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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-07

j. b. DANFORTH.
OF the above amount the following sums
were paid by the respective parties. was
not candidate at all in the spring election
of '7S, but / contributed portion of the
amount paid by Mr.. Gunnell and Mr..
Woodruff, who were the committee, as fol-
lows:
Oliver Gunnell, committee $40 90
J. W Foy, personal funds Observation-Disclosures. 20 90
P L. Mckinnie, personal funds. ........ :, 5 90 90
Total %fS %
As will be seen the fall campaign bill is
S51. 25, of which paid $30.25 and Mr..
Foy 800 committee 81. Now, Peter JOS
eph, how much did the Rev. j. W. Haney,
candidate for congress-. pay toward that
or any other fund.- Not one cent. Why
don't you publish him as political dead
beat?" Say, ''Col., why don't you do it?
How much of that bill did the county can
ddates pay? Not one cent. Why don't
you publish them as dead beats, Boss?
Why don't you?
Col Joseph Peter B. Danforth, you lie
would also cab your attention and that
of the greenbackers to the following re-
eeipted bills now in my possession:
DRIP. L, mckinney tot. B. Danforth, DIR.
To subscription to Rock Islander from Jan. 5,
To card from jan s, ISIS, to April s, ISIS So
's D J. p VAN METER. Bus. Manager.
1879 DR.. P. l. McKinnis TO j. B. Danforth, DIR.
April Printing 400 circulars. 8 SO
- - 1900 tickets -. ........ o.. 12 90
S00 circulars ..-....-.-..-. 90
" 500 tickets CD
For Rock Islander from Jan. 5, 1879, to Jan. 5,
lSoo .'-.--..-....-....-- .-..-..-...---...$2 oO
, 1882-10-14

terests have decayed from Imperial
LEGISLATION and their lands became
confiscated. Is it too much then for
Crown Government to come to the
relief of this important interest by
giving lands to coolies, as induce
ments to them to remain here, and
thus encourage the establishment of
a permanent labourlng or industrial
population There are thousands
of acres of land here suited to rice
cultivation, but not in the lines OF
Railway extension, nor can we say
that they are owned by the Crown;
but there are hundreds of other INDUS
tries that could be worked besides
the cultivation of rice, and we see no
earthly reason why they should not
by every means be encouraged.
Apropos to the Labour Question
in jamaica, we take the following
from The Planters Gazette =" 1t is
a remarkable fact hat whilst there
is q consensus of opinion as to the
necessity for a we'll organized scheme
of coolie immigration tor Jamaica,
yet whenever the construction OF
some great public work creates an
urgent demand for labour within a
certain radius Of the colony, atten-
ton is Immediately turned to Its re-
sources. This was notably the case
a few months ago, when M. de Les
seps began work in earnest on the
Panama Canal, and thousands o ia
maica negroes were drawn th'ther Oy
the promise of high wages. Just
now a railway is to be made IN san
Domingo under the auspices OF some
Cuban capitalists, but the Govern
ment of Cuba will not permit labour-
ers to be engaged there for the pur-
pose. and hence the contractors IN
tend, it is said, to send a vessel to "a
maica to enlist .men. 1t certainly
seems p~aradoxical that enterprise IN
Jamaica should in popular belief be
languishing for want of sufficient la
bour and yet at the same time 1t
should become q source OF labour
supply to its neighbours. The en-
PLANTATION, of course, is that the men
who 90 on railway and canal works
do not take kindly to estate work o"
the Blue Mountains"
Jamaica is unlike Cuba. What
ever NAV be the desrotic power IN
vested in, or exercised by, the autlio-
rites of that country to prevent the
departure of people from the island.
we do not believe that even Lord
Kimberley will venture upon an
edict to restrict the right of free loco
motion of her Majesty's subjects in
this colony. But the inducement
which we suggest should be offered
to the East Indians to remain, might
perhaps in certain cases and under
certain conditions be offered to some
of our W people not to go: We adj
init there are many difficulties pre-
senting themselves in the settlement
of this Labour Question, but its inn
portance is so great that difficulties
should not be allowed to stand in the
way, at least, of an attempt to adjust
it. Besides Crown Government must
remember that every additional man
in the country is an additional tax
49, 81 4L:c norsietont with the
, 1882-10-14
Jamaica Labour Question.
From the Cleaner.

short time ago on the great advantages
likely to result from Railway extern
sion, we naturally gave prominence
to one certain result-the increase III
traffic which experience teaches, the
world over, must follow increased faci-
litles for traffic. We also alluded Incl
dentally to the probability of town
ships or villages being established in
time along the lines of extension if en-
couragement were offered to settlers.
1t is a strange anomaly,that whilst our
people are leaving Jamaica by the
hundred, we are paying to import
East Indian labourers and, after
their term of service, paying to send
them back to their w country.
The question we have before pro-
pounded we repeat. Can nothing
be done to keep these people, who
form a valuable element in our Ia
bouring population, in the country
In British Guiana, where there are
large numbers of coolies, the effort has
been made, and in some instances with
singular success. True, those who
remain, as a rule, do not continue the
sugar cultivation for the proprietor
for which they were specially linden
tured and taken there, but they en-
gage-independently in many in
stances-in the cultivation of minor
products, one of which, rice, may
o o take its place as a staple. In
an able article on the British Guiana
Exhibition, of 1882, we find the fol-
lowing interesting paragraph. 1t
is contained in the recognized jour
nal ofthc Royal agricultural md Com
mercjal Society Of British Guiana,
which is the semi annual production
to which we have previously alluded
styled I5mehg5: Says the article =
"Some notice should also be paid
to the very considerable exhibit of
rice by the free East Indian mimi
grants, recently and very wisely pla-
ced at EIuis tDieren, where they re-
ceived a grant of land in lieu OF the
passage back to India due to them
at the expiration of their years OF
indenture. This Huis t'Oieren Set
Element is the first earnest attempt
to settle, in place of constantly M
porting, merely to re-export, Indian
Immigrants in the colony and SO to
build up a permanent labouring pc,
pulation ; and it must have been no
little satisfaction to those who start
ed this wise scheme t see some
small, early earnest of its success IN
the fine samples of rice forwarded
from there. Two samples novel to
most visitors to the Exhibition, one
of pounded, the other of p%arched
rice, were among the Lluis tDIeren
exhibits"
The East Indians in the sister
Colony named, or many OF them, are
induced to accept land in lieu of the
return passages to India to which
they are entitled. Is there any IN
surmountable difficulty to a similar
arrangement being made in jamaica
We see no reason why there should
be. The return passage money IS a
tax upon the Planters, and however
indirectly or gradually levied, 1t is
still a tax. The Government have
Grown lands in untold thousands OF
, 1882-10-14
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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-02-01
sweet Charity.

IA friend in need Is a friend indeed" John
McCabe and family, living a few miles from
town, on the Teton, have abundant cause to
acknowledge the truth of the old saying.
For several weeks past they have been in
need of the common necessities Of life, hay
ing lived most of that time on potatoes alone
and were unable to assist themselves. NE
Charles Rowe chanced to learn of their pita-
BILE condition, and he at once started out with
subscription paper for their relief, contrib
uting IN liberal manner himself. BY Mr..
Rs efforts more than $100 was raised, and
for the present and near future the wants Of
the family are fully supplied. Mr.. McCabe
ackno Wedges his gratitude in the following
note:
TETON VALTEY, Jan. 28lh, 1882.
To Mr. Charles Roaoe aud others:
1t is with gratitude | express my thanks
to you and others for the steps taken TO re-
lieve myself and family in our need. Be as
sured it shall never be forgotten by me.
| am, friends, very respectfully yours,
JOHN MoCABE.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-02-01
Benton Montana, Wednesday, February 1, 1882.

them the land irrevocably branded but not
yet technically earned, through which they
are now constructing the road with the aid of
1000 men, and doing all in their power to
finish it by September /, 1882.
There is large lobby in favor of the pro-
ject which it is charged by the friends of the
North Pacific is made in the interest of the
Union and Central Pacific roads. Mr.. Teller,
who introduced the resolution of inquiry in
the Senate, is said to be the counsel for the
Union Pacific, and Representative Cassidy,
of Nevada, who is fathering the matter in
the House, is understood to be the counsel of
the Central Pacific. Carl Schurz, in the Eu
ensag Post, takes occasion to explain that the
decisions by him were judicial, and in main
tanning them the question is not whether this
or that party is to be benefited, but what the
law is without regard to persons or interests,
and how the law is to be executed
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-02-01
Som e Corrections.

The following is from the New Northeast,
a Philadelphia publication:
The supremacy of Northern Pacific beef
is fast as erting Itself Out OF 1,1O0 steers
shipped to Chicago this season by nj. A.
Pierce, from Bozeman, Montana. all but sew
en- head went direct to New York, being in
as good condition as Illinois and Iowa STALL
fed beeves, and commanding rs high price.
The item is all right with these excepti' ms:
NJ. A. Price, not M. A. Pierce, is the gentle
man referred to-; the cattle were Northern
not Southern Montana cattle, and Mr.. Price
Is not resident of Bozeman, but at preselt
is soiourning on jefferson Island.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-02-01
the north Pacific Lands.

WASHINGTON, January 14-The attempt
to break down the North Pacific road by at
tacking it in Congress through the land office
is one that is exciting a widespread interest.
It is stated in Washington that the same tao
tics were resorted to at the last session of
Congress, and it is expected that they will be
repeated for two years to come. The feeling
upon the part of the officers of the road is
that Congress cannot possibly be brought to
wrong the 5000 stockholders who have put
$40, ,OOO. 900 INTO the enterprise on their faith
in the goyernment's promises, by taking from
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-02-01
III Is q Fact.
That Benton will have big trade thi

That Benton will have big trade this sea-
son.
That Barker is as rich in minerals as any
district IN the Territory.
That milliner store would flourish in
Benton.
That the liberal advertiser is always the
successful merchant.
That the 'skinflint' who never adyertises
does no business.
That Benton is the cheapest market north
of the Yellowstone, and will be until the
Missouri river runs dry.
That Northern Montana is the best cattle
country in the world. as..
That $500, 900 will be put in buildings in
Benton this season.
Thst our dealers should put up an abun-
pitious time to do it.
That Touring mill here would be regu-
lar bonanza.
That those nicely furnished rooms" in
the Reeord building are not yet rented.
That there are thousands of acres of bot
tom lands, unsurpassed for agricultural or
stock purposes, in Cnoteau county, still open
to pre- emption or homesteading.
That Bepton's new hotel, when completed,
will be the finest in the Territory.
That our citizens should subscribe the mo-
ney necessary to purchase fire engine.
That movement in favor Of upper river
improvement should be set on foot
That tree planting should be general next
spring.
That planning mill would fill a long felt
want in Benton.
That the RIVER PRESS makes a speciality of
job work, and is prepared to execute work of
all kinds in the best style of the art.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-02-01
From Bark er.
CLENDENIN, Barker District,
January 90, 1882.

To the River Press:
Every body appears to-day to be in extraor
binary spirits. The blast furnace has started
up and is turning out bullion at the rate Of 30
tons per day. The furnace is running beau
tifully; Professor Foss face is wreathed in
smiles, and he may we'll feel proud of his
success, for everything, from the smallest de-
tail to the most important problem, has
worked exactly as he said be was going to
make it work. Besides this, there is news Of
two or three more rich strikes in the camp,
which is all further evidence of the great
resources of this district.
We buried poor unfortunate Finn last
week. After twenty days of agony he passed
away. Almost the entire population attend
ed the funeral We had the burial service
and prayer, with some very appropriate re-
marks from Mr.. Reed the miners were un-
usually attentive and respectful. Take it all
in all, we gave the poor fellow good send
off noticed some time ago in the Record
paragraph which stated that there were a
dozen men here that would have done the
same as Lynch with the same provocation ;
to this wish to enter an indignant protest
Judge Larkin cid his duty manfully and i'm
partially. Immediately after Finn's death
he ordered the rearr st of Lynch, summoned
coroner's jury and held an inquest. He
held Lynch in $4,000 bail, in default of
which he wss sent to Jail in the custody of
Deputy Sheriff Kilally. He acted to the per-
fec. satisfaction of all lovers of justice.
We have dancing club here with dance
weekly, Judge Larkin being one of the Off
GERS. The Judge has not lost any of his
youthful vigor. He appears to be general
favorite with the ladies.
The Barker mine is now running under the
experienced supervision of Judge Grey.
The Wright g. Edwards is running full
handed night and day, besides running tun-
mel 20 tap the ore body at depth of 130 feet.
Col. Clendenin is erecting a large addition
to his residence on all sides new buildings
are going up, and everything is lively.
Yours, ETC., MINER.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-02-01
THE Wight & EDWARDS.
What Judge Larktn Is Doing, and How
the Mime is showing.


A RIVER PRESS representative was permit
ted, last evening, to look over letter from
Mr.. Larkin. foreman, of the Wright & Ed
wards, in regard to the present working of
the mine and the prospects of the camp gen.
orally. The Judge does not allow himself
to be run away with by enthusiasm, but
writes in plain, business-like style. The
letter is addressed TO one of the directors of
the company, and the points of general inter-
est are as follows
The work on the tunnel contract is pro-
crossing favorably, the tunnel now being in
sixteen feet, and Mr.. Larkin speaks in the
highest terms of the men engaged in the
work of running it.
The mine is looking we'll in all its work
ings, and ore is coming out as fast as posi-
BILE with the material at hand to do the work.
A large amount Of mining material is needed
in the camp. With cars instead of wheel
barrows the miners could do half as much
again. A small shaft or winze is being sunk
on the northeast level, exposing fine body
Of ore which increases in width as depth is
attained. There is no water to Tetard the
sinking of this shaft. When completed it
may be used as an ore chute or as an air
shaft for the level to be run from the tunnel.
Mr.. Larkin says: s'The Wright & Edwards
is good mine, and would sell for $1,O00,-
900 to-day were it in Butte
''rhe smelter started the blast going last
Friday night, and everything worked like a
charm. Prof. Foss is all smiles, and feels
elated at the successful working of the m.-
chinery. He will make a run of 40 tons on
Tuesday or Wednesday to test the full capac-
ily of the furnace. She will do everything
he claims for her. The Barker baby is born,
and it is wnopper. This means boom
for Benton"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-02-01
A Murdered Chtnaman.

The Courier gives the following account
January Dist 4 Chinaman named Sin Yee
was murdered by one of his countryman on
Saturday night last The bloody deed was
committed in one Of the Chinese dens on
lower Main street, and as there was no other
witnesses of the crime than Cinnamon, it is
extremely difficult to ascertain anything re-
liable regarding the circumstances of the
affair. Lee Moon was pointed out as the
murderer, and he was Immediately arrested
by Sheriff Mckenzie and lodged III Jail. A
post morem examination revealed the fact
that Sin Yee had been shot in the breast,
and that from its effect he died almost instan
taneously and what evidence was adduced
pointed directly to Lee Moon as the murder
er. The verdict of the jury was, of course,
in accordance with these facts.
Persistent inquiry into the probable cause
of the killing reveals the usual stereotyped
phases of Chinese social life and character
opium, gambling and Two companies" 1t
appears that the dead Chinaman and all the
living ones in town, except two, belong to
one company, while Lee Moon and another
Celestial belong to another company. Moon,
of course, denies all knowledge of the crime,
and insists that he is accused only because
his accusers want to get him out OF the way.
As none but Chinese testimony will be avail
able at the tri j. it will be difficult matter to
arrive at the guilt OF innocence of the party
accused.
For ways that dark and tricks that are vain,
The Heather Chinee is perculiar."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-02-01
MONTANA MATTERS.

Items Of Interest Cleaned from Our Terri
torial Exchanges.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-23
Hot Water tor ROsecrans.

New York, 22.-TimeS' Washing
ton, reviewing the ROsecrans Ocean
Shore Railroad scheme, says: Rose
Grams has denied in San Francisco
that he endorsed this scheme, or
that he has been in any way respon-
sible fol it, but it is given out OFF
cially by the Senate military
committee that it was upon
his single statement in rela-
ton to it the matter was
passed without investigation. There
is much more interesting matter for
General Rosecrans to explain TO his
constituents, or his associates on
the democratic congressional COM
mittee, than his record as a general
during the late war, that has seemed
to disturb him so much during the
last few months
The Senate military affairs COM
mittee will make an investigation
of the facts in connection with the
San Francisco and Oregon Short
Railroad bill recently reported favor
ably from that committee. The bill
has been recommitted. 1t was re-
ported favorably at the request of
Ro3ecrans and on the statements
made by him and without farther
investigation. A load Of letters and
protests against the passage Of the
bill have been received here, and it
is freely charged that the promoters
of the scheme are not acting in good
faith inasmuch as the supervisors
Of San Francisco have not yet
granted the right Of way through
the streets to the county. 1t is
thought best by senators interested
in the subject to await the action of
the authorities of San Francisco be-
fore taking steps that will confer a
valuable right to the corporation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-23
The steamer :. Rscampia.,,

San Francisco, 22.-The consular
court of inquiry on the loss of the
steamer EScGnlbiG convened at the
British cOnsul's Office this morning,
consisting of Consul Booker, Cap
tain Roper, Of the British steamer
A1jer Head, and Captain Joy, of the
British steamer Campus. Captain
Purvis, of the EScGmbiG, testified
that the vessels speed was slowed
without orders from him; when she
fell off the seas boarded her in
rapid succession, and she foundered
in few minutes; he knew no cause
for stopping the engine; considered
the vessel in perfectly seaWOrthy
condition she was not overloaded ;
the ballast tanks were empty and
about forty tons of coal on deck ;
the officers were sober, and all be-
haved well until towards the last,
when there was somewhat of a
panic in getting out the boats. The
rest of the testimony was in accord
ance with previous dispatches.
Arthur McCracken, stevedore,
who superintended the loading of
the ship, cons dered her properly
loaded according to the custom oil
the port.
Captain Bingham, stevedore, testi
fed to the same.
Third Engineer Walker had just
gone off duty at the time of the dis
aster. Up to that time the engines
were working satisfactorily. No
heated journals were noticed, and
no decrease of speed until the vessel
was pretty well over. His attention
was taken up otherwise; went on
the bridge to see what caused
heeling; was on the bridge about
twenty-five minutes, noticed no de-
crease speed till just before she went
over; had very little list before she
shipped seas; thought they caused
the list.
Pilot Rogers who took the ship
to sea said she had an unusual list
to port when he took charge of her
The captain said it was nothing; on
changing course she listed to star
board again; he called the captains
attention to it; he said it did not
matter. He could see there was q
nasty sea outside. ANY vessel losing
her way On the bar in such sea
and falling into a through and ship
ping seas would founder. The ship
had to slow down while in the bay
The captain at my request inquired
at the engine room and reported hot
journals. He thought, then, it would
be very dangerous if she had tC
slow down while in the bar. If she
had been in ballast only there would
have been no danger.
The cook and steward were exam
ined, but gave no testimony Of
Importance.