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The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-25
MONTANA NEWS.

Patrick Meade, a resident of Butte
for the past 16 years, is dead.
William II. Lindsay, one of the prom.
inent mining men of Butte, died re-
Gently.
Arthur Hendricks, a youth who lived
near Victor, committed suicide recently
by swallowing laudanum. He was 10
years of age and had been disappointed
in love.
Little 4-year-old Rosie Bush came to
the front as a genuine heroine Sunday,
when alone she rescued her baby
brother from certain death in their
burning home, says a Bozeman special.
William West has been arrested at
Belgrade on the charge of felonious
assault on a daughter of a rancher for
whom he was working. West is in Jail
and has pleaded not guilty to the
charge.
A large number of deputy sherifs,
who have been employed by the Great
Northern Railway company, at Great
Falls, since the switchmen g strike was
first called on November 30 last, have
been discharged.
In a fire which broke out in the barn
belonging to the o. W. Perry company
at Missoula Sunday four horses were
destroyed and the barn with all it's con
tents was ruined by the flames, the total
loss amounting to more han $4,000. An
overheated stove was the cause.
Alleging that rates fixed by the city
council for water, effective April 1,
are confscatory in nature, the receiver
for the Helena Water Works
has applied to the federal court for an
injunction to prevent the city of Helena
enforcing the ordinance. An order to
show cause why the injunction should
not issue was made by Judge Hunt.
Running wild about six miles down
the mountain at a mile a minute, gath
ering speed with each succeeding mile,
two Great Northern engines and IL
cars, forming an extra freight train.
which started down the long grade from
Mountain junction, crashed into the
rear end of Great Northern passenger
train No. 237 in the yards at Butte Sun
day, almost demolishing the dining car
Chewelah and injuring three members
of the freight crew.
The two days meeting of Missoula
county farmers institute closed Satur-
day after a series of meetings at which
many prominent state agriculturists and
orchardists were heard in addresses on
scientific cultivation of lands. A letter
from Senator Dixon was read at the
concluding meeting advising that the
Lafean apple-box measure is receiving
a lot of unexpected support. The cham.
Der of declared that the con-
ditions of the bill are unjust to west
ern growers and packers, and an espe-
cially vigorous protest is being lodged
against the attempt of eastern barrel
packers fixing the size of the package.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-25

County Assessor ]. s. Jacks has com
pleted the work of checking up total
taxes collected in Nez Perez county
and has turned over to the county treas
urer 1901, 352 and to the treasurer of
the city Of Lewiston $33,357, collected
BY the county for. the city.
With his skull Fractured, Philip ".
HiIlman, q civil wal veteran, lies dying
in q Boise hospital following a quarrel
with a confederate soldier, ]. D. Evans.
The men disputed on the ~advisability
of placing the statue Of General Lee in
the National Hall Of Fame.
Although two weeks have passed
since the opening of the second
semester Of the State Normal school,
students continue to arrive from dis
tant points and Dean Hallowell says
that the enrolment before the semester
is much further advanced will reach
300, as against 1919 last year.
The commissioners of Bonner county
have adopted a resolution whereby an
additional $4,000 was voted from the
current expense fund for the cOnstruc-
ton of the bridge across the KOotenai
river at Boomers Ferry. This makes
10000 that the county has set aside
for expenditure on the construction of
this bridge.
That there will be no radical change
in the method of assessment in the coun-
ties of the state for the coming year,
that a liberal compliance with the law
requiring assessment at full valuation
would place an intolerable burden on
the taxpayers, that public policy de-
mands that this law be held in abey-
ance, that the present system is hope
lessly inadequate and ineffective and
a satisfactory solution can not be
reached until a better system can be
provided and a resolution that the next
legislature create a tax commission to
investigate conditions in other states,
was the result of the recent meeting
of the committee on revenue and taxa
ton.
That horticulturists of southern
Idaho may be on their guard against
the approach Of frosty nights and there
by eliminate the danger of losing their
crops, C. J. Sineel, general manager of
the Independent Telephone company,
that weather forecasts will
be given regularly every day at moor
to all rural subscribers. Farmers have
begun to invest in smudge pots and are
ready for the frosts. AS a further
protection to the or~chardists, arrange
ments have been perfected to run spe-
cial ears over the electric line at any
hour of the night to carry men from
Boise, and by this plan each rancher
can secure Immediately help to save
his crop.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-25
INTERESTING MINING NEW,

Work on the E~speranza proD.,,-
the Elk City district will start Il
days. lev
The gold strike made in the NJ.
Harmon property in the Elk w."
trlet, Idaho, is described as pbenon.
H. H. Mcvety has arrived in sn.t'
from Missoula bearing good nswa
the Big Elk Mining compapv,s q
erty in the st. Joe district of iasbdT "P
Six feet of high grade come,
has been struck in the Coponast y"
in the Newport district, on tbs D.. !
Oreille river of Idaho.
More than So, 200, OOO, 900 won't,
mineral oil has been exported from a.
United States since that prodne, ~
gan to be an article of exportss''
less than a half century ago.
The Tom Thumb mine, located D.,,
Republic, which has been operated q,
the past two months by the New p,
public company under lease, has tran.
ferred the lease to J. S. Mires.
Twelve feet of ore assaying A,
copper and other metals TO the IA,
is reported to have been penetrated h.
diamond drills on the ninth level Of n.
War Eagle mine in the Rosslapd Al.
trict, B. c.
Fifteen first motion engineers have
arrived in Butte from the Black Hin,
and Colorado points to take the places
of the engineers seeding from Weston
Federation of Miners there. Engineers
for first motion engines are difficult 10
secure and the mining companies ara
not anxious to try any but the most
experienced men on the % hoists, which
r valued at 5000, 900 or more apiece
The master mechanics on the Butte
hill r now working with engineers
trying to break them in. -Four aeci.
dents have resulted in placing -four Of
the largest shafts out of commission.
The Amalgamated is now hosting 1000
tons of ore in % hours, where the nor
NAL hoist is $4,000 tons. Forces at The
Anaconda and Great Falls smelters are
curtailed and unless the union differ
ences are settled soon, the smelters will
close and all the mines there will Be
idle. There are 5000 miners out Of
work and about 1000 smeltermeu and
other crafts. The loss in wages is est
mated at more than $4,000 a day. Fed
GRAFTON officials insist that if any min
ing is done in this camp it will be By
workers all of whom are under the fed
Grafton jurisdiction.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-25
JUDGE LAWLoR
INSISTS ON TRIAL
Denies Motion to Dismiss Cases
Against the L~awbreakers in
San Francisco.

The conduct Of the br~lbery-graft
cases in San Francisco brought about
another clash recently between Supe-
rior Judge Lawlor, who insists that the
trials proceed, and District Attorney
Charles Fickert, who has repeatedly
attempted to secure the dismissal of the
cases pending in Judge Lawlor's court.
Fickert moved that the indictments
against Frank Drum, John Martin and
Eugene De Saba, officials Of the gas
company charged with bribing super
visors during the Schmitz-Ruef admin
istration to vote for higher rates, be
dismissed.
Lawlor promptly dismissed the mo-
ton.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-25
IDAHO JoTTINGs.

A well known merchant of Terrell
and resident of the st. Joe country for
about rs years, j. NJ. Vanduyn, died
during a recent operation.
A new canning company, to be known
as the Sprague Sanitary Preserving
company, capitalized at $4,000. of
which $4,000 represents preferred
stock, carrying a guarantee of 8 per
cent interest, has been formed in Lew
iston.
Tony Shadenski has been arrested at
Twin Falls on suspicion of being the
who robbed the postofice at Di-
vide, Mont, recently. He had a large
quantity of postage stamps in his pos
session which he could not satisfactorily
account for.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-25
streetcar Panic Is Fatal.

FL Paso, Texas, Feb. 21.-Two persons
are dead, n perhaps fatally, and sew
eral slightly injured, as a result of a
accident Sunday night, caused
by the blowing out of the fuse. Flames
filed the car and the people became
panic stricken, a number jumping from
the swiftly moving car. The dead: A.
q. Smith, 80 years old, neck broken;
Miss Maggie Riley, Canada, neck
broken.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-25
news OF The WORLD.
SHORT ITEMS FROM MOST ANY
PLACE ON THE GLOBE.
A Review Of Happenings in Both East
ern and Western Hemisphere During
the Past Week-National, Historical
Political and Personal Events Told In
Short Paragraphs.

We live too high, says Andrew Car
negie.
Japan will build no more warship:
abroad.
Neil Burgess, the actor, died Satur
day in New York.
Investigations are to be made by
Japan into their alleged army scandals.
At Chicago Saturday the price of hogs
jumped to $3.50, making a new high
record.
New York city is now building the
first monorail railway in the United
States.
Lyle Commerce of Louisville, KY,
committed suicide in Portland by TAX
ing carbolic acid
DIR. F. E. Clark, father Of Christian
Endeavor, has just finished a tour of
the Pacific coast states.
John C. Barclay, assistant general
manager of the Western Union Tele-
graph company, has resigned.
At Tangier, Morocco, the authorities
announce that The semi-oficial report of
the death of Raisuli, the bandit, was
erroneous.
The platform men of the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit company are on a strike,
following the dismissal of several union
employees.
At Kansas City, Mo-, William Jack
son, 3s years old, a negro %janitor, re-
Gently confessed tn assaulting five
young white girls.
The Rev. Father CipTian Banshield,
provincial of the Roman Catholic order
of st. Francis, died at Ashland, Wis,
recently Of paralysis.
King George of Greece has signed a
decree recalling all Greek diplomatic
representatives in foreign ports, with
the exception of Constsntinople and
Washington.
At Birmingham, Ala, Geo. Stephens
recently shot and killed his three
motherless children, fatally wounded
their colored nurse and then commit
ted suicide.
With over 200 men of the marine
corps and a number Of naval officers on
board, the United States transport,
Crook sailed for Manila Saturday from
San Francisco.
C. A. Hunt of Portland, formerly of
The Dalles, Ore, has been indicted by
the grand jury of Wasco county on the
charge of embezzling funds of the Odd
Fellows lodge at The Dalles.
The body of John +. johnson, former
president Of the State National bank
of L~Ogansport, Ind, was found float
ing in the Wabash river Saturday. 1t
is presumed he committed suicide.
Cal. Perry, city marshal of Blanchard,
Okla, was shot and seriously wounded
recently in a battle with seven robbers
who hal blown up the vault of the
towns bank. The robbers escaped on
handcars.
All of Germany heartily a%pplauds the
action of the kaiser in sanctioning the
betrothal of his cousin, Prince Freder-
ick William of Prussia, to Princess
Agatha of Ratibor-H oheniehe, grand
niece of the second imperial chancellor.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-25
BOLD THUGS GET $500.
Payday swag in Cash and Checks Fades
With Two B. G. Robbers.

Fernie, B. g., Feb. 22.-Believing
themselves the victims of practical
jokers, this thought being driven from
them by raps with a revolver, J. w.
Quincy of the Trites Wood company
and Thomas H. Baird, head grocery
clerk for the firm at the Coal Creek
store, were held up by two masked men
in the shadow of the little city Jail and
robbed of $500 in cash and checks.
The robbers made a clean getaway.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-25
TnlMAN
IN BAD su.
Even If He Receivers II.
Partial Loss Of HI, nav

SEEELn
Benjamin R. Tillman. ss,i
from South Carolina, is a,i. ssaata
at the national capital. ''''i'aly b
The senator's right side
wholly paralyzed and apba,;a alnas
Veloped as a result of a cerehr., las d
image on the left side of the Ia A'ne
has nearly lost the power 90 ran. "a
ton, which is regarded as tbo sitsas
rlous symptom. He NAV rooo most y
the paralysis, but it is sai5 ,ef ffss
ably never will regain comnI... pNb
his speech. This is Senate ne, use II
second stroke of paralysis, T1pinaai
occurred nearly two years - lNa
he suffered a nervous b~reak5 ~, Sia
Favorable indications sbowo%
selves Monday in the condit;oa lle1
ator Tlllman. The initial Sea
which caused partial loss of sno sIpI'a'
abated and improvement bos nave
meneed, according to a bprlatin sOa
late during the day. ISSUED
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-25
STILL HEADS APPLE SHOW.
Howard Elliott Accepts Presidency for
Another Year.

Howard Elliott, president of the
Northern Pacific Railway company, has
agreed to continue as president of the
National Apple show of Spokane for
1910. He was the unanimous choice of
the board of trustees of the show, which
sent a committee to st. Paul to take
matter up with him. Mr.. Rice re-
mains as secretary and treasurer.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-25
LBoPoLD's HEIRS IN oUANDARY.
Mystery Surrounds Disappearance of
Monarch's Wealth.

Brussels.-The deeper the heirs of
King Leopold dig into the affairs of
the deceased monarch, the more per-
picking becomes the mystery of his for
tune, and the heirs are asking them
selves what became Of Leopold's money
which, was disposed of before he made
his will. 1t is known beyond any ques-
ton of doubt that some disposition was
made of a huge bulk of his wealth when
he realized that the shadow of death
was upon him, and the question is as to
just what he did with it.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-25
zelaya Blames U. s.

Former President Zelaya o. he's
agu from Spain thas Via =
writing a book on the subJeeI "a nroy,
ragua in which, he said, ne "9 uo 10 The
that the revolution there IS uu' limited
unwarranted Intervention Of the i g.@
States, which "encouraged ln' and for
tented element of the countI! 10 rs7e
nisbed material aid whereby INC
lutionists gained ground. ~msri,sp'
He declared that the ,atad bs
Groce and Cannon were eAs' .srryirg
cause they had been founG hIoTipg
explosives destined for use
up Niearaguan transports
- of Dis -
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-25
BODIES Removed From Mine

Cherry, nl.-FOur more Oou,s satur
taken out of the st. Paul mine sa5s
day. This makes a total OF 10 v,gsn.
recovered since the disaster Oh S,5is,
Der 3. It is estimated that 10
are yet to be found.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-25
THEATER FIRE RoUTs GUESTS
Pittsburg Hotels in Danger-Loss About
500, 900.

P%ittsburg, Feb. 22.-Two hundred
guests at two downtown hotels, Newell
and Antlers, were routed from their
beds early Monday morning by a fire
sweeping from the basement to the roof
of the six-story building of the Family
theater, between the two hotels on Fifth
avenue. Loss, $4,000.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-25
acVeagh Not 10 Retire.

Washington.-At the treasury depart.
ment the positive statement was made
Saturday that there was no basis for
the report that Secretary MaeVeagh
was contemplating retiring from office
because Of i'll health.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-25
GEN. MAUs SETTLES DISPUTE.
Re-Assignmept Of Col. Abercrombie
Is Announced.

Lieut.-C Col W. H. Abercrombie has
been relieved of command at Fort
George Wright, Spokane, and ordered
to regimental headquarters at Fort Law
ton, Wash.
This action is taken on recommenda
tion submitted to the secretary of war
by General Maus, commanding the De.
partment of the Columbia, and leaves
Maj. NJ. T. Particle in command at
Fort Wright. Abercrombie's transfer
and relief from command, it is under
stood, puts an end to his suspension.
recently ordered by General Maus.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-25
IN ALASKA COAL LANDS AC-
CORDING TO TESTIMONY.
Syndicate Only Expected to Realize
$500, 900, 0oo-Its Manager Give Test-
mony-Appears to Help CLAWS and
Benttle Secretary Ballinger-Coal
Lands Proved Very Valuable.

Mineable coal in their neighborhood,
5OO,OOO,O 900 tons
Value of the tonnage, 100000 900.
Cost of getting it out of tie ground,
500, % {, 900.
Net profit to the explOiters, 100000,
900.
Washington, Feb. 21.-Two hundred
million dollars of profit in clean, cold
cash is only one feature of the colossal
game of exploitation of Alaska placed
by the Guggenheim-M Morgan syndicates,
according to testimony in the CLAWS
Ballinger administration investigation.
The audience before the committee
on territories of the senate Saturday
was fairly stunned when General Man
.ager Birch of this syndicate revealed
the figures of values at stake in this
famous controversy.
At an earlier stage of the Cunning
ham-Ballinger affair it was vigorously
by Ballinger's friends that the
coal lands were of any extraordinary
value.
In order, ostensibly, to clear their
skirts of innuendo and allegations of
improper connection with the exploita-
ation of the richest domain in the
United States, Morgan and Guggen-
helm came out into the open and so
far, instead of helping Ballinger, they
have helped only themselves and CLAWS.
For the mere sum of $25O;OOO Nor
and Guggenheim were, apparently,
putting themselves in line with the as
sistanee of Cunningham for the ulti-
mate clean up of 5000, 900, 900.
One of the strangest of all the con-
siderations is that experts like Cum
ningham did not know that they were
e~ndeavoring to get lands which would
make Morgan and Guggenheim i'm
mensely richer and that they were to
sell for a bagteller' s rights what would
make them as rich as Monte Cristo.
A statement as startling as Birch s
mountainous pile of figures was that
the syndicate used no influence with
congress or anyone else to get posses
sion of the richest domain in the world.
The plan pursued by the Morgan.
Guggenhim ~altruistic combine was ac-
eording to the testimony, simply to get
A, B, &, ID and all the other little mem
bers Of the alphabet to buy up and
patent parcels Of the immense whole
and when they had done so to turn it
all over to Y. Y. z.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-25
Politicians Amazed.

The CLAWS allinger inquiry is in
full blast now, both before the special
investigating committee and the com
pittee on territories of the senate.
Meanwhile, politicians are wonder
ing, not to say amazed, at the volun-
tary act of Morgan, Guggenheim and
company in coming to Washington and,
to all appearances, helping out l.. r.
CLAWS, who has accused seriously a
member of President Taft's cabinet.
Out of a maze of testimony submit
ted to the senate committee on terri
tories by Birch these facts stood out
prominently.
That the syndicate had purchased a
competing railroad built by Post
Brothers of London, and that through
its own line from Cordova bay to the
coal and copper fields, it absolutely
dominated the situation and could con-
troll those two great products as it
willed.
That in addition to holding an on.
ton on the Cunningham group of coal
lands, the syndicate had accumulated
a half interest for $25O,OOO which con.
tanned coal that would yield a profit
of $4,000, 900; that the entire Behrinp
river coal field contained 500. 900. 900
tons of coal worth in gross 5000, OOO,-
600, which would net its exploiters.
after paying all expenses Of mining and
carrying to the market, $500, 900 900.
Immense Profit.
That the syndicate had paid SO, OOO,.
600 on the copper properties it now
had, while only a very slight develop
ment of the account brought to view
copper ore estimated to be worth
Sc, zoo, 900.
That naming it's vital interest in this
coal product estimated to be contained
IN the Cunningham group, the syndi-
cate, according to Birch, had taken no
steps toward securing a patent from
the government, and Indignant de.
NAL" was made of the charge that the
syndicate maintained a lobby in Wash
lngton to further its interests.
These facts were brought ont as a
result of careful questioning, in which
Senator Beverage, chairman of the
committee, had IN active part.
The expose that the syndicate IS
copper mining company had obtained
copper lands through private indi.
yiduals locating the claims, making
their entries and then turning their
interests over to the company as soon
as the patents were issued, gave the
committee a clearer insight than i'll
previously had as to the methods by
which syndieates, created for the pur.
pose of obtaining the public domain and
valuable mining lands, have been able
to make a monopoly of what under
the law is supposed to give every en-
terprising man an equal opportunity to
and develop the riches that
nature has concealed.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-25

MANY a man is proud OF h''
because it is past.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-05
TIE JORNSOE-pINES DOR5Y
CASE.

Should Governor Swanson take no
further sc,ion 10 the matter, Calvin
johnson, Richard Pines aud Eugene
Dorsey, convicted of completely In The
murder of Walter F. SCHULTZ on the
night OF Saturday, March 6, 1909, will
be eleclructed nine days hence, they
having been ,espited until Friday, Jan.
nary IA !,
The trial of Henry Smith, Indicted
With the trio tor completely in :be muir.
der, WILL be srrsigned in the Corpora
tion Court tomorrow. The s'a!e Will be
Represented by Commonwealths Attof'
new S G. Brent aud Messra., +. Z.
RUSSELL and r. D. Btumbsck have pee
appointed By the court to oe'eno Tue
accused. A jury from OharlottesVi'ie
will be iupannled to try The case. a
yeuire of thirty-6ve citizens OF that
place Che names OF whom were pno'
Ished 10 yesterdays Gazstte) have been
summoned, and it Is believed no tronele
will be experienced In procuring the
jlry.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-05
FREE KINDERGARTEN.

The monty meeting OF the directors
of the Alexandra Free kindergarten
Association wss held yesterday after
noon. The following contributions
we're received: Mrs. John Burke So, and
81 from eaca OF the following named:
Miss Fanny Burke, Miss Mary Taylor,
M.s. Service, Mrs. 3. F. Knox, Mr..
an 1 Mrs. Carroll Pierce, Mr.. ADD Mrs.
r. NJ. Green, Mira. Laurence Stabler
and Mrs. Edward Stsbler. Tbs board
of directors desire to correct q prevail
ang impression that the Free Kinder.
garten is self.supportlug, now that II
ia In the public school building, and
is not required to pay room rent.
The expense OF maintaining the kinder.
garten, however, is practically as great
as evey, owing to increased efforts Ia
othsr directions to establish the high
standard which Ia desired. In consid.
Grafton of this fact, 1t asks for continued
help fcom the old subscribers and q
newly awakened interest from those who
have no. yet become members OF the
ass CT tion. The subscription Is only
81 G wear.