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The new North-west., 1873-05-31


Chicago, May IA special dispatch, to
the Tribune from Washington. Iowa, gives
graphic account of q fearful cyclone which
devastated a portion Of Washington and
Keokuk counties, Iowa, on Thursday last.
The number Of lives lost SO fur as known at
present is -, while over 30 persons were in.
jured, many very seriously and some fatal.
ly. Hundreds of head of stock of oil kinds
were killed, and buildings of oil kinds in
the path of the cyclone, together with every
movable thing, were utterly demolished
and scattered over the fields. Marvellous
stories Of the wind are certified to by credit.
able eye witnesses and its effects on farm.
Sixty fat steers, some of them 14O0 pounds
each, were whirled into the cir, carried .
distance of twenty rods and dashed into a
ditch, where they werv found half buried
in mud. A flock Of 100 sheep were swooped
up and went flying through space like .
flock of immense birds whirlirg around and
around, until half Of them were actually
torn 10 pieces and the fragments scattered
over the fields, only forty being found. The
total loss 10 vsriously estimated at from
$l00, 600 10 $20O 900, but the smaller sum is
probably the nearest correct. Several
wealthy farmers, with substantial, and even
elegant dwellings, good out houses, sbund-
ance Of fine stock and farming implements.
arc lett with nothing but the naked ground
Of their farms. The area traverscd BY the
cyclone appears 10 hsye been about twelve
miles long, varying In width from . quarter
to half 4 mile.
The new North-west., 1873-05-31
TuE WHrTE MoDoc CHIEF 1T may not
Ne generally known, says the Albany Oregon

TUE WurrE MoDoc CHIEF may not
he generally known, says the Albany Oregon
Register Of May Sd. that tcw years ago
somewhere about 1885, prol,nbly-,hc Head
Chief Of the MOdOc Indians was q white
man. who had joined the tribe. and taken
TO himself. "fOr better ar WORSE" u dusky
maiden of tho MOdOc persuasion, with whom
he lived and loved for some years. This
Head Chief WAS no less parsonage than
the now celebrated Oregon poet, Joaquin
Miller. While rcigning Ms Chief of this war.
like band, probably to more sccurely esiab.
lish his title to the Chiefiainship, and gain
the fullest confidence Of his adopted broth.
ers, the Yei skins, he cOncocted the diah0!i>
cal plan Of attacking and sack'ng the city
Of Yreka, California. Joaquin himself
visited Yreka. and examined the approaches
and the chances Of On easy capture. Yrcka
then contained much larger proportion of
''il0ating population" miners. gamblers,
ETC., all well armed, and generally of
rowing, reckless diapOsitiOn-just the kind
of men that were always ready and willing
to meet danger half way-in fact, class IT
men 10 whom excitement of some character
Was On absolute necessity. joaquin was
not long in acquiring these facts. and the
attack on Yreka was indefinitely postponed
BY the MdOcs in consequence Of his adverse
report The failure of joaquin to c,rry out
the Yreka scheme, seems 10 have ''sOuretl''
the MOdOcs, somewhat toward him, aud it
WIS not long before he returned to the
white settlements" These and Other facts
in the life and adventures of joaquin were
given 10 Us by m Old mountain IMAM, who
was personally acquainted with the Modoc
Chief at the time of his Chieftainship.
The new North-west., 1873-05-31
HOMICIDE At BLAckEooT
DENNIS MCCORMICK SHOT AND KILLED
" PA1nltK LYNCH.
xvneA Dssapss a.a 10 At Large.

Mr.. J. c. Spooner. Deputy Sheriff at
Blxtkfoot City, gives US the following in
formation Of an affray ut TINT place In which
Dennis Mccormick Was shot aud killed W
Patrick Lynch. On Wednesday night
Mccormick was in the Mendoza Saloon
when Lynch came in and called him out.
The two n.cn stepped outside the door aud
began talking. Two or three minutes af
ter those inside heard Lynch say to McCor'
mick ''explain yourself and quickly fol-
lowing this WAS the report Of pistol. On
rushing out they found Mccormick on the
sidewalk. shot through tho head, the ball
entering his mouth and passing out through
the back If the head causing almost instant
death. Lynch escaped. NJ Spooncr pro
cured Fosse and made search in the vic,n
ity without finding him, and two hours af
ter mounted and with Mr.. Anderson rode to
Deer Lodsc. TO advise Sheriff Jones and
have a'sices icleyrapl,c'i or sent to different
localities through which he would p'Obahiy
pass IN attempting to escape. Only vague
Iu,nors are ahoat as to the cause oi The
"OuOsS~NbS sup(v'SsssSu HSs"S '"'sA - WV
man Was in some way the cause.
Lynch has been in Alder, Lincoln and
Bluckf"Ot camps for several years. having
come TO Montana from the KOotcEai coun<
try in 80 or CD He il five feet ten or clev
en- inches in height, and is forty to forty five
years of age; IS clOsely shaycn, wears his
hair cut short and hus II peculiar speech.
He had u sl5,O 900 dollar stake in Alder.
spreed considerably. but had not been re.
garded - shooting man before tho above
occurrence. tic wintcred a, Fort Benton
tho past winter and it is thought probable
he has gone IN that direction.
Mccormick was about fifty years of age
and has been in Blackfoot for several years,
having been one Of the Ophir Bed. Rock
Flume Company. Was ordinarily . very
quiet. inOffensivc citizen, and even In :iguor
was not qunrrelsomc. On the day he was
killed he had heen ut work and ~as not
drinking. Our Informant having left soon
after the occurrence was unable to give any
further particulars than the above. All
available means have been used TO secure
the arrest of Lynch.
The later and fuller accounts of the
killing Of Dennis Mccormick at Black foot
indicate it was an unprovoked and cold
bloodcd murder. We invariably exercise
vigilant care in cases Of homicides, where
there any doubts Of malice or the deed, in
expressing opinions that would effect public
sentiment against the accused party. hut
this appears to have been such . cowardly,
premcdi,a,ed slaughter Of IN unoffending
and unarmcd man that the pcrpetrs,or has
placed himself beyond the bounds of for
harance or sympathy. We hope he may be
captured, tried by the Courts, and made 10
know there is Law to protect life or pun,
ish condIgnly those who take it.
The new North-west., 1873-05-31

The xissoulina. one Of the most vigosOus
Opponcnts to Q subsidized railrOad until its
6st issue, now comes ont 10 favor Of 0vc
counties IN the central and eastern sections
Of the Territory being forever financially
crippled by building n railfOed which will
rcsl~und 10 the interest of Missoula almost
As muci, ns any of the subsidized counties.
The seltishncs disp!aye,! by the editor Ut the
AiAs0uyidn In tins respect Is only equallcd
by his apparent Ignorance Of the provisions
Of the bi II he now favOrs The editor states
thai be always opposed Terri'cris! subsidy,
but can see no objections TO this bill, which
provides that few cos, side COUNTIES may
assist In building a North and South Rail.
road. While the bill makes it mandatory
upon the Commissioners of Madison. Jcffer
son. Lcwissnd Clarke, Gsllatin and Meagbcr
counties to submit the proposition 10 the
voters at the next election ~ subscribe Is
and 90 per cent Of the assessed valuation Of
their taxable property in 1876, section
makes II optional with the Commissioners
of other counties whether they will do 50 Or
not. ......
The editor of the NissouliaN says he has
taken pains to ascertain the feelings Of the
people Of Missoula county in the matter, ,and
has yet 70 flud a solitary nsn who op-
poses The bill. The Commissioners Of Mis-
s"uls, then. should Immediately call an
election on the subject. This il what sec
tion one ut the hill contemplated. We think
the Is or 90 per cent subscription. with Z per
cent annual interest for thirty years on that
amount, would cool the ardOr OF our MissOu
10 friends.
The difference between Gallxtin county
and NissOula is this: Gsllxtin IL one Ut the
tier of counties in the Territory upon which
themandsie Of subscription was imposed by
the wise Solons Of the extra session. provided
the same il ratiied by the people nj the
polls in August Ecxt. MissOula Was moi.
And we find It about As difficult to discover
man in Gallstin county who favors the
bill rs the editor Of the Missoulian appar.
emily has had to find one in Missoula county
Who opposes it. 1t makes considerable diff.
ference. you know, whose OK is gOrcd.-
Ardnt Courier.
The new North-west., 1873-05-31

Dispatches from San Francisco May g.
state that on tho 22d Bogus Charley and II
other Cottonwood Modoc BUCKS, ,squaws and
papeoscs, being probably some dcmomlizcd
or disaffectcd squad of Capt. Jacks COM
mand, came into General Davis camp at
Fsirchild's ranch and surrendered. Every
buck had Springfield rife, which he came
forward and laid OIL the ground, when
assured Of safety. The dispatches also tell
how Bogus Charley Is a ''slcnder, athletic.
intelligent warrior" and how he ''smilcd
swcetly on the General when he took his
hand, and plenty of other sentimental musl,.
1t is the old Indian game over again. There
arc dozen of them---bucks. squaws ard
apooscs-surrcndcr Fairch!ld says there
arc twenty bucks of that branch Of the
tribe still missing, and the reporters 60 off
like pyrotcchnic display over the grand
event. II looks to us that Capt. Jack has
no use for his sQuaws and squaw men in
the present exigency, and SO has divcsted
himself Of the trash, while our army msgni
fics their surrender into great event. and
the sentimental spoonics of the Indian
Department will be wanting to take up
collections for them 10 all first class Sunday
Schools throughout the country.
The new North-west., 1873-05-31
TcT1itogial items

The Courier says Perkins & Co. are now
working six men IN the Bridgcr canyon
mines and the gold, of which satisfactory
amounts arc taken cut, is the finest quality
In the Territory. ..... 4.......
Miss Gertrude Crittcndcn CHATS pretty
name, anyhow an accomplished musician,
10 about 10 open school for vocal music in
Bozeman.
Policeman Holt, Who WAS recently stab.
bed by Chss. Clay, Al Bozeman, and whose
life was dcspaired Of for several days, is
now In a fair way to recover, being consid.
cred beyond danger.
Three Sisters of Charity reached Missouls
. few days since. Two of them remain and
the other one 10 on visit to the St. Ignatius
Mission. a@s-.a--.
/ The flooring of the Missoula bridge is all
laid, and oil It lacks of being passablc. Is
the Approach at the south end. The struc-
ture Is over 1000 feet long. and is covered
the entire length with Q inch planks, sixteen
feet long.
NJ. A. n. s. Carpenter, associate editor
Of the 4ossastss, Is ''off for California," !"
having departed on Sunday evenings cnach
At last accounts Col p. A. Largey was Il
the Metropolitan, New York City, (not Sc
riously} III.
The new North-west., 1873-05-31
A NEW rnEsID1NT or FRANCE.

The kilograms give account OF the Chan &c
In the Presidency and Ministry Of the
French Republic almost as startling and
significant as the succession Of the Repub.
lie to the Empire There are three parties
is France, the Napolconists, desiring the re.
establishment OF the Napolconic dynasty
with Eugcnic us Regent, and on his msjori'
~ the succession Of her son Napoleon Nv
to tho thronc; the Lcgitimatists. with the
Princes of the old Orleans house at their head
aspiring to re establish that line, and the
Repub licans. led by Theirs, desiring TO cs-
tablish . Republic similar to ours upon the
ruins of the empire. In the fierce rc>action
of public sentiment following the humilist.
Ing war with Germany, the Thicrs party
carried the day, the Republic was organized
and Theirs elected President 1t was more
than gravcly doubted by the most earnest
friends of Repvblica: government ifit could
be maintained in France, especially under
existing circumstances. and with Is volatile,
capriclous and revolutionary spirit as seem
to prcvadc ,ha. people. The monarchis,s
almost at once beg. ~ to scheme for the res
toration of their respective Houses; the
NapoleOnists carefully, prudently and hope
fully; the Oricanists with more vigor, be-
IieyIng their chances improved by violent
times and tho overthrow of the Republic
close on the disgrace Of Napoleon III.
Thus the nor archical tendencies and am
bitions of both factions have inspired them
:,:, .,Cc,rt o,nspct ba 'Hhinro
meat, and sufficient strength has been &c
cured 10 compel the resignation Of Theirs aud
his Ministry aud to elect in his stead Mar
sl.al MacMahon, faithful adhercnt of the
Third Napoleon, who has appointed Us Min.
lister Of Foreign Affairs, Duke dc Broglic,
believed to re imbucd with the same attach.
mcnt to the line Of Napoleon III.
II is o doubtful question if the French
Republic long survives this change. Mac
Mahon and dc Broglie may, ii popular sen
timcnt favors it. be induced by their per.
sonal ambitions to maintain. or cndeavor 10
maintain, some sort OF a Republic But.
with I,npcrialist proclivlties, aud warmly
attached to Eugc gcnic and her son. 1t appears
moro probable that it will result in the rcs-
lora,ion Of tho Empire under Napoleon Nv,
with Eugene for Regent until that young
gentleman il of age to ascend the throne. The
royal houses Of Europe will doubtless favor
this solution of the question. A powerful
Empire Of France Is more desirable to them
than even weak and unstable Republic.
Eugene has acquired world Of kind feel.
ing for herself and son since her foolish hus.
band marched his lcgions toward the Rhine,
and she who before was known principally
as the royal leader Of the fashionable world,
has proven herself possessed Of those higher
virtues and force of character which the
world cannot but respect. From all the
circumstances the succession of MacMshon
to Thicrs has deep significance. aud should
It result eventually in the discstablishment
of the Republic, the Orlcanists will have
one more opportunity to make trouble when
the restoration OF rival line is attempted.
The new North-west., 1873-05-31

~ AWSssW 18CwO UBBCUe
Washington, nay e7.-J. B. Mouteith, q.
T. Indian Agent st Lapwai, Idaho Territory,
wrote Commissioner Smith q follows:
Have I the right, this being . Presbyte.
rian Agency and mission, 10 exercise such
control over The morals Of this people q
will enable me 70 prohibit the teaching Of
the Catho faith or holding Catholic services
among them, even though the Indians desire
II and clamor for it,"
To which query. and otbers. Comm ission-
er Smith made answer:
Il have 10 ssy, that the fact that your
agency y under tho charge Of the Presby>
tcsian church does not warrant any iutol.
lesant exercise Of power; ard that while
Il II desirable IN Ill cases that misstou work
should b done under the direction Of The
religious body nominating Tho agent, yet.
when there are perscns having another faith
and desire religious service Of their own, Il
y not in accsrdance with public policy u
The spiFis Of religious tolerasioa 70 forbid
and htndcr such service IL any way"
The new North-west., 1873-05-31
Notes Of the Day.

A building lot was recently sold in Lon
don at the rate Of $l6O gold per square foot.
Seven thousand Chinese arrived in San
Francisco by steamers since the first of Jan.
uary.
Nebraska is out Of debt, and prohibited by
her c"nst tuition from incurring over $50,
600 of it.
Russia leather jewelry Is the latest. It is
pretty AMI unique. the car rings being made
of every imaginable pattern.
"Bumbcrl,aycn'' is the euphonious pet
name bestowed by the wcstern press uDon
Dayton O., on account If its $50 ar-rooms,
The Fsirplay (Colorado> Sentinel boasts
that it is published at u greater altitude than
any other paper in the world-1O,O 600 fee,
above the level Of the sea.
J. NJ. Bailey, the funny man of the Dan.
bury Nous, who makes half the world hap.
pier with his good nstured sketches, is, o.
route to or 70 in Saa Francisco.
Large numbers Of cattle are sent from
the Dallcs to Puget Sound The trip is
made In thirty six hours, when the same
journey one year ago would occupy five or
six days.
Judge Chase was three times married.
His first wife was Catherine Carniss, his sec.
ond Sarah Smith, and his third Belle Lud>
low. lie occasionally contributed to the
North american Reciew, and was the author
Of some good verses.
General Crook has subjugatcd 5000 Indi
ans in Arizona, hut there are 2.60O others
VIII arc only partially friendly and mus, bs
watched by 1900 troops when those now
under orders leave the Territory:
A commercially neat Massachusetts man
having occasion to cut his throat last week.
considerably went out on the back pinzza
with a pail, over which he held his head
during the operation, in order to avoid mak>
Ing muss. '.#
Bob" IN honest Piutc gambler was re-,
Gently beaten GU. Of 900 so and pony by
an Indian gambler from Salt Lake. who
used marked cards. Bob now spends his
time walking about Virginia exhibiting
them cards and seeking consolation.
New York, May 2Q-A great struggle 10
preparing il Shamokin, Penn, for the pos-
session Of over 10000 acres of land in the
anthracite coal regions, valued at t2O, ,O0O, 900
One party has burned three houses which
the other side erected. and retaliation is now
threatened. 0. H. Wheeler, of New York.
represents one side, and the Reading Rail,
road the other. .-
Between fifteen and twenty five tons Of
free matter now leave the post Office In
Washington for the States daily. Hereto.
fore many public documents belonging to
members of Congrcss have been stored at
the Capitol. but y the Thanking privilege
cannot be exercised alter the lot of mex,
July. this accumulation Of years b being
transmitted to the Senators ana Repressu>
tives.
Tho men Of figures have been at work.
and here is what they, give us for our labors
the long year through: The average anuu
d earnings Of the whole American people
do not exceed $500 year each. The aver.
age earnings Of the employed classes do not
exceed $1,000. The average esrninss Of
ihose holding salaried cmploymcn,s do mot
exceed 81 son Tho average earnings Of
the learned in professions DO not exceed a..
Rnn
The new North-west., 1873-05-31
Tsls1raphic 1rsvities .

Indianapolis, May 23-Ths fuaesai o1
Gen Canby to"k place fom ~ 1irss Ban.
tist Church this sflssnnos. Ths psecaasjon
was very large .3'4 2
3 Dueaqsc. Iowa Nay sa-A mas sspI
pnsed 70 b one of The Bender hsily W
arrested % Sunday = Ely S,asioo. Iowa.
&c y nov condasd in jail q Cedar Rapida
Parties Who veGs acquainted With ehs tam.
w In lndspcndssce. Kassas, srs ssss Of hia
identity,
Hartford. Nay 9l.-Ths osssss to day
paassd lhs Csaaaisauonal. asassdnsoe prc.
vtaiss for bsi ass ssaae Capitol q Hars-
foed. sse ..s,..s
! basiae . shaades stesn oa l.oae ls,aad.
essssdaJ svssieg. stwclys shbossss vss
psnsasassa q. .A6Asaias = sesaash lls1ev.
- 40 r yas.sss ~ ..,t
The new North-west., 1873-05-31
The Powder Riyer 8xpeditsn


Chicago, May e0.--Gcneral Sheridan tcie
graphs TO General Sherman that Colonel
Forsythc rcporss that he arrived at Edwin
ton on the night of May 18th, and that the
expedition to Powder river OH the Yeliow>
stone was complete succuss. The object
of the expedition was to find ont whether
supplies could be transported in safety from
Fort BufOrd 10 the mouth Of Powder river,
where 1t is proposed tocstablish formidable
military post under the Act of Congress
sppropriating s2Oo, 900 for it; also two ad-
ditional military posts to aid in protecting
the workmcn in the survey aud construction
of the Northern Pacific rOad.
The success Of the expedition will prove
of the greatest benefit to the War Depart.
ment They can now carry supplies up the
Missouri river to Fort Buford, and thence
up the Yellowstone to the new posts at the
mouth of Powder river by steamer. thus
avoiding hauling them three hundred miles
through . wild aud dangerous Indian
country, where they are liable to capture
and destruction by lawless bands Of Sioux.
1t is proposed to establish another post on
the Little Missouri river at point where il
is crossed by the Northern Pacific Railroad
The new North-west., 1873-05-31
Appoiutmcnt Of Naval Cadet.

Major Msginnis, our Delegate, has sent
notice that there is vacancy in the Naval
Academy at Annapolis, which he is entitled
to fill for Montana, and has proposed 10 ap.
point whoever shall pass the bcs: cxam,na.
ton before Board composed of myself and
SO many Of the County Superintenden,s as
can conveniently attend. The appointment
must be made before July lst. go that the
examination must he held ss carly as June
18Th, two weeks from Friday next, at Helc.
ma Applicants must be between IA and II
years of age. The examination will extend
only TO the branches taught In our Public
Schools Reading, Writing. Spelling, Ari,h.
metic, Grammar. Geography, and History
of the United States.
Will Territorial! papers please copy, and
County Supcriniendents and Candidates
take notice. CORNELIUS HEDGES,
Tcrr. Supt. Pub. Inst.
The new North-west., 1873-05-31
The Supremc Court of Ohio n few d.v

The Supreme Court Of Ohio few days
since decided subscriptions to railroad cor.
porations unconstitutional. Thus the Buck>
eye State has grsndly wheeled into line with
Michigan, Kentucky, Wisconsin and Others
There are some excellent points in this
decision that have important bearing on tho
question before Montana. We have hsd
editorial mention of It some days, but the
decision itself reached here too late for this
issue and will he presented next week. Let
the people of Montana be the great Supreme
Court that will crush out the subsidy fraud
before ever II attains strength enough to
crawl into the temples for the d,spensation
Of organic and statutory law. !.
The new North-west., 1873-05-31
Miscellaneous.

The Presiden. contemplates trip to New
YORK. Petersburg and Richmond early IN
June, to be absent from Washington about
three days.
In the case of Osgood & Go. versus Albert
L. Luystcr & Bro, before the U. s. Circuit
Court, New York, Judge Blatchford granted
IN injunction restraining the defendants
from selling copies Of Bret Hartc's books
published IN London, and ordered them to
account for all sales heretofore made.
Baltimore, May 25.-Coiumbus O'Dounel
one Of our wcalthicst citizens. died tonight.
The new North-west., 1873-05-31

That blackguard, blackn:aiI, srgan Of
defamation, well named the Helena Smut
Machine, which is SO appropriately edited
by Bob Fisk, discharges some Of its brains
Or its substitute substance at Governor Potts
on his veto Of tho Railroad Subscription
swindle. As every decent man in Montana
knows the penalty Of an honest, conscicn
tiors discharge of official duty is to incur .
squirt from that rctromingcnt sheet, it is
probable that gentleman will treat it with
the contempt it deserves.
The new North-west., 1873-05-31
Political Ifaana


The Mlssouls county Democratic Conycn.
tion will be held In the Court House in tho
town of Aiasouls on Saturday the 14th day
of June, 1873, at l o'clock p. m. Primary
meetings will be held in the various pre-
cincts of the county on Saturday the e4th
day of May, 1873. to elect delegates to the
Convention. 3
There was to Be meeting. of the Dem.
ocrstic Central Committee of Gallatin county
At Central Park, on Saturday last, May
2lth. The members Of the Committee ore
Judge 8. W. LaDghornc, Chairman; G. r.
Bhkcly, ]. J. Chambers. g. H. Campbell,
v. A. Cocksill and A. b. Moore. The
objects of the meeting werc to appor.ion the
number Of delegates each precinct will Be
allowed to the county Convention. the time
of having the primary meetings, and the
place for holding the Democratic county
Convention.