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The new North-west., 1885-06-26
THAT NAVY AGAIN.
A Rather Disgruntled View of 1t.

WASHINGTON June 22.-The duties OF the
Naval Advisory Board will cease when the
new cruisers, "Boston," ""Atlanta" and "Chi-
cago" are completed. The Secretary of the
Navy has the power to change the members
of the Board at any time, and 1t Is believed
he will make changes, If he should become
convinced that the Board is responsible for
the failure of the "Dolpbin." A prominent
naval officer, when asked to day If he
thought IL possible to build naval vessels in
this country equal to those of foreign coun-
tries, said: "No, l do not ;; simply because
we have not the experience, but we coulc
soon learn. 1t wouldn't be good policy to
have our vessels built In England. We
could get no money for such project, but l
think nothing prevents us from obtaining
plans from English ship builders. We could
buy their plans and profit by their expert
ence, then we could build ships that would
| be ships IN every sense of the word"
care the vessels which compose our navy
now considered good of their kind"
eyes, some of them but they are cbso-
lete and amount to nothing as men of-war.
The same thing will occur to us some day
that happened to the Chinese at Chefso,
when their whole feet was destroyed In just
seven minutes. Their vessels were just as
good as ours, and their guns were better, for
they were modern. There isn't nation On
the face of the earth that has any navy at all
that can't whip us at sea without half trying.
| OF course, we are the laughing stock of for
eign countries when we visit their ports in
our antediluvisn ships. II is a modification
to the commander of one of our vessels
every time he takes ships into port, because
it looks as If he thought his vessel was for
midable when he knows she amounts to
nothing as war vessel. Some day hope
to see a complete reorganization of our
navy, both in personnel and material"
The new North-west., 1885-06-26
TRIAL OF RfEL.
Line OF Defense Likely to De Taken convie.
vietioa Difficult.

OTTAWA, June 16.-The Crown counsel
who are to conduct the prosecution on be-
half Of the Government in the Riel trial, are
here receiving. instructions. The date Of the
trial has not been fixed. 1t Is understood
that the defense will first endeavor 10 prove
Riel's American citizenship. This fact es-
tsblished, his counsel will psint out that he
can only be tried for waging war against q
foreign country. The trial would then have
to be by court-martial, but as martial law is
not proclaimed in the Dominion, the trial
could not be conducted In this way, and
would have to be abandoned. II tried as .
Canadian citizen, 1t must be for high trea-
son, aud as three Of the six jurors are to be
half breeds, 1t 10 believed the jury would
disagree, and this would involve new trial,
when the same difficulty would undoubtedly
be encountered. -.
The new North-west., 1885-06-26
THE GRAND ARMY BOYS.


PoRTI AND, Me-, June 23.-The second
day Of the National Encampment of the
Grand Army Of the Republic is as beautiful
day as could be desired for the great pro
cession. The streets through which the
parade was to pass were crowded with peo
pie and gay with bunting. At II O'Clock the
signal gun for starting the procession wa:
fred, and the great line moved forward
without confusion. 1t had been calculated
that 1t would require two hours for the pro-
cession to pass, but instead of tha. II took
more than three hours. The most careful
estimates of the number of mem In line
place the figure at $4,000, of which number
10000 were IN the uniform of the Grand
Army of the Republic.
The new North-west., 1885-06-26
Lord WoIseley's DISPATCHES.

LONDON, June A sensation has been
caused by the publication of Lord Wolseley's 3
dispatches denouncing the evacuation of
Soudan. He warns the government that on
the withdrawal from Dongola the whole
province will be given up to anarchy and
will revert from civilization to barbarism.
The withdrawal, he says, will not avert the
struggle. The Mahdi in few years will At
tack Egypt. The years Of internal trouble
In Egypt have been burden to Her Mojes-
ty's resources, and the best policy in beth .
military and financial point Of view would
be to attack Ell Mahdi at Khartoum.
The new North-west., 1885-06-26
Would Like to Compromise.

Z WASHINGTON, June GA dispatch was
received 1t the PostcfAce Department, from
British Columbis, saying that Hibbs, the
absconding postmaster at Lewiston, Idaho,
who stole $50 90, is willing 10 coDpfonise
BY giving the Government 81, 900 Of the sto-
len money for his freedom. e The Postmas.
ter-General directed that the offer be re-
fused, - the Government wosid rather have
Hibbs than the money. Extradition pro-
ceedings will begin In few days.
The new North-west., 1885-06-26
He Lives to Tell of II.

CINcINNALI, June 22.-Thomas Knott, q
stone cutter, who lives at Dayton, KY, when
on the middle Of the Newport and Cincin.
natl railroad bridge this afternoon, suddenly
jumped over and descended into the water
of the river, los feet below. He was un-
hurt and commenced at once TO swim for
dear life. Some boatmen picked him up
and took him ashore. He says he was not
attempting suicide, but jumped from sud
den impulse. He was perfectly sober, and
was returning from Cincinnati, where he
had sought In vain for work.
The new North-west., 1885-06-26

THE change Of administration In England
has been formally made by the delivery OF
the seals Of Office Of the Gladstone ministry
and their being conferred on the officers OF
the Salisbury cabinet. Gladstone, In gen
eral way, has given assurances that the Lib
erals will support the new cabinet. In the
meantime the Russians have arrested the
clerk nf British Consul In Persia, and II
locks as though 1t was deliberately planned
act to force England into quarrel. Russia
will get all the fighting she desires out OF
the new Government.
The new North-west., 1885-06-26
"a. whippi nr Pos, 4 pel.w.re.

WAsHISGToS, June AT the second
days meeting Of The Conference Of Charities
and Corrections the reports Of several South
ern States noted quite general reduction In
the system Of hiring out convic,s, and the
adoption Of measures which bad ateudency
TO mitigate the evils Of that system. A re-
pori from Delaware noted mitigation OF
the aeverity Of the whipping system, blood
rarely drawn At present. The whipping post
was IN general favor with the people Of Del
aware for the punishment Of petty offenses.
It was rarely found necessary to administer
. second whipping TO the same offender.
The new North-west., 1885-06-26
Data Concerning Thunderstorm. =.
l(hiea Uo Ti,,,..

Inc New Englani Meteorological society
proposes to find out this summer all ID can
ABOUT thunderstornis, and to that eni in
v'ses observers I'm every town In New Eng.
'and 70 unite In marking the leading feat
ares OF such storms as como within their
zen. and report to headquarters. The sim.
p'est data are such as can be gathered by
snyone-the time rain begins TO fall. direc.
Ion Oh the wind, duration OF rain, etc;
wnne more delicate and difficult observa.
uons, such as the height of the storm clouds,
cnsracter OF lightning flashes, AMI velocity
" w'nd, are to DO undertaken by specialistA
The new North-west., 1885-06-26
Employees of the Chicago City Government
Asked to Resign

Employees Of the Chicago City Government
Asked to Resign
CHICAGO, June 19.-Every employee Of
the city government. has been requested BY
Mayor Harrison, through the various chiefs
of departments, to hand in in writing his
resignation. Similar action was taken In
one or two departments recently, but the new
order has been made general. No special
reason is assigned, except Mr.. Harrison's
belief that the Mayor should be free, If he
choose, upon assuming Office, to appoint
such subordinates as may meet his views.
The general hand 'ng in Of designations does
not necessarily imply that all or any of the
employees will be removed. .F ...s
The new North-west., 1885-06-26

The third room in the walkerville public
school will be built m soon as the Board of
Education can award the contract II is ex-
pected that the room win be ready for occu-
pancy By the reopening Of schools in Sep
tember next.--Miner.
Some three weeks ago the limbs of hu-
man body were found near Silver Bow, in .
remote ravine. Yesterday parties found in
the same locality CHASTITY head. tits appre-
hended there is some foul crime connected
with these discoveries. 2lsf
The new North-west., 1885-06-26
A Cyclone Probable in Ohio
!St. Paul Pioneer Press.

There will be deal Of lightning in Ohio
this fall, If Mr.. Blaine and General Logan
both take the stump for Foraker, as is re-
ported. Its hinted, too, that Senator Evarts
may sharpen his lance and spring into the
arena. The great fight, Of course, will be
made for the Legislature, which, if Repub-
lican, will re-elect Senator Sherman to the
Senata
The new North-west., 1885-06-26
Right Smart /" of ChilIs.

VNHTCdSV ItTaIu '"TfhIn THIk.
fe| we have a right smart III chills an
fever up in our part,,' observed AN elderly
passenger from Michigan; -'every once In
two or thre, years they take hold of a fol
Ter mn shake him up lively. 'Tain't no fun.
either. AM yet like most things in this
here world, 1t has its All vantayes. There's
some good IN every evil. you know. It's
heap OF fun for tho children"
can't see where they get any fun out
Of it."
You canti Well. you come up 10 our
house next fall and see the kids ,aupb an
soout when gran'pap has the agar, an you'll
see wnere the fun comes In. He has loose
'eeth IN bis head, an when he gets tue
SNAKES they think he's rattle box. It's u
rsS'iar picnic for them
The new North-west., 1885-06-26
The Keely Motor.

NEW YORK, June The Times, review
Ing the recent experiments Of Keely, says :
The latest tests Of Keely's motor, run BY
ethsric vapor, have not been Of . character
20 increase public confidence In the reality Of
his pretended discoveries. The actual dis
covsry Of . new motor Of the capability
which Keely claims for his etheric vapor,
would be promptly followed, we may be
sure, Sy its utilization. Keely seems to be
content with experiments and with occasion
al exhibitions Of his apparatus. Keely Is
undoubtedly humbug.
The new North-west., 1885-06-26
An Averted but Merited Catastrophe Q

Butte Inter- Mountain, 22d.
Last Thursday morning, while DR.. Monroe
of Bozeman was smoking a cigarette, he
pulled the plug out of a barrel of whisky
whereupon the combustible fumes therefrom
took fire from the lighted cigarette, and a
conflagration was narrowly averted. Any
man who will 60 about barrel of whisky
with lighted cigarette merits reproach; he
should have taken a tin cup.
The new North-west., 1885-06-26

The annual adjustment Of the salaries of
Presidential postmasters has been submitted
TO the Postmaster General. It shows that
the total numter of Presidential postoffices
Jolly l will be 1921, a decrease Of 122 com
pared with the beginning Of the present fiscal
year. During the year twelve Offices have
become Presidential, and on July l34
Offices will be reduced from Presidential to
fourth class. The aggregate annual salaries
of all the Presidential postnasters for the
next fiscal year will be So, 900.
The new North-west., 1885-06-26

BIO BEAR, who Is giving Middleton so
mach trouble up North, is said to be white
man, whose proper name Is Edward Lam
bert. He was captured by Crees when about
20 years old, held captive, finally married
the chiefs daughter, and on the death Of the
former became chief. lie Is q cousin Of the
poet laureate Of Canada, l.. II. Frechette.
The new North-west., 1885-06-26

KANSAS stockmen have determined that
Texas cattle, which are said TO be diseased,
shall not be driven through the Panhandle
and into Kansas. There were, last Satur-
day, 10000 head Of cattle In charge Of 200
armed men congregated just south sf the
State line and 1t was proposed to resist their
advance. In the mean time the Live Stock
Sanitary Commission, under instructions
from the Governor, Is endeavoring to ADJUST
the matter.
The new North-west., 1885-06-26

Ex SENATOR James w. Nesmith died at
his country place, Derry, Polk county, Ore,
June 18th. His end was peaceful, his death
being as II sinking to sleep. He was pio
neer Of 1S43 and achieved national fame as
the great Democratic war Senator from 1861
TO the close of the Rebellion.
The new North-west., 1885-06-26

There has been considerable discussion Of
the question rs to who shall be Governor of
Montana to succeed Governor Carpenter. II
appears to be settled down to an issue be-
tween Samuel T. Hauser and Martin Magin-
mis-. We vote for Martin Msginnis. His Is
the better appointment. We hope he will
he preferred
The new North-west., 1885-06-26
Paris Newspaper Vendors.


The claim Of the French administrators =,
exercise an all-pervading control over tha
ways and doings of the thirty-odd millions
OF citizens who have the privilege to i've
under its patsrnal supervision survives
every change OF regime. One Of the f,r.t
acts OF the new minister OF the interior
has been to issue a decree royulatin0 tn.
mode In which tue newspaper vendor, ~
Paris are to conduct their indu try In futpra
They have been In the habit, It seems. Of
lending the papers to economical customer
VINO bargain for iaily glance through
them at so much month--a mere fraction
OF the purchase cost The license of anv
vendor who Is found to be a party 10 such a
transaction In future will be Mt once re-
voked; and A. the practice const tutes n sa-
rious fraud ON the different journals. All nm
sold copies being returned to the office. the
ministerial edict elcits for once the an
provai OF the entire Parisian press A Ii.
csnse TO sell papers in Paris Ia by no maan.
easy to get IL must be signed both bv tha
prefect o. the Seine and the prefect Of ~
nee, AND the stricte inquiry Il n,ads intc
'Hs antsc-dents OF essry applicant.
On One or the Back How.
lsan Francisco Chroniclel
sal on one OF the back rows al On. ~ a..
sass festival concert. We had lots os ,,,n ur'
.ol : was not much use listening. RahiaJ
s SAT very w.lI-known LAWYER ana
Auy' lucy coull not see much OF the .tsva
ssn Mme' Rive King came out 10 plav
p'sno 10 Il wa long one, but wa co,,,d
ao. near. The lady behind me got un ana
~ ~, y. ,he sage. after long wait
0n' "'yi She's a-soin' IL yeti
The new North-west., 1885-06-26

GOVERNOR Rsss, Of New Mexico, took the
oath Of Office at sunrise, June Is. This hour
was chosen in compliment to his earliest
predecessor, Montezuma, whose followers
daily ascend TO the house tops to look for his
return with the sun.
The new North-west., 1885-06-26
He So Loved His Enemies That He Ate
Than
Press D Dispatch from London.

PTess DtspdtcH from LOna0n
The native African, Prince Allagogha, Of
Brass River territory, Upper Guinea, while
trading at native village, was shot at and
wounded in the shoulder by native, who
escaped. The Prince took nine villagers As
hostage, and failing 10 procure the would-be
assassin, he killed and ate them. The mis-.
sionaries say the Prince professed to be a
Christian
The new North-west., 1885-06-26

There we're 10000 comrades OF the Grand
Army In the procession at Portland Wednes.
day. There are 270,000 members Of the
order. It was decided to hold the next Ma
tlonaL Encsmpment at San Francisco.
The new North-west., 1885-06-26
A Day on.

tChicago Herald
~ Oes nere. husband. The post says
woman Is the Sunday Of man.' What da
you think Of thatp
rrssty good Tor poet Has only one
usy on. II he had said either Monday,
wasnday. Or Saturday-pay day-hs'd besn
The new North-west., 1885-06-26

Mr.. Kelley will be In Helena In = few days,
but will not assume the duties of bis Office
until the 1st proI. In letter to friend
In this city he speaks very sensibly, as fol.
lows:
"My political record before the war Is be-
ing severely criticised. feel that 1t would
be fsirer to judge of my actions since the
close Of that contest. / have acquiesced Ia
the settlement Of all issues determined by
the result Of the war; have done my duty
as q citizen since Its close, and feel fiat
tered that my enemies have to go back
thirty ysars to sustain their objections to my
appointment to an Office for which | had no
aspirations, and to accept which i had TO
make many personal ces."-Indepen-
dent.
The new North-west., 1885-06-26

On announcement being made to Empe'
ror William that Field Marshal Baron Won
Manteufel was dead the Kaiser said mourn.
fully, "Ail my friends are dying"
The new North-west., 1885-06-26
THE New NoRTH-W
JAMES H. MILLS. PUBLISHER.

GENERAL GRANT, at last advices, was
getting along very satisfactorily at Mount
McGreggor.
The new North-west., 1885-06-26

GENERAL GRANT has recovered bis voice
sufficiently 10 speak in whisper and has
given the stenographer additional matter for
his memoirs. Even the Great Field Mar,
shai Death finds the grand old warrior Of
America hard man TO wrestle with. DIR.
Douglas thinks he would not have lived to
this time II be had been kept In the hot air
Of New York.
The new North-west., 1885-06-26
THE WUMPS.

The bugwump comes when the hour is late
To the pane where the light is shining,
And the hugwump stands at the garden gate
His arm the maid entwining.
The drugwump waits for the stealthy wink
The brand denominating,
And the jugwump gaiiy takes drink
From his jug while his hook he's batting
The pugwump kisses the nose of her pet,
And folds him to her bosom,
And the mugwump waits for his Office yet,
And-well, we must excuse him.
The new North-west., 1885-06-26
KANsAs farmers are in hard luck agaI,

KANSAS farmers are In hard luck again
this year. The wheat crop will be very
light and "wet worm" has appeared that
ID destroying the corn. Still, heavy tide Of
immigration Is coming into the State. MFR.
Coleman, who observed closely the chip
ment Of emigrants from Chicago, informs MS
the great bulk Of them were destined for
Kansas or Nebraska.
The new North-west., 1885-06-26
LOCAL RAILROAD RATES.
Helena Herald, 22d.

The New North. West invites and express
ion Of opinion from the press Of the Terrific.
ry In the matter Of securing . substantial
reduction In local passenger rates on our
railroads. 1t is an important and interesting
subject to our people, and the press as the
representative Of the popular wishes would
be recreant TO their highest duty If they
failed to voice those wishes.
The local rate Of eight cents mile Is felt
IS q pretty serious burden even among peo-
pie who are accustomed to pay higher rates
for poorer accommodations on stage coaches.
1t is more than twice the average railroad
rate In the United States, and we think the
railroad companies would do themselves no
injury, while they would confer an appre-
ciable benefit on the people Of Montana by
making the local rate five cents mile. The
increase of travel would fully make up the
reduction. 1t Is not an uncertain expert
ment, for this result has uniformly followed
wherever IL has been tried. Our people are
fond Of travelling, and with little induce.
ment could be persuaded to do q great deal
more of II. The advent of the railroad,
bringing with It competition In labor and
foreign productions, has cut down the nc.
customed rates Of compensation to our labor
ing men and the prices Of almost everything
produced, and some compensating advanta-
ges should come TO them from the same
source. The railroad companies may say
that the people of the Territories have paid
nething to build these roads, but this Is not
true, for though the general government has
given the great land subsidies, IL Is only In
Its capacity as general trustee of the people
living in the Territories. The people here
pay the money for the lands, and every cent
Of this great subsidy when converted into
available wealth to the companies, comes
out Of our peoples pockets. 1t Is also worthy
Of consideration by these railroad compa.
nies that the general government In the ex-
ercise Of Its assumed power to legislate for
the Territories, has granted them exemption
from taxation on their roadbeds and fixed
property, imposing thus another heavy In
direct tax for their benefit. z,
oosn AZ Sonsioofssioh VI yoosiSo sho koou
policy the companies should give US re.
duced rates. II they aid to increase our
population and business they will reap the
benefit. And II is not beneath the notice OF
railroad companies to maintain friendly re-
lations with the people who are their pat
rons. Our people generally feel more than
friendly to the roads, from which they ex-
pect ultimately great advantages. We hope
this feeling will not only continue but in
crease, founded upon intelligent considers
tion of mutual advantages and benefits.
The new North-west., 1885-06-26
POLITICAL NOTES.

When Mr.. r. s. Kelley assumes the Office
OF United States Marshal for Montana, Mr..
Thomas McTague, . very competent man,
now Under Sheriff Of this county, will be
appointed Territorial Warden thereof. There
will be good discipline while "Tommy" Is
Warden. He is . capable, courageous and
honest man, who will do his duty. The
guards will be held TO strict performance Of
duty and the prisoners have kind, but firm
government. We know the man well enough
to predict these things Of him and that he
will toe the mark Of duty, TO which all 9TH
ers must come. B.
The new North-west., 1885-06-26
From the Bozeman Chronicle, June "a.

From use Bozemdn Chronicle, June "a.
The Nep North West invites an expression
of opinion from the press Of the Territory in
the matter Of securing substantial reduc-
tion of local passenger rates on our rail-
roads. 1t should be responded to BY ell.
The local rate Of eight cents psr mile Is Sc
rious tax upon our people, and the railroad
companies would find 1t to their advantage
to charge less, by reason Of increased travel.
The new North-west., 1885-06-26

Mr.. Russell B. Harrison, Assayer In charge
of the United States Assay Office, was re-
Gently subjected to . rigid, but we believe
fair and proper, investigation Of his official
conduct before an officer sent from Wash
ington. There never was any question but
that his Office had been conducted with
ability and the strictest financial integrity,
but the charges were "absence, etc.," and
the bottom motive was TO get prominent
Republican officer out TO make room for .
Democrat. The Inspector has now gone
East, but pending his report, David Marks,
local reporter of the Independent, without
authority, sent to the Associated Press q
dispatch wholly untrue, but the purport Of
which he had picked up from loose street
talk, that Mr.. Harrison had used public
monies for private purposes. Mr.. Harrison
had Mr.. Marks arrested for this libel, and
the case will come up tomorrow. The al
legation was doubtless totally false, and
xIGnough we think there was more folly than
deliberate wrong in Mr.. Marks action, It Is
right that he should be held TO strict accour
aud punished. II is we'll that editors aRd
press reporters should bear In mind that TO a
man Of honor his reputation Is sacred, and
that II shall not be smirched. No man In
Montana who knows Mr.. Harrison could be-
lieve he would do dishonest act, and this
idea the dispatch conveyed.
The new North-west., 1885-06-26
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Theodore Thomas lost $1,000 by the re-
cent San Francisco concerts.
G. p. Huntington, the railroad king, Is "a
years old, and worth $50, 100000.
Sam Jones, the evangelist, says german
Is "nothing but hugging set to music"
1t is now said the Gladstone ministry
brought about their defeat to cover up their
dissensions.
Frederick Douglass has been invited to
take editorial charge of the Globe, the colored
mans organ in New York city.
Bonner says the probable limit of trottinl
speed Is 2:05, but then there are men living
who can remember when expert horsemeI
fixed 2:30 as the limit.
Women are now admitted TO 120 Of the
colleges In the United States, and that is the
reason Vassar college has of late years suf.
fered some what financially. 1t used to have
almost monopoly Of the women students.
NUT BROWN HAIR.
Pass the butter gently, Mabel,
Move it lightly through the air;
In the corner of the dish, love,
You will find a nut brown hair.
What fond mem'ries it awakens
OF the days ERE we were wed,
When upon my fine coat collar
Oft was laid your little head.
Lovingly / strcked those tresses,
In the happy days gone by;
Now l strike them every meal time
In the butter or the pie