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HELENA, MONTANA. SUNDAV MOININO. DECEMBER 28 1594 PESOS
Gans &
...Klein
~PA
To-DAY the clergy r t the
Episcopal and Roman Catholic
churches will complete the
official census At thore religious
bodies.
The Episoopalians have 43a23
clergymen, 4,870 parishes, and
580,507 communicants, besides
44,385 Sunday school tesib-s
and 400,566 scholars. The
Catholic church has.6,jp cler
gymen, 5,92 1 parishes, ard 7,963.
coo communicants, or ,o,oooooo,
counting all children and lapsed
members.
ON MIONDAY
We Will Give
SOFF
Holiday Goods
Including our Latest Im.
portations of
MUFFLERS.
INITIAL HANDKERCRIEFS,
SMOKING JACKETS,
TOILET CASES,
LEATHER CASES,
UMBRELLAS.
BATH ROBES,
BOYS' LEOQINGS
NECKWEAR,
EMBROIDERED NIGHT ROBES,
FLANNEL NIGHT ROBES,
SILK NIGHT ROBES,
FANCY SILK HDKFS,
FANCY SUSPENDERS,
LOUNGING COATS.
A USEFUL PRESENT
Would Also be a Nice
POOLE OVERCOAT,
IRISH FRIEZE ULSTER,
REGENT FROCK SUIT,
OXFORD SACK SUIT.
,.FOR THE BOYS...
One of Our Elegant
STANLEY COMBINATION SUITS,
CAPE OVERCOATS,
STOHM ULSTERS,
CHINCHILLA REEFERS
We have no spaco to enumerate
prices, but they are the lowest on
everything consistent with high
class goods.
Gans &
... Klein
C
GERMANY'S POLITICS.
TM Siallion Is rave, and the Prospe.ts
of a LItly Cont Are Very
Good,
HOHENLOnE SHOWN IN BAD LIGHT.
The Kaiser Mad About Several Thlngs That
Don't Please HIm.Friotion Be.
tween the Courts.
(Copyright, 1314, by Ausoclated Press.)
Berlin, Dec. 22.-The political situa
tion contnues grave. There Is a lull
for the moment, but the prospect is that
at the reconvening of the reichstag the
differences between the government
and parliament, which only began to be
defined when the socialists and radi
cals, by the clever maneuver of Herr
Binger, precipitated an adjournment,
will assume the character of a real con.
-mot.
Von Levetsow, president of the retch.
stag, has himself asked for correction
with the government. The shelving of
the anti-revolutlonary bill was also a
rebuff to him, and be showqd his dis
pleasure in rather a childish way, by
not observing the usual custom of wish
Ing the members of the relchstag a
merry Christmas and happy New Year,
replacing those wishes by an expres
sion of the hope that the nation and the
relchtae would be spaled in the new
year the "dlscreditqble spectacle of
such miserable attendance."
In fact, Von Levetsow felt the matter
so keenly that he was duly prepared to
resign last Monday, sand he was with
dimculty restrained from caryring out
his Intention by the conservatives, whp
pointed out to him that by resigning he
would only further embarrass the gov.
eminent. On top of these rebuffs on
the part of the government, comes the
premature exposure of Hohenlohe's sal
ary affair. It is now known, in spite of
the half-hearted denials of the oficlal
press, that Hohenlohe mentioned to the
emperor the great discrepancy between
bhe previous salary as governor of Al
sace-Lorraine aend his present salary as
chancellor. The emperor thereupon of
fered to make good the deficiency from
the so-called disposition fund. This
projected anrangement was little less
than a scandal, as the fund referred to
is granted to the emperor by the reich
stag for very dissimilar use, namely,
to assist veterans of the wars who are
not otherwise provided for. Plnce
Hohenlohe accepted the over, as ad
mitted by his own oman, the Post, but
he was tnduoee- witaQdrn the accep
tance of the addition to his salary by
the violent alitation whloh was started
by the opposition press lmmeeiately
after the facts leaked out.
E lFr Inf IU"t IJeCga OqE.
Emperor William naturally is very
angry about the affalr, which he deems
to be a special Interferenoe of his pre
rogatives, and the manner in which the
rechstag is treating his pet measures
is not calculated to diminish his ire.
Things. In brief, hinge on the fate of
the anti-revolutionary bill. Without
counting the centrists, the government
can only rely on about 175 votes, which
is twenty-four less than a majority.
Thus, in order to pass the bill, the gov
ernment needs to gain the support of
the entire party, and the latter, know
Ing the value of its position, is little
disposed to show lamb-like obedience to
the government's- wishes.
On the contrary, the members of the
center party have already formulated
their demands, and unless these are
conceded their support is extremely
doubtful. This week an article ap
peared in the influential Neuste Nachri
chsten, of Munich, declaring that the
south Germans had been embittered by
many things, but especially because of
the artiftlcial chasm created between the
emperor and the people.
Prince Armluth, of Bavaria, Ileuten
ant general of the First division of In
fantry of the Bavarian army, and a
son of the regent of Bavaria, Prince
Lultpold, has declared that he was
not willing to congratulate Emperor
William on New Year's day, as has been
his wont. It Is also noticed that the
newspapers of Wurtemburg openly com
ment upon the friction between the
line of Wqrtemburg and the emperor,
and the newspapers of Baden contain
guarded remarks upon the same sub
ject.
All this tends to show that the ap
pointment of special envoys to the
courts of Munich, Stuttgart and Carls
rhue mean more than the ofilcial press
was wiling to admit, and also that
Prince Hehenlohe's misionf to these
courts completely' failed.
Emperor William has dispatched MaJ.
von Moltke, his aide de camp, to the
court of The Hague, to convey to lit.
tie Queen Wilhelmina, who was born
in 1880, a Christmas present.
The Late Premier.
London, Dec. 22.-After a night of pit
less rain, the weather cleared at 9
o'clock this morning, and under a bright
sky the body of the late Sir John
Thompson. late premier of Canada, left
London for Portsmouth, amid the pro
found sllence of a large crowd, who
steod with uncovered heads about the
railroad station until the train was out
of sight. No stop was made until the
train reached its destination. The fu
neiral procesalon ret'ched Victoria sta
Iln at t:45r a. m. The cvoitn was in an
open four-horse, hearse, which was fol
lowed by four mourning noaches. Over
the etifln was the Canadian flag. and
upon tihe latter rested the queen's lau
rel wreath, which she personally placed
upon the temporary coffn previous to
the removal of the remains from Wind
sor castle.
Storms All Over England.
London, Dec. 22.-lteports of the
storm received from all parts of l]ng
land show that immellse damnage, has
everywhere iee'n canued by the re,"'nt
gaIi s. The loss will reach tens of thou
sands pounds. Many bullth, gs have
'een blown down and telegrl.phs hiltve'
suffered greatly. Trami' has been conm
ple'tely suspendled in In:l ly platces on iec
'lneit or the hloocIs. Many ships havie
be'en driven ashorer by thei winds. Thirty
..r forty pe'rslns have artl:r ,lily been re
Srted litld itsa a i'reul t 'of tihe storm.
whlie h liiundredi.ts hit .e hbteen injured.
l'ighlt p.'lstin, while lttem pting to es
iali"e fr'omin the bailak driven ashore at
ltollyhleld have ieIn drownedil. A chim
ney at Nheftllleld ws in)lwn down intd it
is r'eporteld that five persons werte killed.
Desperadoes Hovering Near.
Houtlth Mc'Alester, I. T., Dec. 22.-The
town it liMsktgee Is in an uproar of
excit'liemlnli t ,-night ble'ause. of the close
ipro'xiity tio the town olf 111l l)olin anti
hid Itgang. Thely were dliscoverled, about
noln to-day foIur miles west of Musko
gee. A raid upon Muskogee is momen
tarily expected.
TIIK POPLAR TRAGJEDI.
But for Absent Witneses the Trial Would
Have Ended Yesterday.
But for the non-arrival of witnesses.,
the trial of Whit Wright, the half-breed
charged with the murder of Fred But
ler, telegraph operator at Poplar river
station, would very likely have been fin
Ished In the Unite.d eLtates court yepter
day. The prosecution got through with
all Its witnesses, and the. defense ex
amined all for that Mide who were on
hand. For the iproserutlon, James lloyd
testflled to seting Btutler and Tom Ack
erme.n leaving the' place where the
dunce was held, BIutler remarking that
it was time to go down to the. train. A
few minutes Later he saw Wright and
(leore Koons following the white men.
Witness soon afterwards heard loud
talking and hunted up Capt. Bibbits
and told him Wright and Butler were
figh44ng.
Tom Ackerman testifiled that Iutler
asked him to the dance. He did not
see the row between Wright and Butlerle
there.. About 1i o'clock Hutler said it
was time for the train and they started
off. They got out of the straight road
in the darkness and started to get back
into it when they met Wright and
Koons. Wright wanted to fight Butler,
but the latter did not want any trouble.
Wrlght then struck Butler over the
head with his revolver several times,
Butler trying to defend himself by
throwing up his left arm to knock
Wright down. Finally Butler called
out: "Come, Ackerman, let's go. He's
got a gun, and he's going to shoot."
He and Butler started to run, when
Wright fired. The first shot struck
witness about the vest. tearing out a
small piece of cloth and nicking the
orystal of his watch. Witness heard
two more shots. Butler had no
weapons. The prosecution rested here.
For the defense, Wm. Breueger, at
whose house the dance was held, testi
fied that he thought Butler had been
drinking. After the shooting, when
Butler was lying on the ground, some
one took a flask from his pocket. Henry
Sears testfied that he Invited Wright
to the dance. Wright bore a good char
acter, so far as witness knew. The
mother of the half-breed, an old squaw
named Dolly, was put on the stand to
testify to the relationahip. She was
quite ill, and was not asked any other
questions. ._ -- ---" .--I,.A
George Koons was next examined.
He said Butler had made threats that
he was going to whip Whit Wright.
He said when he and Wright met Ack
erman and Butler the latter began to
swear and struck at Wright. The two
fought a little while, when Butler
started away and Wright fired. He
was positive Butler struck the first
blow. He did not see any weapon in
Butler's hands, though it was very dark
and he might not have seen one had
the operator had it.
There being no more witnesses on
hand the case wasu djourned until.I:30
Monday morning.
ACT OF HUTMANITY.
Said a Caly Murderer, Who Killed His Step.
Daughter.
Washfhgfod, De. 2 .-A horrible mur
der was committed in the northeast see
tlon of the city late this evening. Joseph
H. Bean shot and killed his step-daughter,
Mrs. Annie L. Leahy, sending ive bullets
into her body. When the deed was done,
and she lay on the floor in a pool of blood,
he kicked and stamped upon his dying vi*c
tim. The noise of the shooting drew a
number of citisens to the scene, but the
murderer held them at bay, threatening
them with his still smoking revolver. C'on
gressman George D. Melkeljohn, of Ne
braska, who was on his way home from
the capitol, heard the shots, and hastening
to the scene succeeded, unaided in cap
turing the murderer. Bean is a carpenter
of dissolute habits, and for two months
has not lived with his wife, who became
tired of supporting him in idleness. Con
gressman Melkeljohn wears a mason's
charm and button, and when he appeared
on the scene, Bean noticed It.
"Are you a Mason?" he cried to the con
greasman.
"Yes," answered the latter, aproaching.
"so am I," shouted the murderer, "and
a Grand Army man. I have killed a wo
man and they are trying to kill me. I
want you to protect me."
While Bean was saying this the con
gressman slipped around him and pinion.
ed his arms. In a moment he gained pos
session of his weapons and handed them
over to the polter, who took Bean to the
station. It is thought that Bean is insane.
He does not appear to regret his deed,
which he says was an act of humanity
nicely accomplished.
A (Corm errla C(utncUtlna.
Chicago, Dec. 22.-The Herald to-day
publishes a statement that Alderman
John Powers, one of the most promi
nent members of the city council, hul
been caught offering to deliver the votes
of forty or more members of the council
for a consideration of $25,000 cash. The
proposition Is stated to have been made
to Nell McCoul. the Chicago manager
of a large corporation, the forty votes
to be furnished to kill the so-called
anti-cigarette ordinance. A steno
graphic report of the conversation be
tween Powers and McCoul was obtain
ed by a representative of the Herald.
concealed behind a dour panel, which
was removed.
Alderman Powers denied emphatical
ly that he had made any corrupt prop
osition.
A Small Blaze.
Oflficer Reed about 4:30 o'cilo'k yestetr
day morning disc'iovered a flre at a
little white cottage on Houth IItntlto
avenue ,be'longing tio Samuel Itlchnurl
son,. lie turned in an alar'm from eox
34. Whenl the dpartment arri\mved the,
flremn found a small blame at thle etnd
iof the porch. It was easily put ,out
without turning on the water. Ilut
very IIttle damage was done. The man
who Ilves in the house is a swede who
cannot talk English. He could not ex
plain the cause of the fire', but the
firemen think that he threw hot ashes
aiid is'als int,, a bh, at the end of the
parch before' going to bed the night
before, and that this set the box and
atdJatcent wootlwork in tire.
Robbers Nabbed.
IDavetnport, Iowa. le,'. 22.-The esaft In
MAl'('hre a& Hendherson's Idruig store was
iblowl opon thihi morniln; iandt a snltll
amomlnt of l oney ser'll'e,:. The roilbber'
lten hoarded a 'rtil for VH'0.t I.lhe'rtY.
The .i,n,-duietor thought Ih" meln lookeid
ti: . Ilulnll and te.ler.laphed the ;.,ullr. 1I
n'.,' the train. The offlc'r' bonr.leli th.e
t, in antd att.,mpled to er**9t** I ,bh Il'se .
bil theoy drew revolvers an.. kept the of.
;Ir is at bhay. Tiey pull', tI he'll r-e,'
;a II when the train slower nu, Ihey iunii
eidt ff. tIne of the robbers the, v it ~1I, k
o' .dynamite at the train, Itlen te \': *I''I.er
v indowl. The robhers fled to tieh, woods,.
ht,t were captured by a puns' anIl lodae-,l
In :all.
Bought by Bonner & Hammond.
('orvalis, tore.. Dei'. U. -rte ,Far Ill i'a
tile' rtsllroadi was sold here this ftf'lernuiin
aide'r fr'e'lousire pro'eedilgus lihuahlt tih
the' l's rPer,,' Trust A I .tean company. ofi
New York. There was bitt one hitder, anll
the roadl, which Is Illtloll ' In leinglth, .its
knocked down to Iloltner & Hiamuilll, of
lismsoula. Mont., for $100,1100.
UNTIL JAN. 3, 1895.
Both House of Congre Have Laid de
thoe Bwden of State for a
Beason.
NO APPROPRIATION BILL PASSED.
Senator George Csill Attention to the Slow.
neesoringeor Prodits Suoow
for the Currenoy Bill.
Weshington, Dec. 22.-There was but
a small attendance of the sent, when
that body was called to order to-day by
Presldent Pro rem Harril, a number
of senators having left for home In an
ticipation of the holiday recess.
Senator Cullom presented a series of
resolutions adopted by a meeting of cltl
sens of Chicago, on Dec. s, expressing
sympathy with the Armenians. len
ator Cullom also Introduced a bill pro
viding for the establishment of an assay
osice In Chicago. After further rou
tlne business had been transacted the
holiday adjournment resolution was
formally laid before the senate and
Senator Cockrell asked unanimous con
sent that it be considered. Senator
George objected. Senator Manderson
moved reference of the holiday adjourn
ment to the appropriations committee.
Sentor George then addressed the sen
ate on the resolution. He said he was
well aware that an objection of the
holiday recess would not meet with
any great favor. He believed it was the
duty of the senate (as on former occas
Ions) to sit during the holidays, and
he proposed to test the sense of the sen
ate on the question. He did this sim
ply to have a fair expreesion of the
senate on the question. It the senate
adopted the resolution one-third of the
session would have expired and not a
single appropriation will have passed.
In taking the step he did, he said, be
had the support of a number of other
senators. The senate had decided em
phatically that no rules should be
adopted to tacilitate business, so that
in the two months remaining after
Jan. 1 the business transacted will be
what a small mlrority t this body de
iodes it shbli be. The senator then
named a number of important bills on
the calendar which would give rise to
considerable discusion, among them
being the Carllisle lnasela bill, now
pending In the hos, and the item of
the appropriation il all taing appro
priation to collect the Inome tax.
Senator Mandersop expressed the
hope that no factious or personal op
position would be made to the resolu
tion, and It was, fdrmally referred to
the approprtitlpas oalmtittee. In an
swer"o qneestaoo by enater PFrye, he
pointed out that even debate on the
bill could be stopped if the point of no
quorum was m e. Pinaly Senator
George withdrew his objection and the
adjournment reselutlon was placed be
fore the senate and passed.
Senator Morgan had the floor to re
ply to Seator Turple's remarks on the
NicaragUan canal bill. He said, how
ever, that the latter's speech had not
appeared in the Record until to-day
and be was satisfied he would not
have time enough to complete his re
marks before adjournment. He was
willing to yield to a motion for an ex
ecutive tIbsion, which prevailed, after
which the senate adjourned until
Thursday, Jan. 3, at noon.
IN THE HOUSE.
ryan bStongly Oppose the Cuwney Plan
Submitted.
Washington, Dec. 22.-There were but
few members on the floor when the
house convened this morning. A few
bills were passed by unanimous con
sent. One was passed, on motion of
Doolittle, of Washington, to grant
American registry of the barks L~nda,
of North Carolina, and Archer, of
Washington. The debate on the cur
rency bill was resumed.
Coombs, democrat, of New York,
opened for the bill. Mr. Bell, democrat,
of Texas. followed in opposition. Cur
rency reform was to become a fad, he
thought. He noticed that its practical
dictation was toward contraction. A
witness before the committee had been
frank enough to confess that the repeal
of the purchase clause of the Shernman
act was only the "first step." It was
now propoadd to retire the entire green
back circulation.
Mr. Bowers, of California, and Mr.
Bryan. of Nebraska, also opposed the
bill. The latter attacked the adminls
tration viciously for dumping into the
committee on banking and currency.
and( the house, a hantily considered bill
like the one pending. Its weakness was
demonstrated when, after four days of
verbal bombardment, it had been prac
tically withdrawn and another meas
ure substituted. Mr. Bryan said that.
stripped of its verbiage, the bill was
simply a proposition to authorise the
government to loan banks money at a
low rate of interest. or at no rate, to
he In turn kloaned by them at whatever
rate they could secure. Mr. Bryan di
rected attention ito the contradictory
views of ('leveland and Jefferson, the
last and first demto'cratl" presidents, on
this subject.
"Cleveland thinks." said he. "that the
issue of currency is a ri function of hanks.
Jefferson declaretd such issue Is a fune
tion of the giove'rnment; thought the
ianks shoutld go ouit of thei issuling hunst
ness. I am not ashamed to say that I
stand by Jefferson and not by t'lev.e
land."
Mr. Bryan said he had been. anti was
now. In favor of gaid and aslver nminey.
he'aunse the amluntll of nmoney would do
prnd on the law of suppllply andi demand.
At the close of Mr. IBryain's supercIh, the
house adjourned until Jan. S. 1,9t.
SPRINGER HOPEFUL.
Thinks the Substitute Currency Bill Will
Pass the House.
Washington, Ie.. 22.-"I heliehve that
the ('arlil.e curre'necy bill will be' panseed
by the' house." sptl 'hailrman ipringer
to,-day. "As yet no canvaiss has bteenll
made', but frmnl the' rgeneral t:llllmenicl
einamong members I fe.el that molt aof the
.lbJectlnns heretofocre urged have been
.ll'vercomen by the' uletlitute Ilntrolduc',ed
Iacst night. t t Il probable, however.
that there will be it ,party o,,ppositieone
frIm, the repuhicelan aide, nothwttlh
stiUndlnlg the chanlges we have made.
st timhe minority are not likely to sup
piort anly measure' unless state banks
are' entirely lliminated. and even then,
It Ir doubtful whether they will sup
plcert any bill originating with the dlemo..
"lHut with the harmonislnlg ,t feellng
cn the demoolath' side. I think we will
lave a safe Inajority for the bill. The
measure. In its present form, oom
mands the support of Ual who are de
.lrous of securing a sound currency.
with the single excelptionl, iperhaps, of
the radlcal sllver element, which has
no faith in any kind of currency issuing
hanks, and will accept nothing but uov
ernment Ilsuen of flat money."
Mr. Biland, demoHu!rt, of MJuolllurl,
said: "I will urge t(y. .ubatitute I have
already iprtesnted, nothwithatanding
the chanles made. In the original Car
lile. hill. These changes are evidently
designedl lto over.omen objectlion, but
they do nlt overcome the. one vital ob
jection to, lputting the currency sslues
:of the country li the hands. of national
banks."
Politics alnd Postmsebs.
Washlngton. Dec. 22.-Representat.leI
elf'orest, democrat, of ('onlnetliell.,
chairman of the house commiltte, iIo
civil service, to-day introdlucelld bill
tIo exclude ltolit(al Influences it. tie h .llp
polntment of Ipotmastern. It lr,,vil s
that all postmaeters now lit otllht., or
hereafter to .e lappointed, e hll lhel
their ofllee during tie. terll. 'ith
prelident Is authorlecd, hoiweve.r,lt t -i
move first, Iee'eend or third-clhes Iew0l
master' "Y~or cuse' c hmmuinilteel tI,
the senate," at the seindon followinfK itie
removal. The postmnater general In
also authorised to remove, fourthll-cllreu
postmasters "for cause comnlunlicateed
in the letter of removal."
Civil Service Law not Violated.
Washlngton, Dec. 22.-The denial of
Collector Wise, of Man Francisco, of the*
charge of violating the civil service
law, was shown Civil Service Commis
stoner Roosevelt to-day. Roosevelt said
the charge was filed with the commis
sion some time ago and will be given
thorough investigation before the com
mlaslolrs, can tell whether they have
any foundation. The charges are not
as !rivt. in the case of C,llector Wise
as are those in the case of certain other
olficials which the commission intends
to Investigate In the Immediate future.
Attkedng the Ineeome Law.
Washington. Dec. 22.-To-day Jesre
mlah Wllson, counsel for John G. Moore,
of the New York banking firm of Moore
& Schley, applied to Judge Cole, of the
equity branch of the supreme court of
the District of Columbia. for an order
restraining Joseph S. Miller, commis
sioner of Internal revenue, from asaess
ing and collecting a tax upon his in
come. This is only one of a number of
legal attacks which will soon be made
upon the income tax, each suit based
on different grounds.
Lodge in Gbest of I.mformatie.
Washington, Dec. 33.--enator Lodge
to-day mtroduced a resolution, instruct
ing the secretary of the navy to inform
the senate why all ships of the United
Statee have been withdrawn from the
Hawaiian islands, and whether, in view
of the interests of the United States and
of the citisens of the United States In
those islands, a ship of war should not
remain at Honolulu.
ConkinuIkm .
Washington, Dec. IL-The senate in
executive session to-day confirmed the
following nomlnations: Charles H.
Mansur, of Missourl. to be assistant
comptroller of the treasury; Marshal
Peter, of Petersburg, Ind.. Indian agent
at Klamath agency, Oregon; Thomas
B. Teter, of West Virginia, Indian
agent at the Fort Hall agency, Idaho.
Capta Noets.
Washington, Dec. 22.-The cash bal
ance In the treasury to-day was $154.
008..6, and the true amount of the gold
reserve $8,0121.650.
Representative Coffeen, of Wyoming.
has introduced a bill appropriating &52.
000 to meet expenses of protecting tim
ber on public lands.
Representative Doolittle, of Washing
ton, has introduced a bill opening the
Vashon Island military reservation,
Washington state, to settlement.
Senator Blanchard to-day presented
a petition, numerously signed by cane
and sugar growers of western Louisi
ana, for the payment of the bounty of
184,
CONBPIRACBY BIFE.
An Editor in Hawall in Jail on That
Aooount.
Ban Francisco, Dec. 22.-From Hono
lulu, Dec. 14.-Saturday the police ar
rested John E. Bush and E. C. Erick on
the charge of conspiracy against toe
government. In Bush's house several
rifles were found. Joseph Nawahi, ai
native lawyer, called to see the prison
ers and was arrested on the same
charge. W. P. Weed and Emil Klemme
were also arrested, the former as an
accessory to the conspiracy. the latter
for having arms In his possession un
lawfully.
Monday night a thorough search of
the house occupied by Erick brought
to light four rifles, two pistols and 150
rounds of ammunition concealed under
the floor. Bush has been publishing a
small sheet daily, In native and English.
In which he has been scoring the pres
ent government and assuring the na
tirve that the queen surely will be re
stored.
1rick Is an English chemist, and was
Implicated in the alleged Walker-Hln
clair conspiracy a year ago. After his
arrest he appealed to British Commis
sioner Hawes for protection, but was
told that nothing could be done for
Looking up the Short Line.
Omaha. I·e. -.-Il. W. RlHtlne. of New.
York, Itli Omaha as an expert to look into)
matters e.on lne d et with the Ire)l'son th,,i .1
IIn.' & lIth Northern. Hii ,. e, who I+ a
prtatical railroad mant, eamni. i at r.qr.
.tlltltlve of the tnilndholht.en' -onltnita1114
to ,zexamine the phylle.al 'osllt bion or Ihi.
Irot-erty, review the traffle * aprrngileantI.
bIetween the Short .ine ual Iha. I toll
I'uaile, of which It is part, anl r.a ,.uael
elosely all matterN relating to the ,. x
chanle of business betweetl the' 1'' iono
i'aie anlll the Short IlAte, tlivislonl of
earnings, alld all that pel'tains to the Short
Landslides Along the Shasta Route.
$an Franclsc. IDec. :2.--There hlave
been two landnlldes on the Hhatltt dli
viuton of the ('allfornia & Oregon, rail
road. Itoth were Immediately ,soth of
Itelta attnd were caused by the he.avy
rains. Otn of the slides extends a dals
ance of 11tw feet and Is twenlty-five feet
deep on the track. The other I. elKhty
asx feet long and twelve feet deep. They
occurred about midnight of Friday.
Western Angels o Commerce.
St. Lousl, Iee. 22.-The Western Com
mrc'elsl Traveler' as.sociatloun held its
sI.enteetnth annlual meetllnKt and eltetion
of ofilrera to-day. I'realdnt it. W. Shap
I,'luh offilated as chairman. Iterretary
and Treasurer H. . Tatum's anniual re
port showed the total resources of the as.
aorlatlon now on hand amount to $4413.11.47.
tieorge N. Meotrew was lelted president.
Ptlfrig Potffie Clerk.
tinclnnatl. Dee. UI--ui- gene T. Casey,
elerk in the C(ovinton. Ky., pestoltee,
was arrested to-day and marked money
taken from a decoy letter found ont him.
Ito, onfessetd. It oi estimated he has taken
between 2,10I anrId $000 ftom the maul
within a year.
A MERRY CtIRISTMAS
The Thoughts Inspired by the Happy O*a-.
sion and the Seenes It rnlnp
With It.
SHOPPING IN ALL ITS GLORY.
The Stores of Helena Never Looked Prettier
and the Merchants Never Had
Better Business.
A.N 'iA i I.A hIl IN
)nyý' JouriIy fro'(
I Illl'll.' l . 'h roi I n'. 1
tlh riny of all d*yr,
.i hlmsllt h.ir*. 'rh.
daiy after to)-fn)r
roZw ('hristitn ita
itloni the wold over
c,,elebrate the birthl
of the child of 1etdb
L'hern. In the coun
tries ac'ross the
Atlantic; II the more civilized portions
of far away Asla, even In the depths
of the dark colntinnt; from east to
west, from north to south, will on that
dlay come the Joyful strain. "Peace on
earth, to men, good will." It Is the
world's holiday; the time when the peo
ple of every continent are united in
making those about them happy, and
in being happy themselves. It is the,
gladdest day of all the year: a day
when good will and good cheer abound;
a day that brings happiness to the poor
as to the rich, to those of every station.
It is a season when for a day the world
loses its cares and sorrows. And the
reason for this universal happiness
is that people everywhere try on that
day to remember the teachings of the
man of Nasareth. That is the seoret
of it all.
The Inooming trains yesterday
brought to Helena many people who
came from all parts of the state to
spend Clrtstmas at home. On Christ*
mas day every person who has a home
wants to he there; those who have none
get aloif Ahe beet they can, the more
fortunate them visiting other peoples'
firesides,
The day after to-morrow Is sure to
be a very merry day in Helena. Thea
are thousands of children, young folks
and people who are no longer young,
who have been looking forward to
Christmas for weeks. In antlcipatLng
the day all have found great pleasure.
Some for weeks have been plansning
pretty surprises for their friends. The
women !have been engaged, perhap,.
in designlng and making fancy work
or things of a pose praeteal natuM;
the men have been racking their tea
with the ever present thoeht what t.
get for a Christmas sift for those a
bome. For two eeks or more the
Helena stores have been displayl.
enormous stocks of holiday goods. The
shop windows have presented many
lovely and appropriate Christmas
scenes. The window decorations hav
been particularly beautiful and elabor
ate thin season. Ah the stores put in
extra large stocks of goods this win
ter, as they anticipated an unusually
brisk trade. In Ithls they have not
been disappointed. For the past ten
days the stores have been illed with
buyers. Last evening they were per
ticularly crowded with Christmas shop
pers. There were not enough clerks to
wait upon them, but everybody, includ
ing the overworked salesmen, seemed
good natured and Inclined to make the
best of things.
The stores themselves presented a
very pretty and interesting appearance.
Attractive holiday goods were displayed
in bewildering quantitles. The Jewelers'
windows and cases were resplendant
with diamonds, sapphires and useful
and ornamental things In golj and sil
ver. The candy stores seemed to be
filled to overflowing. In the smaller
chops and fruit stores bunches of lovely
mistletoe and holly, coming from no
body seemed to know where, were dis
played with other decorations. Farmer
boys by the dozen brought in Christ
mas trees from the mountains and hills
about town, and easily disposed of most
of them. The markets were filled with
plump turkeys, ducks and chickens,
with every sort of fish and game, and
the Christmas goose was on hand
awaiting the hour when he is to ap
near in the ulace of honor.
Pteple were notl..d going home last
night with all sorts of bundles. One
man was seen with a sled and a little
red wagon under one arm; with the
other he carried a package of books
and a bundle that looked very much
as though it contained a new cloak or
a dress pattern, while from one of hl.
overmat pockets protruded a pair of
skates and from the other a big doll.
As the motorman stopped the car for
him, the overburdened man remarked,
"Anad this Isn't half of it. either." When
these people with the bundles under
their oats or cloak, arrived home,
they would steal into their houses in a
very mysterious manner and hide the
packages ll nome out-of-the-way place.
That done, they would try to look as
though nothing unusual was going on.
There has niever been a time when
lIhIt merc'hants of Ielena did better thant
I th'. ha." dole In thei holiday season
,r I18S . I',;l.l I' I\ha ,everywhere been
big ltlt !s :illnd lth," I InrchantsH whol did
lIt y in it hli i stoc.l k andii aadýlertrlse
Ih1.1t fa t has . i,,I himsit ,l t, bloit e.
Th'l'a Il, taIIanI ss at i 'the |irti ' Writ'rl' ill
a t's* n .t rI th* iant.trttl0 hI her'. another
r,,,,l Iltdt, antiln I.f lthi' 1 pirit whIch
a'Zln.Ns wit I 'hti t tlllni. I'' ,ll"* * Itl
rI. ll .,'llttltit th I"r Itm illl*y gifts to their
relualtiv andl I lllll1 ltl fill' nft' latnd
uril in othller tr tlrt 1of this great tIun
try. TIhe pint a5 lit' reports thle la rgeat
.neyav rlder business in Its histoary.
t'hrlastma eve is alwayu a delight tI
the chlldren. There will he many well
leadert aitad brtillantly lighted trees
strilpped of their pretty things in Hel
ena to-muorrow night. in most homes
it has grown to be the custom to hold
the surprises until Christmias morning,
when lby lightesd gas or lamp light the
family assemble to the parlor where
the mysterious packages that have
been smuggled into the house are got.
ten together and distributed. Every
body has .iven every other member of
the famil.y omething suitable, but the
delight and surprise of the givers who
get anything themselves is truly touch
Ing. And last, but not leart, are the
"Merry Christmas" greetings of friends
wherever and whenever they meet.
In all the churches to-day will ,.r
heard Christmas sermons, when the
old, old story will be told again. in
many of them there will be special
services in honor of the great event.
That "Christ is risen" will be pro
claimed from every pulpit. To-morrow
night many of the Sunday schools will
meet and enjoy trees. treat sad enter
tainments appropriate to the happy Me
son.
Nashville, Dec. t2.-John Stanley and
Clarence Cox were executed at May
nardaville this afternoon for the mar
der of Mr. and Mrs. Inodderly. They
protested their lanocece.
WHN nOGn vim;
As Thee on he tel
New York, Dec.
gesnerally have god f
Ing police elpesee, It it
defined expectation thI
llama will be heard Wy
mitten before it oor e
molny. It is rep
reerds hisnIelt as ha
by 4hanlitti.irtcor for
shlelding hlmilf sad
Ityrn.s. ri.rlnda of W
.nei.d an nuotli iu this
I j,; *iandin5t enmity bet
inlndent and the ranklng
th lIlact that cehmlltberger,
'rl,ll and a ruasliential
\ illinams, has be)n of late
.\l.yor (illrny was asked i hl
;t lIke anty atep toO bring
iflov~l of Commissioners Martki
hLil, In consquellmn of Capt.
err'r sltatement of yesterday.
"li.rure taking iany action els
hove Io be pr-ferredi a&tlalt thei.
rnlislone.rs to me, I being the lad
Sase. oullll not take the InltatlYIe.
thi matter has not been br t i
tentlon officially. It the
enunle and proven. I rould only
to the governor their disminaLe"
('ommnaeloner Sheehan *vUa e
his denial of statements a.
embodlled In Capt. Uohmittbtlrger ,
maony. A speclal meeting of tho
board will hbe held on Mondayl t
the $ehmlttberger testimony.
Martin, president f the peee
commisiloners, oomplas that
berger put him In s falae yMit
a disorderly hous. on West
street. Commlltoner helehan als
speclfic dental of the al
Ritehmttberger lan so tar a they
him.
HOME rB THZ A.
MiinuIs Peols Will Do Thor lgt
Univs'ity.
Upeolal to The Indepeadent.
Misoulao Dee. 3.--At a
the University club, held this
the various conmlttees
plroding a suitable budlag
univerlty repoCrted. U ime
other propoeiton hae puIa
lug the past weelt, ad R ist
hsarty - e- . by theo
was~o d etu' oe
oRr the eeth mtgoI
the state board of edeatlosa.
fne brick etrcture with
and other moder
near the stret ar
to date. oeM abet
o the building has bee
purpose. but s mesh
would aooommedsts al
onth side.
By the espedlture e I
It sould e ompleted s
the best bolidldg .et na.N
deled tMsJ eve to usb
souls district school d to
W eleotlaon to veto the
egmosat. There seemsg .~
the s eol board wO r
this, and there Is no doubt
propoutloa would carry
amssalmous vote of the
soula. t beingy the undo
etren .1 this tis fua
buldIng obtaln) e ln the eSM
we of the udverty.
Mlno Creele to Dsah
/pelal to The zadewaiet.
Oreat Plls, Dee. 3.-A
arsuhed to death this afriuso
fansg ass .t rok sad
mines at lud Coues. It is
to get his name at this bour.
FOB 7N OB
Dmawgn R t %i fr a Qh .
ld iNal er. ,
Whil, the litt easel of
have a father, a mother,
era mad aunts will be
Christmas day, the UtW e. g
orphas asylum are s. t gslag i
gotten. laoe thouyhtfdl
taken the matter in hand sad
to give a Christmas tree and a
man dinner. All the kind
want to help in this good
they are rsequested to eve
tin the way of things sal
the dinner and for the tree, at $
son avenue.
Cams Through the serm.
Ian Francisco, Dec. IL-The
schooner Mary and Ida, sitees
out from Uhoalwater bay, sad
many people T ee Inclined to
as lost. manm Into port this
The list of overdue ilin vg
now reduced to six, and the ow
feeling easier as to their fats.
the local collector of custom me
trtary of the treasury today
the revenue s outter Gnat, new
Townsend, Wash.. to prssed t
once and serch for the r.
steamers Monserratt and
outtW is ordered to remain at
two weeks and search the seesg
British Columbia to Ban reto.raep
steamer City of Pueblo came late
to-day from the north. she maw
signs of the missing colliers.
Pueusgsr 2lwi W esbefl
Walla Walla, Wash., Dec. M.-'ihe
son Railroad & Navigation
passenger train was wrecked this
at I.enlmoken station, about thl
mnl, s east of Wails Walls. Enlsfeu
i. Walker was killed and lCnlneern
F'lrreen Button and Stewart were
The train was the regular east
passenger for Spokane and consisted
baggage, mall, smoker, two dayc eg
two sleepers and RItelver MeNel's .
vate car, occupied by T. W. Lee,
ant general manager. The train was
ning at usual speed, and suddenly
rails spread, throwing both eistal t
the mail and baggage cars from the
The bagesae and mill cars went
embankment. It i. thought the
was caused by some part of the
breaking.
Bandits Got Away.
Rock Inland, Ill.. DLU. 32.-Tw
who robbed the safe at Wet
uat night caused a pa.le a
p.asengers on the Omaha eJ
here at 7:56 this morlnlng b
ing to slow up a train about
west of here. They threw a
dynamite under the earI,
ploded, breaking the
nearly deralingr the trail.
were ftred at t heconde
to prevent them puNing
The bandlts got o IR a
-ollowed by the ohlet t t
police and a deplacC,
oedo In ii rpovw ,.
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