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Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1901-10-04
GUNPLAYlNTHESTRBEr.
Too Much Booze Provokes a Scrap and
Alex Longstaff Produces Great
Big Gun.
AN EXCITING STRUGGLE
Max Gerald, q Painter, Loses Finger and
Gets Shot Below the
Umbilicus.
AN EXCITING STRUGGLE

As the result of drunken row and a
violation of the law relating to the car
rying of concealed weapons, Alex Long
staff, formerly engaged in the saloon
business at Carbonate, is charged with
assault in the first degree, and Max
Gerald, a painter who arrived in the city
three months ago from Cody, Wyo., is
lying at the Central hotel with a finger
shot off and bullet wound through an
unmentionable portion of his anatomy.
The trouble leading up to the shooting
took place in Barney Hart's saloon last
Monday afternoon and, as near as can
be learned, was initiated il al encounter
between Longstaff, and William Woods,
ranch hand formerly employed, by w.
o. Shrine and later by }. N. Tolman Of
the Clarke Fork. Woods was struck in
the face by Longstatf and Gerald, the
injured man, took up the fight. He
urged Woods to mix the thing up and
said that il Woods didn't lick Longstaff
he couldn't be any partner of his.
"A few minutes later Gerald approached
Longstaff at the bar, applied several vile
epithets to him and started to pull off
his coat to beat Longstatf up batch,
but the proprietor of the place inter-
fered and compelled peace. Then Ger
aid and Woods left the place and went
across the street to Coleman's saloon.
They returned directly and found Long
staff and several men standing on the
steps in front of the saloon. Gerald
made some sort of remark about his
partner being able to wipe up the earth
| with Longstaff, when the latter suddenly
whipped out 38-calibre Colts revolver
and struck Gerald blow over the head.
the street. In the scutf1e for possession
of the weapon, Gerald grabbed the
barrel with both hands and pushed the
muzzle down. The next instant there
was an explosion and the bullet carried
away one of the fingers of Gerald's right
hand and plowed it's way through his
groin, lodging in the feshy part Of his
left leg. Gerald, with both hands still
hold Of the weapon, exclaimed, You
-. you have shot me!' And to
this Longstaff replied, as he cooked the
weapon, LET go of that gun or I'll shoot
you again.
Just at this exciting juncture City
Policeman McAllister, Sheriff Potter
Under Sheriff Gebo and Constable
Smith came running up, and their
timely appearance doubtless prevented q
killing. Officer McAllister was the first
to reach the two struggling men and it
didn't take him but second to wrench
the cooked gun from the hands of Long
staff, who was escorted to Jail, while the
injured man was taken to a physicians
office to have his wounds dressed.
Gerald was subsequently taken to the
Central hotel, and unless blood poison
ing sets in his recovery is assured.
Longstaff was taken before Justice
Chattield Tuesday evening for prelimin-
ary hearing on charge of assault in the
first degree. The case was continued
until 2 o'clock this afternoon and the
accused was admitted to bail in the sum
Of 81 900, which he furnished
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1901-10-04
Brldger Damage Suit.

In the case 81 q. NJ. Simpson, the
Bridger ranchcr, against the Northern
Pacific, the court sustained the defend
ant company's motion for non-suit on
the ground that the plaintiff couldn't
show that he had any legal right for the
water to pass under the railroad road
bed. Mr. Simpson sued for damages in
the sum Of $685. for the obstruction Of
an irrigating ditch, across which the
Bridger branch was constructed. George
w. Pierson and W. 4. Meyer appeared
for the plaintiff and William Wallace, jr.,
of Helena represented the company.
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Settled Out Of Court.

The action begun against the city by
Prosper Vanlippeloy, to recover the sum
of s12O for the rent of the Central hotel
and for CRU b furnished during last
springs smallpox quarantine, didn't
come to trial, a compromise having been
effected and the case settled out of court.
By the terms of this compromise Mr..
Vanlippeloy received $50 in Settlement in
full for his claim.
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left the room for minute and returned
just in time to see her darling baby in
the act of putting the cup to her lips.
Mrs. Mulherin sprang forward, but was
too late to save her child, which swal-
lowed enough Of the drug to produce
fatal results. The little sufferer fingered
all day and died in terribly agony at 10
o'clock at night. The funeral was con
Quoted by Rev. George r. Searles Mon
day afternoon.
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company Of Gebo, in which the plaintiff
seeks to recover $1,000 to pay him for
personal injuries alleged to have been
sustained by him in falling from the tip
pie while employed as a carpenter for
the company, the court overruled the
demurrer, gave the defendant until Nov.
in which to file answer and allowed
the plaintiff until the first day Of the
next regular term in which to file repli-
cation.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1901-10-04

0illles Case Continued.
In the damage case brought by A. r.
Gillies against the Clarke Fork Coal
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Other Cases.

j. N. Scott vs.. r. s. Montgomery;
plaintiff dismissed suit without preiu.
dice.
Alice j. Webber vs.. John Dunn, as
sheriff; case was stricken from the cal
endar.
P. e. Dunn VS.. T. j. Clark; case was
dismissed as settled each party paying
his own costs.
w. N. Burlington VS.. A. A. Burlington;
case was continued on application Of the
defendant.
Sarah Elizabeth Owens vs. Samuel
Owens, divorce suit; continued by
agreement.
j. B. Herford, trustee, vs.. Carbon
County bank; motion for new trial over
ruled.
Bridger Coal company vs. Bowery
Mining company; default Of defendant
entered for want Of answer and judg-
ment for plaintiff for $527.24 and costs.
Bridger Coal company VI. Clarke Fork
Coal company; motion to strike out de-
murrer sustained.
Louis Glodt VS.. Louis Peterson; de-
murrer to separate defense sustained
and trial had by court. The right-of-
way for ditch was declared to he pub
lie necessity and the county commits
sioners were appointed as appraisers to
assess the damages.
Henry Rennan vs.. j.. G. Hobbs ct al;
demurrer overruled.
Ada Brown vs.. Charles LeNoir; defen-
dant given leave to file amended answer.
r. w. Finch VS.. Andrew Pakkala ct al;
plaintiff dismisses suit as settled.
The Link Belt Machinery company VS..
the Clarke Fork Coal company; demur-
rer overruled and time to file answer ex.
tended thirty days.
William Thiel VS.. w. II. Owen; case
continued by agreement.
George j. jackson ct al. VS.. Herman
Kuhl ct al; plaintiff dismisses suit as to
Davis, Hash and Nodecker.
4 Francis A. Harney ct al VS.. SamueG
\ Tuttle ct al; case continued BY agree
ment and plaintiff given leave to amend
complaint by intorlineation.
Z. Robert w. Dutton VS.. John Heide;
continued by agreement
Walter A. Wood Machinery company
VS.. james McGinnis; plaintiff given leave
to file amended complaint.
Mills 4 company vs.. J. II. Graham;
plaintiff dismisses suit as settled.
Alex Wallilae VS.. Nestor Neimi; plain
tiff dismisses suit as settled,
Clarke Fork Coal company VS.. j. o.
Goss; venue changed to Silver Bow
county.
Orrin Clawson VS.. Elmer Berger on
appeal from Justice court; sufficiency Of
undertaking approved and case contin-
ued for term by agreement.
S. O. Webbcr vs.. Northern Pacificy
Sydney Fcx and l.. o. Caswell withdrew
as attorneys for the plaintiff, tho case
was dismissed for want of prosecution
and defendant company permitted to-
recover their costs.
james Bradley VS.. Northern Pacific;,
case continued by agreement at cost Of
J plaintiff.
Il John A. Morton vs. w. III. Ballinger,
trial by jury; court sustained defendants
motion for non suit.
Thomas Fecley ct al. VS.. D. I. Taylor;
Continued on Seventh Page.)
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DRANK cARBoLIc ACID.

Little Granddaughter Of County Commissioner
Mulherin Dies ln Frightful Agony.
A terrible bereavement befell Mr.. and
Mrs. Rafe Mulherin of Absarokee week
ago Saturday, when their little 2-year.
old daughter died in frightful agony
from the effects of drinking carbolic
acid, Mrs. Mulherin secured the acid
for house cleaning purposes and poured
some of it into a teacup. The mother
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SOME merchants carry moth
- ing but a stereotyped card,

--- y Eess
year in and year out, yet if they
stopped to think they would
find that they have dozens Of
things they could sell at less,
than regular prices and which,
if made known, would attract
many buyers who would other
wise send to the big cities for
them. The secret Of the sue
cess Of the mail order firms is
simply because their advertise
ments tell something.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-24
AbSC0ND|NC
WITNESSES
Make It Difficult to Proceed
with Court-Martial
CAPTAIN REED IS NEXT
Numerous Surrenders Of Filipino Forces
Cause Mech Satisfaction to the
War Department.
CAPTAIN REED IS NEXT
BY Associated Press:

BY Associated Press:
Manila, April 24.-Major Noble, ad-
jutant general of the department of
Visayas has received the surrender
All insurgents under Salas will sur
render soon. 1t is claimed this will
terminate the insurrection. One hun
terminate the ilsu ".ction. One hun.
dred and fifty officers and 2,1h7 Bolo-
men have surrendered and sworn allie
glance to the Unite States, at Nara
gan province, Of South Iocoes. Anlc~.
leans are active throughout the acchi-
pelago accelerating surrenders.
The commissary investigation is pro-
crossing and several important wit
nesses in the Reed case have left
Manila. Barry Baldwin, Thomas Har-
ris, Fred. Macondery and H. Schin6-
Ter, prominent merchants, are detain-
ed as witnesses under bail. The trial
of Captain Reed on the charge of par
ticipating in the commissary frauds
has been temporarily postponed.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-24
THE HONOLULU
Law MAKERS
Are Not Of Much Force. Fake
Legislation Killed
ON SHIPS
An Officer of the Twenty-Ninth Infantry
Dies.-Strike Among Honolulu
Iron Workers.

By Associated Press:
Honlulu, April 24.-The transport
Fitzpatrick arrived on the 18th from
San Francisco, with two cases of
smallpox on board and several cases
of mumps and measles. She is quar-
antined. Lieutenant Cobb, Twenty
ninth infantry, one of the smallpox
patients from the transport Lawton,
died on the 18th.
A strike of the employees of the
Honolulu iron works continues and
the company is sending lot of it's
contracts to San Francisco
The session of the first territorial
legislature is drawing to an end and
it is admitted that the home rule pre-
gram is dead. Not one of the many
radical and independent measures
which the majority intended to pass
has reached the governor.
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Four Months Operations Find Hill
$25, 5,OOO, 900 to the Good.


$25,o0o,o0o to the Good.
A marvellous story of colossal for
tunes won since January l, is told of
about twenty of the great leaders in
the financial world, among them is
President Hill of the Great Northern.
His name stands third on the list and
is only preceded by that of J. P. Nor
gan and d. Rockefeller.
While Mr. Hills plans have from
time to time been elaborated and fore
casted by the press of the country,
it develops that they were not cogni-
zant of his real intentions or that Mr..
Hill reconsidered them. Some time
ago he was to have sailed on his steam
yacht Wacouta, but Mr.. Hill never
got beyond Wall street.
How much of the following, from
the New York Journal of April IA, is
based on facts, and how much is fancy,
is left for those who peruse to judge.
Nevertheless, in view of all that has
gone before it is interesting if not alb
sorbing.
The week ended yesterday was the
most remarkable in the history of the
New York Stock Exchange, and mark
ed climax in the bull market begin
ming with the election of President
Mckinley and to end, maybe, as a
broker expressed it yesterday, "in the
Clouds"
Fortunes as great as any gathered
by old time millionaires in life time
have been snatched up in the few
months, and since January l twenty
men have won sums that would buy
cities.
New York has become at last the
financial center of the world, with J..
Pierpont Morgan as it's king.
Some figures, notably those in bank
clearances, are we'll nigh inconceiv-
able, but some notion of the gigantic
scale of Wall street doings may be
gathered from the statement that one
bank, the National City bank. the pet
of the Rockefellers. sent $4,000, 900
in checks to the clearance house in
one day, which was approximately
twice the size of the clearances in
Chicago and in Boston or Philadel'
phia.
| ,0onWA IN h0nk aIn0r
ances and the total being far greater
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WHAT WILL you SUBSTITUTE?

"''Ns WILL wv 0Oo0ubuO
1t is certainly fair question for one
who always helps forward every NOR
al movement, and contributes of his
substance toward aiding the same. to
ask the candid question of the Anti
Saloon League: when you have driv-
en- out the saloon by law, what do you
propose to substitute in it's place?"
The people of Maine drove the sa.
loon out Of the Pine Treet State forty
five years ago-and yet more vile Ii.
quor is sold in the principal towns of
Maine than is sold of better quality
in similar towns of Minnesota where
high license prevails.
A constitutional provision prohibits
not only saloons but the manufacture.
sale or giving away of any form Of
spirituous or malt liquors in the Sun
flower state. And yet in every town
throughout the great commonwealth,
saloons flourish unopposed. Indeed.
there is no restrictions because mo
license" can be required. and saloons
prosper on every corner and behind
the counters Of every drug store.
II the prohibitionists of Maine and
Kansas, after having placed the most
radical laws upon the statute books
against the sale or use Of liquor in any
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-24
SHOOTING SCRAPE
N POLICE COURT

Policeman is Shot and Returns Fire
Of Suspect.
BY Associated Press:
Chicago, April 24.-Two men will
die as the result of shooting affray
that occurred in the Harrison street
police court room today The wound
ed men are Policeman William Mes
senger and D. r. Nelson. Nelson had
been arraigned on charge of rob-
bing a stranger and been subjected to
sharp criticism by Messenger, who
made the arrest. Nelson was released
and after court adjourned approached
Messenger, drew his revolver and fired
twice. Messenger drew his own wea-
pom, shot Nelson, and fell uncon-
scious.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-24
Two FREEZE
TO DEATH
In the Nome Country While
Assisting Unfortunates.
DIR. TAMS OF BUTTE
Caught in a Blizzard While Attemptinp
to Garry Food and Surgical As
sistance to Miners.
Special Dispatch to the Bee:

Special Dispatch to the Bee:
Anaconda, April 23.-Word comes
from Nome, Alaska, that DR.. Tam,
said to be of Butte, and Alexander or
Otis Stowe, also of Montana, were
swept over Nome on January 10. It
seems that Stowe while in dying con
dition. after terrible hardships, was
abandoned by his companions when
within a mile of Sheas road house
and his dead body afterwards recov-
cred. DR.. Tam, with different par
ty, and accompanied by his brother,
was frozen to death near Teller. Ad-
vices are very meagre.
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TO EXTEND TRADE
OF CANADIAN PACIFIC

Visit by an Official to the Trans-Si-
berian Road.
By Associated Press:
Vancouver, B. c., April24. The an
nouncement made that the first task of
William White, a newly appointed as
sistant president of the Canadian Pa.
cific railroad will be to take a trip
over the trans-Siberian railroad, with
the object of studying opportunities
for the extension of Canadian trade
with that region. If prospects are
reported good, the establishment OF
a steamship service between Valdivo.
stock and Vancouver is likely to fol.
low
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than for any other week in the history
OF New York. The clearings aggre-
gated $2,14S,247,4 ,459. The highest
previous record was made this year,
on January 12, $1,Ss9,927,716. The
clearings for New York alone were
greater during this week tnan the to-
tai clearings of the entire UNited
States in any week of any previous
year.
Stock sales for the week also reach
ed the record, and the New York stock
market is the cynosure of all eyes, not
only in America, but in Europe. Lon
don has sent buying orders for as
many as 100000 shares in single
day.
The number of shares sold during
the six days was S,764,172, as against
2,SO4,447 shares of the same week last
year.
The record was reached also in the
price of a seat on the stock exchange.
4OA ooyo u6O q oCdC OOlu III @OO-
900, which was considered exceptional.
A week later two seats sold for $751;
900 each, and yesterday 100000 was
bid for single seat.
Wiseacres in the street will quick
ly concede that $35,00O,0O0 is con-
servative estimate of what J. Pierpont
Morgan has made since the first of the
year. He is reputed to have made
a. least $25,OOO,OOO in the merging of
the steel companies into the United
States Steel Corporation, with its ST.
O0O, 100000 capital.
John d. Rockefeller has been a
member of the same clique as Mr..
Morgan. and $25,OOO,OOO does not in
clude his income from Standard Oil
O.. his other holdings. but merely what
he has won by the advance of prices
Every property in which James j.
Hill is interested, principally the Gran
ger group of railroads in the west,
has witnessed phenomenal advances,
and it is hardly possible that he has
won less than $25,000.00O.
George Gould's Missouri Pacific
common stock has doubled in value in
year. and besides his regular in.
come he must be at least 100000, 900
better on than he was on the first day
of the century.
James Stillman, the head Of the Ma
tionai City bank. is hand-in-glove with
Morgan and the Standard Oil group
| and right in the midst of the clique
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Billy Smith is Defeated in Lon
don by Roberts.
DIED FROM EFFECT
OF the Knockout Blow He Received in
the Eighth Round.-Roberts In
vincible.

By Associated Press:
London, April "a. - Smith, the
American pugilist, who was knocked
out at the National Sporting club,
Monday night, died today.
London, April 23.-At the National
Sporting club last night Jack Roberts
of England, knocked out Billy Smith.
the American, in the eighth round.
The fight was for the limestone cham
pionship of England.
After the fight Billy was removed
to a hospital, where he was still un-
conscious at o'clock this morning.
1t is feared his injuries will prove
fatal.
Billy Smith, who has received such
injuries in the contest with Jack Rob-
erts, the undefeated teatherweight of
England, is a New Yorker and resides
on the east side of Manhattan island.
His career in this country before he
crossed the Atlantic showed him to
be a boxer of fine promise, and his
American friends counted on his de-
feating Roberts, although it was ex-
pected he would have hard fight on
his hands.
Roberts is the best featherweight
who has figured in England Of recent
years. He is stockily built, like La
vigne, tough and capable of taking
severe punishment. The fact that
he never had been defeated created
considerable SPECULATION among Ameri-
cans and his own English friends,
which is very large, backed him heav-
lily
The latest advices from Smith, be-
fore the meet, indicated that he was in
fine condition and confident of defeat
ing the English champion. Terry Nc
Govern had promised to match if he
defeated Roberts. Smith and Roberts
came together for Is rounds and for
purse of $500, and bet of 81 900 a
side.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-24
WOOD ON DECK
TO WRECK THE CUBANS

Followed Up the ENJOYS to Washing
ton Next Steamer.
BY Associated Press:
Washington, April 24-The COM
mission of five delegates to the Cuban
constitutional convention, Domingo
Mendez Capole, Pedro E. Betancourt,
Rafael NJ. Portunonmo, Diego Tama-
70, and Pedro Gonzales Morente, sent
to Washington to confer with the pres
ident regarding the Cuban relations
with this country, arrived this morn
ing. Arrangements are that this visit
to the president will be made through
tho war department. Governor Wood
of Cuba also arrived this morning.
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form one state going so far as to
incorporate the law into the Constitu-
ton so as to make it less liable to re-
peal - have utterly failed to Danish
the business of the saloon" how does
the Anti-Saloon League in Washing
ton expect to accomplish any better
results in this state? says the Seattle
Times. The question is asked In all
candor and fairness, and we would he
more than pleased to give space to an
answer that would meet the same.
1t is we'll known that we believe in
high license. We believe in the strong
est possible money and police regu-
lations that can be enforced against
the sale of liquor. We believe In
local option. We believe in night and
Sunday closing of all drinking places
and we know that such laws can be
enforced as easily here as it has been
done in other states.
All know that 80 per cent of all
crime finds its basic motive and main
spring in the use of liquor. Why then
should not liquor traffic bear the most
of the burden of taxation required to
support the results of the use and
abuse of liquor?
In prohibitory states outside of the
fines collected for violation of law,
amounting perhaps to $4,000 per an
mum in the state of Maine, the makers
and vendors of alcoholic liquors con-
tribute nothing to the support Of the
government-and the cost of collecting
that $4,000 through the machinery of
the courts eats up nine-tenths of the
whole. And yet drunkenness is as
prevalent in the states of Maine and
Kansas according to population as in
the state of Minnesota or Nebraska.
If the churches and the good peo-
pie of the state would devote half as
much energy toward securing state
high license law that would compel
every saloon keeper in Seattle to pay
1900 a year. and to keep his place
closed between midnight and sunrise
the next morning, and all day Sun
day. we believe that greater moral
effect would be accomplished than can
be accomplished by substituting the
conditions which prevail in Kansas
for those conditions which prevail In
high license states.
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And Caught a Workman IN a
Bad Place.
HE WAS SUFFOCATED
Before He Could be Rescued. but Had
Been Under Ground for Some Time
When Noticed.
Special DISPATCH to the Bee:

Special Dispatch to the Bee:
Helena, April 23.-William Tusshen,
we'll known resident, was smother
cred to death in sewer ditch that
he was digging in front of No. 42O
Chestnut street this morning. No
one saw the accident and not until
some minutes later he was discovered.
He was dead when removed. Tusshen
was native of Essen, Prussia. about
So years of age.
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new YORK
RICH man
Donates Large Sum of Money
to St. Peters Hospital.
HIS NAME RESERVED
The $4,000 is Received by Bishop Brew
er's Wife, at Helena, and Will be
Utilized.
Special Dispatch to the Bee:

Helena, April %. - Mrs. l.. R.
Brewer, wife of Bishop Brewer, has
received from Mrs. N. H. Burnham,
of New York, a check for $500 to be
used for the construction of the new
hospital to take place of St. Peters.
partially burned several weeks ago.
Mrs. Burnham is an old friend of the
bishops wife. She writes that the
donor of the money is rich man who
does not care to have his name known.