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di r • D. ••=••••••, Set. lcc C . F . a BASIN, - MONTANA, SATURDAY, OCToBER 20, 189.1. _ A DRUNKEN BRUTE John Killbride Leaves His Wife Dying In a Log Cabin on Basin Creek WHILE HE SPENDS HIS MONEY Sf Buying Whiskey—Not a Crust For the Two Little Chil- dren To Eat. One half a mile up Basin creek, in a log cabin with no one present but strangers to listen to her dying words, between the hours of twelve and one, Tuesday sight, there pa , sed from earth a lonely and for- saken woman. At the foot cf the bed lay her two sleeping babes, unconscious of Grain . of these babes and the busoand of the dead their great loss, while In town the father woman was playing the part of a worthless drunkard, spending the last cent that would have made the dying hours of this sadly afflicted mother happy. The house is a dinghy, dilapidated log structure and within its walls are two rooms as unwhole- some and unhealthy as the outer appear- ances would lead one to believe. , No food, no fire to cook it, if there harbeen any, or oven to warm the icily cold death chamber, not even a candle to light the awful scene or to witness the feeble attempt of the dying mother to give a blessing to her two loved ones, son and daughter, aged two and eigit years, lying nestlkg at her feet. The dead woman, whose maiden name was Sarah Dillon, WE/9 born in Lancashire, England, thirty-three years ago and some years afterwards came to America, where U5' she formed the acquaintance of John Kill. as- bride to whein she was married. Mrs Ki libelee has been ailing for the past three years and ohly'llime to Basin about two works ago, her husband having procured employ merit at the Lone Star mine which Is situated near where she died. • Killbride had business in Butte last week and returned to Basin, Sunday, in a beastly state of intoxication and if it had not been for the assistance of passengers on the train he would have been marvelled to get off. He had collected $70 but after drink- ing and carousini around he did not have enough left to pay his fare. Sine* that time he has bee. condi:wally drunk and while in .that coeditioix, Monday morning, he called on Dr. P. J. Sheerau, the resident physician who attends to the practice of Dr. Fletcher, and requested him to visit Tiis wife as she was dot feeling well... The doctor found, on reaching tha sick WOMe/13, that she was seriously ill from s . esnetrous affe,:Joe of the liver. Prescrip- tion% were made out among them being a bottle of brandy, and at the crime time the • • • _ • I 1 the attention o nurse. After the pres- criptions were filled Ile doctor sent them to the house and the ltusband afterwards Paints. Oils. Varnish. returned, drank all the brandy and abused the dying woman by kicking her out of bed Window Glass and compelling her to sit on the side of the bed Wall Paper while he rolled is. She was compelled to remain in the cold all night long until he sobered sufficiently to go to town on a rug - Special Attention Given to tling tour for more liquor to lump up his Presc ription Work. .debauch. Tuesday, the doctor sent more ome and See our Fish Poles. brandy, as it was thasonly stimulant to ad- minister to prolong life in her feeble con- dition. As E0011 as the monster would learn that there was brandy in the house he Don't Forgpt Our News Depot would return and drink it all. Tuesday and Circulating Library— evening the doctor sent him to have a pres- - - cription filled at the dreg store and bad to go after him.- lie found him reeling drunk in one of the saloons and took the medivine which was iii bin pocket, away from hie; aud procured the assistance of Mrs. Bul- NDDITION \'to attend the dying woman. This Jody volunteered her services when she learned of the serious illness of Mrs. Kill - bride and the horrible condition of the brutal husband. Al about one o'clock Mn. Killbride (tossed away in the presence of Dr. Sheeran, W. G. Vint Etnan and Mrs. Buiwer. A sear•M was inade for Kilibride apd he ALL KINDS OAP PRTNTINO- AT THE TIMES ,OFFICE THE BASIN TIMES. IF YOU fIEN IT LS THE iLtIN TIMES Ws TRUE $2.50 PER YEAR VOLUME 1. Truman Hopkins, The Pioneer Merchant. DEAI.F.It IN General . . Merchandise, A Full Inc of Groceries, Furnishing Goods. LADIES', MISSF.S' AND CIIILDRENS 1 ARCTIOS AND RUBBERS- AT STATE PRICES. We Keep Goods to Please. MINERS' SUPPLIES. Wood, Hay and, Basin, Mont. Hight & Fairfield I V YOU ‘ Isi EEL) to send your watch away for re- pairs tiro12_1;_i a pos- tal and we will souk you a box suitable for either Mall or express. A wrap- per, already gummed nd directed to goes with each box. Wil send you an Ornate of expense before pairing if you desire. !tight 8c Fairfield , BASIN Drug Store Fehringer Drug Co., ;. • •-•:• • k Drugs . . Lines, Flies. Etc. filVEFISIDE Parties wishing to secure a home in a desirable locality will consult their best Interest by seeing Messrs. Glass Bros. St Ric ouctor told Killbride that the ease demand - e was (Haat], aS on all former occasions, steeped in whiskey. On being informed of his wife's death, in his drunken stupor he HoliseS BUM. remarked, \Well it can't be helped.\ 1 in Rivers Several men interested themselves to the 1 extent of ha -king -king him up to sober him auf- O n Favorable Terms ticleutly to realize the effects Of hie awful ' ide Additlen women, as they vied with each other, in their good nature, to perform a sad act of charity made necessary by the deed of u drunken 11130. TUC EuNEtt•i. Joseph Dillon, of Butte, a brother of the deceased was telegraphed the news of his sister's death and he came over, bringing with him an elegant casket. Mr. Dillon is a miner and has long worked In the mines of Silver Bow county and is highly respected by all who know hins. He took _Surge of the remains and at two o'clock, Thursday afternoon, the solemn procession, which consisted of nearly the whole population of Basin, followed the remains to their last resting place In the cemetery east of town. At the grave every one present went on bended knees and offered their personal supplication to God for this most unfor- tuuate woman. The people retprned to their homes and the grave was closed. la the minds of all, Killbride's deed Is con- sidered worse than murder and he who committed it should never efface it from his mind. Dark as was this deed, the mo- ther, it there is a life beyond the tomb, should remind him h of her sad end, In rest- -less dreams forever. Mr. Dillon took the little ones with him mines which pay below the scale present to Butte, where they will be cared for, who wanted te join but they were informed si • Plans to conform to the wishes of pun - chasers. Fultou. . MFVFMET. FISH. POULTRY, FRUITS OF ALL KINDS. TOBACCO AND CIGARS. Goods Received Fresh Every Morning. -T C KELLEY, BASIN, MONT. crime. They took from him $15, the bah CLANCY DISTRICT. A Rousing Branch Of the Wes- tern Federation of Miners Organized. HE TALKED FOR ANACONDA. The Postmaster at Clancy Dis- charges His Clerk For Speaking His Mind. ARID OF THANEs. I desire to return my thanks to the cit- Izent9f Basin Ion their kind assistauce in my sad bereavement, the loss of my sister, Mrs. Sarah Killbrlde, and more especially to the ladies in general, all of whom were entire strangers to me. 30tISPEI DILLON. Vote the straight republican Octet. A WORKINGMAN'S LETTER.' He Tells of the Wages Paid In One Of W. A. Clark's Mines. ' Editor THE BASIN Traits: I do not know whet respective 'wages in Butte and Anaconda have to do with the capital question. I should think it would be proper to compare wages in Helena and Anaconda but I see the Miner is in outrag- eous wrath against Anaconda, claiming that wages In some classes there are not so great as in Butte. I Jost landed here six days ago and it at once struck me as remarkable that this talk should come from a paper owned by W. A. Clark. I worked for Mr. Clark in At' ona. I worked 11 days and got hurt, breaivag my ankle. After a few days I was to that I could stop at the etimpany boarding house no longer unless I paid my board, although I had been hurt working for the company. So 1 had to beg and steal my way out of that coun,try. I was on crutches and it was through the kiadness of DA railroad men that I reached Seattle. I will give the scale of wages paid at Jer- ome: Laborers about the smelters and roasts, $1123; pot pullers. IS hours, $11 ebarge wheelers,,e.1 75; miners, 111 1)0; shov- elers, 22 t0. You see the wages are very like those at the East Helena smelter. The expenses conneeted with .every -mad who works in the mine and st..5h r are as follows; tauie board, #30 p_c month or $1 per 1.1.(y. This is a'. the company boar ding house, and you can't board anywhere e ••(I• Other charges are tier month for a ..ea In the bunk house; per month, hospita. Tees. Between 400 and 500 men pay hospi- tal fees and there are accomodations in the hospital for four persons. There is also a road andibll tax of $4.50, but the only ones benefited by the road tax are the company and the teamsters who haul the matte and coke by contract. Everythiog has to be bought at the company store, and at, the end of the mouth men who work for $250 have scarcely anything coming. The company enlarged; tk .ir bunk house this spring and as it was not filling up very fast, they posted on the- cabins occupied by some of the men, that they would have tss vacate or remove the cabins by a cer- ialn date, or the company would tear thorn down. I have worked for wages all my life but the Unittd Verdi Mining St Cop- per company at Jerome is the most aver- icious corporatiou I have over worked for. Chinamen do all the cooking for the com- pany at J:rome. although several white rooks were there this spring offering to do toe work at the same prices. I write this through no malice and a ould never have thought of it if I had not read the rap.r that is owned by the man whcrowas the corporation that I attribute my milady - tune of the past sumnier to. Yours truly, T. IF. De sees. Butte, Ottober 17, !sat. N'oto for Ansimas. Uhlon Pacific Syistem. wee of a $38 cheek for his time, which he Through overland :rain leaves Butte at dre* from the Lone Star company that 3 o'clbeir p. a). daily for Salt Lake, - Denver, day. Gentlemen who were present at the Cry. Portland, San Francisco. Omaha, Kansas deathbed scene of this awful tragedy say lot Louis, Chicago Mid a eastern point's.irough overland train arrives at tie. n it was a true and realistic scene plc- -- lured Many mu dime uoveitof the effects of Butte at 1:05 p. m. daily; through Pullman and eolonist sleeping cars. 91400, • 44 • 044 , 4 b. 414411- itemme\. min g' For further information, maps, folders, the worst misery on a too loving family. Pen cannot describe the picture of odiaTtry • general agent Butte, Mont.; Q. W. Lamson. rates, etc , call on or address E V. Maze, witnessed In this log cabin on the bane of whet agent, Butts, or H. O. Wilson,' freight i, Beale creek, with this poor wcman dying In &Wert poverty, destitute of every coin- and pas-enger agent, !felons. . fort of life, with hardly a crust - of bread to eat, while the father of her chi'dren was resting In intoxication and stealing the liquor contributed by the kind hearted doc- tor, who kaew life could be sustained for .,ely a limited time, at best. John Barry, the night watchman, took (.harge of the money , found on the Pel'' ,011 firm same and 1111e of. Pioof & McMahan, of the Inebriate al perforated many acts is hereby dbusoived by mutual consent of kindness for .11 words of praise have The business will hereafter be conducted bee. uttered by every citizen of Basin. by Charles L. McGehee, who will PaY all The ladies of Basin took charge of the re- Indent:Altos, and collect all accounts duo mains and long and, continuous were the said firm. C. L. McGoaxn, condemnations expressed by these good • NUL PLoOr. Vete for W L Hay for county attorney. Dissolution Notice. Notice is hereby given that the copart- nership heretofore existing between Philip Proof and Cherie, 11. MeGahan, under the William Walsh, secretary -treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners, sit :led at Clancy, Saturday, and succeeded in Insti- tuting the Clancy Miners union with 45 mesubris. There were miners from the that they could not, for the reason that they mtist be eitherletting the uuion scale or have made an attempt to • get it. The ((Moen of the new union, who were - tempe- rarity installed by Mr. Walsh, are: President ----jonn'O'Net Vice President -Thomas Cassidy. Secretary -Goo. Wilson. Treasurer -John Clancy. The demands of the Western Federation are 1.3 50 per day for underground work of hours on the day shift, nine hours - on.the ;night shift and a short shift of eight hours Jen Saturday nights. It was a most ,stic o - • masful gathering and there was not a single miner in the whole district but was willing to assume the oblleations of the union. We have several times mentioned in the columns of Tut Times that the wages paid to miners employed in mines operated by ielena then are less than the standard tteIliO. Clancy, one of the most promising trumps in Jefferson county, has of late at- tracted much attention from its aliiinfients o f rich sliver -lead ores. Tors is not a now camp but it nas wumbereci iii the, arms el the Ileleoa owners for years. The mest noted mine at present is the Liverpool, owned by Messrs. Merrill and Miller. The aeraft is down about 300 feet and at present En men are employed. As soon as the 800 is openea up it is expected that the company will put on 70 more men. In this mine the conipanylas - been p Lying $1275 per day\in the stopes and $1100 in the sisal The tlestshiep to tggeshelengs Merrill an Miller and is worked under lease by Grubb, Mimi - ton and Hogan. It is on the same lead as the Liverpool. The shaft is down 300 feet and the anion scale of wages is paid. The King Solomon. worked on a bond by Vinson, Wilcox, Miller and Whittaker, Is sunk to the 200 foot level and lee produciug some ore which is shipped to thelast lid. 'ens smelter. This mine employs from 15 to *20 aien and pays WA* per day for under- ground work. The Lakt. Chance is another of the properties whisth is pay log but $ - 4.71) per day. At many of the prospects In the same Vi- cinity the men are in. , ce 1 to cotorminee 'work at first for .:( the un- derstanding that they %VIII tj !. t vised^ to the unto& scale as neon &sidle mine bce.cties a productive one. 'The i oos-qui•nces are that every mine operated by Helena men, not Only in the vicinity of Clauey but also in several -other places, pay the very lowest wages they poisibly can. ' Every one not connected w these minm recognizes the friendliness o n da Mermaids d labor. All the gonUesn he ire ()aerating - mines In the aeighborood of Clammy, other than Helena men, uij4t willing to pay the union scale of wages, $3.30 per day In the stops and $4 in the shaft. Clancy Is not the only place in the county where tee Helena people are paying wages below the scale. Wherever there is mine operated by gentlemen from the -tem- porary capital, if they pay the scale, which they very seldom do, it is simply a case et have to. What the intentions of the Hel- ena mine owners in the Clancy district are has not yet been determined On, but it is more than likely that they will Conform to the demands made, by the unlon as it Is known that the ore in the Liverpool never goes below 200 ounces and from that up into the theusands. Clancy and the gulches adiaceli, to it have a very promising future before them. Thii rich country, width contains so many mines that are now extual produeers and which are dully edition to the great wealth of the world, has lain mu idienesa owing to the very indolent disposition of the Helena gentlemen who owned the most promising claims and who would prefer to allow them Pt lay idle rather than pay the union rale of wages. If they wish to work their mines 'low time7 must psy the union scale' whether they want to or not. Vote tor T. A. Brown for school super- liztendent. LOST HIS JOB. • L._ .. A Young Clerk Discharged For 'Talking For Anaconda. Anaconda has a very ardent adveeste the smell but grading camp of Oinney, In this eohnty, in the person el George H. Sut- ton. Button has been In the eimploy of a men ty the name of Henry M. Hill, who runs a saloon, telephone office, store -and particularly the United States postuAlce, all under One roof and in the same rootn. Hill is a strong Helena man and look of - ft -ice at his clerk, whim he disoovered deo- °vetting citizens of the town with Anacoada bedeck. In a moment of frenzy he cried out: • \Young man, when did you COMO beret\ N 1.* MBER 37. On being informed as to the exact time, he said: \I want you to make out your account against me and I will give you a check for what I owe you. I want you to pack up your thiegs and get right out of my house as I do not want an Anaconda man around here.\ Hill is a very excitable man, very quick tempered, and a rank Helena advocate, though he receives fully as- much business from the friends of Anaconda as be does from the friends of the city of low wages and Cattiest) proclivities oa the East side. Sutton is a young man who stands high in the estimation of his associates, who number nearly everyone in the new dis- trict, and the citizens of the town feel in- dignant at the very severe treatment ac- corded him by the rambunsions Helena partisan. Mr. Stators went to lielena, Sup- w e day and will return and establish, himself in business so that he can advocate the town of his choice and the choice of the people without lid t or hindrauce from the Chinese dumping ground of the Northwest, where pauper labor reigns and is admired - . He will do his very best for: . /__mcmatia, the laborer's friend, Moatana's pride and the faturt -apital of this great state. If sued lbw down, contemptible methods are to be employed by the advacates of Helena, let 141 Proclaim with one accord for AnaConda and pray for deliverance from this kind of campaigning, where livery man must do the bidding of the slave drivers and work for Helena oriese his job. Republican Appointments. .,Hon. Chas. S. Hartman, republican can- didate for congress, will Speak at the fol- lowing places on the dates named: Philip.burg . 20 Kalispell 64 Chiartok - Helena 41 24 1)eer Lodge., \ 25 Anaconda 20 Whitehall \. 27 Sheridan . 61 29 Virginia City * 1 22 64 30 Dillon \64 31 Walkerville .November I Meaderville • 1 2 Butte • 8 Bozeman 11 5 Las MANTLE, Chairman State Central Committee. NEW BUILDINGS. A Large Number In Course Of Erection. Among the new buildings now being erected in Basin are the following: William Morrow is buildings 9305, one story dwelling teed • large bare. A 12x30 addition to the resident.* of 3. J. Brooks, is being imilt by Frank LeBlanc. Work o the new Deism - 11 brick block tins been suspended for a few days until ma= torte' arrives Good progress is being made on the new store sod postoffice building bMug erected for Jos. IL Brien, Harry Ludgate is building a two story MN/ building on the south side of the Nor- thern P truck. M. S. Moreaa is enzeting. a story and a half, hard -finished, 1Sx24, tour retuned buliplesig for A. C. Kennedy. T. J, Hainan is building a one story, four roomed house in the KleinschmIdt ad- dition and it is fast nIgatereempteetees A 12:20, Lard Ii sited, one story frame structure with a wing 12:15, for James Dwyer. Iii, being bailt by D. A. Hight- , enour. A. C. Hollenbeek is building a line res- 'deism one door west of Warren's jewelry store. its size is .10124 and it will have plate glass windows and be hard finished throughout. J. H. Miller, the, poplar proprietor of Miller's Meat Market, bas sieved from his old location, east of Basin creek, to the first house edit of the Northern 'Pacific depot. Mrs. Nord, of Elk, Park, ;s erecting a large 11 room house, one door west, of the Coualc i a Mercantile compeey's store. The IIrst Iloor is divided tato two roomi, one to he ueed as a restaurant and the other as • store. 'the foundation is 25x53. This house is being built by 'c mtract by Charles Feullz- ner and is to be two stories high. Faulkner has another building about the same size on which he will comma : cm -work as soon as the one on which he is now working is com- pleted. Notice to Water Consumers. the hydrants now in toe streets, will he removed by the first of ,November, and everyone desiring water hoot the contpasy are gle..n notice -to have the same taken into their places of business or residence as the supply will be entirely cut off at that time. By order. Basin City Water Company. • per H. Schupp. BANK STATEMENT. Report Of The First National Bank • Of Butte. The following is theTeport of the First National Bank of Butte. Montana, at the rlose of busints, October, 1894. t„ nominee:as Loans $ 716 :000 914 00 23 O. S. Bonds to secure circulaUon i. 25 Storks, Bonds anti Warrants . 00,206 414 Boat Estate and Fixtures . 111,31588 Treasurer of the United States 1,12500 Cash on hand and in Baths e411,284 tie Caoital. $2,0104, SKniO4 $ 100,000 00 1.141RILITIMI Undivided profits \331 11% Circulation Deposita • 19,91000 1,046,494 89 0,296,885.90 D. H ENNESSY MERC. CO. CURTAINS are out for Business. See our lines of Curtains and you will appreciate the remark. QUALITIES were never so HIGH: . - .:-,E 0 B1qES were never so LOW. LACE CU'RTAINS, 21 yards long, white and ecru, 40cts a pair. LACE CURTA !NS, 3 yards lc rig, white and'ocru, fine net, $1.00 up. LACE OURTAINS, 3i yards long, extra wide, white and ecru. per pair $1.50; well worth $2.50 a pair. LACE CURTAINS, 3i yards long, extra wide, fine Brus- sels patterns, $2 a pair. EXTRAORDINARY, 2B - pairs fancy strined Grei.adine Cur- tains, werer,.9, now $5 a pair. CHENILLE CURTAINS, Fifty pairs, all colors, fringe top and bottom, fancy borders, were $3.50, how $2.50 a pair CURTAIN NETS and SCRIMS, white and ecru, at Sc, 10c, 15c and 20c a yard: D. J . Aft. H EN N ESSY MERC. CO. LEADING JEWELER ' OPTICIAN LOOK At our Beautiful Line of Sterling Silver • Novelties 50c. Sliver Breast Silver Sword Pips 50 Cents Pins $1.00 - SiLver Hat Pins 25 'Gents to $1 geiv° 1 OWSLEY BLOCK, BUTTE RIGHARb MALONE PRACTICAL TIN AND SHEET IRON WORKER. WE DESIRE TO CALL ATTENTION TO OUR LARGE AND sF.I.Ecr STOCK OF HEATING AND 'OOKING STOVES. ARE BELOW Our Prices BUFTE Olt HELENA SAFETY FI l lIES, ROOF SADDLES. AIR PIPE ALL KINDS or TIM AND bnicEt IRON WORK. All work done neatly aad with dIspateb. • fair share of patrosaLe solicited. RAILROAD AVENUE Basin City. • If
