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Heavy Earthquakes in Spain.

hcaVy earthquakes IN Spain.
MADRID, Dec. 26.-Two slight shocks of
earthquake were experienced in this locality
yesterday.
Shocks were felt at Gibralter, and severely
in southern provinces, caused great alarm
among the people of Granada. At Malaga
two persons were killed by falling walls.
MADRID, Dec. 2s.--Ths Mayor reports
many parts Of Albuquerque in ruins, and 15o
persons arc believed to have persisted. At
Arensdelrey 40 persons we're killed. Disas-
tiers are likewise reported from other towns.
Slight shocks of earthquake have been felt
IN many places in Spain since Thursday.
MADRID, Dec. 2s.--Official reports show
that 266 persons were killed In the provinces
Of Malaga and Granada on account of the
earthquake. The population Of Granada is
still encamped In the square, and the richer
classes are In carriages along the promenade.
A whole family was killed IN the village Of
Cajsr by the falling of chimney. Over
half the inhabitants of Albunucklas were
killed. AL Hamsn Is mostly IN ruins. The
province Of Malaga suffered Is much IS Ora
NADIA, and commerce Is paralyzed. Two
hundred houses at Alfarnetjo were damaged.
The panic is subsiding. The shock was not
felt in the northern and northwestern prov
inces. The Government has granted 5000
from the National calamity fund for the re-
lief Of the province of Granada.
VIENNA, Dec. GA severe earthquake
shock was experienced In Carenthia to-day.
Considerable damage was done to many
buildings.
LONDON, Dec. 29.--An earthquake was
felt in Wales to-day. Many houses were
injured.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-01-02

THE question Of Press Association for
Montana 10 again agitated. We believe good
for the craft might be evolved therefrom, that
II would enable business benefits and bring
she Journalists Of Montana into desirable re-
lations Of personal acquaintance and good
fellowship. This 10 especially desirable In
view of the magnificent distances Of Mon
tana, the establishment of many new news.
papers and the fact that many newspaper
men Of the Territory are strangers to each
other. lift were only for frsternal consid>
eratlons we would faver the Association, but
WI believe Il may also be made beneficial in
business way. Ithas been kindly suggest
ed by neigbbor that the editor Of the NEW
NORTH WEST issue q call for such meet
inc, but we prefer IL should emanate from
one Of the larger towns where the newspaper
interests are more extensive. III we may DO
permitted, we therefore respectfully refer the
matter 10 the editors Of the Herald, Inde
pendent aud Montdnian, Helena, and in
Thanksgiving Day Proclamation parlance
suggest that for the time being, laying aside
all business cares and any personal differ
ences that might distract their attention from
the matter In hand, they gather themselves
together and after maturely considering the
situation name, OVER their signatures, 4 day
during the ensuing session OF the Legislature
when duly accredited Representatives from
each Of the several newspapers In Montana
shall BE- invited 10 assemble In some dssigna-
ted place In tho city OF Helena TO organize
such m Association. Aud may We be there
70 zee.
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The Law Regarding Electoral Votes.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-The States of
California, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Nevada,
Oregon, South Carolina, Texas and Wncon-
sin have not yet sent in their votes by mes.
sengers. All but the States Of Oregon and
Iowa have forwarded their electoral votes by
mail. Senator Edmunds, President pro tenn.
pore OF the Senate, was asked to-day If a
delinquency In forwarding the votes Of any
State by messenger would invalidate such
votes. He said: "The act of Congress re
quires that there shall be three sets of cleo.
toral votes. One shall be deposited with
the District Judge, second shall be sent to
the President of the Senate by mail, and
third by messenger, that messenger to be
duly appointed by the electors. These re.
turns must be delivered TO the President of
the Senate by the first Wednesday in Janu-
airy; IL the messenger fails to deliver the
vote entrusted TO him by the time prescribed
the Law further provides that heavy pen
atty shall be imposed upon him. These
certificates of the vote of State are dupll
Gates. The law also provides that If the
vote Of any State has not been received by
the first Wednesday in January, then the
Secretary of State shall send special meg
sengsr TO the District Judge of the delin-
quent State, where, under the law, the first
set must be deposited, and procure that,
which must be delivered to the Vice Presi-
dent forthwith. These are the main provis.
ions Of the lay.n
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SPoRTivE CoWBOYs.
They Terrorize the Passengers on a Southern
Pacific Train.

SAN AsTeNIN, Dec. 24.--Yesterday even
Ing, - the east-bsund passenger train on the
Southern Pacific was near the cad of the
bridge crossing the Pecos river, . number of
torpedoes exploded on the track, causing the
engineer to stop the train. Six cowboys then
boarded the train with drawn rsvolvers and
compelled the conductor to stop at Lapgtry,
the next small station. At Lsngtry twenty
more cowboys boarded and took possession
Of the train. They were oil more or less I'm.
der the influence Of liquor, and amused
themselves by shooting out oil the window
lights and the lamps, and terrorixlng the pas
sengers generally. As the train passed the
small stations the cowboys would put their
heads out Of the broken windows and shout
and yell. A passing freight train was salu-
ted In the same manner. Several hundred
shots were fired, the roofs Of the cars being
riddled. They robbed the train boy of the
stock Of peanuts and candies, but so far As
known nobody was hurt. Judge Falon,
U. s. District Attorney Evans, and Sheriff
White were among the passengers, but they
thought 1t best not to make their identity
known. The gang left the train at Uvslde,
after riding SIXTY miles.
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The Weather In Wyoming

CHEYENNE, Dec. 27.-Severe and protrac-
ted storms have prevailed in Northern,
Northwestern and remote portions Of wyo-
ming within the past two weeks. The South
ern ranges experienced spells of severe
weather, with the thermometer 10 aud IL
degrees below zero, but the snow fall was
comparatively slight, and no damage done to
stock. About Fl. Laramie, in the Northeast
part OF the Territory, and Fl. Mckinney in
the Northwestern part, the weather for two
weeks has been very severe. In some places
the snow was Is inches on level, making 1t
impossible for cattle TO reach grass. Hence,
In those quarters, where it drifted badly, It
Is impossible, from lack Of communication,
to get quick reports Of the extent of the
damage done. So far, few reports of dead
cattle from various quarters are received, bu.
none to cause alarm. Stocknen here say
everything Is satisfactory 80 far.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-01-02

TEE Legislature of Illinois Is exactly . tie
on joint ballot. The Republicans have .
majority Of one In one chamber and the
Democrats have majority one In the other,
there being In neither House an "indepsnd.
emit" or = member of . third party. Until
the Senatorial issue Is decided, there can be
no important legislation expected at Spring.
field. The Republican members, In caucus
assembled, will unquestionably make John
A. Logan their candidate for reelection.
The Democratic caucus will also come 10
unanimous agreement. Obviously each eau
Gus must be unanimous in It's choice, for the
detection of single man would elect the
candidate Of the opposite party on the first
ballot. This 10 a situation so peculiar as to
be almost unique In the history Of Senatorial
contests. The prospect for an absolute
deadlock is extremely fattering. 1t is not
improbable that neither Of the caucus candI-
dates will be eventually uccsssful.-Minne-
dpolis Tribune.
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The Nicaragua Treaty.
Yours very truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND.

LONDON, Dec. 25.-The Times on the Mic.
aragus treaty readily admits that the treaty
should be judged in America without refer
enee 10 English interests; but England, II
says, hslds position of almost impregnaple
strength, and will protest against a policy
which violates rights coyersd by the Clayton
Bulwer Treaty. 1t believes the better class
of Americans will not favor the scheme; but
thinks it rash to predict the result In Con-
gress. 1t is England's duty, it declares, to
to preserve the freedom Of international
trade.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 26.-The Picay,Ine,
In double.leaded editorial, speaking Of the
American policy and the Nicaraguan treaty,
says: "The country Is rife for an entire new
departure and one worthy Of our great ma
ton, one that will stamp Itself upon the en-
tire history of North America. We must
adopt the policy Of acquisition and territorial
agrandizement to the southwark. 1t need
not be accomplished by armed invasion or
inaugurated In blood. The Nicaragua treaty
is the opening wedge, let us drive that home
aud by Investing hundred millions In q
ship canal there, secure the country. Amer
lean enterprise will soon annex the whole of
Central America. From that base line, Sec
tional discord has happily ceased; the South
10 primarily and deeply interested in turning
the tendency of enterprise and the march Of
empire southwark, and her statesmen, by at
once championins the bold and brilliant pol
Icy In that direction, will open up . new era
for the entire country and map cut safe and
short road To prosperity aud continued ma
tionai growth, an issue oftrsnquility at home
and add to the glory of our great Republic"
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uHpELryEREp SPEECHES.
How the Columns of the Congressional Rec
ord Are Filled.

NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-The Times special
from Washington says: Senator Vest ha,
taken up the cudgels against the abused priv
ilegs Of printing, by leave, speeches not de-
livered, Is = sort Of legacy from the late Sem
ator Anthony, who was intensely opposed to
the practice. Vest directed attention, 10 .
speech on Tuesday, to fragrant instances Of
abuse Of the privilege. On examination it
turns out that the instances referred to were
furnished by two Representatives from Ohio,
both Democrats and both mem9ers Of the
Thirty-seventh Congress. A member Of the
literary lobby wrote speech for Hon. WIN.
Allen, for which he vas promised SIS. He
delivered 1t to Allen and that gentleman
handed him $50. Twenty five dollars more
was demanded by the ''litsrary fsller." "Not
another blank cent" was the reply. "Then
return the speech" persisted the author.
Allen would neither pay nor return the man
uscript. On April "a, 1862, the House being
In Committee of the Whole on the state of
the Union, Allen appears to have delivered
his speech, and 1t was printed on page 1T of
the Congressional Globe, part w, with the
heading, "Confscation Of Rebel Property
The author of the speech evidently retained
. copy Of it, for on page 239 of the Globe it
appears to have been delivered OH May 20,
1852, BY Hon. R. 81. Nugen, also Of Ohio.
The only differences discoverable are the
changes Of few words and shortening Of
the version given to Nugen. History does
not relate which of the two Ohio statesmen
was most put out when the deuble-dealing
Of the literary person was discovered.
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SARAH ALTHEA WINS HER SUIT.
She is Declared the Legal Wife of ex-senator
William Sharon.

SAN Francisco, Dec. 24.-The celebrated
Sharon divorce case has been decided in IA.
vor of the plaintiff. The suit as brought by
plaintiff, Miss Sarah Altbea Hill, claiming 10
be the wife Of OK Senator Sharon, was for q
divorce and division Of the common prop.
erty. Judge Sullivan's decision is very CON-
prehensive, containing q, 900 words. After
reviewing the testimony, he concludes by
declaring that under the laws of California
plaintiff is the legal wife Of Sharon, and as
such is entitled to divorce on the ground of
willful desertion, and division of the com
mon property. The latter is estimated to be
worth 100000. The verdict Is q surprise
to the public, 1t having been generally sup>
posed, from the contradictory character of
the testimony, that the PLAINTIFF would have
been non suited. 1t is believed that Sharon
will appeal.
w. II. l.. Barnes, leading counsel for ex-
Senator Sharon in the Sharon divorce case,
says Of Judge Sullivan's decision: at is an
entire surprise to the profession, both as to
law and facts. The judgment, II 1t stands,
will not be q serious pecuniaTy loss to Sha-
ron. 1 don't think he has sic, 1000 worth of
property which could be made subject to the
decision. Mr.. Sharon is greatly annoyed by
the present decision, but has not the slight
est idea of submission, and Of course will
appeal, and We are confident of reversing the
decision. The suit brought by Sharon in the
United States Circuit Court to have the
marriage contract declared invalid will be
.-....--.-.
Plaintiffs attorneys In the Sharon divorce
case will make application for counsels' fees
ana nve Thousand dollars q month aIImony
for the fourteen months since the beginnin.
of the case.
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An important event in diurnal chronology
will take place in England on New Years
Day. The Directors OF the Royal Observa-
terry at Greenwich announce that on Janu-
airy LIST they will change the plan Of reckon
ing hours, making the day TO begin ct mid
night and the hours TO run up to "a instead Of
placing IL hours on each side Of the meridian
IN at present. One o'clock D. m. will bs 10
O'Clock, o o'clock p. m. will be IS o'clock, II
o'clock at night will be % o'clock, and so on
The English Government will adopt the sys-
tenn in all departments, including the tele-
graph and postofice. and the railroads will,
of course, follow suit The general public
under these conditions will be compelled to
conform There l. evidently boom abroad
for watch and clockmakers. Itseems TO have
been finally concluded that there is no logic
or utility in dividing the "a hours OF the day
into two equal divisions, and that IL Is about
rne TO dispense with the unnecessary form
ula Of "a. M and ~. M" In connection with
horal statistics. northumberland.
The idea Is good one. It does away with
IN arbitrary, useless and error-engendering
subdivision Of the day that has nothing to
commend II except II comes within the CON-
prehension ~ those who cannot count more
than twelve. In accuracy 1t is certainly
preferable, and that IL the great point TO be
considered. The inconvenIence OF adapting
tho dial Of pieces or In becoming accustomed
70 Say "16 O'Clock" instead Of "0 o'clock D.
M" 10 trivial. STANDARD time" which for
tbs convenience Of railroad operators has
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MUNICIPAL INCORPORATION.

Parties In Butte are agitating the repeal of
the Butte City charter, on the grounds that
II is very expensive and secures no greater
benefits to persons and property than could
be had under the direction of the Board of
County Commissioners, with the powers
they now have and Others with which the
Legislature might properly invest them.
This might do for county seats like Butte
and Helena, where the majority of the Board
are residents of the county seat or the i'm
mediate vicinity, but would not apply In
general. The trouble with the special city
charters SO far enacted appears to be that
they permit too expensive governments, and
this permission also appears 10 be generally
exercised. 1t would be better II apractical
general incorporation act, for cities, towns and
villages, in which there should be stringent
provisions against debt or excessive taxation,
direct or by license, we're enacted by the
Legislature. The one now on the Statute
books, although containing some excellent
provisions, 10 impractical through blunder
In the provision - to area and tediously
complex In the methods of incorporating.
There are manifold and urgent reasons why
every town should be authorized to incorpo-
rate. But, especially In view Of the threat
sned visitation Of cholera within q year or
two, and the possible necessity for sanitary
regulations, supervision and control beyond
what County Commissioners could we'll ex-
ercise In every town In the county, the Leg |
islature should, without fail, At this session, |
place it within the power Of every commun-
ity, by expression ct the polls, to incorporate
and exercise corporate power for the public |
welfare. This is done In many OF the States |
under such Limitations as TO officers, salaries,
fees, taxes and debt, that the pcopls are |
greatly benefited and no hard or unequal |
burdens imposed. With 1t should 20 the |
power to disincorpsrate within reasonable
time by voice Of the electors in like manner.
Whatever may be the action of communities
now incorporated under special charters, we
trust the Legislature will promptly consider
. general incorporation act such IS suggested
and give each community the local option Of
adopting or rejecting IL. We may not want
TO incorporate at all I; especially We may not
want TO incorporate Is city; but let our
lawmakers place II within the power Of
those directly and vitality interested to form
municipal governments fer the welfare Of
their citizens.
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THE judgment Of Vanderbilt against Gen.
Grant for $4,000 Is making much trouble
for the latter. All his property has been
levied upon for sale, including bis swords,
medals and personal presents received on his
trip round the world. A week ago General
Grant wa. quite feeble and confined to his
room, and his closest friends think his illness
IL occasioned by anxiety. Generals Sber>
man aud Van Vliet, A. j. Drexel, W. W.
Corcorsu and others have taken hold Of the
matter this week, and doubtless General
Grants affairs will be Strengthened up and
he put beyond the occasion for further 6nan-
cial anxiety during his life. We admire his
dissent toward the movement to pension
him, however we'll meant II was, but 1t
would be eminently proper to restore him TO
the position Of General Of the armies, and
thsre need bs no hurry that We see In pla-
cling him on the retired list. He has had
accidents, troubles and reverses In the past
year or two that would shake any one, but
he will come through the storm period pres
emily. and is likely TO live quarter Of CEN
tury longer IS we'll qualified 10 be at the
head Of the military OF the United States -
are Bismarck and Won Moltks to occupy that
position In Germany.
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SENATOR VEST, of Missouri, raised . row
In Congress the other day because $50
speeches were printed In the Record last
year which were not delivered before Con-
gress, and many Of which, 1t was alleged,
were not even prepared by the members I'M
der whose names they were printed, but pur-
chased for price from "litersry jobbers" in
Washington whe make business of furnish.
ing these elegant compositions to Congress
men who have not the time or ability to pre-
pare them. The S. r. Chronicle goes so far
as to say the Delegate from Montana few
years ago rung poem In on the Record In
this way, but this Is = mistake, as the distin-
guished member from Wyoming, Mr.. Post,
was the gentleman who perpetrated that
metrical misdemeanor. We venture to say
Delegate Maginnis prepares his own speeche.
and delivers them orally, and they are con-
siderably above the average. But this 81
neither here nor there. Those printed
speeches are generally we'll written-are
more compact, correct and grammatical than
the ones orally delivered, and II the mem
bers see proper to pay some smarter man TO
write them to impress their constituents, and
then save the time of the Nations law max
ers BY simply having them printed instead
Of first mounting and then printing them, it
looks As though they should rather be classed
IS public benefactsrs than mslefactors. Mr..
Vest is becoming somewhat noted for talking
too much and not always wisely. Perhaps
II he would write some Of his speeches, or
have item written, and printed without de-
livering them, or better still, omit writing or
speaking or printing them, the country would
be quite Is we'll OF.
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Bismarck's Letters,

BERLIN, Dec. 26.--The fourth volume OF
Bisnarck's letters will contain private let
tiers written while at Frankfort to Mantle uffel
from 1851 to 1858. He riiiculed his brother
diplomats for affecting youthfulness. Fol-
lowing is an extract from one letter: az do
not see why our sex.worthy bark should be
linked with the worm-eaten ship, Austria.
Everybody courts our alliance. Great sto rms
undoubtedly suit us. We can best use
troubled times fearlessly without considera-
ton for others. II we desire TO become
greater, with 100000 men we must not be
afraid of standing alone and leave others to
fight. Better isolate ourselves. The greater
the difficulties In Europe, the more valuable
our alliance becomes, and the greater price
will we get for it,"
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TELEGRAMS IN BRIEF.

Old Liberty Bell Is to be taken to the New
Orleans Exposition in charge Of joint com.
mittee of the councils.
WINNIPEG, Gee. 19.-Valuable anthracite
coal fields have been discovered on the line
of the Canadian Pacific IN the Grow Foot
reservation.
BERLIN, Dec. 2S.-Thc Official press, re-
ferring to the reported visit of Bismarck to
Paris, says the present relations of German any,
France and England render this visit neces.
sary to consolidate national interests.
BosToS, Dec. 24.-The Calumet and Hecls
mining company to day declared q dividend
Of S. a share, payable Feb. Q. In the future
dividends will be declared AZ the best inan-
cial interests Of the company warrant.
Madrid, Dec. 26.-Bandits entered the
Catholic church and :he house Of priest ut
Cartelos, Galicia, for the purpose Of pillage.
Failing to get money, they tied the priest in
a bundle Of straw and burned him to death.
New YORK, Dec. 27.-The funeral Of the
orphan children, who lost their lives at the
late fire at the Brooklyn asylum, took place
to day. The remains of the 81 victims were
placed in their collins and taken to the
church.
NEW YORK, Dec. 25,-Mrs. Joseph Pulit-
ger, wife of the editor of the World, invited
ITO boys and the same number of girls, of
ages ranging from to 10 years, to Florence
Hall and distributed 1900 worth of over
coats, shawls, toys and sugar plums.
LONDON, Dec. ga Berlin correspond
emit says: There 10 q secret convention be.
tween France and Germany, in sccordanc,
with which France is allowed unlimited coll
onization in Morocco and Tonquin, and Ger
many, while respecting French possessions 10
Africa, is at liberty to annex territory any
where not affecting French interests.
New YORK, Dec. 27.-Dr. Atkinson, one
Of the most skillful surgeons In Brooklyn,
lies at the point of death at his residence.
He is completely paralyzed, the paralysis
being the result of blood poisoning contract
ed from patient, and It Is not expected that
he will survive "a hours. He is aged 80 and
was born in Portland, Oregon.
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More Crookedness Exposed.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Dec. A.-United
States District Attorney Evans has returned
from Fort Bliss, whittier he was sent by the
Governor to look into the title of that prop
erty. Judge Evans thinks the title to the
property and about $4,000 worth of i'm
provemsnts are in great danger Of being lost
to the Government. He says he will be
compelled, In his report, to reflect severely
upon the action Of the U. s. Army officers
who located that post some years ago. The
title to the entile property is in jeopardy.
The heirs, having arrived at maturity, are
now pressing their claims. Evans says that
although Congress recently appropriated
$4,000 for improving Fort Bliss, tho whole
Of the improvements are not worth more than
$1,000 or $4,000.