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I WEEKLY MONTANIAN • • VOL. I. THOMPSON FALLS, MONTANA, ;%I'HJL 27, 1895. DECISIONS BY ALIENS The Supreme Court Hs a Grave QueStiOn to Solve. THERE ARE MILLIONS INVOLVED orders of Ti ihunais of tithe, eoleee, and What Effect in This countre. Washington. D. C., April 21. -It is gen- erally believed that. the United States supreme court will before the adjourn- ment of the present term render a de- sision in the . case involving the validity ef foraign judgments in the courts of this ty untry. Barring the question of a rehee ing in the income tax cases, this Is pr tiably the must important mutter uow eefore the court, and the fact that netwithstandng the cases were argued during the terms of 180-94 and are stil4 undecided, it would appear to indicate that the members of the court have en- countered difficulties in dealing with them. There are two of these cases, but the points involved are so much alike that a decision in one will in all probability be equal to a decision In the other. The first of the cases is that of Samuel J. Ritchie vs. James W. McMullin, and it Is an appeal from the decision of the United States circuit court of the north- ern district of Ohio, affirming the judg- ment of the Canadian court in McMul- lin's behalf against Ritchie. The sec- ond is that of Henry Hilton and others vs. Gustavus B. Guyot, from the United States circuit court of the southern dis- trict of New York, affirming a decision against Hilton, successor to A. T. Stew- art & Co., for the sum of $280,853. In the latter case Guyot appears as the official liquidator of the affairs of the firm of Charles Fortin & Co., glove manufacturers. It appears that in 1866 Stewart & Co. entered into an agree- ment with Fortin & Co. to sell in this country all the gloves the French fl. m could manufacture and to divide the profits equally. In Ma there was a dis- agreement and the French firm sued the New York house in the tribunal of commerce of Paris and obtained a judgment. The case was appealed to the Paris court of appeals, but the judgment was affirmed. In the mean- time Stewart & Co.had closed the house which they had hitherto maintained in Paris and sold their property there. The Paris firm then entered suit In the federal court of New York and asked for the execution of the decree of the French courts, maintaining the suffi- ciency of the judgments of the foreign courts. Their judge gave a judgment for the full amount. Hilton & Libby, as successors of Stewart & Co., then brought the case to the supreme court of the United States, where it was twice argued for Guyot by Messrs. William C. Choate and William D. Chuprnan, and by Messrs. J. C. Carter and Etna' Root for Hilton & Libby. Enormous interests are involved In the decision. It is said judgments to the amount of $16,000,000 have been ren- dered in the Canadian courts alone against American citizens, the validity of which depends upon the decision in these cases. The lawyers agree there is scarcely any doctrine of law which, so far as regards formal and exact statements, is In a more uncertain con- dition than that relating to the force and effect of the judgments of courts rendered on one dation by the courts of another. Many decisions have been rendered in England, but they appear to have left the question in an involved and confused condition. Messrs. Curter and Root laid down the proposition In their argument on the Hilton case that the queetion of the conclusiveness of a foreign judgment depends upon the cir- cumstances under which it was ren- dered. 'Where it was not so conclusive as to preclude inquiry into the original merits of the controversy, then the state is under its ordinary obligation to the party demanding the inquiry to give him at least one full and fair op- portunity of heving his cause adjudi- cated upon its original merits. This opportunity, they claim, was denied them in this case. It is understood that a decision has been reached by the court in the case, but it is not known whether the opinion of the court has been prepared or when It will be handed down. It is not con- skiered probable, however, that the court will again allow the matter to go over through a receive Restored to Membership. Chicago, April 22. -The roert of appeals today reversed the derision of the superior court in the mandamus suit of Murray Nelson Realest the board of trade. It in- etructed the lower court to issue a pre- emptory writ restoring the we althy oper- ator to membership on the board. Nelson was expelled for alleged violation of the board's rules. Death of an Old w. P. T.ondon, April 23. -Henry Fareuharsen, M. P., is deed. Ile was born In 1857, and represented West Dorest In parliament minee 1885 as a conservative. Italmt D IN 1114 CELL. itairetir itt hlwaibs I (wed siiiptoicd tr.,. the it ate, t. Ile:Lelia, April 22.-A man giving the name of William Smith, confined in jail for burglary of a clothing store, was discovered at 10 o'clock this morn- ing hanging from the rafters of his cell. Life had been extinct for some time. The man had tied one end of his suspenders to a cross -beam, made a loop in the other end and effectually hanged himself. He was captured Saturday night at ii o'clock. R. P. Tumley has been missing goods for some time in the shape of ready- made clothing and boots and shoes, to the value of about $300 or $400. Lately he has kept John Gambs in the store at night, but up to Saturday no one appeared on the scene. Late that night the robber made his entrance through the cellar, picking a padlock and break- ing off a board which constituted a part of the wall of the cellar. From thence he came up through a trapdoor. When his head appeared above the floor John Garnbs seized him and made the arrest. He gave his name as Wil- liam Smith and he claimed that he had two accomplices, but up to this time no further arrests have been made. The man was given his meals Sunday and ate heartily, but did not appear to have slept well Sunday night. Monday morning at 7:30 breakfast was given him and the jailor left the place. On his return at 10 o'clock lie discovered the dead body of his prisoner. At the time of his arrest the man were a suit of clot lies and a pair of shoes that were stolen from Tuniley's store. He left a slip of paper marked with a pencil with a cross, \A. U. 189, I. S. ;10,\ and Odd Fellows links, indi- cating that he was 30 years old and a member of the I. 0. 0. F. INVITED TO SEE DR. BUCHANAN DIE --- Cards Sent te the Necessary NV ant:sees of legal Executions. Sing Sing, April 21. -Warden Sage at noon today sent out the 27 inv:tatisns to the witnesses who are to be present at the execution of Dr. Buchanan. The exact date of the execution has not yet been made public. The warden receiv- ed official notification from the governor that he had refused to interfere. Bu- chanan's wife was admitted to the death house and remained with the man two hours. She left this afternoon for New York, first stating that she would go to Albany tomorrow and intercede with the governor in behalf of her hus- band. WILLIS SWEET WELCOMED HOME Lntleiseastic Iteeeption by Friends and Neighbors at Moscow. Moscow, April 21.-Ex-Congressinan Willis Sweet returned yesterday after- noon. He was met at the station by a very large audience and welcomed by 'Mayor White, ex -Mayor McCarson and a number of prominent citizens. He was then conducted, amid the firThg of cannon, to a carriage, appropriately decorated, and the procension, headed by a drum corps and the Jbfoscove band, proceeded uptown to the Hotel Moscow. Mr. Sweet there took a place upon the balcony, and, after a few words of in- troduction by Mayor White, spoke very briefly, expressing pleasure at the cor- diality of his greeting and cursorily dealing with several topics of personal Interest to himself and his hearers. INSURGENT BANDS MAKE TROUBLE Spanieh Troops Vt orn Out el Defeat and Long Chases. New York, April 21. -The Ward line steamer Niagara arrived this morning from Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba. It was learned from one of the passen- gers that a lively state of things ex- isted at the seat of war. The insurgents had a following of 10,000 men, 3,000 01 whom were well armed. Many encount• era have taken place in which the gov- ernment troops have been worsted. The officials made very light of these engagements, the paseengers said, and claimed a victory wherever they had the slightest encounter with insurgents The Spanish troops lately arrived from Spain were said to be h. a wretchee state, having suffered greatly from yel- low fever and from fatigue in pursuing small bodies of insurgents over thc nmuntains. TREATED AS ANARCHISTS. Madrid, April 21.-A committee of tie chamber of deputies has decided that the same penalties shall apply to the Cuban rebels as are applicable to anar- chists. etexieatt War Veteran Dead. Chambersburg, Pa., April 20.---A tele- gram received here announces the death hi South Dakota of General Charles T. Campbell, aged 72, a former resident of this city. General Campbell had spent the winter at San Diego, Cid, lie was a vet- eran of the Mextean war, awl was made brigadier general by President Lincoln. Frene.h 'troops ietorious Paris, April 20. -An official diepatee front the island of Madagascar, via Port Louis, announces that French troops lie vi' ooeuplee the Fortress of Ambodivohibe. in the northern part of Madagascar, eftcr a victorious attack. There was no ems of life on the French side. Tried to Sevive Polygnmy. Salt hake, April 23. -John Beek, pram, dent of the 13uilliin-Beek Mining compa- ny awl a prominent member of the Mot , men chttreh, has been arrested on the , charge if unlawful cohabitation. The ease will come up for trial on Thursday. Du ' San Francisco Court Crowded to RANT ON TRIAL Suffocation. A FEW WITNESSES EXAMINED W.1111,411 11e0141 - 111g nerlile It 1411 “E11010,11.11y of God\ Insisted on Giving Testimony, San Franciseo, April 22. -For hours before the preliminary examination of Theodore Durrant commenced in Judge Conlon's coui t this morning, a crowd commenced to gather and a squad of police were stationed at the entrance of the hall to preserve order. Judge Conlon a courtroom was crowd- ed to suffocation and not a few police- men were stationed in different parts of the room on the lookout for cranks, who have written threatening letters to the judge. Before the court opened, 5,000 people surrounded the hall and filled the approaches. When the defend- ant arrived all eyes were turned upon him and he was sketched from all points of view by the newspaper artists. The prisoner looked pale and concerned, but showed no emotion. A photographer exhibited several photographs of scenes in the church and two large pictures of Marian Williams, showing the wounds, and the work of physicians were exhibited and attracted much at- tention. They presented a revolting sight. Mrs. Morgan, with whom Miss Will- iams lived in Alameda, was called to the stand. She said that she last saw Mar- ian Williams on the morning of the 20th and that the deceased had told her she was going to Mrs. Voy's house. She knew Durrant. He had called at her house last summer and stayed half an hour. She had not seen him this month. Charles H. Morgan, husband of the preceding witness, said that the girl was counted as one of the family. He could not Identify the face shown in the photographs. He also failed to Identify the purse found in Durrant's overcoat pocket. THE CRANK APPEARS. Here the name of A. E. Williams, the father of the dead girl, was called, but In his place, a young woman rushed to the stand and said that no one should testify before her. She gave the name of Williamson and said that she would be the one to judge Durrant and or- dered him released. The police tried to remove her, but she would not let them touch her, but left the stand voluntarily after some words. She handed an in- coherent letter to the clerk. She said she was sent by God to judge Durrant. The woman was subsequently identified as Laura Lucy Williamson of 1,110 Leavenworth street. She declared her- self to be an \emissary of God.\ She disappeared after being removed from the courtroom. Sergeant Burke ieentified a bunch of keys as those found in the pocket of Durratit's overcoat, with the exception of a 13th key, which he said had Leon given him by George King on April 13. Burke then told of the finding of the body of Marian Williams in the book closet of the library, identified the pieces of the young woman's underclothing which had been taken from out of her throat, where they had been thrust, the broken pieces of a table knife found on her body and the stick which had been used by the murderer in forcing the strips of clothing down the girl's throat. Me also testified to the condition of the lierary door, the lock of which had !teen broken. Sergeant Burke then gave bit of sensational evidence, which has not come out before today. He seld that when he, in company with other officers, examined the lavatory or washroom In the back part of the church, just to the rear of the pulpit, he saw blood stains on the wash basin and the wall just above it. Sergeant Reynolds had called his attention to these stains. OTHER TESTIMONY. Maggie Fitzpatrick identified Durrant as the young man who has called on her and two friends on Mission street. April 12, on the night Miss Williams was murdered. She said he was agi- tated. He had mistaken her for some one else. Another girl, who was with her, corroborated her evidence, but could not identify Durrant, though she identified the coat and hat he wore. The place where these girls say they saw Durrant is about two blocks from the church. They say they saw him about 9 p. m. The last witness for the day was Mrs. Mary M. McCoy, a laundress, who tes- tified that she saw a man and a young woman near Emanuel church, between 7 and 8 o'clock on April 12. They ap- peared to her to be lovers. The man was urging the girl to accede to some proposition and the girl seemed to be coaxing him not to insist. Just as she passed them, she heard the man say: \You are a coward.\ The man was dressed in a long overcoat and dark soft hat Exports of Specie. New York, April 20. -The exports of spe- cie from the port of New York for the week amounted to 2714,114 In gold and $713,823 in silver. The Imports for the week were: Gold, r7111,5111; silver, $46,524, BORED HIM WITH A SHOTGUN LOAD THE RAFTERS FELL IN NO. 29. etockmatt Clay killed Ills Employe After Dodging Bullets Uimself. Arlington, Or., April 21. -Henry Drei- der was shot and Instantly killed by Henry Clay today at Rock Creek, 20 miles from here. Clay is a prominent and wealthy stockman, and has lived here many years. Dreider was an em ploye on Clay's ranch, and of late has. been acting in an insolent manner, re- fusing to obey instructions which did not suit his convenience. This morning the men met in the yard and Dreider picked a quarrel with his employer, Without a word of warn- ing, Dreider pulled a gun and took two shots at Clay, neither of which took ef- fect. Clay ran into the house and pick- ed up a double-barreled shotgun. He gave Dreider the contents of one barrel, killing him instantly. Clay came to Ar- lington and gave himself up, after re- lating the circumstances detailed above. The preliminary examination occurs to- da 3'• CLAIM THE TREASURER WAS SHORT missotil i Examiners Bring Cherges Against An Old official. Kansas City, Mo., April 21.-J. L. Kline and R. H. Tyler, who have been examining the Wyandotte county rec- ords, submitted a report to the board ef county commissioners In Kansas City :hat ex -County Treasurer W. M. Stuart was short eeee.:75 when he turned over his office to his successor, M. C. Mc- Lean, two years ago. Mr. Stuart and his former bondsmen appear not to be worried over the report. They declare there is no ground for the claim of a shortage and insist that an examination of the records by competent accoun- tants will show that every dollar taken in during his four years in office was paid out and receipted for. The same accountants reporte4 sev- eral weeks ago that M. C. McLean, who succeeded Stuart as the treasurer, was short several thousand dollars in addi- tion to the $49,000 he had on deposit in the Citizens' bank In Arrnourdale when It failed in 1893. WALLER LIES IN A FRENCH PRISON Fx•I nited state.: consul Allowed to Be Made a criminal. Marseilles, April 21. -John L. Waller, formerly American consul at Tamata- mave, who was brought to this port on the steamer Djemmali, after having been tried by a French court-martial and sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment on the charge of having been a spy in the interest of the Hovas, was taken from the steamer by the police and lodged in jail, after having been regis- tered as a prisoner. CELEBRATING HER 107TH BIRTHDAY Alr Glaeshrook, New jersey, Did Honor Ii) Mrs. liunnalt Chard. Philadelphia, April 30. -The little town of Glassbrook, across the Delaware in New Jersey, was in festive garb teiday in celebration of the fact that Its most noteworthy citizen, Mrs. Hannah Chard, has reached her liath birthday. The fain- tly reunion at the home of the venerable dame was one to be remembered. The participants included her eldest daughter, aged 82, two other children, aged 71 and 63, and a good smattering of representa- tives of her fifty-six grandchildren and 150 great-grandchildren. Altogether, five generations of her descendants were rep- resented. HORSES TO BE UTILIZED AS FOOD Fi‘e Thou-und horses Sold at Pendleton to a Portland Syndicate. Pendleton, Or., April X. -Judge SwItzler yesterday sold 5.000 horses to a Portland syndicate. The horses are to be slaugh- tered at Portland, says Mr. Switzler, and the meat packed and all parts of the car- cass utilized. This is now the only market for the thousands of horses on the eastern Oregon and Washington ranges. The price was lees than $5 per head. OUTLAW RUBE S.VIITH DIED IN JAIL file [lands Stained Wi'h the Blood of Many Victims. Columbus, O., April 20. -Rube Smith, the leader of the celebrated Buroughs gang, who was sent to the penitentiary in 1890, to serve a life sentence for attempted rob- bery, died this afternoon in the peniten- tiary hospital of Bright's disease, lie was charged with the murder of five men, and it was the popular impression that his hands were stained with the blood of many more. COUNTERFEITING GANG IN PERIL Butte P•Dee Arrest One and Are on th. Trail of others. Salt Lake, April 19.-A special from Butte, Mont., to the Tribune, says: The United States marshal today ar- rested Edwin L. Spaulding, a member of the Salvation Army, on the charge of counterfeiting. The government officers say they are on the track of one of the argest coenterfeiting gangs ever un• earthed In the west. - Mis. Parnell Badly Dal t. I3ordentown, N. J., April 20. -Mrs. Par- nell is still unable to converse intelli- gently, owing to advanced age, Iler con dition is regarded as critical. What the physicians fear most Is the injury at the base of the brain. That the 51{1111 was not fractured seems almost a miracle, as the , blow WAS evidently a terrible one. There Is no clue to the assailant. Iestclr Cotnpany Chicago, April 18. -The National Manu- facturing and Jewelry Importing Com- Pliny of Chicago assigned today. The as- sets are placed at Si36.000, and liabilities about 290,000. The failure was the result of the assignment here yesterday of the Schauwecker-Chalmers Company, which was heavily Indebted to the jewelry com- pany. Prayers in a Tabernacle Brought Down Rain and Roof. • OVER FORTY PEOPLE INJURED onge of Thanks for Welcome Moist- ure Are Followed b% a Rush for the Door, Fort Worth, Texas, April 21. -All of Texas has needed rain, so that the great evangelist, Dwight Moody, called upon his audience of 8,000 Christians to pray for the flood gates to be opened. This was at 3 p. m. today. Tonight, when the tabernacle was crowded by 10,000 people, Mr. Moody announced that word had come from several points that rain had fallen. A few minutes later the storm burst on Fort Worth and tor- rents of rain fell. Then Mr. Moody gave thanks to God and called upon the con- gregation to join in singing \Corona e tion.\ \All hail the power of Jesus' name, let angels prostrate fall,\ the song surged forth from 10,000 voices, when a cracking noise was heard, and then the roof sank and the rafters gave way and the heavy timbers and boards covered with gravel came down on a portion of the congregation. There was a panic. Scores upon scores of women fainted, some men lost their heads and rushed pell mell over them. Mr. Moody grasped the situa- tion and, moving to the middle of the platform, lifted both hands to heaven, moving his arms slowly to and fro. His attitude and coolness stopped the panic and men began to go to work to rescue those in danger. A drenching rain was falling but they worked hard and the wounded were soon taken out and carried to their homes or to houses near by. J. V. Ingraham received severe in- ternal injuries and will die. About 46 others were more or less injured. FATAL TRAIN WRECK NEAR GARFIELD Engineer Eckersiy Rilled-ri. cars Demolished. Garfield, April 21. -The Northern Pa- cific extra freight was wrecked one mile south of here and killed Engineer Thomas Eckersly instantly. Engine 410, which was pulling the cow a train length, when the engine cow a tran length, when the engine turned clear over, allowing the tender to pass, but the train struck against the engine, completely demolishing five cars. Two were of wheat, three of hogs. Fireman Frank Stocker was thrown into a field over a barbed wire fence, but was only slightly bruised. The dead engineer leaves a wife and four children at Sprague. Cattle Quarantine Established. Eureka, Kiss., April 23. -The live stock sanitary commission issued an order today that cattle brought here from Arizona last summer be immediately removed from the state and that the Santa Fe yards In which they were quartered be placed in quarantine. Peppered tvith Birdshot. Vinton, Iowa, April 21. -James Coe, who shot Marshal Gerhart, was cap- tured at Marengo this morning and brought to this city by „Sheriff Metcalf and lodged in jail, having been some- what peppered by birdshot by his pur- suers. Actor Otis Skinner Is Married, Indianapolis, April'22.--A private dis- patch from Otis Skinner, the well- known actor, announces his marriage yesterday to Miss Maud Durben, lead- ing lady of his company, at Corning, N. T. 'B'ortian Suicide Identified, Chicago, April 23. -The police this after- noon Identified the woman who drowned herself and child yesterday as the wife of a man named Root. She recently came from the west. The theory is that she found him with another woman, and they quarreled. Speed Trial of the Minneapolis. Colon, Colombia, April 23. -The official 24 hours trial of speed of the United State. cruiser Minneapolis, just completed, was satisfactory to the officers. It is reported that she earned the bonus depending upon the 'successful accomplishment of this trial. Struck Against Reduction. Pittsburg, April 23. -Miners employed In the Germany mines of Henry Floerchein, on the Wheeling divedon of the Baltimore & Ohio. have struck against a reduction from 69 to 60 cents. Floerchein says he win have no trouble in getting all the melees he needs at the GO -cent rate. Eekelm Declines the Offer Washington, Apt II 23. -James H. Eckels, comptroller of the treasury, has declined an offer to become the financial editor of the Chicago Times-Ilerahl at a large sal- ary. Dime Savings Bank Closed. New Haven, Coen., April 23. ---The Snvings bank of Wilhemantic. Conn., closed today. The last bank commission - ere' report shows that the bank had on October 1 2,877 depositors, $626,551 OD de- posit, and a surplus of about =Au. Doesn't Care for the Nage Washington, April 23.--Ex-Represen ta • live Pearson of Ohio has declined the posi- tioa of mineral land commissioner, to Which he was recently appointed.
