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Iseven issues,.. .5 HELENA, MONT., MAY 2, 1892. pW'Montantans abroad will always find Tar DAILY INDEPENDENT on file at their favorite hotels: Fifth Avenue and Metropolitan. New York; West, Minneapolis: Baldwin and Palace, ean Francisco; MoDermott, Butto:; Lland Hotel, Springfield. 111. TE1E WEATHER. Reported for THE INDEPENDENT daily by E. J. Glaes, United States observer. 6:00 a. m. 0:OO . m. Barometer ............... 3.1 Temo eraturt ................ 2.0 04 7 Wind ...................... w- nw-7 Total precipllatio; ,225. Temperetlre at noon. 82.0. N.aximu temportnuro, 27.1. ylinimum temperature. 24.0. Forecast: olearinl; slightly warmer. HiLErNA. Mont.. May 1. 1892, Two state conventions will not be too many for Montana democrats this year. DEMOCRATIC candidates for state of dies should not be named before Sep tember. HELENA is having the first touch of pneumonia weather this year. Look out for it. WVHILI E THE INDEPENDENT prints all the local news it does not defy the law by pubhshing sealed jury verdicts. THE state committee which will meet in Great Falls to-morrow must not fool ishly decide to hold two state conven tions in one. IT is hoped that our esteemed local con temporaries will be able to agree on the statue of delegates chosen to-morrow for the Missoula convention. MAY day and mud came together in Helena for the first time in many years. Each faction of the republican party claims that the mud is ominous for the other in to-morrow's convention. NOT many days will pass before the new auditorium will be finished. It should be opened to the public with ceremonies in keeping with its important place among the city's public improve ments. T.i democratic friends of Mr. Cleve land, in New York state, have very wisely decided to drop their foolish pro positfon of another state convention. Harmony should be the word from now on with the democrats of New York. IF the Journal's cartoonist will fur nish a faithful diagram of that news paper's queer views on the silver ques tion he will have performed a really val uable service to the public. It is need less to say that his reputation as a hum orist will also be crowned with added laurels. THE esteemed Journal is greatly mis taken in thinking TtE INDEPENDENT opposed to the re-nomination of Presi dent Harrison. This paper has only discussed his chances of securing the empty honor as the political horizon has changed from time to time. Harrison will suit us as well as any republican who could be named. PoST.IAsTER GENERAL \WANAMAICE R when called before the house com mittee on reform in the civil service modestly characterized himself as the highest type of the civil service man. In view of the approaching season when lie will go on the road to raise another campaign fund of $400,000 Mr. Wana maker with more truth could have placed himself in the top notch of presi dential service men. BennY, the English hangman, is hav ing a fine time on his American lectur ing tour. For the series of lectures he is to receive $143,000 and is in addition allowed all the luxuries which can be furnished by a retinue of servants. While it is hoped that the tour may be successful it may be said without sus picion of jealousy that there are five hundred men in Montana who could lec ture more interestingly on the subject of hangings than this pretentious for eigner. THIE German emperor recently paid a delicate compliment to the journalists of this country by banishing American newspapers from all institutions within his control. While lie assigned no rea son for the act it is suspected that the wit employed at his expense was no longer bearable and while he could not decapitate the offenders he could at least deprive his subjects of an ocoa sional honest laugh at their kaiser. The necessity for disciplining the young man leads to the suggestion that his epi dermis might be toughened by a cam paign experience in this country. THE Livingston Enterprise sounds a row of keynotes when it says: "The citizens of Helena, without regard to party predilections, have organized a club for the distinctive purpose of pro moting the free coinage of silver. A similar club has been organized in Den ver, Colorado, and other silver produc ing states will undoubtedly follow suit at an early date. Every town in Mon tana should form clubs of this kind. There seems to be no disposition on the part of either of the two great political parties to pass a free coinage bill, and it remains now for the people of the sil ver producing states to rise up in their sovereignty, in solid phalanx, and, with out regard to party affiliations, co-oper ate together in a demand for the free and unlimited coinage of the white metal." There are newly organized silver olube in Missoula, Granite, Neihart, Dillon, Marysville, Red Bluff and Helena and other clubs will be organized in rapid sucoesion, It is a non-political, move nmont to seoure justice to silver and is based on the plans adopted by the free silver loague of Colorado. It is not pro posed to organize a third party, but rather to make the free silver issue strong in the country by determined or ganization and hard campaign work. That is all there is to it. A COMPI.AINT FROM LO. Uncle ~Sam may learn in time that he is no longer dealing with an untutored son of the forest when he transacts bus iness with the red man of to-day. The oft repeated theory that the torches ofcivili zation will not burn within the tepee is played out, and hereafter your Uncle Samuel must "play ball" with Lo with the same conscientious regard for 'right and wrong employed in his dealings with foreign governments. For instance, the other day several thousand dollars were sent to the Crow Creek agency for dis tribution among the natives. The chief, White Ghost, and his council refused to touch one dollar. The chief explained his side of the case in a leotter to the commissioner of Indian affairs in which he said: The Indian agent at the Crow Creek agency is making a cash payment of about $3 per capita. Myself, seven other chiefs and a majority of the Indians have hesi tated to receive this money and if we refuse to accept this money we are threatened by the agent that we will be deprived of seeds for this season's planting. I can get no satia faction from the agent as to where the money now being distributed comes from. Nor do I know what rights we may be sur rendering when we receipt for this money. So I write to you for information and ask you for an immediate reply to me in person and not through the agent. When the Sioux Indians signed the recent treaty by which they ceded a large part of their res ervation to the government there was an unwritten contract, but in honor just as binding, to the effect that the Indians of the Crow Creek agency were to receive about $187.000 in consideration of the fact that their diminished reservation left them less land per capita than the In diana of the other Sioux reservations. What has become of that money, and habs the appropriation been mane ny congress, or has the promise of it been already neg lected and forgotten like so many other sacred promises made the Indians by this great and supposed just government? Again, we, the Sioux, when the treaty re ferred to above was signed, were promised in addition to cattle, horses, etc., $50 per capita to assist in building houses. That promise, too, seems to have been forgotten, and many of my people are living in de iayed log houses and tepees, exposed to the inolemeocy of the weather, that is bringing on disease and sickness. Why will the government be so unjust to to us? Why will it not give what is due and promised us instead of dealing out small payments like that now being made? Does the government wish more blood shed and will it refuse us justice unless it is de manded at the muzzle of the gun? Is not the blood shed at Wounded Knee a suffi cient remind of the wrongs practiced upon as and the desperate attitude into which we have been driven. I beg of you, Mr. Commissioner, to lay these facts before the nation's legislators and demand justice for ps at their hands. This is a business like letter and deserves very prompt attention. The government's disgraceful treatment of the Indian has been satisfactorily shown in many instances. The red man has been robbed, lied to and cheated by In diran agents and others higher in otlicial rank. Investigations and protests have resulted in stopping the ranker abuses and the faults now complained of result from neglect rather than studied design to defraud. The many demands, per sonal and otherwise, on the attention of congress result in placing the considera tion of Indian affairs last on the list. Without further knowledge of the mat ter referred to by Whito Ghost in his letter we suspect his complaints are not without cause. In any evont the threat conveyed should be a sulicienot reason for the government's prompt attention to the subject. Meguire Was the Leader. Frank Murray, the bright young man who manages Frank Daniels, the comedian, was in Anaconda, Montana, not long ago, and he asked the local manager what time he could have an orchestra rehearsal. He was informed that two o'clock was the reg ular heour. "How many pieces are there in your or chestra?" "'Ihres pieces," said the local manager. "What are they?" ask-d Frank, wiehinrg to know 'whetirer his own leader would be oblived to play the violin or piano. "'iano, stool and cover," said the local manaler, and Mu:rry starrted for his train. When he reached iHlena he met John Ma guire, who runs "the MIontaua circuit," in cluding the theater at Anaconda, and to him he told the story. Maguire saw noth ing funny in it and said, after pondering a bit: "I knew they had the piano and stool, me bye, but I can't imagine where they got the cover."--Chicago Evening Post. ,Early, lirtt Grafrtiulnly Iaterelved. 'ihe till to establish a state military post at Helona has plassed the senate with an ap- prol rination of $300,UJ0ii attached thereto. The location is a central and convenient one. Anticipating the entire snccees of the monaare the Post sends Helena its unpro judiced and hearty congratulations.-Liv ingston Post. '11III Ask :ourt Ito stop the Lusttler. CnVre. ir:n. May 1.--Attorneys for a large number of large hard owners in Johnsoln county have announced their intention of appeal for a temuporary injunction to re strain the small rantohmlon arnd rustlers from proceeding with the round ups which they had arranged should commence M ay 1, and 1ii. If the injunction is granted the United Sitates marshal and his deputies will enforce the orders of the cou t. Riesidents of Johnson county now in Cheyenne iesert that tihe round-ups have been abandoned by the projectors and no necessity exists for any interference by the United iStates court. - A Cronin ConvlcL )ying. JOLIrT, 11I., May 1.-Patrick O'Sullivan, e of Chicago, who is serving a life sentence 1 for connection with the Cronin murder, is i in the prison hospital and is said to be . dying. r - Removed. Miss Julia S. Lawrence has removed from - Iloom 4, Denver block, to ltooim 21, ground 8 floor of same block. ORDERED OUT OF TOWN., Non-Unlio lMiner woreed to Leave Barks, Idaho, by tse ts Union Men , Last Thursday the superintendent of thi Union mine, at Burke, Idaho, put four nona anion miners at work on that property, A few hours after the nion-unlont* i tio.a their labors, a hundred determined union men went up to the mine. On the arrival of the committee the non-unionists olaun tarily agreed to accompany them down town and talk over the situation, On their arrival at the hall James P. Parker, on be half of the miners and citizens of Burke, made a speech and asked them to join the union and help it on to victory in its strug gle against the Mine Ownes' assoointion. Two of the men walked up and joined the union. Mr. Pitney replied for himself and partner, in substance, that he was 53 years of age, and had been in all the miahin camps in the west for the past twenty years and had never belonged to any union or secret society, and did not propose to join any now. Further, that he was an American citizen, and considered it no body's business whether he worked for 10 cents or $10 per day; that he had to sup port his family, and consequently had to have work. Mr. Tobin, president of the Bcrke miners' union, informed him that if he would join the union all the provisions he needed for himself and family would be furnished free, as it is being furnished to families in Burke and Gem every day. Mr. Pitney re fused, saying he prayed that the union would come out victorious in the present ditficulty, but his conscience would not let him join them. He thanked them for the aid offered, but he was compelled to re fuse it. A resolution was then unanimously passed that Mr. Pitney and his partner be escorted out of town, but it was rumored that a crowd of citizens were waiting for them at Gem, and for fear of violence it was thought best that they be given a tie pass up the gulch, and at 12 o'clock they were marched up the canyon,. headed for 'Thomoson Fallse. When they arrived at the Poorman power place, two miles above town, and gazed at the snowbanks glistening in the sunlight on top of the divide, they both weakened and agreed to go baok to town and join the union, but the committee thought that they h.d a fair chance and sent them on. The knowing ones claim that the non unionists were sent to Bnuke for a purpose and that this only a fore runner of trouble that is sure to come; that the mine owners are determined to work their mines and that every man engaged in the difficulty will be p:osecuted. The snow is said to be ten feet deep on the top of the divide and it has been snowing up there for the past week. Persons acquainted with the trail said it would be impossible for them to make TIhompson Falls the night they left, but that there is a place called Mountain House fifteen miles from Burke where they could stop all night and probably get something to eat. PERSONA.. G. W. Motse, of New Chicago, is in the city. Thomas Couch, of Butte, is at the Grand Cent: al. State Senator Power, of Choteau county, is at The Helouna. Judge Knowles returned from Missoula yesterday to hold court. John Richards, of Butte, registered at the Grand Central yesterday. W. M. Bickford, of the Montana board of World's fair managers, is at The Helena. J. W. Shropshire, counsel, of the Mon tana Union Railway company, arrived from Butte yesterday. Judge DuBose has gone to Minnesota on a business trip. He will also go to New York. He expects to get back to Montana about May 15. William Mayger, who represented Lewis and Clarke county In the constitutional convention, arrived in Helena yesterday from Marysville. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. McCauley have re turned to Fort Benton. They were ten dered a reception and serenade by their friends on their arrival. Ed. R. Salter, manager of the only origi nal Ole Olson company, arrived in Helena yesterday with the company which appears at Great Falls to-night and in Helena on Thursday and Friday evenings. Dr. W. W. Miller, son of Dr. C. B. Miller of this city, who was located for a little while in Helena, but who has more recently resided in Cincinnati, will sail May 4 from New York, on the steamer City of Paris, for Europe. He goes abroad to take a special course in a foreign medical college. Hon. A. M. and Mrs. Holter and the children sail in the same steamer as Dr. Miller. Arrivals at The Heoena. W. M Marghan, Helena. Hary T, Bowman, St. E. 11. Wey, butte, Louis. E. S. French, Helena T. J. Stever, Helena. S. H. iclntiro. leona. J. B. Jones, Utica, ('. F. Franrc-s, Sc:. Paul. New York. Geoe. L. Carey, Living- A. Frelenheim, Rich ston. mond, YVa. Dr.Jates loss, N. Y. Charloe B. Ulman. St. J. W. Power, Benton. Louis. J. E. iGodsniitli, St. B. i. West, Gt. Falls. Paul. C. P, kchiemorhorn. 11. Kline, City. City. ;:. ... Lebolt. Chicago. M. E. Downs, Fair Ha Il. Longmiaid. Balnnck. van. J. S. hropshira,Butte. H. L. Wines, Butte. II. J. u aysard, Butte. L. It. Spoor, Butte. (t. I. tharpies, untte. A. Andtirbon, Butte. W. S. 1:auire. lutto. 1. C. Whiitple, lulte. dward'Ithmas,l3utto. W. J. Fuehs, Broad M. 1). Airman, Chi- water. cago. W. ea.bickford, Missoula Arrivals at the Grand Central. John Rtichards. Butte. D. S. Broker, Helens. C. Fh.hilbrook. Arruw Mrs. Chas. Kroindell, ( rook. ti. Joe, Mo. W. i. Mlertthoyd, Mia- W. D. Eddleman, Ma rysville. rysville. l'hos.Wilkinson, Marys- Mrs. T. Wilkinson, ville. Marysville. 1Mi-s Fh!li Rniamnsey, Mrs. J. AI;orcrombie, fast tle!ina. Fast helena. W. O. Hutchinson, East J. 1i Lary, Helena, tleloa. T. 11. Fmith, Milwa'kee. W. Ii. tra'er, St.l'aul. M. Williams, Bulltte. lire. 5. Wiitiaule arsat Dr. Bi-hpe. Celeua. :faimily. Butite. SMrs. Dr. ilishop. 1tl I. t'. htanton, EBr'mnin. ona. Jolnu Murray, lHedforit. 1. A. McNaught, Ma Jas. . F aulkner, 11i:- ryoville. aea iGeorge L.. tieope, Liv lDn Ialtlin. Itenton. inston. I'.1.. )lelric.:, llkh'rLn,l lL. 'W . Peck, Ierton. J. '. I angan, iillitis. A. J. Briggs, Nishart Win. Mayg.r. M.arys- .. J . l Kolltr, (loandive, ]villa. toe Ir. Atlea, lielona. J. II. Forte', tsn:,dso. 'l hii. l'oe.'s. huttio. Ilre. 3. c cooý,, }aiti,. J. K. lBomington:, Its 1rr5nk , heli, Marys- ecll, hien. vdll. John I csr Eluts-. I). ;. Hlrrin, lMaryn- llohort White. Canyon vila. I. i. lhrrrli, lilac l' t. I (i. :'. Morare, New Chi- . flt. sgi. '. WV. . Ilerrin. Marys Chas. Officer, hlorton. villa. The Highest Cash Price 1'id for all kinds of househrold furniture t by G. I. Taylor & Co., 115 Broadway. All kinds of second-hand ioods for sale at low est prices. t ELENA OUTFITTINo STOOs. Good, Sweet, Wholesome Bread Covers o mrulitudse of culinary sins, and good housewives, if they wish t.c keep pIacein the family, should see to it that they are capable of mnalking it, which by the way, they cannot fail to do ii they u;Fe FANCY PATENT FLOUR Mannufacturcd by the North Dakota Milling Company. Ask your grocer for it. PeRISHED IN THE NTOUAR) Death of Olney P, Strode In the Sweet Grass Rils. Saturday night T. P. Strode, a sheep raiser from the Sweet Grass hills, and Gea. W. Sutton, arrived in Fort Benton, bring ing with them the body of Olney P. Strode, who perished in the fearful storm which prevailed in the hills last week. For some time past the young lan had been in the employ of his brother, T. P. Strode, at the east butte and for several weeks handled a big band of sheep for the latter at the spring camp on tege creek. On Tuesday moruing last a boy was sent to tell young Strode to move the sheep up to the winter camp, four miles away. Together they set out on the return trip and when about half the journey was oompleted the sheep divided in the storm. Strode took one beand and the boy the other. The latter ar rived safely in camp, but Strode evidently became bewil4ered in the storm, and failed to come in by nightfall. A search was made for him but it was fruitless. At daylight the search was renewed. and at noon Wednesday the dead body of Strode was found in a slight depression, less than half a mile from the winter onmp. Near him were the sheep, huddled together, and beside him lay his dog. Quite a num. ber of the dock were dead. Mr. Sutton, one of the searching party, is from Flemingsbura, Ky. The body was embalmed and shipped to Flemingsbura. Ky.. to which point Mr. Mutton accompanies it. The deceased was 25 years of age and had been in Montana about a year. His brother returns to the hills to-morrow. The storm is the worst that has visited the Sweet Grass hills for many years. In formation eoeived from Corral creek, also in the cast butte, under date of April 2F, says: "A snow storm has prevailed in this seootion for forty-eight hours, and its fury is unparalleled in the history of the hills. The coulees on Corral creek are all full of snow, and in many places the drifts are thirty feet deep. A party was snowed in at Joe Deunie' ranch barn and it took ten hours' shoveling to get the horses out. No knowledge is at hand of the amount of damago done to stock, but much must have perished. We have no communication with Middle or West buttes, nor north side of East butte, as the telephone wires are all down. Heavy winds prevail and stock is drifting badly. We are assured of a large grass crop and, for the first time in many years, plenty of water for placer mining." The Bee Hive sells more baby carriages than any other hones In the state, because their prices are rook-bottom. The largest line of purses, card cases and leather goods in the city at The Bee Hive. Bargains in Ready Mtixedl Paints. Raynold's strictly pure house paint, $1.25 per gallon. White iron paints, $1.20 per gallon. Roof and barn paint, in barrels, 600 per gallon. Roof and barn paint, in five gallon kegs, 800 per gallon. At H. M. Parchen 5& Co.'s drug store. Baby carriages at The Bee Hive at less than eastern prices. (!all and see their fullsized, iron wheel carriage at $0.50. Special sale of lace curtains this week at The Bee Hive. MING'S OPERA HOUSE J. C. REMINGTON, Manager. TWO NIGIHTS. May 3 and 4. A glorious vision of Oriental splendor. M. B. Leavitt's new grand spectacular "SPIDER AND FLY" Organized in Europe at an outlay of over $20,000. . 46 EUROPEAN CELEBRITIES Magnificent costimls by Alias of London. Gorgeous scenery by Martin and Young, of hoew York. See the Great Alihamra Ballet, Sale of seats opens Monday morning at Pope & O'Connor's drug store. MING'S OPERA HOUSE, J. C. REMINGTON, Manager. THE BAND WILL PLAY OLE OLSON. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, MAY _Y 5--6 '9"2. The Greatest Comedy Event of the Season. NEW SONGS, NEW tSONtiS, NEW sBOiNGi, NEW DAN(ES, NEW IANCES, NEW I)ANCES, NEW DANCES, NEW DANCEI, NEW DI)ANCES, NEW IPECIALTIES. NEW SPE(IALTI[liB. NEW SPECIALTIES. Hear the Swedish Lady Quartette from Stock holm. -o.ts on sale at Pops & O'Connor's drug store, Wednesday moraing. May 4. RANCH OF 2,000 ACRES Well Improved and thoroughly irrl gated, on flne range. A GREAT 13ATRGAIN. W. E. Cox, Gold Block. S4 U QZA3UAUR 9t1' 05t > F Montana Sapphires anrd SoGuanir Spoons. CI B. iACOUEMIN & CO., Jewelers and Silversmiths. Dealers in Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelzy and Silverware, Fanoy Articles, Umbrellas, Canes, eto. PIANOS, Of the Best Makes Only JEWELRY MADE TO ORDER. asEranving, Watch Mep.raneg. * Good Work Only - .HAS PROVEN TO BED=' The Cheapest, Most Durable AND Economical IRRIGATION PUMP In the markpt. Giv ita p triat It is no ezperimnte All pumps put in under guarantee. THE NEW PULSOMETER Is a double soting pump without any me0hanioal ap Dpltanes to absorb power, or get out of order. All work. ing parts are ntterchaueahle and can be replacedwbeo worn, without skilled labor or mnchine chop. It is automatio in its operation. No machinery' or engine required to run it, only a ateom pipe from boiler to pump, The prtaesre of steam forces the water above the pump, due to the piecsure in the boiler. The suc. tlon is obtaiued without the expense of steam by means Write for circulars, price liste of a vacuum formnd by the condenuation of the etenai after it has been utilijed to elevate the water above thi and testimoniale to pump. A. M, Bolter Hardware Company, .olena, Mont., Dealers In Hardware, Toeol, Machlinery. Engines, Bollers, aPump and Mlulng Supplles. Capital Paid In, $5,000,000. * Assets, Over $23,000,000. FOR ABSOLUTE SECURITY AND FOR PROMPT PAYMENT OF LOSSES INSURE WITH THE quardian AssuraRce Go., -OOF" LONiDON. L. F. LACROIX, AGENT, HELENA, - MONTANA, ---® " _ " " " " " " r~1 -c)l CD n L. DCD o C) 0 C cD C/CD 0 't O-1 0 -4I C) :---0- /--- --' ~ ~ ~- i· ti _1