Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-27
THE KELLOGG !
MURDER C::JE
DAMAGING EVIDENCE IN COURT
DEATH OF COL. BLANCHARD
WELL KNOWN CITIZEN OF MON
TANA PASSES AWAY-sTI-
VERS LOSES APPEAL.
DEATH OF COL. BLANCHARD

Special Correspondence Inter Mountain
DR.. Edwin S. Kellogg on the charge Of
the murder of Adeline Bromley by per-
forming a criminal operati ton, continued
today.
Coroner Ben c. Brooke told about the
inquest, at which Kellogg declined to
testify, and gave technical evidence to
the effect that the autopsy showed the
death due to the operation. DR.. Ru-
dolph Horsky testified that the blood
poisoning, which was the direct cause
of death. might have been due to other
causes than a criminal operation. Emil
Starr. analytical chemist, also gave eX-
pert evidence.
Hiram S. Blanchard. bookseller and
stationer, died at 952 p. IN. yesterday of
typhoid nervosa. after an illness of
twelve days. He was born in Essex
county, New York, in 1S45, son of Il
Methodist preacher. and grandson of a
revolutionary soldier.
At the age of II he was authorized
by Gov. Seymour to recruit a company
of soldiers in the Heidelberg mountains.
which was a hotbed of disloyalty. and
was mobbed and drugged by his enemies.
-
was too young. enlistment as private
because too short, and admission to
West Point because of being too old. He
engaged in the wholesale stationery
business in New York and retired with
fortune. He became manager in New
York for the Pennsylvania Life Insur-
ance company in 1873. He came to Mon
tana in 1885 and bought ranch of 4 900
the Clearwater val1ay naay,
Lodge county. He came to Helena in
1895 and opened a stationery store. He
wrote the history Of Montana down to
the vigilant period and became curator
of the State Historical library. He was
appointed colonel and must elng officer
| by Gov. Richards in 1924, made quarter
master in 1896. and in 1898 volunteered
Tor the Spanish war. He married Lib
ple Burfee in New York in 1872 and
leaves one son, Clifford, who manages the
ranch. lie was superintendent of the
Methodist Sunday school in Helena.
1he appeal of Rufus NJ. Stvers, OF
| New York, from the order of Judge
Leslie. Cascade county, granting a new
trial of the suit of James Donovan. now
attorney general against r. A. Ammon
and II. M. Stivers, was dismissed by the
| supreme court today. Donovan brought
suit for 81 $50 attorney fees in connec-
| ton with the Gilt Edge mining deal
lnade in 1894. but Stivers denied he ha +,
ever been engaged as his lawyer or rem
! dered any service, saying he never knew
| Donovan except from meeting him cas-
ually on the stage going from Great
! rails to Lewiston. The court gave :,
! judgment for Stivers, but afterwards
| Donovan obtained an affidavit of John
! A. I-argent that Stivers had admitted
| Donovan was his lawyer and on the
| strength of this newly discovered evi~
dtnce, obtained an order granting "a new
! trial.
From this order Stivers took an ap-
peal which is now dismissed.
The Butte Hardware company TODAY
! fled certificate of extension of it's cor
! porate existence for twenty years fro II
! March s, 1901
The Hope Mining company of 81.
Louis today its half yearly statement
with the secretary of state. 1t has ona
million dollars capital, all paid in prop
erty. Assets are SO mining claims, on.
! tunnel claim, nine mill sites, the value
| of which it states is unknown, but 70,
the purpose of complying With the law
it gives assessed valuation. which is
| $25, 1S0. Has no debts except mon In y
| expenses for mining and milling, not
/ exceeding S. COO