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VOL. XXXV--NO, L05., HELENA. MONTANA. MONDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 24 1894. PRIOIE PlY Oans & ...Klein To-DAY the War D. rtment will officially gastte t retire ment, for age q Brlgodier.Gen eral David G. Swaim, Judge Advocate Genenl. In 1884 he was suspended from service for ten years by court-martial on account of transactions with a firm of stock brokers. The remainder of the sentence was recently remitted by the President, so that Gen., eral Swaim might retire. TO-DAY We Will Oive SOFFL" ON ALL Holiday Goods Including our Latest Imn. portations of MUFFLERS, INITIAL HANDKERC.IEF SMOKING JACKETS, TOILET CASES, LEATHER CASES UMBRELLAS, BATH ROBES, BOYS' LEGGIN~08 NECKWEAR, EMBROIDERED NIGHT ROBES, FLANNEL NIGHT ROBES, SILK NIGHT ROBES, FANCY SILK HDIKFS, FANCY SUSPENDERS, LOUNGING COATS. A USEFUL PRESENT Would Also be a Nice POOLE OVERCOAT, IRISH FRIEZE ULSTER, RECENT FROCK SUIT, OXFORD SACK SUIT. ..FOR THE BOYS... One of Our Elegant STANLEY COMBINATION SUITS, CAPE OVERCOATS, BTORM ULSTERS, CHINCHILLA REEFERS We have no space to ent.merate 3-riols, btt thby are the lowest on t,.erything o.nristent with high clab ag ol . Gans & ...Klein 'PHONE PATENT NULL The Devise of the Berliner Patent, Whioh Was the Main Rellanoe of the Bell Company. DECISION BY A FEDERAL JUDGE. Publio Will Not Benefit Till the Case Cots Throulh the Appeals and the Su. premo Courts. Boston, Dec. 23.-The most important patent held by the American Hell Ttle. phone rcompany,and the une upon which it depends, If It depends on patents at all, for the continuance of its monop oly, was declared voild last week by Judge Carpenter, of the United States circuit court. The patent was that nssued to Emile, Berliner Nov. 17, 1891, and is known as the Bellner patent. It covers the trans mitter now In use on long distance tele phones and in a general way it may he said to cover any transmitter in which the vibrations are due to differences of pressure between electrodes In constant contact. The expiration of the patents on the receivers a few months ago was of some benefit to the public In the estab lishment of certain kinds of private lines. This decision that the patent covering the transmitters is void will not be of benefit even to that extent, at least not for a year or so, for two reasons. First, this decision Is not final. "The case will now go to the United States circuit court of appeals." said Freder ick P. Fisher, of counsel for the Bell Telephone company to-day. "A decis ion will be rendered by that court pos sibly next spring, after the case has been argued anew, as though the cir cuit court had not made a decision. Should the case go against us in the United States court of appeals, It will probably go to the United States su preme court, but we believe the court of appeals will decide In our favor." The other reason is that the American Bell Telephone company Is firmly es tablished all over the country and en joys franchises which in some cases would-be rivals could not get, and in other cases woula not attempt to utll lie If they did g., because of the long war with the ricfh monopoly such a thing would Involve. The Bell company has Its franchises, its wires and its exchanges all in oper ation. Practical men say this fact will do more than any number of patents to protect it in the enjoyment of its monopoly. Notwithstanding this fact, the ad verse decision was immediately felt by the stock. A few days ago Bell Tele phone stock climbee to 101. and eat morning it opened at 201%. On the an nouncement of the decision it fell to 191. But it immediately began to pull Itself together and closed at 194. If the higher courts reverse Judge Carpenter's decision In the Berliner patent case the telephone monopoly will be practically proof against assaults until Nov. 17, 1I08, as the life of the pat ent is seventeen years from Nov. 17, 1891, the date of its issue. The government sought to annul the patent on two grounds: First, that it was beyond the power of the comnls slonm k of patents to issue the patent in view of the issue of a former patent, Nov. 1, 1880, to this same Berliner, and, second, that the issue was unlawfully delayed from June 4, 1877, till Nov. 17, 1891, by the Bell Telephone company in order to extend the period of its protection, it being protected during the period of its delay by other patents, now expired. Another ground which Judge Carpen. ter did not consider was that the orig Inal application for the Berliner pat ent did not describe the contrivance finally presented. The plans in the orig Inal application were for the transmis sion of sound by a "make-and-break" current of electricity, caused by the al ternate contact and separation of two metal electrodes. In the patent as ac tually granted the current is continu ous, but Its intensity is made to vary by a difference In pressure between two electrodes In constant contact. As to the first ground, which Judge Carpenter sustained, he said: "One of the functions of the device shown in the patent of Nov. 2, 1880, namely, the function of transmitting articulated speech, is identical with the sole object or function of the device covered by the patent of Nov. 17, 1891, and the device for affecting the trans mission is identical in both patents. The patent, therefore, seems to me to be void and beyond the power of the commissioner to Issue." As to the ground of delay, which really was the vital point, Judge Car penter said: "The device of Berllner. as both Tar ties in this raosi agree, covers the only comtmereially nracticable and useful methods at 1 ' ent known for effectlnk the transml.,,,n of articulate speech. There was no effort, so far as I can see in the evidence, on the part of the re spolndent corporation to prevent this delay. * * * 1 am p.lwuaded that the delay was intentionanlly acquiesed In by the respondent corporation for the pIurpo. ,of delaying the issue of the patent. This seems to me the only con clusion from ni colslderation of the whole evidence. "The ometlrs of the company tertlfy that at t all times they were urgen.lt ini pressing for the issue of the patent. As teo their state of mind aind their ac tual intenticel at the, time,. 1 an free to say that I place less relIance on their statelmentsl now nmaelle thlnl on a single statement madee at the time. In Feb ruary, 1886, while the generinl under standing of delaty was In force, Mr. Hwan, one of the solilctors for the aup plication, wrote as follows to the pres Ident of the Bell company: " 'I am worltlng the Edlson and Ber liner cases along quietly, and think they will he granted )by the exameiner witholut interference or apIpeal, so that we can take them out Iby paying the final fees. We have six months to do that hi.' "Thls Is but R single paragraph coit of mliany hulndreds of pages, but I think it shows clearly what was the lpurpose of the respondent corporation, con sclusly formed by its oflcers and por feetl y utitdersaIn t Iby its tgeInts t the paltent oflice. The applichtihon was to ,be 'worked along quletly,' aItlhough ap parenltly Iipuhed with great energy. There would he delay, Ibut no substan tihlI obsta'te to the grrnt of the Ipatent, nndl ev'en after the patent should Ie or dereld to isesu, there might he a fulrtlher delny within the limits of the law and withmout Imperlllng the. patent. If this letiter di.s not mean this. I amn at ia loss toe know what It doies mean. "My inclusion, therefor.e, is that the conmpl;linaltt has malde out the e.see and that there should he a decree thatt the patenllt lie questPion Is voi tel and shltl be tdelivered up to te cano liled." This delay ccnerecl fourteen yeras. II the plait succeeds this one Ipatent will have been made to protret the monopoly thirty-onel years. ''here were manly different paltent coIlllllllunionler In the tourteen yearn, and subHodlnLtk.; were changed very often.'ll Tlhe I1n fluencer whichl the litel Atl*ph'Jlne mlIlIn upoly used 1n the paltenlt l oice have lung been the eubjecL of icaldailnu speculae8ton. It Is known that for at least a part of the fourteen yuars the- patent oltice was hostile to the Imlonopoly. It is said that obstacles werel the-n thrown In the way of the r'rantlKl .. the patent by the Iptent olfie :11fh lIe without their knowing that they e erH Ithum unwit tingly benlefittnll tnh"i monopoly.. The- preen' t .1 n If ,II ih'1.ll 'Trlephone eomypany wule ilorg.H,.zed- In May, 1880. The total dlvllltid pIuynllnts and Ithe 'eapital at the end of each in/lcal year nltee have been-l Years. )ividleinds. Capital. 1880-81..... .. . 3li;,0 $, .:750,u,.,Ni 1881-82............. ... 416,000 7,30o,,o 1882-83.. .... ...... 595..., 7I,350,1u40 1883-84.... ...... .. ,I6.tl.4i79 9,60.L000 1884... ..... ...... 1,44031(( 9,9I.I,IMD )o 183i ............... I,'. ,:l 9,:,0I 1886........... ...... 1,568,3:36 ,812,1 187 ......... .... I,21G..:i3 !,8r02.,1(s) 1888................ 1,789,78 9.962,100 I49........ ....... I.,;.1,913 : I II :103, 900 1891............ ... 2,212,91:3 12, e0).4,I ) 1891............... 2,625,.0)0 15.000,000 1892 .............. 2,919.0,0 17,6000011 1893....... ........ 3,337,5180 20,000,000 Total....... .....$23.106,096 Average Iper year. $1.650,435 111,209.035 The figure- fur 189:1 are estimated. The company began paying extra dlvl dends In 1884. They are included above and in detail have been: 1884, $288,063; 1885, $392.044; 1888, $392.084; 1887, $392, 084; 188. $'7.728; 18, 726; 189, 00,000; 1890,. 750o,o00;-1891, $900,000; 1892. $991,863: 1893, $1.125,000. The average rate of dividend has been 14.72 per cent. INC'EEASED LIBRA RY 10 L'U. There Is Some Thought of Keeping the LI. brar Open Later. The trustees of the public library have for some time had In mind the matter of keeping the library open until a later hour upon both week days and Sundays. At present the library Is open until 9 p. in., and no later, on week days and through the afternoon until 5 o'clock on Sundays. The trus tees would like to perfect arrangements whereby the library could be kept open at least an hour later on week days and through Sunday evening. Owing to the limited revenues for the library it has been thought impossible to make the desired changes owing to the in creased expense involved. The cost of lights, for extra help and other ex pensee made necessary by the proposed changes would amount to a consider able sum each month. However, the trustees hope before long to perfect arrangements so that the usefulness of the library may be extended. One of the plans being con sidered is to secure volunteer assist ants to care for the library and the in stitution's patrons during the hours kept open in excess of the present time. There certainly ia a great demand for longer library hours. There are scores of people, partilelarly imrmg the young men, whose evenings are taken up until 8:30 or 9 o'clock by every day duties, who would be glad to spend an hour or even longer at the library each even ing in studying or reading. Under present arrangements these young men are barred from the privileges of the library, as they cannot get time to visit it during the hours it is ordinarily kept open. There are many railroad men and others living at a considerable dis tance from the library whose work keeps them until 6 p. m. or later who would like to spend their eveninag at the library. These people cannot get to the library until quite late, and for that reason many of them never go there at all. There Is great need for longer hours on Sunday, as very many people are too busy through the week to visit the library or read books taken from it. Sunday is the only time these people have of their own. Of the great crowd that can be seen at the library every Sunday afternoon pouring over maga sines, papers or books, a large per cent is very noticeably workingmen. Many, in fact, most of these would be very glad to resume their reading after supper, but on Sunday the room in cleared at 5 p. m. and the doors closed for the day. There are many young men, and men who are not young, for that matter, in Helena, who have no real home and con sequently no pleasant place to spend the day. They don't care to go to their rooms for they have nothing to do there, and consequently many of them loiter around the streets visiting the various resorts about town. These young men would he much better off at the library. There they could be well entertained, and the time spent would not be time wasted. The library is doing a splendid work in Helena. If the amount for its sup port was greater its usefulness could undoubtedly be increased. It is ham pered somewhat by a lack of funds, but Itls believed that the trustees will even tually be able to effect their wishes In relation to an extension of its useful IRebM. Californi M.leral rodurmer. Han Francisco, Dec. 23.-The biennial report of the state mineralogist has just been iMsued from the office of the state printer. Nearly one-half of the bok Is devoted to gold mines. Names, litu titons, olwners and other partrI ulars oif every mine ir the stilt, are given. The gold product is largely from quart. mines, and this brInch of miting is in better condition thani it ever hiias bein before. 'iThe. gohl proditt of I89:1 was $12,422.ll Iand siilver $3:17.,157. making ii total of $12.I119,9i9.11 It s1 not in gold i ll sllier alone that the minoral weanth of i'Ilifr, etilt nsists. aln ny other sih staIIn'es II' 1 oied here which even nllw i'ingK up tilt' value of our minterl pro uct.as to about $19I.000,0010 or $210.O I).,i0l per annum, and they are incriasing in value. On to the Top. Seattle, Was.h., Ic. 2:. A nimessage fr'nl the 'ost-Intelligencer party for the exploration tof Mitount liante r. hrought by a pigeon which wls r'tleased at the mouth of ('rilhlon glitlI-r liat 9:: a. 'n. to-dtiy, tells of the arrival of the phuarty lit tihell' base' of the mountain on the previousi l evening, nill oif Krenlt avII Innihes. T'it' inst iday's traup wlas nmale on snow i .ihuies, user four or 1iv' feet oif snow, in 21 idegrees temperatu ill ' ('arhon river allll otiiher streamilllls Wll're forded imany ties, iinndl two oif thi. piartyV were idcilkedI i cy wanter., Ir hiin glincier rises itn slherl' waill of :111t fi, ,t ntil Ito greatly depresedt, turn, rllhlhld and rulggedl ly I) .navalatitnihei which hiie ii' ft wiali of snow :10o feet high. *' iiot prty this iii'lnlng started iaiiros. tile d gieiir and iiltrolundl It. it' lo's pi s, to examinelltil the rtuti to the sum tmilt. Snow Blockade Raised. ad.e (alUMt(t by a hea'vy fall of mnw wit" railnll ie ath nh)I tt i-ia y, alndt iit'-l yitllit r err mlt ne a re' uow moving. The gircat djept Ir m .enw *e it tit lcr I ik brock. tlc~ic clii ty lp1. w Whliilee It ta be ingw ,c~ieilreu ellciadewe ipaanuagera had a merry time In the, snow. LAWS FOR ALASKA. Congres Should Codify Them and Also Make Many Changes That Are Sadly Nooded. THE BERING SEA LUMP SUM PAYMENT Congressman Hltt Has Convinced Hmself That It Is Altogether Too Much to Pay. Wat"shington, l),r. ?3--t Ins understood Ihut co'ngress will, later in the, preenllt ne5H4lill, milke iln effort to lprovile a t,,Ide. ,of lawn for the Kgovernmnent of Alinktu, which Is to be sHillmlttei an a lresult Cof the inspection mnae of the Alaskan country last snunmer by As pnistant acN'retary iHamlllu and Joseph W. Murray, Inlpe.ector of salmon fisher hle. These gentnlmen gave sple.ll at tentlon to the p*ul flshelrils, and will, of course, dwell upon this feature. s pI.ciilly In thel" repolrt, bu tthey will also. rectmmend changes In the en'latire legal system of the seal Islands and the mainland as well, covering all sub Jects connected with the government of the territory. The Oregon laws are at present in force In Alaska and have been ever ilnce the organisation of the territory. They are in many Instances lilly adapted to local conditions prevailing in Alska, and even where they are fairly satis factory the means of administering them are so ineffclent as to have caused very serious complaint in the past on the part of the people affected. Hence. besides recommending laws for the government of the seal catch, and oth ers looking to the prevention of the destruction of salmon interests, Messrs. Hamlin and Murray will probably recommend timber laws, new land, min Ing. liquor, custoems and school laws. There will also probably be a recom mendation that three or four judicial districts be ereated to take the place of the present system, which is com prised in one district. The report embodying their recom mendations is now in ooarse of prepa ration and will be subnmtted to congress as early In the session after the, holi days as possible, with the hope that there may be time left for congreslonsl action. It is believed that the report will take strong ground for fixing the next year's sealing catch at a lower limit than that of last year. PAID 100 MUCH. Most of the Lumpeum W h for Proespeotir Dames. IIWay. Washington, Dec.'L-BSecretary Grem ham's communication to congress rel ative to paying $425,000 for Bering sea seisure purposes is occasioning much discussion among those who have been giving attention to the subject. Rep resentative Hitt. of Illinois, who intro duced the resolution calling for infor mation, is not yet sattlsfed that the United States should pay a lump sum of $425,000 for seizures, as he says pos itive evidence already adduced shows this amount to be excessively large. Hitt points out that the amount foots up $431,000, which is little more than the amount of the proposed promise. Of this $450,000 Hitt says $367.000 1s for "probable earnings, estimated catch," eto. That is, the ships claim large dam ages for what they might have earned had they not been stesed, so that their claim is for prospective or remote dam ages, and only a portion for damages actually sustained. Hitt says this theory of prospective damages was expressly repudiated be fore the famous awards commission. It was then held that the United States could not recover for what a number of American ships might have done since they have been siezed. The congress man says this precedent and others settles the principle of international law, and that remote damages cannot be collected. It is also shnwn that of the eighteen ships claiming damages there were ten American ships. Some of these were flying British flags merely for the sake of avoiding detection. Hitt urges that it is not for Great Britain to collect alleged damages to American ships. The claims of three American ships are in claded In the settlement of the $426,000. althoughi Hitt says the United States should deal with its own ships in Its own way, and not through Great Brit aln as an intermediary. After deduct ing the $317,000 for "probable earnings." and further deducting the claim 'of the ten American ships, Hitt holds there is very little left of the original claim. and that $426,000 is far in excess of what it ought to be. MU ST BIDE THEIR TIME. Election of Senators to Fill V. canaols Can. not Be Hurried. Washihngtonl. |'{. 23.-S.nimt. qtelti|n hits it'hc n ais to, whllether the sNtnalto'tl1rn to b' c'hoset'n to fill vacll'lieh In the slates of M1ontainnat Washint.111 Mnill W.yoinnlg can the helt-ected upon the irst day Ith lhI'ilhgiltulr mteet, or if the elte' tionl will be pltpo' 'ii d tii il after the It' eltedIl-t dii11ne. ithe se a lot tors are11 to it'i In hl ulll ' . 'I'l ul m1114uti e' rIbu 't to i'x Irt,'. n.fIn or ithollsN, of idaho, has, Pbeen loking h ll tp the matter" for h..:a11 frt1iends hl It the west andi hit founl d litino teIt 'tItl telerP 1 ted I 't 1111fi' itac iht' hhIr IltI Ih .'lted in preese I yht the same 1it ,11nr near fut'ure. 't IIIl. will prevent I g theI ele'thun of It natl.rs to till the vanyh nelen until the tlnt when the regular aeun iup theirth l lns thanrhlt when tIheII.In areIn until they uintfy, whyeu is nuI t ele lted for full t.lns. In th lt' ltter see. whether tho.v guntlify on the 4th of Mlar"h or not, thehll' iyb egllls. hin 11,1 was admitted n .1 ly :1, and the Nin alr.- eletted hep%1an drawing their tent' 1111h i bI 1n insrrt,.l in al1 aplproprilthon hill prerrthi1g w1 ,hen Menator's ele"te. to, fill the valtlaelhs NI hlall beglhl drawhng pity. Crest on Ducks. WNashington, fl,,. -1. - Presidh t ('hlvelandand thr l.arly of duck hunters re.arned to th,' .ty thih morning ll I IheI Atlhnlth 'caiu explrlesn. The prest denl wai lkhnug well. husing a liIl" lI'1own'lledl by his .'x.IIou1rUe t1 111e In atllnti wind. Altogether the party killed nboul ,1k1 ducks, the li1,nhhent hheing 'l.m-l hle for rather 11,r,. than half of them. II,- spoke very 1ippreelallvely of his reception &t Geolrgetown yesterday. 1'1 'PONNStMI ANI) TIlE COON As Told by George Bundy, In His Own Parts of Spee*h. .leorge H. nhundy, the colored man whil rel" ntly lc.asped convictlon on lh,. t hnrg' of rending alnl oeserne I.tte'r lhrough the mall, Is gerhaps the most charast.crlsttI story teller of his rat.. In the northwesl. Ills fiavorite Irtlly IN thie oni aIgardingK tlih differenlesn Ibetweaen the 'poussum and the c(oon. In print i Ii .lnot fall to full short of bellnK ias instere*stilg as when tldil hy hIsi own lipus; for Iino type can convey thie a,'..nt which Is It ltidly's own, or the imerry twlnkle of his rye. "I pritfr edo luon to de 'possum alwav+ as an silrtcle of fo.oi," sPoys llntlv. I know 'lat mlos' of de nouthernl peiopltei, II' pa'tll' ularly ie colore'd pe.upl- I., pilsft.r dI. 'losulll , lo. II t for nhi a. al~l I, , Is n towardl mnIy plItI v'v y tilri. lIt stt fitr an frlndll ship slehl ' rI-.spt' t for Id. 5two ul. milts li ,e hi,' rniel Isi I Ils a seruI ng leatlns' towardI I. 'Inl rlllll. J111 Il ksnilman I and morai l nsifl his ge5nersal behavior i. far s el .rl'lll r to I .* I' oo I. I Ilt.'sll irrI INq a gei''l I lisil. 'l" iuuli is a tigniol., Ito 'p 2 - 15sill IM hti r'. .I,' i. nun is h t natural bt 'nl Ihief. Yo lu fclr anythl.ih ti .. .. nui, hI' shakltl his head ise' wal 1k away, eiil' wh.'ll you lay It (li.own he chrti lio'k I11n' uteel II. lie only thingK 'go)i.s'u I tiake dt loII'i belong to him Ie VIiraln.., iand tIse show you how sesllltive tit, 'pI)utlIII lIs, atn' wha:Lt I kee.en sense o' f.e'lii' heI liar, youl only h.s. to say when you kit h 'ill 'monK di vini .4. 'Iln't you asshan'id i y, self?' all n' h"I hilltK his head. HN,.risltlvene..' h Is a pcllth r'hulia'terlstle of dif 'io:lslr. % hei y' 1 st(lli your ltot ag'in' a 'plossalln h, roll right Ilp In a liunll e, an' all i yo , ii tIo , Is to touch his ltll widl your Illltg'.r, ani' hII. twist his tall Iaroiln' you' hill', slin' you start right off hollse swingln' hll JIs.' lii-. a lantern. "Now, I'll tell you de strangrcs' thing 'bout Ide 'ponsum andi deo c.on. Any dog can whip a 'plossum, but it take a mighty fine peart ldog to get de bes' of a cotn; while In a fight 'twee'n a 'porssum an' a coon dte ooon ain't nowhere. tIe 'possum am gotn' home mindln' his own buis'ness, an' providln' for his family. If he has one., when de coon comes foragln' along. Ie) coon see de 'poessum an' he. swagger up wilt de let shoulder a trifle higher dan de right, an' 'biN!' he fetches de 'possum jes' under the belt. De 'possum look s'prllsed an' backs off an' looks at de coon as much as to say. 'You better let me 'lone, l'se mindln' my own bus'ness and don't aim to have so trouble wid nobody.' Le coon pay no 'teotion, but give de 'possum 'nother 'blff.' De 'possum Jes' grin an' scratch his bead wid de coon t'arin' 'round. 'Bout de time coon think 'pousum whipped, 'possum getin' se'ond wind. Coon Eit earless 'bout dis time an' strik In' wild. 'Possum sparrli' fer wind ani watchlin' for an openin'. Pretty soon he lay like he dead an' he git it. Coon off his guard an' stan' over 'posaum. 'Possum jes' reach up an' ketch coon by the neck wid his teeth an' close his mouth tight. I.en de 'poesum go to sleep, an' when he wake up de coon am dead." KEEPING POSTED. The Turkish Govenmnnt Denik Amenia Atrootie Repeatadly. WaKshngton, Dec. 23.-That the Turk. Ish government is keeping posted on the reposts eireulated concerning the Ar menian troubles, and that it desires friendly public opinion, seems evideat from the care with which it observes the reports which are in circulation abroad. It has made denials of several printed stories of oppression in Ar menia, and to-day the Turkish mlnister furnished to the press a dispatch from his government contradicting sever.l recently printed stories. The dispatch is as follows: "It has been published that the Arch bishop of Marash was imprisoned nt Alep; that the bishop of Hadjin. arch bishop of Zelatoun and Father Jarask, of Marash. were condemned to death; that Sister Elisabeth and twenty-five others were prisoners u.der arrest, and fifteen leading men of Alep were sent to prison. All these assertions are without the least foundation in fact, nor was the church in Boylan closed, as has been falsely reported." Constantinople. Dec. 23.-The porte has agreed to instruct the foreign dele gates who will accompany the Arme nian commission that they are empow ered, not only to suggest questions to witnesses, but also to personally exam ine them. Abdullah Pasha has with drawn from the presidency of the com mission at the last moment, and has been replaced by two officials from the ministry of justice, who will st'art to day for Erroum, where the members of the commission are already assem bled. Abdallah's recall is supposed to be due to the representations that he is inferior in rank to Zedki Pasha, who, it is alleged, committed the atrocities, and will have to be examined. AFRAID OF TIHE INDIAN. He Cave a Yell and Then Jumped Over the Counter. An amusing story in told of one of the two little colored boys who travel with the Calhoun Oprat company, which played in Helena last week. The boys were stopping at the cosmopolitan hotel, where also were a number of In dians, who were witnesses In the Jones caste. One day an Indian, who had bee'n watchling the antics of the boys as they played aboult the omlice, made at unml toward otle of them as If to ct,tch him. The little fellow gave a yell that could have b.e'n heard a block away, and with a botlund jumpelrd over the otlher desk in1to the clerk's enclosure. I1e told the' clemk who Iallt Induet'ed hinm to st"lp elling, that he I t.ught the Indian inteauided to s.alp liln. Thte remtcskahle jutlllp and. the feit ful y.Ilt4 ef the little celor1edi lad s Ut'tled the' 'totlte red mun, who for ai few liln ut'es c'utleIn't realize tlhat he was the e'tuete or ell th, 'emoltilon. .~~l( 11# ~,111 Befit Mills.f\1' 1 11hl I'larkshul~g, W. \'it, Dee. .., rl~r~l. Judg NaIthian Bt. w h'i his ble'ii hl'.dimg couriIt in sou~tla i mr.liia, itrrilA I ii his h .me yes et Ii ~'ay Mild IIsM a " i iI ill 421i etateitr'vn.'" Wit i po.litiale frti~.i, IM.i cludh \g Mill. In rllg I'r~,~,II. H 1l111+Who1' 1 Wliin gi~ 'i outt thim e~enin t ,t iii, i h a,11.1 i' olinl Iii ail lro at IIat 11 , iiiiiainr.' hit. autidl a'y (.11" ihe iei-.ut 'lttluig heIi lioe t t1%'1h % r-ft 1111' hoiii . It lIo laM, t.' WilltI iitabiLIIy 1110' M fill 1t11' i 3aIll"a Il"' hauil. He Iiiis eight voaaIliedtrI'. t.1 Dial,u iata $aqiaitat \'h~ttu ikai .inl I -taa TI'. .1. iltii iimali each tan at. litV re. Judg e ul. ti. D.rrf .o ta Ialiwey would diratwi haim ily I.m iii ~k i ns, an atili t I i' othelr tmiadiii dtea. 1ill ao! whaaiaa arte iieiihlfh'id avit the I h.' ial' a on theI prtt y. t. Theconitaii. f la hat uiI ii tatt ala II.1tt tolii pa t it ijlt li Ii rllhou gl nlt ilhlu scitiaiti An Editor Innocent. Itialax la'alia' H. D)., lDec. ".1.-Wordl warn receaivedl hiere yaurtarday tha4. til' su prteaia Colti of thiis liimtal te hali mi ta rarad lb. alaeviaaion of the co.unty co" oat f thin iou iity in t he Cane of. a It. J . L, aa.tiport agitimit ft. Bluehanani. Tbe i..iutttitnt ehai'ged tHualaiuiua with jaraetil.illy oh. taiiangC moneyt.. titnilir fa liie pre~tenhes. Davnizpoirt in Iainadipal ot the" Moiult Ia'aII high sa'hiol and Iluchanman Is edi t"of u the ppup ist paper here. BLOODY TIME IN GEORGIA. Herea N¥egroe Mamm red and More of Them Doomed. KING 'TElI lIt ENTIIIto.YED. Negroes Said to Have Conspired to Wipe Out e Number of White Citizens. THEY HAD HELPED ARREST A NEGRO A Beginning Made by the Killing of Mr. Isom, and Then the War Was On. Int twenty Tar h lurnIt i .e i v ,inv . for thit of o'11" wi st'I 1 o1+1 u. u .. ?ni4 tI! igiian full ulttIe: i;, ioU t.y ,ilnte Ilthe i:*. e'uI l in umerievi t emith to th*i ,jth.r, .,.'parated by IL r.illle qf c1 ur, tly. and liable to cl ash it ny nilnutelt-that Is the pl,ap..l le pr.esen t-l ihor:e in I rooks county pLnlglht. One body is madit up of stern, determined white men, bent on revenge for t:e !r, utal murder of one of the best citllons of this county. The other is made up of negroes, terror-stricken and fearful lest they or their families meet the same fate as has already befallen seven of their number, and ready to defend themselves from such fate as well as they may be able. What the next twenty-four hours will Lring forth no one can predict. That there will be an open clash seems more than probable at this writing. The authorities are powerless and practically no efforts have yet been made to bring about peace, save by the relatives of the man whose murder is the cause of it all. On Thursday Joseph Isom, one of Brooks county's most prosperuu, form err and best cltisens, was murdered by a party of negroes, and it leaked out that the killing of laom was part of a plot to kill all whites who were Intt the poI.e which a few weeks ago arrested Je'nse Jeffreth for the killing of T. Moul doin. Isom Was the most popular man ti the county He. lived te. .niles north of her., in a rart of the county where the nrlrros outnumbered the whiltas, ald the killing created great ex ritement. VIIWhen it developled that the saine gang of tlegres had sworn teo kill uther white' mInu. the whites gathered together as it of on.-e ieord and the work ,of death and destruction tegant. fit the seven w'I, are dead the names of only four could Ibe obtained this afternoon. A reporter visited the scente late this evenling. Every crusa road was found picketed with sentinels and every man in tile county armed to the teeth. When (.a; of the race excitements occur. King Terror rules in the homes of the whites as well as blacks, and this is such a ca.-o. About a mile and a half from the home of lom were about 200 white,. all well armed and breathing all sorts of vengeance. A mile further was a crowd of negroes, about the same sise, armed with Winchester rifles, axes, clubs and every available weapon. waiting for the whites to attack them. They are entrenched in and around a lot of negro cabins in the midst of a thin grove, and the latest information is that the whites are advancing on them from two sides. Sam Taylor, Eli Fraser. Sam Pike and Henry Wherard are the four negroes known to have been killed. It is under stood that Waverly Pike. Jim McCall and a negro named Herring were prob ably the others. The county is compar atively sparsely settled and facilities for securing information are very mea gre. Pike Is the negro who killed loom. He has been in hiding near where the trouble occurred and the authorities here do not consider it probable he has been caught. As the reporter left the scene there seemed every likelihood of a pitched battle to-night. Capt. E. Timmon, brother-in-law of Isom. was. however. doing everything in his power to restrain the whites. He has senit hurried messengers all over the country, sunnmmuning to his aid con servative ,men in the hope that t", would pre\ent further bloodshed. it will be :mpoasible to know to-aight how well the succeed. l)etalls of the killing of the aeven negrolen aIe very meagre. Taylor, Fr:ser. I'lke and Iherrard were to gether about sunseIt last night. They wre regarded tin f.'ur of the rlnglead eor of the 'onsplirae'y to kill and burn, anld were being espelally soought for. IalfI a dozen whites, one of whom Ia a.Ild to be lsom's :'rother-ln-law. came upon the negroes atndI ordered them to ubmitl to arrest. One of the negrltes answered with a shot that struck one of the whitl, a. nd the four 'larks v*wre shot down i Ithlir trucks. The other thre.'e were l caught, ionle t a time. Malny iof Im, u's neilghbors, who aie. in the ll 'wd, will nl t 1 is4(n t ,11 a "y i ..e.eftul talk T'hey dh,lait that for the satk..s of their w. i e itll .hl chhirn. ani for thilit own Pafeth. th'v tmuist staitp (out lhl gtlang thll has sworn Inmlrdler, aind to-niglht that spirit sIeenca the predontm Th.' kiling if I'tiin otutrred ista tub I. I1i11 l nit fI.r from hs111 hollme, Iandi the t i r untalieI s'11 attending it stetm to, thirow doublt ti(lupon the ('llcospiracyl the tort Isl was heir T'lhriediy landl whillh in lown had sioe words with Wa i krly l'ike, a nrigro Il hing In his viein ity. At.I Iretll everything was ,.llliiithl l le when he le'ft for home. after i rivingll there' hie ltil'tted with ielnry 'I'inint. hi. blolthier-in-law. for S'ntlllt. Tinastouon horm', ahbolt half it milt' front Il.in I'a. They met four ne gol'nea, two onll hornrhlak alnd two) In it w\nitl, . Pike iind W elt MJ'l'all w.,r,' fili hiora'helwk, ntii the I II, lirring lays in ii wagon. Th.'y tiaine near rllhing iver l'nIom., whoi remonstratelid' "l.ek: donii't run over ne." and he alteppel out of the way. Just thienI l'Ike drew rt pistol and without a word fired, the hill let pliercing Ism' hairt. Pike )Itoil M' 'aiil tired thlre shots each at the linM traciI h, bdy of lomi Pilke made' his 'R ape,. h.it Mtit'all andl tile' Hlerriiga were arlrelted and are in. jaill. In this pres et Iex'eit ,mn0lt thi.ere Is grave dantiger if t.lese three beingr Iylhd.. DEADLY GUN WORK. A Gorgia Negro Kills Three Members of a Posse. Augulst, (la.. Iec,. 23.--luon. William I. Fleming. speaker of Ihe cteorgll house, and Judge William F. Nye, of the oouuty court, have nalsbud addresl. to a mob of .b ·s l' *red around tihe OeWti S intention of lyMaligy is believed betterf UsltlIM and that there wIN e M jail. Saturday alnght nIesr named Andetr the river in Carollas. to, Augusta by a UlsIS Augusta police went abiouts. A posse .t the house In thu u anld broke In the Wiggins ope.nd 31W l withI pletola, one, Ir lleilv, I Ie i Murray WES lihad andl Il dying at lbiw an WVreln was John lauvie, a spectators. the region of the heart a4_ than anl hour. 'rThe negro rescaped, btl S was h.hl' up by a youth :ind filnally urrested. Durina at th* houlle andl the flight wh.wn the fugItive was utndat many perannn, over M11l shots nlll a man was lillghtly th1." Irlt eidhh. At 9 o'circk the crowd at the i, ncrasred to 1,000. There Ito e anlid it is not thought any att tIE: miule to enter the aill, W ttronlg structure aind will The sherlifr and mayor vow thft lti no lynching In Augusta to liy other night. Robbers Make a tRaid. Clarfemore, I. T., Dec. 32.-ThU bunt, ,to outlaws, headed by I and (heroke, Bill, made *a Pa night on the town of Nowata, f:re miles north of here, on the Valley railroead. Station I tow, stepping out on the p thw station, found himself luv four guns. He wta marohed the walting room and compelled the safe. The robbers seuoN' $10i. They did not molest t.I gers in the waiting room. After getting the aontentls . they ntarehed the agent mounted and rode awa, 0 was feared they would ro t ger train, which was due, but out in safety about thirty later. Moetisd Over His Aeat. Memphis. Tenn., De,. St.-AI ford, Coosa county. Ala., don, aged 2S and welt Co arrested on an lndlctment Ireu county, charging gambling osl and was )illed alter a unsuooeesul efort to em nMgt when Jailor Bedlt e dons cell to ea''y a bl.ket him hanging to a bar by M. with his hands tied behind MI h.qdkerehlet. dead. MortlliS his arrest was the cae. ' Condims Outlaw Iam. ' Wichita, Kan., Dec. *f-.9ir, .Iel, one of Ute worst deepread. Indian country, who wu ma bo han ext u day ote t.a of Tom Arnold dse hi roe to waid, OkIa., Jail. Two or th.I dred officers and citlseas of W and vleIplt are ol searcbhing but be wUlp probably get awa is certain his friend| frdm th' country aided In his eseape. Retied of the frep. Cheyenne. Wyo.. Dec. SL-A from Rawillns states that " murder occurred at Bagss county, last night. James U one of the proprietors of a and killed his partner, a Mr. and fatally wounded another um Harboe, whom he charged implcated.wlth Walker Ia of the recelpts of his busoties. Udiw False Pretn'sst Macon, Mo., Dee. 3.-The /*a has returned an Indlotment Judge D. P. Ballard, of Lo.' Cal., for obtaining money u der pretenses on a draft on w C.. bank. Ballard is nadr cien4 his case will be heard ln IhWuai.. sot* Hav Csoneedleuu Carlsondale. Ill., Dec. t.--DJI derson and Frank Jeffrey wer last night at Cartereville harge the murder of James Towle. confessed having committed the and are now lodged in jail at boro. Robbery was the motive. BTORMN RAGE. Much Damage and Owe Mnemded U1S in EuwOes. London. Deo. 3L--Repoiete ker. onts parts of Great Britaln hep the gale is abating. The storm with greatest fury all day Telegraphlo commaun.oatio with land I completely ttermpted, wires in the midland oeuatle . land are more or lees damage ts hardly a town of any mlis bet personal casualties and property. Manufacturing towUn north and west suffered badly. were torn of and chimneys crashing thruugh adjoinag b and killing and injuring a a working people. A number of boats are missing. Three boate swamped off Utormway, and two Kceupants drowned. Much was done to houses in Dublin a suburbs of that city. The 5sgi Donegal hills are reported to he ing terribly, their cottages wrecked and flooded. The ships America and Mary I. shall went ashore near Greenaoe. Arkalow was driven ashore it bay, and has nine feet of water i. hold. It in expelwted she will be a loss. All around the coast visels reported to be stranded or hI danger. The ship Carmichael wrecked oft Holyhead, and Ave w4 crew were drowned. The four master County of for I:Hartlepool, was seen of tI lying on her beam ends and sinking. Her crew were seena with lire bits on. The actutl ut dIzaths is unknown, but It pl.('t.ed the list will not be less Th.' American ship Ken f'ort Illhkely, which had di careln at lIelfast, broke adrift a tig and dnamaged nother Irul.els, Der.. 23.--The to derrnmnda, at tihe confltuele der and Fcrheldt rivers, wa hy th'e overflowing of the lohabitants were aroused 1) and escaped, but the p great. The villages of A derrllle, Meepeaee,e Ap. rode were also inundated. Iaile AamgeWim Nun rmwAimo% Di., rrilvals on wb 8wSg' Ihe orient we TrunuibKvIur to Amrls es frry M doran, e nsew gting