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ANACONDA, MONTANA, SUNDAY MORNING, DUO3MB R 99, 189&

The year in i Montana.JANUARY.

1-.&t Bate. 3. C. J. Blume stabbedby Jamey 3~lsr.ll

3-New Billings Willam A. Dusseyshot and killed by H. J. Raymond.

4.-At Ptillpsburg George TirrellshoOtsand kills John Ryan.

7-Organieation of the legisature; atButte Richard Stevens killed in theWest Voluse mine.

5-Governor Richards reads his sees-sage ic the legislature; at HelenaCharles Westbeshoots and fatal-ly injures lids Freburg.

0--ILae Mantle nominated for shortterm senator, receiving 37 votes;John E. Richards 16; B. 7. White S.

il-'1om Carter nominated for longterm senator, receiving on the finalballot 30 votes; Power 13; SandersU; Weed 4; Hartmnan 2.

13F-At Helena annual meeting of theSociety of Civil Engineers.

14-The A. P. A. issues a manifestoagainst the election of Carter.

15-4Butte's terrible powder explosion;Mantls and Carter formally electedUnited States senators by thie legis-lature.

17-Large fire at Glasgow.15-At Helena Thomas H. Coltsr com-

mits suicide.31-Inquest In the case of the Butte ex-

plosion begun.26-The codes pass the house of repre-

metatlves; earthquake shocks feltin various parts of the stats.

Us-Judge MeHatton decides that Will-iam T. Boardman is disqualified forthe offce of county auditor; atButte Emma Beakey attempts sui-cide; large fire at Belt.

35--At Deer Lodge, Judge Brantly inthe Stackpole-Haiishan contest de-cides there was no election.

30-The codes passed by the senate.

FEBRUARY.

2 -William Morrow of Basin. founddead in the streets of Butte.

4-Death of Robert Camp of Hamil-ton.

7-Attorney 0. .7. Blodgett of Butte.charged with fraud.

3--Death of Supt. John Dorsey atGlendive.

15--Members of the legislature visit theprison at Billings.

11-Arrest of L. B. Smith. claim agentof the Great Northern.

14-The senate refuses to confirm Porn-eroy. nominated by the governorfor judge of the Eleventh judicialdistrict.

11-August Shafer dies in a blizzard inFergus county.

15--Wilfred Jevons commits suicide atRed Lodge.

20-Henry Dixon of Ovando commitssuicide at Drummond. At ButtePoliceman Dwyer kills Owen Walshwhom he was trying to arrestJohn S. Bartley found murdered itDawson county.

24-The anti-gambling bill passes thehouse and goes to the governor.

21-The woman's suffrage bill kilied hithe senate. An unknown man killedin a wreck at Missoula.

MARCH.

1-Bale of the Revenue mine in Madi-son county.

2-The Carbon and Sweet Gras. coun-ty bills and the barber.' Sundayclosing bill pass the senate and goto the governor.

4-Broadwater county bill defeated.5-Death of Andrew McKay of Ana-

conda at Hot Springs..7-Adjournment of the legislature.8-Governor Riekards reappoints G.

W. Pomeroy judge of the Eleventhjudicial district. Adeline Fretwellcommits suicide in Missoula.

11-Death of George E. Tyrrel in a cellat Philipsburg. Fourth annualconvention of the Sunday schools ofSilver Bow.

18--Philip H. Swan commits suicid, intielena. Eugene V. Debe visitsButte.

14-Homer Hamilton shot by CharlesBrown at Anaconda.. E. D. Snell-ing kilus Charles D. McCullough atStevensville.

16-Judge Dixon arrives home fromHonolulu.

18-Harry Brett convicted in Helena.Bozeman organizes a "Citizens'League of One Hundred."

26-Mrs. Hattie Frost gets a verdict of$15,000 against the Utah North-ern. State board of charities meetsin Butts.

22-The governor vetoes the Paschalinsurance bilL

23 -Joe Cole kills Dave Humphrey inGallatin county.

24-John McDonald shoots Thomas Do-ran at Billings. John Stewart poi-sonesd at Heron.

27-Eugene Stanley shoots and kills IdaWoods in a Helena police court.The Davis wil case compromised.George B. Seifred acquitted atGreat Falls.

38-Death of H. P. Rolfe at Great Falls.APRfl~

1-W. L. Steele elected mwor of Ksl-ena.

1-EdwIn 3. Foley killed by a passen-

Nevins killed by ia rock failing nonhim near Anaconda; A. J. Wernerelected to succed Fire Chief Cam-eron of Butte.

4-Explosion damage suit. filedagainst the Kenyon-Connell com-pany aggregating $140,000.

7-Judge Knowles seriously injured byfailing down an elevator in Helena.

$-John Harvey elected mayor of Liv-Ingston; Griggs of Bozeman; Dr. J.M. Fox of Red Lodge; W. C. Whippsof Kalispell; W. K. Thornton ofAnaconda; William Thompson ofButte; J. K. Keith of Missoula; C.M. Webster of Great Falls.

2-News reaches Mont~ana of the dis-appearance of Blanche Lamont; en-campmnent of the 0. A. R. in Butte.

iS--John Reid and eight horses cre-mrated in a burning stable at Kalis-pell; Pugh's trial begins at Bould-er; John McNally elected mayor ofHavre.

14--Cley Pugh found guilty of the mur-der of Chauncey West; the deadbody of L. B. Hawklis found in ashed in Anaconda

15-The supreme court decides the DeerLodge county treasurership contestin favor of Hallahan; meeting ofthe Montana Wool Growers' ass-elation at Miles City; the StateMedica~l association is in session inAnaconda.

26--Andrew Ehrick. murderer of Mich-

aoel G~lrore, seaitaemed to ae yearby a Butte jur'y.

2$--Pel Davis of Butte 414es in New

2U-The does of St. George and P. 0. 3.of A. celebrate 'in Butte..

24-John Walsh tasnmilis suicide 1nButte; Robert Ruffingel killed by ablast in a Belt mine.

25-43ie of the Spotted Horse meine.26-The anniversary of Odd Fellowsebp

celebrated.29--Mrs. R. J. Tou*kin burned to death

in Butte.MAY.

2--Charles Glffi on tbe Big Hole acci-denrly shoots himself with fatal re-sult..

6-Mrs. Dell Hershfield's sult for dam-age, against her husband compro-mised In Helena; Simon Jacobscommits suicide In Butte; T. A.Wail accidently killed at Kibbey.

7-Meeting of the. Charistian EndeavorsIn Missoula.

S--The dead body of Eugene Sullivan.a miner, found In a Butte shaft.

10--5. C. Ashby indicted at Heiena onthe charge of enrbessiement; meet-ing of Butte Good Templars In An-aconda.

11-Black Pine miners mob the Philipe-burg Jail and release McCloskey.

12-A. D. McDonald and Jacomo Mom-retto crushed to death in the Rarusmine, Butte.

14-Death of Charles Simmons in theGagnon mine. Butte; Joseph Haka-ti killed In a Belt mine.

17-The annual shooting tournament ofthe Montana State Sportsmen atButte.

18-John Barry killed by a blast in theAnaconda mine.

21-Warner and Sibley address a Butteaudience; grand lodge K. of P. meetIn Its eleventh annual session InButte.

25-Two prisoners break out of theGlasgow JaiL

27-Thomas Wall killed In the NeverSweat mine at Butte; Mike Sulli-van dies from the effects of Con-stable Reid's bullet In Butte; or-ganization of the Butte Wheelmen'sassociation; Toem Murray kills Rob-ert Robinson at Sand Coulee.

28-H1. L. Frank's postoffice site accept-ed by the department.

30-The body of an unknown man foundnear Columbus; Memorial day gen-erally observed; the Buttes defeatSalt Lake on the gridiron.

31-H. V. Wagner's dead body foundnear Big Timber.

JUNE.3-Dr. 0. J. Craig elected president of

the state university.5-The dead body of an unknown manafound near Livingston.S-Charles Countryman pardoned bya the fcovernoa. cmiso nss

se-sion.9-Pete West and Albert Patburg

,killed in a mine at Biasin; Bob An-tderson killed by a 'Montana Uniontrain near Miles' ranch; the coloredpugilist Johnson murdered by Big-gerstaff at Helena.

10-Frank Hall of Livingston dropsdead.

-11-An attempt to rob the Silver BowNational bank by a lone highway-man in Butte; B3. F. Fitch dropsdead in Bozeman; annual meetingof the state P. 0. 8. of A. in Butte;republicans of Butte elect delegatesto the Ohio convention; John Jack-scn drowned In the Missouri nearCraig.

12-Pat Carring scalded to death on aGreat Northern engine near Basin;ex-Governor Waite of Colorada ar-riven in Butte.

113-Miners' union day observed, andand the Witter monument unveiledin Butte; Engineer Hawkins killedaon the Coeur d'Alene branch.

15--Joe Cadotte murders Oliver Grand-champs near Benton.

17-H. V. Crowe sentenced to 20 yearsfor killing James Morgan at GreattFails.

21-The Anaconda shooting turnamentabegins; a raid on a bogus Chinesecertificate joint In Butte; littleJohnny Hyde killed by a train nearMissoula.

24-Anaconda votes bonds for a newcity hall; the State Press associa-tion meets at Billings.

29-Beginning of the spring meetingat the race track In Anaconda.

JU'LY.

1-Gambling houses close down InMontana under the new law; ClayPugh executed at Boulder for themurder of Chauncey West.

2--Captain Shepherd issues a Fourthof July proclamation.

4-Tim Moynihan killed by the cars atStuart; Butte defeats Omaha foot-ball team. $ to 0.

6-E. If. Talbot Instantly killed at thepower house. Anaconda; JudgeHose Kirkpatrick die. at SaltLake.

8-Josie O'Neill burned to death atButte.

10-Perry Blaine of Butte dies.13-B. Shelby Jone. of Butte arrested

for forgery; Frank Dunton andJohn Canrlu burned to death nearDeer Lodge; Mrs. Romie GardnerTurner of Kalispell commits sui-cide at St. Paul.

15-Mr.. F. S. Blinn of Bonita takespoison with suicidal intent anddies; John L. Whitehill was founddead In the Algonquin office. Has-mark.

1s-Andrew Wines fatally Injured bya cave-in at Butte.

25 -Brakeman Norman Young almostmurdered by hoboes near Livings-ton; Callahan .the Butte bum, goesto work.

21-Joe Pollock of Anaconda founddead.

22-Wa*. r selling for 10 cents a bucketin Butte.

ii-George Cavette shoots his youngwife and commits suicide at Hel-enia.

24-Mark Luddo in Butte looking forhis wife.

25-Funeral of R. 0. Hickman at Hel-ena; Sister Mary Benedict expiressuddenly at St. Ann's hospital. An-aconda.

26--Th' Helena people alarmed over theproposed Great Northern-Northern}'aeiti (Lineulidation; Floyd Heav-en.-r of 1liena puts a bullet in hiseye and dies; George McLain cut an:waan by the cars at Garrison; 0. J.

Blodgett of Butte arreeted forbbdkmeaiL

27-Long dietance telephonse sompletedbetween Great Falls. Mimsoule, An-aconda, Helena and other Mon-tana towns,

U0-The Cokedale coal and coke plantdestroyed by fire; the Helena Na-

tinlbnk sues its former presi-dent. S. C. Ashby, for $1116.000.

AUGUST.1-H. II. Foetner, emnploye 0. N. B. R.

Butte disappears with $1,000.2-H. Hamilton Walker overcome by

smoke in a Basin mine.4-Dan Gleason drops dead in his es-

icon at Anaconda; 'A. J. Bymee, aWashington murderer, arrestednear Missoula.

5-Ex-City Marshal Jolly of Buttestabs Gambler Byther and an un-known man.

7-Charles Philpot, an escaped Mon-tana convict, found in Oregon.

5-William Colgan killed by thte carsat Greet Fells.

9-First day in camp of the third an-nual encampment of the MontanaNational Guard at Boseman; FrankMcPortland drowned in Lake Mc-Donald.

10-Peter Houok commits suicide at hishome in Deer Lodge valley; Jack-son Davis mysteriously disappearsfrom his Butte home.

11--Senator Teller of Colorado visitsButte.

12-Lanky Dunn deals Victor Helmer adeath blow with a cleaver at Belt:opening day of Anaconda's racingseason.

13-The Katie mine and hoist destroyedby fire at Basin; attempt to blow upthe residence of Martin Buckley atat Basin; Pat (Connolly of Buttearrested for shooting Jim Maddenbut afterwards released; brave Of-ficer Steinhorn turned down by theButte city council.

14-The 4-monsths'-old babe of PrincePaul and wife dies in the Casinotheater, Great Falis; James Cfin-nolly accidentaliy killed by hisbrother near Fort Blenton.

15-Alex Handley deserts his wife InButte.

171--W. IB. Ray arrested in Anacondafor committing murder in Missouri.

It-Jack Flannery loses his job in theButte fire department; HattiePhaw of Butte attempts to end herlife in Blutte, Ed O'Brien killsFrank Bixby near Great Falls.22-Ninth session of the Montana 15.E. conference opened at Helena;City Marshal [~owning of GreatFalls dangerou-ly injured by astreet car.

23-Two boys. Marion and Jacob Over-turf. drown lAbah Bitter Hootriver.

24-Disbarment proceedings institutedagainst Attorney C. L. 'ampie llof Butte.

2:,--Peter Olson crushed to death inthe Montana Central at W\icIes;Miners' union of Butte picnic atAnaconda.

26-The seduction charge- against JohnGalena of Butte dismissed; 1B111Long. a bad men of NorthernMontana, killed by Ira Btrown.

27-State lawn tennis tournamentopener in Butte. Brooks andl Leg-gat of Btutte declared -hampions.

28-John Madden of lP~ghv. 55! t;npconmmits sulcide by hanging him-self; Gjrorge (Danford commits sui-cide in jail at Blutte; Joseph fliedof Butte dies from an overdose oflaudanum.

29-Four -men hold up J. It. Willia~ns'saloon, Anaconda; A. A. Axtell ofG;regsoin commits suictile.

30-C. K. Cunningham. publisher ofMontana Illustrated. leaves GreatFails rather suddenly.

31-Butte postoffce removed to EastB roadway.

SEPTEMBER.1-John Wh~tlng accidentally shot and

killed himself near P'hilipsburg.2-Labor day celebrated in Butte and

other Montana towsns; 1fut,te foot-ball team defeat Portland team atButte. score It to 6.

3-Charles Cornell. a Butte painter.sends a bullet through his brain;prominent Butte business men ar-rested for not destroying revenuestamps; the first convention of th tMontana Equal Suffrage associa-tion adjourns at Helena.

6-Warrants issued for the arrest ofex-Mayer E. 0. Dugan. ex-CityClerk l'errin Irvine and er-Assist-ant City Clerk P. L. Miller. Irvineskirs out; Tom O'Brien, John Mc-Kinley and John Howard arrestedfor holding up James Brady ofButte.

7-W. B3. McCabe of Butte, drops hispick on hearing that hip uncle lefthim $230.000.

S--Joseph Cadotte sentenced to b-ftanged by Judge Du~ose; MissAlice Jackson captures a 600-poundbear near Feeley'.; Miss BessieWelliver of 8appington commitssuicide.

11-J. F. Boylen of Lewistpwn commitssuicide.

12-"Sam Graves gets one year in thepenitentiary for shooting Ed Welch,Anaconda.

13-Oovernor McConnell of Idaho en-tertained at the Irish-Americanclub, Butte. James I elkirk of Ana-conda deliberately sends a bulletthrough his head; Hugh J. Hoppeof Livingston dies at Ran Diego.Cal.; Willia~m Mlund found dead inbed.

14-Edward and Anna Clark foundguilty of murder in Missoula.

13-Iowa's football team loses to Butte,score 12 to 10.

16-Hazel Violet Griffin. 2%-year-oldchild of Butte killed by the cars.

1S-Tom Austin of Anaconda die- fromthe effects of a gunahot wound;little Arthur O'Leary tumbles downa shaft in Butte and is killed; JoeWelt of Sand Coulee assaulta adeaf. dumb and blind child.

1$-Annual exhibit of Montana Horti-cultural society at Stevensville.

20-Morgan Jones kills Joe Huneaultat Camp Creek.

21-William Sutherland. postmaster ofWoodville. peasses away.

23-Archbishop Gross of Oregon visitsButte; Captain Thomas Couchto take charge of the Butte & Bos-ton in addition to the Btoston &Montana Mining company; Free-they and Tallon go in 38 9-32 inchesin rock drilling contest at Butte;

Maisbafi Gives of Great Fallsburned to a crisp.

OCTODER.1-Doseman sends a oommittee to

St. Paul in the Logan matter; JohnWeart killed In the Hope mine;opening~day of the Hamilton fair;opening of the Cascade county fair.

2--Seymour Weaver killed in the St.Lawrence mine.

81I-Death of William Toole at Hamd!-ton; St. Paul beats the All Ameri-cans at Livingston 19 to 3. and 11to 3.

4-The All Americans beat St. Paulat Butte U1 to 7.

5-St. Paul beats the All Americans atButte, 10 to 7.

4-Wool growers meet at Great Fall.;fuenral of Win. Toole; Buute de-feats the All Americans. 14 to 13;Butte football team defeats theOxfords at Anaconda, U8 to 0.

7-The supreme court grants Mother01dlm a new trial; sixth annualconvention of the grand chapter.Royal Arch Masons, at Helena; theAnaconda city council adopts plansfor a new city hail; J. Kier Hardievisits Butte; John Caddick killsJason Cunsford near Avon: JudgeKnowles appoints James H. Millsand E. L. Bonner receivers of theN. P.

4-Judge McHatton issues an order ofdisbarment against C. L. Campbell;W. F. Sanders says that $10.000 ofthe Northern Pacific's money wasused In the senatorisal contest Inthis state.

9-George Burris commits suicide InGreat Falls; John Reid of Butteacquitted of the murder of Michaelllullivan; the Montana street fran-chise peasses the Butte city council;the 8ist grand lodge A. F. and A.M. meets at Helena.

10-"General" Kelly speaks in Butte.11-Treaty with the Assinaboine and

(Iros Ve'ntre Idians signed for cededlands; Dr. Carver shoots in Butte.

12-Governor Rickards notifies sheriffsto permit no prize fighting in Mon-tana; new Presbyterian churchdedicated in Lewiston; Frank C'.Cutts commits suicide at GreatFalls.

14-C. I.. Campbell acquitted of thecharge of forgery; fatal accident ontrcetle No. 31 of the N. P.; the su-preme court holds that the newlaundry law Is constitiutional.

15-The 2ist annual session of thegrand lodge 1. 0. 0. F. meets atBuiptte.

16--The Whaley brothers pardoned.17-The Anaconda Standard enlarg~s

to 12 pages daily: the Buttes defeatthe Nebraskans 16 to 6: James ti-

Kinley cocnvicted of highway r'ch-1*ry In Butte; death of Chard "Anceny at Boseman; WVilliam l;il~y1.a rdonedl.

1B-John Sebastian murders his wilfeat Great Falls; work onl the B.. A.& P. depot begun; John McArthurkilled at Anaconda.

11i-William Iliggorstaff convicted ofnmurde-r in the first degree at I-id-etia: -fr erge W. D art atDillon; A. L. Firpo and W. Ii. Dar-ling attempt to break into Hioge.Daly & Co.'s bank at Anaconda.

21 ---Reuntion of the blue and gray inHut te; the supirene court decides4the anti-gambling law unconstitu-tional; attempt at arson in Mlls-acu Ia.

22-llighw~a)men hold up Hun Loy inBtutte.

23-J. J. Murray convicted of man-slaughter at Great Fails; body ofan unkngwn dead man found nearLivingston; Thomas Sandow killedIn the Mountain Vilew mnine.

21 - IDeath of John Bt. Bogart at Rose-moan.

26--State hoard of mnedical exam4nersmeets in Btutte; in the disbarmentpro'eedlngs against W'illiam Clan-Sy Judlge McHatton re'niers a de-

cisilon favorable to (1anc-y . EugeneStanley cocnvic-ted of murde'r in the'second degree.

27-The O~xfords of Anaconda defeatthe IDeer Lodge team 34 to 0.

26-tDavld Manslield stabls Tom Lynch.30--Eli1. Shet man's ware-house at Butte

burned; Wi'llilam Cox (lies in Hl-ena.

21-Butte Lodge A. 0. t'. W. celebcratesa

NOVEMBER.1-Bob McGowan held up in Butte;

WVilliam Itech's dry goouds store inButte burned.

2-R1umors of a strike on the G;reatNorthern.

3-Church of Chbrist dedicated at Anti-condo.

4-Roy (oodwin arrested at Kalispell;death of Mrs. Mary A. Black atBozeman.

5-Bert Miller thrown from a horsenear Belgrade and killed.

ECireulator But rer of the Standard en-tertains his friends at a banquet.

7-City Marshal Downing dies atGreat Falls; Thomas W. Daly.alias Eugene Stanley commits sui-cide in jail at Helena.

$--David Mayer killed in the Moun-tain Chief mine.

9--State board of fire underwritersmeet In Biutte.

11-Charles Me Gann killed In the Pou-lin mine; the fire in the Muir tun-nel burns itself out; Editor Fauldsfound guilty of contempt of count.but the supreme court orders hisdischarge.

12--Bill Gay convicted of murder in thefirst degree; meeting of the Mon-tana Woolgrowers' association inHelena; John Kelly killed in theHope mine.

13-Th' Reliance team of Californiadefeats the Buttes S to 4; Dan Sullylaunches a new play at Anaconda.

14-Katie Emmett'. car burned at Liv-ingston.

15.-Close of the teachers' institute atMissoula.

14--Pat Strongue murdered in his cabinnear Florence street at the Horrmines.

13-Willisam Robinson cuts his throatat D- .-,r Lodge. industti~al confere--ence at Anaconda

21-Fred Smith commits suicide inButt,-: the Anaconda co~mpany suesthe Blutte & Boston; a verdict forthe defendant rendered i n the suitof L.irgey & Owsley vs. Mantle.

22-Deadwo Od excursionists visitButte: death of the Bloseman "New

23-Denv-er defeats Butte 12 to 6.24-Meeting in Butte in the lrnterest of

the College of Montana..-- Ed Corbin dies in Btutte; the so-

pr.-rne court decdles that Andrew J.Davis is entitled to the stock of th-First National bank.

26--John D. Alipurt dires in Butte; Gov-ernor Rtickarzds writes a letter tothe stantdard expli-ining why h-!

thinks there Is no necessity for anextra session of the legislature.

27-Frank Bell. while resisting atreetin killed by Deputy Sherliff JoeDaly at Elliston; Mary Stewartcommits suicide at Missoula.

28-Thanksgivig day; Butte defeats theSan Francisco Olympics 24 to O.

2$-Switchman Samuel P. Young killedin the N. P. yards at Butte; Leon-ard Forsman and Gus Saundersdrowned at Anaconda.RSIupert Jordan arrested at Kalis-pell for a murder in Kentucky.

DECEMBER.1-Cascade County Woolgro~wers' as-

sociation organised; Butte defeatsthe t)lymplcs 12 to 4; Christian En-deavor society of Livingston prayfor Bob Ingersoll.

2-Tom Lynch dies In Butte.5The work of tunneling under Butte

begun; entertainment at DeerLodge prison in celebration of thecompletion of the new building.

2-t'nion Pacific officials visit Butte;Edward Houghton killed by a cir-cular saw in Anaconda.

7-Billy Fay ordered out of Butte;charge. of fraud made in connec-tion with the failure of M. 0. Cohn;Roy Goodwin acquitted at Kalls-pell.

I-Evangelist Brown begins a revivalin Anaconda; George Brethertontdrops dead in the Mountain Viewchurch. Butte.

$-H. E. Gifford killed on the hill linein Butte; the supreme court sus-tains the judgment of the lowercourt in the case of Joseph Cadotte.

10-Judge McHatton severely criticisesseveral members of a Butte juryfor Ignoring his Insturetion.

1t-Fred (irenier killed by an explo-sion in Neihart; charity ball inButte.

13-Glovernor Rickards remit. the fineof 3_'00 imposed on Joseph Laplantfor killing an elk.

16-The Butte football team starts forthe coast; beginning of the first"explosion case" against the Ken-

yon-C'onnell company; fierce fightin the Casino thearter.

17-1)eath of S. W. Cook at Bosemnan.19---George Mace killed by a circular

saw at htamilton; Governor flick-ards grants G;ay a reprieve untilJanuary 20. death of Judge W. F.Cole In Butute.

20--D~iphtheria raging in the northernpart of the state; -Judge Knowlesholds Surveyor General Neill incontempt of court for refusing top~rodoe certain official papers.

21---Judga 1tlwer decides that the licenselaw is utnconstitutionlal; at SanFrancisco Butte is defeated by theReliance' fuotbjtll team 10 to 4; thejury in tho explosion case re'turtlsa verdict of $.-.no) against the Ken-yon-Conneli ciompany; W. A. Clark& itro. attach the company for =5s.-ott while the jury is out; Officergrant of Butte captures two dar-log highwaymen.

22-Funeral of Judge Cole.26--At San Francisco Btutte defeats the

tlympics 14 to 12.26-Annual meeting of the State

Teacrhers' association at Anaconda..7 -- Joseph Cadotte hanged at Fort

lctcnton.

C;LNT COINS POe'ULAR.

l'ennies hieing Turmed OPut is Langer?lsamb r. Then Ever.

F'rom the Springfleld Republican. IThe 1-cent copper coin of the United It

States is enjoying an increased populardemand. It is a significant fact that the fcoinage of this piece has of very recentyears taken up more of th. time of thePhiladelphia mint than ever before.rThree greasee are now at work there on Icopper cxoinage, turning out 130.0010 cent. adiay. This rate has befu~re been equaled tor exceeded, but It is worthy of remarknow in view of the previous great output I

of the copper coins within the pest dosen1year's. Since the foundation of the mintin 17i3. 1 066,6Ti06:A 1-.caat piecee have rlu-en struck. andl it is estimated thatIsome 7W~MO,t51.00 pieces are now outstand-ing. t

But the great bulk of this coinage hastaken place lately. Fromt 1713 to the be- eginning of the uivti war the coinage ofIIthe cent piece did not average much Ishown~ $2-5,000i worth a year. or 3.3000,006piece.. Just prior to and during the warthe coinage became unusually large, butfeli off during the time of inflated pricesto a marked extent But In 1840 the pen- Iny coinage rose suddenly to an unusuellyhigh figure and has kept there ever since.IWithin the past 15 years almost one-halfof the entire penny coinage of the wholecountry has been executed. Of theamount outstanding of 73.00.0,000 pieces.no less than 619,700.0t pieces have beenstruck in the 15 years. And the publicdemand for the coin appears to be una-hste,t and rather on the fncrease.

The explanation of this Is doubtless tobe fount In the more general practice of

+cash payments in the retail trade. and thegreat fall iii prices which has come aboutin the past 30) years. Not long ago thesmaiiest coin known in the general elrcu-lation west of the Mississippi river wasthe n2"kei 5-cent piece. Only within a fewyears the larger Sgt. Louis papers werecharging 5 cents a copy for thsir issues.

when 3 cents. 2 cents and even 1 oentwere the prevalinig rates further east.Now papers coeting only the fraction ofa ni kel are the rule rather than the ex-ception in the West. The growth of thecountry and the competition in busheaswould of themselves finally bring thecent Into active use there: but the down-waird course of pricee has operated allover the country to make it a much moreactive coin than ever before. Odd priceeare now frequent even where purchase.are for round amounts or considerablesums. Penny bargain counters in smea ofthe big department stores have latelybeen Introduced. A 2-cent street car fareI.i not unknown, and iso doubt it is tobecome better known.

in tact, so closely is tie trade of thecountry calculating its prices that a de-mand may not be far off for' the reintro-ducticon of the half-cent piece. Tractionalparts of a rent are now very common ineven retatil quotations. England finds use

Sfor sucu a coin to the bronze farthing.France In the sou. which is. hoareer,more ti-arly the value of a cent than aha~f cent. Our own coinage laws haveauthorised thie coina~ge of a half-centpiece. and from 1733 to 1311 a large num-Ib'er of these p~e~e were stru..k. At twoother periods before the war there wassome coinag" of this coini. but in 1957 itwas discuntinuled anal has not since beesrevived. 'The 2 -cent piece was dropped in

18373 and the 3-cent piece in 1166.The growling importance of the penny.

or more prtperly the cent, has as an im-poreta t iuenrtin on the economy of thele,s,.e. I. dives to the nli'kel. the Mlineand a1 p:. ces eaof money a higher '.aluein the eye of the possessor than tey hadbeelore. and teaches care in all espendl-

turn. Nto one now seed. to red esisnmto wait in the store for the change to bebrought back amounting fin osly 1 coat.That penny bas come. to possess an Is-portent purchasing power. greater thamIt ever had before. And to lai the wayof being advanced to second place abovethe lowest In the divisions of the maes-tary eiroulatloa.

FRISKY LITTLE SQUIRRELS.

ame Veese beat the Waei el These In-habitante .. f the Verses.

Prom the Phfladelp~sa TlmeHavev you ever watched the aetlee of

the ground squirrels in summer? Thenmem the learned peop). give them in thebooks is almost as hard as the ants thefrisky little fellows gather 'w for theiwinter food. Imagine yourself saying ev-ery time you see one of these little tel-lewes darting along the fence or the limbef a tree. "There gems a tamaisa esrittus

-of the order sciuridee." The last namecomes from the Greek able, a shade, andoura. a tail, which describes pretty wellthe way In which a squirrel cerriee himtaU shading his head. Dtst the Indianname, chipmunk. seems to suit him mushhooter. His front teeth are well adaptedto the bard work before them in the win-ter-'that is. to get the contents of thenut out in good shape. These two teethseem to be msovable and to work as If ona pivot. They go around the nsmide of awalnut or a hickory out and serv thepurpose of a nut plcber as well as a nutcracker.

If you examine a walnut that a sqeirmihas dropped you will find that beth thefialt sidee have been pierced as thoughbored through with a gimlet and that ev-ery particle of the kernel has heen re-moved from the shell by these Seul~e M-tIe teeth. They come by twos and throee.them oomioal little providers. from theirhome in a great old oak just acrW~ theread from the end of your lawn, and youmay trace their route from one iree toanother by the rebounding of the branob-es when relieved of the light weight asthe squirrels jump and frolic along. Ifyou do not put your walnuts and hickorynuts carefully away in the tall tisee lit-le thieves will find them out and moos re-

duce your store. They carry them oftwhile drying In the sun, and even beforethey are hulled. A young girl in southernMaryiand had the power of taming theselittle fellows with a few crumbs of brewd.or grains of corn and wheat. She coulddraw them around her and catch any twoor three ot them that she tencied. carrythem in her pockets or her apron for halta day, and when set tree they wouldecamper off as wild as ever. Visitors inthe park at Rlichmond remember thetame) squirrels that, If treated to a fewpeanuts or cake crumb,, will follow youfor how's a~round the grounds and seemto know you if you go hack again in thecouree of a day or two. They are thegray and black squirrels, with thickertails than the chipmunks, but are just asknowing and as cunning as those thatwear striper/ coats and smaller brushes.

REFORM IN ENGLISH COINS.

Mher La hsereh Wastst Sl ake ThemSieve t mesiest.aS

From the London Truth.A fortnight ago I wrged the erakedhev

of at onc'e declmaliaing our coetage. andI suggested that the unit of reckoningshould be the shilling. ince then everypost has brought me lestsas e the sub-ject. most of my correspondents preferthe pound. as usual, end they would di-vid. It into 10 flog-Ins, each Gorto beIng dl-vided into 100 cents. My reamsn for pre-ferring the shilling is this:

I aeosre htwe oaytry an alteration in the coliige Min bessmade whildt raeses the value of the sentin genere.l use almost iziveriably theree Man equivalent rise in prices. The latter mathe retail trade are a great deal more de-pendent upon the coistage than Is genesr-ally supposed. The hillinug should be di-vided ntru US parts; this change Inthvalue of the pennsy eanast well be hsewed. buti If the cent coinage were the ma'ehundredth part of a sorts all small arti-dels would cost more than If It wane *heone-hundredth part ofa tltlltog.

As elnat this it is urged that the peltought to remain the malt of value. I Sta.no reason why It should. We meet jistas easily calculate n shilllings, whlSwould be the nearest equdvelent Is thefranc of the Latta n son. Were this asthe pound In ordinary pertance wouldstill be the unit of valie, Nus as te Na-poleon, or 35-franc plee N .1 the Latinunion.

My eke would be ID reduce the value ofthe seat as much as possible, er, in otherwords, to put in circulatIon seine of thesmallest possible value. Thle shiling, asI have said, must be divided Int US1-castcoins, but, as In Prestos, the 5-seat coin.w'hich to there called a ecn. or halfpeamy.would take the place of our present pms-ales, and this would agetla be dvteed lateone-osatime cmmne which would be lISSlemore than half the present tarthiat.

HIS NOSE His EXCUSE.

mnpresaeatiWe Me~serisk hshed oaly -lbs Lqgeee Cesmmlttee.

Front the Weemtkltea Pest.Among the Maesathueatto dsmltl> f

the Fifty-second cnogrees was Repreene-tatIve Mctttrlok. as honest ta. as ableman, but a mss wih a large, bulberm.rubicond nose. a flaving. emaplcuwaness a real siugs` signal of a peehesebtSpeaker Crisp, in making usp the osmmit-tees. assigned Mcnt Wick te the ee I ieon alcohol trmfc. There weas no deseiaIn t. It Justhappened s.I 3wias"errplace. whether a men had a red. s~e~wynose, or a pale. unostentatlous ens Mc-Ettrick at the first fwerahie opportuniyhunted up the speaker.

"Mr. Speaker." setts be. "I want to re-quest you to take ma eM the oemlneeon alcoholIc iraffic."

'Why. Mr. McEtltrtekr' asked thespeaker. concetintirtng his sae esmesllpupon the aine to !mit of him.

"Look at my fle-." said Mc ttrlck to aburst of candor: "'Jus loek at my er01

"Well. I see it," said the speaker.'.what's the meter with that sasset'

'What's the matter with that taoes?"aek"' .l 'dl"rtrlck. "wharnt's the matterwith t hel n.5e? Did YOU ever see a noesIlk." I- I If I served on the seam tts.e asesnc~oih.' liquor trafic' every swreat crabin Itoe'n,n woul~t guy the life out of mse:it would ruinf me with my casckiaets" .end the reputatisa of that ecesmttieewootlJn't be worth 3 cents oa the dollar.Ida. Mr. Speaker. a man with a umm Shaseise has tno businsem to be antW . it Ca-to the committee on alcehefte Umase mtes-Sc. "

Mohaaztadnt assits etthings: Iseim. or resigeatien: ksirfaith; and din. or refilgiem di. Ztbe reckjncd significant that It a

been known by only thelsla'n. Resignatlon, er klis. ttfaith in the et of abssmtestl