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VOL.30--NO. 117
HELENA, MONTANA TERRITORY, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1889
FIVECENTS
HARRISONE.PRICE^CLOTHIER
AHelena House that carries^an large a Clothing Stock as^any house west of Chicago.
Thathandles the production*^of the very finest manufactur^^ers of the country.
Thatmarks all goods in plain^figures, and the only house iu^the city that is
BTICTLYONE PRICE
ILLER
Youpays your money and^you takeB your choice.
Thereare hats and then again^there are Hats^and many hats^that wear well^and there are^hats that wear well and look^well. The only hat we know^that combines durability and^elegance is the ^Milter.^^Have you ever had one ^^Then don't wait a ruin^ute, but go and get one while^the stock is large because it you^wait you are liable to come up^^wanting/1 We are sole agents^for those celebrated manufac^^turers, k*Dickerson ^ Brown,'1^whose productions for the last^twenty years have bten consid^ered l'au hit^ by those who are^supposed to be the ^Arbiters^of Fashion/1
Don'tfail to get a Miller^Hat. Then again we are well^fixed in Spring Wear. Did^you examine our line of cloth^^ing, Kobby Suits, Stylish Cut^^aways aud Siately Piince Al^^berts (there's going to be lots^of the latter worn this year )
Oneof the greatest attractions^ever seen in a clothing house is^a Btylish blue eack suit, low^rolled collar, silk faced. We^are the only house in Montana^that shows this style very hand^some. Only, $25.
Anotherattractionis a Spring^Overcoat, silk lined which to^^gether with the sleeve linings^are the same as the goods, very^stylish, made by Benjamin (not^Harris), of New York. We de^^fy a tailor to match it for $6o.^You can have it for half the^money. We have them at all^prices as low as $7.50.
11makes our head ache^when we look at our stock. It^is too large. Just think so^many goods in such a small^room as ours.
Wehave to get rid of some of^these ijuicker than the usual^course of trade so we have put^the knife into a number of lots^and the very life blood ot pro^^fits How from our sales. Just^think, a nice Nobby suit any of^four different styles ail wool^and only a ten dollar bill puts^one of them on your back.
2X) doz. ties just arrived^^100 doz. from Wilson Bros, of^Chicago^you know them^and^100 doz. from Howell of Phila^delphia, strangers to this trade,^but dandy tie makers. Come^and look at the goods they^make and if ^ou don't buy a^tin or two you can take.
HARRIS,ONE-PRICE CLOTHIER^St. Louis Block, Main St,^HELENA, M. T.
N. B ^Out of town orders^will receive our best attention.^Goods sent on approval to any^part of the territory. Price list^and roles for self-measurement.
LadiesOvergak^rs!
AFull and Complete lint lust Received.
TheVery Latest Shades.
Ca.lland See Tiiem..
J.P. WOOLMAN ^ CO.,
LeadingFine Shoe Dealers.
(NEXTTO FIRST NATIONAL BANK.)
T.C. POWER ^ CO.,
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Justreceived, a complete new stock of
DEEREPLOWS AND HARROWS.
SuperiorMs and Broadcast Seeders,
STROWBRIDGEBROADCAST SOWERS,
SchuttlerQuartz Wagon Gear and Farm Wagons,
THERUSHFORD
TUBULARAXLE AND STEEL SKEIN WAGONS, ALL SIZES.
OurHue of Klne Bugglee, Carriages, Pha^tons, etc., Is the largest and meet ee-^leet ever brought to this country. Sole agent* for OolumbuN Buggy Co. vehicles.
Alarge stock of Glidden'h Celebrated Steel Wire, painted and galvanised. Kine^hand made and heavy work naruetw a specialty.
Headquartersfor Freeh (iraae Seed and Seed Peae.
Agentefor Revere Rubber Co. Belting, Hose and Packing. Krie Tubular Sta^tionary and Portable Boilers and Knglnes, Griffith ^ Wedge Steam Hoist*, Hash-^burn A Moen Cructable Steel Wire Rope, all Sites. Common Sense Whims, Ore^Buckets, Ore Cars, Ore Trolleys, W ater Bucket*, etc.
Sendfor circulars and Price Llat. Steamboat Block, corner of Main street^.uid Helena avenue.
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C.A. BLACKBURN
Isthe most reliable dealer in the city. Thirteen^years in the business.
OfficeMO Bridge St.Telephone 110.
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ChemicalLaboratory.^A. W. HAND,
Galen*!Block, Foot of Broadway, Helena,^Montana. P. O. Box 711.
CUSTOMMADE SHOES
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Carpenters,Basons, Bricklayers, Plasterers.
ALSODIGGING SHOES FOR MINERS^JLT BOTTOM ZFISICES-
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G.O. YERGY,
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GEBAUER^ YERGY,
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Lumber,Laths, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Mouldings and Finishing^Material. All Kinds or Hardwood Lumber Constantly on Hand
OffltAandYard ro*ner National and Lyodale ava., foot si Rodney street Telephone No t^Orders Promptly Attended to. Country Orders Solicited.UBLINA, m T
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WeCarry a Full Line of
Gkrar Bros. Slioes.
Theyexcel any shoe in the market for STYLK and DURABILITY Also the lergts^line of Genu Shoes in the ritv. Including H A.N AN ft SON^and LILLY, BRACKKTT ft CO. make*.
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TheGreat Rush to the Oklahoma^Country Under Full Headway^Despite High Waters.
Milesof Wagons on the Road From^Kansas Points, Presenting Novel^and Startling Features.
DMlhh^ Drowning and Some Evil linings^Reported Au Order from Waatflng^ton to tit. Military.
Wkm.inoton,k v April IV.^A special^to the Standard, brought by carrier to South^Haven and from there telephoned to this^city, says: Pawnee Hill's colon), consist^^ing of 800 wagons, left Hunnewell vester-^day, and is now water bound at Salt Fork,^twenty miles south of Arkansas City.^While attempting to ford a swollen stream^a man named Kreither and his horses were^drowned ia full view of the frighti n. d^colonists, who were unable to render him^any assistance. The accident demonstrated^that fording was out of the question, and^the whole colony is now engage*! in the^construction of a huge raft upon which^they hope to Moat over to the other Bide^with their teams and outfits. This after^noon a train of 4H6 vehicle^, containing^colonists bound for Oklahoma from Salt^Lake valley, Utah, and points in Colorado,^passed six miles west on their southern^journey.
Thetirent Ku^h.
AkkanhahCity, April 19.-Last night^the Old Soldiers' I'ntou colony of this city^held its last meeting before going into^Oklahoma. The colony consists of 150 old^soldiers. Of these 120 will leave Monday^to look up a homestead each under a sol^^dier claim. The members will go by train.^They have started a wagon train with sup^plies of tents, provisions and a raft suffi^^ciently large to ferry all the accoutrements^across any stream between here and Okla^^homa.
Theold soldiers colony of Wichita start^ed ten wagon* yeaterdsy. They will inter^at Caldwell. Land Register iMllle return d^last night from Guthrie. He says the roof^is on his land office and It will be ready for^occupancy to-night. The land officer* eatfe^at Kingfisher and Guthrie held a consulta^^tion last night aud give official notice as to^the manner in which applications for^claims should be filed. Two hundred land^filings per day will be the limit of each of^^fice.
Wordwas brought here last night from^Purcell by a man who was there yesterday^that a great deal of lawlessleae exists^along the southern boundary of Oklahoma.^He says a man wan held up on the streets^of Purcell in daylight and roht^ed of $100^The boomers defy the law. They have^purchased or hired every available horse^in the neighborhood and will mount and^wade through the Canadian river. Just^before noon Monday, when the signal flag^drops at noon sharp, there will be a desper^^ate land race on the opposite bank.^Gamblers and toughs declare they will let^no one pass a certain distance who is not^one ot them. The town Is full of special^correspondents, who are writing from^imagination and against space.
Acowboy from Caldwell, who arrived^late last night, says the Cimarron is very^high and up to the time he left eighteen^persons had been drowned trying to ford^the streams. No definite information can^be learned of the drowned.
Atone time this morning there were over^100 wagons on the streets of Caldwell. The^people will try to tske the Kock Island^route between to-day and Monday. So^great Is the rush the Kock Island almost^despairs of being able to accommodate^them. One colony of ttOO will leave^Wichita to morrow.
GeneralPassenger Agent Sebastisn, as^soon as he heard of the possible trouble at^Pond Creek, telegraphed to Wichita that^the road would furnish free transportation^to teams and wagons if tickets were sold to^the owners, travelers to provide their own^transportation from Pona Creek Manager^Green, of the stage line, ^Cannon ball^Green,' aa he is known throughout the^southwest. Is buying all the horaea to be^had here and In the neighboring country.^He shipped twenty-six to Pond Creek this^morning. Fourteen stagea, In addition to^those used by the old Kort Keno line.
hichare at Pond Creek, were shipped^from Wellington today. Kock island of^ficlals who returned from Pond Creek this^afternoon say the report of high water Is^greatly exaggerated and ('apt. Woodson^reports from the frontier that there will be^no trouble with the stream.
Ontba Keno Trail
Cai.dwki.l.April 19.^ Two thousand^camp fires glimmered along the old Keno^trail last night from Caldwell to Pond^creek. To pay a thousand canvas-covered^wagons are slowly moving along the trail.^The day was favorable, and notwlthstand^ing the late heavy rains the trail was in^very good condition. The most popular^outfit was a strong, canvas covered wsgon,^drawn by two large stout boraes. The^horses of the boomers are all looking in^good condition. Some large wagons have^four or six horses. Some parties are^mounted on ponies and carry a whole^camp outfit behind their saddles.^Some are crossing the Strip in buggies.^One odd turnout Is a large high old fash^^ioned buggy drawn by two shaggy yellow^horses with a colt hitched by its mother^and a black cow tied behind. The driver^Is a woman and she drove with one hand^while the other supported her little child.^A shock-beaded youngster of 10 fol^^lowed behind. The woman was a Kansas^widow set king a home In the ^promised^land.^ All stories to the contrary notwlth^standing, It does not seem there can^be any trouble among those who^are driving over the trail to-day.^They are an fine a body as ever went into a^new country. Most of them are Ksnsas^and Nebraska farmers, and although a gun^is in every wagon and across every saddle^bow, the owners are mm who will use^them to keep the peace and not to make^trouble. Mont of the wagon boomers gut^out of Caldwell yesterday and this morn^^ing. There were about 4.000 of them.^Many of them have little or no money, but^but almost all are well equipped for camp^life. Halt Fork, Sand creek aud all the^other streams In the strip, It is thought, can^be forded, although all are very high. All^is doubt about the chances of fording the^Cimarron, aud a wagon left Caldwell last^night bearing a large boat with which the^owners expect to start a ferry.
Thecattlemen are making no attempt to
Krotecttheir fences on the Strip ana the^oomcrs are cutting them. Hundreds of^miles of fence will be broken to pieces.
TheMilitary In t ommanri.
Wahuimuton,April 19 ^The following^orders, atgned by Assistant Adjutant (Jen^eral Kelton, supposed to have resulted from^the cabinet meeting this afternoon, have^just been sent to the commanding general^of the division of Missouri at Chicago: By^direction of the major-general the follow^^ing Is communicated: The prealdeut di-^rrcts Gen Merril* to act in conjunction with^the marshals of t'nited States courts hav^^ing jurisdiction in the country opened to^settlement under the president's recent^proclamation to preserve peace, and^will upon requisition of such mar^^shals or their duly authorized deputies^order the troops under his command to aid^them in executing warrants, making ar^^rests and quelling any riots or breaches of^the peace that may occur. He will use his^11j M ^- nee to promote peace and good order^and will take every proper measure to^avoid any conflict ot arms between or with^settlers. lie will also see that the laws re^latir.g to the introduction of ardent spirits^into the Indian country are enforced. A^careful enforcement of these provisions^will do much to promote good order.
TheNew York exchanges were all closed^yesterday and Good Friday was generally^observed. The day was also observed in^Chicago.
NUTimram on.
Conrlhl Rtliiw n ttaenirr* ^uil I mi. J^etafce* Official* Sear lurvvll.
Cnuaoo, April 19 ^A special dispatch^from Purcell, Indian Territory, says:^There has been a battle between Tutted^States otticers and t^ooiuers, several of the^latter being taken prisoners. Seven of^them were severely wounded and a deputy^marshal was slightly hurt. A raid w^s^made by the I nited States msrshals th s^afternoon on the boomers who had disre^^garded and taken up claims in Oklahoma,^ror several days men on horseback and In^wagons have been seen fording the South^Canadian, north of Purcell, aud disappear^ing In the timber to the eastward. Men^who came in froru hunting trips report^baring seen Isrge bodies of boomers mak^lug in a northeasterly direction, and a^hunter who arrived last night declared he^found a man plowing iu secluded valley^tweul)-sia miles from Purcell.
Thismorning at sun rise thirteen prairie^schooners, well manued, croaaed the Santa^Fe track below the city and forded the^river and were soon out of sight They^were seen, however, and leadlug citi/eus^cajWed a Meeting against lreep^^^th, hi^i^uiside of thirty minutes halt a dozen fiery^speeches had been made. It was finally^decided that the chief deputy marshal be^called upou to try to expel the raiders. He^said he would do so, aud immediately sent^one of his assistants to rally his Men. This^afternoon the chief deputy, accompanied^by thirteen assistants, rode down to the^river and took the same tord. There was^a fresh trail leading to the northeast and^the party followed this at a gallop.
Aboutfour inlies out one of the men no^^ticed a thin cloud of smoke rising above tin^rot ton woods to the right. A hall was
calledand thr^t the part) reconnoltered
Theydiscovered four wagons about threi-^bundred feet from the trail and five men^seated around the lire eaiing dinner. The)^were unceremoniously ordered to hitch up,^and were sent back iu charge of a deputy^marshal. The remainder ot the posse de^^ployed as skirmishers and advanced slowly^for several miles. Suddenly a shot was^heard on the left and a bullet clipped a !eaf^above the head of one of the party. A^minute later a volley rang out in front and^a pun) ridden by one of the deputies sank^to the ground with a bullet in his head.
Thechief of the deputies called out for^his men to charge. Kvh unstrung his^\\ un lit ster and surged forward. They^went Into the thicket and stum ted like mad^men. There was uo response for several^minutes aud the men begau to think they^bail dispersed their assailanta. They soon^discovered their mistake. A man popped^up from behind a log and tired at them and^tills was the signal for another fusillade^from his friends. He retreated down the^ravine just in time to escape the tire of the^deputies, who continued to advance and^pump their repeaters. Half way down the^ravine the deputies discovered a rough bar^^ricade of logs and brush across the en^^trance and simultaneously a voice ex^^claimed: ^Now, give It to them, boys.
Asheet of ttame poured from the face^of the barrier and another shower of bul^^let* sped towards the officers. They had^been sufficiently warned, however, and but^one of their number was hit, his wound^nut heing serious. The chief deputv or^dered a retreat and gather* d his men about^him tor a council of war. It was evident^the barricade was quite heavily moonted^and a direct assault would prove disas^^trous; therefore it was decided^to divide the psrty aud ai^tack the Hank of the enemy.^This movement brought the deputies dl-^reettj above the barricade. At a given^signal they began shooting from the top of^the ravine right into the midst of the l^oom^^ers, who were utterly unable to defend^thetnselven from such an attack.
Tenminutes of rapid firing ensued, and^then aery for quarter went up from the^barricade. ^We surrender,^ shouted a^man. Then the tiring ceased. A hasty ad^^vance to the fort and the otticers were In^charge of thirty prisoners, seven of whom^weie severely wounded. Two of these,^Thomas Muflin and David Wlnship, will^probably die. Muliiu has a bullet In his^left lung aud Winship one In his abdomen.^Martin Fallen, ot Gainsviilc, Tex., received^a bail in his left thigh. John T. White, of^Fort Worth, was struck in the shoulder.^Sam f ^ ^dd. of North Carolina, has a deep^ganh in his forehead. Kit ward Frabishey,^of Texas, suffered a broken arm. John^Young, of liOuisiana, Is shot through the^shoulder.
Theprisoners, all of whom had rillea and^revolvers and plenty of ammunition, were^disarmed, the wounded cared for as well^possible under the circumstances, and the^march to Purcell was taken up. The^wagons and personal property of the^boomers were destroyed. The gang were^all southerners, mostly from Texas, and^presented a forlorn appearance. Their^captain, Kdward Mcintosh, said he had^been concealed In the ravine for three days^and that the party was only the advance^guard of a body of more than 400 who,^through agents sent ahead, had selerted^their claims and proposed to hold^them with Winchester* against all comers^Mc 1 ntosh and t he other pr isoners were taken^to the pr'n ^n pen, five miles southwest of^Purceli, and placed under a strong guard.^^sbutoneot the marshals was wounded^and his Injury is trilliug, the charge id^murder cannot he brought against the men.^They may be trlod for resisting arrest, hut^the belief ig they will tie released after^Oklahoma Is opeu. A detachment of the^Fifth cavalry Is expected here to morrow^aud a scout will probably result In the dis^^covery of many other outfits. Kate to night^It Is reported a large number of Tcxans^who have encamped on the Wichita are on^their way to Purcell. This causes fear^that they will attempt to rescue the prison^ers.
Asto Townnlt^a.
Washington,April 19 -ln reply to a^communication from the commissioner of^the general land office Secretary Noble to^^day rendered a decision relative to town-^sites in Oklahoma: 1 am In receipt of your^communication of the 15th relative to the^application of the Capital Townsite and^Improvement company, asking permission^to locate and enter certain lands In the^Ottbrie aud Kingfisher land districts for^townsltes In Indian territory, said applica^tloo having been referred by the depart^^ment to your office. 1 concur in the views^expressed by ynu In your ssid communlca^tlon, that there is no authority to grant ttie^applications of the Oklahoma Capital City^Townsite and Improvement company^to enter the lands ss now pre.^senled and I am also of the opinion^the provisions of the act of March 4, 18M9,^providing for entries of lands for townsltes^under sections 2.K7K and 2.3HH. Knvised^statutes, do not apply to corporations of^this character. Although the president^migh' have power to reserve lands for^townsite purposes under section 2 SHU of the^Kevised Statutes such reservation could^not he made for the benefit of a corpora^^tion of this character, but would be dis-
Ksed of In the manner now provided by
Mil of Wacoas.
AkkansarCity, April IV ^Thechange^of date for crossing the Cherokee Strip line^by the Oklahoma settlers from tfu 19th, to^day, to jesterday, the lHth, made the nutn^her of wagona In the first batch to cross the^line smaller than it would otherwise have^been. Succeeding events show the change^to have been a wise one. Despite the five^miles of wagons which went Into the strip^yesterday morning, the Influx during the^rest of the day was enormous. Word that^the movement would occur to day had be^^come wide spread to the north and many^settbrswho otherwise would have been^here for the start remained In their camps^until the afternoon of yesterday. Tate in^the day there continued to be an almost^continuous stresrn of wagons on Summit^street Most of the afternoon arrivals^ramped here last night and proceeded this^m Tiling. Only a few entered the Strip^tor there Is but one stream between Horse^and salt Creek fork fit to camp on and^that is only five miles from the north line^of the Strip.
HouUng-crWarned.
UiiUBSKi.*,April 19.^The Belgian gov^^ernment has decided to send a notice to^Gen. Boulanger to the ^ fleet that he will^not be allowed to conspire against France,^a nation friendly to Belgium.
MILLIONSLOST.
AGreat Fire at New York Covering^a Half Mile and Destroying^Valuable Property.
TheLoss Nearly Four Millions, the^New York Central Railroad Being^a Sufferer.
r'alrbanh'a Krtliirr^ !^^^! roy*d, llrttdr*^siorr House* Mlled W illi Mui-h t o.tl^^SWrvhaiidlM'.
NewYokk, April 19 -The largest and^fiercest fire witnessed here for years swept^ttie east bank of North river to-day from^B9th street to what would be Win street If^that street ran to the river. Itdeslroved^more than a million dollars worth of prop^^erty belonging to the New York Central^railroad company, and half a million dol^lars worth of lard, flour and the like be^^longing to other persons, notably N- K^Fatrbank, the great Chicago lard merchant.^The tlsmes destroyed two big elevators of^the Vanderbllt system, a big brick building^stretching from 59th to nOth street,^and occupied jointly by the Kan hank lard^refinery aud the Kiwstlter sum s snd wiped^out the dock property of the New VOrk^Central railroad from Fift^ ninth to past^Sixty fifth street. Henry Kenning, a^workman in the Falroank refinery, was^killed by jumping from a third story win^^dow. Many others were Injured by jump^ing, but in the great confusion attending^the con Hag ral ion the names snd extent of^the injuries of but very few were obtained.^Itumors were rife alt evening that a mini^her of workmen had been caught and^hnrned in the refinery, but It has been im^^possible to vent) them.
Thefire broke cut in the northeast corner^of the Kairbsnk Kefinery. How, nnlHtdy^knows. Soaked in grease, the old build^^ing was in ttames in an instant. The men^at work In every story dropped their tools^and ran to save their lives. The staircases^were columns of tlmues and the windows^presented the only means of escape. Tur-^sued close by the tire, the men flung them^selves out headlong, and how many there^were uo one could tell. Many who came^out were picked ut^ and earned away by^thetr friends. The tire hsd soon swept^through the length of the building and shot^over towards the big grain elevators of the^New York Central railroad.
Betweenthe place where the engines^were stationed and the elevators were^twenty-seven railroad tracks which uo tire^engine could crosi, and next the I'nion^stockyards, a half mile of broad enclosure^and pens equally Impassable. There was^uo way for the tire engine to reach the etc^vatora except along Sixtieth street, past^the tunning building, and that street, atter^two engines hsd fought their way past,^was blockaded by falling walls. Further^more, near the elevators was only one^small water pipe. Fire boats were sent for^and several of them mm in began work In the^heroic struggle to save the elevators, but it^was iu vain. The tremendous heat from^across the street dried and warped the^wood work of the big frame building under^Its corrugated Iron sheet and in a short^time elevator ^A^ was on fire and burning^fiercely.
Soonafter the walls *of the Kosslter^stores fell, releasing tons and tons of hum^ing merchandise that rolled in blazing^heaps in every direction. This tnrreesed^the heat and names, and the efforts of the^firemen seemed entirely useless. AImmU^this time the stockyard pens were cleared^out. At 7 o'clock elevator B caught fire,^and the scene had then, In the growing^darkness, a lurid effect which made the^speetscle one of awful grande ,r.
Thesecond elevator was entirely con^^sumed also. At 11 o'clock to night, when^the fire was gotten undercoi.tr 1, the half a^mile of ruins sent out a furnace heat. The^^ ^lunate lohses are as follows: The Kosstt^ter stores, contents, S900.000; the Wilcox^company, stock, ftlfto.ooo; elevator A, $HO0,^(MM); elevator B, $760,000; dock l^, contents,^$200,000; tlock A, $K5 000; the Wilcox^building, $^^0 000; total, VS.m.OOO. The^loss to trie property of the New York QasV^trai company la covered by Insurauce. The^Wilcox company's stock was insured for^$100,000.
Ata late hour to-night it Is said four^men were iu the ruins of the Wilcox Com^^paq's building,
HANGMAN'SDAY-
TilMl* Kieeullffn !^ Indiana l^^inl*l^*^liioiml Fori amllh. Ark.
Vincknnkh,Ind., April 19 -Sylvester^Grubb was hanged at 11 o'clock for the^murder of his sweet heart,Gert rude Downey,^at Princeton, lud., last September, in full^view of several thousand people. The girl^refused to have anything more to do with^him, aud he shot her three times and then^tried i., kill himself, but the pistol failed to^gooff. He came near being lynched. He^escaped a few weeks ago, hut was re^captured. ^^n the scaffold he said he bad^much to say, but declined to talk hecauM*^reporters were present. His neck was^broken.
FohtSmith, Ark., April 19.-Malachl^Allen, a one armed negro, and James^Mills, a half Indian, were hanged this^afternoon. Both their necks were broken.^Allen protested his innocence. He waa^convicted of murdering Shadrack Peters^and Silas Tove in the Chickasaw nation^last July. Mills killed John Wlndon, a^negro, near Newokee, on the Seminole^reservation, December, IKH.7.
ArkansasKlrvllon Trluls.^I.ini k K'h h. April 19. -The federal^court for the eastern district of Arkannas^has been in session two weeks luvestiga^Ing the charges of fraud aud Intimidation^in the election held in November. To-day^Keubeii W. Harden, a gray haired man^from ! nion county, was sentenced to two^years In the penitentiary for driving a^negro away from the polls and refusing to^allow him to cast his ballot. Thomas W.^Hanshy, of Cleveland county, was fin* d^$500 for interfering with an election super^^visor In Kungsland, fClevciand county.
Ibe trial Of the three Judges of election at
IMummersville,where the Im x was stolen,^will nut bo concluded until to-mojrow.
NOTM0XKY KXHIGH
MoiilMnlamat i In. ^^i
Cimaoo, April 19 - JSpecial to the In^^dependent.)^Political sachems of Mon^^tana converted ttie Grand Taclfic into a^wigwam to-day. The chiefs were Col. C.^A. Broadwater, L H. Hershfield, Commo^^dore T. C. Power, his brother, J. W. Tower,^and Isaac I). McCutcheon. Hershfield^would neither deny nor affirm that he is a^candidate for the T'nited States senator-^ship. He said he could hardly blame Bus-^sell Harrison for advocating McCutcheon^fur governor, as he was under great obliga^^tions to htm socially arid in a business^way.
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Wamiiinotun,April 19^The president^made the following appointments to-day:^Solon W. Stocking, of New York, to be^examiner In chief is the patent offi -e; Har^^rison Kelly, of Jacksonville, ore , to be re^^ceiver of public moneys at Drews*y, On ,^James W. Havden, of Olympls, W. T , to^be receiver of public moneys at Seattle,^W. T.j Jay B. Huntington, of Oregon, to^be register of the land office at Drews* y.^Ore.
MinneapolisNlrlfca.
Minm\April 19^ There is no
changeof any consequence In the street^railway strike. Seventy-five cowboys ar^^rived from Kansas City this morning to^take the places of the strikers, but have^not yet gone to work. The cars are run^^ning with occasional minor disturbances.
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Washington,April 19.^The board of^bureau officers which has been considering^proposals received for building an armored^coast detonate veaael, has completed Its^work and reported to the secretary of the^navy. It Is undersUMMl the board finds It Is^not possible to build a vessel under the^lowest bid, $1,614,000, and comply with the^terms of the act of congress, which fixes^the total cost of naval rauie, batteries and^other naval structures to be built under Its^authorizttlon, st 92,(10^000. Out of^this total must come the ar^^mor for a coast defense vessel,^which Isnot to be furnished ay the con^^tractor, ami which will cost I^UI00, an^^chors, busts, etc., and a aubuiarine boat^for which proposals were received some^months ago. Altogether there wouid be a^di licit of #100.0110 if the lowest bid for^building this powerful vessel was accepted.^The next move of the department. If the^report Issccepted by Secretary Tracy, will^be to re-siivertise for proposals and If that^falls to secnr* a reduction then to appeal^to congress for au Increase in the limits of^the total cost.
I\ I AT LsVID Sl.IBK.
An Knglne In th* Ithu-k 4'anuu Hurled^from tlo Trax-k.
liKNVKU,April 19. -A Montrose, Col.,^special ssys: A fatal accident occurred on^the Kio (irande road at 1 o'clock this morn^^ing. While the Salt Take express waa^running through Black canon a huge land^slide came tearing down the side of the^canon, several Immense boulders striking^the engine, throwing it from the track and^hurling It down a thirty foot embankment^tu the UuQulaon river TheLengine in the^d^ scent turned over several times, crushing^the tiremsn, Wm. North, to death. Kn-^gineer Kysn was caught underneath a por^^tion of the machinery and pinioned to the^bed of MM river and nearly drowned before^rescued. He Is also seriously Injured In^terually. N Ine of tin coaches were thrown^from the ttack and on account of the mar^Ing waters It was some minutes before the^oassengeri and crew knew of the accident.^I'he train waa descending the canon at the^usual speed and it la supposed the Jar of^the train started some loose rocks from the^top of the canon eeveral hundred feet^above, and these rolling down started^others, tneresulng In size, until, when It^struck the unfortunate euglne, it bud be^^come a tremendous slide of huge boulders^and rocks.
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NoTroubla Now lo | mirenlrata a I.arirw^Aruiv at Nliort NoiUr.
Wahiunoton,April 19.^Tlte war de^^partment is in receipt dally of miulsitlon^for ordnance and ijuaitertnaater stores for^the equipment of the militia under the an^^nual appropriation of 9400,000. In the ter^^ritories particularly there are signs of ac^^tivity amoDg the tulllUa forces. The old^orgauizationa are gradually changing their^equipment to conform to that of the regu^^lar army. It ts thought there will be fully^60,000 militiamen in New York on the oc^^casion of the centennial celebration. This^Is thought to be significant of the wonder^^ful efficiency of the present organization,^making It posalble to concentrate an army^of well (frilled and well equipped soldiers^within a day at a.moat any of the Impor^^tant cities ^^r Hie Atlantic coast Within^forty elghi hours for preparation an aruiv^of nearly 75,000 soldiers could be gathered.
MORMONANTIDOTES.
Alabama Itrurulalorn Maka t ^e of the^siwlt^-li aa Well aa Tar and I lu-t
St.Torts, April 19. -Information from^Tyle county, Alabama, Is to the * fleet that^five Mormon missionaries were severely^whipped snd driven from that county last^Monday niKht. These men had been hold^^ing meetings among the Ignorant clssses in^the country and had formed a colony to go^to Utah. M on i ia \ night some forty citizens^of the northern part of the county, without^the slightest attempt at disguise, surround^^ed the house of tild Irons, a recent convert,^who was entertaining the five missionaries.^Without delay they weretaaen out, stripped^to the waist anil lied in a row. Then each^of the regulators, with a long switc h, struck^tack prisoner a sounding blow. Hy the^time the last Mow was given two of the^men had United and the others were wet^with b o d After the whipping, t'ie men^were given a thick coat of tar and feathers^and they were warned to leave instantly or^suffer death. The names of the Mormons^sre Asa Hlxon, J. IT Hagadoru, M. Miller,^Johu W. Pearce aud Tncle Morrison.
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st.Tai l, April Jtl -There haa been^considerable bitter feeling In both houses^of the legislature for several weeks over^the bills relating to the land grants of the^Diiluth A Winnipeg railroad. Measuree^to confirm the forfeiture of the grant for^failure to fulfill the charter obligations^have been defeated once or twice and the^local papers have charged bribery. To^^night a bill passed by the senate forfeiting^the land grante is discovered to have been^mysteriously abstracted from the room of^the house committee to which It waa re^^ferred and Its friends are on the war path-^Sensational reports were stloat this after^no..n totheefTe^ct that warranU were out^for the arrest of thirteen persons for brib^^ery and corruption. The reports cannot^be traced to any authentic source, how^ever, and probably have no foundation.
Th*rub lie I'rtniar Klfht.
Washington,April IU -Frank W. rai^^nier, of Illinois, has loomed up during the^put few days as a dangerous competittor^against Ostmrne, of Tos Angeles, for pub^^lic printer. He Is a newspaper man, hav^^ing edited the Dei Moines, la Register^before Clarkson, now assistant postmaster-^general, took It, andsubs^^|U'.mtIy waso** the^Dhlosato Inter Ocean. He was In congress^from Iowa when Harrison waa a congress^^man. He fsaald to be Harrison's personal^preference. 04borne's friends are making^a desperate struggle In his behair, and Os^^tmrne himself hsd a close consultation^with Secretary Halford on the subject to-^day.
Supportersof the other candidates claim^that Palmer's appointment cannot be made^because the bureau of engraving snd print^^ing has been promised toCapt. Meredith.^These two places, they say, would never^he given to I llinnfe. Gen. Palmer's^chances, therefore, can only rest on the^improbable possibility that Mr. Meredith^may resign all claims upon the administra^^tion.
RULEOFTHE GUN.
TheCity Government of El Paio^Forcibly Taken Possession of by^a Republican Mayor.
AGentleman Who Thinks He Is tha^Law and a Canvassing Board
Combined.
Provided for the Kalthrul.
WhoOaly HurraBder to tha Mar^^shal -Tha People Inaiguant.
Ki.paso,April 18 ^The contested city^election took a new turn yesterday. For^several days past the old mayor, a republl^can, and the old council, composed of five^democrata and three republicans, has been^sitting as a canvassing board hearing argu^^ments t mm the lawyers of the democratic^and republican contestants. Iu the after^^noon an adjourned meeting of the old board^was held at the city hall. The mayor pre^^sided and put a motion, made by a demo-^crstlc member. Another motion waa made^by a democratic member, when the mayor^sprang to his feet and declined to recognize^bun. He pulled the election returns from^his pocket and announced that he proposed^to nave the vote counted. A democratic^councilman moved to ad morn. The mayor^ruled him out of order. Seeing the mayor^wss determined not to put the motion or^recognize a democratic alderman, the tve^democratic members left the hall, thua^leaving the council without a quorum. In^the face of uo quorum the mayor^Instructed the city clerk to take^down the returns, as he read them.^There being no quorum the clerk^declined to act The mayor then desig^^nated a clerk and had the vote counted^without a i|uorum, aud declared the muni^^cipal ticket elected. The republican con^^testants were sworn In and the usurping^in ivor began to swesr in special police,^after appointing the old city marshal and^the police force to act. He then tried to^get into the city safe. While working at^the combination the marshal sent a police^^man to guard the safe. The roliceman^pushed the usurping mayor back and took^chsrgeof the safe. At this moment the^noiicenisn waa covered with a double^barrelled shotgun tn the hands of one of^the usurping party. Klve cases of Win^Chester rifles were procured and put in the^hands of the special police sworn in by the^usurping mayor and the other republic^who nan assembled.
thenIn charge of^republicans, who^to two i regular city^Associated Press^democrats made
Thecity hall was^an anui d posse of^refused admittance^policemen and the^reporter. The^no demonstration
TheHa*^ Hall Keeord.
AtCincinnati -Cincinnati, 8; St. Louis,
4.
AtPhiladelphia AthMU-s, 8; Brook^^lyn, V.
At Tuuliville-Touisvllle, 5; Kansas
City,7
AtBaltimore^First game^Baltimore,^IS; Columbus, 5. Second game^Baltimore,
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llat^^... Hope Left.^New Yokk, April IV.^All the steamers^i which could have been In the neighborhood^! of the wrecked ateamer Denmark have ar-^1 rived, but no tidings of those on board^] have been received. The only hope is they^i have been picked up by a aaillng vease.^and taken probably to the Azores station
buthad their lawyers swear out an Injunc^^tion, which was granted by the district^judge, preventing the usurping mayor^from acting and putting the citv hali in the^hands of the court The sheriff served the^Injunction and took possession of the city^hall. The armed posse at the city hall dis^^persed quietly after the sheriffs visit, and^at 10 o'clock the old city council met with^a quorum and adjournal. The old mayor^having refused to rccognw. the old council,^Councilman Johnson presided and ap^^pointed a large force of special police to^act with the city marshal. Tke man whom^the usurping mayor appointed captain of^special poll, e is not a risldeut of Texaa.^(Jreat Indignation is ei pressed at the armed^mob In the city hall and the attempt of the^old mayor to act without a quorum of the^council.
Kxcitementstill runs high and an India-^creet word or move may lead to a regular^slaughter. Krakauer, the republican^usurper who tsssjfe charge of the city hall^yesterday evening) ana who was ordered^u^ surrender all the city property and Mis^perse his mob, was arrested this morning^for contempt of court in refualug to dis^^close the combination of the city safe In^which the citv records and seal are stowed,^and the combination of which he changed^while In possession of the hall last night^At 11 o'clock to night his trial is tn pro-
f;ressand the court room Is crowded with^iiiudredsof excited men. If he is sent to^iallarow Is anticipated. It Is positively^learned this evening that Krakauer has^been tendered the services of 800 Mexi^^cans.
AS25 RATE.
Uedurtlonto Montana 1'olnU from Ht. I'aul^Over the Northern I'aelttc.
PresidentThomas K, Oakes upon his re^^turn from the east to St. Paul immediately^replied to the communication addressed to^htm by the Helena board of trade on the^matter of stop-over privileges for this point.^From his reply it will be seen that stop^^over privileges have not been obtained, an^alleged special to a Helena print to the^contrary notwithstanding, although the^concession matte in the matter of rates to^Helena Is equally as good, If not better.^The letter is addressed to Kobert C.^Walker, secretary of the Helena board of^trade. It says:
Responseto your communication of^USd ultimo, transmitting an exlr ct of the^minutes ot your board, has been delayed^by my absence from St. Paul. 1 can only^explain our position in the matter of stop^^over privileges by recital of the history of^the apparent concessions accorded to^Spokane Kails, which seems to be an un^^just discrimination against other towna.^Itefore giving this, however, I would say^that a reduction in our settlers' rate to Hel^^ena and Butte from Si- 50 to S26 haa been^determined upon, to go into effect in May,^1st proximo. In order to place Montana^points on par with those farther west.^When this rate goes Into effect there will^probably be no occasion for dissatisfaction^on the part of your people.
Inreciting ttie history of the stop-over^on \ ilege at Spokane Kills, Mr Oakes SSVS^this waa done through an arrangement^when the Transcontinental association^was first formed, to enable second-class^through Pacific coast passengers, not ac^^quainted with the country, to examine^casually the region west of the mountains^between an agreed point some 800 miles^east of the coast. The Northern Pacific^then adopted Spokane Kails aa its^point for stop-over privl'eges. After^the reorganization of the sssoctatlon^the southern lines changed their minds^on the subject and seemed determined^to force a discontinuance of the practice.^The Northern Pacific advertising material,^however, was scat ten d through the coun^^try and the road could not consistently dis^^continue the practice. Any attempt to^extend the stop-over privilege further east^would be futile, Mr. Oakes says, and would^simply result In breaking up the transcon^^tinental association.
SecretaryWalker, of the Board of Trade,^Is plessed with the result, and believes the^settlers rates to this point will be of more^benefit than a stop-over privilege, aa it will^leave travelers here, and If they choose^may purchaae tickets farther weat at the
Helenaoffice.
Hkxkna,April IV.^Kdltor of the Inde-^dependent: Your pre** dispatches, this^morning are in error in stating tnat the^Western Passenger association made a re^^duction of S7 50 on second class rates from^Chicago to Helena This redaction waa^brought about by our local trunk lines weat^of st. Paul, Independent of the roads^running into Chicago, and waa made a^short time ago, and there haa been no^further reduction made hy the association^between these points. The action reported^In the dispatch merely amounted to a ratifi^^cation of that reduction. The St Paul^roads deserve the credit of this reduced^schedule, and It Is an injustice to have the^Impression go out that this reduction waa^first urged or suggested by the association^and not by our own lines. Jar.
Wslromlagapamldtna;.^CHicaao, April 19 -To night Manager^Spauldlhg and his ball teams returned to^Chicago. The event waa celebrated by a^street parade and a hotel banquet where^covers were laid for 800 persons and ap^^propriate speeches were made.
