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, .1 NT -, M, s ek dt f ?ý nab.. e des-t the $Sa t 9ened Sbetir bemes Wr pie of bualaas an ec.er by earder thro h telephoeas No.100, Please A to ln1re parqit ,apty e, aboe be h in bIefore p. a. '.ejected ommunincations not returnable aon ,- poetase is enloeed. TIIaMS OF sBSORIxPTION. BY MAIL. Daily [inolading Sundayl per year.......... 10 00 Daily [including Sunday] six months...... 0 00 Daily [innoudlnn Sundayl three months..,. 50 Daily [excluding Snndayl per yea........ 9 00 Daily [excluding Sunday] per month...... 27 Sunday only [in advance] per year........ 90 Weekly [in advance only] per year...... ... 00 Daily by carrier, per week. Leaven iea~eset. 25 HELENA, MONT., OCT. 12. 1891. Wrp'Montanians abroad will always find Tir DAILY lanarDPrr.NT on file at their favorite hotels: Fifth Avenue and Metropolitan, New York: West, Minneapolis: Baldwin and Palace, San Francisco: McDermott, Butte; Leland Hotel. Springfield. 111, A NEW STORY. Beginning next week TiH INDnrPN DENT will publish the first chapters of a new serial story for old and young by Franoes Hodgson Burnett, whose name is familiar to all readers of sterling fic tion as the author of those strong novels, "That Lass o' Lowrie's," "Through One Administration," and other great stories, and who as the writer of "Little Lord Fauntleroy" is a prime favorite in every household where the children are gathered. The new story, which is entitled "Giovanni and the Other," is a beauti ful tale of two Italian boy singers. One is Giovanni, a hearty, healthy, happy lad with a wonderful voice, who sings before the hotels and cafes of San Remo, and is showered with money on account of his delightful singing; "the other" is an older boy, whose voice had once been even more beautiful than that of Giovanni but who had ruined it forever by-singing too much at night in the open air and by his wild reckless life. The relation of Giovanni to "the other" and to the two American ladies at a great hotel, forms the material for a narrative of rare beauty and pathos. The story has many of the characteris tics that made "Little Lord Fauntleroy" so great a success and yet in no way re sembles it. Mrs. Burnett's stories are always in spiring and helpful, always Imbued with humane and wholesome sentiment, always full of encouragement to young people to live manly and womanly lives, to be brave and honest, to be zealous in right living and honorable action. It is these qualities in her work that has aroused in readers everywhere, both young and old, a personal interest in the author, and secured for her stories an enduring popularity. The story will be completed in four or five installments. DISHONEST COMPARISONS. The Journal quoted the prices on fifty-six staples for the years 1857, 1889, 1890 and 1891-four epochs in the industrial issues of this country. Although the authority for these figures is given and the method of their acquirement ootlined, so that any one interested in the question of their veracity can investigate for himself, THE INDEPEND -NT questions their truthfulness.-Journal. What Tarn INDEPENDNVT said was that the figures were dishonest, and that's what they are. The Journal takes them without question or verifica tion from a wholly untrustworthy organ of protected industries, the National Economist, which publiphed therm with intent to deceive. What unmitigated nonsense it is to compare prices of com modities made in 1857 by hand labor, or crude and slow machinery, with those of articles manufactured in this age of steam and electricity, by means of the marvelous inventions thar, have revolu tionized every form of human industry! But isn't it characteristic of protection ist dishonesty, this assuming that the world has stood still for thirty-four years and left industrial conditions just the same as they were in the days of our fathers? Why not go back and compare prices now with the quotations that prevailed when 2oluambus discovered America, or on the day the Declaration of Independence was signed? And will the Journal tell us how its friend, the National Economist, knows that the articles roade in 1857 are the same in quality and fibre and workman ship, as those made in this year of grace. The Economist says that in 1857 blank ets sold for 80.88 and in 1891 for 83.70 a pair. What kind of blankets in 1857? And what kind in 18917? Thorn are blankets and blankets, coarse blankets and fine blankets, and shoddy blankets, (chiefly the latter under the McKinley law). And there are as many different prices as there are sorts of blankets. And the Economist tells us that carpets sold in 1857 for $1.3012 and in 1881 for 66% cents. Most true, 0, wise man! And you might have said that a year ago carpets sold for a dollar a yard and you can buy them this year as low as thirty cents--but not the same carpets in warp and woof and wearing quality. In 1857 the Economist informs us that a pair of shoes cost $5.84 and now only $3.80. That statement is too modest by far. In 1857 your shoemaker painfully pounded out a pair of fine shoes for you by hand and charged you eight dollars for them; you can get a fair pair now for three or four dollars and coarser, but serviceable, ones for two dollars. But the old shoemaker who stitched two or three pairs of shoes a week is gone, and in his place is a machine that stitches hundreds of pairs in a day. And is this wonderful cheapening of production which inventive skill has brought about by the creation of mar velous machinery, due to the beneficent working of a high tariff policy? Not a bit of it. Free trade England leads the world to-day in the quality and variety lha 18i 7 has beuan o leae llarlted IhikI 'Yhe e ,..gu o res iue on row are t.aoet fures, palmed o6R utpon you with intent to mislead. Spend an hour in -tudying industrial coditions at the two periods that are oompared and you wil asee upon what a bro~ea reed you hive le0an1d..0 ( ErLM.wNA , WILL HAVr IT, As a matter of news' we reproduced yesterday from the Seattle Poet-Intel ligencer an interview with Mayor White, of Seattle, in which that gentleman quoted President Cook and Trustee Calkins, of the National Educational association as saying to him in New York the other day that the aocommo dations offered by Helena were made quate and that it was out of the ques tion to think of holding the convention of the association here next year. The improbability that Messrs. Cook and Calkins, neither of whom has visited this city, would make such a statement when the committee of the association that recently visited us have laid before I them verified data directly to the con trary, would of itself strike every reader, I but further down in the same interview the wooly mayor files a testimonial to his own veracity in these words: "There is a wonderful interest displayed everywhere as to Seattle and th's country generally. The New York Times inter viewed me. and in an editorial upon it, headed 'Munchausen Outdone,' referred I to the figures of our growth and resources." We take it that this is quite sufficient to convince anybody that the report n that Messrs. Cook and Calkins are try- a ing to defeat the will of the association lI as expressed at Toronto, and the official d recommendation of a majority of the executive committee charged with the duty of carrying out the convention's behests, is untrue. To assume that these two gentlemen would now seek to f, take the convention to Saratoga, after B that place was fairly defeated in a con- n test with Helena, is a reflection on their n judgment and good sense that is unwar- 0 ranted. The occidental Munchausen t should not soar so high in the realm of the improbable. P UNDER the first nine months of the McKinley law as compared with the p, same period in 1890 the number of bus- p iness failures increased 17 per cent, and fr the aggregate liabilities 50 per cent. hi Wool has declined in price, wages of st labor have not advanced and in many bi instances have been reduced. So much c for McKinlevism. cc PS NoTHING has so depressed the repub- to lican organs as the appearance of ol Grover Cleveland and David B. Hill on ea the same platform in New York, in sup port of Roswell P. Flower. That al leged quarrel was the last prop of re- ai publicanism in the Empire state and it d is gone. t COUNTvRFEIT silver dollars, light in weight, greasy to the touch and without a clear ring, are in circulation. THE SHAiDOWG4HRAPHER. We give a kindly tip to our landlord. If he again fails to produce heat in this office our columns will be open to his tenants. The wind blew around the streets of this town yesterday in a way that led the peo ple to doubt whether they were in Great Falls or Livingston. Superintendent Turnbull issued an order yesterday to the effect that under no cir cumstances will the trolley wires of his line be used for executions. 'k 4 Helena has lately been the scene of a sensational cowhiding, several holdups and the capture of a female road agent and her male coadjutor. What will come next? Uncle George Carter says that California is now very quiet outside of Sen Francisco. There was a slight snow fall in Tuoluanno county last week and a new fence painted in San Diego. The bandits now in hostage left Butte be cause business was poor, and came to Hel ena, where they reaped large rewards until caught. Still the Butte papers claim that business is quiet in Helena. The officers of the Montaua Central will confer a favor if they will keep their offices open until 2:'.0 p. m. on Sundays for the convenience of newspaper men desiring to secure transportation to Butte. Alderman Marcus Lisoner tells us that he has received a large order for mineral water from the German minister of war. 'lhe minister adds that the water will be used to strengthen the German forces on the French frontier. The beautiful came down last evening in a white mantle of soft, melting fl ekes. It was very pleasant, except to the suburban residents. They saw not the poetry, but rather visions of night carriages at fifty cents a ride. We are all "hunching" for John Maguire in his efforts to secure a new opera house in this city. Now, if Maeaire' will come over and "hunch" for himself awhile the opera house would anproach a nearer degree of materialization. The politicians and statesmen of Mon tana will have a "weigh" social of their own next fall and it is not too early to prophesy that some will be found wantini. In the meantime we are all enjoying the "weigh" socials in other states. P'resident Harrison announces that poli tics will have nothing to do with his selec tion of the new United Stateos judges. We wonder if politics has anything to do with Chief Justice Blake's claims to the United States judgeship of Montana. According to the Minneapolis Tribune, Editor Quinn has never thought of the postmastership of the next house of repro sentatives and much prefers journalistic duties to office seeking. This, however, has nothing to with offlice getting. Col. Broadwater and family will loeas this week for a winter's visit in the East and West Indies. No citizen of Helena has better earned a vacation, and all citizens of HIelena hope that it will prove a most de lightful and pleasant season of recreation. It is reported that the. "sure thing" men fonced a man fromrn the court house the other evening. One of those finu days the suro thing men may have business of their ... a t tl.. . nuthe to sclotherday, much to day AU that elet manry frieted, who live wiil ver lika . Sreeive. low. T aaol e We learn tohat Swend Caipelon will put a wede play the oad, of whi thte morning Blgnora Frelsand and Diek Remington will appear the anageent. Th Rain4ss. The woma took to alu i'.r lothes again yestrUday. A ll that aite~geldi to complete has not ye pen selecateiod, bUtin man's sentene, whig she will very likely receive. We learn that Swnd OCarlson will saci put a Swede play on the road, of which Y64 Remington will have the management. The company has not yet been selected, but set gotiatione are under way to secure the Swede woman in the city jail as lealtag highway lady. #*# Sam Kennett and Duncan Hunter are two worldlings initiated into the secrets of tea Elks Friday evening. They wish to return thanks for the jellies and other oulinary delicacies sent to them during their illness, and add that they hope to be around in the course of a few days. The well known spiritualistic "sure thing" man Slade, who brought ghosts to his assistance in Helena a few weeks ago, cave an exhibition in Butte last evening. According to a special he did not And it necessary to go out of the city limits of Butte to secure the necessary spirits. The gentlemen who are promoting the new home of the Keeley cure in Helena announce that owing to the prospectively large number of patients from Butte, re duced rates will be given to the residents of that camp. This is but another phase of Helena's large hearted generosity to her suburb over the range. The St. Paul newspapers are kindly in formed that while Gov. Joseph K. Toole and Hon. Grover Cleveland are thinking on much the same line, the former citizen is not yet possessed of the miraculous power of being in St. Paul and Helena at the same time. St. Paul might do this if he were again with us, but our handsome governor, esteemed as he is, is by no means a lt. Paul. Gen. George O. Eaton, one of the most popular of the northwestern appointees of President Harrison, returned yesterday from a trip in the wild and almost unin habited Flathead country. The wind and sun combined to produce a beautiful seal brown tint on the general's once rosy cheeks and, doubtless, if he had remained a month longer would have given the rich copper tawn of a Flathead chief. It Is re ported that he killed a white elk during his tour and will present the hide to the lodge of which he is not only the exalted but the esteemed ruler. At a late hour this morning a mild-eyed and hair-brained individual whose name is unknown to us flew into the office and dropping the following verse on our table tushed out with commendable clerity: Oh, snow, snow, why are you here, Covering hill and heather, When we poets at this time of year Are praising October weather? Oh, Rusk, Rusk, Old Jerry Rusk If ever you run for office Montana will hide youas corn in a husk For of weather you are a novice. You can buy crockery, china and glassware cheaper at ThaBoo tHive than at any place in the tt city. lii COMING ATTRACTIONS. Gus Heege, who plays the Swede in "Yon Yonson," came to play the character through the following circumstances in his theatrical career: Several years ago he was a member of a strollin g band of players, who, through adversity and bad business, became stranded at Mastinique, Mich., leaving Heege in a strange town without friends and money. The morning, the show "busted," as the saying goes, Heego started to find some means to pet out of town, and the first thing that met his eye was a large placard, "Men wanted for the lumber camps at good wages." Here was an open ing, and, although wholly inexperienced, Gus applied for the place, and, being a strong, healthy-looking' fellow, was hired and left that day for oamp. The majority of his companions were Swedes, and Heege ,ut in three long and, to him, wearymonths working hard and studying the Swedish dia lect by force of his surroundings. Hle soon became quite proficient and could say "yumping yimminy" and express himself as though a born Swede. He saved his money. and in the spring drifted back to his friends and acquaintances with the fixed determination that the next character he played upon the mimic stage should be a Swede. How well he has succeeded is evi denced by the success of "Yon Yonson." Jouvin'skid gloves in evening shades worth $2 are being so!d this week at The Bee Hiive for MR. PEW'S STATEMENT. Hlie Says He Has No Fear of Being Able to Prove His Innocence. Were the Journal and Herald one hun dredth part as anxious to publish the truth as they appear to be for sensational articles at no matter what cost to one's character, then there would be less falsification and misrepresentation. The Journal of Friday asserts that my defense showed that I sent the hay for the horses. This is an em phatic falsehood as are other of their state ments. I have no fears in regard to being able to prove my innocence and hope to convict the purchasers, especially the man Smith, who is responsible for the affair. His testimony was that when he was with me at the stable I told him I was going out of town for several days. For my part I de livered the team to him then and there. Nor did I send the hay, but my teamsters fed them surplus hay, of which 1 knew nothing until last ''uesday. Any rational citizen I would ask this question: What object could I have in taking brood mares from the range, twenty miles, to shut them up to starve? In what way would any sane being suppose I would expect to derive any benefit. G(ao. H. PEW. Helena, Oct. 10, 1891. JLarge line of albtms and photograph frames just receivedr at l'i BeIe lHivec SUICIDE AT PRICKLY PEAR. A Man Working In the Smelter Shoote imntself In tile Eyar. Coloner ltockman returned late last night from Prickly Pear junction, where he held an inquest on the body of Eraermus Johnson, aged 45, who killed himself late Haturday afternoon. Johnson went about the matter in a very deliberate way, holding a mirror in front of him in one hand and aiming a revolver at his right eye with the other. From the testimony of people living near Prickly Iear junction it did not appear what reason Johnson had for commritting suicide. Norre of tirola knew whre o Ie catne from oxcrpt that ihe Lnd worked in smelters in (rahtr and Denver. lie was a Swede arnd unmarried. Fancy tabl .r cvera at. Tire Ire livl in chennlle, Iutcrh. siu, ll'i, t|,easlry vIt "ea crh, ate., at rrteort prrlre. Call reed rae trth. Ad on another plge, :'--. A Vepst tent is NHElJIA JEP E5TTE! Because Helena is a live town. money for their inception and Because Helena is already a support. business center of large propor-. Think of the vast sums re. tions. ceived by Helena: men as ,profits Because Helena is now a rail- and dividends from these qame road center and bound to remain enterprises. so. Then say, if you can, that Hel Becaue Helen is the tempo ena has no great future in store Because Helena is the tempo, for her. rary capital of Montana. Rather, take advantage of your Because Helena will be the opportunities and secure some permanent capital and metropolis Helena real estate while it is still of a state destined to become cheap and low, and thus be in one of the richest in the union. position to reap some of the pro. Because Helena's citizens are fits from our city's wonderful progressive and thoroughly alivie 'growth, to their opportunities. We believe in Helena as a city, Because they have resisted in her' men, her enterprises, and .the tempation to over-boom their above all, in the money mnaking city-depending rather on solid qualities of her real estate. We material advancement, with back our faith by our deeds, and steady appreciation of values to invite you to do likewise. We gas-bag boasting and grossly in- buy and sell Helena Real Estate flated valuations on paper. of every description, and can al Look at Helena's great bank- ways find a good bargain for ing capital. every customer. A personal in vestigation of the properties listed Look at the many great enter- with us is invited. We also in prises in every quarter of Mon- vite correspondence from out of tana and the great northwest de- town buyers in regard to Helena pendent upon Helena men and properties. • Wallace & Thornburgh,. **'*DENVER BUILDING,*... Broadvway and Warren Sts., J-lelena, Montana A Coirection. To THE INDEPENDENT: Please allow me to correct an impression my letter pub lished in Sunday's paper must have left. By reason of a clerical oversight a negation was omitted. Instead of taking to myself the accusations contained in the letter of Saturday I intended to write, I appreciate that the wrong, if wrong there be, was not charged against me by the "Member of the Club." RICHARD A. HAnLOw. Some More of the Beautiful. A light sleet began falling last evening about seven o'clock and gradually turned into a heavy snow fall. Shortly before midnight it came down in great flakes and made the electric lights look dim. Pedes trians in most cases took to the streets rather than risk their limbs on some of the slippery sidewalks. T'lis is one of the storms that the barometer gives indications of shortly before its arrival, but does not tell just when it will move into the Dakotas or get further east to waltz with a blizzard in the streets of New York. JACQUEMIN & CO. Watchmakers, Jewelers, Silversmiths. : : Dealers in : : DIAMONDS, WATCHES, SILVERWARE, CUT CRYSTAL, FANCY GOODS. Complicated Watch Repairing, Artistic Engraving, Jewelry , anu factured to Order. MONTANA SAPPHIRE and NUGGET JEWELRY A SPECIALTY. Call and Examine Our Stock. No. 27 Main Street, Helena. Your Form IMal Boautel. Attention, Ladles, If you desire a beautiful, shapely bust. plump neok ams and Pholders. terus to nature, by a im sle but seentll.e treatment, endorsed by em-l nenuphystiau.l Absloutely guaranteed. Bus neass strictly confildentistal Call or adares. Mm.. Mitchell, 108 Grand street. * * PATENTS. ' United States and Foreign Pat. ents obtained and any information given. EDWARD C. RUSSELL, Attorney at Law. I Pittsburgh Block,. Helena, Mont. GANS& KLEIN Stanley says: "I owe my preservation of health while :passiirg through the Dark Conti nent to the wearing of DR. JAEGER'S underwear." The manufacturers of the best goods throughout the world always seek out the best hquse in each city to sell their wares. The famous DR. JAEGER came straight to us, and we control the sale of his pro ductions in this city. They have done more for health than any dozen other agencies ever known. In fact, in a changeful climate they are almost the only remedy to ward off disease. The new fall and winter weights for women, men and children are here in improved shapes. Keep healthy, wear wool next your body the year round. GANS & KLEIN, Leading Clothiers, Hatters and Haberdashers. ÷Of) ÷