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O'DOnnell's Antecedents.

LONDON, Sept. 19.-The Times, in
tracing the antecedents Of O'Donnel]
finds he is IS years OF age, a native OF
Merlcladdy, county Donegal, Ire
land, has been to America several
times, served in the American navy,
lived for some time in Philadelphia
and kept public house On the
Canadian border. He invested his
money in silver mines aud Fenian
bonds and lost it. He returned to
Ireland IN May and frequented the
com p.Ay. Irisi-Amer cans in Lon
donderry, carried a revolver and was
considered a strong Nationalist, but
was opposed to the Invincibles and
denounced Carey when the latter
turned informer, and declared he
would not shoot him but burn him
by inches. He went to the Cape to
seek his fortune because he thought
America p aged out. He had never
seen Carey before taking passage an d
had no idea the infor1mer was on
board the steamer Kinfauns Castle,
when he embarked. The defense
will probably be that Carey tried
to shoot the prisoner who wrenched
the revolver away and used it to pro-
tect bis own life. It is stated that
O'DonnelPs brother, who lives in
Ireland, will endeavor to obtain the
services If A. NJ. Sullivan, NJ. P, to
conduct the defense. The friends of
O'DOnncll ridicule the idea that he
vert tstAe Cape fer the4spec;al rur-
pose of killing Carey.
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New York Republican Conven.
ton.

RICHMOND SPRINGS, Sept. 49,
The weather il beautiful. The meet
lug is large The influx Of de egates
gave the village a very lively appear
ance. The discussion with reference
to the new state committee has been
very active during the morning, ard
most of the congressional delegates
have had preliminary meetings. The
Albany delegation elected Andrew 5.
Draper state committeeman. John
NJ. Smith and five of his friends in
the delegation declined to attend the
De-tinr.
Tat Twenty-Sixth coneres ional dis
trict elected Seua;or Holmes, of Mad
ison, state committeeman by one
majority over Thos. G. Platte, of I'll
oga The convention was sailed to
order at 1905. The place of meeting
is temporary frame structure. q.
Lapham, u s Senator, was thQeen
temporary srtra:ftnan. .iy'awss>sfes
ceived Wi h much applause, and adj
dressed the convention.
Trema ne, Of New York, nomi-
nat-d Nathan Allen for the State
Treasurer as the choice or
of the united New York City dele
CATION. P!iny Sexton, of Wayne,
was named by Henry II. nurfee.
Luther Caldwell. of Chemung, was
named hy VIM Larimer: of E'mira.
b. II. Hall moved the unanimous
nomination Of General Joseph Carr
for Secretary of State, which was
carried unanimously. amid applause.
KpS-e'herg moved the adoption of
the resolutions, and they were unan
imonsly adopted. Ira Davenport
WAS nominated for Comptroller by ac-
cianlation.
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Washington Notes.

WAsHINGToN, Sept. 19.--The Sec
retary of the navy has CO. ided there
is no law under which he ran render
decided assistance to poor people on
the naval reservation at Pensacola.
The final decision of the s-rl etaries
of war and navy, is that it is not
practicable to send another expedi-
ton to relieve the Greely this year.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
issued a call for $l5, 100000 3 per
cents
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Alleged Bigamist Arrested,

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. ia dis
patch from Portland, Oregon, states
that James \. Redfern, prominent
commission merchant of Toronto,
who eioped with Miss Maggie Sprate
OF the same city, some ten days ago,
was arrested last night in that city,
charged with bigamy. He and his
lady companion on their arrival reg
istered at the hotel as man and wife.
Miss Sprate's brother arrived soon
after by the Northern Pacific road
and caused Redfern to be arrested.
He will be held in custody until the
state extradition papers can be Oh
tained. Redfern refused to be inter-
viewed or make any statement. He
has secured the best legal talent in
the city to defend his case.
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Locomotive Engineers.

DENVER, Sept. 10. The tenth an.
nuai con ,entiun of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers and Fire
men OF the United States and Canada
is in session here. President Arnold,
of Columbus. Ohio, presided at the
opening exercises. Speeches were
made by Culonel MAYNARD, editor OF
the indianapolis Sentinel, Congress
ma. Bel'ord, Ex-Governor Routt, s.
NJ. Stevens and others. Henry Ward
Becker, who is delivering series of
le,tares here, spoke about ten min
n'ss. Al out $50 delegates are pres
e1t, representing the same number
of lodges and a membership of 5000.
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Victims Of the Yellow Scouroe

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19.-Intel-
llgence received to-day from Quay
mas announces the death at tha,
place from yellow fever of George b.
KIckelson, an old resident of this
city, and the serious illness from The
'ame disease Of VIM. b. Hooper. a
member of 81 ipoing firm here. Tt
is supposed m. ny other Americans
nave succumbed to the disease, but it
Is impossible yet to obtain names.
The action of the Mexican author;-
Ties In secreting the existence of vel
low fever is severely condemned. as
it is now known that manv were suf.
Iering from thu disease long before
the authorities permitted it to be
made known.
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MONTANA MEL LANCE.
Accidents ana Incidents as Mar.
rated by Our Exchanges.

Helena is to have her buildings
numbered.
Work has been commenced on the
| Helena artesian well.
| Beaverhead county has cash to the
! amount of So, 297.74 in her treasury.
The wool crop of Meagher county
this year is said to be worth $4,000.
Vizenir, who was shot by Joe
Bush at Benton few days ago. still
hovers between life and death.
It is predicted by men who profess
to know what they are talking about,
| that Montezuma is the coming min
ing town of the Belt mountains.
Last week some Bannack Indians
camped in the vicinity of Raymond
Bros. Belmont farm, stole q fine
horse from them. so reward is Of
fered for its recovery.
A Chicag company is rep. rted to
be going to build a sme'ter in the
sixteen Mile district, Meagher coun-
ty, where it is said there is an abun-
dance of ore to justify such q venture.
The assessment of Lewis and
Clarke county is looming uE this
year and it is thought that the grand
total will foot up more than 7,OOO.-
600. This will be an increase of near
ly or about S., ,0OO.O 900.
It is not fully decided that CHINA
bar will be tie terminal town On the
Park line. Gardiner may yet euj joy
the honor if arrangements can be
made by which the Northern Pacific
can obtain the title to the towr site.
In the fiscal year ending June, 1888,
the entries of Government land in
Montana covered 4O7, 600 acres, and
during the time the Northern Pa
clfic sold 246,oC0 acres, making to-
tai of 653, 900 acres taken up in this
Territory during that period.
It is understood that two enter
prising citizens of Benton are in con-
suItation with parties at Helena ON
line between the two cities. The dis
tance is not so far but that the task
might be successfully accomplished.
-ktecOFO.
a Mrs. Lyons aud Miss Orr were
re emily attacked 10y mother bear,
while out uerrying in the Mussel-
shell country, and were only saved
from being torn to pieces by faith
tul dog, which they had with them,
keeping the beast at bay until the ar
rival of Mr.. Lyons, who snot and
killed Mrs. Bruin, and then dis.
patched her family of two likely
cubs.
Livingston Enterprise: Mining
property is changing hands very
briskly in the Clark's Fork district.
The Little Daisy, - very valuable
mine, was sold during the past few
days to w. H: Armstrong, and the
same gentleman invested in several
other promising claims. Interests in
the Iron Clad and the Red MouEtain
have also sold lately at good figures,
and in the way of investment the
district is enjoying a great boom.
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The Sugar Monopoly.

PROVIDENCE, Sept. 18.-Congress-
man Belmont of New York has ex-
pressed his views on the repor:. of the
Hawaiian sugar investigating COM
mittee. I have not seen the official
report of the treasury commission, he
said, but l have received What has
been published in the press. This
only purports to be an abstract. I'm
til l see the text Of the report l can
not form an opinion. can, however,
say that during the last session of
Congress the question OF abrOgating
Or modifying the treaty was referred
to the Foreign Affairs Committee
Upon the testimony taken l was un-
able to agree with the conclusion of
the majority Of the committee, and
submitted to the House a minority
report. The House did not accept
the majority report when the motion
was made, had no information ey-
what had been presented to
the committee, and upon that evil
dence it became necessary to decide
whether the treaty had not been vio-
lated. On my motion the House in
structed the Treasury Department to
Investigate anew the whole subject.
l have no reason to feel that the in-
vestigation has not been intelligent,
thorough and conscs ;ientiou but l
must, us a member of the House,
await the sending of the report to
Congress and the accompanying
statement of the Treasury Depart
ment, before expressing an opinion as
to the modification or the abrogatlon
of the treaty. 1t is clear to me that
the trainers of the treaty only intend
ed that the sugars known in 1876 in
the Sandwich Islands and on the Pa
clfc coast, as raw sugar, should be
admitted free of duty, and l cannot
think the treaty covers or was in
tended to cover, sugars that have
been refined by any process. The
on the contrary, seem to
believe that the treaty covers all re-
fined sugars.
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Terrible Sufferiue-Ship Wrecked
At Sea-

ST. JOHNS, Sept. 19.-The French
shipping schooner Mercury, which
arrived at st. Pierre last night from
Grand Bank, PICKED up on the 18th
two New Foundland fishermen
named Walsh and Matthews, who
had been adrift for six days without
food or water. They became delir-
ious, and Walsh opened his veins
and sucked the blood to Quench his
thirst. They were so helpless that
they had to be hoisted aboard the YES
sci with ropes. The Mercury also
brough Captain Hiscock and three
of the crew who were wrecked on
Newfoundland Bank near Medianna.
They know nothing of the balance
of the crew.
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Sweepfnu Reductions.

CHICAGO. Sept. ia special from
M,lwauk ee says: The Diamond City
Match Company, one OF the largest
concerns o: the kind in the country,
owning fa 'ries in Oshkosh and
elsewhere, has issued a price list max
ing sweeping reductions in the wholtz
sale price OF matches. The reduction
is over 50 per cent, and those which
have been selling for S.. 10 per case
viii now sell for s. 5O@S2.55, with
discounts to large purchasers. The
c. .usinn reached is that the great
match combination is broken.
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MARYLAND Dsmocra: COnven.
ton.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 19.-The Demo-
crat & S,ate Convention met at noon
to-day. Ex-Governor Thomas was
chosen temporary chairman, and ad-
dressed the convention, counselling
rorbearance, vi dom and some re-
gard Tor the public interest in its de-
iheratiuns. Committees on creden-
tials, permanent organization and
Resolutions were appointed. ani the
convention took a recess Tor hall an
huur
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Fatal Railroad Accident.

SYRACUSE, Sept. l9.-The con-
gtrn, ton lrai n on the West Shore R..
r., going east, at 7 o'cl "k this
morning struck hand car four miles
east Of here. Fifteen platform cars,
with $50 Workmen on beard, were
piled up in mass. Among the
killed are Peter Smith, Italian No.
So, name unknown, and John Carr,
water boy. The number injured is
seventy.
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BOsTON, Sept. lS.-The contested
will case Of Albion Curtis has been
compromis ed AMI the suits dlsc0n-
tlnued. The widow received $780,
Voo, instead of $4,000 according 10
The provisions of the will; the re
hlalnier of the property being dls-
tflbuteu among the others. Inc eSr
Gate is valued at about 81, ,75OyOOO.
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The Labor Committee,

New YORK, Sept. 1S.-Rev. Heber
Newton testified t'-day before the
Senate committee of education and
labor that the condition of the labor
ing classes was subject for expert
study, and that at the present time
there was not sufficient information
regarding it upon which to base any
intelligent legislation. The difficult
ties met with by reformers were
the lntemperdte' habits Of 'th5 lahor-
ing class and tile improper methods
to which labor resorted in endeavOr-
ing to accomplish it's desires.
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An Indian Scare.

Ell PAsO, Tex. Sept. 16.-Various
reports have re sched here concerning
the Apaches, but nothing definite has
been received. a special from San
Jose station, on the Mexican Central
road. says numerous runners came
into Ojo Caliente to day, saying the
Apaches We're rounding up the stock,
and general CONSERVATION prevailed
all over the country. We have two
correspondents in the field and will
keep you advised of the movements
of the Indians. [Signed, Sha awedy,
editor of the Ell Paso T1mes
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Kissing a Realistic Drama.

Lou svILLE, Sept. 1S.-Charies and
Bob Ford, the slayers OF Jesse James
appeared at the variety theatre in
this city last night and were Missed
and hooted at by the audience in the
scene where Bob Ford shoots James.
They say they will not come to Ken
tucky again.
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Cheap Matches.

CHICAGO, Sept. ia special
from Milwaukee says: The Dia-
mond Match Company, one of the
largest concerns in the country of
the kind, owning factories at Osh-
kosh ard elsewhere, has issued a
price list making sweeping reduc-
tions on the wholesale price of
matches. The reduction is over fifty
per cent. Those which haye been
selling for $40 per case will now
sell for s.. 5O@2 55, with discounts to
large purchasers. The conclusion is
reached that the great mat .b combi-
nation is broken.
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Striking Weavers.

LONDON, Sept. 19.-The striking
weavers at Ashton, under Tyne, he Id
mass meeting to-day, at which a
resolution was adopted rejecting the
masters proposals and deciding that
they will remain out another month,
pending the preparation of new
terms.
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Reforming Passenger Rates.

CHICAGO, Sept. 18.-The General
Passenger and Ticket Agents asso-
citation of the United States began It's
quarterly meetings here to-day. There
was large representation from the
roads in all parts of the country. The
session will not be an extended one.
A resolution to reform the rule that
passengers are not allowed more than
twenty-five pounds Of baggage free
passed. A motion to reform and re-
turn to the schedule rates on all lines
represented in the association on Oct.
l, and thereafter to maintain them
rigidly passed without dissent. The
association will continue it's session
Tomorrow.
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Canadian Cigar Makers.

TORONTO, Sept. 19.-The cigar
makers convention continues its ses-
sion. The report of the president was
read. It stated that for the year end
i g June last, 3,O77, 1884, ,O37 cigars
were manufactured in the United
States. 1t recommended the reguIa.
ton OF Chinese labor; it should be
legi>lated for IN the Demion. The
employment of women and children
in cigar factories was deprecated
and legislation was recomme nded to
prevent it as much as possible. Chill
dren under fourteen years of age
should be prevented altogether, and
for children over that age the hours
should be nine hours per day, and,
in fact, the hours for all should be
reduced from ten to nine. Strikes
were referred to ana arbitration rec
commended. The cigar makers were
rendered banquet.
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Yellow JACK in Check.

GUAYMAs. Mex, Sept. l9.-4's-
terday's r.ius have checked ihe fever
and no new eases have been rep 'rCed
since last night. By order OF the
prefect p tstilrs are being burned on
the sfree's f,r the puritica ion Ut the
atmosphere. Business houses are
reopening.
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Accident to General Nc.
DOwell.

SAN Francisco, Sept. lO.-Gen.
Mcdowell, late commanding the Pa
cific coast division U. S. A., was
thrown from buggy yesterday. His
injuries were at first supposed to be
>light and not much attention was
paid to the matter, but to-day they
assumed more serious turn His
mind is wandering with relapses to a
cOmatOse state. His friends state
that his Injuries are much more Sc
rious than could have been supposed.
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Architect Hill Resigns.

WASHINGTON, Sept. l9.-Supervis-
ing Architect Hill this morning ter
dered his resignation to Secretary
Folgrr, to take place Immediately
after the appointment OF his success
sOr.
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Massachusetts Nominations

BOSTON, Sept. 19.-Robinson was
nominated for governor on the first
ballet, having 996 votes out of 1,16S.
On ballot for lieutenant governor
Ames had 775 out of 1907.
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CLEVELAND, Sept. 19.-The na-
tiona association Of ex-prisoners of
war hegan it's tenth annual session
to-day. D,legates are present repre-
senting half a dozen State lassocia-
tions.
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A Clerical Suicide and Murder.

New DIRK, Sept. 18.-James KEN
10, Methodist minister Of Newark,
n. j., to- day made d determined effort
to kill his wife and himself. The
couple visitedlhe clergyman's mother
at 40 Fulton. street, Brooklyn, and
while alone Auarreied; when, as it
appears, The n4ar drove large butch
er knife IistS bis wife's throat aad
then drawing the weapon over his
own throat jumper out of the win
dow Of the fourth floor. Both were
taken to the hospital, but neither is
expected to live.
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Republican Discussions,

NEW YORK, Sept. 1S.-The execu-
tive committee Of anti-machine Re-
publicans this evening adopted reso-
lutions denouncing the proclamation
.f the machine organization, that is
doors were open to all Republicans
as Il sham, declaring that the late
primaries were conducted according
to the usual machine methods, and
that only five Of the eighty delegates
elected are Independents: and it con-
clildes by stating that while they are
loyal Republicans they do not hold
themselves bound to obey the orders
Of this gang of political Frauds" A
copy of the resolutions will be for
warded to the State convention.
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The Alice company made another
bullion shipment of ten bars yester-
day, valued at SIS, $40.
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New York Lace Smugglers.

NEW YORK, Sept. 18.--Three fremen
Of the steamer City Of Berlin were
arrested on a charge of smuggling
lace; they were discharged. The ex-
animation disclosed that the custom
inspectors followed four men from
the steamer to a willow-wMe shop in
Spring street and there took from
each six packages of lace, which were
subsequently appraised at the GUS
toms rooms. The customs officers
testified that they also found in the
same place 81 other pieces Of lace.
After the appraisement all the seized
lace was thrown into large Tag.
none Of it being marked. Several pack
ages were produced upon the exami-
nation, but the custom officers on ex-
animation were unable to identify a
single package. After securing the
evidence, Commissioner Osborne said
it is evident in this case that the Gus
toms officers at the time they detained
the accused. had no intention Of ar est
ing them, their only object being to
take the lace found ,on their persons,
and let them go without even mark
ing the goods for Identification, Or
seeking to learn from the accused
whether they were smuggling for
themsely es or for someone else. The
arrest of the prisoners was an after
thought. IT the policy OF the Gov
ernment is to let culprits 60 after
taking smuggled property from them,
then the sooner the penal code is re-
pealed the better; for it is scandalous
to the law making power that execu-
tive department intended to preven!
a repetition Of smuggling by impes-
ing primitive sentences upon guilty
parties in fault and not bringing
these men to justice. Ii they are
guilty it lies entirely with the INSPIRE
tors, who are the compli:inants here.
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| San Francisco Ssocx Market.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept l9.-The
following are the official closing
prices of mining stocks:
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A Scrap of Naval History.

New YORK, Sept. 19.-The Amer
lean Pr0tectienist will publish to-
| morrow statement of John Roach,
relative to the recent history Of the
! American navy and merchant marine
in response to the question put him
by the senate committee ON educa-
ton ard lab ". [. shows in detail the
naval expenditures since 1850 and
gives summary Of all naval CON.
tracts with American ship builders.
Roach claims the figures are all COL
lected from official and Ameri-
can records never before
published, and that they establish
the responsibility of England for the
Justification Of Secretary Stewards
prophecy regarding the spepdy sup
preston of the rebellion. He gives a
list OF @ English blockade runners
captured in the early part of the war,
which with munitions of war wele
valued at $6,OO0,OO The navy im-
provised during the war cost $S4 ,O0O,-
NOo, and tie vessels were sold for
$36 ,OG0, 600, leaving a net loss by the
War to the navy of about SIS, ,OO0, ,00O.
In the eighteen years since the war
the United States spent for naval
vessels only $3,GO) 600, while Eng
land spent Sl56 0oo,00o; France,
$SS, 100000; and Russia, $50, ,00O,O 900.
Smuggling Chinese Oyer the
Line.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. l9.-Spe
cial rent Evans. sent by the treas
ury department to inquire into the
of Chinese into Washing
ton territory from British Columbia,
states that. in his opinion, the re-
'pcrG were @e @exsgsgrsaed, but admits
that the lumber men OF that section
employ large numbers of Chinese, |
and.are willing to take all they can !
get of them without wanting to
know where the Cinnamon came
from.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1883-10-31
Deaths I'm Q Tannery Vat.

PITTsBuRG, Oct. 3O.-keifer d Stei-
fd's tanuery, In the upper part of Al
leiheny City, was the scene of IA ter
ride affair this forenoon, two men
sacrificing their lives la an unsuccess-
fulnitempt to save their fellow-work-
men. The firm has been digging a
wei, to- he used as vat, and this
moaning Chris Dickson, an eniploye,
welt down 10 measure The depth OF
the water, when he was overcome 10y
foullair Ferdinand Schrader and
Chales Schultz. who were working
nearby, heard his cries. Schrader de-
seconded into the well to assist him,
hut no sooner had he reached the bot
tom than the fatal choke-danp ! Ill
dered him insensible. Schultz fol-
lowed, but he was also overcome.
Ropes were then procured aud fast
ened around the bodies of Solomon
Ranllerger and Rhinehart Renisen,
who were lowered Tito the denth-trap.
With difficulty they tied the bodies 10
the rop~, aud all were hauled up.
Dicksn, Schrader and Schultz were
dead The others were unconscious,
but wet so0n revived aud able ~ 40
To THEFT homes. Dickson was siu, le
and theptlier two married.