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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-07-07
Democratic Executive Committee.

NEw York, June 30-In conformity with
vote Of the National Democratic Com
miitee, empowering the chairman to ap-
point an executive committee, the chair
man has appointed the following as such
executive committees: California, NJ. F.
Tarpey; Florida. Samuel Pasco: Georgia,
John Fl. Estill; Illinois, Erskine NJ. Phelps;
Iowa, j. J. Richardson; Kansas, Charles
w. Blair; Kentucky, Henry D. McHenry;
Maine, Arthur Sewall; Maryland, A.
P. German; Michigan, O. c. K Barnes;
Minnesota, Michael Doran; Missouri, John
q. Prather; New Hampshire, A. w. Sui.
loway; New Jersey, M. Miles Ross; New
York, Hermann O.lrIchs; North Carolina,
NJ. w. Ransom; Ohio, Calvin s. Brice;
Pennsylvania, w. L. Scott; Rhode Island,
J. B. BArnaby; South Carolina, F. w.
Dawson; Tennessee, r. F. Looney; ver-
mont, Hiram Atkins; Virginia, John &.
Barbour; West Virgini., William M.
Clements; Wisconsin, John Z. Mitchell;
William 81. .Barnpm, chairman. The
National Conahittee has selected No. 10
West Tweatf sninth street as headqnao-
ters aa n g.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-07-07
SAD DROWNING.

Two Young Ladies' Lose Their Lives In .
Swollen Creek.
81. LOUIS, Mo-, June 29-The little town
OF Freedom, in Monroe County, ILL.,, about
fifteen miles south Of Bellevllle and near
the ST. Clair County line, was thrown into
wild state of excitement by the drowning
Of two beautiful girls In Prairie du Long
creek. On the morning of Wednesday
John Gambach, young man OF twenty
years, hitched up span Of lively mules to
two-seated covered wagon, preparatory to
having days pleasure in picking black.
berries. He took with him his sister Louise.
IA beautiful girl OF eighteen years, and Miss
Louisa D;emen, br ght-eyed frolick-
some maiden of sixteen years, step-daugh-
ter OF Jacob Rexroth. The young man
drove about three miles south, and at
place called Black Jack forded the Prairie
au Long creek. the water being only axle
deep. On returning the stream was swol-
len from the rains Of the night before, and
when near the center the wagon was upset.
Miss Louisa Diemen was caught under the
wagon and was not seen again. John tried
to save his sister, and was swimming to
the shore with her, when one Of the mules,
swimming with the overturned wagon.
knocked against them and separated them
John, who was nearly exhausted, barely
manaye yed to swim ashore and save his life
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-08-01
War On the Sugar Trust.

CHICAGO, July "a -Adolph Spreckles, a
son of Claus Spreckles, the sugar refner,
has left here for Philadelphia, where he
will live permanently, and take charge of
the great refinery which is being built
there. This will shift the base of opera
tion against the sugar trust from San
Francisco to the east. "Philadelphia,' y
he said, ''is the only place from which the
trust can be properly fought, because its
facilities as a seaport are unequalled. We
expect to have our refinery completed in
June; then we shall fight the crust from
position of equality. We believe that,
with the healthy condition of labor, we
can make a profit out of what is cost
price with the trust, because the trust is
made up of old, antiquated concerns
which would long ago have been in bank
ruptcy but for artificial support For
our part, the warfare has been confined to
the Pacific coast. The price of sugar
there is governed by the price of sugar at
New York. The public has gained moth
ing. It's gain will begin when our Phila-
delphla refinery opens.''
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-08-01
CR1rTENDEN COUNTY, ARKANSAS
One of the Negro Official Conspirators Dull.
Lynched.

ST. Louis, July 24.-A very brief spe-
cial to the Post Dispatch says that one of
the negro county officials of Crittenden
county, Arkansas, was hanged by mob
at Morton last night; that the race war
has broken out out afresh, and that ter
rible state of affairs prevails.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, July 25.-Traveling
Auditor Townsend, of the Gulf road, ar
rived in this city at noon from the south,
and verifes the report that one of the ne
gro county officials had been lynched by a
mob of white men. Townsend says it is
difficult matter to get any details of the
proceedings at Marion, which is under
the guard of armed men. A general state
of excetiment prevails, and neither cour-
iers or messengers are allowed to go in or
out, and the telegraph operator is confin-
ed to the sending of train orders. Town
send states that the victim was a county
official, and one of the banished eighteen.
The mob seized him while he was endeaV-
orinfi to effect an entrance to the court
house, dragged him to the woods, at the
edge of the town, and after a desperate
struggle strung him up. Tt is claimed
that Gov. Hughes, at Little Rock, has
been called upon for protection, and if
this be true details must be forthcoming.
It is also claimed that an armed force of
white men have gone from Walnut Ridge
to Marion, to aid the whites, who look for
a serious uprising of negroes.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-08-01
The Prayers of the Wicked.

An eastern paper gets off the following
political bon mot, which is one of the best
we have seen lately:
A Republican, a Democrat and a Pro
hibitionist went up to the temple to pray
The Republican stood, and, with his face
toward heaven, prayed: 20, Lord, we
thank Thee we are not like other men
We thank Thee first of all for the pure
incorruptible, holy Republican party. We
thank thee that all Democrats are liars
and all Prohibitionists fools, and that we
alone are good. We have no special favors
to ask, knowing that, to be consistent
Thou must be with us"
The Democrat prayed thus: 20, Lord
Thou knowest we do not often bother
Thee with our prayers, yet there are a
few things wherein thou canst be OF great
service to us. Bless Cleveland, 0 Lord,
but curse his civil service. Bless the Pro
hibitionist in the north but curse him in
the south. Bless Minnesota and Thy lit
tie Norwegian, Knute Nelson, but curse
Pennsylvania and that traitor, Sam Ran
dali. The rest. o Lord, you can safely
leave to our care"
The Prohibitionlst fell on his knees, as
usual, and prayed: 20, Lord! Thou
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-08-01
FROM LETHBRIDGE.
rhe Gait Railway to be Made Standard
Gauge-~-An Immense Number OF
Ties at Lethbridge.

From Mr.. Howell Harris, who, with his
wife. arrived in Fort Benton Saturday
evening, we learn that the Gait company
i engaged in piling up ties all along the
line Of its road from Dunmore to Leth-
bridge. There are said to be at one
nIace. about half way between the two
noints enough ties to do the work and
have ties left. In addition to this there
are 100000 ties piled up at the end of the
track at Lethbridge, and it is said that
another contract is out for 100000 more.
This begins to look as though the Gait
company means business, and that it is
getting ready to lay more rails in some
direction. Mr. Harms says it is common
talk there that work will be commenced
this fall on the Lethbridge and Fort
Benton railway.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-08-01

ty committee, and the committee ap-
pointed by the republican club to look
after the reception of Mr.. Blaine, will be
held tomorrow at the republican county
headquarters. The object of the confer
ence is to arrange the details of the dem
onstration SO far as possible. 81 never
saw anything like the enthusiasm that is
displayed over Mr.. Blaines return" said
Mr.. Pool, chairman Of the reception com
mittee, to-day. 1T is not confined to
any part of the country. I should rot be
surprised to find states as far distant as
California and Texas represented. How
are we going to take care of that crowd
Oh, we will arrange that all right. The
plan is now for each city or state TO get
its forces in line and appoint grand
marshal as has been done in Brooklyn,
Baltimore, Philadelphia and elsewhere.
Then when they come on, each of these
officers will report to the grand marshal
of New York who will be selected in
day or two" Col. Cruger, chairman of
the county committee, is favorably talked
of for this place. A large number of
prominent party leaders will go down
with the club in the steamer Sam Sloane.
Some of those who will be invited are
Senator Evarts, Senator Sherman, ex-Sen-
ator Warren Miller, Governor Foraker,
Congressman Mckinley, Col Ingersoll,
Senator Hiscock, Gen. Manderson, the Of
fcers of the Union League club, Senator
Sherman, ex-senator Platt, John S. Star
lin, Gen. Burnett, Senator HawleY, ex-
Gov. Alger, besides the members of the
national committee, the officers of the CID
er republican clubs of the city and a
number of other friends of the club.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-08-01
From the Sweet Grass Hills.

The following mining claims and water
right in the Sweet Grass hills were filed
to-day in the office of the clerk and re-
corder: Placer mining claim, embracing
ten acres, in Eclipse gulch, by A. H.
Barnes; the Daisy lode, on Corral creek,
near East butte, by L. Embretson and 10
seph Dennason; three hundred inches OF
the water of Corral creek, for the purpose
Of mining on sugar creek.
From Mr.. A. S. Danison, who has been
in town for several days, we learn that
nothing but placer mining is going on at
present in the hills, although there are
about thirty miners there and future pros
poets are very fattering. He also inform
ed us that several ranches had been taken
up between the east and middle buttes,
but he did not remember the name of the
creek on which they were located, and
that everything along the line between
Canada and the United States was very
quiet.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-08-01
Mp. Manitoba Branch.

New YORK, July 27.-E. S. Williams, of
the Northern Pacific R'y Co., was asked
to-day if an extension of the road into
Manitoba was contemplated. Hs said in
reply:
''The company cannot extend their road
into Manitoba because we only have a
charter to run in tho United States. We
might combine with some other road
which has tracks in Manitoba. The mat
ter is not yet in such state that I can
talk about it. To do SO might give an
enemy chance to oppose q"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-08-01
Growing Very Weary.

st. Louis, July 25.-Recent revelations
in connection with the dressed beef mon
opoly and the mode of handling large
part of the beef product of the country
has attracted much attention among, and
caused a good deal of comment by cattle
men here and elsewhere, and a movement
has started to call convention to be held
in ST. Louis during the coming fall.
A committee of the National Butchers
Protective Association will meet here in a
month or SO to confer with the executive
committee of the International Range as
sociation. Leading feeders from all the
Western states will be invited to be pres
ent at convention Of all beef producers,
cattle-feeders and butchers in the coun-
try to meet here to discuss the whole ques-
tion of the meat supply and to devise
means of relief from the bonds in which
they now find themselves.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-08-01
Harrison's Chinese Record.

The attempt made by the New York
Press to show that Arthur and Harrison
stood together on the Chinese question is
rather amusing. Harrison voted against
the bill to restrict Chinese immigration
and Arthur signed the bill. Where is the
likeness Omaha Herald
The trouble with this statement is that
it is not true. Senator Harrison voted
against the bill which would have violated
a treaty; that was the bill which Presl-
dent Arthur vetoed, and that was the rea-
son he vetoed it. Senator Harrison faV-
ored the bill which became law.-NeW
York Press.
The Omaha Herald's statement is IN
exact accord with the fact, and the New
York Press is merely trying to lie the mat
ter out. Page 3412, part 4, volume Ii. OF
the Congressional Record shows that Har-
rison voted against the bill to exclude
Chinese for ten years from the country,
which President Arthur signed and which
thus became a law. Even Senator War
ner Miller. of this state, voted for that
bill. That is why Warner Miller, who
served with Harrison in the senate, keeps
discreetly silent about that vote OF Har-
rison.-Albany Argus.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-08-01
Would Inpeach Church.

ABERDEEN, Oak, July 26.-It is learned
TO-DAY that the formal charges against
Gov. Church, 10 prepare which an I'M
peachment committee was appointed by
the convention of Independent Democrats
held at Watertown, were forwarded to
President Cleveland to-day. Prominent
anti Church democrats here say that if
President Cleveland ignores the chaages
they will be laid before Congress. The
charges preferred include, among others,
that he has made corrupt bargains to Sc
cure legislation to his own pecuniary adj
vantage; that he has exacted illegal and
exorbitant fees; that he has assumed the
powers and authority of dictator, and
otherwise abused the powers of his office
A determined effort will be made to Sc
cure the impeachment or removal of the
territorial executive.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-08-01
sKEENA RIVER INDIANS.
Awful BIunder of the Canada Military De-
partment.

OTTAWA, Ont, July 26.-There has been
some serious blundering in forwarding
troops to Skeena Falls, the scene of the
Indian uprising in British Columbia,
which, according to advices received from
the Pacific to-day, may result in the COM
plete annihilation of the expeditionary
force now on their way up Skeena river.
Too late the military department. here
discovered they have made terrible
blunder in the route Of transport in send
ing troops up Skeena river, which has to
be undertaken in canoes through coun-
try reported to be wholly alive with hos
tile Indians armed with Winchester rifles,
and strongly entrenched along the river
on high lmpregnable bluffs, which bound
it on either side. The Mass river route
would have taken the expedition through
a country not infested with the hostile
Indians up to within a short distance
from where it was expected the first en-
gagement would take place. It is stated
by traders recently down from the scene
of trouble that the Indians are actively
preparing to resist an attack and have
entrenched themselves al along the river,
from which position twenty Indians
could wipe out the whole detachment
without fear of losing a single man.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-08-01
Live Stock Notes.
quiet.

The advices from Chicago as to the
range cattle market is decidedly satisfac-
tory. A second lot Of the Murphy cattle
sold yesterday for S. per hundred pounds,
netting the seller in the neighborhood OF
$50 per head A lot Of Stoddard & How
ard cattle on the same market brought
1886. The great scarcity OF corn fed cat
tie in the Chicago market is the main
cause Of these prices being realized, and
as the corn fed supply cannot in any way
be augmented it is more than probable
that Montana beef will rule high during
the whole shipping season.-Yellowstone
Journal, 25th.
The band Of horses, 260 in number, be-
longing to the Lee-Scott outfit, that were
not included in the sale to the Home
Land and Cattle company, have been pur-
chased by Dick Ingersoll, the figure being
$50 all round. This sale cleans up the
property Of the LIS outfit in Custer
county.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-08-01
Welded For Fifty Years.

LONDON, July 25.-Mr. and Mrs. Glad
stone celebrated their golden wedding to-
day. Testimonials in the shape Of letters,
kilograms and presents poured in upon
them by the hundreds. The couple were
given a reception at the residence of Earl
Spencer this afternoon, and were pre-
sented with portraits Of themselves paint
ed by Frank Hall and Hubert Herkomer,
aud also with three large silver cups and
an address signed by $50 members of par
lament. Lord Granville made the pre-
sentation speech.
Gladstone replying to congratulatory
address, wished to endorse all that the
address contained with reference to his
wife. It would be difficult, he said, to
give an adequate idea of the domestic
happiness Of his married life. With re-
gard to illusions to himself, he felt they
we're too flattering
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-08-01
Calling Attention to an Injustice.

WASHINGTON, July 24.-The attorney
general has transmitted to the house a
communication from the acting commits
sioner of the land Office, calling attention
to the great injustice of compelling wit
nesses to appear before United States
courts in the territories at the present in
sufficient rate Of compensation ($1.5O PEI
day and cents per mile) He says upon
the same routes of travel witnesses are
compelled to pay at the rate Of 10 cents
per mile each way for transportation, and
81 to $150 per day more for subsistence
than the legal allowance for such pur-
poses. The effect is highly preiudicial to
the interests of the United States investi-
cations of fraudulent transactions in
public land and depredations on public
timber, as it is impossible to induce per-
sons to admit the have any knowledge
Of fraudulent actions, when it will result
in loss of time and money to themselves.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-08-01
Fine Montana Cattle.

On Saturday last Mr. Charles Anceny,
the we'll known cattle grower of Moreland
Gallatin county, passed through the city
with a herd of 400 head of high
grade short-horn cattle, which he had pur-
chased from John Donegan, of the upper
Ruby valley. In conversation with Mr..
Anceny he said that the herd was the fin
est he had ever seen in Montana, and that
he had never seen better cattle anywhere
than we're to be seen in this valley. Com
ing from so distinguished an authority
and backed by the fact that he had pur-
chased so large herd of these cattle, the
statement ought to make the cattle men
Of the upper Ruby feel proud Of the IN
dustry which calls forth such encomiums
Mr. Anceny, while on his trip, sold tc
Hon. Alex. Metzel, Of York Ranch, the
fine short-horn bull, Laura's Oxford I'd
sired by Lanra's Oxford-who is nearly re-
lated to the famous 8th Duchess OF Ge-
neva which was sold at the New York sale
for $4,000.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-08-01
Work on the Manitoba Branch Lines.

Work on the branch lines of the Mani
toba road is progressing rapidly Of the
LAT miles of the Wilmar & Sioux Falls
branch, thirty-three and half miles have
already been completed, sixty pound steel
rail being used entirely. On the Water
town & Huron branch fifty-one and half
miles have been completed, leaving only
twenty miles yet to be finished. The SIX
ty-pound steel rails on the Fergus Falls
division have been replaced with seventy
fiye-pound rails, between Minneapolis and
Barnesville, distance of 128 miles. On
the Breckenridge division 80 miles have
been relaid with seventy-ive pound steel
and the whole line will be relaid this sum
mer Heavy steel rails are also being laid
on the Helena division. The Wickes tun-
mel on this branch, which is 6,l2O feet
long, is all completed except about nine
hundred feet Work is progressing at
the rate of 100 feet a week. Trains be-
tween Helena and Butte are at present
run over the Helena, Boulder Valley &
Butte road, owned by the Northern Pa
cifc. Trains are running regularly be-
tween Helena and Butte over the Mon
tana Central-Pioneer Press.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-08-01
Palace Stock Car Rates.

Recently there has been much anxiety
on the part of the live stock men as to
what premium would be charged by lines
operating north of st. Paul on palace
stock cars At recent meeting it was
agreed to charge 25 per cent. above the
rate for ordinary cars, using 30-foot cars
as basis; cars of extra length will be
charged proportionately more Stable
cars, thirty-six feet long inside, will hold
the same number of cattle as can be
loaded in car thirty feet long, the rate
being 25 per cent more, as stated above.
Pioneer Press.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-08-01
MIR. MOORE AND MRS NORTON
On Their Way to Europe--Moore to be Lon
don Correspondent of the N. Y. World.

OMAHA, July 26.-It is known here to-
night that the eloping st. Louis editor
Fl. w. Moore, and Mrs. Norton passed
Though Omaha yesterday en- route to
Canada. They were accompanied to this
city and Council Bluffs by Charles Rey-
nolds, city editor of the Topeka Democrat.
It was Reynolds who assisted Mrs. Norton
to escape from Topeka. He took her to
some western point where Moore, whom
Reynolds also assisted to escape, joined
them; all three then remained in hiding
a few days and then came east by the
Union Pacific from Colorado. Reynolds
has handled the money for the eloping
pair. He bought the railroad tickets,
paid all bills, and acted as business man
ager. At Council Bluffs he turned over
the money, big roll, to Moore and Mrs.
Norton, and then parted company with
them. He came over to Omaha to-day.
Moore and Mrs. Norton left last night on
the Burlington train for Chicago and ex
pected to be in Canada tomorrow In
few days they will sail for London, where
Moore will at once become the London
correspondent of the New York World,
this position having been given him by
Joe Pulitzer since the elopement. Pulit-
ger, it is we'll known, is good friend of
Moore
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-08-01
To Receive Blaine.

New YORK, July $3.50 great is the in
fux of visitors expected to welcome
Blaine that the hotel managers are max
ing every effort to furnish temporary
quarters for out-of-toWn visitors who will
be here. The regular republican organi-
cations in the various assembly districts
in this city are putting forth extraordi-
nary exertions to excel all previous dis
plays. Every district will have uniform
ed companies in the line carrying torches,
and each preceded by a band. Mr..
Blaine will review the big parade from
the balcony Of the Fifth Avenue hotel,
and it is expected that he will make a
short address to the multitude, but it is
said that this programme may yet be
changed so that, instead of an open-air
address, a reception will be rendered to
the plumed knight the evening of his ar
rival in the Metropolitan opera house.
Committees from New York and Brook
lyn clubs have already perfected all ar
rangements.
A joint meeting of the republican conn-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-08-01
Bismarck's Cold Reply.

Prince Bismarck maintains that the ac-
ouirement of languages does not imply ia
lent He thinks that the ear rather than
the mind is cultivated by a linguist. a
consul recently appointed to Berlin pest
cred his minister to present him to Bis
marck. At length an interview was
granted. and throwing etiquette aside, the
consul brought his son with him. Bis
marck looked annoyed, but the consul
boldly presented his heir with the rom
ark. ga most remarkable young man,
your bighness; he speaks several lang
uages." "What a fine waiter the young
man would make" said Bismarck coldly,
to the minister at his side.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-08-01
ALIEN LAND ACT.
Foreigners May Hold Mines of Precious
Metals. But Not Iron and Coal.

WASHINGTON, July 25.-Representative
Hermann, of Oregon, from the committee
on public lands, reported favorably to the
house to-day the senate bill providing
that the alien land act shall not affect the
title to mineral or mining claims in the
territories which may be acquired or held
under the mineral laws of the United
States, or any mills or other improve
ments thereon.
The committee has added an amend
ment to the bill providing that the act
shall not be construed so as to auth or
ize the acquisition or holding of any coal
or iron lands in any of the territories of
the United States by any alien or for
eigner.