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The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-08-19
THE WEST.

ARGUS" Is contributing series Of ablv
written communications to the Corinns
Reporter. giving an account of the '.Reivn
1T Terror" IN Utah. The articles discov.,
the intimate acquaintance Uf ARGUS" win
events which transpirea in Utah in the ea,lv
days, and are creating much disturbance in
the Mormon camp.
Sacramento Insurance Companics h.v.
united in offering reward Of $500 for each :,
person convicted of incendinrism In that
city during the next six months.
George Turness. Of Wickcnburg, Ayi.op..
died in the st"ge last week, be,wee. Wick.
erburg and La Paz. while on his w.y 10
California. "
A son Of J. ?. Black. about seven years
1T age. was run over Ivy wagon. at Wat,
s""vi'le. CAL. on Monday, and instantly
killed.
The Old Fellows Of Vallejo are sbou. to
huild new hall. which will be one Of The
finest buildings in California
The property of the Central Pacific Rail.
r'"d Company, Is this year assessed 1t
/ $l70.0oo
A. o. swartzcll was cavcd on and killed
At Central City. Colorado. Aug. g. '.:,. -
Mrs. Sarah NJ. Hughes. oi O,nsha, com.
:ni'trd suicide, by ,aki.'g morphine, Ono :.
day lest week. -. r.?
The freight receipts Of the Denver Pacific.
for July. ore stated At: Received. 4.25S,023
pcunds; charges. $s7.o3457; forwarded,
OF pounds; charges, $4,7ao 81.
The hull an" tc"r fgh, At Virginia. New.
came of Mt the appointed time. creating an
intense excitement during the first part of
the exhibition. hut ending in the disgust of
the audience. Bull was declared winner.
Ben Holiday has donated q lot in Port
land. Oregon. for church purposes.
The Democrat il the name 0f daily cam.
paign paper started at Sacramento.
]. p. Jones. of Gold Hill, Nevada dc.
sires :" succeed Nye in the United States
Senate.
San Francisco, through the Western
Union Telegraph Company's lines, and the
Atlantic cable. IL now in direct communal
cation with Saig"n and all parts of Cochin
China. The tariff il geo % from London,
and from San Francisco to London, )13,
making u total of az g. .s..'
Burgess. who shot Stcigle. at Newark, 81.
errs c"un'y. CAL, has been sentenced to fvo
years imprisonment in the State prison.
There are two century plnntsin full bloom
At the mission Of San Gabriel, Los Angeles,
CAL
The right Rev. NJ. Dcmcrs, of the Cath.
olic Church. died at Victoria, B. c., on
July 28th.
Robert Hunt. . butcher of SACRAMENTO
was stung by a fly and died !. consequence.
Contr. Coe,n authorities arc surc they
have Wells, the murderer, in their pos-
session.
Al Yasuina bay last week Roland Hinton
was cut severely, perhaps moytally, In tho
breast and abao men. by William Hyatt
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1eltgraphit.

Reported fos tho ''New aoorth- west, I"
n v. o. rEl1onAPu 0A-s. 4. wnLEY. OPERATOR.
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CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI, December l7.-At the an.
nual meeting of the Board of Directors Of
Long View Insane Asylum, yesterday, a
Resolution was adopted asking the county
commissioners to erect an additional
building for the relief of the over crowd.
ed condition of the present edifCo. 1t
was stated by Supt. Webb that II was
now necessary TO make 100 beds on the
floor; that in case of contagious disease
II would be impossible 10 provide
separate accommodations for the sick.
They also instruct the President 10 re.
quest the General Assembly to transfer
as many patients as can be committed to
the other asylums OF the State. Whole
number of patients at the close Of tho
fiscal year wero 575, Of which 1l0 were
cured and discharged during the year.
The testimony for the State in the Nc
Gcehan case, for the murder OF Myers,
commenced at Dayton on Saturday, the
State being permitted to offer some i'm
portant testimony excluded in the trial at
Lebanon.
A passenger who reached here on
delayed train on the Pan Handle railroad,
states that collision occurred between
two freight trains, Friday evening, TWEEN.
ty miles below Steubenville, smashing
both engines, killing one man, and injured
an engineer so badly II Was feared hc
would die
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MINOR TELEGRAMs.

Caleb Cushing is still in Washington,
and don't expect to go to Geneva Tor some
months.
Many Congressman will leave Wash.
ingtOn Wednesday for home TO spend the
holidays. A quorum Is not expected on
Thursday. All the important matters in
consideration Of the tariff, and the uues.
tion of Cuba included, will go over till al.
ter the recess.
Official adviCCs are that dOrlschakon
has ordered Cataca2y, TO leave America
after accompanying the Grand Duke rs
far us 81 Louis, and the legation to be
placed In charge of Baron DouZ, as its
Secretary, until the arrival OF the Charge
dc Affairs, who leaves at once.
l-Agcnts of tho International Society
report the French army composed of Re.
publlCans and lmperialists and the latter
much the strongest in number.
The English Home Secretary Is likely
to request Parliament to give him author.
ity to CXpcl Carl Marx from the United
Kingdom. Marks residence has been
placed under the watch o! the police.
"A man nRnleu Dent. Justice, while
Intoxicated, was killed by train on tho
Iron Railroad, near 1ronton, Ohio, Friday
evening
Colonel Lawrence, Of Elgin, Illinois,
who jumped from tho window OF tho
American House at Boston, on Friday, In
o fit OF insanity, died on Saturday morn.
ing.
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FOREIGN.
FRANCE.

Impending Change in the Govern
ment.-InteTView Between ThIer
and Due Observation-Disclosures
for the Overthrow of the Republic
NEW YoRK, December lG.-A speCia
dispatch from Paris, says that on Thurs
day, another interview took place betweeI
T6iers and the Orleans Princes, which
was of an uniriendly character. Thier
complained that Due D'Aumale had no
strictly observed his previous agreement
inasmuch rs he had endeaVored to inter
est the Generals in his favor. Duo
D'Aumale denied this. Theirs said: ~
know that you have visited many Gener
ais who are members Ot the Assembly
with view TO obtain their support.
doubt not your aim is patriotic, / was
particularly surprised and disContented
that you also made similar visits to many
Of the subordinate Generals" The Duke
answered evasively, and terminated the
interview with u declaration that he
would now take tho advice OF his friends
not US to whether he shall take his seat,
but only with reference as ". tho proper
time for doing SO.
General Bourbaki told Due DlAumale
In the presence OF General DuCrOt, that
only Republic or Empire was competent
to restore France, and he could serve no
other regime.
The Orleans plan is for the right to
take advantage Of Thiers' impatience, and
al Inc fIrst o6portunitv TO force hls resir.
nation and make Due D,Aumale Presl.
dent In follow with n declaration nro.
cIaiming Chombonrd King. Count Do
PARIS heir 70 tho throne mel Due D'Au.
male Licnt General
In tbe BudTet Of Finance Minister
ponvcr. 0neTtisr sh"ws n s,,rnlns oT IA.
40 gNo ION ~ -
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WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, December 1G.-The Sec.
retary of the Interior today heard the
argument in the railroad cases involving
the title to certain Usage ceded lands in
Kansas and Texas.
A delegation Of Philadelphia merchants
called upon the Secretary Of the Treasury
to. day To sec whether he could not afford
them some relief from the heavy charges
which arc made on imported articles
which come through the New York and
Philadelphia custom houses.
The Secretary of the Interior addresses
a communication to the Apache Chief,
Cochize, saying that the President and
himself, as mark of friendship, invite
him, together with Loco and Victori, to
come 10 Washington at the Governments
expense, 1t Is believed that COChize will
accept the invitation early next year.
The Senate Committee on Elections
and Privileges have decided to report ad.
vorsely on BlOdgetts and favorably on
Norwood's claim to his seat in the Senate
from Georgia.
The Southern Claims Commission re.
sume their session Immediately alter New
Years In the meantime they will take
up the 200 or 800 cases now ready for
decision, and prepare them for the con.
sideratiOn Of the House Committee on
Claims.
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Railroad Collision in Indiana.

CINCINNATI, Dec. tO.-A collision O
two freight trains occurrGd'ontheI Indina,
polls, Cincinnati & Lafayette Railroad
about II o'clock Friday night, near Law.
rencGburg, Ind, In which one Of tho ongi.
neers was fatally injured and a number OF
cars wrecked. A misplaced switch was
the cause Of tho accident.
Tho collision between the freight trains
on the indianapolis, Cincinnati Il Laiay.
etto Railroad, at Harmon's station, near
LawrCnceburg early Friday morning, was
caused by freight train passing out
leaving the switch open and another train
standing on the track, with which the
third train cOlided. Both engines were
wrecked. Engineer J. W. Middon has
died since tho accident. No other person
injured.
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CANADA.

" "
Want Of Cdhfdence In the Govern.
ment.-ss ssAle1Is-.lTInistTy Charged
with Bribery.
TORONTO, Dec. 15.-In the House 10.
night, after warm discussion, the motion
Of want of confidence in government
was passed by o majority Of one, when
tho House Immediately adjourned. u
OTTAWA, Dec. 10-The Grand Duke
will arrive here MondayP. NJ. His recep'
tion will be private. .. a.
CoBURd, Dec. 10.-A man named Levi
Gossel, from Monticello, Ont, en- route 70
Jones county, Iowa. shot himself In the
cars last night, and has since died. A con,
siderable amount Of money was found on
his person.
New YoRK, Dec. 1D.--A Quebec spe
Cial states that last night In the House ol
Assembly, one Of the leaders Of the oppo
sition created n great excitement by charg
Ing bribery and corruption upon the
agents Of the Ministry, eliCiling cheers
from the galleries. Tho Speaker had the
galleries cleared by the armed police
when The crowd organized a meeting out
side, being addressed by prominent an
nexatiOnists WHO claimed annexation tC
The United States preferable to armed
Provincial tyranny.
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MISSOURI.
Liberal Republican Caucus at the
Capital-sEnOImOus Frauds In the
Sale of School Lands.

Liberal Republican Caucus at Iht
Capital.sE Enormous Frauds In IhC
Sale of School Lands.
ST. LOUIS, December 1G.-The liben
Republicans held a secret caucus ut JET
iersOn City last night, but 1t Is known thai
the address issued by the State Committee
was unanimously indorsed and quite a
number Of additional signatures attached
70 1t. A Legislative COMMITTEES was ap.
pointed to work up matters during the
session, and also committee TO procure
signatures to the address.
The State Board OF EducatiOnlhaYe
made report, which is published here
this morning, In which they give dc.
tailed statement of tho enormous frauds
praCticed In the disposition ofSwamp lands
donated for school purposea. II 10 stated
thatif the sales OF these lands had been
honestly contracted, the State would now
have county school endowment OF $l2,.
100000, which, added to the present fund,
would make not less than $4,000 900.
Over a million and half Of acres of land
have been squandered. The responsible
ty Of this Is charged upon the County
Courts. Tho report says many counties
have drawn upon the school fund 10 erect
Court-houses, jailS, bridges, railroads, and
excavating rivers, &c. In one county
5000 acres were subscribed for rail.
road, 100000 sold on an execution to sat.
iSfy judgment against the county, and
afterwards $4,000 acres Of the land so sold
was given TO an attorney to get the land
back, This Is but one of the many similar
cases Tho Board recommends that the
County Courts bO required to levy spe.
cial tax to replace tho school funds ille.
gally used, and ask that tho School Board
attorneys be authorized to institute pro.
Ceedings TO recover the bonds and lands
by the counties, and when
necessary to mandamus the County Courts
to lOyy taxes.
CONGRESS- ASKED TO GRANT AMNESTY.
ThelOwer House Of the Legislature to.
day passed concurrent resolution asking
Congress TO pass law granting full am
nesty to all who have been deprived Of
tue rights of citizenship.
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The Whnrton Polsonlng Cnse.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 1O.-1n the Wharton
trial to-day, after the argument, the court
decided that the books and papers Of
Gen. Ketchum, containing his entries Of
interest received from Mrs. Wharton,
could not be admitted. Mrs. Chubb was
again called to the stand and corrected
the question in her former testimony as
to the conversation between herself and
the prisoner in regard TO the purchase Of
tartar emetic for the prisoner, and to
which she then replied that there was no
undue misapprehension Of the question
that the prisoner desired witness TO testify
that the man from whom witness had pur.
chased the tartar emetic was the same
person who sold Il to the prisoner. Ad.
IOurned to Monday.
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ENGLAND.
The Prince Of Wales stllIImprovlng.

The Prince OF Wales Still llImprOvIng.
New York, December 15,-RepOrts
from London up TO noon show that tho
Prince OF Wales continues to improve.
LONDON, December 1G-Tho Prince
progresses so well that II Is proposed that
Princes Arthur and Leopold aud the
Princess Beatrice leave SAndringham to.
day for Windsor Castle. Prince Alfred
will soon follow.
Tho Alfred LeGrandc lbs been wreck.
cd on the Danish coast. A number Of
her crew was drowned. The OquendO,
from Santonda for New York, hns been
totally lost.
A bulletin from Sandringham says that
the convalcscence of the Prince has com.
menced, and progresses slowly but steaily.
The Queen will return from Sandringham
to Windsor today probably accompanied
BY the Princess Louise. The Duke Of
Cambridge has already returned TO Lon.
don. No noon bulletin from Sandring.
ham appears to-day. II Is announced
that II has been discontinued.
LONDON, December 10-The Queen,
accompanied by the Princess Louise and
other members Of the Royal family, Rr-
rived at Windsor Castle this afternoon
from Sandringham.
LONDON, December 1G.-The following
Is the latest bulletin from Sandringham /:
"SANDRtNGHAM, Dec. 1916 r. MO.
day the Prince was more tranquil than
at any time since the fever declared
itself His progress in all particulars Is
satisfactory. No furthersbulletins will be
issued tonight The next will appear NJ
0 o'clock tomorrow morning"
LONDON, December 1G.-Five sailors Of
tho American ship James Brett, lying in
the harbor of Itavre, were accidently
drowned yesterday.
LONDON, December 17.-An official bul.
letin issued from Sandringham at 8 o'clock
this morning, announced that the Prince
Of Wales passed a quiet night and was
satisfactorily progressing towards reCov.
ery. Another bulletin issued late this Of.
tefnoon reports that the Prince had tran
quill day. -.
The Observer says that Parliament will
meet the second week in February.
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THE INTERNATIONAL PARADE.
A Fine DiSplay..A Peaceable aud
Orderly Affair,

|
New York, December 1.-THE parade
OF the InternatiOnalists came oil to-day
and proved success. The occasion wa
regarded not only with marked sym
pathy for the cause in which Rossel ant
his comrades suffered, but also as q tri
umph over the Police Commissioners.
AT noon the gathering copmenced il
the nGighbOrhOod OF Cooper Institute ant
soon the thoroughfare on either side of 1t
in the I'd and 4th avenues, became nearly
blocked. There being besides the intend,
ing prOCessionists, immense crowds oI
holiday street gazers, who from time "a
time ChCered every one in general, and
any female Communists, Woodruff and
Clalin in particular,
About quarter past two there was a
general stir among the masses. Soon the
solemn notes Of the funeral dirge was
heard from the band OF Hawkins
Zouavcs, which formed the head
Of the column. Immediately after
them came platoon of the Skidmore
Guards, (colore0 and then Messrs. Banks
and Flureau followed, and then a number
OF ladies on foot, among them Miss Ten
ME Q. Clatlin, carrying a red flag, which
bore the inscription, II. A. W., Section 10,
Social and Political Equality for Both
Sexes" and Mrs. Victoria @. Woodruff.
Then the Societies and Unions in the
following order; The Cuban League,
bearing Cuban flags; another crowd Of
females and some males; the drum corps
oil Hawkins Zuavcs; q cataialque, upon
which were three collins drawn by six
horses; NJ. NJ, DeVeure and Megy, late
commander of Fort Issy; pail bearers,
and walking with them about dozen
rGlguees from Paris, tho French Legion,
the Printers Union, BriCkSayers' Union
and Cabinet Makers Union, and five car.
riages, all close on two thousand people.
In the foremost carriage sat Gen, Ryan,
Of Cuban notoriety, and the Fenian, chiei
ODonavan ROssa In another carriage rode
Mrs. Frances Rose McKenney. The Cata.
talque was substantially yet tastefully
made and draped in black, the inscription
on the sides being in white letters "TO
the Martyrs Of the Universal Republic"
1t was decorated with flags and streamers
mingled with mourning Grape. Tho pro.
Cessonists generally wore red rosettes and
scArls with black Grape, and the banners
and flags were nearly all Of tho same
color. The banner captured last
Sunday by the police was one Of the most
noticeable. 1t bore the inscription, "The
spirit OF tho Commune expands as the aXo
of the exGCutiOner falls upon the necklace
Of It's martyrs" On another banner was
"The world Is our country to dogoOd, our
religion" Another' And they had all things
In common" The. Zine OF procession was
down the BowGry to Great Jones street to
Broadway, across Broadway to Waverly
Place and Fifth avenue, up Fifth avenue
and 34th street TO Sixth avenue, and down
l4th street to the Lincoln monument, In
Union Square, around which the process.
sionists marched and then dispersed.
Fifth avenue was entirely deserted for the
nonce by tho upper ten, who took refuge
behind the window curtains, occasionally
peeplng out at the Reds. The greatest
order prevailed throughout. -
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River News.

CAIRO, ILL.,, December 1G.-Arrived-
Ouickstep, from Evansville, ut 0 r. NJ
Bismarck, from New Orleans, at II =. NJ
Observation-Disclosures, for 0uachita river
at 6P.M.; Quickstep, for Evansville, at IL
AN. Clear and cool.
ST. LOUIS, December 10.-The steamer
CITY Of Pekin and towboat Fisher, afteI
butting at the ice gorge between here and
Keinswich, 25 miles below this port, yes
terday and most Of to-day, effected pass
age and came to the wharf this evening
Navigation is now resumed South, and
several boats will lC"vo rs soon as loaded
The gorge above the bridge piers is still
strong, and the probabilities arc that The
river between here and Cairo will remair
clear Of ice during the winter.
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CHICAGO.
More Donations from AbrOad-..BrI.
berry IN City Council.

berry IN City Council.
CHICAGO, December 17.-The Countess
Edla, wife OF Don Fernando, Of Lisbon,
Portugal, herself native Of tho United
States, has sent through Hon. Hamilton
Fish, Secretary of State, sixty pounds
sterling for the benefit of the Chicago
sufferers. A draft was also received yes.
terday Of one thousand pounds from Dub.
lin, Ireland, to be applied to the same
charitable purpose. This makcsa total of
some 81 500 from that city.
There will probably be lively time in
the Chicago Common Council tomorrow
evening, as the charges of demanding and
receiving bribes will DO Brought in
against several members, and an investi.
cation demanded.
The cattle market has been dull and
dropping throughout the week.
About 8 o'clock this afternoon boiler
in the glue factory Of Wahl & Bros, on
South Branch river, near Archer Avenue,
blew up. Two men, ]. r. Carpenter and
Charles Becker, fireman, who were pass.
Ing through the room at the time, were
instantly Killed, the former was sCalded
by the steam until his flesh was cooked
while the latters head was blown 10 frag.
ments. Both leave wives and children.
II was an upright boiler and almost new,
having been used only about ten days.
Tho end was carried perpendiCulafly
through the root and then diagonally
through the air for n distance OF 100 fcct.
No satisfactory explanation isgiven Of the
accident, but IS supposed TO have resulted
from a too low stage OF water Damage
to building about $2,500.
This afternoon Carl Machart, n victim
of the fire, residing at No. $3.50 Brown
street, committed suicide by blowing his
brains out with n pistol. Just before com.
ting the deed he wrote letter filled with
tender references 10 his mother, wife and
children, saying that he could find nothing
TO do since tho fire and was tired Of life.
lie expressed the hope that his wife would
not do As he did, but educate the children
and raise them to be good Christians. As
his wife has been an invalid since the fire
this net is remarkable for cowardicc, but
the poor vile Is now raving maniac.
Hearing the report Of a pistol she got out
Of her bed and went into the room where
her husband was. The shocking sight
was too much for her weak nerves and all
reason forsOok her.
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REDUCTION OF CONNOLLY's nAIL.


Richard NJ. Blatchiord, No. 90 Nassau
street, was robbed in the street yesterday
afternoon of fifty thousand dollars in
bonds.
The Fisk. Mansfield case has been post.
poned on account of the sickness Of Miss
Mansfield.
The statement Of the Receiver of the
Eighth National Bank shows II assets 10
be $l,0OO,00O, against $4,000 liabilities,
1t is stated that the postponement ofthe
libel suit Of Miss Mansfield against Fisk,
which was granted to-day ut tho York.
vile Court for three weeks on account Of
the illness Of Miss Mansfield. Is probably
thelast Of the case.
Connolly is sick and confined 10 his
bed at the Ludlow street jail. lie com.
plains OF affection of tho Kidneys, which
his friends say he has been afflicted with
Tor several years past, and which has been
brought on again by his confinement in
the lookup without exercise.
II Is stated that Fisk has paid Miss
Mansfield $4,000 for the settlement of
her libel suit against him.
The lntcrnAtiOnalsts this evening made
arrangements for their parade tomorrow.
At Stephens Roman Catholic Church
to-day Rev. DR., MCFlynn denounced the
reading Of the Bible in the public schools,
and declared 1t contrary TO tho COnstitu-
tion OF the United States.
The statement TINT Tweed Is to he ar.
rested on each indictment found against
him is confirmed.
The Tribune says the bailing of Tweed
on the criminal charge don't prevent his
early cOmmittal TO jail, as the extension
Of time for justification by his bondsmen
in the civil suit Is rapidly coming to n
close, and II they cannot satisfy the court
Tweed will have to go to Ludlow Jail.
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Distinguished Travelling Party Of
Nayp VnTknF1

CHICAGO, December 1O.-IIon. Marshall
O'Roberts and party, consisting Of Mr..
and Mrs ROBBERS, Mi. and Mrs Amos Van
Vert, Miss Palmer and Gen Silas sey.
mour, consulting engineer of New York,
arrived here last evening in special car
furnished by the l.. 3. Il NJ. 8. Railroad
Company. Mr.. Roberts and party leave
on Monday morning for Louisville, and
thence return to New York by way Of
Cincinnati and Cleveland.