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NEW YORK, April 1.-THE Times says
President Taylor, of the Mormon church,
assures our Salt Lake correspondent that
polygamy Is one Of the corner stones of the
Mormon faith. 1t cannot and will not be
removed on any account whatever. Taylor
is yet in the prime of life and is likely to fill
bis Office for many years to come; therefore
whatever may be the secret dissatisfaction
spread among the young mothers Of the
Mormon church, it Is not probable that
there will be any movement against polyga-
my instituted by the Mormons of the pres
ent generation.
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THE JEANETTE SEARCH.
Completing the Fitting Out of the Mary and
Helen

SohPiSh"S Sut OF IDe mary and
Helen.
PHILADELPHIA, April S.-Chiet Engineer
A. V. Zane, of the United States navy, re-
ceived his orders Tuesday to accompany the
Jeanette search expedition to the Actic.
His home is in Philadelphia. He informed
reporter that the Mary and Helen would
probably sail from San Francisco about the
LIST of June. OF course we will stay at Sitka
or some other port for coal, furs and para.
phernalia necessary on an Arctic voyage. If
we do not find any message at WraRgell Is
land, where we shall probably first stop, we
will go to Herald Island, where it was ar
ranged that Capt. belong should leave a
message in case he could not touch at the
former place. The search along the coast of
these two islands will probably take two
months, when Arctic winter will begin. We
are then ordered to find a secure harbor at
Wrangell Island, land if this is not possible to
cross over to Siberia and 60 into winter
quarters. During the winter sledge parties
will be organized and sent out in search of
news of the Jeanette. Our order are not
to stay North more than one winter, but to
prosecute the search after spring opens and
remain until winter sets in again. then we
return to San Francisco. The Mary and
Helen will be commanded by officers with a
crew of 25 men. She will be fully provis-
Toned for the trip, and will have plenty of
God on board to supply the Jeanette and
any other vessels In distress. The Govern
ment furnishes all heavy clothing and fur
clothing for the officers and men. We will
take canned vegetables and meats of various
sorts aud $4,000 of pemmcan, which is now
being made in Baltimore. Very little Ii
quor will be taken. Every man on board is
a volunteer and the detail was made by the
Department after the man had notified it of
their intention to go. There will, therefore,
be no scientists with the expedition. Be-
sides the regular duties of the officers, they
will be assigned to various scientific investi- |
CATIONS. / am to look out for the mineralo- |
gy discoveries. All the officers are assigned |
to other special branches. A complete pho |
tographic outfit will be on the ship which !
will be fully equipped with every thing nec-
essary 70 -" voyage. We expect to return
in 10 months.
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Sitting Bull.

FORT BUFoRD, April ia courier just
arrived from Poplar river reports Captain
Mcdonald, Of the northwestern mounted po-
lice, with party of three Indians, one
nephew of Sitting Bull, arrived at that point
to arrange for the surrender Of Sitting Bull.
Capt. Mcdonald says should these coming
with him report favorably of their treatment
and that of the other captives at TT. Buford,
on their return to Sitting Bulls camp, that
chief will surrender, the whole camp proba-
bly, starting for Buford on McDonald's re-
turn. Capt. Mcdonald is expected at Bu-
ford fn-marrnW
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COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS.

Merritt IN High Favor With New Workers..
NEW YORK, April THE Times says
Collector Merritt has had the honor of pc
tition, the signatures to which already oc-
cupy space of So feet, praying for his re-
tention i'll the custom house. The virtual
unanimty of firms of the highest standing
in this city in favor of the retention of Mer-
rift is a fact which is entitled to due recog-
milton by all parties concerned. The best
thing for the President to do is to acknowl-
edge that he has made a mistake and with
draw the nomination of Robertson.
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THE MISSOURI FLOOD.
A Plying Tale From Down the
River.
People Homeless, Stock Drowned and Thous-
ands Of Dollars Damage Done-An Ap-
neal for Aid

People Homeless, Stock Drowned and Thous-
ands of Dollars Damage Done-An AP-
peal for Aid.
IANKToS, March 12.-The overlooked
waters of the Missouri are gradually subsi-
ding, though the ice is piled to the heighth
of from ten 10 thirty feet along the banks
and on the bars and bottoms. Yankton is
filling up with refugees from the lowlands,
and the people are doing their best to care
for them. Outside help is necessary, as the
resources of the citizens are not adequate to
the demand. Thousands of people have
been rendered homeless and all they possess
swept away. Nearly all the stock is on the
lowlands. Hundreds of thousands have
been drowned; farm houses and vi llages
have been submerged or are floating about
in sight of Green Islard; out of 20 houses
but one remains aud the ice is from 10 to 20
feet deep. The bottom from here to Big
Sioux, 90 miles long and from five to twenty
miles wide, is still under water, Yankton
parties are still out II yawls bringing in the
people. Iankt0a is almost destitute of
fuel and coal oil and short of provisions.
If the winter still holds there will be i'll
creased suffering among homeless farmers,
who have been drowned out. All the rail-
roads north and west of here are showed in.
The damage to steamboat property will
amount to 100000, including two barges
sunk, the Western and the Tantenville. The
steamers peninah Nellie Peck BELLE Hele-
ma, Big Horn, Josephine, Rosebud, and
Mead are all lying high upon the ice and far
inland. They are damaged $4,000, but will
be put ahoat as soon as the weather will
permit, probably inside of thirty days. The
losses to property in general cannot be estl-
mated, but are very great. The end is not
yet. The season of floods has only begun
and the entire Missouri slope is buried in
snow.
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Conkling's Power.

WASHINGTON, April s.-The adjournment
of the Senate to Monday shows how CON-
pletely at the present time Conkling has com.
mand of the Republican majority. He tele-
graphed Arthur TO come to New York and
meet him tonight. Arthur announced to
the Senate that he was going at any rate, so
the Senate considerably adjourned to enable
Conkling and his able staff in New York to
prepare some new plan to discomft the Adj
ministration enemy.
A delegation from Raleigh, consisting of
Judge Tourgee and others, waited on the
President and urged the appointment of j.
IL. Edwards, coloied citizen of North Car
olina 10 Consulate, with preference for
Liberia.
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An editor sat In his room. lie was think
ing. An editor has TO think q great deal.
Generally 1t Is about how to get money
enough to pay his bills. A man came into
the room. He had . roll of paper In his
hand. "Can get this in?' he asked.
What 10 II sbout?p "It Is reply to Pro-
fessor Huxley" "Not much, you can't get
this In" said the editor, and the man went
away. Pretty soon another man came In
with roll Of paper. "Can get this in?'
he asked. "What Is 1t ?" "An item about
preacher and deacon's wife, "You
just bet pour life you can get Ii in, . said the
editor, getting up and shaking he man heart
lily BY the hand. Sec how some men succeed
while Others fail, children, and profit by the
lesson.
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Railroad Accident

SAN FRANCISCO, April IA dispatch
from Reading, Cal, says: The passenger
train on the Oregon railroad from Sacrament
to due last night, met with an accident about
five miles below here at place called China
gulch. The whole train went over the tres
tie work and the engine and cars are total
wreck. The following are the names of the
killed and wounded: Geo. Smith, engineer,
and --Rogers, fireman, killed; Robert
johnson, messenger leg broken; Benz. Kuhn,
of San Francisco, badly injured. Other
train men more or less bruised. There were
several passengers in the rear car, but 1t did
not go off the embankment and they escaped.
The cause of the accident was cloud burst
ing, which raised the creek so high that il
washed out the embankment.
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Important Arrest.

LONDON, April THE Cologne Gazetteer
says: The Russian Grand Duke Nicholas
Constantinevith, who was notorious In con-
nection with the diamonds, was arrested on
Taeday in the village Of Subleinva, on the
railroad to Moscow. He Is interested In es-
tate belonging to his father, Grand Duke
Constantine, and brother to the late Gar,
near ST. Petersburg. He Is suspected of be-
ing concerned In political intrigues, in favor
Of bis father. 1t Is not known, however, that
he Is priyy TO these intrigues. A hundred
kilogrammes Of nitro-glycerine, intended for
use In the Mount. sc. Gothard railroad tan-
mel, have been stolen from the storehousc ct
Eerssnd.
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WASHINGTON, April SAN order issued
by Postmaster-General James, to take effect
the LIST of May, which will reorganize tho en-
tire railway mail service. All the employ
ees doing the same work are placed upon sn
equality Is regards salary. All appoint
ments Of employees and ali local mail agents
win be for probationary period Il six
mouths, and on : salary net exceedine eooo
Per AMMAN. II q the explration a. Z uonths
sach enplsye0s' records are satifaetoy ,tholr
apPoinsaenss VIII - made pernanenf.
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SIMONY IN ROME.
The Pope Prohibits the Sale of Spurious Relics.

~
A Roman correspondent telegraphs, under
date of March 10th, that Leo XIII. having
become aware that a sacriligious traffic in
relics was being carried on under the cover
Of the authority of the Cardinal Vicar of
Rome, to whom the authorization of such
articles belong, called his attention recently
to this scandal, ordering him to institute
strict search into the matter and visit the ST.
monical ecclesiastics with the utmost sever
ity. The subject Is now before the Coagre-
CATION Of Relics, and the Cardinal Vicar has
addressed circular to all the Catholic do
eeasan bishops, Wears, apostolics and admin
istrators throughout the world, intimating
that no bodies have been taken out of the
catacombs for the last 30 years and warning
them against these impostors. IL Is reported
that the dealers in spurious relics have found
their most lucrative fields in America, with
er have been shipped an entire astrological
collection Of specimens of what purported to
be the remains Of early Christian martyrs,
freshly dug on. Of the catacombs Of Rome.
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REPUBLIcANISM IN MISSOURI

A Source of Surprise to Southern Democrats.
NEW YORK, March 12.-The Tribune's
Washington special says: Southern Demo-
Gratis are very much alarmed by the condi-
ton of their party in Missouri, as shown by
the result of the spring elections in that
State. A Democratic Senator said to-day ::
al was not particularly worried by the re-
suit of the election in St. Louis, although
that was bad enough; but confess that the
success of the Republicans and Independents
in so many of the smaller cities throughout
che State has surprised me aud it makes me
feel very uneaSY.n
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GLUTTED WITH GOLD.
The Largest Amount Ever Known to be c
lected in One Place

The Largest Amount Ever Known to be Col
lected in One Place.
WASHINGTON, April IA Treasury Off
cial remarked to-day that there was now
massed in the vaults of the Department a
larger amount of gold than was ever known
to be in one place in the history of modern
times at least, and probably more than could
be authenticated as existing in single treas
ury at any one time before in the world
There is now about S173, 900 in gold coin
and bullion, exclusive of some 100000
in silver, while the Bank of England has
only about S75,0O0,000 in gold. What is
it stays in the vaults no matter
what the demand, for as fast it is paid out
it returns, showing as confidence is main
tanned it was not the favorite currency.
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CHICAGO, April 12.-The Journals Wash
ington special says: The President is much
annoyed by the presence in the city of the
are here TO look after their own reappoint-
ments or help friends secure positions, and
it is currently reported among Senators that
h intends to issue an order directing all
such officials who are absent without leave
to return home within week under penalty
Of removal if they do not.
Beck intimated to-day the Democrats
would all 90 home and leave the Senate mi
nus quorum shortly.
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richer in silver as they descend seems TO he
borne out by assays presumably made. Old
patrons bring in samples assaJing both high
er and better. When prospectors first came
in with samples of Maine ores, not one was
of value except as an Indication now three
in five are workable -Erchanye.
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Death Of the iowa Faster.

Iowa CRY, April ll.--During the twenty
four hours preceding her death, Miss Duell
drank no water, it seeming to sicken. her.
Her pulse In the morning was imperceptible;
respiration, 3D. per minute. She was able to
communicate with friends by means Of her
fingers. She said she was not hungry. The
last moments were very peaceful and her
mind clear.
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Iowa CRY, April Sat noon to-day was
the commencement OF Miss Katie Ducll's
a4th day II Testing. Her condition this
morning was nsre favorable and she seemed
stronger than any one expected. She has
failed gradually al day. although II u prob
able she will live several hours. Her pulse
i moro variable than 1t any tine previous.
Il y sonetines - ssaall - = 10 inpenlhle
to ceuut IT, heats.
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The Canadian Pacific.

OTTAWA, April 6.-The Canada Pacific
syndicate will commence work at an early
date. They have already purchased son, 900
feet Of lumber 1t Minneapolis and will short
~ engage 1000 span Of horses and drivers 20
proceed northwest. A large number Of nav
vies ZION xnSpe will arrive sosn, Il d ex-
pected.
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Sentence OF Nihilists

ST. PETxRssuRo, April 1.-THE prisoner.
Jeliaboh. In speech q the conclusion Of
the trial. asked - . favor that his lest speech
In bic dcfeAse night be printed and publish
ed word for word. sophia Picotsky asked
thst ske - dealt with regardless az sex. The
prisoneU received sentence win 1900
enlmness Ard Indifference.
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THE Unprecedented floods along the Mis-
souri, continue and the losses in stock, prop
erty and life will be large. The stock had
mostly congregated in the lowlands and
hundreds of thousands have been drowned.
The sweeping away Of farm houses and ell
tire villages has rendered homeless large
numbers of persons, who, aside from those
rescued by parties sent out for the purpose,
must suffer cold and hunger and perhaps
miserably perish. The people of Yankton
are doing all in their power to aid sufferers,
but their supply of fuel, light and provs-
ions is limited, the railroads leading to the
town are blockaded and they appeal for aid
from other localities. Another feature Of
the food is the injury to steamers which
navigate the Upper Missouri. the damage to
which will seriously reta'd the early arrival
of any part of the vas: amounts to by ship
ped by river this season. Most of the Mon
tana firms who will ship by the river route
have their orders in, and, il being too late to
countcrmand them they must patiently until
such time as boats can be got afoat, repaired
and ready to ascend the river. The press
reports indicate that great deal of damage
has resulted to boats, beside leaving them
high and dry inland.
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THE New York Herald prints a long
'etter from George Kcnnon, recounting the
landing effected on Wrangell Land by Cap
tain Dollman in 1866. BY this narrative It
appears that the captain of a schooner trad
Ing with the natives Of the Siberian and
Alaska shores, having made his way into the
ARCTIC seas In year when they were unusu-
ally free from Ice, and pushed his advance
far westward along the Siberian coast, then
turned TO make Ills way 10 the American con-
tlnent without following the coast line as he
had advanced, and, In consequence, found
himself sailing In August within ten nauti-
cal miles Of the region which, from the &C
count of his latitude and longitude, must
have been Wrangell Land. He went ashore,
found part Of the country free from snow
and supplied amply with Arctic vegetation.
Saw polar bears and traces Of many other
animals, including the musk OK. Altogether
this remarkable story TO be now for the
first time made public, and the authorities
for II are all given In the letter referred 10. |
The inevitable schooner which Is In all seas,
In all years, often the pioneer Of discovery,
and IL IL not II all unlikely that MI this hap
pened precisely rs reported BY Captain Doll
man.
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Settling with Wisconsin.

CHICAGO, April 12.-Garfield will settle
with Wisconsin in full by giving the Govern
ment Dictatorship of the U. p. to II. Ii. Ba-
ker of Racine, chairman of the Republican
State Central Committee.
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The Miner propounds a number of ques-
tions relative TO laws of Montana, which it
says were passed in the same manner as
House Bill No. O, and says if this bill fails
to become law by reason of the absence of
proper action on the part of the Council
that for the same reason at least one-half of
the laws upon our statute books will be null
and void, That does not better the condi-
ton of the Silver Bow Bill. We desire TO
see 1t stand as law and that the county re-
main divided, but at the same time all
legislation of like character should be Ia
ken from our statute books. II is safe to say
that all the defective legislation will receive
a thorough Investigation.
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The Democracy affect dislike for Sena-
tor Malone of Virginia. The Senator is i'm
bued with the idea that his knowledge of
national affairs is entitled to some considera-
ton, aud In his actions so far has merited
the approval of his constituents. Malone
and Alexander Stephens, two men of I'M
doubted intelligence, have fraternized and a
dispatch says anticipate the bringing about
OF a political millennium. Reform in the
Democratic party is evidently meant by this.
Ii the reform can be wrought the Democra-
cy has no two representatives in Congress
who can more successfully bring 1t safely
through than Stephens and Malone. 1t does
not grieve the latter to know that his course
does not meet with approval. Like Grant,
he intends 10 fight 1t out on the line he has
adopted
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PRESIDENT GARFIELD will be present
and deliver an address at the Yorktown CEN
tennial.
Miss DUELL, the faster of Iowa, expired
on the 10Th inst, after having tasted As days.
We fail to see any good accomplished by her
starving to death. Such a religion will have
few followers.
The Butte papers ridicule the idea Of any
action which may be taken in the District
Court affecting the bill forming Silver Bow
county, and quote as an authority several of
tbe legal fraternity. Despite their assertions,
they are visibly worried and not half so I'M
concerned as they would have it appear. In
this connection it would be interesting to
know by what power the Legislative Assem-
bly, of Montana can legislate men into of
fee. The first commissioners of Silver Bow
county were thus made officers but it ap
pears that in not only this, but other partic-
ulars, the bill is opposed to the provisions of
the organic act. In case it will be proven
the Legislature had no power to create Off
GERS, and the decision of the court be to that
effect, how can the actions Of the commits
sioners of Silver Bow county be legaized?
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SILVER BOW COUNTY.
From the Inter Maintain

/ from ne Inter Mountain.
The ladies of Walkerville, with the aSsis T.
ance of citizens, have purchased and present
ed an organ to the Butte public school.
The fare from Butte to Salt Lake is forty
two dollars.
The Alice mine hereafter will pay regular
dividends.
A hotel company has been formed in Ben
ton for the purpose of building So, 900 ho-
tel. 1t will contain 81 rooms.
Within the next few days il is the intention
OF Gilmer, Salisbury Il Co. to equip daily
line of stages from Butte to Fish Creek over
the Pipestone Pass. The distance from Vir-
ginia city to Butte will thus be shortened 30
miles
An earthquake shock Is reported to have
been felt at Bannack on the evening of the
9TH. The Inter Mountain says: 1t is darkly
limited that the earthquake shock reported at
Bannack last Saturday is the result of the de-
parted pioneers of the ancient capital turn
ing over in their graves at the prospect of the
removal OF the county seat to Dillon.
From Tie Miner.
The price of board in Butte ranges from So
to 50 per understanding to quality.
We are informed that the Butte base ball
club have sent challenge to the Fort Ellis
club to bat match for $500 side and the
championship of Montana.
The shipments of silver bullion through the
express office at Butte, for the week ending
Saturday, April 9th, footed up 2,5l6 pounds,
valued ut SI0,3i6.
The smoke of one election had hardly blown
away when the talk commenced about the
coming city election. They are passing prop
ositions around town, on the expedience and
inexpediency of ignoring party lines. Many
would like to unite in forming ''brotheriy
love- ticket to be composed of an equal rep
of Democrats and Republicans.
Butte Is TO get its water supply from Bull
Kun and company is being organized to
perform the work of bringing the water in.
The opening of rich vein of ore 700 feet
ieep in the Alice proves to the world that
he silver veins of the Summit Valley Dis
rict run deep and grow richer as depth is
stained.
LEWIS AND CLARKE COUNTY.
a From the Herald.
DIR. Steele held an inquest over a Chinaman
ound dead near VIM. Negus' ranch. on the
'oad to the Big Blackfoot. He summoned
ury, and the verdict in effect was that the
jhinaman, while insane, escaped from his
,uard into the brush, and froze to death.
From the Independent.
The trip across the Belt range between He
sna and White Sulphur Springs is still made
n runners.
Helena was visited by lively snow storm
n the morning of the 9th, and in the after
Don mercury went down as low Is 9s-3e
Glow the freezing point
icinity fer some days part. has been one OF
be severest Of the season. IL ID believed that
Ut less than fsot of snow has fallen since
10 storm began, and OF 10 O'Clock last night
here was almost, Ii net quite six inches u
row remaining ON the ground.