval gun. The press
today draws attention to what might
prove a serious danger, namely, the
possibility of another outbreak of
enteric fever among the soldiers
worn down by hardships.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-01

Plans are ON foot to do away with
the danger of coasting vessels passing
around Cape Hatteras. by entering an
inside passage from Chesapeake bay
to Beaufort Inlet.
The question of employing swal-
lows instead of pigeons to carry dis
patches has been seriously considered
in France. The aptitude of the swal-
low for the work is by many held to
be even greater than that of a pigeon.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-01
OMAHA OFFERS REWARD.
Of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars fol
Cudahy Abductors.

Omaha, Dec. 31.-At special
meeting of the city council that body
at the meeting adopted concurrent
resolution offering a reward of $685.
the persons who abducted Edward
Cudahy. Jr, on the night of Dec. IS.
For the arrest and conviction of one
the resolution provides reward of
$4,000, for two $4,000 will be paid and
the whole amount is offered for the
three principals.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-01
OFFICIAL oAr4s.
England Has Some Curious Forms
Even at This Late Day,

6VSU a. UlS Idtc Ody.
Not the least interesting feature of
the appointment of Mr.. Shee, @. c.,
as presiding Judge at the trial of the
officials of the Dumbell bank, in the
Isle of Man, was the peculiar cere.
mony that preceded the performance
of his judicial duties. He was re.
quired to swear that he would ad-
minister justice as impartially "as
the herring's back bone doth lie in
the middle of the fish," This oath
equals in quaintness the ceremony
of swearing through which the Nor
wegian witness has to pass. Before
he gives his testimony he raises the
thumb, the forefinger and the middle
| finger of his right hand. These sig
Nifty the trinity while the larger of
the unified fingers is supposed to
represent the soul of the witness and
the smaller to indicate his body.
IF l swear falsely" he exclaims,
may all l have and own be cursed; /;
cursed be my land. field and meadow,
so that I may never enjoy any fruit or
yield from them; cursed be my cattle,
my beasts, my sheep. so that after
this day they may never thrive or
benefit me,yes, cursed may l be and
everything l possess.
This is certainly good mouth
filling OATH" but it's comprehensive
ness does not exceed that of the
oath taken by the Burmese witness.
He is not content that the conse-
quences of his perjury should fall
upon himself; he is even ready that
his relations should suffer with him.
LET us be subject" he prays, "to
all the calamities that are within the
body and all that are without the
body. May we be seized with mad
ness, dumbness, deafness, leprosy
and hydrophobia. May we be struck
with thunder bolts and lightning and
come to sudden DEATH" Even more
conscientious, perhaps, was the first
witness in the days of the Brehons,
who took three separate oaths before
he gave his evidence, the first stand
ing, the second sitting. the third ly
ing. as these were the positions in
which his life was spent. The nation
that has shown itself to be the most
ingenious in the making of oaths, is
the Chinese. Slicing of fowls
head breaking saucer and extin-
gushing lighted candle are among
the picturesque ceremonies that pre-
cede the giving of evidence in a
Chinese court of justice. The be-
heading of the fowl is supposed to in
indicate the fate of liar. and the
cracking of the saucer and the ex-
tinguishing of the candle flame are
intended to indicate what will hap
pen to the soul of the witness who
does not tell the truth. - London
Law Journal.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-01
WHILE DESPONDENT.
Paul EgIoff, of Great Falls, Commit.
ted Suicide,

Great Falls, Dec. 31.-An inuuest
was held this morning to determine
the cause of the death of Paul Egg
loft, who was found dead in bed last
night, in a room in the Cobb block
"A number of witnesses, who had been
acquainted with the deceased, during
his life time, were examined, and
from their testimony and that of ex.
perts who pronounced a certain com.
pound found in the room to be cy-
anide of potassium they rendered a
verdict of suicide during a state of
despondency.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-01
THREE CENTS A MILE.
Railroads Commence Reducing Rates
In Montana.

Anaconda, Dec. 31.-The Butte
Anaconda and Pacific railroad tomor.
row will inaugurate a rate of cents
a mile between Butte and Anaconda
being a reduction of | cent a mile
The rate from Butte to Anaconda, or
from Anaconda to Butte will be 80
cents, and will start tomorrow morn.
ing. Travel over this line becomes
heavier with each month and year
1t is understood number of rail.
roads, including the Northern Paci.
fic and the Great Northern will re-
duce their rates of fare in March.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-01
A POPULAR NEWSBOY.
Appointed to the United States Navy
Leaves at Once

Butte, Dec. 31.-Stuart Chapman,
the popular newsboy, who for two
years has delivered to his cash Gus
toners their favorite dailies, has
been appointed to the service of I'm,
Gle Sans navy, he leaves tomorrow
for the Port Orchard. naval station
where he will be an apprentice for
five years in the engineer service.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-01
FROM MOUTH TO EAR.
Went the Word of William Clark, Jr.
Enhancement.

Butte, Dec. 31.-The young ladies
and gentlemen of Butte are in a
furry of excitement. Today word
was flashed from mouth to ear and
from house to house and from up
town to downtown that William A =.
Clark, Jr., and Miss Mabel Foster
were engaged to be married. Miss
Foster is the youngest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Foster, of Butte.
The date of the wedding has not been
announced.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-01

The literary strugglers have two
chances for success; praise and
abuse are both advertisements.
Only 2S per cent of 1,572,797 peo-
pie in Cuba can read and write. ac-
cording to the recent census.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-01

The Nile is noted for the variety
of its fish. An expedition sent by
the British museum brought home
5000 specimens.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-01

The Prince of Wales pays at the
rate of $3.50 a thousand for his cigars.
These precious weeds are seven
inches long.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-01

The total vote, including 6.211 scat
tering. was 13,967 ,299. OF this Nc
Kinley received 7,217.677. and Bryan,
6,357,853.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-01
Real Estate Transfers.

Kalispell TOwnste company to
John w. White. lot No. |, block 10
city of Kalispell; consideration
$156.25.
w. II. Griffin to w. irvan Robin,
son, lot Z, block 161. city of Kalis.
pell; consideration $3.50.
George w. Sutherland to Charles
Sang, 12O acres in sec 35, tp 80 II, I
q W; consideration, $1,SOO.
Charles Sang to Flynn and Suther-
land, acre in sec 35, tp 80 II, T. q
W; consideration, $40.
Margaret b. Preston to Mac Win
niger, GA acres in section 26, 22 and
20. tp 80 n. / 26 W; consideration,
$500
The CIewel Estate.
The final accounts and distribution
in the estate of Tilgnman II. Gle
well have been placed on file with
the county clerk and recorder;
amount received was $11 ,4O7.76, of
WHltu diHouHL @9,ooo.oo was eApeHu-
ed. The principal part of the es-
tate is in Lewis and Clarke county
and the widow, Mrs. Eliza NJ. Gle
well, resides in Helena. The prop
erty in this county consists of an I'M
divided one-half interest in 100
acres in sec 32, tp 30 n, + W.
United States Patents.
To Lewis II. Yorkes, 1877 acres in
sec 2S, tp 2S n, + 20 W. Issued
March 9, 1895, and placed on file with
county clerk and recorder, Dec. 30,
1900.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-01
THE CAPE GOVERNMENT.
Calls Upon LoyaIists to Assist to Re-
pei Invasion.

Cape Town, Jan. 1.-The Cape gov
ernment has called upon the loyalists
in q districts including Cape Town,
to assist the military in repelling
invasion by the formation of a paid
force
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-03-15
A Jointist's scheme.

According TO an Osborne county
Kansas paper. Lew stark, an o.
borne City jointist has agreed with
the city counsil to pay a license of
$50 each month and to clo.r his
Joint at dark every night. Now In
the time for some cntcrprising bur-
glar to close up n deal with those
city dads to burglar in the town y
paying license of $50 each month
The burglar could close ~ his
business at daylight and pay for
his license at so much a month or
~ much "A burg. The city could
have a wikc open town then by
working the jointist all day and the
burglar all night.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-03-15
81. Louis Worlds Fair.

Should the other states and
countries remember the measley
showing that Missouri made at the
Chicago's Worlds Fair and the
Omaha Exposition they will feel
like making very small appropria-
tions for the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition. Missouri has done
less toward other worlds fairs
than, perhaps, any other state of
like size. She is now the recipient
of larger appropriations from Con-
gress than any other state that has
attempted a big exposition.
1t looks like the display OF a
huge amount of gall for st. Louis
to ask for so much money when
she is suffering under the most
outrageous election law that ever
cursed an American City.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-03-15
Mckiniey To Dockery.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Marh TO-
Gov. Dockery sent congratulations
to President McKiley March 4 ON
his second inauguration ss Presi-
dent Of the United States. The
President and the Governor served
In Congress at the same time and
were intimate personal friends.
Gov. Dockery received the follow
ing acknowledgement to-day.
"Please accept my cordial thanks
for Your kindly message of con-
gratulations Of the ( inst, which
was duly received. Assuring you
that your thoughtfulness is warm
ly appreciated, am very sincere
ly yours. WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-03-15
Final Settlement.

NOTICE 10 hereby given that will. rs
sdmInisti ntor Of the estate Of
CATHERINE FEW. deceased.
make final settlement Of said estate al the
next April term OF the Probate court Of
Montgomery county, stste Of Missouri. at
the City OF Montgomery, said term Of court
beginning on the I'd Monday In April. 1901.
JAMES MAUPIN. Adms'r,
Estnic Of Catherine Pew. deceased.
Feb -. 1901. II
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-03-15
Contention
date Tor last w.rk.

j. A. Harrell closed his third
term In succession at Contention
school house. Patrons aud pupils
feel they have had good schools.
hr. Harrcll In n very conscientious
eacher and cxcrts all interests for
.hc good OF his school There IL
ione Of that examining" in his,
classes. just a steady, solid growth.
The teacher gave a big and good
treat Of candy, nuts and oranges
and the patrons came In with a
real picnic dinner, which made all
feel IA little dull to settle down and
listen to the closing exercises, but
when Foster Morgan opened up his
oration on patent medicine all
dullncss vanished. Johnie Glare
delivered his piece well, Seth Hens
ley and Henry Nicholas led In
dialogues. Tommic Rodgers was
among the leaders too.
The enrolment was about 20 and
attendance good. A few families
send only In the fall or while the
weather Is good and they can not
make an excuse for stay ing at
home. This should not be the
case. We need that compulsory
school law.
Wary Dunford WAS the only girl
the last few weeks but she kept up
courage to the end and led the
school in spelling and hustled the
the boys in arithmatic.
Miss Frances Sailor and Irma
Dunfory. spent Saturday and Sum
day visiting relatives and friends
near Gamma.
Several from Contention district
attended the party on Johnnie
Rodgers farm last Tuesday night.
Miss Stella Vandaveer is home
now from a successful six months
school in the Harper district. ID