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lie tiafotiim VOL.IIL-NO. 139. ANACONDA, MONTANA, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, 1892. PRICEFIVE CENTS. ITGOES TO GHICAGO ISpirited Contest Over the Site of the^Democratic Convention. HOWTHE VOTE FLUCTUATED Twoor Threo Cltios Almost Got^There at Different Times-^Mr. Lyman Represents^Montana. Washington.Jan. 21.- All of the. eight^cities un^ yet in tho rare for the demo^^cratic nat inu.il convention, unil although^there fM a general admission that Mil-^wiiukcc would lead on tin- lii'st ballot, with^Now York or Cincinnati its si oonil. it it.^HMmM the contest will l^c u prolonged^one. F.urly ill 1 lie ^lay various delegations^BM and selected orators to present llie^claims of their res'iei-tim cities. TheMolilalia contest liu* been settled by^declaring ( '. A. Broadwater llie regularly^accredited committeeman from that state,^but Mitchell, his opponent, is allowed the^privilege of participating with him in the^committee duties in the session at a meet^^ing ol the committee. The latter in al^^lowed no vote, the right to vote ls'ing ac^^cord.-d to I.yinuii. proxy for Broadwater.^AY hen Pennsylvania was reached Kerr,^who was appointed by Blice to buceecd^Scott, deceased. reHigned w hatever claims^he may have had to represent that state^and appoint, d by the Pi nnsyivaiiia demo^^cratic state committee, declared the suc^^cessor to Scott. Tuesday. June 21. was^selected as the rale of holding the conven^^tion. ItKrris was taken until H:M0. soon after^which arguments of the delegations will^begin. There seem* to he no doubt but^that the sin.'of the convention will be se^^lected to-night. At4 o'clock the committee was again^celled to oiilcr and the roll of cities called.^Hon. William Ramsey opened his speech^for Cincinnati, uigitig the select ion of that^city. He s|^okc ot its conveniences, ratl-^wa^ fac ilities and the like, and said the^selection would be a gti at political advan^^tage. ^I Huo is to-day. as for years, a doin-^ociatit -tab*,^ said he, ^and if y^^n w ill^Rive tts u gooil platform and a good candi^^date, we will pledge ih^ electoral vote of^Ohio in 1K^2. The ix-ople of that state are^tK'itig educated upon the subject of tariir.^and mi' joining the partv by thousands.^^K\-('ongressmaii Follett also spoke for^Cincinnati. Theclaims of IVtroit were lirst pro-^(touted by cx-t oiigrcHsmaii Maybury.^Two ^e ns ago they had reilcenicd Michi^^gan to the dctnis-ruile party by not oniy^electing a governor, but ^ legislature,^democratic in IhjIIi brunches. They had^adopted a system by which the presiden^^tial clectois of Michigan w ill Is- ells ted by^districts, and the president, on that sys^^tem, will rcpicscnt v. hat ho ought to rep-^MStenf the lower house of congress in^thiscouutrv. ''Thus, when-ver you go for^your candidate, w .^ ill bring you eight^cloeiorul voles, but if you come loom^state we will bring you every electoral^vote of the stale of Michigan.^ Congress^^man ' liipman also s|sikc for Detroit. sBdiana|Kiliswas represented by I'nitcd^State- Scnatol Tlirple. The city. Slid he,^had 1^ hotels w it h accommodations lor^^jo..^^i jit. -i.. Then Ihere are transient^1r^1ltlllllinwltt**W for ISJsM and I sou n I il ig^house act ommoilutioii., for 21JOM mori'. Thefacilities lor the press would at uu- surpassud.Chairman NMtl of the Iu-^iliatta stale pent ml GOMMlttM followt^l^the senator from Indiana. He said In^^diana is close and debatable riound, and^tiny \\.ilit thecal, uragenient of the run-^vcntioti. Tin y propose to ^ an y the stale^if possible! but the coini-utioii would cn-^couiagc and uplift tin- i1^-iih^t,ii^. Theclaims id Kansas Cily (MM first^presented by Mr. Putnam, w ho said with^the i m (Mlion of New York and Chicago^ilii'ie wtis noi a cily in the I'nitcd States^that enjoyed llie facilities Kansas City en-^joyed for ^ itahliiu.' the representatives of^democracy to at enible. The hotels were^a'r.pl'. able to :tc^ oiiiuicdatc all. a con.cn-^tioit building ^ ^iild bo erected according^to tie- plans appro^. .s| by llie committee. BtSBMOfVest also tpoke i-.tr KaiisasCity.^New York, he Mfd. ditl not need this con^^vention and should not have it. New York^w as too great, financially , numerically and^politically to Mi d the aid of any conven^^tion, and besides. New York has Tam^^many, and Tominany was larger^ihuii any Mini iitioii. T.un.nany had^no division about KM piat-^lorni or caniliduio. | Laughter. |^I bit ago did not 11 ceil the OOOretitiotl and^should ttol have it. Nor should it goto^Milwaukee. St. Haul should not ask for^it. One of the charges made by republi^^cans was that the democratic party^camped one year MM the republicans^camped the year Im I,.re. and it was time^list MMMMM should follow their own^yoltcy. Milwaukee'st 1.lints wciv first advanced^by (iovcruor 1'eck ol Wisconsin. He came^from a state where the democracy had^liecu walked U|sin for 441 ycai-a that he^knew of, btsl things ^ere different now .^There was not a republican in the \Yi .con-^sin capitol building from dome to buve- Iticllt.eMipt one colored 111:111. illlll he w as kepifor luck. 1 Laughter.I Mayor Soniert^ot Milwaukee anil Mr. Donnelly of Wis^^consin aNo spoke for the ( ream City. Theclaims of New York were prcsctibvl^by Janu s lire din. Comptroller Myets and^Col. John l{. Follows. M.T, Tuipcy of ( alifontia spoke for s.tn^1 'rani iseo, portraying the advantages^w hich would accrue if the choice fell 011^that city. He was followed by Mr. Cole^^man, who spoke in the same vein. ^If^tin re is MM) a campaign of education,^^sakl be, ^'it must lie a campaign of enthu^^siasm. Let the convention conic to Cali^^fornia and a less. ^n will he taught to KM^boys MM growing who want to be MM^crats.^' II011.T. W. Lawlorof St. Paul tM the^MM speaker 111 U'lialf of that citv. and^caused a telegram to be nail, signed^jointly by the mayors cf St. i'aul and^Mitmc.t|s^lii-. making tM| MjUM^pbslge lor llie aeeomiiiodattM of the con*^\ Mttlotl Md ello itallllliellt of the \ Isilart.^CaMJMMMMI WiMM MM MMM lor St.^I'.iul. s.i^iug the democracy of the great^Noriliwe.t had Is-en meHooked In KM^MBWIOJ of the nation long enough. Thereit an alliance movement in the^Northwest. Kliminale a few of itt^charlatan* and the alliance is but^a protest against republican rule.^Kroni the alli.iie e ranks it being recruited^our |Kirty. If the democratic ranks are to^bo recruited it must be from the North^^west. This closed the arguments of the^cities, and a recess wat taken until !^^p. ni.. when the balloting began, which re^^sulted in Ibe convention goiug to CluVago.^The ballot - are .is follow s : FirstBallot - New York .V Milw aukoe 8,^Detroit 2, Indianapolis 2, Chicago 1, San^1 inn. im o L Si. Paul 7, Kansas City I t. SecondNew York 4, Cincinnati 1. De^^troit 2. Chicago 2. Indianapolis 8, St. Paul^T. San Francisco 8, Milwaukee lb, Kansas^City 12. ThirdMilwaukee 10, Cincinnati X De^^troit I, Indianapolis 2, Chicago :^, New-^York 1, St. Paul i^. San Francisco 15, Kan-^mm * ity 5. FourthNew York 1, Cincinnati ^. De^^troit :t, Chicago :i, Kansas City 6. St. Paul^l't. San Francisco 2, Milwaukee H, lndiau-^apolis 7. FifthNew York 4. Cincinnati 11. Mil^^waukee lb, Indianapolis 2. St. Paul '^. De^^troit 1, ( 'lin age :s. Kau-as City 10. Sixth-NewYork 3. Cincinnati 2. Mil^^waukee t*. Indianapolis H, StffPaul t^, De^^troit lfl, Chicago 2, Kansas City 8. SeventhMilwaukee !^. New York 3,^Kansas City 7,St. Paul 4, Detroit 1, Indis-^napolis 1, Cincinnati 2, Chicago 5, Des^Moines 17. Eighth-Milwaukee 0. St. Paul .^^. Cincin^^nati 1, Indianapolis 22. Kansas City 5, De^^troit 1,Chicago;!, New York 1. NinthNew York 10, St. Paul fi. Cincin^^nati 1, Detroit 1. Milwaukee 20, Chicago 4,^Indianapolis 1. Kam as City 6. TenthMilwaukee is, Cincinnati 0. In^^dianapolis 1. Kuiisas City 7. New York I,^St. Paul K.Chicago 12. Detroit 1. Eleventh- New York 1. Detroit 1,Chicago^l.'i. Kansas City ;i, St. Paul ^. Milwaukee^22. Indianapolis 1. TwelfthNew York 1. Detroit 1.Chicago^17, Indianii|^olis I, St. Paul '^, Milwaukee^20, Kansas City ft, ThirteenthMilwaukee 21, ludian.i|^olis^1. Kansas ( ity 4, St. Paul a, Chicago 17,^Detroit 1. FourteenthSt. Paul 3. Milwaukee 21,^Kansas City Detroit I. Chicago 22. Nincti'nth Detroit 1. Milwaukee 1*,^Chicago 27. Kansas City. 2. St. Paul 1. Onmotion of Mitchell of Wisconsin the^vote was made unanimous. Theresignation of Committeeman^Mitchell of Wisconsin was accepted, and^the committee adjournal to meet in Chi^^cago June 21. HOWIT WAS SETTLED. The MUlinderdsndinB lletween llno.l^water and Mill hell. SiHTlalIn the Sttinilinl. Wasiiinuton,Jan. 21. Having tried its^luck in Chicago in 1**4 and found it to be^good, the democratic national committee^to-night again selected that city as the^plan-for holding the convention in 1W2.^and bine 21 as the date. Montana's in^^terests arc looked after in the com^^mittee by A. W. Lyman of Helena,^who appeared with the provy of^Colonel Hroudwatcr. who was ill tit his^hotel, and unable to get out of his bed^when the committee met. Dr. Mitchell re^^sponded on the roll call as Montana's^delegate. Mr. Lyman presented the proxy^of Colonel Broadwater, and, after discus^^sion, and a re|s)rt by Price tlut Hroad-^water had served three years without^question. Lyman wat recognized at the^prope- representative of Montana. Mitch^^ell's claims were sup|m^rtcd by Senator^Vilas, who rcpreseiitiMi Idaho as a proxy. Lymanvoted for St. Paul with the^group of Northwestern neighbor* until it^became apparent thai it could not lie^chosen. He gave one complimentary vote^to Des Moines and on the last two ballots^lie voted for Chicago. Mitchell is very in^^dignant at his rejection by the national^eommitte. The vote for Broadwater Mat^l ira r^pe ami wat so Rtrong that no other^tlhisiou was asked for. MISSOULANOTES. MinorHappening* of Interest In the foir-^deii t Ity. Specialto the Sttunlnnl. HMMOUkiJan. 21. This aftertyv-in^Ileniy Bernard's trotter and Matt Hug-^gerty's ^-olt. hitched to cutters, ttotnd^about a mile near the race truck for MM a^side. The colt won the race. Yesterdaya horse belonging to a man^named Peters ran away on the south side^and undcrtiKik to cross the river ou the^Bitter Hoot rail'xsnl bridge and trestle.^His l^ gs went dow n between the ties and^lie stopped. Marshal Preseoti, Health^Marshal KtMM and a prisoner got him^off the trestle a little the worse for his ad^^venture. To-morrowthe filings on land above^(iraiitsdale, just thrownopen 'o sttlement.^will lie received at the land office. A greatrush is expia ted. Th' athletic exhibition on Saturday^night is attracting considerable attention,^and promises to Is* a big affair. REPEATED THE INSULT. The French Wny of Heft lint I'erftniisl IllnVrenrrs. Paris,Jan. 21. Laur. Boul.ingist, metn-^Im-i-of the chiiinl-ht of ih puties. who was^struck by ( otistaus. minister of the in^^terior, at the time of th- stormy scene in^the chamber Tuesday, bas sent a ehal-^h nge to the minister to light w itIt pistols.^Constaus aiiswetTsI tha^ he would not^tight, and wlieu Laur n^-cived thisansacr^he sent a letter to Constaus repeating the^instilling languagi h^- us4^d shich led |a^the attack u|m^n him bjf the minister. ELECTIONCONTESTS. fallWill It. txln His seat in llie Kenale^Hull .i. unil ^ bust-It.^Wahhim.thx. Jan. -!^ Tin- senate com-^niittce on privileges and diet ions thit^morning, in the contested Florida election^MMOttCaJJ vs. David ^ti. d' tided to rec^^ommend that Call retain bit seat. Actiun^on the other contested election case ^f^DuImus and Claggett ol Id ilm ^ is deferred^until the next meeting of il^e committee. AaAmerican kttWtStdi^CiTV op Mexico. Jan. 21. M Tirmpo^will MMM contain an so nil of how^M Ainerieaii who yestcrdax ntteMpMl to^wsii President Diaz, was urn -'--d itunie-^Liatel) on entering lbs |^al.u . 0 7^i^^iai^will state it is impossible to ^olvt tbtin^0.^tcry which surrounds the a^. ' QUAV!_ la l.lhel suit HONOR. lliertttsnurg Against ^Post. Pirrsni'Rn, Jan. 21.-In llie Quay / '^libel suit to-day, after two or three unim^^portant witnesses were examined, the^clerk of the Philadelphia courts wat ealhsl^and presented the original records in He'^Bardsley case. Senator(^uay then took the aland and^said he was not personally acquainted^with John Banislcv and never had am^business relations with him except in his^lOuay public capacity as state treaaun r.^There was not a won I of truth in the ai^^de in the Pout. These answers were made^to questions pro|s^uiuled by plaintifi s^counsel, and Attorney McCook objected^the witness being led. Quay was then^turned over to him for cross-examination. inthe ^^ourse of the examination the^witness denied that he had received fr ni^Bardsley $fc.eX7. He never had any deal-^ings with him. but acknowledged reced^^ing u certificate of deposit from David^Mania. Quay also denied thai he^dorsed thrts^ notes for H.ono endorses!I.^J. Bmwn and William Flyiin and caslcl^by Bardsley in the Keystone hank. Ex-CohVctorMartin of Philadelphia w^s^the next witness. His testimony related^to the Quay and Bardsley cert iff eate and^did not differ from that given nt the Bea^ver trial. SenatorPorter. i'hail man Andrews of^the republican state committee, and John^C. Devine. lormerly probate note clerk of^the Keystone hank, also repeated their^testimon;- as given in the Sfnr suit. The^prosecution here rested and \ttorney M^ -^Cook addicssed the jury for defense. He^said in substance: ^The issue here is not^whether Senator Quay stole KM money^but w hethci his appearanec at the time of^tile publication was not such a i to wai^runt such belief at llie time of such^tremendous defalcations: and if you suy^it from the appearance then ami without^malice you are libelous. We shall show^you we did not act upon faini rumors:^that we waited until v.e h.idbccu iiitormi'd^by officers of this commonwealth; that^the. facts we published were tnie anil^could he proved lieforc the state: and we^shall show you that we withheld comment^unl il we well'salislied by copies of itTli-^fleates In prove the correctness of the^charge. | belie tee Quay now when he^comes on ih*'stand and says he did not^engage in the Bardsley steal, but must^consider the appearance at that time.^Then, it was necessary to protect the^public. Severalother witnesses were examined^lw^forc adjournment of court. The case^w ill go to the jury to-morrow, ii is thought. MUCH IN WANT OF WATER. llielie ul THROUGHOUTTHESTATE ChloroformAdministered to Allay Palo^Proves Fatal. DEATHOF A RII LINGS WOMAN SeriousStabbing Affray at Nelhart^^A Small Shooting Scrape^at Missoula Failure^at Dillon. Specialto the sttndint. RlU.l!c.s. Jan. 21. -While under the in^^fluence of chloroform, given to alleviate^the pain wInle extracting a tooth. Ma.^May Hewitt, an estimable voimg lady,^died in I he office of Hi. .1. \. Feaihcrson,^a dentist. The drug was administered by^Br. Chappie, a skilliul physician, who |a^Is'lieved to have used every precau^^tion, but before the operation was^complete she was seen to lie sink^^ing and every effort was mule^to rally , her, but without effect.^Miss Hewitt was alsuit JO years of age and^came here from Chicago, w here her family^reside. She has two sisters and oilier re^^lations in this state, one sister Ixing the^wife of Jefferson I*. Brown, a ks omolive^engineer of Butte. She was extremely^po tty and a general favorite. \n uupiesi^w ill lie held lo-inormw, at the doe mi's re-^ipiesi, by Justice ( ampbi II. INSELF DEFENSE. AHrlriss Carpenter Haitiy Cut in a fight^at Nelhart. S|iecltlto the Htanatra. i.hf.vtI'vi.is, Jan. 21. A man named^Clonkite was brought here this evening^suffering from several seven' knife^wounds as a result of a cutting affray^w hich occumsl at Ncihart Tuesday night.^Scleral bridge carpenters w ho were alsittt^to leave Nelhart to work on the I lost on A^i Molilalia spur ul Untie, became gloriously^drunk. It MM Cmnkite mid a com^^panion had a grudge against .mother^MjfBMsMT named Crnwfonl. and meeting^him on th^ street they Isitb made alter^him. They owrtook him at the pM^office, i drew him down and began pound^^ing him. ( raw fold drew a knife and cut^Cmnkite in several plnci s in the Ue V and^over tlie eye. Crawford was .icipiuted bv^a Veiharl justice, it being plainly show u^that he acted in self defense. Cnuikitc^will be taken to Helena for treatment. IT STILL GOES ON. C'hlrago'sFamine Caused hy^l.ilke ^l MttBMtl^Cilli'M.n, Jan. Jl. This city is suffering;^with a water famine. The tumble extendi^over the entire city, including the suburbs,^and is caused by the stoppage of the inlet^pipes in the lake by ice. Private families^factories and business buildings are the^greatest sufferers. The elevators have^closed down, and the hies Isuiked to pre^^vent explosions of Imilers. Business at Ih*'^stockyards and in the great slaughter^houses is almost at a standstill, and there^is no water for thousands of famishing^animals in the |s'iis. Strenuous efforts^are being made to remedy the trouble, and^il will be but teni|^orary . Theinlet nt (he water works at Hvde^Park and lj^ke View was cleans:! this aft^^ernoon and pumps are now supplying^water to these districts. The North Chi^^cago Cily railway shops arccloMil and the^schools had to close up. anil the breweries^arc much straightened by the scarcity of^water. Switching engines on nearly all^llie railroads in the cily, on account of Ih.-^ing compelled to stop o|s^raiions tor the^kick of water, will luuig ihc moving of^freight to a standstill. TOLDBY A STOWAWAY. Awfullleetts uf tiic Clew at an AutMt^^lian Trailing X'mset.^S.vv FRANCISCO. Jan. 21. James White,^a stowaway from Honolulu on the steamer^\ustralia, tells a ii mark.ible story of his^Ullv elltlires ill tile south see . Last Miy^he deserted from an American ship m^Sydney and slnp|^cd on a hundrcd-tnti^schooner for a trailing voyage among the^islands of the Pacific. The vessel earned^a crew of IS men commanded bv Captain^Col I on. At the llrsi place the vessel^touched, live young girls were forciblv^abducted. The natives pursued m a ca^^noe, and w hen near the ship w ere bred^upon, six or eight being kilh-d. The cams'^overturned ami the rest were devoured by^sharks, which swarmed in the w ater. Two^weeks lutcr the vessel touclusl at another^island, ami in a tight w iih the natives one^of the crew was killid and the male's arm^w as broken. At another islund a lot of^sandal wood was stolen and ihe sch.toner^w as chased by a Fn'iich gunlsstl, but she^got away. White deserted and reached^Honolulu. theAlton sTMt a Point.^Nkw Vokk, Jan. 21. \t a meeting of^the ollii ers of the trunk lines and western^connections to-day, it was resolnsl th.it^the Isiycott again.si the Alum has n .t^proves:! effectual, and while the association^tloof, not recede from its jiosiiioii not to^|lay commissions, etc.. or permit other^companies to pay agents commissions,^yet each ^ oni|^aliy w ill be p i tint oil to re^^sume the sab* of tickets to or from StOtMt^on the Alton lines. MMMMsMHI ie I'Nl-ii. Pakis.Jan. Ul. - The hospitals of I bit^cily nre crow dwl with patents suffering^from Influenia. The disease prevail* in^its most dangerous form throughout the^city, and Ih^ municipal niihorities set^making at rungemeuts to coiiver' all^a . an able \ aeanl buildings into hosptt.l.. tlntiicli*ri^ lie to It. it^Pllll Mil l.l'l.l \. Jan. ^ . Thomas N . am!^Prank H. Allison, the two missing iBMP^ancers w bo disap|m'ar^sl from Mauavuiik^a short time ago. are said to hu\e gone to^Braiil. S^-vcnil tpiestiouable MMMMtoM^.have conic to light, and the liabilities el^the linn ali' now estimated at |1'^i.'^^i. - ^ -^l^i*u^ to .I Hie Mini-.* in sMMjN Lrwr. BbL, Jun ^L Th.- sWlisk schooner.Mary Huberts of Cupe Ur^ '^was prveOBVed in the harlsir here. Ih r^crew reai'luil shore m siifety except Win.^1-andrcy. who dltsl from injuries PMaHttdi SHOT IN THE HAND. Men A Si MM Hclween Two Missoula^anil the Hej.ull. Special(a llie Standard. Missoii v, Jan. ^\. VI...m I oVInek this^afternoon a shot was heard in a Main^strcel building, followed by a cry of^^rolice. police'^ Investigation showisl ii'iatC. Baniels had I shot in the light '^md.a flesh wound Is-ing the result,^f Karly in Hie week Fames! Miller Isuighi a^half interest ill the business of Daniels,^who runs an employment agfney, giving^! bin $7 ^ cash and a note for S.vi. He after-^' ward decided he had Is-en cheiiled, ami to^^day asked liana 1- to give him the note^and a little money and lei him out of the^business. Daniels refused, ami Miller un^^dertook to take the note away from him.^; He got his watch and alsiui IMS in moiiov.^; w hen, in the melee, Daniels was shot. He^I claims Miller shot him. wdiile Miller's^friends claim Daniels had the MMtMff ill^his own hands when it was tlisi-li.ugcd.^Miller got away through llie lui-k il.mi.^but was arrested by Marshal .Present! and^halgcd in jail. His hearing w ill lake place^to-morrow. FAILUREAT DILLON .Fufteph Ti iniliorn, the Hri-w cr, lines lo^the Wall. Sprclslta the standard Dll.l.on,Jan. l'l. Joseph Triniborn. pro^^prietor of the Billon brewery, made an^assignment this evening tor the bciii lit of^bis creditors, to O. M. Rest of this city.^Liabilities. ci^^.00o; assets. i.ni.(^iii; pn-fer-^enccs, fi',,mi, lo Sun Francisco and Dillon^iwrlics. The assigmucnt was an unpl. .is-^ant surprise to many of Mr. Trimluoin's^friends, as il was the geiicr.il impression^be was doing a gissl business, and was in^easy circumstance*. Ki'.|nltIng at Nriliari. Speciallo th^ Standard. tiKi%. r Fai ls, Jan.-I. Parties arriving^from Ncihart this evening say it was^learned from gissl auihorily thai a riidi^vein was struck in the ( oriucopi.i mini of^thai place, and thai the |s oph of Ncihart^are rejoicing over I he affair. The I orni-^copia is a mi ll, formerly undei tin i inliol^of the Granite Mountain conipaJs] . and is^otic of the i ichest mines in thai disii ict. Helena'sMiretliing Men.^snerlal In the staudanl. HiLi (I ^. Jan. 21. A tight has been eoin-^menced again*t the ^sun ihim;^ men w ho^have ls*cn riiunilig matters Willi a high^hand in town for some time. ^Colonel^^Kaynioud. the ex|STt ^suretblng^ dealer^has Im'cii arn'sted for runiiiiiitig a game^without a lieeiis*', and the c.i..e will Is*^prosis'iitcd. ItichStrike in the Holler Mine.^h|ss lal la the Slandant. B a t lil-.K. Jan. .'1. 'I h^* MMI lllieov-^eiisl a vein of cr^ st ihtist lead in ihc Hol^^ler mine yestcrda^ that is rc|m^rtis| to Im.^:VJ feet wide and at-o a vi'in 11 f^*et deep,^running high in siber mi the I.Id level.^The BMMM an- jubiliiH over the dis^^covery. MrReil'ietc^llpteil. S|SH-!I to the m^i .i n t Biizi.man,Jan. 21. In the M^t) the^Stale of Moniana t^. Mi Keiuie for'as^^saulting and resisting an officer th^ jury^^^ lone I a verdict lisliight of not guiltv.^McKeiiiie is an old resident of Hon mini^and formerly sherilT of Gallatin ^^^^.,uiy. Iii^ n^w MtMasV^Know il t t.. Telin.. Jan. 21. Theiiider^of Railwa^ l elegraphers' trouble on KM^host Tcnni'ssee n^ud has Im-cii settled.^The railroad officials entered into a writ-^ten agnvoni nt that no member of the or-^der should Is^ discriiiiinansl against on in' of such membership. - ^ ^^Twetie Thoii-atiil Ven strike.^LMMOVi I m. 21. Tw. lie UstMMMl ship^van! hel|s i- ai Sunderland haw struck^ugainst the reduction of wages. Trialor the Tyler Last ^ hanre Mining^Case. ftpecltlto the Standard. Botsr.CtTT.Idaho, Jan. 21. The Tvler-^IjisI Chance case was resumed this morn^^ing. A. D. Foote was on the stand aa an^expert miner and geologist. He testified^to baring a wide and varied ex|x-rn lice in^mining. Histestimony m regard lo the character ofthe vein, it is said, was radically diffei-^eni to any report ever made on the forma^^tion of ledges in the Cocur d' Vlene coun^^try. He stated that it was a Isvlderl vein^formed nt the bottom of the sea ; the min^^ers Is had com* up from below and had^been deposited while the bed was in a^horizontal position and afterwards tilted^up in its present position by an uphe.iv il.^While this process was going on^ihe friction causisl bv the movement of^i lie walls ground p.n t of the ipiartMte to^MMi thus fornuog a streak of clay. On^cross-examination ihc wituess was under^a heavy tire and at tunes was at a loss to^answer. When asked as to the thickness^of the quartlite underlying the vein, he^said : ^It may lie .'*' miles. Thenext w iiucss was Miller, a ci\ d en^^gineer and expert, who claimed to have^found ore whets' the plaintiff's witnesses^testified that none existed, (in rnsv. \.^animation Miller admitted that he was^not familiar with other than galena on'.^However, in the main his testimony was^unshaken. BIOFIRE IN NEW YORK. Total l.ouet Will Reach Mure Than^Haifa Million Dollars. N'rwYork. Jan. 21. Shortly liefon-^noon, when I'pper Broadway was crowded^w ith shoppers, a tin. broke out in the liasc-^meiit of the huge tlvi^-s!ory stone front^building running from Fifth avenue to^I nion St|tiun\ Before the llremen ar^^rived, the im had .Mended all through tin'ollurs and smoke w as pouring out ofevery w indow . Thehu ilding is flanked on the left hv^Tiffany's jewelry house, on the left by the^handsome Lincoln offices. The lower^thsirof No. fi I'liinn Square is occupied by^Bii'Iitane's Iki.iI, establishment. The the^started in the basement of S hncider A^Campbell, dealers in gas fixtures. The^tire walls on either side confined the^flames to the building in w hich they orlgi^uated. and within an hour and a half t he^lln-mcn had it under colli nil. Loss^on the building is alsuit |a.S,i^|i.^Tiffany's wtM pnileotisl hp pulling down^the shutiers when llie lire broke out. Hn-^tauos' front was effectually wrecked, and^their loss will Is- fliin.OKi. The Jewelry^works' losses will lie $40.11110; I .eon^Rheims, importer of millinery, f2tn^,ii^^; Schneider*Campbell. Ilun.iiii: SunI (Ireen,^lis-oralor. $.'^i.i^to. A number of^smaller los is, w ill bring the total up to^aboui half a million. All were well in^^sured. 41.1. IM Ol It.T. Nothing New A hoot Ihe I hlllan AtTalr^In ft ashlngloe. WvsmMiTON.Jan. 21. MMMI Tracy^recciiisl a foimul call from the house^committee on naval affaus during this^morning Though Chilian nutters have^been actively discussed, the visit was not^madn for thai pur|s^sc. No information^has yet MMI received at the navy dcistrt-^incut to the effect that the York tow it had^actuallv sailed gmm Valparaiso for Callao.^altlnsigh Comtnauder F.vuus cabled it was^his intention to sad day before yestenia).^A meiiitwr of Ihe fx^nimittee suhae*|uentl^^said the \ istt was fiimdy a sociul one.^Then'was some talk l^ twe. n ihe secre^^tary and his visitors concerning the Mp^^s..uni l of ihc iiav^ and the stagnation iii^promotions among the nfllo-c Whenasked whether the ipiestion of^the condition of the navy in connection withthe iluig Chilian troubles was broached,ihe member evaded llieques-^t.oti by suggesting that such a subject^would Isn more profierly the subject for^consideration by u call from the MMM)^nn the emnmilti'e. The member gave Ihe^impression lh.it the Chilian uffait form,si^a m r^ small pari, it iiid*s^d,any |s^rtion of^Ihe conversation between the secretary^and the committee. AFf-AIRSIN SAMOA. Trnutilr Mill Exists Among Mall.nl, .^ynllowers. S*.\Fiiam is. o, Ian. 21. Advices fs^^e. ivisl from Samoa by steamer lo-^l.i^ are^lo the effis t thai dis.iffis tion among Mat-^taafa's followers still evists The to ny^powers have not yet noticed ihe n-stgna-^tion of Banui Pilsu'-k. jjn -iih-nt of the^niuiiiei|Ml council, and it is IWkMad Ma)^will lake im action yet us there an-only^six months to elapse before the trcatv will^Is. taken forcoiisideral ion of amend men is.^I he counsel nxpiesied Pil-ack to bring^hick from Sidney in 1'iiile.l Slates gold^ihe i isincil's funds. He had hanked the^money ih. ... in Ins own name, he claiming^to lie the only pro|m.r iu-t..di.in. He has^MasMtd to comply w ith their n*r|ii^ -i, Women \\ nil I'.-st-e. WisiiiM.ioN,Jan. 21. Mrs Bailev,^su|m'rint.'iid^'Ut of |i'.,iri- unil at bilraiion of^ihc world's Mlionul W. C. T. I'., and Mi *.^I.. A. Lit I'ela. pn siilent of th.. W. C. T.^I*. of tie* District of I 'obiinbia. w en' ititrie^duc^sl lo the prcsidciil this morliiiig, ami^pn -o:ited to him a memorial signed by^filli,lMl women of America and other^countries, praying for a MMCdal solution^of the ( I ill iun con mo. ers^. tint..!^ Small forces. riiiivi.o. Jan. 21. A Palito Blanc... Te\ls. - f i III dl sp.,1 e|| M^ s Fl.ltlk ' oil/.i. undativeofthe n'vtilutiouist, was cap-^liireil near camp. Tl'.e prisoner, h Im s^the right hand mail of Ihe leader, said^(.aria's force consisted only of Im men ;^that th^ money the leader was^siip|siscil toe,,moil was mythical and that^his men an- ,,|il\ half f^il and unpaid. Utu t od. I Sa*Awtomio, Jun. 21. The |^piv^,^says: Chairman M'dler of the feilcration^MM*) at Yoakuiu ha.-, fotinallv MMMMl^the San Antonio and Aruusas strike ai^an end. There is now no obstacle w hat-^ever to freight md passenger traffic. Plluloirs'sstreet tan. PlTTsHiHo. Jan. 21. There is no^change in iii^ street ,-ar strike situation^MtMjr. * il.nen cars areiuuuuig under policveprotect iimi. SAIDBY THE GOVERNOR ontana'sChief ExecaQn Returns^from Washington. HIS SUCCESSFUL MISSION Preservethe Land for th* People - Cood Word* for Billy^Dixon and Tom^Carter. specialin tUe Stsnilapl. Ilii.ry\.Jan. 21.- Governor Toole re^^turned home to-day. He says that Com^^modore Power's speech at the irngalion^convention in this city created a great^deal of comment at Washington unfavor^^able lo the commodore. Iam satisfied.^ said the governor,^^from my observations while in Washing-^Ion, that fMgMMj w ho expects to get large^appropriations fnuu the Tutted States to^reclaim desert lands is on a wild goose^chase. Thegovernor had nothing to say about^|^,litics. except that the democrats are go^^ing to siibonlmate |s-rsoiial preferences^and nominate a man for president who^w ill w in. 'The main object of my visit.'' the gov^^ernor said, was to pris'tire a nnersal of the^ruling of the interior department respect^^ing the selection of stale lauds. This was^accomplished, and it it was held that un^^der the law an application by the slate for^the suney of unoccupied and unappropri^^ated public lands, gives Ihe state a prefer^^ence right to sclis't the same when mir-^veyisl. The land office is ably conduct.*!^under Mr. Carter's administration, and^the opinion is widespread and well^fouiiiltsl thai Mr. Carter is the ablest com^^missioner the land otlice hat had for many^years. Mr.Di\ou is making friends in con^^gress and Is'fore the session is over w ill^have established himself as one of Ihe^ablest and safest members of the house.^He makes no complaint about not getting^a ehairman-hip. lie works in the ranks^or anywhere Ihcy put him.'' A BURNING VESSEL. WhatPassengers on Different Meaaiera^saw al sea. I.onimin.Jan. 21. Th^ British steamer^City of Dundee, which has arriveil.il Liv-^cr|Msi| from Norfolk. rc|s^rts that ou Jan.^11 she sighted w hut w as apparently a large^steamer burning Hen elv. At the tunc the^City of Dundee saw the tin* the vessel had^but tied almost 1.1 tb^. water's edge. Tim^City of Dundee sean lasl in the vicinity in^lh^' Iio|h* of finding some Isiat from th*^burning vessel, hill she found nothing.^The City of Dundee saw a sailing vessel in^the \ icimty and concluded that the itetspto^from the burning vessel wen- ^board her,^and -he proceeded ou her way. TheUntish steamer linp. iiil Prince,^from New York Jan. 4 for Loith, has ar^^rival at Portland. Captain Cox reports^that on Ihe morning of Jan. b^ he saw a^burning sic.imer. which was later h^t^sight of in the storm, lie thinks her crew^lierishcsl and that she undoubtedly went to^the bottom. FREDDYEXPECTS TO SEE SNAKES. He Doesn't I Ike Ihe Keeley Cure and^W ill (in lo ^Mimas*. NkwYork. Jan. 21. Fred (iehhanlt was^not seen at any of his old haunts to-day.^He had fl.sl from While Plains and Ihe^Kech'v cure, but his friend* pnifesved to^Is* in ignorulice of his wdien'alM-uits. Mrs.^Neil-..a is still at While Plains. She^wouldn't talk alsuit her brother's sudden^leave taking, bin her manner -hm ^! that^she is much disappointed at his refusal to^lake a cisirsH of kecloy treatment. ^I^talked to Fred for a moment.^ - ml one of^his friends to-.|.i^. ^and h*' -aid that the^w hole thing was distasteful to him. \nd^then be iIim-s not fear the drinking habit^as much as la dis's paresis. IK,n't he sur^^prised if he takes the steamer for the other^side. He MM g'* to Paris and put himself^under the cure of some prominent physi^^cian.^' s Manypeople Killed. Sr.PuT.KhBi'm., Jan. 21. News has^In n n ootv eil here of a terrible railroad^accident at Tiffy. Two trains, running at^a high rale of sjicisl. dashed into each^nth. r and the engines and cars were pihsl^in a confused mass, wdiich caught on til**.^I* is not known how many were killed, hut^the remains ol -ix hav e a heady lieett re^^issued from the wreck. Iiintliiri vv, i|.,,. ,1 in liliMiin,^I/isiiiis, Ian.-I. t he city was to-day^wrapped m almost an unpenetrable fog,^^spiat to that which ptevuihsl at Christ^^mas lime with sub seriousness. Traffic^was gnatl^ im|^cdcd, and so dark was it^that it was necessary to use gas and the^el.s trie lights gem tally throughout the city^during the d.iv . ttoiinillor Central tmerira. SixI'i vM'tsi ii, Jun. 21. Advices fniin^'lie South S^a islands slate that Davis^and Ib'll. alias lihsun ami ISiuglas. have^left their ^a. In. Ileaith . at Tahiti, and^s.nltsl for Portland. Om, They are *u|t-^itasnd (o li.iv, stolen llflO,OtJ0 (Mm (ho^bninch of the London and Westminster^hank al Svdncy. IlrennatlIliBinl-sett. Itin K vl, Kan . Jan. Jl. When the dis^^trict court met yesterday the case against^Jus. Itn unaii, the alleged slayer of Sam^W.sal, was i|.-nn-s, ,| on the suggestion of theattorney general. JuslbeHraslley Klakiag.^WvsitiM. ov. Ian. 21. Justice Bradley^of ihe I'micd Mates siipix'tne txHirt. who^has Is'en ill some time, is sinking rapkUy,^and his pliysii tans say he may not live 24^hours. Mill Meet in .San KranrUro.^CtvciNM vtl, Jan. 21. The executive^committee of the National Kditorial asao-^FsSlMS, has selected San Francisco, May^17, for the next meeting of the association. Collegefor Women Hura*4. FKO'KiiN.Kv..Jan. 21. TheCedar Bluff^college |mMM burned early this morra-^nig. The inmates . s. a|^cl w ithout injury,^though much excitement prevailed.